ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 3, 2025

Tonight, there is breaking news. What ABC News just learned about the second strike on. that alleged drug boat and what President Trump is now. saying tonight about releasing video of the second strike. It comes amid growing pressure on Secretary Pete Hegseth. Martha Raddatz standing by with what she's learned. about that second strike. As sources tell ABC News, the Pentagon's inspector general. has found Secretary Hegseth put American troops at risk. Hegseth using the commercial app, the Signal messaging. app, to share sensitive information about a.

previous military strike. Tonight, the dangerous, life-threatening cold sweeping. in across much of this country. Records will be set in several states, temperatures and. wind chills well below zero. And from New York City to Boston, bracing for. bone-chilling winds, Lee Goldberg is here. Tonight's breaking news, President Trump's immigration. crackdown unfolding right now. Federal agents in New Orleans and agents moving. in in Minnesota at this hour, reportedly targeting. Somali immigrants. The raids there come amid a major fraud investigation.

Tonight, actor Matthew Perry's mother face-to-face with. the doctor who supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine. What she told him in court and then the sentence. Tonight, the Jeffrey Epstein case video and images. from Jeffrey Epstein's island inside his mansion, the room with a dentist chair and masks on the wall. Outside Boston tonight, the chilling evidence in. a gruesome murder trial. A husband accused of murdering his wife and mother of. three, dismembering her body. One of the alleged motives, a $2.7 million insurance policy.

The growing concern tonight over self-driving. taxis in this country. In one city alone, racing past school buses picking up. children, their stop sign out. A company responding to ABC News tonight. This evening, an F-16 crashing during a Thunderbirds. training mission gone wrong. The jet bursting into smoke and flames. The liquor store break-in. Bottles smashed on the floor. The suspect, a raccoon, found drunk at the scene.

Yes, a raccoon. At America Strong tonight, we remember the movie. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. That scene with the Christmas lights. You're not gonna believe our story tonight. (upbeat music). From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, This is World News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening, we begin tonight here with breaking news. What ABC News has just learned tonight about that second. deadly strike on that alleged drug boat from Venezuela. And President Trump tonight and what he's now saying.

about releasing video of the second strike. It comes amid growing scrutiny surrounding Defense. Secretary Pete Hegseth. And on a separate front tonight, sources now telling. ABC News the Pentagon Inspector General has found Secretary. Hegseth put U.S. military personnel and their mission at. risk by discussing sensitive information in a group chat. using a commercial app, the Signal Messaging app, about. another operation. Martha Raddatz leading us off tonight. with late reporting here. Tonight, the controversy swirling around.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expanding. Sources tell ABC News the Pentagon's independent. watchdog has found Hegseth endangered the lives of. American troops by using the commercial messaging app, Signal, to share highly sensitive plans for military. strikes on Yemen with administration colleagues, his wife, who is not a government employee, and a. reporter who was accidentally added to a group chat. At the time, Hegseth insisted. he'd done nothing wrong.

Nobody was texting war plans. He blamed former employees. He blamed the media. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees. and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin. their reputations. Not going to work with me. But the Pentagon inspector general's new report. has, according to sources, determined that if the. information Hegseth shared on Signal had fallen into. enemy hands, American troops could have been in danger,

and that it should not have been sent on the. unsecure messaging app. According to sources, Hegseth refused to sit down. with the inspector general, instead providing a. statement saying he'd acted within his rights. because he has the power to classify and. declassify information. Today, a Pentagon spokesman called the report. a total exoneration, and the White House said. President Trump stands behind Secretary Hegseth. But the report is the latest blow to the embattled secretary,

who had spent days trying to explain this September attack. on a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela. After this first strike, a second missile was fired. reportedly targeting two survivors. International law prohibits killing enemy combatants. who no longer pose a threat. The day after the attack, Hegseth said. he watched it happen. I watched it live. We knew exactly who was in that boat. We knew exactly what they were doing.

Now he claims he only watched the first strike. I did not personally see survivors, but I stand. because the thing was on fire. It was exploded and fire and smoke. You can't see anything. You got digital. This is called the fog of war. The secretary insists he wasn't the one who ordered the. second strike, instead pointing the finger at the. mission's commander, Admiral Mitch Bradley. Tonight, ABC's Selina Wang asking President Trump if he. will release the video of the second strike.

So we've seen the video of the first strike, but that second. strike video that the president said would be. released will be key. And tonight, new information. According to a source familiar with the incident, the two survivors climbed back onto the boat. after the initial strike. They were believed to be potentially. in communication with others and salvaging some of the. drugs. Because of that, it was determined they were still in.

the fight and valid targets. A JAG officer was also giving legal advice. So again, David, that video will be key and. Admiral Bradley will be on the Hill tomorrow behind closed. doors behind closed doors. Martha Radice leading us off tonight. Martha, thank you. Meantime, tonight, the dangerous. and life threatening cold sweeping in across. much of the U. S. Tonight, records will be set in. several states, temperatures and wind chills well below. zero and from New York City to Boston, millions. now bracing for bone chilling winds. Lee Goldberg standing by with the.

forecast and Alex Perez with the images coming in tonight. Tonight, millions bracing for bone chilling cold. after that powerful nor'easter turned roads to ice. rinks all over the northeast. "It's a slip and slide.". Just north of New York City, an out-of-control plow truck. slamming a car into the back of a school bus in. Monroe, New York. Thankfully, no one was hurt. On Interstate 71 in Cincinnati, watch as these cars fishtail. and crash on black ice, other vehicles slowing.

down just in time. Outside Boston and Seekonk, Massachusetts, this cruiser. mangled after hydroplaning and flipping several times. The officer inside was injured in Nashua, New. Hampshire. Marcus Gordon says even his four wheel. drive was no match for the slick roads. The roads were already wet and then the. snow just came up on top of it. So you can't really see the black ice and. now the coldest air of the season moving in icy. conditions sure to be a problem in the days ahead.

And David here in Minneapolis, the temperature. is tumbling by tomorrow morning. The actual temperature will be four below zero. and it will feel like 15 below zero. David, we knew it had to come. Alex Perez, Alex, thank you. Let's get right to chief meteorologist lee Goldberg. from W. A. B. C. Here in new york. Haley. Hey, David, December just not. messing around. The coldest air of the season is pouring. into the upper Midwest tonight. We'll wake up to the cold front. We'll be seeing a few showers and. thunderstorms. We'll be thunderstorms. We'll be pushing into the east, which.

could bring snow showers tomorrow into the northeast. It'll be in the teens and New York and into Philly and. probably feel like it's zero in Boston. We can see those winds will be gusting 35 40. miles an hour, then calm down on Friday, but subzero. windchills in northern New England. Then as we look at the south, it's a new storm. heavy rain from Houston and New Orleans. David Lee Gilbert with us tonight on. the forecast. Lee, we appreciate it. We turned out to this new turn of the. Jeffrey Epstein case, rare video and images right. here tonight from Jeffrey Epstein's island inside his. mansion, the room with a dentist chair and masks on.

the wall. You'll remember President Trump signed. that bill into law 30 days to release the files with. two weeks now left. Here's our chief investigative. correspondent Aaron Katursky. Tonight, a rare look at Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean. island where he allegedly exploited dozens of. young women and girls. Video of the secluded hideaway shows the grounds, the pool, the view, along with interior images. of a bedroom and bathroom, and a room with a dental chair. and face masks of men tacked to the wall.

House Democrats releasing these images today as they pressure. the Trump administration to release all of the Epstein. files, joining a chorus of Epstein's accusers. We're ready for the next step and we're ready to. finally release the files. All the files. Congress passed and President Trump signed a law requiring. the Justice Department to release the records. within 30 days. There are just two weeks left. But tonight a potential obstacle. An attorney for Epstein's co-conspirator, Glenn. Maxwell, said today she'll soon file a petition.

challenging her sex trafficking conviction. Maxwell is expected to file her petition at this. courthouse, David, and the Justice Department. could try to use it as a reason to withhold certain files in. the event Maxwell is granted a new trial. However, unlikely that may be. David? Aaron Katursky with. us again tonight. Aaron, thank you. There are also breaking developments involving. President Trump's immigration crackdown now. unfolding in two parts of the country tonight. Federal agents now in New Orleans and agents. moving into Minnesota at this hour reportedly. targeting Somali immigrants.

The raids there come amid a major fraud investigation. involving members of the Somali community. Here's Mary Bruce. Tonight the Trump administration expanding. its deportation efforts. Federal agents now hitting the streets of New Orleans. And in Minnesota, ICE now targeting the Somali community. as the president doubles down on his attacks. That beautiful land, that beautiful state. It's a hell hole right now, and the. Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country, and all they do is complain,

complain, complain. The president calling Somali immigrants, quote, garbage. We're going to go the wrong way if. we keep taking in garbage into our country. It comes as House Republicans. launch an investigation into widespread COVID-era fraud. involving some members of Minnesota's large. Somali community. The New York Times reports 59 people have. been convicted in schemes involving more than $1 billion. in stolen taxpayer money that was supposed to. go to children and other social services.

President Trump seizing on this story as he widens. his immigration crackdown. Jacob Fry defending the Somali community. He's wrong and we want them here. Somali people have been an extraordinary benefit. And again David, tonight we are told that ICE operations. are now underway in Minnesota. Sources describe this as a targeted enforcement operation. going after immigrants with final deportation orders. David. Mary Bruce with us tonight. as well. Thanks Mary.

Now to the Matthew Perry case and an emotional moment in. court in Los Angeles today. The actor's mother face to face with the doctor who supplied. Matthew Perry with ketamine. What she told him in court and then the sentence. Here's Trevor Ault. >> Tonight, the doctor who sold ketamine to friend star. Matthew Perry leading up to his overdose death was face to. face with the actor's family as they describe their heartache. Doctor Salvador placencia sentenced to 30 months in. prison for selling dozens of vials of ketamine to Perry in.

exchange for tens of thousands of dollars. Placencia cried and nodded in agreement as Perry's. family accused him of betraying his Hippocratic oath. Perry's sister saying, "Instead of. protecting him, you exploited him.". And his mother, standing before Placentia, saying, "I. just want you to see his mother. This is his mother.". In a statement, the family says, "No. one alive and in touch with the world at all could have. been unaware of Matthew's struggles," pointing to. that cruel text Placentia sent to another doctor supplying.

the ketamine, "I wonder how much this moron will pay. Let's find out.". Perry had been candid about his years-long. battle with addiction, opening up to our Diane. Sawyer a year before his death. Your disease is just outside, just doing one-arm. push-ups, just waiting, just waiting for you, waiting to get you alone. Today in court, the former doctor admitted, "I failed Mr. Perry. family," turning to them and saying, "I am so, so sorry.".

Family was asked if they agreed with the sentence. Does it matter? No, not really. Look, it's a tragic story and sometimes apparently. nice guys do bad things and the legal system has. to take account of it. David Plasencia is the first to be sentenced of 5. people charged in Matthew Perry's death, including an. alleged drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen, who's. pleaded guilty to providing the dose that killed him. David? Trevor Ault on the Matthew. Perry case tonight. Trevor, thank you.

When we come back here tonight, an F-16 crashing. during a Thunderbirds training mission gone wrong. That jet bursting into smoke and flame is what. we've learned tonight. Also an escaped inmate knocking on front doors. Doorbell cameras capturing this. You'll remember he had escaped in hospital pants. Authorities then moving in. You'll see it in a moment here. And that liquor store break-in making a lot of headlines today. Bottles smashed on the floor. The suspect found drunk at the scene. Take a very close look at this picture in a moment. Tonight an F-16 crashing during a Thunderbirds.

training mission gone wrong in central California. The jet bursting into flames in the Mojave Desert. The pilot ejecting seen parachuting to the. ground. That pilot is in stable condition tonight. The investigation is underway. Outside Boston, chilling evidence in a. gruesome murder trial. Brian Walsh accused of murdering his wife, a mother of. three, dismembering her body. In court today, a crime lab specialist walking. jurors through at least 10 bags of evidence. Prosecutors say these are the bags that Walsh dumped after. killing his wife on New Year's Day in 2023. One of the alleged motives, a $2.7 million insurance policy.

Nearly three years later, the body of Anna Walsh. still has not been found. An escaped inmate back behind bars tonight, caught after. knocking on doors near Atlanta. Authorities say they captured Timothy Shane in Covington. just east of Atlanta. He was seen on a doorbell camera at the front door. of this home right here. Police say he had stolen multiple cars and called. an Uber while on the run. When we come back here tonight, the major cheese. recall to share with you. Also, tributes pouring in for a former basketball star tonight.

And then that drunk suspect found at a liquor store. You've got to see the video. To the index of other news tonight, a major recall. More than 250,000 cases of shredded cheese products. sold at major retailers, including Aldi, Target, and Walmart. Sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico under different brands. Great Lakes Cheese Company says that cheese. may contain metal fragments. We have much more on our website for you tonight. We do have a passing to note. Basketball star Eldon Campbell has died. He went on to play 15 seasons in the NBA.

Known for his effortless style on the court in 1990, he set the record for the most career points at Clemson, a record that still stands tonight. Eldon Campbell was just 57. Tonight, that drunk suspect caught in a liquor store. getting a lot of attention. Authorities in Ashland, Virginia, catching the suspect. Surveillance video showing a raccoon rummaging. through the store, breaking bottles found passed. out in the store's bathroom, drunk from the bottles. Animal control letting the raccoon sleep it off. before releasing it back into the wild. That is a first for me, the drunk raccoon tonight.

When we come back here, we all remember the movie. "National Lampoon's" Christmas Vacation. That scene, Clark Griswold trying to turn on. the outdoor Christmas lights. You have to see what we found tonight. Finally tonight here, America's Strong. Who can forget Clark Griswold trying to turn on the. outdoor Christmas lights? Well, tonight here, one dad who had much better luck. Tonight, it's that time of year the movie will be playing on TV. Chevy Chase and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Playing dad, Clark Griswold, with the Christmas lights. he tried and tried again. Then finally, it happens with a little assist from mom. At Lancaster, Pennsylvania tonight, you're not. going to believe this. The Lewis family dad Noah putting up the lights all day. They kept the children inside blinds down and. just watch their reaction. 123.

Wow. You like it? Yeah, that's why you were out here for so long. Even their baby girl was impressed. She said the boys walking up to the. lights they couldn't believe it. Mom Amanda sharing the moment online. where it's now been watched tonight. by millions and right here tonight. Hey David, so I'm gonna be turning the lights on here.

Dad, mom, the children. They wanted to turn the lights on for us. Alright, you boys ready? Oh, here we go. Running through the lights. Whoa. Stepping into the. Christmas trees. Can you wave? Hi. They love it. So do we. And by the way, he got it on the first try. He did a little better than Clark. It's just fun to add to the magic of Christmas with lights. And it's super special to see how special it is to them. Merry Christmas, David.

Merry Christmas. Good night. >> David Muir, the most watched 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. [positive music].