america this morning, former president trump's legal woes mounting what a judge has now decided in the case of those classified documents found at mara lago. it comes to security ramps up ahead of a possible indictment in the stormy daniels hush money case in new york were live at the courthouse. yet another storm slamming the west coast, turning deadly trees down , even causing a train derailment the new images and where it's headed next. a bombshell development in the death of the south carolina teenager who has been linked to the family of convicted murderer alex murdoch what police are now revealing about the death of stephen smith, which was previously deemed hit and run. actress gwyneth paltrow goes on trial for a crash on the ski

slopes, but her attorney is saying and how it differs from the alleged victim by a whale. the crew of a sailboat that hit a whale in the middle of the pacific describes their 10 hour ordeal and healthy survived and later have your cake and print it to the three d printed cheesecake. could it change the way we bake? from abc news new york. this is america this morning. good wednesday morning , everyone. i'm andrew denber. happy wednesday. i'm really in an alley. we want to begin this morning with former president trump's legal troubles escalated . grand jury gets back to work today here in new york city in the case involving trump's payment to adult film actress stormy daniels trump had claimed he was going to be arrested yesterday. that didn't happen. but a possible indictment looms . meanwhile a far more serious cases building stemming from trump's handling of classified documents, sources tell abc news . a federal judge has determined there is preliminary evidence that trump broke the law. let's

get right to abc's jacqueline lee, who begins our coverage. she's here in new york, jacqueline. good morning. andrew good morning as we learn those new developments in the classified documents case, security is ramping up here in lower manhattan as we await a potential indictment. this morning. double trouble brewing for former president trump in two separate court cases here in new york police on high alert amid expectations that trump will be indicted over a hush money payment to stormy daniels , gel supporters and critics swarming the manhattan courthouse after trump called for protests, opinions is free americans. intelligence bulletins obtained by abc news born of a significant increase in threats and general violent rhetoric, adding that some of trump's most orange supporters are still willing to fight on his behalf. the constitution provides the right to peaceably assemble. but i think in this

instance i would discourage americans from engaging in protests if, in fact the former president is indicted, former vice president mike pence urges protesters to stay home. other job republicans are coming to trump's defense. what we see before us is a political game being played. look at people. getting paid hush money. i mean , i assume next, we'll be looking at whatever china's paid the biden family and harsh money . senator rand paul even tweeting, the manhattan district attorney should be put in jail. but now and even bigger legal battle is brewing for trump after a judge determined that the special counsel has preliminary evidence that trump may have broken the law, while defending the alleged mishandling of classified documents at mara lago, 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 sources tell abc news the federal judge ruled there is compelling preliminary evidence proving trump knowingly

misled his attorneys so they would file a sworn statement even though he knew it was false because of the alleged deception , and the judge ruled to revoke attorney client privilege for trump's legal team, meaning his lawyers will have to hand over records connected to the case, including notes invoices in transcriptions of audio recording. yes. and trump's has already appealed the judge's decision. in that case, the government is expected to respond this morning, rhiannon. all right, we'll see what they say, jacqueline. thank you. yet another storm is slamming the west coast, this one, causing a train derailment. big problems at the airport and also a deadly crash involving a falling tree. this morning, a soggy california slammed by yet another storm bad sometimes drive. i'm gonna electricity, tens of thousands of people losing power as people from l. a to the bay area, brave, flooded homes down trees and washed out roads, 60 mile

per hour winds, forcing a ground stop at st francisco's airport yesterday while this alaska airlines flight was forced to abort its landing in monterrey, just north of oakland, dozens of people rescued when an amtrak train derailed after hitting a down tree. drivers also facing dangerous conditions, significant rainfall has come down and it's damaged or retaining wall about 250. ft has to be replaced. it's also cost a crack on the mainline freeway, so we can't have trucks running over that part of the freeway section of freeway in the east bay damaged by heavy rain, and at least two drivers were killed after trees fell under their cars. we have saturated ground throughout the county. and so when we see these winds picked up and knocks over trees that takes out roads and when the trees come down that takes out wires and that causes power outage, trees and high winds also slowing down emergency responders. to weather conditions treat on him unable to make the access to this call,

uh, buck up the tree and help me get out of here and stuff. latest downpour marks the historic 12th atmospheric river since december. some of those storms bringing more than a foot of rain still, more than one third of the state remains in some level of drought. our thoughts with everyone out in california. we will check today's forecast in just a few minutes. now to south carolina, weeks after the conviction of alex murdoch for the murders of his wife and son new developments overnight in the mysterious death of his surviving sons, former classmate here's a b cs andrea fuji. overnight confirmation from south carolina that the death of a teenager linked to the son of convicted double murderer alec murdoch is now being investigated as a homicide. 19 year old steven smith was found dead on a rural road not far from the murdochs property in 2015. his death was deemed to hit and run, but no suspect was ever arrested. a law firm representing smith's family now says after eight years of being

proclaimed a highway vehicular manslaughter, we have a chance to write eight years of wrongs. at first, we were told he was it was a gunshot, and then they come back and said that, um, he was hit beat up and then it come out that he was hit by a car family wasn't alone and doubting the hit and run theory, former highway patrol lieutenant told our affiliate wc. i've he believes smith was murdered. there's two things that come to my mind. man either. he was murdered there or he was murdered elsewhere and drop their authorities reopened the smith case after the murders of maggie and paul murdoch, based on what they said was information gathered during the course of the double murder investigation. they did not elaborate. buster murdoch, alex surviving son was a classmate of smith's rumors have swirled that somehow buster was involved, which he denies saying these baseless rumors of my involvement with steven and his death are false. my heart those out to the smith family.

attorneys for smith's families say state law enforme officials were waiting until the alec murdoch trial was over to announce that the case would be treated as a homicide. out of concern that witnesses may not have been as forthcoming. the family wants to exume stephen smith's body for an independent autopsy. they're waiting for approval from a judge andrew rhiannon, andrea, thank you. we turn now to the virginia man who died in police custody allegedly suffocated by deputies. newly released video shows the disturbing moments leading up to the death of ivo otieno 10. people have now been indicted in this case, including medical workers. abc s justin finch is here now. new details. justin. good morning. and good morning. that video is from a psychiatric hospital, and we want to warn you. it's hard to watch. it shows officers in hospital workers dragging and holding down otieno for 12 minutes as he was cuffed and shackled. it's unclear why the situation escalated, but investigators are now suggesting a cover up,

saying it took deputies 3.5 hours to call 911 dispatcher was told otieno suffered cardiac arrest when, in fact, prosecutors say he was smothered. her to death family says he was battling mental health issues. he was loved by everyone in the community. he was battling with his mental health, and he was trying. he cared about his his help, and he wanted to go to the hospital to get help. he didn't want to get in a squad car because he can tell the difference between a squad car and an ambulance squad car. you're going to jail and believes you're going to the hospital. seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital staffers now face murder charges . in this case, the 911 caller claimed otieno was being aggressive, which the attorney for the family denies. the families also calling for police reform that would allow mental health professionals, not police , who respond to certain 911 calls. mother says her son was

treated worse than a dog. andrew justin. thank you. in florida. police say a possible mass shooting was averted by security guards in tampa. an armed man carrying a flashlight and wearing a mask was stopped outside of a club on sunday. he dropped the gun and was held down until police arrived. the suspect now in custody, police say they found ammunition and weapons inside his truck. it is time now for a look at your wednesday forecast. morning. another big storm hitting california. this is going to be day two and the worst of the conditions will be in the morning. we will see flooding heavy snow in the sierra snow in the southern california mountains, not to mention those damaging wind gusts. a power outage. it'll still be a big problem down the coast, especially south of san francisco, even into arizona. meantime for the rest of today, that big storm in the west is the big story, mild and kind of shower for much of the east kind of warm in texas accuweather meteorologist kevin costner.

coming up. the men who escaped from jail and then were later caught at the local i hop. but first the driver who fell asleep in his car only to wake up in the water and actress gwyneth paltrow in court on trial for a crash on the ski slopes what her atto

gonna be fun this morning only on good morning america. we're back now with a submerged suv in san diego. the owner says he was sleeping inside his car when the brakes failed, and the vehicle then rolled backwards into the water. he woke up when he felt water inside of his vehicle and then swim to safety in idaho woman no longer has to worry about the death penalty as she prepares to go on trial for allegedly killing her children. a judge yesterday determined laurie values attorneys won't have enough time to review all

the evidence against her trial begins april 3rd. she and her husband, chad, day belt, face murder and conspiracy charges in the deaths of her daughter and son and devils first wife. we turn now to actress gwyneth paltrow in court charged in connection with the ski crash. her civil trial now underway with each side, blaming the other this morning oscar winning actress gwyneth paltrow on trial for a crash on the ski slopes more than seven years ago directed reflect the council and their clients are present in the courtroom. 76 year old terry sanderson accuses paltrow of slamming into him at utah's deer valley resort, causing his concussion and four broken ribs. she knew that skiing that way. looking somewhere else. blindly skiing down a mountain. by looking up into the side. was reckless. sanderson's lawyers claim paltrow, who was on vacation with her family, was turning to look at her children's skiing when she crashed into the retired

optometrist and then took off without offering help. she turns her head up. look at her children. as she turns her head back down, she screams, then skis dot into the back of terry sanderson. one witness who was skiing with sanderson took the stand. i looked over and then about, you know, maybe one or two seconds. um, and then i heard the scream and then and then. and then i see this. this this skier just slam into the back. terry paltrow's lawyers deny she caused the crash. we believe it to be utter bs. attorneys claim it was sanderson who plowed into paltrow's back. i was hurt. bye mr sanderson's negligence. it rattled her and it physically hurt her. anderson is seeking $300,000 in damages. after first suing for three million. he changed his complaint after paltrow countersuit. by the way, paltrow

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wall. we turn now to a story straight out of moby dick sailboats sunk by a whale. it happened in the pacific last week, and now we're hearing from the crew, including the captain from florida, who all survived. welcome aboard rain dancer and this is your crew of misfits. four sailors say they're lucky to be alive there once in a lifetime trip to french polynesia nearly ended in disaster when a whale sank their boat. the crew of the rain dancer was 13 days into their three week journey, captain rick rodriguez and his crew were eating lunch when they heard a bang. a crew member then saw a whale gushing blood. it was purely an accident. they can sometimes be coming up very quickly to get a breath of air. and if there's a boat in the way, this type of accident can occur with the vessel sinking quickly, the crew gathered supplies jumped onto a life boat and dinghy and activated a gps beacon. captain rodriguez sent frantic text to a friend saying, this is no joke. we hit a whale in the ship went down, and he added their coordinates. the crew was adrift in the pacific for nearly 10 hours before they

were finally spotted by another sailboat that came to the rescue . these people were extremely lucky they had all the safety equipment that they needed on board. word they were able to call for help. and get help in a timely manner. the crew said their sailboat sank 15 minutes after being hit by the whale. they're expected to arrive in french polynesia today on the boat that rescued them there. okay, closer to home. look at this. a cow made a run for it. in new york city. witnesses say it escaped from a vehicle outside of brooklyn slaughterhouse. several people ran after it through the streets of brooklyn. they finally rounded it up. no word on the cows fade after that, but we heard it was going to a farm. and where was it? pennsylvania i always say that, though not the slaughterhouse being told not anymore anyway, coming up what president biden said to bruce springsteen at the white house ahead of taste test for a three ahead of taste test for a three d printed cheesecake. moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment

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reggie: we are now on the tail end of the wet and extremely windy storm. live doppler 7 still showing a pretty active scene. thousands remain without power. many are waking up to do with lots of damage. kumasi: in the high winds had deadly consequences. trees crashed down into several cars, killing two people and injuring others. reggie: traffic taking a major hit. an overturned big greek caused a huge backup -- an overturned big rig caused a huge backup. kumasi: the wind whipping up strong swells causing barges to crash into the 3rd street bridge. the storm yesterday was the strongest ever recorded for the month of march in the bay area and we all felt that no matter where we were. it is wednesday, march 22. reggie: what a wild day. i am glad that is in the past.