ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 7, 2025

David Mure, 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, millions are bracing for snow. and bitter cold temperatures. And we're. getting our first look at new evidence. in the case against Luigi Manion. We. begin with the wintry weather snow. followed by dangerous cold sweeping. across the Great Lakes region impacting.

drivers and even the NFL and relentless. rain in the Pacific Northwest. Multiple. inches of rain expected every day this. week. Our weather team times it all out. Next, the Trump administration faces. increased calls to release video of the. second attack on an alleged drug boat. that killed two survivors. The Secretary. of Defense is now hesitating and. defending the strikes. At least one. Democrat who's seen the footage says the. attack may have violated international. law, while some Republicans say it was. just. Also tonight, newly released.

evidence from the Luigi Manion case, including a to-do list, a bus ticket. under an apparently false name, and. video that authorities say allegedly. shows him walking toward insurance CEO. Brian Thompson after Thompson was. fatally wounded. Chaos in the cockpit. The audio revealing the frantic moments. after an offduty pilot tried to cut the. engines of a passenger plane in. mid-flight. >> We've got a jump seat to just try to. shut our engines off. >> It's one of the largest settlements for. a killing by police in US history. One.

city's agreement to pay $30 million to. the family of a teenager shot and killed. by an officer while running away from. someone else. Shocking footage of a car. crossing into the path of an oncoming. train and this story's remarkable. ending. The dramatic eruption at this. country's most active volcano. Fountains. of lava seen shooting 100 ft into the. air. Championship weekend. Who made the. college football playoff? Which bigname. team was left out and decided to end its. season? Plus, history is made in racing.

and by one of the greatest to ever play. the game of soccer. And America strong. tonight. The holiday spirit returns less. than a year after a devastating fire. From ABC News World Headquarters 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. wintry weather as millions of Americans. are in store for another round of brutal.

cold. The snow is creating headaches for. flyers with nearly 3,000 flights delayed. between Chicago's O'Hare and Atlanta's. Hartsfield Jackson airports. The snow. blanketed the field as the Buffalo Bills. and Cincinnati Bengals faced off for a. big game here in New York. Heavy snow in. North Central Iowa made weekend driving. conditions treacherous and drone footage. captured the ice coating the lakes and. ponds of Essex County, Massachusetts. Let's get right to meteorologist Danny. Beckram from our New York station WABC. And Danny, the wintry weather is not all.

you're tracking. >> It's not it, Lindsay. We're also. tracking a significant rain event. setting up for the Pacific Northwest. But let's start with that arctic air. about to move into the northeast. That. dangerous cold impacting the upper. Midwest tonight. Sub-zero wind chills. from the Dakotas to Wisconsin and that. air mass moving east overnight. The cold. isn't as brutal for the Northeast. Monday morning windshills though still. in the single digits and teens from. Chicago to New York City. Mornings in DC. will feel like the 20s for several days. and Atlanta will have morning windchills. in the 30s by the middle of the week.

Now to the northwest, an atmospheric. river set to bring flooding downpours. each day this week. Flood watches hold. through Friday from Eugene to Seattle. and the mountains in northern Idaho as. well. A fire hose of moisture dropping. rounds of heavy rain and snow. By. Friday, we could see up to a foot of. rain in the Cascades. The elevation plus. that saturation after that many days. means flooding is a real threat through. Friday. Lindsay. >> All right, Danny, thanks so much. The. suspect in the murder of the United. Healthcare CEO is expected back in court. tomorrow. Over the weekend, prosecutors. released new photos, including a bus.

ticket and a to-do list. Some of the. evidence allegedly recovered from Luigi. Manion when he was arrested in Altuna, Pennsylvania. The hearing on Friday was. postponed after Manion became ill. Here's ABC's Reena Roy. Tonight, Luigi. Manion preparing to head back to a New. York City courtroom for a highstakes. hearing that will determine what. evidence the jury can see in his state. murder trial as they weigh whether to. find him guilty or innocent in the. shooting death of United Healthcare CEO. Brian Thompson. In court, prosecutors.

showing this photo of an alleged to-do. list found in Manion's pocket during his. arrest on December 9th last year. Under. that same date, the note says intel. check-in and survival kit. Police say. they found this pocketk knife and bus. ticket in the name of Sam Dawson, an. alias allegedly used by Manion while. police say he was on the run. Prosecutors also releasing this video. that they say shows Manion walking right. by Thompson in Midtown Manhattan after. the attack, appearing to glance at him. before turning and running off. A man.

exits this hotel, seems to see Thompson. and points in the suspect's direction. His arrest coming 5 days later when. police were led to this McDonald's in. Altuna, Pennsylvania by a 911 call from. a manager. I have a customer here that. some other customers were suspicious of. that he looks like the CEO shooter from. New York. The only thing you can see is. his eyebrows. >> Defense attorneys are hoping to get a. laundry list of evidence thrown out like. the items found in Manion's backpack,

including a 3D printed gun and notebook. with his alleged writings as well as. statements police say that he made. Now, tomorrow in court, we are expecting to. hear from more Altuna police officers. who helped arrest Luigi Manion, including one who searched his bag and. later said on body camera footage that. there was a weapon. That will no doubt. be some key testimony in this hearing. Lindsay, >> a preview of the trial ahead. Reena, thank you. Now to the showdown over the. boat strikes in the Caribbean. The Trump. administration is facing calls to.

release video of the second attack in. September on a suspected drug boat. President Trump has endorsed the move, but the Secretary of Defense says. they're reviewing the process. Here's. ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selena Wang. Tonight, growing pressure. on the Trump administration to release. the full video of that September 2nd. attack on a suspected drug boat in the. Caribbean Sea. >> This video was profoundly shaking. shaken, and I think it's important for. Americans to see it. >> After the initial strike, the military.

fired more missiles, killing two. survivors. The top Democrat on the House. Intelligence Committee, one of the few. lawmakers who has seen the unreleased. footage, describing the second strike as. an attack on defenseless survivors, an. act that if true would violate. international law. >> I think it's really important that. people see what it looks like when the. full force of the United States military. is turned on two guys who are clinging. to a piece of wood and about to go. under. But the top Republican on the. Senate Intelligence Committee insisting.

all 11 people on board were valid. targets, echoing Defense Secretary Pete. Hegset's argument that the survivors. were still in the fight. >> It looked at one point like they were. trying to flip the boat back over, presumably to rescue its car cargo and. continue their mission. >> Just days ago, President Trump told me. he would support releasing the full. video. You released video of that first. boat strike on September 2nd, but not. the second video. Will you release video. of that strike so that the American.

people can see for themselves what. happened? >> I don't know what they have, but. whatever they have, we'd certainly. release. No problem. >> But now, Secretary Hegsth non-committal. >> They're doing this right now. So, whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about. So, we're reviewing that right now. >> And Lindsay, the concerns go far beyond. just this operation. Some question. whether or not the entire campaign is. even legal. Since September, the US has. hit more than 20 suspected drug boats, killing more than 80 people, but the. administration has yet to provide any. public evidence that those who were.

killed were actually smuggling drugs. Lindsay, meanwhile, Hegathth is vowing. more US boat strikes. Selena, thank you. Next tonight, the Department of Justice. is facing a setback in its attempt to. possibly reindict former FBI director. James Comey. On Saturday, a judge. temporarily blocked federal prosecutors. from accessing key evidence in the case. Let's bring in ABC's Olivia Rubin. Olivia, what are you learning tonight? Lindsay, tonight, the Justice Department. potentially facing a major setback in.

its efforts to prosecute the former FBI. director, James Comey. A judge. temporarily blocking the government from. using key evidence in the case, finding. it may have been improperly accessed. when Comey was indicted earlier this. year on charges of lying to Congress. allegations he denies that critical. evidence came from the computer of. Comey's longtime friend and was obtained. by DOJ years ago, but the judge finding. DOJ may have accessed it again without. getting a new warrant. A move that could.

have violated the law. The ruling is. just the latest blow to the Comey case. after the indictment was dismissed by a. judge who found the Trump administration. unlawfully appointed the prosecutor who. brought it. Now, this is just another. potential setback as prosecutors weigh. whether or not to try to indict Comey. once again. The Justice Department. ordered to respond in court this week. Lindsay Olivia, thank you. We're. learning new details tonight about a. terrifying midair scare in 2023. New. audio reveals the chaos in the cockpit.

after an offduty Alaska Airlines pilot. tried to shut off the engines of a. passenger plane. And tonight, new video. of his arrest. Here's ABC's Jacqueline. Lee. Tonight, new audio and video revealing. the chaos in the cockpit as a former. Alaska Airlines pilot tried to shut down. the engines of a passenger plane in. October 2023. >> Not okay. >> What's wrong? >> What's going on? Horizon Flight 2059 was. heading from Everett, Washington to San.

Francisco when offduty pilot Joseph. Emerson, riding in the jump seat, tried. to pull the fire suppression handles and. putting the lives of 83 other people on. board in jeopardy. >> We need to go uh direct to Portland now. >> The plane making an emergency landing at. Portland International Airport. This. material first obtained by NBC's. Portland affiliate KGW also showing. Emerson under arrest, admitting he had. taken psychedelic mushrooms two days. earlier and had not slept in 48 hours.

>> So, were you trying to kill yourself? >> I was trying to wake up. >> Trying to wake up. >> I don't I don't I don't feel like this. is real. >> Emerson plead guilty in federal court to. interfering with flight crew members. He. was fired by the airline and lost his. pilot's license. Emerson telling ABC. News in 2024 that he wishes he could. take it all back. >> I um did something unfathomable to both. to me. Um something I I have to take. responsibility for and I I regret.

>> Lindsay Emerson was sentenced to time. served. He and his wife have since. started a nonprofit focused on mental. health support for pilots. Lindsay. >> Jacqueline, thank you. Now to one of the. largest settlements for a killing by. police in US history. The San Diego City. Attorney's Office has agreed to pay $30. million to the family of a 16-year-old. who died after being shot by an officer. in January. And we want to warn you, some of these images may be disturbing. Here's ABC's Melissa Don. Tonight, after. a 16-year-old was killed by police while.

running from gunfire, the city of San. Diego agreeing to pay out a $30 million. settlement to the family of the victim. 16-year-old Canoa Wilson killed in late. January after officers shot him while he. was fleeing another person. >> This was a 16-year-old boy was just days. away from turning 17 who was. doubletapped, shot in the back. >> Canoa's parents suing the city and the. officer who shot him. In graphic. surveillance video released by. authorities, Canoa seen running away.

after police say another person fired. towards him. Canoa then running past. police officer Daniel Gold. gold firing. two shots. >> Canoa then heard screaming and. collapses. San Diego police officers. then seen attending to Canoa. >> As of right now, this is our only. suspect, the one that we're doing. medical work on right now. >> Police say officers performed CPR and. while doing so found a handgun. The teen. was taken to the hospital where he later.

died. The settlement, one of the largest. for a police killing, exceeding the city. of Minneapolis's George Floyd. settlement. Lindsay, the San Diego Police Department. says Officer Gold is now working in an. administrative capacity. The San Diego. City Council will likely approve the. settlement on Tuesday. Lindsay Melissa, thank you. Overseas now to Russia. unleashing hundreds of drone strikes. against Ukraine. Ukrainian officials say. the strikes targeted the infrastructure. which keeps everyday life going. This is. talks to end the war wrapped up today in.

Miami. ABC's Brick Clinton reports. tonight from Ukraine. Tonight, the massive attacks Russia. unleashed on Ukraine over the weekend, killing two people. Russia ramping up its attacks on. Ukraine's infrastructure across the. country, trying to its energy. supply. More than 1,600 drones and,400 missiles. fired at Ukraine this week. This railway hub in central Ukraine. targeted, causing water and power.

outages just 24 hours after this train. depot was struck just outside of Kev. You can see where the station has been. hollowed out by the impact. Firefighters. clearing through the bits of twisted. rubble, working through the building, which is still smoldering. The strikes coinciding with peace talks. between the US and Ukraine in Miami that. wrapped up this weekend. Zilinski on Saturday describing a phone. call with US special envoy Steve Witoff. and Jared Kushner as substantive and.

constructive. That's after peace talks. in Moscow earlier this week failed to. yield a breakthrough. Lindsay, next. president Silinski will travel to London. for talks with European leaders on. Monday. French President Emanuel Macron. saying we must continue to exert. pressure on Russia to compel it to. choose peace. Lindsay. >> Brick Glennet reporting from Ukraine. Thank you. Back here in the US, some. good news about the National Guard. member who survived a deadly attack in. the nation's capital. The mother of. 24year-old Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf.

says he's surpassing expectations. She. also says doctors are scaling back on. his pain medication. Wolf and. 20-year-old Army Specialist Sarah Beckm. were shot in an ambush style attack the. day before Thanksgiving. Beckm did not. survive. Now to a big day in college. football. The 12 team playoff bracket is. now set. undefeated Indiana as the. number one seed after its historic Big. 10 championship win. Let's bring in. ABC's Perry Russ. Perry, some big. surprises and disappointments.

Yeah, Lindsay, the bracket is all set. As you mentioned, Indiana leading the. way as the number one seed after winning. the Big 10 championship last night, staying undefeated. The team they beat. Ohio State is in as the number two seed. Both teams joining Georgia and Texas. Tech and getting first round buys. Tain. and James and Madison are also in the. playoffs after winning their conference. championships. And this is where it gets. very interesting. Miami and Alabama are. in, meaning Notre Dame is out. The Irish. were the first team out and just said. they will not play in a bowl game this.

year. They withdrew their name from. consideration. No reason was given. Back. to the playoffs. First round games will. be played on the campus of the higher. seat. It all starts Friday, December. 19th on ABC. Lindsay, >> really fascinating move there by Notre. Dame. Perry, thank you. There's still. much more ahead on World News Tonight. this Sunday, including what happened. when a car tried to cross the tracks. with a train bearing down and the. spectacular scene from Hawaii as Kilawea. erupts again. Next tonight, frightening images of a.

collision at a railroad crossing. You. can see a car crossing the tracks in. Wilton, Iowa with a train bearing down. The car was pushed quite a distance, but. remarkably the driver did not suffer any. major injuries. There are no gates at. that crossing. Police say drivers still. need to pay attention to warning. devices. Hawaii's Kilawa volcano is. erupting again in spectacular fashion. Fountains of lava were seen shooting up. to 100 ft into the air over the Big. Island on Saturday. No communities were. at risk. The eruption was captured live.

on a web camera that was a bit too close. to all the action. That camera captured. its own demise as it was engulfed in. lava. When we come back, the news just. coming in about a recall of mixed nuts. linked to a possible salmonillaa. contamination. To the index now, we're just getting. word of a recall of mixed nuts sold by. the Wegman supermarket chain. It. involves varieties of Wegman's deluxe. mix nuts in 34 ouncez tubs and 11 12. ounce plastic bags. Wegman says that.

those products could be contaminated by. salmonila. They were sold in at least 10. states in the east. The race for top. driver in Formula 1 racing went all the. way to the checkered flag. Britain's. Lando Norris finished third today in the. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but that was good. enough to give him his first world. championship. He edged out Max. Verstoppen, who'd won the last four. titles. Soccer superstar Lionel Messi is. no stranger to championships, and he's. added another one to his trophy case by. leading Inter Miami to a 3 to1 victory.

over the Vancouver White Caps in the MLS. Championship. Messi is one of just a. handful of players who won both the. World Cup and the MLS Cup. When we come. back, America strong. A cherished. holiday tradition lives on in a face of. utter devastation. Finally tonight, a welcome sign of the. season in the Holy Land. A giant. Christmas tree was lit in Manger Square. in Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace. of Jesus. Celebrations had been. cancelled the past two years because of.

the war in Gaza. And here at home, a. special celebration 11 months after. everything changed. >> While the tradition dates back more than. 100 years, last night's Christmas tree. lane lighting festival in Altadena, California was especially meaningful. >> 3 2 1. The trees that once stood as silent. witnesses to nature's fury after the. devastating fires here are once again. bathed in lightning,

>> marking the first time since that dark. chapter of loss in January when the. eaten fire raced through, killing 19. people and destroying thousands of. homes. >> Even though they lost their houses, they. are in good spirits and they are very. strong. The streets of Altadena, once. cloaked in the shadow of tragedy, once. again shimmer with a quiet promise. The. glow of more than 20,000 twinkling. lights on 153 diodars, a type of cedar. tree that stretch along Christmas tree.

lane. Amazingly, none of the 153 diodars. along this iconic street were lost in. the fire, some as high as 130 feet tall. I think there was a fear that we were. going to put things aside um because the. rebuild effort is continuing. >> More than 200 volunteers worked on. weekends for 10 weeks to bring this. year's tree lighting to life. >> This year was a little challenging with. the hurdles we had to go through to see. even if our power lines were great, if. we could even get the lights into the.

trees to see if our trees were healthy. enough. An estimated 20,000 people showed up to. marvel at this moment to witness these. trees no longer standing as reminders of. destruction, but as symbols of hope. shining brightly into the night here in. Altadena, where light has returned. >> Heartwarming to see that. 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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