Ransom paid to the hackers and how the hackers accessed the medical data of millions on alert. The new tornado threat in the plains, as we hear from two brothers who say they were sucked into a tornado and sent cartwheeling through the air while trying to protect their dog, a frightening commute. This driver explains just how close he came to getting killed by still being thrown off a highway overpass. The Urgent Police investigation, a new fight in Congress Targeting formula one racing. Why is legend Mario Andrettis team being rejected . Hang up for unruly behavior . The massive fine one man will have to pay for acting up on a flight, and the man who, quite frankly, became the star of 1 hot dog night at the ballpark from abc news in new york. This is america this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im rhiannon ally and im lionel moise. In for andrew. We begin with the growing unrest on College Campuses nationwide. Police making new arrests in new york after israelhamas war. Protesters entered fordham university. We have seen protesters clash with police from new england to wisconsin and overnight in california, Police Responding after violent clashes there this morning. More College Campuses in crisis as protests over israels war in gaza grow more confrontational. While the lapd declaring a citywide tactical alert last night as officers in riot gear responded to a massive crowd at ucla the previous night, a brawl erupting on campus after counterprotesters tried to break down a propalestinian encampment. The violence unfolding for more than two hours before police moved in the school, which has its own police force, is now vowing to investigate the response in oregon. At Portland State university, protesters barricading themselves inside the library since monday, despite the school telling them to leave immediately. Food and bedding was seen being delivered riot gear in New Hampshire police detaining multiple protesters at dartmouth after an order to leave an encampment. And in new york city. This new Video Shows Police clearing out an indoor encampment at fordham university, arresting at least 15 people. This is the new York City Police department. You have been warned. As per fordham university, to leave the campus. If you refuse to leave, you may be placed under arrest. It comes after the nypd made hundreds of arrests at columbia and City University tuesday night. Protesters had taken over a building at columbia by smashing windows. We will not stop fighting. This is only the beginning. Organizers of the demonstrations in new york responding to the police crackdown. The students have reminded us that another world is possible and is already in the making, and i am so proud to be a member of this community. In the last two weeks, more than 1600 people have been arrested at 30 schools across the country. In many cases, socalled outside agitators are blamed for stoking student protests. Americans have the right to peacefully protest. They have the right to peacefully protest as long as its within the law and that its peaceful. Forcefully, forcibly taking over a building is not peaceful. Its just not. Some republicans are calling on President Biden to use the National Guard to dismantle encampments. Biden has yet to address the recent confrontations on campuses. The radical extremists and far left agitators are terrorizing College Campuses, as you possibly noticed, and biden is nowhere to be found. In response, a biden adviser accused trump of using civil unrest as a political strategy. New details this morning about a deadly shooting at a wisconsin middle school. Police say officers shot and killed a 14 year old Student Armed with what appeared to be a rifle outside of Mount Horeb Middle School near madison. His name has not been released and its unclear exactly what type of weapon he had and whether he fired it. The school was locked down for hours, with officials describing the suspect as an active shooter and we learned overnight the body of a fifth construction worker killed in the baltimore bridge collapse has been recovered. The remains of the 49 year old were found underwater inside of a truck which had plunged into the water when the bridge collapsed after being hit by a cargo ship in march. A sixth victim is still missing. New fallout from the devastating cyberattack on a Major Health Care company affecting up to one third of americans and their doctors. The cyberattack was months ago, but now the ceo is shedding light on how the hackers pulled it off and the ransom that was paid. Abcs perry russom has details. Perry. Good morning. Lionel. Good morning. Weve now learned the Largest HealthInsurance Company in the u. S. Paid tens of millions of dollars in ransom to hackers, and it could have easily been avoided. The ceo of United Health says the company paid 22 million to hackers who broke into one of the companys subsidiaries handling prescription orders and payments to doctors. This was one of the hardest decisions ive ever had to make. Ceo andrew witty in front of a Senate Committee yesterday saying the Hacking Group blackhat broke into a crucial data system, stealing massive amounts of patient data. Doctors were left without a way to fill prescriptions or be paid. Some doctors still not paid. After nine weeks, your company on your watch let the country down. United health manages more than one third of all patient records in the u. S. And overseas, one in every ten doctors across the country, whitty says the hackers were able to get in, partially because the companys system did not have a basic safeguard used by everyday apps like facebook and gmail. The portal they accessed was not protected by multifactor authentication. This hack could have been stopped with cybersecurity 101, the committee slamming the security lapse. One senator holding up the book hacking for dummies. This is some basic stuff that was missed. So shame on internal audit, external audit and your system systems folks tasked with redundancy. Theyre not doing their job. Some senators are arguing because of the size of United Health, any hack poses a National Security threat. I believe that the bigger the company, the bigger the responsibility to protect its systems from hackers. And witty says United Health will now require multiple factor authentication. He says the breach cost the company 900 million, not including the 22 million that they paid for ransom. Rihanna all right. Thank you. Perry, the governor of arizona will sign a bill today repealing the states near total ban on abortions. The state senate voted yesterday to abolish the law, which dates back to 1864, with two republicans joining the democrats. But the repeal will not take effect until the fall. Meanwhile, in florida, a six week abortion ban went into effect yesterday. This is a growing issue on the campaign trail. Under donald trump, it would be fair game for women to be monitored and punished by the government, whereas joe biden and i have a different view. We believe the government should never come between a woman and her doctor. A couple of states i wont mention, but a couple of states really surprised people. But basically the states decide on abortion and people are absolutely thrilled with the way thats going on. Trump also repeated his promise that if elected, he will not sign a National Abortion ban. Police in chicago have arrested a suspect in the murder of a Police Officer last month. Officer luis huesca was still wearing his uniform, headed home from work april 21st when he was shot in what Police Believe was a carjacking. He died two days before his 31st birthday. The plains are bracing for more severe storms and now we are hearing from two brothers who went airborne during one of dozens of tornadoes that hit the region in recent days. Overnight, tornado warnings in the texas panhandle earlier this landspout touching down south of midland. Oh my goodness. Twisters tearing through the heartland. More than 100 confirmed in the past week, leaving at least five people dead. This massive funnel cloud in kansas and in nebraska. This home reduced to rubble. The brothers inside say they were sent cartwheeling through the air after being sucked into a tornado. Thats when the whole house, like, kind of lifted, like you could feel the vacuum and like the whole house lift up. Theyd been in the basement but chased their dog when he fled upstairs. Im standing here without any support right now, and our whole house is gone. And we were in it. It was the second busiest april on record for tornado activity. But through it all, stories of hope. The roof ripped off lily dolls, nebraska home, the High School Juniors track jersey sucked into the sky. But she found it in a tree just in time for her big meet and in sulfur, oklahoma, a two year old aussie corgi mix named jack emerging from the rubble of a destroyed home. Now reunited with his family. People were helping me find jack that i didnt even know, so im just thankful to be a part of this community. While april was rough, may is actually the most active month for tornadoes. Now lets get a check of your thursday forecast. Good morning. Another day with the risk for severe thunderstorms and some of the same locations that have already had it, like eastern kansas, for example, you can see that threat extending from minnesota, wisconsin to texas and oklahoma. By the way, theres a lot of heavy rain that leads to the risk for flooding throughout some of the South Central u. S. And those spotty thunderstorms can develop, leading to tornadoes and hail. But it feels like summer across the northeast, especially where Accuweather Realfeel values hit the 70s and 80s for accuweather. Im melissa konstanzer. Coming up, a church decision on allowing gay clergy members. But first, the new push to ease the shortage of weight loss drugs like ozempic and bogovi and lower their costs, plus a very close where will we be . Were coming to you america. Get ready get ready get ready. The maker of ozempic and waghoba is addressing concerns about the high price and the shortages that americans are facing trying to get their hands on the popular weight loss drugs. Novo nordisk says its investing about 6 billion to ramp up production. A Top Executive telling Good Morning America they are trying to make the drugs more affordable. I can absolutely assure america that were doing everything that we can, not only to reduce costs and out of pocket, but in a way that is consistent with the Health Care System that we have in the us, but also to increase supply. Our manufacturing facilities are working 24 over seven. A Senate Committee recently launched an investigation into the companys prices now to washington, and a close call on the highway, leading to an Urgent Police investigation. Heres abcs andrea fujii this morning. A washington man is sharing his story of survival after a steel beam came crashing through his windshield as he was driving down the highway, missing him by just inches. Seriously, i thought i was dead. Everybody said, you know what . I need to buy a Lottery Ticket last night because, yeah, i was lucky. Gregory sanon was headed to work north of seattle. When police say a man was seen throwing debris off an overpass, the beam more than four feet long. Thankfully no one was in sanons passenger seat. He hit the car so hard, but i think he didnt hit me. He hit the Steering Wheel, even the Steering Wheel even bent from the impact in michigan, a similar case turned deadly. Five teenagers were charged with Second Degree murder after police say they threw rocks off a highway overpass in 2017. One rock crashed through kenny whites windshield, killing him. I just hope they realize their actions and how many lives they torn apart. 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Racing legend Mario Andretti is getting help from capitol hill in his fight to join formula one. Lawmakers claim formula ones refusal to allow his team into races could actually violate antitrust laws. Formula ones commercial rights holder says andrettis team is being blocked because it would not be competitive. We want to be able to represent the United States on a world stage in formula one, which basically i consider formula one, the olympics of motorsports. We have all the all the tools available, all we need is the absolute green light. No comment yet from formula one, which has a race in miami this weekend. We turn now to missouri and the parents of newborn twins are sharing their struggle to save their sons lives. Its Graduation Day for eli and easton reed. Oh my gosh, the boys both get to come home today after a month in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at a hospital near saint louis, the twins finally headed home. Were extremely excited to go home and snuggle with them, but the boys are in desperate need of treatment for a rare condition called spinal muscular atrophy. They lose the ability to, breathe because their diaphragm loses that muscle control. Asthma affects one in every 6000 babies without treatment, the twins will likely die before their second birthday. The family says the terms of their Health Insurance changed just one day after the boys were born, and now it wont cover the life saving gene