Tonight regarding this potential Ground Invasion first tonight, a new speaker of the house, after 22 days without one. Tonight, whos the new speaker, congressman mike johnson and where does he stand on key issues including abortion, funding for ukraine and does he accept Donald TrumpsElection Loss . Rachel scott live on the hill. Tonight, amid pressure from the u. S. To hold off on any potential Ground Invasion it appears israel is holding off for now, tonight what were learning about the delay and what this could mean for the hostages. Also, our team inside gaza, the Healthcare System collapsing. And what about the hundreds of u. S. Citizens inside gaza. Matt gutman in tel aviv. Here in New York City that dramatic scene in court. Former President Trump suddenly called to the Witness Stand admonished by the judge and fined 10,000, 45 minutes later donald trump suddenly leaving the courthouse. The images coming in tonight, Hurricane Otis Slamming Mexico going from a category 1 to a category 5 within just hours. Winds up to 165 miles per hour. Here in the u. S. , Tracking Storms from texas to michigan. Flood alerts and the first major snow across multiple states as well. The manhunt tonight for an air force veteran wanted in the murder of his wife, a mother of four, and where police have now returned to. Tonight the Breaking News from philadelphia, a Judge Reinstating all charges against a Philadelphia Police officer after the deadly shooting of a driver. Killed while behind the wheel of his car. In houston, two planes colliding on the runway. Tonight the fda says its investigating the death of College Student after her family claimed that she died after drinking a highly caffeinated drink at panera. And the tributes to Richard Roundtree and the iconic role he made famous. Good evening. Great to have you with us on a wednesday night. Lot of news to get here in New York City, President Trump suddenly called up to that Witness Stand and fined 10,000 and this major news at this hour from israel on this potential Ground Invasion a and the delay because of the hostages. We do begin tonight with the Breaking News from capitol hill, after 22 days, three weeks with work in house halted the republicans have elected a speaker of the house, representative mike johnson of louisiana, the countrys 56th Speaker Of The House now, the republicans were unanimous today. They celebrated their rare moment of unity. Tonight speaker johnson declaring the peoples house is back in business. 51 years old. First elected in 2016 the least experience of any speaker in 140 years, a hardright conservative he played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, hes now second in line to presidency, his name now over the door of the speakers door. Israels war with hamas and Ukraine Fighting back the russians, the new speaker facing major issues from the start. Rachel scott leading us off from the hill tonight. The honorable mike johnson. Reporter after 22 days with the country and the world watching, with Israel Raging War Against Hamas and the House Of Representatives in america halted for three weeks. Tonight, republicans finally electing a new speaker. Hardright republican, congressman mike johnson of louisiana. The honorable mike johnson. John, before now, was little known. Serving in the house for just 6. 5 years. Tonight, sworn in as speaker. I do, so help me god. Congratulations. Reporter speakerelect johnson was a leading voice in overturning the 2020 election. Second in line to the presidency. Vowing to get the paralyzed house back to work. The country demands strong leadership of this body and we must not waiver. Reporter the least experience of any speaker in 140 years and immediately challenges. Including a looming government shutdown. Aging in israel and ukraine. The ultra conservative congressman has questioned funding for ukraine in the past. Speaker johnson, do you support aid to ukraine . His straunchly antiabortion rights and does not support protections for samesex marriage. Hes voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill. He voted against the bipartisan chips act, that end up boosting semiconductors here in america. In the Early Morning hours after the attack on the capitol still voting against certifying the election. That earned him respect from donald trump. This time yesterday nobody was speaking about and we put out the word and now hes the speaker of house. Reporter overnight when he secured the nomination i tried to ask if he stood by his position, his vote not to certify the election. Mr. Johnson, do you sport efforts to overturn the 2020 election, do you stand by that vote . His fellow Republicans Booing and shouting. It remains a legitimate question for any new speaker. After more thran 60 judges, many of them appointed by trump reviewed challenges to the election, but repeatedly declared there was no widespread fraud that would have changed the outcome. So i asked him today about Election Integrity and whether he would acknowledge that trump loss. I think well be unified today. Reporter he didnt answer the question. Today democrats saying its clear why johnson succeeded where others have failed. This has been about one thing this has been about who can appease donald trump. David, one of first order of businesses for the house to consider is the president s request for additional funding for both israel and ukraine. A Growing Number of republicans say they only want funding for israel and not ukraine. Tonight speaker johnson not committing to putting that package on the floor for the vote. Rachel scott, thank you. The other major news tonight involves israels war with hamas. Israel holding off its Ground Invasion of gaza for now. What were learning about the delay and what this could mean for the hostages still being held by hamas. The air assault pounding gaza, the Healthcare System collapsing. Our team inside gaza tonight where a third of all gaza hospitals are closed. Just eight trucks of aid getting through the border from egypt. Before the war at least 400 trucks would travel through a day in with aid. Abcs matt gutman tonight from tel aviv. Reporter tonight, israel, amid significant pressure from the u. S. , deciding to hold off on that Ground Invasion for now, urgently pushing to free more hostages as israels Aerial Bombardment rocked gaza for the 19th consecutive day. Gazas Healthcare System collapsing. 12 of the 35 hospitals no longer functioning. Officials claiming more facilities are only hours away from running out of fuel. For generators. Medicine also in short supply. Reports of surgeries being performed with no anesthesia. Doctors like Mohammed Ghandil unable to keep up with the crush of patients. The Hospital Door is open, but the health care is not provided. If the fuel is zero, simply the doctors and the nurses will go home and the hospital will turn to a big morgue. Reporter and the wounded keep coming. Our team on the ground in gaza, Filming Medics rushing the injured, including babies, to the emergency room. Al jazeera bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh here sobbing over the bodies of his wife, daughter and son, all killed in a strike in central gaza where israel has told civilians to flee. Today for the fourth day in a row, a convoy of aid making it into gaza. But just eight trucks. Before the war, more than 400 trucks arrived daily. Is still israel to still prohibiting fuel from coming in. Hamas has over a million litres of fuel in their stockpiles in gaza. Theyre actually not far away from rafah, their tanks full fuel, all they need to do is give it to the hospitals. Reporter the hamasrun Health Ministry claiming 1,400 palestinians were killed in the past 48 hours alone. The deadliest days of this war for the palestinians. President biden has repeatedly talked about the civilian toll, but today he questioned the source of hamas numbers and reiterated americas support of israel. Israel has the right and i would add responsibility to respond to the slaughter of their people. And we will ensure israel has what it needs to defend itself against these terrorists. Thats a guarantee. Reporter and tonight, over 220 hostages, including americans, still in the hands of hamas. Biden today, saying he did not demand a delay in israels Ground Invasion, but signaled it was heavily encouraged to slow it down to save the lives of those hostages, adding their safety should be a priority. What i have indicated to him, is that if thats possible to get these folks out safely, thats what he should do. Its their decision, but i did not demand it. Reporter and tonight, as the situation worsens inside gaza, its not just the concern for the hostages, or the innocent civilians caught in the middle, there are still up to 600 american citizens trapped in gaza. David thats another key part of this story. We cant forget about the american citizens Inside Gaza Waiting to get out. Matt, there was another alarming image that made news around the world. The leaders of multiple militant terrorist groups meeting in lebanon . Reporter this is the image that sparked that concern reege fally the leaders of the iranbacked proxy hezbollah, hamas, meeting in lebanon, a portrait of the eayatollah hanging. President biden now warning the eye toll la not to target u. S. Troops sailing the that the u. S. Will respond. David matt gutman in tel aviv. Here in New York City, the dramatic scene involving former President Trump in a new york courtroom. The former president was suddenly called to the Witness Stand by the judge who questioned trump and then ed admonished him. He suddenly left the courtroom not long after that judges warning. Reporter donald trump has spent this trial sitting alongside his lawyers, his Arms Folded A Stern look on his face, but today the judge abruptly summoned the former president to the Witness Stand. Where he was sworn slapped with fine all because the judge had heard about what trump said earlier. This judge is a very partisan judge with a person whos very partisan sitting alongside of him. Reporter he wanted to know who sits alongside him the person who trump attacked was his law clerk, trump had targeted the clark before, in fact the judge previously imposed a limited gag order preventing trump from disparjing court personnel. Trump insisted he wasnt referring to the clerk but his former fixer Michael Cohen who had been testifying. The judge didnt believe him. I find the witness is not credible, the judge said, i find the witness was referring to my law clerk, its the second time that trump violated the gag order, the judge fined trump 10,000 and was around with dont do it or it will be worse the trial resumed with cohen back on the stand. He testifying that trump directed him to fiddle with his financial statements. Under crossexamination trumps lawyers pressing cohen about why he told congress in 2019 he couldnt recall trump directly ask him to artificially inflating. He was caught lying. It was a better than a perry mason moment. Reporter the two men hadnt seen each other in five years, in court they sat feet apart. Cohen said he looked trump right in the eye. What did you see . I saw a defeated man, somebody who knows that its the end of the trump organization. David quite a day there. Aaron, you were in the courtroom, that unexpected move the judge calling the former president to the Witness Stand less than an hour later, trump suddenly getting up and leaving the courtroom in the middle of the proceedings. You saw this all . Reporter he stormed right out, david, it came after his lawyers asked the judge to throw out the whole case. The judge refused saying theres plenty of other evidence to keep the case alive. The judge had issued that fine to trump and warned him about his rhetoric the judge saying, david, doesnt want to see anybody get killed here. Aaron, thank you. David we turn now to Hurricane Otis and to what meteorologist were warning about the nightmare scenario. Growing from a category 1 hurricane to a cat 5 hurricane in just hours, making a direct hit on Tourist Resort in acapulco. The storm rapidly intensifying before landfall. Slamming ashore in the middle of the night. Guests huddling inside hotel ballrooms. At this hour, otis is now dissipating. Were tracking the system. Here in the u. S. Two systems one bringing flood alerts and the other bringing snow across multiple states. Rob marciano is tracking it. Reporter im worried about the images and reports that will come out of mexico tomorrow. This storm absolutely exploding that close to shore. They didnt have any help from the models. Look at this chart. No forecast models expected to get to cat 1 strength. It went to cat 5 and yes Climate Change likely playing a role. Some of that moisture is getting up into dallas, already seeing rainfall there. Kansas, wettest day in over a year. Maps in motion, show another pulse of that tropical moisture getting into dallas, texas, tomorrow, up into the midwest and great lakes by tomorrow night. Heavy snow in helena, montana. David. Tracking multiple headlines for us. Rob, thanks. Urgent man hunt near wochester, massachusetts. Heres abcs erielle reshef. 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Reporter Richard Roundtree died after a brief twomonth battle with pancreatic cancer. This evening so many honoring the leading man. Including samuel l. Jackson. Jackson writing, Thanks For Making Us Feel Real Good for us. Richard roundtree Remembere Resolution condemning israel. Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. Im larry beall and im kristen sze as the war between israel and hamas continues in the middle east. Hundreds of students today at cal held a Walkout Calling for an end to the violence and showing support for the palestinian people. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan was there joining us live right now. Answer their increasing you can see that this event is still going on behind me. Hundreds made it out to sproul plaza today to participate in a rally in teach in students had a list of demands. Among them, an immediate cease fire in gaza. Free, free palestine. Free, free palestine. They marched through uc berkeley to sproul plaza with a simple message. The message today is cease fire. Now, immediately, and to allow humanitarian aid to enter into gaza. Halima bharucha is one of the organizers of this rally in teachin about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza. Churches being bombed, mosques being bombed. This felt like a call that i just had to respond to. One, two, three, four. Occupation, no more. The event was organized by several palestinian campus organizations