world news is coming tonight, breaking news as we come on the air involving former president trump. with so much focus on that question, will a new york grand jury indict trump, tonight, the breaking developments involving the special counsel's investigation into trump. sources telling abc news a federal judge has determined that the special counsel has presented compelling evidence that donald trump may have broken the law in his handling of classified documents found at mar-a-lago. the special counsel making the case that the former president allegedly misled his up lawyers when he had them declare that all classified dock yums were turned over. tnight, what we've learned, what this could now mean? also, the other case involving hush money. could a new york grand jury indict trump this week, as early as tomorrow? what our team is learning on that front, as well. jonathan karl right here

tonight. also this evening, abc news showing the death of an inmate in custody, held down for 12 minutes by deputies and staff at a hospital in virginia. he is seen handcuffed and wearing leg irons, pros cue or thes say unable to breathe. we're tracking this new and dangerous flooding rains,co winding gusti more than 80 miles per hour, from the west to texas, tennes up into the noashet.ht tonight, the massive strike shutting down the nation's second-largest school district. more than 30,000 staff members, including school aides, bus drivers, catch tier ya workers, and custodians walking off the job in los angeles. tonight, a reality check here. what they're earning and what they say they need just to pay the bills. kayna whitworth with workers who are parents, too. vladimir putin and china's president xi on the world stage. what they declared today. tom sue fbi burr ridge in key.

the race for president back here at home. and tonight, the new interview. what florida governor ron desantis is saying about donald trump and about president biden, en des iss asked, coul control and breast irb cancer. and president biden designating two new national monuments. you'll see them right here tonight. also news this evening on the major news on home prices. r ong tonight. the race to save the turtles. and what's already happened tonight. good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we do begin tonight with breaking news on former president trump, as we await tm aomne grand jury heer involving hush. word on that indictment could come as early as tomorrow. tonight, abc news learning about

a separate case. the special counsel investigating classified documents at mar-a-lago. tonight, a judge determining the special counsel has presented compelling preliminary evidence that the former president might have broken the law, by knowingly misleading his own lawyers when they filed sworn statements that the special counsel believes the former president nknew were untrue. now all of this tonight, as authorities prepare ifpare for possible reaction to the grand jury in new york city. of course, we do not know if the grand jury in new york will indict, nor do we know if this news involving the special counsel means the former president will be charged in that case. but all of this coming to a head, as the nation watches, and a former president runs for president again. jonathan karl off again this eveniabng. a e nhattanyr: a>>epteorth courthouse, with donald trump on the verge of possibly becoming the first american president to be indicted, tonight, abc news

has learned of a significant new development in one of the federal investigations he faces. sources tell abc news a federal counsel investigating trump's handling of classified documentr s es preliminary evidence that trump judge ryl well ord is e so urces who described its contents to abc al news say she wrote that special counsel jack smith had made, quote, a prima facie showing that the former president had committed criminal violations by knowingly misleading his attorneys so they would file a sworn statement he knew was false.t arch of his mar-a-lago estate determined he had turned over all the classified documents in his possession. the special counsel convinced the judge the evidence was strong that the lawyers filed that statement because trump had misled them. two months later, when fbi

agents searched the premises, prosecutors say they found more than 100 additional classified documents, including some in trump's office desk. >> the shameful raid and breaf oinmyom h was a travesty of justice. >> reporter: sources tell abc news the judge ordered trump wyla over a number of records, including handwritten notes, invoices, and transcriptions of audio recordings related to what criminal scheme. s alleged - the judge's order doesn't mean trump is guilty or that he will be charged in that case, but rather that prosecutors have made a case that they have preliminary evidence he may have committed a crime. all of this comes amid anticipation trump will be indicted in that entirely difference case brt ghou by manhattan district attorney alvin bragg. payments made to porn star before the 2016 election. a grand jury could hand up charges as early as tomorrow. the former president has called for his supporters to protest.

>> and jon karl with us here in new york tonight. and jon, obviously, you know, everyone at home, these are two racapasese,as cte this able ipondictment could come as early as tomorrow, but we simply still do not know. >> reporter: we don't know. a lot of specuut this, mulachon obofti it a coming fro trump himself. but we don't know if the indictment is coming. if it does, trump wou tld be ne booking, just like any other criminal defendant. typically that would include things like fingerprinting and the taking of a mug shot. >> now, the other case that you are breaking news on this evening involving the special counsel jack smith who is looking into both january 6th and the classified documents at mar-a-lago. now, this is a federal judge who has determined that the special counsel has presented enough that the former president may - have known that what his attorneys signed simply wasn't tree. >> reporter: and david, this is especially significant, because what the special counsel is

investigating, the alleged crimes that he is investigating, are significantly more serious than what is being investigated by the manhattan d.a. and, in fact, donald trump has already responded to our reporting tonight, rather lengthy statement, where he attacks the special counsel, saying they are investigating, quote, false allegations. >> all right, jon karl, our entire team on this tonight. our thanks to you all. we move opt the other news here this tuesday night, a case making national headlines. abc news obtaining dissushing video showing the death of an inmate at a state psychiatric hospital. this is the video tonight, officers and hospital workers are seen dragging him into theed a missions room m and prosecutors say later holding him down, unable to breathe. tonight, seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital ars erowe murder. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. and we warn you, the video is disturbing. >> reporter: tonight, for the

first time, we see on hospital surveillance video the sequence of events that lead to the death of irvo otieno. the 28-year-old otieno is brought into a room, shirtless, handcuffed, and wearing leg irons. the room steadily fills with deputies from the henrico county sheriff's dept. it's unclear why the situation escalates, but for 12 mite tnuh seven deputies and at least three members of virginia's central state psychiatric hospital push down on otieno. prosecutors say otieno could not breathe and was smothered to death.r day demanding justice. >> they are monsters. they are animals. what they did to m >> reporter: authorities suggesting a coverup. noting that it took 3 1/2 hours to call the virginia state police to investigate, and prosecutors say there was also a significant period of time between when otieno died and when someone called 911. tonight, listen to a portion of that 911 call.

>> where is your emergency? >> emergencies here at central state hospital. >> for cardiac arrest? yes. >> reporter: but this apparently wasn't cardiac arrest and instead asphyxiation. prosecutor saysregardless, the 911 call was too late. here is the painful scene when a hospital staff member apparently covers otieno's body with a white sheet. david, all ten suspects were formally indicted today on charges of second-degree murder. and we're now getting a sense of the defense for some. attorneys saying today his client did nothing to stop that young man from breathing, only hodding his legs. still, so many unanswered questions in this tragic story, david. >> all right, pierre thomas on this case again tonight for us. pierre, thank you. now to that major storm moving across the country. 16 states on alert from california to minnesota. in the west, flooding rains, winds gusting more than 80 miles per hour. now several states including the south bracing for severe storms coming with this before the

system arrives in the northeast. in southern california, the pictures already. up to ten inches of rain possible with this, fierce winds and waves. lashing the coast. this is orange county you're looking at.an conditions st oside l.a. senior meteorologist rob marciano live in california tonight, tracking this storm, of course, another storm set to hit right across the country. hy, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. and we're getting another big pulse of the wind and rain right now here in l.a., where the rivers are running high and in some cases, rising. this storm really strong, top to bottom strength. and now the cold core is coming in. but san diego and santa cruz, you guys have gotten hit hard with the wind today. you can see that swirl heading into san francisco. that's the center of the low. the cold core means it gets more showery, heavy rains. the flood threat goes on tonight and the wind through into nevada and arizona. ad then as the showers continue, pile up the snow. the snow levels lower, pile up another couple of feet of snow in the mountains in california, and also in through the southern rockies. and then this energy gets into

the southern plains on thursday and looks like north texas will be under the gun. and then into shreveport and jackson and memphis, tennessee, on friday. potentially some tornadoes by week's end. david? >> all right, rob marciano, thank you. meantime, also in los ange angeles, a massive strike shutting down the nation's second-largest school district. more than 30,000 staff members including school aides, bus drivers all walking off the job. members picketing in that rain today. teachers also walking out in support. the union which has been without a contract since 2020 saying its 30,000 members are barely making minimum wage as costs in southern california soar. abc's kayna whitworth tonight in california. >> reporter: tonight, streets in downtown los angeles packed with protesters. as los angeles unified school district service workers strike for better wages and working conditions. it looks like this for blocks as teachers have joined the service workers in solidarity.

they're out here supporting the custodians, the bus drivers, the cafeteria, whoers. nearly half a million students across a thousand different schools likely out of class for days, leaving some parents scrambling. >> it's a shuffle, yeah. it becomes kind of juggling and that's why the last minute, or just the shorter notice, i think, this time is harder. >> reporter: the school district setting up child supervision sites. and late today, the super unten dent saying they're ready to return to negotiations, defending the district's officer as addressing the needs and concerns from the union, while also remaining fiscally responsibility. but the union says the district offer of a 23% pay increase over five years simply isn't enough. they want 30 living belopoe thy rtve the media incomet $25,000 aus j .arye a year, trying to make it. i live check to check. >> reporter: the union leader

telling me this strike was a last resort. >> we're not seeking to strike. this is a sacrifice. half of our members are parents of a student in lausd. >> reporter: and david, this strike will likely last for two more days. the superintendent says he's ready to negotiate, but the union leader is telling me they don't want to settle, and they also say it's highly possible there is an open-ended strike coming down the line. david? >> kayna whitworth in los angeles tonight. thank you. now to the war in ukraine and the images out of moscow today, where russia and china marked a, quote, new era of strategic partnership on the world stage. vladimir putin hosting esident xi at the kremlin. in a joint statement, warning against the war in ukraine reaching a, quote, uncontrollable phase. abc's tom soufi burridge in ukraine again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in the grandest of halls inside the kremlin, president putin and china's president xi putting on a show. projecting the power of their

partnership on the world stage, signing economic agreements with closer ties in technology, energy, and trade. a new strategic alliance, useful for xi, vital for putin, amid western sanctions and his battlefield failures in ukraine. china proposing a cease-fire without russian troops withdrawing from ukrainian land. the plan a non-starter for ukraine and the west. in ukraine, a solemn moment today. japan's prime minister on his first visit, condemning russian atrocities in bucha, with the west preparing ukraine for a major military offensive. china and russia tonight issuing a veiled warning to the u.s. and its allies. not to let the war move to a, quote, uncontrollable phase. >> and so let's bring in tom soufi burridge live again in kyiv for us tonight. the u.s. has been burnwarning c not to provide lethal aid to russia. but coming out of this meeting now, there's no evidence that's now happening at this point? ro.

nato says they've seent n soo f they have seen some sipes that rssia is asking china for weapons, which china may be considering. and another major headline tonight, the pentagon moving up the delivery date of abrams tanks to this fall. david? >> those key abrams tanks now moved up to this fall. tom, thank you. now back here at home and the race for the white house. tonight, florida governor ron desantis, who hasn't yet 0 fishily announced he's running, in a new interview. what he's saying about donald trump, and about president biden, when desantis was asked, could he beat biden? here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, nearly two weeks after traveling to iowa and one day after taking a swipe at donald trump over the hush money scandal, ron desantis in a new fox nation interview, telling piers morgan, "if i were to run -- i'm running against biden." acknowledging he and trump would be competing for the republican presidential nomination, but saying -- "ultimately you know the guy i'm going to focus on is biden,

because i think he's failed the country." the florida governor saying, "i think the country wants a change. i think they want a fresh start and a new direction and so we'll be very vocal about that." another very strong signal he is running without officially saying it yet. desantis, who walked with biden and their wives after hurricane ian, in this new interview asked -- do you think you could beat biden? the governor saying, i think so. all of this as trump faces potential legal peril. and 24 hours after desantis said this about the former president. >> i don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair. i just can't speak to that. >> reporter: florida goverinr i has not made a final decision yet, saying he has a lot of work to do over the course of the coming months. sourllantes un tces ument would after the legislative session ends in may. david? >> but we all know certainly sounds like a candidate, which is why you're could'vering him.

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