ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 15, 2025

>> Today there is breaking news right now as we come on a top. American idol producer and her husband both found dead killed. inside their home gunshot wounds to the head in separate rooms. And in New York City tonight, the terrifying images. subways full of water, passengers trapped. The states of emergency in the east, the flooding, turning deadly. Flash floods pouring into the New York City subway system. Water rushing down the stairs, raining from the ceiling. Passengers trapped in those subway cars, and elsewhere two women killed after their car was swept away.

The house explosion right in the middle of this emergency, and now the new flood threat at this hour, We are also tracking a potential tropical threat near. Florida and where it's headed. Ginger Z is here to track it all. The breaking news tonight that top American idol producer. and her husband both found dead, the chilling homicide. investigation now unfolding. Both found with gunshot wounds to the head in separate. rooms and what we've learned at this hour. Also tonight the major fires burning near the Grand Canyon. now destroying wood and 70 buildings.

many of them are stored, including the. famous Grand Canyon Lodge. We're on the scene tonight. They are calling for reinforcements. Tonight, President Trump. weighing in now on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy. And what he's now saying is Attorney General Pam. Bondy should do. The Attorney General is. then asked, will she do it? Tonight, that plane crashed right. into a table. And now we hear from witnesses describing the. crash and what they did to save the people on board. Oh my God, they're trying to get them out of the plane.

Tonight, the dentist murder trial now under way accused. of killing his own wife of 23 years by allegedly slowly. poisoning her, what he was allegedly putting in her protein. shakes. Tonight, the war in Ukraine, President Trump denying reports that he told President. in Zelensky to strike deeper into Russia. and Vladimir Putin's response. Back in the US tonight, the boat in Florida. inflames several people on board. The 911 call tonight involving Beyonce's stolen music, the recordings and video on a computer,

taken from an SUV, the new recordings, they're searching for them and you will hear. the 911 call tonight. A remarkable scene in the east, the race to save a stranded. dolphin named Lucky. and the Emmy nominations are in tonight from the bear to. the white lotus and the famous actor finally nominated at. 83 years old and tonight is celebrating 137 nominations. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News.

Tonight with David New York. Good evening and we begin tonight here with. several breaking stories. There's an urgent homicide investigation unfolding right. now atop American Idol producer and her husband have. both been found dead. But we start with the deadly flooding in the. Northeast, the states of emergency, the terrifying. images from the New York City subway. Passengers trapped in cars. Subway stairs turned into waterfalls with. more than two inches of rain falling in an hour. A geyser at the 28th Street stopped the conductor.

of the subway train. Telling passengers, it was too dangerous to open the doors. There was so much water on the platform and in the tunnel. On New York City's east side, FDR Drive was. turned into a river. Dozens of water rescues in Union County, New Jersey, family saved by boat and high water vehicles as well. In Wayne, New Jersey, a bolt of light didn't too. close for comfort for one delivery driver right there. he did survive at all and a home explosion as this emergency. was all playing out in North Plainfield, New Jersey. Tonight, there are new flood watches and warnings.

Ginger Zee is here at ABC's Janay Norman with the harrowing. images right here in New York. Tonight, the state of emergency in the Northeast after deadly. record breaking flooding. In New York City, more than two inches of rain falling. in just an hour, the highest hourly non-tropical. rainfall ever. Subway stations turned to waterfalls. Geysers erupting inside the 28th Street Subway Station. "I'm going to call this one in, I can't open it, it's not safe.".

The storms in and dating roads all around New York City and. into New Jersey right in the middle of rush hour. How you guys doing? Good. In Scotch Plains, New Jersey, first responders used rescue boats. in high water vehicles to bring families to higher ground. In North Plainfield, New Jersey, cars in the water, one of them on fire. Neighbors were told to evacuate around 5 PM Monday. You can see in this house how high the water was coming up. So high, look here at the house next door. This home exploded overnight.

that family made it out safely. The house still smoldering this morning. Sadly, not far from here, receding water. revealing tire tracks that are believed. to be from a vehicle swept off the road. with two women inside. They didn't survive. In Wayne, New Jersey, this delivery driver. almost struck by lightning. Rose swammed in Maryland. An outside Richmond, Virginia, some 50 people had to be rescued. after waterways in Petersburg rose 10 feet.

in just a few hours. Authorities declaring a state of emergency there too. And David here in North Plainfield authorities. are still investigating the cause of this house. explosion that happened right in the middle of. this flood emergency. A major cleanup effort is underway. The ground still saturated here. David in this area is under a new flood watch. starting tomorrow. So let's get more on that let's get to chief meteorologist. Indus E and ginger as we heard Janice say the. flood threat in the east is not over.

No, not at all. Petersburg, Virginia that you saw. in her piece there getting that flooding again in a flood watch. until midnight tonight. They're not alone. Those flash flood warnings are for areas that have already seen. two to three inch per hour rainfall rates. again tonight from North Carolina right. up through that flood watch in Maryland. So that's through midnight tonight. But by tomorrow afternoon, in that same area that. has a flood watch for those. through in the afternoon. already saturated 3 to e that you had, it's going.

for the creeks and rivers watch that in northwest. to talk about that area low pressure system, floor to at this moment, a chance at becoming our. which would be dexter. something or not, it w a lot of rain looks like. New Orleans already in a flood watch from Thursday to Saturday. Louisiana is going to be that target for. the heavy rain, David. We'll watch it right here with you, Ginger. See you first thing in the morning on GMA. Thank you. We turned out of the breaking news from Los Angeles, the chilling double homicide we're learning about right now.

A top American idol music producer and her husband. have both been found dead in their home. from gunshot wounds to the head, found in separate rooms. Trevor Old is on the scene for us. Tonight authorities in Los Angeles announcing an arrest. in the stunning double murder of an American Idol music. producer and her husband. The victims were ruthlessly shot multiple times. Police say Thursday the suspect 22-year-old Raymond Boudarians. scaled one of the fences at the home of Robin Kaye. and her songwriter husband Thomas Deluca.

The couple returned home while Boudarian was inside and. he allegedly shot and killed both of them during a struggle. yesterday afternoon, officers discovered the couple in. separate rooms. Police came to do a wellness check and the. family said they hadn't heard from them in four days. Police had responded to a possible. burglary at the home last Thursday. But the LAPD says at the time there were no signs of. trouble and the house was highly fortified. Police now believe the murders happened that day.

the show since 2009 and she was loved and respected by all who. came in contact with her. They say they are devastated by her. and her husband's passing. Yeah, horrific discovery. Trevor Thank you next tonight here. President Trump this evening now weighing in on the Jeffrey. Epstein controversy. Now saying Attorney General Pam Bondy. should release quote whatever she thinks is credible and.

Pam Bondy has now been asked will she do it? Here's our she do it. Here's our chief Washington correspondent. Jonathan Carltonite. Today, a minute growing Republican outcry over. the Justice Department's refusal to release. the files from their investigation of sex. offender Jeffrey Epstein. President Trump said his attorney general, Pam Bondy, should release, quote, whatever she thinks is credible. Whatever she thinks is credible, she should release. For years, vocal Trump supporters, including Cash Patel. and podcast host Dan Bangeino, fired up the Trump base by.

stoking shadowy conspiracy theories about Epstein. After he won back to White House, Trump rewarded both of. them, naming Patel FBI director and making Bangeino his deputy. As Attorney General Bondi promised to release. the Epstein files, but then earlier this month, the Justice Department and the FBI released a memo saying the. case was closed and no further information would be. made public. That triggered an avalanche. of outrage on the right.

Even the president's daughter-in-law, Laura Trump, said quote, "there needs to be more transparency.". "I would like to see that also, but I think the. Attorney General, the credibility is very important, and you want credible evidence with something like that. The president, like many New York celebrities, had some association with Epstein. When Epstein was arrested in 2019, Trump said he had had a falling out with him. and hadn't spoken to him in 15 years. Today, Trump told ABC's Catherine Falders.

that Bondi briefed him on the Justice Department's. review of the Epstein files. - What did she tell you about the review? And specifically, then she told you at all. your name appeared in the bottom of the bottom. She's she's given us just a very quick briefing. and in terms of the credibility of the. different things that they've seen. Reporter's then asked Bondy if she's now. ready to release the files. Our memo speaks for itself and we'll get back. to you on anything else. I haven't seen all of his statements today.

But on Capitol Hill, a growing number of Republicans. are sounding off on the attorney general. I'm not happy. Nobody's happy about it. nobody knows what's going on. The president's effort to put out this fire is not. working, at least not yet. Mr. Epstein was a sex trafficker. I think it's reasonable for the American people to ask who he. sexed, trafficked, did these young women too, if anybody? Democrats say this is all a problem of Trump's own making.

The whole country is saying, "Release the files.". That's what Donald Trump said. That's what JD Van said. That's what the attorney general said. That's what the FBI director said. And now suddenly, they want to sweep the whole thing. under the rug. - Today's speaker of the House, Mike Johnson said. that Attorney General Bondy should come forward. and explain her inconsistent statements. about the Epstein files. And at least two Republican senators close to Trump. are calling for congressional testimony. from Galein Maxwell.

Epstein's longtime associate who is now in prison. for conspiring with Epstein to sexually abuse young girls. - David. - John Carl on this again tonight, John Banks. We're also tracking those major fires burning. near the Grand Canyon, now destroying within 70 buildings. Many of them historic in the canyon, including the famous Grand Canyon large. And tonight they are now calling in reinforcements. ABC's Faith of Bouba is on the scene. with that smoke right behind her, Faith. A day of you can see behind me, those heavy plumes of smoke. That is the dragon bravo fire pushing into the canyon,

extreme summer temperatures, feeling the flames here, officials now calling in reinforcements, doubling. the number of helicopters doing water drops and requesting. additional firefighters from multiple states. This fire is still 0% contained, some historic parts of the. canyon though already destroyed, including the Grand Canyon. Lodge and in Colorado, incredible new images from. the Turner Gulls Fire quadrupling. in size evacuations are underway. Back here in the Grand Canyon, crews have been.

battling two wild fires for days. now, but officials tell me it is still. too soon to say how quickly they. can get the fires under control. David, Yeah, even with that smoke, a stunning scene behind you, Faith. Thank you now to the Colorado. dentist on trial accused of killing. his wife of 23 years by allegedly. poisoning her slowly. And what prosecutor said today, he was. putting in her protein shakes. That trial now underway. And here's our chief national course on it. MacGup in tonight. Tonight prosecutors laying out their case against the former. Colorado dentist, accused of murdering his wife with protein.

shakes, laced with cyanide, arsenic, and a chemical commonly. found in eye drops. Intentionally, people remember the old West Kingley. AIDS and their her life. Prosecutors say that in March of 2023, James Craig's wife. of over 20 years Angela, the mother of his six children, began experiencing dizziness, headaches, and vomiting. Investigators say James Craig used his dental clinics. computers to research poisons, logging searches such as. How to Make Poison and Is Arsenic Detectable in autopsy.

Angela Craig was hospitalized at least three times over 10. days before she died in March of 2023. "But there isn't, though, that you asked yourself, is it my. fault if I was in the other way of anybody?". "Yes." We exclusively interviewed. the so-called "other woman.". A respected orthodontist named Karen Kane, their relationship. playing out in texts and phone calls, though she. says it never got physical. Do you think that James Craig allegedly poisoned.

his wife to clear the deck so he could be with you? There's no way I'm out of there's been no. planning a future. Together and in court today the defense attorney for the dentist. trying to paint the picture that James Craig's wife Angela. but may have been suicidal. - She was broke and attacked by her own word. She was broke. She was struggling. - And David the prosecution says that that is just another. lie from James Craig. They say he also tried to fabricate evidence.

to show that his wife was suicidal, even plotted to try to have the lead investigator. in this case killed. James Craig has pleaded not guilty. to all of the charges, David. Matt Gubbyn following this trial for us, thanks Matt. We turn to the war in Ukraine and tonight President Trump. denied reports that he told President Zelensky to strike. deeper into Russia and Vladimir Putin's response. Let's get right to Ian panel reporting from. Ukraine again tonight, Ian. Yeah, David President Trump flatly denied reports. He asked President Zelensky whether he could strike.

deeper into Russia. Trump saying Zelensky shouldn't target Moscow and that the. U.S. isn't planning to give him long-range missiles. But Trump saying he's increasingly disappointed. with Putin's ongoing heavy bombing of Ukraine. More weapons systems now to be given. to NATO to help Ukraine and the clock started running on. this 50-day deadline for Russia to agree to a peace deal. But for Ukrainians, 50 days is too long. It means more bombing and the Kremlin's response. has already been heard more attacked tonight.

David. Thank you for joining us today. We are going to be back to. the day after the pandemic. day after the pandemic. We are going to be back to the day. after the pandemic. We are going to be back to the day. after the pandemic. We are going to be back to the day. We are going to be back to the day. after the pandemic. We are going to be back to the day. We are going to be back to the day. We are going to be back to the day. We are going to be back to the day. Tonight we are now hearing from the neighbors who. raced in to say those passengers after that.

terrifying plane crash in Pemberpine's Florida. You remember the video showing. the small planes slamming into the neighborhood. Neighbors then using an axe of fire extinguisher. and a hose to rescue everyone. It was that loud. It was like a big boom. So I walked outside, you know, and I see a plane on fire. So I immediately jump into action. All four people on board survived. Tonight, dramatic video showing the race. to rescue five people and a dog from a burning boat. This is Jackson to Florida, the. sailboat on the St. John's River, a father and son.

and a nearby boat rushing over to help. Everyone and the dog were all saved. When we come back here tonight, the incredible images coming in, saving a dolphin here in the east. and the 911 call involving Beyonce's. new music stolen from an SUV in a moment. To the index of other news, The 911 call reporting. Beyoncé's unreleased music stolen in Atlanta. The suspect breaking into her choreographer's SUV stealing. hard drives with the music and video footage. "I work with someone who is like of a high status.

and I really need the... "Beyonce was in Atlanta for her cowboy car tour. a remarkable dolphin rescue in South Carolina's Blufted Lagoon, a dolphin named Lucky, stranded in the lagoon. Firefighters and marine experts carrying the dolphin out, they drove her to a dock and then released her. into deeper water. When we come back here tonight, the Emmy. nominations are in Disney, celebrating 137 nominations.

and a famous actor tonight at 83. He is finally nominated. Finally tonight here, the Emmy nominations are in. at a big night for our parent company Disney. Tonight, the nominations are in a secret no more. Nobody knows. Nobody. We all know the 77th annual. Primetime Emmy Awards and a big day for ABC's. parent company Disney, 137 nominations and all. 38 nominations for ABC, the most of any broadcast network.

Didn't savage. You can just splice that onto the Charles Haye. Yeah, I'll get out the splice, sir. And for the second straight year Disney, leading the outstanding comedy series category, securing five of the eight nominations. So I got to take action, which is my least. favorite thing to take. ABC's Abbott Elementary, receiving its fourth. consecutive nomination for outstanding comedy series, including acting and writing nods for creator Quinto Brunson. Let me just say it's really cool you guys get to be the first. use our brand new iPads.

These are old brand new iPads to us. The bearer from FX on Hulu also nominated. for Best Comedy Series. These are all their different sizes Richie. They're not doing the same. Can't see the difference in this. Look at it. Apple TV used the studio. I'm an 8-2. This is gonna be perfect. In the drama categories, the white lotus, severance, and the last of us picking up the most nominations. with Severance earning 27 the most of any show this year. Disney Plus's Andor earning 14 nominations,

including outstanding drama series. and best guest actor for Forest Whitaker. You think I'm crazy? Yes. I am. The White Lotus receiving eight acting nominations, including best supporting actress for Parker Posey. Tomorrow you'll do your bio-metrics test. I don't want to take it to us. All eyes on 15 year old Owen Cooper who could make. history nominated for best supporting actor. for adolescence. Can you get me out of this place?

Cooper could become the youngest Emmy winner. in more than 40 years. Look at me now. You're not control wide in my life. And tonight at 83 years old Harrison Ford has just. earned his first ever Emmy nomination. It's not near patient's job to heal you. Playing a therapist in Apple TV's shrinking. And we should be working together like Batman and Robin. You can even be Batman. You already sound like him. I'm gonna make you pay for that. That's exactly what Batman would say.

So who will win? They'll serve up the winners at the 77th annual Primetime. Emmy Awards in September. What's this? That's how we do this correctly. That's how restaurants of the highest caliber operating. Thanks, Chef. Can't wait. Congrats to all the nominees, and I'll see you right back here. tomorrow. 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.