New charges. Whit breaking overnight, flash flooding. Water rescues in missouri. Six inches of rain in as many hours as millions of americans could see heat records broken again. School bus crash. At least teenagers critically injured when a bus carrying campers overturns. Janai send in the marines . The unprecedented plan to place marines on board cargo ships near the persian gulf. Whats behind the expected move . Whit drone attack. The new images showing the moment ukrainening sea drones damaged a russian warship as talks on the war kick off in saudi arabia. Will jane doe i. D. d, a victim named in the gilgo beach murders nearly three decades after she disappeared, but is she linked to serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann . Janai crowd chaos. A social Media Influencer charged with inciting a riot when a giveaway goes out of control in new york city. Fans setting off fireworks, jumping on cars and running wild. Dozens arrested. Whit shark attack survivor. A man describes the moment the predator latched on to his leg. Plus, why you may be seeing more sharks heading north. Will Teacher Shortage. With schools starting up again, the crisis about who is heading up the class . Can a. I. Help . Janai wga talks. The first meeting between both sides since the Writers First took to the picket lines nearly 100 days ago. The update this morning. Whit is there a new billionaire this morning . The Mega Millions drawing overnight. Plus, the priceless move from one teammate to another. Whit and good morning, america. So great to have you with us on a saturday, and great to have will reeve at the desk. Will hi, guys. Whit welcome back. Weve had Severe Weather overnight in the midwest. Take a look at this flooding in kahoka, missouri. Police making rescues helping people escape the rising waters. Will those chaotic scenes in new york. A social Media Influencer facing charges after a giveaway got huge crowds that went out of control. Janai the 2024 candidates on the trail making a push for votes like Florida Governor ron desantis and senator tim scott and that includes donald trump who is in alabama overnight. Abcs White House Correspondent maryalice parks is in South Carolina where the former president is set to speak at a republican event tonight. Good morning, maryalice. Reporter janai, good morning. The former president wasted no time a day after appearing in federal court to answer for those charges that he tried to illegally stay in power and discount millions of votes. He was back out here campaigning asking people to vote for him again. Donald trump hitting the road asking voters to send him back to the white house just one day after appearing in federal court to face charges that he broke his oath of office. The former president arguing voters should support him not in spite of his mounting legal challenges but because of them. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election. Reporter in fact, special counsel jack smith wrote in his indictment that trump was entitled to formally challenge the results of the election through lawful and appropriate means, such as by seeking recounts or filing lawsuits. But that trump pursued unlawful means of discounting legitimate votes and subverting the election results. Trump facing four new charges about his attempt to stay in power in the latest indictment, conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, specifically the january 6th certification of the results. Obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights to deprive people of their right to vote and have their votes be counted. Trump pleaded not guilty on all counts, but Trumps Campaign tactics so far working with a huge lead in the gop primary polls. And a new abc news ipsos poll showed that 46 of americans think the new charges against trump are politically motivated, though, nearly 65 think they are serious. Its unwarranted and unfair. I just think that its a bunch of trumped up charges. Reporter Florida Governor ron desantis earlier this week defending trump in the face of those charges. Though, on the trail seeming to publicly acknowledge what many republicans rarely do, that trump did lose the 2020 election. All those theories that were put out did not prove to be true. Reporter and we learned overnight that the Justice Department asked the judge overseeing the new case to issue a protective order to try to keep trump from improperly disclosing evidence or intimidating witnesses. Prosecutors cited a social media post where trump wrote, if you go after me, in all caps, im coming after you. Will. Will and the Trump Campaign this morning releasing a statement defending that post calling it the definition of political speech. Maryalice in South Carolina, thank you. Moving on to the extreme heat and Severe Weather from coast to coast. Somara theodore is in birmingham, alabama, with the latest on the dangerous conditions and those storm threats. Somara, good morning. Somara good morning, will. So, yesterday about an hour north from where i am in alabama they experienced lifethreatening flooding, and now that same threat looms for parts of missouri. This is an ongoing situation. Take a look at this video here. You can see its from kahoka, missouri, where they needed water rescue. They received 6 inches in 6 hours, and with rain continuing flood alerts remain in effect for the start of the week. Its not just the flooding concern, we have air Severe Threat for oklahoma, texas, kansas and damaging winds and hail, but the greatest risk for tornadoes is in southern indiana, and, of course, we are tracking the record heat that is still plaguing much of the south and well have more later on in the show. For now, janai, back to you. Janai the heat has been relentless. Well check back with you in just a bit. Now to the School Bus Crash involving children from a summer camp. Seven critically injured after the vehicle rolled over on a highway north of boise, idaho. Abcs zohreen shah joins us now with the latest on that. Zohreen, good morning. Reporter yeah, janai, thats right that ride was supposed to be a fun trip but took a terrifying turn that bus carrying nearly 30 kids crashed sending seven kids to st. Alphonsus and others to a local Trauma Center with far more critical injuries. The school bus is turned over in both lanes of travel. Possibly 30 injured. We have multiple units en route and multiple ambulances. Reporter this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a bus to roll over and crash on a highway injuring 11 and leaving at least seven teenagers critically injured. Ages ranged from 13 to 18 years old and was on the way back from a ymca Summer Camp Program when it lost control on friday afternoon. The damage to the front and side of the bus seen here as it was being towed away from the scene of the accident. Its confirmed to be a school bus out of caldwell. It is lying across the highway and he is reporting lots of injuries. Reporter all the bus occupants were brought to local hospitals. Any over 14 years of age critical go to st. Als boise. Under 14 go to st. Lukes. Reporter the children spent the week at the ymca camp usually held for kids between second to 11th grade and take part in canoeing and archery. Ymcas president and ceo says this is the first time anything like this has ever happened. Ymcs president and ceo said camp is supposed to be a fun experience and doesnt know what happened. That crash is under investigation, and, meanwhile, the ymca is holding another camp at that same location starting tomorrow currenting trying to figure out whether to keep it going as scheduled. Awful collision thinking about the kids. Thank you. A social Media Influencer is facing charges now after his video game giveaway turned into absolute mayhem on new york city streets. Abcs reena roy joins us with the fallout after thousands of fans overwhelmed union square. Reena, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning to you. Police say this situation unfolded unbelievably fast, and they had no headsup until they saw the crowd suddenly appear. They say it all started on social media with a post by influencer kai cenat who has now been charged with first degree riot, inciting a riot, and unlawful assembly, and the images are just jawdropping. You can see several thousand flooded union square in manhattan yesterday afternoon for hours. At some points people jumping on to cars, setting off fireworks and throwing bottles and pieces of plywood. Police say some even attacked officers instead of complying with orders to leave, and others Walking Around with shovels and chopper footage showed how quickly it spiraled out of control. 65 arrests were made and nearly half were young people, and a lot rushed to the area under the promise of a chance to get free video game consoles given away by cenat, a very popular streamer with millions of followers. The nypd says officers were crushed and pushed, even hit with objects, and a 17yearold was hospitalized with a firework injury, but thankfully nobody was seriously hurt. Cenat was released in Police Custody overnight and reached out to his team for comment but still waiting to hear back. An nypd official tells abc they do believe there were a handful of playstation 5s he planned to hand out, and it would have turned out differently if he notified the nypd ahead of time. Will what a wild scene. The u. S. Now says iran has tried twice this year to seize oil tankers in the persian gulf. Now, the pentagon is looking at a plan to put armed marines on some u. S. Flagged ships in the region. Abcs ike ejiochi is in washington with the latest. Ike, good morning. Reporter good morning, will. In whats considered an unheard of action aimed at stopping iran from harassing civilian vessel, the u. S. Military is planning to place armed person them on commercial ships traveling through the strait of hormuz. Now, recently iran has seized or harassed a number of ships in the persian gulf area. The pentagon says this plan is in response to recent attempts by iran to threaten the free flow of commerce in the area. Its reported that 20 of the worlds oil passes through the narrow waterway. Now, according to an official, specialized marines who have been training in bahrain for the past two weeks are being flown in to the area ahead of the arrival of thousands of other marines and sailors aboard the uss baton Amphibious Assault ship and the uss carter hall, a landing ship. The u. S. Sent warplanes, f16s and f35 fighter jets and a destroyer to the region. The military reportedly deciding to offer protection to u. S. Flagships from other nations carrying crews with u. S. Citizens or cargo going to or from the united states. Officials say this plan is likely to be approved, but no final authorization has come just yet, guys. Well be waiting for that. Ike, thank you. Sticking with international news, but now to the war in ukraine, two days of crucial talks over a possible peace plan get under way in saudi arabia this morning as sea drones strike near a Russian Naval base. Abcs ian pannell joins us live now from kharkiv. Good morning, ian. Reporter good morning, janai. Russia claiming it suffered another maritime drone attack overnight. Video circulating online appeared to show the moments it was struck in the black sea. Russian maritime Authorities Say the explosion punched a hole in the engine room. A sea drone captured in video circulating online. The ship here seen limping back to base. This thing heavily leaning on one side. Now, ukraine isnt confirming whether or not or not it carried out these strikes, but security sources telling abc news they did, in fact, conduct the attack, and while this war grinds on today, up to 40 countries are taking part in talks in saudi arabia. Ukraine expected to push president zelenskyys tenpoint peace plan, which calls for the return of all ukrainian land. Notably, though, the chinese who are key allies of Vladimir Putin sending a highprofile special representative. The russians, though, not attending these talks, but peace talks, whatever may come, depends on what happens on the battlefield. And for now, theres no sign that either side is clearly winning, and neither side is really ready for peace. Whit. Whit ian pannell for us, thank you. Now to the latest on the gilgo beach murders investigation. The task force has identified another set of remains originally found nearly three decades ago. Abcs Aaron Katersky is on long island with what were learning about the victim. Aaron, good morning. Reporter whit, good morning to you. For investigators here on long island, this is a new piece of the puzzle, but the full picture is still not clear, because police dont know who killed this woman. This morning, jane doe number 7 has a name, authorities on long island using genealogical dna to identify Karen Vergata, one of the gilgo beach murder victims. The legs that were found in the vicinity of davis park were compared with the remains found at tobay beach, and it was determined that it was the same person. Reporter vergata disappeared in february 1996. She was 34 living in new york city, and authorities said like over gilgo beach victims, a sex worker. In september of 2022, the fbi was able via a genetic genealogy review to identify ms. Vergata presumptively as fire island jane doe. Reporter part of vergatas body was found on fire island the year she vanished. Years later more were found near gilgo not far from the es Rex Heuermann is charged with killing. He is the father and architect who pleaded not guilty to three murder charges. Prosecutors have said hes the prime suspect in a fourth. Maureen brainardbarnes was wrapped in this belt, bearing the initials wh, the same initials at heuermanns father. They extracted dna from pizza crust outside his office, and theyre now asking heuermann to turn in a direct dna sample to see if he can be tied to any other killings. With the exception of the fact that hes apprehended, theres more of this case to come down the road than what has already happened. From an investigative standpoint, were really very much at the very beginning of this. Reporter no charges have been filed on the deaths of Karen Vergata or five other sets of Human Remains Found along gilgo beach, and, will, investigators have not said and will not say whether they have information about a suspect. Will. Will so many pieces in this increasingly complex puzzle. Aaron katersky, as always, thank you. A teenager is now in custody and facing charges in the case of a gay man stabbed to death at a new york gas station. Abcs phil lipof is here with more on those developments. Good morning, phil. Reporter good morning to you, will. This morning, new York City Police say a 17yearold has been charged with murder as a hate crime after a fight at a brooklyn gas station. This happened last saturday night. 28yearold professional dancer, oshae sibley and a friend were filling up their car after a day at the beach. Sibley dancing near the car. Witnesses say the 28yearold seen wearing the red shorts was then confronted by a group yelling homophobic slurs. This Surveillance Video appearing to show a Heated Exchange between the two groups and shortly after what youre seeing, sibley was stabbed and died at the hospital. The chair of the new york city gay mens choir releasing a statement saying, quote, oshae was a shining light to his family and friends, especially those in the dance community. Sibleys family said he was a loving individual who loved to dance. This tragedy putting a spotlight on violence against the lgbtq community, and abc news has learned the suspect has been charged with, as i mentioned, murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon. Janai. An unimaginable story that he was just dancing and showing his joy. Phil, thank you for that update. Now to the new development in the hollywood Writers Strike. Union members and Studios Holding their first meeting as the walkout approaches day 100. Abcs will ganss is here with the details. Good morning, will. Reporter good morning, janai. Weve been out weve been without new episodes of jimmy kimmel live, snl and the daily show for nearly 100 days but a small glimmer of hope. Negotiators for the Writers Union meeting yesterday with reps for the major studios for the first time in three months. This meeting was essentially a talk to see if talks can resume, if theres enough Common Ground to negotiate a new deal, but after that meeting yesterday, it doesnt feel that that deal is much closer at all, and in an email obtained to abc news to the writers of the union, it seems no Real Progress was made. The wga committee is accusing the studio of leaking things to the press and that they were, quote, not willing to engage on the preservation of the writers room or successbased residuals. Those being two of the major sticking points and why the writers struck in the first place. Even still, the wga email indicates that both sides agree that the goal here is to get people back to work, though, it looks like that might still be a ways away. Major productions like deadpool 3, beetlejuice 2, and the dirty dancing sequel are halted. Turns out a Writers Strike can put baby in a corner, you guys. Whit i guess well have to watch will ganss tiktok videos to keep us busy in the meantime. Janai hes got us covered. Whit when youre in a push. We appreciate it. Another check of the weather with Somara T