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

David Muir, 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, breaking news as we come on the air here. late today, the Los Angeles County D. A. Revealing Rob Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, will be charged with two counts of first degree. murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob and. Michelle Reiner. For the first time here, images.

showing the moment Nick Reiner is arrested and what. we've now learned tonight about what played out in. the hours before the murders. Also breaking just in tonight, new. surveillance of the person of interest considered. armed and dangerous and still on the run tonight. after the mass shooting at Brown University. What the FBI wants you to focus on. here. Tonight, an MIT professor who taught nuclear science. shot multiple times found in his Boston area home, dying at the. hospital. The search underway right now. Tonight, the explosive interview from inside.

President Trump's inner circle. His chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who prefers staying in. the background, gives nearly a dozen on-the-record interviews. to Vanity Fair, revealing she was the child of an alcoholic. and saying President Trump has, quote, "an. alcoholic's personality.". What she says about Vice President J.D. Vance, what she says about. Jeffrey Epstein, and the attorney general's. handling of the case. Tonight, President Trump responding to Susie. Wiles' comments about him, quote, "having.

an alcoholic's personality.". Dramatic new images tonight emerging of that. horrific massacre on the first night of Hanukkah. Dash cam video now showing that heroic couple in their 60s. And what they try to do, you'll see it, going after the gunman. Here in the U.S. tonight, the flood emergency. now turning deadly. And a major change coming for much of the country. Ginger Zee is here. Police chasing a stolen car, the driver losing control, crashing, and the explosion. >> The disappointing news tonight coming in on the.

Rolling Stones, we have it. And nine days left until Christmas, our great Made. in America Christmas, on the hunt, opening. doors, shaking hands. Tonight, your new ideas, from the chocolates. to the secret sauce to the wooden board games. celebrating your favorite team. It's a home run. >> Made in America! 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. Late today, the Los Angeles County District Attorney. revealing Rob Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, will face first-degree. murder charges in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michelle. Reiner. And for the first time tonight, we're now seeing images showing police arresting Nick. Reiner near USC hours after the murders were first. reported. Nick Reiner accused of fatally stabbing his. parents with a knife. He is currently being held. without bail. Sources telling ABC News tonight. the bodies of Robin Michelle Reiner were discovered. by their daughter in their home in Brentwood,

and we're learning more tonight about the final. hours leading up to those horrific murders. Sources say Rob Reiner and his. son Nick got into an argument at a holiday party. Saturday night, where some say Nick Reiner was. seen acting strangely. For years, Nick Reiner has spoken openly about. his battle with addiction. In one interview saying, quote, I'm lucky I have. parents that care about me. ABC's Trevor Ault leading us off from Los Angeles tonight. Tonight for the first time, we're seeing the moment. Nick Reiner, the son of star director Rob Reiner,

was taken into custody late Sunday, handcuffed, surrounded. by LAPD and US Marshals, just hours after his parents. were found stabbed to death. Late today, the LA District Attorney announcing. the charges, two counts of first-degree murder. Rob Reiner was a brilliant actor and director, an iconic force. in our entertainment industry for decades. His wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, was an equally iconic. photographer and producer.

Their loss is beyond tragic. And we will commit ourselves to bringing. their murderer to justice. The DA says Nick Reiner stabbed his parents. to death with a knife. He's now awaiting medical clearance. before his arraignment. The 32-year-old has hired high-profile criminal. defense attorney Alan Jackson, who most recently. defended Karen Reed as she was acquitted of murder. Every single inmate goes through a medical clearance before. they can be transported to work.

Every one of them. And that's a process. It's just a procedural issue. And he has not yet been medically. cleared. So he will be here hopefully tomorrow. And we're learning more details about the hours leading up. to those gruesome murders. Sources say Saturday night, Rob Reiner and his son got into. an argument at Conan O'Brien's holiday party and that Nick. was seen acting strangely. The next afternoon, sources say. Reiner's daughter found her parents' bodies inside. their Brentwood home. This case is heartbreaking and deeply personal, not. only for the Reiner family and their loved ones,

but for our entire city. A former security guard tells ABC Nick Reiner had been staying. on the Reiner's property. Nick has been open about struggling with drug addiction. since he was a teenager. podcast. He described how his parents guest house wh. I was up for days on end. out different things in m I started with the tv and. the lamp and then progres.

in the guest house got re to go a decade before the. Nick and his father were promoting their film, inspired by Nick's struggles, he said he was. grateful for his parents' patience. "I think I'm lucky in the sense that I have parents that. care about me and because of that, when I would go out and. do, you know, things like drugs and stuff like that, I'd. feel a tremendous amount of guilt.". As the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner said.

he understood the pressures his own son faced growing. up in a famous family. They don't know what he's gone through. They don't know why he's done what he does. And it's pretty dumb, pretty ignorant of people to say just. because you're born and you have money that doesn't. mean anything. And overnight former first lady Michelle Obama revealing to. Jimmy Kimmel that she and the former president had plans. to see the Reiners the night they were found dead. We've known them for many, many years and we were supposed.

to be seeing them that night, last night. And we got the news. After President Trump made the jarring claim that Rob Reiner. was killed because he was anti-Trump, Michelle Obama. passionately defended her friend. Unlike some people Rob and Michelle Reiner are some. of the most decent, courageous people you ever want to know. And tonight the Reiners are being remembered. Jane Fonda saying, "I saw them.

night before last looking healthy and happy. I am reeling with grief.". All in the family co-star Sally. Struthers saying there are no words, this. is beyond devastating. And Jamie Lee Curtis saying our only focus and care right. now is for their children and immediate families. And David, the DA did not reveal what potential sentence they. would wish to pursue, but if convicted of these first. degree murder charges, Nick Reiner could possibly. face life in prison without parole or potentially. even the death penalty. David. >> Just an awful tragedy.

Trevor Rohl leading us off again tonight. Trevor, thank you. And tonight, the ABC News special right here, the Rob Reiner story, a Hollywood tragedy. It's 10 p.m. Eastern on ABC tonight, then streaming. on Disney+ and Hulu. Also just in tonight here, the FBI and Providence police late. today releasing new surveillance of the person of interest. considered armed and dangerous and still on the run tonight. after that deadly mass shooting at Brown University. Tonight, authorities releasing a trove of new images in. the intense manhunt to locate the shooter who killed.

two students and injured others at Brown University. And for the first time, police saying a person of interest. may have been near the scene at 10-30 that morning. We believe that he was actually casing out this. area to commit the crime. The latest enhanced surveillance video showing that person of. interest wearing a mask, dark clothing and a two-toned coat. idling on a street corner. This video capturing him from the front. In some clips, the man has a small bag. slung across his chest. In others, that bag nowhere in sight.

You want to focus on the body movements, the way the. person moved their arms, the body posture, the way. they carry their weight. I think those are important. movement patterns that may help you identify. this individual. The FBI describing him as a. male, approximately 5 ft 8 with a stocky build. Investigators piecing together a timeline of. his movements before and after the shooting. Nearly two hours before the. attack at 2 18 p.m. The man seen walking past this.

home, then minutes later running down the street. and turning the corner at 2 53 p.m. The man crossing the street with a. distinctive walk. Authorities say the shooting occurred. shortly after four p.m. Soon after, the man appearing to walk away from the. building as a police car pulls up. At 4. Oh six p.m. The man seen not far from the location of the attack. And David, police are again asking the public to. take a close look at these new surveillance images, hoping someone will recognize this person of interest.

And tonight we're also learning that seven of. the nine students injured remain in the hospital. One is still in critical condition. David, which is the story of a woman who is. still in critical condition? I'm David Johnson with us again tonight with Thank You. We turned out of the explosive. interview from inside President Trump's inner circle, his. chief of staff Susie Wiles, who has preferred to stay in the. background, giving nearly a dozen on the record interviews. to Vanity Fair, revealing she was the child of an alcoholic. and saying President Trump has quote, an alcoholic's.

personality. Tonight, President Trump responding to Susie. Wiles comments. As for Wiles, she says the story is a hit. piece. Mary Bruce at the White House. She is President Trump's most powerful and. trusted aide, more comfortable behind the scenes than in. the spotlight. Susie likes to stay sort of in the back. Let me tell you, the ice baby. We call it the ice. But tonight, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. pulling back the curtain in an extraordinary series of. interviews with Vanity Fair. Wiles, who says her father was an alcoholic, describes her.

boss, the president, as having an alcoholic's personality, noting that Trump, who does not drink, operates with the view. that there's nothing he can't do. Nothing. Zero. Nothing. Wiles also has choice words. for Vice President J.D. Vance. Discussing the push to release. the FBI files into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Wiles says. Vance has been a conspiracy theorist for a decade. Vance today responding. Sometimes I am a conspiracy theorist, but I only believe. in the conspiracy theories that are true.

Wiles also points a finger at Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying Bondi completely whiffed her handling of demands to. release the files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey. Epstein's clients? Will that really happen? It's sitting on my desk right now to review. Wiles telling Vanity Fair there is no client list, and it. sure as hell wasn't on Bondi's desk. She does acknowledge the president himself. is in the Epstein files, but not doing anything.

awful. She says the two men were sort of young, single playboys. together. Trump has fought efforts to release the. Epstein files, instead ordering Bondi to investigate. Epstein's relationship with Democrats, like. former President Bill Clinton. But Wiles tells Vanity Fair the files. include no incriminating evidence about Clinton, saying the president was wrong about that. She also says this claim about Clinton is not true. I never went to the island, and Bill Clinton went.

there supposedly 28 times. Wiles telling Vanity Fair there is no evidence. Clinton ever visited Epstein's private island. The president tonight standing behind Wiles, telling the. New York Post she's fantastic. As for his chief of staff's claim he has an alcoholic's. personality, Trump saying, "I don't drink alcohol, so. everybody knows that. But I've often said that if I did, I'd have a very good. chance of being an alcoholic. I've said that many times about myself. I do. It's a very possessive personality.".

And David Wiles also acknowledges that the president. has sought retribution against some of his enemies, saying, quote, "When there's an opportunity, he will go for it.". Tonight, Wiles calls the article a disingenuously. framed hit piece, though she doesn't deny. saying these things. David. Mary Bruce, live at the. White House. Mary, thank you. Overseas tonight, dramatic new images emerging of. the horrific massacre on Bondi Beach, Australia. Dash cam video showing a heroic couple in their 60s. trying to stop one of the gunmen by grabbing his rifle,

hitting him with the weapon. Boris and Sophia Gurman were the first two people. killed in the assault. He then opened fire on them. Authorities say the father and son who carried out. that terror attack had an ISIS flag on their car. and that they visited the southern part of the. Philippines just last month where ISIS is very active. Back in the U.S. tonight, the flood emergency has turned. deadly now in Washington State. Authorities say the driver of a car on a flooded roadway sinking. in about six feet of water, that driver did not survive. Multiple levees breaking over the last 24 hours, hundreds of residents in several communities now.

forced to evacuate. And for the rest of the country tonight, a major change coming as well. So let's get right to chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee, back with us tonight. And Ginger, what is seen unfolding in the Northwest? - It's awful, David. And the heaviest rain hasn't even fallen yet. It will tonight and again on Thursday. You can see right there on all of the alerts, this is also a very windy storm. So you've got in the Olympics and. in the Cascades Blizzard warnings, but those high wind warnings for gusts up to 90. through the northern Rockies like Montana.

into the plain, South and North Dakota too. Let's time it out. It's tonight with the just Eureka. all the way up through the Cascades. That is just heavy, heavy rain 2 to 4. inches widespread, and then you get another surge. of it after the break tomorrow. The totals look like that four to six. inches in total by the end of the week. And real quick, David, I have to note that we are looking much warmer. for Christmas week for almost the entire nation. Ginger Zee, back with us tonight. We'll see you first thing in the. morning on GMA. Thank you, Ginger. There was yet another developing. story as we're on the air here. Here's Melissa Adan.

David, we have breaking news to report out of the White. House, a dramatic escalation of President Trump's actions. towards Venezuela. The president announcing a blockade of all. oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela, designating the Maduro regime a foreign terrorist. organization. It comes as the administration has launched. a barrage of deadly attacks on alleged drug boats from. Venezuela. The president has warned of land. strikes to come. David. Melissa, thanks. When we come back tonight, disappointing. news coming in on the Rolling Stones.

What we've learned also tonight, an MIT. professor who taught nuclear science has been shot. multiple times found in his Boston area home dying at. the hospital. There is a search right now. What we've learned also police. chasing a stolen car, the driver losing control right. here, the crash and the explosion. And later tonight, nine days left are. made in America. Christmas Omaha, opening doors. shaking all those hands, small businesses across the. country. Tonight, your new ideas, chocolates, the secret sauce you told us about and the wooden.

game board celebrating your favorite team. We love those three words. Stay tuned here. tonight outside. Boston police are investigating. the deadly shooting of an M. I. T. Professor found in his home in Brookline. Authorities say Nuno Larrero, who taught nuclear science, was found shot multiple times in his home. He was dying hours later. No wo or any possible suspects. images here. The suspect. crashing into a utility p.

cruiser trying to stop th crash causing explosion, area. That suspect attem now under arrest. When we that news coming in on th. and our made in America C miss your new ideas tonigh. good ones with nine days orca population in Washing. swimming with a group of.

the endangered pod. This there in three years toni. calling off plans for a 2 26 stadium tour of the UK and. Europe. According to Variety, Keith Richards, who will be 82. on Thursday, didn't want to make a four month commitment. But happy birthday, Keith. When we come back tonight, a little. more than a week left until Christmas, three great ideas. you sent our way. Delicious, smart and the game meant to. get you back around the kitchen table in a moment. Finally, tonight, here are great made in.

America Christmas, celebrating small businesses across this. country, hoping to create some American jobs with what you. put under the tree. Tonight our great made in America Christmas, nine days to go. Hi David. World News Tonight viewer David Neff from Philadelphia telling. us about Asher's Chocolate Company. My favorite gift for this holiday season is the. Asher's assortment of white and dark chocolate. The snow on the ground outside their shop in. Southern Pennsylvania, just north of Philly.

Hi. Hello, the chocolate inside. Customers lining up. Hi David, this is the best chocolate in America behind the. counter. I gave it Mel Raskowski with Asher's for 43 years. Please check out some of our chocolates in our candy case. Family owned since 1892. Hi David Chester Asher is 5th generation. celebrating his family's sweet history. All of our products are made right. here in the United States, including our pretzels, which are made right here in Pennsylvania.

-150 workers, two chocolate factories, from chocolate-covered pretzels, almond bark to dark chocolate. caramel marshmallows, the list goes on and on. Wrapping the chocolates, adding their label. -Made in America! -In Bowie, Maryland, tonight, outside Washington, D.C., the company Capital City and their signature Mumbo sauce. -Hey, David! -Co-founder and CEO, Arsha Jones. Welcome to our warehouse. -Since 2011, their secret sauce, they say, perfect on.

just about anything -- sweet, tangy, tomato-based. 100,000 bottles a month, and they're hiring. -For us, Made in America isn't just a label. It means supporting local jobs. -Made in America! -And in St. Louis, Missouri, tonight, the family-owned, handcrafted wooden games company. across the board. -Hi, David. -Owner Kim McDaniel. and just listen to who they're teaming up with. -We're honored to be officially licensed by MLB, PGA Tour, NHL, Kentucky Derby, NCAA, just to name a few.

-The Colorado Rockies baseball field, the Houston Astros, the finishing touches on the Atlanta Braves field. Your team is next. 25 workers in all, they've now made more. than 1 million games. Kim and her late husband Ryan started this. with one goal in mind. -To get families back around the kitchen table. and away from their screens. We think their idea is a home run in time for Christmas. Made in America! We love those three words, Made in America.

We'll keep it going. And a reminder, the Rob Reiner special tonight, 10 p.m. Eastern, right here on ABC. I'm David Muir. I'll see you right back here tomorrow night. Good night. David Muir, the most watched newscast in America. And now, EBC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for. Best Live News Program for the third year in a row. [MUSIC PLAYING].