ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 27, 2025

TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. A DEADLY SHOOTING. SCHOOL. CHILDREN ON THEIR SECOND DAY OF. SCHOOL SAYING THEIR MORNING. PRAYERS IN CHURCH. THE ALARMING. IMAGES RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. TWO. CHILDREN SHOT AND KILLED. SEVERAL OTHER CHILDREN AMONG. THOSE SHOT AND RUSHED TO THE. HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES SAY THE. SHOOTER FIRING THROUGH STAINED. GLASS WINDOWS RIGHT INTO THE. PEWS. MOMENTS AFTER THE. CHILDREN BEGAN PRAYING DURING. MASS IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT, YOU WILL HEAR FROM A TEN YEAR. OLD BOY DESCRIBING HOW HIS. FRIEND JUMPED ON TOP OF HIM AND. SAVED HIM. BUT THAT FRIEND WAS.

THEN SHOT AND RUSHED TO THE. HOSPITAL. AND THIS EVENING, WHAT WE'RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT. THE SUSPECT, THE DISTURBING NEW. DETAILS, JUST AS WE COME ON. TONIGHT. ALSO BREAKING AT THIS. HOUR, THE SUDDEN SHAKEUP NOW AT. THE CDC. WE HAVE JUST LEARNED. THE NEW DIRECTOR ON THE JOB FOR. JUST WEEKS TONIGHT OUSTED. WHAT'S BEHIND HER REMOVAL. AND. THE OTHER MAJOR HEADLINE. INVOLVES THE COVID VACCINE FOR. THIS FALL. THE SMALL GROUP IT'S. NOW RECOMMENDED FOR. AND WILL. SOME AMERICANS WHO STILL WANT. THE COVID SHOT BE COVERED BY. INSURANCE? THE LABOR DAY.

WEATHER AND TRAVEL FORECAST. TONIGHT STORMS FOR MILLIONS AND. THE FALL LIKE WEATHER ACROSS. MUCH OF THE NATION. SO LEE. GOLDBERG IS HERE WITH THE LABOR. DAY FORECAST. TONIGHT, THE. FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF POLICE IN. THE NATION'S CAPITAL. A GRAND. JURY DECIDING NOT TO INDICT. THAT PROTESTER WHO THREW A. SANDWICH AT A FEDERAL AGENT. MEANTIME, THE MAYOR OF D.C. ACKNOWLEDGING TONIGHT THAT. CARJACKINGS ARE DOWN. SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE NATIONAL. GUARD NOW ON PATROL. AND. TONIGHT, IS THE PRESIDENT NOW. PLANNING TO TAKE OVER UNION. STATION TONIGHT, THE HIGHLY.

CONTROVERSIAL NEW IMMIGRATION. DETENTION CENTER IN FLORIDA. KNOWN AS ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. ABC NEWS OBTAINED AN EMAIL FROM. A STATE OFFICIAL SUGGESTING IT. COULD BE EMPTY IN DAYS OPEN FOR. JUST WEEKS. HOW MUCH DID THIS. COST AMERICAN TAXPAYERS? TONIGHT, THE PILOT WHO WENT. DOWN OFF THE EAST COAST. THE. DRAMATIC RESCUE. THE NFL STAR. OF THE HIGH SPEED CHAIN. REACTION CRASH. TONIGHT. HEAR. THE PUNISHMENT. PRINCESS DIANA. AND THE TIME CAPSULE SEALED BY. HER 34 YEARS AGO TONIGHT. THAT. CAPSULE HAS BEEN OPENED. AND.

WHAT'S INSIDE? AND THIS EVENING, 24 HOURS AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT AND. TRAVIS KELCE ANNOUNCED THEIR. ENGAGEMENT, WE HEAR FROM TRAVIS. KELCE'S FATHER. HIS BIG PIECE. OF ADVICE TONIGHT. AND TAYLOR. SWIFT'S SOON TO BE FATHER IN. LAW ON WHAT HE MAKES OF ONE OF. THE MOST FAMOUS ENGAGEMENTS IN. THE WORLD. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. AND WE BEGIN.

TONIGHT HERE WITH THE HORROR. THAT PLAYED OUT THIS MORNING. FOR YOUNG SCHOOL CHILDREN AT A. CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN MINNEAPOLIS. JUST AS THEY WERE SAYING THEIR. MORNING PRAYERS IN CHURCH. AUTHORITIES SAY A HEAVILY ARMED. SUSPECT TARGETING THE STUDENTS. FIRING FROM OUTSIDE RIGHT. THROUGH THE STAINED GLASS. WINDOWS, STRIKING CHILDREN IN. THE PEWS WHERE THEY SAT. TWO. CHILDREN WERE SHOT AND KILLED. SEVERAL OTHER CHILDREN WERE. AMONG THOSE WHO WERE SHOT AND. THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SHOOTER THEN TAKING THEIR. OWN LIFE. POLICE OFFICERS. RESPONDING TO ANNUNCIATION. CATHOLIC CHURCH ARRIVING TO. FIND A MASS CASUALTY EVENT. A. LINE OF AMBULANCES RIGHT DOWN.

THE STREET. THE SHOOTER, REPORTEDLY ARMED WITH A RIFLE, A SHOTGUN AND A PISTOL, AND. OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECT USED. THEM ALL. FRIGHTENED PARENTS. RUSHING TO THE SCHOOL LOOKING. FOR THEIR CHILDREN. EMOTIONAL. SCENES PLAYING OUT AFTER MANY. OF THE PARENTS WERE REUNITED, HOLDING THEM TIGHT AS THEY. WALKED AWAY. THE SHOCK AND THE. FEAR IN THE FACES OF THE. CHILDREN. TONIGHT, THE NATION. MOURNING THE VIOLENT ATTACK. PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING FLAGS. TO FLY AT HALF STAFF. THIS. EVENING, YOU WILL HEAR FROM A. TEN YEAR OLD BOY IN ONE OF. THOSE PEWS, DESCRIBING HOW HIS. FRIEND JUMPED ON TOP OF HIM AND.

SAVED HIM, BUT THAT FRIEND WAS. THEN SHOT AND RUSHED TO THE. HOSPITAL. ABC'S ALEX PEREZ. LEADING US OFF. HE'S AT THE. SCENE IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT. >> A COMMUNITY IN ANGUISH, FAMILIES CONSOLING ONE ANOTHER. AFTER A MASS SHOOTER KILLED TWO. CHILDREN AND SHOT MANY MORE AS. THEY PRAYED IN CHURCH. >> 327 POSSIBLE SHOOTING OF AN. ACTIVE SHOOTER IN CHURCH. 509. WEST 54TH STREET. >> IT WAS JUST BEFORE 830 THIS. MORNING, 15 MINUTES INTO. CATHOLIC MASS, BEFORE THE START. OF THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL. FOR THE YOUNG STUDENTS OF THE.

ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL IN. MINNEAPOLIS. >> DURING THE MASS, A GUNMAN. APPROACHED ON THE OUTSIDE ON. THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND. BEGAN FIRING A RIFLE THROUGH. THE CHURCH WINDOWS TOWARDS THE. CHILDREN SITTING IN THE PEWS AT. THE MASS. >> DOZENS OF ROUNDS FIRED FROM. OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, SHATTERING. THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. STUDENTS RANGING IN AGE FROM. PRE-K TO EIGHTH GRADE INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT USED A. TWO BY FOUR TO TRY AND. BARRICADE THE DOORS TO THE. CHURCH FROM THE OUTSIDE. PAT.

SCANLON LIVES NEARBY AND RUSHED. TO THE SCENE, COMFORTING SOME. OF THE INJURED STUDENTS BEFORE. AUTHORITIES ARRIVED. >> AND THE ONE GIRL WAS REALLY. SOMETHING. SHE SAID, JUST HOLD. MY HAND, PLEASE, AND I DID. THERE WAS A GIRL THAT HAD HAD A. VERY OBVIOUS HEAD INJURY, AND. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER GIRL. THAT TOLD ME SHE WAS SHOT IN. THE THROAT. I KNEW GOING UP. THERE, I WASN'T GOING TO SEE. SOMETHING PRETTY. >> STUDENTS IN THEIR GREEN. UNIFORMS REUNITING WITH PARENTS. FIFTH GRADER CLARISSA GARCIA. >> SO? SO I WAS JUST AT CHURCH.

AND I HEARD SOMETHING LIKE, REALLY LOUD. LIKE I THOUGHT IT. WAS FIREWORKS IN THE CHURCH, AND AND AND THEN AND THEN I SAW. THE SHOOTING AND THEN AND I WAS. LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, I'M SO. SCARED. I WAS LIKE TWO SEATS. AWAY FROM THE STAINED GLASS. WINDOWS. SO THEY WERE LIKE, THE. SHOTS WERE LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO. ME. I THINK I GOT LIKE, GUNPOWDER ON MY NECK. >> TEN YEAR OLD WESTON CALMLY. TELLING REPORTERS HOW HE HID IN. THE PEWS. HIS FRIEND DIVING ON. TOP OF HIM, LIKELY SAVING HIM. THAT FRIEND WAS THEN SHOT.

>> MY FRIEND GOT HIT IN THE. BACK. >> DID HE GO TO THE HOSPITAL? >> YEAH, HE WENT TO THE. HOSPITAL. >> WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND. WHEN YOU SAW THAT? >> I WAS SUPER SCARED FOR HIM. MY MOM WAS WAITING OUTSIDE OF. THE THE CHURCH WHEN IT HAPPENED. I WAS SUPER HAPPY BECAUSE, LIKE, I WAS SCARED THAT I WASN'T. GOING TO SEE HER BECAUSE I. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. REALLY? I WAS JUST IN SHOCK. >> AS THE NOON CHURCH BELLS. RANG OUT, THE POLICE CHIEF.

BREAKING THE TRAGIC NEWS. >> TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES. EIGHT AND TEN, WERE KILLED. WHERE THEY SAT IN THE PEWS. >> YUSEF DAVIS'S NEPHEW, ANDRE. GUNTER, ONE OF AT LEAST 19. OTHERS INJURED. >> HE WAS SHOT IN HIS STOMACH. AND ENTERED, EXITED. HE HAD. SURGERY. THEY OPENED HIM UP. HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT. HE'S. GOING TO. HE'S A SURVIVOR. HE'S. GOING TO. HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT. >> THE COWARD THAT SHOT THESE. VICTIMS TOOK HIS OWN LIFE IN. THE REAR OF THE CHURCH. THAT. COWARD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS.

23 YEAR OLD ROBIN WESTMAN. NO. PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY. >> WE LOST TWO ANGELS TODAY. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT TODAY. THAT CAN FILL US WITH HOPE. >> MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB FREY, ANGRY AND EMOTIONAL, REJECTING. OFFERS OF THE USUAL THOUGHTS. AND PRAYERS. >> DON'T JUST SAY THIS IS ABOUT. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS RIGHT NOW. THESE KIDS WERE LITERALLY. PRAYING. IT WAS THE FIRST WEEK. OF SCHOOL. THEY WERE IN A. CHURCH. THESE ARE KIDS THAT.

SHOULD BE LEARNING WITH THEIR. FRIENDS. THEY SHOULD BE PLAYING. ON THE PLAYGROUND. THEY SHOULD. BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL OR. CHURCH IN PEACE WITHOUT THE. FEAR OR RISK OF VIOLENCE. AND. THEIR PARENTS SHOULD HAVE THE. SAME KIND OF ASSURANCE. >> AND DAVID, THE FBI IS NOW. INVESTIGATING THIS AS AN ACT OF. DOMESTIC TERRORISM TARGETING. CATHOLICS. THIS IS A TIGHT KNIT. COMMUNITY. THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN, ANGRY, AND THEY WANT SOME. ANSWERS. DAVID. >> THE WHOLE NATION WANTS.

ANSWERS ON THIS. AND THE NEWS. WAS JUST HORRIBLE WHEN WE ALL. HEARD IT COME IN THIS MORNING. ALEX. THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE'RE. ALSO LEARNING DISTURBING NEW. DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOOTER, WHAT. THE SUSPECT APPEARS TO HAVE. POSTED ONLINE VIDEO THAT WAS. SET TO BE RELEASED, ACTUALLY. TIMED TO SHOW UP AFTER THE. HORROR UNFOLDED AT THAT CHURCH. HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE. CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. >> TONIGHT. INVESTIGATORS. SEARCHING MULTIPLE RESIDENTS. LINKED TO 23 YEAR OLD SUSPECT. ROBIN WESTMAN, INCLUDING THE. FAMILY HOME LESS THAN A MILE. FROM THE CHURCH. >> THERE WAS A RIFLE, A SHOTGUN.

AND A PISTOL. ALL THREE HAD. BEEN LAWFULLY PURCHASED BY THE. SHOOTER. >> AND POLICE ARE STUDYING A. TROUBLING VIDEO WESTMAN. ALLEGEDLY POSTED ON YOUTUBE. TIME FOR RELEASE AFTER THE. HORROR WOULD HAVE UNFOLDED. INSIDE THAT CHURCH. >> THIS MANIFESTO APPEARED TO. SHOW HIM AT THE SCENE AND. INCLUDED SOME DISTURBING. WRITINGS. >> THE VIDEO DEPICTS SOMEONE. OBSESSED WITH VIOLENCE. IN ONE. CHILLING MOMENT, A SUSPECT IS. SEEN DRIVING A KNIFE INTO A. SKETCH OF CHURCH PEWS. YOU ALSO. SEE A SUSPECT HANDLING BULLETS,

MAGAZINES, AND AN ARSENAL OF. GUNS, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS. REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS MASS. SHOOTERS, INCLUDING SANDY HOOK. THE FIXATION ON MURDER. CLEAR. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY. KRISTI NOEM SAYING THE WORDS. KILL DONALD TRUMP WERE FOUND. WRITTEN ON A RIFLE MAGAZINE. TONIGHT, THE COMMUNITY IN SHOCK. >> SORRY. I'M SHAKING. I CAN'T. STOP. AND CONSIDERING THE. SHOOTER'S A HALF A BLOCK FROM. WHERE WE ALL LIVE.

>> THAT NEIGHBOR NOW TRYING TO. MAKE SENSE OF WHAT THE KILLER'S. FAMILY MIGHT BE THINKING. TONIGHT. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE NOT ONLY. LIVING WITH WHAT THEIR SON HAS. DONE, BUT ALSO THAT THEIR SON. IS DECEASED. I'M SURE THEY'RE. QUESTIONING HIS PARENTS. WHAT. HAPPENED HERE? >> WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THAT. ROBIN WESTMAN WAS BORN A MALE. WITH THE NAME ROBERT, BUT IN. 2020 IDENTIFIED AS A FEMALE. AND A MINNESOTA COURT APPROVED. HIS NAME CHANGE TO ROBIN DAVID. >> PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON TONIGHT. PIERRE. THANK YOU. THE OTHER BREAKING. HEADLINE AS WE'RE ON THE AIR.

TONIGHT, JUST IN FROM THE CDC. THE SUDDEN SHAKEUP. THE NEW. DIRECTOR ON THE JOB FOR JUST. WEEKS TONIGHT OUSTED. SO WHAT'S. BEHIND HER REMOVAL. AND ANOTHER. MAJOR DEVELOPMENT INVOLVES THE. COVID VACCINE THIS FALL. THE. SMALL GROUP IT'S NOW. RECOMMENDED FOR. AND THE. QUESTION TONIGHT WILL SOME. AMERICANS WHO STILL WANT THE. COVID SHOT STILL BE COVERED BY. INSURANCE? SO LET'S GET RIGHT. TO ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT WITH US. HERE TONIGHT ON THE BREAKING. NEWS. THIS NEW CDC DIRECTOR ON. THE JOB FOR JUST WEEKS. ALREADY. OUT TONIGHT. WHAT HAVE YOU. LEARNED, RACHEL? >> YES, DAVID. SOURCES ARE. TELLING US THAT CDC DIRECTOR. SUSAN MENARD HAS BEEN OUSTED.

FROM HER POSITION. JUST WEEKS. INTO THE JOB. THE DEPARTMENT OF. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, LED. BY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR, POSTING. SUSAN MENARD IS NO LONGER. DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR. DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. WE THANK HER FOR HER DEDICATED. SERVICE AS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER. OF VACCINES. AND HER OUSTER. COMES AS KENNEDY, A VACCINE. SKEPTIC, MOVES TO RESHAPE THE. GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH. TODAY, THE FDA ALSO NARROWING THE. SCOPE OF PEOPLE APPROVED FOR. THE COVID VACCINE THIS FALL. TO. THOSE OVER 65 AND YOUNGER. ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH. UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

SO THIS DOES NOW RAISE. QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE. VACCINE WOULD BE COVERED FOR. PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FALL INTO. THOSE TWO CATEGORIES, DAVID. >> AND UNCLEAR IF THESE TWO. THINGS ARE EVEN LINKED IN THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE CDC. DIRECTOR HAS BEEN OUSTED. BUT. BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT HER. PHILOSOPHY ON VACCINES VERSUS. RFK JR. >> AND AND THE FDA STILL MOVING. FORWARD WITH THOSE CHANGES. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. RACHEL SCOTT, WITH US ON THE BREAKING. HEADLINE. RACHEL. THANK YOU. WE. TURN NEXT THIS EVENING TO THE. LABOR DAY FORECAST AND THE. TRAVEL OUTLOOK. WHAT'S EXPECTED. TO BE THE BUSIEST LABOR DAY. TRAVEL IN 15 YEARS, MILLIONS ON. THE ROAD AND IN THE AIR. MORE. THAN 17 MILLION TRAVELERS.

EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE. TSA. THERE ARE STORMS ON TAP. FOR MILLIONS, AND THE FALL LIKE. WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THIS. NATION WILL STICK AROUND. LET'S. GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG OF. OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. TRACKING IT ALL. LEE, THE LABOR. DAY HOLIDAY ALMOST HERE. HOW. DOES IT LOOK? >> WELL, THE TREND IS REALLY. OUR FRIEND DAVID HEADING INTO. THE WEEKEND. THE WEATHER MAPS. GETTING QUIETER AND ABSENCE OF. EXTREME HEAT. IN FACT, BELOW. NORMAL TEMPERATURES. CHICAGO TO. NEW YORK MID AND UPPER 70S. WE'LL HAVE SOME SHOWERS LEFT. OVER IN THE ADIRONDACKS AND. NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND GULF COAST. IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. BUT WE. ARE STARTING TO DRY OUT NOW. THAT'S COMING FROM THE MONSOON.

MOISTURE. NOW THERE'S STILL. SOME FLOOD WATCHES FROM THE. SIERRA NEVADA ALL THE WAY INTO. MONTANA. WE HAD SOME SEVERE. STORMS NEAR RENO, SOME FLOOD. WARNINGS IN UTAH AND COLORADO. THAT WILL QUIET DOWN OVER THE. NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT. MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE. FLOOD THREAT TONIGHT INTO. TOMORROW. WICHITA ALL THE WAY. TO LITTLE ROCK AMOUNTS UP TO. SIX INCHES OF RAIN. THAT RAIN. MOVES INTO THE GULF COAST BY. FRIDAY. >> DAVID LEE GOLDBERG BACK WITH. US TONIGHT. LEE, THANKS SO MUCH. WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT HERE TO. THE FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF THE. POLICE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. AND THIS EVENING, A GRAND JURY.

HAS DECIDED NOT TO INDICT THAT. PROTESTER WHO THREW A SANDWICH. AT A FEDERAL AGENT. MEANTIME, THE MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, DC, TONIGHT. NOW ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. CARJACKINGS ARE DOWN. SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE NATIONAL. GUARD NOW ON PATROL. AND AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW PLANNING TO. TAKE OVER UNION STATION. HERE'S. JAY O'BRIEN TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, A WASHINGTON, DC. GRAND JURY REFUSED TO INDICT. THE MAN WHO SET OFF A VIRAL. FIRESTORM. THE FBI DIRECTOR. POSTING THIS VIDEO OF THE MAN. HURLING A SUBWAY SANDWICH AT A. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AGENT. PATROLLING DURING THE. PRESIDENT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT. SURGE. >> WE CHARGE THEM WITH A FELONY.

ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER. >> BUT THE GRAND JURY DIDN'T. BUY IT, REFUSING TO BRING. CHARGES. IT COMES AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION EXPANDS ITS. TAKEOVER OF THE NATION'S. CAPITAL, PUTTING THE DEPARTMENT. OF TRANSPORTATION IN CONTROL OF. THE CITY'S ICONIC UNION STATION. THE CITY WILL TELL YOU THEY. HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL CRIME. AROUND UNION STATION, BUT THEY. DON'T. THIS IS AN OVERREACH. BUT THEY DO NOT. >> THEY DO NOT HAVE IT UNDER. CONTROL. >> AS WE WALKED AROUND OUTSIDE. UNION STATION, WE SAW SOME OF. THE MORE THAN 2000 NATIONAL. GUARD TROOPS SENT TO D.C. D.C.

MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER SAYS THE. SURGE HAS LEFT RESIDENTS, QUOTE, LIVING IN FEAR. BUT SHE ALSO. ACKNOWLEDGES CRIME HAS FALLEN. IN THE CITY. CARJACKINGS NOW. DOWN 87%. >> WE KNOW THAT WHEN. CARJACKINGS GO DOWN, WHEN USE. OF GUN GOES DOWN, WHEN HOMICIDE. OR ROBBERY GO DOWN, NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL SAFER AND. ARE SAFER. SO THIS SURGE HAS. BEEN IMPORTANT TO US. >> THE MAYOR MAKING IT CLEAR. THERE, DAVID. CRIME HAS GONE. DOWN SINCE TRUMP'S TAKEOVER. BUT SHE SAYS THAT THIS SURGE OF.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, IMMIGRATION AND NATIONAL GUARD. COMES AT A COST. TRUST IN SOME. COMMUNITIES. DAVID. >> JAY O'BRIEN LIVE IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. JAY. THANKS. NEXT TONIGHT, THE MAJOR. HEADLINE INVOLVING THAT HIGHLY. CONTROVERSIAL NEW IMMIGRATION. DETENTION CENTER IN FLORIDA. KNOWN AS ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. ABC NEWS OBTAINED AN EMAIL FROM. A STATE OFFICIAL NOW SUGGESTING. IT COULD BE EMPTY IN JUST DAYS. IT WAS OPEN FOR JUST WEEKS. SO. HOW MUCH DID THIS COST AMERICAN. TAXPAYERS? VICTOR OQUENDO FROM. FLORIDA TONIGHT.

>> TONIGHT, FLORIDA'S. CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION. DETENTION CENTER, DUBBED. ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ, MAY BE. EMPTY WITHIN DAYS. JUST TWO. MONTHS AFTER IT OPENED AT AN. ESTIMATED $400 MILLION COST TO. AMERICAN TAXPAYERS. ABC NEWS. OBTAINED AN EMAIL FROM THE HEAD. OF THE STATE'S DIVISION OF. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, KEVIN. GUTHRIE, SAYING IN PART, WE ARE. PROBABLY GOING TO BE DOWN TO. ZERO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN A FEW. DAYS. >> I CALL IT ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. >> THE DETENTION CENTER LOCATED. IN THE HEART OF THE FLORIDA.

EVERGLADES, WAS RAPIDLY BUILT, CAPABLE OF HOLDING UP TO 3000. DETAINEES. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. DHS TOURING THE FACILITY. >> I MEAN, YOU DON'T ALWAYS. HAVE LAND SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO. SECURE. THEY HAVE A LOT OF. BODYGUARDS AND A LOT OF COPS. THAT ARE IN THE FORM OF. ALLIGATORS. >> THE FACILITY DRAWING PUBLIC. BACKLASH OVER ITS LOCATION AND. LIVING CONDITIONS, BECOMING THE. SUBJECT OF MULTIPLE LAWSUITS. LAST WEEK, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN. MIAMI ORDERED THE DETENTION. CENTER TO WIND DOWN OPERATIONS. STATE OFFICIALS APPEALING THE.

DECISION. TODAY, GOVERNOR RON. DESANTIS STATING THE NUMBERS. ARE LOWER DUE TO DHS. DEPORTATIONS. >> YOU KNOW, THE DEPORTATIONS. ARE CONTINUING. DHS IS TAKING. PEOPLE OUT OF THERE, AND. THEY'RE MOVING THEM OUT. >> DAVID. >> THAT EMAIL FROM THE HEAD OF. FLORIDA'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY. MANAGEMENT WAS SENT TO. INTERFAITH LEADERS WHO WERE. LOOKING TO HOLD RELIGIOUS. SERVICES AT THE FACILITY. >> DAVID VICTOR KENDALL IN. FLORIDA. YOU'LL STAY ON THIS, VICTOR. THANKS. WHEN WE COME. BACK TONIGHT, THE PLANE. CRASHING RIGHT OFF THE EAST. COAST INTO THE ATLANTIC TONIGHT.

THE DRAMATIC IMAGES RIGHT HERE, THE PILOT WHO WENT DOWN AND. THEN THE DARING RESCUE THAT. FOLLOWED. YOU'LL SEE THIS PLAY. OUT IN A MOMENT. ALSO, THIS. IMAGE TONIGHT OF PRINCESS DIANA. AND THE TIME CAPSULE SEALED BY. HER SOME 34 YEARS AGO TONIGHT. THAT TIME CAPSULE HAS NOW BEEN. >>> TONIGHT, NEW IMAGES SHOWING. THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF A PILOT. MOMENTS AFTER CRASHING A SMALL. PLANE OFF THE COAST OF NORTH. CAROLINA. THE PILOT LANDING UPSIDE DOWN IN. THE WATERS OFF OAK ISLAND. RESCUERS FROM THE BEACH SAFETY. UNIT IMMEDIATELY ON THE SCENE,

PULLING HIM OUT THROUGH THE. WINDSHIELD. ONCE THEY GOT TO THAT PLANE, THE. RESCUE TAKING LESS THAN 30. SECONDS. THAT PILOT IS OKAY TONIGHT. >>> THE HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO. FAKED HIS OWN DEATH, AUTHORITIES. SAY MAKING IT LOOK LIKE HE DIED. WHILE KAYAKING, HAS NOW BEEN. SENTENCED TO 89 DAYS IN JAIL IN. GREEN LAKE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. RYAN BORGWARDT WAS LATER FOUND. LIVING IN EASTERN EUROPE WITH A. WOMAN HE MET ONLINE. THE 89-DAY SENTENCE IS EQUAL TO. THE NUMBER OF DAYS AUTHORITIES. SPENT SEARCHING FOR HIM IN. WISCONSIN. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NFL STAR AND THE. HIGH SPEED CHAIN REACTION CRASH. TONIGHT, NEWS COMING IN ON HIS. PUNISHMENT.

>>> AND PRINCESS DIANA, THE TIME. CAPSULE SHE SEALED 34 YEARS AGO. IT'S BEEN OPENED TONIGHT. >>> TO THE INDEX. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS RICE RASHEE. RICE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR SIX. GAMES FOR HIS CONVICTION IN A. HIGH SPEED CRASH IN DALLAS. A JUDGE SENTENCING HIM TO 30. DAYS IN JAIL. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS RACING. NEARLY 120 MILES PER HOUR. MOMENTS BEFORE CRASHING ON. HIGHWAY 75, TRIGGERING THAT. SIX-CAR COLLISION. >>> TONIGHT, PRINCESS DIANA AND. THE TIME CAPSULE SHE SEALED 34. YEARS AGO. IT'S NOW BEEN OPENED IN LONDON. DIANA PLACING THE CAPSULE INSIDE. A WALL AT THE GREAT ORMAND.

STREET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN IN. 1991. INSIDE THE CAPSULE, A COPY OF. "THE TIMES" NEWSPAPER WITH. HEADLINES ABOUT THE GULF WAR. A POCKET-SIZED PORTABLE TV, AND. A KYLIE MINOGUE CD. THAT CAPSULE, BY THE WAY, OPENED. EARLY BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, TRAVIS KELCE'S FATHER, ED, RIGHT HERE. HIS ADVICE ON THIS BIG. ENGAGEMENT, AND WHAT HE SAYS. ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT AND THE BIG. WAIT. HE SAYS THEY WERE ALL WAITING.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, TAYLOR. SWIFT, TRAVIS KELCE, AND A. LITTLE ENGAGEMENT ADVICE, PERHAPS FATHER KNOWS BEST. TONIGHT, JUST 24 HOURS AFTER. TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE. ANNOUNCED THEIR ENGAGEMENT, ED. KELCE, TRAVIS KELCE'S FATHER, AND TAYLOR SWIFT'S SOON TO BE. FATHER-IN-LAW, SHARING AN INSIDE. LOOK TONIGHT AT HOW THE SURPRISE. WAS PULLED OFF, SAYING IT. ACTUALLY PLAYED OUT IN TRAVIS. KELCE'S BACKYARD IN LEE'S. SUMMIT, MISSOURI.

>> HE SAID, LET'S GO OUT, HAVE A. GLASS OF WINE. AND SHE GOT OUT THERE AND THEY. GOT OUT THERE AND THAT'S WHEN HE. ASKED HER AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> David: TELLING THE ABC. STATION IN CLEVELAND, WEWS, WHERE TRAVIS KELCE GREW UP, THAT. THE NEWLY ENGAGED COUPLE. IMMEDIATELY STARTED FACETIMING. THE WHOLE FAMILY AFTERWARD. >> FACETIMING ME AND THEIR. MOTHER AND HER FOLKS TO MAKE. SURE EVERYBODY KNEW, SO --. IT'S -- TO SEE THEM TOGETHER IS. GREAT. >> David: THE WHOLE FAMILY KEPT. THIS SECRET. ED KELCE SAYING HE GAVE HIS SON. A LITTLE PIECE OF ADVICE,

REVEALING THAT HE AND SCOTT. SWIFT, TAYLOR'S FATHER, WERE. BOTH WONDERING WHEN TRAVIS WAS. GOING TO POP THE QUESTION. AND HE SAYS, SO WAS TAYLOR. >> I THINK SHE WAS GETTING MAYBE. A LITTLE ANTSY, BUT HE WAS GOING. TO MAKE IT A BIG, SPECIAL EVENT. AND I TOLD HIM REPEATEDLY, YOU. KNOW, YOU DO IT ON THE SIDE OF A. ROAD, DO IT ANY PLACE, THAT. MAKES IT A SPECIAL EVENT, WHEN. YOU GET DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND ASK. HER TO MARRY YOU. AND IT HELPED THAT SCOTT SWIFT. WAS TELLING HIM THE SAME THING.

>> David: THAT PROUD FATHER. REVEALING THE ENGAGEMENT. ACTUALLY HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT THE FAMILIES WERE. QUIETLY WONDERING WHEN THEY. WOULD MAKE THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. >> KIND OF FUNNY, ABOUT A WEEK. AGO, I ASKED TRAVIS, I SAID, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO -- WHEN. ARE YOU GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE. ENGAGEMENT? HE SAID, WHENEVER TAYLOR SAYS. SO. >> David: TONIGHT HERE, WHAT DO. THE SWIFTS AND THE KELCES MAKE. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS. ENGAGEMENTS IN THE WORLD? >> THEY WERE AS PREPARED AS YOU. CAN BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I KIND OF LOOK AT IT THE SAME.

WAY I'M SURE THE SWIFTS DO. THIS IS STILL THE LITTLE KID. THEY RAISED AT HOME, OKAY? YES, THEY BOTH HAD A LOT OF. SUCCESS IN THEIR ENDEAVORS, BUT. THEY'RE STILL THE SAME PEOPLE WE. RAISED. AND IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD TO. SEE A COUPLE THIS MUCH IN LOVE. >> David: GREAT ADVICE. WE WISH TAYLOR AND TRAVIS THE. BEST. BOTH FAMILIES, TOO, THE SWIFTS. AND THE KELCES. I'M DAVID MUIR. GOOD NIGHT.