ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - April 14th, 2024

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is on tenterhooks, waiting and watching how Israel will respond after promising to exact the price following Iran's unprecedented missile and drone bombardment, as calls for a reduction in tension echo around the

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. Hundreds of missiles and drones light up the night sky over Israel. The first direct attack. by Iranian celebrations in the streets of Tran, but Israel, with the help of the United States and other allies, says it intercepted 99% of them. The US military describes being surprised by the scope of the Iranian attack. An official's hand shook as he wrote down the information.

President Biden. meeting with G7 leaders and telling Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel won and not to risk escalation. House Republicans prepare to vote on more military aid to Israel, but will that include aid for Ukraine? We have team coverage

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with brick clinet Martha RIT Mary Bruce and J. o'ban also

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three consecutive days of severe weather nearly 70 million Americans could be affected starting with damaging northeast winds and hail arriving tonight our weather team times it all history will be made in a New York courtroom as Donald Trump is set to become the first former president to stand trial on criminal charges what is at stake in his hush money trial the former president claims there is no way to find an impartial jury in Manhattan gun violence spikes in Chicago at least 40 people shot across the city this weekend a 9-year-old girl among those killed no one to turn to who's watching the guards our ABC News investigation reports more than 2,500 sexual abuse allegations against probation department supposed to protect at-risk youth fight over OJ Simpson's money estate executive says Ron Goldman's family won't have anything outside control a Cargoes Airborne crashing into a house what happened to the driver and America strong tonight a marathoner Journey takes you to every corner of the country and back to Boston from ABC News world headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight, good evening everyone, thank you very much for joining us on this busy Sunday.

I'm Lindsay Davis. As we go on air, much of the world is nervously awaiting Israel's response to Iran's large-scale attack. and tonight we are learning that his first direct attack on Israel from Iran was much more forceful than American defense officials anticipated. Iran and its proxies fired more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel, most of those weapons were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome defense system. Biden urging Israel to restraint, the president spent much of the weekend huddled in the Situation Room meeting with world leaders and their advisers. Tonight we have team coverage of the latest developments in the region and here at home, ABC's Brick Clanet watched the attack unfold this weekend and Brings us from Jerusalem tonight the world awaits Israel's next move after the unprecedented direct attack by Iran on Israeli soil Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is spending hours with his war cabinet today preparing for a response visible explosions over Jerusalem last night as aerial sirens were sounding All over the country there are sirens sounding in Jerusalem, we just heard several interceptions, you can see missiles flying over there, there are about four in that direction, three over here, you can see that rocket flying in the sky, right over Jerusalem, here it is now. just raining down rockets with those sirens blaring, you can hear the interceptions every few seconds here.

More than 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel, including more than 100 medium-range ballistic missiles, 30 land-attack cruise missiles and more than 150 one-way attack drones. IDF spokesman Peter Lerner told me at an air base outside Tel Aviv that cooperation with US and other forces meant they were able to take down most of the threats, I think they came together in a very, very strong way under the umbrella of the United States Central Command. with the British, along with the French and regional actors, sent a very, very clear message to Iran that you can't get away with this, but some missiles managed to get past its defenses in a video circulating online verified by ABC News.

You can see Iranians claim this was the location responsible for the attack on an Iranian consulate in Syria earlier this month that killed top commanders. The president meets with G7 leaders today to try to stabilize the situation and avoid further escalation. While US officials insist on strong support for Israel and its right to defend itself, there are also calls for moderation, we are not looking for a war with Iran, we are not looking for an escalation of tensions in the region, right? let's not seek a broader conflict Lindsay Israel's war cabinet spent hours meeting today but sources say no final decision has been made on a response to Iran's attack last night and an IDF spokesman told me tonight that the military has presented a broad spectrum of options to the political Echelon to calculate next steps Lindsay Israel is still weighing its response Brit thanks the Iranian attack is intensifying concerns about a broader conflict in the region and US officials who knew an attack was coming were shocked by the scale Martha, ABC chief global affairs correspondent Raditz reports from Washington tonight that a senior US official told ABC News that the US was only expecting Iran to fire perhaps a dozen ballistic missiles and instead swarm of drones were approaching Israel.

The head of the US Central Command, General Eric Killa, informed the National Security team of a surprising new figure: more than 100 ballistic missiles would probably be launched. The senior official said the figure was so shocking that his hand shook as he took notes. The United States had already prepositioned additional defense assets in the Red and Mediterranean Seas and with the help of the United Kingdom and others, the Iranian missiles were tracked from the moment they were launched with a near perfect record of interceptions, however, the Iran's president claimed that his country taught Israel a lesson and Iranians were seen cheering in the streets of Teran at the same time that Tran warned Israel that any new adventure against the interests of the Iranian nation would face a stronger response. hard and regrettable.

Well, Tan's massive attack has largely been a failure. A senior official said tonight that Iran's intention was clearly to be highly destructive and cause significant damage and deaths in Israel. Lindsay Martha thank you Tonight, the White House is making clear that the United States will not be part of an Israeli military response to Iran and President Biden is urging restraint. ABC's chief White House correspondent, Mary Bruce, is here now and Mary knows she's been talking to sources in the White House all day what the message is from the White House to Israel and really to the world Beyond this tonight, well, Lindsay, tonight the White House is trying to argue that this was a spectacular success for Israel and a major victory, suggesting that additional retaliation may not be taken. "It will be necessary, look, this Administration is now trying to do everything it can to try to prevent this from spiraling into a broader war.

We are told that in his phone call last night, President Biden urged the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to slow down to think care

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y and strategically." Regarding the risk of escalation, we are also told that the government of Iran sent a message to the White House while this attack was underway, suggesting that they are done after this, that they consider this matter closed now, as for What comes next, the White House ultimately says. It is up to Israel to decide whether and how to respond, but officials here tonight tell us that the United States will not participate in any counterattack.

Lindsay certainly had a lot of worry about what might come next. Mary from the White House, thank you from the Capitol. House Republicans. hope to push through a military aid package for Israel ABC's J O'Brien is following those developments closely Jay, how quickly could we expect a vote? Lindsay Tonight several congressional sources tell me that House Republicans are rushing to put together an aid package for Israel. That could be approved as soon as this week, but there is one hurdle, sources tell me, and that is long-stalled military aid to Ukraine. Hardline Republicans want to focus only on Israel, but including Ukraine could make the package more attractive to Democrats now that the Senate has approved a massive multitrillion-dollar foreign aid package that includes $60 billion in aid for Ukraine as well as 14 billion for Israel and in that there is 4 billion for missile defense and about a billion to build something called the iron girder defense system tonight.

House Majority Leader Steve Escalates Saying His House Schedule Will Change to Focus This Week on Israel Aid Lindsay, okay Jay, we'll see how it plays out and tonight nearly 70 million Americans are under climate threat severe from the heart to the northeast, where many are bracing for severe thunderstorms damaging wind gusts and some hail into the evening. ABC meteorologist Samara Theodore joins us now and Samar, where is this threat going right now? In fact, we have a strong storm ravaging the state of Pennsylvania; in fact, there is a severe storm warning. has been

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for parts of northern Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania until 11:00 p.m.

Tonight, where we could see damaging winds and perhaps even a tornado, that serious threat lingers further west in Heartland tomorrow, so as we begin the work week it's important to know if you live in Carney, if you live in Oklahoma City, it's possible a very big hill with these. storms and then this line of thunderstorms then passes further east on Tuesday, bringing the threat of strong storms and maybe even a tornado to areas like Deoy and northern Missouri Lindsay, okay Samara, thanks, now let's move on to the historical criminal trial of former President Trump. a G underway in just over 12 hours here in Manhattan, it's the first of four criminal trials Trump faces and may be the only one to go to trial before the election plus now from ABC Chief Investigative Correspondent Aaron kki, in just over 12 hours Donald Trump will become the first former president to be tried as a criminal defendant lawyers will begin to reduce a jury pool of hundreds to 12 plus six alternates jury selection is largely luck, depends on Whoever it is, prosecutors have said there is no chance of finding potential jurors without an opinion on Trump, the judge will insist that opinion must not hinder their fairness and impartiality, so potential jurors will be asked 42 questions , including whether they attended a Trump campaign event, follow him on social media, or have strong feelings. on how he has been treated Trump has complained that too many potential jurors have been exposed to negative stories about him.

It is very unfair that he has a trial there. He tried to postpone the trial so he could move it out of Manhattan. However, the judge refused. Trump will sit in a drab courtroom as prosecutors try to show that he falsified business records to hide hush payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. Trump denies those charges, but if convicted he faces the possibility of receiving up to four years in prison and Lindsay, although he could still run for president, would not be able to vote for himself. Lindsay many consider that stumped Aaron Kerki our thanks to you and now we want to move on to another big story tonight ABC News and other major television and cable networks are pushing for both former President Trump and President Biden to commit to participating in televised debates ​​before the general elections.

Let's bring on ABC White House correspondent Mary Alis Parks Mary Alice, debates have been a centerpiece of the campaign for the last 50 years, why is the network making this call? Yes, Lindsay, this is an unusual move. It puts very public pressure on the five major television and cable networks. AP USA Today and others collectively say this decades-long tradition of presidential debates must continue and is essential for voters. Now former President Donald Trump has challenged Biden to debate, but he has not committed to any specific details, of course, he skipped all the Republican debates. The primary debates and the Republican National Committee said it would ban its candidates from participating in the traditional debates ofthe general elections.

He has also repeatedly asked President Biden if he will commit and has not done so either. She said it will depend on Trump's behavior, and of course, just this weekend a new New York Times Sienna Lindsay poll found this race to be as close as ever, practically tying Mary Alice. Our thanks to you and let's move now to the violent weekend in Chicago where at least 40 people were shot, seven people were killed, authorities say four children. were among the victims of an incident, details now from ABC's Alex Perez tonight Chicago police are coming to look for suspects after a deadly weekend of gun violence multiple incidents that injured at least 40 people and killed seven, including Ariana Molina, 9 years old.

EMS plan one for several people. shooting at 2021 West 52nd Street this after the girl was killed Saturday night, a witness told police a black sedan approaching a crowd of people gathered outside for a celebration on the city's south side, men armed and then opening fire, 11 people hit four of them, children, little Ariana. shot in the head dying from his wounds her heartbroken father tells ABC News she was wonderful and helpful and it was everything to me the shooting police say was probably gang related the offender's actions make no mistake they are horrific and unacceptable in our city the incident occurs just hours after community activists marched calling for peace, we are all suffering and we are all saying enough is enough and not just Chicago dealing with gun violence this weekend overnight in Dallas nine people shot After a party there ended, authorities say a 21-year-old woman hit in that shooting died in the hospital and Lindsay, two of the children injured here in Chicago were hospitalized in critical condition, no arrests have been made.

Lindsay just agonizes there. Alex, thanks and turning now. For the big day of women's college basketball, the WNBA draft begins tomorrow before, national champion South Carolina Gamecock celebrating her title Caitlyn Clark and Iowa losing in the final game to South Carolina and tonight an exclusive look at the competitive spirit of the superstars in the day. My older brother learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels. I did it too because I was so angry that he could do it but I couldn't. Princess Caitlyn had a little pink bike and we hadn't really taught her to ride. ride a bike, but we were teaching Blake, so I pulled out my pink bike and said, mom, take off my training wheels, let's go pedal up, put your Katie on now that Blake learned to ride.

Katie gives it a try and she's doing pretty well if my brother can do this without training wheels. I can do this without training wheels. I was born with that competitive spirit and that exclusive look for the

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-court press release next month. Clark, of course, is expected to be the first pick in Brooklyn tomorrow on ESPN. and is already boosting ticket sales ABC's AA ji joins us now from the draft stage Lindsay after a historic, record-breaking season Kaylin Clark is expected to head to the Indiana Fever on Monday night right here in the Brooklyn Academy of Music Clark is now credited with being a leading figure for the growth of the women's game after a heartbreaking loss in the championship game where 18.9 million people tuned in to the most-watched women's college game in the history.

Indiana Fever confirms an increase in interest in tickets for their next games now between Caitlyn Clark Cameron Brink Angel Ree and others, this draft class is expected to be one of the best in recent WNBA history, where a thousand people will be able witness it for yourselves for the first time since 2016. There is already a lot of excitement building Ike, thank you, there is a lot. later on World News Tonight this Sunday our ABC News investigation found shocking allegations against a department that is supposed to help at-risk youth and a terrifying crash captured on video what happened to the driver the next night an ABC News investigation has uncovered disturbing allegations against the probation department in Los Angeles County that is supposed to protect and rehabilitate vulnerable youth that department now faces more than 2,500 claims of sexual abuse we spoke to several of the accusers, including Dominique Anderson, who is among thousands who allege in a lawsuit that they were abused by probation officers.

He was really interested in the fact that I was so young. Can you explain what you think happened over time with him? He was interested in me. He paid me for sex and that's what I did. You're not old enough to give consent and that's it. The difficult thing about being a victim you never see that this person is abusing his authority you don't see it when they pray for you when you are a child you see it like this is a man of power this is a man of wealth this is an educated man, no He's a probation officer, he's a supervisor.

Dominique says that after she reported being sexually abused by one of her probation officers, a member of her staff approached her and asked her not to snitch, she said that she has a daughter. He has a career, he has a lot to lose, what did you lose? I think I lost my innocence my self-esteem some of the accused probation officers have retired and are still getting their pensions paid their lawyers and LA County deny every accusation they can watch our full report No one to turn to who's watching to the guards Tuesday on ABC News' live prom starting at 700 p.m.

East is still ahead OJ Simpson is gone, but the fight for his money may be just beginning in the index and a spectacular accident captured on a doorbell camera left a car flying and crashing into a garage in South California. Surprisingly, first responders say driver only suffered minor injuries OJ Simpson estate executive vows to fight any effort by Ron Goldman's family to collect money from his wrongful death sentence Simpson, who died Wednesday, was acquitted in a criminal trial for the murders of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole, but was found liable in civil court to pay more than $33 million to the families when we return.

He may not be the fastest, but he has accomplished something few marathoners have accomplished. Finally, one runner's journey comes full circle on the eve of the Boston Marathon. Scott Klein among the crowd of more than 30,000 runners collecting a bib. I'm not particularly talented or fast, but I'd say I'm pretty persistent. Tomorrow he will lace up his sneakers to repeat his appearance after 37 years. I ran with two. friends of mine from law school in 1987, really for fun, after 25 years of practicing law and raising three children with his wife Michelle, he started running again and that led me on a kind of strange and surprising Odyssey that took me led over the past 10 years to run a marathon in every state from Alaska to North Dakota, from Alabama to Vermont, tomorrow run is part of a team that supports the Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation.

Tonight share this message if you have the opportunity to get off the couch and walk a little and then run a little, keep going, good advice, have a great night, thank you for making World News Tonight with David Mure the most watched

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