right now in america this morning, tensions flaring on more college campuses as the crackdown on israel-hamas war protesters escalate. it's the clashes with police overnight, the suprhat former presidents have absolute immunity. >> the takeaway from the arguments in court and what it could mean for trump's trial. >> a school staff member accused of using artificial intelligence

to frame his boss, the principal, with a fake racist rant. why experts say it's a wake up call about the real life dangers of ai. former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein's victory in court, his rape conviction in the case that launched the metoo movement is overturned, and the backlash and the questions about what happens next, plus the multi-million dollar settlement involving alleged privacy violations involving ring doorbell cameras, football's big night, the glitz, the glamor and the dreams come true at the nfl draft and later do planes really need a first class section? the changes now being considered at southwest? a sign of the times. from abc news in new york. >> this is america this morning. >> good friday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning to you i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with rising tensions on college campuses across the country. >> overnight protests over the israel-hamas war have escalated,

and in some cases, they've even turned violent. overnight, clashes between police and pro-palestinian protesters intensifying on college campuses . at ohio state university, police in riot gear approaching hundreds of protesters, some of them fighting with officers and criminal trespass. dozens of people detained. earlier in atlanta, a state trooper was seen repeatedly tasing a man at emory university. the georgia department of public safety says the man was resisting arrest after responding officers were met with protesters who threw bottles and refused to leave, adding troopers deployed pepper balls to control the unruly crowd, but did not use tear gas. >> i saw police knock students to the ground. >> dozens of people also detained at emory, including this professor. can you call the philosophy department office and tell them i've been arrested? across the country, more than

400 people were detained yesterday on dozens of campuses as pro-palestinian protesters demand schools divest from companies that profit from ties to israel. protesters near chicago now setting up tents at northwestern university. officials say school policy prohibits the encampment, but protesters formed a human chain to prevent police from pushing through. in southern california, an encampment at ucla has grown to hundreds of people, and usc has now canceled their main graduation ceremony due to the protests. these protests started at columbia university last week. the school's deadline for protesters to disperse has passed. talks are still going on overnight. >> the biden administration has decided not to sanction three israeli military battalions accused of human rights violations in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken made the assurance in a letter to house speaker mike johnson. blinken says israel is taking steps to address the alleged abuses so u.s. aid will not be held back. now to the supreme court and the arguments

over former president trump's claim of immunity in the january 6th election, interference case. all of this playing out during his criminal trial in new york. abc's jay o'brien has the latest. jay. good morning brianna, and good morning. >> that criminal hush money trial continues again today in new york. but it's trump's battle at the supreme court that's likely to have far reaching legal consequences. his at the supreme court, former president trump's lawyers argued presidents cannot face criminal prosecution for anything they do in office linked to their official duties without presidential immunity from criminal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know it. several justices acknowledged the high stakes. >> if the potential for criminal liability is taken off the table, wouldn't there be a significant risk that future presidents would be embroiled, tend to commit crimes with abandon while they're in office? >> trump says that because of absolute presidential immunity, he cannot be prosecuted by special counsel jack smith for

his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the liberal justices pressed trump's lawyers on where that argument could lead if the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person in and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts that for which he can get immunity? but the conservative justices made the case that presidents need some protection. >> presidents have to make a lot of tough decisions about enforcing the law, and they have to make decisions about questions that are unsettled. did i understand you to say, well, you know, if he makes a mistake, he makes a mistake. he's subject to the criminal laws just like anybody else. you don't think he's in a special a peculiarly precarious position. >> the takeaway from yesterday's arguments expect a delay in thel

laws just like anybody else. you don't think he's in a special a peculiarly precarious position. >> the takeaway from yesterday's arguments expect a delay in the former national enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand detailing how the magazine bought the story of former playboy model karen mcdougal's alleged sexual relationship with trump before the 2016 election and quashed it a tactic known as catch and kill. >> pecker described a thank you dinner at the white house and a meeting at trump tower, where

trump said, i want to thank you for handling the mcdougal situation, then asking, how's our girl? pecker says he replied , she's quiet. things are going fine. pecker also testified that trump's lawyer, michael cohen, informed him before the election that star stormy daniels was shopping her story about an alleged affair, but in this case, pecker says he refused to buy it. ultimately, cohen himself paid daniels $130,000 to keep quiet, and prosecutors claim trump paid cohen back falsely labeling it as legal expenses. trump has pleaded not guilty on the stand. yesterday, pecker also testified about other stories. he claimed the magazine purchased about other celebrities, including allegedly , arnold schwarzenegger and tiger woods. no comment from either of those men this morning, andrew. >> all right, jay, thank you. fire engulfed this historic wharf outside of san diego. smoke and flames surrounded the oceanside pier. some restaurants were damaged, but no one was

hurt. the fire broke out inside a building that used to be a diner. >> it was the case that helped launch the metoo movement. years ago, hollywood producer harvey weinstein convicted of sexual assault and rape, sentenced to 23 years in prison. but now a court has thrown out his conviction, prompting a backlash and uncertainty about what comes next. >> this is what it's like to be a woman in america this morning. >> new reaction and new questions after a new york appeals court overturned the 2020 rape conviction of former hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, ashley judd was one of the first to go on record with accusations against him. >> oftentimes, survivors say that the betrayal and the moral injury we suffer within the system is worse than the sexual body invasion we experienced in the first place. >> but the appeals court says the judge who oversaw the trial committed egregious errors, unfair, allowing testimony based on prior allegations against

weinstein that were not part of the case. >> this was not about the witnesses or the victims who testified against mr. weinstein. this was about a strategy the prosecutor used bringing people to speak about him and would not charging for those crimes. that's what this is about. it's not in any way a detriment to their credibility. >> the court that overturned the conviction has ordered a new trial, the manhattan da saying, we will do everything in our power to retry this case. but now, questions linger over weinstein's conviction in california, where in 2022, he was sentenced to 16 years in a separate rape case, weinstein, his lawyer in that case, claims his client faced the same fundamental unfairness, saying the judge let the jury hear about four uncharged allegations of sexual assault and adding the case should be reversed for the same reasons the new york case was reversed, the los angeles da claims that california allows the type of evidence that got weinstein's new york conviction overturned. either way,

weinstein remains behind bars as the appeal in california moves forward. >> the fda says one out of every five samples of milk it recently tested contains traces of the bird flu, experts say. that suggests more cows may be infected than originally thought. officials say pasteurized milk remains safe to drink. so far, bird flu has been detected in 33 herds across eight states. now, the concern is that the virus could mutate and potentially pose a larger risk for people. all right. >> it is time for a look at your friday weather. >> good morning. we're following multiple days of severe weather. first up today into tonight, the risk for tornadoes as well as hail large hail possible especially across iowa and portions of missouri as storm system number one moves into canada, there's a second storm system that's going to produce another high risk for severe weather. as we head through saturday afternoon into saturday night, eastern kansas, northeastern oklahoma, into

places like joplin, missouri. and then these thunderstorms move east with severe weather sunday. for accuweather, i'm melissa konstanzer. >> coming up, new crash tests involving suvs. and they did not go well. >> also had the school staffer accused of using artificial intelligence to frame the school principal with a fake racist rant, a wake up call about the dangers of ai, and later, the gator who went golfing.

tell your story. brittany, are you ready? >> brittney griner, prisoner in russia this wednesday night on abc. >> we're back now with new crash tests and some bad news for several popular suvs. ten models were tested at speeds up to 43mph to see how their front crash avoidance systems would perform. seven of the suvs were

rated poor two the honda cr-v and the toyota rav4 passed with acceptable ratings. the only suv with a good rating was the new subaru forester, now to maryland , where a school official is accused of using artificial intelligence to frame his boss. >> it's really a wake up call about ai technology and how it could easily be used to ruin lives. here's abc's andrea fujii this morning, an example of the growing risk posed by artificial intelligence. >> the now former athletic director of this high school in maryland is accused of trying to retaliate against his boss, the school principal, with the recording of a racist rant. but it turns out police say the recording wasn't entirely real, and the recording was generated through the use of artificial intelligence technology. police say jasen darien, who was arrested at baltimore's airport, had been angry over the principal investigating his potential mishandling of school funds. they say darien used ai and some human editing to make

the recording, in which the voice that sounded like the principal claimed that black students are unable to test their way out of a paper bag, and that jewish individuals and two teachers at the school should have never been hired. police say darien shared those recordings, which then spread through social media, sparking a fierce backlash, including threatening calls to the school, eventually leading to the principal's removal. experts say these kind of fake recordings are becoming more common. >> it's pretty easy to replicate someone's voice nowadays. it only takes about three to 10s of someone's voice uploaded into a tool online, and you can make that person say anything that you want them to say, and there are few options when it comes to protecting yourself. there's very little we can do right now unless there's legislation passed on a federal level. there's any version of yourself that exists online, meaning your voice, your face, or your likeness. anyone right now can take it and use it to make you say or look like you did

something you didn't do. >> darien, who denies involvement in the recording, faces several charges, including stalking, reckless endangerment and disrupting school operations. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. ryan andrew. >> andrea. thank you. some customers with ring doorbells and security systems will now get a share of a $5.6 million settlement ring, which is owned by amazon, is accused of violating customer privacy. the ftc claims the company allowed employees to access customer videos without consent and use the video to train its algorithms coming up. >> tiktok responds to a potential ban right here in the us. also ahead, the big moments us. also ahead, the big moments and surprises at this year's nfl [coughing] copd isn't pretty. i'm out of breath, and often out of the picture. but this is my story. ( ♪ ) and with once-daily trelegy, it can still be beautiful. because with 3 medicines in 1 inhaler,

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