tonight breaking news as we come on the air the closing arguments right now in Donald Trump's criminal trial next the jury gets this case also developing the tornado watch right now and the new dangerous system sweeping through and the major building explosion debris raining down the images coming in now first tonight jurors listening intently Donald Trump looking at the jury the defense lawyers and the prosecution directly addressing the jury making their closing arguments what both sides argued in these Final hours also tonight this D
system sweeping through with speed and damaging winds at the tornado watch right now after deadly storms this holiday the woman who survived holding onto a door knob in her home Ginger Z is here tracking this new threat in the hours ahead the imag is coming in tonight that massive building explosion late today in Youngstown Ohio they are trying to account for everyone First Responders racing to the scene the Urgent Manhunt tonight for three suspects in
the killing of a former actor on General Hospital authorities believe the actor interrupted them as they were stealing a key
part from his car A Part authorities say has valuable medals being stolen and resold also just in tonight a US military jet has gone down an F-fighter jet crash we have news on the Pilot's condition and the other plane crash seven people
jumping out and surviving tonight Israel intensifying its ground assault on Rafa after that deadly Israeli air strike that killed two Hamas leaders and then ignited a fire on a camp killing dozens of displaced Palestinians back here at home tonight Jimmy Kimmel's emotional message about his -year-old son's third heart surgery tonight the
news on Bruce Springstein the new message has now posted and Diane Sawyer is here tonight the ABC News exclusive
the sisters of Nicole Brown sitting down with Diane years after Nicole's death just weeks now after OJ Simpson's death their message now to any family facing down domestic violence and [Music] grief from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with David mure good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home after the Memorial Day holiday
I know for many of you it brought devastating storms there are new concerns right now and we'll go to Ginger Z with
this new forecast in a moment also news on that major building explosion a short time ago in Ohio but we are going to begin tonight with the dramatic scene playing out in court closing arguments in the criminal trial of former president
Trump tonight the jury has now agreed to stay later than normal to wrap up these closing arguments the jury will then get this case all day today the defense addressing the jurors and the prosecution making its closing
arguments right to the jury too Donald Trump studying the juror faces as well all listening intently ABC's senior investigative correspondent Erin kerki leading us off with the scene inside that courtroom who was there who was
noticeably absent and the final argument from both sides tonight a jury of five women and seven men on the brink of
deciding the first ever criminal trial of a former American president we see how it goes this is a very dangerous day for
America it's a very sad day in a packed and stuffy courtroom jurors heard hours of closing arguments the
defense went first telling jurors they cannot convict former president Donald Trump based on testimony from the
prosecution's key witness Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen defense attorney Todd Bland said Cohen told you a number of things on that witness stand that were lies pure and simple he called Cohen the greatest liar of all time an MVP of liars and said Cohen came to the witness stand bent on Revenge with an ax to grind but when Trump's lawyer
told the jury you cannot send someone to prison based upon the words of Michael Cohen judge Juan Maran said that
went too far calling the comment outrageous and improper and then reminding the jury they have no say on
sentencing the jury listen as blanch said Trump did not commit any crimes and distanced the former president from
the invoices and Records presented in the case insisting Trump was too busy to look at the checks he signed and there
was no conspiracy to influence the election Trump is facing felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $hush money payment days before the election so voters wouldn't learn of his sexual trist with porn star
stormmy Daniels that Trump denies ever happened on the witness stand Daniels provided details that prosecutors
today said we're cringeworthy but ring true Grew From what Trump was wearing to the contents of his toiletry bag Trump's lawyers called Daniel's testimony pure embarrassment meant to inflame the jury the defense arguing Daniels was out to extort Trump saying she saw a time to strike after the release of the Access Hollywood tape where Trump
was caught on camera bragging
about groping women when you're a star they let you do it you can do anything prosecutors called that Access Hollywood tape the equivalent of a category hurricane hitting the campaign but the defense said it wasn't a doomsday
event Trump was merely concerned about his family and his wife before his closing was finished blanch with his final
words to the jury this isn't a referendum of your views on President Trump this is a very easy and quick not guilty
verdict but then it was the prosecution's turn putting Trump at the center of what it called
a conspiracy and a coverup that could very well be what got president Trump elected that Trump was deeply
concerned Daniel's story was capable of costing him the whole election and he knew it so prosecutors argued that's
what motivated Trump to disguise the payments as legal expenses prosecutor Josh steinglass addressing critics of the
case you may say who cares who cares if Mr Trump slept with a porn star years before the election but he added it's
hard to say that
the American people don't have the right to decide for themselves and the prosecutor acknowledging Michael Cohen's a complicated witness saying the defense goes on and on about Michael Cohen is immoral or a liar or a thief we didn't choose Michael Cohen to be a witness we didn't pick him up at a witness store door the defendant chose him as a fixer because he was willing to lie and cheat and the prosecution in their closing argument also bringing up that Access
Hollywood
tape directly refuting what the defense had said arguing the defendant's primary concern was not his family but the election jurors watched it all intently along with Trump's eldest sons and daughter Tiffany who joined him in court
today but notably absent daughter Ivanka and Trump's wife Melania so let's get right to Aaron kki live again tonight outside the Courthouse Aaron the jury agreeing to stay later than normal tonight to wrap up these closing arguments uh take us inside
the courtroom the defense directly addressing the jury the prosecution directly addressing the jury at at times you reported Donald Trump squarely studying the jury too he occasionally glanced right over at the people who will decide
his fate those five women and seven men David sometimes he kept focused on his lawyer or shook his head if he heard something he didn't like from the prosecutor but after these lengthy closing arguments and weeks of testimony from Witnesses the jury
will have this case tomorrow David Eric aturki leading us off here Aaron thank you we turn out of the breaking news the
image is coming in right now from downtown Youngstown Ohio the scene of a massive and devastating building explosion a bank on the first floor ripped open there were alarms just before the explosion apartments in the building above tonight the race to account for everyone there several people rushed to the hospital ABC's Alex Perez with late reporting for us tonight uh terrifying building explosion in Youngstown Ohio just before sending debris
flying and creating a plume of dust the front of a Chase Bank on the first floor ripped off one witness standing about ft
away says he heard an alarm sound right before the explosion people were running all over the place smoke debris there was stuff coming like insulation and paper flying all over the place coming out of the bank SE multiple ambulance at this location multiple people trapped in the basement rescued one we're working on second First Responders scrambling to the
scene to rescue residents from apartment in the building a Fire official say at least seven people were transported to
the hospital one in critical condition at least two people are still reported missing and David Witnesses reported
smelling gas after the blast and authorities say that is one of the possibilities they are investigating as they work to pinpoint what exactly caused this blast David Alex pz tonight Alex thank you it was a weekend of deadly Memorial Day storms and then today another dangerous system a sweeping right through from Dallas to Houston there is a tornado
watch right now as we're on the air Ginger is standing by for us this all comes after tornadoes and severe storms from
Texas all the way up to the Northeast This Tornado just south of Scranton Pennsylvania ginger has these new storms tonight in ABC's Mora vial in Frisco Texas tonight North of Dallas tonight after a devastating and deadly Memorial Day holiday weekend and of violent storms yet another horrific system sweeping through Texas oh my God torrential rain inundating drivers on Interstate in Dallas CCTV footage showing this American Airlines plane pushed by the
wind away from the gate at DFW Airport Americans says high winds affected multiple aircrafts more than flights in and
out of Dallas airports cancelled in Garland Cindy nolles and her hust been nearly crushed by that tree on their house had you waited seconds longer you would have been right there where that tree fell he would have been under it definitely so by the time the storms made their way to Houston outages topped a million across the state C your head cover your head this latest round comes after a deadly weekend with more than reported tornadoes
horrifying vide showing motorists Sheltering from an eftornado at this gas station in Valley View not far from there Yolanda Vasquez showing me how she survived yes holding at the door knob that's it just holding a door knob and praying praying to God David the home you see behind me just had a new roof installed after suffering from hail damage that it received a few months ago during a storm lightning hit it this morning and then a fire basically
consumed the entire thing everyone was safe inside but needless to say people here in North
Texas are on edge knowing that more rain is in the forecast for later this week David now that home hit twice this spring has been just a devastating spring Maria thank you let's get right to chief meteorologist Ginger Z tracking it all again tonight for us hi Ginger hi David the busiest severe weather season to date in years so it is definitely not
something we're imagining here and it keeps going tonight we've got those storms that are blasting on I just west of New Orleans that's from the morning storms that hit Dallas but also brand new ones coming into
the high plains from Colorado down through the Texas Panhandle we're going to see more action as we go through
tonight and then after the sun sets things will start to diminish a bit by : a.
m or so it'll kind of die out but then tomorrow we're going to look for a new area that is Rockies and High Plains you could see big hail and also damaging winds as the main hazards Rapid City is in that region and then North Texas David
gets it again by Thursday all right we'll be watching it all week right here with you thanks Ginger we turn now of the Urgent manh hunt for three ects in the killing of a former actor in General Hospital authorities believe the actor interrupted them as they were stealing a key part from his car A Part authorities say has valuable Metals being stolen and resold Matt Gman from Los Angeles tonight tonight the LAPD seeking The public's help
to locate the suspects involved in the tragic murder of former General Hospital star Johnny Wacker suspects are three males wearing masks weapon used the unknown caliber handgun still outstanding early Saturday morning morning his mother says Wacker was leaving his bartending job and walking to his car with a female coworker in downtown Los Angeles he saw his car kind of jacked up to one side and he said hey hey man you tell him my car three suspects
allegedly trying to steal the catalytic converter and Johnny immediately stepped in front of the coworker
and the person shot him right then point blank according to police the suspects wearing dark clothing then fled the
scene in a dark colored sedan the -year-old was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead you kicked me
out W actor was best known for playing the role of Brando Corbin in more than episodes of General Hospital so you're
taking me to jail he also appeared on shows like NCIS and Criminal Minds his family devastated by the loss one of the
worst Parts is uh just not being able to have a conversation with them again one of my best
friends David theft of catalytic converters has been epidemic the past couple of years because of the value of the
precious metals they contain now the LAPD telling us their homicide investigation is now in full swing they're trying to
get some of the surveillance video from that area but they tell us they have made no arrests and they have no suspects
David Matt Gutman reporting from La Matt thank you tonight Israel is now pushing farther into Rafa and the White
House is now condemning
the loss of dozens of civilians after an Israeli airstrike killed two Hamas leaders but so many civilians too when a fire then ignited at a camp tonight the White House telling reporters Israel has not violated President Biden's Red Line Britt
clenet in Israel again tonight tonight sources tell ABC News Israeli tanks have moved into the center of Rua following an air strike Sunday evening that triggered a catastrophic Inferno at a refugee camp there Palestinians were killed about
half of them women and children according to the Hamas run Health Ministry AWA Naf says she
could hear Sunday's explosions less than a mile away what did it sound like he understood that this is something very
big the IDF said that the fire ignited due to unforeseen consequences are you saying nothing went wrong operationally
the the attack per se was according to procedure the reason for the casualties was the fire that broke out afterwards Israeli officials say the strike that killed two Hamas leaders may have triggered secondary explosions possibly from
stored weapons
or fuel canisters nearby Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu called it a tragic mishap the attack Drew International
condemnation you've all seen the images they're they're heartbreaking they're horrific David the White House tonight
saying it does not believe any red lines have been crossed because it's not a fullscale ground invasion in Rafa adding
that it sees nothing to prompt a change in US policy towards Israel David Brit Clinton in Tel Aviv Forest thank you Brit
we turn next this evening to the Diane soyer exclusive her new interview with Nicole
Brown's sisters it comes years after Diane's first interview interview with the family after Nicole was killed in June of
and tonight here just weeks after OJ Simpson's death their message to any family facing domestic violence and grief
here's Diane it's been years since Nicole Brown was murdered and I walked into the living room where her family had
gathered Three Sisters in shock and anguish Denise Dominique and Tanya and now the three sisters walk into the
room today
hi beautiful lady years yeah can you believe it a new lifetime documentary has Unearthed pictures and videos of their
radiant sister Nicole with all her vitality and warmth a loving mother I love you love you it's the voice of Nicole that we wanted to hear I hope they get a true sense of who Nicole is in this documentary she was only years old working as a
waitress in the hope of studying photography when a glamorous customer fastened on her at the time their sister
didn't tell them the
truth of his brutality I saw a picture you know the very young Polaroid picture of Nicole right I said oh my God Nick I
said look at that black eye and she said no no no it was the makeup artist at the studio I didn't know it was a real black
eye I had no idea later they were stunned when they read Nicole's chilling secret diaries of her life Dominique found them I found her will her Diaries just stacked in a box underneath the kitchen cabinet with the kids artwork and all a bunch
of other stuff so she was trying to hide it yeah it wasn't next to her bed where she might write where he might look it
wasn't on her mattress it wasn't any place obvious from her grave the truth the attack the first year they met he threw
a fit chased me grabbed me threw me into walls for the past years the brown sisters have fought for the protection of
women in abusive situations Denise helped secure funding for the violence against women act we are going to stand
up and say
no and has traveled the country using the power of Nicole's story I sit there and I go why did it have to take my sister
yeah what did it have to take Nicole for people to understand that domestic violence can kill our thanks to Diane and to Nicole's sisters their bravery their courage all these years later and the new lifetime documentary The Life and murder of Nicole Brown Simpson premieres this Saturday and Diane of course will have much more with Nicole Brown
sisters tomorrow
on Good Morning America in the meantime when we come back here tonight the news coming in this evening there's been a crash of a US military jet in Fand then the other plane crash seven people jumping out and surviving and the new headline tonight involving Bruce Springsteen his new video message in tonight tonight news here on an F- crash
First Responders on the scene of a marine F-fighter jet going down in Albuquerque New Mexico the new Fcrashing
shortly after takeoff from Albuquerque International Airport the pilot ejecting in serious condition tonight
to another plane crash on a remarkable Escape in Butler Missouri the small Cessna going down in a Hayfield the pilot and six skydivers jumping and parachuting to safety the passengers jumping first followed by the pilot they all survived
when we come back tonight Jimmy Kimmel's emotional message his seven-year-olds third heart surgery and the news
on Bruce Springstein tonight his new message here to the index tonight in Jimmy Kimmel revealing his seven-year-old son Billy underwent his third open heart surgery this weekend Kimel sharing this image here of his
son Billy smiling in his hospital bed saying he's happy and healthy thanking the brilliant medical staff at Children's
Hospital Los Angeles of course we're all cheering for Billy right here in a moment here the new video put out by Bruce
Springsteen new message tonight before we go tonight the boss is back but his doctors are asking him to slow down a
bit at least for a few days now the boss apologizing for canceling three dates on his European tour his doctors telling
him to rest his vocal cords for about days in a new message tonight Springsteen
promising to return I could not send for you but we will be back to Marseilles to Prague and to Milan to give you the show of your life that I promise you as you know Springsteen was sidelined for months because of peptic ulcer disease
he plans to resume the tour in Madrid June th of course we can't wait got to listen to your doctors I'm David M thank
you for watching here from all of us here have a good evening good night thank you for making World News Tonight
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