island ferry. forcing passengers to evacuate onto tug boats. an historic bond for disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried. charged with what prosecutors called a fraud of epic proportions. free on a quarter billion dollars bond after making his first appearance before an american judge. his parents showing their support in the courtroom. where he s staying tonight. aaron katersky standing by. the new cdc alert about a rare but dangerous bacterial infection, just days before christmas. what health officials are telling doctors and parents to look out for as family gatherings get under way. president zelenskyy back home tonight in ukraine after that historic and emotional visit to the u.s. how republicans are responding to his urgent plea for more aid and weapons. new transcripts released today from the house january 6th committee. what they reveal about the alleged pressure campaign against one key witness. jonathan karl standing by. the embattled congressman-elect i
for playing what prosecutors called a significant role in the $8 billion fraud. and linsey, before he left court, sam bankman-fried was barred from doing any business worth more than $1,000. then again, the judge pointed out, after what happened with the collapse of ftx, sam bankman-fried has achieved significant notoriety that nobody wants to do business with him. linsey? aaron, thank you. we move on now to the triple virus thread heading into the holiday weekend. along with the flu, covid, and rsv, the cdc is issuing a new alert for an invasive form of strep. here s abc s erielle reshef. reporter: tonight, a new alert from the cdc urging doctors to look out for cases of that rare but dangerous form of invasive strep-a in children. the infection on the rise in some places. invasive strep a is rare, but when it happens, the impacts can be devastating, including death, and that s why we have to be really cautious, to make sure we identify potential infections
texas. and told me he was having a heart attack. and he was going to the emergency room. what was that like? it was it was pretty intense. but, being as stubborn as my dad is, you know, oh, don t worry about it. i ll be fine. they re just going to put a stent in me. i ll be fine. i don t think he knew the magnitude of the situation at the time. coming up a father fights for his life. to see him in that hospital bed, it was tough. very tough. what will happen to his fight for justice? it s all about what you can prove in a court of law. when dateline continues. forty percent of people with type 2 diabetes will develop chronic kidney disease, or ckd. did you know ckd can lead to kidney failure and dialysis? kidney alert! ckd often has no symptoms until it s too late! help protect your kidneys. call your doctor for a uacr test. it shows one of the earliest signs for ckd. visit kidneyalert.com! in 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse
altogether? at this point, i wouldn t put anything past him. on may 30th, 2018, we were back outside the courthouse with larry mendonca. this time he was the one surrounded by supporters. may 13, he was back n at the courthouse. this time he was surrounded by supporters. now reduced to just an hour in court that fest as intense as any jury trial. would darren be carted off to prison or would the judge give him probation or send him home. darren s lawyer reminded them was an alternate suspect. then he told the judge to remember this was not a murder case. there s an agreement that my client will plead guilty to nothing. nothing. he s offered to plead no contest to an assault charge. and then larry got his chance, finally, to let 12 years of pain pour out, starting with that first awful night when he
larry and toshie were hoping to raise sandra s boys. but now he s been working on them for 12 years. he s been brainwashing them. they hate their mother. they hate their grandparents. as he left court, darren was protected by a phalanx of friends and relatives, which included the two grandsons. darren declined to speak with us but his defense lawyer, michael green, did stop to talk. there s a big difference between pleading no contest and pleading guilty. well, it certainly would suggest he did something to her. well, he assaulted her. that very day? he didn t kill her? no, but he doesn t admit that he assaulted her. no contest means he neither admits nor denies the charges. but now for four months uncertainty. because the judge had the power to sentence darren to anything from ten years in prison to probation. what i foresee at sentencing, they re going to ask for leniency. do you think he could actually avoid going to prison