ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - August 29, 2026

STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. NEW VIDEO FROM THE CATASTROPHIC. FLASH FLOODS ALONG THE NEPAL. TIBET BORDER. HOW IT BEGAN. A. FEW CHUNKS OF ICE BREAKING OFF. AND THEN THE DEVASTATING. LANDSLIDE CONDITIONS GROWING. WORSE AS CREWS SEARCH FOR.

THOUSANDS STILL MISSING. HEAVY. RAINS TURNING THE MUD INTO WET. CEMENT. RESCUERS DRILLING INTO. TUNNELS IN A DESPERATE EFFORT. TO FREE THOSE TRAPPED INSIDE. A. BORDER CROSSING FLATTENED MUD. AND DEBRIS WASHING UP HUNDREDS. OF MILES AWAY IN INDIA AND THE. DEATH TOLL RISING. ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXTRAORDINARY. DEAL TO TAKE CONTROL OF A LARGE. SHARE OF VENEZUELA'S OIL. HE'S. PROMISING SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER. GAS PRICES. BUT SOME INDUSTRY. EXPERTS SAY IT COULD TAKE YEARS. BEFORE WE SEE ANY BENEFITS. THE.

DEADLY BLAST IN UKRAINE DOZENS. KILLED IN A RUSSIAN STRIKE ON A. WAREHOUSE THAT WAS PACKED WITH. EXPLOSIVES. TWO ARRESTS IN WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING $1. MILLION ONLINE ROMANCE SCAM. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, ALLEGEDLY. POSING AS AN NFL PLAYER AND. PITCHING FAKE INVESTMENTS. THE. FBI NOW ASKING MORE POTENTIAL. VICTIMS OF THE ALLEGED SCAM TO. COME FORWARD. PLUS THE. HORRIFYING AMUSEMENT PARK. ACCIDENT. A WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS. THROWN FROM A ROLLER COASTER. AND DRAGGED ALONG THE TRACKS. THE CONTROVERSIAL LAND SWAP IN.

YOSEMITE THAT REPORTEDLY COULD. PUT A PORTION OF THE NATIONAL. PARK IN PRIVATE HANDS GONE IN. SECONDS. A NECKLACE WITH 600. DIAMONDS STOLEN IN BROAD. DAYLIGHT. AND THERE'S NEW VIDEO. OF THE ALLEGED SUSPECTS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL RETURNS, BUT. WITH SOME VERY LUCRATIVE. CHANGES TO SOME ICONIC UNIFORMS. AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. LOST AND FOUND. HOW DIVERS. SAVED THE DAY. FOR A BRIDE TO. BE. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD.

HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR. JOINING US ON THIS SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE BEGIN. TONIGHT WITH THE REMARKABLE NEW. RESCUES FOLLOWING THAT. CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ALONG THE. NEPAL TIBET BORDER. THE. STAGGERING DEATH TOLL NOW. CLIMBING TO NEARLY 700. THIS. AERIAL FOOTAGE CAPTURES THE. SCOPE OF THE DEVASTATION. HOMES. AND BUILDINGS NOW BURIED UNDER. MUD, THE RAIN AND BRUTAL. CONDITIONS DISRUPTING THE. DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THE. MISSING. NOW, WITH REPEATED. DELAYS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THESE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THE. NEPAL VALLEY BEFORE AND AFTER. THE HORRIFIC FLOODS. ENTIRE. NEIGHBORHOODS COMPLETELY. FLATTENED. BUT TONIGHT, THERE. ARE GLIMMERS OF HOPE. THIS. SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL PULLED FROM. THE RUBBLE. RESCUE WORKERS. HEARING HER MUFFLED CRIES. BUT. MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE ARE STILL. MISSING, INCLUDING ABOUT 90. AMERICANS. HERE'S ABC'S BRITT. CLENNETT IN NEPAL TONIGHT. >> THE SEARCH AND RESCUE. OPERATION OF THE DEVASTATING. FLOOD AT THE NEPAL TIBET BORDER, GROWING MORE DESPERATE AS THE.

CRITICAL WINDOW TO FIND. SURVIVORS CLOSES. BUT AMID THE. CHAOS, A RAY OF HOPE. THIS. SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL PULLED FROM. THE RUBBLE AFTER RESCUE WORKERS. HEARD HER CRIES. BUT OVER 3000. STILL REMAIN MISSING ALTOGETHER. ON BOTH THE NEPAL AND TIBET. SIDES, INCLUDING ROUGHLY 90. AMERICANS, ACCORDING TO THE. STATE DEPARTMENT. HEAVY FOG AND. MONSOON DOWNPOURS IN RASUWA, THE HARDEST HIT AREA, SLOWING. THE MISSION, TEMPORARILY. GROUNDING RESCUE HELICOPTERS. THIS PHOTO, RELEASED BY THE.

NEPALI ARMY SHOWING ATTEMPTS TO. DRILL A HOLE INTO TUNNELS AT A. POWER PLANT WHERE THEY BELIEVE. OVER 100 PEOPLE MAY BE TRAPPED. >> HOPING AGAINST ALL ODDS THAT. ARE DOZENS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN. HYDROPOWER PROJECTS MIGHT STILL. BE ARE RESCUED. >> AND THIS VIDEO RELEASED BY. CHINESE STATE MEDIA SHOWING THE. FIRST CHINESE RESCUE TEAMS TO. REACH THE TIBET GURUNG BORDER. CROSSING. ARRIVING TO. EVERYTHING NOW GONE, OBLITERATED BY THAT MENACING. TORRENT OF WATER.

>> THE SCALE OF DEVASTATION IS. QUITE SIGNIFICANT, AND WE. ANTICIPATE REQUIRING. INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR. REHABILITATION AND. RECONSTRUCTION. >> AND FAR DOWNSTREAM. HUNDREDS. OF BODIES ARE WASHING ASHORE, SOME AS FAR AS IN KUSHINAGAR, INDIA. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS. THERE, ROUGHLY 150 MILES AWAY. THE VAST NUMBER OF BODIES. LEADING TO AUTHORITIES. REQUESTING INTERNATIONAL HELP. TO IDENTIFY THE DEBT. NOW. NEPAL'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYING.

THE COUNTRY IS ON HIGH ALERT. FOR MORE FLOODING, AND NEPAL. ALSO APPEALING FOR FOREIGN. ASSISTANCE. NOW IN THE. HERCULEAN TASK OF FINDING. SURVIVORS, INCLUDING THE DOZENS. OF AMERICANS STILL MISSING WITH. >> A PAINFUL WAIT FOR SO MANY. FAMILIES. BRITT CLEMENT, WE. APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. NOW, TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LANDMARK. DEAL TO TAKE CONTROL OF A LARGE. SHARE OF VENEZUELA'S OIL, THE. PRESIDENT CLAIMS IT WILL LOWER. GAS PRICES FOR ALL AMERICANS, BUT INDUSTRY EXPERTS SAY THAT. COULD TAKE YEARS. IT COMES AS. THE WHITE HOUSE IS FACING. PRESSURE AS THE WAR WITH IRAN.

CONTINUES TO DRIVE FUEL PRICES. HIGHER HERE IN THE U.S. HERE'S. ABC'S STEVEN PORTNOY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING IT. THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD. HISTORY. A LANDMARK AGREEMENT. BETWEEN THE U.S. AND VENEZUELA. INVOLVING A 100 YEAR LEASE. >> I NOW LOVE VENEZUELA. >> NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS AFTER HE. OVERSAW THE OUSTER OF DICTATOR. NICOLAS MADURO, THE PRESIDENT. NOW SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. WILL ENTER A JOINT VENTURE TO. CONTROL MUCH OF VENEZUELA'S. VAST OIL RESERVES. THE. COUNTRY'S INTERIM PRESIDENT. HAILING THE HISTORIC AGREEMENT,

SAYING IT WILL HAVE A. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HER. NATION'S REVIVAL. TRUMP SAYS. THE DEAL WILL SUBSTANTIALLY. LOWER GAS PRICES FOR ALL. AMERICANS, BUT ANALYSTS SAY NOT. RIGHT AWAY. WHAT'S THE. LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS DEAL IS. GOING TO IMPACT AMERICAN GAS. PRICES SOON? >> VERY LOW LIKELIHOOD. THIS IS. NOT GOING TO IMPACT PRICES SOON. THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS. AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO LOWER. THE PRICE OF GASOLINE IN THE. NEXT FIVE DAYS, FIVE WEEKS OR. FIVE MONTHS. BUT FIVE YEARS.

FROM NOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A. DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE, CERTAINLY. IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. >> EXPERTS SAY VENEZUELA'S OIL. INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS MAJOR. UPGRADES AFTER DECADES OF DECAY. AND NEGLECT. WORD OF THE DEAL. COMES AMID CONTINUED. FRUSTRATION OVER GAS PRICES. PUSHED HIGHER BY THE WAR IN. IRAN. REGULAR GAS NOW AVERAGING. 405 A GALLON, $0.85 MORE THAN. THIS TIME LAST YEAR. INCREASED. FUEL AND FERTILIZER COSTS ARE. AMONG THE REASONS GROUND BEEF. IS NOW AVERAGING NEARLY $7 A. POUND. THE PRESIDENT NOW.

WAIVING TARIFFS ON BEEF FROM. OTHER COUNTRIES, HOPING THAT. WILL BRING PRICES DOWN. IT'S A. MOVE THAT'S ANGERING AMERICAN. RANCHERS. BROWN UNIVERSITY. RESEARCHERS NOW ESTIMATE THE. INCREASED FUEL PRICES HAVE SO. FAR COST THE AVERAGE AMERICAN. HOUSEHOLD AN EXTRA $715, WITH. >> STEVEN PORTNOY AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. WAR IN UKRAINE. A RUSSIAN DRONE. STRIKE ON A WAREHOUSE WEST OF. KYIV PACKED WITH EXPLOSIVES, TRIGGERING A MASSIVE FIRE. THE. FLAMES SWEPT DOZENS OF. HOMES AND BUILDINGS. AT LEAST. 37 PEOPLE KILLED. ATTACKS OF.

THE WAR THIS YEAR. HERE'S ABC'S. ALEX PRESHA. >> TONIGHT. UKRAINE REELING. FROM ONE OF THE DEADLIEST. ATTACKS THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 37. PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A RUSSIAN. DRONE STRIKE ON THIS WAREHOUSE. IN KYIV. THE ATTACK SPARKING A. DETONATION. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS. SAY THIS WAREHOUSE MAY HAVE. BEEN ILLEGALLY STORING. MUNITIONS. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY CALLING IT. A TERRIBLE SITUATION AND. TERRIBLE NEGLIGENCE. RUSSIA AND.

UKRAINE TRADING ESCALATING. ATTACKS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL. WEEKS. THIS LATEST ROUND COMES. JUST DAYS AFTER CIA DIRECTOR. JOHN RATCLIFFE MADE AN. UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO MOSCOW. WHILE THERE IS NO RESOLUTION TO. RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE TRIP. TELL ABC NEWS THAT RATCLIFFE. WARNED RUSSIA NOT TO ATTACK. NATO MEMBERS. THE VISIT COMES. AMID A GROWING NUMBER OF DRONE. INCURSIONS IN EUROPEAN AIRSPACE, FUELING SPECULATION THAT THE. KREMLIN MAY ESCALATE ITS WAR IN. UKRAINE WITH SOME KIND OF. INTERVENTION IN SURROUNDING. COUNTRIES. IN EUROPE, ROMANIA,

A NATO ALLY AND HOME TO SOME. 1000 U.S. TROOPS, HAS HAD ITS. AIRSPACE VIOLATED AT LEAST 23. TIMES THIS YEAR FOR RUSSIAN. DRONES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN. AND. FOR CONTEXT, THOSE 23 INCIDENTS. ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE. 18 INCIDENTS REPORTED BETWEEN. 2022 AND 2025 WITH. >> ALL RIGHT, ALEX, THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, STUNNING. ALLEGATIONS OF A ROMANCE SCAM. TWO MEN, ONE ALLEGEDLY POSING. AS A SAN FRANCISCO 40 NINERS. PLAYER ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING. DOZENS OF WOMEN OUT OF MORE.

THAN $1 MILLION, THE ALLEGED. SCHEME LASTING MORE THAN FOUR. YEARS. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S. MORGAN NORWOOD AND MORGAN. AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING FOR. MORE WOMEN NOW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE FBI. BELIEVES THAT MANY MORE WOMEN. ARE OUT THERE. AND THEY'RE. ASKING THOSE WOMEN TONIGHT TO. COME FORWARD. AUTHORITIES SAY. THIS WASN'T JUST AN ONLINE. ROMANCE SCHEME. IT WAS ALSO AN. INVESTMENT FRAUD TARGETING. WOMEN ON THESE DATING APPS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY 35 YEAR. OLD JOHN LOVE POSED AS AN NFL. PLAYER WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO. 40 NINERS BY POSTING VIDEOS ON. INSTAGRAM AND TEAM GEAR, AND. THEN POSING WITH ALL KINDS OF.

BLAME TO CREATE A FICTITIOUS. PERSONA. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. THEN PITCHED THE WOMEN FAKE. INVESTMENTS AND THEN PROMISING. BIG RETURNS, WHILE HIS ALLEGED. ACCOMPLICE, 18 YEAR OLD TAYLOR. CHAN, POSED AS HIS FINANCIAL. ADVISOR TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS. APPEAR LEGITIMATE. NOW, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, 26. ALLEGED VICTIMS LOST ABOUT $1.3. MILLION. BOTH MEN ARE IN. FEDERAL CUSTODY TONIGHT. THEY. ARE FACING WIRE FRAUD CHARGES. WITH. >> MORGAN NORWOOD. FOR US NOW. TO A HARROWING ROLLER COASTER. ACCIDENT IN COLORADO. A WOMAN.

SAYS SHE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AFTER SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY EJECTED. FROM HER SEAT AND THEN DRAGGED. ALONG THE TRACKS. IT FOLLOWS. SOME DISTURBING REPORTS OF. OTHER INCIDENTS AT A POPULAR. THEME PARK. HERE'S ABC'S. JACQUELINE LEE. >> TONIGHT. AN INVESTIGATION IS. UNDERWAY AFTER A TEXAS WOMAN. SAYS SHE WAS EJECTED AND. DRAGGED WHILE RIDING A ROLLER. COASTER IN COLORADO. NICOLA. PARKER'S ATTORNEY SAYS SHE. SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, INCLUDING A SEPARATED LEFT. SHOULDER, A BROKEN RIB THAT. PUNCTURED AND COLLAPSED HER. LEFT LUNG AND A TRAUMATIC BRAIN.

INJURY. THE PARK DISPUTES HER. ACCOUNT AND SAYS AN. INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY THIS. COMING JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER A. CALIFORNIA FAMILY FILED A. NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT IN A. WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AFTER. THEIR SON DIED THE DAY AFTER. RIDING A SIX FLAGS ROLLER. COASTER, 22 YEAR OLD. CHRISTOPHER HAWLEY WROTE. THE. X2 ROLLER COASTER IN JUNE 2022. MAGIC MOUNTAIN INTRODUCING THE. RIDE AS THE FIRST EVER FOURTH. DIMENSION ROLLER COASTER WITH. SEATS THAT ROTATE 360 DEGREES. >> THE MOST POSITIVE PERSON. THAT YOU'D EVER MEET, AND SO.

KIND. AND HE'S MISSED. I MEAN, EVERY EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. >> HIS BROTHER, WHO WAS ON THE. RIDE WITH HIM, TOLD US THE. ENTIRE RIDE WAS EXTREMELY ROUGH. AND THEIR HEADS WERE VIOLENTLY. SLAMMED AT THE END. AFTER. EXITING THE RIDE, HAWLEY LOST. CONSCIOUSNESS AND UNDERWENT. EMERGENCY NEUROSURGERY AND. LATER DIED, HIS DEATH. CERTIFICATE STATES. HAWLEY DIED. OF BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA DUE TO A. PARK RIDE ACCIDENT. >> THOSE DANGERS SHOULD NOT. HAVE BEEN THERE. HE SHOULD HAVE. BEEN ABLE TO GO ON THE RIDE, NO. MATTER HOW EXTREME A RIDE IT IS.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE ON A. ROLLER COASTER. >> THE RIDE NOW CLOSED. OSHA. OPENED AN INVESTIGATION EARLIER. THIS MONTH AFTER A RECENT. ACCIDENT WITH. AMID PUBLISHED. REPORTS OF OTHER SERIOUS. INJURIES, WE REACHED OUT TO SIX. FLAGS. THEY WOULD ONLY SAY THE. RIDE HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE JULY. 12TH. WIT. >> ALL RIGHT, JACQUELINE LEE, OUR THANKS TO YOU. TONIGHT WE. TURN NOW TO THE WEATHER AND. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS BRACING. FOR DANGEROUS HEAT. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST DANNY. BECKSTROM FROM OUR NEW YORK. STATION, WABC. AND DANNY, THE. HEAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE MOVE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> IT IS WET. IT'S GOOD NEWS. FOR THE SOUTHWEST AFTER DAYS OF.

DANGEROUS HEAT. BUT NOW THOSE. INTENSE TEMPERATURES MOVE TO. THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. LET'S LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. WE'RE LOOKING AT HEAT INDEX. VALUES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS. FROM DALLAS TO DES MOINES, INCLUDING WICHITA AND KANSAS. CITY. THAT HEAT CONTINUES TO. SHIFT EAST INTO THE WORKWEEK, FEELING LIKE UPPER 90S IN. CHICAGO BY TUESDAY. TRIPLE. DIGIT HEAT INDICES FROM CHICAGO. TO D.C. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE. WEEK. ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE. FLOOD THREAT IN THE WEST. WE. HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN ARIZONA. AND UTAH. THAT INCLUDES PHOENIX. THAT INCLUDES TUCSON, SAINT. GEORGE, UTAH. WE COULD SEE. FLOODING DOWNPOURS AS FAR NORTH. AS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT. WE'LL WATCH IT WITH OKAY. >> WE KNOW WE'LL BE TRACKING IT.

FOR US. THANK YOU DANNY. NOW TO. REPORTS THAT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS CONSIDERING. TRADING AWAY A SMALL PARCEL OF. LAND IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. TO A PRIVATE DEVELOPER. THE. PROPOSAL ALARMING. CONSERVATIONISTS AND FORMER. NATIONAL PARK OFFICIALS. LET'S. BRING IN ABC'S OLIVIA RUBIN AND. OLIVIA. WHAT MORE ARE YOU. LEARNING TONIGHT. >> WITH NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON. WHAT WOULD BE AN EXTRAORDINARY. DEAL, REPORTS SAY A PRIVATE. DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO BUILD A. ROAD FOR DIRECT ACCESS INTO ONE. OF AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR. NATIONAL PARKS. THAT DEVELOPER.

ALREADY OWNS LAND NEAR THE. BORDER OF THE PARK, WHERE THEY. REPORTEDLY WANT TO BUILD. UPSCALE PRIVATE HOMES. IN. EXCHANGE, THEY WOULD BUY LAND. ELSEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA AND. GIVE THAT TO THE GOVERNMENT. NOW, WE ASKED THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THIS, THE. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SAYING IN A. STATEMENT THAT NO FINAL. DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AND. VOWING ANY DEAL WOULD BE. SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE. FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS AND. DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES. BUT WITH. TONIGHT, CONSERVATIONISTS ARE. ALARMED. ONE LEADING NONPROFIT.

GROUP SAYING THIS WOULD BE AN. ATTACK ON ALL AMERICANS WHO OWN. THAT NATIONAL PARK. >> DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO. WATCH GOING FORWARD. OLIVIA. RUBIN, THANK YOU. OVERSEAS NOW. TO AN INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT FOR. TWO SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY. STOLE A 200 CARAT DIAMOND. NECKLACE FROM A MUSEUM IN. VIENNA. THE PIECE ONCE BELONGED. TO EGYPTIAN ROYALTY AND. CONTAINED MORE THAN 600. DIAMONDS. IT'S JUST THE LATEST. IN A SERIES OF HIGH PROFILE. HEISTS. HERE'S ABC'S LAMA HASAN.

TONIGHT. >> A MASSIVE MANHUNT UNDERWAY. FOR THESE TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF. SMASHING A GLASS DISPLAY CASE. IN VIENNA'S MUSEUM IN BROAD. DAYLIGHT. SNATCHING THIS. STUNNING 200 CARAT VAN CLEEF. NECKLACE, INTRICATELY SET WITH. MORE THAN 600 DIAMONDS WORTH AT. LEAST $4 MILLION. SEEN HERE. ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR THE. EGYPTIAN ROYAL FAMILY. AUSTRIAN. POLICE SAY THEY'RE SCOURING THE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FOR CLUES. THE VIDEO CAPTURING THE. UNMASKED MEN ENTERING THE. MUSEUM AS VISITORS.

>> THESE PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY. VISIBLE ON CCTV, SO THERE WILL. BE NO ESCAPE FOR THEM. THE ONLY. QUESTION IS WILL WE BE IN TIME. TO GET THE NECKLACE BACK? >> THIS IS THE LATEST IN A. SERIES OF RECENT SPECTACULAR, HIGH PROFILE HEISTS. LAST. OCTOBER, A GANG DRESSED AS. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BRAZENLY. MAKING OFF WITH PRICELESS CROWN. JEWELS FROM THE LOUVRE IN PARIS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST ART MUSEUM. >> YOU SEE IT NOW ALL ACROSS. EUROPE, PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. THIS AND. AND THIEVES ARE. COPYCATS. THEY THINK IF YOU CAN.

HIT THE LOUVRE, LET'S GO FOR. OUR LOCAL MUSEUM WITH. >> IT IS NOW A RACE AGAINST. TIME TO TRY TO FIND THAT 600. DIAMOND VAN CLEEF NECKLACE, BECAUSE IT CAN EASILY BE. DISMANTLED, THE EVIDENCE. DESTROYED, AND THE DIAMONDS. SOLD OFF SEPARATELY WITH. >> ALL RIGHT, LAMA HASSAN FOR. US. THANK YOU. THERE'S MUCH. MORE AHEAD ON WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT. THIS SATURDAY, THE. TERRIFYING SCENE UNDER THE. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. WHAT HAD. PLAYERS AND SPECTATORS RUNNING. FOR COVER AND THREE MEN FOUND. CLINGING TO CUSHIONS WHEN THEIR.

BOATD OVER. >> NEXT NIGHT. A FRIGHTENING. SCENE AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. GAME OUTSIDE PITTSBURGH. >> SOMEBODY THERE? THERE HAS. BEEN A SHOOTING. >> SHOTS FIRED. PLAYERS AND. SPECTATORS RUNNING FOR COVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED. A 17 YEAR. OLD SUSPECT WAS APPREHENDED. POLICE SAY HE HAD A LOADED. SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN IN HIS. WAISTBAND. SOME RUGBY FANS WERE. STUNNED TODAY WHEN TWO JETS. CAME INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO A. STADIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA. NO.

MORE THAN 46FT ABOVE THE TOP. YOU SEE IT HERE? THE TWO. AIRLINK JETS WERE PART OF A. FLYOVER BEFORE SOUTH AFRICA. FACED THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM. TURNS OUT THIS IS PART OF A. TRADITION DATING BACK DECADES. FOR ITS PART, AIRLINK SAYS IT. STAGED A MEMORABLE FLY BY. IT. CERTAINLY DID THAT TONIGHT WE. HAVE NEW IMAGES OF A RESCUE ON. LAKE ERIE. TWO FISHERMEN SAY. THEY SPOTTED A CAPSIZED BOAT. EIGHT MILES OFF THE OHIO SHORE. ON WEDNESDAY. THREE MEN WERE. SEEN BOBBING IN THE WATER,

CLINGING TO BOAT CUSHIONS. ONE. OF THE MEN IS 87 YEARS OLD. OFFICIALS SAY THEY SPENT ABOUT. 41 MINUTES STRANDED IN THE LAKE. UP NEXT, COLLEGE FOOTBALL. RETURNS. BUT WHY NOT? EVERYONE. IS HAPPY WITH THE NEW LOOK. >> TO THE INDEX NOW IN THE. RETURN OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT. SOME BIG CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY, INCLUDING A NEW ADDITION TO. MANY UNIFORMS. AND WHY NOT. EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT. HERE'S ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE.

>> READY TO UNLEASH TONIGHT. >> COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS BACK. >> WELCOME BACK. COLLEGE. FOOTBALL. >> THE SEASON KICKING OFF IN. IRELAND AS NORTH CAROLINA. BATTLED TCU. THE TAR HEELS. COMING OFF A DISAPPOINTING. FIRST SEASON WITH HEAD COACH. BILL BELICHICK. THE EIGHT TIME. SUPER BOWL CHAMPION ISN'T THE. ONLY ONE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. A. SMALL CHANGE ON JERSEYS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY NOW ALSO GETTING. BIG ATTENTION. >> OHIO STATE HAS OFFICIALLY. ENTERED INTO A HISTORIC, COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH. JP MORGAN CHASE. >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.

CORPORATE PATCHES PROMINENTLY. DISPLAYED ON UNIFORMS FOR. REGULAR SEASON GAMES. A NEW. NCAA POLICY ALLOWS DIVISION ONE. TEAMS TO PLACE UP TO TWO. ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL LOGOS ON. THEIR UNIFORMS AND APPAREL UP. TO FOUR SQUARE INCHES, EACH. PART OF AN EFFORT TO DRIVE. ADDITIONAL REVENUES. >> AS COLLEGE ATHLETICS EVOLVES. IT PLACES INCREDIBLE PRESSURE. ON THE REVENUE REQUIRED TO BE. SUCCESSFUL. >> ESPN REPORTING OHIO STATE'S. DEAL WITH CHASE TOTALS UP TO. $17 MILLION A YEAR. NOTRE DAME.

INKING A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOFI. WORTH UP TO $20 MILLION. TYSON. FOODS TEAMING UP WITH THE. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FEDEX. WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS. >> ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS, WILL. THEN DETERMINE HOW THEY WOULD. LIKE TO DISPERSE THAT REVENUE. THAT IS BEING GENERATED. SOME. PLAYERS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE. NIL SPECIAL PACKAGES AND. CONTRACTS WITH THESE. CORPORATIONS THAT WILL BE ON. THEIR JERSEYS WITH. >> THE SENATE IS CONSIDERING. BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO. IMPOSE GUARDRAILS ON THE. BALLOONING AMOUNT OF MONEY. BEING SPENT IN COLLEGE SPORTS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED THE. BILL, BUT THE NATIONAL COLLEGE. PLAYERS ASSOCIATION HAS CALLED. IT AN ASSAULT ON COLLEGE. ATHLETES WITH. >> ELIZABETH SCHULZE FOR US, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ONE. TEAM WILL WEAR A PATCH THAT'S. PRICELESS. MIDDLE TENNESSEE. STATE WILL HONOR THE LATE DOLLY. PARTON WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR. SEASON AGAINST MURRAY STATE. NEXT SATURDAY. THAT WILL BE. GREAT TO SEE. STILL AHEAD HERE, AMERICA STRONG, THE DIVERS WHO. SAVED THE DAY11. >> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA.

STRONG, THE LOST ENGAGEMENT. RING AND THE UNDERWATER. ADVENTURE. DENISE RIVERA. THOUGHT HER ENGAGEMENT RING WAS. LOST FOREVER AFTER IT SLIPPED. OFF HER FINGER INTO THE HUDSON. RIVER DURING DINNER. >> I'M JUMPING UP. MY SISTER'S. LIKE I'M SCREAMING AND SHE. DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND SHE WAS LIKE, WHAT? I WAS. LIKE, MY RING, MY RING. >> RIVERA WAS EATING AT A. RESTAURANT IN NEWBURGH, NEW. YORK, TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE. RING DISAPPEARED. >> IT JUST KEPT GOING OFF, WENT. ON TO THE TABLE, ROLLED OFF THE. TABLE, ONTO THE DOCK AND OVER. INTO THE WATER. >> LUCKILY, A GROUP FROM THE. HUDSON VALLEY COMMERCIAL DIVING.

SCHOOL HAPPENED TO BE AT THE. RESTAURANT. THE OWNER OF THE. SCHOOL OFFERING TO HELP. >> WE'RE IN THE HUDSON RIVER. EVERY DAY. WE'LL GO FIND IT FOR. YOU. >> THE NEXT MORNING, SIX. STUDENT DIVERS SEARCHED THE. NEAR PITCH BLACK WATER 12 TO. 15FT BELOW THE RESTAURANT DECK, SCOURING THE AREA WHERE RIVERA. BELIEVED THE RING HAD FALLEN. >> HEROES. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. I KNOW IT'S TAKING TIME, BUT. DON'T WORRY. WE'RE GOING TO. FIND THAT RING. >> AFTER ALMOST THREE HOURS, THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND IT. THE TEAM THEN SWITCHING TACTICS, USING BUCKETS TO SCOOP UP MUD. FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM.

>> A SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY. >> INCREDIBLY, FINDING THE RING. ON THE SECOND BUCKET. >> WHEN I STARTED DUMPING THE. BUCKET OUT, I SAW THE RING. RIGHT THERE. >> RIVERA OVERJOYED, IMMEDIATELY PUTTING THE RING. BACK ON THOSE DIVERS NOW. INVITED TO HER WEDDING. >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN. HE HE SHOWED ME THE RING. THEY. DID IT OUT OF A KIND HEART. >> AMAZING JOB. WELL DONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. TONIGHT. I'M.