ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 24, 2026

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched. newscast now streaming same day with all the breaking news. of the day on Disney Plus. Most watched, most trusted now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the. fire, emergency evacuations, homes and hospitals to also. tonight, the mother and child killed by lightning. First, the Hawk Fire near Reno, Nevada, out of control. Nearly 100,000 people urged to evacuate.

The harrowing escape tonight through the smoke and flames, and we're on the scene. Also breaking late today, the Supreme Court. decision on President Trump's attempt to limit. mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections. What the court is now saying will go live. President Trump's dramatic escalation of his. trade war with Canada. Tonight Canadian leaders asking what about American. automakers, saying Canadians buy American and the new economic. threats involving Iran tonight and countries who do business. with Iran. Tonight, the major headline breaking the owner of.

the San Francisco 49ers arrested in a prostitution sting. What we know, tonight the mother and her two-year-old. daughter killed by that lightning strike while. getting out of their car. Outside Boston tonight, the heated clash in the Lindsay. Clancy murder trial, accused of killing her three young. children, the defense calling for a mistrial. The ABC News exclusive tonight, Hayden Panettiere's. mother speaking out about the moment she learned. her daughter had died. The frightening shark attack. A man has been rushed to the hospital tonight.

This evening, Dolly Parton on her health and. what she's now saying. The humanoid robots racing each other and then. beating the human record. And tonight, remembering a beloved actress and singer over. many decades on television and famously singing Johnny Angel. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World. News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening and it's great to have you with us.

here on a Monday night. Several breaking stories, a mother and her child. killed by lightning, also the 49ers owner arrested. in a prostitution sting, what we know. And the Supreme Court tonight, their new decision on President Trump's move. on mail in ballots. But we do start here with the. horrific fire emergency in Reno, Nevada, playing. out right now. Nearly 100,000 people urged to. evacuate their homes. At least two hospitals also. evacuated. The Hawk fire now burning across more. than 15,000 acres. The National Guard has now been. deployed tonight.

Firefighters trying to save homes from the fast moving. flames. Crews battling extreme heat, dry conditions. and the shifting winds. A homeowner right here driving a. bulldozer through the flames trying to protect neighboring. houses. Drivers breathing smoke and flames trying to escape. these fires. Police and first responders helping residents. evacuate their homes and get to safety as the fire closes in. ABC's Melissa Adan leading us off from the scene tonight. Tonight, the National Guard along with hundreds. of firefighters are in an all-out battle against.

the raging Hawk Fire. The fire broke out Saturday night in the densely populated. Sierra foothills outside Reno. Exploding in bone dry conditions and winds. gusting at 40 miles an hour. It's now burned more than 15,000 acres. That's 23 square miles. It was like an end of the world scene. Jason Davis shot this terrifying video while cutting a fire. line around his neighborhood with a bulldozer. trying to save homes.

The fire went from quickly from about a hundred yards. out to sweeping over our head. This video shows what his harrowing escape looked. like through the flames. Officials in Reno going door to door, also evacuating patients. from two area hospitals, urging thousands to. get out of the area. Homes, businesses, vehicles scorched. They're calling the fire human caused, but it's unclear. if it was deliberately set. Scary. I have six kids. Jennifer Alvarado had to scramble when she got.

the call to evacuate. her young daughter on that cot, still in her. cheerleader uniform. The Red Cross has been amazing, but we all want to go home. David, officials just did a damage assessment. They say about 40 structures have been damaged or. destroyed as roadblocks remain here in place, and firefighters are battling the splays among. hot and very dry conditions. David. Melissa Dahn, right. there in Nevada for us. Melissa, thank you. Also breaking tonight, the Supreme Court decision. late today on President Trump's attempt to. limit mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

The president has long made this an issue, signing an executive. order earlier this year, and what the justices. have now decided tonight. Let's get right to ABC's Jay O'Brien live in Washington. Jay, what have you learned? David, tonight the Supreme Court giving President. Trump the green light to implement key parts. of an executive order aimed at limiting access. to mail-in ballots while the issue works its.

And we're going to be talking about the election process. O'Brien live, thank you. Also tonight, President Trump's dramatic. escalation of his trade war with Canada. Tonight, some Canadian leaders with choice. words for the president asking what about American automakers, saying Canadians buy a lot of American. And tonight, the new economic threats involving.

Iran. Rachel Scott on it all from the White House tonight. Tonight, the US and Canada racing towards a. full-blown trade war. President Trump threatening New 50% tariffs on Canadian car. parts, cars, trucks and steel. Prime Minister Mark Carney vowing to retaliate. dollar for dollar. You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked. Trade talks collapsed over the weekend. They came in with a bunch of unreasonable. last minute demands. I frankly thought we had a deal. I think that we should have a deal, but I think that we.

need to send a message loud and clear. Ontario's premier lashing out at President Trump. Well, he can kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned. Then doubling down. - I have a lot of real estate on my ass, so he has a lot of room to kiss my ass. - Hopefully they'll come to their senses. When they see the pain he's putting on the American people. - Canada's prime minister zeroing in. on American auto workers. - What message does that send to the workers. in Michigan and Ohio and Kentucky and Alabama. who rely on Canadian demand?

We're their largest customer for automobiles. Already steep tariffs on Canadian products hitting homes. Michael Howard's furniture business in Warren, Michigan, relies on Canadian lumber. Those tariffs hurt American businesses, American. families like mine. We are the ones that pay the tariffs, and I wish folks. really understood that. It comes as the administration turns up. economic pressure on Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant was expected to.

unveil a host of sanctions and others. But Besson wouldn't name the countries the U.S. is targeting or a timeline for them to. ...and David, back to Canada. They are not backing down. They say more retaliatory tariffs.

are on the way. President Trump says that Canada wants. the benefits of being a state without actually being. one. But tonight, Canada is making it clear they will. not be pushed around. David. Rachel Scott live at the White. House for us. Rachel, thank you. We turn now to the major headline out of the NFL. tonight. The owner of the San Francisco 49ers. has been arrested in a prostitution sting in. Ohio. Here's Trevor Ault. Tonight, the billionaire owner of the San Francisco 49ers.

arrested in a prostitution sting at an Ohio trailer park. Court records say Jed York was taken into custody in East. Palestine Sunday at 9.35 a.m. with authorities saying he responded to an ad. placed by an undercover agent on a prostitution. website arranging sexual activity for $140. Police say York agreed to meet up at that trailer park and. was arrested there with the.

David, the 49ers did release a statement. They say this is a legal matter that has been resolved and they. will not be commenting further at this time.

David. Trevor Ault reporting tonight. Trevor, thank you. Next, this evening, a horrific scene in Florida. A mother and her two-year-old daughter killed by a lightning. strike while getting out of their car. Here's Victor Oquendo. Tonight, the horrific tragedy in Florida. A mother and her two-year-old daughter struck by. lightning and killed. They're advising that there's a woman, chest is burned, she's. unconscious, not breathing. Authorities racing to the scene north of Fort. Lauderdale Sunday afternoon, finding 31-year-old Kenya.

Glasgow and one of her twin daughters, Kennedy, laying in the driveway of a family member's home. Heartbroken husband and father, Cameron Glasgow, saying he was just feet away from his wife and. daughter as they raced to get out of the rain. My daughter, my wife, amazing, amazing people, amazing people. My wife, the biggest heart in the world, the biggest heart in the world, puts everybody before herself, everybody. Around the same time, just 25 miles north in Palm.

Beach County, authorities say another lightning strike. injured a child while playing soccer with a group of boys. He was rushed to the hospital in critical but stable condition. Forecasters say there were scattered storms up and down. the coast. Video showing this water spout coming ashore as a. tornado in Port St. Lucie damaging multiple homes. David, as for the man who lost his wife and one of. his twin daughters. He says he now has to be there for. his daughter who was unharmed and eventually explain she. has two angels.

David, just an awful story. Victor Oquendo from Florida. Victor, thank you. Tonight, just outside Boston, the heated clash in. the Lindsay Clancy murder trial accused of killing her. three young Children. The defense suddenly calling for. a mistrial. Here's Deborah Roberts. Tonight, courtroom tensions running high as the. Lindsay Clancy murder trial enters its fifth week with the. 36 year old nurse accused of killing her three. young children. Testimony ending abruptly this afternoon after a medical expert. for the prosecution alluded to Clancy's Catholic.

faith, defense lawyers demanding a mistrial. This is intentional misconduct on the part of the prosecution. Clancy's lawyers objecting to a forensic psychologist. who testified about the final words Clancy. told her children as she strangled them to death. inside the basement of their Massachusetts. and Dr. David Muir. In the course of strangling each child, she said, "Go to God, baby. Go to God.". And that was part of her expectation, that she and the.

children would be together in heaven with God. She was raised as a Catholic and this, as I understand, Catholic considerations, that's not necessarily what happens. But when I asked her about that, when I said, "Isn't. suicide a mortal sin?". The judge rejecting the defense motion for a mistrial, but.

blasting the prosecution, calling the psychologist's. remarks inappropriate. What I am going to do is I'm going to bring the jury in. I'm going to tell them to disregard it. I'm going to tell them that's an inappropriate. area of inquiry and that this witness's understanding. of Catholic dogma or Catholic teaching is irrelevant. The case has captured the nation's attention on. postpartum mental health. Clancy has found scores of supporters who believe the.

defense argument that she loved 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old. Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan, and that she. was begging for help as she battled. postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors are expected to call an additional. expert witness tomorrow. Then both sides will begin making their closing. arguments in this case. David. Deborah Roberts with us. tonight, Deb, thank you. The ABC News exclusive now, Hayden Panettiere's. mother speaking out about the moment she learned. her daughter had died.

Here's ABC's Rhiannon Ally. Tonight, Hayden Panettiere's mother grieving the loss. of her superstar daughter and opening up about their. complicated relationship. Leslie Vogel sharing the gut-wrenching moment. she learned her daughter had died in a South. Carolina apartment at just 36 years old. What was that moment like for you? I was numb.

I was just numb. It doesn't feel real. My mind tells me it's not at times. I need a minute, guys. Panettiere's death now under investigation. Police say there are no signs of foul play, but the DEA. has now joined the case. Officials also saying her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother >> The mother of two children, Hayden and his daughter, Zach, were the last two. people to see Hayden alive. Brian had previously pleaded no contest in 2021 to two felony.

charges he abused Panettiere, whose mother says she tried to. get Panettiere away from him, even moving in with her daughter. for two months last year. What made you leave? When I got the phone call from her saying, I'm I'm going to be with the person I love. I could not believe that he had been successful. in reeling her back in. Vogel says her daughter was seeing Higgerson again. and that she gave Hayden an ultimatum saying she.

couldn't talk to Hayden if Brian was a part of her life. I needed to have that. David and her memoir that was released earlier. this year, Panettiere also described challenges. in her relationship with her mother, who also acted as her. manager early in her career. All right, Rhiannon Ally with the interview tonight.

Rhiannon, thank you. In Texas, the father of slain high school track star, Austin Metcalf is speaking out tonight. in an ABC News interview on his son's killer, making a bid for a new trial. The case emotionally charged and followed by the nation. Carmelo Anthony convicted of fatally stabbing Metcalf. during a track meet last year. A judge rejecting the defense's request for a retrial, our Aaron Katersky sitting down with Metcalf's father, asking what he makes of the verdict. Did you get justice? No.

There's no such thing. I got handed a life sentence. We don't ever get to see Austin again. We don't get to talk to him. We don't get to hug him. Carmelo Anthony now facing 35 years in. prison. Aaron Katerski is full interview tomorrow. morning here on Good Morning America. In the meantime, when we come back here. Tonight there's news of a frightening shark attack. The victim has been rushed to. the hospital. Also tonight, what Dolly Parton is now. saying about her health. And tonight here, we remember.

a fixture on television for decades and her famous song. that went right to number one. Tonight a frightening shark attack off Key West, Florida. A 43 year old man attacked on his leg while. swimming. The Coast Guard tonight says two nurses. nearby rushed to his aid. There happened to be two nurses at the sandbar with. the individual were able to apply initial first aid. and put on a tourniquet because it appeared that. he had an arterial bleed coming from the shark. attack. We're told he's been airlifted to a hospital. He is in stable condition.

tonight. When we come back here, what Dolly Parton is now. saying about her health tonight, that's in a. moment. And we remember a tv fixture. She was beloved and the song that went. right to number one. to the index of other news tonight. Songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs has. died. She wrote some of Motown's iconic hits. She co-wrote the song "Money, That's What I Want.". It was also covered by The Beatles, of course. Her credits include songs for Stevie.

Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye. Her family says she died after an extended. illness. Janie Bradford Hobbs was 87. Tonight, Dolly Parton sharing an update on her health. Parton telling People that she's been battling hard times. with her health, admitting she put her own wellness aside when. caring for her late husband, Carl Thomastien. The update coming a week after she canceled an appearance at. Dollywood, pointing to bouts of dizziness and dehydration. Dolly's last public appearance was in June at the opening. of her new truck stop, and of course, we are. thinking about Dolly. Hope she feels better real soon.

From Beijing, China tonight, the race of the robots. The white robot, look at this, right there in the left. lane, beating a human record. Usain Bolt's record, in fact. Running the 100 meter dash in 9.39 seconds at the. World Humanoid Robot Games. who knew they even existed. That's about two tenths of a second faster. than Bolt's 2009 record. In the 400 meter, the same robot shattering. the world record by nearly five seconds. When we come back here tonight, remembering a beloved. actress and singer over many decades on television. She was beloved and of course, famously singing Johnny Angel.

- ABC World News Tonight with David Muir, sponsored by Consumer Cellular. See how much we can cut your bill. Finally, tonight here, remembering Shelley Fabure. Good morning, family. Good morning, dear. Shelley Fabure, the beloved actress, singer. and television fixture. Millions would welcome her into their homes for decades. I'm sorry. I know it sounds as if I'm ignoring my family. Really, I turned down a dozen invitations. Don't worry, our time is coming. We've made our reservation. her first big break as the teenage daughter Mary.

on the Donna Reed Show. Famously singing Johnny Angel, it shot to number one in 1962. She'd go on to star in three movies with Elvis Presley. Whoa-ho-ho! 23 skidoo and entrevue. In the '70s, she'd star in One Day at a Time. In the '90s, on the ABC hit show Coach.

Thank you for your time. I know these things are difficult, but. you were very candid. Oh, thanks. You're easier to talk to. Oh, thank you. I'll see you guys in the truck in just a second. God, I've missed you. We learned Shelley Fabure died at the age of 82. Tonight, her family now saying, "We will miss her deeply, not. only as a celebrated performer, but as the loving and. extraordinary person she was in our everyday life.". Tonight, Shelley Fabure on the power of family. on and off screen. For years after the show was over with, the four of us.

would get together once a month and have lunch just so that. we could keep that connection. We really did become a family. - An incredible run. She was loved and folks will be singing. Johnny Angel for her tonight. I'll see you tomorrow. Good night. - David Muir, the most trusted, most watched. newscast in America. And now, World News Tonight has won the Emmy. for Best Live News Program for the fourth year in a row.