ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 10, 2024

>> David: TONIGHT, SEVERAL

BREAKING STORIES AS WE COME ON

THE AIR.

VIOLENT STORMS SLAMMING SEVERAL

STATES.

YOU'LL SEE THE FAMILY CAUGHT IN

THE MIDDLE OF A TORNADO RIGHT

NEAR THE AIRPORT.

>>> ALSO, THE JUDGE IN DONALD

TRUMP'S CRIMINAL TRIAL HAS BEEN

WARNING TRUMP.

WELL TONIGHT, HEAR HIS NEW

WARNING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

>>> TONIGHT, THE NEIGHBOR

CHARGED IN WHAT AUTHORITIES

BELIEVE WAS A RACIALLY MOTIVATED

SHOOTING.

THEY SAY HE SHOT THE MOTHER NEXT

DOOR, WHO IS WHITE.

SHE HAS TWO BLACK SONS.

WHAT WAS BEHIND THIS?

>>> FIRST TONIGHT HERE, THE

STORMS HITTING SEVERAL STATES.

THE TORNADOS STRIKING

TALLAHASSEE.

MASSIVE DAMAGE.

ONE PERSON KILLED, MORE THAN

200,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER

TONIGHT.

>> JUST PULL, PULL, PULL OVER!

>> David: THIS EVENING, THE

STAGGERING TOLL AMID THIS

OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS.

>>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT,

DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL TRIAL.

TRUMP'S ONE-TIME LAWYER AND

FIXER MICHAEL COHEN NOW SET TO

TAKE THE STAND.

TONIGHT, THE JUDGE WITH A

WARNING FOR COHEN.

>>> JUST IN TONIGHT, THE NEW

U.S. REPORT CRITICIZING ISRAEL'S

MILITARY ACTION INSIDE GAZA

SAYING IT IS, QUOTE, REASONABLE

TO ASSESS THAT SOME U.S. WEAPONS

HAVE BEEN USED IN INSTANCES

INCONSISTENT WITH ISRAEL'S

OBLIGATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL

LAW.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN MOVING

FORWARD, AND WHERE ARE THE TALKS

TONIGHT WITH HAMAS STILL HOLDING

DOZENS OF HOSTAGES?

MARTHA RADDATZ STANDING BY WITH

THIS NEW REPORT.

>>> HERE IN THE U.S., A MOTHER

IS SHOT BY HER NEIGHBOR,

AUTHORITIES SAY.

THEY CALL THIS A HATE CRIME.

THEY SAY THE NEIGHBOR SHOT THE

WOMAN NEXT DOOR, MOTHER OF TWO.

THEY SAY SHE HAS TWO BLACK SONS.

AUTHORITIES NOW SAY THIS WAS

RACIALLY MOTIVATED.

>>> TONIGHT, THE IMAGES WE HAVE

NOT SEEN BEFORE.

THE NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA

VIDEO SHOWING FIRST RESPONDERS

RACER TO THAT COLLAPSED BRIDGE

IN BALTIMORE AND WHAT THE VIDEO

REVEALS.

>>> TONIGHT OVERSEAS, RUSSIA'S

NEW ASSAULT ON NORTHERN UKRAINE.

THE U.S. NOW RUSHING A NEW

SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS TO UKRAINE.

JAMES LONGMAN REPORTING.

>>> HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, KEEP

AN EYE OUT TONIGHT AND RIGHT

INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE VERY RARE SOLAR STORM.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS COULD SEE

THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.

BUT COULD THIS GEOMAGNETIC STORM

ALSO BRING CELL PHONE ISSUES,

POSSIBLE GPS AND INTERNET

DISRUPTIONS?

WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING

TONIGHT.

>>> THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL

BOARD REINSTATING CONFEDERATE

NAMES FOR TWO OF THEIR LOCAL

SCHOOLS.

>>> 50 YEARS LATER, THE BEATLES'

"LET IT BE" --

♪ LET IT BE LET IT BE ♪

>> IN A NEW LIGHT.

YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT HERE.

>>> OUR "PERSONS OF THE WEEK."

THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER YOU

WON'T FORGET ALONG WITH A VERY

FRIENDLY REMINDER HERE TONIGHT

NOT TO FORGET SUNDAY.

>> David: GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE

ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.

WHAT A WEEK IT HAS BEEN FOR

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN THE

LINE OF THESE HORRIFIC AND

DEADLY STORMS.

TONIGHT, THE VIOLENT STORMS

SLAMMING SEVERAL STATES YET

AGAIN, AND THEY'VE BEEN DEADLY

AGAIN AS WELL.

RIGHT ACROSS THE GULF INTO THE

EAST TONIGHT, THE STAGGERING

NUMBERS HERE THIS EVENING.

MORE THAN 125 REPORTED TORNADOS

ACROSS 22 STATES THIS WEEK.

THEN THIS NUMBER, AT LEAST ONE

REPORTED OR CONFIRMED TORNADO

EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE PAST 16

DAYS NOW.

TONIGHT, THE IMAGES COMING IN

HERE.

SEVERE STORMS IN WIMBERLEY,

TEXAS, BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND

AUSTIN.

DRIVING RAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE

DAMAGING WINDS.

MORE THAN 65 MILES AN HOUR.

IN TALLAHASSEE, A FAMILY CAUGHT

IN A TORNADO RIGHT NEAR THE

AIRPORT, YOU CAN HEAR THEM

FRANTICALLY TRYING TO PULL OFF

THE ROAD JUST TO SURVIVE IT.

POWER LINES DOWN.

DAMAGED HOMES NEAR THE CAMPUS OF

FSU.

ONE WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN A TREE

FELL ON HER HOME.

TONIGHT, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS

ARE WITHOUT POWER, AND ABC'S

FAITH ABUBEY LEADING US OFF.

SHE'S IN TALLAHASSEE FOR US.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A WALL OF

VIOLENT STORMS HAMMERING THE

SOUTH, LEAVING HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WITHOUT

POWER.

>> OH MY GOD.

>> Reporter: GARY KILE JR. AND

HIS WIFE, TAMMY, CAUGHT IN A

RADAR-CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR THE

TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT.

THEIR SON CALLING TO WARN THEM.

>> PULL, PULL, PULL OVER.

>> I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF

THIS AREA.

>> I WAS CALLING YOU, THERE'S

A -- THERE'S A TORNADO ON THE

GROUND.

>> Reporter: A WEB OF WIRES AND

SNAPPED POWER POLES DRAPED OVER

NEIGHBORHOODS IN TALLAHASSEE.

FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY'S

CAMPUS TO THE ARTS DISTRICT.

ANNA EBSEN McBRIDE RIDING OUT

THE STORM IN HER NOW-DAMAGED ART

GALLERY.

>> LOUD.

I MEAN, THE NOISE IS -- IT'S

JUST REALLY UNDESCRIBABLE.

>> Reporter: TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT

ACROSS THE CITY.

TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE, CRASHING

THROUGH HOMES.

>> OH MY GOSH.

>> Reporter: LEON COUNTY

AUTHORITIES SAY ONE WOMAN WAS

KILLED WHEN A TREE FELL ON HER

FAMILY'S HOUSE.

THE STORMS BARRELING EAST FROM

TEXAS, WHERE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS

GUSTED TO HURRICANE STRENGTH

OUTSIDE AUSTIN.

THE SYSTEM DROPPING HAILSTONES

BIGGER THAN SOFTBALLS.

THE STORMS, PART OF AN EPIC

WEEKS-LONG OUTBREAK OF SEVERE

WEATHER.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER

CONFIRMING THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST

ONE REPORTED OR CONFIRMED

TORNADO EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST

16 DAYS.

AND DAVID, BUSINESSES HERE IN

THE ARTS DISTRICT SAW SOME OF

THE WORST DAMAGE.

YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME BUILDING

AFTER BUILDING WITH EXTENSIVE

DAMAGE TO THEIR ROOF.

POWER LINES STILL DANGLING.

AUTHORITIES SAY 11 ELECTRICAL

SUBSTATIONS WERE DAMAGED, AND

CREWS HAVE BEEN CALLED IN FROM

AS FAR AWAY AS LOUISIANA AND

ALABAMA TO HELP.

DAVID?

>> David: MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF THESE

STORMS THIS WEEK.

FAITH ABUBEY LEADING US OFF,

THANK YOU, FAITH.

>>> WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO

THE NEW WARNING TONIGHT FROM THE

JUDGE IN DONALD TRUMP'S CRIMINAL

TRIAL.

THIS TIME THE WARNING IS NOT

AIMED AT THE FORMER PRESIDENT.

INSTEAD THE WARNING IS FOR

MICHAEL COHEN, TRUMP'S ONE-TIME

LAWYER AND FIXER, WHO IS SET TO

TAKE THE STAND.

AARON KATERSKY TONIGHT WITH WHAT

THE JUDGE SAID.

>> Reporter: AFTER REPEATEDLY

ORDERING DONALD TRUMP TO STOP

PUBLICLY ATTACKING WITNESSES,

TONIGHT, JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN

WARNING THE PROSECUTION'S STAR

WITNESS, MICHAEL COHEN, TO STOP

ATTACKING DONALD TRUMP.

WHO BROKERED THE HUSH MONEY DEAL

WITH PORN ACTRESS STORMY

DANIELS.

COHEN, WHO WAS EXPECTED TO

TESTIFIED IN, HAS BEEN SKEWERING

TRUMP ONLINE, APPEARING ON

TIKTOK WEARING A SHIRT SHOWING

TRUMP BEHIND BARS.

>> TRUMP 2024?

MORE LIKE TRUMP 20 TO 24 YEARS.

>> Reporter: TODAY TRUMP'S

LAWYER, TODD BLANCHE, ASKING

JUDGE MERCHAN TO PUT COHEN UNDER

A GAG ORDER THE SAME WAY

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS,

SAYING IT'S BECOMING A PROBLEM

EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT PRESIDENT

TRUMP IS NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND

TO THIS WITNESS.

PROSECUTOR JOSH STEINGLASS

INSISTING HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER

COHEN, ADDING, "WE HAD

REPEATEDLY, REPEATEDLY ASKED THE

WITNESSES NOT TO DO THAT."

MERCHAN SAID THERE WOULD BE NO

GAG ORDER, BUT HE'S INSTRUCTING

PROSECUTORS TO COMMUNICATE TO

MR. COHEN THAT THE JUDGE IS

ASKING HIM TO REFRAIN FROM

MAKING ANY MORE STATEMENTS FROM

THIS CASE, AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR

"YOU ARE COMMUNICATING THAT ON

BEHALF OF THE BENCH."

TRUMP UNSATISFIED.

>> EVERYBODY CAN SAY WHATEVER

THEY WANT.

THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT,

BUT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SAY

ANYTHING ABOUT ANYBODY.

>> Reporter: BUT TRUMP'S LAWYERS

DID NOTCH A CLEAR WIN TODAY.

THE JUDGE RULING PROSECUTORS

COULD NOT SHOW THE JURY A 1999

VIDEO OF TRUMP BRAGGING ABOUT

HIS KNOWLEDGE OF CAMPAIGN

FINANCE LAWS.

>> I THINK NOBODY KNOWS MORE

ABOUT CAMPAIGN FINANCE THAN I

DO.

>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS WANTED

TO USE TO IT SHOW TRUMP WOULD

HAVE KNOWN COHEN'S HUSH MONEY

ARRANGEMENT WITH DANIELS

AMOUNTED TO AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN

CONTRIBUTION.

BUT THE JUDGE RULED THAT OUT,

TELLING PROSECUTORS, "YOU'RE

ASKING THE JURORS TO DRAW AN

INFERENCE THAT BECAUSE MR. TRUMP

KNEW THE LAWS IN 1999, HE KNEW

THEM IN 2016.

THAT'S A LOT OF SPECULATION."

MICHAEL COHEN IS ON THE WITNESS

STAND HERE MONDAY, DAVID.

THERE IS NO OVERSTATING THE

IMPORTANCE OF HIS TESTIMONY.

HE SAYS HE WAS IN THE ROOM WITH

DONALD TRUMP DISCUSSING THE HUSH

PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS AT THE

HEART OF THE CASE.

THE CROSS EXAMINATION IS GOING

TO BE BRUTAL.

AND AFTER COHEN, THE PROSECUTORS

SAY THEY HAVE ONLY ONE WITNESS

LEFT AND COULD REST THEIR CASE

AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK, DAVID.

>> David: YOU'LL BE BACK ON

MONDAY.

AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU.

>>> WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING NEWS

COMING IN TONIGHT, THE NEW U.S.

REPORT CRITICIZING ISRAEL'S

MILITARY ACTION INSIDE GAZA

SAYING IT IS, QUOTE, REASONABLE

TO ASSESS THAT SOME U.S. WEAPONS

HAVE BEEN USED IN INSTANCES

INCONSISTENT WITH ISRAEL'S

OBLIGATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL

LAW.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN MOVING

FORWARD?

MARTHA RADDATZ WITH LATE

REPORTING TONIGHT ON THIS REPORT

JUST OUT FROM THE STATE

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW

REPORT FINDING ISRAEL MAY HAVE

VIOLATED INTERNATIONAL

HUMANITARIAN LAW IN GAZA IN ITS

USE OF AMERICAN-SUPPLIED

WEAPONS, BUT LACKING ENOUGH

INFORMATION TO OFFICIALLY MAKE

THAT CONCLUSION GIVEN THE NATURE

OF THE CONFLICT IN GAZA.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT

SAYING IT IS REASONABLE TO

ASSESS THAT SOME U.S. WEAPONS

HAVE BEEN USED IN INSTANCES

INCONSISTENT WITH ISRAEL'S

OBLIGATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL

LAW.

ADDING THAT THE HIGH LEVELS OF

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES CAUSED BY

THOSE WEAPONS RAISES

SUBSTANTIAL QUESTIONS AS TO

WHETHER THE IDF IS USING THEM

EFFECTIVELY IN ALL CASES.

THOSE INTERNATIONAL LAWS REQUIRE

FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE

STEPS TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND

ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID INTO

WAR ZONES.

THIS COMES AS ISRAELI MEDIA

REPORTING THE WAR CABINET HAS

VOTED TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN

RAFAH.

THE PRINCIPAL REASON WHY

PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WITHHOLDING

WEAPONS AND THREATENING TO

WITHHOLD MORE.

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS SPEAKING

TO BIDEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY

ADVISER TODAY.

>> ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR TO THE

UNITED STATES HAS RESPONDED TO

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECISION NOT

TO PROVIDE SOME OFFENSIVE

WEAPONS THAT COULD BE USED IN

THE RAFAH INVASION, SAYING IT

SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO HAMAS

AND PUTS ISRAEL IN A CORNER.

HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT?

>> NOBODY HAS BEEN A STRONGER

SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL THAN JOE

BIDEN.

HE HAS SENT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT

OF CAPABILITY FOR ISRAEL TO TAKE

ON HAMAS.

>> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY

WENT IN?

>> WELL, FIRST, BECAUSE THERE'S

A MILLION PEOPLE THERE IN VERY

CLOSE QUARTERS, WHO HAVE BEEN

PUSHED THERE BECAUSE OF THE

MILITARY OPERATIONS IN OTHER

PARTS OF GAZA, YOU WOULD HAVE

REALLY SIGNIFICANT CIVILIAN

CASUALTIES.

>> David: GEORGE RIGHT THERE IN

THE SITUATION ROOM.

LET'S BRING IN MARTHA BACK WITH

US TONIGHT.

MARTHA, AMID THIS DEBATE OVER

ANY FULL-SCALE INVASION OF

RAFAH, PRESIDENT BIDEN, OF

COURSE, WHO SAYS THE U.S. WILL

NOT SUPPLY THE WEAPONS FOR ANY

FULL-SCALE INVASION.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE

BEEN THESE VERY TENSE CEASE-FIRE

TALKS.

OF COURSE, DOZENS OF HOSTAGES

STILL BEING HELD BY HAMAS AND

THESE TALKS HAVE NOW ESSENTIALLY

COLLAPSED OVER THIS?

>> Reporter: EXACTLY, DAVID.

THERE WAS A MOMENT OF HOPE WITH

THOSE TALKS, BUT THEY HAVE FULLY

BROKEN DOWN, HAMAS DEMANDING A

PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE, ISRAEL

OFFERING ONLY A TEMPORARY ONE.

AND OF COURSE, CAUGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF ALL THIS, MILLIONS OF

PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS AND MORE

THAN 100 ISRAELI HOSTAGES,

INCLUDING FIVE AMERICANS.

DAVID?

>> David: MARTHA RADDATZ WITH

US, MARTHA, THANK YOU.

AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT GEORGE'S

FULL INTERVIEW WITH NATIONAL

SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN

INSIDE THE SITUATION ROOM ON

"GOOD MORNING AMERICA" FIRST

THING ON MONDAY MORNING.

MARTHA AND GEORGE, WE THANK YOU

BOTH.

>>> IN THE MEANTIME WE MOVE ON

TO THE SHOOTING OF A MOTHER.

AUTHORITIES SAY THIS IS RACIALLY

MOTIVATED.

THEY SAY THE MOTHER WAS SHOT BY

HER NEIGHBOR, AUTHORITIES

CALLING IT A HATE CRIME.

THEY SAY THE MOTHER, WHO IS

WHITE, HAS TWO BLACK SONS.

HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS

ILLINOIS MAN IS IN JAIL, CHARGED

WITH TRYING TO KILL HIS NEIGHBOR

BECAUSE HE HATED THAT SHE HAD A

BLACK PARTNER AND BLACK

CHILDREN.

JOHN SHADBAR, 70, IN COURT ON

EIGHT FELONY CHARGES INCLUDING

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND HATE CRIME,

ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT HIS

NEIGHBOR MULTIPLE TIMES WITH AN

ASSAULT-STYLE RIFLE ON TUESDAY

EVENING.

TONIGHT, 45-YEAR-OLD MELISSA

ROBINSON REMAINING IN THE

HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION

WITH WOUNDS TO HER STOMACH AND

HAND.

>> WE WERE ALL VERY SHOCKED WHEN

THIS HAPPENED, BUT HONESTLY,

SADLY, WE'RE NOT SURPRISED.

THIS HAS BEEN NINE YEARS IN

COMING.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE

CHARGES, SHADBAR HAD REPEATEDLY

HARASSED ROBERTSON AND HER BLACK

CHILDREN.

>> WE'VE CALLED THE COPS, AND

HE'S THROWN FIREWORKS, AND HE'S

SHOT BLANKS, AND -- NOTHING WAS

DONE.

AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

>> Reporter: IF CONVICTED,

SHADBAR FACES DECADES IN PRISON.

DAVID, ACCORDING TO COURT

RECORDS, MISS ROBERTSON FACES

PERMANENT DISABILITY AND

DISFIGUREMENT.

>> PIERRE THOMAS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU, PIERRE.

>>> WE TURN TO THE DRAMATIC

IMAGES MOMENTS AFTER THE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE.

TONIGHT, THE NEWLY RELEASED BODY

CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING FIRST

RESPONDERS RACING TO THE SCENE.

TERRY MORAN ON THIS AGAIN

TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS THE

MOMENT A POLICE MARINE UNIT

FIRST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE OF

THAT DEADLY BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN

BALTIMORE.

>> KEY BRIDGE IS DOWN.

LAST REPORTED, AT LEAST SEVERAL

VEHICLES IN THE WATER, SEVERAL

PEOPLE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.

>> Reporter: YOU HEAR AN OFFICER

SHOUTING UP TO THE CREW ON THE

"DALI," THAT MASSIVE CARGO SHIP

THAT BROUGHT THE BRIDGE DOWN.

>> IS ANYBODY HURT?

JUST ONE CUT TO THE FINGERS?

>> Reporter: IN THE DARK OF

NIGHT, RESCUERS DESPERATELY

SEARCHING FOR SIX CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS WHO WERE ON THAT BRIDGE

WHEN IT PLUNGED INTO THE WATER.

JUST DAYS AFTER THAT

CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE, WE GOT AN

UP-CLOSE LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE.

UP CLOSE TO IT, YOU SEE THE

SHEER SCALE AND THE VIOLENCE OF

WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

HOW THE BRIDGE CAME DOWN ON THE

SHIP, DESTROYING SO MUCH OF THE

BOW.

THE NEW VIDEO COMES JUST DAYS

AFTER OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT

THE BODY OF THE SIXTH AND FINAL

VICTIM, JOSE MYNOR LOPEZ, WAS

RECOVERED IN THE WRECKAGE.

DAVID, MARYLAND STATE LAWMAKERS

HAVE PASSED LEGISLATION TO

PROVIDE FINANCIAL HELP TO THE

FAMILIES OF THOSE SIX MEN, THE

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO WENT

DOWN WHEN THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED,

AND NONPROFIT GROUPS AND

CHURCHES HAVE RAISED HUNDREDS OF

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE.

DAVID?

>> David: TERRY MORAN WHO'S

COVERED THIS BRIDGE COLLAPSE

FROM THE VERY START FOR US,

THANK YOU, TERRY.

>>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT AND

TO RUSSIA'S NEW ASSAULT ON

NORTHERN UKRAINE, THE U.S.

RUSHING A NEW SHIPMENT OF

WEAPONS TO UKRAINE.

HERE'S OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

JAMES LONGMAN NOW.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT AS THE U.S.

CONFIRMS A NEW AID PACKAGE TO

UKRAINE, SIGNS OF A POSSIBLE

FULL-SCALE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE

STARTING IN THE NORTHEAST OF THE

COUNTRY.

NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE

AREAS ATTACKED.

A UKRAINIAN TOWN JUST THREE

MILES FROM THE BORDER.

RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE BEEN MASSING

ON THAT BORDER FOR WEEKS.

BUT AFTER A NIGHT OF HEAVY

BOMBARDMENT, EARLY THIS MORNING,

ARMORED VEHICLES ATTEMPTED TO

PUNCH THROUGH IN THE DIRECTION

OF UKRAINE'S SECOND-LARGEST

CITY, KHARKIV.

THE CITY WAS ALMOST OCCUPIED

WHEN RUSSIA LAUNCHED ITS

INVASION MORE THAN TWO YEARS

AGO.

AND SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN ROCKED

BY NEAR-DAILY MISSILE AND DRONE

ATTACKS.

THE DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS

RESERVES ARE NOW DEPLOYED TO

REPEL THE ADVANCE, BUT THAT

FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES.

DELAYS IN MUCH-NEEDED AID FROM

THE WEST HAVE ALLOWED RUSSIA TO

BUILD UP ITS FORCES AND PUT

SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON

UKRAINIAN POSITIONS.

IT COMES AS THE PENTAGON

CONFIRMED TODAY THAT NEW $400

MILLION AID PACKAGE IS ON ITS

WAY TO UKRAINE.

IT INCLUDES PATRIOT MISSILES,

ARMORED VEHICLES, AND JAVELIN

ANTI-TANK SYSTEMS.

WE SAW FOR OURSELVES THE

DIFFERENCE HEAVY WEAPONS MAKE ON

THE BATTLEFIELD.

AND A TIME FRAME FOR THAT AID,

THE U.S. HAS PREPOSITIONED

CRITICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE

REGION.

THE IDEA IS TO GET THOSE WEAPONS

INTO UKRAINE AS QUICKLY AS

POSSIBLE, DAVID?

>> David: JAMES LONGMAN.

WHO HAS TRAVELED TO UKRAINE SO

OFTEN.

JAMES, THANK YOU.

>>> MEANTIME, BACK HERE IN THE

U.S., KEEP AN EYE OUT TONIGHT

AND RIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS COULD

ACTUALLY SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

AS FAR SOUTH AS ALABAMA BECAUSE

OF THIS VERY RARE SOLAR STORM.

BUT COULD THIS GEOMAGNETIC STORM

ALSO BRING POSSIBLE CELL PHONE,

GPS, AND INTERNET DISRUPTIONS?

WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING

TONIGHT.

HERE'S ALEX PEREZ.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, MILLIONS

OF AMERICANS ACROSS THE UPPER

U.S. WILL POTENTIALLY SEE THE

NORTHERN LIGHTS, THANKS TO A

SEVERE SOLAR STORM.

NOAA ISSUING THIS RARE WATCH FOR

THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY

20 YEARS.

A GEOMAGNETIC STORM SO STRONG,

IT COULD POSSIBLY THREATEN

COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER GRIDS

HERE ON EARTH.

SOLAR FLARES TRIGGERING

SPECTACULAR DISPLAYS OF THE

AURORA BOREALIS POTENTIALLY AS

FAR SOUTH AS ALABAMA.

THE FIRST SOLAR FLARES ERUPTING

WEDNESDAY MORNING, DIRECTED

TOWARDS EARTHED FROM SUN'S

CORONA, VISIBLE FROM EARTH ONLY

DURING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE --

THE COSMIC PHENOMENON AMERICANS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY STOPPED TO

WITNESS JUST A LITTLE OVER A

MONTH AGO.

ASTROPHYSICISTS WARN THE IMPACT

OF THIS STORM, A 4 ON A SCALE OF

1 TO 5, COULD HAVE AN EFFECT

RIGHT HERE ON EARTH, POTENTIALLY

DISRUPT IS COMMUNICATIONS, THE

POWER GRID, RADIO SIGNALS, GPS

AND OTHER SATELLITE OPERATIONS.