[0:00][Music] and I'm today Norman here the top five things soon as Thursday number one the new bombshell om Pichu investigation as the impeachment trial opens today our Rudy Giuliani associate a boy embroiled in the Ukraine scandal is revealing explosive new details about the effort
[0:13]to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation to former Vice President Joe Biden let farness told msnbc it was never about corruption it was strictly about Biden and he says president Trump knew exactly what was going on with much
[0:24]more on this coming up in just a little bit number two as the impeachment drama continues to unfold president Trump is celebrating the first phase of a new trade deal with China it calls for China to buy an additional 200 billion dollars
[0:35]of US products that includes planes cars oil coal and farm goods China has also promised to take steps to protect us and electoral product ABC's Jonathan Karl has more on how the deal affects the price we pay for Chinese goods under the
[0:48]deal there will be a reduction in some of the tariffs and tariffs that the president had threatened to impose back in December will not go into effect but overwhelmingly most of the tariffs he put in place over the past year will
[1:00]remain in place subjects and negotiations that likely will not begin until after the presidential election critics say the deal leaves many important economic issues unresolved and doesn't do enough to help us factory
[1:13]workers onto number three an 11-year old girl in Massachusetts is safe this morning after police say she was abducted by a stranger on our way home from school a cheer was heard from her family's home in Springfield when they found out she was safe a surveillance camera captured her walking out from
[1:26]school a few days ago police say a blue Honda and that video appears to be the same car that was used when she was taken yesterday an Amber Alert was issued as police urgently tried to find that car once we realized what we had we
[1:39]knew that time was of the essence this was not the kind of case that we could go home or we could hand over we could say we'll continue this in the morning
[1:50]this was a absolute life-and-death situation for this little girl a driver called 9-1-1 after spotting that blue Honda and traffic the girl was inside she wasn't hurt a 24 year-old man is under arrest police say he is familiar
[2:03]to them number four the New York Mets are the latest team drawn into baseball's cheating scandal their new manager Carlos Beltran played for the Astros in 27 Tina was named Italy's report on fine
[2:14]stealing he recently denied any knowledge of the team using a camera to steal signs ESPN reports the Mets are now assessing the situation and finally number five princess Prince Harry and Duchess Meagan Markel may be ready to
[2:27]step back from the royal family but everyone is happy about their plans of our time in Canada Canada's biggest newspaper has published a scathing editorial saying it would be unconstitutional for the royal couple to
[2:37]move there The Globe and Mail wrote princes are not shipped over here when no useful duties can be found for them on the other side of the Atlantic Canada is not a halfway house for anyone looking to get out of Britain all
[2:48]remaining of royal the paper claims Harry and Megan's plan to move with violate laws that keep Canada which used to be ruled by Britain separate from monarchy [Music]
[3:05]good Thursday morning let's get right to that big story the bombshell interview from a key player in the Ukraine scandal speaking out as the Senate takes up the impeachment trial and indicted associated Rudy Giuliani speaking publicly for the first time and he's pointing the finger at president Trump
[3:19]harness told MSNBC the president knew exactly what was going on regarding the pressure campaign on Ukraine he says it was never about corruption but strictly about Joe Biden the allegations come just as history is made on Capitol Hill
[3:30]with the articles of impeachment delivered to the Senate ABC's meganta frizzy and joins us with the new details Meghan good morning good morning Kenneth and Jen a that associate love partners makes a serious a series of serious
[3:42]allegations that implicate vice president Mike Pence Attorney General William bar Republican congressman Devin Nunez and the President himself the formal articles of impeachment are now in the hands of the Senate after being
[3:54]hand-delivered by the seven Democrats appointed to prosecute the case president Trump maintaining it was all a hoax even as new details emerge about his actions in Ukraine in a new bombshell interview on MSNBC an
[4:07]associate of president Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani says the president was in the loop when it came to pressuring Ukraine president Trump know exactly what was going on he was aware of all my movements he I wouldn't do anything
[4:22]without the consent the Rudy Giuliani or the president in terms of president what he has said about you he said about you and mr. Fruma Negro Freeman I don't know those gentlemen I don't know about them I don't know what
[4:35]they do you're saying that was not a true statement from the president he like left parn is a primary player in the impeachment who was also facing indictment and more potential charges is doubling down by Joe Biden hunter Biden
[4:49]is never about corruption or was never it was strictly about the barista which included hunter Biden and Joe Biden Horne is suggesting vice president Pence
[4:59]and Attorney General bar were also aware of the pressure campaign I called back I said no go and he go okay they'll see so my
[5:10]awareness Trump called up and said to make sure pence doesn't go there so this is you believe that mr. Pence's trip to the inauguration was canceled because they didn't agree I know 102 new evidence handed over by
[5:22]Parnas was made public by the House Intelligence Committee text messages emails and handwritten notes on May 3rd of last year Giuliani message Parnas on whatsapp quote boy I'm so powerful I can
[5:34]intimidate the entire Ukrainian government when asked if he had any comment on the Parnas interview Giuliani telling ABC News none he's a very sad situation the latest interview could put pressure
[5:46]on senators to demand new witnesses possibly even Giuliani himself senators will be sworn in as jurors today in the impeachment trial which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday Kenneth all right Megan thank you so far
[6:00]the president has not commented on the part of center view but his spokesperson is mocking how Speaker Nancy Pelosi closely handed out the ceremonial pins she used to sign the articles of impeachment White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tweeted that Pelosi was so somber as she gave away the pins
[6:14]like prizes served up on silver platters ABC News will bring you live coverage of today's events on Capitol Hill beginning at noon eastern with the reading of the articles of impeachment we turn out to the confrontation between senators
[6:26]Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders after Tuesday's debate Warren refused to shake Sanders hand and now for the first time we're hearing what they said to each other in that tense moment this morning a tense conversation between
[6:37]senators bernie sanders and elizabeth war center stage moments after Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate
[6:47]Sanders could be seen extending his hand to Warren but she refuses to shake it the two then get into a heated exchange viewers couldn't hear it at the time but
[6:57]now CNN which hosted the event has released the audio of that moment [Applause] let's not do it right now why was that
[7:10]discussion we'll have that discussion before the heated conversation Warren tried to de-escalate their feud during the debate I'm not here to try to fight with Bernie the rift between the two progressives started after Warren claimed that during a private conversation back in 2018 Sanders told
[7:25]her a woman can't win the White House in 2020 well as a matter of fact I didn't say how could anybody in a million years not believe that a woman could become president of the United States this morning one source says the two despite
[7:37]being friends are angry at each other as their campaigns try to work out how they can accuse the situation overnight neither Warren nor Sanders commented
[7:46]about the newly released audio you may have noticed another candidate Tom Styer he walked right into that confrontation he appeared to acknowledge the awkward
[7:56]situation online tweeting I just want to say hi America Virginia's governor has declared a state of emergency over threats to armed militia groups plan to storm the Capitol the emergency order comes ahead of a gun
[8:08]rights rally scheduled for Monday protesting several gun control bills under consideration by the state legislature the order also includes a temporary ban on weapons from Capitol grounds from Tuesday Friday through
[8:20]Tuesday we're learning new details about the Delta Airlines plane that dumped fuel before making an emergency landing at LAX newly released recordings showed that the pilot told air traffic controllers twice that he did not need
[8:31]to release the fuel ABC's Marci Gonzalez has the latest the FAA now investigating this a Delta jet preparing to make an emergency landing at LAX dumping thousands of gallons of fuel some of it raining down
[8:45]on two elementary school students as they played outside during recess like the smell was so bad and I didn't like it the FAA saying after declaring an
[8:58]engine issue after taking off for China the pilots returning to the airport told air traffic controllers twice that they didn't need to dump fuel okay so you don't need to hold it on fuel or anything like that but then without
[9:13]warning the plane did start releasing fuel from as low as 2,300 feet far below the recommended 5,000 feet at some point the crew changed their minds even after
[9:24]telling ATC they didn't need to dump fuel they changed their mind for the safety of the passengers and the safety of the airplane they have that prerogative Delta says in a statement the release of fuel was required to
[9:34]reach a safe landing weight the hazardous liquid misting down on several schools medics rushing to the scene treating dozens of people for minor eye
[9:44]and skin injuries hazmat crews then working through the night so schools could reopen back to normal schools clean students are safe staff are safe
[9:55]Delta tells us they are now looking into the procedures that were followed in the cockpit during that emergency landing Kenneth and janae alright our thanks to Marci their Vladimir Putin appears to be laying the groundwork to remain in power
[10:07]even after his current term as Russia's president ends in four years during his State of the Union address Putin have proposed several changes to Russia's Constitution they would weaken his eventual successor and increase the
[10:18]power of high-ranking ministers after Putin's speech his entire cabinet including Russia's current prime minister announced their resignations at Putin's request the TSA says it recovered more guns at airport
[10:28]checkpoints last year than ever before more than 4,400 firearms found in check bags are on passengers that's a five percent increase over 2018 87 percent of the guns that were found were loaded hartsfield-jackson airport and Lanna
[10:41]topped the list with the most guns found it was followed by Dallas and Denver and now to alarming new numbers from scientists about climate change those numbers appear to put the past decade as the warmest on record here's ABC's James
[10:52]Longman those extreme and deadly wildfires continue to ravage Australia and the alarming numbers according to a new report the last decade was the Earth's warmest on record 2019 the second hottest year
[11:05]ever global land temperatures increasing scientists say the bushfires part of the dramatic fallout from climate change and rising over Australia this phenomenon
[11:15]the so called fire clouds spawning dangerous weather conditions fueling the flames and a battle with the elements goes to the ends of the earth heat levels in the ocean the highest ever recorded melting sea ice at a
[11:27]distressing rate one study finding the amount of heat being released by climate change equals five Hiroshima explosions per second we've made it we've landed on Antarctica I saw the devastating reality firsthand
[11:41]and climate researchers telling me time is of the essence I'm hopeful we can we can fight climate change both here and at home NASA telling us the higher than average temperatures are down to human
[11:53]activities leading to record amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and if those emissions don't drop we can expect a much more extreme and unpredictable climate James Loman ABC News in London we have new details about the planned
[12:07]game of Thrones spin-off what you can expect when you can expect to see house of Dragon but first the latest in the Kazi missions bribery scandal the new evidence against lawyer Lachlan after this
[12:18][Music] back now with a growing concern that a volcano in the Philippines will erupt again in the coming hours about 50,000 people south of Manila have been evacuated hundreds of small earthquakes
[12:30]have been reported some residents are risking their lives to go back home and save their livestock and pets left behind we turn to the explosive new lawsuit claiming Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking young girls to his private
[12:41]island as recently as two years ago investigators in the Virgin Islands say Epstein had help and use his properties who abused girls as young as 11 years old this morning disturbing new claims surrounding the late financier Jeffrey
[12:53]Epstein and what he allegedly did on his private island in the Caribbean what I heard and the allegations were so serious and really shocking to the conscience of many of us here a new lawsuit claims the multi-millionaire
[13:07]trafficked young girls who as a state as recently as 2018 and some of the alleged victims appeared to be as young as 11 years old Jeffrey Epstein carried out an
[13:18]expansive scheme of human trafficking and sexual abuse of young women and underage girls right here in the Virgin Islands the Attorney General in the US
[13:30]Virgin Island says investigators found Epstein trafficked raped sexually assaulted and held captive dozens of girls and young women while deceptively
[13:40]luring them to his properties with the promises of modeling opportunities according to the complaint his Island provided the perfect hideaway to traffic girls with the help of accomplices and a special database the lawsuit also claims
[13:54]Epstein and his associates organized a search party after a 15 year old tried to escape by swimming away later holding her captive and taking away her passport
[14:05]could you please give us your name Jeffrey Epstein Epstein was a registered sex offender in the Virgin Island since 2010 after spending 13 months in jail for soliciting sex from an underage girl a sentence
[14:17]critics say was too lenient his death in prison ended the possibility of a sex trafficking trial the new lawsuit is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from Epstein's estate in the Virgin Islands which the lawsuit values at 86
[14:30]million dollars there's new information this morning that college admissions scandal court documents reveal federal prosecutors have emails proving Laurie Lachlan her husband knew they were committing fraud messages are allegedly
[14:41]show they rejected a legitimate approach to donating to the University of Southern California the couple claims $250,000 paid to the accused scheme mastermind Ric singer was a good faith effort to give money to the school
[14:53]outside Pensacola Florida a prominent businessman is facing charges of child cruelty and cruelty to animals after 14 year old daughter conducted her own video sting the girl says she tried to report the abuse for years but no one
[15:04]will listen so she set up a hidden camera with caution the images are difficult to watch here's ABC's Gio Benitez the video you're looking at was recorded on hidden surveillance cameras installed by a brave fourteen-year-old
[15:18]girl she told police people did not believe her claims that this man 47 year old Damon Becnel was physically and verbally abusing her the girl's mother
[15:31]asking us to hide the teens face the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in Florida looking at this video from late December just watched the man threatens
[15:40]the dog the girl begging him to stop police say the video also shows the man
[15:50]head-butting the girl Damon Becnel is facing charges of felony child abuse and animal cruelty and the girl is now with the state assigned
[16:00]Guardian Becnel has been released on bond we've tried reaching out to him but have not heard back he'll face a judge next month Gio Benitez ABC News New York so disturbing thank you Jim there's a new
[16:11]twist in the mystery surrounding a Connecticut mother of five missing since May prosecutors say she was murdered by her estranged husband newly unsealed search warrants claimed the babysitter for the dualist family told police that
[16:22]Fotis doulos tried to run over his wife Jennifer the babysitter also claims she saw doulas chasing his wife through the house but Jennifer didn't want to call police because she was afraid he would take their kids to Greece his attorney
[16:33]is denying the new claim surrounding the case the longer Jennifer remains missing the more rich people's imagination becomes and it won't surprise me in the
[16:45]near term to see people start speculating that phone has had something to do with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa this this is just spinning out of control there are allegations of another plot allegedly involving Doulos and his former lawyer and the new voicemails
[16:58]coming to light go to ABC News dot-com for more and federal health officials now say it's okay to eat romaine lettuce grown in California Salinas Valley the CDC has issued an advisory November warning consumers the lettuce might be
[17:11]contaminated with e-coli a total of 167 people from 27 states were sickened that includes 85 people who were hospitalized FDA investigators are still investigating the source of the contamination all right let's get a
[17:22]check of our notifications starting with the new details about the plan Game of Thrones spin-off HBO says House of Dragon is likely to premiere sometime in 2022 they didn't release a more precise date and no production dates have been
[17:33]set house of the Dragon is set 300 years before the events of Thrones telling the story of the House of Targaryen next to a trial by combat but this isn't a game
[17:44]of Thrones spin-off a man wants to settle a legal dispute his ex-wife with a sword fight he claims to judge and legal filings that there is no law
[17:53]against a duel and combat by sword and so he is hoping to duke it out but apparently this is all just a stunt just a show in his words how absurd her
[18:05]lawyer is being we'll see what happens and watch this adorable Koala rescued from the wildfires in Australia playing with a little stuff having things so much fun they're very cute well we are in the height of dog show season but
[18:18]increasingly the all-stars of the show aren't the dogs for their hairstyles believe it or not competitive dog grooming is really a thing and ABC's awesome thing takes us Las Vegas inside one of the biggest competitions of its
[18:30]kind this is the world of competitive creative dog group a quirky colorful and
[18:43]controversial industry that has groomers and their pups taking the stage and competing like never before cat obscene is a legend in industry with over 20 years of experience this is Indiana Jones I've been on Jimmy Kimmel
[18:56]the cover of groomer guru magazine I've taught creative classes and today at super zoo she's going up against the top creative groomers from around the
[19:06]world for that first place spot and a cash prize of $2,500 Alyssa Kasaba and her poodle ditto are the new kids on the block
[19:18][Music] I love to you know push myself and go up against those really amazing women because I know that they're the best for these two it's a passion but for the rest of the world a spectacle even the
[19:34]center of a full dollar well-groomed screaming on HBO the public's reactions to these creations are visceral and it's not without controversy we do get some
[19:46]backlash especially online that people think that like I'm using my dog for you know followers or content [Music]
[19:55]at home in Elgin Illinois Alyssa is a full-time groomer first client today is a noodle named Helga working out of a mobile grooming
[20:06]bin she says more and more people around town are taking notice of her craft little by little I've been kind of converting some people to be like oh yeah let's see I mean it started off with the tail and now we're on to ears
[20:18]but her real passion is getting dittos coat contest ready she works on perfecting a single design throughout the year dittos card theme beetle news for someone who's never seen a dog like ditto before is creative grooming humane
[20:32]oh yeah yeah everything is non-toxic that I use and in there all vegetable base they're all you know they're all safe you can eat it if you want it even
[20:43]taken to tik-tok to prove the point their owners give presentations on their
[20:48]designs then it's time for the judges to critique
[20:59]we are judging color definition the scissoring technique how smooth the work is if the work is very recognizable thank you so much after much discussion
[21:17][Applause] so we didn't place but I thought it was very popular with the crowd while cat didn't place this time
[21:27]third place ELISA who's ELISA we've got to go home did some hard work I thought that her beetlejuice looked great we placed third in super zoo and we happy
[21:37]with the result it's such an honor to you know be in the top three you wanna come say hi wide-eyed and thrilled after a third-place finish it's still business
[21:48]as usual back in Illinois and when the pups are not on stage they're just like any other dog what are these guys like to do dittos favorite thing is to play
[22:00]ball she loves catch emotion sing in Elgin Illinois that's our question of the day what's your favorite dog grooming style tell us what you think in the comments or tweet us a photo of your dog and ABC News live coming up we'll
[22:13]tell you what's to come as the impeachment trial begins today in the Senate Plus here comes jeopardy James speaking out about to his performance and the greatest of all time tournament after this [Music] here's what to watch out for today the
[22:26]impeachment trial of President Trump is set to begin as house managers read the articles of impeachment allowed in the Senate chamber the Supreme Court Justice John Roberts who will preside over the trial via scored it into the chamber by
[22:37]a bipartisan group of senators to be sworn in the Chief Justice will then swear in all 100 senators as jurors meanwhile President Trump is scheduled to announce new guidance on prayer in public schools at 2:00 o'clock Eastern
[22:49]in the Oval Office the president teased that announcement at the launch of the evangelicals for Trump coalition Miami earlier this month and the Senate is also due to vote on legislation to implement the u.s. Mexico Canada
[23:00]agreement to replace NAFTA the u.s. MCA also needs to be ratified by Mexico and Canada before it can take effect finally from us on this Thursday morning we're hearing from the jeopardy champ who right now is the second greatest of all
[23:12]time James Holt our talked about his epic three-way tournament battle with Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter jeopardy James came in second in the fight between the three highest earning champions in the show's history he says he wanted to win but he wasn't disappointed with his performance my
[23:27]goal was to play my best and I played my best Ken came up a little bit better than I did you know he's absolutely a deserving champion let's take absolutely nothing away from him but you know I played up to my
[23:38]standards and that is all that really matter to me I would have loved to win but you know City for us our also acknowledged the strategy of going all-in on daily doubles may change the way future contestants play the game
[23:51]do you definitely change the game and I will spare everyone from singing my jeopardy James song this morning all right that's it for us have a good one see ya [Music]