Transcript for ABC News Live: 3 dead, dozens injured after Amtrak derailment in Missouri
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TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, A
TRAGEDY IN TEXAS.
AT LEAST 46 PEOPLE WERE FOUND
DEAD INSIDE A TRACTOR TRAILER
AND MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS
INCLUDING FOUR CHILDREN ARE NOW
HOSPITALIZED.
THREE SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY.
HEAR WHITE HOUSE GATOR SAY THEY
BELIEVE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
JUMP TO THE 18 WHEELER.
ALSO AHEAD, NEW DETAILS IN A
DEADLY AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILMENT.
AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
AND DOZENS MORE INJURED AFTER A
TRAIN COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK.
HERE HOW PASSENGERS HELPED EACH
OTHER TO SAFETY AND HOW TO
TROOPS OF FOUR BOY SCOUTS ON
BOARD JUMPED INTO ACTION.
A NEW SURPRISE JANUARY SIX
HEARING IS THAT TO BEGIN IN
JUST A FEW HOURS.
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE
NEW EVIDENCE COMMITTEE PLANS TO
PRESENT AND THE KEY WITNESS
SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY.
>> WE BEGIN IN SAN ANTONIO
TEXAS WHERE AT LEAST 46 PEOPLE
WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A
TRACTOR TRAILER.
IN A SUSPECTED HUMAN SMUGGLING
OPERATION.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW
QUESTIONING THREE SUSPECTS.
--
STARTS US OFF FROM TEXAS WITH
THE LATEST.
>> A GRUESOME DISCOVERY ON SAN
ANTONIO'S SOUTHSIDE.
>> WE'VE GOT AN 18 WHEELER.
LOOKS TO BE ABOUT 60 PEOPLE
THAT ARE INSIDE.
LOOKS LIKE QUITE A FEW OF THEM
ARE --
>> 46 PEOPLE FOUND DEAD NEAR OR
INSIDE A TRACTOR TRAILER.
LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW
INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED CASE
OF HUMAN SMUGGLING.
WITH THREE PEOPLE TAKING INTO
CUSTODY.
A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
TELLS THE TEXAS TRIBUNE IT
APPEARS PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO
JUMP OUT OF THE TRACTOR-TRAILER
BECAUSE SOME OF THE DECEASED
WERE FOUND ALONG SEVERAL
BLOCKS.
POLICE ARRIVING ON THE SCENE
AFTER A NEARBY WORKER HEARD A
CRY FOR HELP AND ALERTED
AUTHORITIES.
OFFICIALS FINDING 46 DEAD AND
ANOTHER 16 PEOPLE WHO WERE
STILL CONSCIOUS.
TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE
HOSPITAL.
OF THOSE, FOUR WERE CHILDREN
AND 12 ADULTS.
>> THEY WERE SUFFERING FROM
HEATSTROKE, HEAT EXHAUSTION.
NO SIGNS OF WATER IN THE
VEHICLE, IT WASN'T
REFRIGERATED.
TRACTOR TRAILER.
BUT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE
WORKING AC UNIT.
>> THE MAYOR OF SAN ANTONIO
CALLING IT A HORRIFIC HUMAN
TRAGEDY.
>> 46 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NO
LONGER WITH US.
WHO HAD FAMILIES.
WHO WERE LIKELY TRYING TO FIND
A BETTER LIFE.
WE HAVE 16 FOLKS FIGHTING FOR
THEIR LIVES IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> AS IMMIGRATION POLICIES
CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, CITIES LIKE SAN
ANTONIO ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP
IN THE MIDDLE.
OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY
HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE OF
MIGRANTS TRAFFICKED AND THIS --
BEGGING ABOUT THE STATE AND THE
FED FOR HELP.
THEIR CONCERN, AND IMMIGRATION
ADVOCATES CONCERN, IS THAT IF
SOMETHING ISN'T DONE SOON, THIS
WILL ONLY GET WORSE.
DIANE.
>> MIREYA VILLARREAL, THANK
YOU.
AND THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN
MISSOURI AFTER AN AMTRAK TRAIN
HIT A DUMP TRUCK THAT WAS ON
THE TRACKS.
TRAIN WAS CARRYING MORE THAN
240 PASSENGERS FROM LOS ANGELES
TO CHICAGO.
EIGHT PASSENGER CARS DERAILED,
TURNING NEARLY THE ENTIRE TRAIN
ON ITS SIDE.
TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT
GEOVANIS TESTS AND MEN DIDN'T,
MISSOURI.
WITH THE LATEST.
>> INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE
AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT
THAT AN AMTRAK TRAIN TO REBUILD
AFTER SLAMMING INTO A DUMP
TRUCK.
>> AMTRAK TRAIN --
MULTIPLE INJURIES --
>> TO TRAIN PASSENGERS ON THE
DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK WERE
KILLED.
MORE THAN FOUR DOZEN PEOPLE
INJURED.
ON BOARD THE TRAIN,
APPROXIMATELY 275 PASSENGERS
AND 12 CREW MEMBERS.
>> I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE
TRAIN THAT CAME AROUND FIRST
AND SO EVERYBODY FELL ON TOP OF
US.
>> THE TRAIN WAS HEADED FROM
LOS ANGELES TO CHICAGO WHEN IT
STRUCK THE DUMP TRUCK IN RURAL
MISSOURI.
DERAILING A PASSENGER CARS AND
NEARLY TURNING THE ENTIRE TRAIN
ON ITS SIDE.
16 BOY SCOUTS FROM WISCONSIN
TRAVELING ON THE TRAIN ALSO
JUMPING INTO ACTION, HELPING
ADMINISTER FIRST AID TO THOSE
HURT.
>> THEY JUST FOR HELPING
IMMOBILIZE PEOPLE ON BACKWARDS
AND GETTING THEM OUT SAFELY.
IT'S >> NOT CLEAR WHY THE DUMP
TRUCK WAS ON THE TRACKS.
IT'S A SCENE HERE AFTER THE
CRASH.
BUT AUTHORITIES SAY THERE ARE
NO CROSSING ARMS HERE.
WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT UNUSUAL
IN RURAL AREAS.
>> IT'S AN UNCONTROLLED CROSS
INTERSECTION ON A GRAVEL ROAD.
SO NO LIGHTS, NO ELECTRONIC
CONTROL DEVICES.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SCRAMBLING
TO HELP ONE ANOTHER GET OUT OF
THE TRAIN.
MANY SITTING ON TOP OF THE
TRAIN.
AS FIRST RESPONDERS MAKE THEIR
WAY TO THE SCENE.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER JASON
DRINKER WAS ON THE TRAIN WITH
SOME OF HIS STUDENTS, HEADING
TO A COMPETITION.
>> I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT
EVERYONE IN MY GROUP, THEY'RE
GOING HOME TONIGHT AND THEY'RE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME AND
BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
>> FELLOW PASSENGERS GETTING
RIGHT TO WORK TO HELP ONE
ANOTHER IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS.
>> THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE GOT
OUT OF THIS WITHOUT THEM.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY.
>> AND BACK HERE IN MISSOURI,
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT MORE THAN
40 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED.
WE MENTIONED HERE THAT THE
STREET DID NOT HAVE THOSE
CROSSING ARMS.
IT TURNS OUT, THAT'S THE CASE
IN MUCH OF RURAL AMERICA.
DIANE.
>> GEO BENITEZ, THANK YOU.
AND JUDGES IN UTAH AND
LOUISIANA HAVE TEMPORARILY
BLOCKED THE TRIGGER LAWS FROM
TAKING EFFECT THAT WOULD PLACE
NEW RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION.
THE JUDGE HAS GRANTED TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDERS REQUESTED BY
ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
SAYING THAT THE STATES ARE
UNPREPARED FOR SUCH A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL
CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS
MORE ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> MY BODY, MY CHOICE!
>> THE CHAOTIC NEXT CHEF OR IN
THE FIGHT OVER ABORTION RIGHTS.
A STATEWIDE ABORTION WILL FACE
A WAVE OF LEGAL CHALLENGES.
JUDGES IN UTAH AND LOUISIANA
TEMPORARILY BLOCKING TRIGGER
LAWS BUT PROVIDERS WORRY IT
WON'T HOLD.
>> FOR NOW, WE'RE BACK UP AND
RUNNING.
HOW LONG THAT A LAST, I DO NOT
KNOW.
I FEAR THAT WE WILL BE CLOSE
PERMANENTLY.
>> BEYOND UTAH IN LOUISIANA, AT
LEAST SIX STATES ARE NOW
ENDORSING NEAR TOTAL ABORTION
BANS.
FOR MORE CLINICS HAVE STOPPED
PROVIDING ABORTIONS AND MORE
THAN A DOZEN OTHERS SENT TO
TAKE ACTION IN THE COMING
WEEKS.
LAWS AND IDAHO, KENTUCKY AND
TEXAS ALL FACING LAWSUITS.
AS WELL AS THE STATE AT THE
CENTER OF THE SUPREME COURT
CASE.
MISSISSIPPI, WHERE THE STATES
LAST ABORTION CLINIC IS
FIGHTING TO STAY OPEN.
>> THEY WANT YOU TO KILL YOUR
CHILD!
>> DEMOCRATIC STATES LIKE
ILLINOIS HAVE BECOME A SAFE
HAVEN FOR LEGAL ABORTION.
WE WENT INSIDE THIS CLINIC IN
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS.
THE STAFF FIELDING CALLS FROM
OUT OF STATE PATIENTS.
>> OUR FIRST PATIENTS FROM
ARKANSAS, SECOND FROM OKLAHOMA.
>> DOCTOR CLEAN MECHANICAL IS
HELP FROM THE CLINIC.
>> ARE YOU BRACING TO SEE A
SURGE IN PATIENTS?
>> YES.
WE SAID THIS IS GROUND ZERO AND
WE'RE BRACING FOR IMPACT FOR
SURE.
WE SEE PATIENTS SIX DAYS A WEEK,
EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
BUT SOON THAT WILL BE TEN HOURS
OR 12 HOURS A DAY.
>> JUST 15 MILES AWAY IN
MISSOURI, NEARLY ALL ABORTIONS
ARE LEGAL.
>> WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, I
SAID I'M PART OF THE PRO-LIFE
GENERATION AND WE WOULD SAY
WERE THE GENERATION THAT'S
GOING TO END ROW.
>> REPUBLICAN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE MARY ELIZABETH
COLEMAN TELLS ME SHE WANTS TO
PREVENT MISSOURI HEALTH CARE
WORKERS FROM HELPING PATIENTS
SEEK ABORTIONS IN OTHER STATES.
>> BUT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE
SURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS
OPERATING WITHIN THE STATE OF
MISSOURI IS FOLLOWING THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI AND
NOT CREATING A SHADOW NETWORK.
>> INDIANA, JUST TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE, ABORTION HERE IN
ILLINOIS IS STILL LEGAL.
BUT THIS CLINIC BEHIND ME IS
LESS THAN TEN MILES AWAY FROM
WISCONSIN WHERE ABORTIONS HAVE
COMPLETELY STOPPED.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD TELLS ME
THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING TO SEE
AT LEAST 30,000 PATIENTS TRAVEL
HERE TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT
YEAR.
THAN.
>> RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU.
THE JANUARY SIX COMMITTEE IS
SET TO HOLD A NEW HEARING TODAY
ON CAPITOL HILL.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MADE THE
SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER
PREVIOUSLY POSTPONING THE
HEARINGS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS.
THEY SAY THEY PLAN TO SHARE
RECENTLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE AND
SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE
MATTER TELL ABC NEWS FORMER TOP
ADVISOR IS TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF
MARK MEADOWS, CASSIDY
HUTCHINSON IS SCHEDULED TO
TESTIFY.
CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
JONATHAN ACCRA HAS MORE FROM
CAPITOL HILL.
>> GOOD MORNING, DIANE.
TODAY THE JANUARY SIX COMMITTEE
WILL HEAR FROM A WHITE HOUSE
ADVISER WHO WAS RIGHT THERE IN
THE WEST WING ON JANUARY 6TH
AND IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS
LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK ON THE
CAPITOL.
HER NAME IS CASSIDY HUTCHINSON,
HER APPEARANCE WAS FIRST
REPORTED BY --
SHE WAS INNOCENT TO MARK
MEADOWS, CHIEF OF STAFF.
IF SHE WAS IN THE WEST WING
WHILE THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL
WAS UNFOLDING.
DIRECT WITNESS TO THE EFFORTS
BY THOSE CLOSEST TO DONALD
TRUMP TO TRY TO GET HIM TO DO
SOMETHING OR TO SAY SOMETHING
TO CALL OFF HIS SUPPORTERS, TO
GET THEM TO STAND DOWN.
SHE HAS ALREADY TESTIFIED THREE
TIMES IN CLOSED DOOR BUT TAPED
POSITION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
AND BASED ON WHAT SHE HAS TOLD
THE COMMITTEE, INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THAT SHE IS TRULY ONE
OF THE KEY, ONE OF THE STAR
WITNESSES OF THEIR
INVESTIGATIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAS
TESTIFIED ABOUT ALREADY IN
CLOSED-DOOR DEPOSITION, I'M
TOLD, IS THAT SHE WOULD MISSED
MARK MEADOWS ACTUALLY BURNING
DOCUMENTS IN THE FIREPLACE IN
THE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFICE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
SO THIS SHOULD BE POTENTIALLY
VERY INTERESTING, VERY
COMPELLING TESTIMONY, DIANE.
>> JOHN CARL, THANK YOU.
LET'S GO TO ABC'S ALEX FOR SHEA
FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
TODAY'S HEARING.
ALEX, HUTCHINSON HAS, JOHN JUST
MENTION, TESTIFY THAT MEADOWS
BURNT DOCUMENTS IN HIS OFFICE.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
HER TODAY AND THE LINE OF
QUESTIONING PUT TO HER?
>> I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE
SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY WE'RE
WATCHING FOR.
IF THERE WILL BE MORE TESTIMONY
ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE.
BUT ALSO, HUTCHINSON HAD SOME
PRETTY KNOWLEDGE TO WHAT WAS
GOING ON IN THE TRUMP INNER
WORKINGS.
SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY
HEARD THAT, FROM APRIL COURT
FILINGS THAT SHE TOLD
INVESTIGATORS IN HER FORMER
BOSS MARK MEADOWS WAS AWARE OF
SECURITY CONCERNS AND INDICATED
POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AHEAD OF THE
JANUARY 6TH RALLY.
AND SOMETHING ELSE TO PAY
ATTENTION TO IS THAT FILING
ALSO REVEALED THAT HUTCHINSON
HAD OVERHEARD MEMBERS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE
SAY THE PLAN TO HAVE ALTERNATE
TRUMP ELECTORS MEET AND CAST
VOTES FOR TRUMP WAS NOT LEGALLY
SOUND.
>> ALEX, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT
THIS NEW EVIDENCE AND NEW
WITNESS TESTIMONY THAT THE
COMMITTEE SAYS IT HAS?
>> WELL, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THIS IS THE ALEX HOLDER THEY'RE
GONNA USE, A DOCUMENTARIAN WHO
HAD ACCESS TO TRUMP AND HIS
INNER CIRCLE.
MONTHS OF FOOTAGE.
I WANT TO CAUTION, WE DON'T
KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE OR
HEAR ANY OF THAT FOOTAGE TODAY.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER
HEARINGS STILL SCHEDULED OUT
FOR LATER ON IN JULY.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAST
WEEK, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BENNIE
THOMPSON WAS ASKED WHAT CAN WE
EXPECT FROM THIS HOLDER VIDEO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS
BEEN CIRCULATED IS WHETHER OR
NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT CONSISTENCIES, SPECIFICALLY
WITH SOME OF THE TESTIMONY OF
TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE.
SPECIFICALLY HIS DAUGHTER,
IVANKA.
>> AND ALEX, NOW ATTORNEY JOHN
EASTMAN SAYS THE DOJ HAS SEIZED
HIS PHONE.
WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING
FOR THEIR?
>> SO EASTMAN'S, HE'S A
RIGHT-WING LAWYER AND HE WAS
THE ONE WHO DRAFTED A PLAN FOR
THE THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP TO
CLING TO POWER BY FALSELY
CLAIMING THAT VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE COULD REJECT
ILLEGITIMATE ELECTORS DURING
THE CERTIFICATION OF JANUARY
6TH.
AND SO I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO
BE LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE IN
POINTS THAT.
AUTHORITIES SEIZED HIS CELL
PHONE AS HE WAS LEAVING A
RESTAURANT.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY.
BUT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
>> ALEX PRESHA, THANK YOU AND
YOU CAN TUNE INTO OUR LIVE
COVERAGE OF THE JANUARY SIX
HEARING AT 1 PM ON ABC NEWS
LIVE AND ON HULU.
PRESIDENT BIDEN MEANWHILE IS ON
HIS WAY TO MADRID WHERE HE
PLANS TO ATTEND A NATO LEADER
SUMMIT BEGINNING TODAY.
HE'S EXPECTED TO PUSH FOR
FINLAND AND SWEDEN TO BECOME
FULL NATO MEMBERS WHILE KEEPING
THE ALLIANCE UNITED AGAINST
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THE MEETING COMES AFTER THE
PRESIDENT MET WITH G7 LEADERS
IN GERMANY, ISSUING A JOINT
STATEMENT COMMITTING TO FIGHT
FOOD INSECURITY, FIGHT RISING
ENERGY PRICES AND SUPPORT THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE AS
WELL AS COOPERATE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
I WANT TO BRING IN ABC NEWS
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY
ALICE PARKS IS STRUGGLING WITH
THE PRESIDENT OVERSEAS RIGHT
NOW.
SHE'S LIVE FROM MADRID,
MARYALICE, GOOD MORNING.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR
ZELENSKYY IS PUSHING NATO FROM
MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS FOR --
WHAT'S THE ALLIANCE CONSIDERING
IN TERMS OF NEW AID TO UKRAINE?
>> DIANE, THIS IS THE KEY
QUESTION FOR THE ALLIANCE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET AID TO UKRAINE
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND
WHERE EXACTLY THAT LINE IS.
HOW CAN THEY CONTINUE TO GET
UKRAINE BIG WEAPON SYSTEMS LIKE
THIS WITHOUT FURTHER PROVOKING
PRESIDENT PUTIN AND.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ALL
THESE NATO MEMBERS AGREE ON.
SOME WANT TO BE CAREFUL, MORE
CAUTIOUS ABOUT JUST HOW MUCH
HEAVY WEAPONRY THEY'RE SENDING
TO UKRAINE.
WHEREAS OTHER SAY THE TIME IS
NOW AND THEY ARE WORRIED.
STRUCK BY AN INTERESTING
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE NATO
SECRETARY GENERAL YESTERDAY
WHERE HE SAID THEY WOULD BE
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING NATO'S
OWN READINESS POSTURE.
THE NUMBER OF TROOPS THAT THEY
WILL HAVE READY ON NATO'S
BORDERS FROM 40,000 300,000.
THIS IS THE KIND OF ADDITIONAL
SORT OF SUPPORT MILITARY
TACTICS THAT NATO IS GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT AND DISCUSSING
HERE OVER THE NEXT DAYS THAN.
>> MARY ALICE, THIS IS THE
FIRST NATO SUMMIT WHERE
INDO-PACIFIC LEADERS LIKE
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER FUMIO
KISHIDA WILL ATTEND.
HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT?
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
THIS IS A BIG PUSH FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING THAT HE
WANTS TO HAVE THESE GLOBAL
DEMOCRACIES, PRESENT HERE.
THAT HE THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THEY'RE PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION.
THAT NATO IS ABOUT STANDING UP
FOR DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE GLOBE
AND THAT MEANS HAVING CLOSER
RELATIONSHIPS WITH DEMOCRACIES
EVEN IN FAR EAST ASIA AND
INDIA.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE HOW THOSE COUNTRIES RESPOND
TO SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND STANDING UP TO THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS TO.
THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO HAVE
THESE OTHER DEMOCRACIES CLOSER
TO THE UNITED STATES TO START,
TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN ARMS
LENGTH BETWEEN THEM AND RUSSIA.
SO PART OF THIS IS KIND OF
TRYING TO BRING FRIENDS TO THE
TABLE AND SEE IF YOU CAN FORGE
BETTER BONDS.
>> G7 LEADERS SAY THEY'LL TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SECURE
ENERGY SUPPLY AND REDUCED PRICE
SURGES.
INCLUDING POTENTIALLY USING
PRICE CAPS SO WHAT IMPACT COULD
THAT HAVE?
>> THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO HELP THEIR
COMMUNITIES BACK HOME, ALL
THESE LEADERS ARE STRUGGLING
WITH ECONOMIC RIPPLE EFFECTS OF
THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
GAS PRICE SPIKES AND GROWING
INFLATION, THESE ARE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WORSE BY
THE WAR IN RUSSIA.
BUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE,
RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO FORGET HOW
THEY CAN BOTH FIND IDEAS THAT
WILL PUNISH PUTIN, THAT'LL MAKE
HIM HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COST,
PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR THIS FOR.
BUT ALSO WORK ON THOSE ECONOMIC
THINGS.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO COME UP
WITH A WAY TO CAP THE PRICE OF
RUSSIAN OIL.
THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED, IT IS
NOT A DONE DEAL.
BUT THE G7 LEADERS FOR WORKING
ON THIS A LOT THE LAST FEW DAYS
AND I MENTION IT WILL COME UP
AGAIN HERE IN NATO.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE IF THEY
CAN LEVERAGE SOME OF THE
SYSTEMS THEY HAVE IN MOVING
RUSSIAN OIL.
TO BE ABLE TO SET A PRICE AND
SO THAT RUSSIA CAN'T PROFIT SO
MUCH IN THIS MOMENT WITH ENERGY
PRICES ARE SO HIGH.
>> AND FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN IS
ALSO THERE WITH THE PRESIDENT
IN MADRID, WHAT ROLE IS SHE
PLAYING?
>> SHE'S REALLY TRYING TO PLAY
COMFORTER HERE ON THE GROUND
IT'S INTERESTING TODAY THAT SHE
WENT AND SAW REFUGEES WHO HAVE
FLAT FROM UKRAINE ALL THE WAY
TO MADRID SHE WANTS TO AGAIN
PUT A HUMAN FACE ON THIS WAR.
IT'S SO EASY TO TALK ABOUT
THINGS LIKE WE JUST WERE, GAS
PRICES AND INFLATION.
SOME OF THE ECONOMIC
RAMIFICATIONS AND TO FORGET
THAT PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF
THE STORY OF COURSE.
PEOPLE SUFFERING IN UKRAINE AND
PEOPLE THAT HAVE FLED THEIR
HOMES THAT ARE HERE IN MADRID.
SHE WAS WITH US TODAY, DIANE.
MARY ALICE PARKS IN MADRID,
THANK YOU.
>> COMING UP, NEW DETAILS ON
RUSSIA'S ATTACK ON CIVILIANS IN
UKRAINE.
TARGETING A SHOPPING MALL.
OUR REPORTERS ON THE SCENE JUST
MOMENTS AFTER THAT STRIKE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE ON
THAT WHEN
WELCOME BACK RUSSIA HAS
LAUNCHED A NEW ATTACK ON
CIVILIANS, TARGETING A SHOPPING
MALL PACKED WITH PEOPLE.
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SAYS THE
DOUGH THAT STILL COULD BE,
QUOTE UNIMAGINABLE THE FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN HAS
MORE FROM THE SCENE IN CENTRAL
UKRAINE.
>> IN THE WAKE OF THE HORRIFIC
RUSSIAN ATTACK ON A SHOPPING
MALL, AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE ARE
DEAD.
MANY OTHERS ARE STILL MISSING.
THEY'RE ABOUT 59 INJURES.
OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS
ATTACK A MASH CASUALTY.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY THAT SAYS
THAT OVER 1000 CIVILIANS WERE
INSIDE THE MALL RIGHT BEFORE
THE MISSILE STRUCK.
THIS VIDEO ONLINE SHOWS MOMENTS
AFTER THE STRIKE PEOPLE
DESPERATELY TRYING TO ESCAPE.
FOR THOSE UNABLE TO GET OUT ON
THEIR OWN, EMERGENCY WORKERS
WERE RUSHING INTO THE SCENE
HOPING TO REGISTER ANY
SURVIVORS.
>> THE RECOVERY OPERATIONS
UNDERWAY.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH
OF IT OUT.
TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
SURVIVORS.
LOOK, THIS IS JUST HELL.
THE MULLET WAS MILES AWAY FROM
THE FRONT LINE WITH NO MILITARY
SIGNIFICANCE.
RUSSIA HAS REPEATEDLY
INDISCRIMINATELY HIT CIVILIAN
TARGETS SINCE THIS WAR BEGAN.
>> THIS IS NOT ONLY WAR AGAINST
RUSSIA AGAINST UKRAINE.
THIS IS A WAR OF EVIL AGAINST
PUTIN.
>> ANOTHER HOSPITAL, ANALOGIZE
AND WAIT FOR NEWS.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
THEY THINK SHE --
I CAN'T REACH OR.
>> PLEASANT LANDSCAPE LABELED
RUSSIA THE WORLD'S LARGEST
TERROR ORGANIZATION.
SAYING THIS ATTACK IS ONE OF
THE MOST DARING TERRORIST ACTS
IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.
THIS IS WESTERN LEADERS MEET AT
THE G7 CONFERENCE IN GERMANY.
VIRTUALLY WITH UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT AT, THE GROUP CALLING
MONDAY'S ATTACK A WAR CRIME.
>> DIANE, THE RECOVERY EFFORT
HAS GONE ON HERE ALL NIGHT TO.
CAN SEE FIREFIGHTERS, FIRST
RESPONDERS STILL GOING INSIDE.
THE FAINT HOPE OF FINDING
SURVIVORS.
I THINK MORE LIKELY JUST A
RECOVERY EFFORTS NOW.
PRESIDENT ELECT HAS SAID HE'S
HOPING THAT AN AIR RAID SIREN
MAY HAVE GIVEN THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE HERE ENOUGH TIME TO GET
OUT.
DIANE?
>> CERTAINLY HOPE SO, JAMES
LONGMAN IN CENTRAL UKRAINE,
THANK YOU.
>> TRAFFIC WNBA STAR BRITTNEY
GRINER IS SET TO BEGIN ON
FRIDAY.
31 YEAR OLD FETUS MERCURY
CENTER HAS BEEN HELD IN RUSSIA
SINCE FEBRUARY 17TH ON DRUG
SMUGGLING CHARGES.
NOW SHE'S ORDERED TO REMAIN IN
CUSTODY FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
T.J. HOLMES HAS THE LATEST.
>> ANOTHER SETBACK FOR WNBA
STAR BRITTNEY GRINER.
NOW HELD IN RUSSIA FOR MORE
THAN FOUR MONTHS.
A RUSSIAN COURT HAS EXTENDED
HER DETENTION ANOTHER SIX
MONTHS.
PENDING THE OUTCOME OF HER
TRIAL WHICH IS SET TO BEGIN
FRIDAY.
>> BRITTANI HOW DO YOU FEEL?
>> APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN COURT ON MONDAY THE SIX FOOT
NINE GRINER SCENE HERE UNMASKED
AND HANDCUFFED TO A PRISON
GUARD SURROUNDED BY SECURITY AS
SHE IS ESCORTED INTO THE
PRE-TRIAL HEARING IN MOSCOW.
HER LAWYERS GAVE A BRIEF UPDATE
ABOUT HOW SHE IS DOING.
>> THE PROVOCATION OF THE
ARREST, NOT MORE THAN THIS.
>> HOW DOES SHE FEEL?
SHE >> IS FINE.
>> IN A STATEMENT, GREENE'S REP
TOLD ABC NEWS, THE FACT REMAINS
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS
DETERMINED THAT BRITNEY GRINER
IS WRONGFULLY DETAINED AND
BEING USED AS A POLITICAL PAWN.
ON FEBRUARY 17TH, GRINER WAS IT
TO --
DRUG SLOWING AT A RUSSIAN
AIRPORT.
ONE OFFICIAL SAYS THEY
CONFISCATED A VAPE CARTRIDGES
CONTAINING HASHISH OIL.
WHICH IS ILLEGAL IN RUSSIA AND
PUNISHABLE BY UP TO TEN YEARS
IN PRISON.
GRINER'S INTERNATIONAL CASES
FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE.
SINCE FEWER THAN 1% OF THE
DEFENDANTS AND RUSSIAN CRIMINAL
CASES ARE ACQUITTED.
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT
SAID HOW MUCH OF THE CANNABIS
BASED PRODUCT SHE HAD ON HER AT
THE TIME OF HER ARREST.
OVERNIGHT, HER MERCURY COACH
AND TEAMMATES CONTINUE TO VOICE
THEIR SUPPORT.
>> IT IS TOUGH, EVERY TIME IT'S
A REMINDER OF THE TEAMMATE, THE
FRIEND, WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.
HOPEFULLY PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL
TAKE THE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT
SHE COMES HOME.
>> DIANE, BRITNEY GRINER, THE
TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO MAYBE GO
TWO MONTHS.
AGAIN, THAT EXTENSION OF A
SIX-MONTH DETENTION, HE'LL STAY
IN CUSTODY THROUGHOUT WHATEVER
TIME HER TILE TAKES.
WE CALLED THE WNBA STAR,
OLYMPIC CHAMPION, BRITNEY
GRINER, YOU MIGHT WANT HIS CALL
OR AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
BECAUSE SHE IS IN THE SAME BOAT
AS ABOUT 40 AMERICANS AROUND
THE WORLD THAT THE STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS WRONGFULLY
DETAINED, THAT THEY ARE WORKING
AT HOME.
>> T.J. HOLMES, THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
COMING UP, IT IS A SENTENCING
DATE FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S
ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MASK WELL.
FOR ABUSE AND TRAFFICKING OF
UNDERAGE GIRLS.
WE HAVE MORE DETAILS ON HOW
LONG SHE COULD SPEND BEHIND
BARS WHEN WE RETUR
WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE,
GHISLAINE MAXWELL IS EXPECTED
TO BE SENTENCED TODAY FOR
HELPING CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER
JEFFREY EPSTEIN SEXUALLY ABUSED
UNDERAGE GIRLS.
MAXWELL WAS CONVICTED IN
DECEMBER OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND
OTHER CRIMES.
PROSECUTORS ARE ASKING FOR A
PRESENT SENTENCE OF AT LEAST 30
YEARS.
MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY U.S.
FORCES KILLED A SENIOR
TERRORIST LEADER IN AN
AIRSTRIKE IN SYRIA.
HE WAS A LEADER OF AN OUTCRY TO
AFFILIATED GROUP KNOWN AS --
IT WAS TARGETED WHILE, HE WAS
TARGETED, WHILE RIDING A
MOTORCYCLE.
NEWS OF HIS DEATH COMES DAYS
AFTER U.S. FORCES CAPTURED A
TOP ISIS OFFICIAL.
ALSO IN SYRIA.
THE FDA ADVISORY MANATEE TO
CONSIDER WHETHER TO UPDATE
EXISTING COVID-19 VACCINES FOR
THE FALL.
MODERNA AND PFIZER HAVE BOTH
TESTED UPDATED SHOTS THAT
TARGET THE OMICRON VARIANT.
THE FINAL DECISION FOR THE FDA
IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.
QUEEN ELIZABETH HAS MADE HER
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE
HER PLATINUM JUBILEE EARLIER
THIS MONTH.
SHE WAS SEEN IN SCOTLAND THIS
MORNING TO OPEN A WEEK OF
JUDICIAL EVENT.
THE APPEARANCE COMES AFTER THE
QUEEN MISSED SEVERAL EVENTS
DURING HER JUBILEE SPARKING
HEALTH CONCERNS.
MAGGIE RULER AS AT BUCKINGHAM
PALACE WITH MORE.
>> HEY, DAD AND, THE QUEEN WAS
OUT AND ABOUT AGAIN TODAY FOR
DAY TWO OF SCOTLAND.
THERE WAS A SPECIAL MILITARY
PARADE TO MARK THE PLATINUM
JUBILEE.
OUR VERY OWN ABC NEWS ROYALTY
CONSULTANT WAS LEADING IT ALL.
HE IS ALSO THE GOVERNOR OF --
NOW, DIANE, THERE WERE MAJOR
CONCERNS THE QUEEN WAS NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP
NORTH THIS YEAR DUE TO HER
ONGOING MOBILITY ISSUES.
YOU MAY REMEMBER, EARLIER THIS
MONTH DURING HER PLATINUM
JUBILEE SHE HAD TO SET UP FOR
MOST OF THE CELEBRATION.
ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT ON THE
BALCONY OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE
FOR A WAVE.
WE DID SEE HER FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE THEN YESTERDAY.
SHE ARRIVED IN SCOTLAND AND.
DIANE, IT WAS SO GOOD TO SEE
HER.
FULL OF SMILES!
NOW, ALL OF THESE APPEARANCES
ARE COMING AS HER SON AND HEIR
TO THE THRONE, PRINCE, CHARLES
IS FACING SCANDAL FOR ACCEPTING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CASH
FROM THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER
OF QATAR.
THE CHARITY SAYS THEY'RE QUOTE
REVIEWING THE INFORMATION.
DIANE, WE DO EXPECT PRINCE
CHARLES TO JOIN HIS MOM, THE
QUEEN, UP IN EDINBURGH LATER
THIS WEEK.
DIANE?
>> MAGGIE RULLI, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING, US I'M
DIANE MACEDO, STAY WITH US AS
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