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the new record set in the stock market. first tonight, the disturbing hotel surveillance video showing sean combs appearing to assault his then-girlfriend in a hall way. cnn obtaining video showing combs wrapped in a towel throwing her to the floor and kicking her, then trying to drag her away. it comes months after federal authorities raided his homes in l.a. and miami. matt rivers with the images tonight. in louisville, the world's number one golfer arrested following a confrontation with police in kentucky. scottie sheffler accused of assaulting an officer, authorities say dragging him with his car while the officer was trying to direct traffic following a fatal accident. sheffler calling it a misunderstanding. after leaving the police department, he was back on the golf course. tonight the tornado watches right now in several states, the deadly storms already. at least five people killed in the houston area. a derecho, a straight-line wind event, gusting 90 to 100 miles an hour, blowing out windows and taking down power lines.
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new severe storms across several states in the south right into the east. tonight supreme court justice sam well alito under fire after an image showing the american flag being flown upside-down outside his home for days after the january 6th attack on the capitol. he's now blaming his wife. the israeli army recovering the bodies of three hostages who tried to escape that music festival, later killed in the october 7th hamas terror attack. where they were found and matt gutman in israel. the war in ukraine tonight with russia targeting the second largest city of kharkiv. james longman taking us underground. the entire school 18 feet below the ground. the alarms going off while james and our team were there. back in this country, the new record for the stock market. also, the man who viciously attacked former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi. tonight, that suspect sentenced. in new york city the major headline involving the attack on the street on actor steve buscemi.
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and tonight we all count on our volunteer fire departments. right here, the one department that had no idea this was coming. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a friday night. we are tracking severe storms. they have been deadly already, at least five dead. straight-line winds, a derecho, 100-mile-an-hour wind gusts. several states on alert right now. but we're going to begin tonight with the alarming images now emerging of sean "diddy" combs, disturbing surveillance video of him appearing to attack his then-girlfriend, cassie ventura, at a hotel in california. the video obtained exclusively by cnn appearing to show ventura leaving and then combs grabbing her at the elevator bank, knocking her down. it continues from there. this months after federal authorities raiding his homes in los angeles and miami. sources telling abc news he is the subject of a human trafficking investigation.
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abc's matt rivers leading us off with these new and difficult images tonight. he's in los angeles. >> reporter: tonight, this disturbing new surveillance video, obtained exclusively by cnn, appears to show sean diddy combs attacking his then-girlfriend, cassie ventura, throwing her to the ground in a hotel elevator bank and then kicking her twice. he then tries to drag her away. the incident appears to support ventura's claims, long denied by combs, from a now-settled lawsuit filed last november, stating around march 2016, at the intercontinental hotel in century city, los angeles, mr. combs became extremely intoxicated and punched ms. ventura in the face, giving her a black eye. adding that when she tried to leave the hotel room, combs followed her into the hallway of the hotel while yelling at her. he grabbed at her, and then took glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her, causing glass to crash around them as she ran to the elevator to escape. at the time of the lawsuit, an attorney for combs stating, mr. combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations. ventura and combs settled for an undisclosed amount. today, an attorney for ventura
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responding to the surveillance video stating, the gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of mr. combs. it comes just months after federal authorities raided combs' l.a. and miami homes, seizing computers and electronics equipment. sources telling abc news the entertainment mogul is the subject of an ongoing federal investigation out of the southern district of new york into human trafficking. combs' attorney calling the raids a witch hunt. adding, mr. combs is innocent and will continue to fight every single day to clear his name. in recent months, combs has also been accused in lawsuits of sexual assault and sex trafficking, allegations which he has denied. david, we reached out to combs for comment but have not yet heard back. while that 2016 incident is past the statute of limitations for combs to be charged with a crime, it could be used as evidence in other cases. david? >> david: matt rivers leading us off on a friday night. matt, thank you.
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we turn to the arrest of the world's number one golfer. scottie sheffler arrested after a confrontation with police in louisville, kentucky. they say he dragged an officer with his car while the officer was trying to direct traffic following a fatal accident. scheffler calling it a misunderstanding tonight. the troubling sight early this morning, scheffler in handcuffs being led to a police car, placed under arrest. after leaving the police department, he was back on the golf course. abc's trevor ault in louisville. >> can you please help me? >> guys. guys. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning moment caught on camera, the world's top-ranked golfer, scottie scheffler, accused of assaulting a police officer, arrested on his way to tee off at the pga championship. >> right now he's going to jail, okay? he's going to jail, and there ain't nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: it happened at 6:00 a.m. outside valhalla golf club in louisville. police closing down the road after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus. espn reporter, jeff darlington, watched it unfold, saying scheffler drove slowly into the median, where one officer tried to stop his car. >> the police officer had
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approached scheffler's car on the driver's side door. the car then proceeded. and then you basically saw the police officer, kind of -- >> did he fall over? >> we saw him, sort of, disappear behind the car. >> reporter: according to the police report, the officer suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions to his left wrist and knee and was treated at the hospital. darlington, recording this video as scheffler was arrested. the golfer asking for his help. >> can you please help me? >> guys. >> reporter: police then taking him to jail in downtown louisville. scheffler in this orange jump suit for this mug shot, now facing four charges, including second degree assault of a police officer. he was released within hours in time to tee off, and he played well. after the round, scheffler telling the reporters he was shocked, but couldn't discuss specifics. >> when they got me out of the car, i -- you know, i -- like i said, it was very chaotic. and, you know, i said, i'm sorry. i'm just trying to get to my tee time. >> reporter: but the golfer did say he never meant to disobey police instructions.
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>> it was just a huge misunderstanding this morning that'll get resolved, i think, fairly quickly. >> reporter: david, according to the police report, there is video of this incident. scheffler is due for his arraignment on tuesday. his attorney said he'll plead not guilty. this assault charge is a felony with a potential sentence of five to ten years in prison. david? >> david: trevor ault right there in louisville for us. trevor, thank you. now to the tornado watches across several states. the powerful storms have been deadly, including a derecho, straight line winds up to 100 miles per hour, killing at least five in the houston area, where they're on alert right now, the states involved. and mireya villarreal in houston with the awful destruction tonight. >> reporter: tonight, more torrential storms threatening millions across the south after a deadly wall of wind and rain slammed houston overnight. straight line winds gusting to 100 miles an hour, sending debris flying outside this office building.
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smashing windows inside this business. more than a million homes and businesses losing power. america's fourth-largest city looking like a war zone, downtown skyscrapers missing windows, glass and debris littering streets everywhere. myra williams rushed home to her mother, ruth, from a nearby restaurant as the storms were bearing down. thankfully she's okay. >> we had to go through high waters, through fallen lines and fallen towers just to get through, but we made it. >> reporter: a confirmed tornado touching down northwest of the city of cyprus. huge trees practically splitting some homes in half. the death toll rising tonight to at least five. david, you can see the power of these storms by just taking a look all around me. this used to be eden's tire shop, but all that's left is debris. that's the roof right over
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there. and all the storms that did damage here are now moving to the east. david? >> david: extraordinary pictures. abc's mireya villarreal on the ground in texas for us. mireya, thank you. we turn next tonight to supreme court justice samuel alito under fire after an image of the american flag being flown upside down at his home for several days. this is the image of the flag outside his home, days after the january 6th attack on the capitol. tonight justice alito blaming his wife. here's terry moran. >> reporter: tonight, supreme court justice samuel alito embroiled in controversy after "the new york times" published a photograph showing the american flag outside alito's house flying upside down. "the times" says the picture was taken in january 2021, just days after the january 6th attack on the capitol. some trump supporters that day held aloft upside-down american flags as a sign of their rejection of joe biden's election. the u.s. flag code says the american flag should never be flown upside-down except as a
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signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger. alito's neighbor, aija karlson, remembers seeing alito's flag that way in 2021. >> in my mind, i just said, there's something wrong with the flag. >> reporter: today, she saw the story in "the new york times." >> and i said, oh, my god, of course that's what it was. it was hanging upside-down. >> reporter: justice alito, one of the court's most conservative members, responded to the story, and blamed his wife, telling "the times," i had no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag. it was briefly placed by mrs. alito in response to a neighbor's use of objectionable and personally insulting language on yard signs. mrs. alito has not issued her own statement. and "the times" did report the upside-down flag flew outside their home for several days. tonight the democratic chairman of the senate judiciary committee is calling for justice alito to recuse himself from all
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cases stemming from january 6th. >> that upside-down flag was a symbol of the big lie, the attempt to steal the election and not admit that joe biden was elected. what in the world is it doing at the home of a supreme court justice? >> reporter: the court still has to decide big cases this term stemming from january 6th, including donald trump's claims of absolute immunity for his actions. so, that upside-down flag at justice alito's house, legal experts say, creates a real appearance of conflict of interest for him and could damage the credibility of the court. david? >> david: a lot of questions about this moving forward. terry, thank you. meantime, prosecutions of the capitol riot still underway. tonight the son of a prominent conservative activist sentenced to four years in prison. prosecutors say brent bozell iv was a leader of the attack, seen shattering windows so hundreds could go in. after sentencing, he wept, asking for forgiveness of his family. we turn overseas tonight and to the awful discovery.
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the israeli army recovering the bodies of three hostages, who tried to escape that music festival but who were later killed in the october 7th hamas terror attack. matt gutman from israel. and the images are disturbing. >> reporter: they were the images that captured hamas' rampage, terrorists storming the nova music festival in israel on october 7th, opening fire. concert goers running for their lives. this video, shani louk, half naked, face down in a hamas pickup, dragged into gaza. tonight the idf announced it recovered the bodies of three hostages, shani louk, amit bouskila and itshak gelernter, from a tunnel inside gaza. >> they were murdered by hamas while escaping the nova music festival on october 7th and their bodies were taken into gaza. >> reporter: israel says 130 hostages remain in gaza, some of them dead, including americans. this comes as the first trucks carrying desperately needed food aid rolled off that u.s. pier anchored to the gaza coast.
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israeli troops securing the site, but the white house says, if u.s. troops who are out on the pier come under fire, they'll fire back. david, shani louk's family telling us that being able to bury their daughter nearby gives them a kind of closure. the white house referring to the hostages that remain in gaza, saying it's working on jump starting those stalled ceasefire talks yet again. national security adviser jake sullivan heading back to the region sunday. david? >> david: matt gutman in tel aviv for us. thank you, matt. now to the war in ukraine with russia targeting the second largest city of kharkiv. james longman tonight taking us underground where a school is 18 feet below the ground. james right there as alarms underground begin going off. >> reporter: tonight ukraine claims it stopped the advance of russian forces towards kharkiv in the northeast. but they say the russians have pushed forward at least six miles along parts of the front.
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[ sirens ] that's another massive intercept. russia feels very close tonight. an almost daily threat that forces residents into their basements for cover. but this school is the first to move entirely underground. it's extraordinary down here. it's like a whole high school. 18 feet down. typical classroom for the kids getting on with their day, except they're quite far underground. one strange thing you notice about these rooms, no windows. this 16-year-old missed more than two years of school. now she's back. >> can you forget the war when you're down here? is it possible? >> maybe. maybe not. >> reporter: as we were speaking, the air siren has gone off. usually you would have to rush out of classroom and get to the bunker. but we're already in a bunker. none of the kids have left their classrooms. vladimir putin says he doesn't want to occupy kharkiv. he wants to push ukrainian forces away from the border. ukraine is not taking him at his word. david? >> david: james longman in
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kharkiv tonight. james, thank you again. back in the u.s. now, president biden marking the 70th anniversary of brown versus the board of education with an address at the national museum of african american history and culture in washington, d.c. the president honoring the supreme court decision that desegregated public schools, announcing $20 million in new grants tonight for more diverse magnet schools. this comes 24 hours after a private oval office meeting with plaintiffs in the brown case, along with their families all these years later. a note on the u.s. economy, the stock market setting a new all-time record. the dow closing above 40,000 for the first time. the index gaining 134 points to close at 40,003. the stock market defying the worst predictions after the pandemic and hitting a new record after new numbers this week showing inflation now easing. when we come back tonight, the man who viciously attacked former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband paul pelosi, sentenced to prison now. what the sentence is. >> here in new york city
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>> david: finally tonight, the volunteer firefighters who always answer the call. tonight the neighbor up the street who answered the call for them. our person of the week. in calhoun, missouri, outside kansas city, the incredible generosity of one 91-year-old resident in that town. he just saved the volunteer fire department. sam sloan lives two miles up the road and he just presented them with a check for half a million dollars. >> half a million dollars is a pretty good donation. >> reporter: sam revealed he's been saving for decades to give back to his community. when he heard the volunteer fire station needed help, he stepped in at 91. >> i'm getting a lot of credit for it, but i don't know how to
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fix one of them things. >> reporter: the fire department says they were in shock. they bought new uniforms, helmets, gloves for 30 firefighters, buying new fire trucks too. this one from fountain, minnesota, seven hours away. driving 12 hours away to the sparta township fire department to buy one of their trucks. seeing the truck for the first time and driving it back to missouri. >> hey, david. >> reporter: fire chief mark harden checking in with us along the way. >> about halfway home from our 12-hour trip. the truck is doing great. >> reporter: driving the new fire truck up to the station, the firefighters outside cheering. moving out their old fire truck from the 1970s, moving in the new one. right here tonight -- >> hi, david. >> david: the calhoun fire department and their message to the man who saved them up the street. firefighter rick schneider -- >> there are no words other than thank you very much. >> david: firefighter chris bridges --
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>> i'm still in awe of your gift and generosity. >> david: volunteer firefighter james jones -- >> you made us safer when we go to serve these people. >> david: and assistant chief brandon cole, all thanking sam sloan. >> your generous donation will go a long way in keeping us safe in everything that we do. >> david: so not make the move from china to san francisco, and what could save the plan? >> a live look at drivers on the road. would you rather pay per mile or per gallon of gas? california's new pilot program starts next month, plus, and you're not able to, you know, straighten up. >> i mean, i can it just like it hurts. >> have you seen this out on the streets? why? people high on fentanyl just can't stand up straight. >> always live. abc seven news
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starts right now. >> they're cute, cuddly and beloved. but tonight, the problem with these black and white bundles of popularity is green. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. mayor london breeds plans to bring pandas to san francisco may have hit a financial roadblock. >> yeah, it's been nearly 40 years since pandas last lived at the san francisco zoo, and plans to bring them back have been in the works for six months. >> that's right. it started during apec last november, when mayor london breed suggested a partnership between china and the san francisco zoo to host the giant pandas last month to seal the deal, the mayor traveled to china. >> i'm most excited about going to china and bringing back pandas. >> that trip gave san francisco the green light, but now a board of supervisors committee has rejected the mayor's plan to pay for them. >> that roadblock, abc seven news reporter tim johns on the political battle over a pair