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the fbi's new warning about threats to its agents. maryalice parks and aaron katersky standing by. also tonight, the rushdie attack. the author who spent years in hiding now hospitalized with serious injuries. the man accused of stabbing him in court today entering a plea of not guilty. what we're learning about the suspect's alleged support for the iranian regime that called for rushdie's death. the warning about polio. with traces of the virus found in new york city's waste water, the dangerous disease that causes paralysis once eliminated in the u.s. back on the radar. if you ...

Multiple times. >> once he got mr. rushdie on the stage floor, he just continued to go at him. >> reporter: first responders airlifting rushdie to this erie, pennsylvania, hospital where he underwent surgery and is now being treated. rushdie's agent telling abc news friday evening that he is on a ventilator and cannot speak, and that salman will likely lose one eye. the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged. matar charged with attempted second degree murder and second degree assault. his attorney pleading not guilty on his behalf. president biden calling the att...

Los angeles county said it's considering doing similar polio-monitoring tests just to get ahead of any potential risk there could be to the public. mary? >> phil, thank you tonight, tracking these concerns from coast to coast. now turning to that deadly monsoon weather out west. flash flooding caused by relentless rainfall led to two deaths in las vegas. one victim was found in a flood channel following thursday's downpour. a news crew from our abc affiliate ktnv discovered a second body late friday and alerted authorities. in scottsdale, arizona, a woman trapped by flood waters at a skate p...

Ayatollah's prior call to assassinate rushdie was a motivating factor in friday's attack. >> mola joining us now from outside the hospital where rushdie is being treated. mola, has there been any reaction from the iranian regime to this attack? >> reporter: no specific comments. we have heard from news outlets with close ties to the regime. one newspaper writing the attacker was courageous and another one running with the headline "satan on the path to inferno." mary? >> mola, thank you. turning now to the recent detection of the polio virus in new york city waste water. officials warning it...

>> reporter: tonight ukraine forces hitting russian positions in the kharkiv region in an attempt to regain control of their eastern villages. ukraine claiming to have struck the last of four key bridges over the dnipro river, crippling russia's ability to resupply its military. it comes after a week of attacks in and around europe's largest nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhya. [speaking foreign language] the city's governor today warning of irreparable consequences. russia is using the plant as a military base, but ukrainian staff are still working there. abc news spoke exclusively by phone t...