ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 23, 2026

David Mure, [music] ABC's World News. Tonight, America's most watched. newscast. [music] Now streaming same day. with all the breaking news of the day on. Disney Plus. Most watched, [music]. most trusted, now on Disney Plus every. night. >> Tonight, the [music] wildfire emergency. 90,000 people urged to evacuate after a. fire near [music] Reno, Nevada explodes. in size. The frantic escape through the. flames. Also tonight, tropical storm Mo. is expected to lash Hawaii with up to.

[music] 15 inches of rain. The second. punishing storm in just days and. thousands are still in the [music] dark. in Gary, Indiana, nearly 2 weeks after. devastating storms. Some living in. tents. When will they finally get. relief? Also developing, two Phoenix. police officers arrested and fired after. officials say they failed to report a. violent traffic stop. New details. [music] tonight on a cyber attack in. Britain that knocked an energy facility. offline for days. Authorities say it. happened at the same time [music]. multiple water plants were targeted in.

the US, allegedly by Iran. The. extraordinary meeting just revealed. Sources tell ABC News the president's. son-in-law Jared Kushner [music] met. privately with House Democratic leader. Hakee Jeff just weeks ahead of the. critical midterm elections. what they. discussed. Plus, the [music] escalating. trade war between the US and Canada, which prices could be going up. The. mystery deepens. New video shows groups. of people emerging from [music] New York. City's sewers. The new warning tonight. Split-second decision. A young pilot.

reveals why she had no choice but to. crash [music] land a small plane into. the Atlantic Ocean. The incredibly rare. site. What was spotted swimming off New. York's Jones Beach. The breakthrough DNA. technology used to identify the remains. of a 911 victim [music] 25 years after. the attacks. Could this help provide. closure to the families of more than. 1,000 [music]. World Trade Center victims? Plus, an ABC. News exclusive. Hayden Panitiier's. mother [music] opens up about the. actor's tragic death. And America Strong.

tonight, a special honor for a teenager. [music]. who's being called an angel on Earth. From ABC News World Headquarters [music]. in New York, this is World News Tonight. >> Good evening everyone. Thanks so much. for joining us on this Sunday. I'm. Lindseay Davis. We begin tonight with. the wildfire emergency in the West. The. Inferno near Reno, Nevada, surging in. size. At least 90,000 people are now. being urged to evacuate their homes. Gut-wrenching scenes. This man racing.

through the flames to escape. Officials. say the outofcrol Hawk fire may have. been set intentionally. Several homes. and businesses have been destroyed and. at least six people have been injured, including three first responders. The. extreme heat is fueling the flames as a. tropical storm lashes Hawaii. Our. weather team is standing by with the. forecast. But first, Melissa Don leads. us off tonight from the fire zone. >> Tonight, the harrowing escape through. flames. The Hawk Fire in Reno, Nevada. >> The fire sweeping over our head and so.

we're like, we got to get out of here. >> Jason Davis telling us how he made it. out. It kind of just felt like an end of. the world scene. Every animal was trying. to run and make it out as much as it. could, but not everything was making it. >> One of just tens of thousands forced to. evacuate. Nicole Lucero is staying in a. hotel with four of her children after. they were forced to evacuate their home. >> We saw big big pieces of ash falling on. the windshield and looked over across. the highway and there there it was. There was all the flames just coming.

right at us. And tonight, officials are. saying the Hawk Fire may have been. purposely set. An investigation is. underway. Exploding in size overnight. Now over 15,000 acres, destroying homes, burning close to the city's densely. populated foothills. Families filling up. shelters. One little girl still wearing. her cheerleading uniform. Jennifer. Alvarado evacuating to a Red Cross. shelter with her six children. >> Scary. I have six kids. I take care of. my mom and me and my husband and um we.

had to get out. >> The flames jumping US 395. Parts of the. highway closed in both directions. Three. people and three firefighters injured. from the blaze. Firefighters battling. near 90° conditions as they tried to get. a handle on the flames. Tonight, Hawaii. facing the second tropical storm in a. week. Mo expected to dump up to 15 in of. rain to the Big Island. And in Gary, Indiana, help is finally on the way for.

thousands of residents still without. power from a powerful storm nearly two. weeks ago. >> It definitely takes a takes a toll on. people mentally just kind of not know. what's coming next. >> Lindsay, back here in Reno, more than. 40,000 people have evacuated and. thousands more are expected to evacuate. You can see the plumes of smoke here in. that mountain as police across. northwestern Reno have set up. roadblocks. Lindsay, >> dramatic scenes there, Melissa, thank. you. And we are tracking that dangerous. heat. More than 90 million under alerts. as Hawaii braces for a new tropical.

storm. Let's bring in WABC meteorologist. Jeff Smith. So Jeff, time this all out. for us. >> And Lindsay, that hot, dry weather out. west certainly not helping in the. firefighting efforts. This has been just. a relentless heat wave across the whole. southern half of the country. We're. talking from Southern California, southern parts of Arizona, all the way. to Dallas, Texas under extreme heat. warnings. Heat indices in all of these. areas upwards of 115 degrees in some. cases. Very dangerous. We also have. tropical storm Mohay moving south of the. Hawaiian Islands. However, even though.

it's pretty far south the islands, the. core of the storm, it's still going to. be affecting the Big Island with. potentially 5 to 10, maybe even up to 15. inches of rain in some of the higher. elevations. Lindsay, the El Nino this. year has really been contributing to a. very active uh Pacific hurricane season. >> Yeah, never a dull moment these days. All right, Jeff, thank you. Now to a. stunning developing story in Arizona. Two Phoenix police officers were fired. and arrested after an unreported traffic. stop. The former officers are facing. multiple felony charges after allegedly. beating a couple and shocking them with. a stun gun. ABC's Jacqueline Lee has.

those details. Tonight, Phoenix police. say two of their own are behind bars and. under criminal investigation after a. violent and unreported traffic stop. Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez Jr., Both. 31 years old, are facing multiple. charges, including aggravated assault. and kidnapping, according to police, after allegedly stopping a vehicle. around 11:30 p.m. on August 5th and. using excessive force on a man and woman. inside. >> Detectives have confirmed that the two. former officers physically assaulted. both the man and woman during the.

traffic stop. >> The male driver claimed he was quote. repeatedly tased, punched, and had hair. pulled out by responding officers. He. alleged one officer waved a gun and. said, quote, "I'm going to shoot you.". Phoenix police launching their own. investigation. Probable cause documents. state both Vasquez and Felix confirmed. their participation at a traffic stop. Both claimed the driver and passenger. quote did not follow commands to exit. the vehicle. Neither officer activated. their department issued body cameras. >> There's significantly more information. uncovered demonstrating the egregious.

criminal conduct committed by these. officers. >> Lindsay, those two officers were. initially put on leave and later fired. Officials say they are auditing their. records to see if anyone else was. involved or if there are broader. systemic concerns. Lindsay. >> Jacqueline, thank you. Overseas now to a. report that a British power plant was. forced to shut down after a cyber attack. by Iranianbacked hackers. The plant. closed for 4 days last month. Let's get. right to ABC's Llama Hassan. Lama, what. more are you learning tonight? >> Lindsay, a smallcale energy generator.

was attacked and shut down for 4 days. The Telegraph newspaper reporting it was. an Iranian cyber attack, the first of. its kind in the UK. British officials. insisting there was no threat to the. wider grid. Nobody lost power, but the. government is taking this incident. seriously. The incident reportedly. taking place at the same time as a. series of other attacks targeting dozens. of water treatment systems in seven US. states last month, also believed to be. carried out by Iranian-based hackers. And this comes against the backdrop of.

the war with Iran still unfolding with. no end in sight. And as the president is. set to announce tough, sweeping new. sanctions on Iran. Lindsay Llama, thank. you. Back here in the US, we're learning. new details from sources tonight about a. private meeting between the House. Minority Leader Hakee Jeff and Jared. Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law. and top adviser. It comes as the. midterms are quickly approaching and. indications that Democrats could retake. the House. Here's ABC's Steven Portoi. Tonight, news that's sure to spark. anxiety among Republicans with the.

midterms just 10 weeks away. Word of an. extraordinary meeting between the. president's son-in-law and outside. adviser and the man who could become the. next House Speaker if Democrats take. control. Sources say the sitdown between. Jared Kushner and House Minority Leader. Hakee Jeff took place in recent weeks. and had the pair looking for possible. areas of common ground between the White. House and congressional Democrats. Despite the signal it sends, the current. Republican House Speaker shrugging off. news of the meeting. >> I heard about it the first time this. morning. Um, I know Jared is a smart guy.

and he hedges bets, but I'm telling you. what, you better not bet against the. House Republicans. >> Without confirming the sitdown, Jeffree. says in a statement that in every. conversation with the Trump. administration, he'll make it explicitly. clear that the affordability crisis is. not a hoax and nothing short of. transformational policy change is. acceptable to Democrats. Experts say the. cost of some goods could go way up under. the new 50% tariffs the president. imposed this weekend on a variety of. Canadian imports from beer and whiskey.

to furniture and fishing poles. Trump. arguing the move is retaliation for. Canadian tariffs and saying Canada wants. the benefits of being a state without. being one. Canadian leaders vowing to. respond. >> President Trump is a type of person that. would steal your lunch money. He is not. to be trusted whatsoever. We need to. stay united. >> With all that's on his plate today, the. president presided over the grand. spectacle of an Indie car race through. downtown DC. The president waving the. green flag as racers zoomed past the cap.

and the museums on the National Mall. Lindsay, >> quite a spectacle, Stephen. Thank you. Now to a deepening mystery here in New. York City. Police are investigating new. video of three people emerging from a. sewer in New York City. It's just the. latest in a series of similar and. disturbing incidents in recent weeks. Here's ABC's Morgan Norwood. >> Tonight, the NYPD investigating this new. video showing three people climbing out. of a Manhattan manhole in the middle of. the night. >> Wow. >> One by one, some in all black wearing.

waiters and headlamps emerging to the. street just feet from Penn Station in. Madison Square Garden. It's the latest. in a string of bizarre incidents in the. belly of New York. This group oddly. similar to the ones police were trying. to identify weeks ago. seen here also. wearing waiters carrying flashlights and. prying open a manhole then slipping into. the sewer. In another incident, authorities investigating seven men also. with headlamps and shovels spawning from. the sewer system in Brooklyn. One guy. almost gets hit by a car. Police think.

these groups are hunting for valuables. The city's Department of Environmental. Protection says it inspected the sewers. around this latest incident and found no. damage to the infrastructure. and. Lindsay. Officials stress that entering. the sewer system is not only extremely. dangerous, but it's also illegal. Lindsay and unnerving, Morgan, thank. you. Next tonight, for the first time, we're hearing from a 23-year-old pilot. on her extraordinary tale of survival. Her small plane crashed into the. Atlantic Ocean off Boca Raton during a.

solo flight. Almuker stunned by the. sight of the plane's tail sticking out. of the water. Here's ABC's Andrew. Timber. Tonight, as they pulled her. plane from the Atlantic, for the first. time, we're hearing from the pilot who. made that stunning water landing. And. she's 23. Faith Tenkley telling our ABC. affiliate WZVN she had taken off from. Fort Myers, Florida, flying alone, heading for the Bahamas to pick up her. parents, but then mechanical issues, a. broken landing gear, no right engine, but plenty of fuel. She feared an. emergency landing at Boca Raton Airport.

could trigger a fire. She decided the. ocean was a safer bet. And after dodging. waterfront buildings and paddle. boarders, she found a spot in the water. to land. Amazingly, the plane stayed. largely intact, but sinking fast. She. says a lifeguard reached her within a. minute. A small armada of rescue boats. moments later and just the tail fin of. the plane above the water line. Her. plane pulled from the water today. Faith. became a pilot straight out of high. school and now with four years. experience, a perfect water landing by. Faith alone. Lindsay.

>> Andrew, thank you. Now to a remarkable. breakthrough. Nearly 25 years after 911, for the first time, a victim has been. identified by combining DNA testing with. family trees. Now there's hope that even. more victims, nearly 1100 people can be. identified using this technology. Here's. ABC's Aaron Kurski. >> 25 years after the September 11th. attacks, New York City is still working. to formally identify all of the nearly. 3,000 people killed at the World Trade. Center. And tonight, a breakthrough. ABC.

News can report there is a new. identification. For the first time, the. medical examiner's office and the NYPD. have identified a 9/11 victim using. genetic genealogy, combining DNA testing. with family trees. You could not have. imagined this 25 years ago. >> No, no. The technology that really. wasn't there and it's growing every day. It's amazing when we get a possible new. ID and then when we are able to confirm. it and know that now another family is. going to have that information. Having.

one positive confirmation means it's. possible for more families going. forward. >> We were invited into the lab where. scientists have been doing this. painstaking work for the last 25 years. Does it ever weigh on you that this is. from September 11th? >> It's important for us to remind. ourselves just how important what we're. working on is. It's part of a solemn. pledge the medical examiner's office. made a quarter century ago to identify. as many victims as possible. The new. identification is an adult female. Her.

family declined to come forward. But to. know that the office not only is keeping. its its promise, but the work is. yielding fruit has to be enormously. satisfying. It's uh deeply meaningful. and being able to provide answers even. uh despite the passage of nearly 25. years now to family members who lost. someone uh as a homicide victim on 911. is uh deeply meaningful and uh the. families are uniformly grateful. >> 25 years later Lindsay 40% of 911.

victims nearly,00 people have still. never been formally identified. The. medical examiner's office will never. stop trying. Lindsay. >> Erin, thank you. What a potential. breakthrough. Now to Hayden Panitier's. mother breaking her silence in an. exclusive on camera interview with Good. Morning America. After an outpouring of. grief at news of the young actor's. tragic and sudden death last week, her. mother shares with ABC's Rianni about. how she wants her to be remembered. I. want Hayden or Hayden to be remembered.

for the talented, you know, beautiful, outgoing, intelligent woman she really was. But I. also want people to understand that it. is my belief that. her she was suffering. You can see the. entire interview tomorrow morning on. GMA. There's still much more ahead on. World News Tonight this Sunday, including the [music] breaking news from. Oregon. Multiple sets of human remains.

discovered. News on the urgent manhunt. tonight. An NFL [music] star is mourning. the tragic death of his young son who. died in a swimming pool accident. [music]. And the man stranded in the ocean for 16. hours. What he told himself as he waited. for help. Next tonight, a massive homicide. investigation in Oregon after a chilling. discovery. Police in Forest Grove say. that the remains of five people were. found by crews responding to a report of. a vehicle fire on Saturday. Multiple. dead animals were also found at the.

location. Investigators say they do not. believe this was a random act. No. arrests have been made. We're also. learning details of a tragedy involving. Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed. Oliver. The team announced Oliver's. 2-year-old son, also named Ed, died in. June after he was found unresponsive in. a swimming pool in Houston. The Bills. say they continue to support Oliver as. he and his family mourn. Oliver has been. participating in team activities. throughout training camp. When we come. back, it is certainly not what anyone.

expected to see on a trip to the beach. A sea creature far from home. To the index and an unexpected site just. outside New York City, an oceanic manta. ray was spotted off Long Island's Jones. Beach. They're usually found in tropical. waters, but occasionally they head north. during the summer. These manta rays can. grow up to 23 feet across and weigh up. to 4,000 lbs, but oceanographers say. they are not dangerous to humans. A. California man is telling his harrowing. story after being stranded at sea for 16.

hours. Paul Carbalo was thrown from a. rented jet ski off Long Beach last. [music] Sunday evening. The Coast Guard. hoisted him to safety late Monday. morning. He says he didn't think he had. much time left. >> I was telling myself, man, what's the. best way to die? Should I just drown? Should I just let I mean bite myself, bleed, let you know, someone eat me or. something? Because I I I was really. nervous. I was really scared. >> Carbalito has been treated for. pneumonia. He says the ordeal has given. him a new sense of purpose. Next, an.

update from Dolly Parton on her health. The entertainer tells People magazine. she's dealing with some issues that she. didn't pay attention to when she was. watching over her husband Carl, who died. last year. Parton, who's 80 years old, has said that she sometimes gets dizzy. and dehydrated. She also gave a possible. hint of her future plan, saying she's. been working on developing some Avatar. performances using her likeness on. stage. When we come back, America. Strong, an act of [music] kindness seen. all over the world. Finally tonight, America Strong, the.

teenager who did the right thing at the. right time. We first introduced you to. Arizona teen Royal Catherine last month. On two wheels, he could be a bit of a. daredevil, flirting with gravity. But on. a recent ride through his neighborhood, it wasn't a stunt that made him stand. out. The then 13-year-old was out on his. bike as temperatures climbed above 100°. when he noticed a woman walking alone. along the side of the road. She appeared. disoriented, struggling in the. unforgiving Arizona heat. And Royal.

stopped and asked where she lived. >> I could look it up on my phone if you. want me to. >> Wearing his meta glasses, the camera. captured what happened next. >> I don't think there's any apartments. around here. I could tell you that. >> Really? Which way would they be? >> She just looked like something was. wrong. So, I started talking to her. >> The woman named Teresa had been out. shopping. Somewhere along the way, she. missed a turn. And before she knew it, she had wandered 2 and 1/2 miles off. course. >> I knew it was hot. She was sweating. >> So, first he helped her find shade and.

then her way back to the people who love. her, coaxing her to remember her son's. phone number. He was able to reach her family and. stayed by Teresa's side until the. Gilbert Fire Department arrived. >> The outcome could have been much, much. worse. >> Teresa recently celebrated her 76th. birthday, surrounded by family, and word. of what Royal did traveled far beyond. that Arizona road with messages pouring. in from across the country and around. the world for him and his mom.

>> What a wonderful young man to help this. lady. An angel on earth sent that very. moment to protect that woman. >> Just last week, the town of Gilbert. honored Royal with a citizen hero award. And for a teenager who sometimes likes. to live life on two wheels, perhaps the. most remarkable thing he did that day. was knowing when to stop. Royal setting. such an example. Thanks so much for. watching. David Mure right back here. tomorrow night. I'm Lindseay Davis in. New York. Have a great evening. Good. night.

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