WITH ABC NEWS. HI, I'M DIANE MACEDO TODAY ON "ABC NEWS LIVE". NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS RESPONDING THIS MORNING. AND WILL HE BE INDICTED IN THE HUSH MONEY PAYMENT CASE? TWENTY FIVE MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS A BOMB CYCLONE HITS CALIFORNIA. PARTS OF THE STATE ARE UNDER WATER AFTER THAT RECORD BREAKING SPRING STORM . NOW, AT LEAST 15 STATES ARE BRACING FOR HEAVY SNOW FLOODING HIGH WINDS AND AVALANCHE DANGER WHERE THE STORMS AND TORNADO THREAT ARE HEADING NEXT. THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS SET TO ANNOUNCE WHETHER IT WILL RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE BANKING CRISIS. WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR MONEY AND THE RESTORATION OF THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL IS RAMPING UP AFTER THAT MASSIVE FIRE . BUT THE STAKES ARE HIGH. THE RECONSTRUCTION RELIES ON THE SUCCESS OF A VERY RARE OPERATION. >> WE'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT LIVE FROM PARIS. WE BEGIN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS PROSECUTORS FOR THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAVE PRESENTED EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP DELIBERATELY MISLED HIS OWN ATTORNEYS ABOUT HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. THIS IS A GRAND JURY IS RECONVENE TODAY TO WEIGH POTENTIAL CHARGES AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT FOR HIS ROLE IN HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS. CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL HAS THE LATEST ADDED SECURITY IS IN PLACE IN NEW YORK AMID GROWING ANTICIPATION FOR DONALD TRUMP COULD BE INDICTED AS SOON AS TODAY IN A CASE BROUGHT BY MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG REGARDING HUSH MONEY PAID TO STAR STORMY DANIELS. BUT TRUMP FACES MULTIPLE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS A FEDERAL JUDGE IS DETERMINED THAT THERE'S ENOUGH COMPELLING PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP BROKE THE LAW. IN ANOTHER CASE, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. JUDGE BERYL HAOLES ORDER IS SEALED, BUT SOURCES DESCRIBED ITS CONTENTS TO ABC NEWS, SAYING SHE WROTE SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH PROVIDED ENOUGH EVIDENCE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD COMMITTED CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, PROSECUTORS SAY HE KNOWINGLY MISLED HIS ATTORNEYS SO THAT THEY WOULD FILE A SWORN STATEMENT LAST JUNE THAT HE KNEW WAS FALSE, CLAIMING THAT A DILIGENT SEARCH OF HIS MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE FOUND THAT HE HAD TURNED OVER ALL THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS IN HIS POSSESSION. >> I HAD A SMALL NUMBER OF BOXES IN STORAGE AT MAR-A-LAGO, GUARDED BY SECRET SERVICE PROSECUTOR SAY MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS WERE FOUND. TWO MONTHS LATER WHEN THE FBI SEARCHED HIS PREMISES. THE JUDGE'S ORDER DOESN'T MEAN THAT TRUMP IS GUILTY OR THAT HE WILL BE CHARGED, BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT PROSECUTORS HAVE PRESENTED COMPELLING PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE HE MAY HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME. TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED ANY WRONGDOING IN HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. TWO OF TRUMP'S LAWYERS HAD CLAIMED ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND REFUSING TO TESTIFY IN THE CASE. >> BUT THE FEDERAL JUDGE HAS RULED THAT THE PRIVILEGE CAN BE PIERCED BECAUSE THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE TRUMP MISLED THEM. AND BROKE THE LAW. THE JUDGE ORDERED ONE OF TRUMP'S LAWYERS TO HAND OVER A NUMBER OF RECORDS, SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT INCLUDES HANDWRITTEN NOTES, INVOICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF AUDIO RECORDINGS, ALL RELATED TO WHAT THE JUDGE CALLED TRUMP'S ALLEGED CRIMINAL SCHEME. >> TRUMP HAS APPEALED THE JUDGE'S ORDER AND A THREE JUDGE PANEL HAS STAYED THE ORDER WHILE THE APPEAL IS HEARD. >> TRUMP RESPONDED TO OUR REPORTING BY ATTACKING THE JUDGE, ATTACKING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL AND SAYING THROUGH A SPOKESPERSON, QUOTE, THERE IS NO FACTUAL OR LEGAL BASIS OR SUBSTANCE TO ANY CASE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE SAID THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY CASES, AS YOU KNOW, DIANE , THAT HE IS FACING. >> ALL RIGHT, CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL, THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO BRING IN SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN MANHATTAN, ALONG WITH INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS FOR MORE . >> CATHERINE , THIS JUDGE'S ORDER, IT DOESN'T MEAN TRUMP IS GUILTY OR THAT HE'LL BE CHARGED. >> SO HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT? WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT THERE IS PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE, AT LEAST WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE JUDGE AND YOU HEARD JON KARL THERE, THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT THAT PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT COMMITTED A CRIME AND NOT ONLY COMMITTED THAT CRIME, BUT IT WAS REFERRED TO , WE'RE TOLD BY SOURCES IN THIS ORDER FROM THE JUDGE AS A CRIMINAL SCHEME. WE'RE LEARNING THAT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE BELIEVES THAT TRUMP DIRECTED HIS LAWYERS OR MISLED HIS LAWYERS, INTENTIONALLY MISLED HIS LAWYERS, WHO THEN LIED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ESSENTIALLY SAY THAT THERE WERE NO MORE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS LEFT AT MAR-A-LAGO WHEN THERE WERE. SO THIS IS A SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE. OF COURSE, THE BAR ISN'T AS HIGH FOR HER TO SIGN OFF ON THIS LAWYER TO SPEAK, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY'RE APPEALING IT. BUT STILL HUGELY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY LEARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT PROSECUTORS BELIEVE THAT TRUMP IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS NOW. ATTORNEY JEFF ROBBINS IS JOINING US AS WELL. JEFF. PROSECUTORS ARGUE THAT ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGES INVOKED BY TWO OF TRUMP'S ATTORNEYS COULD BE PIERCED BECAUSE OF THIS. >> SO WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR TRUMP'S DEFENSE? IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR HIS DEFENSE TEAM. AND IT'S VERY RARE FOR THE FOUR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN A CLIENT AND ATTORNEY TO BE ORDERED DISCLOSED IN HERE. AS CATHERINE HAS SAID , THERE'S A RULING. THESE COMMUNICATIONS ARE LIKELY OR MAY VERY WELL BE EVIDENCE OF A CRIME BY DONALD TRUMP. SO IF, IN FACT, MR. CORCORAN IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH ARE CRIMINAL IN NATURE, WHICH ARE EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME BY DONALD TRUMP, THIS PLACE IS HIM IN TOUGH SHAPE. THEY ARE NOT SINGING, OH, HAPPY DAY AT MAR-A-LAGO TODAY, ERIN. >> MEANWHILE, THE GRAND JURY IS RECONVENING TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL CHARGES IN THE HUSH MONEY CASE. THAT PAYMENT MADE TO STORMY DANIELS. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW RIGHT NOW? WELL, THE GRAND JURY IS EXPECTED TO RECONVENE EITHER THIS MORNING OR SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON, DIANN, TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO VOTE ON THESE CHARGES. MAYBE THEY HEAR FROM A DIFFERENT WITNESS. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. IT'S A SECRET PROCESS, SO WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THERE'S POTENTIALLY AN OUTCOME AND WHETHER THAT'S TODAY, TOMORROW OR WHENEVER. WE DO KNOW, THOUGH, THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY FOR IT. THERE'S A QUITE A POLICE PRESENCE HERE AT COURT AND UP AT TRUMP TOWER UPTOWN, BECAUSE AFTER THERE'S AN INDICTMENT, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BE BROUGHT HERE TO NEW YORK TO PRESENT HIMSELF IN COURT FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT ON THESE CHARGES . YOU LISTEN TO TO JEFF AND CATHERINE TALK ABOUT CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S A FAR MORE URGENT AND CONSEQUENTIAL PRIORITY THAN A HUSH MONEY PAYMENT FROM SEVEN YEARS AGO. BUT THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN ON THIS FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. THEY FINALLY HAVE ZEROED IN ON THIS HUSH PAYMENT AS THE BASIS FOR A POTENTIAL CHARGE OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS AND THE MANHATTAN D.A.'S OFFICE SAYS, DAN , THAT THESE THESE KINDS OF CASES ARE RIGHT IN THE DAYS WHEELHOUSE, ESPECIALLY FOR A JURISDICTION THAT INCLUDES WALL STREET SINCE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY , ALVIN BRAGG, HAS BEEN IN OFFICE FOR THE BETTER PART OF A YEAR OR SO, HE HAS BROUGHT MORE THAN 100 FELONY CHARGES OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. SO THE OFFICE IS WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE CASE. >> CATHERINE , SOME HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW VOWING TO INVESTIGATE THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY . WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? YEAH, HOUSE REPUBLICANS HERE ARE RALLYING BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT . THEY'RE DEFENDING HIM, DEFENDING HIS COMMENTS. LOOK, THEY'RE ALSO ADMITTING THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT OF WHAT ANY POTENTIAL CHARGES COULD BE . AT THE SAME TIME, USING THE TOP INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO LOOK INTO THIS INVESTIGATION ,INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS, AS THEY SAY. SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS. THEY REQUESTED TESTIMONY FROM THE MANHATTAN D.A. BROWN INVOLVED WITH THIS CASE ENTIRELY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WILL NECESSARILY HEAR FROM ALVIN BRAGG ANY TIME SOON ABOUT COOPERATION. BUT THIS IS JUST CURRENTLY A REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS, NOT A SUBPOENA POTENTIAL THAT WE COULD SEE THAT DOWN THE ROAD. >> JEFF, HAD A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATIONS LIKE THIS WORK, AND WHEN COULD WE GET A DECISION ON POTENTIAL CHARGES? >> WELL, IT DOES SEEM AS THOUGH, FIRST OF ALL, THE D.A. HAS ALREADY MADE THE DECISION WHETHER TO SEEK INDICTMENT AND ON WHAT CHARGES TO SEEK AN INDICTMENT THAT I THINK IS DONE TODAY MAY VERY WELL BE TODAY WHEN THEY VOTE TO INDICT OR NOT TO INDICT, AS THE CASE MAY BE . AND SO MY GUESS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO IN ONE FASHION OR ANOTHER WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF BUSINESS DAYS. WHETHER THERE'S BEEN AN INDICTMENT AND WHAT THE INDICTMENT IS FOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHARGES WHICH ARE NOW BEING BANDIED ABOUT AS POTENTIAL CHARGES. MY GUESS IS WE'RE LIKELY TO KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS LEAKED BY THE END OF THE WEEK. >> ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE FAULDERS AARON KATERSKY. JEFFREY ROBINS, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. ALL I SHOULD SAY, AND AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER IN CALIFORNIA AFTER A BOMB CYCLONE SLAMMED INTO THE WEST COAST. THE STATE HAS BEEN HIT WITH RAIN AND STRONG WINDS, LEAVING SOME PARTS UNDERWATER. ABC'S METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING IT ALL FOR US . >> HI, SARAH . GOOD MORNING, DIANE . SO, YEAH, THIS STORM WE SAW YESTERDAY WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THE STATS, CHECK OUT THE IMPACT. SO THIS IS BOULDER CREEK, CALIFORNIA, IN SANTA CRUZ. CARS DRIVING RIGHT NOW. AND REALLY, THEY SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. WE'VE GOT POWER LINES DOWN, TREES DOWN WITH TREMENDOUSLY STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALONG THE COASTLINE IN SANTA CRUZ, ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 13 FOOT WAVES. THAT HAS LED TO SOME MILD EROSION ALONG THE COASTLINE THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN TIME AND LOOK AT THE SATELLITE IMAGERY. SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING HAPPENS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SPIN HERE. YOU KIND OF SEE TO SEPARATE VORTICES THAT COME TOGETHER. WE CALL THAT THE FUJIWARA EFFECT THAT LED TO THE STRONGEST STORM ON RECORD FOR THE BAY AREA IN CALIFORNIA EVER IN MARCH. SO HERE'S A LOOK WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IN THE COMING HOURS. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SHIFT FARTHER SOUTH, BRINGING MORE RAIN IN AREAS LIKE LOS ANGELES ALONG THE PHIL LIPOF CORRIDOR THAT HAS PROMPTED FLOOD WATCHES AND WATCHES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ONE HUNDRED INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN MONTEREY COUNTY. THAT'S ALSO ONE FOR THE RECORDS THERE. AND THEN YOU HAD UP FIVE AND A GRAPEVINE, CALIFORNIA, JUST OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES. AND THIS IS VIDEO FOOTAGE OF SNOW. SO ONCE AGAIN, NOT ONLY THE RAIN, THEY'RE ALSO DEALING WITH THE SNOW. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN LOS ANGELES INTO THE ROCKIES. PARTS OF COLORADO ARE NOW UNDER AVALANCHE WARNINGS. >> YOU'RE JUST SEEING THOSE STRIATIONS OF SNOW, THOSE LAYERS OF SNOW AFTER ROUND AND ROUND OF STORM . NOW, HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE COMING DAYS. WE'LL SEE THAT SYSTEM MOVE TO THE EAST COAST. IT MOVES INTO TEXAS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW DAYS NOW. DEL RIO, SAN ANGELO INTO ABILENE, JUST WEST OF DALLAS. AND THEN INTO AREAS LIKE ALEXANDRIA AND JACKSON. WE HAVE AN EVEN HIGHER, MORE ELEVATED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. >> AND THAT COULD ACTUALLY LEAD TO VERY STRONG TORNADOES IN PARTS OF LOUISIANA. AND UP INTO MISSISSIPPI. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT IMPACTFUL SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING THE SOUTHEAST IN THE COMING DAYS. >> FAN. SOMARA THEODORE, THANKS. AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW WITH INEZ QUATRO. GARBAGE PILES ARE GROWING ON THE STREETS OF PARIS AMID STRIKES OVER PLAN TO RAISE THE COUNTRY'S RETIREMENT AGE. PROTESTER IN THEIR 17TH DAY AFTER FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON'S GOVERNMENT NARROWLY SURVIVED TWO NO CONFIDENCE VOTES. AND THIS IS IN PARIS WITH MORE ON THAT AND SOME OF THE DAY'S OTHER INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES TAI HERNANDEZ. HEY, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AND YEAH, QUITE A BIT OF POLITICAL TURMOIL HERE IN FRANCE RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE SEEING THOUSANDS OF WORKERS TAKING TO THE STREETS TO PROTEST PENSION REFORM. MILLIONS HAVE BEEN TAKING TO THE STREETS ACROSS FRANCE SINCE THE LAW WAS ROLLED OUT IN JANUARY . WE'RE SEEING DEMONSTRATIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HERE IN PARIS, THEY'RE TURNING QUITE VIOLENT. SO WE SAW PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH POLICE THERE, SETTING FIRES RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. AND MORE AND MORE ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE. WE'RE ALSO SEEING THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES GOING ON STRIKE. AND THAT'S HAVING AN IMPACT ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY ASPECT OF SOCIETY. SO IT'S AFFECTING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH TRAINS AND PLANES BEING DELAYED AND IT'S ALSO HAVING AN IMPACT ON SANITATION. SO HERE IN PARIS, GARBAGE WORKERS HAVE BEEN ON STRIKE FOR OVER TWO WEEKS AND WE'RE SEEING MOUNDS, MOUNDS OF TRASH PILING UP ACROSS PARIS CITY STREETS WITH SOME RESIDENTS EVEN STARTING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SMELLS OVER 10 THOUSAND TONS OF TRASH ARE PILING UP IN PARIS. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT , EMMANUEL MACRON, HE SURVIVED A NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON MONDAY. HE WAS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT CAME AS A SURPRISE WAS THE NARROW MARGIN BY WHICH HE SURVIVED THAT VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SEVEN VOTES WERE NEEDED TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT . MACRON HAS BEEN FACING CRITICISM FOR HIS REFORMS. HE'S TRYING TO RAISE THE MINIMUM RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62 TO 64 . HE'S FACING CRITICISM FOR THE WAY HE'S GOING ABOUT HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET HIS LAW FOR USING A PROCEDURE THAT IS SIMILAR TO EXECUTIVE ACTION IN THE U.S. WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO GET THE LAW THROUGH WITHOUT A VOTE FROM PARLIAMENT. AND HE'S ALSO FACING CRITICISM FOR REALLY BEING ABSENT FROM THE PUBLIC EYE FOR NOT ENGAGING IN MORE CONVERSATION WITH UNION LEADERS. I DID SPEAK TO FRENCH TELEVISION. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD FROM HIM IN A WHILE. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW CRUCIAL THESE REFORMS WERE. ARE HE'S BEEN TALKING, YOU KNOW, TIME AND TIME AGAIN ABOUT HE'S POINTING TO THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER. HE ARGUES THAT IF THE SYSTEM STAYS AS IS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL GO IN THE RED. HE SAYS HE HEARS THE FRUSTRATION. HE SAYS HE REGRETS NOT BEING ABLE TO CONVINCE MORE PEOPLE OF WHY THIS REFORM IS NEEDED. BUT HE IS PUSHING AHEAD WITH IT AND HOPES IT WILL GO INTO EFFECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AS WELL. SO WE HEARD THAT OLIVIER DU BOIS, WHO IS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST WHO HAD BEEN IN MALI SINCE APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE , HE'D BEEN IN CAPTIVITY HELD BY ISLAMIC MILITANTS. HE WAS RELEASED. HE RETURNED TO FRANCE ON MONDAY . HE WAS GREETED BY THE FRENCH PRESIDENT AND ENDED BY HIS FAMILY AS WELL. HE WAS ALSO RELEASED ALONGSIDE A US AID WORKER, AND HE WAS ACTUALLY THE LAST FRENCH CITIZEN TO BE DETAINED. SO SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. WE SHOULD POINT OUT WE DON'T QUITE KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW HE WAS RELEASED AND WHAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT MIGHT HAVE NEGOTIATED. BUT SOME GOOD NEWS THERE AND THEN SOME GOOD NEWS AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO NOTRE DAME. SO WORKERS THERE CONTINUING MAKE STEADY PROGRESS ON REBUILDING THE FAMOUS CATHEDRAL. OUR TEAM GOT TO HEAD UP TO NORTHEASTERN FRANCE TO SEE THE PROGRESS BEING MADE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THIS FIRE . YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT INFAMOUS SPIRE TOPPLING DOWN WHEN THE FIRE RAVAGED THE CATHEDRAL BACK IN 2018. SO THEY'RE FOCUSED ON BUILDING THE BASE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE USING TECHNIQUES THAT ARE REALLY HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD. THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD THIS FIRE , MAKE IT AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE ORIGINAL THING. THEY'VE BEEN SOURCING WOOD FROM ACROSS FRANCE, OAK TREES. THE SPIRE WILL BE OVER THREE HUNDRED FEET TALL AND THEY ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS THERE. THE CHALLENGE NOW IS GOING TO BE ONCE THEY'VE SET IT UP IN NORTHEASTERN FRANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO DISASSEMBLE IT, TRANSPORTED TO PARIS AND THEN REASSEMBLE IT ON TOP OF THE CATHEDRAL, ARE HOPING THE SPIRE WILL GO UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND NOTRE DAME SHOULD BE REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN DECEMBER 2012. FOR DIANE AND INES DE LA CUETARA IN PARIS. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, TIKTOK. CEO IS ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT CHINESE SPYING AND PROMISING TO PROTECT USER DATA. HOW HE PLANS TO REASSURE LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL. ALSO AHEAD, A NEW STUDY SHOWS A GROWING NUMBER OF CHILDREN ARE FALLING BEHIND ON READING SKILLS. THE NEW TOOL NOW HELPING AFTER THISND CONTROL. >> THE LESSON IS MURDER. DO WE THINK HE'S A PSYCHOPATH? ON ON HULU? >> WELCOME BACK. INVESTORS ARE AWAITING AN IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE TODAY ON INTEREST RATES. HIGHER RATES COULD HELP COOL INFLATION, BUT THEY COULD ALSO FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE BANKING INDUSTRY. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. A LOT FOR THE FED TO WEIGH TODAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY AND IMPORTANT DAY. DIANE , BECAUSE THE FEDERAL RESERVE FACES ONE OF ITS TOUGHEST CALLS IN YEARS, WHETHER TO RAISE INTEREST RATES AGAIN, TO FIGHT STUBBORNLY HIGH INFLATION OR TAKE A TIME OUT AND LET THE TURMOIL IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY CALM DOWN. AFTER ALL, THE FED STRING OF EIGHT INTEREST RATE HIKES IS PART OF THE REASON WHY BANKS ARE IN SO MUCH STRESS. RIGHT NOW, WALL STREET SEEMS DIVIDED ON WHAT THE FED SHOULD DO. MOST ECONOMISTS BELIEVE IT WILL OPT TO RAISE INTEREST RATES TODAY BY A LESS AGGRESSIVE QUARTER POINT. THAT STILL, THOUGH, WILL GET MORE EXPENSIVE TO BORROW MONEY, PUSHING RATES HIGHER ON EVERYTHING FROM CREDIT CARDS TO AUTO LOANS AND MORTGAGES. SPEAKING OF MORTGAGES, HOME PRICES FELL IN FEBRUARY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 11 YEARS. THE MEDIAN SALE PRICE FALLING TWO TENTHS OF A PERCENT TO THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. NOW, THAT SLIGHT PRICE DROP AND A DIP IN MORTGAGE RATES HELPED TO BREATHE SOME LIFE TO THE HOUSING MARKET. SALES OF PREVIOUSLY OWNED HOMES ROSE 14 AND A HALF PERCENT IN FEBRUARY COMPARED TO THE PRIOR MONTH, SNAPPING A YEAR LONG STREAK OF DECLINING MONTHLY HOME SALES. BUT SALES ARE STILL THREE PERCENT LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO. AND TIKTOK CEO WILL TRY TO REASSURE US LAWMAKERS TOMORROW THAT HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM DOESN'T HARM YOUNG PEOPLE. SUZI CHU PLANS TO OFFER A SERIES OF BROAD PROMISES ON PLATFORM SAFETY AND SECURITY AT TOMORROW'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED CONGRESSIONAL HEARING. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS WARNED TIKTOK THAT IT FACES A BAN HERE IN THE U.S. IF ITS PARENT COMPANY DOESN'T SELL ITS. NOW, A MOM ON A MISSION HAS DEVELOPED A NEW TOOL TO HELP. >> BECKY WORLEY HAS MORE ON THAT DAY. I BELIEVE THIS IS A NEW WAY TO TEACH READING FILLED WITH ACTION LAUGHTER AND FUN. BUT REWIND TO TWENTY TWENTY . WHEN JACQUELINE DAVIS SON MADDEN WAS LEARNING TO READ, HE WAS NOT HAVING FUN. >> HE WOULD CRY, HE WOULD HIDE IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET. ANYTHING NOT TO HAVE TO DO. >> READING. OH, I GOT THREE . SO JACQUELINE, WHO HAS A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, BECAME A MOM ON A MISSION ARMED WITH ART SUPPLIES AND HER CREATIVITY, SHE MADE A GAME CALLED KANGAROO CRAVINGS. >> SO THAT SEVEN YEAR OLD MAN COULD DEVELOP HIS READING SKILLS, FOCUSING ON SIGHT WORDS. >> THERE ARE ABOUT 300 SIGHT WORDS THAT CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND SECOND GRADE. THEIR WORDS HAVE REALLY HIGH FREQUENCY, AND SO CHILDREN JUST NEED TO LEARN THEM. SO THAT THEY HAVE THEM IN THEIR LONG TERM MEMORY. >> WHAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT WORDS YOU'VE LEARNED? THERE IS A LOT OF WORDS THAT LIKE THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES. WEIRD LIKE ONE EVEN. OH, AN E EASY TO SPELL, RIGHT? WELL, OH, SO DESCRIBE THE MECHANICS OF THE GAME. >> THEIR ACTIONS LIKE SPELL THE WORD EACH LETTER WITH YOUR TAIL LIKE A KANGAROO. WE KNOW FROM THE SCIENCE THAT USING WORDS AND MOVING YOUR BODY WITH THE LETTERS ACTUALLY HELPS YOU LEARN THEM BETTER. >> I'D GET THAT CARD AND I'D GO MI SO YOU WOULD GO AN E WITH YOUR NOSE AND THEN YOU SAY THE WORD AGAIN FOR THE REPETITION. M E. >> I MEAN, EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THE NATION'S REPORT CARD SAYS THAT TWO OUT OF EVERY THREE CHILDREN IN AMERICA DON'T READ AT GRADE LEVEL AND IT'S ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. JUST REPORTED THE LARGER DROP IN CHILDREN'S READING SCORES IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS, TURNING JACQUELINE FROM MOM ON A MISSION INTO MOMPRENEUR KANGAROO CRAVINGS PROTESTED BY MORE THAN 100 CHILDREN ACROSS 40 CLASSROOMS IN THE U.S., LIKE THIS ONE AT THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL HYPHY AND SOME WASHINGTON, D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHICH REPORTED ENCOURAGE RESULTS. >> WE SAW SOMETHING THAT KIDS HAD FUN DOING AND THEY WERE LEARNING. AND TEACHERS ARE SEEING IMPACTS OF THAT AS THEY TEST IT OUT THE GAME. >> CANDICE SPENCER IS ONE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO TESTED THE GAME IN HER CLASSROOM WITHOUT A GAME SITE, WHEREAS ARE USUALLY JUST KIND OF SKILL. AND YOU USE FLASH CARDS, YOU MEMORIZE THEM. IT'S NOT NEARLY AS MUCH FUN AS A BOARD GAME. LEARNING IS SOCIAL SOMETIMES. >> DO YOU NOTICE THAT THE MOVEMENT HELPS 100%? >> BUT HER JOURNEY TO THE FINISH LINE WAS A LONG ONE . >> MOM OF NINE YEAR OLD ALEX MORGAN TELLING US SHE SAW THE DIFFERENCE. >> THAT WAS ONE OF THE PIECES THAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT IT. >> UNDERSTANDING HOW PEOPLE MEMORIZE, YOU MEMORIZE ALSO WITH ACTION. >> I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE PURCHASING THE GAME FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. >> PLAYING IT MADE ME ACTUALLY START KIND OF WANT TO READ AND ON GRADE LEVEL. AMAZING. THAT'S A HIGH FIVE RIGHT HERE. GIVE ME A GOOD JOB. >> NOW, KANGAROO CRAVINGS IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THAT SUMMER LEARNING SLIDE THAT WE SEE. AND WHILE THIS IS JUST ONE GAME AND ONE NEW WAY TO LEARN, IT SHOWS THAT INNOVATION AND DIFFERENTIATE LEARNING CAN MAKE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR KIDS MASTERING THIS CRITICAL SKILL. >> DIANN SURE DOES IT. WE'LL TAKE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET AS PARENTS. BECKY , EARLY, THANK YOU. COMING UP, HE'S A FIRST TIME DAD AT THE AGE OF NINETY . HOW THE HOUSTON ZOO IS CELEBRATING ITS BELOVED TORTOISE AND HIS NEW BABIES AFTER THIS. >> STAY WITH US. EAMING "ABC NEWS LIVE". THE HOUSTON ZOO IS CELEBRATING ITS NEWEST RESIDENTS AND ITS OLDEST, MR PICKLES. THE TORTOISE IS NOW A FIRST TIME DAD AT THE AGE OF 90 , AND HE AND HIS PARTNER, MRS. PICKLES, ARE WELCOMING BABIES DILL GURKIN AND JALAPENO DAVID MUIR HAS MORE AT THE HOUSTON ZOO. >> THEY ARE CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THEIR NEWEST RESIDENTS. THREE ENDANGERED TURTLES CALLED RADIATED TORTOISES. THEY ARE ENDANGERED REMARKABLY ,THEIR FATHER IS THE OLDEST RESIDENT AT THE ZOO, MR. PICKLES. THEY CALL HIM 90 YEARS OLD, A FIRST TIME FATHER. HE'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BY THE ZOO FOR THIRTY SIX YEARS. MRS PICKLES IS FIFTY THREE . THE TWO NEVER HAVING BABIES UNTIL NOW. THE BABY'S NAME STILL AT THE BOTTOM, HELPING YOU. ALL THE RIGHT GURKIN AT THE TOP, TINY ENOUGH TO FIT IN THEIR CARETAKERS HANDS. A HERPETOLOGY KEEPER AT THE ZOO WITNESSED MRS PICKLES LAYING HER EGGS AT CLOSING TIME. AND THEN SAVING THOSE EGGS. THEY BELIEVE IT'S THE ONLY REASON THE EGG SURVIVED. CONSERVATIONISTS HAVE LONG FEARED RADIATED TORTOISES COULD GO EXTINCT DUE TO POACHING AND CLIMATE CHANGE. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT, BY DAVID HERPETOLOGY KEEPER CHRIS VALDéS, HOLDING DAD BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY RECOVER THOSE EGGS, ABLE TO PATCH UP THESE THREE ERADIATED FOR BABIES. >> NOW, CHRIS AND THE TEAM WORKING TO ENSURE THESE BABY TORTOISES WILL BE AROUND TO CREATE THE NEXT GENERATION. >> THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US OUT IN THE LONG RUN AT THE HOUSTON ZOO, THE PICKLE'S FAMILY GROWING. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PICKLE'S AND OUR THANKS TO DAVID MUIR FOR THAT STORY. AND OUR THANKS TO YOU FOR SHARING WITH US. I'M DIANE MACEDO. "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT, ANALYSIS AND ADORABLE LITTLE PIECES, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU, THE ABC NEWS APP, AND OF COURSE, ON ABC NEWS . THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK .