Opening statements today. We break down the case against the former president. Who will take the stand . Will the defendant testify . And what it means for his White House Campaign . Michael big gamble. The bill is passed. Michael Speaker Mike Johnson putting his job on the line to push through the massive foreign aid package. Are you worried about your job . I dont worry. I just do my job. Robin tik tok tick tock. Today im saying my final goodbye to tik tok. Robin the unprecedented move by the house that could see the app used by 170 millions of americans and millions of Small Businesses banned in the u. S. George frosty morning. Millions of americans in at least 23 states under freeze and frost alerts. Michael a divers life or death battle with an alligator. At that point he shook me like a rag doll. Michael he tells us how he fought off the predator. Robin remembering mandisa. The grammy winner, American Idol alum passing away suddenly at 47. How she helped others become overcomers. I realized as i started to share this story, i started to hear from people who said, im just glad to know that im not alone. George highway heroes. Its 100 a miracle. George we hear from the Good Samaritans who saved a man trapped in his burning car. If strangers had not come together to form this community to get this man out of the car, i dont think he would be here today. Michael rock and fall. Luke bryan slipping after objects were thrown onto the stage. Did anybody see that . Stop right now robin stop right now, thank you very much. Dont miss this posh party. A spice girls reunion with their biggest fan freaking out, david beckham. We run the world and did i mention the spice girls . Our ginger is spicing up your world on this earth day. Ginger Good Morning America. Welcome to earth day. Announcer live in times square, this is Good Morning America. Robin this is Good Morning America. Happy earth day. We cannot wait to see what ginger has to show us this morning. Michael she is live in new mexico. Ginger is in an earthship, which is a selfsustaining home, for three days. Well have much more on earth day ahead. George we begin with something unprecedented in American History. Opening statements in the criminal trial of a former president. President s have been impeached. Theyve resigned. Theyve been voted out of office. Never before has a former president faced a jury of his peers in a criminal court. Aaron katersky is on the scene at the courthouse. Good morning, aaron. Reporter george, good morning to you. This historic day is just now getting under way. Former President Trump seated at the defense table. As he walked in, he called this a sad day. Both he and the country are experiencing something entirely new. Prosecutors trying to prove a former president committed a crime, this case falsifying Business Records to conceal a hush payment to an adult film actress. This morning Opening Statements in the historic criminal trial of former President Trump. Its a shame. Its a shame. Im sitting here for days now, from morning til night. Reporter seated in court, trump relegated to silence. Prosecutors will introduce the case, which they say is about whether the defendant, donald trump, broke the law in falsifying Business Records to cover up an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 president ial election. In their Opening Statement, Defense Attorneys are expected to say trump relied on lawyers to arrange the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels to keep her from revealing her claim of a sexual encounter with trump which he denied. I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. Some accountant. I didnt know. Some accountant marked it down as a legal expense. Thats exactly what it was. Reporter prosecutors say trump turned to david pecker, who they say was paid to buy and bury unflattering stories about trump. Pecker is among the early witnesses. Stormy daniels will testify, along with michael cohen, trumps former fixer, who wired her the hush money. Prosecutors said some of the witnesses have what you consider some baggage. Trump said he could testify, too, during a trial expected to last six weeks. When im testifying, i tell the truth. All i can do is tell the truth. Reporter the testimonys going to be heard by a jury of seven men and five women that includes two native new yorkers and two immigrants. Seven jurors have advanced degrees. One juror praised trumps out spokenness. Another called the former president selfish. Each promised to be fair and impartial. Also this week the judge is going to consider whether trump violated the gag order which prohibits him from attacking witnesses. Prosecutors said it happened several times through posts disparaging cohen and daniels. The defense denies it, but prosecutors want trump fined 1,000 for each offending post. The judge will hold a hearing on that on tuesday. As the proceedings got under way here today, george, there was an issue with one of the jurors. The judge said the juror had expressed some concern about being part of something that is getting so much attention and indeed there are lots of people in the courtroom, a lot of people following this outside. But the juror in the end is going to stay on the case. The Opening Statements that are just getting under way are going to last about 45 minutes for the prosecution. About 25 minutes for the defense. Prosecutors will lay out this idea that this is the original election interference case. The defense trying to distance trump from any crimes. George jon karl is here. Lets go into more detail. From the president , impeach the credibility of michael cohen. Absolutely. They will say he is a liar, fraud, committed perjurer. He is the key to his case and you cannot trust him. George prosecutors will say he was lying for donald trump. He was his lawyer. The argument is look, 35,000 payment is for monthly retainers. They will also make the case at the end of the day hush money, catch and kill scheme, they will argue this is routine for somebody who is very wealthy simply trying to protect their reputation. George whats not routine is trying to further a president ial campaign sitting as a defendant in a courtroom. No. I mean, come on, george. This is incredible. Hes going to be stuck there as he was during jury selection while others talk about him and while you hear disparaging testimony. He was so frustrated last week. Even at the temperature in the courtroom. You heard him go on and on about how it was too cold, it was freezing in there. This is a guy used to being in charge of everything, who cant even control the thermostat in a courtroom. George hes spending an awful lot of money but raising it at the same time off of the case. As much as hes complaining and it really is bothering him. You can see it. I hear it from the people who are with him every day. He is making this his campaign both in terms of messaging, i am a victim, theyre out to get me because theyre really out to get my supporters. He is raising money. It has helped his fundraising tremendously. Every day you see more appeals directly tied to this. George big day on thursday as the Supreme Court hears arguments over president ial immunity. We heard from liz cheney overnight. Liz cheney essentially writing what was basically an open letter to the Supreme Court. And by the way, thursdays Supreme Court hearing on the issue of whether or not donald trump has absolute immunity for what he did as president is the weeks most important legal development. Liz cheney is saying the Supreme Court, if they delay, if they dont act quickly on this, they could prevent the public from ever hearing the evidence in the case. George thats the point. Its almost certain that they are going to say any president is not immune. But the question is, will voters get to have the trial before the election . Yeah. If liz cheneys point is, if this trial doesnt happen before the election, voters wont have that evidence. But if donald trump is elected, you may never see this case. The person who was responsible for january 6th may never be held to account for it. Robin thank you very much. Now the tension on capitol hill. SpeakeR Mike Johnson pushing through a massive foreign aid package opposed by some republicans. Selina wang joins us from the hill. Good morning to you, selina. Reporter good morning, robin. This is a transformational moment for speaker johnson. He went from being staunchly opposed to any more aid to ukraine to putting his own job on the line to push forward with the 95 billion foreign aid package. The bill is passed. Reporter this morning congress is one step closer to passing billions in foreign aid thats desperately needed by americas allies. With the senate set to vote on critical funding for ukraine, israel and taiwan after dramatic weekend in the house. The house will be in order. Reporter Speaker Mike Johnson putting his job on the line to push through the massive aid package. 60 billion for ukraine, 26 billion for israel, 8 billion for taiwan and indo pacific allies and legislation to force a sale of tik tok from its Chinese Parent Company or face a ban in the u. S. We did our work here and i think history will judge it well. Reporter for months johnson stalled on President Bidens request for more funding, but after classified briefings, including with the cia director and lots of praying, the devout christian made a dramatic turn around. Arguing to his fellow republicans that helping ukraine is critical to u. S. National security, and that they need to be on the right side of history. To put it bluntly, i would rather send bullets to ukraine than american boys. My son is going to begin in the naval academy. This is a Live Fire Exercise for me as it is so Many American families. Reporter but a majority of his members revolted. More than half republicans voting against aid to ukraine, with johnson forced to rely on democrats to even bring it up for a vote. Now at least three hardliners are threatening to oust johnson over it. He betrayed us three times. If the vote was held today, mike johnson is a lame duck. Hes done. Reporter with the gops razor thin majority in the house, thats enough republicans to push johnson out, as democrats and moderate republicans praise johnson for bringing these bills to the floor. I commend it by name traditional conservatives led by Speaker Mike Johnson for doing the right thing. Reporter but speaker johnsons job is still under threat. Those hardline republicans can still try to oust him in the house which is back in session next week. The senate will vote on this tomorrow. The president said hes going to sign this legislation right away. Michael . Michael all right, selina, thank you very much for that. Now to the Supreme Court, hearing a major case on how communities deal with the growing crisis of People Living on the streets. Terry moran has the latest. Reporter this morning the Supreme Court is tackling its biggest case on homelessness in more than 40 years and cities and towns across the country struggle to deal with more and more People Living on the streets. For all intents and purposes, a lot of behavior you see here today is illegal. Reporter at the center of the case is grants pass a small city of 40,000 in southwest oregon. In the parks around town, hundreds of Homeless People have set up in encampments. In 2013 the city cracked down, local officials citing unsanitary conditions and crime, banning anyone sleeping in public from using a blanket, pillow or card board box. Penalties included civil fines and a potential 30 day jail term for repeat offenders. But with no public shelters in grants pass, a group of homeless transients sued the city in federal court, arguing the law is unconstitutional because it violates the 8th amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Criminalizing people for being homeless is not the solution. Reporter the case has huge implications for the rest of the country. So many communities are swatched by homeless encampments which are often rife with unsanitary conditions, drug use, untreated Mental Illness and crime. These encampments in california are unacceptable. These homeless camps overwhelm quality of life. Reporter advocates say the homeless have nowhere else to go. Criminalizing the victims of our failed housing policy is morally wrong and unconstitutional. Thats essentially what the city of grant pass has done by making it illegal for someone to exist while being homeless. Reporter after over five years living in parks before a nearby church took her in, helen cruz telling our devin dwyer said she received 5,000 in camp related fines. I was holding down two jobs when i was out here and still not enough to be able to rent a place. Their low Income Housing here is 1,000 a month. Thats not workable either, you know . Reporter it is a national crisis, but the big legal question the justices will consider in this case is whether what grants pass has done really qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment under the constitution. A decision is expected by late june. George . George terry, thanks. Over seas now to israel where a car plowed into a group of pedestrians in jerusalem. Tom soufiburridge is in tel aviv. Good morning, tom. Reporter good morning, george. Yes, shocking video. A car ran into that citizen in jerusalem. Three people lightly injured then escaping the two gun men who were later arrested. After that major intelligence failure prior to the october 7 terror attack the head of Israeli Military intelligence stepping down. In gaza, israel ramping up attacks on rafa. 22 People Killed this weekend as u. S. Lawmakers approve 17 billion of additional military aid for israel. Thanks from israels Prime Minister for that, but netanyahu reacting angrily to unconfirmed reports that the u. S. Could take measures against an ultraorthodox unit of the idf. Which has been accused of human rights abuses in the west bank. The israeli leader saying he will fight such a move with all his strength. Secretary of state blinken expected to address that issue later today. Robin . Robin tom, thanks to you. There are security concerns here at home at Columbia University amid the israel hamas war. Rhiannon ally is here with the latest. Reporter thats right. Right here in new york city, there is growing concern about safety at the school, as protests stemming from that israel hamas war intensify. The president of columbia saying, Everyone Needs a reset. Classes will be remote today ahead of the first night of passover which begins tonight. This after a fifth day yesterday of columbia pro palestine students protesting. They want the Ivy League School to divest its stocks, funds and endowments from companies they say profit from israels violation of International Law and palestinian human rights. Over the weekend, several protesters were arrested. Thats on top of the more than 100 from last week. In the midst of this, a rabbi is encouraging jewish students to leave campus. He says until the university and nypd can ensure student safety, the nypd continues to have increased presence around campus on stand by. Guys . Michael hopefully the reset eases the tension. Thank you very much. Were going to turn now to the nba. Playoffs tipped off with some big games in the first rounds. Will reeve is here with who to watch. Good morning. Good morning, michael. Were off to a hot start. 16 teams with a chance to get to the nba finals. Here we go. First the Boston Celtics are the save. They won 4 games in the regular season and cruised in game 1 of their best of seven series with miami. There was a young fan bringing the energy and the crowd. Love to see that. Dont love to see miami without star jimmy butler. Hes out with a knee injury. Which brings me to the second theme of the playoffs so far. Injuries. Kawhi leonard out from the clippers, but the clippers did take down the mavericks in their game one. Giannis out as well for the bucks. No problems. It was dame time. Damian lillard hitting that buzzer beater to end the first quarter. Milwaukee won their first game. Michael, the garden was eden saturday night. The knicks fans were buzzing with their game 1 win. Got to take time to appreciate the insanity of this selfalleyoop situation from embiid. He ended up getting hurt on that play. He did return but that injury will be important to watch. Whats an nba highlight without lebron . Rematch of last years western conference finals in denver. Defending champion nuggets hosting lebron and the lakers. They beat l. A. Fairly easily in game one. A stat, home teams are 80 so far in these nba playoffs. George you never disappoint, will. Thank you. Michael you say giannis. We both looked at you. I was looking at him. George you nailed it. Robin you nailed it, as always, will. Coming up, will tik tok be banned . House passing a bill telling its chinese owners to sell the platform or risk the app being blocked here in the u. S. Michael country star luke bryan falling on stage, slipping on a fans cell phone. But first lets go to ginger. Hey, ginger. Ginger hey, michael. Colorado had some late april snow. In fact denvers airport, thats been there since 2008, the latest snow the most theyve had. Those records only go back to 2008 so its probably longer than that. The cold air certainly dipped in. Mid south, some 5 to 15 degrees