Tonight, the neighbor charged in what authorities believe was a racially motivated shooting. They say he shot the mother next door, who is white. She has two black sons. What was behind this . First tonight here, the storms hitting several states. The tornado striking tallahassee. Massive damage. One person killed, more than 200,000 customers without power tonight. Just pull, pull, pull over david this evening, the staggering toll amid this outbreak of severe storms. In New York City tonight, Donald Trumps criminal trial. Trumps onetime lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, now set to take the stand. Tonight, the judge with a warning for cohen. Just in tonight, the new u. S. Report criticizing israels Military Action Inside Gaza saying it is, quote, reasonable to assess that some u. S. Weapons have been used in instances inconsistent with israels obligation under international law. So what does this mean moving forward, and where are the talks tonight with hamas Still Holding dozens of hostages . Martha raddatz standing by with this new report. Here in the u. S. , a mother is shot by her neighbor, Authorities Say. They call this a hate crime. They say the neighbor shot the woman next door, a mother of two. They say she has two black sons. And authorities now say this was racially motivated. Tonight, the images we have not seen before. The newly released body camera video showing First Responders racing to that collapsed bridge in baltimore and what the video reveals. Tonight overseas, russias new assault on northern ukraine. The u. S. Now rushing a new shipment of weapons to ukraine. James longman reporting. Here in this country, keep an eye out tonight and right into the weekend. The very rare solar storm. Millions of americans could see the Northern Lights. But could this Geomagnetic Storm also bring cell phone issues, possible gps and Internet Disruptions . What authorities are warning tonight. This evening, the School Board Reinstating Confederate names for two of their local schools. 50 years later, the beatles let it be let it be let it be let it be in a new light. Youll see it right here. Our persons of the week. The mother and daughter you wont forget along with a very friendly reminder here tonight not to forget sunday. Announcer from abc news World Headquarters in new york, this is World News Tonight with david muir. David good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a friday night. What a week it has been for Millions Of Americans in the line of these horrific and deadly storms. Tonight, the violent storms slamming several states yet again, and theyve been deadly again as well. Right across the gulf into the east tonight, the staggering numbers here this evening. More than 125 reported tornados across 22 states this week. Then this number, at least one reported or confirmed tornado every single day for the past 16 days now. Tonight, the images coming in here. Severe storms in wimberley, texas, between san antonio and austin. Driving rain, you can see the damaging winds, more than 65 miles an hour. In tallahassee, a family caught in a tornado right near the airport. You can hear them frantically trying to pull off the road just to survive it. Power lines down, damaged homes near the campus of fsu. One woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. Tonight, Hundreds Of Thousands are without power, and abcs faith abubey leading us off. Shes in tallahassee for us. Reporter tonight, a wall of violent storms hammering the south, leaving Hundreds Of Thousands of families without power. Oh, my god. Reporter gary kile jr. And his wife, tammy, caught in a radarconfirmed tornado near the tallahassee airport. Their son calling to warn them. Pull, pull over, pull over. I was trying to get out of this area. I was calling you, theres a theres a tornado on the ground. Reporter a web of wires and snapped power poles draped over neighborhoods in tallahassee. From Florida State universitys campus to the Arts District. Anna ebsen mcbride riding out the storm in her nowdamaged art gallery. Loud. I mean, the noise is its just really undescribable. Reporter Traffic Lights Out across the city. Trees down everywhere, crashing through homes. Oh, my gosh. Reporter leon county Authorities Say one woman was killed when a tree fell on her familys house. The Storms Barreling East from texas, where straightline winds gusted to Hurricane Strength outside austin. The system dropping hailstones bigger than softballs. The storms, part of an epic weekslong outbreak of severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center confirming theres been at least one reported or confirmed tornado every day for the past 16 days. And david, businesses here in the Arts District saw some of the worst damage. You can see behind me building after building with extensive damage to their roof. Power lines still dangling. Authorities say 11 electrical substations were damaged, and crews have been called in from as far away as louisiana and alabama to help. David . David Millions Of Americans caught in the path of these storms this week. Faith abubey leading us off, thank you, faith. Were going to turn now to the new warning tonight from the judge in Donald Trumps criminal trial. This time the warning is not aimed at the former president. Instead the warning is for michael cohen, trumps onetime lawyer and fixer, who is set to take the stand. Aaron katersky tonight with what the judge said. Reporter after repeatedly ordering donald trump to stop publicly attacking witnesses, tonight, judge juan merchan warning the prosecutions star witness to stop publicly attacking donald trump. The Warning Directing at Donald Trump Former fixer, michael cohen, who brokered the Hush Money Deal With Porn ActressStormy Daniels. Cohen, who was expected to testified in, has been skewering trump online, appearing on tiktok wearing a Shirt Showing trump behind bars. Trump 2024 . More like trump 20 to 24 years. Reporter today trumps lawyer, todd blanche, asking judge merchan to put cohen under a gag order the same way President Trump is, saying its becoming a problem every single day that President Trump is not allowed to respond to this witness. Prosecutor Josh Steinglass insisting he has no control over cohen, adding, we had repeatedly, repeatedly asked the witnesses not to do that. Merchan said there would be no gag order, but he instructed prosecutors to communicate to mr. Cohen that the judge is asking him to refrain from making any more statements from this case and to make it clear you are communicating that on behalf of the bench. Trump unsatisfied. Everybody can say whatever they want. They can say whatever they want, but im not allowed to say anything about anybody. Reporter but trumps lawyers did notch a clear win today. The judge ruling prosecutors could not show the jury a 1999 video of Trump Bragging about his knowledge of Campaign Finance laws. I think nobody knows more about Campaign Finance than i do. Reporter prosecutors wanted to use to it show trump would have known cohens Hush Money Arrangement with daniels amounted to an Illegal Campaign contribution. But the judge ruled that out, telling prosecutors, youre asking the jurors to draw an inference that because mr. Trump knew the laws in 1999, he knew them in 2016. Thats a lot of speculation. Michael cohen is on the witness stand here monday, david. There is no overstating the importance of his testimony. He says he was in the room with donald trump discussing the hush payment to Stormy Daniels at the heart of the case. The Cross Examination is going to be brutal. And after cohen, the prosecutors say they have only one witness left and could rest their case as soon as next week, david. David youll be back on monday. Aaron katersky, thank you. Were also following news coming in tonight, the new u. S. Report criticizing israels Military Action Inside Gaza saying it is, quote, reasonable to assess that some u. S. Weapons have been used in instances inconsistent with israels obligation under international law. What does this mean moving forward . Martha raddatz with late reporting tonight on this report just out from the state department. [ sound of gunfire ] reporter tonight, a new report Finding Israel may have violated International Humanitarian law in gaza in its use of americansupplied weapons but lacking enough information to officially make that conclusion given the nature of the conflict in gaza. The state Department Report saying it is reasonable to assess that some u. S. Weapons have been used in instances inconsistent with israels obligation under international law. Adding that the high levels of civilian casualties caused by those weapons raises substantial questions as to whether the idf is using them effectively in all cases. those International Laws require foreign governments to take steps to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid into war zones. This comes as israeli media reporting the war cabinet has voted to expand operations in rafah. The principal reason why President Biden is withholding weapons and threatening to withhold more. George stephanopoulos speaking to Bidens National security adviser today. Israels ambassador to the United States has responded to President Bidens decision not to provide some offensive weapons that could be used in the rafah invasion, saying it sends the wrong message to hamas and puts israel in a corner. How do you respond to that . Nobody has been a stronger supporter of israel than joe biden. He has sent an enormous amount of capability for israel to take on hamas. What would happen if they went in . Well, first, because theres a Million People there in very close quarters, who have been pushed there because of the Military Operations in other parts of gaza, you would have really significant civilian casualties. David george right there in the Situation Room. Lets bring in martha back with us tonight. Martha, amid this debate over any fullscale invasion of rafah, President Biden, of course, who says the u. S. Will not supply the weapons for any fullscale invasion. We also know that there have been these very tense ceasefire talks. Of course, dozens of hostages still being held by hamas and these talks have now essentially collapsed over this . Reporter exactly, david. There was a moment of hope with those talks, but they have fully broken down, hamas demanding a permanent ceasefire, israel offering only a temporary one. And of course, caught in the middle of all this, millions of Palestinian Civilians and more than 100 israeli hostages, including five americans. David . David Martha Raddatz with us. Martha, thank you. And we should note that georges full interview with National Security adviser Jake Sullivan inside the Situation Room on Good Morning America first thing on monday morning. Martha and george, we thank you both. In the meantime we move on to the shooting of a mother. Authorities say this is racially motivated. They say the mother was shot by her neighbor, authorities calling it a hate crime. They say the mother, who is white, has two black sons. Heres pierre thomas. Reporter tonight, this illinois man is in jail, charged with trying to kill his neighbor because he hated that she had a black partner and black children. John shadbar, 70, in court on eight Felony Charges including Attempted Murder and hate crime, accused of shooting at his neighbor multiple times with an assaultstyle rifle on tuesday evening. Tonight, 45yearold Melissa Robertson remaining in the hospital in Critical Condition with wounds to her stomach and hand. We were all very shocked when this happened, but honestly, sadly, were not surprised. This has been nine years in coming. Reporter according to the charges, shadbar had repeatedly harassed robertson and her black children. Weve called the cops, and hes thrown fireworks, and hes shot blanks, and nothing was done. And its very unfortunate. Reporter if convicted, shadbar faces decades in prison. David, according to court records, ms. Robertson faces permanent disability and disfigurement. Pierre thomas tonight. Thank you, pierre. We turn to the dramatic images moments after the Bridge Collapse in baltimore. Tonight, the newly released body camera video showing First Responders racing to the scene. Terry moran on this again tonight. Reporter this is the moment a Police Marine unit first arrived on the scene of that deadly Bridge Collapse in baltimore. Key bridge is down. Last reported, at least several vehicles in the water, several people still unaccounted for. Reporter you hear an officer shouting up to the crew on the dali, that massive cargo ship that brought the bridge down. Is anybody hurt . Just one cut to the fingers . Reporter in the dark of night, rescuers desperately searching for six Construction Workers who were on that bridge when it plunged into the water. Just days after that catastrophic collapse, we got an upclose look at the wreckage. Up close to it, you see the sheer scale and the violence of what happened here, how the bridge came down on the ship, destroying so much of the bow. The new video comes just days after officials announced that the body of the sixth and final victim, jose mynor lopez, was recovered in the wreckage. David, maryland State Lawmakers have passed legislation to provide financial help to the families of those six men, the Construction Workers who went down when the Bridge Collapsed, and nonprofit groups and churches have raised Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars more. David . David terry moran whos covered this Bridge Collapse from the very start for us, thank you, terry. Overseas tonight and to russias new assault on northern ukraine, the u. S. Rushing a new shipment of weapons to ukraine. Heres our Foreign CorrespondentJames Longman now. Reporter tonight as the u. S. Confirms a major new aid package to ukraine, signs of a possible full scale russian offensive sa starting in the northeast of the country. New Satellite Images show the areas attacked in a ukrainian town just three miles from the border. Russian forces have been massing on that border for weeks. But after a night of heavy bombardment, early this morning, Armored Vehicles attempted to punch through in the direction of ukraines secondlargest city, kharkiv. The city was almost occupied when russia launched its invasion more than two years ago. And since then, its been rocked by neardaily missile and drone attacks. The Defense Ministry says reserves are now deployed to repel the advance but that fierce fighting continues. Delays in muchneeded aid from the west have allowed russia to build up its forces and put significant pressure on ukrainian positions. It comes as the pentagon confirmed today that new 400 million aid package is on its way to ukraine. It includes patriot missiles, Armored Vehicles, and javelin antitank systems. We saw for ourselves the difference heavy weapons make on the battlefield. And on a time frame for that aid, david, the u. S. Has prepositioned critical equipment in the region. The idea is to get those weapons into ukraine as quickly as possible. David . David James Longman, who has traveled to ukraine so often. James, thank you. Meantime, back here in the u. S. , kee