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In haiti. First tonight, the mother convicted of killing her two children, 16yearold tylee, 7yearold joshua, and conspiring to kill her husbands first wife, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. What that convicted killer then said to the courtroom, and how the judge responded. Also, just in, Authorities Say that Potential Mass Shooting foiled. A Suspect Opening Fire outside a Jewish School in memphis, fleeing in a pickup truck. Former president trump, and now his Property Manager at maralago in court, accused of trying to help the former president delete Surveillance Video at maralago, until another employee halted the effort, allegedly saying, i dont think i have the right to do that. Tonight, the millions now being spent on trumps mounting legal bills by his supporters across the country. Pierre thomas reporting. The dangerous heat. 60 million americans under heat alerts at this hour. Ginger zee is here. The devastating Russian Missile strikes on president zelenskyys hometown tonight. Multiple civilians killed, dozens injured. Ian pannell in ukraine. The american nurse and her young child kidnapped in haiti. Well have the latest. New revelations tonight from one of Hunter Bidens former Business Associates and friends. What he told a House Committee about hunter biden putting his father on the phone. Democrats tonight arguing those conversations were not about business. And Vice President Kamala Harris is asked about all of this by our linsey davis. Her answer right here. Remembering paul reubens, the actor best known for his role as peewee herman. And the quiet battle he faced for years. And we have just learned tonight, a young star from euphoria has died. What we know so far. Announcer from abc news World Headquarters in new york, this is World News Tonight with david muir. Good evening. Its great to start another week with all of you at home. We have news coming in tonight, Authorities Say a Potential Mass Shooting averted outside a Jewish School in memphis. Also the, american nurse and her child believed kidnapped tonight in haiti. But we do begin tonight with the stunning moment in court, the idaho mother convicted of killing her own children. Tonight, sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Lori vallow day bell in court today expressing no remorse. And what she then said to that packed courtroom and to that judge. And how that judge responded. Abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman leading us off tonight. Reporter today, Lori Vallow Daybell was given one last chance to repent for the murders of her children and the plot to kill her husbands first wife, tammy daybell. But instead, in a bizarre rant, she claimed her three victims told her they are happy in heaven. I know for a fact that my children are happy and busy in the spirit world. Reporter in a final gut punch for the victims families, the socalled Doomsday Cult mother today, unrepentant, denying her children were even murdered and claiming her daughter tylee has visited her as a spirit. She said to me, stop worrying, mom, we are fine. She knows how i worry and how i miss her. Reporter and in what she called her communications with the spirit world, she says her 7yearold son j. J. Did the same. He said to me, you didnt do anything wrong, mom. I love you. And i know you loved me every minute of my life. Reporter but the judge pointing to the depravity of the crimes. They were found dead, burned, mutilated, and dismembered, and buried like animals. Reporter prosecutors said lori and her married lover, chad daybell, a doomsday author, claimed the kids and chads wife were zombies who had to be killed. They argued the couple, who married weeks after the murders on a beach in hawaii, were driven by greed. After you knew they were dead, you collected public funded assistance payments meant for them, and that was blood money you kept for yourself. Reporter Lori Vallow Daybell forced to listen to the families whose lives she destroyed, including tammy daybells. You are a liar, an adulteress, and a murderer. Because of the choices you made, my family lost a beloved mother, sister, aunt, and daughter. She is irreplaceable. She was 1,000 times the woman you will even dream of being. Reporter and j. J. s heartbroken grandmother. J. J. And tylee could have been with us, living happy lives. Instead, she took all that away. All because she is a money hungry, power mongering monster. Reporter the judge with the final word, sentencing Vallow Daybell to spend the rest of her life in prison. You simply have no remorse for it, even sitting here today. Reporter and david, after listening to her statement, the judge calling out lori vallow, saying that she murdered her own children to remove them as obstacles so that she could gain financially. And he said she justified all of this by going down that bizarre religious rabbit hole from which he says she has yet to emerge. David . David matt gutman leading us off. Matt, thank you. We are also following that developing headline coming in from memphis at this hour. Police say they have averted a Potential Mass Shooting. The alarming scene playing out today at a Jewish School. Police responding to a call that a man Armed With A Gun had opened fire outside the school and was trying to get inside. Then taking off in a truck. Police in pursuit of that suspect and finding him. Heres trevor ault. Reporter tonight, authorities in memphis say they believe they stopped a Potential Mass Shooting. Police saying they received a report just after noon of a white male armed with a handgun trying to force his way inside the margolin hebrew academy, the citys only orthodox Jewish School. Suspect tried to enter the building, Armed With A Gun, and when he couldnt gain entry, he fired shots outside the school. Reporter oscar gomez lives nearby. His three boys were home alone at the time. They throwed themselves on the floor so they would not get hit. I have never, never experienced anything like this. Its its like i said, its very concerning. Reporter the suspect allegedly taking off in a maroon ram pickup. And when officers on patrol spotted that vehicle, they say he stepped out with that handgun. The officers then opening fire. The suspect rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Police now crediting the community and the school for quickly sharing an image of the suspect. Today is a great example of very alert, vigilant officers trying to protect the city. I personally truly believe that we have avoided a tragedy. Reporter and david, state police are now investigating this as a possible hate crime, and Memphis Police stress this could have been far worse. The only Person Injured was the suspect. David . David trevor ault tonight. Trevor, thank you. Now, to former president trump, and tonight, his Property Manager at maralago in court, accused of trying to help the former president delete Surveillance Video at maralago, until another employee halted the effort, allegedly saying, i dont think i have the right to do that. Carlos de oliveira accused of helping to block the governments effort to retrieve those classified documents. They say he helped Donald Trumps aides scope out maralago for Security Cameras. In a tunnel with a flashlight, they say at one point allegedly telling maralagos i. T. Specialist that the boss wants the Surveillance Server erased. And tonight here, the millions now being spent on trumps mounting legal defense. Money that had come in as donations from voters. Heres our Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas. Reporter today, former president Donald Trumps new codefendant, the Property Manager of his maralago golf course, surrounded by reporters heading into Federal Court in miami. Carlos, anything you have to say . Reporter Carlos De Oliveira is accused of conspiring with trumps close aide walt nauta to try and delete Security Camera footage at the club, to prevent the fbi from seeing how they had allegedly hid classified documents from investigators. According to the indictment, de oliveira and nauta walked with a flashlight through the tunnel where the storage room was located, and observed and pointed out surveillance cameras. Prosecutors say de oliveira also asked maralagos i. T. Director delete the server where the footage was stored, allegedly saying, the boss wanted the server deleted. The i. T. Director then allegedly pushing back, telling de oliveira he would not know how to do that and he did not believe that he would have the rights to do that. De oliveira then insisting again, the boss wanted the server deleted and asking, what are we going to do . Carlos, why not talk about what you know . Sir, anything youd like to say before court . Reporter de oliveira has worked at maralago for more than 20 years. He entered no plea today. Hes still trying to find a lawyer to represent him. He was released on 100,000 bond, and told to surrender his expired passport. Has your client been asked to testify against mr. Trump . Im not going to go into that. Keep moving. Reporter this all comes as it appears Special Counsel jack smith is preparing to indict the former president again. In a separate case, this time involving his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Culminating in that riot on capitol hill on january 6th. Trump today predicting the indictment could come any day now. The prosecutions now the driving issue of trumps own president ial campaign. I consider it actually a great badge of honor, i do. Its a great badge of honor, because im being indicted for you. Reporter and today, were learning that trump used tens of millions of dollars in donations from his supporters to pay his legal bills. Today, Campaign Finance filings poised to reveal that his pac spent more than 40 million to pay lawyers. The bills soaring so high that the pac had to request a refund of 60 million it sent to another group that supports trump. A spokeswoman for trumps Top Republican rival, ron desantis, seizing on those numbers, tweeting, Maga Grandmas were scammed out of their Social Security checks in order to pay a billionaires legal bills. David lets bring in Pierre Thomas with us again tonight, hes live in washington. Of course, this is the Special Counsels maralago case. Jack smith, we know, also investigating january 6th, not only the attack on the capitol, the planning, and this alleged scheme to send fake electors to try to keep trump in power. Even though joe biden had won. Im curious, pierre, what are your sources telling you tonight, when can we expect to hear whether jack smith will indict in that case, too, and, of course, this is something that trump has predicted himself, and soon. Reporter david, the grand jury investigating trumps role regarding january 6th will likely meet tomorrow. Now, thats not a guarantee of indictment, but all signs point to the Special Counsel making its final decision one way or another soon. This is the end game, were talking days, not weeks, david. David all right, if something comes, youll be right here with us. Pierre, thank you. Were going to turn to the heat shifting tonight. 60 million americans on alert from texas to kansas to florida. Lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, back with us again tonight, tracking it all. Hey, ginger. Reporter david, just as that Desert Southwest grip of unprecedented consecutive heat releases a bit, the core of that goes over east texas and louisiana. So, now its all about austin, who will likely break their consecutive 100plus record by this friday, 28 days. Excessive Heat Warnings that go through new orleans. Theyll feel like in some of those warnings up to 115 degrees with that heat index. So, that ridge sticks around all the way through the end of this week. Little rock going to 111. Part of the issue in the Desert Southwest was no monsoon. 130 days, fourthlongest stretch in phoenix without rain. Thats starting to come to an end now. David . David ginger zee with us on a monday night. Ginger, thank you. There is growing concern tonight for a New Hampshire woman, a nurse and her young daughter, reportedly kidnapped in haiti. Heres abcs Stephanie Ramos now. Reporter tonight, concern is growing for an american nurse reportedly kidnapped with her child in haiti. Alix dorsainvil from New Hampshire had been working for a christian humanitarian aid organization. Her husband, a director for that nonprofit, which confirmed alix was abducted with their child thursday morning near the capital of portauprince, saying they are working to secure their safe return. Tonight, the state department tightlipped on any ongoing efforts. We are in regular contact with the haitian authorities, and well continue to work with them and our u. S. Government interagency partners. But because its an ongoing Law Enforcement investigation, theres not any more detail i can offer. Reporter in this promotional video, alix is seen discussing her work in haiti. Kids from the school will get permission from their teachers and they send them over and come to the nurses office, and then i check them out. Reporter weve long reported on haitis descent into chaos. Violence escalating as gangs control almost 80 of portauprince. The abduction of alix and her child reportedly happened the same day the u. S. Reissued a warning to americans in haiti, telling them to leave immediately, because of escalating violence. This comes as the u. S. Says they will support a u. N. Backed Multinational Force led by kenya to help train and assist Haitian Police so they can restore normalcy in that country. David . David all right, Stephanie Ramos tonight. Stephanie, thank you. We turn now to the war in ukraine tonight. A deadly Russian Missile striking president zelenskyys hometown. An Apartment Building hit. Several dead. And russia making it clear, this is retaliation for Drone Strikes in moscow. Ian pannell in kharkiv, ukraine, tonight, a city also under attack. Reporter tonight, the terrifying moment a Russian Missile strikes, captured in video circulating online. The target, president zelenskyys hometown. But this wasnt a military site. It was innocent families at home when a missile tore a hole through their apartment block. Once again, russia has struck a residential building in the heart of ukraine. At the moment, Rescue Workers are still going through the rubble pulling out survivors, but theyre also in the process of pulling out the dead. But these operations can be deadly. At one point, debris falling, rescuers running for their lives. At least six people were killed in the attack, including a 10yearold girl and at least 75 injured. The Russian Defense minister making it clear it is increasing attacks in response to this a dramatic drone strike in moscow sunday. Video circulating online capturing the moment one exploded, hitting a building housing government offices. David, tonight, russia apparently responding. As you can hear, Air Raid Sirens are currently going off, and in the last two hours, there have been Drone Strikes and explosions here in kharkiv. And right now, firefighters and rescue teams are once again out, dealing with the aftermath of more russian attacks. David . David Air Raid Sirens behind ian tonight. Kharkiv also under attack. Ian, please, you and the crew, stay safe. Thank you. Back here in the u. S. Tonight, and capitol hill, where House Republicans are investigating the president s son, hunter biden. Today, the House Oversight committee holding a closed door hearing with Hunter Bidens former Business Partner and friend, devin archer. Lets bring in our Senior Investigative reporter Aaron Katersky, hes live in washington tonight. And aaron, Hunter Bidens former Business Partner was asked whether hunter biden had ever put his father, of course, the president , on a speakerphone with clients . Reporter he was asked that, david, and according to lawmakers who were in the room, devin archer told them that hunter biden would often put his father on the phone during business meetings, apparently to impress clients and associates. Archer answered questions Behind Closed Doors and testifying, according to one lawmaker in the room, that hunter biden was, quote, selling the illusion of access to his powerful father, and put him on speakerphone with different people some 20 times. During those calls, democratic congressman dan goldman said the two never spoke about business, instead, he said, archer described the calls involving President Biden as casual, niceties, like the weather. And the white house has long said, david, that President Biden and his son were never in business together. David . David and to clarify, aaron, the calls involved joe biden when he was not president , this was before the presidency . Reporter thats right, well before the presidency, even after he was Vice President , out of office, david. David Aaron Katersky tonight. Aaron, thank you. Tonight, republicans vowing to continue to investigate hunter biden. The speaker of the house Kevin Mccarthy has floated the possibility of trying to impeach the president. Our linsey davis in a wideranging interview with Vice President Kamala Harris asking her about talk of impeachment. Reporter whats your reaction to the speaker of the house floating this idea of an Impeachment Inquiry . I i dont really have much to say about, again, kind of the the cinema and the the grand gestures that are political games. But what i will say is this lets get to work. We still have to do work that is about building our country to be able to compete on a global stage. We still have work to do to unify our country. For goodness sake. Lets bring our country together. Again, as i mentioned, this interview is wideranging. 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