ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 7, 2026

TONIGHT THE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW, THE CHILLING. IMAGES JUST RELEASED TONIGHT. THE DEADLY SHOOTING AT AN IN. AND OUT NEW SURVEILLANCE JUST. IN. POLICE SAY THE VIDEO SHOWS. THE GUNMAN PULLING UP TO THE. DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW, OPENING. FIRE, KILLING THE FIRST OF HIS. VICTIMS. PANICKED EMPLOYEES.

INSIDE, SHIELDING EACH OTHER. AND SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. THE. ARMED BYSTANDERS CONFRONTING. THE GUNMAN ALSO BREAKING. AS WE. COME ON THE AIR IN THE. NORTHEAST. TRACKING SEVERE. STORMS AT THIS HOUR. DANGEROUS. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK. LEE. GOLDBERG IS HERE. TONIGHT, NEWS. OF FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER HAS. GONE DOWN IN THE MIDST OF. BATTLING DANGEROUS FIRES. TONIGHT, SAVING AN AMERICAN. THE DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL. RESCUE MISSION IN COMPLETE. DARKNESS AND EXTREME COLD TO. GET TO AN AMERICAN IN.

ANTARCTICA. THE HORRIFYING. IMAGES TONIGHT, THE DEADLY. SCHOOL SHOOTING OF 14 YEAR OLD. GUNMAN OPENING FIRE RUNNING. DOWN THE HALL. MULTIPLE. TEACHERS AND STAFF KILLED, CHILDREN TAKING COVER. A COURT. HALTING THE PRESIDENT'S. BALLROOM. AND TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYS HE. WILL APPEAL THE DECISION ON HIS. $400 MILLION BALLROOM TO THE. SUPREME COURT. THIS ALL COMES. TONIGHT AMID A DISAPPOINTING. NEW JOBS REPORT IN THIS COUNTRY. THE U.S. LOSING JOBS LAST MONTH. TONIGHT, CHILDREN AND SOCIAL. MEDIA. THE MAJOR RULING AGAINST.

META, THE PARENT COMPANY OF. FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, ORDERING THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT. TO PAY MORE THAN A HALF BILLION. DOLLARS FOR HARMING CHILDREN'S. MENTAL HEALTH. TONIGHT, JUST. OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, THERE'S. AN URGENT MANHUNT UNDERWAY. A. SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS. FATHER AND SETTING HIS HOME ON. FIRE. TONIGHT, THE HAUNTING. VIDEO SHOWING A TEENAGER. DRESSED AS A CLOWN ACCUSED OF. MURDER. AND TONIGHT, THE NEWS. NOW COMING IN ON THIS CASE, THE. SMALL PLANE HITTING POWER LINES. CRASHING ONTO MAIN STREET IN. ONE AMERICAN TOWN, THE TRUCK.

HITTING A FUEL TANKER, THEN. SMASHING INTO A TV STATION. TONIGHT, DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING. THE MOMENT AN EARTHQUAKE HITS. WITH SURGERY UNDERWAY INSIDE. THIS HOSPITAL TONIGHT, THE. PENTAGON RELEASING NEW UFO. VIDEOS AND WHAT THEY SHOW, AND. THE FIREFIGHTER ANSWERING THE. CALL IN A WAY NO ONE IMAGINED. IT WAS DEFINITELY MUSIC TO. THEIR EARS. WHO IS OUR PERSON. OF THE WEEK? >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS.

IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN. TONIGHT HERE WITH THE BREAKING. NEWS CHILLING NEW VIDEO JUST. RELEASED SHOWING THAT DEADLY. SHOOTING UNFOLDING AT AN. IN-N-OUT BURGER IN TWIN FALLS, IDAHO. THREE PEOPLE KILLED, SEVEN WOUNDED. AND THE IMAGES. TONIGHT ARE DISTURBING. POLICE. SAY THE GUNMAN FIRST OPENED. FIRE FROM HIS CAR AT THE DRIVE. THROUGH WINDOW, KILLING AN. EMPLOYEE JUST MOMENTS LATER. THEN, ARMED WITH A RIFLE, THE. SUSPECT BEGAN FIRING INTO THE. DRIVE THROUGH. FOR THE FIRST. TIME, WE'RE SEEING THE PANIC. INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WORKERS. SHIELDING EACH OTHER,

SCRAMBLING TO TAKE COVER, ARMORED BYSTANDERS CONFRONTING. THE GUNMAN, INCLUDING AN OFF. DUTY STATE TROOPER RETURNING. FIRE, HELPING THOSE EMPLOYEES. GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY. OFFICERS. ARRIVING WITHIN MINUTES. SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT WITH. GUNS DRAWN. RESPONDING TO. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF A SHOOTER. AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND WHERE. THEY FINALLY FOUND HIM TONIGHT, POLICE SAY THE BYSTANDERS WHO. CONFRONTED THE SUSPECT AND YOU. WILL SEE THEM, THEY HELPED SAVE. LIVES. ABC'S TREVOR AULT. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT. SURVEILLANCE AND. BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE.

CHAOS AND THE HEROISM DURING. THAT HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING AT. AN IN-N-OUT BURGER IN TWIN. FALLS, IDAHO. VIDEO SHOWS THE. GUNMAN SATURDAY IN THE DRIVE. THROUGH, FIRING FROM HIS CAR. INTO THE WINDOW, KILLING A. WORKER INSIDE. HE THEN STEPS. OUT AND SHOOTS A PERSON IN THE. CAR IN FRONT OF HIM. FORMER. TWIN FALLS POLICE OFFICER. AUSTIN JAMES IS SEEN RUNNING. TOWARD THE GUNFIRE, DRAWING HIS. WEAPON. HE TOO WAS SHOT. THE. GUNMAN THEN CALMLY RETURNS TO. THE WINDOW, FIRING UNTIL HIS. GUN JAMS. TERRIFIED WORKERS. SCRAMBLING AWAY, LED BY AN OFF.

DUTY STATE TROOPER INSIDE THE. TROOPER AND THE SUSPECT THEN. EXCHANGING GUNFIRE, ARMED. CIVILIAN JORDAN SALINAS ALSO. FIRED SHOTS AT THE GUNMAN. >> AS SOON AS SOME ROUNDS. STARTED COMING AT HIM, EVERYTHING CHANGED. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PUSHED. THE SUSPECT AWAY FROM THE. RESTAURANT TOWARD A TESLA. CHARGING STATION, WHERE HE THEN. SHOT AND KILLED DALE SCHULTZ. AND WOUNDED HIS WIFE, ANNETTE. HE THEN WENT INSIDE THE TWIN. FALLS VISITOR CENTER GIFT SHOP. YOU CAN SEE THESE EMPLOYEES. CROUCHING AS HE GOES THE OTHER. WAY, AND OUTSIDE, A WORKER.

DISTRACTING THE SHOOTER, BUYING. TIME FOR HIS COWORKERS TO RUN. FOR THEIR LIVES. >> TO THAT YOUNG MAN, YOU ARE A. HERO. YOUR COURAGE, YOUR. COMPOSURE, YOUR SELFLESSNESS IN. THAT MOMENT LIKELY GAVE OTHERS. THE TIME THEY NEEDED TO ESCAPE. HARM. >> AUTHORITIES THEN CLOSING IN, TRACKING THE SUSPECT TO A. NEARBY CONSTRUCTION SITE, OFFICERS WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN. >> SHOW ME YOUR HANDS. >> THE SHOOTER, DYING FROM A. SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SHOT TEN. PEOPLE. THREE OF THEM WERE.

KILLED. >> OUR HEARTS ARE WITH EVERY. VICTIM AND FAMILY THAT ARE NOW. CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THIS. TRAGEDY. >> AND, DAVID, INVESTIGATORS. SAY THE MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING. IS STILL UNCLEAR. THE VIDEO. SHOWS JUST HOW TERRIFYING THIS. WAS FOR EVERYONE TRYING TO FLEE, BUT POLICE EMPHASIZE JUST HOW. MANY PEOPLE BRAVELY TOOK ACTION. TO PROTECT OTHERS IN ALL THAT. CHAOS. DAVID. >> I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE IT. TREVOR AULT LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. TREVOR. THANK YOU. ALSO BREAKING AS WE'RE ON THE. AIR THIS EVENING IN THE. NORTHEAST OF THIS HOUR, WE'RE. TRACKING SEVERE STORMS, DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. POSSIBLE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK. IN. FACT, LATE TODAY, LOOK AT THIS. STORMS ROLLING IN OVER NEW YORK. CITY, THE SKY GOING DARK OVER. MANHATTAN, AND POLICE BODY. CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING LIGHTNING. STRIKE, A WATER TOWER. THIS IS. BRADENTON, FLORIDA. TONIGHT, MORE THAN 1100 FLIGHTS ALREADY. CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. LAGUARDIA, JFK, DULLES AIRPORTS, ALL ISSUING GROUND STOPS FOR A. TIME. SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO. ABC'S SENIOR METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG WITH US HERE ON A. FRIDAY NIGHT. HEY THERE LEE. >> HEY, DAVID. AND WE'RE UNDER. PROTECTIVE COVER HERE IN NEW. YORK CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE LOUD. CLAPS OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.

ALL AROUND. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WARNING FOR PARTS OF NEW YORK. CITY RIGHT NOW, AND SEVERE. THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ACROSS. PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST INTO. ABOUT 9:00 TONIGHT FOR THESE. DAMAGING WINDS. AND THERE'S. FLOOD WARNINGS ALL ACROSS THE. PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND INTO. PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE. WATCHES ARE ALSO IN THE MIDWEST. WE'VE HAD TORNADOES REPORTED IN. IOWA AND ACTIVE TORNADO. WARNINGS. THESE STORMS IN THE. NORTHEAST, IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS. OPPRESSIVE TROPICAL AIR. IT. WILL IMPROVE BY THE END OF THE. WEEKEND. TO THE NORTHWEST. IT'S. ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY AND FIRE. ALERTS, WITH GUSTY WINDS AND. DRY CONDITIONS THAT WILL. CONTINUE, AND THE UNRELENTING. HEAT IS NOT HELPING. LOOKING AT.

TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES FROM. PALM SPRINGS ALL THE WAY TO. BILLINGS, MONTANA, THERE WILL. BE SOME HEAT RELIEF IN THE. PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS THE. WEEKEND GOES ON. >> DAVID LEE GOLDBERG WITH THE. FORECAST FOR US. LEE, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE HAVE LEARNED. EMERGENCY CREWS ARE NOW. RESPONDING TO THE CRASH OF A. FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTER NEAR. FILLMORE, UTAH. THE CHOPPER. GOING DOWN WHILE BATTLING A. MASSIVE WILDFIRE. THERE'S NO. WORD AT THIS HOUR ON THE TWO. PEOPLE ON BOARD THE WIDE MOUTH. TWO FIRE DESTROYING MORE THAN. 106,000 ACRES, MULTIPLE. STRUCTURES BURNED TO THE GROUND. AUTHORITIES SAY THE FIRE WAS. STARTED BY LIGHTNING. IT'S BEEN. BURNING NOW FOR WEEKS. TONIGHT,

THERE'S NEWS OF A DARING RESCUE. OPERATION TO SAVE AN AMERICAN. IN A REMOTE PART OF THE WORLD. THE DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL. RESCUE MISSION IN COMPLETE. DARKNESS AND EXTREME COLD TO. GET TO AN AMERICAN IN. ANTARCTICA. HERE'S ABC'S PERRY. RUSSOM TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE DANGEROUS. INTERNATIONAL RESCUE MISSION TO. SAVE AN AMERICAN SUFFERING A. MEDICAL EMERGENCY IN THE PITCH. BLACK ABYSS OF ANTARCTICA. >> TO GET THERE IN COMPLETE. DARKNESS IN THESE EXTREME COLD. TEMPERATURES IS VERY, VERY RARE. I BELIEVE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. BEFORE. >> THE U.S. NATIONAL SCIENCE.

FOUNDATION PUTTING OUT AN. URGENT REQUEST FOR HELP LAST. WEEK AT MCMURDO STATION, AN. AMERICAN RESEARCH FACILITY. AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS SAY A. RESCUE PLANE FLEW MORE THAN. FIVE GRUELING HOURS TO. ANTARCTICA, WHERE IT'S WINTER. AND MUCH OF THE CONTINENT IS IN. TOTAL DARKNESS. >> WE HAD WHAT'S CALLED. NAUTICAL TWILIGHT, WHICH IS A. VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT OF LIGHT. >> ON THE ICE TEMPERATURES, REACHING A BONE CHILLING 45. DEGREES BELOW ZERO, THE WIND. BLINDING FLIGHT CREWS AND FIRST. RESPONDERS TRANSFERRING THE. PATIENT TO THE PLANE, THEN. FLYING 2300 MILES TO NEW.

ZEALAND. >> IT WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF. PLANNING BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN. OUR COMPANY AND MULTIPLE. AGENCIES ACROSS THE WORLD. >> DAVID. WITH THE FREEZING. COLD TEMPERATURES AND DARKNESS, THERE WAS A NARROW WINDOW TO. MAKE THIS RESCUE HAPPEN. THE. AMERICAN WAS ADMITTED TO THE. HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. >> DAVID PERRY RUSSOM REPORTING. TONIGHT. PERRY THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE HORRIFIC IMAGES. COMING IN FROM OVERSEAS, A. DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN. THAILAND. A 14 YEAR OLD GUNMAN. OPENING FIRE RUNNING DOWN THE. HALL. MULTIPLE TEACHERS AND. STAFF KILLED, CHILDREN TAKING.

COVER. AND A WARNING TONIGHT. THESE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. HERE'S RICK CLEMENT TONIGHT. >> TERRIFYING VIDEO POSTED TO. SOCIAL MEDIA, CAPTURING THE. MOMENT A STUDENT OPENED FIRE ON. HIS CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS AT. A HIGH SCHOOL NEAR BANGKOK, THAILAND. SHOTS RINGING OUT AS. PEOPLE SCRAMBLE FOR COVER, THE. SHOOTER MOVING DOWN THE HALLWAY. AND AROUND A CORNER. INSIDE A. CLASSROOM. THESE BARRICADED. STUDENTS TAKING COVER UNDER. THEIR DESKS TRYING TO STAY. SILENT, AT ONE POINT SEEN. HUDDLED TOGETHER COMFORTING. EACH OTHER. POLICE SAY THE.

SHOOTER WAS 14 YEARS OLD AND. TARGETED THE SCHOOL IN WHAT. THEY CALLED A PREMEDITATED. ATTACK, KILLING FIVE STAFF. MEMBERS AND INJURING MORE THAN. 30 OTHER PEOPLE. THE SHOOTER. TAKING HIS OWN LIFE AT THE. SCHOOL. OFFICIALS SAY HE STILL. HAD MORE THAN 30 ROUNDS OF. AMMUNITION ON HIM. POLICE LATER. FINDING HIS TWO GRANDPARENTS. ALSO DEAD FROM GUNSHOT WOUNDS. AT THE FAMILY HOME, SAYING THE. TEEN APPEARS TO HAVE KILLED. THEM BEFORE GOING ON THE. RAMPAGE AT THE SCHOOL AND THAT. THE HANDGUN HE USED WAS. REGISTERED TO HIS GRANDFATHER. >> WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CHILD.

GOT ACCESS TO THE GUN, DAVID. >> THIS IS THAILAND'S SECOND. DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING THIS. YEAR. THE PRIME MINISTER NOW. VOWING TO PROPOSE STRICTER NEW. GUN LAWS. >> DAVID BRITT REPORTING FOR US. BRIT, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN. THE U.S. TONIGHT, A FEDERAL. APPEALS COURT HALTING THE. PRESIDENT'S $400 MILLION. BALLROOM. THE EAST WING ALREADY. GONE. CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR. MONTHS. AND TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYS HE WILL APPEAL THIS. TO THE SUPREME COURT. HERE'S. RACHEL SCOTT TONIGHT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING HIS. FIGHT FOR A WHITE HOUSE.

BALLROOM TO THE SUPREME COURT. AFTER A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT. RULED CONSTRUCTION MUST STOP. UNLESS HE OBTAINS CONGRESSIONAL. APPROVAL. IN A BLISTERING 2 TO. 1 REBUKE, THE MAJORITY WRITING, EACH PRESIDENT IS A TEMPORARY. TENANT, NOT THE OWNER OF THE. WHITE HOUSE AND ITS EXECUTIVE. RESIDENTS, ADDING WHETHER OR. NOT A MASSIVE BALLROOM SHOULD. BE CONSTRUCTED IS FOR CONGRESS. TO DECIDE AND IS NOT A MATTER. OF EXECUTIVE SELF-HELP. THE. PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY. DEMOLISHED THE EAST WING TO. MAKE ROOM FOR THE $400 MILLION. BALLROOM. CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN.

UNDERWAY FOR TEN MONTHS. >> THIS BALLROOM IS GOING TO BE. SOMETHING THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. FOR THE CITY, SO DESPERATELY. NEEDED BY PRESIDENTS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING THE. DECISION UNJUST, SAYING IT MUST. BE OVERTURNED BY THE SUPREME. COURT IN ITS ENTIRETY. IT'S THE. SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THE. PRESIDENT'S RENOVATIONS HAVE. FACED PUSHBACK. THE NATIONAL. PARK SERVICE FINDING HIS. PROPOSED 250 FOOT TRIUMPHAL. ARCH WOULD OBSTRUCT THE VIEW OF. DOZENS OF HISTORICAL SITES, INCLUDING THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WHERE CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING. TO REPAIR THE ICONIC REFLECTING.

POOL, CLEARING OUT THE GREEN. ALGAE AND FIXING THE PEELING. PAINT. AFTER A $15 MILLION. TAXPAYER FUNDED RENOVATION, THE. PRESIDENT HAS BLAMED THE. PEELING PAINT ON VANDALS. TONIGHT, CALLING ON U.S. ATTORNEY JEANINE PIRRO TO. REVISIT THE CHARGES THAT PIRRO. DROPPED EARLIER THIS WEEK, DECLARING THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO. A BOTCHED INSTALLATION, NOT. VANDALISM. TODAY, VISITORS. SPOTTING THESE SIGNS WARNING. THE WORK MAY TEMPORARILY. DISCOLOR THE WATER AS THE PIPES. ARE CLEANED OUT. THOSE. REFLECTING POOL RENOVATIONS. WILL COST AN ESTIMATED 15.

MILLION IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM ABOUT. 400 MILLION. WE'RE RENOVATING. THE ENTIRE EAST WING OF THE. WHITE HOUSE. COULD COST EVEN. MORE THAN THAT, DAVID, AND IT. WILL BE PAID FOR IN A. COMBINATION OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. AND PRIVATE DONATIONS. DAVID. >> RACHEL SCOTT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. RACHEL. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, ALL THIS. COMES AMID DISAPPOINTING NEWS. ON AMERICAN JOBS TONIGHT. THE. U.S. LOSING 23,000 JOBS LAST. MONTH. UNEMPLOYMENT TICKING. DOWN TO 4.1%. THE LABOR. DEPARTMENT ALSO REVISING DOWN. THE JOBS NUMBERS FROM THE TWO. MONTHS PRIOR, SAYING 103,000.

FEWER JOBS WERE CREATED THAN. FIRST THOUGHT. TONIGHT, THE. MAJOR RULING INVOLVING CHILDREN. AND TEENAGERS IN SOCIAL MEDIA, THE RULING AGAINST META, THE. PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND. INSTAGRAM, ORDERING THE SOCIAL. MEDIA GIANT TO PAY MORE THAN A. HALF BILLION DOLLARS, SAYING. ITS APPS HARMED CHILDREN'S. MENTAL HEALTH. HERE'S ELIZABETH. SCHULZE NOW. >> TONIGHT, A MASSIVE LEGAL. SETBACK FOR THE COMPANY BEHIND. INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. A NEW. MEXICO JUDGE ORDERING META TO. PAY $567 MILLION IN PENALTIES.

AND MAKE CHANGES TO ITS APPS, SAYING THEY HARM CHILDREN'S. MENTAL HEALTH. >> NOW THEY MUST PAY THE PRICE. FOR THE CHOICE THAT THEY MADE. TO PUT PROFITS OVER CHILDREN'S. SAFETY. >> THE JUDGE RULING. FOR USERS. UNDER AGE 18, META MUST. ELIMINATE PUSH NOTIFICATIONS AT. NIGHT AND DURING SCHOOL HOURS. HIDE LIKE COUNTS, ADD. SAFEGUARDS FOR AI CHAT BOTS AND. PUT NEW TIME LIMITS ON THE APPS. NO MORE THAN 90 HOURS PER MONTH. TAMMY RODRIGUEZ SAYS HER. DAUGHTER SELENA, GOT ADDICTED.

TO INSTAGRAM AND DEVELOPED. DEPRESSION AND TOOK HER OWN. LIFE AT AGE 11. HER MOM, NOW. ONE OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER. LAWSUITS FILED AGAINST SOCIAL. MEDIA PLATFORMS. >> I'M DOING IT TO SAVE OTHER. KIDS LIVES. I DON'T WANT. ANOTHER PARENT TO HAVE TO FEEL. WHAT I FEEL EVERY DAY WHEN I. WAKE UP AND I GO HOME AFTER. WORK AND THE HOUSE IS QUIET AND. WE DON'T HAVE THAT LOUDNESS, AND THAT'S WHO I'M DOING IT FOR. >> META SAYS IT WILL APPEAL THE. RULING, ADDING IT WORKS HARD TO. KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON ITS. PLATFORMS. >> DAVID ELIZABETH SCHULTZ.

REPORTING TONIGHT. ELIZABETH, THANKS. TONIGHT, JUST OUTSIDE. NEW YORK CITY, THERE'S AN. URGENT MANHUNT UNDERWAY. A. SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS. FATHER AND SETTING HIS HOME ON. FIRE TO COVER IT UP. HERE'S OUR. CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE URGENT MANHUNT. NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY FOR THIS. MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS. FATHER AND SETTING FIRE TO HIS. HOME, 32 YEAR OLD THOMAS RYAN. IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND. DANGEROUS AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT. SOURCES TOLD ABC NEWS HE SET. FIRE TO HIS FATHER, ROBERT. RYAN'S HOME IN GREENVILLE, NEW. YORK, TO COVER UP HIS MURDER. THESE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES.

APPEAR TO SHOW THE SUSPECT. CARRYING CHOPPED WOOD INTO THE. HOME, THEN FLEEING SOON AFTER. >> A TWO STORY RANCH FIRE IN. THE BASEMENT AND THE FIRST. FLOOR. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TOLD. ABC NEWS. 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT. RYAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE. NEW. YORK STATE POLICE SAID. HIS SON. WAS SEEN IN THE AREA IN A BLACK. T SHIRT AND BLACK SWEATPANTS. DRIVING THIS GRAY TOYOTA PRIUS. INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING NEARBY. HOMEOWNERS TO CHECK THEIR. SECURITY CAMERAS FOR IMAGES OF. THE SUSPECT, BUT IF THEY SEE.

HIM TO KEEP THEIR DISTANCE, THE. VICTIM'S DAUGHTER SPEAKING WITH. OUR STATION WABC. >> MY DAD WAS THE DEFINITION OF. KIND AND GENEROUS AND STEADFAST. >> THE FAMILY HERE ON LONG. ISLAND SAYS THE SUSPECT SUFFERS. SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS. THEY. FEAR HE COULD BE DANGEROUS. TONIGHT. STATE POLICE SAY THE. SUSPECT IS KNOWN TO FREQUENT. PLACES FARTHER IN UPSTATE NEW. YORK. THEY WANT THE PUBLIC TO. BE ON ALERT TONIGHT. DAVID. >> AARON KATERSKY ON LONG. ISLAND FOR US TONIGHT. AARON. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT.

TRUMP'S PICK FOR ATTORNEY. GENERAL TODD BLANCHE NOW. WINNING SUPPORT FROM A KEY. REPUBLICAN HOLDOUT. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN. TONIGHT. JAY DOES THIS CLEAR. THE WAY FOR HIM. >> IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOES. DAVID. TODD BLANCHE HIS NOMINATION WAS. HANGING BY A THREAD AFTER TWO. REPUBLICAN SENATORS, SUSAN. COLLINS AND LISA MURKOWSKI CAME. OUT AGAINST HIM, CONCERNED. ABOUT THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND. BLANCHE'S APPROVAL OF A $1.8. BILLION FUND THAT COULD HAVE. PAID CLAIMS TO JANUARY 6TH. RIOTERS. ALL EYES WERE THEN ON. THE DECIDING VOTE HERE. LOUISIANA'S BILL CASSIDY, WHO. TRUMP HAD HELPED DEFEAT IN A.

PRIMARY JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO. CASSIDY STEPPING OUT ONTO THE. SENATE FLOOR SAYING HE IS A YES. ON BLANCHE, CALLING BLANCHE, QUOTE, NOT PERFECT, BUT BETTER. THAN THE ALTERNATIVES. AND. TONIGHT, TODD BLANCHE, THE. PRESIDENT'S FORMER PERSONAL. LAWYER, IS ON TRACK TO BE. CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE AS THE. NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL. >> DAVID JAY O'BRIEN LIVE IN. WASHINGTON. JAY, THANKS. TONIGHT, POLICE SAY A 15 YEAR. OLD BOY DRESSED AS A CLOWN. ACCUSED OF STABBING A MAN TO. DEATH IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS. NOW UNDER ARREST, AUTHORITIES. SAY. HAUNTING VIDEO SHOWS THE. SUSPECT IN FRONT OF A HOME. WEARING A CLOWN COSTUME. THE. BODY OF THE 78 YEAR OLD NAVY.

VETERAN, ATTACKED AT RANDOM, WAS FOUND IN THE STREET. PROSECUTORS PLAN TO TRY THAT. TEENAGER AS AN ADULT. WHEN WE. COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, THE. MAJOR CRASH RIGHT INTO A TV. STATION, THE TRUCK HITTING A. FUEL TANKER, THEN THAT TANKER. SMASHING INTO THE STATION. MORE. ON THAT IN A MOMENT. DRAMATIC. VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING THE. MOMENT AN EARTHQUAKE HITS RIGHT. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS CRITICAL. SURGERY UNDERWAY INSIDE THIS. HOSPITAL. AND TONIGHT, THE. PENTAGON RELEASING NEW UFO. VIDEOS AND WHAT THESE VIDEOS REVEAL. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT, A FUEL TANKER. SLAMMING INTO AN ABC STATION IN.

A WILD CRASH IN AMARILLO, TEXAS. VIDEO FROM CVII SHOWING A. PICKUP TRUCK BLOWING THROUGH AN. INTERSECTION THERE, HITTING THE. TANKER TRUCK, THAT FUEL TANKER. THEN BARRELING THROUGH A FENCE, HITTING A STEEL BEAM BEFORE. COMING TO A STOP. POLICE SAY. THE PICKUP DRIVER AND TWO. PASSENGERS RAN FROM THE SCENE. THE TRUCK DRIVER IS OKAY. NO. ONE WAS HURT AT THE STATION. TONIGHT. A SMALL PLANE CRASHING. ONTO A STREET IN NORTHERN. CALIFORNIA. TAKE A LOOK. THE. FAA REPORTING THE SINGLE ENGINE. PLANE WENT DOWN IN THE TOWN OF. UKIAH IN MENDOCINO COUNTY THIS. MORNING. POLICE SAY THE PLANE. RIPPED DOWN POWER LINES,

CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. TWO. PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD AND THEY. WERE NOT HURT. AN INVESTIGATION. IS NOW UNDERWAY TONIGHT. WHEN. WE COME BACK ON THIS FRIDAY. EVENING, DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING. THE MOMENT AN EARTHQUAKE HITS. WITH SURGERY UNDERWAY INSIDE. THIS HOSPITAL AND WHAT THAT. SURGERY WAS FOR, WHAT THEY DID. FOR THE PATIENT. AND TONIGHT, THE PENTAGON RELEASING NEW UFO VIDEOS AND WHAT THEY SHOW. IN A MOMENT HERE. THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, A 6.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. STRIKING A HOSPITAL AS DOCTORS. PERFORMED ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN. JAPAN. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHOWING THE MOMENT THE QUAKE.

HIT LAST WEEK. DOCTORS CLINGING. ON TO THAT PATIENT, THE ROOM. SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE HOSPITAL. SAYS THREE OTHER SURGERIES WERE. ALSO UNDERWAY DURING THE. EARTHQUAKE, AND THAT ALL OF THE. OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED. SUCCESSFULLY. INCREDIBLE WORK. BY THOSE MEDICAL TEAMS. TONIGHT, THE PENTAGON RELEASING A FIFTH. BATCH OF DECLASSIFIED UFO FILES. NOW THE TROVE INCLUDES 41. VIDEOS, IMAGES AND REPORTS. DATING BACK TO THE 1950S. ONE. VIDEO FROM JANUARY OF 2025. AROUND WHITE OBJECT THERE. PICKED UP BY THE U.S. MILITARY. CENTERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ANOTHER VIDEO FROM 2023 SHOWING.

AN OBJECT ZIPPING THROUGH WHAT. APPEARS TO BE A MOUNTAINOUS. AREA, ALSO IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, THE FIREFIGHTER ANSWERING THE. CALL AND THEN SUDDENLY SITTING. DOWN AT THE PIANO, EVERYONE WAS SILENT OUR PERSON OF THE WEEK. >> THE FIREFIGHTER ANSWERING. THE CALL AND THEN SITTING DOWN. AT THE PIANO. NO ONE COULD. BELIEVE IT. OUR PERSON OF THE. WEEK. >> YOU'RE WATCHING. >> THE QUIET, EXTRAORDINARY.

MOMENT NOW SEEN BY MILLIONS OF. A FIREFIGHTER AT THE PIANO. THAT'S FIREFIGHTER AND. PARAMEDIC DEREK ANDERSON FROM. ENGINE 220, STATION 220, PLAYING THE PIANO AT A SENIOR. CENTER IN MESA, ARIZONA. HIS. FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS AND THE. RESIDENTS THERE IN SILENCE, MOVED BY WHAT THEY HEARD. THE. TEAM WAS RESPONDING TO A. MEDICAL CALL. AND AS THEY WERE. WRAPPING UP, THAT FIREFIGHTER. WHO TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY,

SITTING DOWN. THE SENIORS SO. MOVED BY HIS MUSIC, THEY. INVITED HIM BACK. AND RIGHT. HERE TONIGHT. >> HI, DAVID. >> DEREK, THAT FIREFIGHTER AND. SELF-TAUGHT PIANIST ON THE. POWER OF A SIMPLE SONG. >> NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL, MUSIC KIND OF UPLIFTS YOU A. LITTLE BIT. IT JUST GAVE ME. LIKE, KIND OF AN APPLAUSE AND. HAD SOME SMILES. A LOT OF THE. PEOPLE THERE STILL PLAY PIANO,

BUT MAYBE NOT AS WELL AS THEY. CAN, AND THEY PROBABLY JUST. ENJOY WATCHING SOMEBODY PLAY AN. INSTRUMENT FOR THEM. >> AND SO WE CHOOSE DEREK. ANDREESEN SAVING LIVES AND MAKING MUSIC. I'M DAVID MUIR, I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY, GOODNGIGHT.