ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 27, 2025

Tonight, more than 170 million Americans on alert for. dangerous life-threatening heat, a random stabbing spree. at a Walmart in Michigan injuring nearly a dozen. people and passengers evacuated as a plane. catches fire during takeoff. First, the brutal heat wave, the extreme heat stretching. from the Midwest at Charleston, West Virginia, with. feels like temperatures in the triple digits. The health risks and travel delays, Amtrak, Warren's passengers, the scorching heat could. disrupt travel and when will we get some relief? Our weather team is standing by with the forecast.

Overseas soaring temperatures fuel wildfires in Greece. and in Turkey thousands forced to evacuate. their homes. The chaos at a Michigan Walmart 11 people hurt. in a mass stabbing. The dramatic confrontation between. bystanders and the alleged suspect outside of the. store. The suspect now faces terrorism charges. President Trump makes a preliminary trade deal. after a high stakes meeting with the European. Commission Chief in Scotland just days before Friday's terror. deadline, what we're learning tonight.

Our Rachel Scott reports from Scotland. Israel is allowing more food aid trucks into Gaza and restarts. power to a critical water treatment plant as anger. grows over the hunger crisis. Reports that nurses are passing out from. starvation and hospitals are feeding babies water. instead of formula. The harrowing ordeal for. passengers on an American Airlines flight in Denver. forced to use slides to evacuate on the runway. as flames and smoke erupt underneath the plane. What we're learning tonight. The hunt for a suspect after what. appears to be a double homicide, a devil's den state park.

in Arkansas, a couple outhiking with their young. daughters when police say they were attacked. A skipper crashes a yacht into. a sea wall in California's Marina Del Rey while he's. being hailed a hero tonight. The surprise performance on the final show of Beyonce's. cowboy Carter tour and the emotional family reunion. more than 75 years in the making continues. [music]. From ABC News, World Headquarters, and New York,

this is World News Tonight. Good evening everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this Sunday. I'm Lindsay Davis. As we come on the air tonight, a huge swath of the country. is bracing for life-threatening heat and dangerous humidity. Some cities will feel like it's hotter than 110 degrees, including Memphis, Tampa, and St. Louis. in Phoenix, Arizona. Rescue teams were forced to save eight hikers. overcome by the heat. Two of them had to be taken to the hospital. Amtrak Ward's passengers at this heat could disrupt travel,

possibly causing delays and the smoke from those. Canadian wildfires is triggering air quality alert. to New York City, covering the statue of liberty in a. haze. Our weather team is standing by with the. forecast, but first, Perry Russell leads us. off from Washington, D.C. tonight. Dangerous high heat sparking thunderstorms as more. than 170 million Americans are under a heat alert and Phoenix. Arizona rescue team saving eight hikers overcome by heat on Camel. back mountain. Two of them sent to.

the hospital. They really underestimated. what that challenge can be on that. mountain. They did have water. They ran out of water. They didn't have enough water in Florida. The Tampa Bay Buck and years holding. training camp on a day that broken all-time record high of. 100 degrees. The heat turning deadly. Health officials in Dallas County, Texas reporting. their first heat related death of the summer. A man in his 60s. And in Maryland, the Department of Health says there have been. 13 deaths so far this season.

Amtrak warning riders, the boiling temperatures may. force trains to run slower, potentially causing delays. Know your limits. You know, if it's feeling too hot for you, just go inside and it's worth it to, you know, suffer through. this. Extreme heat warnings in the Carolinas forcing people to. search for any kind of relief. "We're trying to stay by the pool, stay by. the water if we can.". Tom George from our station WTVD is in Raleigh, where power companies say they were increasing. output. "Our local electric companies also. urging people not to set their AC too low to avoid.

putting a strain on the grid. Major air quality alerts in New York City. were today at home to the 10th most polluted air in the world. Smoke from Canadian wildfires to blame. blanketing the statue of Liberty. Here in DC thunderstorms causing ground stops. at all three major airports in the area. We have hit the 90s every day since Friday. that is forecast to continue until Thursday, Lindsey. Rough time for travelers, Perry. Thank you. Let's get right to meet. a rather standing back show from our. New York station W ABC.

evening to you Danny, when. from the heat? - Not until the second half of the work week and that's. part of the problem. It's a long duration with little relief through the. overnight hours means the danger lasts for days and. check out the eastern half of the country, generally. under some sort of heat alert, right? With the heat index values up to 100 degrees. for the air is in orange, with the pink, that's your. extreme heat warning, that's where we'll see heat index. values up to 115, that's Omaha, that's Memphis, that's. Raleigh. The focus of the extreme heat. on Monday, the mid- Atlantic down through the. southeast, I want to point out Tampa.

Actual air temperature today reaching. 100 degrees. That was an all-time record. And tomorrow the heat index value up to 110. It's why we're seeing that level 4 out of 4 extreme. risk and parts of the mid Atlantic and Southeast. That is dangerous for your body for those that. don't have proper access to hydration and. cooling and dangers for infrastructure. And again, the long duration is a. big factor, Lindsey. We see this heat holding. through at least the middle of the week. have to hydrate. Danny, thank you so much. Now the chilling new details about a random mass. stabbing at a Walmart in Michigan. The dramatic confrontation between bystanders.

and the alleged suspect outside of the store, 11. people were hurt, but police say those bystanders. saved lives. The suspect now faces multiple charges, including terrorism. Here's ABC's Reina Roy. Tonight, dramatic new video shows good Samaritans. confronting an alleged knife-wielding suspect outside. of Michigan Walmart just moments after police say he went. on a stabbing spree targeting people at random.

One man pointing at gun at him as others rushed to help. the injured. Multiple citizens, including one who was armed with a pistol. We're confronting the male suspect in the parking. lot and preventing him from harming further people. Police identifying the suspect as 42 year old Bradford. James Gilley saying he entered the store in Traverse. City just before 5 p.m. on Saturday and began attacking people starting near. the checkout area with his folding night that has a three. and a half inch blade.

I need you to find one more of it going. Gilly now facing terrorism charges. Authorities say 11 people were hurt including one. store employee. Their ages ranging from 84 to 29 years old. Six of them initially in critical. condition, but now showing encouraging signs of recovery. Julia Martell was shopping in the. canned food style when she saw the violence unfold. Then I heard screaming and I went. and towards the screaming and I saw the guy with the knife. shoved somebody and after he shoved.

them he was headed in my direction. Authorities say a share of deputy arrived within just three. minutes of that first 911 call and tonight police also. crediting those bystanders who helped attain the suspect. But again, I cannot commend everyone that was. involved enough. Police say Gilly is also facing 11 counts of assault. within 10 to murder so far. No word on emotive. Lindsey. - Reena, thank you. President Trump reached a preliminary trade deal.

with the European Union after months of 10 talks. as tentative agreement comes after a high stakes meeting. in Scotland. Both sides have decided on a 15% tariff. on most EU goods, including cars. ABC Senior Political Correspondent, Rachel Scott, reports from Scotland tonight. Tonight, a major breakthrough in trade talks. President Trump announcing a deal with the European. Union after a high-stakes meeting in Scotland. This is probably the biggest deal ever reached in any. capacity trade or beyond trade.

The president inviting the EU's top official to the. Trump-turnberry golf course. Warning a steep 30 percent tariff would go into effect on. August 1st if a deal was not reached. The EU prepared to retaliate with a tax on $100. billion worth of U.S. goods. "I'd like to see it resolved, but if it isn't, well, you know, have tariffs.". But just an hour later, Trump's summoning reporters. back into the room, announcing the two sides. had reached an agreement, settling on a 15% tariff on.

most goods, including cars. We have a trade deal between the two largest. economies in the world. And it's a big deal, it's a huge deal. It will bring stability. The president says the EU, which is made up of 27 countries, agreed to buy $750 billion in energy from the U.S., as well as a large amount of military equipment, and invest $600 billion more than they're. already investing. Trump says other countries now have just five days.

to come to the table. No, no, the August versus is there for everyone. The deals all start in August first. If no agreement is reached, South Korea will. be hit with 25% tariffs. South Africa 30% Myanmar and Laos 40%. This was the big one. This is the biggest of them all. And Lindsey, the president says the 50 percent tariff on steel. and aluminum imports will remain in place. It comes as a new Wall Street Journal and Fox News poll shows.

that the majority of Americans disapprove of the president's. handling of tariffs and the economy overall. Tomorrow, the president will be meeting with the British. Prime Minister Kier Starmer to fine-tune the details of. the trade deal reached with the UK on the. sidelines of the G7 summit last month. Lindsey. Rachel Scott-Forest. Thanks so much, Rachel. now to the hunger crisis in Gaza. Israel is now pausing some fighting and reopening. aid routes. Food deliveries resume today after images of. emaciated children sparked global alarm about what critics.

call man-made mass starvation. And we do want to warn you, these images may be disturbing. Here's ABC's in Ines Cuetara. - A mid-growing global outrage over starvation in Gaza. Tonight, 28 pallets of aid dropped from the sky. Malnourished crowds rushing to the food, the most desperate. fighting, Urbaga flower. Following weeks of international pressure, the IDF now allowing. for air drops to resume. It's also implementing what they call tactical pauses in.

three densely populated areas, And setting up humanitarian. corridors to ensure the safe passage of. aid convoy is hundreds swarming those trucks, clined for food. Everyone with humanity, for God's sake, have a look at these. poor people, says this man, one dies a million deaths. to get his family's food. While the aid is welcome, humanitarian organizations. say far more is needed. Oxfam writing in a statement, "Deadly air drops and a trickle.

of trucks won't undo months of engineered starvation. For weeks, malnourished children have been wasting. away, gone and frail.". Dr. Nick Maynard recently returned from. volunteering in Gaza. "In the early part of my stay there, four premature. newborn babies died entirely of malnutrition.". Tonight is really Prime Minister Benjamin. Netanyahu pushing back. There is no policy of starvation in Gaza.

And there is no starvation in Gaza. At least 29 people were killed on Sunday trying to access food, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. After local officials say the IDF opened fire near AIDS sites. And tonight, President Trump saying Israel will. soon have to make a decision on how to proceed. in Gaza, adding the U.S. will do more to help civilians, but. also calling on other countries to participate. Lindsey? Inez, thank you. Back here in the U.S. three people are dead after a small plane crashed.

off the California coast. This comes just hours after a terrifying ordeal. for passengers in Denver. the. fire while on the runway in Denver. The new details coming in tonight. Here's ABC Zoreen Shah. Tonight, three people found dead after an. hours-long desperate search of the California. coast after a small plane plunged into the Pacific. The Coast Guard confirming a twin engine beach craft. went down around 11 p.m. Saturday, just 200 yards from shore near Monterey.

Crews racing in, battling darkness and cold water, in battling darkness and cold water, finally finding all. three on board the plane unresponsive. That crash coming just hours after. dramatic video shows passengers evacuating this. American Airlines flight. 3, 23, you got a lot of. smoke. The Miami Bound Jets speeding down the Denver. International runway, reaching a hundred and forty six miles. an hour before a boarding take off.

I would estimate about five to ten seconds before. we were supposed to actually start flying. We heard the loud boom and I said that's. not good. The airline blaming it issue with the tire. And one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The airline says the plane was taken out of service for. inspection. Lindsay scary moments. there's a rain. Thank you now to the manhunt for a suspect. after a double homicide in an Arkansas state park. A couple was out hiking with their young daughters when.

police say they were attacked. Let's bring an ABC's Ike a Joshy Ike. What are you learning tonight? Yeah, Lindsay. In urgent searches underway for the. suspect and what appears to be a double homicide. inside the popular Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas. Police finding the bodies of a husband and wife who they say. were out hiking in a remote area of the park. with their seven and nine year old daughters. Authorities say the girls were not hurt. and are with family members. An autopsy will determine the causes of their death. Authorities closing off the area to conduct their investigation.

and police say the suspect is a white man. with a medium build scene driving a dark sedan. with tape covering the license plate and the FBI is. offering their assistance. Lindsey? I thank so much. Now to the political firestorm over the Jeffrey. Epstein case files. By partisan congressional joe is now pushing for the release, warning that failure to act could cause the Republicans in. next year's midterm elections. More now from ABC Senior Winehouse. correspondent Selina Wang.

Tonight, President Trump in ocean away from Washington, but still unable to escape the controversy around the case of. convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. President, how does Russia have this deal with Donald's. and no Jeffrey Epstein story? Oh, you got to be kidding with that. No, had nothing to do with it. Only you would think that. Not had nothing to do with it. The political firestorm growing even as House Speaker Johnson. sends lawmakers home early for the summer, shutting down. efforts to force a vote to release more government files.

related to Epstein. I think the pressure is going to build over August recess. Republican Thomas Massey joining Democrat Rho Connid. to force their release. Warning failure to do so could cost Republicans. in next year's midterms. What is painful about having this vote? I'll tell you what's politically going to be a liability. is if we don't vote on this and we go into the midterms. and everybody becomes you know they just check out because.

Republicans didn't keep their promise. Speaker Johnson firing back claiming their effort. could harm innocent victims. Our concern is that the Massey and Conno discharge petition is. reckless in the way that it is was arrested and presented. Massey and Connor also calling to. subpoena Epstein's estate, which the Wall Street Journal. reported has a birthday book from. 2003 containing a letter from Trump. to Epstein. Trump has denied that. such a letter exists and sued the. paper over the story. ABC News has not confirmed the.

existence of the letter when Epstein. was arrested in 2019. Trump said they had a falling. out and hadn't spoken in 15 years. Well, I think we should get a lot. more than just the book. Let's get the financial records of the estate. We'll follow the money as they say up here. And Lindsey Republican lawmakers are now heading home to. meet with their constituents. They'll try to tout President Trump's major legislative wins, but they're also expected face a lot of tough. questions about Epstein with many of President Trump's.

own supporters demanding answers. Lindsay Selina Wang from the White House for us. Thank you, Selina. In Turkey wildfires, one lawmaker described. as an apocalypse. More than 7,400 acres are burning near Bersa. Turkey's fourth largest city where at least 14. people have been killed. And more than 1500 forced from their homes. The flames fuel by a heat wave with temperatures. above 120 degrees. that same heat is feeling wildfires in Greece, at least 50 burning across the country.

Still ahead on this Sunday night, the end of Beyonce's tour destined. to be memorable for her fans. And find out why this yacht crash. has some calling the boats captain a hero. Next tonight, a yacht slams into a sea wall. at California's Marina Del Rey. The crash calls to panic for customers. at a nearby restaurant, but the ship's captain. is being called a hero. The investigators say he steered into the wall on purpose. to avoid other boats after a mechanical failure. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

When we come back, the unexpected end. to Beyoncé's cowboy Carter tour. To the index, a surprise for Beyoncé's fans. to end her cowboy Carter tour, the Las Vegas crowd, was treated to a Destiny's Child reunion. Michelle Williams, an original member, Kelly Rowland, all took to the stage. Destiny's child had not performed together. since 2018. Five men have joined baseball's all-time greats in. Cooper's town. Dick Allen, Dave Parker, C.C. Cebathia, each year O Suzuki and Billy Wagner.

were all officially inducted into. the Hall of Fame today. first ballot picks. Wagner took ten tries to get in. Allen and Parker both honored posthumously. When we come back, Christmas miracle. extends into the summer. Finally tonight a 76 year old man and his new found family. continue to make new memories. We first introduced you to Dixon handshaw last Christmas.

When he received a holiday gift beyond his wildest. dreams, meeting his half sister and five half brothers. all for the very first time. That's what I call it. My Christmas miracle. For more than 75 years, Dixon thought he was an only child. All my life I dreamed about having siblings. After learning late last year of a New York state. law, Dixon requested his original pre-adoption. birth certificate and made that first call to. his oldest brother, Gary. And he says, "Hi, my name's Dixon.

I'm your brother.". Both men were in shock. Dixon sent a picture of himself. the siblings. They immediately thought he looked like their. dad. So last Christmas, Dixon met the whole family. 52 people, all of them his. relatives. Yeah, fast forward to this weekend. Dixon checked in with us to let us know the. miracle continues. In his wife Carla were invited to his new. found family's annual summer camping vacation. in the Adirondacks. 46 family members of all ages sharing in summertime.

traditions going back to 1952 in between lakeside lunch, cards, and canoeing. Dixon passed along this message of gratitude. Now we are going to be part of that tradition, so the. miracle definitely continues. Nothing beats family. Thanks for watching. I'm Lindsey Davis. Good night. [music playing]. David Moore, the most-watched newscast in America. And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy.

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