That new Storm Targeting Millions in the northeast. Widespread flooding possible. Flood watches already up at this hour. There are also Tornado Concerns tonight. This is set to move into New York City and the northeast. Rob marciano timing it out. Tonight, President Biden now campaigning in the battlegrounds. First stop, his home state of pennsylvania. And tonight, his answer about debating donald trump. And Vice President harris asked about the intense focus on her because of the president s age and what she said to that. Mary bruce with the interview tonight. Overseas tonight, the humanitarian crisis and a new tragedy in gaza. The hamasrun Health Ministry saying five children were crushed to death. They say an aid box falling on the children. The parachute failing to open. Tonight, the pentagon aware of the reports but says it was not u. S. Delivered aid. Tom soufi burridge in the region. Just before the deadline, former President Trump posting a 91 million bond, as he appeals the Defamation Verdict in the e. Jean carroll case amid questions tonight about the money he still needs to put up, still Owing Hundreds Of Millions in his other civil case. Rachel scott reporting. Dramatic testimony tonight in the trial of the father of the Michigan School shooter, ethan crumbley. The gun store manager describing the father, James Crumbley, purchasing the gun and what the father promised on a form. That gun then used by his son to kill four students. News just in tonight. The horrific crash. Reports of at least nine dead. A tractortrailer and a van on a State Highway. Tonight, the new Pentagon Report in what officials are now saying about decade es of claims about ufos, including whether the u. S. Had alien technology. And whit johnson on the red carpet for us with what to watch for, the oscars sunday night. Announcer from abc news World Headquarters in new york, this is World News Tonight with david muir. David good evening. We are just back from washington tonight. It is great to have you with us as we near the end of another week together. There are reports of that Helicopter Crash on the southern border. What were learning in just a moment. The president also in the battlegrounds tonight following his state of the Union Address. And he was asked, will he debate donald trump . But we are going to begin with the frightening moments on board a united Flight Skidding off the taxiway while landing in houston in the rain. The third alarming incident involving a United Boeing aircraft this week alone. The boeing 737 landing, then sliding off the taxiway, far from the terminal. The plane tilted backward, the engine and part of the wing resting right on the grass. The emergency evacuation, 160 passengers, six crew members exiting down the stairway. Emergency vehicles you can see standing by. Abcs mola lenghi leading us off tonight. Reporter tonight, the faa and ntsb investigating yet another incident after a united plane skidded off the taxiway in houston. United 2477, i see you in the grass, rolling the trucks en route. Reporter the Boeing 737 Max 8 traveling from memphis carrying 166 passengers and crew, landing this morning at george bush airport. But as it exited the taxiway, the plane rolled into the grass. It seemed like the plane was trying to just it was going a little too fast and just slid off. The engine sitting down on the ground, buddy reporter the passengers exiting onto the airfield, no one injured. Please exit the aircraft slowly, carefully, one row at a time. Reporter mike allard filming this video. You can see the planes nose wheel suspended off the ground. Wow, look at that look at that wing it was more scary when you slid off, and you realize the whole plane is tilted and were in the dirt over on that one wing. Reporter united stating passengers were bused to the terminal, adding, we are thankful for the actions of our crew to deplane all passengers safely. But after that alarming video showing a united plane losing a tire upon takeoff just yesterday and this United Engine Fire on monday caused by bubble wrap sucked inside, there are questions about plane safety. Theres no reason for the flying public to have any additional concern. If a tire falls off, thats either materiel failure or a maintenance problem. If bubble wrap gets sucked down the engine in the airplane, thats the airports fault. No real tie between these three incidents of united. Reporter david, united saying tonight they take, quote, every safety incident seriously and will investigate every incident this week. And boeing saying theyre providing support to the investigators on the ground in houston. David mola lenghi leading us off here on a friday flight, mola, thank you. Were following this new Storm Targeting Millions in the northeast. The third storm to hit the east coast this week. There are also Tornado Concerns in the south from this same system at this hour. Torrential rain and a Flash Flood Threat across the gulf today and up to the carolinas tomorrow morning. By midday tomorrow, drenching rains in washington, d. C. , philadelphia, New York City. Heavy snow possible further inland and in parts of new england. Timelapse video tonight, Lightning Near fort worth, texas, as the storm passed through. Flooded streets in southeast kansas, some drivers trapped in it all. Senior meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out for us tonight. Hey, rob. Hi, david. This is a big system thats barrelling east. Two big headlines, flooding and severe, and the south getting them both tonight. Tornado watch including new orr leans for the next couple of hours, and a big flood watch, louisiana through the carolinas between i10 and i20. Thats where the heaviest rain is going to be. Places like atlanta, youve seen a lot this week, youll probably see some flooding tonight. A Severe Threat tomorrow across South Georgia and South Carolina in the morning. Then the northern part of this thing takes shape. Look how much rain is coming to the northeast over pennsylvania, d. C. , philly, new york. By 7 00 p. M. , thats when the heavy stuff arrives right in the metro area. And then sliding up into the northeast, and the Higher Elevations in new england will see some significant snow, especially on the back side of this. Clearing out eventually sunday afternoon. 2, 3 inches of rain possible. Its been a wet week in the east, so its not going to take much to flood over the next 48 hours. David . David rob marciano with us. Well track it right through the weekend with you, rob, thank you. To the race for president , the biden trump rematch fully underway. Fresh off his state of the Union Address last night, President Biden today on the Campaign Trail, heading to his home state first, the mustwin battleground of pennsylvania. Tonight here, his answer when asked today, will he debate donald trump . And Vice President harris tonight asked about so much attention on her, given the president s age and what she said to that. Abcs mary bruce tonight with the interview. Mr. Speaker, the president of the united states. Reporter tonight, fueled by what his campaign considers a home run state of the union, President Biden heading straight for battleground pennsylvania, his mustwin home state. Did you all See Joe Last Night . Wasnt he on fire . Reporter bidens team confident the 81yearold president showed he has the energy and vigor to fight for a second term. Our freedoms really are on the ballot this november. Donald trump and the maga republicans are trying to take away our freedoms. Thats not an exaggeration. Well, guess what . We will not let him. We will not let him. Reporter in his speech, the president calling out donald trump for pressuring republicans to kill a bipartisan border deal because trump wants to run on immigration and didnt want biden to have the political win. The toughest set of Border Security reforms weve ever seen. [ Audience Moaning and shouting ] oh, you dont think so . Oh, you dont like that bill, huh . That conservatives got together and said it was a good bill . Ill be darned, thats amazing. Reporter biden urging republicans to work with him. Look, folks, we have a simple choice. We can fight about fixing the border, or we can fix it. Im ready to fix it send me the border bill now reporter the president also sounding a Campaign Rallying Cry on abortion, directly addressing the Supreme Court justices seated right in front of him. Look, in its decision to overturn roe v. Wade the Supreme Court majority wrote the following and with all due respect, justices, women are not without electoral power. Excuse me, electoral or political power. Youre about to realize just how much you were right about that. Reporter Biden Thanking his Vice President , kamala harris, for leading that charge. Today harris hitting the Campaign Trail too, heading to battleground arizona. Earlier i spoke with her and asked about republicans being so focused on her. Weve seen this argument over and over again from republicans that the candidate they are really running against is you, that given the president s age, there is a chance that you may have to take over for him. What do you say to voters who are sold on the president but may not be sold on you about this potential possibility . Well, first of all, i think what we saw in President Joe Biden is somebody whos prepared to take on a second term and do it with passion and do it with vigor. If necessary, which will not be the case, i am ready. But the bottom line is, our president is full of vigor and passion and perspective to take on another term. And im standing right with him. Reporter i also asked her whether the president would debate trump. Well get to that at some point, and well deal with that. Reporter late today, biden himself asked if hell debate his rival. It depends on his behavior. Reporter the president is now hitting the Campaign Trail hard, blitzing key states in the coming days, including georgia tomorrow and michigan and wisconsin next week. The president looking to capitalize on this momentum, as the general election gears up. David . David mary bruce who was right there with us last night for the state of the union, mary, thank you. There are reports just coming in at this hour of a Helicopter Crash near the u. S. mexico border. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirming at this hour the helicopter went down in la grulla, texas. Reports of possibly four people on board. A local congresswoman asking for prayers for those on board. Overseas tonight and to the new tragedy in gaza. The hamasrun Health Ministry saying five children were killed by a pallet of desperately needed aid that had been dropped from an airplane. The parachute did not open. Authorities say it crushed the children. Tonight, the pentagon aware of the reports but also adding it was not u. S. Delivered aid. Tom soufi burridge in the region tonight. Reporter this is the moment humanitarian aid dropped from the sky over gaza and turned deadly. Pallets raining down. That parachute appearing to fail, plunging to the ground. Chaos, as desperate palestinians run to scoop up aid. What you dont see, five children crushed to death by a pallet, according to the hamasrun Health Ministry. Tonight, the pentagon saying it wasnt a u. S. Air drop that caused the casualties. Weve confirmed that all of our aid bundles landed safely on the ground. Reporter with the u. N. Saying more than half a million gasolinens are facing starvation, President Biden called on this hot mic moments after the state of the union, speaking about Prime Minister netanyahu i told him, bibi, dont repeat this, but you and i are going to have a come to jesus moment. Reporter the president quickly interrupted by an aide. Today saying netanyahu needs to to do more to get aid in. And tonight, a coalition of countries backing President Bidens plan for the u. S. Military to build a temporary pier off gazas coast, to allow aid in by sea. President biden saying the israelis will provide security, promising there will be no u. S. Boots on the ground in gaza. Just days before the start of the holy month of ramadan with no deal on a ceasefire, hamas tonight calling on worshippers to march on Jerusalems Al Aqsa mosque. Tensions flaring ahead of friday prayers. You can see theres real tension here. Young men are not allowed into the Al Aqsa Mosque up there, Police Moving them away. Then peaceful prayers outside the walls, amid fears for what the future may hold. David, just moments ago, President Biden addressing a possible ceasefire before ramadan, saying its looking tough. And on that mission to build a pier off gaza, the pentagon saying hamas should not target that Aid Operation if it truly cares about the palestinian people. David . David Tom Soufi Burridge reporting again tonight. Tom, we thank you. Back here in the u. S. , the former President Trump, and just before the deadline the former president posting a 91 million bond against what he owes writer e. Jean carroll while he appeals the ruling in that defamation case. Now, this all comes amid questions about the money trump still needs to put up, Owing Hundreds Of Millions of dollars in his other civil case. Heres rachel scott tonight. Reporter tonight, with a monday deadline fast approaching, donald trump posting a 91. 6 million bond while he appeals e. Jean carrolls victory in her defamation case. Trump securing that money from the virginiabased federal insurance company, guaranteeing the bond with assets including cash. But its unclear how much. Carroll will not get the money now. It will be held by a court while trump pursues his appeal. And its only a fraction of the Civil Penalties hes been ordered to pay. He was fined 454 million in his Civil Fraud Trial and will have to put up a separate bond while he pursues that appeal, too. This as trump faces four separate criminal trials and his legal bills pile up. Hes already used 50 million worth of donations to his political committees to pay his lawyers. And tonight, new questions about whether the Republican National committee will chip in, too. Today the rnc installing trumps daughterinlaw, lara trump, as vice chair. We have one goal. The goal on november 5th is to win, and as my fatherinlaw says, bigly. Reporter one rnc official proposing a rule to block the committee from paying trumps legal bills, but it didnt get enough votes. Today lara trump saying this. We are going to make sure that every single penny of every dollar raised goes towards one goal, which is winning. Reporter but again, david, rnc members are not ruling out the possibility of using donations to pay for Donald Trumps legal fees. It is something they have done in the past when the former president left the white house. David . David rachel scott with us tonight as well. Thanks, rachel. Were going to turn now to the dramatic testimony in the trial of the father of Michigan School shooter ethan crumbley. Tonight here, the gun store manager describing that father, James Crumbley, purchasing the gun, and what the father promised on a form. Later, it was that gun used by his son to kill four students. Heres trevor ault. Reporter tonight, a michigan judge restricting the Jailhouse Communications of James Crumbley as hes on trial for his alleged role in his sons Deadly School shooting. The Oakland CountySheriffs Office saying crumbleys access to a telephone and electronic messaging has been limited due to threatening statements he made but did not say who he allegedly threatened. Today the jury of nine women and six men, most of them parents, many of them gun owners, hearing from the gun store manager who sold Crumbley The Weapon