ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 3, 2026 — Transcript

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1. 0:01David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's
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6. 0:16Tonight, the breaking news, the video coming in, the
7. 0:18heart stopping moments, families racing to escape
8. 0:20the flames closing in tonight, hundreds of homes
9. 0:23It's burning to the ground, tens of thousands evacuating.
10. 0:26We'll go live to Spokane.
11. 0:28Also breaking in the northeast, the storms turning deadly.
12. 0:31Drivers trapped in flash flooding, streets turned into
13. 0:33rivers, Philadelphia to New York to Boston, trees coming down
14. 0:37on cars, trains and buses.
15. 0:38In Massachusetts, a woman was killed and Ginger Zee is here.
16. 0:42Tonight the deadly shooting at a fast food restaurant, dramatic
17. 0:46video showing armed bystanders opening fire, trying to
18. 0:49get the gunman to stop.
19. 0:50Tonight, the battle over the reflecting pool.
20. 0:53U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's decision to drop charges, saying
21. 0:56it was a botched installation, not vandalism.
22. 0:59Tonight, President Trump now
23. 1:01lashing out, saying Pirro choked, folded like
24. 1:04an umbrella.
25. 1:05The U.S.
26. 1:05war in Iran.
27. 1:06Tonight, President Trump again calling off what he
28. 1:09says was going to be a massive attack against Iran,
29. 1:12saying Iran wants a deal.
30. 1:14Tonight, Iran denying any talks with the U.S.
31. 1:17are taking place.
32. 1:18Meantime, here in the U.S.
33. 1:19tonight, who is targeting multiple cities and their water
34. 1:23plants? The number of cyberattacks
35. 1:25now growing, is this Iran?
36. 1:27Aaron Katersky with late reporting.
37. 1:29Tonight, the intestinal illness across this country, and now
38. 1:33the first deaths reported, what we know.
39. 1:35The congressman under fire tonight accused
40. 1:37of abusing his ex-wife and their two-year-old daughter.
41. 1:41What that congressman is now saying.
42. 1:43Tonight, the police officer indicted after the
43. 1:45deadly shooting of a man following a traffic stop.
44. 1:48The images coming in the plane making an emergency
45. 1:51landing on the interstate.
46. 1:53The scare at Yellowstone National Park.
47. 1:55A child chased by a bison in New York City.
48. 1:58The man jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge, no clothes,
49. 2:01a makeshift parachute.
50. 2:02You'll see it.
51. 2:03He survives this.
52. 2:05But what happened next?
53. 2:06Tonight, the new Spider-Man movie setting an all-time
54. 2:09record in this country, actor Tom Holland right here tonight.
55. 2:13What he told George, what the actor says they let him do
56. 2:16this time, and the famous band performing at Fenway Park and
57. 2:21suddenly the wild gift given to thousands in that crowd.
58. 2:27From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World
59. 2:32News Tonight with David Muir.
60. 2:35Good evening and it's great to have you with us
61. 2:36here on a Monday night.
62. 2:37We do begin tonight with the breaking news, the
63. 2:39storms in the northeast.
64. 2:40We have learned tonight they have now turned deadly.
65. 2:42Trees down on cars, buses, trains, drivers
66. 2:45trapped, the storms from Philadelphia up through
67. 2:47New York and Massachusetts, and then the horrific fires tonight.
68. 2:51Look at this, the emergency unfolding.
69. 2:52These are catastrophic fires in and around Spokane, Washington.
70. 2:56Tens of thousands escaping as flames move in, hundreds of
71. 3:00homes burning to the ground, firefighters working
72. 3:03around the clock.
73. 3:04We have it all covered tonight, beginning with ABC's
74. 3:07Alex Stone in the Fire Zone.
75. 3:09Tonight, families fleeing walls of flames, homes engulfed as
76. 3:13multiple wildfires converge around Washington state's
77. 3:18second largest city.
78. 3:21A Spokane firefighter's body camera showing what
79. 3:24they were up against as the three fast-moving
80. 3:27>> The wildfires broke out Saturday.
81. 3:29Hand-to-hand combat with the roaring
82. 3:32flames. Some 67,000 people in Spokane County forced to
83. 3:36flee on a moment's notice.
84. 3:37Paige Klein's brother grabbing their dog.
85. 3:40This was a view out of their car window.
86. 3:43More than 700 homes and businesses confirmed destroyed,
87. 3:46but authorities fear the number could be far higher.
88. 3:50I've been to a lot of places around the world,
89. 3:52and I can tell you today that that's a war zone.
90. 3:55When the flames came racing through here, it sheared off the
91. 3:58water lines into these homes.
92. 3:59Now, two nights later, still water is pouring out
93. 4:02of most of these homes.
94. 4:04It's complete devastation.
95. 4:06We love this house.
96. 4:07We raised our kids here,
97. 4:09and everything is gone.
98. 4:11John and Kathy Sherrick were out of town when the
99. 4:13fires destroyed their house.
100. 4:15This is all that's left.
101. 4:16I just feel hurt.
102. 4:18I feel lost.
103. 4:19Every every memory of my children are down there.
104. 4:21Every memory of my grandchildren are down there.
105. 4:23It's just right now I just feel empty.
106. 4:27David, tonight, these are those scenes families
107. 4:29are returning home to.
108. 4:30Firefighters say they're getting a bit of a break in
109. 4:32the weather until Thursday when the heat and wind return.
110. 4:35David, let's hope that break really helps them.
111. 4:37Thank you.
112. 4:37Alex Stone live from Spokane.
113. 4:38We're thinking about all those families.
114. 4:40And as I mentioned off the top tonight, the storms sweeping
115. 4:42through the northeast today have also turned deadly.
116. 4:45Drivers trapped in flash flooding trees down
117. 4:48on cars, buses, trains.
118. 4:49A woman has been killed in Massachusetts.
119. 4:52And here's Gio Benitez.
120. 4:54Tonight, drivers stalled in high water as another soaking
121. 4:57storm wreaks travel havoc from Philly to New York to Boston.
122. 5:01In Newark, New Jersey, drivers that risked the deep water
123. 5:04stalled out as tractor trailers made waves all around them.
124. 5:07Others pushed their dead cars out of the water as crews
125. 5:11worked to clear storm drains.
126. 5:13Blocked drains brought muddy floods to neighborhoods near
127. 5:16Springfield, Massachusetts, too.
128. 5:18In Connecticut, water gushing over the gas station's retaining
129. 5:21wall, flooding the entire area.
130. 5:23The torrential rain was enough to bring down multiple trees
131. 5:26around New York's five boroughs, this one crushing a car.
132. 5:29I thought it was just thunder.
133. 5:31Outside Boston, in Plymouth, authorities say a woman sitting
134. 5:34on her porch was killed when a gust of wind took
135. 5:37down this massive tree.
136. 5:39One person was hurt after a tree fell on this commuter
137. 5:41train on New York's Long Island, and a tree came down
138. 5:44on a Greyhound bus on I-95 in Westport,
139. 5:47Connecticut, thankfully only a few minor injuries.
140. 5:52And David, right now at Newark here, flights have been
141. 5:54delayed by about two hours, 900 flight cancellations
142. 5:57across the country, but it is looking better tomorrow, David.
143. 6:00Gio Benitez with us here tonight, Gio, thanks as
144. 6:03always. Let's get right to Chief Meteorologist
145. 6:05Ginger Zee, also with us here tonight.
146. 6:07Hi, Ginger.
147. 6:08Hi David, you know, three and a half plus inches of
148. 6:10rain broke a daily record in Hartford, Connecticut,
149. 6:12but now the white caps on the Hudson tell you
150. 6:14we have cleared and the wind has picked up.
151. 6:16Let's talk about a place that
152. 6:18would love to have some of that rain and that
153. 6:20is the Northern Rockies, back to the Pacific Northwest.
154. 6:23Air quality alerts are what I want your eye to go to,
155. 6:25Seattle and Portland included in this, because
156. 6:28tomorrow as the winds shift, Some of these big populations
157. 6:31are going to be seeing the smoke from these fires.
158. 6:33Idaho covered in what could be unhealthy.
159. 6:35Check airnow.gov before you head out.
160. 6:37And yes, that heat will be building
161. 6:40into the 90s for a place like Portland until Friday.
162. 6:43Ginger Zee, we'll see you first thing in the
163. 6:44morning. Thanks, Ginger.
164. 6:46Tonight, the deadly shooting at a fast food restaurant.
165. 6:48Three people killed, seven wounded.
166. 6:50And tonight here, the dramatic video showing
167. 6:52armed bystanders opening fire, trying to get the gunmen to
168. 6:55stop in Twin Falls, Idaho.
169. 6:57Trevor Ault is there tonight.
170. 7:00Tonight, investigators are searching for the motive
171. 7:02in this Idaho mass shooting.
172. 7:04What's happening?
173. 7:04What happened?
174. 7:05What's happening?
175. 7:06Shoot it.
176. 7:06Shoot it.
177. 7:07Three people killed, seven injured,
178. 7:09outside an In-N-Out restaurant in this crowded shopping center.
179. 7:12Get out of here.
180. 7:13Get out of here.
181. 7:14Police have identified the suspect
182. 7:15as 24-year-old Chad Williams, seen here dressed in black,
183. 7:18armed with a long gun.
184. 7:20"Report multiple people down."
185. 7:23Hundreds of people running for cover as the shots rang out,
186. 7:26but investigators say two men, an off-duty state trooper
187. 7:29and this man, 35-year-old Jordan Salinas, fired back.
188. 7:33"I peeked around the right-hand side of that
189. 7:36sign closest to the road, And that's where I saw the
190. 7:40individual with his rifle
191. 7:43pointed at the vehicles.
192. 7:44Authorities believe those heroic actions
193. 7:47drove the shooter from the scene and likely saved lives.
194. 7:50He seemed unusually comfortable aiming
195. 7:52that rifle at those cars.
196. 7:54And then as soon as some rounds started coming at him,
197. 7:57everything changed.
198. 7:59Immediately, all that bravado he had immediately crumbled.
199. 8:05This In-N-Out had opened just a week prior.
200. 8:07The company says one of their workers was killed
201. 8:10while caring for customers.
202. 8:11Christopher Claunch was also killed.
203. 8:13His sister telling the New York Times he'd worked at
204. 8:15a recovery center helping people with addiction.
205. 8:18His partner said he loved traveling, cooking,
206. 8:20and the outdoors.
207. 8:21We also spoke to Linsey Tangy, who found several of
208. 8:24the victims at the scene.
209. 8:26This is just not our community.
210. 8:28Like, none of us expected this.
211. 8:31And David, that hero civilian Jordan told me along with him,
212. 8:34there were dozens of people who jumped in to help with
213. 8:36first aid and all of that action very likely saved lives.
214. 8:40All right, Trevor, I know you'll have much more from
215. 8:42that hero tomorrow on GMA.
216. 8:43Thank you.
217. 8:44In the meantime, we turn next tonight to the battle over the
218. 8:46reflecting pool in the nation's capital.
219. 8:48U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's decision to drop charges, saying
220. 8:52it was a botched installation, not vandalism.
221. 8:55Tonight, President Trump lashing out.
222. 8:56And here's Mary Bruce.
223. 8:59Tonight President Trump slamming his close ally, U.S.
224. 9:02Attorney Jeanine Pirro, for dropping
225. 9:04her case against former Olympian David Hearn, who was charged
226. 9:07with vandalizing the newly renovated reflecting pool.
227. 9:11Pirro concluding the damage was caused not by vandalism,
228. 9:14but by a botched installation.
229. 9:16Really disappointed with Jeanine Pirro.
230. 9:18She folded like an umbrella.
231. 9:22Just days after Trump spent $15 million in taxpayer money
232. 9:26to paint the reflecting pool American flag blue, the paint
233. 9:31started peeling, chunks floating up to the surface.
234. 9:35Trump providing no evidence blamed vandals and soon after
235. 9:39authorities arresting Hearn, who was riding his bike and
236. 9:42stopped to check out the damage, dipping his hand in the water.
237. 9:46Hearn willfully destroyed property.
238. 9:49At the time, Pirro accused Hearn of deliberately
239. 9:52pulling up the paint.
240. 9:53Did he have any tools or was it just his bare hands?
241. 9:57Right now, we believe it's his bare hands, both hands.
242. 9:59Does that indicate in your belief that it was probably
243. 10:02damaged before or do you believe that he...
244. 10:04Oh, he damaged it.
245. 10:05...further, but do you believe it had already
246. 10:07been damaged before?
247. 10:08He damaged the pool.
248. 10:10But Friday, Pirro dropped the charges,
249. 10:12acknowledging documents from the Department of the Interior
250. 10:15indicate the damage to the pool was the result of a botched
251. 10:19installation and not vandalism.
252. 10:21Pirro blaming the contractor.
253. 10:23I'm not saying I was 100% thrilled with the contractor,
254. 10:28but the contractor was rushing.
255. 10:30We wanted to get it open for July 4th, and we got it done.
256. 10:34But in addition, there was vandalism.
257. 10:38Tonight, David Hearn's lawyer calling the case against him
258. 10:42an abuse of government power.
259. 10:44And David, tonight, Jeanine Pirro spotted here at the
260. 10:46White House, as sources say the president has mused about
261. 10:49whether to fire her.
262. 10:51Meanwhile, Trump's Attorney General nominee, Todd Blanch,
263. 10:54is now on track to be confirmed after giving in to the
264. 10:57demands of two key Republican senators and putting in writing
265. 11:00his pledge to kill the $1.8 billion taxpayer fund to pay
266. 11:04out Trump's political allies, including January 6th rioters.
267. 11:09Mary Bruce, live at the White House.
268. 11:11Mary, thank you.
269. 11:11Tonight, the U.S.
270. 11:12war and Iran.
271. 11:13President Trump again calling off what he says was going
272. 11:16to be a massive attack against Iran saying Iran called
273. 11:19him and said, please don't attack, we'll make a deal.
274. 11:22Tonight, Iran denying any talks with the U.S.
275. 11:25Here's John Karl.
276. 11:27After claiming he had just called off what would have been
277. 11:30the largest military attack since World War II, President
278. 11:34Trump said today he was giving Iran one more chance to make
279. 11:38a deal.
280. 11:39I want to give him every last chance before decapitation.
281. 11:42Trump insists he called off the attack because
282. 11:45Iran's leaders asked him to.
283. 11:47They called me and they said, please don't
284. 11:50attack, we'll make a deal.
285. 11:52That's the real truth, and everyone knows it.
286. 11:55It's at least the seventh time Trump has threatened
287. 11:58a major new attack, only to call it off, claiming
288. 12:01progress on peace talks.
289. 12:03Tonight, Iran flatly denied any negotiations with
290. 12:07the U.S.
291. 12:08were underway.
292. 12:09Still, Trump insists there will soon be an agreement to
293. 12:12reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
294. 12:13We're talking about the Strait, the opening of the Strait,
295. 12:17having it open literally by tomorrow, completely open.
296. 12:21The president is well aware that gas prices have jumped to
297. 12:24more than $4 a gallon, up $1.13
298. 12:30The president said the Strait of Hormuz will be fully
299. 12:33reopened as soon as tomorrow.
300. 12:35It's unclear how that would happen, but he insisted he
301. 12:38would agree to no arrangement that allows the Iranians
302. 12:42to charge a toll.
303. 12:43David? John Karl tonight, John.
304. 12:45John, as you know, as this war plays out here in the U.S.
305. 12:47tonight, the urgent question, who is targeting multiple
306. 12:50cities and their water plants?
307. 12:52The number of cyber attacks now growing.
308. 12:54So let's get right to our chief investigative correspondent,
309. 12:56Aaron Katersky, with us tonight.
310. 12:57Aaron, what have you learned?
311. 13:00Well, tonight, David, those cyber attacks against critical
312. 13:02infrastructure in this country are spreading.
313. 13:05Sources tell ABC News that federal officials
314. 13:08are now concerned water and wastewater utilities
315. 13:12in at least a dozen states may have been compromised.
316. 13:16So far there have been no widespread disruptions.
317. 13:18One of the affected states, Michigan, saying tonight there
318. 13:22are no known impacts that pose to public health concern.
319. 13:25But David, the fear is Iran is showing its
320. 13:28capacity to retaliate as President Trump threatens
321. 13:31a possible escalation of the war.
322. 13:33All right, Aaron and the team will stay on this.
323. 13:35Thanks, Aaron.
324. 13:36Tonight, the continuing concern over this intestinal
325. 13:38illness across the country.
326. 13:39And now the first two deaths have been reported.
327. 13:42More than 18,000 cases in 45 states now.
328. 13:46Elizabeth Schulze is back with us.
329. 13:47Elizabeth, what do we know?
330. 13:49David, the ongoing record outbreak of that
331. 13:51parasitic stomach illness has now turned deadly.
332. 13:54Officials in Michigan reporting two deaths.
333. 13:57In both cases, the patients had significant underlying
334. 14:00health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis
335. 14:04and dehydration.
336. 14:05Nationwide, more than 18,000 people have gotten
337. 14:08sick in 45 states.
338. 14:10The FDA linking cases in Michigan and
339. 14:12eight other states to iceberg lettuce sourced by Taylor Farms
340. 14:17in Central Mexico, then served at Taco Bell.
341. 14:19The companies voluntarily recalled that
342. 14:22lettuce. This illness is not typically deadly.
343. 14:24Officials are still investigating any other
344. 14:27sources of food that may have been contaminated.
345. 14:30Elizabeth, thank you.
346. 14:31Tonight, the Ohio congressman under fire, Max Miller, accused
347. 14:34of abusing his ex-wife and their two-year-old daughter.
348. 14:37He denies it.
349. 14:38But tonight, his former father-in-law,
350. 14:40Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, speaking out.
351. 14:42Here's Jay O'Brien.
352. 14:44Tonight, the extraordinary family feud rocking
353. 14:47the Republican Party.
354. 14:48Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno declaring his
355. 14:50former son-in-law, Ohio Congressman Max Miller, unfit
356. 14:54to serve, accusing Miller of increasingly erratic and
357. 14:57dangerous behavior and insisting he needs serious
358. 15:00psychological help.
359. 15:02The congressman was married to the senator's daughter, Emily,
360. 15:05who claims she was a victim of spousal abuse.
361. 15:08Miller says that's just not true.
362. 15:10I categorically deny abusing my former wife.
363. 15:13In a February police report obtained by ABC News, the
364. 15:16congressman's ex-wife claims he threw her against the wall,
365. 15:20once held a gun to her head, and another time threw hot water
366. 15:23on her.
367. 15:24Miller says she's lying.
368. 15:26As proof, he said his ex-wife offered to cook
369. 15:28him dinner several days after one of the alleged
370. 15:32Ask yourself, if I had assaulted her, would she have offered
371. 15:37to cook me dinner six days The congressman's ex-wife
372. 15:41also told authorities he may have abused their
373. 15:43two-year-old daughter, claiming that after one visit
374. 15:46with Miller, the child came home with a fractured collarbone.
375. 15:49"I have never abused our daughter."
376. 15:52Miller says his daughter was hurt by employees
377. 15:55at her daycare.
378. 15:56The local Department of Children
379. 15:58and Family Services did not find evidence to
380. 15:59substantiate allegations
381. 16:07And David Miller was a close aide to President Trump.
382. 16:13Today the president calling him a good person, saying
383. 16:16these are accusations.
384. 16:17Meantime, Republicans are anxious.
385. 16:19Unless Miller drops out by this week, his name will be
386. 16:22on the ballot in November.
387. 16:24David? We turn to Colorado now, Jay.
388. 16:27A police officer has been indicted in the deadly
389. 16:29shooting of a man in Aurora.
390. 16:31Matthew Neely now facing murder and manslaughter charges.
391. 16:33Neely's accused of shooting Rajon Belt-Stubblefield after
392. 16:37a traffic stop last August.
393. 16:38The indictment says Neely tackled Belt-Stubblefield after
394. 16:42he did not comply with commands.
395. 16:43No word from officer Neely tonight now, indicted
396. 16:46and on unpaid leave.
397. 16:48When we come back here tonight, the images coming in, the plane
398. 16:50making an emergency landing on the interstate.
399. 16:52In New York City, the man jumping from the
400. 16:54Brooklyn Bridge, no clothes, a makeshift parachute.
401. 16:58Also, the famous band at Fenway Park,
402. 17:00and then the wild gift given to thousands in the crowd.
403. 17:04We'll tell you what it was.
404. 17:05And the new Spider-Man movie setting an
405. 17:07all-time record here in the U.S.
406. 17:08tonight, actor Tom Holland right here
407. 17:10this evening and what he reveals in a moment.
408. 17:14Tonight, a small plane making an emergency
409. 17:16landing. This is Interstate 10 right here in Pensacola,
410. 17:18Florida. The plane flying low, narrowly avoiding
411. 17:20that metal post landing in the westbound lanes.
412. 17:23Tonight, the FAA says the pilot and a flight
413. 17:25student reported fumes in the cockpit in Yellowstone, a
414. 17:29bison chasing a child that bison inching closer
415. 17:31to a group of people when a child suddenly
416. 17:34started to run the bison following that child for a
417. 17:37moment the child was unhurt.
418. 17:38When we come back tonight, that man jumping from the Brooklyn
419. 17:41Bridge, no clothes, a makeshift parachute, he survives.
420. 17:44But what happens next?
421. 17:46Plus, Spider-Man, Tom Holland, is here.
422. 17:50To the index of other news in New York City, a man
423. 17:52jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge, no clothes, and police
424. 17:55say a makeshift parachute.
425. 17:57Officers pulling him from the water in the hospital tonight
426. 17:59in stable condition and now facing charges of
427. 18:02trespassing, lewdness, and disorderly conduct.
428. 18:04At Fenway Park, the Zac Brown Band surprising 37,000 fans,
429. 18:08giving them a free cruise for two for everyone in
430. 18:11the crowd last night.
431. 18:13The band saying they were celebrating their 15th straight
432. 18:16sold out show at Fenway.
433. 18:18Not bad.
434. 18:19When we come back here tonight, the new Spider-Man movie setting
435. 18:21an all-time record tonight.
436. 18:22Actor Tom Holland is here.
437. 18:23What they let him do this time.
438. 18:26- ABC World News Tonight with David Muir,
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441. 18:35- Tonight, the new Spider-Man movie making history.
442. 18:39Tonight, Spider-Man breaking an all time record.
443. 18:42- Please, you just have to trust me, come on.
444. 18:45- Fine.
445. 18:46- Spider-Man brand new day swinging into theaters,
446. 18:48scaling to new heights.
447. 18:49with the biggest box office opening weekend
448. 18:52in the U.S.
449. 18:53ever. What is happening to me?
450. 18:55Three hundred sixty million in North America, nine hundred
451. 18:59thirty two million worldwide.
452. 19:00I'm Spider-Man.
453. 19:03Actor Tom Holland playing Spider-Man for a decade now,
454. 19:06revealing to George on GMA that this time they let him
455. 19:10into the writers room.
456. 19:11Yeah, they let me into the writers room and it was
457. 19:14a fascinating experience.
458. 19:16And I was so lucky that, you know, I guess I didn't realize
459. 19:20the power I have as Spider-Man because I would pitch an
460. 19:23idea, go away for a week, come back and they'd be
461. 19:25like, here's your idea.
462. 19:26You didn't realize that you're the star.
463. 19:27No, I just I always just, you know, I'm always
464. 19:29like pinching myself.
465. 19:30They're like, oh, this I'm lucky that I'm doing this.
466. 19:33Tonight, the 30-year-old actor helping to break a
467. 19:36record and what he hopes now comes next for this role.
468. 19:39I have this real hunger and desire to kind of shepherd
469. 19:43whoever is lucky enough to play this character
470. 19:47next through that process.
471. 19:49Downey did that for me, on set and off set, and I don't want
472. 19:53to hold on to this character.
473. 19:55I don't want to overstay my welcome.
474. 19:57You'll be hard to beat.
475. 19:59I'm David Muir.
476. 19:59I'll see you tomorrow.
477. 20:01Good night.
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