>> david: tonight, we have breaking news coming in right now. the police ambush, three officers shot. the white supremacist on the run. the accomplice who fired at the officers. where they have now been caught tonight. and authorities just moments ago revealing they now want to know, did they kill while on the run? just a short time ago, news of this capture. the prisoner and the alleged accomplice who fired at those officers, surrounded and arrested. just in tonight, authorities say they are looking at two separate homicides in the last 36 hours that could be linked to this escape. also tonight, the harrowing scene on the streets of los angeles.

a city bus driver carjacked at gunpoint. the bus speeding through intersections, vehicles crashing into the side of the bus. then the bus slamming into the ritz-carlton at high speed. the major new storm on the move tonight. heavy snow and rain from minnesota, all the way to the northeast. new flood watches now up at this hour from washington, d.c. to philadelphia to new york city. rob marciano timing this out. tonight, donald trump facing this deadline now approaching to secure that $464 million bond in the civil fraud judgment against him. and the first steps already taken tonight by authorities. what the attorney general tonight says she is ready to do. aaron katersky reporting. the department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit tonight against apple. the doj and 16 states accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. citing a list of examples, including that grainy video you get sometimes from non-apple phones. how apple is now responding. tonight, major league baseball's highest-paid star, and the gambling scandal.

did he know about his interpreter's gambling debts or not? did he help him? what our partners at espn are now reporting tonight. the major medical breakthrough in boston. surgeons transplanting a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old patient. the doctor today breaking down in tears on this breakthrough, and what this could mean for so many. tonight, another record day on wall street. the stock market hitting a new high, as it nears a major milestone. and the very good news for 401(k)s. and "america strong" tonight, honoring our heroes. the ghost army of world war ii. you'll see the images, how they pulled this off. >> david: good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we do begin tonight with the breaking news, the capture, after a 36-year-old manhunt for an escaped prisoner, a white supremacist and his alleged accomplice in boise, idaho, who fired at officers to help that

prisoner escape. late today, police revealing both men have been captured. police say inmate skylar meade is a white supremacist gang member, alleged gunman nicholas umphenour accused of ambushing those three corrections officers. and authorities revealing just a short time ago they're now looking into two new homicides in the last 36 hours potentially linked to those men. authorities say the escape was planned, that the inmate deliberately injured himself so he would be taken to that hospital where the accomplice with the gun was waiting, firing at officers in the ambulance bay. tonight, the pair captured more than 100 miles away from the scene, and now, those two new homicides under investigation tonight. abc's victor oquendo in idaho leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, more than 36 hours after maximum security inmate skylar meade was busted out of a boise hospital by armed accomplice nicholas umphenour, authorities say both men are in custody. >> there was a short vehicle pursuit, and both suspects were taken into custody separately. >> reporter: they were found in

twin falls, about 130 miles southeast of boise. >> there were no shots fired or extensive use of force in this operation, for which we are thankful. >> reporter: authorities finding that gray honda used in the escape abandoned. and they are now investigating two homicides in separate locations that they believe are linked to the escape. >> we did find the shackles at the scene of one of the homicides, so that's one of the ways that we tied them together. >> reporter: police say meade, who is a documented member of the white supremacist aryan knights prison gang, deliberately injured himself badly enough to have to go to the hospital, and when he was about to be transported back to prison, accomplice nicholas umphenour opened fire. there's the ambulance bay where police say umphenour ambushed those officers around 2:15 a.m., firing multiple shots just feet away from the emergency room entrance. two officers were shot by the suspect and remain in the hospital.

a third, shot accidentally by a responding boise police officer, was released. >> i think with today's news, their spirits are lifted. >> reporter: tonight, both men will face a series of new charges, as authorities investigate how they were able to coordinate this escape, which has since turned deadly. david? >> david: victor oquendo leading us off with late reporting here. victor, thank you. we turn now to the harrowing scene on the streets of los angeles. a city bus driver carjacked at gunpoint. the bus then speeding through intersections, vehicles crashing into the side of the bus. then that bus slamming into the ritz-carlton at a very high speed. abc's zohreen shah in los angeles. >> reporter: tonight, this hijacked, out-of-control los angeles city bus caught on camera speeding through a busy intersection, cars slamming into its side. just after 11:00 p.m., a man verbally threatening the bus driver before reaching into his waistband for a gun and ordering, "just drive." the bus careening through traffic, the hijacker grabbing the wheel, colliding with an occupied vehicle, before plowing

into the ritz-carlton at high speed. the suspect fleeing on foot, taken into custody, now being held on kidnapping charges. in front of the crashed bus, police discovering what appeared to be a handgun that turned out to be a bb gun. the bus driver, the only other person on board at the time, and a passenger from one of the other vehicles, taken to the hospital. and david, you can see the damage here at the ritz-carlton right behind me. that bus driver was released from the hospital. the passenger in stable condition. david? >> david: a frightening scene there in l.a. today. zohreen, thank you. we turn now to the major new storm on the move tonight. heavy snow and rain from minnesota all the way to the northeast. two systems will come together with this, one from the west, the other from the south. tonight, new flood watches are now up from washington, d.c. right there to philadelphia right up to new york city and to new england. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano timing it all out for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. the phasing of the two systems is what's going to make a mess here on saturday. we've got winter storm watches and flood watches already posted

and winter weather alerts go all the way back to the midwest, where the flakes are flying there. 3 to 6 inches of snow, minneapolis to milwaukee. i think i-90 is going to be the spot where you see all the snow, north of there. look at that low in the south. heavy rain and storms coming into the south east, south carolina. then those two storms squeeze together during the day on saturday, and that's where all the heavy rain, d.c. up i-95, that is where the flash flooding is likely to occur. it does clear out quickly on sunday, but not before dumping a foot of snow across northern new york and new england. david? >> david: rob marciano with us again tonight. rob, thank you. tonight, donald trump facing this deadline now approaching to secure that $464 million bond in the civil fraud judgment against him. tonight, authorities have now taken their first steps. and what the state attorney general in new york says she's ready to do. here's aaron katersky. >> reporter: tonight, the pressure growing on donald trump as new york's attorney general letitia james takes the first step toward seizing some of his assets if he can't meet monday's deadline to post his $464 million bond.

james filing documents to lay the groundwork to take over his golf course and a large estate in westchester county. trump's lawyers say he faces "insurmountable difficulties" in obtaining a bond. 30 insurance companies have turned him down because he doesn't have enough cash, and they won't accept his properties as collateral. trump says the attorney general is trying to force him to sell his real estate "at fire sale prices, and if and when i win the appeal, they would be gone." >> we have a lot of cash and we have a great company, but they want to take it away. >> reporter: but trump's lawyers tell the court trump doesn't have enough cash to secure the bond, calling it a practical impossibility. when i spoke to james just after the trial, she told me trump has to pay. does he have the money to pay this? >> that's really not my business. if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek, you know, judgment enforcement mechanisms in court, and we will ask the judge to seize his assets. >> reporter: we were sitting right across the street from one of those assets, trump's 40 wall street. there's a building just out the

window. >> yes, i look at 40 wall street each and every day. >> reporter: so, 40 wall street, the apartment here at trump tower, all potential targets. if trump cannot post a bond by the deadline of monday, it's not like state officials are going to close down these buildings, but david, they could move to file liens to start to claim ownership, and that might give us a window into what some of trump's assets are actually worth. david? >> david: aaron katersky on this again tonight. thank you. we turn next tonight to the department of justice filing a landmark lawsuit today against apple. the doj and 16 states accusing apple of monopolizing the smartphone market, citing a list of examples, including that grainy video iphone users get sometimes from friends and family who don't have iphones themselves. tonight, how apple is now responding to all of this, and here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonight, the justice department taking on one of the most powerful companies on the planet, accusing apple of being a monopoly, crushing its competition while making iphones even more expensive.

>> consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland claiming that apple's 70% domination over the u.s. smartphone market is a result of illegal behavior. for example, doj says apple deliberately makes messaging between iphone users and those using competing devices more difficult. >> for example, if an iphone user messages a non-iphone user in apple messages, the text appears not only as a green bubble, but incorporates limited functionality. the conversation is not encrypted, videos are pixelated and grainy, and users cannot edit messages or see typing indicators. >> reporter: doj alleges the tech giant blocks third-party apps and other services from competing with apple products. like denying iphone users access to any other digital wallet tap to pay service other than apple pay. tonight, apple pushing back, saying, in part, "this lawsuit

threatens who we are and the principles that set apple products apart. if successful, it would hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from apple." tonight, apple basically telling doj, see you in court. the company is expected to file a legal response soon. apple officials said in their statement tonight, doj's lawsuit is wrong on the facts and the law. david? >> david: more to come on this. pierre thomas tonight. pierre, thank you. the u.s. tonight calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza and demanding hamas release all of the hostages. secretary of state antony blinken in cairo, saying the u.s. submitted a draft resolution to the u.n. security council, trying to pressure both sides to agree to a truce. it comes after president biden warned prime minister benjamin netanyahu against an offensive in the southern gaza city of rafah. tonight, meanwhile, house speaker mike johnson has invited netanyahu to address the u.s. congress. tonight, major league baseball's highest-paid star, and new questions involving a gambling scandal. the l.a. dodgers' shohei ohtani.

did he know about his interpreter's gambling debts? and did the baseball star help the interpreter pay some of those debts? what our partners at espn have reported tonight. here's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the highest-paid athlete in american sports, shohei ohtani, now saying he's been the victim of a massive theft. >> rips one, and he gets on top of it. and shohei ohtani's first hit of 2024. >> reporter: ohtani's longtime friend and interpreter, ippei mizuhara, fired by the los angeles dodgers after allegedly stealing $4.5 million from the baseball phenom to pay off gambling debts. the problem is, that story has changed. at one point, the interpreter saying the baseball star ohtani knew about his gambling debts and was helping him pay them. >> what's really important here is that the story changed. >> reporter: the baseball star's interpreter, mizuhara, allegedly placing wagers with an illegal sportsbook under investigation by federal authorities, paying back losses with money from ohtani's bank account.

espn reviewing bank documents reportedly showing ohtani's name on two $500,000 payments made last year. before the dodgers' first game wednesday, the interpreter initially saying ohtani was aware of the payments, but later telling espn he lied and that he is solely responsible. >> he said that ohtani had no knowledge of his gaming debts and had not paid the money through the wire transfers. >> reporter: a spokesperson for ohtani now saying they are "turning the matter over to authorities." and david, the interpreter claims he didn't know the bets he made were illegal and that he never bet on baseball, but tonight, what remains unclear is exactly how those massive bank transfers were made under ohtani's name. david? >> david: a lot of unanswered questions. whit johnson on this tonight, thank you, and to espn. we turn tonight to news of a major medical breakthrough in boston. the surgeons transplanting a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into a 62-year-old patient. the doctor today breaking down

as he talked about this new breakthrough and what this could mean for so many. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, a groundbreaking milestone bringing hope to hundreds of thousands of americans with kidney failure. >> it was truly the most beautiful kidney i have ever seen. >> reporter: surgeons at massachusetts general hospital say they transplanted a pig's kidney into a living human for the first time. doctors say the patient, rick slayman, a 62-year-old black man, had been desperately sick on dialysis. >> he literally said, "i just can't go on like this. i don't want to go on like this." >> reporter: black americans are nearly four times more likely than white people to suffer end stage kidney disease. since the transplant five days ago, slayman is recovering well and could soon go home. of the nearly 89,000 people waiting for a kidney, about 16,000 a year will get one. if this transplant is successful, and future research

shows it's safe, doctors hope it could pave the way for an endless supply of pig kidneys, and make the need for long-term dialysis obsolete. but that could take years. the leader of the transplant team today overwhelmed with emotion. >> i cannot think of a more dedicated team in the world, and i'm honored to be part of it. >> reporter: so far, doctors say the patient's new kidney seems to be functional. doctors will continue to monitor him for any signs of rejection, but doctors say he is improving every day. david? >> david: everyone pulling for that patient. stephanie, thank you. we turn now to the economy tonight, and another record day for the stock market. in fact, the dow tonight nearing a remarkable new milestone. the dow gaining 269 points today, finishing the day at 39,781, closing in on that 40,000 milestone. the dow more than doubling its value in the last four years, bringing some good news tonight for 401(k)s after covid and the economic strain that came with it. let's get right to abc's erielle reshef, live on wall street tonight, as the dow nears

40,000. erielle? >> reporter: hey, david. for the second day in a row, the market surging into record territory. the fed just yesterday holding interest rates steady and signaling that three cuts could be coming by the end of the year. some analysts predicting the first cut could come as early as june. and, of course, that could help offset the cost of credit card debt, as well as car loans. but americans are already feeling the stock market surge in their retirement accounts, with 401(k)s averaging up about $12,000. and i want to show you just how far we've come since the stock market crashed at the top of the pandemic. the dow nearly doubling over the course of the past four years, of course, reason to hope, and positive signs of encouragement for so many americans feeling the pinch, david. >> david: erielle reshef, thank you. and of course we'll be watching it tomorrow, erielle, thank you. when we come back here tonight, the daring rescue here in new york city. police officers saving a man who was unconscious on the subway tracks. the trains approaching the station. also, the incredible images tonight, a hot air balloon hitting power lines.

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from the baby, a three month old boy named kawhi were donated. his older brother, joaquim, was two years old. the dad, diego cardoso de oliveira, worked at apple, his wife and the mother of the boys, matilda ramos pinto, worked at rsa films. a statement from their extended families reads in part, quote diego and matilda were warm and loving parents who had a deep love for their beautiful children and enjoyed nothing more than spending time with their two little boys. >> the family was at a bus stop near west portal avenue last saturday afternoon, waiting to go to the zoo when a speeding car plowed into them. the driver, who was also injured, has been released from the hospital. now, she's not in police custody and has not been formally charged because of those factors. we are not naming her at this point, okay? >> we are going to turn now to our weather because there will be some noticeable changes and they start tomorrow. yeah, a new pattern coming in. >> we'll see some rain, wind, cooler temperatures, maybe even a thundersto