ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 1, 2025

David Moore, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched. newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news. of the day on Disney Plus, most watched, most trusted, now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight the breaking news on this Monday night, this major. storm, hundreds of accidents, snow, ice, and freezing. rain sweeping in. And now the potential for undoreaster forming. as it pushes into the Northeast. Dangerous driving, the accidents on the highways,

records no fall in multiple states. More than 75 million Americans under alerts right. now. Ginger Z is standing by with the forecast. Also tonight, defense secretary Pete Higgseth. undergrowing scrutiny for authorizing two strikes on. an alleged drug boat. The first strike taking out the boat tonight, questions about the second strike reportedly targeting. two survivors. The Washington Post reporting Hankseth ordered. his team to kill everybody on board the boat. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. now asking serious questions tonight.

And what President Trump is now saying about that. second strike. Tonight President Trump's MRI, the White House. now revealing what the MRI examined after the president. said he had no idea what it was for tonight. In New York City, the high stakes hearing for CEO. murder suspect Luigi Mangione smiling in court now his defense. team on what evidence they're now asking be thrown out the. deadly National Guard ambush near the White House tonight. news on the surviving Guard member what he did in that. hospital room. And what we're now learning about the suspect.

overseas tonight. U.S. envoy Steve Whitkopf on his way to. meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The key question that remains the urgent search for. a missing high school football coach in the middle of an. undefeated season. The U.S. Marshal's now involved warning the coach could be armed. The images tonight the 500 pounds surprise under the house. tonight with Simon Cowell is now saying about his insults on. those early days of American Idol. At its that time of year our made it America Christmas. is back 14 years and counting your ideas coming in and we.

start tonight with one that's growing nearly as fast as. our made America Christmas. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York this is World. News Tonight with David York. Good evening and it's great to have you with us. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We do begin tonight with this cross country storm across the. heartland, the Midwest and now pushing into the Northeast. In fact a possible nor Easter could form from this tonight.

more than 75 million Americans under winter alerts at this. hour snow ice and freezing rain moving from Kansas to New York. to Maine. The system could drop up to a foot of snow in parts. of upstate New York and New England. Traffic inching its way through heavy snow on. I-370. This is in Bridgerton, Missouri near St. Louis. Ice and freezing rain causing hundreds. of accidents across Oklahoma. It was slow moving through heavy snow near Syracuse, New. York. These are images from Marcellus, New York over the. weekend. Tonight the storm causing thousands of flight. delays across the US, Chicago and Denver among the hardest.

hit. Ginger Z tonight with the forecast as it now hits the. Northeast of the potential for a nor Easter now. And geobies of the need as leading us off. with the images coming in already. Tonight a powerful new cross country storm slamming. tens of millions from the Midwest to the Northeast with. heavy snow and ice causing widespread travel disruptions. at least 22 states under alert. It'll be a little dicey out there, but we'd be treating. the roads throughout the storm. In Oklahoma, freezing rain and ice causing commuter chaos.

this morning, more than 300 crashes reported at least two. people killed. There were three wrecks that are so one with. more upside down and it was nightmare. In Des Moines, Iowa over the weekend, this delta. flight from Detroit sliding off the end of the runway moments. after landing. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Chicago getting more snow tonight after the snowiest. November day on record, 8.4 inches falling on Saturday. of the nearly 3500 flights canceled nationwide since.

Saturday, more than a thousand were at Chicago's airports. Our flight was supposed to leave at 220 and it just kept. getting delayed. We knew like on Friday. I was like, oh, this might be like pretty bad, but. I didn't know it was going to be that bad. And David major airports in the Northeast are. bracing for possible delays as this potential nor Easter. is set to hit within the next 24 hours. David, it is December 1st, Geobinita. is leading us off tonight. Geo, thank you. Let's get right to Chief Meteorologist. G. D.

D. Z back with us after the holiday. Hope it was a good one. Good to see you again, Ginger. Same to you, David. And here as so many people are back. home, I know my kids are two of those that are hoping. for a snow day tomorrow. So let's talk about if that's possible. Winter weather advisories are out and you. can see where they are from St. Louis to Indianapolis. Cincinnati over to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. But that winter storm warning that pink color. from Hunter, New York up to Bangor main. That's where the heaviest snow will end up. falling. So those kids, they definitely have the shot at. doing it. Let's time it all out because that's the important.

part of people are getting around to work or commuting. tomorrow morning. You see the heavier rain right now. That's in parts of northern Mississippi, Alabama, but the. snow is flying in Chicago. What will happen is these two will kind of merge together and. you're going to end up with Pittsburgh being really tough. to get around tomorrow morning. It'll start up in Scranton or New York, even as a mix and. then go over to rain, especially at the coast up to Boston to. tomorrow afternoon heavy rain at times. And that's when it becomes more of a northeer that. heavy snow on a six to 12 inches goes from say the Highlands.

of Maine back to the Polkano State. Ginger Z with us here on a Monday night ginger. We appreciate it tonight. The White House defending Secretary Pete. Hegseth who was under growing scrutiny after authorizing two. strikes on an alleged drug boat. The first strike taking out the boat tonight questions about. the second strike reportedly targeting two survivors. The Washington Post reporting. Hegseth ordered his team to kill everybody on board the boat. While makers from both parties asking serious questions, particularly about that second strike. And what President Trump is now saying about the second.

strike. Here's Martha Raditz tonight. Tonight the Pentagon facing accusations of war crimes. after a second strike on a boat carrying suspected drugs. Drug traffickers off the coast of Venezuela. This video from September 2nd shows the first. hit on the boat. But tonight questions are growing about a. second missile that was fired. According to the Washington Post, it was targeting two. survivors who were clinging to the wreckage. Tonight members of both parties sounding the.

alarm, saying international law prohibits killing enemy. combatants who no longer pose a threat. The Post reporting that at the outset. reason was that the president of the state of the operation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, had ordered his team. to kill everybody on board the boat. Hegseth has called the Washington Post report. fabricated, saying the military acted in compliance with. the law of armed conflict. Over night, President Trump said he didn't know anything.

about the second strike, adding he wouldn't have wanted. it. But today, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levit. confirmed there was more than one strike on the boat. She didn't confirm her deny that survivors were targeted. Levitt saying the strikes were authorized by Hegseth. and carried out by the mission's commander,

Navy Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley. On September 2nd, Secretary Hegseth. authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic. strikes. Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority. and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the boat. was destroyed, and the threat to the United States of America. was eliminated. ABC's Rachel Scott, pressing, asking how did. those two survivors present a threat to the U.S.? And what imminent threat would two. survivors pose who were clinging presumably to the wreckage.

of that boat? Admiral Bradley worked well within his. authority and the law. Tonight, Democratic and Republican lawmakers. are the voters demanding answers. You know, that is against the Geneva conventions. That's against the laws of war, which we should always be. abiding by. We're the United States of America. We have to hold our people to a higher. standard. This is really serious. And David tonight in a rare bipartisan statement, top. Republicans and Democrats are vowing to get to the bottom of.

this and determine the facts. And while the White House defended the September strikes. today by mid-October when an other suspected drug boat was. hit, the survivors were rescued and returned to their home. countries. David. Martha Raditz, live at Washington, Martha. Thank you. We do have news tonight on President Trump's. MRI. The White House now revealing what it was for, what it looked at, examined after President Trump said. he had no idea what the MRI was for. Here's Rachel Scott.

Tonight, the White House releasing the results of the MRI. President Trump underwent an early October during a checkup. at Walter Reed Hospital. The White House had not initially. disclosed the test. The President later acknowledged. it happened. We had an MRI and in the machine, you know, the whole thing. And it was perfect. But the details were sketchy. I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever. they analyzed, they analyzed it well. And they said that I had as good a result as.

they've ever seen. Tonight, the White House physician says the. MRI covered President Trump's heart and abdominal area and. declared it perfectly normal, saying all major organs appear. very healthy and are functioning within normal limits with. no acute or chronic concerns. And David, the White House had faced questions about why. President Trump received this MRI during an annual checkup. The White House census was a preventative measure and. standard for what they described as an executive physical for. the 79 year old president. And David Rachel Scott live at the White House tonight.

Rachel, thank you in New York City. tonight. The high stakes hearing for CEO murder suspect Luigi. Mangione. He was seen smiling in court today until video of. the shooting was played before the judge and tonight his. defense team and what evidence they're now asking be thrown. out. Here's Aaron Petersky tonight, nearly a year after. the assassination style killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian. Thompson on a New York City street accused murder Luigi. Mangione back in court trying to get key evidence thrown out. The camera catching Mangione in a gray suit with a smile.

on his face, but later showing no reaction while watching. video of the 50 year old father crumpling to his death on the. sidewalk. The Ivy League grad also saw footage of his arrest. at a pencil, Venom McDonald's where the manager called 911. saying customers recognized the bushy eyebrows and thought he. looked like the CEO shooter in New York. But defense attorney say police had no warrant to. seize and search Mangione's backpack arguing the contents. cannot now be used against him. Including a red notebook in which prosecutors say Mangione.

revealed a plan and a motive, writing, "I finally feel. confident about what I will do. The target is insurance. It checks every box.". But they say the backpack also contained the. murder weapon, a 3D printed gun and silencer. Today prosecutors offered a supporting witness, a. Pennsylvania correction officer who testified Mangione talked. to him about having a pistol and it was 3D printed. Mangione has pleaded not guilty, David and. his attorneys are also trying to omit certain statements he made.

to police during his arrest. This hearing could go on for days. David Erickertersky with us tonight as well. Thanks, Aaron. Tonight that deadly National Guard ambush near. the White House, we have news on the surviving Guard member. what he was able to do in that hospital room. And what we're now learning about the. suspect tonight, here's Pierre Thomas. Tonight one of the National Guard members attacked. in Washington, D.C., showing encouraging signs, giving a. thumbs up to a nurse when a nurse asked if he could hear. We were told that he also wiggled his toes.

24 year old Andrew Wolf, one of the. two National Guard members ambushed last week, is still. in an area hospital in serious condition. This is a solemn memorial grows at the scene of. the shooting for Sarah Bexro, who died on Thanksgiving day. of her wounds. Tonight the man suspected of ambushing. them, 29 year old, Ramonola Lackanawal of Afghanistan. remains hospitalized and under heavy guard as authorities. race to determine a motive. A national and international terrorism investigation.

intensifying as the FBI conducts interviews. and poorest due documents and communications. Sources telling ABC News the suspect worked. with the CIA during the war in Afghanistan and came to. the US in 2021 under the Biden administration. He was granted asylum under. the Trump administration this past April, but. the sources tell ABC News he was unemployed and has recently. been impacted by the death of one of his Afghan commanders, growing isolated and distant from family and friends.

The suspect now faces first degree murder, but David. authorities have been unable to have his first court. appearance because he remains hospitalized. under that heavy armed guard. Peer Thomas in Washington. Peer, thank you. Overseas tonight, the war in Ukraine. U.S. envoy Steve Whitkopf is scheduled to be with Vladimir. Putin in Moscow tomorrow. Of course, the question will Putin be willing. to make concessions now to accept this U.S. peace plan, the source telling ABC News The Russians are. refusing to agree to a ceasefire unless Ukraine sees territory.

When we come back on this busy news night, the $45 fee you. could face at the airport and when it starts. Also tonight, the U.S. Marshall is now involved in this search for a. missing high school football coach disappearing in the middle. of that undefeated season. And what his family is now saying. Also, the massive visitor found living under a home. The family had no idea he was there at how. long. And our made an America Christmas is back tonight. We want your ideas. You're one thing that will help create. an American job and you have to see what we found tonight.

growing almost as fast as our made an America Christmas in a. moment. Tonight, U.S. Marshalls are now offering a five-day. $5,000 reward for a missing Virginia high school football. coach. Authorities say Travis Turner wanted on charges. involving possession of child pornography and using a computer. to solicit a minor. His family says he was lasting walking into. the woods with a gun. Tonight, the TSA set to charge passengers. who show up at the airport without a real ID as they're. now called or a passport $45 to fly. That fee kicks in on February 1st.

Travelers can pay it online before arriving. It's good for 10 days. The real ID rule went into effect last May. The TSA tonight saying more than 94% of people are now. using real IDs. When we come back tonight, Simon Cowell's. regrets. What he's now saying about his early days at American. Idol and his famous insults. To the index of other news tonight is shocking discovery. for a California man who noticed items were being moved around. in his yard. So he set up a camera and found this a 500. pound bear emerging from the crawl space under his Alta Dena.

home. It was a tight squeeze for sure. He believes the bear bear had been living there. for a while. That homeowner has now called state wildlife. authority. He's apparently he says the bear still comes. and goes tonight. Simon Cowell apologizing for some of his. insults on those early days of American Idol. The famously opinionated judge telling. the New York Times at times he went too far saying quote. he wasn't trying to be mean on purpose. But he says he was frustrated when some of. those poor auditions prevented the show from finding good.

singers. Cowell, of course, was one of the original. three judges on Idol from 2002 to 2010. Tonight at the historic opening for Zootopia. 2, the highest international opening ever for an animated. movie. And the fourth highest global debut of any kind. The Disney sequel earning a staggering $556 million and. ticket sales globally since its opening Wednesday and over. the Thanksgiving weekend. When we come back here tonight, it is that time of year back already are made in America. Christmas and what we need from you tonight. Your one thing, your idea to help create.

an American job in a moment. ABC World News tonight with David Neur sponsored by. Viv Gard Hytrulo. Finally tonight here our great. baited America Christmas. We do it every year encouraging. folks to check the label help create an American job. And tonight here we start with. the tree. Tonight our great American Christmas is back. Incredibly our 14th year. Your one thing to put under the tree. and to help create an American job. All right, let's try this out.

We want your ideas. Hi, David. Hi, David. And we start tonight with the American. farmer and their trees. Hey, David. Here's a 30 foot tree. I planted one as in my teens across the country. The families who have planted their own tiny. Christmas tree seedlings and have watched them grow. All of our trees were just like that. Now we're here. Anders next to hers. John Guyer, New Jersey, his Redwood tree taller than. him now. And just look at Kurt Floskey in Redmond, Oregon, his.

giant Sequoia towering over him. Hello, David. Caesar's giant Sequoia on its way to. It's been great experience watching grow. Have a great holiday season, David. Hey, David. John Gregory cutting him proud of his tree. I wanted to show you you read with it. I bought from John's see now. I would say about two years ago. How beautiful she is. Happy holidays to all of you by David. Those seedlings came from McKinleyville, California, the John Steen company. We'll Roth here for eight years growing the.

Redwoods. Happy holidays, David, and all of us at John Steen. company. Owner Jonathan Clawson, and this year they. say you can now grow rare and endangered trees too. Things like Joshua trees. You can grow this endangered species yourself at your. house. It's amazing how many places this will grow safely. And tonight the tree farmers across the country in. Granville, Pennsylvania. Hi, David. Husband and wife Dave and Andrea Hogan, Togler, co-owners. of Huggies Tree Farm.

Please support local farmers by going. out and cutting a live tree this year. And our trees are made in America. In Sto, Massachusetts, lots of. people getting their gorgeous trees. The mistletoe Christmas tree farm. selling thousands of trees. The whole team helping to lift this tree out of the truck. Hey David owner Mark Arnett, pushing everyone to safe. holiday season in a very, very, very Christmas. Dave Faithville, North Carolina.

Hey David. Oner Bradley Jackson at Jackson's family farm. The best way to choose a tree is to, if the limb is. pliable, it's a good tree and especially if the needles. don't come out. And I always remember made in. America, Merry Christmas. In Powell, Tennessee. Hi David. Anthony and Gina co-owners of the Enchanted Christmas. Tree Farm showing us their favorite Marie Cypress trees. It grows approximately 40 feet tall at its tallest. point, but we harvest and let people come and.

choose and cut at around 12 to 14 feet. And in Orington, Maine, they're taking us inside. King's Mountain Tree Farm. Owner Nino Chipponini. When you buy a local, you have support. over 50 main vendors. Nino with his trees and his pitch tonight. Hi David. Look, beautiful ball some for her 10 footer for a. 105. You can't get that New York City. It's pretty impressive. Nino, while back in California tonight, Happy Holidays from. the Johnston Company.

New hire Lars Hansen and the team packing. up those tiny trees to get them to you in time for Christmas. There is a lot of planting ahead in the new year with three. words in mind. We love Made in America. We're going to need a taller ceiling around here. Find me on Instagram, send me your ideas. We read them. I'll see you tomorrow night. Good night. David Mure, the most-want newscast in America. And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy. for Best Live News Program for the third year in a row.

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