ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 27, 2026

David Muir, ABC's [music] World News. Tonight, America's most watched. newscast, now streaming [music] same day. with all the breaking news of the day on. Disney Plus. Most watched, [music] most. trusted, now on Disney Plus every night. >> Tonight, breaking news. The devastating. tornado touching down, thousands without. power, homes destroyed, cars overturned. Now, the severe storm threat from the. Midwest to the East Coast, hundreds of. flights canceled, and more than 150. million under heat alerts. Triple-digit.

temperatures from California to Florida. The deadly shooting near the Seattle. Space Needle. Police say at least two. bystanders and one suspect killed. Another 15-year-old suspect now in. custody. The urgent manhunt for one more. still on the run. Also breaking tonight, the wife of a coach for the Kansas City. [music] Chiefs shot multiple times in. their home while her husband was away at. training camp. The couple's son now. under arrest. A surprise twist in the. Idaho college murders case. Convicted.

killer Bryan Kohberger now trying to. take back his guilty plea. Nearly 6. months after the disappearance of Nancy. Guthrie, her daughter Savannah Guthrie. making a new emotional plea to those who. may have taken her [music] to quote, "Help us find her." Tonight, President. Trump putting his threat of a massive. attack against Iran on hold, claiming. deep talks are underway despite Iran. insisting no negotiations are taking. place. The images coming in, the race to. contain massive wildfires, more than.

300,000 now forced to evacuate. The. alarming stunt, police searching for two. daredevils who [music] base jump from. Seattle's Space Needle. The harrowing. rescues, lifeguards struggling to save a. boy caught in rough waves, dozens of. rescues reported. Singer Carly Simon. revealing her personal health battle, and a birthday celebration for internet. star Punch the Monkey. >> From ABC News world headquarters in New.

York, this is World News Tonight with. David Muir. >> Good evening. I'm Whit [music] Johnson. in for David tonight. We begin with. breaking news. Tornado threats and. severe storms at this hour. A confirmed. tornado touching down in Wisconsin. hitting about 30 miles southwest of. Green Bay. Down trees and power lines. blocking streets, widespread damage. reported in multiple communities. Hundreds of thousands without power in. the Chicago area. Blinding rain and. winds up to 70 miles per hour. Those.

dangerous storms now moving from the. Midwest to the East Coast. Flood watches. already in effect from Philadelphia to. New York City. Hundreds of flights. canceled. Danny Beckstrom standing by. with the forecast, but first ABC's Alex. Perez leads us off from Wisconsin. >> Tonight, highway chaos. Tractor trailers tossed. Widespread. destruction as powerful storms slammed. the Midwest. AccuWeather storm chasers tracking a. tornado warned about a storm slamming a.

highway near Appleton, Wisconsin. Multiple cars mangled in sheet metal. This camping trailer flipped on its. side. >> This is the main street in Menasha. >> Southwest of Green Bay, the town of. Menasha taking a direct hit. Cars. overturned, down power lines throughout. this neighborhood. Trees stripped, homes. splintered, cars smashed. From above, you can see the storm took down nearly. every power pole on one street. More.

than 400,000 homes and businesses losing. power in Illinois and Wisconsin as this. powerful system heads east. >> And well, we are not in the clear here. just yet. Parts of the Midwest bracing. for another round of severe storms. tonight. Whit. >> All right, Alex Perez, we appreciate it. Let's get right to meteorologist Danny. Beckstrom from our New York station. WABC, and Danny, millions are bracing. for more dangerous conditions overnight. >> Well, severe storms are still bringing. dangerous conditions to the Midwest.

tonight before that threat shifts to the. East Coast tomorrow. After an already. really active afternoon, another round. from Wisconsin and Michigan to portions. of the Illinois and Ohio River Valleys. tonight. Severe thunderstorm watch is. posted for Chicago, Indianapolis, and. Cincinnati with damaging wind gusts and. isolated tornadoes possible. The. concerns then shift east tomorrow. Strong storms in the Mid-Atlantic by. morning and drenching downpours bringing. flood concerns to the I-95 corridor by. midday. Flood watches posted in Philly. and New York City with the slow-moving. storm keeping heavy rain in play.

Wednesday, as well. The other big story. is the dangerous heat in the center of. the country. Millions under heat alert, cities like Memphis seeing heat index. values above 110 tomorrow. That heat. holds into at least Wednesday. Whit? >> Okay, still a ways to go here, Danny. Thank you. Now to the deadly shooting in. Seattle. At least three people killed. when gunmen opened fire during a food. festival near the Space Needle. The. crowd running for safety in every. direction. Police say they have one. suspect in custody. Another was killed, and news tonight about the urgent.

manhunt for a third suspect. ABC's Alex. Stone in Seattle tonight. >> Tonight in Seattle, an all-out manhunt. Police urgently searching for a shooter. who they say opened fire at a popular. annual food festival packed with. families. Chaos erupting as a crowd ran for their. lives. Parents holding their children. >> Shooting, oh. >> taking cover behind food trucks and even. in the gift shop of the city's iconic. Space Needle. Police say three people.

were killed, at least four injured, including a 2-year-old child. The. chilling plea for a child's tourniquet. >> Anyone have a small child tourniquet. size? >> Small child arm tourniquet. >> Tonight, investigators believe at least. three people were shooting at each other. and the victims were caught in the. crossfire. Police arresting one. 15-year-old at the scene and saying a. second suspect was killed during the. shootout. Tonight, authorities looking. for a third suspect asking the public. for help.

>> We're trying to identify who that person. is. Our officers need your help. If someone. saw something or perhaps if someone has. some video, we need to identify that. person. >> Tonight, authorities thanking those who. protected others, among them Kai Chan, a. US Marine veteran. He was selling items. at the food festival and says his Marine. training kicked in to move people to. safety. >> You were in the Marine Corps. You know. the sound of gunfire. Did you know what. it was right away? >> Yes. Everybody just started running and. screaming, so just go in and make sure.

everybody's good. >> And with this was a crime scene, it had. been frozen in time. Police have. reopened it now. Police and the FBI are. searching for cell phone video to help. in their investigation. Whit? >> Alex Stone, thank you. Now to a surprise. twist in the Idaho college murders case, convicted killer Bryan Kohberger now. trying to take back his guilty plea. Kohberger had admitted to killing four. college students in an off-campus house. He now claims he was misled into. confessing. Here's ABC's Kenna.

Whitworth. >> Tonight, in a shocking U-turn, convicted. killer Bryan Kohberger trying to. withdraw his guilty plea for the. gruesome murders of four college. students at the University of Idaho. The. New York Times reporting that the former. PhD criminology student now claims in a. new interview with the paper that he was. misled into confessing. >> Are you pleading guilty because you are. guilty? >> Yes. >> For nearly 3 years, the case gripped. this country until weeks before the. trial, Kohberger admitted to killing.

each victim to avoid the death penalty. >> Killing murder Madison Mogen, a human. being. >> Yes. >> Kaylee Goncalves, a human being. >> Yes. >> The victims' families then facing. Kohberger in anguish and anger as he was. sentenced to life. >> You're pathetic. You aren't special or. deep. >> You're going to go to hell. >> We're done being victims. We are taking back our lives. >> Tonight, the family of Kaylee Goncalves. outraged over Kohberger's petition. pointing out he admitted his guilt.

saying in a statement he's become the. mosquito you just can't seem to swat. >> And Whit, Kohberger is currently serving. four consecutive life sentences. He's. representing himself and has provided no. new evidence. Legal experts say that. post-conviction petitions are rarely. overturned. Whit. >> All right, Kena. Thank you for that. Developing news tonight, the wife of the. offensive coordinator for the Kansas. City Chiefs allegedly shot and wounded. by the couple's son. She's now. hospitalized in stable condition. Their.

son is now under arrest. Here's ABC's. Pierre Thomas. >> Tonight, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs. offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is. recovering in the hospital after. authorities say she was shot by their. son inside the couple's Virginia home. >> 57-year-old female reported. to be shot in the chest and arm, unable. to breathe. >> Police called to the house Sunday night. saying they arrived to find Mia Bieniemy. suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. and taking her 27-year-old son, Elijah.

Bieniemy, into custody. >> It's family-related issues, domestic. disturbance. She's in stable condition. at the hospital and her husband is with. her. >> Earlier on Sunday, coach Bieniemy was. seen at the Chiefs training camp in. Missouri before racing home to be at his. wife's side. Today, Chiefs head coach. Andy Reid thankful Mia Bieniemy's. condition is stable. >> And she's a saint. You know, we all know. that, the people that know her. Uh one of God's good blessings. Sit. right there. >> Elijah Bieniemy is being held without.

bond and faces felony gun charges. Whit. >> Pierre Thomas, our thanks to you. Next. tonight, nearly 6 months after the. disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, her. daughter, Savannah Guthrie, making a new. emotional plea to the potential. kidnappers to do the right thing, and. quote, "Tell us where to look for her.". Here's ABC's Chief Investigative. Correspondent, Aaron Katersky. >> Tonight, nearly 6 months after Nancy. Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson. area home by a masked man in the dark of. night, a new anguished plea from.

daughter Savannah. >> Nothing about our situation has changed. We have done our part. And we will never stop looking for her. We will always ache for her and feel. that hole in our hearts. >> In a new Instagram post, the Today host. says she is begging her mother's captor. to do the right thing now. >> Make the right choice. Help us find her. Tell us where to look. for her. I truly believe it is never too late to.

do the right thing. Help us bring this. situation to an end. >> [snorts]. >> For all of us. >> Investigators are still trying to trace. the items worn by the masked man on. Nancy Guthrie's doorstep, the mask, gloves, backpack, and holster, and. they're testing a hair and mixed DNA. sample found in her home. Tonight, the. sheriff says the analysis of DNA and. digital evidence has been underway for. the past 6 months and is a. time-intensive process. >> Well, the sheriff's department told us. the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's. disappearance is active and ongoing, but.

gave no sense of when there could be a. breakthrough. Whit? >> And we are thinking about the Guthrie. family tonight, Aaron. Thank you. Turning now to the war in Iran, President Trump putting his threat of a. massive attack against Iran on hold, claiming deep talks are underway, but. Iranian officials insist no such. negotiations are taking place. ABC's. Mary Bruce at the White House. >> After a whiplash week of threats, retreats, and reversals, President Trump. now telling Axios, "We are in very deep.

talks with Iran," describing the. negotiations as very friendly. >> We're having good talks. So, we'll see what happens. I think. there's a good chance that something. could happen. >> This morning, Trump warned he won't give. talks much time, saying either it goes. fast or not at all. But by this. afternoon, a different message. >> I have a lot of patience. I have plenty. of time. Plenty of time. >> The foreign ministry, blunt, saying we. currently have no negotiations with the. United States. It comes days after.

Trump, in what's become a familiar. pattern, backed off his threat to carry. out a quote massive attack on Iran. Sources telling us top advisers, including Vice President J.D. Vance and. Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Keane, expressed concerns about escalating the. war. Among them, the Pentagon's rapidly. dwindling stockpile of missile. interceptors, needed to protect American. troops and allies. Trump today traveling to battleground. Michigan as Republicans grow.

increasingly worried the unpopular war. will hurt them in the midterms, now just. 99 days away. >> Every day we're fighting to put more. money in your pockets, and that's what. we're doing. >> But a new poll shows only 24% of. Americans give the economy a positive. review. 60% say the president's policies. have made things worse. Trump insists. that's not so. >> I've done more for you than your. parents, okay? Your parents are good. I'm not going to knock your parents, but.

I have been better to you than your. parents. That I can tell you, and they would. agree with me. >> Wait, Republicans are eager to focus on. the economy, the number one issue for. voters, and they want to move on from. this war. Even House Speaker Mike. Johnson saying, quote, "We got to wrap. it up." When the war began, President. Trump predicted it would last four to. six weeks. Tomorrow, wit, it will be. five months. >> All right, Mary Bruce. Thank you. Overseas tonight, the race to contain. massive wildfires burning out of control.

in France and Spain. More than 300,000. people forced to evacuate. ABC's Marcus. Moore with the new images coming in. >> Tonight from Southwest France to the. outskirts of Madrid, firefighters. wrestling with massive infernos as. temperatures soar. At least one person. dead amid Spain's largest outbreak of. fires in recent history. The fires. forcing one of Europe's biggest. evacuations since World War II. 16-year-old Chad Badnoy has been in the. shelter here since Friday.

>> Well, it's been terrible here and um. it's like so stressful to not be in in. home. >> In France, the fires in Gironde, home to. the famed Bordeaux wine region, have. already scorched an area four times the. size of Paris. Rebecca Pampon, on. vacation in the region with her two. kids, forced to shelter in place after. the entire town evacuated while they. were asleep. >> I didn't know what was going on. I just. thought I needed to get away from the um. fire. >> Today, France's Interior Minister.

announcing the fire has stopped growing. but is still out of control. >> These fires come after France saw its. hottest June on record. And with another. heatwave again this week, help is. pouring in from nearly a dozen European. countries. Whit? >> Marcus Moore, thank you for that. When. we come back, the frightening shark. attack. A man bitten in waist-deep water. speaking out. The search for a missing. mother in the Caribbean, the urgent. operation in Grenada to bring her home. Plus, the harrowing rescue. Lifeguards. rushing to save a boy from powerful. waves. The alarming stunt. Police.

searching for two daredevils who base. jump from Seattle's Space Needle. And. singer Carly Simon revealing her. personal [music] health battle. Next tonight, desperate search efforts. underway in Grenada for a mother from. North Carolina. 44-year-old Liz Weddell. was last seen nearly 1 week ago on a. beach while touring the Caribbean island. with a friend. Local authorities. launched an extensive search. Weddell's. loved ones awaiting answers, describing.

her as an adventurous spirit. >> My wife is a loving, free-spirited. person. She could make friends with. anyone. She. placed great value in her intuition. about people and. was always willing to help someone. >> The State Department says it is aware of. an American missing in Grenada, but. declined to comment any further. A. frightening shark encounter in Florida, a man says that he was bitten while. waiting in the water. Officials say. 21-year-old Jacory High was in.

waist-deep water near Daytona Beach on. Saturday when a shark bit his left foot. Jacory says he fought back in efforts to. protect his pregnant girlfriend. >> I was floating a little bit on the wave. That's when the shark bit down on my. foot, and then it tried to go for my. arm, so I pushed away from it. And then as I was running, it tried to. get my other leg. >> [clears throat]. >> Jacory says the shark was about 4 ft. long. He's now home recovering from his. injuries. When we come back, the search. for the men who jumped off Seattle's.

Space Needle, and a dramatic rescue to. save a boy from rushing waves. To the index now in Seattle, an active. search for two men who base jumped off. the iconic Space Needle. Police say the. pair bought tickets Friday for the. observation deck. They put on their. gear, scaled the glass barriers you see. right there, and then backflipped off. the ledge deploying parachutes. Authorities say once the men are found, they will face criminal charges. In. Santa Cruz, California, lifeguards made.

dozens of water rescues as powerful. waves lashed the coastline. Video of one. rescue at Seabright Beach here shows a. lifeguard being overcome by water as he. tried to save a little boy. Witnesses. tried to help, but the waves were too. strong. Minutes later, two lifeguards. and the young swimmer made it safely. back to shore. Carly Simon revealing she's been. diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In a. statement, the "You're So Vain" singer. shared that the diagnosis came after an. extensive [music] medical evaluation.

She said her daily challenges include. tremors and movement issues. Simon. saying, "Quote, it is difficult, frustrating, and sometimes frightening.". Through it all, Simon says music keeps. her motivated. Her new album, "Comes in. Waves", is due out August 14th. Still ahead, the lovable monkey who. became a viral sensation celebrates a. milestone. Finally tonight, a special celebration. for Punch the Monkey, the lovable. internet star marking his first.

birthday. >> He's the global internet sensation, the. baby primate who captured hearts around. the world, [music] Punch the Monkey. At Japan's Ishikawa City Zoo outside. Tokyo, a special birthday celebration. where Punch just turned one. Abandoned at birth, bullied by his. troop, seen here when he was just two. days old. But Punch found a companion in. this stuffed orangutan. Images of him cuddling and dragging it. around going viral.

Our Jo Ling Chang was at the zoo to see. Punch earlier this year. >> I feel like we have the same vibe with. Punch. >> What's the vibe? >> I have the same problem. I grew up with. my grandfather mother. >> And it makes you emotional. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Over time, Punch became more and more. accepted, sitting closely with the. adults. A year later, the zoo reports he now. [music] has dozens of fellow primate. friends, hitching rides on their backs,

even a rumored girlfriend. Punch no. longer clinging to his stuffed toy, now. confident and curious. The zoo says. they've received more than 2,500. birthday cards from fans across the. globe. >> And happy birthday punch the monkey. I'm. Whit Johnson in New York. Have a good. night. >> David Muir, the most trusted most. watched newscast in America. And now. World News Tonight has won the Emmy for. best live news program [music] for the.

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