Four states reporting their emergency phone lines were down, including the Las Vegas Police department. This morning, the Homeland Security warning about 911 call centers targeted for cyberattacks. Severe weather threat. Millions bracing for a new round of storms after at least 27 reported tornadoes in seven states in just three days. Ginger is tracking it all. Jury selection set to resume in the election interference trial of former President Trump. What we know about his plans to campaign while on trial. Boeing hits back. Overnight, boeing releasing rare video from what it calls fatigue testing. How the company is fighting after a whistleblowers testimony on capitol hill claiming the companys 787s are at risk of breaking apart in midair after extensive use. Alibi in the idaho student murders. Lawyers for the suspect now say he was nowhere near the scene of the crime that night. How they plan to prove he was more than 20 miles away without any eyewitnesses. Simone biles like never before, talking about her Mental Health struggles. As an athlete, that was the hardest thing for me to process, too. Because, if you get injured, you go to the doctor and theyre like, okay, 36 months, three weeks, or whatever. And this is, like, years. Im like, why do i not feel better . The moment she decided to withdraw from some olympic events. The years of trauma that led up to that moment, and how she is healing. Royal return. Prince william making his first public appearance this morning since princess kates diagnosis. And tminus 17 hours until tswift fans get more taylor at midnight. Were just hours away from her brandnew album dropping. What does it mean . I need to know right now. And the superstar is dropping clues as we dance into thursday. Announcer live in times square, this is good morning america. That was a topic at our family dinner last night, taylors countdown. Good morning, america. Hope youre doing well this morning. They are doing good, taylor swift is coming at midnight. Also ahead, the story of a taco bell manager whose splitsecond decision led to a lifesaving moment. Thank goodness for that. But we begin with the widespread 911 outage in at least four states last night. Nebraska, south dakota, nevada, texas unable to call the emergency number from cell phones or land lines. Pierre thomas starts us off. Good morning, p. A. Potentially thousands of americans with added stress overnight as they dialed 911 for help, when every Second Counts. Police forces across four states reporting their 911 lines were down, including the entire state of south dakota, a county in nebraska, a police force in del rio, texas, and two departments in nevada, including las vegas. Vegas residents were urged to dial 911 on a mobile device so the police would be able to see the number and call you back right away. Service was later restored to las vegas and south dakota, but today there will be an urgent effort to figure out why this happened and whether these are somehow connected. It is unclear how widespread the situation was. This comes as new analysis from the department of Homeland Security warns that fiberoptic lines supporting 911 call centers have likely become a target. But a similar outage in february appears to have been a technical glitch. Much more to find out, michael. Yeah, a lot more to find out on that, pierre. Thank you so much. We turn now to Severe Weather on the move. Millions are bracing for a new round of storms, 27 reported tornadoes in seven states in just three days. Ginger is tracking it all for us. Good morning, ginger. Remember how we talked about how ohio was leading in tornadoes this year so far . They did get likely another one, and many others coming through. The last three days, we have had more than 350 severe storm reports including damaging winds in excess of 60 miles per hour, hail, where all the green dots are, and the red dots for tornadoes. So its been a busy couple days and were not done yet. This is the damage from likely tornado, which they will get out and survey in northeastern ohio, and damage outside of detroit, the northern suburb of ferndale. This was likely straightline winds, but can still do so much damage. It doesnt matter if you get damaging winds or tornadoes on the weaker end of the scale. They are similar in what they look like afterward. Today the highest tornado threat includes st. Louis, much of missouri, western kentucky, tennessee, and southern illinois, also evansville, indiana, but all the way down to dallas and fort worth. This afternoon they will get damaging wind threat. We are watching it in many parts of the country. We turn now to the latest on Donald Trumps criminal trial. Jury selection set to resume this morning and is proceeding quickly. Aaron katersky is at the courthouse in downtown manhattan. Good morning, aaron. One of the jurors who had already been seated was just excused. She said she slept on it overnight and felt she could no longer be fair and impartial because she had concerns about serving on this jury. The judge excused her without objection from the lawyers, so now we are down to six sworn in jurors, and six more will need to be seated, along with six alternates for testimony can begin. Also today, prosecutors have complained that former President Trump has violated the gag order against attacking witnesses in this case seven more times since they already complained he had been in violation of the gag order. So it is making court off to a bit of a rocky start before jury selection begins a new, with a new batch of prospective jurors called into start answering questions about whether they have strong views of trump that would inhibit them from being fair, about whether they had ever been to a trump rally, or a rally against the former president. Right now the former president is in court listening to all of this, and we are waiting for the judge to decide, george. Dan abrams and rachel scott from capitol hill this morning. Let me begin with you. This jury selection seems to be going more quickly than a lot of people thought. It is definitely moving quickly, but, remember, it is about to get a little slower. Why . Because, once they are out of their peremptory challenges, once each side can no longer just dismiss a juror for any reason apart from race, then the fights start over whether and why jurors should be dismissed. It is called for cause. They can still fight over jurors right now for cause, but when you have got no more challenges left, the for cause fights become a little more vicious, and i expect to see that as this jury Selection Process continues. And, rachel, this timing has cross purposes for donald trump. Exactly. Legally, the former president has tried to delay, delay, delay. Politically, he has to get back on the campaign trail. Every single day hes inside that courthouse is a day hes not making his case to the american people. He can come out and say this is all a witch hunt, and that might rev up his base, but is it really appealing to the independent voters, the republicans who are not sold on the former president , that he needs to win over in order to clinch the white house . That is something his campaign is very concerned about. President biden has had four Campaign Stops already this week. Donald trump has to wait until saturday until he gets to north carolina. Opening statements could come as early as monday. Its possible. What will we learn about the strength of the case . I dont know that we will learn a ton about the case. This is a rare case where just about everything has been litigated in the court of public opinion. But there are legal arguments. What is the legal theory, exactly, of the d. A. Here that got it to the level of a felony . Thats one thing im very interested in. And, from the defense perspective, are they going to come out and say it is not true that he had sex with Stormy Daniels . I dont think theyre going to actually say that. But how detailed the defense gets is also going to be something ill be looking for. In the meantime, rachel, on capitol hill, the president has endorsed Speaker Mike Johnson but hes facing a threat this weekend. This move hes pushing forward to take that 95 billion package passed in the senate, separate that into four separate bills, it could cost him his job. He was asked very directly about this yesterday, why he believes it is worth risking his job over providing additional aid to ukraine. He says its because its the right thing to do. So its unclear when they can move forward. But if he loses one more republican, we could have no speaker of the house, thrust into chaos yet again, george. Rachel, dan, thanks very much. Michael . Now to boeing fighting back this morning after a whistleblower testified on capitol hill about safety concerns at the company. Transportation correspondent gio benitez joins us with more. That whistleblower made some alarming allegations, but this morning boeing is pushing back in a way we havent seen before, even releasing video from some of its testing. Take a look at this. Overnight, boeing releasing rare video from what it calls fatigue testing. Boeing intentionally and repeatedly damaging a panel used for the 787 dreamliner to show its strength, as the company fiercely fights back following a whistleblowers testimony on capitol hill. I am here today because i felt that i must come forward. Longtime boeing engineer Sam Salehpour testifying that 787s are at risk of falling apart from extensive use because he says there are gaps in the fuselage. I found gaps exceeding the specifications that were not properly addressed 98. 7 of the time. After raising concerns, salehpour says he was moved to the 777 program, though he claims he saw employees jumping on the pieces of the airplane to force them to align. I called it the tarzan effect. I raised concerns internally. I was sidelined. I was told to shut up. I received physical threats. Salehpour did not present evidence of his claims, but boeing telling abc news overnight that retaliation is strictly prohibited at boeing and that, we have painstakingly inspected and reworked airplanes and improved production quality. We are fully confident in the safety and durability of the 787 dreamliner. On the 777, boeing calls it the most successful widebody airplane family in aviation history. Boeing has been pushing back hard against these claims, saying these aircrafts are safe. Do you believe them . The aircraft as a whole may be safe insofar as people getting on planes shouldnt panic. But they need to be made fully safe. And i asked the senator if he had seen any documented evidence of the whistleblowers claims. He says he has seen a lot of it. Now the senators are asking for more whistleblowers to come forward. Rebecca . And we know you will continue to stay on it. Okay, gio. Thank you. We turn now to the abortion rights showdown in arizona. Republicans in the state legislature once again blocked a democratic effort to repeal the civil war era law that virtually bans abortion in the state. Elizabeth schulze is in phoenix. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning, rebecca. This is the second time that arizonas legislature has failed to repeal that civil war era abortion ban after it was reinstated last week by the state supreme court. This morning, Arizona Republican lawmakers defiant, refusing to repeal a 160yearold law banning nearly all abortions in the state. Legislatures are not built for kneejerk reactions. All but one republican in the statehouse declining to join democrats to fasttrack legislation that would roll back the law. We have a lot of time to work on this issue. State senators are now trying to move forward with their own bill to repeal it, but that process could take weeks. This is a stain on our history that this ban even exists. From a time when the age of consent was 10, from a time when women didnt have the right to vote. The law prohibits abortion in every instance except one, to save the life of a mother. If no repeal is passed, the band could take effect as soon as june. Effectively, our ability to provide abortion care goes away. So, if this law stands, you can no longer provide abortions here. That is correct. At her clinic in phoenix, telling patients they might not be able to get the care they need. We are having conversations to let them know that we are going week by week, because there will come a time when we will have to stop. The house and the senate here are not expected to meet again until next wednesday. Michael . Elizabeth, thank you so much for that. We turn now to the gambling scandal rocking the nba. Toronto raptors player Jontay Porter has been banned for life after an investigation concluded he bet on basketball. Whit johnson is here with the latest. Good morning, whit. Hey, michael. Good morning to you. Nba players are specifically prohibited from gambling on league games or anything connected to the nba. Jontay porter is now facing a range of allegations from disclosing personal information to bettors to limiting his own participation in games to influence bets. This morning, the nba banning Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors for life. The 24yearolds professional basketball career derailed for violating the leagues rules on Sports Betting. An investigation concluded he allegedly placed at least 13 bets on nba games under an associates account, ranging from 15 to 22,000, totaling more than 54,000. This will have a definite impact on the Gaming Market and what is offered from sports books on the nba. Porter is also accused of betting against his own team, and disclosing private information about his Health Status to someone placing bets on his game stats, and then even leaving a game early, citing illness. The nba commissioner releasing a statement, saying in part, there is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of nba competition, which is why Jontay Porters blatant violations are game rules are being met with the most severe punishment. Bet on anything in florida just last year alone, Sports Betting in this country passing the 100 billion mark, with easytouse apps and celebrity endorsements helping to fuel its popularity. Since we had the visibility of those bets that were placed on these games that porter was involved in, it was able to identify them and come to this investigation pretty quickly. And the nba says the investigation into porter is not over, and they are sharing information with federal authorities, guys. What a story, thanks very much. Now to the drivethrough rescue by a taco bell manager in pennsylvania who jumped into action to save the baby struggling to breathe. Morgan norwood has the story. Good morning, george. Imagine youre at a drive through and your baby stops breathing. What would you do . Fortunately, a taco bell employee knew the answer to that question in that heart pounding rescue all caught on camera. Its a fast food franchise known for thinking outside the bun. With the new monterey chicken quesadilla, think outside the bun. This morning, the franchise is living up to its tagline thanks to a taco bell manager whose splitsecond decision led to a lifesaving moment. I pulled him out and he turned completely blue and was lifeless. Natasha long was going through the drivethrough with her 11monthold son, miles, when she realized he was struggling to breathe. At that point i just completely blacked out. I didnt know what to do. Enter taco bell manager Becky Arbaugh to the rescue. I threw my headset and i ran outside, so i took the baby and started to do chest compressions on the baby, and he finally started to breathe. Baby miles was rushed to a local hospital for treatment where his mom reports he is doing well. All of this, as doctors try to figure out what caused his condition. The next day, long called taco bell to thank arbaugh for saving her sons life. We couldnt be more grateful to becky. She saved my sons life. I just thought of myself as a mom with another mom that needed help. Ugh, just chilling video. Long and arbaugh said that they have been in close contact every day, with arbaugh even offering to sit in the hospital with baby miles so his parents can get more time to themselves. Both said it was the beginning of a bond that they say will withstand the test of time. So glad baby miles is doing well. But it just hammers home the importance of cpr and knowing what to do in those situations. Its incredible. And moms helping moms. Love to see that, too, from a becky. Thank you, morgan. Coming up, lawyers for the suspect in the idaho student murders outline his alibi. How they claim they can prove he was nowhere near the scene of the crime. Dan abrams back to break that down. Plus, olympic champion simone biles sharing new details of her Mental Health struggles, why she says it was Like Fighting demons. And why red lobster might be in trouble, considering filing for bankruptcy. But first, we go back to ginger. Ginger, youve got these tornadoes everywhere, all these Severe Weather threats still. Still, and a lot of that is being fueled by heat. I know theres a debate, people dont like hotlanta, but it is going to live up to its name. We will just do Atlanta Atlanta will be quite warm today. Much above average and could even tie or break a record. The record for today is 87. If they go above that, they would be breaking it. But a lot of folks from texas up through the south and even into the ohio river valley are 1015 degrees above average. So that heat is going to really hone in on florida. You had a nice weekend last weekend with less humidity. Samantha, our producer up there, was enjoying it. But look at this, the temperatures could go to 90 and break records in tampa, tallahassee could break the record, orlando will end up in 94 territory. So thats gonna be a steamy one if youre going to the parks. And right in the middle of the nation, the end of april, beginning of may, the hot stays in the middle. So its going to be those high plains, into the plains of the United States here, into the midsouth and then even the great lakes. We had a very warm winter in a lot of these areas, and its going to keep on. Your local weather in 30 seconds now. Early in the morning its the dawn of a new day new hopes, new dreams, new way