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

IT WAS TOUCHING DOWN RIGHT NOW. ALSO TONIGHT, AN EARTHQUAKE. A. TSUNAMI WARNING FOR PART OF THE. U.S. THE PASSENGER JET MIDAIR. SPARKED SHOOTING FROM AN ENGINE. AND ANOTHER PLANE. AUTHORITIES. FEARED A TERROR INCIDENT, CALLING AN F-15S. THAT PILOT NOW. UNDER ARREST TONIGHT. TORNADOS. ON THE GROUND AS WE COME ON. TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCHES ACROSS SEVERAL STATES. AND THE FLOOD ALERTS IN THE. EAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA. MAJOR RAIN. POSSIBLE AGAIN AND MORE THAN 70. MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. TONIGHT FOR EXTREME HEAT,

INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY. LEE. GOLDBERG IS HERE WITH THE. FORECAST. ALSO BREAKING THE. POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE LATE TODAY, A 7.3 OFF ALASKA TRIGGERING THAT. TSUNAMI WARNING TONIGHT. THAT. PASSENGER JET TAKING OFF FROM. LOS ANGELES. SPARKS COMING FROM. AN ENGINE. PASSENGERS LOCKING. HANDS AS THE PLANE TIPPED TO ONE. SIDE. AND TONIGHT, ANOTHER. INCIDENT IN THE AIR. THE PLANE. WITH A SUSPECT IN THE COCKPIT. FLYING THAT PLANE. AUTHORITIES. THOUGHT THEY WERE DEALING THIS.

EVENING. PRESIDENT TRUMP AMID. MAJOR QUESTIONS STILL IN THE. JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE, THE. PRESIDENT NOW LASHING OUT AT. SOME OF HIS OWN SUPPORTERS, SAYING, I DON'T NEED YOUR. SUPPORT, CALLING THEM STUPID. PEOPLE. MEANTIME, EVEN SOME. REPUBLICANS TONIGHT NOW CALLING. FOR A SPECIAL COUNSEL. TONIGHT, THE AMERICAN IDOL PRODUCER AND. HER SONGWRITER HUSBAND FOUND. SHOT TO DEATH IN SEPARATE ROOMS. NOW A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. AND. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TONIGHT, THE. BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL. AT THIS HOUR. A SUSPECT UNDER. ARREST FOUND HEAVILY ARMED NEAR. THE CAPITOL WITH AN ASSAULT.

STYLE RIFLE, A HANDGUN, AMMUNITION AND A HATCHET. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, THE ISRAELI. MILITARY LAUNCHING AIRSTRIKES IN. SYRIA. AN EXPLOSION FORCING A TV. ANCHOR IN SYRIA TO TAKE COVER ON. LIVE TV. BACK IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE IMAGES, AUTHORITIES. SAY, SHOWING AN ALLEGED. KIDNAPING ATTEMPT, THE VICTIM. KICKING AND SCREAMING, TRYING TO. GET AWAY. TONIGHT, FORMER. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FORMER FIRST. LADY MICHELLE OBAMA BREAKING. THEIR SILENCE TOGETHER. WHAT. THEY'RE NOW SAYING ABOUT ANY. TALK OF DIVORCE. AND THE ESPY.

AWARDS COMING UP LIVE TONIGHT ON. ABC. AND OUR WILL REEVE STANDING. BY ON THE RED CARPET FOR US. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND. AS WE COME ON TONIGHT, THERE ARE. MULTIPLE REPORTED TORNADOES ON. THE GROUND, SEVERE STORMS. SLAMMING THE MIDWEST AND IN NEW. YORK CITY AND MUCH OF THE EAST,

THIS DANGEROUS HEAT AND THIS NEW. FLASH FLOOD THREAT. AT THIS. HOUR, WASHINGTON, D.C, BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, RIGHT. UP INTO NEW JERSEY AND THE. NORTHEAST, THIS MASSIVE TORNADO. TOUCHING DOWN IN DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THE IMAGES COMING IN. FROM WEST OF MADISON AT THIS. HOUR, THE MOMENT A FUNNEL CLOUD. APPROACHES I-90 IN CENTRAL. WISCONSIN AND THE WIND AND RAIN. RIGHT THERE ALONG WITH IT, THE. DARK SKIES TONIGHT OVER CHICAGO. AS SEVERE WEATHER MOVES IN, GROUND STOPS AT THE AIRPORTS. THERE AND IN THE NORTHEAST AT. THIS HOUR, BRACING FOR MAJOR. RAIN AND ALREADY SATURATED AREAS. AGAIN TONIGHT. UP TO THREE.

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR EXPECTED. IN SOME AREAS, INCLUDING NORTH. PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, OF. COURSE, ALREADY HIT HARD BY. FLOODING EARLIER THIS WEEK. LEE. GOLDBERG IS HERE WITH THE. FORECAST AND THE TIMING OF THESE. STORMS TONIGHT. AND ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD WITH THE IMAGES ALREADY. COMING IN TONIGHT. >> TORNADO ON THE GROUND. TONIGHT. >> TORNADOES TOUCHING DOWN AS. POWERFUL HEAT FILLED. THUNDERSTORMS TARGET THE. MIDWEST. WKOW MADISON CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST CAMERON HOFFMAN. TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. WEST OF THE CITY TODAY. >> IF YOU ARE NEAR OR IN ANY ONE.

OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, THIS IS. YOUR TIME TO FIND YOUR SAFE. SPOT. >> MADISON, MILWAUKEE AND. CHICAGO ALL IN THE CROSSHAIRS. THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE. NORTHEAST. AFTER THAT DELUGE. THAT SWAMPED THE NEW YORK CITY. SUBWAY AND BROUGHT UP TO THREE. INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR TO. PARTS OF NEW JERSEY, FAMILIES. TRYING TO CLEAN UP IN DANGEROUS. HEAT WHILE BRACING FOR MORE. FLOODS. MEANWHILE IN ARIZONA. THOSE FIRES THAT BURNED THE. HISTORIC GRAND CANYON LODGE IN. DOZENS OF OTHER STRUCTURES. CONTINUED TO RAGE. OUR FAITH.

ABUBEY IS THERE. SMOKE FROM THE. DRAGON FIRE QUICKLY FILLING UP. THE CANYON. THE FIRE STILL. BURNING OUT OF CONTROL ON THE. NORTH RIM. FIREFIGHTERS DEALING. WITH STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. IN THE AREA AND DESPERATELY NEED. A DOWNPOUR. AND WE'RE LEARNING. MORE ABOUT THAT STUNNING. WHIRLING VORTEX FROM THE DEER. CREEK FIRE IN UTAH. THE NATIONAL. WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT WAS IN. FACT AN EF TWO TORNADO, WITH. WINDS UP TO 122MPH. AND DAVID, THE NORTHEAST, IS FACING A12. WEATHER PUNCH. BLISTERING HEAT.

WITH TRIPLE DIGIT FEELS LIKE. TEMPERATURES FROM PHILLY UP TO. BOSTON, FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS. NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS WITH. FLASH FLOODING THREATS. >> DAVID MORGAN NORWOOD THANK. YOU. LET'S GET MORE ON THIS. RIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG OF OUR NEW YORK. STATION, WABC. LEE OF COURSE, TRACKING IT ALL AS ALWAYS. HAYLEY. >> HEY, DAVID, IT'S AIR YOU CAN. WEAR HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. WE'RE GETTING SOME STORMS. OVERNIGHT, BUT MORE FLOOD. WATCHES FOR THE WATERLOGGED. NORTHEAST FROM D.C. UP TO. PHILLY. WE'VE HAD BIG TIME. STORMS PUMMELING PENNSYLVANIA.

TONIGHT. THE STORMS ARRIVE IN. NEW YORK DURING THE OVERNIGHT. HOURS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO. HAVE TRIPLE DIGIT FEEL-LIKE. READINGS TOMORROW. OVER 100. DEGREES NEW YORK CITY DOWN TO. D.C, RICHMOND. THOSE WILL FUEL. THE STORMS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SPEAKING OF STORMS, SEVERE. WEATHER OVER PARTS OF WISCONSIN, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE TORNADO. REPORTS. IT'S STILL POURING IN. GREEN BAY. THERE'S SEVERE STORMS. DOWN TOWARDS SOUTH BEND. THIS. WILL BE ALLEVIATED DURING THE. EARLY EVENING HOURS. AND THEN. THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OVER. THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, AS LONG. AS IT STAYS ALONG THE COAST. UNLIKELY TO BECOME DEXTER, BUT. STILL A 40% CHANCE OF. DEVELOPMENT. REGARDLESS, IT'S.

SOAKS MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA. UP TO A HALF FOOT OF RAIN OR. MORE. >> DAVID LEE GOLDBERG, BACK WITH. US TONIGHT. LEE. THANK YOU. WE. ARE ALSO TRACKING THIS POWERFUL. EARTHQUAKE THAT STRUCK LATE. TODAY RIGHT OFF ALASKA. A 7.3. MAGNITUDE QUAKE RIGHT OFF THE. COAST, TRIGGERING A TSUNAMI. WARNING ACROSS SOME 700 MILES. IN FACT, FAMILIES WERE WARNED TO. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO ABC'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. WITH THE IMAGES COMING IN. AND. WHAT DO WE KNOW SO FAR? >> YEAH. DAVID, THAT 700 MILES. YOU MENTIONED THERE RUNS ALONG. THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ALASKA AS. WELL AS THE ALASKAN PENINSULA.

AND THIS HAPPENED AFTER A. MAGNITUDE 7.3 EARTHQUAKE WAS. RECORDED OFF THE COAST. IT. ACTUALLY STRUCK ABOUT 50 MILES. SOUTH OF SANDPOINT. SO PEOPLE. THERE, DAVID BRACING FOR LARGE. WAVES, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. RACING TO HIGHER GROUND OR. MOVING FURTHER INLAND IF THEY. CAN. TREMORS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. WERE FELT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ALSO, ALARMS WERE SOUNDING IN. SOME OF THOSE LARGER COMMUNITIES. LIKE KODIAK, BUT ALSO DAVID HERE. MENTIONING THAT THE WARNING WAS. DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY AND.

THEN THAT WAS CANCELED. DAVID. >> WE APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE. TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON A FLIGHT. THAT TOOK OFF FROM LOS ANGELES, PASSENGERS HEARING A VERY LOUD. NOISE AND THEN SPARKS SHOOTING. FROM THE ENGINE HOLDING HANDS AS. THE PLANE THEN TIPPED TO THE. SIDE IN THE AIR, THEY COULD SEE. THIS RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOW, FLAMES SHOOTING FROM AN ENGINE. THERE. ALSO TONIGHT WE'RE. FOLLOWING ANOTHER INCIDENT IN. THE AIR A PLANE WITH A SUSPECT. IN THE COCKPIT FLYING THE PLANE. AUTHORITIES THOUGHT THEY WERE. DEALING WITH A TERROR INCIDENT. F-15S CALLED IN AND THEN THE. ARREST. AND SO, GIO BENITEZ ON.

BOTH STORIES TONIGHT. TONIGHT. >> TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON THIS. FLIGHT HIGH ABOVE LOS ANGELES. FLAMES AND SPARKS SEEN SHOOTING. OUT OF THE ENGINE. >> THERE WAS THIS DEAFENING. CLASH. AND IT SOUNDED LIKE WE'D. HIT ANOTHER PLANE AND EVERYONE. SCREAMED AND THE PLANE TIPPED TO. THE SIDE AND EVERYONE WAS. SCREAMING AND HOLDING HANDS. >> THE BOEING 737, CARRYING 172. PASSENGERS AND CREW, WAS HEADED. TO MINNEAPOLIS MONDAY MORNING. THAT ENGINE ISSUE, HAPPENING. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS REPORTED.

SPARKS COMING FROM THE BACK OF. THE ENGINE AND VIBRATION. >> THE SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES. FLIGHT SAFELY, MAKING AN. EMERGENCY LANDING BACK IN LA AND. TAXIING BACK TO THE GATE, AND. AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING. ANOTHER FRIGHTENING INCIDENT. NO. RAD F-15S RESPONDING AFTER A. PILOT STOPPED COMMUNICATING WITH. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTHORITIES. SUSPECTING IT WAS. >> WE DO HAVE AN AIRCRAFT THAT. HITS AND HIJACKS. >> THE SMALL SINGLE ENGINE. CESSNA 172 CIRCLING THE. VANCOUVER AIRPORT ON TUESDAY,

ALL TRAFFIC HELD IN PLACE. >> NOBODY KNEW WHETHER THE. PERSON HAD NEFARIOUS INTENT AND. INTENDED TO HURT THEMSELVES OR. TO CRASH INTO SOMEWHERE ON THE. VANCOUVER AIRPORT, SO QUITE. CONCERNING. >> AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ALERTING. OTHER PILOTS ALREADY IN THE AIR. TO TAKE CAUTION. >> IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE. AIRPORT. I'M JUST GOING TO LET. YOU KNOW THAT SO THAT YOU CAN. CONTINUE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. >> THE SUSPECT EVENTUALLY. LANDING THE PLANE. POLICE SEEN. SWOOPING IN AND TAKING HIM INTO. CUSTODY. THE AIRCRAFT SEARCHED.

AND DAVID CTV IN CANADA SAYS THE. SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY WANTED TO. DISRUPT AIRPORT OPERATIONS AS. PART OF A CLIMATE CHANGE. PROTEST. WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO. CONFIRM THAT ON OUR OWN. MEANWHILE, BACK IN LA, THE FAA. IS NOW INVESTIGATING THAT ENGINE. ISSUE. DAVID. >> BOTH OF THESE INCIDENTS. CONCERNING TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY. GIO, WE APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S. ALSO LATE NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL. AT THIS HOUR. A SUSPECT NOW. UNDER ARREST TONIGHT FOUND. HEAVILY ARMED RIGHT NEAR THE. CAPITOL. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN. FROM OREGON HAD AN ASSAULT STYLE. RIFLE, A HANDGUN, AMMUNITION AND. A HATCHET. LET'S GET RIGHT TO.

OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. PIERRE, WHAT HAVE. YOU LEARNED TONIGHT? >> DAVID, TONIGHT WE HAVE A. STRANGE SCENARIO PLAYING OUT ON. CAPITOL HILL. AN OREGON MAN IS. UNDER ARREST AFTER POLICE. DISCOVERED A CACHE OF WEAPONS IN. HIS CAR TO INCLUDE AN ASSAULT. STYLE RIFLE, A HANDGUN, AMMUNITION, A SWORD, A BOW AND. ARROW. AND LOOK CLOSELY. THAT'S. WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MEDIEVAL. STYLE HATCHET AND SPEAR KNOWN AS. THE HALBERD. CAPITOL POLICE AND. OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING A DEEP. DIVE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF 23. YEAR OLD NOLAN TURIN, WHO WAS.

DETAINED NEAR ONE OF THE. ENTRANCES TO THE US CAPITOL TO. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WAS. DOING. TONIGHT, HE'S FACING. MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A HIGH. CAPACITY MAGAZINE. DAVID. >> THOSE IMAGES ARE REALLY QUITE. SOMETHING. PIERRE. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AMID. MAJOR QUESTIONS STILL IN THE. JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE, THE. PRESIDENT NOW LASHING OUT AT. SOME OF HIS OWN SUPPORTERS WHO. ARE DEMANDING ANSWERS ABOUT THE. EPSTEIN FILES, CALLING THEM. STUPID PEOPLE. MEANTIME, TONIGHT, EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS. ARE NOW CALLING FOR A SPECIAL. COUNSEL IN THIS CASE. HERE'S OUR.

CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE. NOW. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. LASHING OUT AT SOME OF HIS OWN. SUPPORTERS FOR DEMANDING THAT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE. THE FILES FROM THE INVESTIGATION. INTO SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. TRUMP CALLING THE. EPSTEIN CONSPIRACY THEORY, WHICH. HIS OWN TOP ALLIES HAVE PUSHED. FOR YEARS, A SCAM AND A HOAX, ADDING MY PAST SUPPORTERS HAVE. BOUGHT INTO THIS EXPLETIVE HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. >> THEY'RE STUPID PEOPLE. >> TODAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, I. PRESSED HIM. YOU SAID THIS WAS.

ALL A HOAX. HAS YOUR ATTORNEY. GENERAL TOLD YOU THIS WAS A. HOAX? WHAT EVIDENCE HAVE YOU. SEEN. >> THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. I. KNOW IT'S A HOAX. IT'S STARTED. BY DEMOCRATS. >> BUT TRUMP AND SOME OF HIS. CLOSEST ALLIES WERE THE ONES WHO. STOKED SHADOWY THEORIES ABOUT. EPSTEIN AND HIS SO-CALLED CLIENT. LIST, AND TRUMP REWARDED THEM. THIS WAS KASH PATEL, WHO THE. PRESIDENT NAMED FBI DIRECTOR. >> WHAT THE HELL ARE THE HOUSE. REPUBLICANS DOING? THEY HAVE THE. MAJORITY. YOU CAN'T GET THE. LIST. PUT ON YOUR BIG BOY PANTS. AND LET US KNOW WHO THE.

PEDOPHILES ARE. >> DAN BONGINO, WHO TRUMP NAMED. DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR. >> I DON'T TRUST ANY STORY THEY. TELL ME ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN. THERE IS A REASON THIS CLIENT. LIST IS HIDDEN. >> IN 2023. THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. SON, DONALD TRUMP JR, DEMANDED. SHOW US ALL THE EPSTEIN CLIENT. LIST. NOW, IN FEBRUARY, ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI MADE CLEAR. REVIEWING AND RELEASING THE. EPSTEIN FILES WAS A TOP. PRIORITY. >> 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. THAT'S BEEN A. DIRECTIVE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> BUT OVER THE 4TH OF JULY. WEEKEND, THE FBI AND THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT RELEASED A MEMO. SAYING THE CLIENT LIST NEVER. EXISTED AND THAT THEY WILL NOT. BE RELEASING ANY MORE. INFORMATION ABOUT JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. SINCE THEN, THE OUTRAGE. AMONG SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S. SUPPORTERS HAS ONLY GROWN. >> LOOK, WHERE'S THE EPSTEIN. FILES? YOU CAN'T FIND THEM. DON'T EXIST LIKE THEY CAN GET. AWAY, MAN. YEAH.

>> BUT TRUMP DIGGING IN. >> PAM BONDI I REALLY THINK THAT. SHE'S DONE VERY GOOD. SHE SAYS I. GAVE YOU ALL THE CREDIBLE. INFORMATION AND IF SHE FINDS ANY. MORE CREDIBLE INFORMATION, SHE'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. WHAT. MORE CAN SHE DO THAN THAT? >> BUT TONIGHT, ONE OF THE MOST. INFLUENTIAL VOICES IN THE MAGA. MOVEMENT SAYS IT'S NOT ENOUGH. >> WE NEED PAM BONDI. TODD. BLANCH, DAN BONGINO, KASH PATEL. BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. IT'S BEEN. TEN DAYS SINCE YOU'VE LEAKED. THIS THING ON THE HOLIDAY. WEEKEND, AND YOU STILL HAVE NOT.

DONE A STRAIGHT TO CAMERA, STRAIGHT TO THE STICKS PRESS. CONFERENCE. HERE'S HERE'S WHAT. WE LOOKED FOR. HERE'S WHAT. ACTUALLY EXISTED. HERE'S WHY WE. REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT WE. DID. >> AND NOW SOME OF THE. PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS ARE. CALLING FOR A SPECIAL COUNSEL TO. INVESTIGATE THE EPSTEIN FILES. ASKED TODAY IF HE WOULD CONSIDER. APPOINTING ONE, THE PRESIDENT. SAID, QUOTE, I HAVE NOTHING TO. DO WITH IT. DAVID. >> MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. MARY. THANKS. WE TURN. NEXT TONIGHT TO THE MURDERS OF A. BELOVED AMERICAN IDOL PRODUCER. AND HER SONGWRITING HUSBAND. BOTH WERE FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN. SEPARATE ROOMS IN THEIR LOS.

ANGELES HOME. WELL, TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS ON WHEN THEY. BELIEVE THIS COUPLE WAS KILLED. AND WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE COUPLE. WALKED IN ON. ABC'S TREVOR AULT. ON THE SCENE AGAIN TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT. >> INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING FOR A. MOTIVE IN THE GRUESOME MURDERS. OF AMERICAN IDOL PRODUCER ROBIN. KAY AND HER SONGWRITER HUSBAND, THOMAS DELUCA. POLICE SAYING. BOTH WERE GUNNED DOWN BY A MAN. WHO BROKE INTO THEIR LOS ANGELES. HOME. >> EVERYTHING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO PRIOR. RELATIONSHIP, AND THIS WAS A. RANDOM ACT. >> DETECTIVES ARE NOW TESTING A.

GUN. THEY SAY THEY FOUND IN THE. HOME OF THE SUSPECT, 22 YEAR OLD. RAYMOND DARIAN. >> HE WAS IN THERE FOR. APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR OR SO. WHEN THE VICTIMS CAME HOME. THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION THAT. ENSUED WHICH RESULTED IN THE. VICTIMS RECEIVING MULTIPLE. GUNSHOT WOUNDS. >> POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE. COUPLE MONDAY DURING A WELFARE. CHECK FOUR DAYS AFTER THE. SHOOTING, BUT OFFICERS WERE. THERE LAST THURSDAY RESPONDING. TO REPORTS OF A SUSPECT SCALING. A FENCE AT THE HOME. >> I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO. RESPOND. I WAS HERE BEFORE THE. POLICE. >> TIM PINGEL SAYS HE HEARD THE. POLICE SCANNER AND WAS LIVE. STREAMING WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED.

>> THEY WERE HERE FOR ACTUALLY. ABOUT SIX MINUTES AND THEN THE. HELICOPTER AND THEY JUST TOOK. OFF. >> POLICE SAY THEY SAW NO SIGNS. OF FORCED ENTRY FROM THE GROUND. OR FROM THEIR HELICOPTER. DAVID, THE LAPD SAYS THEY'LL LOOK INTO. THE OFFICER'S RESPONSE. THEY DID. NOT HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE TO ENTER. THE HOME THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING. LAST THURSDAY. MEANTIME, THE. SUSPECT IS DUE IN COURT. TOMORROW. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. TREVOR AULT ON. THIS AGAIN TONIGHT. TREVOR. THANK YOU. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE IMAGES. COMING IN FROM SYRIA AT THIS. HOUR. ISRAEL CONDUCTING. AIRSTRIKES ON DAMASCUS, STRIKING.

THE DEFENSE MINISTRY AND RIGHT. NEAR THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, AN. ANCHOR ON LIVE TV IN SYRIA, JUMPING FOR COVER. AND YOU'LL. SEE THIS. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT, JAMES LONGMAN, TRACKING THE SITUATION. AND OF. COURSE, THESE IMAGES COMING IN. JAMES. >> YEAH. DAVID ISRAEL SAYS THERE. WAS STRIKING MILITARY TARGETS IN. THE SYRIAN CAPITAL, DAMASCUS, AND THEY WERE CAUGHT ON LIVE TV. YOU CAN SEE THE ANCHOR JUMP FROM. HER DESK WHEN THE FIRST MISSILE. HIT. MOMENTS LATER, MORE STRIKES. FOUND THE BUILDING. THIS IS. RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF A BUSY.

RESIDENTIAL AREA. AT LEAST THREE. PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 18 OTHERS. INJURED. THESE STRIKES ARE PART. OF A LARGER PATTERN. THE NEW. GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA IS STILL. WEAK AND FRAGMENTED. IT IS. STRUGGLING TO CONTROL EXTREMIST. GANGS, WHO ARE ACCUSED OF BRUTAL. VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITY. GROUPS. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES. SEEM TO WANT TO GIVE THE NEW. PRESIDENT, AHMAD SHAH, A CHANCE. AT LEAST HE CANCELED SANCTIONS. ON SYRIA JUST WEEKS AGO. >> DAVID JAMES LONGMAN, WHO HAS. COVERED SYRIA FOR YEARS FOR US, JAMES, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN.

THE US TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS FIRED 17. IMMIGRATION JUDGES WITHOUT. CAUSE, ACCORDING TO THE UNION. REPRESENTING THEM. IT COMES AMID. A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF JUDGES. AND AS ICE CONTINUES TO RAMP UP. ARRESTS, THE UNION TONIGHT. SAYING THERE WERE ONLY 600. JUDGES, WHILE CONGRESS HAS. AUTHORIZED 800. CRITICS TONIGHT. CALLING THE FIRINGS POLITICALLY. MOTIVATED. WHEN WE COME BACK. TONIGHT, THE OBAMAS AND THIS. TALK OF DIVORCE NEXT YEAR, FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND. FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA. BREAKING THEIR SILENCE TOGETHER. ON ALL THIS SPECULATION AND WHAT. THEY SAID SIDE BY SIDE. YOU'LL.

SEE IT. AND LOOK AT THIS. THE. ALARMING IMAGES TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY SHOWING AN. ALLEGED KIDNAPING ATTEMPT. YOU. CAN SEE AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN. HEAR THE VICTIM KICKING AND. SCREAMING, IN A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT, THOSE ALARMING. IMAGES, THE ATTEMPTED. KIDNAPPING. POLICE SAY NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO. SHOWS THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING. IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, SOUTH. OF JACKSONVILLE. YOU CAN HEAR THE WOMAN.

SCREAMING, KICKING AS THE. SUSPECT TRIES TO FORCE HER INTO. A PICKUP TRUCK AFTER ALLEGEDLY. ROBBING A STORE LAST MONTH. SHE DID BREAK FREE. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED. AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS. DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO, AUTHORITIES SAY SHE DID. EVERYTHING RIGHT HERE, FIGHTING. AND SCREAMING TO ATTRACT. ATTENTION, AND THAT IT WORKED. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE. OBAMA SPEAKING TOGETHER ABOUT. ALL THIS TALK OF DIVORCE, YOU'LL. HEAR WHAT THEY SAID HERE IN JUST. A MOMENT. >>> THEN THE ESPY AWARDS LIVE. HERE ON ABC TONIGHT. STANDING BY.

>>> TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT. OBAMA AND FORMER FIRST LADY. MICHELLE OBAMA BREAKING THEIR. SILENCE ON ALL THIS SPECULATION. ABOUT THEIR MARRIAGE AND RUMORS. OF DIVORCE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT JOINING HIS. WIFE AND BROTHER-IN-LAW ON THEIR. PODCAST, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY. SAID. >> THERE HASN'T BEEN ONE MOMENT. IN OUR MARRIAGE WHERE I THOUGHT. ABOUT QUITTING ON MY MAN. AND WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY HARD. TIMES, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN. TIMES, A LOT OF ADVENTURES, AND. I HAVE BECOME A BETTER PERSON.

BECAUSE OF THE MAN I'M MARRIED. TO. >> OKAY. DON'T MAUCK. DON'T MAUKE ME CRY NOW AT THE. BEGINNING OF THE SHOW. >> David: THE OBAMAS MARRIED IN. 1992. THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS OFTEN. SAID MICHELLE OBAMA MADE HIM. STRONGER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE ESPY AWARDS JUST MOMENTS. AWAY, AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR. >>FINALLY TONIGHT, THE. ESPY AWARDS LIVE RIGHT HERE ON.

ABC JUST A SHORT TIME FROM NOW, CELEBRATING ATHLETES AND THEIR. ACHIEVEMENTS, AND OF COURSE, THEIR STRENGTH BOTH ON AND OFF. THE FIELD. SO, OUR WILL REEVE IS ON THE RED. CARPET WITH WHAT TO LOOK FOR. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IT'S THE. BIGGEST EVENT CELEBRATING THE. GREATEST IN SPORTS. THE ESPYS. >> WHAT WAS THAT? NO ONE'S EVER DONE THIS. >> Reporter: THE STAR-STUDDED. EVENING HONORS THE TOP ATHLETES. AND MOST INCREDIBLE MOMENTS FROM. THE PAST SEASON. >> THREE LETTERS. MVP. >> Reporter: WITH AWARDING. INCLUDING BEST TEAM, BEST PLAY, AND BEST MALE AND FEMALE.

ATHLETES, AS VOTED ON BY FANS. AND TONIGHT, WE ALREADY KNOW. SOME OF THE NAMES. FORMER WNBA LEGEND DIANA TAURASI. AND FORMER SOCCER STAR ALEX. MORGAN WILL EACH BE PRESENTED. WITH THE ICON AWARD. OSCAR ROBERTSON, THE NBA GREAT, WILL BE FOLLOWING IN OUR ROBIN. ROBERTS' FOOTSTEPS, WINNING THE. ARTHUR ASHE AWARD FOR COURAGE. AND HERE IN LOS ANGELES, SO. DEVASTATED BY AND STILL REELING. FROM THOSE WILDFIRES EARLIER. THIS YEAR, THEY'LL HONOR FIRST. RESPONDERS WITH THE PAT TILLMAN.

AWARD FOR SERVICE. TONIGHT, ALL THE FAN FAVORITES. AND BIGGEST STARS WILL BE RIGHT. HERE, CHEERING ON WITH THE REST. OF US, THIS MEMORABLE, RECORD-BREAKING SEASON. AND DAVID, GET THIS ASTONISHING. NUMBER. $265 MILLION, THAT'S HOW MUCH. MONEY THE ESPYS HAVE HELPED. RAISE FOR THE V FOUNDATION FOR. CANCER RESEARCH. THAT'S THE CHARITY FOUNDED BY. THE LATE BASKETBALL COACH JIM. VALVANO, ALONG WITH ESPN. ALL OF THIS FUN, THIS GLITZ AND. GLAMOUR, IT IS FOR A GOOD CAUSE, AS WELL. AND IT ALL GETS GOING HERE ON.

THE RED CARPET AND IN THE. THEATER IN JUST MOMENTS, DAVID. >> David: LOOKING DAPPER, WILL, THANK YOU. GREAT ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU. AND WE CAN'T WAIT. THE ESPYS AIR.