0:00

Tonight, several developing stories as we

0:02

come on the air. Israel orders

0:04

evacuations in Rafa, hundreds of thousands

0:06

now on the move. Donald Trump

0:08

hits the campaign trail and new

0:11

reporting that he could be facing

0:13

a huge tax bill. Plus the

0:15

massive solar storms bringing spectacular sights,

0:17

but also some concern. First,

0:19

the war in Gaza. Palestinians packing

0:21

up after Israel orders new evacuations.

0:23

More than 300,000 people

0:26

have fled Rafa with a

0:28

major offensive looming. Israeli protesters

0:30

demanding the return of hostages and the

0:32

growing rift between the U.S. and Israel.

0:35

Marcus Moore reporting from Israel. Mary Alice

0:37

Parks at the White House. Also

0:40

tonight, Donald Trump trading the courtroom for

0:42

the campaign trail. The former president has

0:45

yet to pick a running mate. Tonight

0:47

he reveals who's not on his shortlist.

0:49

And new reporting on his potential financial

0:52

troubles, what he may owe the IRS.

0:55

Wide-thread damage. More than 250 tornadoes over 16

0:57

days. Tallahassee,

1:00

Florida hit especially hard by the

1:02

storm. Florida State University campuses shut

1:04

down. The South now bracing for

1:06

heavy rain and flooding in the

1:09

coming days. What this means for

1:11

the Mother's Day forecast. A

1:13

rare solar storm that pushed the

1:15

northern lights south. A spectacular show

1:17

in the sky, but raising concerns

1:19

about the possible impact on satellites

1:21

and the electric grid. Unrest

1:24

on campus. More graduation

1:27

ceremonies disrupted by pro-Palestinian

1:29

demonstrations. Dozens arrested after

1:31

protesters breached the gate at

1:33

the home of a university

1:35

president. Disturbing new video showing

1:37

a police officer hitting and

1:39

pinning a fleeing suspect who

1:41

later died. That officer now

1:43

suspended the suspect's family demanding

1:45

charges. A deadly shooting

1:47

inside a movie theater. What we're

1:49

learning about the investigation. Home

1:52

prices soaring to record highs, but is

1:54

a big change coming to the market.

1:57

And the dog, once called Unadoptable, now

1:59

saw a new Mr. Dachau.

2:12

Good evening. Thanks for joining us

2:14

on this Saturday. I'm Wade Johnson. As

2:16

we come on tonight, hundreds of thousands

2:18

of Palestinians are being ordered to leave

2:20

the city of Rafa in southern Gaza,

2:22

the Israeli army preparing to expand its

2:25

ground operations amid a widening rift with

2:27

the United States. In Rafa,

2:29

families gathering their belongings, many of them

2:31

displaced multiple times. The city had been

2:33

a refuge for more than a million

2:36

people fleeing the fighting from other parts

2:38

of Gaza. President Biden standing

2:40

by his warning that the U.S. will

2:42

not provide offensive weapons that could

2:44

be used in Rafa. Today, the

2:46

death toll rising with more Palestinians

2:49

killed in IDF strikes. We have

2:51

team coverage tonight, and ABC's Marcus

2:53

Moore leaves us off from Israel.

2:57

Israeli forces tonight pushing deeper into

2:59

the southern Gaza city of Rafa.

3:02

Three hundred thousand people now on the

3:05

move amid new evacuation orders by the

3:07

IDF as they position for an expanding

3:09

ground operation. The

3:12

IDF telling people currently in Rafa to

3:14

evacuate to an expanded safe region roughly

3:16

four miles away. But aid groups say

3:18

that area too is already overpopulated. Mohammed

3:20

Abu Al-Qas is a pediatrician in the

3:23

Gaza Strip. Since the start of the

3:25

war, he says he's moved his family several

3:27

times at the direction of the IDF and is

3:30

now moving once again. In

3:33

the time of war, there's no place that is

3:35

safe. He says we expect strikes everywhere. At

3:38

least 18 Palestinians were killed today

3:40

in IDF air and artillery strikes on

3:43

neighborhoods in East and West Rafa, according

3:45

to a local hospital. The

3:47

Hamas-run Gaza health ministry saying since October

3:49

7, the fighting has claimed the lives

3:51

of nearly 35,000 Palestinians. All

3:56

that's full of supplies going into Gaza

3:58

has slowed, according to aid groups. It

4:00

has stopped almost completely in the south. And

4:03

we were near the Kerem Shalom border crossing

4:06

as demonstrators tried to stop aid trucks from

4:08

passing through earlier this week. This is where

4:10

aid trucks come through every single day with

4:12

crucial food and supplies for those starving in

4:15

Gaza. But these demonstrators are stopping them right

4:17

here. However, aid

4:19

groups say the humanitarian situation there is

4:21

only getting worse as the war in

4:23

Gaza enters a new phase. And

4:27

there is no definitive date on any potential

4:29

operation, but the Israeli prime minister has

4:31

said that they will expand their fight

4:33

in Rafah. And as you know, President

4:35

Joe Biden has stopped some weapons deliveries

4:38

saying the U.S. would not provide weapons

4:40

to Israel if they launch a full-scale

4:42

assault on Rafah. Marcus Moore,

4:44

thank you. And as you noted there,

4:46

the U.S. has urged Israel repeatedly not

4:49

to invade Rafah because of the risk

4:51

to civilians. Let's bring in ABC's White

4:53

House correspondent Mary Alice Parks. Mary Alice,

4:55

what are you hearing from U.S. officials

4:57

now? With the

4:59

White House monitoring all of these developments

5:01

extremely closely, so far they say they've

5:03

only seen a limited military operation into

5:05

Rafah. They're not commenting more at

5:07

this time about Israel ordering civilians

5:10

to evacuate. But we know that

5:12

President Biden himself has been pushing

5:14

Israel to do anything but a

5:16

full-scale invasion of Rafah. And told

5:18

the White House has been presenting

5:20

the Israelis with several alternative options,

5:22

even offering to help set up

5:24

safe spaces for civilians or give

5:26

additional intelligence to help target Hamas

5:28

leaders or pinpoint their tunnel systems.

5:31

But as you saw there, no indication that

5:33

Israel is changing course. Mary

5:35

Alice, thanks. And tune into this week. Tomorrow

5:37

morning, Martha Raddatz interviews top Biden ally

5:40

Senator Chris Coons and the Republican chair

5:42

of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael

5:44

McCall, about the state of the war

5:46

in Gaza. Now to the race

5:49

for the White House. Former President Donald

5:51

Trump hitting the campaign trail with a

5:53

rally tonight on the Jersey Shore. Earlier

5:55

Trump announcing on social media that former

5:58

South Carolina Governor Nikki Hillary Clinton has

6:00

been on the ballot. Haley would not

6:02

be his vice presidential pick, shutting down

6:05

any previous speculation. Here's ABC's Perry Russum.

6:08

Tonight, former President Trump trading a New

6:10

York City courtroom for the beaches of

6:12

Wildwood, New Jersey. We have to set

6:14

high standards because this country has

6:16

never been in a position like

6:18

we're in right now. We're left at all

6:20

over the world. A rare campaign

6:22

rally as he spends his weekdays defending himself

6:24

and his felony hush money trial. Trump

6:27

has denied all charges. Only here

6:29

tonight still standing behind the former president. If

6:32

it was such a big deal, they should

6:34

have dealt with it then, not now. They

6:36

want to make him look bad. They

6:39

want to smear his name. Our

6:41

latest ABC News, Ipsos polling finds 80% of

6:44

Trump supporters say they will still support

6:46

him even if he's convicted. 16%

6:49

say they will reconsider and 4% will

6:51

withdraw their vote entirely. If he's found guilty of

6:53

that trial, would that change your vote at all?

6:57

No, it won't change my vote at all. And

6:59

as Trump trails President Biden and cash on

7:01

hand, tonight the New York Times and Pro

7:04

Public are reporting on an IRS audit, which

7:06

they estimate may cost Trump $100 million if

7:10

the IRS prevails from allegations of quote,

7:12

a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper

7:14

tax breaks from his tower in Chicago.

7:17

ABC News has not confirmed the report. Trump's

7:20

son Eric telling ABC News, this matter was

7:22

settled years ago only to be brought back

7:24

to life once my father ran for office.

7:27

We are confident in our position, which is

7:29

supported by opinion letters from various tax experts,

7:31

including the former general counsel of the IRS.

7:33

You have to look at yourself as a

7:36

person. Are you a perfect person? Is he

7:38

a perfect person? No one is

7:40

perfect. Except for the man

7:42

of state. And

7:46

this is a chance for Trump to get back

7:48

in front of his base. There are thousands of

7:50

people here. One of the larger crowds he has

7:52

had recently, some people lining up on the boardwalk

7:54

since Wednesday, just to be here with. for

8:00

us on World News Tonight. Welcome to the team.

8:02

It's great to have you. We appreciate it. We

8:05

do move on now to Michigan where

8:07

the Attorney General is investigating a police

8:09

pursuit and collision that led to the

8:12

death of a suspect outside Grand Rapids.

8:14

Body camera video shows officers responding and

8:16

an unmarked police car hitting a man,

8:19

pinning him up against a fast food

8:21

restaurant. He later died at the hospital.

8:23

Tonight his family is calling for justice.

8:25

ABC's Morgan Norwood has details and we

8:28

want to warn you the video is

8:30

disturbing. Tonight the

8:32

Michigan Attorney General is combing through

8:34

this disturbing newly released body

8:36

worn camera video showing the moment

8:39

of Michigan State Trooper in an

8:41

unmarked squad car plowed into a

8:43

suspect running away. The

8:48

incident happened on April 17th when state

8:50

police say fugitive task force officers

8:52

were chasing Samuel Sterling who they

8:54

say ran off as they were

8:56

trying to bring him in on outstanding

8:59

warrants. Seconds later an unmarked police SUV

9:01

slams into Sterling. The

9:04

25 year old wailing in agony. Sterling

9:12

was taken to the hospital where he

9:14

died just hours later. His family saying

9:16

tonight they're stunned and

9:18

appalled his heartbroken mother

9:20

speaking through tears. Tonight

9:23

the attorney

9:26

for that unidentified trooper saying the trooper

9:28

involved is heartbroken at the loss of

9:30

Mr. Sterling's life and wants the family

9:33

to know that he had no intention

9:35

of purposely harming Mr. Sterling. And with

9:37

the Michigan Attorney General will decide whether

9:39

that trooper will face any charges. The

9:42

state's governor says he remains an unpaid

9:44

administrative lead. Morgan Norwood thank

9:46

you. In northwest Florida tonight

9:48

the cleanup is just getting started

9:51

in the wake of powerful storms

9:53

packing hurricane force winds. At least

9:55

one person was killed homes and

9:57

businesses destroyed thousands left without power.

10:00

the governor declaring a state of emergency in 12

10:03

counties. Here's ABC's Faith Abouve.

10:06

Tonight we're learning more about harrowing

10:08

stories of survival after that deadly

10:10

multi-day severe weather outbreak striking much

10:12

of the country. In Jackson, Mississippi,

10:14

Latonya Williams and her family thought

10:16

it was safe to go to

10:18

sleep early Friday morning. The storm

10:20

had passed. Around 1230 I would

10:23

say. That's when my

10:25

husband heard the creaking and we

10:27

jumped up and ran. That sound a

10:29

neighbor's tree about to crash into their

10:31

home. By the time we ran out

10:33

and made it around this first corner

10:35

in the hallway, that's when the tree

10:38

came through the bedroom. And north of

10:40

Pensacola, Florida, this is what's left of

10:42

where Mike Salch's daughter lives. He says

10:44

she and her husband were thrown from

10:46

their home when powerful wind struck.

10:48

She said she was up watching

10:51

the weather, had her phone in the hand. Then

10:54

all of a sudden they weren't in their room

10:56

anymore. Luckily, they had only

10:58

minor injuries. And in Tallahassee, the

11:00

Florida State University campuses remained closed.

11:02

After storm damage there and in

11:05

surrounding neighborhoods, officials saying classes will

11:07

be held Monday. And with the

11:09

National Weather Service says this April

11:11

25th, they have confirmed more than

11:14

250 tornadoes in at least 19 states and

11:17

received more than 2500 reports of

11:19

severe weather across an even wider

11:21

area. Yeah, that widespread destruction

11:24

for days. Okay, Faith Abouve, thank you.

11:26

Let's bring in ABC News meteorologist, Tamara

11:28

Theodore, and Tamara Moore, strong storms on

11:31

tap for Mother's Day. That's

11:34

right, Wynton. The biggest threat with these

11:36

storms is flooding. Take a look. This

11:39

is the excessive rainfall map, the greatest

11:41

flash flood threat in red from Waco

11:43

to Tyler on Sunday. This threat continues

11:45

into Monday moving farther east. Timing this

11:47

out tomorrow night, Mother's Day, heaviest rain

11:50

hitting areas previously hit hard like Houston.

11:52

Monday night, that then shifts to the

11:54

Florida Panhandle by Wednesday, arriving in the

11:56

northeast. Not a big flood issue in

11:58

the northeast, however. We could see some soaking rain.

12:01

By the time this all is said and done in

12:03

the both coast states, we could see five to 10

12:05

inches of rain. We know you'll

12:07

be tracking it tomorrow on GMA. Samara, thank you.

12:10

Now to the rare light show in

12:12

the sky and the potential threat to

12:14

infrastructure here on Earth. A series of

12:17

powerful solar storms creating an unusual treat

12:19

for millions of Americans. The Northern Lights

12:21

visible for much of the country as

12:24

far south as Florida and Texas overnight.

12:26

And what's expected for the rest of

12:28

the weekend. Here's ABC's Ika Joshi. Tonight,

12:32

the stunning images of the aurora

12:34

borealis, better known as the Northern

12:36

Lights, visible across much of the

12:38

country. Crowds gathering along Puget Sound

12:40

outside Seattle. Wow. The

12:43

lights typically visible in Northern latitudes,

12:45

now seen as far south as

12:47

the Florida Panhandle and in Texas

12:49

outside Austin. They're caused by unusually

12:52

strong solar outbursts reaching the Earth.

12:54

When the sun sends out material

12:56

aimed at the Earth, that material

12:58

can interact with the Earth's magnetic

13:00

field and that is what results

13:02

in a geomagnetic storm. An extreme level

13:04

storm, the highest category in the first

13:07

since 2003, reaching

13:09

the Earth Friday and again today. And

13:11

that can pose a real threat. Changing

13:13

magnetic fields create electric currents which can

13:16

blow out our power lines, our power

13:18

supplies, damage satellites. The first solar flares

13:20

erupting earlier this week, directed towards Earth

13:23

from the sun's corona. The corona visible

13:25

from Earth with the naked eye only

13:27

during the total solar eclipse, like the

13:30

one that occurred across the US last

13:32

month. With the Space Weather Prediction Center

13:34

has issued a geomagnetic storm watch for

13:36

tomorrow. Now weather permitting, much of the

13:38

US will be able to see those

13:40

Northern Lights again tonight. With? All

13:43

right, we're hoping for that Ike, thank you. Protests

13:45

on college campuses across the country continue

13:47

to have an impact on graduation season,

13:50

now in full swing. UC

13:52

Berkeley's commencement repeatedly interrupted today and

13:54

dozens arrested overnight. You see this

13:57

large crowd breaching a gate At

13:59

the home of the... President of the University of

14:01

Pennsylvania police than rushing am sitting

14:04

down to the housing market in

14:06

the Us. And anyone who's tried

14:08

to buy a home recently know

14:10

the prices are soaring. That's leading

14:12

some the questions whether another housing

14:14

bubble is about to burst. It

14:16

misses. Alexis Christoforous breaks it all

14:18

down. Tonight.

14:21

Home prices soaring across much of

14:23

the country despite higher mortgage rates

14:25

which should lower demand and push

14:27

prices down. If you look at

14:30

any affordability max it is laughing.

14:32

At least a yellow is not a red

14:34

signal causing his. Expenses: A recent realtor.com

14:36

survey found nationally buyers need to

14:38

make about a hundred and sixteen

14:40

thousand dollars a year to purchase

14:42

a typical home prices up a

14:44

staggering forty percent in just the

14:46

past four years, putting homeownership out

14:49

of reach for many. Used to

14:51

be late twenties or early thirties when

14:53

people preterm birth farm homebuyers, but now

14:55

is becoming in the mid thirties or

14:57

even late thirties. The persistent lot

15:00

of homes for sale keeping prices high,

15:02

many sellers stay in on the sidelines

15:04

thanks to what economists call the lock

15:06

in effect homeowners unwilling to sell and

15:09

give up the ultra low mortgage rates

15:11

they locked in just a few years

15:13

ago. a four hundred thousand dollar home

15:16

and twenty twenty one when mortgage rates

15:18

were just below three percent meant a

15:20

monthly payment of nearly seventeen hundred dollars.

15:23

At today's rate, that same home is

15:25

about a thousand dollars more each month.

15:27

Home prices defying gravity nationwide, especially. In

15:29

the Northeast or prices are up eleven

15:32

percent from a year ago that has

15:34

some declaring we're in a housing bubble,

15:36

but experts say it's not so fast.

15:38

Prices are being driven by supply

15:41

and demand. We don't have those

15:43

you rational reason so funny. Risky

15:45

mortgages and mortar plays and airport.

15:48

The housing market is on solid

15:50

foundation. Financing a home is not

15:52

expected to get much cheaper. Experts I spoke

15:54

to expect mortgage rates to end the year

15:56

slightly lower at six and a half recess

15:59

and in another. Blow to consumers wallets

16:01

the federal judge has blocked further

16:03

divide his attempt to cat credit

16:05

card late fee that eight dollars,

16:07

calling the role unconstitutional. Wet

16:09

Alexis, Christoforous Forests and thank you

16:11

so much more! Had a world

16:14

news tonight this Saturday, including the

16:16

Lotus on a deadly shooting inside

16:18

a movie theater and later the

16:20

unlikely rescue dog now wowing the

16:22

crowds of the Westminster Dog Show.

16:27

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York Times bestselling author, and I'm

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Backside. Devastating floods in Northern

17:57

Afghanistan More than three hundred

17:59

people. Had been killed more than

18:01

a thousand homes destroyed a World Food

18:03

Programme as began distributing aid to the

18:06

hardest hit areas. Seasonal rains have been

18:08

unusually heavy and this comes as Afghanistan

18:10

is still recovering from a string of

18:12

earthquakes earlier this year. In Ohio, one

18:14

man was killed in a shooting inside

18:17

of a movie theater. has happened late

18:19

Friday night in the lobby of a

18:21

Regal Cinemas about fifty miles south of

18:23

Cleveland. One suspects was taken into custody.

18:26

Police have not said what led to

18:28

that shooting. When we come back it's

18:30

a scary moments when the number one

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first ever criminal trial of a

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19:00

It's one of potentially for trials facing

19:02

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world's number one player novak djokovic was

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hidden ahead with a water bottle as

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he was signing autographs of the italian

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prepared Before we come back,

20:01

every dog has its day, right? And

20:03

this one has a remarkable story. Finally

20:10

tonight, America's Strong, the underdog we just

20:12

can't help rooting for. Tonight

20:16

an unlikely star at the Westminster

20:18

Dog Show, a rescue mutt named

20:21

Miles taking the agility competition by

20:23

storm. Six

20:26

years ago, his future looked bleak

20:28

until Christine Longnaker showed up at

20:30

this Pennsylvania shelter. He was

20:32

just staring at me with these liquid brown eyes and

20:35

I was like, that's it, that's the dog I'm taking

20:37

home. And the shelter had been like,

20:39

he'd been returned a couple times but I said, nope,

20:41

he's getting in the car with me and now here

20:43

we are at Westminster. Christine, a horseback

20:45

riding instructor, would take Miles along

20:48

for the lesson where he

20:50

found his calling. The horse jumps a

20:52

fence and before I knew it, Miles

20:54

had jumped the jump with the horse.

20:56

So Christine started to train Miles for

20:58

agility competitions. Jumping comes insanely naturally to

21:01

him. Soon, Miles began racking

21:03

up some wins, leading to this

21:05

special moment today. The

21:08

first of his Westminster runs, Christine

21:11

leading him through. And

21:13

while Miles did not make tonight's

21:15

finals, he's winning hearts across America.

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To everyone else, he's an underdog but anybody

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who spent any time with him knows that

21:24

there's nothing underdog about him. He rises

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to every occasion. We could all take

21:28

a really big life lesson from him.

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All they needed was a chance and he's making the

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most of it. Way to go, Miles. I'm

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with Johnson in New York. Have a great night. As

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in previous campaigns, it's the economy stupid.

21:42

We'll be looking at that this morning. First

21:44

though, it's the new stupid. It is

21:46

the economy stupid. It's not the

21:49

economy stupid. It's national security stupid.

21:51

It's the hair stupid. In

21:54

1992, one of the best

21:56

known pieces of presidential campaign

21:58

wisdom was born. It's

22:00

the economy, stupid. But was

22:02

it actually the economy that won Bill

22:04

Clinton that election? In

22:06

a new series from the FiveThirtyEight Politics

22:09

Podcast, we're taking a look back

22:11

at conventional wisdom from past elections

22:13

with a critical lens. Where

22:15

did that wisdom come from? And does it hold

22:18

up today? Find the

22:20

campaign throwback series in the FiveThirtyEight

22:22

Politics feed wherever you get your

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podcasts.