ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 25, 2025

A MIDAIR SCARE. MINUTES AFTER. TAKEOFF, A SOUTHWEST PILOT, TAKING EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID. COLLIDING WITH A MILITARY JET. AND SEVERE STORMS IN THE. NORTHEAST, AND HEAT ALERTS FOR. MORE THAN 130 MILLION FROM TEXAS. TO MAINE. FIRST TERRIFYING. MOMENTS ON BOARD A SOUTHWEST. FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELES TO LAS. VEGAS, THE PILOT TAKING SUDDEN. ACTION, DROPPING NEARLY 500FT TO. AVERT A MID-AIR CRASH WITH A. MILITARY JET. PASSENGERS. SCREAMING, ONE SAYING THEY WERE. SHAKEN TO THE CORE. DANGEROUS. STORMS ROLLING OVER NEW YORK. CITY AND THE NORTHEAST.

THUNDERSTORMS, FLASH FLOOD. ALERTS AND WINDS GUSTING UP TO. 70MPH. HEAT ALERTS FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. TO PHILADELPHIA. TO NEW YORK. TEMPERATURES. FEELING LIKE TRIPLE DIGITS. THE. WASHINGTON MONUMENT CLOSING. EARLY TODAY. EMERGENCY ROOMS. BRACING FOR A SURGE OF PATIENTS. OVERCOME BY THE HEAT. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSING TO RULE. OUT A PARDON FOR JEFFREY. EPSTEIN'S FORMER COMPANION, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, NOW SERVING. 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SEX. TRAFFICKING. SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS MAXWELL RECEIVED LIMITED. IMMUNITY FOR HER TWO DAYS OF.

MEETINGS WITH THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. HER ATTORNEY SAYS. SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT 100. DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIDN'T HOLD. ANYTHING BACK. THE DEADLY. SHOOTING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. NEW MEXICO. ONE PERSON KILLED, ANOTHER WOUNDED INSIDE A STUDENT. HOUSING COMPLEX. POLICE. LAUNCHING AN URGENT MANHUNT FOR. THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN. OVERSEAS. TONIGHT, THE U.S. MILITARY. LAUNCHING A DANGEROUS GROUND. RAID INSIDE SYRIA. AMERICAN. FORCES TARGETING AN ALLEGED ISIS. LEADER HAUNTING IMAGES INSIDE. GAZA. HUNGRY CHILDREN MAKING. DESPERATE PLEAS FOR FOOD. ABC.

NEWS CAMERAS INSIDE A PEDIATRIC. WARD. CHILDREN WEAK, THIN AND. FRAIL. THE HAMAS RUN HEALTH. MINISTRY SAYS DOZENS HAVE DIED. FROM STARVATION. TRAGEDY AT. HERSHEY PARK. A NINE YEAR OLD. GIRL PULLED FROM THE WAVE POOL. LIFEGUARDS TRYING TO REVIVE HER. A BIZARRE MOMENT IN FLORIDA. WHY. CHUCK E CHEESE MASCOT WAS. ARRESTED AND HANDCUFFED IN FRONT. OF CHILDREN, ESPN REPORTS. THE. NFL IS FINDING MORE THAN 100. PLAYERS FROM ROUGHLY HALF THE. TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE. THE PLAYERS. ACCUSED OF SELLING SUPER BOWL.

TICKETS ABOVE FACE VALUE. AND. AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE FIVE. YEAR OLD CHILD PRODIGY TAKING. THE STAGE AT CARNEGIE HALL. HOW. HE GOT THERE. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANKS. SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THIS. BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT. I'M LINSEY. DAVIS IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN.

WITH THAT BREAKING NEWS. AN. ALARMING MIDAIR SCARE JUST AFTER. TAKEOFF A SOUTHWEST PILOT TAKING. EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID. COLLIDING WITH A MILITARY JET. THE SOUTHWEST FLIGHT FROM LOS. ANGELES TO LAS VEGAS, DROPPING. NEARLY 500FT. PASSENGERS. SCREAMING. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. WERE INJURED. THE OTHER. AIRCRAFT, A HAWKER HUNTER, A. FORMER BRITISH MILITARY JET. WHAT WE'RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT. THAT PLANE TONIGHT, PASSENGERS. ARE SPEAKING OUT, ONE SAYING IT. FELT LIKE THEY WERE IN A. FREEFALL, ANOTHER THAT THEY WERE. SHAKEN TO THE CORE. ABC'S TREVOR.

AULT LEADS US OFF WITH THE. DETAILS. JUST COMING IN. >> TONIGHT, A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT. VIOLENTLY DROPPING HUNDREDS OF. FEET AS THE PILOT TRIED TO AVOID. A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH A FORMER. BRITISH FIGHTER JET. >> IT WAS CHAOS. THERE WAS. SCREAMING. THERE WAS ON JUST. PEOPLE WERE FRIGHTENED. >> IT HAPPENED ABOUT SIX MINUTES. AFTER TAKEOFF AT BURBANK. AIRPORT, THE PLANE BOUND FOR LAS. VEGAS, SUDDENLY DROPPING 500FT. WHEN THE SOUTHWEST PILOT GOT A. WARNING FROM THE COLLISION. AVOIDANCE SYSTEM. >> IT WAS ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, AN.

EIGHT SECOND, 8 TO 10 SECOND. DROP OF FREEFALL. NEVER. EXPERIENCED THAT. IT'S. TERRIFYING. IT'S IT SHAKES YOU. TO THE CORE. >> AS THE PLANE LEVELED OFF, PASSENGERS SAY THE PILOT TOLD. THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. >> 2 TO 3 MINUTES LATER, THE. PILOTS GOT ON THE INTERCOM AND. TOLD EVERYBODY THAT THEY HAD. MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID. A MIDAIR COLLISION. >> PASSENGERS SAY THE FASTEN. SEAT BELT SIGN WAS STILL ON, BUT. DRINK SERVICE WAS JUST STARTING.

>> ALL THAT I COULD PHYSICALLY. SEE WAS THAT THE FLIGHT. ATTENDANT WAS INJURED. IT LOOKED. TO ME LIKE THAT SHE HAD A HEAD. INJURY BECAUSE OF SHE HAD THE. ICE PACK ON HER HEAD FOR THE. REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. >> IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER A. DELTA REGIONAL JET LANDING AT. MINOT INTERNATIONAL IN NORTH. DAKOTA MADE A HARD TURN AFTER. SPOTTING A B-52 BOMBER. THE AIR. FORCE SAYS THAT MILITARY JETS. SEEN HERE FLYING OVER A STATE. FAIR HAD ITS LOCATION TURNED OFF. AND WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT AN.

INBOUND COMMERCIAL JET BY MINOT. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. AND. TONIGHT, PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THAT BURBANK FLIGHT SAY THEY'RE. STUNNED. >> IT FELT OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. IT FELT VERY SCARY. YOU JUST. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. >> LINDSEY. IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY. THAT 66 YEAR OLD RETIRED FIGHTER. JET WAS IN THE AREA, OR HOW. CLOSE IT WAS TO THAT SOUTHWEST. PLANE, BUT TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. WERE INJURED AND THE FAA IS NOW. INVESTIGATING. LINDSEY. >> TERRIFYING MOMENTS. TREVOR. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE DANGEROUS. STORMS AND LIFE THREATENING.

HEAT. MORE THAN 130 MILLION. AMERICANS ON ALERT FROM TEXAS TO. MAINE. THE HEAT INDEX FEELS LIKE. TEMPERATURES MORE THAN 100. DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST DC, HITTING 106 DEGREES TODAY. PHILLY 108 101. IN BOTH NEW YORK. AND BOSTON CITIES. SWELTERING. NEW YORK DECLARING AN AIR. QUALITY ALERT. EMERGENCY ROOMS. RAMPING UP, SEVERE STORMS. ROLLING THROUGH WITH HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS. FLOODWATERS TEARING THROUGH BURN. SCAR AREAS, DESTROYING AT LEAST. ONE HOME IN NEW MEXICO. BRITTANY.

BELL HAS THE FORECAST IN A. MOMENT. BUT FIRST ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD REPORTS HERE IN NEW YORK. TONIGHT. >> POWERFUL STORMS TARGETING THE. NORTHEAST AS MILLIONS SWELTER IN. SEARING HEAT FROM PHILADELPHIA. >> THE EXTREME HEAT ALERTS ARE. IN PLACE UNTIL 9:00 TONIGHT. THAT'S FOR HEAT INDICES BETWEEN. 105 TO 110 DEGREES. >> TO WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR PERRY. RUSSOM ON THE MALL, WHERE IT. FELT LIKE 106. >> TODAY. HERE AT THE WASHINGTON. MONUMENT, THE EXTREME HEAT. FORCING THE NATIONAL PARK. SERVICE TO SHUT THINGS DOWN. EARLY TODAY. THEY DO NOT WANT.

PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE IN THE. SEAT WITH FEARS THEY COULD PASS. OUT. >> NEW YORK CITY CLOSING IN ON A. RECORD REAL TEMPERATURE OF 97. DEGREES, WELL OVER TRIPLE. DIGITS. WHEN YOU FACTOR IN. STIFLING HUMIDITY, DANGEROUS AND. POTENTIALLY DEADLY. >> WHEN IT STARTS TO PROGRESS. INTO HEAT STROKE, THAT'S WHEN. PATIENTS TYPICALLY COME IN AND. THEY'RE VERY CONFUSED. >> EMERGENCY ROOMS IN NEW YORK. CITY BRACING FOR A SURGE IN. PATIENTS WITH HEAT STROKE. >> WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF YOUNGER. PATIENTS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE. OUT AND ABOUT IN THE CITY, MAYBE. NOT DRINKING AS MUCH AS THEY.

SHOULD BE, NOT HYDRATING ENOUGH. THAT ARE COMING IN JUST FROM. PASSING OUT IN THE SUBWAY ON THE. STREETS. >> THE EXTREME HEAT FUELING. FLOODS ACROSS THE MIDWEST, FROM. CHICAGO TO KANSAS CITY AND IN. THE WEST, HOMES WASHED AWAY FOR. THE THIRD TIME THIS MONTH AS. MONSOON RAINS SLAMMED, BURN. SCARRED RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO, AND. THAT EXTREME HEAT COMBINED WITH. POLLUTION IS WORSENING AIR. QUALITY, TRIGGERING ALERTS FOR. NEW YORK CITY AND PARTS OF THE. UPPER MIDWEST. BOTTOM LINE THOSE. SAME GROUPS AT RISK FOR HEAT.

ILLNESS, WHERE THEY'RE NOW BEING. TOLD TO LIMIT TIME OUTDOORS DUE. TO THE HAZE. >> LINSEY AND DRINK LOTS OF. WATER. MORGAN. THANK YOU. METEOROLOGIST BRITTANY BELL FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC JOINS. US NOW. HI, BRITTANY. CAN THE. NORTHEAST EXPECT SOME RELIEF. FROM THE HEAT ANYTIME SOON? >> THEY CAN. BUT UNFORTUNATELY. LINSEY THE SEVERE WEATHER IS THE. PRICE TO PAY FOR THIS RELIEF. FROM THE HEAT. SO RIGHT NOW. LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT. THERE'S A. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT. INCLUDES MOST OF THE NORTHEAST. LASTING UNTIL 9 P.M. INCLUDING.

NEW YORK CITY. ALREADY MULTIPLE. REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND. THE HUDSON VALLEY. NOW THE HEAT. IS BUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT. WEEK, HEAT INDICES RANGING FROM. 103 TO 113 DEGREES. RALEIGH 108. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN INTO. NEXT WEEK. LOOK AT MEMPHIS AND. JACKSON ON TUESDAY. HEAT INDEX. NUMBERS APPROACHING 111 DEGREES. EVEN IN CHARLOTTE ON MONDAY 109. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ALSO. CONTINUES FROM WICHITA ALL THE. WAY TO CHICAGO TODAY. LINDSEY. >> BRITTANY. THANK YOU. NEXT.

TONIGHT, THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN. CASE, PRESIDENT TRUMP REFUSING. TO RULE OUT PARDONING GHISLAINE. MAXWELL, WHO IS CURRENTLY. SERVING 20 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR. SEX TRAFFICKING. THE PRESIDENT, ON HIS WAY TO SCOTLAND, SAID I'M. ALLOWED TO DO IT, BUT IT'S. SOMETHING I HAVE NOT THOUGHT. ABOUT. MEANWHILE, SOURCES TELL. ABC NEWS MAXWELL RECEIVED. LIMITED IMMUNITY FOR HER TWO. DAYS OF MEETINGS. AND WHAT WE'RE. LEARNING TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT SHE. WAS ASKED. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF. INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY. >> GOOD MORNING. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. REFUSING TO RULE OUT A PARDON. FOR JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S FORMER.

COMPANION, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, WHO IS NOW SERVING 20 YEARS IN. PRISON FOR SEX TRAFFICKING. TEENAGE GIRLS. >> WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER A PARDON. OR COMMUTATION FOR GHISLAINE. MAXWELL? IF IT'S SOMETHING I. HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT, IT'S. REALLY SOMETHING. IT'S SOMETHING. I'M ALLOWED TO DO IT, BUT IT'S. SOMETHING I HAVE NOT THOUGHT. ABOUT. >> AS THE PRESIDENT SPOKE, MAXWELL WAS MEETING FOR THE. SECOND DAY IN A ROW WITH DEPUTY. ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE, WHO UNTIL RECENTLY WAS TRUMP'S. PERSONAL LAWYER. TRUMP ONCE. SOCIALIZED WITH MAXWELL AND. EPSTEIN. WHEN EPSTEIN WAS. ARRESTED IN 2019, TRUMP SAID.

THEY'D HAD A FALLING OUT AND. HADN'T SPOKEN IN 15 YEARS. MAXWELL HAS LONG FACED. QUESTIONS. >> ASK YOU ABOUT THE, THE OR THE. ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT. GHISLAINE, HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED, THE. PRESIDENT SAID HE WISHED HER. WELL. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS IT. WAS MAXWELL WHO REQUESTED THIS. WEEK'S MEETINGS WITH THE DEPUTY. ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THAT SHE. WAS GRANTED A LIMITED FORM OF. IMMUNITY SO SHE COULD ANSWER. QUESTIONS WITHOUT FEAR. IT COULD. LATER BE USED AGAINST HER. >> SHE WAS ASKED MAYBE ABOUT A. HUNDRED DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SHE. ANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT.

EVERYBODY, AND SHE DIDN'T HOLD. ANYTHING BACK. >> IN MAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI REPORTEDLY TOLD THE. PRESIDENT HIS NAME APPEARED IN. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S EPSTEIN. FILES MULTIPLE TIMES. TRUMP. DENIES THAT BRIEFING EVER. HAPPENED. >> YOU NEVER KNOW. >> I WAS NEVER, NEVER. >> BEING NAMED IS NOT EVIDENCE. OF WRONGDOING. BONDI HAS REFUSED. TO RELEASE THE FILES DESPITE. PREVIOUSLY PROMISING TO DO SO. TRUMP, WHO'S TOP SUPPORTERS. INCLUDING FBI DIRECTOR KASH. PATEL, SPREAD CONSPIRACY. THEORIES ABOUT EPSTEIN, IS EAGER.

TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. >> I'M NOT FOCUSED ON CONSPIRACY. THEORIES. >> BUT THE STORY HASN'T GONE. AWAY, WHICH SENT THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT'S NUMBER TWO OFFICIAL. TO FLORIDA TO MEET THE WOMAN WHO. HELPED EPSTEIN RECRUIT, GROOM. AND ABUSE GIRLS OVER THE COURSE. OF A DECADE. ANNIE FARMER WAS. ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO TESTIFIED. AGAINST MAXWELL. >> SHE DIDN'T JUST PROCURE GIRLS. AND WOMEN FOR EPSTEIN, BUT SHE. HERSELF PARTICIPATED IN THEIR. ABUSE. >> WHAT MAXWELL WANTS NOW TO GET. OUT OF PRISON. >> OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS. THAT MISS MAXWELL WOULD WOULD.

WELCOME ANY RELIEF. SHE'S BEEN. IN VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR. FIVE YEARS, AND SO SHE WOULD. WELCOME ANY RELIEF. >> HER LAWYER TELLS ME SHE DID. NOT ASK FOR A PARDON TODAY. AND. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD. BLANCH DID NOT OFFER ONE. BUT. LATE TODAY, THE PRESIDENT MAKING. CLEAR IT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED. ABOUT PARDON. THIS IS JUST NOT A. TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT. PARDONS. TODD WILL COME BACK. WITH WHATEVER HE'S GOT. >> THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL. SAID LINDSAY HE WOULD SHARE WHAT.

HE LEARNED FROM GHISLAINE. MAXWELL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND WE SHOULD NOTE, LINDSAY, MEETINGS LIKE THIS WITH LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE OFTEN. RECORDED. LINDSAY. >> ERIN. THANK YOU. NOW TO THAT. URGENT MANHUNT AFTER A DEADLY. SHOOTING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. NEW MEXICO IN ALBUQUERQUE. ONE. PERSON KILLED AND ANOTHER. INJURED. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE. EARLY THIS MORNING IN STUDENT. HOUSING. AND WHAT'S HAPPENED. LATE TODAY? HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF. JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE. THOMAS. >> TONIGHT, POLICE ANNOUNCING A. SUSPECT HAS BEEN CAPTURED AFTER.

A DEADLY SHOOTING AT THIS. STUDENT HOUSING COMPLEX AT THE. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. >> RESCUE THREE, RESPOND TO A 27. BRAVO 5G GUNSHOT. >> THOSE GUNSHOT CALLS COMING. EARLY THIS MORNING. MULTIPLE LAW. ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RUSHING TO. THE SCENE, FINDING ONE PERSON. KILLED, ANOTHER WOUNDED. >> THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE JUST. HEARD, LIKE, SHOTS, LIKE LIKE. CRAZY SHOTS. AND AFTER THAT, WE, LIKE, PEEKED OVER OUR, LIKE, OUR. BLINDS. AND WE JUST SEE SOME. KIDS RUNNING, LIKE, DASHING DOWN. THE OTHER SIDE. >> THE UNIVERSITY ISSUING A.

SHELTER IN PLACE AND CLOSING. SCHOOL GROUNDS. THE NEW SEMESTER. JUST WEEKS AWAY, SOME INCOMING. STUDENTS ALREADY ON CAMPUS, MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM SAY. THEY WERE STAYING IN THE DORM. WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED. >> I WAS GETTING BACK INTO MY. DORM AND THEY WEREN'T LETTING ME. IN BECAUSE THEY HAD SAID THAT. THERE WAS AN OPEN CRIME SCENE. THE FAMILY HAD COME AND THEY. WERE PRETTY EMOTIONAL. THEY WERE. CRYING. >> THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT THAT. WOUNDED VICTIM SUSTAINED. NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. LINDSAY.

>> GLAD TO HEAR THAT, PIERRE. THANK YOU. OVERSEAS TONIGHT. THE. GROWING HUNGER CRISIS IN GAZA. HAMAS HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY JUST. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, NINE. PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF STARVATION, 122 SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, THE. MAJORITY OF THEM CHILDREN. AS. THE LATEST ROUND OF CEASE FIRE. AND HOSTAGE RELEASE TALKS HAVE. FAILED. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING. ABOUT A DANGEROUS U.S. MILITARY. RAID IN SYRIA TARGETING A HIGH. RANKING ISIS LEADER. HERE'S. ABC'S CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS. CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ. >> DESPERATE CRIES FOR HELP FROM.

THE CHILDREN OF GAZA, HOLDING. OUT EMPTY POTS, HOPING FOR A. LADLE OF SOUP, ANGUISH IN THEIR. FACES. BUT FEW WILL LEAVE THIS. LINE WITH ANY FOOD. THERE'S. SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. LOOK AT US WITH MERCY AND BRING. US FOOD. THIS WOMAN SAYS. ANYTHING FOR US TO EAT. LET THE. CROSSINGS OPEN, SHE PLEADS. ABC. NEWS CAMERAS INSIDE THIS. PEDIATRIC WARD. AND WHAT WE SEE. IS HAUNTING HOLLOW EYED CHILDREN.

ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION, THE. FAINTEST CRIES OF HUNGER FROM. THE BABIES. NINE PEOPLE DIED DUE. TO STARVATION JUST IN THE LAST. 24 HOURS, ACCORDING TO THE HAMAS. RUN HEALTH MINISTRY. AMERICAN. DOCTOR TRAVIS MOLINE, DESCRIBING. THE HORRORS HE'S SEEING INSIDE. GAZA'S NASSER HOSPITAL. >> YOU CAN SEE THE DESPERATION. YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PALPABLE. THAT PEOPLE NEED FOOD. YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S ASKING FOR ANYTHING.

ELSE RIGHT NOW. >> ISRAEL BLAMING HAMAS, SAYING. THEY STEAL FOOD. BUT THE IDF HAS. LIMITED GROUND DELIVERIES. ALTHOUGH TODAY ANNOUNCING PLANS. TO COORDINATE NEW AIRDROPS OF. AID, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED. ABOUT THE CRISIS IN GAZA TODAY, HE SAID ISRAEL SHOULD, QUOTE, FINISH THE JOB AND GET RID OF. HAMAS AFTER THE U.S. PULLED OUT. OF HOSTAGE CEASEFIRE TALKS. >> LINDSEY AND MARTHA, WHAT MORE. ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT RARE. AND RISKY U.S. MILITARY GROUND.

RAID INSIDE SYRIA TARGETING AN. ALLEGED ISIS TERROR LEADER? >> LINDSEY, IT'S HIGHLY UNUSUAL. FOR U.S. FORCES TO CARRY OUT A. GROUND RAID INSIDE SYRIA. AND. MUCH RISKIER COUNTERTERRORISM. STRIKES ARE NORMALLY DONE BY. DRONES. BUT THIS NIGHTTIME RAID. IN THE CITY OF AL-BAB INVOLVED. U.S. FORCES FLOWN INTO. NORTHWESTERN SYRIA, AN AREA. WHERE ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUPS. ARE KNOWN TO OPERATE. THE. PENTAGON, SAYING THAT THE RAID. RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A. SENIOR ISIS LEADER AND TWO OF. HIS ADULT SONS, WHO THEY SAY.

WERE AFFILIATED WITH ISIS. LINDSEY. >> MARTHA RADDATZ, FOR US. THANKS SO MUCH, MARTHA. BACK. HERE NOW, DISGRACED FORMER. REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE SANTOS IS. SPENDING HIS FIRST NIGHT IN. PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO. WIRE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT. THE LONG ISLAND REPUBLICAN. REPORTING TO A PRISON IN. SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. HE'S. SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS. SANTOS. WAS EXPELLED FROM CONGRESS AFTER. FABRICATING MUCH OF HIS LIFE. STORY AND ADMITTING HE DECEIVED. DONORS TO FUND HIS CAMPAIGN. WHEN WE COME BACK, TRAGEDY AT. HERSHEY PARK. A NINE YEAR OLD. GIRL PULLED FROM THE WAVE POOL,

LIFEGUARDS TRYING TO REVIVE HER. AND WHY POLICE ARRESTED CHUCK E. >> Linsey: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES. ARE INVESTIGATING THE TRAGIC. DEATH OF A 9-YEAR-OLD AT. HERSHEYPARK, PENNSYLVANIA. WITNESSES SAY THE CHILD WAS. PULLED FROM THE WAVE POOL IN THE. WATER PARK SECTION OF THE. COMPLEX. LIFEGUARDS WERE UNABLE TO REVIVE. HER. PARK OFFICIALS SAY THE WAVE POOL. REMAINED CLOSED TODAY OUT OF. RESPECT FOR THE FAMILY. >>> THE NFL IS REPORTEDLY FINING. MORE THAN 100 PLAYERS FROM. ROUGHLY HALF THE TEAMS IN THE. LEAGUE FOR SELLING SUPER BOWL.

TICKETS ABOVE FACE VALUE. ESPN REPORTS PLAYERS ARE FACING. FINES AND POSSIBLE SUSPENSIONS. FOR VIOLATING LEAGUE POLICY. THEY COULD ALSO LOSE THEIR. ALLOTTED TICKETS FOR THE NEXT. TWO SUPER BOWLS. NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHY. POLICE ARRESTED A CHUCK E. CHEESE MASCOT IN FRONT OF. CUSTOMERS. >>> AND A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD. PRODIGY TAKING THE STAGE AT. CARNEGIE HALL. >> Linsey: TO THE INDEX NOW. THE CHUCK E. CHEESE MASCOT. ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF CREDIT. CARD FRAUD IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

JERMEL JONES DRESSED AS THE. MASCOT WAS HANDCUFFED IN FRONT. OF CUSTOMERS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S AWARE OF. THE INCIDENT AND THEY HAVE. TAKEN, QUOTE, APPROPRIATE ACTION. CONCERNING THE EMPLOYEE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. REMARKABLE 5-YEAR-OLD PIANO. PLAYER ON ONE OF THE WORLD'S. BIGGEST STAGES. MONSTER IN ME 22. MONSTER IN ME 20. MONSTER IN ME 20. TONIGHT ON ABC. >> FINALLY TONIGHT, WITH HIS. FEET SWINGING FROM THE PIANO.

BENCH AND FINGERS BARELY. STRETCHING AN OCTAVE, THE FIVE. YEAR OLD, ALREADY PERFORMING AT. THE FAMED CARNEGIE HALL, CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK CITY, THE DREAM STAGE FOR MUSICIANS. AROUND THE WORLD. BUT FOR ALEX. VON KHATCHADOURIAN, THAT DREAM. IS ALREADY A REALITY. AT JUST. FIVE YEARS OLD, THE CALIFORNIA. RESIDENT IS AMONG THE YOUNGEST. PERFORMERS TO GRACE THE STAGE AT.

CARNEGIE HALL EVER. ALEX BEEN. PLAYING THE PIANO SINCE HE WAS A. BABY, STRIKING THE KEYS EVEN. WHEN HE COULD BARELY REACH THEM. HIS TALENT WAS EVIDENT. A PIANO. PRODIGY. >> HE WOULD. >> WALK OVER. >> TO THE PIANO WHEN HE FIRST. STARTED WALKING. PUNCHING A FEW. NOTES AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS. HUGE GRIN. >> ON HIS FACE.

>> AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. ALEC. HAS PERFECT PITCH, THE ABILITY. TO IDENTIFY MUSICAL NOTES JUST. BY HEARING THEM. >> D C. >> A TALENT IT'S ESTIMATED IS. SHARED BY ONLY 1 IN 10,000. PEOPLE. AND A FEW WEEKS LATER. >> MADE IT TO MANHATTAN. >> ALEC IN NEW YORK CITY, INVITED TO PERFORM AT CARNEGIE. HALL'S WEILL RECITAL HALL, ONE. OF SEVERAL YOUNG MUSICIANS. PERFORMING AT THE NEW YORK.

CLASSICAL DEBUT AWARDS GALA. CONCERT. >> AND THERE IT IS, CARNEGIE. HALL. >> ALEC IN HIS TINY WHITE TUXEDO. FIXING HIS BOW TIE. AND THEN. PERFORMANCE TIME. ALEC COMING. OUT TO CHEERS A BOW BEFORE THE. CROWD AND THEN JUST LISTEN. FROM. HIS TINY FIVE YEAR OLD FINGERS. MAJESTIC MUSIC ALEC CONQUERING. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC. STAGES WITHOUT A TRACE OF FEAR.

>> I WASN'T NERVOUS. IT'S MY. DREAM COME TRUE. >> LITTLE BODY, BIG CONFIDENCE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M. LINSEY DAVIS FOR DAVID AND ALL. OF US HERE. HAVE A GREAT 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.

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