now in america this morning. >> upping the pressure. president biden warning israeli prime minister netanyahu the humanitarian crisis in gaza is unacceptable and warning u.s. policy on the war could change. and now, overnight, how israel

appears to be responding. a deadly crane crash. >> a piece of crane comes crashing down onto a bridge in florida. the terrifying close call we hear from the man inside that car who escaped. >> concerns about airport security, the sharp increase in the number of security breaches nationwide, and what could be to blame. the new crackdown on a growing scam called pig butchering. >> but it has nothing to do with animals. how fraudsters are stealing millions via text message. >> countdown to the eclipse from overbooked hotels canceling reservations to scientists preparing to document how animals react, how millions are preparing for the big day, and the forecast that could rain on the eclipse parade. >> excitement building for tonight's women's final four and the skyrocketing ticket prices and caught on camera. >> the suspect who tried to escape through the ceiling

>> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> very good friday morning i'm lionel moise. i'm andrea fujii. >> andrew and rhiannon are off. we begin with president biden stepping up the pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to protect civilians in gaza. >> the white house says biden told netanyahu the humanitarian crisis is unacceptable. the president warning israel that u.s. policy on the war could change in the wake of that airstrike that killed seven aid workers. >> and overnight, israel announced some changes. abc's christiane cordero has the latest. christiane. good morning. >> andrea. good morning. it appears israel is trying to ease the outrage over the humanity crisis in gaza by apparently agreeing to some new demands from the white house this morning. israel is taking steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza, now allowing shipments through a busy port and reopening a border crossing. it comes hours after a tense phone call between president biden and israeli prime minister netanyahu, in

which biden warned u.s. policy on the war could change if israel does not allow more aid into gaza and protect civilians, a demand that signals a major shift from the white house. abc's mary bruce asked the white house what might happen if israel fails to meet biden's demands. >> and how much time are you giving them to make these changes to implement these concrete? >> again, we would hope to see some announcements of changes here in coming hours and days, and i'll leave it at that. >> biden also called for an immediate cease fire as part of a deal to release hostages. cia director bill burns is expected to travel to egypt this weekend for more hostage negotiations. sunday marks six months since hamas attacked israel, igniting the war. the white house has provided israel with crucial military aid, but israel has come under fierce criticism since the airstrike monday that killed seven aid workers for the world central kitchen, including american jacob flickinger, his partner says flickinger was a man of honor and service. >> he was a part of me and he's

such a loving father to his son, and i don't know how i will explain that to him that he is now gone. so this is a lot to process. >> the israeli military has reportedly now suspended two commanders in connection with that airstrike. meanwhile, today, israeli forces are on high alert after iran vowed to retaliate for an airstrike this week that killed two iranian generals. people across israel now reporting the gps on their phone being disrupted, reportedly just one defensive measure by israel to guard against potential iranian strikes. israel's military has also paused all leave for soldiers in combat units, and reservists have been called up to boost air defense. >> andrea, christiane, thank you. tensions in the middle east have pushed oil prices to their highest level since october. those prices put pressure on stocks yesterday, sending the dow plunging 530 points. the selloff was also fueled by a

federal reserve official warning that interest rate cuts may not happen this year. today, investors get the monthly jobs report. >> officials have announced a tentative timeline to restore traffic to the port of baltimore after last week's bridge collapse. the army corps of engineers now expects to open a limited shipping channel in the next four weeks. it wants the permanent channel up and running by the end of may. today, president biden will visit that site and meet with the relatives of the six workers killed. the white house is asking major employers in the area to keep workers on their payroll until the port reopens. >> now to south florida and a deadly crane collapse. we're hearing from witnesses and victims. here's abc's derrick dennis this morning. >> harrowing accounts of the moment this high rise crane came crashing down onto a bridge in fort lauderdale, crushing one car and hitting another. mark simpson was inside that tesla. >> it hit the front of my car. it was like slow motion. i couldn't believe that i was still alive. we were driving to

the museum, so the construction was to the right. >> on the right, we saw this, crane. >> becker says she was just seconds from being in the path of the collapse in the car with her young daughter. she says she saw the crane sway, then fall. >> and it was kind of like in a horror movie, you know, because you don't understand how heavy it is until it reaches the ground. and in this case, it reached the car. and, it was very scary and very, surreal. >> a construction worker who fell with the crane was killed. three people on the ground suffered minor injuries. at the time, officials say the operator was in the process of hoisting a piece of the crane to the top of a nearby building under construction. >> it was not the crane, per se, that actually failed. it was a platform that they had equipment staged on that had failed at the time of the incident. the investigation now shifts to what went wrong with that platform behind us. >> it was a school bus and i

just grabbed my kid. so it's crazy feeling. as a mom, i can tell you that you need to appreciate every day with your kid and that bridge is closed until engineers determine whether it's safe. >> andrea. lionel. >> dirk. thank you. we are now hearing from a man nearly killed by a boulder during the taiwan earthquake wednesday. he was driving to work when the quake triggered a landslide. his car was hit. the 25 year old says he didn't even realize how big you see there that boulder was until he got home and saw video online. at least ten people are confirmed dead after the quake, but more than a dozen are still unaccounted for here at home. >> forecasters are predicting a very active atlantic hurricane season. experts at colorado state university are predicting 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes. they predict five of them will be major hurricanes. the government's official forecast comes out next month. meanwhile, a more immediate threat is the powerful nor'easter, which has left about

700,000 homes and businesses without power, mostly in new england. in new hampshire, a woman was killed when a tree fell on a propane tank. well, check today's forecast in just a few moments. it's a busy travel weekend, and this morning we're learning about a growing concern at airports across the country. >> a huge spike in security breaches this morning, a troubling new report about the number of people who breached airport security in the last year, including an incident from february when a woman at the nashville airport bypass security sneaking past officers before boarding a flight to l.a. and last month, a man without a ticket was caught taking pictures of other passengers boarding passes at the salt lake city airport to board a flight. he was removed just before takeoff, a tsa spokesperson tells the washington post. of at least 300 cases nationwide in the last year, where people have bypassed airport security, a huge increase from previous years. just 72 cases were

reported in 2022. only 29 in 2019. some of the factors the spike in post-pandemic travel and mental illness. >> there's certainly some concern when you see security breaches. however at the same time, there's no such thing as a perfect security system, a tsa spokesperson calling it a trend, saying the number of breaches is a larger number than we realized. >> the most common cases were passengers reentering secured areas through exit only lanes. other times, including that recent case in nashville, officials say people were just tired of waiting. >> is it something that the traveling public should be alarmed about? not, in my opinion, and certainly concerning about let's strengthen that vulnerability. but nothing to be concerned about the supply. the skies continue to remain safe. >> airport officials say they are working to address this trend, with ideas including new barriers and one way gates. >> time now for your friday weather.

>> good morning. unfortunately we're still dealing with this nor'easter as it's struggling to move out of new england. and look at this as we go throughout the day. more of those showers blister up. there could be even a little bit of icy pellets coming through as some of the snow showers continue through new england. this dies down overnight, but maybe a few more showers as we head through saturday. meanwhile, the western u.s. dealing with their own storm system, which is going to bring 2 to 4in of snow towards the grapevine. this storm then pushes east into the weekend and brings thunderstorms to the plains. from accuweather i'm melissa constanza >> coming up, the suspect who tried escaping through a ceiling. >> also ahead, it's called pig butchering, but it's got nothing to do with animals. the growing scam via text message and how to avoid it. >> and later, seven tons of trash found at this home

. >> and that's why at good morning america, we're right here and we got you. >> we got you, we got you. >> i hear it up there. >> oh. do you have a key? >> he's in the ceiling. can we get him down back now with video of a fraud suspect trying to escape through the ceiling of this hospital in new mexico. >> he had gone into the bathroom, locked the door, then tried to get away. eventually, he crawled out, telling police, quote, i just got scared. he was at the hospital after claiming he had chest pains. >> now to a growing scam with a very unpleasant name. it's called pig butchering. it refers to how scammers are luring in victims, then stealing their life savings using everything from dating apps to random text messages. >> i don't like to terme, it comes from the scammers, who, liken it to the practice of fattening hogs before slaughter.

>> it's a growing scam online known as pig butchering. scammers send innocent sounding messages to you on a dating app or in a group chat. they get you talking, then lure you into believing that a small investment in cryptocurrency is exploding in value if fattening them up before they slaughter them, they steal their money. officials in new york have now seized nearly two dozen web domains from ip addresses in china, they say, were used to carry out the fraud with cases from california and illinois to pennsylvania. victims say it's a lot easier to fall for this than you might think, because the scammers often get some of your personal information off the web, so they're using all of your social presence as well to find a connection with you to gain your trust, and then to bleed you out of money. this woman in brooklyn says she was scammed out of $106,000. another lost 118,000. >> the way he was talking, like, you know, like, oh, i'll take

care of you. you know, like just building that relationship that rapport. >> the accounts look legit at first. victims see some fake dividends from their investment and can even withdraw small amounts of money. but when you try to cash out, you're locked out and your money is gone. >> if they say, i love you, or if they say love or crypto within a week, just do not engage. >> one study estimates pig butchering scammers have made more than $75 billion worldwide. >> no arrests have been made after that massive heist in los angeles that we first told you about yesterday. officials say up to 30 million in cash was stolen from this storage facility. the thieves entered using the roof, getting into the vault without tripping an alarm. police confirm a hole in the side of that building, now boarded up, is damaged from the heist. no word on where the suspects or the cash might be coming up. >> a new setback for electric vehicles. >> also ahead, eclipse tourism hits a snag overbooked hotels canceling reservations and the

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live the race for san francisco mayor. expected to get more crowded today. now at five, the longtime city supervisor, who says he wants to get the city back on track and before the a's settle in vegas, will be temporarily calling sacramento home. >> we're hearing from fans upset over this latest development. >> it is opening day for the san francisco giants. we're live this morning at oracle park for a preview of what the park has in store for fans. >> first, though, how will the weather hold up for the game? a live look outside this morning. it is a chilly stt