[THEME MUSIC] - Tonight, the sonic boom heard around the capital. [DISTANT RUMBLE] Investigators are seeking answers after the crash from an unresponsive plane flew near the capital region, prompting US fighter jets to scramble to intercept it. What authorities are now saying. Plus-- - So if Tucker did not get the kidney transplant, he would have died. - He would have-- yes, he would have died. He was on his last legs. LINSEY DAVIS: --shelling out thousands of dollars for transplants, additional adoptions, and more-- we'll show you the extreme measures that some are taking to save their furry friends. And-- - Today, I'm excited to announce an entirely new AR platform with a revolutionary new product. LINSEY DAVIS: --the future is here. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, speaks exclusively with ABC'S Robin Roberts on what's considered the biggest tech launch in years. The question is, are consumers ready? Good evening, everyone. I'm Linsey Davis. Thank you so much for streaming with us. We're following those stories and much more, including the California Attorney General is now accusing the State of Florida of state-sanctioned kidnapping after a second jet with more than a dozen migrants touched down in Sacramento just hours ago. What that AG now says about the Florida governor and the private jet that was used. Plus, it's every 2024 candidate for him or herself-- the laundry list of contenders joining the presidential campaign in the coming days. But does that help or hurt the man ahead of the pack Donald Trump? And Binance is the biggest crypto exchange in the world. And tonight, they're being accused of lying to investors. What's behind the charges announced against them? Our correspondents are fanned out across the country covering those stories and much more for us tonight. But we do begin tonight with the troubling questions after a small Cessna jet triggered quite a scare in Washington, DC. Six F-16 fighter jets moved to intercept the small plane Sunday after it flew into restricted airspace. The supersonic speed of the F-16's triggered a sonic boom heard throughout the DC metro area and captured on Ring cameras like this one. The fighter jets from Joint Base Andrews were the first to reach the Cessna passenger and set off flares, but the pilot was unresponsive. Not long after, the jet crashed in a remote spot in the Shenandoah Valley southwest of the capital. And we're learning tonight that it took 90 minutes to scramble those F-16's. How was this plane able to fly in what's supposed to be the country's most protected airspace for so long? Our chief global affairs anchor, Martha Raddatz, leads us off tonight from Washington. MARTHA RADDATZ: Tonight, urgent new questions in the investigation into this deadly plane crash in Virginia causing chaos in the nation's capital and fighter jets to be deployed-- a small Cessna jet slamming into this rugged mountainside after the pilot passed out, all four on board killed. [DISTANT BOOM] It was just an hour before the crash-- a thunderous roar in and around Washington DC-- [DISTANT RUMBLE] --rocking homes, terrifying residents. [PLAYING HARMONICA AND GUITAR] [RATTLE] - We thought it was probably an earthquake. MARTHA RADDATZ: Authorities tonight saying that sound, a sonic boom from one of the six F-16 fighter jets breaking the sound barrier after rocketing to supersonic speeds to catch the small plane. That Cessna jet taking off from Tennessee at around 1:15 Sunday afternoon, heading to an airport on New York's Long Island. But less than 15 minutes after takeoff, the FAA saying the pilot was no longer responding to air traffic controllers' instructions. Eight minutes later, the FAA alerting NORAD and other Homeland Security officials. OPERATOR: Be advised, there is an aircraft that nobody's talking to right now. MARTHA RADDATZ: The plane likely on autopilot, then turning around, heading back over the busy New York City airspace and continuing back towards DC. But it would take 90 minutes before the military finally launched those F-16's, intercepting the Cessna just 20 miles northeast of Washington's Reagan National Airport. For the next half hour, those F-16's trying to get the civilian pilot's attention, firing flares and issuing warnings by radio. PILOT: Aircraft squawking 7275, this is armed air defense fighter on guard, 121.5. Contact us immediately. MARTHA RADDATZ: Multiple reports saying those fighter pilots saw the pilot of the private jet slumped over. - The pressurization system in an airplane compresses the air within the cabin so there's enough oxygen for people to function normally. If the pressurization fails, then there's not enough oxygen in the cabin, people get hypoxia, they lose consciousness, and sometimes die. MARTHA RADDATZ: Tonight, family members mourning the lives lost in addition to the pilot-- Adina Azarian, a prominent New York City real estate agent, her two-year-old daughter Aria, and her nanny. - Just heartbreaking details there. Martha Raddatz joins us now from Washington. And Martha, are officials concerned tonight over the fact that this plane was in the air for more than an hour on autopilot over what's supposed to be the most well protected airspace in the country? - That is really the big question, Linsey. We're talking about the nation's capital and New York City. And still, it took 90 minutes before those fighter jets were launched. Both the military and federal officials will no doubt take a hard look at how this happened. Linsey. LINSEY DAVIS: Martha Raddatz, our thanks to you as always. Now to lawyers for former President Trump, who met with Justice Department officials for several hours today. It comes as the DOJ's probe of his handling of classified documents may be nearing an end. Trump's lawyers had asked for a meeting claiming no president has been, quote, "baselessly investigated in such an unlawful fashion." Here's ABC's Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas. PIERRE THOMAS: In a sign that prosecutors could be getting very close to finishing their investigation, Donald Trump's attorneys today meeting with Special Counsel Jack Smith at DOJ headquarters for nearly two hours, making the case that their client should not be charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents. REPORTER 1: Get what you wanted? REPORTER 2: Did you got a meeting with the attorney general? - Yeah, we don't have any comment. PIERRE THOMAS: Within minutes, Trump responding on social media, clearly worried he could be indicted, asking how he could possibly be charged when he quote, "did nothing wrong." But federal prosecutors suspect Trump illegally retained classified material and may have obstructed justice when the government tried to recover the documents from Mar-a-Lago. Today's meeting comes just days after ABC News learned the government obtained an audio recording from six months after leaving office where Trump allegedly admits he kept a classified document involving a potential military action against Iran. - No, I don't know anything about it. All I know is this-- everything I did was right. - He says he didn't do anything wrong. Pierre Thomas joins us now. Pierre, give us a sense of what might be left in the investigation before it wraps up. - Well, Linsey, all signs point to the classified documents investigation winding down with perhaps only a few more witnesses expected to appear before a grand jury in the next coming days. Linsey. LINSEY DAVIS: Pierre Thomas for us from the nation's capital. Thanks so much, Pierre. And we move on now to the growing tensions between the US and China. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin accuses China of bullying his Chinese counterpart, telling the US to quote, "mind your own business." It comes in the wake of a close encounter in the Taiwan Strait. The Pentagon released video of a Chinese Navy ship cutting across the path of an American destroyer just 150 yards away. The US called that an unsafe maneuver. Here's ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell. IAN PANNELL: Tonight, as tensions mount between the two countries, the US accusing Beijing of deliberate aggression after a Chinese warship intercepted a pair of American and Canadian ships sailing through the Taiwan Strait. Video released by the US Navy capturing the view from the American ship, USS Chung-Hoon, on Saturday as the Chinese destroyer comes within 150 yards of the ship's bow, crossing dangerously in front of it. - It's unsafe, It's unprofessional. And as to why they're doing it, I think, again-- I think that's a great question to ask them. IAN PANNELL: The captain of the Canadian HMCS Montreal telling reporters from Canada's Global News who were on the ship that the Chinese sailors told the Americans to move or risk a collision. - The fact that this was announced over the radio prior to doing it clearly indicated that it was intentional. IAN PANNELL: The Americans asking the Chinese to stay clear of the ship, but ultimately forced to slow down to avoid a crash. - [SPEAKING CHINESE] IAN PANNELL: China's defense minister telling the US to mind its own business, warning any severe confrontation between the US and China would be an unbearable disaster for the world. This incident is the latest in a series of what the White House calls "provocations" by China, more than a week ago, a Chinese fighter jet coming within 400 feet of a US reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea. - It won't be long before somebody gets hurt. That's the concern with these unsafe and unprofessional intercepts. They can lead to misunderstandings. They can lead to miscalculations. - Ian Pannell joins us now in studio. And Ian, what is the Pentagon saying about the potential for miscalculations with these interceptions? - I mean, I think a lot of this is code word for the risk of escalation. That's clearly what everyone's concerned about-- the possibility of a real-world clash between American and Chinese forces, albeit something that could be started accidentally. Now, having said that the fourth high-level meeting is taking place between American and Chinese officials in Beijing right at this moment to try and reduce those tensions, try and reduce those risks. But I think when you've got aircraft, you've got ships coming quite so close together, clearly the possibility for a real-world disaster starts to look very real. - And Ian, I must say, because we're talking about, obviously, a very serious topic, but I almost didn't recognize you in your suit and tie looking very dapper. And great to see you here in the flesh. - Great to be with you. LINSEY DAVIS: Always such great reporting from you out in the field. So we appreciate you being here in person. - Thank you. - And to the war in Ukraine, where tonight there are signs that Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive may now be taking shape. Fighting has stepped up along several fronts, and combat forces are gathering in, quote, "assembly areas." Is Ukraine still just probing Russia's defenses, or has their counteroffensive begun? ABC's Tom Soufi Burridge is in Ukraine tonight. [UKRAINIAN] [EXPLOSION] TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE: Tonight, Ukrainian forces on the offensive, recapturing more ground, according to Ukrainian officials, with a prominent US national security group suggesting Ukraine's counteroffensive is beginning, pointing to increased combat activity in different parts of the frontline. Ukraine recapturing ground near the city of Bakhmut, according to a senior Ukrainian defense official. Our team watching a recent phase of Ukrainian operations in that area play out in this command center. Tonight, Russia's Ministry of Defense releasing this video, claiming it shows troops repelling Ukrainian attacks. Linsey, President Zelenskyy tonight congratulating troops for that advance near Bakhmut, and our team witnessing a lot more military activity with Ukraine's offensive ramping up. Linsey. - Tom, thank you. In Iowa, one of the residents injured in that terrible apartment building collapse has now sued the City of Davenport. The complaint filed alleged multiple accounts of negligence and notes more lawsuits are likely, saying that the city and the building's current and former owners knew the conditions were worsening and failed to warn the residents. The suit comes just after police recovered three bodies from the site after days of searching. No other individuals are thought to be missing. One of the most notorious spies in US history has died at a supermax prison in Colorado. Robert Hansen was an FBI agent who for two decades sold US secrets to the Soviet Union and then to Russia. Investigators say some of those he betrayed were executed. Here's ABC's Terry Moran. TERRY MORAN: He was one of America's most notorious traitors-- a double agent responsible for one of the worst intelligence disasters in US history. Robert Hansen arrested in Virginia on a cold Sunday in February 2001 after making one final drop for the Russians. And this morning, officials say the infamous former spy was found dead in his cell at a maximum security prison in Colorado. He was 79. For more than two decades, Robert Hansen sold troves of the nation's secrets to the Soviet Union and later to Russia. He used aliases-- Ramon Garcia, Jim Baker, and to his Russian handlers, just "dear friend." The pay, more than $1.4 million in cash, bank funds, and diamonds. - It is especially difficult because the person who was investigated, arrested, and charged is one of our own. TERRY MORAN: And the consequences were deadly. Officials say Hansen gave the KGB the identity of one of America's best intelligence sources inside the Soviet military, General DmitrI Polyakov, later executed by his country. He also revealed to the Soviets how the US had penetrated their satellite transmissions-- more than 6,000 classified documents in all. - Terry Moran joins us now. Terry, after Hansen was captured back in 2001, what punishment did he face? - He was looking at the death penalty, Linsey. This was one of the worst intelligence disasters in US history, and they threw the book at him. But he cut a deal. He pled guilty to 15 counts of espionage, sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and he cooperated with the government he had betrayed. Linsey. LINSEY DAVIS: Terry Moran for us. Thanks so much, Terry. We're learning Deja Taylor, the mother of the six-year-old who shot first grade teacher, Abby Zwerner is expected to plead guilty to new felony charges. Her attorney told ABC News that Taylor will plead guilty on charges of being a, quote, "unlawful user of uncontrolled substance in possession of a firearm and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm." Just last month, Taylor broke her silence, telling me that she felt responsibility for the incident which resulted in the shooting of that teacher. Do you feel in any way responsible for the shooting? - Yes, of course. That is my son. So I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him because he can't take responsibility for himself. LINSEY DAVIS: Taylor's attorney says the terms of her agreement will be disclosed later this week. A young New York City attorney in a Boston court today charged with rape and sexual assault involving four women from more than a decade ago. Prosecutors say they caught him using DNA, tracking him at a corporate event testing DNA on utensils and also a drinking glass. Here's ABC's Erielle Reshef. ERIELLE RESHEF: Tonight, 35-year-old Manhattan corporate attorney, Matthew Nilo facing a Boston judge. JUDGE: How do you plead to those offenses? Guilty or not guilty? - Not guilty. ERIELLE RESHEF: Nilo, accused of sexually assaulting four women in 2007 and 2008 in the Charlestown area of Boston in a series of incidents that shocked the city. 15 years after the trail ran cold, authorities revisited the investigation. Using forensic investigative genealogy, they determined Nilo, who went to school in Boston at the time, was a person of interest. FBI agents in the New York area placing him under surveillance. LYNN FEIGENBAUM: FBI agents were able to obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watched the defendant use at a corporate event. From one of the glasses, the Boston Police Crime Lab was able to obtain a male DNA profile which is found to match the suspect profile. ERIELLE RESHEF: He was arrested last week at his home in New Jersey. REPORTER 3: Anything you want to say about your fiance? ERIELLE RESHEF: His fiance, who was with him when he was arrested, ignoring questions from the press outside the courtroom. - Our thanks to Erielle for that. The SEC has accused Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, of mishandling customer funds and lying to American regulators. The SEC's lawsuit was the second time this year that federal regulators accused the company of not adhering to laws designed to protect US investors. The complaint alleges that Binance's founder made billions of dollars of customer funds and secretly sent them to a separate European company controlled by the CEO of Binance. Next, to the race for President on the Republican side, which is getting more crowded by the day. Former Vice President Mike Pence filed the papers to become a candidate today. He and two others will formally announce this week. Meantime, former President Donald Trump is largely sitting things out. Our Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott reports tonight from New Hampshire. RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, Mike Pence making it official, filing paperwork to declare his 2024 campaign for president. - Come this Wednesday, I'm announcing in Iowa. [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] RACHEL SCOTT: The once loyal vice president to Donald Trump now preparing to run against him. - I'm well known, but we don't think we're known well. I mean, most people know me as vice president, as a loyal lieutenant standing beside the president. And I'm proud of the record that we created in the Trump-Pence administration. But I was also a governor. - Hang Mike Pence. RACHEL SCOTT: His relationship with Trump turning cold after January 6. Pence would tell David the former president's words and actions were reckless and endangered his life and others in the Capitol. - Given all that you witnessed in the Capitol on that day-- this is a pretty straightforward question, a yes or a no-- do you believe that Donald Trump should ever be president again? - David, I think that's up to the American people. But I think we'll have better choices in the future. RACHEL SCOTT: The Republican field keeps growing larger, nearly every candidate flooding Iowa this weekend. But Trump was notably absent, his campaign criticizing his closest rival for the nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in a statement telling ABC News, "The race for second place is about to heat up." RON DESANTIS: You know, some people tell me like, oh, well, you know, you should just, quote, "wait to '28." Well, that would make sense if you're running to be. somebody. But I'm not running to be somebody. I'm running to do something. And I think 2024 is the country's hour of need. RACHEL SCOTT: Trump is still the GOP frontrunner. But other hopefuls say it's time to move on. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu insists the crowded field will only make Trump stronger, tonight announcing he will not be running for president and warning, "candidates with no path to victory must have the discipline to get out." - Yeah, he's bowing out before even starting. Rachel Scott joins us now from New Hampshire, where former Governor Chris Christie will announce tomorrow. Rachel, with 12 candidates already in the race, this is starting to look a lot like 2016 all over again. - Yeah. And you may remember back in 2016, there were 17 Republican candidates in the race. There were 10 on the debate stage at one point. Many say that such a crowded field helped Trump emerge last time around and that it could help him once again. Linsey. LINSEY DAVIS: Rachel Scott from New Hampshire for us. Thanks so much, Rachel. Next, tonight to California where the state attorney general believes that one of those 2024 Republican presidential candidates, Governor Ron DeSantis, may be involved in what the AG has compared to state-sanctioned kidnapping after a plane of migrants arrived in Sacramento on Friday. A second plane also touched down there today. Joining us now for more is California's Attorney General Rob Bonta. Thank you so much for your time tonight. So the faith-based community organizing group, Sacramento Act, says the first plane of 16 migrants was approached outside of a center in El Paso by a private contractor who promised jobs and other assistance. They were then bussed to New Mexico and flown to Sacramento. Is it your understanding that the migrants were misled and didn't know where they were being taken? - Yes, in short. And that's based on direct conversations that I've had with a number of them who indicated that they were promised help finding jobs if they got on the plane. And after they got off the plane, rather than receiving any help finding jobs, as was represented to them, they were dumped and deserted and left without any contact for how to be in touch with those who had brought them there. The individuals who dumped them and deserted them said we'll be right back and never came back. They knew they weren't coming back. They deceived them and misled them and lied to them. And that's morally bankrupt. It's cruel. It's inhumane. It's wrong. These are individuals who have come long journeys of fleeing violence and oppression and seeking safety. They're asylum seekers. And that's how they were treated. They were deceived and lied to instead of supported with compassion and empathy. - So you say it was wrong. Is it illegal if the migrants were not aware of where this group was taking them? - That, we're still determining. And we are investigating all of the facts. We're completing interviews with the first set of asylum seekers who were flown to Sacramento, those first 16. And there's 20 more who are now with us in Sacramento that we will need to interview and get facts from, hear what was represented to them, what they were told, what they believed, what they were informed. And we will identify any violations of criminal law, whether it be misdemeanors or felonies, and any potential violations of civil law. At this time, we're not at a place where we are able to make the final legal conclusion. We need to complete our factual investigation. - Your office told us that the company Vertol Systems is responsible for these two planes. That group was reportedly paid by Governor Ron DeSantis's administration last year in order to transport migrants to Martha's Vineyard. What do you know about this group and its possible ties to Governor Ron DeSantis? - We think it's the same group. It's Vertol Systems. They were involved in the Martha's Vineyard flight. They were involved in the flight to Sacramento on Friday from New Mexico and-- and to Sacramento from New Mexico today. So this, from all indications, all arrows point to this is the official program of the State of Florida, of Ron DeSantis's State of Florida. And mind you, these asylum seekers were identified by Vertol Systems' employees, the vendor for the State of Florida, not in Florida, where they identified. They were identified in Texas, another state. So state tax dollars from Florida being used for-- for a private company to identify asylum seekers in Texas and then fly them to California or Martha's Vineyard. We believe it's the same company. - I know that you said that you're still determining just how illegal any of this was. Governor Newsom, as you know, has floated the possibility of kidnapping charges against Governor Ron DeSantis. Is that remotely on the table for you right now? - Yes. It's one of the crimes that we're looking at and, of course, has certain legal elements that need to be present that we believe we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. And so before we charge that, we need to make sure that we are able to meet that standard. There are other sort of lesser included forms of kidnapping. There are also potential civil violations. So kidnapping is something that we're looking at. And the element of duress is important in that instance. We are also looking at other potential legal violations, criminal and civil. - Have any Florida officials contacted you or your office about these flights? - Haven't heard a thing from any Florida official. - Have you talked with anyone in the federal government about this? - Not at this time. Right now, we are focused on developing the facts of what's happening here and tracking down all of the connected parts of the story and the process from the Florida $12 million budget to the contracting with Vertol Systems and the plane flights that came here. We're also very focused, of course, on care, compassion, dignity, respect, support services, and programs being given to the asylum seekers and making sure that they're safe. - California Attorney General Rob Bonta, we thank you so much for your time. Appreciate you joining us. - Thanks for having me. - Still much more to get to here on Prime tonight. Coming up, halting home insurance policies in one state-- why one company is no longer insuring houses in California? Next in our Prime focus, going as far as it takes to save a pet-- kidney transplant surgeries are spiking for cats, a procedure that costs thousands and also brings up some ethical questions. - Did you wonder, is this ethical for this cat, who can't technically really consent to give the kidney, to Tucker? Like-- - You know, I-- I did what I felt. I've given this guy, you know, Tucker a chance, you know, at a normal life. - Welcome back, everyone. How far would you go to save your pet's life? It's a question that most pet owners have faced. And as veterinary medicine advances, there are more options on the table-- options that can be extremely expensive, like a kidney transplant for cats, a surgery that could cost upwards of $20,000. But for some, the cost is well worth it. Our Jaclyn Lee met with a cat dad who opted for the pricey procedure. And she goes inside the university at the cutting edge of pet medicine. JACLYN LEE: The bond between a pet and an owner is like no other. GREG NORWICKI: What you got? Come on. JACLYN LEE: And while there may not exactly be two-way conversations, there's no question that a deep love is there. Here in Franklin, Tennessee, three friendly felines are cuddling up with their owner, Greg Norwicki-- Charlie, Tucker, and Slash. Their journey hasn't been without its challenges. Five years ago, Tucker experienced kidney failure. - Can you kind of explain what Tucker's been through? - Tucker's been through a lot. Routine blood work, and his kidney value, creatinine level, and his B1 levels, were slightly elevated. Three months went by, six months went by, they continued to elevate. So Dr. Grace introduced the concept of a kidney transplant. He became a candidate for a kidney transplant. So I pulled the trigger. And I felt comfortable with, you know, the University of Georgia. Some people say, how-- how can you do that? That's selfish. JACLYN LEE: For Greg, the possibility of losing Tucker wasn't an option. He didn't care how many tens of thousands of dollars it would cost. So he traveled out of state to take part in a very specialized program. - We don't realize how sick our animals are until you see an animal bounce back. JACLYN LEE: Dr. Chad Schmiedt is the head of the Cat Kidney Transplant Program at the University of Georgia's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, one of its kind around the globe. - One particular thing about cats is that they are so good at hiding their disease. So a lot of times, cats won't start showing signs of illness, and owners won't pick up on signs of illness, until it's quite advanced. And so that's one challenge we face in these animals, is trying to work with those very sick animals. JACLYN LEE: Schmiedt is one of only a handful of surgeons who performs kidney transplants on cats. CHAD SCHMIEDT: We are one of two active programs in the country. We get our patients from all over the country and sometimes all over the world. The advantage here is that there's such a quality team of specialists in all different fields. It's an amazing surgery group. But you also have amazing anesthesiologists and amazing critical care people. And so there's this critical mass here that really enables us to give the most high-quality care. JACLYN LEE: Across the US, there has been a growing demand for advanced care for domestic pets, mostly because pet ownership in the US has increased significantly over the last 30 years. As of this year, 66% of US households-- that's 86.9 million homes-- own a pet. Millennials make up the largest percentage of current pet owners at 33%. - It's considered absolutely normal behavior for people to love their animals, spend whatever it takes to fix their animals when they get sick. You have to go back to the fact that for many people, these animals are like their kids. Sometimes, it only buys the cat an extra year or so of life. But even so, for a cat of limited lifespan, a year is quite a long time. And it means a lot to the owner. JACLYN LEE: 76% of cat owners said they consider their pets to be a member of the family. And that could lead to increased expenses. Just last year, Americans spent a whopping $136.8 billion on their pets. How much did this cost? - Um, originally-- we're going back five and a half years ago-- I want to say right around 18,000, 19,000. - $18,000, $19,000? - Yeah. Yeah. - So the cost of the surgery at the University of Georgia is around $20,000 for both the recipient and the donor. There are a lot of ongoing costs, too. I think owners can expect to spend anywhere between $15 to $4,000 a year on medication and tests and veterinary visits. JACLYN LEE: At the heart of the surgeries here at the University of Georgia, a hidden silver lining for those who go through with the surgery-- saving the life of another cat. - We take donor cats from a variety of places. We've had donor cats be cats owned by the recipient family. We've had donor cats be cats owned by the recipient's veterinarian. Importantly, the donor cats are always adopted by the family of the recipient. And to the best of our knowledge, they go on and live a normal life afterwards. JACLYN LEE: Were you totally on board with the concept of a donor cat giving Tucker the kidney and then you adopting this donor cat? - Oh, yeah. Yeah, no, that was-- I think part of that was the exciting part, is it's like, you know, having a baby. You don't know what you're coming home with. Charlie himself was a research cat. So as I say, you know, we saved his life, too. So you know, I brought home one cat and we brought home-- you know, Tucker and we brought home another cat that we saved his life and gave him a chance at life as well. JACLYN LEE: But some have ethical questions about the program. JAMES A. SERPELL: One of the ethical concerns, of course, is that there's a donor cat involved. And those donor cats don't, like, come along and say, yes, please take my kidney. The argument that is used is that most of those donor cats are coming from shelters. They might not have found a home. They might have been euthanized in the shelter. So donating a kidney to another cat is preferable to that, especially if the-- the recipient household of that new kidney or that kidney is willing to adopt the donor. JACLYN LEE: Did you wonder, is this ethical for this cat, who can't technically really consent to give the kidney to Tucker? Like-- - Yeah, you know, I-- I did what I felt. I've given this guy-- you know, Tucker-- a chance at a normal life. I felt that if a cat is scheduled to be euthanized-- and yeah, you're taking a kidney away from him. You're still giving that cat an opportunity to live a life as well. Now, opinions-- everybody has an opinion. A lot of people are for it. A lot of people are against it. A lot of people think it's cruel. You know, a lot of people think it's the greatest thing. So at the end of the day, it was my decision. I did what I felt was right. JACLYN LEE: Tucker got a second chance, while donor cat Charlie found her forever home. So if Tucker did not get the kidney transplant, he would have died. - He would have-- yes, he would have died. He was on his last legs. JACLYN LEE: Before you decided to get the surgery, I mean, what did Tucker mean to you? - He was my family. Come on, Tucker. Psh, psh, psh. JACLYN LEE: And here in Tennessee, five years later, Tucker is thriving. In the beginning, do you think Tucker knew that Charlie played a role in saving his life? - I don't know if they're able to pick up on that. But, you know, they definitely have a bond. You know, the bond that Charlie has with Tucker versus Charlie with Slash-- JACLYN LEE: What do the next few years look like for those two? GREG NORWICKI: I wish I had a crystal ball. Tucker now-- like, his creatinine level is starting to creep up as he's an older cat. Come here, Tucker. Come on. It's up to him. His primary doctor now, you know, says we're treating him for older, you know, cat diseases. [HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAKING] Charlie-- he's young. He should, you know, live another, you know, 5 years, 10 years. Who knows? - The lengths some are willing to go to for our furry friends. Our thanks to Jaclyn for that. Still much more to get to tonight. Coming up, more legal trouble for actor, Cuba Gooding Jr, the allegations he'll face at trial this week. From a true crime thriller to a quirky action adventure, actress Elizabeth Marvel tells us how she's balancing it all in tonight's Streamlined. But next, Apple unveils its new mixed reality headset, and it comes with a hefty price tag. We take a closer look by the numbers. [MUSIC PLAYING] - Welcome back, everyone. Apple unveiled its pricey new mixed reality headset today. So can it bring virtual and augmented reality to the masses? Let's take a look, By the Numbers. Reportedly in the works for seven years, Apple announced its long-awaited Vision Pro headset at its annual developer conference today, its first entry into the virtual and augmented reality space. Priced at $3,499, the newest tech from Apple will not come cheap. But it will allow users to view apps messages and other digital content within a virtual space. Apple says the product involves more than 5,000 patents with the ski-like goggles equipped with 12 cameras, six microphones, and multiple sensors that allow users to control it with their voice, eye, and hand movements. Set for release in 2024, the Vision Pro is the first Apple product launched since it unveiled the Apple Watch back in 2014 and AirPods in 2016. Apple is following Meta into the mixed reality space after the company recently announced the third generation of its Meta Quest III headset, which will start at $499 this fall. But while Meta's Oculus brand dominates the headset space, it has failed to gain much traction beyond gaming enthusiasts. And Apple's launch comes a few months after the shuttering of the Google Glass venture after 10 years as Google shut down the latest version of its internet-connected glasses which were widely mocked. It's too soon to tell whether Apple can buck that trend and bring VR into the mainstream, but the anticipation of Apple's entry has boosted the company's fortunes with its stock price hitting a 52-week high today. And Apple's current market cap of $2.82 trillion makes it worth more than the GDP of all but seven nations, with Apple right behind the GDP of France. We'll have much more on Apple's Vision Pro later on in the program as GMA Anchor Robin Roberts goes one on one with Apple's Tim Cook. And we still have much more ahead on Prime tonight. It's been the subject of pop culture jokes for years, but officials are calling it a serious concern-- the threat that's facing postal workers. And how a software glitch resulted in thousands of people being told that they may have cancer. An insurance company makes a major change to its policies in California actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Is set to face a lawsuit in court, and an alert about a threat postal workers are facing along their roots. Those stories and more in tonight's Rundown. [MUSIC PLAYING] REPORTER 4: Insurance company Allstate says it stopped accepting applications in California for new homeowners insurance policies to cover natural disasters. s Meanwhile, State Farm stopped accepting applications last month. The companies chalked their decisions up to growing risk of catastrophes and inflation-fueled costs to rebuild. Over the last five years, California has suffered an average of 7,000 wildfires per year. REPORTER 5: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr.'s rape trial is set to begin tomorrow in federal court in Manhattan. The civil case will start less than a year after Gooding avoided prison by pleading guilty to a criminal case that accused him of groping several women. Now, the woman who sued Gooding says he raped her after they went back to his hotel room in 2013. Three women who have accused the actor of abusing them are set to testify at the trial. Gooding's lawyers have said the encounter was consensual. REPORTER 6: Telemedicine company Grail says a software glitch led to 400 patients getting letters falsely notifying them they might have cancer. A statement from the company says the software issue has now been disabled. Patients are being notified by phone, email, or letter of the error. Four Democratic senators are giving Twitter owner Elon Musk until June 18 to respond to a letter asking how the company is protecting users. In their letters, Senate Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Ron Wyden, and Mazie Hirono pressed Twitter owner Elon Musk and its incoming CEO for details on Twitter's efforts to protect its users. The letter comes days after two executives who worked in trust and brand safety left Twitter. The senators stressing that their concerns about Twitter's commitment to safeguarding user data and privacy pre-dates Musk and is mandated by two consent decrees between the company and the Federal Trade Commission in 2011 and 2022. [BARKING] REPORTER 7: As if rain and heat weren't enough, the nation's letter carriers confront a much more serious threat on their routes. REPORTER 8: More than 5,000 times last year, postal workers doing their jobs were attacked by dogs. Letter carriers are put through training sessions. TRAINING LEADER: Use your surroundings. Put something in front of them-- a trash can. REPORTER 8: During having this National Dog Bite Awareness Week, the Postal Service is urging pet owners to take responsibility for their dogs and to keep them inside during daily mail delivery times. ANNA SHAY: I don't feel this need to compete. REPORTER 9: Bling Empire star Anna Shay has unexpectedly died, her family has confirmed. The reality star of the Netflix show, which follows the lives of wealthy Asian elites, became a fan favorite amid speculation over the source of Shay's incredible wealth. Her father was the founder of a global defense contractor company which was then sold to Lockheed Martin. In the statement, Shay's family says she, quote, "taught us many life lessons on how not to take life too seriously and to enjoy the finer things." - Now to that ABC News exclusive with Robin Roberts one on one with Apple's CEO, Tim Cook. As we showed you earlier, the company unveiled its first major new product in years called the Vision Pro Headset. It's out early next year. ABC's parent company Disney is already jumping in with ideas on how to use it. So can it change the future of virtual reality? Here's ABC's Robin Roberts. - Vision Pro-- - Yeah. - --which you are really excited about. Just explain to folks what that is. - Well, it's-- it is the first platform that is about spatial computing. And so what does that mean? It means that you can see, hear, and interact with digital content right in your physical space. And this is a huge idea. And so you can use your apps, and they can be any size that you want. You can immerse yourself in movies, TV shows, sports, and feel like you're right there. You can take photos and videos and then enjoy those and bring back memories as if you were there and repeating that experience. You can obviously collaborate and connect with people. This product is about connection. And so maybe you want to work on something with someone else and brainstorm with someone. You can have your board, if you will, of all of your ideas and have the other person there as if they're really there with you even though they're somewhere else. LINSEY DAVIS: Cool stuff. Robin's full exclusive interview with Tim Cook airs tomorrow morning on GMA with Robin also asking him about the rise of artificial intelligence and what Apple has planned. The prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot is about to be extradited to the United States on extortion and fraud charges. In Alabama, a federal grand jury indicted van der Sloot for allegedly trying to extort Holloway's mother. That was more than a decade ago. Today, he's one step closer to facing trial on American soil. Here's Elwyn Lopez. ELWYN LOPEZ: The prime suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance, Joran van der Sloot, preparing to be extradited to Alabama. A source close to the family telling ABC News the 35-year-old is expected to leave Peru, van der Sloot, seen in this new video, making his way to a prison in Peru's capital, his last trek inside the country before heading to the US to face charges related to the teen's death. BRAD GARRETT: They'll shackle him up, bring him back to this plane, and then fly him, land, presumably, in Alabama. The marshals will take custody of him, and they'll house him either in a federal prison or a local jail. ELWYN LOPEZ: Van der Sloot had been serving a 28-year sentence at a remote Peruvian prison for the murder of another woman. Authorities say he was the last person to see 18-year-old Natalee Holloway alive before she vanished nearly two decades ago on the last night of her graduation trip. - Yeah. The last time I saw her, she was sitting in the-- on the sand by the ocean. ELWYN LOPEZ: His extradition comes 13 years after an Alabama federal grand jury indicted him for allegedly trying to extort Holloway's mother for $250,000, the alleged demand in exchange for information on where her body was buried. But in 2006, van der Sloot denied killing the Alabama teen. - The first thing that popped into my head was, [BLEEP] what if something happened to her? ELWYN LOPEZ: In 2019, Holloway's mother Beth speaking with ABC News about the last time she saw her daughter alive. - I helped her get her bag out of the car and just kissed her goodbye. Never could I have imagined. - Still so painful. Our thanks to Elwyn for that. In one of the largest jumps on record, the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has peaked to 423 parts per million in May. The announcement from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, or NOAA, said the levels are reaching a territory they have not seen for millions of years, citing data they measured at an atmospheric laboratory in Hawaii. A NOAA administrator said that the carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere increase as a direct result of human activity. [AUDIO LOGO] Now to the latest in our series, Streamlined, where we bring you some of the biggest films and TV series hitting digital screens worldwide. Our next guest is certainly keeping busy as she stars in two new series playing the roles of Jackie Ponder on Love and Death and as Celeste on Mrs. Davis. Let's take a look. - You must be angry at me. I accused you of conspiring with your father for years. - You believed what you needed to believe. And there's comfort in that. I get it. - Comfort is no reason to ignore reality, Elizabeth. - Yeah. OK. LINSEY DAVIS: Elizabeth Marvel. Thank you so much for joining us in studio. - Oh, my pleasure. - So that clip was Mrs. Davis. And I have to say-- so as you were watching it, you kind of like-- do you not like watching yourself on screen? - I don't mind it. It was the memory of how many donuts I had to eat while shooting that scene. I think we housed, like, a box of donuts that day. LINSEY DAVIS: Too funny. Oh, OK. So you really have to eat. I mean, we're really watching you eat those donuts. - You really are, yeah. - So you've talked about-- in that clip of Mrs. Davis-- you've described it as, if Monty Python and ordinary people collided. - Yes. - What do you mean by that? - Well, you'll have to watch and see. It's a show that is so ridiculous and absurd in one moment-- like, just outrageously absurd-- and then lands in an extremely intimate, emotional, real place. So it sort of yo-yos between these two extremes. LINSEY DAVIS: On the flip side, you're also starring in Love and Death, which is a true crime thriller. - Yeah. - Do you find one role more difficult because you go from the religious character to the outlandish in Mrs. Davis? So is there one that's more difficult for you? - No, definitely not. It's the great joy of what I get to do, is I get to explore all kinds of people and wear all kinds of clothes and wigs. And it's-- it's what I love about what I do. It's interesting exploring communities as well. And that's something that I really loved about Love and Death because it's a David E. Kelley show. He wrote it. But it's based on a true story, and it is about a murder. But what is so interesting to me about that show and what drew me to that show is it explores, really, a community and what one's actions within a community, how it affects the entire community. - So your best friend is charged with murder. ELIZABETH MARVEL: Correct, yes. - And give us kind of the setup because people are going to hear Love and Death. They're not going to really understand. What-- - Sure. - How would you summarize this? - So it's about a small community in Texas. And it's a woman who is happily married in a-- in a community of other families. And she starts an affair with another choir member. And I am the pastor of that church where-- and they are in the choir. And long story short, one day she is confronted by the man's wife, and she loses her mind and not only kills the woman but takes a garden ax and hits her over 50 times with it. So-- and actually got let off by a jury. - I'm sold. I'm actually very interested in watching-- you kind of have these gripping details. I was like, I'm in for that. How did this work? Because I know these are both out at the same time. But are you working on these projects at the same time? - They dovetailed a little. So yeah. Yeah, there was some overlap. I'm-- I'm usually running between two sets or a stage in New York and a set in LA. I feel like I'm always on a plane going somewhere. - Is there an ideal character or project that you'd really love to work on? - Oh, I love that question. I-- I always think there is, and then I start something new and I realize, this is it. You know, one thing that I really love and where my energy is going these days is comedy. LINSEY DAVIS: Mm. And is that just because you feel like we need a little more levity in our lives or-- ELIZABETH MARVEL: Definitely. - OK. - Yep. - All right. Well, we look forward to seeing you in the serious and the comedy and all of the different kinds of genres that you portray so well. Mrs. Davis is now available to stream on Peacock. And you can catch Love and Death on Max. Elizabeth Marvel, we thank you so much for joining us. ELIZABETH MARVEL: Thank you. - And that is our show for this hour. I'm Linsey Davis. Stay tuned to ABC News Live for more context and analysis of the day's top stories. Thanks so much for streaming with us. [MUSIC PLAYING] [AUDIO LOGO] Coming up in the next hour, an alert from Yellowstone National Park after a series of dangerous incidents involving wildlife, including a family allegedly putting a baby elk in their car. And new details on that train crash that killed at least 275 people. What officials believe was the cause. - Good evening, everyone. This is ABC News Live Prime. I'm Linsey Davis. Thank you so much for streaming with us. We've got a lot of news to get to this evening, including that sonic boom heard around the nation's capital. Investigators are now seeking answers after the crash from an unresponsive plane flew near the capital region, prompting US fighter jets to scramble to intercept it. What authorities are now saying. Plus, the race for President gets more crowded by the day. And Prince Harry was a no-show for his first day in court against British tabloids. What kept him away and the violation he's accusing a media company of committing in advance of his testimony tomorrow. But we begin with those troubling questions after that small Cessna jet triggered quite a scare in Washington, DC. Six F-16 fighter jets moved to intercept the small plane Sunday after it flew into restricted airspace. Fighter jets from Joint Base Andrews tried to set off flares, but the pilot was unresponsive. Not long after, the jet crashed in a remote spot in the Shenandoah Valley southwest of the capital. Our Chief Global Affairs Anchor Martha Raddatz leads us off tonight from Washington. MARTHA RADDATZ: Tonight, urgent new questions in the investigation into this deadly plane crash in Virginia causing chaos in the nation's capital and fighter jets to be deployed, a small Cessna jet slamming into this rugged mountainside after the pilot passed out, all four on board killed. [DISTANT BOOM] It was just an hour before the crash, a thunderous roar in and around Washington, DC-- [DISTANT RUMBLE] --rocking homes, terrifying residents. [RATTLE] - We thought it was probably an earthquake. MARTHA RADDATZ: Authorities tonight saying that sound, a sonic boom from one of the six F-16 fighter jets breaking the sound barrier after rocketing to supersonic speeds to catch the small plane. That Cessna jet taking off from Tennessee at around 1:15 Sunday afternoon, heading to an airport on New York's Long Island, but less than 15 minutes after takeoff, the FAA saying the pilot was no longer responding to air traffic controllers' instructions. Eight minutes later, the FAA alerting NORAD and other Homeland Security officials. OPERATOR: Be advised. There is an aircraft that nobody's talking to right now. MARTHA RADDATZ: The plane likely on autopilot then turning around, heading back over the busy New York City airspace and continuing back towards DC. But it would take 90 minutes before the military finally launched those F-16's, intercepting the Cessna just 20 miles northeast of Washington's Reagan National Airport. For the next half hour, those F-16's trying to get the civilian pilot's attention, firing flares and issuing warnings by radio. PILOT: Aircraft squawking 7275, this is armed air defense fighter on guard, 121.5. Contact us immediately. MARTHA RADDATZ: Multiple reports saying those fighter pilots saw the pilot of the private jet slumped over. - The pressurization system in an airplane compresses the air within the cabin so there's enough oxygen for people to function normally. If the pressurization fails, then there's not enough oxygen in the cabin, people get hypoxia, they lose consciousness, and sometimes die. MARTHA RADDATZ: Tonight, family members mourning the lives lost in addition to the pilot-- Adina Azarian, a prominent New York City real estate agent, her two-year-old daughter Aria, and her nanny. - Really heartbreaking details. Our thanks to Martha. We move on to the growing tensions between the US and China. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin accuses China of bullying. His Chinese counterpart tells the US to mind your own business. It comes in the wake of a close encounter in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend. Here's ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell. IAN PANNELL: Tonight, as tensions mount between the two countries, the US accusing Beijing of deliberate aggression after a Chinese warship intercepted a pair of American and Canadian ships sailing through the Taiwan Strait, video released by the US Navy capturing the view from the American ship, USS Chung-Hoon, on Saturday as the Chinese destroyer comes within 150 yards of the ship's bow, crossing dangerously in front of it. - It's unsafe. It's unprofessional. And as to why they're doing it, I think, again-- I think that's a great question to ask them. IAN PANNELL: The captain of the Canadian HMCS Montreal telling reporters from Canada's Global News who were on the ship that the Chinese sailors told the Americans to move or risk a collision. - The fact that this was announced over the radio prior to doing it clearly indicated that it was intentional. IAN PANNELL: The Americans asking the Chinese to stay clear of the ship but ultimately forced to slow down to avoid a crash. - [SPEAKING CHINESE] IAN PANNELL: China's defense minister telling the US to mind its own business, warning any severe confrontation between the US and China would be an unbearable disaster for the world. This incident is the latest in a series of what the White House calls "provocations" by China, more than a week ago a Chinese fighter jet coming within 400 feet of a US reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea. - It won't be long before somebody gets hurt. That's the-- that's the concern with these unsafe and unprofessional intercepts. They can lead to misunderstandings. They can lead to miscalculations. - Our thanks to Ian Pannell for that. Now to lawyers for former President Trump, who met with Justice Department officials for several hours today. It comes as the DOJ's probe of his handling of classified documents may be nearing an end. Trump's lawyers had asked for a meeting claiming no president has been, quote, "baselessly investigated in such an unlawful fashion." Here's ABC'S Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas. PIERRE THOMAS: In a sign that prosecutors could be getting very close to finishing their investigation, Donald Trump's attorneys today meeting with Special Counsel Jack Smith at DOJ headquarters for nearly two hours, making the case that their client should not be charged with mishandling hundreds of classified documents. REPORTER 1: Get what you wanted? REPORTER 2: Did you got a meeting with the attorney general? - Yeah, we don't have any comment. PIERRE THOMAS: Within minutes, Trump responding on social media, clearly worried he could be indicted, asking how he could possibly be charged when he, quote, "did nothing wrong." But federal prosecutors suspect Trump illegally retained classified material and may have obstructed justice when the government tried to recover the documents from Mar-a-Lago. Today's meeting comes just days after ABC News learned the government obtained an audio recording from six months after leaving office where Trump allegedly admits he kept a classified document involving a potential military action against Iran. - No, I don't know anything about it. All I know is this-- everything I did was right. - Our thanks to Pierre for that. One of the most notorious spies in US history has died at a supermax prison in Colorado. Robert Hansen was an FBI agent who for two decades sold US secrets to the Soviet Union and then to Russia. Investigators say some of those he betrayed were executed. Here's ABC's Terry Moran. TERRY MORAN: He was one of America's most notorious traitors-- a double agent responsible for one of the worst intelligence disasters in US history. Robert Hansen arrested in Virginia on a cold Sunday in February 2001 after making one final drop for the Russians. And this morning, officials say the infamous former spy was found dead in his cell at a maximum security prison in Colorado. He was 79. For more than two decades, Robert Hansen sold troves of the nation's secrets to the Soviet Union and later to Russia. He used aliases-- Ramon Garcia, Jim Baker, and to his Russian handlers, just "dear friend." The pay, more than $1.4 million in cash, bank funds, and diamonds. - It is especially difficult because the person who was investigated, arrested, and charged is one of our own. TERRY MORAN: And the consequences were deadly. Officials say Hansen gave the KGB the identity of one of America's best intelligence sources inside the Soviet military, General Dmitri Polyakov, later executed by his country. He also revealed to the Soviets how the US had penetrated their satellite transmissions-- more than 6,000 classified documents in all. - Terry Moran for us tonight. Next to the race for President on the Republican side, which is getting more crowded by the day. Former Vice President Mike Pence filed the papers to become a candidate today. He and two others will formally announce this week. Our Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott reports tonight from New Hampshire. RACHEL SCOTT: Tonight, Mike Pence making it official, filing paperwork to declare his 2024 campaign for president. - Come this Wednesday, I'm announcing in Iowa. [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] RACHEL SCOTT: The once loyal vice president to Donald Trump now preparing to run against him. - I'm well known, but we don't think we're known well. I mean, most people know me as vice president, as a loyal lieutenant standing beside the president. And I'm proud of the record that we created in the Trump-Pence administration. But I was also a governor. - Hang Mike Pence. RACHEL SCOTT: His relationship with Trump turning cold after January 6. Pence would tell David the former president's words and actions were reckless and endangered his life and others in the Capitol. - Given all that you witnessed in the Capitol on that day-- this is a pretty straightforward question, a yes or a no-- do you believe that Donald Trump should ever be president again? - David, I think that's up to the American people. But I think we'll have better choices in the future. RACHEL SCOTT: The Republican field keeps growing larger, nearly every candidate flooding Iowa this weekend. But Trump was notably absent. His campaign criticizing his closest rival for the nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in a statement telling ABC News, "the race for second place is about to heat up." RON DESANTIS: You know, some people tell me like, oh, well, you know, you should just, quote, wait to '28. Well, that would make sense if you're running to be somebody. But I'm not running to be somebody. I'm running to do something. And I think 2024 is the country's hour of need. RACHEL SCOTT: Trump is still the GOP frontrunner. But other hopefuls say it's time to move on. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu insists the crowded field will only make Trump stronger, tonight announcing he will not be running for president, and warning "candidates with no path to victory must have the discipline to get out." - Our thanks to Rachel Scott. A young New York City attorney was in a Boston court today charged with rape and sexual assault involving four women for more than a decade ago. Prosecutors say they caught him using DNA, tracking him at a corporate event, testing DNA on utensils and a drinking glass. Here's ABC'S Erielle Reshef. ERIELLE RESHEF: Tonight, 35-year-old Manhattan corporate attorney, Matthew Nilo, facing a Boston judge. JUDGE: How do you plead to those offenses? Guilty or not guilty? - Not guilty. ERIELLE RESHEF: Nilo accused of sexually assaulting four women in 2007 and 2008 in the Charlestown area of Boston in a series of incidents that shocked the city. 15 years after the trail ran cold, authorities revisited the investigation. Using forensic investigative genealogy, they determined Nilo, who went to school in Boston at the time, was a person of interest, FBI agents in the New York area placing him under surveillance. LYNN FEIGENBAUM: FBI agents were able to obtain various utensils and drinking glasses they watched the defendant use at a corporate event. From one of the glasses, the Boston Police Crime Lab was able to obtain a male DNA profile which is found to match the suspect profile. ERIELLE RESHEF: He was arrested last week at his home in New Jersey. REPORTER 3: Anything you want to say about your fiance? ERIELLE RESHEF: His fiancee, who was with him when he was arrested, ignoring questions from the press outside the courtroom. - Erielle Reshef for us tonight. A warning for tourists ahead of summer vacation. Yellowstone National Park has issued a new alert after several incidents that put both wildlife and people in danger. Yellowstone officials say that there have been so many egregious actions that they were compelled to release a statement urging visitors to be careful. Trevor Ault has this story. TREVOR AULT: After a string of frightening close encounters at Yellowstone National Park, park officials are urging tourists to respect and protect the animals, saying in a statement, "some actions by visitors have led to the endangerment of people and wildlife and resulted in the death of wildlife." - Because of things like social media, a lot of people have lost a bit of common sense and don't give the space and respect these creatures need. And they put themselves and the animals in serious danger. TREVOR AULT: Authorities are now investigating tourists who they say this Memorial Day weekend grabbed a baby elk and took it inside their car to the police station. And last month, a man from Hawaii now charged with intentionally disturbing wildlife was seen moving a newborn bison after it was separated from its mother. Yellowstone park rangers were forced to euthanize the calf when they couldn't reunite it with the herd. - If you're getting in the way, not only could you get injured, could the animal get injured or in trouble, but you're actually impeding or hurting their chances for survival. TREVOR AULT: We're also seeing a lot of videos like this-- a Yellowstone tourist taking a selfie next to a bison, which experts warn is seriously risky behavior. - There you go. Keep going. TREVOR AULT: Last year, this woman at a Texas national park tried sneaking by a bison. - Oh, no. TREVOR AULT: She was gored in the back and spent six days in the hospital. Experts say always have a plan of exit if a bison gets too close. But of course, the best plan is to always maintain a safe distance of 75 to 100 feet. - You don't have a prayer in heck against a wild bison. But all those accidents are completely avoidable. - [BLEEP] [SHOUTING] - Some good tips from Trevor there. So much more to get to tonight. Coming up, the case of Billy Reilly. Journalist Brett Forrest tells us how his new book uncovers the true story of a man who got pulled into the world of global intelligence and then went missing in Russia. Next, Prince Harry is set to take the stand in a high profile trial. The violations he's accusing a media company of committing. [MUSIC PLAYING] - Welcome back. We're tracking several headlines around the world. In India, the railway minister there has said that a signal failure is most likely the cause for that horrific train crash that killed at least 275 and injured more than a thousand people. Workers were on site throughout the weekend removing the twisted wreckage, one of the worst train disasters in India's history as authorities there have now recommended India's Central Bureau of Investigations to open up an investigation into the crash. Prince Harry is set to take the stand in London tomorrow in a case against Mirror Group Newspapers. He's expected to provide evidence accusing MGN of unlawful methods of information gathering, including phone hacking dating all the way back to 1991 to get stories about his personal life. Harry was directed by the judge to be present in today's opening of the case, but he did not appear in court. The judge said he was a little surprised. The European Union is asking the world's tech giants to immediately start adding labels to content generated by artificial intelligence. It's part of the EU's fight against disinformation and the potential abuse of the fast growing technology. This comes just one week after more than 350 industry leaders signed an open letter warning of the potential dangers I could pose if not tightly regulated. The detention of US citizens like reporter Evan Gershkovich, Brittney Griner, and Paul Whelan by Russia have kept tensions between the US and Russia high as the war in Ukraine rages on. And in his new book, Lost Son-- An American Family trapped inside the FBI's Secret Wars, Wall Street Journal national security reporter, Brett Forrest, uncovers the case of Billy Reilly and how he went missing in Russia. Brett, thanks so much for joining us tonight. - Thank you for having me. - So your book dives into the post-9/11 world and the FBI's Confidential Human Source Program. Explain what that program is and how Billy Reilly got pulled into it and the world of global intelligence. - Well, the FBI since its foundation has used cooperators and informants as a fundamental part of its work. But after 9/11, when-- when Congress and the administration mandated that the FBI do more to be proactive in its prevention of terrorist conspiracy, the Bureau really stepped up its game with such people and reconfigured their approach with them. They created something called the Confidential Human Source Program, which ultimately they used to gather not just evidence to be used in courtrooms but intelligence to be used outside of DOJ. - And your book is based on an article that you wrote back in 2019 called "The FBI Lost Our Son," where you follow Billy's tracks up until the point where he was found. Without revealing what happened to him, can you explain how he went missing? BRETT FORREST: Right. Well, Billy Reilly was a young man growing up outside Detroit. And he came of age after 9/11 and was fascinated by global conflict and world religions and foreign languages. And that brought him to the attention of the FBI. His internet traffic did. Ultimately, after the war in Ukraine broke out in 2014, a year after that, Billy traveled to Russia. His parents weren't sure why he went. And he disappeared there. - How do you hope or perhaps expect people to react at home when hearing his full story? - Well, I think fundamentally, the lesson we have here is that the FBI and other federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies continue to demand our scrutiny. And they need oversight. In the case of Billy Reilly, the FBI has not been forthcoming with the family nor with myself and others who tried to get answers, including folks on Capitol Hill. And-- and his-- his story, the ending at least, and the FBI's involvement in it, remains a mystery. - Your colleague, Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich is still being held. From your research, what can families like his hope for when it comes to dealing with Russia? BRETT FORREST: Well, not every American who goes missing or is detained in Russia gets the same treatment from the US government. Evan, despite the negative experience that he's undergoing, at least has the support of the US government, who's designated him as wrongfully detained. There are other people, other Americans in Russian prisons and-- who have been there for years under questionable circumstances who-- who have been forgotten. But nonetheless, all these people face a terrible fate of, you know, not really being able to affect their circumstances. - And you've also been on the ground in Ukraine covering the many brutal battles of the Ukraine-Russia war. More than a year into this conflict, what's your biggest takeaway from your time in the field there? BRETT FORREST: Well, I have quite a number of years in both countries. So for me, it's been a terrible personal experience as well. And we all just want to figure out how this could possibly end. And that remains a big question mark because both sides have told themselves that they're winning, at least to some degree, and that makes it very difficult for them to come to the negotiating table. - Would you go to Russia at this point for work or personal reasons or otherwise? - I think that's probably not a good idea, especially given what's been happening with Evan. This is something, I think, many of us were afraid of as a possibility once the war began and the worst forces in Russia came to the fore. The genie is out of the bottle in Russia. And I don't think it's-- it's necessarily a good idea for folks to go over there and work there, at least Americans. LINSEY DAVIS: Brett Forrest, we thank you so much for joining us. We want to let our viewers know you can purchase Lost Son wherever books are sold. And still to come, they worked for hours on a risky surgery to separate conjoined twins. The heartwarming moment the medical team and their patients reunited. Finally tonight, a heartwarming reunion. Formerly conjoined twins met the doctors and nurses who perform the high-risk, hours-long surgery to separate them. Our Eva Pilgrim has this story. - Oh, my goodness. [LAUGHS] EVA PILGRIM: It's a reunion 19 years in the making. - Hi. - It's so good to see you again. I'm Carol. You probably don't even know me. - This is Dr.-- EVA PILGRIM: 19-year-old twins Erin and Jade Buckles returning to Children's National Hospital for a special reunion with the doctors and nurses who gave them separate lives. Jade and Erin were joined at the chest. Our own Charlie Gibson was there for their separation 19 years ago. - You are so pretty. So pretty. EVA PILGRIM: It was a risky surgery with many nervous hours for the girl's parents, Melissa and Kevin. MELISSA BUCKLES: One moment that I'm completely dreading is leaving them in the OR. It was very hard. We didn't know after they were born if they would be able to survive. EVA PILGRIM: Only about 1 in every 50,000 conceptions are conjoined twins. Only 1 in 200,000 survive to birth. The girls shared a diaphragm, and doctors weren't sure if they would be able to breathe on their own. Dr. Kurt Newman was a pediatric surgeon in the OR that day. KURT NEWMAN: The hearts were beating together in synchrony. And so that was an unknown. Were the hearts joined, or were they separate? EVA PILGRIM: An elite team of two dozen specialists separating them in half the time they expected. - It was a hugely emotional day. And to see them years later just by itself is-- is, you know, very big for me. - If it wasn't for the people here, we wouldn't be here at all. So I think about that a lot. JADE BUCKLES: I've thought about what life would be like how we were conjoined. We were facing each other. I don't know how that would have really been possible to live a life like that. EVA PILGRIM: Today, the girls are doing great. They are both excellent students and college athletes. Jade runs track and plays field hockey. Erin, who uses a wheelchair as a result of a spinal stroke at the time of the separation surgery, plays Division I basketball on an all-wheelchair team-- [CHEERS, APPLAUSE] --and just won the national championship. KEVIN BUCKLES: Excited for the girls to see the team that helped start a new life for them by separating them and giving them their own individual bodies, to go out and, you know, conquer life. They've overcome so much, but they are just starting their lives right now. We're excited to see what that next chapter holds for both of them. - Just miraculous, they are. Thanks to Eva. And that's our show for tonight. I'm Linsey Davis. ABC News Live is here for you all night with the latest news, context, and analysis. You can always find us on Hulu, Roku, the ABC News app, and of course, on ABCnews.com have a great night. [THEME MUSIC]