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>> security boosted at columbia university as pro-palestinian protests escalate. a rabbi now urging jewish students to leave campus due to security concerns. and overseas, as the war in gaza rages, a first of its kind move expected by the u.s. to punish an israeli army unit. >> can cities punish homeless people for sleeping outdoors? the case in front of the supreme court today, and how it could influence how the government addresses homelessness and the affordable housing crisis. >> caught on camera? >> it felt like a movie. it was so chaotic. >> meet the heroes who risked their lives to save this man from a burning suv. a potential ban on tiktok moves one step closer to reality. >> what happens next and what the social media platforms owner is now promising. >> plus, singer luke bryan taking a nasty fall because of something a fan had thrown on stage and face to face with an alligator. >> a diver describes being pulled underwater and how he was able to fight back and survive.

>> from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. >> good monday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally, and i'm andrew dymburt. >> we begin with history being made in new york today as former president trump goes on trial. >> we are expecting opening statements today at trump's hush money trial. but this is not the only legal battle on the president's schedule today. >> abc's morgan norwood has more from the courthouse in lower manhattan. good morning. morgan. >> hey, good morning to you, andrew. that's right. it's the start of a busy week for trump, beginning with that criminal hush money trial here in new york city this morning. opening statements. and former president donald trump's historic criminal trial set to get underway. >> this is a giant witch hunt to try and hurt a campaign that's beating the worst president in history. >> the new york district attorney accusing trump of illegally falsifying business records to cover up payments to star stormy daniels to keep allegations of an affair out of

the tabloids before the 2016 election. trump has pleaded not guilty. in a statement yesterday, trump saying in just 24 hours, i'll be back in biden's corrupt court. the jury of seven men and five women includes a woman in product development, two lawyers, a retired wealth manager, a speech therapist and a teacher at a charter school. prosecutors haven't said publicly who their first witnesses will be among the possibilities, former national enquirer publisher david pecker. prosecutors say pecker agreed to be the eyes and ears of trump's campaign by identifying damaging stories about trump and keeping them out of print. trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, also expected to be a key witness, along with stormy daniels and former white house communications director hope hicks. >> it's going to be up to the defense to try and discredit the witnesses on cross-examination, point out inconsistencies in their accounts in the case of one of the key witnesses, michael cohen, they'll hammer on his credibility because he is a convicted felon. >> in a separate case today, a

judge will hear arguments over the $175 million bond in trump's civil fraud case, where he was found liable of falsely inflating his real estate assets. the new york attorney general is asking the judge to void that bond payment, saying the bond company has failed to show it has the money to cover the amount. and another big legal battle for the former president is this thursday, when the supreme court hears arguments on trump's presidential immunity claim and the january 6th election interference case. former republican congresswoman liz cheney, in a new york times op ed today, urges the supreme court to issue its ruling on immunity quickly and decisively, adding if delay prevents this trump case from being tried this year, the public may never hear critical and historic evidence developed before the grand jury. and back here at the courthouse in lower manhattan, trump's hush money criminal trial is expected to take at least six weeks weeks with court in session, four days per week. rhiannon. >> all right. morgan norwood,

live in manhattan. thank you for that. the other big story this morning is the growing concern about security at columbia university, as protests stemming from the israel-hamas war intensify, and one rabbi is now urging jewish students to leave campus. this morning. columbia university is boosting security ahead of the passover holiday, with more protests expected around campus. the school now adding 35 guards and more than 100 additional safety personnel. today, pro-palestinian demonstrators have gathered at the school since last week, rallying against the israel-hamas war and at times using violent rhetoric online show protesters promising to carry out massacres similar to the hamas attack of october seventh, chanting phrases like we are hamas. a rabbi associated with the university is now urging jewish students to go home, saying columbia

university's public safety and the nypd cannot guarantee jewish students safety. new york's mayor says he's horrified by the hate speech, but says because columbia is private property, the nypd can't stay on campus unless the school requests it. police made multiple arrests at a protest near campus saturday, days after arresting more than 100 people on campus. when the university's president asked law enforcement to clear out an encampment, the mass arrests and the suppression of students, i would say that's galvanized us. >> this is nothing compared to what people in palestine are dealing with. people in gaza, they are starving. they have lost everything. >> overseas, the israeli military is vowing to carry out a ground offensive targeting militants in the southern gaza city of rafah, where airstrikes yesterday killed 22 people, including 18 children, according to the hamas run health ministry . meanwhile, israeli leaders are criticizing an expected decision

by the u.s. to withhold military aid from a unit of the israeli military accused of human rights violations in the west bank, an unprecedented move that could widen the rift between president biden and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and we have breaking news now from tel aviv. the head of israel's military intelligence has resigned over the failures stemming from that october seventh attack. this is the first senior figure to step down after the hamas attack here in the u.s. >> a 29 year old man is in custody in los angeles after allegedly breaking into the mayor's official residence. police say mayor karen bass and her family were at home at getty house when the suspect broke in through a glass door early yesterday. the mayor and her family are okay. no word yet on the suspect's motive. security at the mayor's home is now being examined. >> the supreme court takes up a case today that could influence how cities all across the country confront the issue of homelessness. the case involves whether homeless people can be

fined. abc's alison kosik explains this morning, the supreme court takes up the issue of homelessness and what cities and towns can do about it. >> the question on can cities ticket fine or possibly jail homeless people who sleep outside in public areas? or does that violate the eighth amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment? >> there's no place to go. i was holding down two jobs when i was out here, and, it's still not enough. >> abc's devin dwyer traveled to grants pass, oregon. that city's crackdown began this legal battle. >> so the city came in and said, you can't camp right there on those woodchips. >> they. yeah. yeah, the officer said i was too close to the playground and i was too close to the to the fence. >> the case shines a spotlight on an issue cities are grappling with nationwide. how to balance public health and safety. >> we've had shootings in our parks. we've had fights in our parks, chronic drug abuse in our

parks. >> in 2013, the city passed an ordinance banning anyone from sleeping in public. but with no public shelters inside city limits, a homeless group sued and won. >> the reality is, is the only thing that works is more permanent affordable housing reporter brian beutler runs the only private homeless shelter in town, but it's only half full. >> the shelter has religious requirements and bans smoking, drinking and pets are. >> that's the big question. is there nowhere else to go? is there? just nowhere else that they want to go? >> elected officials from both parties are urging the supreme court to make it easier for cities to clear tent encampments. >> there's those of us that are struggling and fighting and taking one step out as we're digging out of the hole. >> after today's arguments, the court's ruling is expected before the end of june. >> rhiannon andrew allison, thank you. terry anderson, one of the longest held hostages in

us history, has died. the longtime associated press correspondent was abducted by hezbollah in lebanon in 1985. it was nearly seven years until he was freed. anderson died at his home north of new york city from complications following heart surgery. he was 76. >> happy earth day, everyone. president biden will mark the day by visiting a national park in virginia, and a new poll finds 45% of adults in the u.s. say that they are more concerned about climate change in the past year than they were before. that includes about 6 in 10 democrats and a quarter of republicans. abc news has launched a series called the power of us people, the climate, and our future, featuring reports on the climate challenges we all face and possible solutions. those will air on all abc news platforms all throughout this week. >> time for your earth day weather. so six inches of snow over the weekend. the biggest snowstorm this late in the season in some

17 years, it will melt quickly with temperatures rising to nearly 80 this week, but it still feels like winter in much of the country, with frost advisories and freeze warnings from arkansas. all the way to new england. temperatures across that region are mostly in the 30s this morning, checking today's high temperatures mid 60s around the great lakes, 70 on the west coast, nearly 100 in phoenix. >> coming up, work begins on a major new high speed train in the u.s. we'll tell you the cities it will link. >> but first, a potential ban on tiktok moves one step closer to reality after a weekend vote in congress. so what happens next? >> and later, the rock and roll hall of fame announcing its newest inductees

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we got you a groundbreaking is scheduled today for a high speed rail line that will connect los angeles and las vegas. >> the $12 billion brightline west project includes $3 billion from the biden administration's infrastructure bill. the line could be up and running by 2028. that's when the olympics will be held in l.a. the train would make the trip in just over two hours. that is about half the time it takes to drive it. >> there's new uncertainty this morning about the future of tiktok, a proposal to potentially ban the social media app in the u.s. is gaining support ahead of a crucial week. this morning, the u.s. government is one step closer to potentially banning tiktok. the house saturday passed a foreign aid bill, which includes a proposal to force tiktok's chinese parent company to sell the social media platform in the u.s. within one year or be banned. >> the bill is passed next. >> the proposal heads to the senate, where support for the potential ban is growing. >> this is a very important national security issue because we know that those who control

bytedance, the owner of tiktok, are connected with the chinese communist party. they use this tool to push disinformation to americans that they won't allow to be pushed to their own citizens. >> the fbi director has also warned china's government could use tiktok to collect users data for espionage. tiktok responded yesterday vowing to fight in court, saying the bill, quote, would trample the free speech rights of 170 million americans. >> i don't think it's going to pass first amendment scrutiny because i think there are less restrictive alternatives. we could have made it a crime to transfer americans data to an adversarial foreign nation or foreign state interference, but to just ban 170 million americans who engage in speech and livelihood? i doubt it survives scrutiny in the supreme court. >> the proposed ban is also expected to face legal challenges from tiktok users. >> i'm like, literally shaking, thinking about the possibility of this. >> many have protested on capitol hill, insisting a ban would take away their livelihoods. >> my whole business would be devastated.

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