Transcripts For KGO ABC 20240704 : vimarsana.com

Road conditions remain extremely hazardous with reports of at least one avalanche. Firefighters in texas struggle with the biggest wildfire in the states history. Red flag warnings are up in a dozen states. 14 million under fire weather alerts. Our weather team is following it all, including that new storm in the west and the warmup in the east. Also tonight, the final push to super tuesday. Donald trump hopes to build on recent wins. The Supreme Court poised to rule on whether he can be removed from a states ballot, and if trump wins the nomination, would nikki haley support him . What shes now saying about the gop pledge. Maryalice parks with the new developments. Pressure is mounting on israel with the u. N. Reporting that children are starving in gaza, saying air drops from the u. S. And other nations simply are not enough. Israel is defending its military operation. One official insists its allowed Tens Of Thousands of aid trucks into gaza. Tom soufi burridge reports from israel. Growing violence in haiti. Thousands of inmates on the loose after the government says gangs attacked a prison. A big crackdown on greek life at the University Of Maryland. Multiple fraternities and sororities accused of misconduct. What the university is doing as it investigates. The wild scene at an Amusement Park. Hundreds of young people running through the park. One teen shot by police after officers claim they came under fire. Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued after a door plug fell off midflight. Three passengers are now seeking A Billion Dollars in damages. And history on the hardwood. Another milestone for lebron james and Caitlin Clark shoots her way to a new College Basketball record. Announcer from abc news World Headquarters in new york, this is World News Tonight. Linsey good evening, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this sunday. Im linsey davis. As we come on the air, that Monster Storm is bearing down on millions in the west. Blizzard warnings remain in effect. Some areas already buried under seven feet of snow. More than 70 miles of i80 remain closed as many as 300 vehicles were stuck there this weekend. First responders checked car by car, making sure everyone was safe. This morning, an avalanche trapped several vehicles on highway 50. Quick thinking crews were able to get everyone out, but travel is still next to impossible. Our weather team is standing by. First, faith abubey leads us off from truckee, california. Reporter tonight, new details of harrowing rescues at the height of the blizzard striking the Sierra Nevada mountains. Between 200 and 300 vehicles getting stuck along interstate 80 over Donner Summit friday night amid blowing snow and wind. Officers going vehicle to vehicle. We literally had to go one by one to help people out. Reporter including a mother and her baby who ran out of gas. This is part of the i80 corridor that has been shut down since friday night. You can see plow trucks have been consistently coming through almost every half hour. But as of this moment, conditions are still not ripe for reopening the road. This morning, an avalanche on highway 50 trapping multiple vehicles. Luckily, everyone here is okay. Road conditions dicy all weekend. With officials discouraging all mountain travel, even tow Truck Drivers like cordle greer getting stuck. I was a rescuer. Now im going to be the rescued. Reporter this as high winds are fueling dangerous fire conditions in the heartland this weekend. The Smokehouse Creek fire already burning more than a million acres in texas and in oklahoma. Gusts there could reach 60 Miles Per Hour amid dry conditions. And linsey, you can see behind me, multiple vehicles still buried in a lot of snow. Here in truckee, we have gotten between 5 and 7 feet. Theres a race to clean up from this storm before the next system moves in tomorrow afternoon. Linsey. Just adding insult to injury. Faith, thank you. Linsey lets get right to abc meteorologist somara theodore. Sounds like the west is not out of the woods just yet. Reporter thats right, linsey. Theyre not. Whats left of this weekends snow is moving out tonight. As faith mentioned, the next round is moving in tomorrow, just in time for the work week. Lets time it out. Take a look here. What youre seeing is the rest of this snow starting to taper off through tomorrow morning. The second round then moves in. Its going to be highly concentrated over the northern portion of the sierra. Into oregon, idaho, and wyoming. They could pick up an additional 1 to 2 feet of snow in northern california, adding to what they have seen this past weekend. Meanwhile out east, things have been pretty quiet. More of a numbers game. St. Louis, detroit, and buffalo in for record highs tomorrow afternoon. Linsey. Enjoying the warmth today at least. Thank you. Linsey we turn to the final push ahead of super tuesday. Former President Trump is leading in all 15 states where delegates are up for grabs. But former South Carolina governor nikki haley is hitting the Campaign Trail, vowing to fight on. Abcs White House Correspondent Maryalice Parks has the latest. Reporter tonight, nikki haley with a warning about donald trump. Just two days before super tuesday, she was asked if she thought trump would follow the constitution should he win the white house again. I mean, you always want to think someone will, but i dont know. When you go in and you talk about revenge, when you go on you talk about, you know, vind case, when you talk about that, what does it mean . Reporter trump faces multiple criminal charges for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election. He denies any wrongdoing. Haley now walking away from her pledge to endorse trump should he become the gop nominee. Youre no longer bound by that pledge . Ill make what decision i want to make. Reporter overnight, trump picking up two more wins in the idaho and missouri caucuses. And on the Campaign Trail this weekend, trump barely mentioning haley, his last remaining gop primary rival, except to tease her. She was going around every show. Donald trump, this and that. That wasnt working out very well. Reporter according to a new New York Times siena poll, trump holds a fivepoint lead ahead of biden, just out of the margin of error. Haleys lead in the same poll even wider 10 points in a hypothetical General Election matchup. And a majority of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction, a sign of the challenges ahead for President Biden. I think the economy at this moment is the absolute worst. All of the essential stuff is going up. The economy and immigration top of mind for so many voters. Maryalice parks joins us now live from washington. Were learning tonight a major Supreme Court decision could come as soon a tomorrow. Just before millions of voters head to the polls in 15 states. What can you tell us about that . Reporter colorado is one of the States Holding its primary on super tuesday. But there is still a major question there about trumps eligibility. The state Supreme Court ruled that trump should be barred from the race because of his actions around january 6th. So the u. S. Supreme court likely to weigh in tomorrow just in time to offer colorado some clarity. As well as other states. Linsey. Maryalice, many eager to find out how they rule. Our thanks to you. Linsey abc news will have full coverage on super tuesday starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on abc news live, and ill join david muir and our Powerhouse Team for coverage starting at 10 00 p. M. Eastern. Later in the week, ill join david and the team on thursday for President Bidens state of the union address. Network coverage begins at 9 00 eastern. Linsey overseas there is mounting pressure for a ceasefire in gaza. President biden is pushing for a deal. Tonight, an adviser to netanyahu calls hamas demands delusional. Earlier explosions and large plumes of smoke were visible in gaza as the conflict between israel and hamas now approaches its fifth month. Humanitarian crisis is intensifying. Tom soufi burridge tonight from tel aviv. Reporter tonight, amid growing desperation in gaza, Vice President Kamala Harris ramping up the rhetoric, saying israel must do more to get aid into gaza, and calling for an immediate ceasefire. Given the immense scale of suffering in gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire, for at least the next six weeks. Reporter the Vice President s pointed remarks coming amid reports more kids in gaza are dying from a lack of food. A doctor at this hospital in the north saying 15 children have now died of malnutrition. Israel insisting they have to insure any aid goes directly to people in need. We have to verify the humanitarian aid is not stolen by hamas. Thats cleary one of your priorities now. Arent you putting that ahead of getting aid to people in a desperate, desperate situation, innocent people . As of note at the time, we have enabled Tens Of Thousands of humanitarian aid trucks enter gaza. Reporter the idf says it continues to target hamas. Some democrats calling on President Biden to up the pressure on israel. This is a critical moment where social order is unraveling inside gaza. And i have both publicly and privately counselled the president to use whatever leverage he has to try to get this long term ceasefire. Reporter and linsey, Vice President Kamala Harris weighing in on those horrific scenes around that convoy of aid trucks in gaza thursday, saying, quote, hungry desperate people were simply trying to secure food for their families and they were met with gunfire and chaos. Linsey. Tom for us in tel aviv. Thanks so much, tom. Linsey many of the families of those missing from Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 are again holding out hope for word on their loved ones. The malaysian government told those families today it may reopen the search nearly ten years after the boeing 777 vanished from radar. An American Company says they have new information that may help locate the wreckage. Ines de la cuetara joins us from london with the latest. Reporter according to malaysias transport minister, an American Company Ocean Infinity says it has new evidence to find the planes location. If that evidence is found to be credible, the government may decide to renew its search of the southern indian ocean. This comes almost ten years to the day since the plane went missing, carrying 239 people onboard. As it headed from malaysia to beijing. Its unclear what happened to the plane, but today, some of the victims families saying they are hopeful. A new search would give them closure. One man whose wife was on the plane saying no matter if its been 10 years. 20 years or more, we will not cease to push for the truth. Still looking for resolution. Thank you. Linsey violence is surging in haiti. Overnight, gangs attack the countrys largest prison in portauprince, allowing thousands of inmates to escape into the surrounding downtown area, according to haitian officials. The prison break comes amid increasing violence in the capital. Police and gangs have clashed. At least four officers died along with several gang members. Back here at home, questions raised over a violent traffic stop and arrest in philadelphia involving a highranking City Official and her husband. The citys mayor called video of the incident which quickly began circulating online very concerning. Details now from abcs reena roy. Do you want to get tased . Put your hands behind your back. Reporter tonight, this alarming video first reported by our station wpvi showing part of a Violent Arrest in philadelphia thats now being investigated by the d. A. A Pennsylvania State trooper wrestling with a man on the side of the road, trying to handcuff him as a woman films. The situation escalating into screaming. I work for the mayor shut the [ bleep ] up i work for the mayor reporter after securing the handcuffs on the man turn around, turn around reporter the trooper approaches the woman to detain her, scuffling with her as the Camera Shakes and falls to the ground. Tonight, philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker calling the video very concerning, and saying that woman is one of her top officials, executive director of lgbt affairs, celena morrison. Police say they pulled morrisons vehicle over around 9 00 a. M. Saturday after observing multiple violations, a man identified as her husband Darius Mclean then pulling up behind them. State police saying the husband became verbally combative, and refused multiple orders before the trooper moved to handcuff him, adding that morrison then interfered with the arrest and was taken into custody herself. Morrison, who filmed the video, has not responded to our request for comment. Both morrison and her husband were detained but released. State police say that officer remains on active duty. Linsey. A number of questions there. Thank you. Linsey we turn to the University Of Maryland where officials are taking action to curb fraternity and sorority activity on campus pending an investigation. An official cited concerns for the safety and wellbeing for the university community. Details from jay obrien. Reporter tonight, an urgent investigation into greek life at the University Of Maryland. The school suspending fraternity and sorority activities, saying it has reason to believe that multiple chapters have been conducting activities that have threatened the safety and wellbeing of members of the university community. The university not saying what those activities were, but all recruitment and all social events with alcohol suspended indefinitely. Chapters also ordered to have absolutely no contact with any new or prospective members. I was honestly a little surprised. Reporter some students telling us theyre not aware of any Safety Concerns in umds greek life. Not here at least, not that ive heard. Reporter so youve never heard anything about Safety Concerns. No. Reporter the school issued an initial warning thursday, but says additional allegations of misconduct were reported the very next day, prompting the universitys Cease And Desist letter friday. The University Of Maryland saying tonight that investigation is still ongoing into what is still unclear. But umd in that Cease And Desist letter reminding students to review the schools code of conduct, specifically hazing policies. Linsey. Jay obrien for us, thanks so much, jay. Linsey now to the history made just before we came on the air. Iowas Caitlin Clark playing in her last home game in the ncaa, setting the record for most Career Points by any player, male or female, beating the one set by lsus Pete Maravich back in 1970. Abcs Morgan Norwood has more on the milestone. Reporter tonight this is your new alltime leading scorer in College Basketball history. In front of a sold out crowd, University Of Iowa star Caitlin Clark dethroning pistol Pete Maravichs 54yearold scoring title, breaking the record with just seconds to go in the first half. The crowd on their feet. I feel like im living in a dream. Honestly, holly. And, hopefully i can inspire a lot of young girls to be able to dream, to be on stage just like this. Reporter just days ago, Clark Outscoring Lynette Woodard for the womens scoring title. Woodard in attendance today. Tonight, Clark Making History as iowas hometown hero, hailing from des moines. As a young girl, her family saying she actually had to join a boys team because her dad couldnt find a girls team for her age. Now her legacy cemented in the history books. Nike unveiling this Banner Downtown and releasing this ad Caitlin Clark reporter and look, clark is not done yet. She will actually look to add to her Career Points as iowa heads to the Big Ten Conference this week. Linsey. Congratulations to caitlin. Morgan, thank you. Linsey tributes tonight for awardwinning broadcaster chris mortensen. Mortensen joined our Sister Network espn in 1991. He was a regular contributor to t