The Heat Melting Glaciers in alaska. A home collapsing into the river. Rob marciano tracking it all. A rare Midair Collision between Fire Fighting helicopters in california. Three People Killed while battling a fire, including an Assistant Chief, a fire captain, and the pilot. What investigators have now revealed. Will reeve in california. Just a short time ago, former President Trumps legal Team Responding to a judges deadline in the Election Interference case. The Special Counsel requesting a protective order limiting what donald trump can publicly share about evidence in the case against him. It comes after he posted this threat, warning, if you go after me, im coming after you. What trumps lawyers are asking for. Pierre thomas in washington. The disturbing brawl erupting On The Waterfront in montgomery, alabama. Several Men And Women accused of attacking a dock worker. Other people coming to help him. The mayor with news of arrest warrants. The war in ukraine. The alleged plot to kill president zelenskyy. A woman detained, accused of being a russian informant. And late word coming in, russia unleashing deadly twin strikes on civilians. Ian pannell in ukraine. A wife accused of plotting to kill her husband by poisoning his coffee. How he claims to have caught her in the act. Paying tribute to the oscarwinning director behind two alltime classics. Terrifying audiences in the exorcist, and keeping them on the edge of their seats in the French Connection. And barbie makes history at the box office. A billion dollar milestone for the movie and its director. Good good evening, and its great to have you with us on a monday night, im mary bruce, in for david. And we begin with the extreme weather as we come on the air. Nine states now under Tornado Watches, from the carolinas to new york. At this hour, severe storms are breaking over washington, d. C. , baltimore, and philadelphia. Federal workers in the capital sent home hours ago. The aggressive line of storms already in the middle of the country. This tornado southeast of springfield, illinois. Roofs torn off, homes ripped to shreds. In hagerstown, maryland, this afternoon, fierce blowing winds and driving rain. A treacherous Evening Commute for millions. More than 6,000 flights delayed. 1,300 canceled. Ground stops from charlotte to new york, a Ripple Effect across the country. And the dangerous heat. Temperatures that feel in the triple digits from texas to florida all week. The Heat Melting Glaciers in alaska. This home falling into the river in juneau. And at this hour, more than half a million customers are without power across nine states in the east heading into the night. Rob is tracking it all in a moment, but first, abcs Erielle Reshef here in new york, where the storms are on the way. Reporter tonight, powerful storms bearing down on Tens Of Millions across the east coast. Oh, my reporter hurricaneforce wind gusts, hail, and tornadoes all possible. In washington, d. C. , federal employees sent home early. Could bring us winds upwards of 70 to 80 miles per hour. Its not a storm to mess around with. Reporter Accuweather Extreme Meteorologist reed timmer Tracking Storms in tennessee. Can barely see reporter this possible tornado spotted just north of greenville. Overnight, powerful winds ripping the roofs off these buildings northwest of louisville, kentucky. And outside washington, d. C. , a severe Thunderstorm Sending Thousands of beyonce fans scrambling for safety, packing fedex fields concourse to shelter in place. One person taken to the hospital. A number of fans treated for heat exhaustion. The dangerous system on the move from the midwest. This tornado spotted southeast of springfield, illinois. Look how strong that is. Reporter roofs stripped from homes in the area. More than 13,000 flights delayed across the country since sunday. The storms fueled by the extreme heat thats gripping much of the country. More records threatened from el paso to miami. And in alaska there it goes, there it goes. Reporter this Building Collapsing into the raging Mendenhall River in juneau, over the weekend, one of multiple structures destroyed. The unprecedented flooding, the result of rapid melting of the famed mendenhall glacier. Officials there declaring an emergency. And mary, here in new york city, we are bracing for those high winds, hail, lightning, and torrential rain, and it wont take much to cause flash flooding. A rough ride home ahead for millions through tonight. Mary . Mary Erielle Reshef leading us off. Erielle, thank you. Abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano is tracking it all, and rob, these storms will be especially dangerous after dark. Reporter yeah, mary, and theyre going to be going well into the evening and through the overnight period. Weve already had nearly 200 damaging storm reports, most of them wind reports. We had Tornado Warnings outside of philly and one outside of susquehanna, confirmed. That cell is now heading into new york state. Look at the massive Tornado Watch from upstate new york, through pennsylvania, and it stretches all the way down into north carolina. And the severe thunderstorm watch down through georgia and alabama. And south carolina, where they also saw some damaging winds. And weve got all those people without power because of the trees and power lines that are down. So, this will slowly push to the east tonight. But as it does so, these storms will still be damaging until it hits the coast after midnight, and then things will kind of dwindle by tomorrow morning. The heat is not dwindling. Not going anywhere. Its only expanding across the south, from florida, down i10, all the way through texas. Still dangerous stuff through at least the midweek. Mary . Mary that severe heat not letting up. Rob, thank you. Now, to that rare and tragic Midair Collision of two helicopters on the front lines of the battle against wildfires in california. All three onboard one of the helicopters were killed. Two of them top officials of cal fire. The Assistant Chief and a captain dying along with their pilot. Abcs will reeve on the scene in california. Reporter tonight, the urgent investigation into what caused the Midair Collision of two firefighting helicopters in southern california, killing three people, including two highranking fire officials. Theres Midair Collision 37 sierra, 5alpha sierra. Reporter you can see the damaged blades and scorched hillside where one of the helicopters crashed. They were part of six aircraft battling a small fire in riverside county, near palm springs on sunday evening. It was still light out, with good visibility. A Sikorski Skycrane helicopter like this one, which typically carries water or retardant, was able to land safely. The Bell Helicopter that crashed was being used for observation. All three onboard killed. We normally keep those aircraft far enough apart that theyre safe. For whatever reason, they encountered each other in the airspace, same airspace. Reporter authorities today identifying those victims as Assistant Chief josh bischof, captain tim rodriguez, and tony sousa, a contracted pilot. Officials raising a giant flag for a solemn procession. Fellow firefighters saluting as the bodies of the victims drove past. A Cal Fire Spokesman emphasized just how rare these types of collisions are, and that Investigation Led by the ntsb and faa will focus on how this tragedy could have happened. Mary . Mary still so many questions. Will, thank you. Next tonight, former President Trump and his legal team have met the 5 00 p. M. Deadline to respond to a request from the Special Counsel to limit what sensitive evidence trump can share publicly in the case involving Election Interference. It comes after the former president lashed out on social media with threatening language that prosecutors fear could intimidate witnesses. Heres abcs Chief Justice correspondent pierre thomas. Reporter just before tonights 5 00 p. M. Deadline, attorneys for donald trump pushing back at Special Counsel jack smiths attempt to limit what the former president can say publicly about sensitive details shared in the case. As donald trump spent the weekend Campaigning Off of allegations that he tried to steal the 2020 election. So, this ridiculous indictment against us, its not a legal case. Its an act of desperation. Reporter in a court filing, his attorneys say trump shouldnt be subject to a blanket gag order, seeking to narrow the scope of sensitive materials. Smith arguing if trump was to share grand jury testimony, for example, it could have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The Special Counsel citing trumps weekend post on social media, issuing this threat in all caps quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Trumps Campaign Says the post is political speech. And his attorneys claim the government is trying to restrict trumps First Amendment rights, while allowing President Joe Biden to potentially capitalize on the indictment during a heated election season. Trump, the republican frontrunner, attempting to do just that. I consider it a great badge of honor, because im being indicted for you. I am being indicted for you. Reporter meanwhile, his rival, Florida Governor ron desantis, is urging voters to focus not on trumps legal woes, but on beating joe biden, who has thus far not commented on any of the charges against trump. And desantis also definitively acknowledging the reality that trump lost to biden in 2020. No, of course he lost. Trump lost the 2020 election. Of course joe bidens the president. Mary desantis sharpening his language there. And pierre joins us now. Pierre, the Special Counsel has a deadline this week to propose a trial date. Its still early in this legal battle, but already, were seeing some back and forth over how quickly this case will proceed . Reporter mary, the next few weeks will be critical, as the Special Counsel seeks a speedy trial, and team trump likely tries to slow down the process. The wild card is going to be the judge, who will essentially be the referee, mary. Mary pierre, thank you. Next tonight, ukrainian Authorities Say they have detained a woman aiding a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy, catching her redhanded, passing intelligence to the russians. Meantime, backtoback russian strikes targeted a residential area in eastern ukraine, killing seven people and injuring at least 57. Abcs chief Foreign Correspondent ian pannell is in ukraine. Reporter tonight, a devastating Double Strike on the eastern town of pokrovsk. Russia first hitting a residential area, apartments, a hotel, and popular restaurant, at 7 24 p. M. Local time. The Emergency Services immediately on the scene rescuing people. Then just over half an hour later, at 8 02 p. M. , the second massive strike on the exact same spot. Officials sharing this video of the aftermath. A hellish scene of fire and devastation. At least seven have been killed, and more than 50 wounded, including 19 policemen and five rescuers. The attack comes as a woman accused of helping russia to plan to assassinate president zelenskyy is detained. Ukraines Security Service claiming she was trying to map zelenskyys movements during a visit to mykolaiv ten days ago, helping russia plan a massive air strike while he was there. They say agents tracked her to find her handlers and tasks, and that she was detained passing intelligence to the russians. Mary, this latest strike comes as peace talks in saudi arabia end without firm commitments. The u. S. And china saying they were positive, but russia, which wasnt invited, making it clear it has no plans of ending its attacks any time soon, as weve just seen tonight. Mary . Mary ian, thank you. Back here now, the mayor of montgomery, alabama, is promising justice, after an ugly brawl at the citys riverfront park. Video of the incident appears to show that a group of boaters had docked in a spot reserved for a river boat, and when a crew member tried to move their boat, things turned physical. Others jumping in to help. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter the fight that broke out here in montgomery, alabama, is being celebrated tonight all over the internet for the way police responded, and for the way that black eyewitnesses came to this dock workers rescue. Those guys who parked there were told not to leave it there, and they left it there. Reporter witnesses say it started when this crew member in the white uniform tried moving a boat that the owners had parked in this spot. He was trying to make room for a river boat that was on the way in. Thats when a shirtless man came to confront the dock worker, and then his friends came out, and then one of them got violent, beating the crew member. In seconds, there were several people outnumbering him, and this woman even seen kicking him while he was down. When the first punches were thrown, we all you just felt so helpless for that man. Theres five or six of them on him. Reporter but all of a sudden, black eyewitnesses who were watching decided it was time to help the man who was being beaten. Running, even swimming up to the scene, beating back on the people who attacked the man. Police came in minutes, and according to montgomerys mayor, detained several reckless individuals for attacking a man who was doing his job. Police say they have four active warrants out so far, and that there could be more once they finish looking at this videotape. They also say that the fighting, and they mean all of the fighting, was intolerable. Mary . Mary yeah, hard to watch. Steve, thank you. And in minnesota, the last of the four officers involved in the death of george floyd has been sentenced on state charges. Former officer tou thao was sentenced to four years and nine months for Aiding And AbettingSecond Degree manslaughter. Thao denied wrongdoing, saying he served only as a, quote, human traffic cone. The judge said he was hoping to see more remorse. Thao is already serving a 3 1 2year sentence for a federal civil rights conviction. And a passing to note tonight. Oscarwinning director William Friedkin, the man behind the French Connection and the exorcist, has died. Abcs matt gutman looks back on the mark he made on the movies. Reporter they were the Box Office Hits that made William Friedkin one of the most soughtafter directors in hollywood in the 1970s, and redefined their genres. The exorcist, which made horror big business. And the French Connection. Friedkin, the once documentarian, bringing gritty realism to a lowish budget film starring relative unknowns, roy scheider and gene hackman. That deathdefying car chase, often called One Of The Best in film history, was a scene made possible, friedkin later told the academy, by bribing a new York City Transit official. The guy said, 40,000 and a oneway ticket to jamaica. And i asked him, why a oneway ticket . And he said, because if i let you do what you just told me on that train, i will be fired. The winner is William Friedkin. Reporter the French Connection winning five academy awards, including best picture and Best Director for friedkin. A year later, Friedkin Terrifying audiences with the exorcist, starring linda blair as a 12yearold possessed by demons. Fans lined up for hours in the cold. Theaters sold out of tickets. And the exorcist became one of the top grossing movies ever. About 1. 3 billion in todays dollars. William friedkin was 87. He had said of himself, i dont see myself as a pioneer. I see myself as a working guy, and thats all. And he lived up to that motto, working until the very end. His new movie, the Caine Mutiny Court martial, premieres this month. Mary . Mary matt, thank you. When we come back here, a wife accused of plotting to kill her husband by poisoning his coffee. How he claims to have caught her in the act. And the deadly boating accident killing an american executive in italy. News tonight about the captain. Your Shipping Manager left to find themself. leaving you lost. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. Com hire inspiring music start your day with nature made. The 1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. What if your entire day glided like dove men . Its made with a plantbased moisturizer and glides on without irritation. 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