ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 7, 2024

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS.

FACE-TO-FACE IN COURT.

STORMY DANIELS TAKES THE STAND

ACROSS FROM FORMER PRESIDENT

TRUMP.

WHAT SHE REVEALS.

>>> ALSO, THE NEW TORNADO THREAT

RIGHT NOW ACROSS SEVERAL STATES.

THE DEADLY OUTBREAK ALREADY,

INCLUDING AN EF-4.

>>> AND THE HOME EXPLOSION, A

HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED.

>>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE TESTIMONY

FROM STORMY DANIELS.

THE ADULT FILM STAR AT THE

CENTER OF THE CRIMINAL TRIAL

AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

DESCRIBING THEIR ALLEGED

ENCOUNTER, THE HEATED CROSS

EXAMINATION BY TRUMP'S LAWYER.

WHAT THE JUDGE SAID WHEN TRUMP'S

TEAM CALLED FOR A MISTRIAL IN

THE MIDDLE OF TESTIMONY.

>>> ALSO BREAKING, AS WE COME ON

THE AIR TONIGHT, WE HAVE JUST

LEARNED THE FLORIDA JUDGE

INDEFINITELY POSTPONING FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLASSIFIED

DOCUMENTS CASE AT MAR-A-LAGO.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE NOW THIS

HAPPENS BEFORE THE ELECTION?

>>> THESE NEW TORNADO WATCHES AS

WE COME ON THE AIR TONIGHT.

THE SEVERE STORM THREAT FROM

CHICAGO TO NASHVILLE.

>> LARGE TORNADO, TORNADO ON THE

GROUND.

>> David: AT LEAST 20 REPORTED

TORNADOES ALREADY IN SEVEN

STATES.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> COME ON.

I GOT YOU.

>> David: HOTEL GUESTS AND

EMPLOYEES RUNNING FOR COVER.

DOZENS OF HOMES DESTROYED.

THE WIDESPREAD STORM THREAT

RIGHT NOW, TONIGHT INTO

TOMORROW.

GINGER ZEE STANDING BY WITH THE

LATEST FORECAST.

>>> TONIGHT, ISRAELI TANKS

ROLLING INTO RAFAH.

SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THE

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOW

DELAYING SHIPMENTS OF AMMUNITION

TO ISRAEL, WITH TENSE CEASE-FIRE

TALKS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW IN

CAIRO.

>>> MEANWHILE, HERE IN THE U.S.,

PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT

CONDEMNING THE SURGE OF

ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE U.S. DURING

A HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE

CEREMONY.

>>> LATE TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY,

THE DEADLY SHOOTING.

A 16-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILLED IN

SOHO OUTSIDE A HIGH END HOTEL.

>>> THE VIDEO NOW SURFACING

TONIGHT AFTER WE LEARNED THAT

U.S. SOLDIER IS NOW BEING HELD

IN A RUSSIAN PRISON.

WHAT HE SAYS ON THAT VIDEO.

>>> THE SCARE ONBOARD A DELTA

FLIGHT FROM CANCUN, FLYING TO

THE U.S.

THE LANDING.

THE CREW THEN NOTICING SMOKE.

THE EMERGENCY EVACUATION.

>>> THAT MASSIVE HOME EXPLOSION.

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE KILLED.

AUTHORITIES ON THE SCENE

TONIGHT.

>>> THE BIG CHANGE AT PANERA.

THE DRINK THEY WILL PHASE OUT

AMID SEVERAL LAWSUITS NOW.

>>> THE BOY SCOUTS CHANGING ITS

NAME.

>>> AND TWO BEST FRIENDS, AND

NOW, THEIR NEXT CHALLENGE.

WE GUARANTEE YOU'LL BE ROOTING

FOR THEM.

WE ARE.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND WE BEGIN

TONIGHT WITH TWO BREAKING

NEWS ON TWO FRONTS, IN FACT.

REPORTS OF MULTIPLE TORNADOES ON

THE GROUND, A TORNADO EMERGENCY

ALERT IN PARTS OF MICHIGAN RIGHT

NOW.

GINGER ZEE IS TRACKING THIS,

WE'LL GO LIVE TO HER IN JUST A

MOMENT.

>>> BUT FIRST, THE DRAMATIC

MOMENTS INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY

COURTROOM.

STORMY DANIELS, THE ADULT FILM

STAR AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE,

TAKING THE STAND IN FORMER

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRIMINAL

TRIAL.

TESTIFYING FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS

TODAY.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT SITTING IN

HIS CHAIR AS DANIELS ENTERED

THAT COURTROOM.

THE FIRST TIME THEY'D SEEN EACH

OTHER IN A DECADE.

DANIELS DESCRIBING IN GRAPHIC

DETAIL MEETING TRUMP AT A GOLF

TOURNAMENT IN 2006 AND THE

EVENING THEY ALLEGEDLY SPENT

TOGETHER.

TRUMP'S LAWYERS TRYING TO

INTERVENE SEVERAL TIMES.

DANIELS ALSO DESCRIBING THE

PAYMENT SHE TOOK FOR HER

SILENCE.

AND WHAT THE JUDGE SAID WHEN

TRUMP'S TEAM CALLED FOR A

MISTRIAL, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF

TESTIMONY.

STORMY DANIELS, AS YOU CAN SEE

RIGHT THERE, WAS QUICKLY LED

FROM THE COURTHOUSE AFTERWARDS.

SHE RETURNS TO THE STAND ON

THURSDAY.

THERE WERE TIMES IN THAT

COURTROOM TODAY WHEN THE LEVEL

OF DETAIL WAS QUITE GRAPHIC.

WE WILL NOT BE GOING THAT FAR

HERE TONIGHT.

SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE

CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY

LEADING US OFF AT THE

COURTHOUSE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

DONALD TRUMP AND STORMY DANIELS

FACE-TO-FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN MORE THAN A DECADE.

AN EXPLOSIVE DAY OF SALACIOUS

TESTIMONY IN THIS HISTORIC

TRIAL.

UP TO THE LAST MINUTE, TRUMP'S

LAWYERS TRIED TO BLOCK THE PORN

STAR FROM TESTIFYING AT ALL.

BUT PROSECUTORS ARGUED THE

DETAILS OF THE ENCOUNTER ARE

IMPORTANT.

AND JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN AGREED.

SO WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT

STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD, AND THE

JURY WATCHING INTENTLY, DANIELS

DESCRIBED IN EXPLICIT DETAIL HER

ALLEGED FLING WITH TRUMP,

SOMETHING HE SAYS NEVER

HAPPENED.

SHE TOLD THE JURY THEY MET AT A

GOLF TOURNAMENT BACK IN 2006,

AND SHE WAS INVITED TO HAVE

DINNER WITH TRUMP IN HIS HOTEL

SUITE.

WHEN SHE ARRIVED, SHE SAID TRUMP

WAS IN SILK OR SATIN PAJAMAS.

I TOLD HIM TO GO CHANGE, SHE

SAID, AND SO HE OBLIGED VERY

POLITELY."

SHE SAID THEY TALKED FOR TWO

HOURS.

HE TOLD HER SHE REMINDED HIM OF

HIS DAUGHTER, IVANKA.

AND REVEALED THAT HE AND MELANIA

TRUMP SLEPT IN SEPARATE

BEDROOMS.

DANIELS SAID AT ONE POINT, SHE

TOLD HIM TO STOP

INTERRUPTING, SAYING, ARE YOU

ALWAYS THIS RUDE?

ARE YOU ALWAYS THIS ARROGANT AND

POMPOUS?

AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID SHE WENT

TO THE BATHROOM, AND WHEN SHE

CAME OUT, SHE TESTIFIED TRUMP

WAS ON THE BED IN HIS BOXER

SHORTS AND T-SHIRT.

DANIELS SAID SHE WAS STARTLED,

WONDERING TO HERSELF, OH MY

GOD, WHAT DID I MISREAD?

SHE THEN TESTIFIED IN GRAPHIC

DETAIL ABOUT HAVING SEX WITH

TRUMP.

AND AS SHE DID, TRUMP NUDGING

HIS LAWYER, REPEATEDLY URGING

HER TO INTERVENE.

AND SHE DID, STRONGLY OBJECTING

AGAIN AND AGAIN.

EVEN JUDGE MERCHAN AT ONE POINT

CALLING THE LEVEL OF DETAIL

JUST UNNECESSARY, LATER

ADDING, THERE ARE SOME THINGS

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER LEFT

UNSAID. TRUMP AND HIS TEAM

INFURIATED, DEMANDING A

MISTRIAL.

HIS ATTORNEY DECLARING DANIELS

TESTIMONY EXTRAORDINARILY

PREJUDICIAL. BUT THE JUDGE

SAYING, I DON'T THINK WE ARE AT

THE POINT WHERE A MISTRIAL IS IN

ORDER. ON THE WITNESS STAND,

DANIELS ALSO DESCRIBED THE HUSH

MONEY ARRANGEMENT SHE ENTERED

INTO JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE

2016 ELECTION.

SELLING HER STORY FOR

$130,000 IN A DEAL BROKERED BY

TRUMP'S FORMER FIXER,

MICHAEL COHEN.

SHE DESCRIBED THE PAYOFF AS "THE

BEST THING THAT COULD'VE

HAPPENED, BECAUSE THEN I'D BE

SAFE AND THE STORY WOULDN'T COME

OUT.

THE PROSECUTOR ASKING DANIELS

WHY SHE DIDN'T ASK FOR MORE

MONEY.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE

MONEY, SHE REPLIED.

BUT ON CROSS EXAMINATION,

TRUMP'S LAWYER SUSAN NECHELES

TORE INTO THAT CLAIM.

YOU'VE BEEN MAKING MONEY BY

CLAIMING YOU HAD SEX WITH

DONALD TRUMP FOR MORE THAN A

DECADE, SHE ASKED DANIELS.

I HAVE BEEN MAKING MONEY BY

TELLING MY STORY, DANIELS

RESPONDED.

NECHELES PRESSED ON, AND THE

ESSENCE OF YOUR STORY IS YOU HAD

SEX WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.

AND THAT STORY HAS MADE YOU A

LOT OF MONEY?"

"IT HAS ALSO COST ME A LOT OF

MONEY, SAID DANIELS.

THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY BLUNT, AM

PRESIDENT TRUMP?

"YES," DANIELS RESPONDED.

AND YOU WANT HIM TO GO TO

JAIL?

I WANT HIM TO BE HELD

ACCOUNTABLE.

WHEN THE DAY WAS DONE,

STORMY DANIELS WAS QUICKLY TAKEN

FROM THE COURTHOUSE.

DONALD TRUMP COMING OUT TO

ADDRESS REPORTERS.

>> SO, THIS WAS A VERY BIG DAY,

A VERY REVEALING DAY, AS YOU

SEE, THEIR CASE IS TOTALLY

FALLING APART.

>> Reporter: LEAVING COURT,

TRUMP DID NOT MENTION STORMY

DANIELS AT ALL.

HE IS UNDER A GAG ORDER THAT

PREVENTS HIM FROM ATTACKING

WITNESSES.

THE DEFENSE OBJECTED TO HER

EXPLICIT TESTIMONY, BUT THE

JUDGE SAID IT WAS NO GROUNDS FOR

A MISTRIAL, AND PROSECUTORS

ARGUED HER GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS

WERE RELEVANT, BECAUSE THEY'RE

THE VERY DETAILS THEY SAID THAT

TRUMP WANTED TO HIDE FROM VOTERS

IN 2016, AND TRUMP STILL DENIES

ANY OF IT EVER HAPPENED.

DAVID?

>> David: AARON KATERSKY LEADING

US OFF HERE TONIGHT.

AARON, THANK YOU.

>>> AND MEANWHILE, THERE'S

ANOTHER BREAKING HEADLINE

INVOLVING THE FORMER PRESIDENT

TONIGHT.

THE JUDGE OVERSEEING DONALD

TRUMP'S CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS

CASE AT MAR-A-LAGO HAS NOW

INDEFINITELY POSTPONED THAT

TRIAL.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THIS NOW

HAPPENS BEFORE ELECTION DAY?

LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF

JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE

THOMAS, LIVE IN WASHINGTON.

PIERRE, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED.

>> Reporter: DAVID, THE

LIKELIHOOD THERE WILL BE A TRIAL

IN THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE

BEFORE THE ELECTION IS FADING

FAST.

MAY 20th TRIAL DATE OFF THE

CALENDAR, SAYING THERE WERE TOO

MANY LEGAL ISSUES TO RESOLVE

BEFORE TRIAL COULD GO FORWARD.

SOME OF THE ISSUES HAVE SAT FOR

MONTHS, AND SOME ARE NOT EVEN

SCHEDULED FOR HEARINGS UNTIL

LATER THIS MONTH OR JUNE.

THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TONIGHT

DECLINING TO COMMENT.

BUT DAVID, THIS DELAYS MAKES IT

ALL BUT CERTAIN THE CLASSIFIED

DOCUMENTS CASE WILL NOT GO TO

TRIAL BEFORE THE ELECTION.

>> David: PIERRE THOMAS WITH US

TONIGHT, AS WELL.

PIERRE, THANK YOU.

>>> AND AS I MENTIONED OFF THE

TOP TONIGHT, THERE ARE REPORTS

OF MULTIPLE TORNADOES ON THE

GROUND AS WE'RE ON THE AIR

TONIGHT.

A TORNADO EMERGENCY ALERT IN

PARTS OF MICHIGAN RIGHT NOW.

SEVERE WEATHER AHEAD FOR 35

MILLION AMERICANS.

ALREADY AT LEAST 20 REPORTED

TORNADOES ACROSS SEVEN STATES IN

JUST THE PAST 24 HOURS.

THIS NEW STORM THREAT TONIGHT

AND TOMORROW FROM TEXAS TO OHIO.

A TORNADO APPROACHING A HAMPTON

INN IN OKLAHOMA, KNOCKING OUT

POWER.

HOTEL GUESTS AND WORKERS RUNNING

FOR COVER THERE.

THE UTTER DEVASTATION, SOME 20

MILES AWAY IN BARNSDALL,

OKLAHOMA.

AN EF-4.

WINDS OVER 165 MILES AN HOUR.

WE HAVE LEARNED TONIGHT AT LEAST

ONE PERSON DID NOT SURVIVE THIS.

AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, REPORTS

OF TORNADOES ON THE GROUND RIGHT

NOW.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF

METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, SHE'S

IN THE STORM ZONE.

AND GINGER, WHAT ARE YOU

WATCHING RIGHT NOW?

>> Reporter: DAVID, TWO

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION

TORNADO WARNINGS IN MY HOME

STATE OF MICHIGAN.

IT'S SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN, WHERE

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING

TO THE NORTHEAST, DOING DAMAGE

ALONG THE WAY.

THIS, AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

EF-4 THAT TORE THROUGH THIS

TOWN.

TONIGHT, POWERFUL STORMS

THREATENING MILLIONS AGAIN,

AFTER AT LEAST 20 REPORTED

TORNADOES ACROSS THE PLAINS IN

THE LAST 24 HOURS.

>> ARE YOU OKAY?

>> YEAH.

>> Reporter: AT LEAST ONE PERSON

KILLED IN BARNSDALL, OKLAHOMA,

NORTH OF TULSA.

>> SHE'S A QUADRIPLEGIC.

>> Reporter: STORM CHASERS WERE

RIGHT THERE, RESCUING RYAN AND

LORI HOWLE, THEIR YOUNG CHILD,

AND A FAMILY MEMBER.

>> WE TOOK COVER IN THE HALL,

THREW BLANKETS OVER US, AND IT

JUST -- I COULD HEAR THE WINDOWS

BLOW.

>> Reporter: 20 MILES NORTHEAST,

IN BARTLESVILLE --

[ SIREN WAILING ]

-- PEOPLE DIVING FOR COVER AT

THE HAMPTON INN.

OUTSIDE, TWO BY FOURS PIERCING

THE HOTEL'S OUTER WALLS LIKE

SPEARS.

DAYLIGHT REVEALING DESTRUCTION

EVERYWHERE.

WE MET BILLY MOLES AS HE WAS

SEARCHING FOR HIS MEDICINE.

>> BOTH MY VEHICLES ARE

DESTROYED.

MY HOUSE IS GONE.

ALL PAPERWORK, I HAVEN'T FOUND

ANY OF THAT.

>> Reporter: ABOUT A MONTH AGO,

THE SAME TOWN, THE SAME PATH GOT

HIT.

BILLY MOLES, WHO LIVES IN THIS

HOUSE, HAD JUST REPAIRED HIS

ROOF FROM THE LAST TORNADO.

NOW, HIS HOME IS GONE, ALONG

WITH AT LEAST 40 OF HIS

NEIGHBORS.

INCLUDING DIANA MILLER,

SEARCHING FOR MEMENTOS FROM HER

HOME OF 50 YEARS.

>> HAD TO BE SHOCKING.

>> OH, YEAH, I THINK I'M IN

SHOCK.

>> David: REALLY AWFUL.

THIS THREAT GOES INTO TOMORROW,

GINGER, AND YOU WERE MENTIONING

YET ANOTHER SYSTEM BEHIND ALL

THIS.

>> Reporter: AND SO MANY OF

THOSE FOLKS THAT I MET, DAVID,

THEY TOLD ME THEY WENT TO THEIR

CELLAR AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED

FOLKS TO DO THAT TONIGHT.

GET TO YOUR SHELTER AND YOUR

SAFE PLACE, ANYWHERE IN THE

TORNADO WATCH THAT YOU SEE, FROM

LANSING, MICHIGAN, DOWN THROUGH

COLUMBUS, BACK TO BLOOMINGTON,

INDIANA, UP TO SOUTH BEND.

SO, EVEN PARTS OF CHAMPAIGN,

ILLINOIS, STILL IN THAT THREAT

TONIGHT.

IF WE TIME IT OUT, A LOT OF IT

HAPPENS AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN.

AND WE KNOW HAVING TWO WAYS OF

GETTING WARNINGS IS A GREAT WAY

TO STAY SAFE, BUT LOOK AT THAT,

EVEN PITTSBURGH THROUGH WEST

VIRGINIA, BACK TO EVEN NASHVILLE

BY 2:00 A.M.

TOMORROW, IT'S ANOTHER SYSTEM

THAT COMES IN AND REINVIGORATES

THE ATMOSPHERE.

I'D SAY THAT THE TORNADO THREAT

IS FOCUSED ON PADUCAH, BUT IT'S

REALLY WEST TO EAST, STARTS IN

THE AFTERNOON, LIKE THEY OFTEN

DO, INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS,

AGAIN INCLUDING NASHVILLE AND

MEMPHIS.

DAVID?

>> David: AND YOU'LL HAVE LATE

INFORMATION FIRST THING IN THE

MORNING ON "GMA" FOR US, AS

WELL.

GINGER, THANK YOU.

>>> MEANTIME, OVERSEAS TONIGHT,

ISRAELI TANKS ROLLING INTO

RAFAH, AS SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS

THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS

NOW DELAYING SHIPMENTS OF

AMMUNITION TO ISRAEL AMID

TENSE

CEASE-FIRE TALKS UNDER WAY RIGHT

NOW IN CAIRO.

MARCUS MOORE IN ISRAEL AGAIN

TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AS ISRAELI

TANKS ROLLED INTO RAFAH,

CRUSHING AN I LOVE GAZA SIGN,

AND SEIZING CONTROL OF THE

PALESTINIAN SIDE OF THAT CRUCIAL

BORDER CROSSING IN SOUTHERN

GAZA, SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOW

DELAYING SHIPMENTS OF AMMUNITION

TO ISRAEL, APPEARING TO SEND A

MESSAGE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN, FOR WEEKS,

PRESSURING ISRAEL TO HOLD OFF ON

A FULL-SCALE INVASION OF RAFAH

UNTIL IT HAS A CREDIBLE PLAN TO

PROTECT MORE THAN A MILLION

CIVILIANS NOW LIVING THERE.

BUT ISRAEL GOING IN ANYWAY.

THE U.S. TONIGHT INSISTING THIS

IS NOT THE MAJOR GROUND INVASION

IT WARNED ISRAEL ABOUT.

>> THIS APPEARS TO BE A LIMITED

OPERATION, BUT OF COURSE, MUCH

OF THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT COMES

NEXT.

>> Reporter: BUT ISRAEL'S

INCURSION NOW THREATENING TO

DERAIL CRITICAL CEASE-FIRE

TALKS.

HAMAS TONIGHT SAYING THERE WILL

BE NO DEAL IF ISRAEL'S OPERATION

CONTINUES.

AND CIVILIANS ON BOTH SIDES

DESPERATE FOR A TRUCE.

DAVID, ISRAEL'S NEW OPERATION IN

RAFAH IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE

CEASE-FIRE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT

TONIGHT, THE DEFENSE MINISTER

SAYS ISRAEL IS READY FOR

COMPROMISES TO BRING THE

HOSTAGES HOME.

BUT VOWING, DAVID, THAT THAT

RAFAH OPERATION WILL DEEPEN IF

THEY DON'T REACH A DEAL.

>> David: MARCUS MOORE IN TEL

AVIV.

MARCUS, THANK YOU.

>>> MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN

TONIGHT CONDEMNING THE SURGE IN

ANTI-SEMITISM HERE IN THE U.S.

SINCE THE HAMAS TERROR ATTACK ON

OCTOBER 7th, SPEAKING AT A

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY

TODAY.

HERE'S MARY BRUCE.

>> Reporter: COMMEMORATING THE

VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST,

PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT

FORCEFULLY DENOUNCING WHAT HE

CALLED A FEROCIOUS SURGE IN

ANTI-SEMITISM SINCE THE

OCTOBER 7th HAMAS ATTACK.

>> THIS HATRED CONTINUES TO LIE

DEEP IN THE HEARTS OF TOO MANY

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT

URGING AMERICANS NOT TO FORGET

THE LESSONS OF THE PAST, OR THE

HATE THAT SPARKED THE WAR NOW

RAGING IN GAZA.

>> PEOPLE ARE ALREADY

FORGETTING.

THEY'RE ALREADY FORGETTING THAT

HAMAS UNLEASHED THIS TERROR.

I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN, NOR HAVE

YOU, AND WE WILL NOT FORGET.

>> Reporter: FACING GROWING

UNREST ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, THE

PRESIDENT RECOGNIZING THE DEEP

CONVICTIONS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN

PROTESTERS.

BUT BIDEN MAKING IT CLEAR THERE

THAT HIS SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IS

STEADFAST.

>> AND MY COMMITMENT TO THE

SAFETY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE

SECURITY OF ISRAEL, AND ITS

RIGHT TO EXIST AS AN INDEPENDENT

STATE IS IRONCLAD EVEN WHEN WE

DISAGREE.

>> Reporter: NOW, DESPITE HIS

DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT AN INVASION

OF RAFAH, THE PRESIDENT TODAY

AVOIDED ANY EXPLICIT CRITICISM

OF ISRAEL.

HE ALSO NOTABLY DID NOT DIRECTLY

MENTION THE PLIGHT OF

PALESTINIANS SUFFERING IN GAZA.

DAVID?

>> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE

WHITE HOUSE AGAIN TONIGHT.

>>> LATE TODAY HERE IN NEW YORK

CITY, THE DEADLY SHOOTING.

A 16-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILLED IN

SOHO, OUTSIDE A HIGH-END HOTEL.

HERE'S TREVOR AULT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

INVESTIGATORS ON THE SCENE AFTER

A 16-YEAR-OLD STUDENT WAS GUNNED

DOWN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON THE

STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY.

THE SHOOTER AND ANOTHER SUSPECT

ON THE RUN.

>> PERSON SHOT, SPRING STREET

AND VARICK STREET.

>> Reporter: 911 CALLS POURING

IN FROM THE TYPICALLY QUIET SOHO

NEIGHBORHOOD JUST BEFORE

2:30 THIS AFTERNOON.

THE TEENAGER SHOT IN THE HEAD

OUTSIDE A HIGH-END HOTEL.

POLICE SAYING THOSE TWO SUSPECTS

FLED ON A RIDE SHARE BIKE.

>> WE HAVE A WITNESS WHO IS A

MALE BLACK, WEARING A BLACK --

ALL BLACK.

BLACK HOODIE, BLACK PANTS.

FLED ON A CITI BIKE.

>> Reporter: THE VICTIM TAKEN TO

A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE THEY

WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD.

TONIGHT, THE NYPD SAYING THE

TEEN ATTENDED A CHARTER SCHOOL,

AND THE SHOOTING LIKELY STEMMED

FROM A SCHOOL DISPUTE.

DAVID, THIS INCIDENT COMES AS

NEW DATA SHOWS NEW YORK CITY

SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN ABOUT 16%

FROM LAST YEAR, THOUGH VIOLENT

CRIME DOES GENERALLY INCREASE AS

WE HEAD TOWARDS SUMMER.

DAVID?

>> David: ALL RIGHT, TREVOR AULT

TONIGHT.

TREVOR, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE U.S.

SOLDIER BEING HELD IN A RUSSIAN

PRISON.

THERE IS VIDEO NOW EMERGING, AND

WHAT HE SAYS ON THAT VIDEO.

LET'S GET RIGHT BACK TO MARTHA

RADDATZ TONIGHT.

MARTHA, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW

ABOUT THE CASE TONIGHT?

>> Reporter: DAVID, STAFF

SERGEANT GORDON BLACK'S MOTHER

WARNED HIM NOT TO VISIT HIS

RUSSIAN GIRLFRIEND, BUT TONIGHT,

HE IS SITTING IN A RUSSIAN

PRISON, CHARGED WITH STEALING

FROM THE GIRLFRIEND.

BLACK HAD SENT A VIDEO GREETING