ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 17, 2026

TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS DANGEROUS SMOKE FROM. HUNDREDS OF CANADIAN WILDFIRES. NOW STRETCHING FROM THE MIDWEST. TO THE NORTHEAST TO THE. CAROLINAS. MORE THAN 100. MILLION UNDER AIR QUALITY. ALERTS. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. BARELY VISIBLE. MAJOR LEAGUE.

BASEBALL GAMES NOW BEING. AFFECTED. AND TONIGHT, CONCERNS. ABOUT THE WORLD CUP FINAL. OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, AFTER THE CDC IDENTIFIED ONE. POTENTIAL SOURCE OF A PARASITIC. OUTBREAK SICKENING THOUSANDS. A. MAJOR COMPANY URGENTLY PULLING. SHREDDED ICEBERG LETTUCE OFF. THE SHELVES NATIONWIDE. DEADLY. FLOODING IN TEXAS. MORE THAN. TWO FEET OF RAIN. HUNDREDS OF. WATER RESCUES REPORTED. A. BRIDGE WASHED AWAY. DRAMATIC. BODY CAMERA VIDEO JUST RELEASED. DEPUTIES AMBUSHED TWO WOUNDED.

AS THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. TONIGHT, THE U.S. RAMPING UP ATTACKS ON. IRAN, TARGETING A SURVEILLANCE. TOWER TRACKING VESSELS IN THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. JAMES LONGMAN. IN THE REGION 24 HOURS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED A. PRIME TIME ADDRESS MAKING. CLAIMS ABOUT, QUOTE, SHOCKING. VULNERABILITIES IN AMERICA'S. ELECTION SYSTEMS. A TOP. REPUBLICAN SENATOR DISMISSING. THE PRESIDENT'S WARNING AS. NOTHING NEW. ABC NEWS OBTAINING. VIDEO SHOWING AN AIRPORT ATTACK. ON TSA OFFICERS. TONIGHT, THE.

FBI MOVING IN TO RESCUE TWO. FOREST RANGERS WHO SAY THEY. WERE KIDNAPED AND HELD HOSTAGE. FOR MORE THAN 14 HOURS. THE. TERRIFYING LIGHTNING STRIKE. HOME SURVEILLANCE SHOWING A. WOMAN RACING FROM HER CAR. INSIDE TO SAFETY. THE NFL. HONORING A FORMER STAR NOW. BATTLING ALS AND THE WORLD CUP. SHOWDOWN. ARGENTINA VERSUS. SPAIN. THE YOUNG STAR ABOUT TO. GO HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST HIS. CHILDHOOD IDOL.

>> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M MARY BRUCE. IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THE BREAKING NEWS. DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY ALERTS. SPREADING ACROSS THE U.S. REACHING DEEPER SOUTH. MORE. THAN 100 MILLION UNDER AIR. QUALITY ALERTS FROM THE MIDWEST. TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME LAPSE. VIDEO SHOWING THICK CLOUDS OF. SMOKE FROM HUNDREDS OF CANADIAN.

WILDFIRES ROLLING ACROSS. ILLINOIS, THE SMOKE NOW. REACHING THE NATION'S CAPITOL. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT THERE. DISAPPEARING IN THE HAZE. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING. CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS TO. STAY INSIDE. SMOKE ALSO. AFFECTING MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS. AFTER REPORTING ITS WORST AIR. QUALITY ON RECORD. WHAT THE. MILWAUKEE BREWERS ARE NOW. TELLING FANS. ANOTHER TEAM. CANCELING TONIGHT'S GAME. AND. THERE IS ALSO CONCERN ABOUT AIR. QUALITY FOR SUNDAY'S WORLD CUP. FINAL AT NEW YORK NEW JERSEY. STADIUM. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING.

BY WITH THE FORECAST. ABC'S. MATT RIVERS LEADS US OFF. TONIGHT. >> NEW VIDEO SHOWING HAZARDOUS. CANADIAN WILDFIRE SMOKE POURING. INTO MAJOR CITIES FROM THE. MIDWEST ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST. COAST. >> IT'S JUST GOTTEN SO, SO, SO. BAD. >> DETROIT, CHICAGO AND. WASHINGTON, D.C. HAVE THE WORST. AIR QUALITY AMONG MAJOR CITIES. IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE. NATION'S CAPITAL BARELY VISIBLE. IN THAT HAZE, SOME MASKING UP. ON THE NATIONAL MALL. >> I THINK THEY'RE STRUGGLING. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M. SITTING HERE. I'M SURE IT'S. AFFECTING EVERYBODY'S PHYSICAL.

ACTIVITY. NO DOUBT. >> SOME EXPERTS SAY SEVERAL. DAYS OF OUTSIDE EXPOSURE TO THE. SMOKE IS LIKE SMOKING SEVERAL. CIGARETTES PER DAY. THE FIRES. NOT JUST TORCHING TREES AND. BRUSH, BUT CARS AND HOMES. CREATING A TOXIC SOUP. >> IT'S BURNING EVERYTHING IN. ITS PATH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF. OTHER THINGS BEING DISCHARGED. INTO THE AIR. >> THE CLEVELAND CLINIC NOW. REPORTING A 10% SPIKE IN. EMERGENCY ROOM PATIENTS DUE TO. AIR QUALITY IN NEW YORK CITY. THE NATIONAL GUARD HANDING OUT. MASKS. PHILADELPHIA DECLARING A. CODE PURPLE FOR VERY UNHEALTHY.

AIR. THE PHILLIES METS GAME. LAST NIGHT MOVED UP. >> SUPPOSED TO START THIS GAME. AT 710. WE'VE BEEN MOVED UP ONE. HOUR. >> LATE TODAY, THE CLEVELAND. GUARDIANS POSTPONING TONIGHT'S. GAME AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH. PIRATES DUE TO AIR QUALITY. CONCERNS. THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. ALLOWING FANS TO EXCHANGE. TICKETS FOR TODAY'S GAME TO. AVOID THE SMOKE. AND TONIGHT, CONCERNS OVER THE MOST FAMOUS. SPORTING EVENT IN THE WORLD, SUNDAY'S WORLD CUP FINAL IN NEW. JERSEY. THE STADIUM SHROUDED IN. HAZE ALL WEEK. FIFA OFFICIALS. CLOSELY MONITORING THE SMOKE.

FORECAST AHEAD OF KICKOFF. AND. MARY, WE'VE JUST LEARNED. TONIGHT THAT AMERICAN, DELTA. AND UNITED AIRLINES ARE ALL. ISSUING TRAVEL WAIVERS IN THE. MIDWEST DUE TO THOSE AIR. QUALITY CONCERNS. MEANWHILE, TONIGHT JUST OUTSIDE THE. STADIUM WHERE THAT WORLD CUP. FINAL WILL BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE HAZE, BUT. SO FAR, NO PLANS TO CHANGE WHEN. THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED. >> MARY FANS AROUND THE WORLD. WATCHING THIS CLOSELY. MATT. THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. ABC'S SENIOR METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG. HALEY. >> HEY MARY AND I CAN CONFIRM.

DECENT AIR QUALITY FOR THE. WORLD CUP FINAL ON SUNDAY. IN. FACT, WE GOT BRIEFLY BLUE SKIES. HERE IN NEW YORK. A WELCOME. SIGHT, BUT THE SMOKE IS POISED. TO COME BACK. AIR QUALITY. ALERTS RIGHT NOW GO FROM THE. MIDWEST TO NEW ENGLAND AND. SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE. CAROLINAS. THE WORST OF THE. SMOKY AIR. DETROIT. PITTSBURGH. BALTIMORE. PHILLY THIS EVENING. AND THEN LATER TONIGHT HERE IN. NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW MORNING, UNHEALTHY AIR FROM THE MIDWEST. TO THE NORTHEAST AND. MID-ATLANTIC, BUT IMPROVING. CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST AND. MID-ATLANTIC LATER TOMORROW. THAT'S A STORM SWEEP THROUGH. WE EXPECT STORMS SATURDAY FROM. THE OHIO VALLEY AND THE. NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC, A. LEVEL THREE RISK FROM CLEVELAND.

TO SYRACUSE, NEW YORK TO D.C. FLASH FLOODING, A MAJOR CONCERN. WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS. THAT COULD ALSO BRING DAMAGING. WINDS, EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. MAKE SURE YOUR MOBILE ALERTS. ARE ON. MARY. >> OKAY, LEE. THANK YOU. AND. NEXT, TONIGHT, AFTER THE CDC. IDENTIFIED ONE POTENTIAL SOURCE. OF A PARASITIC OUTBREAK. SICKENING THOUSANDS NOW ACROSS. THE U.S. TAYLOR FARMS IS NOW. PULLING ICEBERG LETTUCE SOURCED. FROM MEXICO FROM SHELVES ACROSS. THE U.S. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE. WARNING AMERICANS NOT TO EAT. THE LETTUCE SERVED AT TACO BELL. RESTAURANTS IN FIVE STATES.

HERE'S ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE. >> TONIGHT, THE CDC AND FDA. WARNING AMERICANS NOT TO EAT. SHREDDED ICEBERG LETTUCE SERVED. AT TACO BELL LOCATIONS IN FIVE. STATES INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN, OHIO AND WEST. VIRGINIA. FEDERAL REGULATORS. NOW LINKING THE LETTUCE TO THE. CYCLOSPORIASIS OUTBREAK, CAUSING SEVERE DIGESTIVE ISSUES. >> IT'S NOTHING LIKE I'VE EVER. HAD BEFORE. >> TONIGHT, TACO BELL SAYING. THE AFFECTED INGREDIENT HAS. BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR SUPPLY. CHAIN NATIONWIDE. THE FDA'S.

INVESTIGATION LEADING TO AN. INDEPENDENT FARM IN MEXICO. THE. SUPPLIER, TAYLOR FARMS, ONE OF. THE NATION'S LARGEST PRODUCERS. OF FRESH VEGETABLES, TELLING. ABC NEWS THEY ARE VOLUNTARILY. REMOVING ALL ICEBERG LETTUCE. SOURCED FROM CENTRAL MEXICO. FROM THE U.S. MARKET AND THAT. NO OTHER TAYLOR FRESH FOODS. PRODUCTS ARE IMPACTED. IN 2024, SLIVERED ONIONS FROM THE. COMPANY WERE TIED TO THE E COLI. OUTBREAK FROM QUARTER POUNDER. BURGERS AT MCDONALD'S. NEWLYWED. GRETCHEN PLESS WAS ON HER. HONEYMOON WHEN SHE CONTRACTED. CYCLOSPORIASIS AND ENDED UP IN.

THE EMERGENCY ROOM. >> OUR VOW SAID IN SICKNESS AND. IN HEALTH, SO WE'RE JUST. GETTING AN EARLY START ON THAT. >> SO FAR, THE CDC HAS REPORTED. CASES ACROSS 34 STATES, THE. EPICENTER IN MICHIGAN, WHERE. HEALTH OFFICIALS NOW SAY MORE. THAN 5000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. INFECTED, OVER 100 OF THEM. HOSPITALIZED. THE STATE. TYPICALLY SEES LESS THAN 50. CASES PER YEAR. MARY FDA. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW RACING TO. DETERMINE IF OTHER RETAILERS OR. RESTAURANTS MIGHT BE AFFECTED. THE CDC SAYS THERE COULD BE. OTHER, UNRELATED OUTBREAKS.

>> MARY AND ELIZABETH, WE KNOW. YOU'LL STAY ON THIS. THANK YOU. NEXT HERE TONIGHT, DRAMATIC NEW. IMAGES OF THE DEADLY FLOODING. IN CENTRAL TEXAS, DEVASTATING. STORMS UNLEASHING MORE THAN TWO. FEET OF RAIN IN SOME PARTS, HOMES AND VEHICLES UNDERWATER, A BRIDGE WASHED AWAY. ABC'S. FAITH ABUBEY IN TEXAS. >> TONIGHT. RELENTLESS RAINS. AND FLOODING LEAVING A TRAIL OF. DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE TEXAS. HILL COUNTRY. >> EVEN THOUGH THE WORST OF THE. RAIN IS GOING TO BE BEHIND US. FOR A WHILE, AS IN FOR DAYS,

THE RIVERS ARE GOING TO. CONTINUE TO RISE. >> THIS BRIDGE IN UVALDE COUNTY. COLLAPSING AFTER MORE THAN TWO. FEET OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, DRENCHED THE REGION IN. KERRVILLE. >> IT'S A SEMI. >> VEHICLES WASHED INTO TREES. AND HOMES, WRECKAGE LITTERING. YARDS AND STREETS. AND THIS. DEBRIS RIGHT HERE, SOLID STEEL. THE FRAME OF A SINGLE WIDE. MOBILE HOME WASHED AWAY BY THE. FLOOD WATERS AND NOW WRAPPED. AROUND THIS TREE LIKE A RIBBON.

FIRST RESPONDERS PERFORMING. HUNDREDS OF HIGH WATER RESCUES. THE STRANDED PERSON AIRLIFTED. BY HELICOPTER IN GILLESPIE. COUNTY THURSDAY. AT LEAST TWO. PEOPLE KILLED IN THE FLOODING, INCLUDING 65 YEAR OLD MARK. STEWART. HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS. KERRVILLE HOME WAS SWEPT AWAY. TODAY. WE FOLLOWED UP WITH. ROBERT SHELTON. HE AND HIS. FAMILY WERE RESCUED FROM THE. ATTIC OF HIS HOME AFTER HIS 11. YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WOKE HIM UP. AT 2 A.M. SO THIS IS HOW HIGH. THE WATER WAS. >> YEAH.

>> AND YOUR NECK WAS JUST A. LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT, HANGING. ON FOR AIR IN THE ATTIC. >> YEP, YEP. THAT'S ALL WE. COULD DO AT THAT POINT. IT'S. IT'S KIND OF HIT ME THIS. MORNING A LITTLE BIT. BUT YEAH, I GOTTA STAY STRONG. >> AND MARY ALL ACROSS THE. TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CLEANUP HAS. BEGUN AND THE RAIN IS MOVING. OUT. BUT ISOLATED FLOOD THREATS. REMAIN IN THE WESTERN PART OF. THE STATE. MARY FAITH. >> ABUBEY FOLLOWING THE STORMS. FOR US ALL WEEK. FAITH, THANK. YOU. NOW TO THE DRAMATIC BODY. CAMERA AND DRONE VIDEO JUST.

RELEASED. MULTIPLE DEPUTIES. AMBUSHED IN FLORIDA. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE. RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC. VIOLENCE CALL WHEN THEY. IMMEDIATELY CAME UNDER FIRE. TWO OF THEM SHOT AND A WARNING. THE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. HERE'S ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> TWO FLORIDA DEPUTIES ARE. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE. AMBUSHED WITH GUNFIRE, ALL. CAPTURED ON DRAMATIC DRONE AND. POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO. >> I'M HERE, I'M HERE, I'M HERE. >> DEPUTIES ARRIVING ON SCENE. THURSDAY MORNING SEARCHING FOR.

THEIR SUSPECT, CHRIS MARKOWSKI, AFTER HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND TOLD. POLICE SHE HAD ESCAPED HOSTAGE. CAPTIVITY, ALLEGEDLY ZIP TIED. AND HELD AT GUNPOINT FOR HOURS. OUR SUSPECT. >> AMBUSHED OUR DEPUTIES FROM. THE MOMENT THEY ARRIVED ON. SCENE. >> ONE DEPUTY HIT IN THE HAND, QUICKLY FALLING TO THE GROUND, DEPUTIES RACING TO HIS SIDE. >> HEY! GET US! GET AN. AMBULANCE! >> A SECOND DEPUTY SHOT BEFORE. HE COULD STEP OUT OF HIS CAR. >> I'M IN MY CAR. I GOT HIT IN. THE NECK. >> A THIRD DEPUTY SHOOTING. MARKOWSKI MULTIPLE TIMES. HE.

WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD AT. THE HOSPITAL. THE DEPUTIES SEEN. HERE IN STRETCHERS BEFORE BEING. AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT, IDENTIFIED AS COLTON. DANIELS AND SOPHOMORE MOON. >> ONCE I SAW THE GUN POINTED. AT ME AND HEARING GUNSHOTS, I. KNEW TO TRY TO GET COVER, GET. GET BEHIND SOMETHING SOLID ON. THE CAR. ONCE I REALIZED I WAS. SHOT, THE FIRST AID SIDE TOOK. EFFECT. >> AND MARY. BOTH DEPUTIES ARE. EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL. RECOVERY. THE FLORIDA. DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. IS INVESTIGATING MARY.

>> A FRIGHTENING SCENE THERE. VICTOR. THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, THE U.S. IS RAMPING UP ATTACKS. AGAINST IRAN FOR THE SEVENTH. DAY IN A ROW. AMERICAN FORCES. TARGETING A SURVEILLANCE TOWER, TRACKING VESSELS IN THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ, IRAN, RETALIATING. WITH DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS. AGAINST U.S. ALLIES IN THE. MIDEAST. ABC'S CHIEF. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. JAMES LONGMAN IN THE REGION. FOR US AGAIN TONIGHT, JAMES. >> MARY CENTCOM HAS TONIGHT. RELEASED THIS FOOTAGE OF A. STRIKE ON A SURVEILLANCE TOWER. AT AN IRANIAN PORT, WHICH THEY. SAY THE REGIME USED TO TRACK. AND TARGET COMMERCIAL VESSELS.

IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ALTHOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. THE STRAIT IS OPEN TO SHIPPING, MARITIME TRACKING SHOWS THE. REALITY IS THAT ONLY A HANDFUL. HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS THROUGH. UNDER THE THREAT OF IRANIAN. ATTACK. AND AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S THREAT TO STRIKE AT. CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE NEXT. WEEK, IRANIAN STATE MEDIA. REPORTS TWO BRIDGES BEING HIT. BY U.S. AIRSTRIKES, AS WELL AS. A TRAIN STATION AND AN AIRPORT. LEGAL EXPERTS SAY STRIKING. CIVILIAN TARGETS COULD BE A WAR. CRIME. CENTCOM SAYS THEY NEVER. TARGET CIVILIANS, AND IRAN IS.

STILL FIRING BACK WITH ALERTS. IN QATAR, JORDAN AND BAHRAIN. AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO A POWER AND. WATER DESALINATION PLANT IN. KUWAIT TODAY THAT FORCED THE. GOVERNMENT THERE TO ADVISE. CITIZENS TO CONSERVE ENERGY. WHILE THEY STABILIZE THE GRID. MARY. >> OKAY, JAMES. THANK YOU. AND. HERE IN THE U.S. 24 HOURS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERED HIS. PRIME TIME ADDRESS MAKING. CLAIMS ABOUT, QUOTE, SHOCKING. VULNERABILITIES IN AMERICA'S. ELECTION SYSTEM AND REIGNITING. FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE 2020. ELECTION. A TOP REPUBLICAN. SENATOR IS DISMISSING THE.

PRESIDENT'S WARNINGS AS NOTHING. NEW. HERE'S ABC'S JONATHAN KARL. TONIGHT. >> A TOP REPUBLICAN ON THE. SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. POURED COLD WATER ON PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S DRAMATIC CLAIMS OF, QUOTE, SHOCKING VULNERABILITIES. WITHIN OUR COUNTRY'S ELECTION. SYSTEMS. >> FRANKLY, AS A MEMBER OF THE. SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT NEW. WE'VE KNOWN THAT OUR. ADVERSARIES ARE TRYING TO. INFLUENCE OUR ELECTIONS FOR A. LONG TIME. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASED. NEWLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS HE.

CLAIMS EXPOSED THOSE SHOCKING. VULNERABILITIES. >> THE ELECTION SYSTEM WE HAVE. DANGEROUSLY EXPOSES AND REALLY. EXPOSES LIKE LEVELS NEVER. THOUGHT POSSIBLE TO HACKING, EXPLOITATION AND FOREIGN. INTERFERENCE. >> ONE OF THE ELECTION REPORTS. THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASED SAYS. AMERICA'S ELECTION SYSTEMS, QUOTE, WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO. MANIPULATE ON A WIDE ENOUGH. SCALE TO ALTER THE ELECTION. OUTCOME. TRUMP ACCUSED CHINA OF.

TARGETING THE 2020 ELECTION, EVEN THOUGH HIS OWN. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS HAD. ASSESSED WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE. THAT CHINA DID NOT SEEK TO. CHANGE THE OUTCOME. THE. PRESIDENT ALSO MADE. UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS THAT. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF. NON-CITIZENS ARE REGISTERED TO. VOTE. TODAY, TRUMP'S SECRETARY. OF HOMELAND SECURITY VOWED TO. TRACK THEM DOWN AND THREATEN. STATE OFFICIALS WHO REFUSE TO. HELP WITH THE EFFORT. >> IF THE ELECTION OFFICIALS, ONCE WE GAVE THEM THE.

INFORMATION THEY NEED TO SECURE. THEIR ELECTIONS AND THEY CHOSE. NOT TO, THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS. CAN ALSO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY. FINES, BY PENALTIES, AND EVEN. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR IT GOES, PRISON TIME. >> ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT MADE. ALARMING ALLEGATIONS, HE. PRESENTED NO EVIDENCE THAT. CHINA MEDDLED IN THE 2020. ELECTION. AND DESPITE THOSE. ALLEGATIONS, THE WHITE HOUSE. TOLD US TODAY THAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP STILL INTENDS TO WELCOME. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI HERE TO.

THE WHITE HOUSE LATER THIS YEAR. MARY. >> THAT TRIP STILL A GO. OKAY, JOHN. THANK YOU. AND IN. SOUTHWEST CHINA TONIGHT, THE. DESPERATE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS. AFTER A MASSIVE LANDSLIDE, A. MOUNTAINSIDE COLLAPSING, BURYING MORE THAN TEN BUILDINGS, PEOPLE SEEN RUNNING FOR THEIR. LIVES. AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE. KILLED. DOZENS OF RESIDENTS ARE. MISSING. MORE THAN 1100 FORCED. TO EVACUATE. WATER, ELECTRICITY. AND GAS SHUT OFF IN THE AREA. DURING THE SEARCH. AND WHEN WE. COME BACK HERE, NEW YORK CITY. SUFFERING ITS FIRST FATALITY.

TIED TO A DANGEROUS BACTERIA. THE FBI MOVING IN TO RESCUE TWO. FOREST RANGERS KIDNAPED AND. HELD HOSTAGE FOR MORE THAN 14. HOURS. NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO THE. AIRPORT ATTACK ON TSA OFFICERS. THE TERRIFYING LIGHTNING STRIKE, A MAN RACING FROM HER CAR, HER. CHILDREN SCREAMING INSIDE THE. HOUSE AND THE WORLD CUP FINAL. SHOWDOWN. AND THE ICONIC PHOTO. SPAIN'S YOUNG STAR FACING HIS. CHILDHOOD IDOL AND IT'S NOT THE 1ST TIME THEY'VE MET.

>> AND NEXT. TONIGHT, NEW YORK. CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS. ANNOUNCING ONE PERSON HAS DIED. AFTER BEING DIAGNOSED WITH. LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE. THE CITY. IS MANAGING AN OUTBREAK OF. LEGIONNAIRES TIED TO BACTERIA. FOUND IN COOLING TOWERS. MORE. THAN 70 BUILDINGS TESTING. POSITIVE. 67 PEOPLE NOW. DIAGNOSED, 12 HOSPITALIZED. AND. TONIGHT, ONE PERSON ON THE. UPPER EAST SIDE HAS NOW DIED. NEXT TONIGHT, TWO FOREST. SERVICE WORKERS RESCUED BY THE. FBI 14 HOURS AFTER THEY WERE. KIDNAPED IN THE WILDERNESS OF.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE. INCIDENT AT THE SHASTA-TRINITY. NATIONAL FOREST NEAR GUMBOOT. LAKE. THE WORKERS ALLEGEDLY. KIDNAPED, ZIP TIED AND HELD AT. GUNPOINT. HEAVILY ARMORED LAW. ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES SEEN. RACING TO THE REMOTE AREA. ROADS INTO THE FOREST SHUT DOWN. THE HOSTAGES WERE FINALLY. RELEASED IN THE EARLY MORNING. HOURS. THE SUSPECT SURRENDERING. SHORTLY AFTER NEWLY RELEASED. VIDEO OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS. SHOWS A DISTURBING INCIDENT AT. BWI AIRPORT IN MARYLAND BACK IN. APRIL. SURVEILLANCE SHOWING 32. YEAR OLD CORNELIUS QUEEN.

RUNNING TOWARD TOWARD A TSA. OFFICER AND ATTACKING HIM. BEFORE OTHER OFFICERS JUMPED IN. TO STOP HIM. A SECOND CAMERA. CAPTURING THE INCIDENT FROM. ANOTHER ANGLE. QUEEN ALSO. ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED A BYSTANDER. AND HIS TWO CHILDREN. HE WAS. TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AND THEN. PLACED UNDER ARREST. AND WHEN. WE COME BACK HERE, THE. TERRIFYING LIGHTNING STRIKE. A. MOM RACING TO HER CHILDREN. SCREAMING INSIDE THEIR HOME. AND THE TENNESSEE TITANS SET TO. HONOR FORMER STAR CHRIS JOHNSON IN HIS BATTLE WITH ALS.

THE INDEX. NOW IN THE DRAMATIC. DOORBELL VIDEO SHOWING A. FLORIDA MOM NEARLY STRUCK BY. LIGHTNING DURING A STORM, JESSICA GONZALEZ WAS UNLOADING. HER CAR, HER KIDS WAITING. INSIDE WHEN A MASSIVE BOLT. STRIKES HER NEIGHBOR'S YARD. BEHIND HER. GONZALEZ SAID IT. FELT LIKE SPARKS WERE HITTING. HER, HER KIDS SCREAMING AS SHE. RAN INTO THE GARAGE. FORTUNATELY, AN ASTOUNDINGLY, NO ONE WAS HURT AND THE. TENNESSEE TITANS ANNOUNCING. THEY WILL INDUCT FORMER PRO. BOWL RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON. INTO THEIR RING OF HONOR.

JOHNSON REVEALING TO OUR. MICHAEL STRAHAN ON GMA THAT. HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALS. HE'S NOW USING HIS EYES AND HIS. SPEECH GENERATING DEVICE TO. COMMUNICATE. THE CEREMONY. HONORING HIM WILL TAKE PLACE. DURING HALFTIME AT THE TEAM'S. 2026 SEASON OPENER AT NISSAN. STADIUM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER. 13TH. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, THE WORLD CUP FINAL SHOWDOWN, THE YOUNG SPANISH STAR VERSUS. HIS CHILDHOOD IDOL FOR THE. FIRST TIME, AND THOSE VIRAL PHOTOS NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO.

>> AND FINALLY, TONIGHT, THE. WORLD CUP FINAL SHOWDOWN JUST. TWO DAYS AWAY. THE HIGH DRAMA. ON THE PITCH AND THE HALFTIME. SHOW FOR THE AGES. HERE'S WILL. REEVE TONIGHT. >> FANS ACROSS AMERICA AND THE. WORLD READY FOR AN EPIC WORLD. CUP FINAL. THE BLOCKBUSTER. SHOWDOWN THIS SUNDAY IN EAST. RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, SPAIN. VERSUS DEFENDING CHAMPION. ARGENTINA IN WHAT COULD BE. LIONEL MESSI'S LAST WORLD CUP. GAME, MESSI GOING HEAD TO HEAD. AGAINST SPAIN'S YOUNG SUPERSTAR,

19 YEAR OLD LAMINE YAMAL. THIS. WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE TWO. HAVE PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE. MET THESE VIRAL PHOTOS FROM. NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO SHOW YAMAL. AS A SIX MONTH OLD BABY IN A. TUB AND BEING HELD BY MESSI, 20. YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, FOR A. PROMOTIONAL EVENT IN BARCELONA. THE PHOTOS RESURFACING AFTER. JAMAL'S FATHER SHARED THEM. ONLINE, WRITING THE BEGINNING. OF TWO LEGENDS AND WITH ALL. EYES ON THE TWO SOCCER STARS. THIS SUNDAY, WATCH WHAT 39 YEAR. OLD MESSI DOES TO CONSERVE.

ENERGY ON THE PITCH, ACCORDING. TO NEW FIFA TRACKING DATA, MESSI WALKS AND STANDS MORE. THAN HE RUNS, WALKING ABOUT 63%. OF THE TIME, ABOUT TWICE AS. MUCH AS MANY WORLD CUP PLAYERS. MESSI RUNNING DURING JUST 4% OF. GAME PLAY, PLAYING SMARTER, NOT. HARDER. AND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OF IT ALL, YOU'LL SEE THE WORLD. CUP'S FIRST EVER SUPER BOWL. STYLE HALFTIME SHOW FEATURING. SHAKIRA, MADONNA, JUSTIN BIEBER, BTS AND COLDPLAY. AN AMERICAN.

STYLE ENDING FOR THE GAMES THAT. HAVE CELEBRATED WEEKS OF. GOODWILL AND GREAT COMPETITION. SWEEPING ACROSS THE UNITED. STATES. WITH SO MANY. INTERNATIONAL FANS DISCOVERING. THINGS THEY LOVE ABOUT AMERICA, FROM AMERICAN FOODS AND RANCH DRESSING. TO SINGING AMERICAN SONGS. AND THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER. >> WE CANNOT WAIT FOR SUNDAY. A.

NEW 20/20 AIRS TONIGHT AT 9 P.M. EASTERN, RIGHT HERE ON ABC. I'M MARY BRUCE FOR DAVID AND ALL OF US HERE, GOOD NIGHT.