ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 26, 2025

Tonight, the stunning images. The. blinding storm. Drivers unable to see. Passenger planes in the air. Air traffic. controllers forced to leave the tower. The images right here. This massive dust. storm sweeping across several cities. Planes grounded. Those air traffic. controllers evacuated. A football. stadium suddenly shrouded in darkness. Also, flood watches now in effect for. several states. And in the Northeast, the major change coming with Labor Day. just about here. Lee Goldberg standing. by with the forecast. Also breaking, President Trump after months of.

pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower. interest rates. The president moving to. fire a member of the Fed's board of. governors. President Trump also weighing. in on the other story making news, the. big engagement tonight. Taylor Swift and. NFL star Travis Kelce revealing they are. engaged. And Taylor Swift's message. right here tonight that she sent out to. her hundreds of millions of fans in an. instant. The reaction tonight from them. and from the president. The thieves. moving in on more than 70 Home Depot. stores. The coordinated effort. And.

tonight, the remarkable surveillance. video right here showing the suspects. and how this unfolded. Overseas tonight, the sweeping protests in Israel. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators. blocking traffic, setting tires on fire, demanding a ceasefire, and that their. loved ones, the hostages, be brought. home. James Longman standing by. Back. here at home tonight, the Diane Sawyer. exclusive. The deeply personal battle. faced by so many families across this. country. Tonight, Bruce Willis, the. beloved star in more than 70 movies.

After years of Bruce sitting down with. Diane. Tonight, Diane with Bruce's wife. What she shares about Bruce Willis's. battle with dementia, a certain form of. dementia, how he's doing, how they knew, the first signs, and their hope for so. many other families out there. Diane. right here tonight. The other news. outside New York City, a driver crashing. through the glass windows of a gym. This. has been deadly what we know so far. The. images coming in tonight, simultaneous. medical evacuations on board a cruise.

ship right off the US coast. One. helicopter hovering in the air waiting. as the first patient is airlifted on. another helicopter. Also tonight here, the popular weight loss and diabetes. drugs. Will they soon be available in a. pill? Could this help millions more? And. Powerball no winners. the eyepopping new. jackpot right here tonight. >> from ABC News World Headquarters in New. York. This is World News Tonight with.

David Mure. >> Good evening and it's great to have you. with us here in a very busy Tuesday. night. We begin tonight here with the. stunning images. The dust storm that. swept across several cities. The drivers. suddenly blinded by the dust. Passenger. planes grounded. Air traffic controllers. forced to evacuate the tower. We're also. following this major change coming to. the northeast for Labor Day. But first. tonight, the remarkable images, the. towering cloud of dust, hundreds of feet. high, moving in over the Phoenix metro. area after an unusually dry summer. This. storm swept in, leaving drivers unable.

to see. You will hear people in their. cars narrating how dangerous this was, how conditions changed in an instant. The massive dust storm turning day to. night, causing travel chaos, leaving. those drivers in the dark. Visibility. near zero. And then the flooding rains. and wind gusts up to 70 mph. Part of the. roof at the Phoenix airport ripped off. Air traffic controllers evacuating that. tower with passenger planes still in the. air. Across the region tonight, traffic. lights and trees down, tens of thousands. without power. And now the new storms.

still coming tonight. And of course, this big change for much of the Midwest. and the Northeast for Labor Day. Lee. Goldberg standing by with the forecast. and ABC's Trevor Roll with the chaotic. moments in the middle of this very. dangerous storm. >> Tonight, dust storms and monsoon rains. threatening millions after an. astonishing and dangerous 24 hours in. the southwest. This massive towering. wall of dust and wind, also known as a. haboob, swallowing the Phoenix metro. area. >> Light rail just disappeared.

>> Drivers blinded. Cassandra Ravutzki. recording this video out her window as. the dust blotted out the sun. Flashing. tail lights the only thing visible. >> You can see, take a look at these planes. that are right here. >> Our Phoenix affiliate, ABC15, reporting. live from Sky Harbor Airport as that. dust wall turned into driving dirt and. rain. >> It's hard to open my eyes because we are. once again getting pelted. Pelted with. rain. pelted with what feels like dust.

>> Listen to the air traffic controllers. telling pilots to stay in the air while. they evacuate the tower. >> They said that the dust storm is going. to be uh. >> I got no points of visibility. It's. going to be pretty bad for. >> like an hour. >> We are evacuating. >> Not only were flights grounded, one of. the terminals sustained damage. The powerful system also taking down. traffic lights and trees with thousands. of homes and businesses losing power. and David. Flood watches are in effect. for 2 million people with rainfall rates.

up to 2 in an hour in some spots. This. region does need this rain desperately, just not all at once. David, >> that is for sure. Trevor Al leading us. off. Trevor, thank you. Let's get right. to chief meteorologist Lee Goldberg from. WABC right here in New York. Hi, Lee. >> Hi, David. And we're still watching some. heavy showers near Sedona this evening. One way or another, we're cooling off. from coast to coast. In the west, it's. the monsoon pattern, and it's widespread. showers. And some of those showers could. drop some rainfall rates to 2 in an. hour. Flood watches from California to. Idaho all the way into Colorado and some.

of those yellow areas see the highest. rainfall rates. So we extinguish the. high heat in the Pacific Northwest, although it still stays above average in. temperatures. But when you look at the. Rockies, the Plains, the East, 10 to 20°. below average. Look at Witchah tomorrow, 71. And the afternoons are comfortable, but the mornings there's some chill near. record chill in Toledo in the 40s. tomorrow morning. Memphis in the 50s. This goes right into the weekend. It's. cool and comfortable all the way to the. northeast. How about 10° below average. Boston to New York and Philly, low and. mid70s on Saturday, even 60s from places.

like Cleveland over to Syracuse. David, it's comfy in the classroom after that. Back to you, >> Lee Goldberg. Back with us again. tonight. Lee, thanks as always. Now to. President Trump tonight and his new move. to fire a member of the Federal. Reserve's board of governors. It comes. after months of the president pressuring. the Fed to lower interest rates. Tonight, that board member vowing to. fight. This could go to the Supreme. Court. Here's Rachel Scott. For months, President Trump has put. enormous pressure on the Federal Reserve. to lower interest rates. And tonight, he's making an unprecedented move to.

fire one of the Fed's seven board. members, Lisa Cook. He told Cook, who. was appointed by Joe Biden, he's. removing her because there is sufficient. reason to believe you may have made. false statements on one or more mortgage. applications. >> It seems to have had an infraction, and. she can't have an infraction. We need. people that are 100% above board and it. doesn't seem like she was. >> But Cook has not been charged with any. crime. The Federal Reserve was designed. to be independent. And today the. president was asked if he's just looking.

for a reason to fire an official he. disagrees with. >> Is your administration weaponizing. government by digging into the mortgage. records of officials you don't like? >> No, they're public. I mean, you can find. out those records. You can go check out. the records yourself. Cook, for her. part, says President Trump has no. authority to fire her, vowing, I will. not resign. Her lawyer calling the. president's move an illegal action and. vowing to sue. And today, President Trump says he only. wants to appoint Fed board members who.

will lower interest rates, saying we. will have the majority soon. In the. meantime, the Federal Reserve. reasserting its independence, saying. that its members can only be removed for. cause, calling that a vital safeguard to. protect the American people. David. All. right, Rachel Scott right there at the. White House. Rachel, thank you. And it. was during that hourslong cabinet. meeting, President Trump was also asked. about the major headline breaking and. not from the political world. It was. news of this big engagement. Taylor. Swift engaged to NFL star Travis Kelce. The president saying, "I think he's a. great player. I think she's a terrific.

person, so I wish them a lot of luck.". Tonight, Taylor Swift's message that she. sent out to her hundreds of millions of. fans in an instant and the reaction. across this country and the world. Here's Mac Guppin tonight. They were. already American pop culture royalty. But today, the announcement that musical. icon Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Prince of the Grid Iron, breaks the. tackle still going, >> sparking celebration. >> I think I'm more excited about this than. I would be about my own engagement.

>> What is happening? >> And tears of joy worldwide. >> Why do I want to cry? The roll out. blasted out to Taylor's 280 million. Instagram followers. A fairy tale garden. of roses. The big fella down on his. knee. A rock fit for a queen. [Music]. >> And the caption, "Your English teacher. and your gym teacher are getting. married." From the beginning, there were. doubters, some even questioning whether.

it was all just a PR stunt. But Swift. quickly became a fixture at Chief Games. And Travis right there in the concert. stage in a tux. Their support for each. other and staying power proving the. cynics wrong. And just days ago, Swift. announced her new album on the Kelsey. Brothers podcast and shared details. about how Travis used the podcast to. tell the world he wanted to date her. If. you're if you're up on Taylor Swift. concerts, there are French bracelets and. I received a bunch of them being there, but I wanted to give Taylor Swift one.

with my number on it. Not right now. >> Oo, your number is in ' 87 or your phone. number. >> You know which one. Um, their courtship. typically story book. >> This kind of felt more like I was in an. 80s John Hughes movie and he was just. like standing outside of my window with. a boom box just being like, I want to. date you. >> Yeah. Do you want to go on a date with. me? I made you a friendship. Do you want. to date me? >> Just come outside and meet me. Just meet. me once. Give me just give me a chance. >> I was like, if this guy isn't crazy, um,

which is a big if, this is sort of what. I've been writing songs about wanting to. happen to me since I was. >> Yeah. >> a teenager. >> And David, some of their 300 million. followers on social media have been. asking where and when these nuptuals. might happen. And some are also asking. about kids. No word on either. David, >> we are wishing them well for sure. Matt. Guppin tonight. Matt, thank you. Tonight, authorities revealing more than. a dozen arrests in what they're calling. the largest Home Depot theft case in the.

company's history. They say surveillance. video shows suspects linked to 600. thefts at 71 Home Depot stores in. Southern California. The ring accused of. stealing $10 million worth of. merchandise, including expensive. electrical components, then resold. Tonight, the suspects have pleaded not. guilty. Overseas tonight, the remarkable. images coming in. A massive day of. protests across Israel. Hundreds of. thousands taking to the streets. demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and that. their loved ones, the hostages, be. brought home. James Longman tonight with.

late reporting. James. >> Yeah, David. There's been a huge day of. protest today in Israel. At least. 350,000 people taking to the streets. Families of the hostages are angry that. a deal to get them out has yet to. materialize. Now, Hamas has reportedly. accepted a 60-day pause and partial. hostage release, but instead, Israel is. pushing ahead with its plan for a. military occupation of Gaza City. There. are also growing questions tonight about. that Israeli strike on NASA hospital. that killed 20 people, including five. journalists. Netanyahu initially called.

it a mishap. Now, the IDF says a Hamas. camera was seen at that location. There's still no explanation as to what. prompted the second strike that killed. first responders and journalists. David. >> All right, James Longman from London. James, thank you. Back here at home. tonight and to the Diane Sawyer. exclusive. The deeply personal battle. faced by so many families across this. country when a loved one faces down. dementia. Tonight, Bruce Willis, the. beloved star in more than 70 movies. after years of Bruce sitting down with. Diane. Tonight, Diane with Bruce's wife.

What she shares about Bruce's battle, a. certain form of dementia, frontto. temporal dementia. how he's doing, how. the family knew the first signs, and. their hope tonight for so many other. families out there. Diane's exclusive. interview with Emma Willis, Bruce. Willis's wife. >> Diane, >> you're here. >> I'm here. Here we are. >> Oh, it's great. >> It's so nice to see you. How are you? >> It's so nice to see you. >> This is Emma Heming Willis, a. self-described lifelong introvert.

>> See if you're comfortable. >> Stealing herself to talk in front of. cameras. >> Okay. something she never sought and. never planned. >> For 16 years, she's been the shy wife of. the irrepressible Bruce Willis, one of. America's favorite action stars. >> Welcome to the party, pal. >> He could take down a battalion of bad. guys, and then nail an old Ban Crosby song. >> Oh, would you rather be a fish? A fish is an animal that swims in a.

brook. The all-American kid from New. Jersey who built a towering career more. than 70 movies. >> Come out to the coast. We get together, have a few laughs. It's the king of the blockbuster. franchises. Die Hard. And in person, he was the mischievous. guy who urged everyone to sing and. celebrate life every day. He dropped by. year after year at Good Morning America. Well, Bruce Willis dropped in the other.

day. Now, Bruce Willis. Bruce Willis. >> Bruce Willis. >> Oh, no. You are so cool. No, you were. really cool. >> Even in the commercial breaks, we keep. talking about everything. >> After he and actress Dei Moore divorced, he pushed me to set him up with a nice. girl. >> And are you sufficiently ready? >> Can I interview Diane today? Can't you. find me? >> You know what I discovered? >> Find someone for me. You must meet so many people. [Music].

See, you say that but. >> and then he found her. >> What can make me feel this way? [Applause]. >> Opposites attract. [Music]. >> And I just loved watching him be him. >> 16 years ago, they had a tiny wedding on. the beach. and the joyful ride began.

They were the famously blended Willis. family. Two marriages, five daughters, his oldest daughters, Rumor, Scout, and. Tula. And then with Emma, he has two. more girls, Mabel, and Evelyn. >> The original girl dad, one of the best. And the thing he said most was, "Live it. up." The exact quote, "Live it up every. moment, every day. It'll be over in a. ginger snap.

>> Yes, can be. >> She has written a book shining a light. on the little known disease that. ambushed her husband three years ago and. giving a lifeline to caregivers. >> She says the subtle symptoms began when. she noticed the boyant girl dad seemed. subdued. >> For someone who was very talkative and. very engaged, he was just a little more. more quiet. He seemed to be losing. words. A childhood stutter reappeared. and he was just less engaged in their.

lives. >> Felt a little removed, very cold, not. like Bruce who is very warm and. affectionate. to going the complete opposite of that. was alarming and scary. >> Fronttotemporal dementia savagely eats. away at the front and sides of the brain. causing a person to start losing words. dimming connection to others. >> I can only imagine the panic. >> I was so panicked and I just remember.

hearing it and just not hearing anything. else. It was like I was free falling. >> And how did Bruce react? >> I don't know if he was reluctant or not. to go to a doctor or if he even. understood there was a reason you were. doing it. >> I don't think Bruce ever really. connected the dots. an inevitable new reality arrives. >> Bruce is still very mobile. Bruce is in. really great health overall. You know,

it's just his brain that is failing him. >> But the language is. >> Yeah, the language is going and you. know, we've learned to adapt and we we. have a way of communicating with him. which just is just a different a. different way. Were there days that. would he it would be Bruce again? >> Yeah. I mean, we still get those days. Not days, but we get moments. It's his. laugh, right? like he has such a like a. hearty laugh and you know sometimes he.

you'll see that twinkle in his eye or. that smirk and you know I just get like. transported. and it's just hard to see. because as quickly as those moments. appear. then it goes. That's hard. But I'm grateful. I'm grateful that, you.

know, my husband is still very much. here. >> Emma so brave to share this story and. Diane special right here on ABC tonight. just a short time from now, 8:00 p.m. Eastern and then streaming tomorrow on. Disney Plus and Hulu. And Emma Heming. Willis's book, The Unexpected Journey, Finding Strength and Hope, on sale. September 9th. We should mention Diane. off camera had a moment to interact with. Bruce Willis, and we'll have more on. that later. Also, when we come back. tonight, news, the images coming in, two. medical evacuations. Take a look at. these pictures playing out at once on.

board a cruise ship right off the US. coast. One helicopter hovering in the. air, waiting as the first patient is. airlifted onto another helicopter. The. emergencies that led to this in a. moment. And outside New York City. tonight, the deadly crash right through. the glass windows of a gym. A member. working out has been killed. Several. injuries. We'll have more in a moment. here. Tonight, a deadly car crash into a. Planet Fitness gym in Elizabeth, New. Jersey, outside New York City. A driver. smashing through the front of the gym. One man working out inside the gym. killed. Several other people hurt. No.

word on what caused the crash. The. driver injured. She is cooperating. No. word on her condition. Dramatic images. tonight. Two medical evacuations at once. on board a cruise ship right off the. coast of Washington State. Two. passengers suffering medical emergencies. aboard the Ruby Princess. One helicopter. hovering there, waiting as the first. patient is airlifted. a 52-year-old. passenger suffering cardiac arrest and a. 99-year-old passenger with an. obstruction in the esophagus. Both. passengers are now hospitalized. When we. come back tonight, those popular weight.

loss and diabetes drugs, will they soon. be available in a pill? And the. Powerball jackpot, the new jackpot where. it stands tonight. Tonight, drug maker Eli Liy with. promising new data. Phase three of. clinical trials for that popular weight. loss medication now in a pill. A GLP1. drug. They claim it could help patients. lose an average of 23 pounds and lower. blood sugar levels. Eli Lily and Nova. Nordisk both trying to get FDA approval. for the drug in a pill form. No winner. The new Powerball jackpot $815 million. Now the next drawing is tomorrow night.

When we come back, an important note. about Dian's special just moments from. now about Bruce Willis. A final note about Diane's special. She. did get a chance to interact with Bruce. Willis away from the cameras and she'll. share what that was like. 8:00 PM. Eastern right here tonight. Good night. >> David Mure, the most watched newscast in. America. And now ABC's World News. Tonight has won the Emmy for best live. news program for the third year in a.

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