amy robach with the story tonight. >>> also breaking, the secret service and missing text messages from january 6th. tonight, sources now telling abc news according to a dhs watchdog, the secret service erased text messages from january 5th and 6th after oversight officials requested that they be handed over. rachel scott standing by with late reporting. >>> the story that made national headlines taking a new turn tonight. the disgraced attorney alex murdaugh now charged with murder in the deaths of his wife and son. what posecutors are now saying. >>> news on the pandemic tonight. covid deaths in the u.s. up 10% in just the last week. what they're now seeing in new york city. and the news coming in at this hour from los angeles. matt gutman standing by. >>> the devastating flood emergency in virginia news on the urgent search tonight. and at least 100 homes there damaged, many lifted right off their foundations. rescuers now marking cars that they've searched with pink tape. >>> the war in ukraine tonight. the horror revealed. surveillance video seen online showing that deadly missile

amy robach with the story tonight. >>> also breaking, the secret service and missing text messages from january 6th. tonight, sources now telling abc news according to a dhs watchdog, the secret service erased text messages from january 5th and 6th after oversight officials requested that they be handed over. ra

amy robach with the story tonight. >>> also breaking, the secret service and missing text messages from january 6th. tonight, sources now telling abc news according to a dhs watchdog, the secret service erased text messages from january 5th and 6th after oversight officials requested they be handed over.

hi, scott, it's amy robach. can you see me, hear me? >> yes, i can. >> you have been behind bars ever since you killed your wife. >> are you kidding me? sleepwalking? >> t talsati, not because of the crime itself, but because of scott falater's defense. >> he was sleepwalking. >> sleepwalking. >> like the plot of a science fiction movie. >> oh, my god, he put her head under water. >> obviously you think i did it. i don't know what makes you think that. >> it was reminiscent of a shark attack. >> how did you get that blood on you? >> what blood? >> the blood all over your neck. >> i didn't know there was blood on me. >> a lot of suspects might say, no way, you got the wrong guy. scott just keeps saying, i don't remember. >> scott falater made a statement, you know, i hope you don't think i'm a bad guy. you just killed your wife. that's pretty much the definition of a bad guy. >> i went to bed as a 12-year-old kid and i woke up to a police officer telling me my mother died. >>> these are pretty rocks. that's why people come here. there is

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robach in 2017 for her memoir "raising trump." >> the two of you have remained good friends. how does that happen? >> donald during the divorce he was brutal and he treated the divorce like a business deal and cannot lose, he has to win. it took two years and after the situation was straightened up, he was just don and we were friends. >> reporter: the two still speaking frequently after he was elected president and offered to name her ambassador to the czech republic which she turned down. >> i had the direct number to white house but i not really want to call him because melania is there and don't want to cause jealousy or something like that because i'm first lady trump. >> reporter: her family now paying tribute. son eric posting this photo, writing, ivana trump was a survivor. she fled from communism and embraced this country. she taught her children about grit and toughness, compassion and determination. daughter ivanka saying, heartbroken by the passing of my mother. she lived life to the fullest. never forgoing an opportunity to laugh and dance. i will miss her foreve

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