APRIL? ALREADY. DETAILS ON THAT COMING UP IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES, STEPH. MARK. THANK
YOU. MIKE.
>> SAN ANTONIO. POLICE SAY 3
PEOPLE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL IN
2 SUSPECTS ARE DETAINED THIS
MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING AT AN
APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE WEST
SIDE. THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED
AROUND 8 LAST NIGHT AND THE
300 BLOCK OF PIUS STREET SANTA
FE. POLICE SAY OFFICERS GOT TO
THE SCENE TO FIND A WOMAN MAN
AND 14 YEAR-OLD WITH GUNSHOT
WOUNDS. THEY WERE TAKEN TO A
LOCAL HOSPITAL BY EMS AND ARE
IN STABLE CONDITION. OFFICERS
WERE ABLE TO GATHER SOME
SUSPECT INFORMATION AND 2
SUSPECTS WERE DETAINED. POLICE
SAY THE SHOOTING APPEARS TO
HAVE STARTED OUT AS A FIGHT
OUTSIDE OF THAT COMPLEX.
THIS MORNING. RUSSIAN FORCES
ARE CONTINUE TO BOMBARD CITIES
IN UKRAINE DESPITE PLEDGES TO
SCALE BACK SOME OF THEIR
OPERATIONS. ABC’S EM NGUYEN HAS
MORE FROM WASHINGTON.
>> THIS MORNING, UNRELENTING
BOMBARDMENT OF UKRAINIAN
CITIES.
DESPITE RUSSIA’S PROMISES TO
CUT BACK COMBAT OPERATIONS
AROUND 2 NEWS AND THE CAPITAL,
KIEV, PRESIDENT ZELINSKY ON
HIGH ALERT AS RUSSIA MOVES
TROOPS FOR NEW ATTACKS INTO THE
EASTERN DONBASS REGION. BULLET
SHOT. YOU’RE GETTING READY FOR
THIS. HE SAYS IT. THE PENTAGON
ALSO SKEPTICAL OF RUSSIAN
CLAIMS TO DE-ESCALATE FIGHTING
AS A GOOD FAITH MEASURE FOR
PEACE TALKS WITH UKRAINE.
LESS THAN 20% OF RUSSIAN TROOPS
THAT WERE AROUND KIEV ARE
MOVING AWAY, BUT LIKELY JUST
REPOSITIONING. NOW THE WHITE
HOUSE SAYING THEY BELIEVE
VLADIMIR PUTIN IS BEING
MISINFORMED BY MILITARY
COMMANDERS WHO ARE TOO AFRAID
TO TELL HIM THE TRUTH ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
THE FACT THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE
ALL THE CONTACTS THAT HE MAY
NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DEGREE
TO WHICH HIS FORCES ARE FAILING
IN UKRAINE. THAT’S A LITTLE
JUST COMFORTING DECLASSIFIED
INTELLIGENCE SAYING PUTIN FEELS
MISLED BY HIS DEFENSE MINISTRY,
WHICH DIDN’T EVEN TELL HIM
THEIR NEWLY DRAFTED SOLDIERS
WERE DYING IN UKRAINE. THE HEAD
OF BRITAIN’S SPY SERVICE SAYING
PUTIN MISJUDGE THE UKRAINIAN
RESISTANCE AND HIS OWN FORCES
BE OVERESTIMATED THE ABILITIES
OF IN A TREE TO SECURE A RECORD
VICTORY.
>> WE’VE SEEN RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
IS SHORT OF WEAPONS AND MORALE
REFUSING TO CARRY AFTER WHAT
IT IS SABOTAGING THEIR OWN
EQUIPMENT AND EVEN ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTING DOWN THERE IN CRAFT.
THIS COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN
PLEDGES ANOTHER 500 MILLION
DOLLARS IN AID TO UKRAINE
DURING A MERE HOUR LONG CALL
WITH PRESIDENT ZELINSKY.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS SET TO
DELIVER REMARKS TODAY ON WHAT
THEY’RE CALLING THE POOL IN
PRICE HIKE ON ENERGY PRICES.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS
CONSIDERING A RELEASE OF
ROUGHLY 1 MILLION BARRELS OF
OIL A DAY FROM THE NATION’S
RESERVES TO COMBAT RISING GAS
PRICES. AND WHEN ABC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> IN MORNING HEADLINES U.S.
AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’RE
STOPPING MORE THAN 7,000
MIGRANTS EVERY DAY AT THE
BORDER WITH MEXICO AND MARKS A
SHARP INCREASE FROM FEBRUARY
AND COMES AS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION NEARS A DECISION
ON WHETHER TO END SWEEPING
ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS DESIGNED
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF
COVID-19 CHIEF RAUL ORTIZ SAYS
1500 CUBANS WERE STOPPED THE
PREVIOUS DAY, WHICH IS WELL
MORE THAN DOUBLE THE DAILY
AVERAGE FROM THE CARIBBEAN
NATION WHO CAME IN FEBRUARY.
NEARLY 2 MILLION MIGRANTS HAVE
BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE U.S.
UNDER CURRENT COVID-RELATED
ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS SINCE MARCH
OF 2020 AND ARE SET TO EXPIRE
THIS WEEK.
>> SEVERE STORMS, INCLUDING AT
LEAST 2 CONFIRMED TORNADOES
HAVE INJURED SEVERAL PEOPLE
IN MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE.
HOMES AND BUSINESSES WERE
DAMAGED AS THE WEATHER SPREAD
DAMAGE IN ARKANSAS, MISSOURI
AND TEXAS OVERNIGHT BEFORE
MOVING TO THE DEEP SOUTH.
SO FAR, NO DEATHS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. THE STRONG LINE OF
INTENSE STORMS IS STRETCHING
NEARLY 800 MILES TRIGGERING
TORNADO WARNINGS AND WATCHES
ALONG ITS PATH.
>> THE FEDERAL ELECTION
COMMISSION HAS FINED HILLARY
CLINTON’S 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN AND THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE. THE FTC
SAYS THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND
DNC MISREPORTED MONEY THAT
FUNDED THE INFAMOUS TRUMP
RUSSIA DOSSIER INSTEAD OF
LABELING IT AS OPPOSITION
RESEARCH, THEY SAID IT WAS
LEGAL SERVICES AND LEGAL AND
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING, QUOTE,
UNQUOTE. THE DNC WAS FINE ONLY
$105,000. THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN
FINE. ONLY $8,000, ACCORDING TO
SEC FCC REGUTIONS, POLITICAL
CANDIDATES AND GROUPS MUST
PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THEIR
SPENDING. EXPLAIN ANY
EXPENDITURE MORE THAN $200
PLAYING CAMPAIGN AND THE DNC
NEVER STATED THEY VIOLATED
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, BUT THEY