WHAT ABOUT MONDAY WITH THE RIVER PARADE WILL JUMP INTO THAT COMING UP HERE IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT. GUYS. THANK YOU,
JUSTIN.
>> SAN ANTONIO POLICE HAVE MADE
A SECOND ARREST IN A STRING OF
ROBBERIES. POLICE SAY 34
YEAR-OLD OZZY LOSOYA AND
MICHAEL CAINE WERE INVOLVED IN
7 ROBBERIES SINCE LAST
NOVEMBER. INVESTIGATORS SAY
THE CASES INCLUDE HAIR SALONS
FOR TEDDY, A AND 2 SMALL PHONE
BUSINESSES. SOME OF THE
YOUNGEST VICTIMS WERE JUST 89
YEARS OLD. THAT’S ACCORDING
TO POLICE. NOW, OFFICERS SAY
THAT SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM
THE ROBBERIES LED TO THOSE
ARRESTS.
>> WE ARE FOLLOWING A MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT THIS MORNING FROM
THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND URGENT
EVACUATION OF PEOPLE FROM A
CITY DESCRIBED AS HEALTH SCAPE.
ABC’S MONA KOSAR. ABDI HAS THE
DETAILS.
>> TODAY IN UKRAINE, RUSSIA
CLAIMS A HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR
WILL OPEN FROM THE BESIEGED
CITY OF MARIO PULL WERE AN
ESTIMATED 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TRAPPED IN A HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS WITH LITTLE FOOD, WATER
OR ELECTRICITY FOR WEEKS.
RUSSIAN FORCES HAVE ALSO HANDED
BACK CONTROL OF THE CHERNOBYL
NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER HOLDING THE
SITE SINCE FEBRUARY. ACCORDING
TO UNCONFIRMED REPORTS, RUSSIAN
TROOPS MAY HAVE SUFFERED
RADIATION SICKNESS AFTER BEING
TRENCHES IN CONTAMINATED
IN OTHER AREAS OF UKRAINE.
INTENSE FIGHTING RAGES ON
MULTIPLE MISSILES HIT THE
CAPITAL OF KIEV THURSDAY.
ONE STRIKING WILL ABC’S JAMES
LONGMAN WAS ON THE AIR. WE JUST
HAD AN ENORMOUS EXPLOSION HERE
>> TOWARDS THE NORTH OF WHERE
WEST STANDING. YOU CAN SEE DEEP
DARK SMOKE RISING INTO THE INTO
THE INTO THE SKY. NO, I’M NOT
SURE WHAT’S BEEN HIT.
>> BUT WITH RUSSIA SUFFERING SO
MANY SETBACKS, PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAYS VLADIMIR PUTIN MAY HAVE
PLACED SOME OF HIS ADVISORS
UNDER HOUSE ARREST. I’M NOT
SAYING THIS WITH A CERTAIN.
>> HE SEEMS TO BE
SELF-ISOLATING.
AND THERE’S SOME INDICATION
THAT HE HAS SOME.
>> FIRED PUT UNDER HOUSE
ARREST, SOME OF HIS
>> MEANWHILE, MORE PEOPLE
FLEEING UKRAINE ARE TURNING UP
ON AMERICA’S SOUTHERN BORDER.
MORE THAN 600 ARE WAITING AT
THIS HOLDING AREA IN TIJUANA,
MEXICO, HOPING TO CROSS THE
BORDER.
THIS WOMAN AND HER KIDS DRAWING
UKRAINIAN FLAGS. THEY’VE BEEN
WAITING SINCE TUESDAY TO ENTER
THE U.S.. HOW HARD HAS THIS
BEEN ON? YOU?
>> JUST A LITTLE DOESN’T.
AND EMOTIONALLY, IT WAS HARD.
WE HAVEN’T BEEN BATHING.
IT’S A VERY HARD SITUATION.
MONA KOSAR, ABDI, ABC NEWS, NEW
YORK, SOON.
>> IN THE MORNING HEADLINES
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS LAUNCHED
THE LARGEST RELEASE EVER FROM
THE U.S. EMERGENCY OR RESERVE
AND CHALLENGED OIL COMPANIES TO
DRILL MORE. AN ATTEMPT TO BRING
DOWN GAS PRICES THAT HAVE
SOARED IN RECENT MONTHS
ATTEMPTING TO COMBAT WHAT’S HE
HAS LABELED AS PUTINS PRICE
HIKE. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE
U.S. WILL RELEASE ROUGHLY
1 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER
DAY FROM THE NATION’S STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE OVER THE NEXT
6 MONTHS, BIDEN SAYS THERE IS
NO FIRM ANSWER AS TO WHEN GAS
PRICES COULD DECLINE AS A
RESULT OF THE MOVE. HOWEVER,
THE PRESIDENT THINKS AMERICANS
COULD PAY 10 TO $0.35 A GALLON
LESS AT THE PUMP IN THE WEEKS
AHEAD. SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE
BLASTED BY JACKSON TO TAP THE
RESERVE WITHOUT FIRST TAKING
STEPS TO INCREASE AMERICAN
ENERGY PRODUCTION.
>> IN HOUSTON, AN OFF-DUTY
HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
DEPUTY HAS DIED AFTER HE WAS
SHOT OVERNIGHT. WELL, CHINA
STOP SUSPECTS FROM STEALING
HIS CATALYTIC CONVERTER DURING
A TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE.
NOW, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS,
THE SUSPECTS WERE OUTSIDE
ATTEMPTING TO STILL THAT
DEPUTIES CONVERTER WHEN THE
INCIDENT BEGAN. THE DEPUTY
TRIED TO STOP THEM BEFORE THEY
EXCHANGED GUN FIRE. OFFICIALS
SAY THE DEPUTY RETURNED FIRE
BUT WAS ULTIMATELY STRUCK BY
A BULLET. HE WAS LATER
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
HOSPITAL. THE ENTIRE INCIDENT
PLAYED OUT IN FRONT OF THE
DEPUTY’S WIFE REMAINED UNHARMED
DURING THAT SITUATION. THE
SUSPECTS REPORTEDLY DROVE
THEMSELVES TO THE HOSPITAL AND
WERE BEING TREATED FOR GUNSHOT
WOUNDS.
>> WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE
BREAK? A FIRE CONTINUES TO BURN
IS SOUTH. TEXAS HAS PROMPTED
FIRE OFFICIALS TO ADVISE NEARBY
CORPUS CHRISTI RESIDENTS TO GET
READY TO LEAVE THE TEXAS AM
FOREST SERVICE SAYS THE FIRE IS
BURNING ON 46,000 ACRES.
AS OF THIS MORNING, IT IS ABOUT
50% CONTAINED. THE FOREST
SERVICE IS WORKING HARD TO
EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE. THEY SAY
IN ADDITION TO LOCAL FIRST
RESPONDERS, 42, STATE AND
FEDERAL PERSONNEL ARE ASSIGNED
TO THE FIRE. THAT INCLUDES 3
DOZEN BULLDOZERS, 16 FIRE
ENGINES. 8 AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING
AND THE AIR ATTACK PLATFORM AND
SINGLE ENGINE AIR TANKERS,
WIND, HUMIDITY AND DRYNESS IN
THE AREA CAN CONTRIBUTE TO