ABC News Prime: Dangerous weather across U.S.; Deadly Taiwan earthquake; Food aid workers in Gaza

tonight tornado watchers across the country, at least 20 tornadoes reported in nine states, the powerful storm now hits the northeast with torrential rain that may even flood with snow as the winds begin to pick up, we are in the storm zone and We follow it all, plus the incredible images we have after that

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in more than two decades, the death toll, the search for survivors and the efforts to rescue terrorist organizations trapped, exactly sir, we want to dismantle it, the UN no longer has a place here in this country, in this region, there is no place.

People's lives are at stake, of course, people's lives are at stake because they would have no other alternative. It has been a lifeline for refugees for years and is now in the crosshairs in more ways than one in tonight's Prime Focus. We are in the Middle East reports on the battle being waged over the role, reputation and survival of the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency and how millions of refugees could feed themselves without it and good night. It's Phil, tonight for Lindsay Davis, thank you very much. to stream with us, we're going to start with the

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storms hitting the East Coast tonight after spawning at least 28 tornadoes this week in Georgia overnight, a powerful tornado damaged homes and downed trees, as can be seen in Pennsylvania, woman killed when tree fell on her car As this relentless spring storm heads north, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 MPH, that system is now converging with a second system developing into a blizzard expected to hit upstate New York and parts of New England with up to 2 feet of snow Rob Marciano is following the storm in just a moment, but first to ABC's Trevor at LaGuardia Airport as this

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is causing havoc on travel nationwide tonight that system that brought a tornado outbreak to the Heartland Now tracking the East Coast as A powerful spring nor strong Easter winds toppled huge trees in New York City and in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, in Outside Philadelphia, an 81-year-old woman was killed when a tree crushed her car.

The firefighters had the jaws of life and were trying to cut the driver. A passenger and a flight attendant emerged from the car on a Southwest flight from New Orleans to Orlando, injured in severe turbulence over the Gulf of Mexico. The pilots communicated by radio with air traffic control was the crew member in the cockpit or in the rear stewardess the stewardess was in the back, you said yes, the flight then diverted to Tampa and out of Atlanta, we got an s for the shelter man, an ef2 tornado with 115 mph winds hitting Conor Georgia early this morning, this house nearly split in half overnight, a WRA rain tornado caused chaos on Interstate 265 outside of Louisville flipped this tractor-trailer and not far away we found Perry Snowden cleaning up after those 100 mph winds , so this is part of the neighbor's roof inside your parents' house, right, yes, it is the top of the roof that blew off and took away the dining room and then took out the room above the governor of Kuy confirming at least one death in the state Trevor joins us now from New York's LaGuardia Airport and Trevor we are at the height of spring break travel, how does this

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affect travel in general, including your flight? that's just in, yeah, well as you know Phil, we've been in the middle of a travel surge, Spring Breakers, Easter, they also travel next eclipse, but this weather has been wreaking havoc all day, there's been over 6,000 flight delays in total and the flights that have been in the air, many of them have been experiencing severe turbulence and that includes my flight back from Kentucky Phil, yes, glad to have you back on the ground and safe, Trevor Al, thank you very much tonight, thank you for this storm.

He brought so much damage with this, let's bring in Senior Meteorologist Rob Marciano Rob, what's next? Well, you know, two, two lows, the stuff that fills the two-headed beast, look at this, the apparent low is still spinning over Chicago, still shrouding snow in parts of Wisconsin, where the coast runs past Del Marva, which is really pushing the precept to the northeast, we have already seen over four inches of rain in parts of Pennsylvania, flood watches are there in New York City, as our high wind and winter storm warnings warn that the winds they have already increased to over 60 mph in Norwalk Connecticut and they will rear their head I think overnight tonight for New York in Hartford and Boston 50 55 maybe 60 mph in some spots and that will surely bring down some power lines but here comes the rain and we'll see some of that rain fall asleep like around I90 to the Connecticut border, the rain turns to snow in northern New England and inland areas, especially in the hills of Maine and New Hampshire, there It's where we can see.

Potentially 1 to 2 feet of heavy, wet snow will fall through at least tomorrow night, if not Friday morning, before things start to calm down, but it's good to know that if you've recently flooded in the Northeast , prepare for that tonight and almost everyone in the Northeast, before going to bed, should be prepared for the possibility of the power going out while they sleep in these winds. Phil, okay, Rob Marciano in Shareport Louisiana tonight. Rob, thanks now to our other big story tonight, that powerful, violent earthquake in Taiwan. The strongest in 25 years At least nine people have died More than a thousand injured More than 100 people are still trapped The 7.4 earthquake brought down this building People who could be seen running for their lives tonight Firefighters navigating the wreckage of Twisted In a desperate search for survivors under all that rubble here's ABC's Marcus Moore tonight racing to free survivors after this deadly earthquake hit Taiwan, the strongest to hit the island in almost 25 years.

Searchers are searching for more than 100 now trapped in the rubble, including at least 71 miners in two rock cories. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck during the morning rush hour shook these terrified commuters on an elevated train car in the coastal city of Hen, southeast of the capital of Taipei, with some buildings collapsing to the side , the families escaped through Windows. The lifeguards helped them down stairs. Rescuers worked to remove the rubble trying not to lose their balance on the sloping hallways this woman who escaped saying all the things fell and everything is damaged at least nine killed more than a thousand injured and firefighters Teams facing a grim task removing a body from the view of one of the collapsed buildings that trimmers felt across Taiwan this home surveillance video captures the violent shaking bottles crashing into this restaurant

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landslides blocking roads and railways this injured driver pulled him out from a truck and taken to the hospital the earthquake also triggered a tsunami warning nearby Japan forces children to evacuate their schools and sends hundreds to flee to Higher Ground Marcus joins us now and Marcus some parts of that country mountainous areas are totally isolated tonight.

Do you have any updates on people trapped in those remote areas? Well, Phil, the effort continues and and we are learning that about 50 employees of a hotel in the earthquake zone are trapped in that hotel, they are safe, according to officials, they managed to reach them by contacting them by phone, but right now. Crews are working to clear roads to reach them. Phil Marcus Mo tonight Marcus, thank you. Tonight there is growing pressure on the Israeli

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minister. Families of hostages held in Gaza protested inside the Parliament building. It comes as President Biden says he is quoting. outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven aid

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were systematically attacked here is ABC's Brit Clinton tonight dramatic images of families with loved ones still detained in Gaza storming Israel's parliament heckling lawmakers below smearing paint on the glass the pressure Benjaman Netanyahu faces inside Israel matched by President Biden's fierce reaction now condemning Israeli Prime Minister for forces of the IDF pointing at three clearly marked aid vehicles transporting humanitarian supplies in Gaza President says Outraged and heartbroken that seven members of the global Central Kitchen were killed just today, six of the seven victims transported out of Gaza.

I need to understand that this was not because someone above Law and Order decided to kill us because tonight we are learning more about the path Convoy took after leaving his warehouse. The workers say they coordinated their movements with the Israeli army. Those vehicles were clearly marked. This war is a complex war. The incident occurred in the middle of the night. Should not. have happened well, that's certainly something everyone agrees on Britt joins us from Jerusalem Britt there is a call planned between Biden and Netanyahu yes Phil, we understand that amid these heightened tensions President Biden is expected to speak with Netanyahu tomorrow for the first time since that deadly attack on those aid workers and this as regional tensions also rise Israel is now on high alert for fear of Iran retaliating Phil Brit Clen from Jerusalem tonight Brit thanks our visual verification team has been examining that airstrike that left those World Central Kitchen Aid workers dead Emanuel CBA has a detailed timeline of what you need to know about that deadly strike on April 1.

Seven World Central Kitchen Aid workers were leaving a warehouse in Dalal Central Gaza, according to a statement made by the charity ABC News which could not confirm the exact location of the warehouse. These seven humanitarian workers were on a mission to feed people in need in Gaza, where 1.1 million people, half the population, face an imminent risk of famine according to the Integrated Food Security Phase classification and according to the organization beneficial to the team. They had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian

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. Aid arrived in Gaza by sea. These shipments brought by sea marked a major change in Gaza, where AID groups have had difficulty getting supplies at Truck World Central Kitchen was the first organization to deliver aid by sea. ship since the conflict broke out in October 2023, even building their own pair to receive shipments before leaving the warehouse, the group said they had previously arranged their route with the Israeli military.

The World Central kitchen workers traveled in a three-vehicle convoy, two branded armored vehicles. Featuring the group's logo and a soft leather vehicle and the charity says they were hit as they left the warehouse. The first report of the incident hit social media around 10:45 p.m. local time on April 1, graphic images of the deadly aftermath, including videos of the victims' bodies, began flooding social media shortly after images of the destroyed vehicles were also posted online. ABC News' visual verification team analyzed these images and used visual cues to compare them to those from the satellite. images and found that the vehicles were photographed in three different locations, suggesting that the convoy may have been hit three separate times from the positions of the cars.

In these images, the convoy appeared to be traveling south along a key route for humanitarian aid. The first car was photographed here this year. It appears to be one of two armored vehicles. A second armored vehicle was photographed approximately half a mile south of the first. There is a large hole in its roof that appears to have been clearly marked with the World Central Kitchen logo. The third vehicle is another mile away. To the south, scattered on the ground were a pile of orange vests bearing the name of the aid group. According to World Central Kitchen, the seven employees killed in the strike were Australian, Polish, British, Palestinian, and one of them had dual American-Canadian nationality.

After deadly strike World Central Kitchen said it is halting work in Gaza 60 kitchens feeding thousands of hungry people will be closed until further notice The group says it is carrying out its own review of the incident but what I know is that we were attacked we will deliberately not stop until everyone was dead in this convoy that cannot be that cannot be the role of an army I want to make it very clear that the strike will not becarried out with the intention of harming humanitarian workers was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in very complex conditions should not have happened IDF says the results of its investigation will be released soon only were present a thank you to Emanuel CBA and the verification team so let's now move on to the race for the White House President Biden doubling down on the issue of Reproductive Rights reminding voters that Donald Trump has boasted of having appointed three Supreme Court justices who voted to unseat Wade Trump, meanwhile, doubling down on immigration saying once again that undocumented immigrants are not people, here's Rachel Scott tonight, President Biden doubling down Trump boasts that he is the reason Roie Wade was revoked.

Here is the quote from him. He did something that no one thought possible. I got rid of Roie Wade. End of quote. First lady Joe Biden declares today that she will arrive in November. The choice will be clear once people start to focus and see his two options, it is obvious that Joe will win this election. It comes with Trump now increasingly stoking fears of what he calls immigrant crime using this type of language. Democrats say please don't do it. Call them animals, they are humans. I said no, they're not human, they're not human, they're animals, but the data shows that we natural born citizens are more than twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as undocumented immigrants and President Biden says so.

It was Donald Trump who blocked the tougher bipartisan border security bill because he wants to run against immigrants in the campaign. Trump has repeatedly told stories of families in Michigan who mentioned Ruby Garcia, a woman allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant. They said she had a very infectious laugh and when she walked into a room it lit up and I've heard that from many people. I talked to some members of her family, but tonight Ruby Garcia's sister says not Trump. talk to anyone in his immediate family he didn't talk to any of us so it was a little shocking to say that he had said that he had talked to us and he's saying well misinform people um live television.

Rachel joins us now Rachel Donald Trump said yesterday that he would address his stance on abortion next week. He has made similar promises before about what we can expect this time around. Well, Phil, you didn't provide any further details or the campaign on when that expected announcement next week is supposed to happen or what the details are. From this will be seen, we know that Donald Trump nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who laid the groundwork for overturning Row v. Wade that they supported, that we also know that the former president criticized fla's six-week abortion ban and the called a terrible mistake.

Governor Ronda Santis signed that law and has privately floated the idea that he supports a 15we ban, but there are big questions about whether or not he supports a national federal ban on abortion, obviously the Supreme Court will return that to the states, but the Biden campaign is still focused on this issue, putting it front and center ahead of November Phil, okay, Rachel Scott, tonight Rachel, thank you, special counsel Jack Smith is responding tonight to an unusual request from the judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case, Judge Ean Cannon. He asked lawyers for both sides two weeks ago to suggest jury instructions defending the notion that Trump had unchecked authority to claim all classified documents or his personal property.

Smith described that statement as pure fiction that contradicts all the evidence in the case. Here's our chief Supreme Court correspondent, Pierre Thomas. In an extraordinary presentation tonight, special counsel Jack Smith, increasingly frustrated with the Florida judge's handling of the classified documents case, urges her to move the trial forward. Smith bluntly told Judge Eileen Cannon, who was appointed by Donald Trump, that her decision to even consider Trump's claim that he could simply declare classified documents as his personal documents was fundamentally flawed. Critical language arose in response to Judge Canon's suggestion that she could direct the jury to take into account Trump's claims that the classified documents were his personal property.

Smith wrote that such a legal premise is incorrect and would distort the trial and is urging Judge Canon to explain his position as soon as possible, making clear that he is ready to appeal to a higher court. Pierre joins me now. Judge Pierre Cannon is facing some pretty serious criticism that he might actually be delaying this trial on purpose. Well, the Special Council seems increasingly concerned about Judge Canning and has taken so long to issue key rulings. Critics of the judge wonder if he is delaying on purpose to help Donald Trump. An example of how long some of these decisions are taking.

It was a hearing 34 days ago to discuss when the trial should begin. Judge Phil Canon has not yet announced a decision. Very good, Pier Thomas. Thank you. Meanwhile, a Manhattan judge has denied actor Jonathan Major's motion to vacate his pre-sentence conviction for domestic violence. case Majors was found guilty of assault and harassment of his then-girlfriend Grace Jabari, the criminal court judge said there was a reasonable view of the evidence to support that the defendant acted recklessly during a March 2023 encounter with Jabari the sentence will advance the Monday the largest egg producer in the United States announcing that it has reduced its flock by almost 2 million birds after bird flu was found in its chickens, this comes after the virus was also found in dairy cows in several states and in a person who had direct contact with an infected animal Royal Sea is in Texas Tonight The CDC is closely monitoring bird flu across the country after a confirmed case in a Texas dairy farm worker. 11 dairy farms in four states have detected bird flu in cows.

Officials believe the Texas man became infected after arriving. Contact with a cow is believed to be the world's first case of mammal-to-human transmission. What people need to know is that we have never seen a human-to-human transmission of Aven flu, but we are watching closely as we have learned from the covid viruses they change and we want to make sure we are ahead of the curve as the largest supplier The country's egg factory was forced to destroy almost 2 million birds after the virus was detected in chickens. Cain Foods behind major brands like Eggland's free-range eggs. Best and Lando Lakes stopped production at their Texas plant, the CDC says the risk to the public is low.

Bird flu does not spread through cooked meats, eggs or pasteurized milk and Maria tells us that experts do not believe that the price of eggs will rise. Anyway, right now, Mar ofal, thanks for that and tonight we heard about a safari that turned fatal for an American tourist. An 80-year-old woman was killed and another seriously injured in Zambia over the weekend when a bull elephant charged at their vehicle. local authorities are now investigating videos experts say elephant attacks like this are very rare the safari company where that American tourist was killed says the guides are fine Tred in this case they just couldn't get that vehicle out in time a note about the economy tonight and it does involve our parent company, Disney.

Disney shareholders have ended activist investor Nelson Pal's efforts to try to gain seats on Disney's board of directors. Investors have voted to re-elect all of the company's backed board members, including Bob Iger, who returned as CEO to lead the company amid a changing media landscape. The results of the vote were made public in the Disney shareholders meeting today Disney saying that the current board according to preliminary voting tabulations were re-elected by a substantial margin tonight Iger saying quote I want to thank our shareholders for their trust and confidence in our board of directors and management, with With the distracting power contest now behind us, we are eager to focus 100% on our most important priorities, growth for shareholders and creative excellence for our consumers.

There's a lot more to get to here on Prime tonight. Shocking request from State Transportation Agency EST for one of its most popular events: What is being asked to pay for the New York Marathon, but next on the brink of famine Aid agencies are playing a crucial role in Gaza, but Israel is pushing for one of the most shocking groups to close over allegations involving some of its staff and our Prime Focus what that could mean for the fight against hunger you call terrorist organization exactly sir we want UNRA dismantled It no longer has a place here in this country in this region there is no place for people lives at stake, of course, people's lives at stake because they have it, they would have no other alternative every time

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Welcome from the East, if possible famine in Gaza is to be avoided, who will deliver aid across that dangerous war zone to those who need it most? Most aid groups say the United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency has to play a central role, that agency called onra. has been providing basic services to the people of Gaza for the past 75 years, but Israel wants to close the UN over its alleged ties to Hamas, while those who receive its services compare it to a Lifeline. In tonight's Prime Focus we report on the future of that UN agency. and what it means for the fight against hunger in Gaza ABC's Tom Sufi bur with the story of the fight to bring vital supplies to desperate people in northern Gaza, a battle for role, reputation and evensurvival of anra, a vast UN agency that in the midst of this brutal war and for the last 75 years has been providing life support to families across the strip, people also think that, oh, maybe they are just a distribution of humanitarian aid, no, it is much more than that, the UNRA is like a quasi-government.

I mean, we're talking about a massive agency that intervenes in every aspect of life and every Palestinian in the Gaza Strip and elsewhere in the midst of the bombs. Schools now acting as shelters for displaced Palestinians and agency

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distribution centers like this one in the crisis. hit the North helping to stop famine UN says some children are now starving but Israel accuses anra of being tied to herass amid evidence that some union workers participated in October 7 attack Congress blocks us funding that UN Agency for at least a year its existence is now uncertain people's lives are at stake of course people's lives are at stake because they would have no other alternative the riots represent the public works agency and United Nations relief effort and since 1949 has been a lifeline for millions of Palestinian refugees Providing education Health care and other basic services in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as parts of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.

New Yorker Adam Bcas is director of UNRA and says his footprint in Gaza is enormous. We have 13,000 employees working in Gaza. 13,000 in total. public service delivery sectors, the core areas of health, education, relief, social services, engineering and microfinance, so we are everywhere in Gaza, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unlike anything we have seen at the UN and I've been going around, but after the October 7 terrorist attack in southern Israel, Anr's integrity is at stake. Israel says it has evidence that 16 people employed by the UNRA took part in the attack. This ISRA government dossier alleges that 600 personnel crossed into Israel.

That day, with four employees accused of being involved in the hostage-taking, the UN was completely exposed. It is completely contaminated with terrorism. Some of its employees participated in the October 7 massacre. Ah, well, there it is. Jonathan Samano was one of the approximately 1,200 people. assassinated by Hamas and its affiliates on October 7 he was very bright with a great charm wherever he went people wanted to be with him he always always laughed always joked this video posted online by his first aid ready which supposedly shows an employee not hired helping move Jonathan's lifeless body in the trunk of a UNRA vehicle before it was driven to Gaza UNRA says it has no way to verify the video, but urges Israel to hand over all evidence to the researchers.

Jonathan's mother, IET, wants people to see that video and says that ANRA should be closed it's amazing it's incredible that the world organization that should take care of people and should take care of human rights and the UN established for those cases and now it is the complete opposite he is part of a kidnapped he is part of the murder the accusations of the October 7 attack sent Shock waves through the UN I was personally artificialized by those accusations that the US and its allies suspended funding and any disturbance, the staff members involved were dismissed. An investigation by the UN's internal oversight office is ongoing.

You know this was not a minor problem or some kind. Do you know about embezzlement or theft of a vehicle or something small, these were accusations of a possible serious criminal act that occurred on October 7 and that is why the commissioner general took this very tough stance and we are waiting for the investigation reports . But the Israeli military says the UN's ties to Hamas run much deeper. The IDF released several videos it says show UN food supplies discovered in Hamas tunnels. In this video, the IDF says Hamas weaponry was stored at UNR Sachs and says Hamas tunnels ran beneath UN facilities, including The agency's headquarters, UNRA, says it moved from its headquarters in Gaza weeks before those deep underground tunnels were discovered and says that empty UNCs are often recycled and used in Gaza to store other goods.

UNRA firmly rejects any suggestion that it has been helping Hamas and accuses Israel of trying to do so. demonize the agency, but accusations of alleged links to Hamas infuriate these protesters who in recent weeks have been blocking the route of trucks heading to Gaza. Trucks can be seen stacked on the Egyptian side of the border. This is one of the main crossing points for trucks from Egypt there to Israel here and to Gaza protesters claim that the aid that reaches Gaza ends up in the hands of Hamas something they claim without clear evidence is facilitated by unemployed workers on the ground an accusation of the agency denies that the un is the main point of the problem that we saw and continue to discover the participation of this terrorist organization because we call terrorist organ sir, we want to dismantle the unra no longer has a place here in this country in this region there is no place To that end the complete eradication of the UNRA at least in Gaza is being actively pursued by the Israeli government, who in their right mind would allow this organization to continue dealing with humanitarian affairs, which is why the UNRA has to be dissolved despite being under stroke.

Anra continues to work today in Gaza distributing food to families who have lost all our equipment in Gaza filming some of their staff on the front lines of the fight against hunger, you know that many US use anr facilities to store their aid , they depend on UNRA to deliver the aid they get when American aid workers like Dr. Tammed are in Saving Gaza Lives, UNRA provides data on the overall humanitarian situation to other US on the ground, it is crucial for pre-planning from all aspects, even I mean, if we didn't have that kind of information coming from UNRA, we would be working totally blind.

Dr. Ammed says that the idea that UNRA is somehow linked to its mass is completely unfounded. He couldn't be further from the truth if he means that accusations have been made against individual employees. I think that's something that needs to be looked at. being investigated that's very serious, but if you're talking about the institution itself, I mean, I don't think anyone who has any kind of knowledge about what they do and how long they've been around would make a similar accusation. It's just not based on reality, the political reality before October 7th was a government led by Hamas after it won the last elections in Gaza in 2006, a terrorist group in the eyes of the US. employees of UNRA and any aid agency in Gaza.

Hamas was the authority in charge and part of the social and political fabric throughout the strip, we have 33,000 and personnel, all of whom are a part, almost all of whom are, by definition, Palestinian refugees and therefore are part of the landscape of which they are part. They are part of the conflict, right, I also have political leanings, right, I am an American, I vote, right, I am allowed to have those different types of aspirations or political views, uh or or uh, understanding of my of my right of the community, but I just don't do it, I don't act on it.

I have to separate my political aspirations and other things from my job as an unemployed employee and working for the UNRA in Gaza has proven deadly, the agency told one of its UNRA employees killed in an Israeli attack on this food distribution center on Last month, more than 170 UNRA workers were killed since the war began and the UNRA says dozens of its schools and headquarters in Gaza have been hit by Israeli bombs, while key US allies such as the European Union and Canada is now resuming donations to UNRA by agreeing to allow EU experts to oversee screening of staff members to keep extremists out, but with Congress blocking US funding for at least a year and the entire operation is in danger, how crucial a donor is to UNRA.

One very large donor provides something like 30% to 40% of our funding, but they are also important politically. It looks like we have funding until the end of April and that's very, very limited, the impact on the ground if you run out of money. services would start to deteriorate, so this becomes a big problem in my opinion as Israel restricts the flow of aid trucks to Gaza. The U.S. Air Force, along with its allies, is dropping relatively small amounts of supplies in that deadly strike set this week against a team The World Central Kitchen highlights the risks to humanitarian workers in Gaza, where A serious humanitarian situation is developing.

Med Global says removing Unra from the humanitarian response will make the man-made catastrophe in Gaza even worse and we know time is running out. many of you who are so hungry right now our thanks to Tom Sufi Burage for that, there is still much more to come tonight, revealing new details about the Kansas City Chiefs player accused of causing a six-car pileup and then taking us away what we're learning about one of the cars involved, but Forbes' next list of new billionaires is out, the celebrity who just made his first appearance, what it takes to be the most watched news show in America, an operation to capture Isis fighters, this is our combat operations center.

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Get number one out of the way, that would be Bernard Arno, who is worth 233 billion dollars. Arno controls the lvmh empire, which owns more than 770 luxury brands, from Vuitton to Sephora, he is French, but the following seven more peoplerich people on the planet are Americans and you know. They well Elon mus Jeff Bezos Mark Zuckerberg Larry Ellison Warren Buffett Bill Gates and Steve Balmer in fact more Americans appear 8813 on that list than any other nationality China follows with 406 and this is a bit surprising, 66% of the world's billionaires are self-made rather than having inherited their fortunes, some new names on this year's list include Magic Johnson Sam Alman, the CEO of open Ai and wait for it Taylor Swift is no big surprise, as only her latest tour of errors raised a billion dollars and there's much more ahead here on Prime she's out of the tournament but certainly not out of the game college basketball phenom Angel ree talks about what's next for her career and Jet Blue takes a new approach to the luggage why it can be a little harder to know how much you are paying Wherever the news is, it is very important to always remember that lives change here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas edin BR Scotland from Poland once again tonight thank you very much for transmitting with us, the ukrainian refugees here in wara, do you think? will you ever be able to return home we head to a small community on the outskirts of Mexico City homes and lives divided the magnitude of the devastation you are broadcasting ABC News live from Rolling Fork Mississippi Santa Fe New Mexico Raleigh North Carolina, the capital from USA, Mayfield, Kentucky, Minneapolis, Mexico, Tongas National Forest, Alaska, takes you behind the stories as they happen, gives you a front-row seat to see our world as it unfolds in time real live ABC News live Prime we'll take you there live ABC News weeknights live, America's most honored streaming news show, only on ABC News, streaming free right now, wherever you stream your news first thing in the morning, there's a lot going on.

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The company tells KMBC News that Rice had rented the Lamborghini he allegedly owned and the Corvette. The occupants of the sports car left the scene before police arrived, but the lawyer representing the 23-year-old soccer star says his client's cooperation is one of the most iconic. images of the New York City Marathon tens of thousands of runners crossing the Verzano Bridge that stretches from Staten Island to Brooklyn the bridge is closed to cars for the event now the New York Times reports that the authority that operates the bridge now is asking to be compensated for the $750,000 in toll revenue it loses while the bridge is closed, two brothers who helped former President Trump finance his company New Media have pleaded guilty to insider trading, prosecutors say, both admitting they received confidential information regarding a pending merger between Trump Media and Dwac.

They then use that information to make highly profitable trades. Former President Trump was not involved in the case and there is no evidence that he was aware of the insider trading. LSU star forward Angel Ree announced that she is declaring for the WNBA draft, the 6'3 All-American athlete was named SEC Player of the Year last month and set an NCAA record for most number of double doubles in a season with 34. Reese took home the national title last year with the LSU Tigers. Reese, who calls herself Buay You Barbie, told Vogue magazine that she wanted to be a rookie again and get back on her feet.

JetBlue Airlines is changing the price of checked luggage depending on the time of day people travel during rush hour, usually during on holidays and in portions of the summer JetBlue says it will now charge an additional $5 for the first checked bag, making it $50, and will charge another $10 for a second bag, bringing the total to $70 on flights within the U.S. Caribbean .US and Latin America, but there is a way to save. If you tell JetBlue about that checked bag earlier in the process, before the 24-hour check-in window, you can save $10 by paying for that bag in advance.

Still, there is no big winner in the Powerball lottery which now surpasses a billion dollars after months without a big winner, the jackpot has skyrocketed to $1.09 billion, tonight will be the night it could be, but don't wait take home the entire prize if you win the lump sum option that most winners choose and will award you less than half the winning amount: $527 million. after taxes still pretty good with a $2 ante the patient who received the first gene-edited pig kidney has been officially discharged from the hospital the 4-hour procedure was performed last month at Mass General Hospital on the patient 62 year old Richard Slamman who lives with kidney disease, the hospital announced that he is recovering well and that this achievement marks an important milestone in the quest to have organs more easily available to those who need them.

Costco is now selling those popular weight loss drugs including OIC, the company is introducing a weight loss program through its healthcare partner Sesame, that program costs $179 for three months, includes a doctor's consultation and the The cost of the drug is now additional to the eclipse throughout the United States and one thing you should definitely watch here is World News Tonight host David. Watch tonight, the only American-made thing you'll need for the solar eclipse, next Monday's eclipse, a stunning site from Texas to Maine, millions of Americans along the path of totality more than 2,000 miles long to across 15 states Hi David Dr. jedida eer astrophysicist and geoexplorer from Nat about what we will see a solar eclipse is when the moon moves between the Sun and the Earth and its shadow is cast on us one thing to keep in mind if you're going to see the eclipse is that it's only safe to look at the Sun during the total eclipse, so wear your glasses, protect your eyes, happy solar eclipse and tonight in Bartlet, Tennessee, just outside of Memphis.

American Paper Optics is making those glasses. 40 new hires for this year's eclipse alone. Hi David. Major Jason Jarrett We have made more than 75 million glasses for the upcoming eclipse on April 8 NASA 2.6 million glasses 100,000 glasses for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway workers cutting the holes for the filters folding the finished glasses ready to ship All of our glasses are made in America in Los Angeles, father and daughter Duo Mark and Sophie Margolis, their company Rainbow Symphony. Hi David, Eclipses are a family affair. We love working together. It has been fantastic learning business from my father. I wouldn't have done it any other way and they I'm ready, well David, these are the last classes that we are packing for 2024 so that Soler exists after manufacturing tens of millions of glasses, this has been a great event and tonight in Warrenenburg, Missouri, Jen Winter at Dayar filters, hello David Dayar, starting with sun filters. and telescopes now also have eclipse lenses.

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This and the main event will begin at 2 p.m. hosted by David Mir and Lindsey Davis right here on AB News live, have you ever wondered what happens to the trash we produce every day? Why are our oceans increasingly polluted with plastic? Did you know that a significant part of the food we waste could feed? million in his new book Total Trash, How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World. Poiter Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes investigates how waste is embedded in our daily lives and reveals how it drives major economic and environmental health crises. Humes also offers solutions by showing us how waste is not inevitable and the roles we can play in creating a cleaner, greener future join us now.

Edward Humes, sir, it's a pleasure to see you, thank you for taking the time to be with us tonight, from the beginning, I'm curious to know why this topic now. Well, Phil, it's based on a previous book I did that focused on what we throw away, and for this book I looked at the broader question: what if many of the environmental problems we face, plastic pollution, climate change, Did the energy crisis really arise? to a kind of arch villain waste, uh, like the driving force behind them and that's really the basic premise of this book. Total trash starts with a nice statement from Stark, um, and we'll quote you, you swallowed 285 pieces of plastic today.

You'll do it again tomorrow and the next day and the next you'll talk about the pervasive nature, if you will, of plastic pollution and the impact it has on our daily lives. Yes, I am referring to the World Wildlife study. World Wildlife Fund did a study that suggests you're eating about a credit card a week a plastic credit card a credit card yeah that's alarm um you write that there are several health effects related to plastic toxins including and we will cite this again infertility sexual dysfunction and adult adults impaired physical and intellectual development in children high blood pressure weakened immune systems and a variety of cancers obviously alarming findings, but what steps can we take to minimize our exposure to these types of plastic toxins?

Well, it's not plastic, the entire universe of plastics, that's the problem, it's disposable plastics and here you have this material that is full of chemicals. It is a fossil fuel product and lasts forever. Nature really can't absorb it. Bacteria don't eat it. It's not like a natural substance. It is the first and largest synthetic substance that we have in our daily lives and making a disposable product from permanent waste is kind of crazy and that is why you have so much trouble recycling it because it is not actually designed to be recycled. well and That's actually the smallest part of our waste problem, although I was focusing on this book.

Well, I mean, in the book, in addition to plastic, your book explores various forms of food, energy and fashion waste, which do you think is the most urgent? direction and why mostWhat waste we do is transportation and I have to tell you that these fuel efficiency miles per gallon ratings are kind of greenwashing, they're not really telling us what we need to know if you want to understand. how your cars really work $4 out of every five you pay at the pump is wasted, it goes to generating heat, not car motion and basically from a physical standpoint it's like an oven on wheels, that's just a example from our Energy systems waste 67% of our energy, so 2 thirds of your electricity bill is wasted and that is what is driving climate change.

It is not what we use but what we waste that is killing us. Well, Edward Humes, thank you very much for taking the time to speak. about it, total garbage, how we can clean up our waste and heal our world, is now available to buy wherever books are sold and that is our program for this hour. It's Phil, stay with ABC News live for more context and analysis on today's top stories. Thank you very much for streaming with us and telling us in the next hour about the steps Ukraine is taking to strengthen its military and why its president delayed the decision for months, plus the latest on a powerful spring storm hitting the northeast, why not? how many people start their day here from ABC News, this is starting here to be in the now and get a different view of the top stories of the day, a lot of news today, so let's get into it, listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R murl awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast ask is it worth listening to start here ABC News make it your first daily listen now that's part of the story I bet you didn't see it coming wherever get your podcasts start here It's lunchtime in America So what are we serving?

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Good night. I'm Phil Lipof, filling in for Lindsy Davis tonight. Thank you very much for streaming with We have a lot of news to receive tonight, including massive tornado warnings across the country, at least 20 tornadoes reported in nine states, the powerful storm now battering the Northeast with torrential rain that may even flood snow to as the wind rises. We're in the storm zone tonight tracking everything plus the incredible violent footage we're getting from the deadly 7.4 earthquake that hit Taiwan. The strongest earthquake there in more than two decades. The increasing death toll. The search for survivors and efforts to rescue those still trapped. new details from a call between President Biden and the president of China what they said about the future of ticking However, we begin now with the deadly storm hitting the East Coast tonight after spawning at least 28 tornadoes this week in Georgia overnight, a powerful tornado damaged homes and felled trees as seen there in Pennsylvania, a woman was killed when a tree fell on her car as the powerful spring storm heads north, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds up to 60 MPH, that system is now converging with a second system becoming an Easter nor expected to hammer Upstate New York and parts of New England with up to 2 feet of snow Rob Marciano is ready to track the storm in a moment, but first ABC's Trevor is at LaGuardia Airport, where the weather is wreaking havoc on travel nationwide tonight, that system that brought a tornado outbreak to the Heartland Now tracking up the East Coast like a powerful spring nor strong Easter winds that topple huge trees in New York City, and in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, an 81-year-old woman died when a tree crushed her car.

They had the jaws of life and were trying to pull the driver out of the car a passenger on a flight attendant on a Southwest flight from New Orleans to Orlando injured in severe turbulence over the Gulf of Mexico The pilots who were radioing to flight control air traffic were the crew member in the cabin or in the back the stewardess was in the back you said yes the flight then diverted to Tampa and outside of Atlanta we have a fish man an ef2 tornado with 115 mph winds hitting Conor's Georgia early this morning this house almost split in half overnight, a rain engulfing tornado caused chaos on Interstate 265 outside of Louisville, flipped this tractor trailer and not far away we found Perry Snowden cleaning up after those 100 mph winds, so this is part of the neighbor's roof inside your parents' house, right, yeah, it's the top of the roof blew off and destroyed the dining room and then destroyed the bedroom above.

The governor of Ky confirms at least one death in the state. Trevor joins us now from New York LaGuardia Airport and Trevor we are in the height of spring break. Is this weather affecting travel in general, including the flight that just arrived? Yeah, well, you know, pH, we've been in the middle of a surge in travel. Spring Breakers, Easter, will also be traveling during the next eclipse, but this weather has been wreaking havoc on everyone. Today there have been over 6,000 flight delays in total and the flights that have been in the air, many of them have been experiencing severe turbulence and that includes my return flight from Kentucky Phil, yes, glad to have you back on the ground and safe.

Trevor Al thank you very much tonight thank you this storm has brought so much damage let's bring in senior meteorologist Rob Marciano Rob what's next good now you know two two lows this is a Two-Headed Beast look at this the apparent The low is still spinning over Chicago, still envelops snow in parts of Wisconsin, although on the coast off Del Marva, which is really pushing the precept northeast, we have already seen over four inches of rain in parts of Pennsylvania, flood watches are active. there in New York City as our high wind and winter storm warnings the winds have already increased to over 60 mph in Norwalk Connecticut and will peak I believe overnight tonight for New York in Hartford and Boston 50 55 Maybe 60 mph in some spots and that's sure to take down some power lines, but here comes the rain and we'll see some of that rain fall asleep like around I 90 to the Connecticut border, the rain turns to snow in the north of New England and inland areas. especially in the hills of Maine and New Hampshire, that's where we can potentially see between one and two feet of heavy, wet snow falling through at least tomorrow night, if not Friday morning, before things get going. calm down, but it's good to know that if you've recently flooded in the northeast be prepared for that tonight and everyone up north, before going to bed, should be prepared for the possibility of the power going out while They sleep in these winds, Phil, okay, Rob Marciano and Shri Port Louisiana tonight, Rob, thank you.

Now to our other big story tonight, that powerful earthquake in Taiwan, it's the strongest in 25 years, at least nine people have died, over a thousand injured, still over 100 people trapped, a 7.4 earthquake demolished this building, you can see people running for their lives. tonight firefighters navigate the wreckage of Twisted in a desperate search for survivors under all that rubble here's ABC's Marcus Moore tonight the race to free survivors after this deadly earthquake shook Taiwan, the strongest to hit the island in nearly 25 years Searchers search for more than 100 now trapped in rubble, including at least 71 miners in two rock cores The 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck during the morning rush hour shook these terrified commuters in a elevated train car in the coastal city of in the southeast of the capital of Taipei, some buildings collapsed on one side families escaping through Windows First aid helping them down stairs Rescuers working to remove debris trying not to lose balance in the hallways leaning this woman who escaped saying all things fell down and everything is damaged at least nine dead more than a thousand injured and firefighters Teams facing a grim task removing a body from the side of one of the collapsed buildings that trimmers felt in TI Taiwan This home surveillance video captures the violent shaking bottles crashing into this restaurant, dangerous landslides blocking highways and railways, this injured driver being pulled from a truck and taken to the hospital.

The earthquake also triggered a tsunami warning in nearby Japan, forcing children to evacuate their schools and sending hundreds fleeing to Higher Ground. Our thanks to Marcus Moore. Tonight there is growing pressure on the Israeli Prime Minister. Families of hostages held in Gaza protested inside the Parliament building as President Biden says he is outraged and heartbroken over the killing of seven aid workers in an Israeli airstrike. His bodies are now heading to their countries. The sound of ABC bricks in Israel tonight. Dramatic images of families with their loved ones still held in Gaza storming Israel's parliament booing lawmakers below smearing paint on the glass the pressure Benjamin Netanyahu faces inside Israel matched by President Biden's fierce reaction now condemning the Prime Minister Israeli Minister for IDF forces pointing at three clearly marked aid vehicles carrying humanitarian supplies In Gaza, the president says he is outraged and heartbroken that seven members of the global Central Kitchen were killed just today.

Six of the seven victims transferred out of Gaza. I need to understand that this was not the work of someone who is above Law and Order and decided to do it. Kill us because tonight we will learn more about the path Convoy took after leaving his warehouse. The workers say they coordinated their movements with the Israeli army. Those vehicles were clearly marked. This war is a complex war. The incident occurred in the middle. of the night should not have happened Brit clenet from Jerusalem tonight we now move on to the race for the White House here in this country President Biden doubles down on the issue of reproductive rights and reminds voters that Donald Trump has boasted having appointed three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roie Wade Meanwhile, Trump doubled down on immigration, saying once again that undocumented immigrants are, quote, not people here's Rachel Scott tonight The president Biden doubled down on abortion, creating stark contrast with Donald Trump Trump boasts he's the reason Roie Wade was overturned here's this quote I did something no one thought possible I got rid of an ending to a quote by Roy Wade First Lady Joe Biden today declares that in November theelection will be clear once people start to focus and see their two options, it is obvious that Joe will win this election and this comes with Trump increasingly stoking fears of what he calls immigrant crime using this type of language.

Democrats say please don't call them animals, they are humans. I said no, they're not human, they're not human. They're animals, but data shows U.S. citizens are more than twice as likely to be arrested for violent crimes as undocumented immigrants, and President Biden says it was Donald Trump who blocked the toughest bipartisan border security bill because he wants run on immigration The Trail Trump campaign has repeatedly told the stories of families in Michigan who mentioned Ruby Garcia, a woman allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant, they said she had a very infectious laugh and when she walked into a room, she lit up and I've heard that from so many people.

I spoke to some members of her family tonight. Ruby Garcia's sister says Trump did not speak to anyone in her immediate family. He didn't talk to any of us, so it was a little shocking to say that he said that. has spoken to us and is saying he is misinforming people on live television Rachel Scott reporting from the campaign tonight special counsel Jack Smith is responding to an unusual request from the judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case , Judge Cannon asked lawyers for both sides two weeks ago to suggest jury instructions defending the notion that Trump had unlimited authority to claim that all classified documents are his personal property.

Smith called that claim pure fiction that contradicts the evidence. All the evidence in the case. Here's our Chief Supreme Court Correspondent Pierre Thomas tonight in an extraordinary presentation Special counsel Jack Smith is increasingly frustrated with Florida judges' handling of the classified documents case, urging her to move the trial forward . Smith bluntly tells Judge Eileen Cannon, who was appointed by Donald Trump, that his decision to even consider Trump's claim that he could simply testify to documents classified as his personal papers was fundamentally flawed. Smith's unusually critical language came in response to Judge Canon's suggestion that he could direct the jury to take into account Trump's claims that the classified documents were his personal property.

Smith wrote that such a legal premise is incorrect. and he would distort the judgment and he is urging Judge Canon to explain his position as soon as possible making it clear that he is willing to appeal to a higher court. Our thanks to Pierre tonight, the largest egg producer in the United States, who has announced that he has reduced his flock by almost 2 million birds after bird flu was found in his chickens, this comes after the virus It was also found in dairy cows in several St states and in a person who had direct contact with an infected animal.

Maria Veal is in Texas tonight, the CDC is closely monitoring bird flu across the country after a confirmed case in a Texas dairy farm worker. 11 dairy farms in four states have detected bird flu in cows. Officials believe the Texas man became infected after coming into contact with a cow; It is believed to be the first global case. of mammal to human transmission what people should know is that we have never seen a human to human transmission of the Aven flu, but we are watching closely as we have learned from the changes of the covid viruses and we want to make sure that Yes comes as the country's largest egg supplier was forced to destroy almost 2 million birds after the virus was detected in chickens.

Cal Foods, behind major brands like free-range eggs, Eggland's Best and Lando Lakes, halted production at its Texas plant, the CDC. says the risk to the public is low. Bird flu is not spread through cooked meats, eggs or pasteurized milk. Mara also adds that experts do not expect the price of eggs to rise at least for now. Maria, thanks now for the new details. American tourist killed by rampaging elephant on safari in Zambia 80-year-old woman was with five other tourists and a guide when elephant rammed her vehicle last desperate moments caught on video here's ABC's James Longman tonight the moment Terrifying safari turned fatal for an American tourist An 80-year-old woman died has not yet been identified Another woman was seriously injured when a male elephant charged into this vehicle in Zambia on Saturday The identities of the victim have not been made public local authorities They are investigating the video that We can see the elephant beginning to follow the six Safari attendees and their guide in Kafu National Park, then attack using its tusks to overturn the vehicle and those inside.

This latest incident just weeks after another scare in South Africa, a male elephant lifted this Safari vehicle several times. feet in the air twice, dropping the truck and those inside that tour operator telling ABC News that some tourists got too close to the elephant trying to take photographs, irritating the creature. He was afraid for the people who were inside the truck because he knew there was nothing. could do right now to help them, the animal eventually lost interest, no one was hurt in that incident, and Phil's experts say elephant attacks like these are very rare. The Safari company where the American tourist was killed says its guides are very well trained, but on this occasion they simply could not get the vehicle out in time Phil James Longman thanks the patient who received the first genetically modified pig kidney has been discharged officially from the hospital the 4-hour procedure last month was performed at Mass General Hospital on 62 Richard Slamman, a two-year-old patient living with kidney disease, the hospital announced that he is recovering well and that this achievement marks a important milestone in the quest to have organs more easily available to those who need them;

There is still much more to achieve. New details emerge tonight from a call between President Biden and the president of China what they said about the future of Tik Tok, but then he worked for Netflix in the human resources department and now has a stand-up special streaming on the platform and will tell us how. she made that transition below every time news breaks: We're here in Israel, a nation at war after that brutal Hamas surprise attack in Ukraine, reporting from Leon Maine, the scene of a horrific mass shooting. Live ABC News is there everywhere from the scene. from that deadly missile attack in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey in Rolling Fort East Tornado to this small town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 Trail campaign in isand we will travel with the president in Mexico City wherever the story is from the front lines from the south of Israel outside the Gaza Strip in beir from the FBI reporting from the nurses on the picket line here at 10 Downing Street in London broadcasting live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is wherever the story is we'll take you there, is streaming ABC News live, ABC News live, is streaming ABC News live, ABC News live, free streaming everywhere , America's number one news broadcast on Monday afternoon.

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Military ranks the measures have been particularly unpopular, politically unpopular, and Zalinsky had delayed signing with the hope of not needing it. Chinese President Jiing Ping was the first to bring up the ticking issue in yesterday's call with President Biden, Homeland Security. Council spokesman John Kirby said today that President Biden responded by assuring G that the United States does not want to ban Tik Tok but is looking for a Chinese government destroyer to protect American users data security the social media app was one of the many topics the two discussed in the 90-minute call. and in Argentina, laid-off workers and union members organized a symbolic takeover of the Ministry of Labor to protest government cuts that will eliminate 15,000 jobs.

The cuts are part of the president's effort to control the country's runaway inflation. Union leaders say they are considering calling a national strike to demand a reversal of planned cuts from the human resources department to the stand-up stage Lesle Leo's sharp wit and her funny observations about life as an Asian-American first generation and a single woman we'll talk more about That has taken the comedy industry by storm, let's take a look. It's confusing. I don't know if I'm straight, so I'm attracted to men, but I don't find men attractive. That makes sense? Know? What I mean, baby, you know what I mean?

It's like I want you to hug me, but do you always have to wear a hat? Well, fresh off our highly anticipated Netflix comedy special, Lesie joins us here in the studio, it's a pleasure to meet you. You, thank you, you too, Hello, let's get started. You were in, You were in the human resources department at Netflix, which I find terribly ironic because a lot of your jokes wouldn't be tolerated like they would in the workplace, so you had all that. things in your head working in HR right. I made my life very dumb, so yeah, I had a job in the HR department at Netflix, but it's such a big company that by default it was HR, but I mean, like everyone else .

Not even for comics, like you have to compartmentalize, like what are my personal weekend thoughts versus my daytime thoughts, like everyone had a little bit of a split, just mine was a little extreme, so how did you end up? How do you make your way? there to watch a Netflix special, get little sleep, it's like self-torture, a discipline, eating protein bars in the car, like just like adjusting my schedule to an unrealistic degree, but like me, I really tried to keep those worlds really separated, so I just stay. in my lane and in my day job and focusing on the corporate stuff and then the minute I left the office I just put on my comedy cape and ran around LA doing shows so it was like a ton of work Yes, yes, well, that's right. it worked, the Netflix special is great, part of what you talk about in some of the funniest parts of your bed is that you are a single woman, in your 30s, and I would never reference you being single or your age. except as part of your self I make a lot of references to it, you do it a lot, so I don't want anyone to say why you're talking about their age, um, but what are some of the things about being single and dating at 30?

What are some of the the most absurd things some of the wildest things that you've come across I mean it's just exhausting to try just too much pressure like every day was so, so much pressure like and I um I think we all have problems. to be present at this moment, unfortunately for me on a date, would be like analyzing the date like a sportscaster, you know, analyze the game like in my mind. I wonder if she dropped the ball, like what happened, so it's hard to like her. It's hard to be yourself all the time and be present.

That's what I struggled with. Well, you also explore experiences of growing up Asian-American in a small town. AsDo you balance personal anecdotes? How do you turn personal anecdotes into something that a broader audience can laugh at, that's hard, that's well, it's hard, I just like it if my family thinks it's funny and if I think it's really authentic to me, then I do it. I'll do it and a lot of it is personal, but a lot of comics joke about their marriage, their family, and their childhood, and as much as your childhood might be different if they're honest about it, it's always fun, as long as it feels like it's super authentic.

For me, then it's safe, yeah, and you. you're touring the US but you're also going to London Glasgow Australia um what can people expect? I'll ask you normally. I would never say these things to anyone. I am but you are no longer single. I am not single. You know, because you made so much material about being single, will it change what people see at your shows a little bit? So everything I've posted recently is about being single, like most of what I do. I joked about um, I don't do a lot of that stuff anymore, so I keep it accurate for a new relationship, being in a new relationship when you're 30, all that stuff, so it's on my tour, so you just have to come and see well your Comedy is so funny, whether you're single or with someone, whatever it is, your jokes are really funny and relatable, so thank you for that.

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Reporter Lauren Glassberg from our partner station WABC has our local Lowdown in New York City. There's a cafe on almost every corner at 604, but Café Jou serves inclusion in every cup. I am very good at preparing hot and cold evenings and I also love to drink them. Rachel Barcelona has autism and she is simply delighted to work here. I got a job, but we were barely paid or not paid at all, which is a problem in the disabled community, they hire us but no one pays us because they think we are not worthy or a burden, but Café jayu is about employing and empowering to people like Rachel or Nick, the idea for the business was born in 2017 in France.

There are now 20 of these cafes in Europe. This New York City location is the first in the US, opening last month and already has a following. You can choose any cafe you choose. Any lunch place you know, but here they really support people who want to be part of a community, which is why Jaclyn Catrell brought her son Jake. I know my son will start working soon and he is exciting and wonderful. Trey Campbell is the general manager here and he loves his team. I come to work trying to prove myself to them instead of them proving theirs to me.

I always try to set some goals like, okay, what do you want to learn next? What do you want to do next? And after this job, where do you want to go? But for now Rachel doesn't want to go anywhere, but here's something to consider on World Autism Awareness Day. People who have autism are capable of anything. We want to work. We want to show that we are. Amazing, that's the truth, you're amazing and Lauren, thanks for letting us know, next cup of coffee and that's our show tonight. I'm Phil Lipoff. ABC News Live is here for you all night long with the latest news, context and analysis you always can. find us on Hulu Roku Pluto TV the ABC News app and of course abcnews.com good evening