ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 18, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. THE HIGH STAKES MEETINGS AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY, AND KEY EUROPEAN. LEADERS PUSHING FOR A CEASE-FIRE. AND A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. BETWEEN PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY. >>> AND THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. RIGHT NOW. HURRICANE ERIN BARRELLING UP THE. EAST COAST, WITH. LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE NEW TRACK AND TIMING, JUST. IN. >>> FIRST, THAT MAJOR PUSH FOR. PEACE IN UKRAINE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY BACKED BY. EUROPEAN LEADERS RUSHING TO THE. WHITE HOUSE FOR URGENT. FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS, JUST DAYS. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SUMMIT. WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN.

THE LEADERS PUSHING FOR SECURITY. GUARANTEES TO PROTECT UKRAINE, AND FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE. SOMETHING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. BACKING AWAY FROM, AFTER HIS. MEETING WITH PUTIN. JUST HOURS BEFORE THE TALKS IN. WASHINGTON, RUSSIA LAUNCHING. MORE DEADLY ATTACKS ON UKRAINE. AND JUST IN, TRUMP CALLING PUTIN.

AFTER TODAY'S MEETINGS, SAYING. THEY ARE NOW BEGINNING TO. ARRANGE A MEETING BETWEEN THE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY. RACHEL SCOTT IS LIVE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. IAN PANNELL STANDING BY IN KYIV. >>> HURRICANE ERIN SPARKING THAT. STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE EAST. COAST. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES JUST. ISSUED IN NORTH CAROLINA. EVACUATIONS NOW UNDER WAY. FLORIDA, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE. NORTHEAST, BRACING FOR IMPACT. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND. MASSIVE WAVES AS HIGH AS 20 FEET. EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. VICTOR OQUENDO FROM THE OUTER.

BANKS, WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE. UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. GINGER ZEE TIMING OUT THE STORM. >>> A MAJOR AIRLINE STRIKE. SPARKING TRAVEL CHAOS. 10,000 AIR CANADA FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS DEFY AN ORDER TO. RETURN TO WORK, CRIPPLING THAT. NATION'S LARGEST AIRLINE AND. IMPACTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF TRAVELERS. >>> THE URGENT INVESTIGATION, AFTER TWO OFFICERS WERE KILLED. IN UTAH. A DEPUTY AND HIS SERVICE DOG. WOUNDED. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. SUSPECT. >>> THE NEWS JUST COMING IN. THE WOMAN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY. SOLD ACTOR MATTHEW PERRY THE. DRUG THAT KILLED HIM EXPECTED TO.

PLEAD GUILTY. >>> THE WEIGHT LOSS DRUG WARS. ONE DRUG MAKER SLASHING THE. PRICE OF WEGOVY AND OZEMPIC. WHAT'S BEHIND THE MOVE? >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE ARMY VETERAN ON A MISSION TO. SPREAD SMILES, WITH A LITTLE. HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. >>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR. JOINING US ON THAT BUSY MONDAY. NIGHT. I'M MARY BRUCE, IN FOR DAVID. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. REMARKABLE HIGH STAKES SHOW OF.

DIPLOMACY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THREE DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SUMMIT WITH RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. AND EUROPE'S TOP LEADERS RUSHING. TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN THEIR OWN. EFFORT TO STOP THE WAR. THIS WAS THE SCENE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMING. ZELENSKYY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TODAY. THEIR MEETING FAR MORE. CONSTRUCTIVE THAN ZELL. CONSTRUCTIVE THAN ZELENSKYY. CONSTRUCTIVE THAN ZELENSZELENSK. LAST VISIT TO THE OVAL OFFICE. THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN INSISTING. ON A CEASE-FIRE, BUT AFTER. MEETING WITH PUTIN, HE NOW SAYS. IT'S NOT A MUST BEFORE. NEGOTIATING A PEACE DEAL.

IN AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT, ZELENSKYY STANDING 140U8D. ZELENSKYY STANDING 14 ING. ZELENSKYY STANDING 14 IING SHOU. SHOULDER WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND EUROPEAN ALLIES, CALLING FOR. SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE. AS A CONDITION FOR ENDING THE. WAR. AND LATE TODAY, TRUMP CALLING. PUTIN AFTER TODAY'S MEETINGS, SAYING THEY ARE BEGINNING TO. ARRANGE A MEETING BETWEEN THE. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY. ABC'S RLTS. ABC'S. ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT LEADS US OFF. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE, AN EXTRAORDINARY. SCENE OF DIPLOMACY. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR.

ZELENSKYY AND SOME OF EUROPE'S. TOP LEADERS WHO HAD RACED TO. WASHINGTON TO BACK HIM UP, MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN. AN EFFORT TO STOP THE WAR. FROM TRUMP, A WARM WELCOME. APPEARING PLEASED ZELENSKYY WAS. WEARING A SUIT THIS TIME. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP, SIR, YOUR. MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE. AS WORLD LEADERS GATHER HERE. TODAY? >> WE LOVE THEM. WE LOVE THEM. >> Reporter: IN THE OVAL OFFICE, BOTH MEN SEEMED TO BE DETERMINED. TO AVOID A REPEAT OF THE CLASH. SIX MONTHS AGO. >> IF I CAN, THANK YOU FOR THE.

INVITATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR YOUR EFFORT S. FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO STOP. KILLINGS AND STOP THIS WAR. THANK YOU. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. HOPING TODAY'S MEETING WILL LEAD. TO A TRI-LATERAL MEETING WITH. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN. >> I THINK THERE WILL BE A. REASONABLE CHANCE OF ENDING THE. WAR WHEN WE DO THAT. >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY INSISTING. ON SECURITY GUARANTEES IN CASE. RUSSIA INVADES AGAIN. >> GUARANTEES DO YOU NEED FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BE ABLE TO. MAKE A DEAL? IS IT AMERICAN TROOPS, INTELLIGENCE, EQUIPMENT? WHAT IS IT? >> EVERYTHING. IT DEPENDS ON BIG COUNTRIES, ON.

THE UNITED STATES, ON OUR. FRIENDS. >> Reporter: TRUMP MAKING THIS. COMMITMENT. >> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT. IF THERE'S PEACE, THE PEACE IS. GOING TO STAY LONG-TERM. THIS IS VERY LONG-TERM. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A. TWO-YEAR PEACE AND WE END UP IN. THIS MESS AGAIN. >> Reporter: PLEDGING AMERICAN. SUPPORT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO SECURITY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF. HELP. IT'S GOING BE GOOD. THEY ARE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE. EUROPE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HELP. THEM OUT ALSO, WE'LL BE.

INVOLVED. >> Reporter: BUT ON THE QUESTION. OF AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE, THE. PRESIDENT UNMOVED, PRESIDENT UNMOVED. PRESIDENT UNMOVED. HEADING TO MEET WITH PUTIN IN. ALASKA, HE CALLED IT A MUST. >> I WANT TO SEE A CEASE-FIRE. RAPIDLY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY IT'S. NOT TODAY. >> Reporter: BUT PUTIN SAID NO, AND TRUMP BACKED DOWN. TODAY, EUROPEAN LEADERS TRYING. TO CHANGE HIS MIND. PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON OF. FRANCE. >> TO ASK FOR A TRUCE OR. CEASE-FIRE, AT LEAST TO STOP THE. KILLINGS AS WE DISCUSS, IS A. NECESSITY. AND WE -- WE ALL SUPPORT THIS.

IDEA. >> Reporter: THE GERMAN. CHANCELLOR. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE NEXT. MEETING WOULD TAKE PLACE WITHOUT. A CEASE-FIRE. SO, LET'S WORK ON THAT, AND. LET'S TRY TO PUT PRESSURE ON. RUSSIA. >> Reporter: TRUMP UNCONVINCED. >> I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF A. CEASE-FIRE FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE YOU STOP KILLING PEOPLE. IMMEDIATE. IMMEDI. IMMEDIATELY. BUT WE CAN WORK A DEAL WHERE. WE'RE WORKING ON A PIECE DEAL. WHILE THEY'RE FIGHTING. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. CONFIDENT PUTIN WANTS A DEAL.

EARLIER, A LIVE MIC PICKING UP. THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN TRUMP. AND FRANCE'S MACRON. THE PRESIDENT TELLING ZELENSKYY. AND THE ALLIES, HE WOULD SOON. CALL PUTIN TO FILL HIM IN ON THE. DAY'S TALKS AND DISCUSS NEXT. STEPS. >> Mary: AND RACHEL JOINS US NOW. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. WE'VE JUST LEARNED THAT THE CALL. BETWEEN TRUMP AND PUTIN HAS NOW. TAKEN PLACE, SO, WHAT ARE YOU. HEARING? >> Reporter: MARY, THE PRESIDENT. POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE. CALLED PRESIDENT PUTIN TO BEGIN.

ARRANGEMENT FOR A MEETING. HE SAYS THE FIRST MEETING THAT. WOULD TAKE PLACE WOULD BE. BETWEEN PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY, AND. THAT WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY. ANOTHER MEETING THAT THE. PRESIDENT WOULD THEN JOIN. STILL, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON. WHEN AND WHERE THESE MEETINGS. WOULD TAKE PLACE. AND, OF COURSE, WHETHER THESE. TWO LEADERS, ZELENSKYY AND. PUTIN, CAN MAKE AN AGREEMENT FOR. LASTING PEAC. MARY? >> Mary: WE SHALL SEE. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> JUST HOURS BEFORE THE TALKS. IN WASHINGTON, RUSSIA LAUNCHING. MORE DEADLY ATTACKS ON UKRAINE. RUSSIAN FORCES UNLEASHING DEADLY. DRONE ASSAULTS ON CIVILIANS IN. UKRAINE.

AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING A YOUNG CHILD. THE ATTACKS UNDERSCORING. UKRAINE'S CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE. CEASE-FIRE. ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL IN. KYIV. >> Reporter: THIS IS WHY UKRAINE. AND EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE PUSHING. FOR SECURITY GUARANTEES AGAINST. RUSSIA TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING VLADIMIR. PUTIN WANTS PEACE, BUT THIS WAS. RUSSIA'S DEADLY MESSAGE AHEAD OF.

THAT HIGH STAKES MEETING. DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS ON. MAJOR UKRAINIAN CITIES KILLING. AT LEAST TEN PEOPLE AND WOUNDING. DOZENS MORE. FIVE DRONES STRIKING THIS ONE. RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX, FAR AWAY. FROM THE BATTLEFIELD IN. UKRAINE'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY, KHARKIV. IT'S BECOME A GRIM ROUTINE. EMERGENCY CREWS CLAWING THROUGH.

RUBBLE. SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS. AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED. AN ENTIRE FAMILY AMONG THE DEAD, INCLUDING THEIR 1-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER, MIA. SHE AND HER FAMILY LIVED ON THE. TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. THEIR NEIGHBOR SAYING, "I SAW. THE LITTLE ONE TAKING HER FIRST. STEPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY. WINDOWS. THEY WERE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.". TRUMP AND EUROPEAN LEADERS. DISCUSSING NATO-STYLE SECURITY. GUARANTEES, POTENTIALLY. PROTECTING UKRAINE AGAINST. FURTHER RUSSIAN ATTACKS. BUT RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY. SPOKESPERSON CALLING ANY NATO. CONTIN JENS IN UKRAINE. UNACCEPTABLE.

AND DESPITE ALL THE TALK OF. PEACE, TONIGHT, THERE IS NO. CEASE-FIRE, WITH RUSSIA'S. RELENTLESS ATTACKS CONTINUING. MARY, DESPITE THE OPTIMISM AT. TONIGHT'S MEETING, ANY DEAL TO. END THIS WAR DOES STILL APPEAR. TO BE FAR OFF, BUT AFTER THAT. SHOW OF UNITY, THE BALL DOES NOW. SEEM TO BE BACK FIRMLY IN THE. KREMLIN'S COURT. MARY? >> Mary: A DEAL FAR OFF AND THE. ATTACKS CONTINUING. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> WE DO MOVE ON NOW TO. HURRICANE ERIN, GROWING IN SIZE. AS IT MOVES ALONG THE U.S. EAST. COAST. STATES OF EMERGENCY NOW IN THE. CAROLINAS. THE FIRST ATLANTIC HURRICANE OF. THE SEASON NOW A CATEGORY 4. STORM, WITH WINDS UP TO 140.

MILES PER HOUR, POSSIBLE WAVES. UP TO 20 FEET HIGH. EVACUATIONS UNDER WAY IN SOME. AREAS. ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO IN THE. OUTER BANKS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER. BATTERING THE CARIBBEAN, A STATE. OF EMERGENCY IN NORTH CAROLINA. COASTAL AREAS BRACING FOR UP TO. 20-FOOT WAVES, AS MASSIVE. HURRICANE ERIN GAINS STRENGTH. MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS FOR. THE OUTER BANKS. HERE IN RODANTHE, OFFICIALS ARE.

URGING EVERYONE TO EVACUATE. THE MAIN HIGHWAY COULD FLOOD OR. GET WASHED OUT ENTIRELY. AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THESE. HOMES THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED BY. A DUNE AND COULD GET PUMMELED BY. THE SURF. THIS VIDEO SHOWS WHAT COULD. HAPPEN. THIS HOME LEFT FLOATING IN THE. SURF AFTER HURRICANE ERNESTO. SLAMMED THE AREA LAST AUGUST. ERIN NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE. LANDFALL IN THE U.S., BUT AS IT. RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED OVER THE. WEEKEND, A GLANCING BLOW WAS. ENOUGH TO HAMMER ST. KITTS AND. THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. HURRICANE HUNTERS PIERCING THE. MONSTER STORM'S EYE WALL AND.

THOSE 160-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS, THE MIDDLE OF THE EYE, A. STUNNING SITE. NOW, ERIN, SOME 600 MILES. ACROSS, PREPARING TO TURN NORTH, HUGGING THE EAST COAST. LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. FROM FLORIDA TO MAINE. LIFE GUARDS RACING INTO THE. WATER IN WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA. OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 50. PEOPLE WERE RESCUED JUST TODAY. MARY, PEOPLE IN THE UTTER BANKS. ARE BRACING FOR A ROUGH FEW. DAYS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN.

RODANTHE. OFFICIALS SAY THESE HOMES ARE. VERY VULNERABLE. 11 OF THEM HAVE COLLAPSED IN THE. PAST. THEY ARE URGING EVERYONE TO. FOLLOW THOSE EVALUATION ORDERS. MARY? >> Mary: VICTOR, THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO ABC CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, TRACKING THE HURRICANE. GINGER? >> Reporter: YES, MARY, RIGHT. NOW, HURRICANE ERIN IS EAST OF. THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS, IT'S.

MOVING NORTHWEST AT TEN. EVENTUALLY IT WILL START TO MOVE. TO THE NORTH, AND RIGHT NOW, THE. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE. MORE THAN 230 MILES OUTSIDE THE. CENTER. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT EXPAND. EVEN MORE AS TROPICAL SYSTEMS. DO, AS THEY MOVE NORTH, AND. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A TROPICAL. STORM WATCH NOW UP FOR THE OUTER. BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA. ALSO A STORM SURGE WATCH FOR UP. TO FOUR FEET OF WATER COMING ON. SHORE. REMEMBER, THIS IS LIKE A BULL. DOZER, PUSHING TONS OF WATER AT. THE SHORE. SO, FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH. THURSDAY, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE. GOING TO GET THE CLOSEST CLIP. WITH THE STORM. AND WHY DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S. GOING TO TURN TO THE NORTHEAST? WE'VE GOT THIS RIDGE TO THE EAST. THAT'S WEAKENING, AND THAT. STATIONARY FRONT THAT'S GOING TO.

HELP EJECT IT RIGHT THROUGH THAT. ALLEY. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE. IMPACT, BECAUSE UP AND DOWN THE. COAST, RIP CURRENT RISK IS GOING. TO BE HIGH. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WAVES, AND THE PILING UP OF THAT WATER. THE COASTAL EROSION THAT COMES. ON TOP OF THIS AS THAT THING. PULLS AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE PUSHING. WATER ALL THE WAY UP TO. NANTUCKET. BUT WEDNESDAY, YOU SEE SOME OF. THE HIGHEST TOTALS THERE, 10 TO. 15-FOOT WAVES IN COASTAL NORTH. CAROLINA, REHOBOTH BEACH, RHODE. ISLAND, JERSEY SHORE UP. TO TEN FEET, GENERALLY, AND SOME. PLACES EVEN HIGHER, MARY.

>> Mary: AS YOU'VE BEEN WARNING, UP TO 20 FEET IN SOME AREAS. HARD TO IMAGINE. GINGER, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE AIRLINE STRIKE. GROUNDING HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS. ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. 10,000 AIR CANADA FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS DEFYING AN ORDER. DEMANDING THEY RETURN TO WORK. THE STRIKE NOW STRANDING 130,000. PASSENGERS A DAY. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ COVERS. AVIATION. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 10,000. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ON STRIKE, GROUNDING A MAJOR NORTH AMERICAN. AIRLINE.

EARLIER TODAY, AIR CANADA SAYING. THE CANADA INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. BOARD HAS DECLARED THE STRIKE. UNLAWFUL, ORDERING THEIR FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS TO GET BACK ON THE. JOB, BUT THE CANADIAN UNION OF. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, DOUBLING DOWN. ON THEIR DEMANDS FOR BETTER PAY. >> IF IT MEANS FOLKS LIKE ME. GOING TO JAIL, SO BE IT. IF IT MEANS OUR UNION BEING. FINED, SO BE IT. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION. HERE. >> Reporter: AIR CANADA FORCED. TO CANCEL HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS. >> WE ARE HARMING OUR CUSTOMERS,

AND OVER 500,000 TO DATE. >> Reporter: TRAVELERS. FRUSTRATED. >> SAID THAT WE HAVE CANCELLED. ALL OUR FLIGHTS. >> Reporter: CANADIAN OFFICIALS. SAY THE COUNTRY, ALREADY HIT BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS, CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE RISKS WITH. THE ECONOMY. >> IN A YEAR WHERE CANADIAN. BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES HAVE. FACED TOO MUCH DISRUPTION AND. UNCERTAINTY, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE. TO SHOULDER ANOTHER BLOW. >> Reporter: AND MARY, AIR. CANADA SAYS IT IS PROVIDING. CUSTOMERS WITH A FULL REFUND,

TRAVEL CREDIT, OR REBOOKING. THEM ON ANOTHER AIRLINE. ALL FLIGHTS WILL BE CANCELED. UNTIL AT LEAST TOMORROW. AFTERNOON. MARY?RON, THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT, THE ACCUSED DRUG. DEALER KNOWN AS THE KETAMINE. QUEEN HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY. TO CHARGES CONNECTED TO THE. DEATH OF ACTOR MATTHEW PERRY. PROSECUTORS SAY SHE ILLEGALLY. SOLD HIM THE DRUG, LEADING TO. HIS FATAL OVERDOSE. THE FIFTH AND FINAL PLEA IN THE. CASE. HERE'S ABC'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: NEARLY TWO YEARS. AFTER THE FATAL OVERDOSE OF. "FRIENDS" STAR MATTHEW PERRY, THE SO-CALLED KETAMINE QUEEN IS.

NOW EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY FOR. SUPPLYING HIM WITH THE DOSE THAT. ULTIMATELY KILLED HIM. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, ACCUSED DRUG DEALER JASVEEN. SANGHA OFFERED PERRY A SAMPLE OF. KETAMINE THROUGH A FRIEND, AND. WITHIN WEEKS, 50 VIALS WOULD. FOLLOW. THE ACTOR HAD BEEN OPEN ABOUT. HIS LONGTIME STRUGGLE WITH. ADDICTION, SPEAKING WITH OUR. DIANE SAWYER A YEAR BEFORE HIS. DEATH. >> ADDICTION, THE BIG TERRIBLE. THING, IS FAR TOO POWERFUL FOR. ANYONE TO DEFEAT ALONE. BUT TOGETHER, ONE DAY AT A TIME,

WE CAN BEAT IT DOWN. >> YEAH. YOUR DISEASE IS JUST OUTSIDE, JUST DOING ONE ARM PUSH-UPS, JUST WAITING, JUST WAITING FOR. YOU, WAITING TO GET YOU ALONE. >> Reporter: COURT DOCUMENTS. SHOW AFTER PERRY'S DEATH, SANGHA. TRIED TO DESTROY EVIDENCE OF HER. INVOLVEMENT, TEXTING MUTUAL. FRIENDS, "DELETE ALL OUR. MESSAGES.". SANGHA IS THE FIFTH AND FINAL. PERSON CHARGED IN PERRY'S. OVERDOSE. ALL OF THEM PLEADING GUILTY. >> IN THE END, THESE DEFENDANTS. WERE MORE INTERESTED IN. PROFITING OFF MR. PERRY THAN.

CARING FOR HIS WELL BEING. >> Reporter: MARY, SANGHA WAS. JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM HER TRIAL, AND SHE NOW ADMITS, QUOTE, I'M. PLEADING GUILTY BECAUSE I AM. GUILTY OF THESE CHARGES. SHE FACES UP TO 65 YEARS IN. PRISON. MARY? >> Mary: TREVOR, THANK YOU. >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. DRAMATIC RESCUE. FOUR YOUNG GIRLS RESCUED FROM. LAKE SUPERIOR. >>> BIG PRICE CUTS FOR POPULAR. WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. WHAT'S BEHIND THE MOVE? >>> PLUS, AMTRAK IS WARNING OF. DISRUPTIONS TONIGHT, AFTER A. MAJOR TRAIN DERAILMENT. THE VIDEO COMING IN NEXT.

>>> NEXT HERE TONIGHT, AMTRAK. IS WARNING A FREIGHT TRAIN. DERAILMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA IS. IMPACTING ITS SERVICES. NATIONWIDE. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CARS LOADED. WITH COAL DERAILED THIS WEEKEND. OUTSIDE RALEIGH. THE CARS ARE BLOCKING A LINE. USED FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER. OPERATIONS. >>> AND A DRAMATIC RESCUE IN. LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COAST GUARD SAVING FOUR. GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND.

14, STRANDED ON A ROCK WHILE. PADDLEBOARDING. USING A HELICOPTER TO LOCATE THE. GIRLS, THEN HOISTING ALL FOUR. FROM THE ROCK AND TRANSPORTING. THEM TO THEIR PARENTS IN A. NEARBY FIELD. >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, BIG. CUTS TO THE PRICE OF SOME. POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. >>> TO THE INDEX. DRUG MAKER NOVO NORDISK IS. SPLASHING PRICES FOR OZEMPIC AND. WEGOVY. A MONTH SUPPLY OF EITHER DRUG IS. BEING OFFERED FOR $499, THAT'S.

HALF OF THE PRIOR LIST PRICE. PATIENTS CAN ORDER THE DRUGS. FROM NOVO NORDISK OR AS. PARTICIPATING PHARMACIES. THE COMPANY HOPING TO COMPETE. WITH CHEAPER COMPOUNDING. PHARMACIES. >>> AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. ARMY VET WHO HAS DEDICATED HIS. TO SPREADING LOVE, WITH. A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE ARMY. VETERAN AND HIS SPECIAL MISSION. TONIGHT, ONE ARMY VETERAN IS. TRAVELING THE WORLD, ON A. MISSION TO SPREAD JOY. IT ALL STARTED WHEN FORMER ARMY. HELICOPTER PILOT KEVIN WAS. DEPLOYED IN AFGHANISTAN.

ONE MEMBER ON THE BASE ALWAYS. MADE HIM SMILE. >> OUR CHAPLAIN BROUGHT THIS. LITTLE BLACK LAB NAMED ZACH. ALONG, AND IT WAS JUST. INCREDIBLE HOW THIS DOG COULD. BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. >> Reporter: >> Repor. >> Mary: SO, WHEN KEVIN RETURNED. TO CIVILIAN LIFE. >> WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE. TODAY? >> SPREADING SMILES. >> Mary: HE WAS INSPIRED TO. START A NEW BEGINNING WITH HIS. FAMILY. >> THERAPY DOGS HELP TO SPREAD. JOY AND HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN. STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, SO, WE GOT. ELLIE. >> Mary: NOW KEVIN AND ELLIE ARE. ON A MISSION TO SPREAD SMILES.

LITTLE SISTER EMMA ALSO A. THERAPY DOG JOINING IN THEIR. TRAVELS. COULD. COU. >> COULD YOU HUG ELLIE? >> Mary: IT'S NOT JUST SERVICE. MEMBERS FEELING THE LOVE. >> YOU CAN COME PET HER. THAT'S NO NICE. >> Mary: HELPING OUT AT. CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND EASING. IS STRESS OF THESE COLLEGE. STUDENTS. OVERSEAS, TOO, FROM LONDON TO. THE STREETS OF SLOVENIA. >> SMILE. >> Mary: THEIR INFECTIOUS SMILES. BRIGHTENING EVERYONE'S DAY. >> THANK YOU!

>> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> Mary: AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT, KEVIN ON THEIR DEDICATION TO THE. MISSION. >> ANY TIME YOU WALK AWAY FROM, SAY, THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND THEY'RE SMILING, THERE'S. SOMETHING POWERFUL ABOUT THAT. >> Mary: PROVING WHY DOGS ARE. MAN'S BEST FRIEND. GOODNIGHT.