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ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 26, 2026 — Transcript

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  1. 0:15TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS. THE SUSPECT,
  2. 0:17ACCUSED OF DRIVING A VAN INTO A
  3. 0:18CROWD DURING A PRIDE
  4. 0:19CELEBRATION IN BERLIN, IS
  5. 0:21TRACKED DOWN AND KILLED BY
  6. 0:22POLICE. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED,
  7. 0:24MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS
  8. 0:26INJURED. OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS
  9. 0:27AN ACT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM.
  10. 0:29300,000 PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE
  11. 0:31THEIR HOMES AS FRANCE AND SPAIN
  12. 0:32BATTLED RAGING WILDFIRES.
  13. 0:34FRANCE'S BORDEAUX WINE REGION
  14. 0:36IS BURNING WITH A NEW HEAT WAVE
  15. 0:38ON THE WAY BACK HERE TONIGHT,
  16. 0:40MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS
  17. 0:42ARE BRACING FOR DANGEROUS HEAT.
  18. 0:43TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES
  19. 0:45ACROSS THE MIDWEST, A SEVERE
  20. 0:47WEATHER THREAT FOR THE GREAT
  21. 0:48LAKES MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST
  22. 0:49AS TWO HURRICANES CHURN IN THE
  23. 0:51PACIFIC. THE HEART STOPPING
  24. 0:53MOMENT AT THE TOP OF SEATTLE'S
  25. 0:54SPACE NEEDLE. TWO MEN CLIMB A
  26. 0:56GLASS WALL AND JUMP OFF THE
  27. 0:58OBSERVATION DECK, HANGING FROM
  28. 1:00PARACHUTES MORE THAN 600FT DOWN.
  29. 1:02THE SEARCH TONIGHT FOR THOSE
  30. 1:03MEN. THE FAMILY'S PLEA FOR
  31. 1:05INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMERICAN
  32. 1:07WOMAN WHO VANISHED WHILE ON
  33. 1:08VACATION IN THE CARIBBEAN. 100
  34. 1:11DAYS UNTIL THE MIDTERM
  35. 1:12ELECTIONS. DEMOCRATS AND
  36. 1:13REPUBLICANS IN A BATTLE FOR
  37. 1:14CONGRESS. WHERE THINGS STAND
  38. 1:16WITH THREE MONTHS TO GO. THE
  39. 1:18SUMMER CAMP SCARE. AUTHORITIES
  40. 1:19SAY 13 CHILDREN WERE SICKENED
  41. 1:21AFTER EATING WHAT IS SUSPECTED
  42. 1:22TO BE MUSHROOM LACED CHOCOLATE.
  43. 1:25THE BLACK PANTHER REVEAL THE
  44. 1:26LITTLE BOY SCENE AFTER THE
  45. 1:28CREDITS IN WAKANDA FOREVER, AND
  46. 1:30THE ACTOR, WHO WILL STAR AS
  47. 1:31PRINCE T'CHALLA IN THE NEXT
  48. 1:32MOVIE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL
  49. 1:34TRACK STAR CHASING A DREAM,
  50. 1:35BEATING THE ODDS. TONIGHT'S
  51. 1:37AMERICA STRONG.
  52. 1:42>> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD
  53. 1:43HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS
  54. 1:46IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.
  55. 1:48>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
  56. 1:49THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
  57. 1:50ON THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY
  58. 1:51DAVIS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A
  59. 1:53DAY OF CELEBRATIONS IN GERMANY
  60. 1:54THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY AFTER
  61. 1:56HORRIFIC AND DEADLY TERROR
  62. 1:58ATTACK AT BERLIN'S FAMED PRIDE
  63. 2:00FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, TENS OF
  64. 2:01THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR ONE OF
  65. 2:03EUROPE'S BIGGEST PRIDE
  66. 2:04CELEBRATIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY A
  67. 2:05MAN SLAMMED A VAN INTO A CROWD.
  68. 2:08HE THEN ALLEGEDLY STABBED
  69. 2:09MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH A MACHETE.
  70. 2:11AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED
  71. 2:13AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED.
  72. 2:14JUST HOURS AGO, THOUSANDS
  73. 2:16GATHERED FOR A VIGIL HONORING
  74. 2:18THE VICTIMS. ONE PERSON SAYS
  75. 2:19THAT THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON
  76. 2:20EVERYTHING THE CITY STANDS FOR
  77. 2:22DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE AND
  78. 2:23FREEDOM. LESS THAN 24 HOURS
  79. 2:25AFTER THE ATTACK, POLICE SAY
  80. 2:27THE SUSPECT WAS FATALLY SHOT
  81. 2:28WHILE CHARGING AT OFFICERS WITH
  82. 2:30A KNIFE. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS
  83. 2:32WAS AN ACT OF ISLAMIST
  84. 2:33TERRORISM. ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT
  85. 2:35LEADS US OFF TONIGHT FROM
  86. 2:36BERLIN.
  87. 2:37>> TONIGHT, POLICE SURROUNDING
  88. 2:38THIS MANGLED CAR THEY SAY WAS
  89. 2:40USED IN THAT DEADLY TERROR
  90. 2:41ATTACK IN GERMANY AT A PRIDE
  91. 2:43PARADE THAT KILLED ONE PERSON
  92. 2:44AND INJURED OVER TWO DOZEN. IT
  93. 2:46TOOK AUTHORITIES LESS THAN 24
  94. 2:48HOURS TO TRACK DOWN A SUSPECT
  95. 2:49ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
  96. 2:51HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AFTER
  97. 2:52CHARGING AT POLICE WITH A KNIFE.
  98. 2:54POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING
  99. 2:56WHETHER THERE WAS ANOTHER
  100. 2:57SUSPECT INVOLVED. THE ATTACK
  101. 2:59UNFOLDED ON SATURDAY AS
  102. 3:00THOUSANDS WERE CELEBRATING
  103. 3:02PRIDE IN BERLIN FOR THE
  104. 3:03CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY FESTIVAL.
  105. 3:05POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE 10 P.M.
  106. 3:06THE ATTACKER DROVE A WHITE VAN
  107. 3:08THROUGH TIERGARTEN PARK, RIGHT
  108. 3:10ALONGSIDE THE PARADE ROUTE,
  109. 3:11SLAMMING INTO PEOPLE BEFORE
  110. 3:13HITTING A TREE. THE DRIVER THEN
  111. 3:15GOT OUT AND, ARMED WITH A
  112. 3:16MACHETE, BEGAN SLASHING AT
  113. 3:18BYSTANDERS BEFORE FLEEING,
  114. 3:19ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. EVENT
  115. 3:24ORGANIZERS SEEN ON STAGE ENDING
  116. 3:26A PERFORMANCE AS THE MANHUNT
  117. 3:27BEGAN. INVESTIGATORS
  118. 3:30IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 21
  119. 3:32YEAR OLD ABDUL BE SAYING HE HAD
  120. 3:34TIES TO ISLAMIST EXTREMISM.
  121. 3:36TONIGHT, TRIBUTES POURING IN
  122. 3:38FROM ACROSS GERMANY FOR THE
  123. 3:39VICTIMS. A GROWING MEMORIAL AT
  124. 3:41THE SCENE. GERMAN CHANCELLOR
  125. 3:44FRIEDRICH MERZ CALLING IT A
  126. 3:45DESPICABLE ACT, TELLING THE
  127. 3:47COUNTRY LET US NOT LET
  128. 3:49OURSELVES BE INTIMIDATED.
  129. 3:51LINDSEY PROSECUTORS SAID THE
  130. 3:52SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED IN LEBANON
  131. 3:54LAST YEAR FOR TRYING TO JOIN
  132. 3:55THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP, WHILE
  133. 3:57BERLIN'S MAYOR IS SPEAKING OUT
  134. 3:58TONIGHT, SAYING THIS ATTACK WAS
  135. 4:00AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US.
  136. 4:02>> BRIT THANK YOU. NOW TO THOSE
  137. 4:03FAST MOVING WILDFIRES RAGING
  138. 4:05ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE. THOSE
  139. 4:06FLAMES HAVE FORCED NEARLY
  140. 4:07300,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR
  141. 4:09HOMES ACROSS SPAIN AND FRANCE.
  142. 4:11THE WILDFIRES ARE THREATENING
  143. 4:13CITIES LIKE MADRID AND BORDEAUX.
  144. 4:15AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED.
  145. 4:17ABC'S MARCUS MOORE IS IN MADRID
  146. 4:18WITH THE LATEST.
  147. 4:21>> TONIGHT. TERRIFYING
  148. 4:22WILDFIRES FUELED BY BONE DRY
  149. 4:24CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS,
  150. 4:26FORCING SOME 300,000 PEOPLE IN
  151. 4:28SPAIN AND FRANCE TO FLEE THEIR
  152. 4:29HOMES. AUTHORITIES CALLING THE
  153. 4:33CONDITIONS IN FRANCE'S GIRONDE
  154. 4:34REGION, HOME TO THE COUNTRY'S
  155. 4:36FAMOUS BORDEAUX WINE, AMONG THE
  156. 4:38WORST THEY HAVE EVER SEEN, FIRE
  157. 4:40SCORCHING AN AREA FOUR TIMES
  158. 4:41THE SIZE OF PARIS. AUTHORITIES
  159. 4:44GOING DOOR TO DOOR TELLING
  160. 4:45RESIDENTS TO GET OUT AND
  161. 4:47BEGGING TOURISTS TO STAY AWAY.
  162. 4:49>> IT ESCALATED PRETTY QUICKLY.
  163. 4:50IT WAS.
  164. 4:51>> AMERICANS BRENDAN AND TAMMY
  165. 4:52HUTCHINSON WHO LIVE THERE YEAR
  166. 4:53ROUND. AMONG THE THOUSANDS
  167. 4:55ORDERED TO GET OUT.
  168. 4:56>> YOU CAN SEE THE WIND SHIFT
  169. 4:57AND IT REALLY GOT THICK SMOKE
  170. 4:59AND IT WAS REAL. YOU KNOW, A
  171. 5:01LOT OF ASH FALLING OUT OF THE
  172. 5:02SKY.
  173. 5:03>> HOME AFTER HOME IN THE
  174. 5:04COASTAL VILLAGE OF LA PORTE.
  175. 5:06DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. AND
  176. 5:08THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT. FRANCE
  177. 5:10BRACING FOR THEIR FOURTH HEAT
  178. 5:12WAVE THIS WEEK. SPAIN DECLARING
  179. 5:15THEIR FIRST EVER NATIONAL
  180. 5:16EMERGENCY DUE TO FIRES. MORE
  181. 5:18THAN 100,000 PEOPLE EITHER
  182. 5:20EVACUATING OR ORDERED TO
  183. 5:21SHELTER IN PLACE OUTSIDE
  184. 5:24VALENCIA SATURDAY, AUTHORITIES
  185. 5:26SAY A 78 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND
  186. 5:28DEAD, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRE
  187. 5:29CASUALTY. THE. AND TODAY THE
  188. 5:33POPE, REFERENCING THE
  189. 5:34DEVASTATING WILDFIRES, INVITING
  190. 5:36ALL TO PRAY FOR THOSE AFFECTED
  191. 5:38AND THE RESCUERS. LINDSEY.
  192. 5:40AUTHORITIES SAY THAT FIRE
  193. 5:41BURNING OUTSIDE MADRID AND
  194. 5:42AVILA IS NOW THE LARGEST IN
  195. 5:44RECENT SPANISH HISTORY. IT HAS
  196. 5:46BURNED NEARLY 200MI■
  197. 5:47BURNED NEARLY 200MI S SO FAR,
  198. 5:49AND REINFORCEMENTS ARE NOW
  199. 5:50COMING IN FROM PORTUGAL, GREECE,
  200. 5:52EVEN TURKEY. LINDSEY.
  201. 5:53>> REALLY STAGGERING TO SEE
  202. 5:55THOSE IMAGES, MARCUS. THANK YOU.
  203. 5:57NOW TO THE DANGEROUS HEAT BACK
  204. 5:58HERE IN THE U.S. MORE THAN 100
  205. 5:59MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT
  206. 6:01FOR THIS EXTREME HEAT FROM THE
  207. 6:02SOUTHWEST AND MIDWEST. LET'S
  208. 6:04GET RIGHT TO ABC'S
  209. 6:05METEOROLOGIST LESLIE LOPEZ. SO,
  210. 6:06LESLIE, HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS
  211. 6:08HEAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
  212. 6:09>> IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS. WE'RE
  213. 6:09TALKING ABOUT A LONG DURATION
  214. 6:11HEAT WAVE. SO AS WE'RE GOING TO
  215. 6:12SEE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LARGE
  216. 6:13AREA OF THE NATION DEALING WITH
  217. 6:14HEAT ALERTS. WE'RE DOWN INTO
  218. 6:16THE SOUTHWEST, INTO THE
  219. 6:17INTERIOR OF THE NATION. THAT'S
  220. 6:18EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND
  221. 6:18ADVISORIES AND ALSO WATCHES. WE
  222. 6:20DO HAVE TEMPERATURES OVER INTO
  223. 6:21THE MIDWEST GETTING UP TO 110
  224. 6:23DEGREES. THAT'S THAT FEELS LIKE
  225. 6:24TEMPERATURE. THE HUMIDITY ADDED
  226. 6:26112 FOR DES MOINES, AND ALL
  227. 6:27THAT HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
  228. 6:29FUEL THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
  229. 6:30WEATHER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A
  230. 6:31THREE OUT OF FIVE THREAT LEVEL
  231. 6:32FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS, VERY
  232. 6:34LARGE HAIL, ISOLATED TORNADOES
  233. 6:35FROM MILWAUKEE ALL THE WAY UP
  234. 6:37TO DULUTH. AND IT'S BEEN AN
  235. 6:38ACTIVE SEASON IN THE PACIFIC.
  236. 6:40TWO HURRICANES, GENEVIEVE AND
  237. 6:42ALSO FAUSTO. GENEVIEVE WILL
  238. 6:43STAY AWAY FROM THE COAST, BUT
  239. 6:45YOU GET OUT TOWARDS FAUSTO,
  240. 6:46SWIPING JUST NORTH OF THE
  241. 6:47HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, BRINGING WITH
  242. 6:48IT ELEVATED SURF AND ALSO THE
  243. 6:50DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS.
  244. 6:50>> LINSEY SO MUCH ACTIVITY THAT
  245. 6:52YOU'RE MONITORING. ALL RIGHT
  246. 6:53LESLIE THANK YOU. NOW TO THE
  247. 6:55MASSIVE WILDFIRES BURNING
  248. 6:57ACROSS OREGON AND WASHINGTON
  249. 6:58STATE. NEARLY 50 LARGE FIRES
  250. 7:00HAVE SCORCHED MORE THAN 1
  251. 7:01MILLION ACRES. THOUSANDS HAVE
  252. 7:03BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR
  253. 7:04HOMES IN OREGON. SOME OF THOSE
  254. 7:06FIRES WERE TRIGGERED IN THE
  255. 7:07STATE LAST WEEK BY MORE THAN
  256. 7:098000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN JUST
  257. 7:11A 24 HOUR PERIOD. NOW TO THAT
  258. 7:13STUNNING SCENE AT SEATTLE'S
  259. 7:15ICONIC SPACE. TWO BASE JUMPERS
  260. 7:17SCALED THE GLASS WALL OF THE
  261. 7:18OBSERVATION DECK AND THEN
  262. 7:20JUMPED OFF THE LANDMARK BEFORE
  263. 7:21DEPLOYING THEIR PARACHUTES.
  264. 7:23ONLOOKERS WATCHED IN DISBELIEF.
  265. 7:25THEY ARE NOW FACING CRIMINAL
  266. 7:27CHARGES OF TRESPASSING. HERE'S
  267. 7:28ABC'S JACQUELINE LEE TONIGHT.
  268. 7:31>> THIS IS THE SHOCKING MOMENT.
  269. 7:32POLICE SAY TWO MEN ILLEGALLY
  270. 7:34CLIMBED A GLASS WALL ON THE
  271. 7:35OBSERVATION DECK OF SEATTLE'S
  272. 7:37ICONIC SPACE NEEDLE AND JUMPED
  273. 7:39OFF BEFORE DEPLOYING PARACHUTES.
  274. 7:41ONLOOKERS STUNNED.
  275. 7:43>> OH NO!
  276. 7:44>> QUEEN SECTOR A HAZARD AT THE
  277. 7:45SPACE NEEDLE. SECURITIES
  278. 7:48CALLING IN 15 MINUTES AGO, TWO
  279. 7:50PEOPLE JUMPED OFF THE SPACE
  280. 7:51NEEDLE OBSERVATION DECK WITH
  281. 7:52PARACHUTES UNKNOWN WHERE THEY
  282. 7:54LANDED.
  283. 7:55>> THE INCIDENT UNFOLDING JUST
  284. 7:56BEFORE 9 P.M. ON FRIDAY. VIDEO
  285. 7:58SHOWING ONE MAN STANDING ON THE
  286. 8:00LEDGE DOING A BACKFLIP AND THEN
  287. 8:02LEAPING FROM THE 605 FOOT
  288. 8:04STRUCTURE. ONE PARACHUTE SEEN
  289. 8:08DESCENDING TO THE GROUND BEFORE
  290. 8:09VANISHING FROM CAMERA VIEW.
  291. 8:11POLICE SAY THE PAIR, WHO THEY
  292. 8:12IDENTIFIED AS BASE JUMPERS,
  293. 8:14ENTERED THE SPACE NEEDLE WITH
  294. 8:15PURCHASED TICKETS THAT WERE
  295. 8:17THEN SCANNED. TONIGHT,
  296. 8:18AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE
  297. 8:19DUO AND ARE UNSURE OF WHERE THE
  298. 8:20MEN LANDED. THE TWO FACE
  299. 8:22CHARGES OF COMMITTING CRIMINAL
  300. 8:23TRESPASS. IT COMES JUST THREE
  301. 8:26WEEKS AFTER THIS MASKED
  302. 8:27COUPLE'S DEATH DEFYING CLIMB.
  303. 8:29TWO RUSSIAN NATIONALS SCALING
  304. 8:31TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE
  305. 8:32BUILDING IN THE HEART OF
  306. 8:34MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, PROPOSING IN
  307. 8:36FRONT OF MILLIONS.
  308. 8:37>> AND NOW THEY'RE KISSING.
  309. 8:38KIMBERLY, TO SHARE THIS WITH
  310. 8:41YOU AS AS BIZARRE A MOMENT NEW
  311. 8:43YORK CITY MOMENT AS I'VE EVER
  312. 8:44SEEN.
  313. 8:45>> I LOVE THIS CITY.
  314. 8:46>> THE COUPLE EVENTUALLY TAKEN
  315. 8:48INTO CUSTODY AND NOW FACING A
  316. 8:49SLEW OF CHARGES, LINDSAY, A
  317. 8:52SPOKESPERSON FROM THE SPACE
  318. 8:53NEEDLE, SAYING IN A STATEMENT
  319. 8:54THEY ARE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT
  320. 8:55AND ARE WORKING WITH
  321. 8:56INVESTIGATORS. LINDSAY.
  322. 8:57>> JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. NEXT
  323. 8:59TONIGHT, A FAMILY'S DESPERATE
  324. 9:00PLEAS FOR HELP AFTER AN
  325. 9:01AMERICAN WOMAN WENT MISSING
  326. 9:03WHILE ON VACATION IN GRENADA.
  327. 9:05THE NORTH CAROLINA MOTHER WAS
  328. 9:06LAST SEEN ON WEDNESDAY HEADING
  329. 9:07TO THE BEACH FOR A SWIM. HERE'S
  330. 9:09ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD.
  331. 9:11>> SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON AND
  332. 9:15WE WANT TO BRING HER HOME
  333. 9:16TONIGHT.
  334. 9:17>> THERE'S A DESPERATE SEARCH
  335. 9:18FOR A MISSING NORTH CAROLINA
  336. 9:19MOM WHO VANISHED WHILE ON
  337. 9:21VACATION IN THE CARIBBEAN.
  338. 9:22>> IT SEEMS THAT SHE WENT DOWN
  339. 9:25TO THE PIER AND LEFT HER TOWEL
  340. 9:27ON THE PIER AND WENT FOR A SWIM.
  341. 9:29>> 44 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH
  342. 9:30WADDELL WAS LAST SEEN ON A
  343. 9:31BEACH ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
  344. 9:33GRENADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
  345. 9:35DIVERS AND POLICE LAUNCHING AN
  346. 9:36ALL OUT HOURS-LONG SEARCH
  347. 9:37THURSDAY, BUT NO SIGN OF LIZ.
  348. 9:40LIZ FLEW TO GRENADA WITHOUT HER
  349. 9:42HUSBAND, KALEN. HE'S NOW ON THE
  350. 9:43GROUND IN THE COUNTRY TO HELP
  351. 9:45WITH THE SEARCH. HE SPOKE OF
  352. 9:46HIS WIFE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
  353. 9:48GRENADA BROADCASTING NETWORK.
  354. 9:49>> MY WIFE.
  355. 9:50>> IS A LOVING, FREE SPIRITED
  356. 9:52PERSON. SHE COULD MAKE FRIENDS
  357. 9:54WITH ANYONE.
  358. 9:55>> IT'S BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE
  359. 9:57HER DISAPPEARANCE. AUTHORITIES
  360. 9:59IN GRENADA NOW CALLING ON
  361. 10:00FISHERMEN, BOAT OPERATORS AND
  362. 10:02RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN
  363. 10:03COASTLINE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
  364. 10:05FOR LIZ WADDELL AND LINDSAY.
  365. 10:07THE STATE DEPARTMENT TELLS ABC
  366. 10:08NEWS TONIGHT IT IS AWARE OF
  367. 10:10REPORTS OF A MISSING PERSON IN
  368. 10:11GRENADA, BUT DECLINED TO
  369. 10:13COMMENT ANY FURTHER.
  370. 10:14>> LINDSAY MORGAN, THANK YOU.
  371. 10:16TODAY MARKS 100 DAYS UNTIL
  372. 10:18THOSE CRITICAL MIDTERM
  373. 10:19ELECTIONS. THE DEMOCRATS ARE
  374. 10:20LOOKING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF
  375. 10:21CONGRESS, WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE
  376. 10:23TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SLIM
  377. 10:24MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND
  378. 10:25SENATE, BOTH SIDES ARE NOW
  379. 10:27TRYING TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM.
  380. 10:29ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO JOINS
  381. 10:31US NOW. HI, CHRISTIANE.
  382. 10:33>> LINDSEY TONIGHT HOUSE
  383. 10:34MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES
  384. 10:36IS KICKING OFF THE FINAL 100
  385. 10:38DAYS OF THE MIDTERM CAMPAIGN IN
  386. 10:40BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA,
  387. 10:41UNVEILING DEMOCRATS
  388. 10:42AFFORDABILITY AGENDA AS THE
  389. 10:44PARTY TRIES TO MAKE THE COST OF
  390. 10:46LIVING THE CLOSING ISSUE OF THE
  391. 10:48RACE, JEFFRIES JOINED GOVERNOR
  392. 10:49JOSH SHAPIRO TO RALLY VOTERS IN
  393. 10:51A CRITICAL HOUSE DISTRICT AS
  394. 10:53THEY TRY TO WIN BACK CONTROL OF
  395. 10:55CONGRESS. DEMOCRATS NEED TO
  396. 10:56FLIP JUST THREE SEATS TO
  397. 10:58RECLAIM THE HOUSE. THE SENATE
  398. 11:00IS A STEEPER CLIMB. THEY'LL
  399. 11:01NEED TO PICK UP FOUR SEATS
  400. 11:02THERE, BUT THE PARTY'S PATH TO
  401. 11:04MAJORITY TOOK A HIT THIS MONTH
  402. 11:06AFTER MAINE DEMOCRATS REPLACED
  403. 11:07SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER
  404. 11:10FOLLOWING A SEXUAL ASSAULT
  405. 11:11ALLEGATION HE DENIES. TURNING
  406. 11:13TO FORMER STATE SENATE
  407. 11:14PRESIDENT TROY JACKSON IN A KEY
  408. 11:16PICKUP RACE AND A NEW
  409. 11:18WASHINGTON POST IPSOS POLL
  410. 11:19SHOWS THE BATTLE FOR CONGRESS
  411. 11:21REMAINS TIGHT, WITH DEMOCRATS
  412. 11:23LEADING THE GENERIC
  413. 11:24CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT BY JUST
  414. 11:25THREE POINTS, 48 TO 45.
  415. 11:29PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING
  416. 11:30FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN
  417. 11:31KEY BATTLEGROUNDS, URGING
  418. 11:33VOTERS TO PROTECT THE GOP'S
  419. 11:34NARROW HOUSE MAJORITY WHILE
  420. 11:36SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR HIS
  421. 11:37SECOND TERM AGENDA, INCLUDING
  422. 11:40HIS VOTER ID LEGISLATION. WITH
  423. 11:42100 DAYS TO GO, LINDSEY, BOTH
  424. 11:43PARTIES ARE NOW RACING TO
  425. 11:45DEFINE THE ISSUES THEY BELIEVE
  426. 11:47WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS
  427. 11:48CONGRESS. LINSEY.
  428. 11:49>> SO MUCH AT STAKE. CHRISTIANE
  429. 11:51THANK YOU. OVERSEAS. NOW TO THE
  430. 11:52WAR WITH IRAN. ISRAELI PRIME
  431. 11:54MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS
  432. 11:55HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON
  433. 11:57TUESDAY FOR A MEETING WITH
  434. 11:58PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT COMES AS
  435. 11:59THE PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERING A
  436. 12:01MAJOR ESCALATION AS THE WAR
  437. 12:02ENTERS ITS SIXTH MONTH. ABC'S
  438. 12:04MATT RIVERS REPORTS FROM JORDAN
  439. 12:06TONIGHT.
  440. 12:07>> A PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING FOR
  441. 12:09NOW. IRANIAN AND U.S. WEAPONS
  442. 12:11QUIET FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY
  443. 12:13AHEAD OF A CONSEQUENTIAL WEEK
  444. 12:15IN WASHINGTON. ISRAELI PRIME
  445. 12:16MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
  446. 12:17HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE
  447. 12:18TUESDAY FOR A MEETING WITH
  448. 12:20PRESIDENT TRUMP, U.S.
  449. 12:21AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. MIKE
  450. 12:22WALTZ SAYING TODAY THE LULL IN
  451. 12:24FIGHTING IS DESIGNED TO GIVE
  452. 12:25PEACE TALKS SOME SPACE AFTER
  453. 12:27CLAIMING DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY
  454. 12:29HAD RAMPED UP BETWEEN BOTH
  455. 12:30SIDES.
  456. 12:31>> TALKS ARE ONGOING. THEY'RE
  457. 12:32HAPPENING AT EVERY LEVEL. FROM
  458. 12:35THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT
  459. 12:37ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGHEST
  460. 12:39LEVELS.
  461. 12:40>> BUT TONIGHT, A NEW YORK
  462. 12:40TIMES REPORT SAYS TRUMP IS ALSO
  463. 12:42PULLING BACK FROM ESCALATIONS
  464. 12:43WITH IRAN FOR FEAR IT COULD
  465. 12:45DANGEROUSLY DRAIN THE
  466. 12:46PENTAGON'S ALREADY DIMINISHED
  467. 12:48STOCKPILE OF PATRIOT
  468. 12:49ANTI-MISSILE INTERCEPTORS,
  469. 12:51CRUCIAL FOR PROTECTING U.S.
  470. 12:52ASSETS IN THE REGION. TODAY,
  471. 12:54THE U.S. AMBASSADOR PUSHING
  472. 12:55BACK ON THAT REPORTING.
  473. 12:57>> I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
  474. 12:58THE U.S. MILITARY, AND I'VE
  475. 13:01VERIFIED THIS EVERY WHICH WAY,
  476. 13:03HAS EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS TO
  477. 13:05CONDUCT THIS CAMPAIGN AS
  478. 13:07EFFECTIVELY AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
  479. 13:09>> THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO TELLING
  480. 13:10ABC NEWS, IN PART, PRESIDENT
  481. 13:11TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN
  482. 13:12CONSISTENT IN SAYING HE PREFERS
  483. 13:14A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, BUT IT
  484. 13:16WOULD BE WISE FOR IRAN TO WORK
  485. 13:17TOWARDS A NEGOTIATED DEAL.
  486. 13:19OTHERWISE THEY KNOW WHAT WILL
  487. 13:20HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. ABC
  488. 13:22CONFIRMING ALL FOUR SERVICE
  489. 13:24MEMBERS KILLED IN JORDAN AND
  490. 13:25IRAQ THIS WEEK RECEIVED
  491. 13:27POSTHUMOUS PROMOTIONS,
  492. 13:28INCLUDING TYLER FEEHAN,
  493. 13:29PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN. YOU CAN
  494. 13:31SEE FEEHAN HERE. WHEN HE WAS
  495. 13:33COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER IN
  496. 13:34THE ARMY SALUTING HIS
  497. 13:35GRANDFATHER. HIS GRANDFATHER
  498. 13:37DIED ON THURSDAY, FIVE DAYS
  499. 13:39AFTER FEEHAN. THE FAMILY
  500. 13:41TELLING US THE TWO OF THEM ARE
  501. 13:43NOW TOGETHER AGAIN. LINDSEY,
  502. 13:44IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER,
  503. 13:45TONIGHT CONFIRMING NEGOTIATIONS
  504. 13:47ARE ONGOING BETWEEN THE U.S.
  505. 13:48AND IRAN. THE QUESTION IS, HOW
  506. 13:50LONG DOES THIS NEW CEASE FIRE
  507. 13:52HOLD? AHEAD OF THAT PLANNED
  508. 13:53MEETING THIS COMING WEEK
  509. 13:55BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER
  510. 13:55NETANYAHU AND PRESIDENT TRUMP,
  511. 13:58LINDSEY.
  512. 13:58>> MATT RIVERS FOR US IN JORDAN.
  513. 14:00MATT, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN
  514. 14:01THE U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
  515. 14:02ORDERED THE INSTALLATION OF
  516. 14:03SIGNS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S
  517. 14:05NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN
  518. 14:06HISTORY, WARNING OF, QUOTE, THE
  519. 14:08INACCURATE INFORMATION
  520. 14:09PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM.
  521. 14:10SMITHSONIAN OFFICIALS HAVE NOT
  522. 14:12COMMENTED ON THE ORDER, BUT THE
  523. 14:13MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR HAS
  524. 14:15PREVIOUSLY PUSHED BACK AGAINST
  525. 14:16THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICISM.
  526. 14:18WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS
  527. 14:19TONIGHT ABOUT A MAN FATALLY
  528. 14:20SHOT BY ICE IN HOUSTON. THE
  529. 14:22HARRIS COUNTY D.A. SAYS THAT A
  530. 14:23SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE VAN OF
  531. 14:2551 YEAR OLD LORENZO SALGADO
  532. 14:26ARAUJO WAS NOT DRUGS. ON
  533. 14:28SATURDAY, THE COMMUNITY HELD A
  534. 14:30MARCH AND VIGIL DEMANDING
  535. 14:31JUSTICE FOR THE FATHER OF THREE.
  536. 14:33HE WAS FATALLY SHOT BY ICE
  537. 14:34OFFICERS ON JULY 7TH DURING A
  538. 14:36TRAFFIC STOP. AGENTS ALLEGE
  539. 14:38THAT HE TRIED TO WEAPONIZE HIS
  540. 14:39VEHICLE, BUT WITNESSES HAVE
  541. 14:40DISPUTED THAT CLAIM. THERE'S
  542. 14:42STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON WORLD
  543. 14:43NEWS TONIGHT. THIS SUNDAY, THE
  544. 14:45INVESTIGATION, AFTER 13
  545. 14:46CHILDREN WERE SICKENED AT A
  546. 14:47SUMMER CAMP. AUTHORITIES
  547. 14:49SUSPECT ONE CAMPER SHARED
  548. 14:51MUSHROOM LACED CANDIES WITH
  549. 14:52THEM AND THE BEAR THAT SNUCK
  550. 14:54INTO A CABIN, MAKING ITSELF
  551. 14:56RIGHT AT HOME, EVEN CHECKING WHAT WAS IN THE FRIDGE
  552. 15:01>> A MASS SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN,
  553. 15:02LEAVING FIVE PEOPLE INJURED,
  554. 15:04ONE OF THEM IN CRITICAL
  555. 15:05CONDITION. POLICE IN OTTAWA
  556. 15:07COUNTY, NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, SAY
  557. 15:08THAT THERE WAS A LARGE
  558. 15:09GATHERING AT THE BASS RIVER
  559. 15:10RECREATION AREA WHEN AN
  560. 15:12ARGUMENT BROKE OUT. A SINGLE
  561. 15:13SHOOTER IS SUSPECTED OF OPENING
  562. 15:15FIRE DEPUTIES TRACKING DOWN THE
  563. 15:17SUSPECT'S VEHICLE, TAKING FOUR
  564. 15:19PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY NEXT. THE
  565. 15:21INVESTIGATION, AFTER
  566. 15:22AUTHORITIES SAY 13 CHILDREN IN
  567. 15:23A NEW JERSEY SUMMER CAMP WERE
  568. 15:25SICKENED AFTER EATING WHAT IS
  569. 15:26SUSPECTED TO BE MUSHROOM LACED
  570. 15:28CHOCOLATE. OFFICIALS AT THE
  571. 15:29YMCA CAMP IN EAST ORANGE SAY
  572. 15:31ONE OF THE CAMPERS GAVE THE
  573. 15:32OTHER CHILDREN EDIBLES WITHOUT
  574. 15:34THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE
  575. 15:35STAFF. COUNSELORS CALLED
  576. 15:37EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
  577. 15:38WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SHOW ADVERSE
  578. 15:39REACTIONS. THE CHILDREN, AGES
  579. 15:4110 TO 13, WERE EVALUATED AND
  580. 15:43RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. WHEN
  581. 15:45WE COME BACK, THE BLACK PANTHER
  582. 15:46REVEAL WHO WILL STAR IN THE NEXT MOVIE,
  583. 15:48TAKING THE MANTEL FROM CHADWICK BOSEMAN
  584. 15:52INDEX TONIGHT, A BEAR MAKING
  585. 15:54ITSELF RIGHT AT HOME IN A CABIN
  586. 15:55NEAR LAKE ARROWHEAD IN
  587. 15:56CALIFORNIA. THE CABIN'S OWNER
  588. 15:58SAYS THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
  589. 15:59RECORDED THE BEAR APPROACHING,
  590. 16:01WHILE THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER AND
  591. 16:0211 OTHER FRIENDS WERE INSIDE.
  592. 16:04THE BEAR CLIMBED IN THROUGH THE
  593. 16:05WINDOW, CHECKED OUT THE
  594. 16:06REFRIGERATOR, AND THEN LEFT.
  595. 16:08EVERYONE WAS SAFE AND A SAFE
  596. 16:10RETURN FOR A JOINT U.S. RUSSIAN
  597. 16:12SPACE CREW. AFTER SPENDING
  598. 16:13EIGHT MONTHS AT THE
  599. 16:14INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
  600. 16:16THEIR CAPSULE FLOATING DOWN ON
  601. 16:17A PARACHUTE LANDING IN THE
  602. 16:18STEPPES OF KAZAKHSTAN. TWO
  603. 16:21RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS ON BOARD,
  604. 16:22ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN
  605. 16:23ASTRONAUT CHRIS WILLIAMS. HE
  606. 16:25WILL SOON RETURN TO THE UNITED
  607. 16:26STATES ON A FLIGHT BOUND FOR
  608. 16:27NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN
  609. 16:29HOUSTON. NEARLY 20,000 FANS
  610. 16:32PACKED CHICAGO'S UNITED CENTER
  611. 16:33FOR A HIGH ENERGY, HIGH SCORING
  612. 16:35WNBA ALL STAR GAME TEAM SPOON,
  613. 16:37DEFEATING TEAM COOP 129 TO 122.
  614. 16:41CAITLIN CLARK BURIED FIVE THREE
  615. 16:43POINTERS. 20 YEAR OLD DOMINIQUE
  616. 16:45MALONGA MADE THE FIRST WNBA ALL
  617. 16:47STAR GAME DUNK. THERE IT IS IN
  618. 16:49FOUR YEARS, AND THE BIGGEST
  619. 16:51HONOR WENT TO JONQUEL JONES,
  620. 16:52WHO WAS NAMED THE ALL-STAR MVP
  621. 16:54AFTER SCORING 22 POINTS, 13
  622. 16:56REBOUNDS AND EIGHT ASSISTS. THE
  623. 16:58WNBA IS NOW CELEBRATING ITS
  624. 17:0030TH ANNIVERSARY. NEXT, THE
  625. 17:02BLACK PANTHER REVEAL THE LITTLE
  626. 17:04BOY SCENE AFTER THE CREDITS,
  627. 17:05AND WAKANDA FOREVER WILL BE AT
  628. 17:07THE CENTER OF THE NEXT MOVIE.
  629. 17:09AT COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND,
  630. 17:10DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER ANNOUNCED
  631. 17:12THAT ACTOR DAVID JOHNSON WILL
  632. 17:14PLAY PRINCE T'CHALLA IN THE
  633. 17:15MOVIE. THAT'S DUE OUT IN
  634. 17:16DECEMBER 2028. PRINCE T'CHALLA
  635. 17:19IS THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL
  636. 17:20BLACK PANTHER, PLAYED BY
  637. 17:21CHADWICK BOSEMAN, BACK IN 2020.
  638. 17:24WHEN WE COME BACK, THE HIGH
  639. 17:25SCHOOL STAR ATHLETE NAMED CHASE, GOING FOR GOLD
  640. 17:31>> FINALLY, TONIGHT, THE HIGH
  641. 17:33SCHOOL TRACK STAR CHASING A
  642. 17:34DREAM AND BEATING THE ODDS.
  643. 17:37>> COME ON CHASE, PICK IT UP.
  644. 17:39>> ON THIS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK IN
  645. 17:41PENNSYLVANIA, EVERY STRIDE THIS
  646. 17:4316 YEAR OLD TAKES ON HIS BLADES
  647. 17:45IS A REMINDER OF JUST HOW FAR
  648. 17:46DETERMINATION CAN CARRY US.
  649. 17:49WHEN CHASE MERRIWEATHER WAS
  650. 17:50JUST THREE YEARS OLD, WHAT
  651. 17:51DOCTORS FIRST BELIEVE WAS THE
  652. 17:53FLU TURNED INTO SEPTIC SHOCK.
  653. 17:55>> AND THEN ALL MY ORGANS JUST
  654. 17:56SHUT DOWN.
  655. 17:57>> TO SAVE HIS LIFE, SURGEONS
  656. 17:59HAD TO AMPUTATE BOTH OF HIS
  657. 18:00LEGS BELOW THE KNEE AND BOTH OF
  658. 18:02HIS ARMS. A CHILD WHO LOVES
  659. 18:04SPORTS. BEFORE HE COULD EVEN
  660. 18:05REMEMBER, CHASE REFUSED TO LET
  661. 18:07WHAT HE LOST DEFINE WHAT WAS
  662. 18:09STILL POSSIBLE.
  663. 18:10>> I GOT SONIC SPEED.
  664. 18:12>> HE LEARNED TO PLAY BASEBALL,
  665. 18:13SOCCER, AND SWIM. THIS SPRING,
  666. 18:15HE FOUND HIS LE IN TRACK.
  667. 18:17>> WHEN I GOT TO, I GOT TO
  668. 18:18FIGURE OUT HOW TO WALK AGAIN. I
  669. 18:20HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN
  670. 18:21PLAY WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AGAIN.
  671. 18:22AND NOW I CAN SHOW OTHER KIDS
  672. 18:25THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING HOW I
  673. 18:27FIGURED IT OUT AND HOW THEY
  674. 18:28COULD ALSO FIGURE IT OUT.
  675. 18:29>> NOW A RISING JUNIOR CHASE
  676. 18:31TRAINS ALONGSIDE EVERY OTHER
  677. 18:33ATHLETE ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
  678. 18:35>> NICE JOB. WALK BACK.
  679. 18:36>> HIS COACH SAYS THERE ARE NO
  680. 18:37SPECIAL EXPECTATIONS, ONLY THE
  681. 18:40EXPECTATION THAT HE'LL COMPETE.
  682. 18:42AND TIME AND AGAIN, HE DELIVERS.
  683. 18:44THIS MAY CHASE CAPTURED GOLD IN
  684. 18:47THE AMBULATORY 400 METER DASH
  685. 18:49AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
  686. 18:50CHAMPIONSHIPS.
  687. 18:51>> COME ON, COME ON.
  688. 18:52>> NOW HIS SIGHTS ARE SET EVEN
  689. 18:54HIGHER. THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IN
  690. 18:56LOS ANGELES IN 2028.
  691. 18:57>> IF YOU KEEP GOING AND NEVER
  692. 19:00STOP TRYING, YOU WILL ALWAYS
  693. 19:02CHASE THAT DREAM AND WILL
  694. 19:04EVENTUALLY GET IT. EVEN IF
  695. 19:07THERE'S OBSTACLES. YEAH, YOU
  696. 19:09JUST GOT TO RUN YOUR RACE.
  697. 19:10I GOTTA RUN MINE.
  698. 19:12>> KEEP RUNNING YOUR RACE.
  699. 19:13CHASE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
  700. 19:14WATCHING, WHIT JOHNSON HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.
  701. 19:17I'M LINSEY DAVIS IN NEW YORK, GOODNIGHT

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