ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 16, 2025

>> Whit: TONIGHT, SEVERAL. DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE COME ON. THE AIR. VLADIMIR PUTIN'S BIG DEMAND AT. THE SUMMIT OVER UKRAINE. >>> HURRICANE ERIN STRENGTHENS. TO A CATEGORY 5. THE POTENTIAL THREATS TO THE. EAST COAST. >>> AND A MAJOR AIRLINE. GROUNDED. >>> FIRST UKRAINE'S FUTURE ON. THE LINE AS PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. HEADS TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON. MONDAY. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS VLADIMIR. PUTIN WANTS A BIG CHUNK OF. UKRAINIAN TERRITORY. NEW DETAILS ON WHAT WAS. DISCUSSED IN THAT HISTORIC. SUMMIT IN ALASKA.

PUTIN GIVEN A RED CARPET. WELCOME, BUT THE MEETING ENDING. WITHOUT A CEASE-FIRE AS RUSSIA. CONTINUES ITS ATTACKS IN. UKRAINE. >>> PLUS, THE PERSONAL LETTER. FROM FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP, THE ISSUE SHE RAISED WITH PUTIN. TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM. ANCHORAGE AND UKRAINE. >>> HURRICANE ERIN NOW A. POWERFUL CATEGORY 5 STORM. WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN THE. CARIBBEAN, POPULAR WITH AMERICAN. TOURISTS. FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE. IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN. ISLANDS. THE EAST COAST FACING DANGEROUS. RIP CURRENTS AND THE MIDWEST. BRACING FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND. FLASH FLOODING. OUR WEATHER TEAM TRACKING IT. ALL.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, PROTESTS COAST. TO COAST OVER REDISTRICTING. BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES ANGLING. TO REDRAW VOTING MAPS, HOPING TO. PICK UP CONGRESSIONAL SEATS. EVERY SEAT COULD BE CRUCIAL WITH. THE BALANCE OF POWER RAZOR THIN. >>> MORE TROOPS ON THE WAY. WEST VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR IS. SENDING MORE THAN 300 NATIONAL. GUARD SOLDIERS TO WASHINGTON, PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE. OPERATION TO CRACK DOWN ON. CRIME IN THE CAPITAL. >>> AIR CANADA GROUNDS ALL ITS.

FLIGHTS AFTER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. WALKED OFF THE JOB IMPACTING. 100,000 DAILY PASSENGERS. WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR TRAVELERS. HERE IN THE U.S. >>> A BRAZEN DAYTIME ROBBERY. CAUGHT ON VIDEO. THIEVES STEALING $2 MILLION. WORTH OF JEWELRY IN UNDER TWO. MINUTES. THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF A HIKER. TRAPPED FOR DAYS BEHIND A. WATERFALL. HOW RESCUERS FOUND HIM. >>> AND "AMERICA STRONG". TONIGHT, LETTERS FROM A FATHER. SPIKING A SPIRAL MOVEMENT ONLINE. AND THE LOVING DAD EAGER TO. SHARE HIS WRITTEN WISDOM.

>> Whit: GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. ON THIS SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE'RE FOLLOWING SEVERAL. DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE COME. ON TONIGHT. HURRICANE ERIN IS NOW A MONSTER. CATEGORY 5 STORM, CHURNING IN THE ATLANTIC, THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE EAST. COAST, BUT WE BEGIN WITH NEW. DETAILS FOLLOWING THAT HISTORIC. SUMMIT IN ALASKA. NO CEASE-FIRE AGREED, AND NOW.

WE'VE LEARNED UKRAINIAN. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY IS. HEADING TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON. MONDAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING, THE BEST. WAY TO END THE WAR IS TO SEEK A. PEACE AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF. STARTING WITH THE CEASE-FIRE HE. HAD INITIALLY ENDORSED. AFTER YEARS OF GLOBAL ISOLATION, VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS GIVEN THE RED. CARPET TREATMENT. THIS NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE U.S. AIR FORCE ESCOURTING PUTIN'S. PRESIDENTIAL JET FROM ALASKA. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING TONIGHT THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAND DELIVERED A. LETTER TO PUTIN FROM FIRST LADY. MELANIA TRUMP AND THE CONCERNS. SHE RAISED ABOUT CHILDREN. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY POSTING ON. SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE SPOKE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR ABOUT AN. HOUR TODAY BEFORE EUROPEAN.

LEADERS JOINED THE CALL, BUT. TONIGHT THERE ARE STILL MORE. QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ABOUT. WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BRING PEACE. TO THE REGION. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO LEADS. US OFF FROM ALASKA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS BACK IN WASHINGTON. PREPARING FOR HIS MONDAY MEETING. WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE. FROM HIS HISTORIC SUMMIT WITH. VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE'LL. SPEAK TO YOU VERY SOON AND. PROBABLY SEE YOU AGAIN VERY. SOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VLADIMIR. >> Reporter: ABC NEWS IS.

LEARNING THAT BEHIND CLOSES. DOORS PUTIN DEMANDED FULL. CONTROL OF THE DONETSK REGION IN. UKRAINE IN EXCHANGE FOR FREEZING. THE CONFLICT. TRUMP SHARED PUTIN'S COMMENTS. WITH ZELENSKYY AND OTHER. EUROPEAN LEADERS IN A PHONE CALL. AFTER THE SUMMIT, SOURCES TELL. ABC NEWS. EUROPEAN LEADERS SAY UKRAINE. MUST HAVE IRONCLAD SECURITY. GUARANTEES AND THAT IT WILL BE. UP TO UKRAINE TO MAKE DECISIONS. ON ITS TERRITORY. NOW, 24 HOURS AFTER THE. HIGH-STAKES MEETING, IT'S NOT. CLEAR WHAT THE TWO SIDES AGREED. TO, IF ANYTHING.

AFTER VOWING TO PUSH PUTIN FOR. AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE, TRUMP. POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OVERNIGHT THAT THE BEST WAY TO. END THE WAR IS TO GO DIRECTLY TO. A PEACE AGREEMENT INSTEAD, HEADING TO ALASKA, TRUMP ALSO. SAID HE WANTED PUTIN TO AGREE TO. A JOINT MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY. AND WARNED OF SEVERE ECONOMIC. CONSEQUENCES IF HIS DEMANDS WERE. NOT MET, BUT MOSCOW CLAIMS IT. WASN'T BROUGHT UP, AND TRUMP. SAYS HE'S NOT PLANNING ANY. IMMEDIATE SANCTIONS. >> THE MEETING WAS A VERY WARM. MEETING. YOU KNOW, HE'S A STRONG GUY,

HE'S TOUGH AS HELL AND ALL OF. THAT. >> Reporter: THE LINGERING. QUESTIONS FOLLOW AN. EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT. AFTER YEARS AS A GLOBAL PARIAH, PUTIN STEPPING FOOT ON U.S. SOIL, WELCOMED WITH A RED. CARPET, A HARDY HANDSHAKE AND A. MILITARY FLYOVER. INSIDE THE MEETING PUTIN ASKED. BY ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT ABOUT. ONGOING RUSSIAN ATTACKS. >> MR. PUTIN WILL YOU AGREE TO A. CEASE-FIRE? MR. PUTIN, WILL YOU COMMIT TO.

NOT KILLING ANY MORE CIVILIANS? >> Reporter: AFTER CAMPAIGNING. ON HIS ABILITY TO BROKER A PEACE. AGREEMENT, TRUMP NOW SAYS IT. WILL BE UP TO UKRAINE TO REACH A. DEAL WITH PUTIN. >> I WOULD ALSO SAY THE EUROPEAN. NATIONS, THEY HAVE TO GET. INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S. UP TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> Reporter: IT RAISES THE. STAKES FOR MONDAY WHEN ZELENSKYY. WILL RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. SINCE HIS TENSE VISIT IN. FEBRUARY THAT BROKE DOWN INTO A. SHOUTING MATCH. SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS. DISCUSSED DURING THIS MEETING,

BUT, WHIT, WE'RE LEARNING. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAND. DELIVERED A LETTER TO PUTIN FROM. FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP RAISING. CONCERNS ABOUT UKRAINIAN. CHILDREN KIDNAPPED DURING THIS. WAR. WHIT. >> Whit: ANOTHER LAYER. IN ALL OF THIS. CHRISTIANE, THANKS. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, RUSSIA WAS. CONTINUING ITS ATTACKS ON. UKRAINE BEFORE AND DURING THE. SUMMIT IN ALASKA. UKRAINE OFFICIALS SAY RUSSIANS. STRUCK WITH A BARRAGE OF DRONE. ATTACKS AND BOMBS. ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT, IAN PANNELL, WHO. HAS COVERED THIS WAR FOR MORE. THAN THREE YEARS, BACK IN. UKRAINE AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: WHILE PRESIDENT.

TRUMP WAS ROLLING OUT THE RED. CARPET, PUTIN'S MILITARY WAS. AGAIN BOMBING UKRAINE. GLIDE BOMBS AND DRONE ATTACKS. REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ON THE FRONT LINES, PUTIN'S. FORCES TRYING TO ADVANCE, SEEN. HERE IN THIS UNDATED VIDEO. RELEASED TODAY BY THE RUSSIAN. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE. RELENTLESS ATTACKS THIS WEEK. JUST THE LATEST THAT HAVE. STRETCHED UKRAINIAN UNITS THIN. AS THEY TRY TO FEND OFF RUSSIAN. ASSAULTS USING DRONES TO TARGET. MILITARY VEHICLES.

UKRAINE WASN'T INVITED TO THE. SUMMIT IN ALASKA, BUT IT MUST. DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. NO CEASE-FIRE, NO TRILATERAL. MEETING, AND NO SEVERE. CONSEQUENCES FOR RUSSIA. RUSSIA OCCUPYING 20% OF. UKRAINE'S TERRITORY. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS DURING. THE SUMMIT, PUTIN DEMANDED. UKRAINE GIVE UP THE DONETSK. REGION IN EXCHANGE FOR STOPPING. OFFENSIVES ELSEWHERE AND. AGREEING TO HALT FURTHER. ATTACKS. THE SOURCES SAYING TRUMP. RELAYING THAT MESSAGE TO. ZELENSKYY AND EUROPEAN LEADERS. FORMER RUSSIAN PRESIDENT DMITRY.

MEDVEDEV POSTING THAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP REFUSED TO ESCALATE. PRESSURE ON PUTIN. EUROPEAN LEADERS AND ZELENSKYY. INSISTING THAT PRESSURE MUST BE. KEPT ON RUSSIA AND THAT UKRAINE. SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO HAND OVER. ANY OF ITS LAND. TODAY THE KYIV INDEPENDENT. NEWSPAPER CALLING THE SUMMIT. SICKENING, SHAMEFUL, AND IN THE. END USELESS. [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL. LANGUAGE ]. PAULA SAYS, "TO PUT A RED CARPET. IN FRONT OF A MAN WHO IS. DESTROYING MY COUNTRY, I DON'T. KNOW WHAT TO SAY.".

WHIT, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAID. IN A STATEMENT AFTER THE SUMMIT. WHEN SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. HE ASKED FOR STRONGER SANCTIONS. ADDING, SECURITY MUST BE. GUARANTEED WITH BOTH THE U.S. AND EUROPE INVOLVED. MEANWHILE, VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS. BEEN EFFECTIVELY FREED FROM. INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION, BUT FOR. NOW AT LEAST UKRAINIANS MUST. CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A STATE OF. FEAR AND WAR. WHIT. >> Whit: IAN PANNELL REPORTING. TONIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> AND TUNE IN TO "THIS WEEK". TOMORROW MORNING. MARTHA RADDATZ WILL HAVE MUCH.

MORE ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AFTER. THE TRUMP/PUTIN SUMMIT WITH. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. >>> NOW TO THE MAJOR WEATHER. THREAT. HURRICANE ERIN RAPIDLY. INTENSIFYING TO A CATEGORY 5. STORM. IT'S PACKING SUSTAINED WINDS OF. 160 MILES PER HOUR AS IT CHURNS. OVER THE ATLANTIC. THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE. SEASON, AND IT COULD GET EVEN. STRONGER BY TOMORROW MORNING. LET'S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST. DANI BECKSTROM FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION. WABC, AND YOU'RE TRACKING ERIN. AND POTENTIAL FLOODING IN THE. MIDWEST.

>> AND THAT'S RIGHT, WHIT. A MAJOR CATEGORY 5. FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE. EXPECTED WITH NEW TROPICAL STORM. WATCHES NOW ISSUED FOR TURKS AND. CAICOS JOINING SAINT MARTIN AND. SAINT BARTS PASSING NORTH OF. ANGUILLA WITH HEAVY BANDS. DROPPING RAIN IN THE NORTHERN. LEEWARD ISLANDS. ROUGH SURF AND DOWNPOURS WILL BE. THE MAIN IMPACTS TO. THE VIRGIN AISLE AND PUERTO RICO. AS ERIN TRACKS WEST. TOMORROW. THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY, KEEPING. OFF THE SHORE OF THE U.S. AND. WHILE THE STORM SHOULD WEAKEN, THE SIZE SHOULD GROW.

SENDING ROUGH SURF UP THE EAST. COAST WITH 8 TO 12-FOOT WAVES. MAKING WATER DANGEROUS AND. CONTRIBUTING TO COASTAL EROSION. INTO NEW ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT THAT SHOULD KEEP ERIN. IN THE ATLANTIC BRINGS SEVERE. STORMS TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. TONIGHT, THE SAME AREAS IMPACTED. HARD LAST WEEKEND. WHIT. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE WATCHING. IT, DANI. THANKS VERY MUCH. >>> MILLIONS ARE BRACING FOR. LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. AND THAT DANGEROUS SURF IN THE. U.S. RED FLAG WARNINGS POSTED ON. BEACHES IN PUERTO RICO. ERIN'S OUTER BANDS COULD BRING. HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF THE. CARIBBEAN TRIGGERING FLASH.

FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES, AND. IT COMES AS THE SUMMER HAS. ALREADY BEEN DEADLY AT AMERICAN. BEACHES. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HURRICANE. HUNTERS IN THE CENTER OF ERIN'S. POWERFUL EYE WALL. THE MONSTER CATEGORY 5 STORM. TEARS THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN. TONIGHT MILLIONS BRACING FOR. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FROM. FLORIDA TO MAINE. THE FIRST MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE. ATLANTIC THIS SEASON EXPLODING. FIRST IN STRENGTH, NOW EXPECTED. TO TRIPLE IN SIZE BY NEXT WEEK, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT. EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE.

U.S., WAVES COULD BE AT LEAST 12. FEET HIGH. ALONG THE COAST IN VIRGINIA, OFFICIALS URGING CAUTION AND. PREPARING FOR THE WORST. CREWS ON STANDBY AND CLEARING. STORM DRAINS. IN MASSACHUSETTS, LIFEGUARDS ON. ALERT. >> WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE SOME RIP. CURRENTS. WE'VE HEARD ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO. 10 FEET ON ANY GIVEN DAY NEXT. WEEK. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS ASKING. BEACHGOERS TO LISTEN TO THE. WARNINGS. IT'S BEEN A DEADLY SUMMER ON. AMERICAN SHORES. A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL PULLED UNDER. ROUGH SURF OFF THE JERSEY SHORE. SHE'S THE SECOND PERSON TO DROWN. IN THE SAME AREA JUST THIS WEEK.

ON MONDAY A 31-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED. TRYING TO SAVE FAMILY MEMBERS. SWEPT OUT IN SEASIDE HEIGHTS. FIRST RESPONDERS USING JETSKIS. RESCUING A DOZEN PEOPLE JUST. LAST WEEKEND ALONE. POPULAR ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN. FEELING THE IMPACT. IN PUERTO RICO, MANY THERE MET. WITH STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH. SURF. AND, WHIT, WHILE ERIN ISN'T. EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE. U.S., THE DANGER IS FAR FROM. OVER. BERMUDA NOW BRACING FOR A BRUSH. WITH THIS POWERFUL SYSTEM, AND, LOOK, EXPERTS WARN THAT THIS. EXPLOSIVE STORM COULD BE A.

PREVIEW OF WHATIVE HURRICANE SE. WHIT. >> Whit: SOMETHING TO WATCH. MORGAN, THANKS. >>> NOW TO THE MAJOR AIRLINE. STRIKE IMPACTING MORE THAN. 100,000 TRAVELERS AROUND THE. WORLD. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS. ORDERED AIR CANADA'S STRIKING. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BACK TO WORK. AND INTO ARBITRATION. THE WORK STOPPAGE COMING DURING. THE PEAK SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. HERE'S ABC'S MARCUS MOORE. [ CROWD CHANTING ]. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CANADA'S. GOVERNMENT ORDERING AIR CANADA. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WHO WALKED OFF. THE JOB EARLY THIS MORNING BACK.

TO WORK. >> A WORK STOPPAGE WOULD CAUSE. THOUSANDS OF CANADIANS TO BE. STRANDED ABROAD AND ACROSS THIS. COUNTRY, AND THIS IS SIMPLY. UNACCEPTABLE. >> Reporter: THE MOVE JUST 12. HOURS AFTER THE COUNTRY'S. LARGEST AIRLINE HALTED. OPERATIONS. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS. STRANDED AND SCRAMBLING TO FIND. ALTERNATE FLIGHTS. >> I UNDERSTAND. I'M IN SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKERS. IN GENERAL, BUT WHY DO WE HAVE.

TO PAY THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS? >> Reporter: THE UNION. REPRESENTING 10,000 FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS SAYS DESPITE THE. ORDER, THE STRIKE IS STILL ON. FRUSTRATION GROWING TONIGHT. AIR CANADA SUSPENDING NEARLY ALL. OF ITS 700 DAILY FLIGHTS. AFFECTING MORE THAN 100,000. CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE. TICKET COUNTERS NOW EMPTY. FLIGHT BOARDS SHOW DOZENS OF. CANCELED FLIGHTS. >> HEY, HEY, HO, HO. >> Reporter: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. ON THE PICKET LINE OUTSIDE. AIRPORT TERMINALS IN MONTREAL,

TORONTO AN VANCOUVER NOW. CALLING FOR HIGHER WAGE. >> WE CAN'T USE FOOD BANKS. WE CAN'T BE SLEEPING IN OUR CARS. ANYMORE. >> Reporter: WITH THE UNION. SAYING IT'S SEEKING A FAIR DEAL. AT THE TIME WHEN THE AIRLINE IS. POSTING RECORD PROFITS, AND, WHIT, THE UNION CALLING FOR THIS. STRIKE TO GO ON. >> Whit: MARCUS MOORE FOR US, WE. APPRECIATE IT. >>> TO THE BATTLE OVER A NEW. CONGRESSIONAL MAP IN TEXAS. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT CALLED FOR. ANOTHER SESSION. AFTER THE FIRST ATTEMPT FAILED. DUE TO DEMOCRATS LEAVING THE. STRAIGHT, AND NOW PROTESTERS ARE. TAKING TO THE STREETS. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S ALEX. PRESHA.

ALEX, OTHER STATES ARE ALSO. JOINING THIS FIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, WHIT. AND TONIGHT, TEXAS GOVERNOR. GREG ABBOTT IS SAYING EVERY. STRATEGY IS AT PLAY AS HE'S. CALLED FOR A SECOND SPECIAL. SESSION TO ALLOW FOR STATE. REPUBLICANS THERE TO MOVE. FORWARD AND PASS A NEW. CONGRESSIONAL MAP TO INCREASE. THEIR MAJORITY. THAT NEW PROPOSED MAP IS. TARGETING DEMOCRATIC STRONGHOLDS. AND FOLLOWS A CHARGE ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FLIP FIVE. CONGRESSIONAL SEATS REPUBLICAN. IN NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERM. DEMOCRATS ONLY NEED TO PICK UP. THREE SEATS TO REGAIN CONTROL OF. THE HOUSE. MEANWHILE, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR. GAVIN NEWSOM IS LOOKING TO.

COUNTER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN. TEXAS WITH A PLAN OF HIS OWN. CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION. TO ENACT NEW MAPS THAT WOULD. HELP DEMOCRATS THERE FLIP FIVE. OF THE STATE'S NINE REMAINING. REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS AND NULLIFY. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TEXAS. BUT ULTIMATELY, CALIFORNIA. VOTERS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY. AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT. HAPPENS, AND OTHER STATES COULD. BEGIN REDISTRICTING FIGHTS OF. THEIR OWN BASED OFF OF WHAT. HAPPENS IN TEXAS AND IN. CALIFORNIA. WHIT. >> Whit: YEAH. LOOKS LIKE THIS POLITICAL FIGHT. IS JUST GETTING STARTED. ALEX, THANKS. >>> WEST VIRGINIA IS DEPLOYING. HUNDREDS OF NATIONAL GUARD.

TROOPS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST. BY THE WHITE HOUSE. IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. DECLARED A CRIME EMERGENCY IN. THE NATION'S CAPITAL DEPLOYING. 800 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS. AND PROTESTERS GATHERING OUTSIDE. THE WHITE HOUSE. MEANWHILE, ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI REVERSED AN ORDER PLACING. THE HEAD OF THE DEA IN CHARGE OF. THE POLICE FORCE AFTER AN. EMERGENCY HEARING. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC. RESCUE OF A HIKER TRAPPED BEHIND. A WATERFALL FOR TWO DAYS IN THE. CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE FORCE OF THE. WATER PUSHED HIM OFF HIS.

CLIMBING LINES. THE 46-YEAR-OLD WAS HIKING WITH. FRIENDS WHO DECIDED TO TURN. BACK. HERE'S ABC'S MELISSA ADAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SEARCH AND. RESCUE TEAMS IN CALIFORNIA. CALLING THIS A STUNNING. SURVIVAL STORY AFTER A HIKER WAS. TRAPPED FOR TWO DAYS BEHIND THIS. WATERFALL. THE TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S. OFFICE SAYS 46-YEAR-OLD RYAN. WARDWELL WENT HIKING LAST. WEEKEND IN THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL. FOREST WITH PLANS TO RAPPEL THE. WATERFALLS AT SEVEN TEACUPS.

OFFICIALS SAY WARDWELL WAS. LAST SEEN AT THE TOP OF THE. FALLS BUT NEVER MADE IT BACK TO. HIS CAR THAT NIGHT. WARDWELL GETTING TRAPPED AFTER. COMING OFF OF HIS RAPPEL LINES. AND GOT CAUGHT IN THE RIVER'S. HYDRAULICS. DAYS LATER ON TUESDAY MORNING, A. DRONE USED BY THE TULARE COUNTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEARCH TEAMS. SPOTTED WARDWELL BEHIND ONE OF. THE WATERFALLS. >> I HAD TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO. DRAG HIM THROUGH THE WATERFALL. >> Reporter: CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY. PATROL FLIGHT OFFICER PARAMEDIC. MIKE CRAIN PART OF THE RESCUE. TEAM THAT HOISTED THE HIKER TO.

SAFETY. >> RESPECT THE MOUNTAINS. IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT'S. DANGEROUS, AND YOU COULD DIE UP. THERE VERY EASILY. >> Reporter: THE TULARE. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS. THAT WARDWELL IS AN EXPERIENCED. HIKER WHO EXPERIENCED MINOR. INJURIES AND DEHYDRATION. WHIT. >> Whit: AND THOSE RESCUERS. GETTING THERE JUST IN TIME. MELISSA, THANKS. >>> THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS, LaTOYA CANTRELL, HAS BEEN. INDICTED, ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL. COVER-UP TO HIDE AN ALLEGED. AFFAIR WITH A POLICE OFFICER. ASSIGNED TO PROTECT HER.

LET'S BRING IN ABC'S PERRY. RUSSOM, AND, PERRY, WHAT MORE. ARE YOU LEARNING TONIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, ACCORDING TO AN INDICTMENT, THE. MAYOR IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO. COVER UP A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER. BODYGUARD. PROSECUTORS SAY TAXPAYER MONEY. WAS USED TO PAY FOR PERSONAL. TRIPS TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND. WINE TASTING IN NAPA VALLEY. THIS IS THE RESULT OF A YEARS'. LONG INVESTIGATION INTO MAYOR. LaTOYA CANTRELL. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY IN ALL. HER BODYGUARD'S TRIPS COST THE. CITY MORE THAN $70,000. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SCHEME. LASTED FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS.

AND THAT THEY TRIED TO HIDE IT. ALL BY USING WHATSAPP TO KEEP. THEIR MESSAGES ENCRYPTED AND. THEN DELETING THEIR. CONVERSATIONS. CANTRELL IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO. BECOME MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS AND. NOW THE FIRST MAYOR IN THE. CITY'S HISTORY TO FACE CHARGES. WHILE IN OFFICE. CANTRELL HAS DENIED BEING IN A. RELATIONSHIP WITH HER BODYGUARD. WHIT. >> Whit: ALL RIGHT, PERRY. RUSSOM, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS. SATURDAY INCLUDING WHAT CAUSED. THIS MASSIVE FIRE ON A BUSY. HIGHWAY. >>> AND SHOCKING VIDEO OF A. BRAZEN ROBBERY, $2 MILLION WORTH. OF JEWELRY GONE IN LESS THAN TWO. MINUTES.

>> Whit: NEXT TONIGHT A HORRIFIC. CRASH IN HOUSTON TODAY. THICK FLAMES BLANKETED A HIGHWAY. AFTER A TANKER TRUCK CAUGHT. FIRE. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED, AND THE. FRONT HALF OF THAT TRUCK LEFT. THE ROADWAY. IT WAS CARRYING NEARLY 9,000. GALLONS OF FUEL AND BURNED FOR. SOME TIME. THE CAUSE IS UNDER. INVESTIGATION. >>> NEW VIDEO OF A BRAZEN. ROBBERY.

FOUR PEOPLE, SOME USING AXES. BROKE INTO A SEATTLE JEWELRY. STORE ON THURSDAY. SOME SEEN BUSTING UP DISPLAY. CASES AND LOADING UP BAGS. SEATTLE CRIMESTOPPERS SAYS THAT. THEY WERE IN THE STORE FOR LESS. THAN TWO MINUTES AND GOT AWAY. WITH ABOUT $2 MILLION WORTH OF. JEWELRY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AT&T. CUSTOMERS COULD BE ELIGIBLE TO. GET SOME MONEY IN A LEGAL. SETTLEME. >> Whit: IF YOU'RE AN AT&T. CUSTOMER, YOU COULD BE ELIGIBLE. TO RECEIVE SOME MONEY. IT'S PART OF A $177 MILLION. SETTLEMENT OF A DATA BREACH. DISCOVERED LAST YEAR. PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MORE. THAN 73 MILLION CUSTOMERS WOUND.

UP ON THE DARK WEB. PAST AND PRESENT CUSTOMERS CAN. FILE CLAIMS THAT COULD BE WORTH. UP TO $7,500 EACH. >>> STILL AHEAD, >> Whit: FINALLY TONIGHT, "AMERICA STRONG.". A DAD SHARING HIS SPECIAL GIFTS. A TRADITION FROM THE HEART THAT. STARTED 20 YEARS AGO. ROSIE POLLOCK WAS AT SLEEPAWAY. CAMP FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN HER. FATHER BUZZ STARTED WRITING HER. DAILY HANDWRITTEN LETTERS. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ONE.

HI, ROSIE, I LOVE YOU, AND I. MISS YOU ADDING, YOU HAVE NO. IDEA HOW PROUD I AM THAT YOU'RE. UP THERE, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS. SIGNED, LOVE, DAD. >> HE'LL LET ME HOW PROUD HE IS. HOW EXCITED HE IS FOR ME. >> Reporter: ROSIE ESTIMATES HER. DAD HAS SENT HER MORE THAN 3,500. HANDWRITTEN LETTERS. SHE'S NOW A PARENT HERSELF, AND HER FATHER STARTED WRITING. TO HER SON, JACKSON. THEN ROSIE HAD AN IDEA. WONDERING IF OTHERS MIGHT. BENEFIT FROM HER FATHER'S. WRITTEN WISDOM POSTING THIS.

MESSAGE ON TIKTOK. >> HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO BE. YOUR DAD VIA SNAIL MAIL. >> Reporter: CREATING A WEBSITE. SHE CALLS THE DAD LETTER. PROJECT. WITHIN A WEEK MORE THAN 600. PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SIGNED UP. >> WE ARE INUNDATED WITH. REQUESTS. >> Reporter: SINCE THEN ROSIE'S. DAD FULLY ON BOARD SPENDING TIME. IN HIS MICHIGAN CABIN SPENDING. TIME WRITING TO STRANGERS. MORE THAN 150 LETTERS SO FAR, AND TONIGHT ROSIE TELLING US, THE DEMAND FOR A DAD LETTER IS. NOW SO HIGH, THEY'RE RECRUITING.

OTHER DADS TO HELP SHARE THE. LOVE. >> WELL, THE INTERNET IS LOVING. IT ALREADY AND SO ARE WE.