ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 26, 2026 — Transcript
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- 0:15TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS. THE SUSPECT,
- 0:17ACCUSED OF DRIVING A VAN INTO A
- 0:18CROWD DURING A PRIDE
- 0:19CELEBRATION IN BERLIN, IS
- 0:21TRACKED DOWN AND KILLED BY
- 0:22POLICE. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED,
- 0:24MORE THAN A DOZEN OTHERS
- 0:26INJURED. OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS
- 0:27AN ACT OF ISLAMIST TERRORISM.
- 0:29300,000 PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE
- 0:31THEIR HOMES AS FRANCE AND SPAIN
- 0:32BATTLED RAGING WILDFIRES.
- 0:34FRANCE'S BORDEAUX WINE REGION
- 0:36IS BURNING WITH A NEW HEAT WAVE
- 0:38ON THE WAY BACK HERE TONIGHT,
- 0:40MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS
- 0:42ARE BRACING FOR DANGEROUS HEAT.
- 0:43TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES
- 0:45ACROSS THE MIDWEST, A SEVERE
- 0:47WEATHER THREAT FOR THE GREAT
- 0:48LAKES MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST
- 0:49AS TWO HURRICANES CHURN IN THE
- 0:51PACIFIC. THE HEART STOPPING
- 0:53MOMENT AT THE TOP OF SEATTLE'S
- 0:54SPACE NEEDLE. TWO MEN CLIMB A
- 0:56GLASS WALL AND JUMP OFF THE
- 0:58OBSERVATION DECK, HANGING FROM
- 1:00PARACHUTES MORE THAN 600FT DOWN.
- 1:02THE SEARCH TONIGHT FOR THOSE
- 1:03MEN. THE FAMILY'S PLEA FOR
- 1:05INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMERICAN
- 1:07WOMAN WHO VANISHED WHILE ON
- 1:08VACATION IN THE CARIBBEAN. 100
- 1:11DAYS UNTIL THE MIDTERM
- 1:12ELECTIONS. DEMOCRATS AND
- 1:13REPUBLICANS IN A BATTLE FOR
- 1:14CONGRESS. WHERE THINGS STAND
- 1:16WITH THREE MONTHS TO GO. THE
- 1:18SUMMER CAMP SCARE. AUTHORITIES
- 1:19SAY 13 CHILDREN WERE SICKENED
- 1:21AFTER EATING WHAT IS SUSPECTED
- 1:22TO BE MUSHROOM LACED CHOCOLATE.
- 1:25THE BLACK PANTHER REVEAL THE
- 1:26LITTLE BOY SCENE AFTER THE
- 1:28CREDITS IN WAKANDA FOREVER, AND
- 1:30THE ACTOR, WHO WILL STAR AS
- 1:31PRINCE T'CHALLA IN THE NEXT
- 1:32MOVIE, AND THE HIGH SCHOOL
- 1:34TRACK STAR CHASING A DREAM,
- 1:35BEATING THE ODDS. TONIGHT'S
- 1:37AMERICA STRONG.
- 1:42>> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD
- 1:43HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS
- 1:46IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.
- 1:48>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
- 1:49THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
- 1:50ON THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY
- 1:51DAVIS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A
- 1:53DAY OF CELEBRATIONS IN GERMANY
- 1:54THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY AFTER
- 1:56HORRIFIC AND DEADLY TERROR
- 1:58ATTACK AT BERLIN'S FAMED PRIDE
- 2:00FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, TENS OF
- 2:01THOUSANDS GATHERED FOR ONE OF
- 2:03EUROPE'S BIGGEST PRIDE
- 2:04CELEBRATIONS. AUTHORITIES SAY A
- 2:05MAN SLAMMED A VAN INTO A CROWD.
- 2:08HE THEN ALLEGEDLY STABBED
- 2:09MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH A MACHETE.
- 2:11AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED
- 2:13AND DOZENS OF OTHERS INJURED.
- 2:14JUST HOURS AGO, THOUSANDS
- 2:16GATHERED FOR A VIGIL HONORING
- 2:18THE VICTIMS. ONE PERSON SAYS
- 2:19THAT THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON
- 2:20EVERYTHING THE CITY STANDS FOR
- 2:22DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE AND
- 2:23FREEDOM. LESS THAN 24 HOURS
- 2:25AFTER THE ATTACK, POLICE SAY
- 2:27THE SUSPECT WAS FATALLY SHOT
- 2:28WHILE CHARGING AT OFFICERS WITH
- 2:30A KNIFE. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS
- 2:32WAS AN ACT OF ISLAMIST
- 2:33TERRORISM. ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT
- 2:35LEADS US OFF TONIGHT FROM
- 2:36BERLIN.
- 2:37>> TONIGHT, POLICE SURROUNDING
- 2:38THIS MANGLED CAR THEY SAY WAS
- 2:40USED IN THAT DEADLY TERROR
- 2:41ATTACK IN GERMANY AT A PRIDE
- 2:43PARADE THAT KILLED ONE PERSON
- 2:44AND INJURED OVER TWO DOZEN. IT
- 2:46TOOK AUTHORITIES LESS THAN 24
- 2:48HOURS TO TRACK DOWN A SUSPECT
- 2:49ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
- 2:51HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AFTER
- 2:52CHARGING AT POLICE WITH A KNIFE.
- 2:54POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING
- 2:56WHETHER THERE WAS ANOTHER
- 2:57SUSPECT INVOLVED. THE ATTACK
- 2:59UNFOLDED ON SATURDAY AS
- 3:00THOUSANDS WERE CELEBRATING
- 3:02PRIDE IN BERLIN FOR THE
- 3:03CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY FESTIVAL.
- 3:05POLICE SAY JUST BEFORE 10 P.M.
- 3:06THE ATTACKER DROVE A WHITE VAN
- 3:08THROUGH TIERGARTEN PARK, RIGHT
- 3:10ALONGSIDE THE PARADE ROUTE,
- 3:11SLAMMING INTO PEOPLE BEFORE
- 3:13HITTING A TREE. THE DRIVER THEN
- 3:15GOT OUT AND, ARMED WITH A
- 3:16MACHETE, BEGAN SLASHING AT
- 3:18BYSTANDERS BEFORE FLEEING,
- 3:19ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. EVENT
- 3:24ORGANIZERS SEEN ON STAGE ENDING
- 3:26A PERFORMANCE AS THE MANHUNT
- 3:27BEGAN. INVESTIGATORS
- 3:30IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT AS 21
- 3:32YEAR OLD ABDUL BE SAYING HE HAD
- 3:34TIES TO ISLAMIST EXTREMISM.
- 3:36TONIGHT, TRIBUTES POURING IN
- 3:38FROM ACROSS GERMANY FOR THE
- 3:39VICTIMS. A GROWING MEMORIAL AT
- 3:41THE SCENE. GERMAN CHANCELLOR
- 3:44FRIEDRICH MERZ CALLING IT A
- 3:45DESPICABLE ACT, TELLING THE
- 3:47COUNTRY LET US NOT LET
- 3:49OURSELVES BE INTIMIDATED.
- 3:51LINDSEY PROSECUTORS SAID THE
- 3:52SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED IN LEBANON
- 3:54LAST YEAR FOR TRYING TO JOIN
- 3:55THE ISLAMIC STATE GROUP, WHILE
- 3:57BERLIN'S MAYOR IS SPEAKING OUT
- 3:58TONIGHT, SAYING THIS ATTACK WAS
- 4:00AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US.
- 4:02>> BRIT THANK YOU. NOW TO THOSE
- 4:03FAST MOVING WILDFIRES RAGING
- 4:05ACROSS WESTERN EUROPE. THOSE
- 4:06FLAMES HAVE FORCED NEARLY
- 4:07300,000 PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR
- 4:09HOMES ACROSS SPAIN AND FRANCE.
- 4:11THE WILDFIRES ARE THREATENING
- 4:13CITIES LIKE MADRID AND BORDEAUX.
- 4:15AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED.
- 4:17ABC'S MARCUS MOORE IS IN MADRID
- 4:18WITH THE LATEST.
- 4:21>> TONIGHT. TERRIFYING
- 4:22WILDFIRES FUELED BY BONE DRY
- 4:24CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS,
- 4:26FORCING SOME 300,000 PEOPLE IN
- 4:28SPAIN AND FRANCE TO FLEE THEIR
- 4:29HOMES. AUTHORITIES CALLING THE
- 4:33CONDITIONS IN FRANCE'S GIRONDE
- 4:34REGION, HOME TO THE COUNTRY'S
- 4:36FAMOUS BORDEAUX WINE, AMONG THE
- 4:38WORST THEY HAVE EVER SEEN, FIRE
- 4:40SCORCHING AN AREA FOUR TIMES
- 4:41THE SIZE OF PARIS. AUTHORITIES
- 4:44GOING DOOR TO DOOR TELLING
- 4:45RESIDENTS TO GET OUT AND
- 4:47BEGGING TOURISTS TO STAY AWAY.
- 4:49>> IT ESCALATED PRETTY QUICKLY.
- 4:50IT WAS.
- 4:51>> AMERICANS BRENDAN AND TAMMY
- 4:52HUTCHINSON WHO LIVE THERE YEAR
- 4:53ROUND. AMONG THE THOUSANDS
- 4:55ORDERED TO GET OUT.
- 4:56>> YOU CAN SEE THE WIND SHIFT
- 4:57AND IT REALLY GOT THICK SMOKE
- 4:59AND IT WAS REAL. YOU KNOW, A
- 5:01LOT OF ASH FALLING OUT OF THE
- 5:02SKY.
- 5:03>> HOME AFTER HOME IN THE
- 5:04COASTAL VILLAGE OF LA PORTE.
- 5:06DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. AND
- 5:08THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT. FRANCE
- 5:10BRACING FOR THEIR FOURTH HEAT
- 5:12WAVE THIS WEEK. SPAIN DECLARING
- 5:15THEIR FIRST EVER NATIONAL
- 5:16EMERGENCY DUE TO FIRES. MORE
- 5:18THAN 100,000 PEOPLE EITHER
- 5:20EVACUATING OR ORDERED TO
- 5:21SHELTER IN PLACE OUTSIDE
- 5:24VALENCIA SATURDAY, AUTHORITIES
- 5:26SAY A 78 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND
- 5:28DEAD, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRE
- 5:29CASUALTY. THE. AND TODAY THE
- 5:33POPE, REFERENCING THE
- 5:34DEVASTATING WILDFIRES, INVITING
- 5:36ALL TO PRAY FOR THOSE AFFECTED
- 5:38AND THE RESCUERS. LINDSEY.
- 5:40AUTHORITIES SAY THAT FIRE
- 5:41BURNING OUTSIDE MADRID AND
- 5:42AVILA IS NOW THE LARGEST IN
- 5:44RECENT SPANISH HISTORY. IT HAS
- 5:46BURNED NEARLY 200MI■
- 5:47BURNED NEARLY 200MI S SO FAR,
- 5:49AND REINFORCEMENTS ARE NOW
- 5:50COMING IN FROM PORTUGAL, GREECE,
- 5:52EVEN TURKEY. LINDSEY.
- 5:53>> REALLY STAGGERING TO SEE
- 5:55THOSE IMAGES, MARCUS. THANK YOU.
- 5:57NOW TO THE DANGEROUS HEAT BACK
- 5:58HERE IN THE U.S. MORE THAN 100
- 5:59MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT
- 6:01FOR THIS EXTREME HEAT FROM THE
- 6:02SOUTHWEST AND MIDWEST. LET'S
- 6:04GET RIGHT TO ABC'S
- 6:05METEOROLOGIST LESLIE LOPEZ. SO,
- 6:06LESLIE, HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS
- 6:08HEAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?
- 6:09>> IT IS QUITE DANGEROUS. WE'RE
- 6:09TALKING ABOUT A LONG DURATION
- 6:11HEAT WAVE. SO AS WE'RE GOING TO
- 6:12SEE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LARGE
- 6:13AREA OF THE NATION DEALING WITH
- 6:14HEAT ALERTS. WE'RE DOWN INTO
- 6:16THE SOUTHWEST, INTO THE
- 6:17INTERIOR OF THE NATION. THAT'S
- 6:18EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS AND
- 6:18ADVISORIES AND ALSO WATCHES. WE
- 6:20DO HAVE TEMPERATURES OVER INTO
- 6:21THE MIDWEST GETTING UP TO 110
- 6:23DEGREES. THAT'S THAT FEELS LIKE
- 6:24TEMPERATURE. THE HUMIDITY ADDED
- 6:26112 FOR DES MOINES, AND ALL
- 6:27THAT HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL
- 6:29FUEL THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
- 6:30WEATHER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A
- 6:31THREE OUT OF FIVE THREAT LEVEL
- 6:32FOR DESTRUCTIVE WINDS, VERY
- 6:34LARGE HAIL, ISOLATED TORNADOES
- 6:35FROM MILWAUKEE ALL THE WAY UP
- 6:37TO DULUTH. AND IT'S BEEN AN
- 6:38ACTIVE SEASON IN THE PACIFIC.
- 6:40TWO HURRICANES, GENEVIEVE AND
- 6:42ALSO FAUSTO. GENEVIEVE WILL
- 6:43STAY AWAY FROM THE COAST, BUT
- 6:45YOU GET OUT TOWARDS FAUSTO,
- 6:46SWIPING JUST NORTH OF THE
- 6:47HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, BRINGING WITH
- 6:48IT ELEVATED SURF AND ALSO THE
- 6:50DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS.
- 6:50>> LINSEY SO MUCH ACTIVITY THAT
- 6:52YOU'RE MONITORING. ALL RIGHT
- 6:53LESLIE THANK YOU. NOW TO THE
- 6:55MASSIVE WILDFIRES BURNING
- 6:57ACROSS OREGON AND WASHINGTON
- 6:58STATE. NEARLY 50 LARGE FIRES
- 7:00HAVE SCORCHED MORE THAN 1
- 7:01MILLION ACRES. THOUSANDS HAVE
- 7:03BEEN FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR
- 7:04HOMES IN OREGON. SOME OF THOSE
- 7:06FIRES WERE TRIGGERED IN THE
- 7:07STATE LAST WEEK BY MORE THAN
- 7:098000 LIGHTNING STRIKES IN JUST
- 7:11A 24 HOUR PERIOD. NOW TO THAT
- 7:13STUNNING SCENE AT SEATTLE'S
- 7:15ICONIC SPACE. TWO BASE JUMPERS
- 7:17SCALED THE GLASS WALL OF THE
- 7:18OBSERVATION DECK AND THEN
- 7:20JUMPED OFF THE LANDMARK BEFORE
- 7:21DEPLOYING THEIR PARACHUTES.
- 7:23ONLOOKERS WATCHED IN DISBELIEF.
- 7:25THEY ARE NOW FACING CRIMINAL
- 7:27CHARGES OF TRESPASSING. HERE'S
- 7:28ABC'S JACQUELINE LEE TONIGHT.
- 7:31>> THIS IS THE SHOCKING MOMENT.
- 7:32POLICE SAY TWO MEN ILLEGALLY
- 7:34CLIMBED A GLASS WALL ON THE
- 7:35OBSERVATION DECK OF SEATTLE'S
- 7:37ICONIC SPACE NEEDLE AND JUMPED
- 7:39OFF BEFORE DEPLOYING PARACHUTES.
- 7:41ONLOOKERS STUNNED.
- 7:43>> OH NO!
- 7:44>> QUEEN SECTOR A HAZARD AT THE
- 7:45SPACE NEEDLE. SECURITIES
- 7:48CALLING IN 15 MINUTES AGO, TWO
- 7:50PEOPLE JUMPED OFF THE SPACE
- 7:51NEEDLE OBSERVATION DECK WITH
- 7:52PARACHUTES UNKNOWN WHERE THEY
- 7:54LANDED.
- 7:55>> THE INCIDENT UNFOLDING JUST
- 7:56BEFORE 9 P.M. ON FRIDAY. VIDEO
- 7:58SHOWING ONE MAN STANDING ON THE
- 8:00LEDGE DOING A BACKFLIP AND THEN
- 8:02LEAPING FROM THE 605 FOOT
- 8:04STRUCTURE. ONE PARACHUTE SEEN
- 8:08DESCENDING TO THE GROUND BEFORE
- 8:09VANISHING FROM CAMERA VIEW.
- 8:11POLICE SAY THE PAIR, WHO THEY
- 8:12IDENTIFIED AS BASE JUMPERS,
- 8:14ENTERED THE SPACE NEEDLE WITH
- 8:15PURCHASED TICKETS THAT WERE
- 8:17THEN SCANNED. TONIGHT,
- 8:18AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE
- 8:19DUO AND ARE UNSURE OF WHERE THE
- 8:20MEN LANDED. THE TWO FACE
- 8:22CHARGES OF COMMITTING CRIMINAL
- 8:23TRESPASS. IT COMES JUST THREE
- 8:26WEEKS AFTER THIS MASKED
- 8:27COUPLE'S DEATH DEFYING CLIMB.
- 8:29TWO RUSSIAN NATIONALS SCALING
- 8:31TO THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE
- 8:32BUILDING IN THE HEART OF
- 8:34MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, PROPOSING IN
- 8:36FRONT OF MILLIONS.
- 8:37>> AND NOW THEY'RE KISSING.
- 8:38KIMBERLY, TO SHARE THIS WITH
- 8:41YOU AS AS BIZARRE A MOMENT NEW
- 8:43YORK CITY MOMENT AS I'VE EVER
- 8:44SEEN.
- 8:45>> I LOVE THIS CITY.
- 8:46>> THE COUPLE EVENTUALLY TAKEN
- 8:48INTO CUSTODY AND NOW FACING A
- 8:49SLEW OF CHARGES, LINDSAY, A
- 8:52SPOKESPERSON FROM THE SPACE
- 8:53NEEDLE, SAYING IN A STATEMENT
- 8:54THEY ARE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT
- 8:55AND ARE WORKING WITH
- 8:56INVESTIGATORS. LINDSAY.
- 8:57>> JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. NEXT
- 8:59TONIGHT, A FAMILY'S DESPERATE
- 9:00PLEAS FOR HELP AFTER AN
- 9:01AMERICAN WOMAN WENT MISSING
- 9:03WHILE ON VACATION IN GRENADA.
- 9:05THE NORTH CAROLINA MOTHER WAS
- 9:06LAST SEEN ON WEDNESDAY HEADING
- 9:07TO THE BEACH FOR A SWIM. HERE'S
- 9:09ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD.
- 9:11>> SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON AND
- 9:15WE WANT TO BRING HER HOME
- 9:16TONIGHT.
- 9:17>> THERE'S A DESPERATE SEARCH
- 9:18FOR A MISSING NORTH CAROLINA
- 9:19MOM WHO VANISHED WHILE ON
- 9:21VACATION IN THE CARIBBEAN.
- 9:22>> IT SEEMS THAT SHE WENT DOWN
- 9:25TO THE PIER AND LEFT HER TOWEL
- 9:27ON THE PIER AND WENT FOR A SWIM.
- 9:29>> 44 YEAR OLD ELIZABETH
- 9:30WADDELL WAS LAST SEEN ON A
- 9:31BEACH ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF
- 9:33GRENADA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
- 9:35DIVERS AND POLICE LAUNCHING AN
- 9:36ALL OUT HOURS-LONG SEARCH
- 9:37THURSDAY, BUT NO SIGN OF LIZ.
- 9:40LIZ FLEW TO GRENADA WITHOUT HER
- 9:42HUSBAND, KALEN. HE'S NOW ON THE
- 9:43GROUND IN THE COUNTRY TO HELP
- 9:45WITH THE SEARCH. HE SPOKE OF
- 9:46HIS WIFE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH
- 9:48GRENADA BROADCASTING NETWORK.
- 9:49>> MY WIFE.
- 9:50>> IS A LOVING, FREE SPIRITED
- 9:52PERSON. SHE COULD MAKE FRIENDS
- 9:54WITH ANYONE.
- 9:55>> IT'S BEEN FIVE DAYS SINCE
- 9:57HER DISAPPEARANCE. AUTHORITIES
- 9:59IN GRENADA NOW CALLING ON
- 10:00FISHERMEN, BOAT OPERATORS AND
- 10:02RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN
- 10:03COASTLINE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
- 10:05FOR LIZ WADDELL AND LINDSAY.
- 10:07THE STATE DEPARTMENT TELLS ABC
- 10:08NEWS TONIGHT IT IS AWARE OF
- 10:10REPORTS OF A MISSING PERSON IN
- 10:11GRENADA, BUT DECLINED TO
- 10:13COMMENT ANY FURTHER.
- 10:14>> LINDSAY MORGAN, THANK YOU.
- 10:16TODAY MARKS 100 DAYS UNTIL
- 10:18THOSE CRITICAL MIDTERM
- 10:19ELECTIONS. THE DEMOCRATS ARE
- 10:20LOOKING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF
- 10:21CONGRESS, WHILE REPUBLICANS ARE
- 10:23TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THEIR SLIM
- 10:24MAJORITIES IN THE HOUSE AND
- 10:25SENATE, BOTH SIDES ARE NOW
- 10:27TRYING TO SEIZE THE MOMENTUM.
- 10:29ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO JOINS
- 10:31US NOW. HI, CHRISTIANE.
- 10:33>> LINDSEY TONIGHT HOUSE
- 10:34MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES
- 10:36IS KICKING OFF THE FINAL 100
- 10:38DAYS OF THE MIDTERM CAMPAIGN IN
- 10:40BATTLEGROUND PENNSYLVANIA,
- 10:41UNVEILING DEMOCRATS
- 10:42AFFORDABILITY AGENDA AS THE
- 10:44PARTY TRIES TO MAKE THE COST OF
- 10:46LIVING THE CLOSING ISSUE OF THE
- 10:48RACE, JEFFRIES JOINED GOVERNOR
- 10:49JOSH SHAPIRO TO RALLY VOTERS IN
- 10:51A CRITICAL HOUSE DISTRICT AS
- 10:53THEY TRY TO WIN BACK CONTROL OF
- 10:55CONGRESS. DEMOCRATS NEED TO
- 10:56FLIP JUST THREE SEATS TO
- 10:58RECLAIM THE HOUSE. THE SENATE
- 11:00IS A STEEPER CLIMB. THEY'LL
- 11:01NEED TO PICK UP FOUR SEATS
- 11:02THERE, BUT THE PARTY'S PATH TO
- 11:04MAJORITY TOOK A HIT THIS MONTH
- 11:06AFTER MAINE DEMOCRATS REPLACED
- 11:07SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER
- 11:10FOLLOWING A SEXUAL ASSAULT
- 11:11ALLEGATION HE DENIES. TURNING
- 11:13TO FORMER STATE SENATE
- 11:14PRESIDENT TROY JACKSON IN A KEY
- 11:16PICKUP RACE AND A NEW
- 11:18WASHINGTON POST IPSOS POLL
- 11:19SHOWS THE BATTLE FOR CONGRESS
- 11:21REMAINS TIGHT, WITH DEMOCRATS
- 11:23LEADING THE GENERIC
- 11:24CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT BY JUST
- 11:25THREE POINTS, 48 TO 45.
- 11:29PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING
- 11:30FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN
- 11:31KEY BATTLEGROUNDS, URGING
- 11:33VOTERS TO PROTECT THE GOP'S
- 11:34NARROW HOUSE MAJORITY WHILE
- 11:36SHORING UP SUPPORT FOR HIS
- 11:37SECOND TERM AGENDA, INCLUDING
- 11:40HIS VOTER ID LEGISLATION. WITH
- 11:42100 DAYS TO GO, LINDSEY, BOTH
- 11:43PARTIES ARE NOW RACING TO
- 11:45DEFINE THE ISSUES THEY BELIEVE
- 11:47WILL DECIDE WHO CONTROLS
- 11:48CONGRESS. LINSEY.
- 11:49>> SO MUCH AT STAKE. CHRISTIANE
- 11:51THANK YOU. OVERSEAS. NOW TO THE
- 11:52WAR WITH IRAN. ISRAELI PRIME
- 11:54MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS
- 11:55HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON
- 11:57TUESDAY FOR A MEETING WITH
- 11:58PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT COMES AS
- 11:59THE PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERING A
- 12:01MAJOR ESCALATION AS THE WAR
- 12:02ENTERS ITS SIXTH MONTH. ABC'S
- 12:04MATT RIVERS REPORTS FROM JORDAN
- 12:06TONIGHT.
- 12:07>> A PAUSE IN THE FIGHTING FOR
- 12:09NOW. IRANIAN AND U.S. WEAPONS
- 12:11QUIET FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT DAY
- 12:13AHEAD OF A CONSEQUENTIAL WEEK
- 12:15IN WASHINGTON. ISRAELI PRIME
- 12:16MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
- 12:17HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE
- 12:18TUESDAY FOR A MEETING WITH
- 12:20PRESIDENT TRUMP, U.S.
- 12:21AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. MIKE
- 12:22WALTZ SAYING TODAY THE LULL IN
- 12:24FIGHTING IS DESIGNED TO GIVE
- 12:25PEACE TALKS SOME SPACE AFTER
- 12:27CLAIMING DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY
- 12:29HAD RAMPED UP BETWEEN BOTH
- 12:30SIDES.
- 12:31>> TALKS ARE ONGOING. THEY'RE
- 12:32HAPPENING AT EVERY LEVEL. FROM
- 12:35THE MORE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF IT
- 12:37ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGHEST
- 12:39LEVELS.
- 12:40>> BUT TONIGHT, A NEW YORK
- 12:40TIMES REPORT SAYS TRUMP IS ALSO
- 12:42PULLING BACK FROM ESCALATIONS
- 12:43WITH IRAN FOR FEAR IT COULD
- 12:45DANGEROUSLY DRAIN THE
- 12:46PENTAGON'S ALREADY DIMINISHED
- 12:48STOCKPILE OF PATRIOT
- 12:49ANTI-MISSILE INTERCEPTORS,
- 12:51CRUCIAL FOR PROTECTING U.S.
- 12:52ASSETS IN THE REGION. TODAY,
- 12:54THE U.S. AMBASSADOR PUSHING
- 12:55BACK ON THAT REPORTING.
- 12:57>> I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
- 12:58THE U.S. MILITARY, AND I'VE
- 13:01VERIFIED THIS EVERY WHICH WAY,
- 13:03HAS EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS TO
- 13:05CONDUCT THIS CAMPAIGN AS
- 13:07EFFECTIVELY AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
- 13:09>> THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO TELLING
- 13:10ABC NEWS, IN PART, PRESIDENT
- 13:11TRUMP HAS ALWAYS BEEN
- 13:12CONSISTENT IN SAYING HE PREFERS
- 13:14A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION, BUT IT
- 13:16WOULD BE WISE FOR IRAN TO WORK
- 13:17TOWARDS A NEGOTIATED DEAL.
- 13:19OTHERWISE THEY KNOW WHAT WILL
- 13:20HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. ABC
- 13:22CONFIRMING ALL FOUR SERVICE
- 13:24MEMBERS KILLED IN JORDAN AND
- 13:25IRAQ THIS WEEK RECEIVED
- 13:27POSTHUMOUS PROMOTIONS,
- 13:28INCLUDING TYLER FEEHAN,
- 13:29PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN. YOU CAN
- 13:31SEE FEEHAN HERE. WHEN HE WAS
- 13:33COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER IN
- 13:34THE ARMY SALUTING HIS
- 13:35GRANDFATHER. HIS GRANDFATHER
- 13:37DIED ON THURSDAY, FIVE DAYS
- 13:39AFTER FEEHAN. THE FAMILY
- 13:41TELLING US THE TWO OF THEM ARE
- 13:43NOW TOGETHER AGAIN. LINDSEY,
- 13:44IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER,
- 13:45TONIGHT CONFIRMING NEGOTIATIONS
- 13:47ARE ONGOING BETWEEN THE U.S.
- 13:48AND IRAN. THE QUESTION IS, HOW
- 13:50LONG DOES THIS NEW CEASE FIRE
- 13:52HOLD? AHEAD OF THAT PLANNED
- 13:53MEETING THIS COMING WEEK
- 13:55BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER
- 13:55NETANYAHU AND PRESIDENT TRUMP,
- 13:58LINDSEY.
- 13:58>> MATT RIVERS FOR US IN JORDAN.
- 14:00MATT, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN
- 14:01THE U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
- 14:02ORDERED THE INSTALLATION OF
- 14:03SIGNS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S
- 14:05NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN
- 14:06HISTORY, WARNING OF, QUOTE, THE
- 14:08INACCURATE INFORMATION
- 14:09PRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM.
- 14:10SMITHSONIAN OFFICIALS HAVE NOT
- 14:12COMMENTED ON THE ORDER, BUT THE
- 14:13MUSEUM'S DIRECTOR HAS
- 14:15PREVIOUSLY PUSHED BACK AGAINST
- 14:16THE PRESIDENT'S CRITICISM.
- 14:18WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS
- 14:19TONIGHT ABOUT A MAN FATALLY
- 14:20SHOT BY ICE IN HOUSTON. THE
- 14:22HARRIS COUNTY D.A. SAYS THAT A
- 14:23SUBSTANCE FOUND IN THE VAN OF
- 14:2551 YEAR OLD LORENZO SALGADO
- 14:26ARAUJO WAS NOT DRUGS. ON
- 14:28SATURDAY, THE COMMUNITY HELD A
- 14:30MARCH AND VIGIL DEMANDING
- 14:31JUSTICE FOR THE FATHER OF THREE.
- 14:33HE WAS FATALLY SHOT BY ICE
- 14:34OFFICERS ON JULY 7TH DURING A
- 14:36TRAFFIC STOP. AGENTS ALLEGE
- 14:38THAT HE TRIED TO WEAPONIZE HIS
- 14:39VEHICLE, BUT WITNESSES HAVE
- 14:40DISPUTED THAT CLAIM. THERE'S
- 14:42STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON WORLD
- 14:43NEWS TONIGHT. THIS SUNDAY, THE
- 14:45INVESTIGATION, AFTER 13
- 14:46CHILDREN WERE SICKENED AT A
- 14:47SUMMER CAMP. AUTHORITIES
- 14:49SUSPECT ONE CAMPER SHARED
- 14:51MUSHROOM LACED CANDIES WITH
- 14:52THEM AND THE BEAR THAT SNUCK
- 14:54INTO A CABIN, MAKING ITSELF
- 14:56RIGHT AT HOME, EVEN CHECKING WHAT WAS IN THE FRIDGE
- 15:01>> A MASS SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN,
- 15:02LEAVING FIVE PEOPLE INJURED,
- 15:04ONE OF THEM IN CRITICAL
- 15:05CONDITION. POLICE IN OTTAWA
- 15:07COUNTY, NEAR GRAND RAPIDS, SAY
- 15:08THAT THERE WAS A LARGE
- 15:09GATHERING AT THE BASS RIVER
- 15:10RECREATION AREA WHEN AN
- 15:12ARGUMENT BROKE OUT. A SINGLE
- 15:13SHOOTER IS SUSPECTED OF OPENING
- 15:15FIRE DEPUTIES TRACKING DOWN THE
- 15:17SUSPECT'S VEHICLE, TAKING FOUR
- 15:19PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY NEXT. THE
- 15:21INVESTIGATION, AFTER
- 15:22AUTHORITIES SAY 13 CHILDREN IN
- 15:23A NEW JERSEY SUMMER CAMP WERE
- 15:25SICKENED AFTER EATING WHAT IS
- 15:26SUSPECTED TO BE MUSHROOM LACED
- 15:28CHOCOLATE. OFFICIALS AT THE
- 15:29YMCA CAMP IN EAST ORANGE SAY
- 15:31ONE OF THE CAMPERS GAVE THE
- 15:32OTHER CHILDREN EDIBLES WITHOUT
- 15:34THE KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE
- 15:35STAFF. COUNSELORS CALLED
- 15:37EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
- 15:38WHEN THEY BEGAN TO SHOW ADVERSE
- 15:39REACTIONS. THE CHILDREN, AGES
- 15:4110 TO 13, WERE EVALUATED AND
- 15:43RELEASED TO THEIR PARENTS. WHEN
- 15:45WE COME BACK, THE BLACK PANTHER
- 15:46REVEAL WHO WILL STAR IN THE NEXT MOVIE,
- 15:48TAKING THE MANTEL FROM CHADWICK BOSEMAN
- 15:52INDEX TONIGHT, A BEAR MAKING
- 15:54ITSELF RIGHT AT HOME IN A CABIN
- 15:55NEAR LAKE ARROWHEAD IN
- 15:56CALIFORNIA. THE CABIN'S OWNER
- 15:58SAYS THEIR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
- 15:59RECORDED THE BEAR APPROACHING,
- 16:01WHILE THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER AND
- 16:0211 OTHER FRIENDS WERE INSIDE.
- 16:04THE BEAR CLIMBED IN THROUGH THE
- 16:05WINDOW, CHECKED OUT THE
- 16:06REFRIGERATOR, AND THEN LEFT.
- 16:08EVERYONE WAS SAFE AND A SAFE
- 16:10RETURN FOR A JOINT U.S. RUSSIAN
- 16:12SPACE CREW. AFTER SPENDING
- 16:13EIGHT MONTHS AT THE
- 16:14INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
- 16:16THEIR CAPSULE FLOATING DOWN ON
- 16:17A PARACHUTE LANDING IN THE
- 16:18STEPPES OF KAZAKHSTAN. TWO
- 16:21RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS ON BOARD,
- 16:22ALONG WITH THE AMERICAN
- 16:23ASTRONAUT CHRIS WILLIAMS. HE
- 16:25WILL SOON RETURN TO THE UNITED
- 16:26STATES ON A FLIGHT BOUND FOR
- 16:27NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN
- 16:29HOUSTON. NEARLY 20,000 FANS
- 16:32PACKED CHICAGO'S UNITED CENTER
- 16:33FOR A HIGH ENERGY, HIGH SCORING
- 16:35WNBA ALL STAR GAME TEAM SPOON,
- 16:37DEFEATING TEAM COOP 129 TO 122.
- 16:41CAITLIN CLARK BURIED FIVE THREE
- 16:43POINTERS. 20 YEAR OLD DOMINIQUE
- 16:45MALONGA MADE THE FIRST WNBA ALL
- 16:47STAR GAME DUNK. THERE IT IS IN
- 16:49FOUR YEARS, AND THE BIGGEST
- 16:51HONOR WENT TO JONQUEL JONES,
- 16:52WHO WAS NAMED THE ALL-STAR MVP
- 16:54AFTER SCORING 22 POINTS, 13
- 16:56REBOUNDS AND EIGHT ASSISTS. THE
- 16:58WNBA IS NOW CELEBRATING ITS
- 17:0030TH ANNIVERSARY. NEXT, THE
- 17:02BLACK PANTHER REVEAL THE LITTLE
- 17:04BOY SCENE AFTER THE CREDITS,
- 17:05AND WAKANDA FOREVER WILL BE AT
- 17:07THE CENTER OF THE NEXT MOVIE.
- 17:09AT COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND,
- 17:10DIRECTOR RYAN COOGLER ANNOUNCED
- 17:12THAT ACTOR DAVID JOHNSON WILL
- 17:14PLAY PRINCE T'CHALLA IN THE
- 17:15MOVIE. THAT'S DUE OUT IN
- 17:16DECEMBER 2028. PRINCE T'CHALLA
- 17:19IS THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL
- 17:20BLACK PANTHER, PLAYED BY
- 17:21CHADWICK BOSEMAN, BACK IN 2020.
- 17:24WHEN WE COME BACK, THE HIGH
- 17:25SCHOOL STAR ATHLETE NAMED CHASE, GOING FOR GOLD
- 17:31>> FINALLY, TONIGHT, THE HIGH
- 17:33SCHOOL TRACK STAR CHASING A
- 17:34DREAM AND BEATING THE ODDS.
- 17:37>> COME ON CHASE, PICK IT UP.
- 17:39>> ON THIS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK IN
- 17:41PENNSYLVANIA, EVERY STRIDE THIS
- 17:4316 YEAR OLD TAKES ON HIS BLADES
- 17:45IS A REMINDER OF JUST HOW FAR
- 17:46DETERMINATION CAN CARRY US.
- 17:49WHEN CHASE MERRIWEATHER WAS
- 17:50JUST THREE YEARS OLD, WHAT
- 17:51DOCTORS FIRST BELIEVE WAS THE
- 17:53FLU TURNED INTO SEPTIC SHOCK.
- 17:55>> AND THEN ALL MY ORGANS JUST
- 17:56SHUT DOWN.
- 17:57>> TO SAVE HIS LIFE, SURGEONS
- 17:59HAD TO AMPUTATE BOTH OF HIS
- 18:00LEGS BELOW THE KNEE AND BOTH OF
- 18:02HIS ARMS. A CHILD WHO LOVES
- 18:04SPORTS. BEFORE HE COULD EVEN
- 18:05REMEMBER, CHASE REFUSED TO LET
- 18:07WHAT HE LOST DEFINE WHAT WAS
- 18:09STILL POSSIBLE.
- 18:10>> I GOT SONIC SPEED.
- 18:12>> HE LEARNED TO PLAY BASEBALL,
- 18:13SOCCER, AND SWIM. THIS SPRING,
- 18:15HE FOUND HIS LE IN TRACK.
- 18:17>> WHEN I GOT TO, I GOT TO
- 18:18FIGURE OUT HOW TO WALK AGAIN. I
- 18:20HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN
- 18:21PLAY WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AGAIN.
- 18:22AND NOW I CAN SHOW OTHER KIDS
- 18:25THAT MIGHT BE STRUGGLING HOW I
- 18:27FIGURED IT OUT AND HOW THEY
- 18:28COULD ALSO FIGURE IT OUT.
- 18:29>> NOW A RISING JUNIOR CHASE
- 18:31TRAINS ALONGSIDE EVERY OTHER
- 18:33ATHLETE ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.
- 18:35>> NICE JOB. WALK BACK.
- 18:36>> HIS COACH SAYS THERE ARE NO
- 18:37SPECIAL EXPECTATIONS, ONLY THE
- 18:40EXPECTATION THAT HE'LL COMPETE.
- 18:42AND TIME AND AGAIN, HE DELIVERS.
- 18:44THIS MAY CHASE CAPTURED GOLD IN
- 18:47THE AMBULATORY 400 METER DASH
- 18:49AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
- 18:50CHAMPIONSHIPS.
- 18:51>> COME ON, COME ON.
- 18:52>> NOW HIS SIGHTS ARE SET EVEN
- 18:54HIGHER. THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IN
- 18:56LOS ANGELES IN 2028.
- 18:57>> IF YOU KEEP GOING AND NEVER
- 19:00STOP TRYING, YOU WILL ALWAYS
- 19:02CHASE THAT DREAM AND WILL
- 19:04EVENTUALLY GET IT. EVEN IF
- 19:07THERE'S OBSTACLES. YEAH, YOU
- 19:09JUST GOT TO RUN YOUR RACE.
- 19:10I GOTTA RUN MINE.
- 19:12>> KEEP RUNNING YOUR RACE.
- 19:13CHASE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
- 19:14WATCHING, WHIT JOHNSON HERE TOMORROW NIGHT.
- 19:17I'M LINSEY DAVIS IN NEW YORK, GOODNIGHT
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