People seeking shelter, some in bath tubs like this Police Sergeants family. Out of the 14 years i have been doing this job, i havent been that scared or nervous. Michael rob marciano on the scene where hundreds of hopes and businesses were destroyed. New orleans getting a months worth of rain in just seven hours. Come on. Michael horses rescued and led to Higher Ground. Gingers tracking it all as the storm heads north, with seven states waking up with flood alerts. George abortion showdown. The new fallout after Arizona StateSupreme Court reinstated a 160yearold law banning abortion. What happened when some lawmakers tried to repeal it. There is no reason to rush on this very important topic. George plus what former President Trump said, and which state could see this issue on their ballot in november . Robin missed signals . The former assistant principal now facing criminal charges in the case of a 6yearold boy who shot his first grade teacher. The new report revealing stunning new allegations. George police in dallas issue an arrest warrant for chiefs receiver rashee rice for his part in a Chain Reaction car crash. Robin porch pirate crackdown. The latest state to come down hard on criminals who swipe packages. Someone who will hell to pay for stealing. Robin and strict penalties for retail theft. George gold rush. I think this gold bar will hold its value so i dont think i spent that much. George whats behind the dash to get gold bars at costco . Robin Second Chance super hero. 12 years after my sister was my Perfect Match shes going to be my donor. Now her sons journey to give someone else the gift of life. Jump on it jump on it michael plunge of the baby penguins. Leap of faith captured on camera for the First Time Ever. And holy stroke [ cheers ] get ready to find out whos the master. And meet the little caddy who jumped on it. Jump jump on it announcer live in times square, this is good morning america. George whole lot going on this thursday morning. Lot going on. Good morning. We cannot wait for that inspiring story about your nephew. Robin oh my goodness. He was given a Second Chance to give someone a Second Chance at life. Well explain that a little bit later this morning. Thank you. Michael were looking forward to that. But were going to begin with the storms across the south, bringing at leaf seven reported tornado, heavy rain and flooding. Rob marciano starts us off in hard hit slydell, louisiana with the latest. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, michael. This has been a ferocious storm. Look what it did here. This brick structure torn apart. This tree taking out power lines onto this truck. The roof of this Apartment Building completely ripped off. There were injuries. The rest o are displaced for sure. There are hundreds of damaged homes and businesses across the area. This is just one area where this deadly storm blew through. This morning the massive cleanup begins as violent storms pour into the south. This swifter touching down in alabama. That is a tornado. Ten football fields away. Reporter hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed in slydell, louisiana, just outside new orleans. This has been a catastrophic event for the city. Reporter this apartment complex gutted, the roof ripped right off. First responders, rescuing more than 50 people. Workers rushing for cover as the tornado took aim at this building complex. Seven people were working in this building when the tornado hit. A group of them scrambled to a back room. Twister comes through, blows it out top to bottom. Bumps and bruises but remarkably nobody hurt. Everybody started scrambling in the warehouse. I ran down the hallway, went to the kitchen door. I could barely open the kitchen door from all the pressure. Just as they it go open, we saw the wall just start crumbling. It is a miracle nobody was hurt. Reporter the children of jake morris taking cover in a bathtub. Out of the 14 years i have been doing this job i havent been that scared or nervous. Reporter new orleans getting a months worth of rain in seven hours. A drone capturing vehicles stranded by the floodwaters. I said i was in my car. There were cars stranded. They were in the middle of street because of the flood water. I had flood water coming into my shop as well. Come on. Reporter horses rescued and led to Higher Ground by boats after their barn flooded. In the suburb of houston, texas, an ef1 tornado touching down, causing significant damage there. This area has a history of tornados. Were not done with it yet. We still have today to deal with. Theres one fatality to report out of mississippi. I talked to the mayor here yesterday. He said theres not even any serious injuries. Remarkable, considering the amount of destruction. Michael thats something good at least in that, rob. You can see the dangerous weather, it is on the move. Ginger, of course, is tracking it all. Good morning, ginger. Ginger hey, good morning. That heavy rain made its way to tallahassee this morning where they had a flash flood emergency. Thats the kind where Officials Say dont go out. That is moving east. Perry, florida, right now in severe thunderstorm warnings. There are flood watches up to indiana and ohio. Thats where we expect some twist from the actual low to bring tornado possibilities. Charleston, West Virginia, is in it today. Eastern ohio, northeastern kentucky. Georgia, north florida, you also have a shot at getting some twists. Then the rain just sticks to places have been so inundated. Thats a flash flood threat including scranton, roanoke. As we get into tonight, early tomorrow, well be seeing that rain as well. Robin gonna keep on it. Ginger, thank you. Now the latest on the showdown over abortion rights and the fallout in arizona. In the wake of Court Decision that upheld an 1864 law banning the procedure with almost no exceptions. Rachel scott is in phoenix with that and how it could impact voters across the country in november. Good morning, rachel. Reporter hey, robin. Good morning to you. There is outrage and frustration playing out here in arizona. Almost immediately after the state Supreme Court said that abortion ban passed during the civil bar could go into effect, we heard from democrats and republicans demanded that the law be revealed. Now it is republicans who are reversing course and blocking those efforts. This morning the intense political fight playing out in arizona. After the state Supreme Courts decision to reinstate a 160yearold law banning abortions in all but one circumstance, for the life of the mother. Should the 1864 ban on abortion remain the law in arizona, people will die. Reporter one day after the ruling there was bipartisan outrage with state lawmakers on both sides pushing to reveal the law. With democrats trying to move forward with a vote, republicans blocked it. There is no reason to rush on this very important topic. It was chaos. All because our republican majority refuses to do what they said they would do. Reporter donald trump appointed three of the six Supreme Court judges who overturned roe versus wade. Clearing the way for 21 states to ban or restrict access to abortion. Now trump says arizona went too far. Did arizona go too far . Yeah, they did. That will be straightened out. You know all about states rights. That will be straightened out. Reporter just weeks ago trump was floating the idea of a National Abortion ban, but now said he would not sign one. President trump, would you sign a National Abortion ban . No. Reporter he said states should decide whether doctors should face punishment for performing abortions. Do you think a doctor should be punished for performing an abortion . Ill let that be to the states. Everything we are doing now with the states. Reporter abortion providers like dr. Joe gibson could face fines and five years in prison under the ban. How can we not have justices that recognize that a law that was enacted before arizona was a state, before women had the right to vote should be applicable in Todays Society . Reporter the Biden Campaign says its trump that owns the suffering and chaos thats happening now. And said voters could have the final say, with abortion rights expected to be on the ballot this november. Abortion rights could be on the ballot in as many as 14 states this november including battlegrounds like right here in arizona, pennsylvania, nevada. Democrats counting on this issue to drive out their supporters this november. Vice president harris will be in arizona tomorrow as clinics brace for that abortion ban to go into effect sometime in the next several weeks george. George well be watching. Okay, thank you very much. Now capitol hill, where a key law in the fight against terrorism is in limbo. House republicans blocked passage of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after former President Trump called on them to kill pit. This comes as the fbi director is warning of an elevated terror threat. Selina wang is on capitol hill. Good morning, selina. Reporter good morning, george. Thats right. House republicans blocked that controversial surveillance law after trump urged republicans to kill the bill that would extend it. Fisa gives the Government Authority to collect information on foreign nationals without a warrant and sometimes it speeds up communications of American Private messages. What happened in congress is another example of the influence that trump has over republicans in congress and also yet another major blow to House Speaker johnson. Yet again failing to advance major legislation. Now, the white house and National Security expert, they say fisa is critical to protect americans National Security. They say without it, we lose information about threats to the homeland, threats to americas infrastructure, information on russian war crimes, supply chain information, bringing deadly drugs through the u. S. Border and much more. The fbi director, he is set to Tell Congress he is concerned about groups carrying out attacks in the homeland because of the conflict in the middle east. Hes also going to urge congress to reauthorize fisa. George . George thank you very much. Now to Donald Trumps legal troubles. Another attempt by the former president s legal team to delay his election interference case has been denied. Aaron katersky is at the courthouse in lower manhattan. Reporter good morning, george. All week former President Trumps been trying to scuttle his criminal trial with this haphazard strategy that has his lawyers rushing to this courthouse with emergency appeal for delays, but three times in the last three days, judges here have turned him down. Trumps latest request to postpone argued that the trial judge should be off the case. Trumps attorneys complaining of an unacceptable appearance of impropriety because the judges daughter did political work for democrats. They said this trial can only be done once and it must be done right because of the potential impact on the election. But prosecutors said the independent Political Activities of the judges daughter are no reason to challenge his credibility. A lawyer representing the judge said theres absolutely no evidence to show the judge will stand to benefit from the outcome of the trial. Prosecutors also said delaying this case now would be incredibly disruptive. In all likelihood, jury selection will start on time, four days from now, and former President Trump, michael, will be standing trial on charges he falsified Business Records to cover up a long denied affair from voters. Michael . Michael im sure you will be watching it for us. Thank you very much for that. Were going to turn overseas to the middle east. The u. S. Is warning that iran could retaliate against israel in the coming days. Foreign correspondent Britt Clennett is on the scene in jerusalem. Good morning. Reporter good morning, michael. Yeah, israel is on high alert as threats from iran escalate. Tehran issuing new warnings that it will retaliate for an attack on its consulate in syria last week that killed a senior iranian. President biden has pledged iron clad u. S. Support in the event of any iranian strike. Abc news confirming that u. S. Central command general is traveling to israel to coordinate on this iran threat. As the u. S. Has been warning that a significant strike from tehran is imminent. Israels minister of defense vowing to respond quickly with attacks on its enemys territory. The idf has pulled its combat units and boosted air defense. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack that killed that top commander. Robin . Robin thank you. Back here at home, charges against a former assistant principal at a Virginia School where a first grade teacher was shot by a 6yearold student last year. A grand jury report is offering new details about that incident. Our chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas joins us. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. That assistant principal has yet to give a public response to the charges accusing her of failing to protect her children and a shocking level of indifference. This morning the former assistant principal where a 6yearold boy intentionally shot his teacher facing criminal charges. Ebony parker indicted charged with eight counts of felony child neglect in an incident that nearly took the life of 1st grade teacher abby zwerner. The look on the students face, a haunting look. Reporter special grand jury in virginia accusing parker of ignoring repeated warnings. It confirmed that there were multiple opportunities for the School Administration to call the police. Reporter it began the morning of the shooting going to see parker and allegedly telling parker the child was in a violent mood. According to the grand jury report, the boy who previously choked a teacher and fellow student had just threatened to beat up a kindergartener. Parker did not respond, the report said, and never even looked from her computer screen. A short time later two students told another member of the school staff the child had a gun in his backpack. Childs backpack was searched but nothing was found. Grand jury says zwerner, still worried, told colleagues she thought she saw the boy put something in his pocket, which was also told the parker. Still no expansive search or patdowns. Then after reset one of the boys friends came up to another teacher and told her the child had a gun and showed him the bullets. 1 58 p. M. According to the grand jury the boy turned to zwerner, pulled a gun out of his pocket and, at less than six feet away, pulled the trigger. It was preventible. Thats just what is heartbreaking. Reporter it could have been worse. According to the grand jury the gun had 7 more bullets but jammed. This is the second time this week an adult has been in court on charges after a child shoots someone. Those michigan parents were sentenced for their part in their sons murder of high school classmate, robin. Robin the Biden Administration is announcing a new measure aimed at gun safety. Reporter doj is moving to close the socalled gun show loophole authorizing the atf to require anyone selling guns commercially to register and do background checks on gun sales no matter the circumstances. All right, pierre. Thank you. George . George latest on the former interpreter for baseball super star Shohei Ohtani. He is negotiating with prosecutors over a guilty plea for federal crimes. Will reeve is tracking the story. Good morning, will. The face of baseball calling himself the victim of a massive theft claiming his interpreter stole millions of dollars from him to cover gambling debts. Now shohei ohanis interpreter faces federal charges as the scope of his alleged crimes comes into clear focus. Shohei first home run reporter this morning the former interpreter for Major League Baseball super star Shohei Ohtani facing charges relating to the illegal gambling scandal thats gripped the sport. According to the New York Times he is in negotiations to plead guilty to the charges, the details of which are not known at this time. He allegedly stole more than 4. 5 million from ohtani to pay off gambling debts and according to the times that number could be higher. He reportedly was able to do so by changing the settings on ohtanis bank account so the pitcher didnt receive alerts or confirmations regarding transactions. He said shohei never knew about the gambling. Reporter the the super star two way player spoke out in march, denying he had any knowledge of his interpreters activity. Espn reported the federal investigation concluded ohtani was in the dark about the actions. Overnight espn reporting sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said ohtanis claims that he didnt know about the activities were accurate and ohtani claims hes never gambled on any sport. Guys . George okay, will. Thank you very much. Coming up, an arrest warrant issued for super bowl champ rashee rice. Michael plus the latest state to crack down on porch pirates. Robin why costco has become a hot spot for the gold rush. First back to ginger. Ginger weve got fog, drizzle. Like i said, the heavier rain is gonna come in tonight. Look out in parts of the northeast for that. But with this storm its going to come with a considerable amount of wind. Its going to get gusty. Were talking gusts 41 miles per ho