POWER IN THE STATE. MIREYA VILLARREAL SHOWS US THE DAMAGE FROM DALLAS, TEXAS. >> TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS PLAGUING THE SOUTH. IN TENNESSEE, A TROOPER RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT WHEN THEIR VEHICLE WAS SLAMMED INTO AT LEAST A DOZEN BLACK GUYS. >> STAY HOME. STAY SAFE . DASH CAM VIDEO CATCHING THIS SEMI TRUCK, LOSING CONTROL AND CAREENING OFF THE ROAD IN OKLAHOMA. AT LEAST EIGHT DEATHS ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE STORM FROM MOSTLY THE RESULT OF CRASHES ON ICY ROADS IN TEXAS, BRANCHES SNAPPING AND TREES CRASHING, POWERLINES TAKEN DOWN, LEAVING MORE THAN 390 THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE STATE AS TEMPERATURES STAY BELOW FREEZING FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, NEARLY HALF THE OUTAGES WERE IN THE STATE'S CAPITAL , AUSTIN. >> IN DALLAS, PEOPLE WALKING MILES FOR GROCERIES. >> EVERYTHING IS CLOSED. AND THIS POLICE SUV PULLING A CITY BUS. >> THE SAME PEOPLE THAT GET STUCK OUT HERE. >> WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT. MORE THAN 5000 FLIGHTS CANCELED SINCE THE STORM BEGAN IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. ONLY ONE OUT, VERY FOUR FLIGHTS MADE IT OUT. >> AIRPORT OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL GET FLIGHTS BACK UP AND RUNNING TODAY. AS FAR AS THE POWER LINES GO , CREWS ARE RUNNING AROUND THE CLOCK TO TRY AND GET SERVICE BACK ON, EVEN BRINGING IN CREWS FROM OUT OF STATE TO HELP IN THIS MOMENT. RIGHT NOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS , IS THAT WE SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES RISING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WE MAY EVEN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUN . SO FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT ONE . ALEXIS , THAT WOULD BE GOOD NEWS. MIREYA VILLARREAL IN DALLAS, THANK YOU. THE FBI HAS CONDUCTED A PLANNED SEARCH OF PRESIDENT BIDEN'S REHOVOT BEACH HOUSE. THEY DIDN'T FIND ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, BUT AGENTS DID TAKE SOME OF HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR FURTHER REVIEW. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE LATEST. >> WELL, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WHO IS INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, ROBERT HUR IS NOW OFFICIALLY ON THE JOB. IT COMES AS THE FBI HAS NOW SEARCHED BOTH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HOME THAT THREE AND A HALF HOUR SEARCH OF HIS BEACH HOUSE YESTERDAY IN DELAWARE FOUND NO ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED MATERIAL . BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT THE FBI TOOK SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S HANDWRITTEN NOTES FOR FURTHER REVIEW. NOW, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE STRESSING THAT THIS WAS PLANNED AND CONSENTUAL THIS SEARCH, BUT THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS, INCLUDING WHETHER THE PRESIDENT WOULD SIT DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IF REQUESTED. THE WHITE HOUSE ISN'T SAYING, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE STRESSING THAT THE PRESIDENT SO FAR HAS BEEN FULLY COOPERATING WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. AND THEY SAY THAT COOPERATION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. ALEXIS MARY BRUCE, THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU. >> ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN JOINS ME LIVE FROM CAPITOL HILL NOW FOR MORE . SO, JAY, CONGRESS HAS LAUNCHED ITS OWN INVESTIGATIONS. WE KNOW UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. WHERE DO THOSE INVESTIGATIONS STAND? YEAH, ALEXIS , TWO SEPARATE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS ONE IN THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THE OTHER IN THE POWERFUL HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I CAN TELL YOU THE RUMBLINGS WE HEAR FROM LAWMAKERS, PARTICULARLY ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO TRY THIS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO BROADER INVESTIGATIONS THAT OVERSIGHT IS CONDUCTING INTO HUNTER BIDEN. THESE ARE INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY PROMISED TO ISSUE EARLY ON WHEN THE GOP TOOK CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CHAIR OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THIS CASE AND HUNTER BIDEN. CHIESA INTERVIEWS THAT HE'S GIVEN, SO SIGNALING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO LUMP THESE INVESTIGATIONS TOGETHER IN SOME WAY GOING FORWARD. THE OTHER THING IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT IS THAT THESE ARE INVESTIGATIONS BEING CONDUCTED BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND THOSE NATIONAL COMMITTEES HAVE DEMOCRATS ON THEM AS WELL. SO WE'VE ALREADY SEEN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION ON THESE COMMITTEES TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PUT FORWARD. SO YOU CAN EXPECT THAT WHEN THOSE LEAKS RAMP UP THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AS WELL. NOW ON TO THE DEBT CEILING, BECAUSE I KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN MET WITH HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY YESTERDAY. THEY'VE GOT THIS STANDOFF OVER RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. BOTH SAID THAT SOME PROGRESS WAS MADE. SO WHERE DO NEGOTIATION STAND NOW? >> AND ALSO JUST MAP OUT FOR US WHAT'S AT STAKE HERE? WHAT'S AT STAKE REALLY IS THE U.S. DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBT. THE ESTIMATION IS THAT OVER THE SUMMER IS WHEN THE U.S. HITS THAT X DATE OF THE DEBT CEILING. THE DEBT CEILING IS RAISING, IN A SENSE, THAT GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING LIMIT ON ITS CREDIT CARD SO IT CAN PAY BILLS, PAY DEBTS, THAT IT'S ALREADY INCURRED. WHAT WE HEARD COMING OUT OF THAT MEETING FROM CARTHY AND BIDEN IS THAT BOTH SIDES SAYING THEY FELT THE MEETING WAS PRODUCTIVE, BUT THEY ARE STILL FAR APART ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. SO THE QUESTION THAT CONFRONTS EVERYBODY HERE IS HOW DO THESE SIDES RESPOND TO PROMISES THEY'VE ALREADY MADE? THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID THEY WILL NOT NEGOTIATE WITH REPUBLICANS UNTIL REPUBLICANS COMMIT TO RAISING THE DEBT CEILING. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO RAISING THE DEBT CEILING WITHOUT SPENDING CUTS AND CONCESSIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. SO SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO BUDGE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. EVERYBODY STAYS IN THEIR QUARTERS THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT CONFRONTS KEVIN MCCARTHY IS HOW WILL HOUSE REPUBLICANS RESPOND TO WHATEVER DEAL IF HE CUTS A DEAL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IF TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, THEY'RE A CREDIT TO LAST THROUGH TO JUNE, BUT SHE WAS GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE KNOW IT. JAY O'BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL, THANK. SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA ASKING ABOUT THESE KEY ISSUES? WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT KAREN TRAVERS JOINS ME LIVE NOW FOR MORE . KAREN, YOU TALK WITH RADIO HOSTS ACROSS AMERICA EVERY DAY . WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING STANDOFF? YEAH, THIS WAS A BIG TOPIC TODAY ON RADIO, ALEXIS , AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE, DID ANYTHING GET DONE IN THAT MEETING YESTERDAY BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY? AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, PEOPLE PICKED UP ON THE FACT THAT THE TONE AFTERWARD IN THE STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND IN THE COMMENTS FROM KEVIN MCCARTHY HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WERE ACTUALLY PRETTY POSITIVE. I THINK THERE WAS A BIT OF A NOTICING MAYBE DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAD WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS WERE VERY CONTENTIOUS AND VERY TENSE . BUT YESTERDAY THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A GOOD MEETING AND PERHAPS A WAY TO REACH COMMON GROUND. NOW, DID ANYTHING GET SOLVED? NO, OF COURSE NOT. NOT IN ONE MEETING. BUT THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. BUT, ALEXIS , THERE ARE BIG CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS AS WE HEAD TO THAT JUNE DATE WHEN THE GOVERNMENT COULD DEFAULT ON ITS DEBT, CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE AN AGREEMENT REACHED AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THE REPUB INSIDE WILL LAY THEIR CARDS ON THE TABLE. I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN MAKING CLEAR ALL WEEK HE WANTS TO SEE SPECIFICS FROM REPUBLICANS ANCHORS ON RADIO TODAY. WE'RE REALLY PICKING UP ON THAT. AND ASKING ME WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT HEARD THAT. AND WHEN HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS GOING TO START GIVING SPECIFICS ON WHAT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HE WANTED TO SEE CUT IN EXCHANGE FOR COOPERATION ON RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT, NOW, YOU'RE ALSO GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SETTING END DATE FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCIES. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? >> YEAH, THIS WAS A VERY BUZZY TOPIC THIS WEEK, I THINK, BECAUSE IT KIND OF CAME AS A SURPRISE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN ON MAY 11TH. THE ADMINISTRATION ENDING THE COVID PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS? MAYBE PEOPLE EVEN REALIZE THOSE EMERGENCIES WERE STILL IN PLACE. BUT THE BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO KNOW IS THIS COULD IMPACT THE ACCESS TO FREE VACCINES, FREE TREATMENTS AND FREE TESTS. ANOTHER BIG ISSUE IS WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN TO FORGIVE STUDENT LOAN DEBT. I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY BECAUSE, ALEXIS , THAT COURSES NOW IN THE COURT SYSTEM, THE SUPREME COURT IS GOING TO HEAR A CASE ON THAT VERY SOON. AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SAYING THAT THE EDUCATION SECRETARY IS RELIEVING DEBT FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BECAUSE OF THE HARDSHIP FACED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. QUESTION IS , DOES LIMIT AT RELIEVING THE EMERGENCY, LIFTING THE EMERGENCY, UNDERMINE THEIR ARGUMENT? THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS IT DOES NOT. BUT, ALEXIS , A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN FOR POTENTIAL RELIEF THAT COULD BE COMING THEIR WAY. >> UNDERSTANDABLY SO. THAT'S RIGHT. AND , KIRAN, PRESIDENT BIDEN, I KNOW, IS EXPECTED TO ISSUE A MEMO. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AIMED AT SUPPORTING ACCESS TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERE? YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT THE UPCOMING 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT FMLA. THAT WAS A GROUNDBREAKING PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT GUARANTEED AMERICANS UP TO 12 WEEKS OF LEAVE WITHOUT LOSING THEIR JOBS. VERY SIGNIFICANT. AND TODAY, THE PRESIDENT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THAT HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH AN EVENT HE'LL BE JOINED BY FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON. FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN SEEING HIM HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN A LONG TIME. AND AS YOU SAY, THIS IS A MEMO SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FEDERAL WORKERS AND THEIR LEAVE. BUT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, THIS IS A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ISSUE BROADLY, TO SHOW THAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO PUSH . OF COURSE, HE TRIED TO MAKE THIS PART OF THAT BUILD BACK BETTER AGENDA, BUT RAN INTO BIG STUMBLING BLOCKS ON CAPITOL HILL FROM SOME IN HIS OWN PARTY, JOE MANCHIN OF WEST VIRGINIA. BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP THIS FRONT AND CENTER IS ALL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT INVESTING IN AMERICANS AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S STATE OF THE UNION. ALL RIGHT, KAREN TRAVERS FOR US THERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANKS. A JUDGE OF THE ALEX MURDAUGH DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL HAS RULED TO ALLOW EVIDENCE FROM THE DISGRACED SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEYS ALLEGED FINANCIAL CRIMES. THIS AS A CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND GAVE A BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY YESTERDAY SAYING HE HEARD MURDOCKS VOICE ON THE VIDEO THAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS TAKEN JUST MOMENTS BEFORE THE KILLINGS. LET'S BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND NEW YORK CITY HOMICIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER BRIAN BUCKMIRE FOR MORE ON THIS. BRIAN , THANKS FOR BEING BACK WITH US . SO THE JUDGE DECIDED TO LET THE STATE ADMIT EVIDENCE THAT MURDOCH ALLEGEDLY STOLE MONEY FROM HIS CLIENTS AND HIS FAMILY'S LAW FIRM. >> WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS THERE FOR THIS CASE? SO CLEARLY? ACTUALLY , THE JUDGE ALLOWED FOR JUST ONE QUESTION TO COME IN AND THE JUDGE SAID, I'LL LISTEN TO MORE EVIDENCE AND YOU CAN CONVINCE ME WHETHER OR NOT I LET IN MORE EVIDENCE. SO RIGHT NOW, THE CFO OF ALEX MURDAUGH IS FORMER COMPANY IS TESTIFYING OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY. THE PROSECUTION IS TRYING TO KIND OF HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROSECUTION OF A MURDER, YOU DON'T NEED IT, BUT IT REALLY HELPS TO HAVE MOTIVE AND OPPORTUNITY. THE OPPORTUNITY IS THE CELL PHONE EVIDENCE THAT WE'VE HAD. THE VOICE ALEX MURDAUGH IN THE BACKGROUND. THE MOTIVE IS THIS FINANCIAL CRIME. WELL, WHAT THE PROSECUTION NEEDS TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE OF IS THAT THIS SEPARATE CASE HAS SOME SORT OF CONNECTION TO THAT OF THE MURDER THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S WORKING SO FAR . BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT MURDOCH WAS FRANTIC AND WORRIED ABOUT MOVING THIS MONEY INTO HIS WIFE'S NAME TO AVOID LIABILITY FOR THIS BOATING ACCIDENT CASE, THAT MAYBE THE WIFE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, MAYBE KNEW TOO MUCH AND HE HAD TO KILL HER BECAUSE OF THAT WOULD BE A STRONG MOTIVE IN A STRONG CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION. BUT THAT'S YET TO BE DECIDED. >> AND , BRIAN , WE'RE FINDING OUT NOW THAT THE STATE PLANS TO ADMIT A RAINCOAT THAT HAS GUN RESIDUE ON IT AS EVIDENCE. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? WHOSE RAINCOAT WAS IT AND WHAT MIGHT THAT DETERMINE TO THE BELIEVE IS THAT THIS RAINCOAT IS ALEX MURDAUGH AND IT HAS GSR OR GUNSHOT RESIDUE. IF YOU GO BACK IN THE TRIAL AND LOOK AT THAT SNAPSHOT THAT PAUL MURDOCH, YOU SEE THAT ALEX MURDAUGH IS WEARING DIFFERENT CLOTHES. THE PROSECUTION IS MAKING THE THEORY THAT HE KILLED HIS WIFE AND YOUNGEST SON , THEN CHANGED HIS CLOTHES AND WORE THAT RAINCOAT TO SHIELD HIMSELF FROM GSR. HE'S A HE'S A PROSECUTOR THROUGH AND THROUGH HIS OWN FAMILY, SOME GENERATIONS BACK IN AS WELL. HE WOULD KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TESTED AND PROVE THAT HE SHOT A GUN. BUT THE DEFENSE COULD ALSO ARGUE THIS IS A HUNTING LARGER AREA. >> HE'S GOING TO HAVE GSR ON ALL OF HIS CLOTHES THERE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE ARGUMENT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. NEW YORK CITY HOMICIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER BRIAN BUCKMIRE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. COMING UP, HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE, THE FAMILY IS BANDING TOGETHER TOGETHER NOW CLAIMING THEIR CHILDREN CONNECTED WITH DRUG DEALERS ON A POPULAR APP, SNAPCHAT, RESULTING IN THEIR DEATHS. HOW THEY'RE MAKING THEIR CASE WHEN WE COME BACK . ALSO AHEAD, TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MOVIE TITANIC AND DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON DIVING INTO THE QUESTION SO MANY FANS ASK, COULD JACK HAVE SURVIVED ON THAT DOOR? IN THE OPEN OCEAN? STAY WITH US."ABC NEWS LIVE" STE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. WELCOME BACK. SNAPCHAT IS FACING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TODAY OVER ALLEGATIONS IT ENABLES DRUG DEALERS. FAMILIES OF MORE THAN 50 OVERDOSE VICTIMS ARE SUING THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY, ACCUSING IT OF HELPING DEALERS CONNECT WITH THEIR CHILDREN, LEAVING NEXT TO NO TRACE. >> ABC NEWS WILL REEVE HAS THE DETAILS. SNAPCHAT SUED BY THE FAMILIES OF 50 VICTIMS OF DRUG OVERDOSE ,ACCUSING THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT OF ENABLING DEALERS TO SELL FAKE PRESCRIPTION PILLS LACED WITH DEADLY DOSES OF FENTANYL TO MINORS AND YOUNG ADULTS. >> THEY ALL LOST A CHILD TO FENTANYL POISONING THROUGH COUNTERFEIT DRUGS OBTAINED THROUGH SNARF, NOT THROUGH INSTAGRAM, NOT THROUGH TICK-TOCK, BUT USE NOW, THIS ISN'T AN INTERNET PROBLEM. THIS ISN'T A SOCIAL MEDIA PROBLEM. THIS IS A SNAPCHAT PROBLEM. >> ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS FROM 2020 TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO , SNAPCHAT WAS ALLEGEDLY A CONDUIT FOR OVER 75% OF THE FENTANYL POISONING DEATHS OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 WHO CONNECTED WITH A DEALER OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DEALERS SELLING WHAT THEY SAY ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BUT ARE OFTEN COUNTERFEIT AND CONTAIN LETHAL LEVELS OF FENTANYL. >> NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS FRIEND. >> HUMPHRIES SAYS HER 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SOFIA, WAS SOLD FAKE PERCOCET PILLS THROUGH SNAPCHAT IN JUNE OF 2020 ONE . TWO DAYS LATER, SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HER BED. >> IMMEDIATELY, LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOK HER PHONE AND THE DETECTIVE CALLED THIS SHORTLY AFTER AND SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT SHE HAD PURCHASED IT FROM A SNAPCHAT DEALER, DOWNLOAD THE MOBILE APP . THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS SNAPCHAT FEATURES, INCLUDING DISAPPEARING MESSAGES, APPEAL TO DRUG DEALERS MAKING THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HARD TO TRACK. IN A STATEMENT, SNAP INC TELLING ABC NEWS IT CANNOT COMMENT ON ACTIVE LITIGATION, BUT CLAIMING IT'S USING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO PROACTIVELY FIND AND SHUT DOWN DRUG DEALERS ACCOUNTS AND IS CONTINUALLY EXPANDING ITS SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS. >> THE FAMILY'S LAWYER TELLS ABC NEWS SOME OF THE CHANGES TO SNAPCHAT THEY'RE SEEKING INCLUDE GETTING RID OF THE DISAPPEARING MESSAGES, FEATURE IMPROVING DETECTION OF DRUG DEALERS AND PERMANENTLY REMOVING THEM FROM THE APP AND NOTIFYING PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF WHAT HE TERMED THIS CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. >> ALEXIS WILL REEVE, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP HERE ON "ABC NEWS LIVE", WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET FOR A LOOK AT THE RICH CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF NEW ZEALAND'S MAORI. A LOOK AT THEIR INCREDIBLE RENAISSANCE ALSO AHEAD. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MOVIE TITANIC, JAMES CAMERON DIVING INTO THAT QUESTION. SO MANY OF US HAVE. COULD JACK HAVE SURVIVED ON THAT DOOR IN THE OPEN OCEAN? WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK . "ABC NEWS LIVE" STREAMING LIVE AND FREE ON ALL PLATFORMS. WELCOME BACK. SNAPCHAT IS FACING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TODAY OVER ALLEGATIONS IT ENABLES DRUG DEALERS. FAMILIES OF MORE THAN 50 OVERDOSE VICTIMS ARE SUING THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY, ACCUSING IT OF HELPING DEALERS CONNECT WITH THEIR CHILDREN, LEAVING NEXT TO NO TRACE. >> ABC NEWS WILL REEVE HAS THE DETAILS. SNAPCHAT SUED BY THE FAMILIES OF 50 VICTIMS OF DRUG OVERDOSE ,ACCUSING THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT OF ENABLING DEALERS TO SELL FAKE PRESCRIPTION PILLS LACED WITH DEADLY DOSES OF FENTANYL TO MINORS AND YOUNG ADULTS. >> THEY ALL LOST A CHILD TO FENTANYL POISONING THROUGH COUNTERFEIT DRUGS OBTAINED THROUGH SNARF, NOT THROUGH INSTAGRAM, NOT THROUGH TICK-TOCK, BUT USE NOW, THIS ISN'T AN INTERNET PROBLEM. THIS ISN'T A SOCIAL MEDIA PROBLEM. THIS IS A SNAPCHAT PROBLEM. >> ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS FROM 2020 TO TWENTY TWENTY TWO , SNAPCHAT WAS ALLEGEDLY A CONDUIT FOR OVER 75% OF THE FENTANYL POISONING DEATHS OF CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 18 WHO CONNECTED WITH A DEALER OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. THE DEALERS SELLING WHAT THEY SAY ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BUT ARE OFTEN COUNTERFEIT AND CONTAIN LETHAL LEVELS OF FENTANYL. >> NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS FRIEND. >> HUMPHRIES SAYS HER 20 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SOFIA, WAS SOLD FAKE PERCOCET PILLS THROUGH SNAPCHAT IN JUNE OF 2020 ONE . TWO DAYS LATER, SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HER BED. >> IMMEDIATELY, LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOK HER PHONE AND THE DETECTIVE CALLED THIS SHORTLY AFTER AND SAID THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT SHE HAD PURCHASED IT FROM A SNAPCHAT DEALER, DOWNLOAD THE MOBILE APP . THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS SNAPCHAT FEATURES, INCLUDING DISAPPEARING MESSAGES, APPEAL TO DRUG DEALERS MAKING THEIR ILLEGAL ACTIVITY HARD TO TRACK. IN A STATEMENT, SNAP INC TELLING ABC NEWS IT CANNOT COMMENT ON ACTIVE LITIGATION, BUT CLAIMING IT'S USING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO PROACTIVELY FIND AND SHUT DOWN DRUG DEALERS ACCOUNTS AND IS CONTINUALLY EXPANDING ITS SUPPORT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS. >> THE FAMILY'S LAWYER TELLS ABC NEWS SOME OF THE CHANGES TO SNAPCHAT THEY'RE SEEKING INCLUDE GETTING RID OF THE DISAPPEARING MESSAGES, FEATURE IMPROVING DETECTION OF DRUG DEALERS AND PERMANENTLY REMOVING THEM FROM THE APP AND NOTIFYING PARENTS AND CHILDREN OF WHAT HE TERMED THIS CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. >> ALEXIS WILL REEVE, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP HERE ON "ABC NEWS LIVE", WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET FOR A LOOK AT THE RICH CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF NEW ZEALAND'S MAORI. A LOOK AT THEIR INCREDIBLE RENAISSANCE ALSO AHEAD. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AFTER THE MOVIE TITANIC, JAMES CAMERON DIVING INTO THAT QUESTION. SO MANY OF US HAVE. COULD JACK HAVE SURVIVED ON THAT DOOR IN THE OPEN OCEAN? WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK . STREAMING ABCNEWS.COM. WE ARE GETTING A FIRST LOOK AT NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S NEW SPECIAL, TITANIC. TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER WITH JAMES CAMERON , IT FEATURES THE LATEST DETAILS, UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF THE MOVIE AND BLOWS THE BIG DOOR DEBATE WIDE OPEN. SO WAS THERE ROOM FOR JACK ON THERE TO TAKE A LOOK? >> IT'S THE MUCH DISCUSSED MOVIE ENDING. >> FANS WILL NEVER LET GO . I'LL NEVER LET GO . COULD JACK HAVE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC IF HE CLIMBED ON THAT FLOATING PIECE OF DEBRIS WITH ROSE? IT'S A THEORY THAT'S BEEN TESTED BEFORE, BUT NEVER BY JAMES CAMERON HIMSELF. >> UNTIL NOW. WE'LL FIND OUT ONCE AND FOR ALL WHETHER JACK COULD HAVE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC. IT'S PART OF THE NEW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL TITANIC, 25 YEARS LATER, WITH JAMES CAMERON TO REEXAMINE AND JACK'S FINAL SCENE. CAMERON AND A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS TOOK TWO STUNT PEOPLE AND TESTED FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS TO SEE IF YOU TWO COULD HAVE SHARED THAT . FOURTH, JACK AND ROSE ARE ABLE TO GET ON THE RAFT, BUT NOW THEY'RE BOTH SUBMERGED IN DANGEROUS LEVELS OF FREEZING WATER. THE CONSENSUS, JACK, LIKELY WOULDN'T SURVIVE THEN THEY FIND A POSITION WHERE BOTH OF THEIR UPPER BODIES ARE OUT OF THE WATER, OUT OF THE WATER WITH VIOLENT SHAKING, WAS HELPING HIM AND PROJECTING IT OUT. HE COULD HAVE MADE IT PRETTY LIKE OURS, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXHAUSTED, LIKE IN THE FILM. SO FOR THE FINAL TEST, THEY FACTOR IN THE PHYSICAL STRAIN THE CHARACTERS ENDURED LEADING UP TO THIS POINT. >> JACK SWIMS OVER JACK TWO, THREE . AND THIS TIME ROSE OFFERS THE LIFE JACKET TO HELP INSULATE HER MAN AND HE STABILIZE. SHE GOT INTO A PLACE WHERE WE PROJECTED THAT OUT. SHE JUST MIGHT HAVE MADE IT UNTIL THE LIFEBOAT GOT THERE. >> CAMERON'S VERDICT, JACK, MIGHT'VE LIVED, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES. I THINK HIS THOUGHT PROCESS WAS, I'M NOT GOING TO DO ONE THING THAT JEOPARDIZES HER . >> AND THAT'S 100% ACCURATE. THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. APPARENTLY, YOU CAN SEE TITANIC. TWENTY FIVE YEARS LATER WITH JAMES CAMERON THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, 9:00 P.M. EASTERN, EIGHT CENTRAL ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY ON HULU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE TAKING YOU TO NEW ZEALAND NOW WHERE OUR ROBIN ROBERTS IS GIVING US AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE COUNTRY'S RICH CULTURE. SHE SPOKE WITH THE MARY PEOPLE INDIGENOUS TO THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR TRADITIONS ALIVE. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK IN THE HEART OF NEW ZEALAND'S NORTH ISLAND SITS A SMALL TOWN OF ROTARU WHERE MAORI CULTURE IS ALIVE AND WELL. OH, ROTORUA HAS BECOME A STRONGHOLD FOR THE MAORI PEOPLE. WHO ARE INDIGENOUS TO NEW ZEALAND AND REPRESENT SIXTEEN POINT FIVE PERCENT OF ITS POPULATION HERE. >> AT THE TOP POULIOT CULTURAL CENTER, MAORI TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN ON FULL DISPLAY FOR TOURISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR OVER 130 YEARS. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD JIANYU AND THEY COME AND THEY JUST WANT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO. >> I JUST THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. THE CENTER IS HOME TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF CARVING AND WEAVING AND HOUSES THE LARGEST ACTIVE GEYSER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FOR MAORI PEOPLE, CULTURE PRESERVATION IS PARAMOUNT, BUT REMNANT EFFECTS OF COLONIALISM LED TO OLDER GENERATIONS BEING STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FROM USING THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. >> WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH YOU GUYS WOULD SAY NEW MENTIONED HOW SAD THAT WOULD BE SENDING YOUR LITTLE FIVE YEAR OLD TO SCHOOL, THEN COMING HOME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN THEY'D BEEN PUNISHED FOR JUST TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THAT SITUATION AFFECTING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND CAUSING THE MAORI LANGUAGE TO NEARLY CEASED TO EXIST. >> I EVEN RECALL A CONVERSATION WITH MY GRANDFATHER WHEN I WAS WANTING TO LEARN CROMARTY AT SCHOOL. AND HE SAID TO ME, THAT'LL GET YOU NOWHERE. THAT'S USELESS. IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING BECAUSE WHAT WAS WHAT WAS EMBEDDED IN HIM. >> BUT NOW MAORI CULTURE IS EXPERIENCING A RESURGENCE THAT STEADILY GAINING MOMENTUM. >> EVERY ASPECT OF OUR CULTURE HISTORY, IT'S REALLY SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT GIVES US OUR CONNECTION TO OUR ANCESTORS. IT TELLS US WHERE WE'VE COME FROM. AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO TELL US WE WERE GOING TO DO SO WELL HERE IN NEW ZEALAND. >> I HAD TO VISIT THE CENTER FOR MYSELF. HI, I'M ROBYN. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. OH, MY GOODNESS. SO YOU'VE BEEN CARVING FOR HOW LONG? HOW MANY YEARS? HOW MANY DECADES? FIFTEEN. TWENTY SIX YEARS. WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, I WASN'T VERY BRIGHT AS A TEACHER, SO I WAS QUITE DOWN. MAKE SURE KNOW THAT I WAS GOOD AT ART. THAT'S ONE THING I WAS VERY GOOD AT. SO I KNEW THAT SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, THAT'S WHAT MY CALLING WAS TO BE. >> WELL, WHAT WE BRING THIS YOUNG IT IN HERE. HELLO. HOW ARE YOUR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS? SO YOU'RE LEARNING FROM SOMEONE LIKE LIKE CLYDE AND SUCH AN HONOR. I WOULD IMAGINE. >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN HOW TO READ LEASES WITH THEM PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK AS WELL. NOW, AT TWO HOURS EACH TIME, VERY HONORED TO BE HERE WHILE CLIVE'S STILL AROUND. >> OH, I DON'T LIKE HOW HE SAID, LIKE I . BUT YOU'RE STILL AROUND. YOU GOT TO BE AROUND FOR A WHILE HERE. YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT THAT YOU ENJOY SO MUCH? >> WELL, LOTS, LOTS OF THINGS REALLY. BEING ABLE TO CREATE JUST BEEN ABLE TO FOR ME IT'S REALLY THERAPEUTIC. >> SO JUDGE NEWMAN GOOD. SO I'M CREATING THAT. NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE WAVING STUFF THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION GENERATION AT THE MOMENT. WHAT I'M DOING AS FAR TO KEEP NIGHT, WHICH WE CALL RELAXIUM . SO I JUST DOUBLE PLANNING ALL THE PLACES OF FIVE WITHOUT THEM. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, I SUPPOSE IF YOU LIKE TO ASSIGN MACHAIN, I'M USING MY CANES TO BRING THE GOVERNMENT ALL TOGETHER. >> AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO COMPLETE THE GARMENT TONIGHT? >> I , I'M GOING TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT COMPLETE CHANGE. OH, I SEE. THEY DON'T MIND. I KNOW WHERE YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETE TONIGHT AND THIS SPECIAL MOMENT YOU THE THE HOME FOR YOU FOR NUM NUM NUM. AND OUR THANKS TO ROBIN ROBERTS FOR THAT LOOK INSIDE THEIR CULTURE. AND THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. FOR STREAMING WITH US. I'M ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. "ABC NEWS LIVE" IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME ANYWHERE. WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON HULU, THE ABC NEWS