The White House calling those ransomware attacks on critical systems a rising National Security concern. Many coming from overseas. The White House saying President Biden is meeting on this saturday with his national Security Team. 11 days until his summit with Vladimir Putin. Diploma denied. The high School Senior walking across the stage draped in a Mexican Flag to honor his heritage punished for violating the graduation Dress Code. His family outraged. The school standing firm. Farewell to aiden. The emotional goodbye to the 6yearold Boy killed in a highway shooting. His heartbroken Mothers Plea for justice. The killer still at large. And tonight, mystery solved about a letter from World War ii. The note from john to his Brother Mickey. As john was about to ship out overseas, how that Soldiers Family was tracked down in just one week. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on this saturday, im Whit Johnson. And we begin tonight with that breaking news as we come on the air. A Rescue Operation under way, a Ferry Running aground here in New York on the edge of brooklyn. More than 100 people onboard. There you see it. The u. S. Coast guard assisting other first responders. The ferry taking on water. Rescuers trying to get passengers to the shore. All of this happening as crowds were back out on the Water Today to beat the heat and amid Easing Covid restrictions. Abcs Trevor Ault leads us off from brooklyn. With late details just coming in. Reporter tonight, the race to evacuate passengers after a Ferry Ran Aground and started taking on water in brooklyn. Next thing you know, theyre saying everyone Sit Down, everyone Sit Down. Reporter first responders with the fdny and the Coast Guard rushing to the scene. Were in the process of removing approximately 150 civilians from a ferry boat. Were using the tower ladder, portable ladders. Reporter that Seastreak Ferry bottoming out in a shallow area of the East River near the bushwick inlet. Just turned, Couldnt Figure out why they said to Sit Down and they ended up going into this, what, a little channel. Reporter the drama unfolding on a crowded, sunny day in New York city. Got my baby with me. Shes only a couple months old, so, it was a little panicinducing. Reporter Emergency Crews now assessing the boat for damage. That alarming scene playing out there. Trevor ault joining us now from brooklyn. And trevor, what more are you learning about the passengers onboard that ferry . Reporter well, whit, we just received word from the nypd, they say every passenger who was on this ferry, more than 100 people, have now been safely evacuated and they say there are no reported injuries. Whit . Good thing those rescuers were quick to respond. Trevor, thank you. We move now to the dangerous Heat Wave sweeping across the country. Millions of americans desperate to cool off. Recordbreaking heat sweeping from The Dakotas to the east coast. Boston declaring a heat emergency. Beaches up and down the coast packed. You can see here from this Earth Cam in seaside heights, new jersey. A different story, though, further south. Powerful storms bringing flash flooding. This is bay cliff, texas, near galveston. Lets get right to abcs senior Meteorologist Rob Marciano in lake charles, louisiana, and rob, were seeing this extreme heat early in the season. Reporter yeah, we are, for the first week of june, whit, this is certainly dangerous and expansive heat. Look at some of these high temperatures. A smattering of 90s including d. C. , boston, syracuse at 92. 91, chicago. Records in minneapolis and fargo, near 100 there. Over 100 in south dakota. And i95, we only get warmer tomorrow in d. C. And philly. Heat advisory out for philly and New York. Will be up and over 90 degrees. Weve got storms across the south, were watching that. And excessive Heat Warnings across the southwest, so, truly widespread heat from Coast To coast. Whit . Springtime disappearing quickly. Rob, thank you. Now, to those terrifying moments in the sky. A delta Airlines Jet from Los Angeles bound for nashville forced to make an Emergency Landing. A passenger allegedly trying to break into the cockpit, screaming, stop this plane. Crew and passengers jumping into action, binding The Man with Zip Ties. The faa reporting at least 2,500 cases of unruly behavior just this year. Heres abcs Elwyn Lopez. Reporter tonight, the terrifying moment a passenger allegedly tried to make his way ito a planes locked cockpit. Stop this plane. Stop this plane. Reporter The Man screaming repeatedly for the plane to stop. The Flight Attendant was a hero. He really was. He blocked the door. Reporter Crew Members and passengers jumping into action, taking him down. Is there still a struggle going on . He is restrained now, delta 386. I pulled my belt off to Try And Hog tie him with my belt and then another attendant came in and gave us plastic ties, managed to get that around his wrist. But that took awhile. He was real strong. Reporter The Mans shoes removed in order to bind his feet with Zip Ties before he was carried to the back of the aircraft. The larger picture here comes down to one thing and one thing only. That means absolute, positive assured denial of access to the cockpit in flight. Reporter the Delta Flight with 162 passengers and six crew aboard taking off from l. A. X. To nashville, forced to make an Emergency Landing in albuquerque. I was kind of whispering to him, hey, calm down, were going to get you there. Just trying to deescalate him. Reporter Delta Airlines saying in a statement, the aircraft landed without incident, and the passenger was removed by law enforcement. The Fbi Tonight now involved in the investigation. Reporter Elwyn Lopez joining us now from atlanta. And elwyn, this incident is just one of many in recent weeks. The faa in part is blaming the pandemic . Reporter whit, while this latest incident is still under investigation, it comes amid a surge in unruly Passenger Behavior, prompting some airlines to continue to limit its alcohol services onboard, something that started during the pandemic. The faa receiving at least 2,500 reports of unruly Passenger Behavior since the beinning of the year. More than 75 of those for refusing to wear masks. Whit . An alarming trend there. Elwyn, thank you. We move on now to that new warning about covid19 and teenagers. The cdc saying it is deeply concerned about a rise in hospitalizations among adolescents, pleading with parents to get their kids vaccinated. But overall, the nations daily case average plunging to new lows. Now 14,000 cases each day, a nearly 95 drop since january. And today, another sign of Americas Comeback from the pandemic, the running of the Belmont Stakes in New York, drawing crowds of 11,000. Tonight, former President Trump returning to the stage, rallying republicans in North Carolina ahead of next years midterm elections. Its his first major public speech since february. Heres abcs alex presha. Reporter hes been silenced on facebook through the 2022 elections, but tonight, former President Trump speaking directly to supporters, bringing his Midterm Message to the stage in North Carolina, where hes expected to argue that Americas Survival depends on electing republicans. Do miss me yet . Do you miss me . Reporter trumps last major public appearance was in february, where he continued to push the lie that the election was stolen. Facebook insists the former president s worlds fueled the January 6th capitol attack, banning him from its platforms, which include instagram, until january of 2023, at which point the company will use experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. In a statement, trump blasted the decision as an insult to the millions of americans that voted for him. Hes already been banned permanently from twitter and snapchat. The social Media Giant pointed to videos and posts like this, where trump called the insurrections great patriots and to remember this day forever. His former Vice President , Mike Pence, who was threatened during the riot hang Mike Pence hang Mike Pence reporter seeming to break with trump. I dont know if well ever see Eye To eye on that day. Reporter as the former president eyes a political comeback, hes facing growing criminal investigations. Abc News Learning that jeff mcconney, the controller for the trump organization, testified before a Special Grand Jury impaneled by the Manhattan District attorney. That Grand Jury will decide whether to bring criminal charges against trump, his business or any of his employees. One area of interest in the case . Whether trump allegedly inflated the values of assets to benefit him and then deflated them for tax breaks. Sources tell Abc News that mcconney is the first employee of the former president s company to testify. And that several other officials could go before that Special Grand Jury in the coming weeks. Now, as for the former president , a Senior Adviser tells Abc News that he has two other rallies scheduled this month. Whit . Alex presha in washington. Thank you. Now, the growing cyber threat facing the u. S. The White House calling ransomware attacks a rising National Security concern. And Vladimir Putin responding to Accusations Russia is involved with President Biden set to meet with the russian president in just days. Heres abcs Julia Macfarlane from london. Reporter tonight, growing alarm as cyber criminals attack businesses across america. President Biden Meeting with members of his national Security Team today, as the White House now calls the threats a growing matter of National Security. I certainly think the president views those as a rising national concern, security concern. Reporter this as russias leader, Vladimir Putin, is now responding to the accusation that russia has been involved, saying, there hasnt been any malicious russian activity, its plain ridiculous. The cyber ransom attacks crippling several industries in the u. S. This week, floridas ufhealth hospitals, serving the largest Retirement Community in the u. S. , shutting down their entire i. T. System after discovering hackers, resorting to paper records. Jbs, the worlds largest meat supplier, halting meat production. And hackers taking down the largest Fuel Pipeline in the u. S. , too, leading to Power Shortages and long gas lines. Fbi director Christopher Wray announcing theyre investigating A Hundred different types of ransomware, many tracing back to hackers in russia. Wray comparing the scale of the threat and the challenge involved as that posed by the 9 11 attack. We cannot give any quarter and no country should be harboring criminal actors of any type. Reporter President Biden and Vladimir Putin are set to meet facetoface in just 11 days time at a summit in geneva. The White House says President Biden will be raising the issue of cyber crime. Whit . Julia, thank you. Now to North Carolina and the growing outrage after a high School Senior was denied his diploma for walking across the Mexican Flag. Age draped in the the teen arguing it was his attempt to honor his heritage, but the school demanding an apology, saying he violated Dress Code. Heres abcs ike ejiochi. Reporter its a moment every teenager remembers. Ever martinez lopez. Reporter tonight, ever lopez will remember his graduation for the wrong reasons. Boo reporter the ceremony at asheboro High School in North Carolina momentarily pausing when lopez, seen here with a Mexican Flag around his back, walks up to get his diploma and is denied it because of that flag. At that moment, we didnt realize any School Officials come up to him, tell him, hey, take that off. Reporter adolfo hurtado, lopezs cousin, watching as lopez and the principal speak. As he gets called up, we see that she leans over and pauses the ceremony and thats when we notice he starts to reach for his flag. Reporter lopez given the diploma holder, but told he wont get the diploma because hes violating Dress Code. The school saying in statements, the incident is not about the Mexican Flag. Adding they strongly support our students expressions of their heritage, but Go On to highlight the Dress Code allowing for decoration only on the graduation cap. He says hes not going to apologize because he doesnt believe he created the disruption. Reporter tonight, the school says its reevaluating its Dress Code policy and is working with lopez and his family so that hell receive his diploma. Whit . Ike, thank you. Now to california and the emotional final goodbye for aiden leos. The 6yearold Boy was shot and killed more than two weeks aGo On a california freeway, an apparent act of Road Rage. Today, his memorial, and the new efforts to catch his killer. Heres abcs zohreen shah. Reporter tonight, even as the search for his killer continues, those who loved 6yearold aiden leos, laying him to rest reporter and hearing a mothers love. To my aiden, i loved watching you sleep in the morning, because you are the most beautiful boy i have ever seen. As long as you were next to me, everything always felt right in the world. Reporter aiden shot two weeks ago while his mother drove him to school in what police say was a Road Rage incident where someone in another vehicle fired a gun at the rear of their car. The Bullet Hit Aiden Seated in a back booster seat. Police now releasing a photograph of a car theyre looking for, that they say was occupied by a female driver and a male passenger. Today, the memories of aiden wrapped in a demand. I want nothing more than to find justice. It makes me outraged that such a precious, Beautiful Soul did not get the opportunity to continue developing into a young man. My precious son had his life ripped away from him for absolutely no reason. They took his life and my heart along with it. Reporter in a sign of the feeling here, reward for information now reaching 500,000. About half reportedly from local businesses and individuals wanting to help. Whit . Our hearts go out to that family tonight. Zohreen, thank you. 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A Mystery Letter preserved in plastic, dating back to World War ii. A stone fell out of the wall and the dirt came out and he seen this plastic sticking out. Its a letter from 1942. Says, dear mickey. Eileen Plaffs Son found the letter while doing work in the basement last month and was determined to track down the authors family. This is really important to us, for the people to find who this mickey is, if hes still alive, so his family can have this. Her story shared right here on this broadcast last week. And the letter from World War ii found in the wall of a pennsylvania home. Its addressed to mickey and signed, Brother John. The letter instructing family not to write back, because Brother John was shipping out. Soon after our report, eileen received dozens of responses, but one caller stood out. He was mentioning names of the family and every name he mentioned is in this letter. Our Affiliate Wnep in scranton helped rush that letter to 89yearold joe mocakatis. Oh, man. It looks like my brothers handwriting. It was really, really nice to have this in my hands. My brother John Joe telling us his late brothers, john and mickey, both served in World War ii. My Brother John was stationed in texas and he was a flight engineer. His Brother Mickey he was wounded twice. Lived in that same neighborhood where 79 years later, that priceless letter was found. Its a piece of history. Its really amazing. It sure is. And joe plans to give that letter to mickeys son, his nephew. Thank you so much for watching. Im Whit Johnson in New York. Ill see you on gma in the morning. Linsey davis will be right back here tomorrow night. Have a great night. Assault weapons overturned. What State Leaders are saying about the ruling. Big races and free Vaccine Doses . A County Fair that has a unique offer kicks off today. We hear from passengers on a flight, including one who rushed to help after a man tried to break into the cockpit. Abc7 news starts now. Tilting a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is Abc7 News. It is a slap in the face. A stronger Gun Control measures, a federal judge has overturned californias ban on assault weapons. Think you for joining us. You are watching Abc7 News at 5 00 live here on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. Cornell bernard spent the day getting reaction to the ruling that came down late last night. State officials want to judges, they wanted to fight this decision. Reporter from sacramento to washington, d. C. , lawmakers promising to appeal this ruling. The governor calls it a direct threat to public safety. This is a judge that is not tethered to reality. Reporter the ruling overturned California Puffers three decade old pam. His wife, jody, was one of eight people killed by a Gun Man in the 101 California Shooting Massacre in 1993. He needs to go to a couple of the funerals and find out what the reality is of how these weapons are used for