ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 3, 2025
TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS AS WE COME. ON, A HUGE VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP. THAT MASSIVE SPENDING AND. TAX CUT BILL CLEARING THE FINAL. HURDLE. SEVERE STORMS RIGHT NOW. THREATENING THE NORTHEAST AS. MILLIONS TRAVEL FOR JULY 4TH. AND A JUROR IN THE SEAN DIDDY. COMBS TRIAL SPEAKS OUT. FIRST. TONIGHT, HOUSE REPUBLICANS. PASSING THAT MAJOR SPENDING. BILL. >> VOTE YES ON THE BILL. >> BY THE SLIMMEST OF VOTES. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING LATE. TODAY, SAYING THE BILL GIVES HIM. MORE POWER NOW THAN IN HIS FIRST.
TERM. THE BILL, INCLUDING CUTS. TO MEDICAID, WHICH COULD CAUSE. AN ESTIMATED 11.8 MILLION. AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH. CARE. EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS. CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRICE TAG. ADDING TRILLIONS TO THE NATIONAL. DEBT. IN A HISTORIC SPEECH, DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM. JEFFRIES BLASTING THE MEASURE. FOR MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS ON THE. HOUSE FLOOR. MARY BRUCE STANDING. BY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SEVERE. STORMS SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST AS. WE COME ON, WITH MILLIONS. HITTING THE ROADS AND THE SKIES. DURING A RECORD HOLIDAY TRAVEL. CRUSH. ALSO DEVELOPING TONIGHT,
WE'RE TRACKING A TROPICAL SYSTEM. THREATENING THE SOUTHEAST THAT. COULD WASH OUT HOLIDAY PLANS. OUR WEATHER TEAM TIMING IT ALL. OUT. A DEADLY EXPLOSION LEVELS A. HOME IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIREWORKS SUSPECTED ONE PERSON. KILLED AS AUTHORITIES SEARCHED. FOR THE MISSING FROM THAT. MASSIVE BLAST AT A FIREWORKS. WAREHOUSE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. A. JUROR IN THE SEAN DIDDY COMBS. TRIAL SPEAKS OUT WHAT THEY SAY. LED TO THE VERDICT AND THE. IMPACT OF COMBS'S CELEBRITY. AARON KATERSKY WITH NEW.
REPORTING TONIGHT, THE HIGH. STAKES CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN. WHAT. WE'RE LEARNING AS RUSSIA'S WAR. ON UKRAINE RAGES. DRAMATIC NEW. VIDEO. THE DARING RESCUE ON. MOUNT WASHINGTON AFTER A HIKER. FELL 60FT. A SOCCER SUPERSTAR. KILLED IN A FIERY LAMBORGHINI. CRASH. AND REMEMBERING TWO. ACTING LEGENDS, ONE WHO STARRED. IN SOME OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST. MEMORABLE FILMS, THE OTHER. YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM STAR WARS. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD.
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR. JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY. NIGHT. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR. DAVID. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A. DEFINING MOMENT FOR PRESIDENT. TRUMP. THE HOUSE DELIVERING THE. FIRST MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORY. OF HIS SECOND TERM. PASSING HIS. MEGA SPENDING BILL. THE CORE OF. HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATING ON. HIS WAY TO AN EVENT IN IOWA. AFTER PRESSURING HOLDOUTS WITHIN. HIS OWN PARTY. HE'S NOW TRYING.
TO SELL THE BILL TO THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE. JOHNSON SWINGING THE GAVEL. ONCE. THE VOTES WERE COUNTED. HE. WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE. THIS VICTORY HAPPEN. ONLY TWO. REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST THE. BILL. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES. SWEEPING TAX CUTS AND CUTS TO. MEDICAID, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN. ESTIMATED 11.8 MILLION AMERICANS. TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE. IT'S. EXPECTED TO ADD $3.4 TRILLION TO. THE NATIONAL DEBT OVER TEN. YEARS. THE BILL WITH NO. DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT. HOUSE. MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES,
TAKING TO THE FLOOR FOR WHAT'S. KNOWN AS THE MAGIC MINUTE. HE. ENDED UP SPEAKING FOR MORE THAN. 8.5 HOURS, BREAKING A MODERN DAY. RECORD. PRESIDENT TRUMP. INSISTING THE BILL IS GOING TO. BE REALLY GREAT FOR THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE, AND SAYING HE HAS MORE. POWER NOW THAN HE DID IN HIS. FIRST TERM. ABC'S CHIEF WHITE. HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE, LEADS US OFF. >> TONIGHT, A TRIUMPHANT. PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATING HIS. MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORY. >> IT'S GOING TO MAKE THIS. COUNTRY INTO A ROCKET SHIP. IT'S. GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT.
>> AFTER A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE, THE BILL AT THE HEART OF TRUMP'S. AGENDA EKING THROUGH THE HOUSE. TO CHEERS OF USA. >> ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE. 218. THE NAYS ARE 214. THE. MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> TRUMP WATCHING CLOSELY FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT IT DID NOT. COME EASY. THE PRESIDENT AND THE. SPEAKER TWISTING ARMS AND. CAJOLING MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN. PARTY INTO THE EARLY MORNING.
HOURS. BOTH HARDLINE. CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS AND. MODERATES, ANGRY THAT THE BILL. COULD ADD $3.4 TRILLION TO THE. DEBT OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND. CONCERNED CUTS TO MEDICAID COULD. FORCE AN ESTIMATED 11.8 MILLION. PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR INSURANCE. NUMBERS. THE WHITE HOUSE. DISPUTES. >> IT WASN'T BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH. FOR ME TO VOTE FOR IT. >> THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY AND. BRIAN FITZPATRICK, FROM A. PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT CARRIED BY. KAMALA HARRIS, THE ONLY TWO. REPUBLICANS TO VOTE NO. THE.
PRESIDENT PERSONALLY WORKING THE. PHONES AND LOBBYING THE OTHER. HOLDOUTS, EVEN HANDING OUT TRUMP. SWAG AND SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS FOR. SOME OF THEM. >> YEAH, HE SIGNED A BUNCH OF. STUFF. IT'S COOL. >> TO GET THEM ON BOARD. THE. PRESIDENT MAKING ASSURANCES AND. THREATS, PROMISING TO PRIMARY. ANYONE WHO STOOD IN HIS WAY. OUR. JAY O'BRIEN ASKING WHAT SWAYED. THEM. >> WE GOT A PACKAGE THAT I THINK. WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT BETTER. THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN. HAD WE SENT THIS BILL BACK. >> BUT IS THAT CAVING? >> A WINNING IS CAVING. WELL, IF. WINNING IS CAVING, THEN I GUESS. WE CAVED.
>> THE BILL INCLUDES ROUGHLY $4. TRILLION IN TAX CUTS, MOSTLY FOR. WEALTHY AMERICANS AND NEW. SPENDING ON IMMIGRATION. ENFORCEMENT. IT ALSO FULFILLS. TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO. ELIMINATE TAXES ON TIPS AND. OVERTIME. AND IT GUTS BIDEN ERA. CLEAN ENERGY INITIATIVES AND TO. PAY FOR IT ALL. THE BILL MAKING. THOSE CUTS TO MEDICAID AND. REDUCING FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR. POOR AMERICANS. DEMOCRATS UNITED. AGAINST IT. >> AND I'M PLANNING TO TAKE MY. SWEET TIME. >> DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM.
JEFFRIES RAILING AGAINST THE. BILL ON THE HOUSE FLOOR FOR A. RECORD BREAKING EIGHT HOURS AND. 44 MINUTES. >> SHAME ON THIS INSTITUTION IF. THIS BILL PASSES. THAT'S NOT. AMERICA. WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS. >> THE PRESIDENT IN IOWA TONIGHT. TOUTING HIS WIN AND SELLING IT. TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> AND TONIGHT, HERE I AM. OKAY. PROMISES KEPT. >> THE PRESIDENT NOW PLANS TO. SIGN THIS BILL INTO LAW HERE AT. THE WHITE HOUSE TOMORROW.
AFTERNOON, MEETING HIS OWN JULY. 4TH DEADLINE. THAT EVENT WILL BE. ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. AND PARTY LEADERSHIP, AND WILL. INCLUDE A FLYOVER BY A B-2. BOMBER, THE SAME PLANE USED IN. THAT RECENT U.S. STRIKE AGAINST. IRAN. WHIT. >> MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. FOR US. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THOSE SEVERE STORMS. MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AT. THIS HOUR, WITH MILLIONS. TRAVELING FOR THE LONG JULY 4th. WEEKEND. HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND LIGHTNING FROM. NEW YORK TO BOSTON. MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS FLYING. OUT TODAY.
STORMS THREATENING TO DELAY OR. CANCEL FLIGHTS AT MAJOR. AIRPORTS. MORE THAN 72 MILLION PEOPLE. EXPECTED TO DRIVE OR FLY OVER. THE HOLIDAY. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SEVERE. STORMS THREATENING TO DERAIL. HOLIDAY TRAVEL FOR THE MILLIONS. MAKING THAT LAST DASH FOR THE. FOURTH OF JULY. TORNADO SIRENS SOUNDING NEAR. ITHACA, NEW YORK. GROUND STOPS ISSUED FOR A TIME. AT SEVERAL NORTHEAST AIRPORTS. >> DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, THE. BIGGEST AREA OF CONCERN. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALWAYS AN. AREA OF CONCERN.
>> Reporter: THE FAA SAYS TODAY. IS GOING TO BE THEIR BUSIEST, WITH MORE THAN 51,000 FLIGHTS. SET TO TAKE OFF. OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS CAUGHT UP. WITH JULIANNE AND AMANDA. GETTING AN EARLY START AT NEWARK. AIRPORT ON THEIR WAY TO KEY. WEST. >> WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE. DELAYS, IN UNITED FLIGHTS AT NEWARK BECAUSE OF THE AIR-. TRAFFICE CONTROLS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S. FIXED ITSELF. >> Reporter: ROADS AROUND NEW. YORK CITY TODAY TURNED TO. PARKING LOTS, THANKS TO GAS. PRICES NOW 37 CENTS A GALLON. LOWER THAN LAST YEAR, ACCORDING. TO GAS BUDDY. >> GIVE YOURSELF AN HOUR OR TWO.
AHEAD OF TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S. TRAFFIC OUT THERE AND IT'S. COMING. >> Reporter: WHIT, NOW THE RUSH. TO GET AWAY IS OVER, THE REAL. GRIDLOCK BEGINS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE THE. WORST FOR DRIVERS. MEANWHILE, TSA IS ANTICIPATING. ITS BUSIEST DAY ON SUNDAY, AS. WELL, WITH NEARLY 3 MILLION. PASSENGERS HUSTLING THROUGH. SCREENING CHECKPOINTS. WHIT? >> Whit: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BRACE. FOR THAT. MORGAN, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST. JEFF SMITH FROM OUR NEW YORK. STATION WABC, AND JEFF, THOSE. STORMS THAT ARE FIRING UP RIGHT. NOW. >> Reporter: YEAH, AND THE. STORMS MOVING INTO THE I-95. CORRIDOR AT A VERY INOPPORTUNE.
TIME DURING THE THURSDAY EVENING. RUSH. THE HOLIDAY RUSH, NO MATTER. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STORMS. THAT ARE CAPABLE OF. 80-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS IN SOME. CASES. LARGE HAIL, CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, UP INTO THE NEW YORK CITY AREA, UP INTO PARTS OF CONNECTICUT AND. RHODE ISLAND, AS WELL. THAT WATCH GOES UNTIL 10:00 P.M. LUCKILY, THIS WILL BE CLEARING. OUT IN TIME FOR THE FOURTH OF. JULY HOLIDAY FOR THE NORTHEAST. WHERE THINGS WILL NOT BE. CLEARING OUT IS ALONG THE. SOUTHEAST COAST AND IN FLORIDA. IN PARTICULAR. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. FLAGGING A 60% CHANCE FOR. TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT OFF THE. FLORIDA COAST. EVEN IF NOTHING TROPICAL.
DEVELOPS, THERE'S STILL GOING TO. BE ROUNSD OF SHOWERS AND. THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EAST COAST AND WEST COAST, EAST. COAST OTHER THAN FLORIDA, LOOKING NICE. A LOT OF SUNSHINE. THE HEAT IS ON IN THE MIDWEST. MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO, 92, 93. MAYBE SOME THUNDERSTORMS FOR. MONTANA AND TEXAS. AND WHIT, AGAIN, HERE IN THE. NORTHEAST, THOSE STORMS CLEARING. OUT. SHOULD BE IDEAL VIEWING. CONDITIONS FOR THE FIREWORKS. TOMORROW NIGHT IN THE CITY. >> Whit: AND WE LIKE TO HEAR. THAT. JEFF SMITH, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS ARE. RESPONDING TO A STRING OF. MASSIVE FIREWORKS EXPLOSIONS. ACROSS THE U.S., FROM CALIFORNIA.
TO NEW MEXICO TO MASSACHUSETTS. AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED IN A. HOUSE EXPLOSION. SEVEN PEOPLE STILL MISSING IN A. WAREHOUSE BLAST. HERE'S ABC'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY FIREWORKS CAUSED. THIS DEADLY HOME EXPLOSION IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL WORKING. TO EXTINGUISH THE BLAZE. THE BLAST REPORTEDLY HAPPENING. IN THE GARAGE OF THIS SIMI. VALLEY HOME. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. IT COMES AS WE'RE SEEING NEW. VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT A. FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE EXPLODED.
TUESDAY, ROCKING A RURAL TOWN. OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO. SEVEN PEOPLE REMAIN UNACCOUNTED. FOR. SIENA RUIZ SAYS HER BOYFRIEND, JESUS, ALONG WITH HIS TWO. BROTHERS, WERE ALL WORKING. INSIDE AT THE TIME. ONE OF THOSE BROTHERS, JUNIOR. MELENDEZ, A FATHER OF A YOUNG. CHILD, SEEN HERE. RUIZ SAYS IT WAS HER BOYFRIEND'S. FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. >> I'M JUST PRAYING TO GOD SOME. WAY, SOME HOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OKAY. >> Reporter: THE TWO ARE ALSO. EXPECTING THEIR FIRST CHILD. INVESTIGATORS ARE USING UNMANNED.
AIRCRAFTS TO SURVEY THE RUBBLE. FROM A DISTANCE. >> WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD AND. RISK ANYMORE INJURY TO ANYONE. ELSE ON THIS SCENE. >> Reporter: AND THERE'S BEEN. SEVERAL OTHER FIREWORKS. INCIDENTS AHEAD OF JULY 4th. IN CAPE COD, VIDEO SHOWS THE. MOMENT A FIREWORKS DISPLAY. PREMATURELY EXPLODED AT A. COUNTRY CLUB, INJURING FOUR. AND AUTHORITIES SAY FIREWORKS. CAUSED THIS FIERY HOUSE. EXPLOSION IN ALBUQUERQUE, LEAVING TWO PEOPLE WITH BURNS.
AND WHIT, WE HAVE RECEIVED A. STATEMENT FROM THE COMPANY IN. THAT FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE. EXPLOSION, THEY SAY OUR HEARTS. AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THOSE WE. LOST. AND THEY ARE COOPERATING WITH. THE INVESTIGATION. WHIT? >> Whit: TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. >>> AND ON THE EVE OF THE JULY. 4th HOLIDAY, AUTHORITIES ARE ON. HIGH ALERT. THE FBI WARNING ABOUT THE. POTENTIAL OF LONE WOLF TERROR. ATTACKS IN THE U.S. HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE. CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. NATION'S POLICE ON HIGH ALERT. INCREASING SECURITY IN THE AIR,
ON THE STREETS, AND THE. WATERWAYS, AS THE FBI AND. HOMELAND SECURITY WARNS TO TEN. FINANCIAL LONE WOLF ATTACKS ON. INDEPENDENCE DAY. >> WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE IN A. HEIGHTENED THREAT ENVIRONMENT. DUE TO TENSIONS OVERSEAS AND. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> Reporter: NEW BULLETINS. REVEAL THAT AUTHORITIES ARE. CONCERNED THAT LONE WOLF. ATTACKERS MIGHT CONDUCT MASS. SHOOTINGS OR USE CARS OR DRONES. AS WEAPONS. >> THE THREATS POSED BY. WEAPONIZED DRONES ARE REAL AND. GROWING. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES. REACTING TO A STUNNING CASE OF.
HIGH PROFILE ATTACKS IN RECENT. MONTHS. >> BE HYPER VIGILANT. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY. SOMETHING. >> Reporter: WHILE NO SPECIFIC. PLOT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHIT, AUTHORITIES SIMPLY ARE TAKING NO. CHANCES. >> Whit: PIERRE THOMAS, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE FIRST JUROR. SPEAKING OUT FOLLOWING THAT. SPLIT VERDICT IN THE SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS TRIAL. COMBS FOUND NOT GUILTY OF. RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY AND SEX. TRAFFICKING. THE JURY CONVICTING HIM ON TWO. LESSER COUNTS. ONE JUROR REVEALING WHAT WAS.
BEHIND THEIR DECISION, SAYING IT. HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COMBS AND. HIS CELEBRITY STATUS. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE RENDERING A. SPLIT VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF. SEAN COMBS, ONE OF THE JURORS IS. SPEAKING OUT, TELLING ABC NEWS. COMBS' CELEBRITY HAD NO. INFLUENCE ON THE OUTCOME. OUR DECISION WAS BASED SOLELY ON. THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED AND HOW. THE LAW IS STATED, SAID THE. JUROR, WHO ASKED NOT TO BE. IDENTIFIED. WE WOULD HAVE TREATED ANY. DEFENDANT IN THE SAME MANNER.
REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE. THE JURY CONVICTED COMBS OF TWO. COUNTS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE. PURPOSES OF PROSTITUTION. THEY CARRY A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF. UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON, THOUGH. HE WILL LIKELY GET LESS. THE JURY FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY OF. THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES OF. RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY AND SEX. TRAFFICKING. >> ONE THING STANDS BETWEEN ALL. OF US AND A PRISON, AND THAT IS. A JURY OF 12 CITIZENS. AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL JURY, THEY LISTENED TO EVERY WORD.
AND THEY GOT THE SITUATION. RIGHT. OR CERTAIN LITTLE RIGHT ENOUGH. >> Reporter: COMBS REMAINS HERE. AT THIS BROOKLYN JAIL AFTER A. JUDGE DEIED HIS REQUEST FOR. BAIL, CITING A PROPENSITY FOR. VIOLENCE, AND SAYING COMBS POSES. A CHANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. COMBS' LAWYERS WILL TRY TO. CONVINCE THE JUDGE TO MOVE UP. SENTENCING. IT'S SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER. THEY'RE HOPING TO GET HIM FROM. BEHIND BARS AS QUICKLY AS. POSSIBLE. WHIT? >> Whit: AARON KATERSKY, THANK. YOU. >>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
SENDING 200 MARINES TO FLORIDA. TO HELP IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. THERE. THE PENTAGON SAYS IT IS PART OF. THE PLAN TO DEPLOY 700 TROOPS TO. FLORIDA, LOUISIANA, AND TEXAS. ABOUT 100 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO. THE NEWLY OPENED DETENTION. CENTER IN FLORIDA THAT OFFICIALS. ARE CALLING ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ. I.C.E. AGENTS ALSO ARRESTING A. WELL-KNOWN MEXICAN BOXER, JULIO. CESAR CHAVEZ JR., FOR ALLEGEDLY. BEING IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY SAYS HE HAS TIES TO A.
MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL, AND WILL BE. DEPORTED. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER HIS. FIGHT WITH JAKE PAUL. >>> NOW, TO THAT HIGH STAKES. CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE RUSSIAN LEADER REJECTING A. CEASE-FIRE IN UKRAINE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO SPEAK. WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. TOMORROW. ALL OF THIS COMING AFTER THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDED. SHIPMENTS OF SOME KEY WEAPONS TO. UKRAINE, INCLUDING VITAL AIR. DEFENSE. HERE'S ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC.
VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE. CAPTURING ANOTHER DEADLY RUSSIAN. ASSAULT ON UKRAINE. TWO KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED IN. POLTAVA. IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. VLADIMIR PUTIN HELD A HIGH. STAKES CALL TODAY. PUTIN DOUBLING DOWN, TELLING. TRUMP, ACCORDING TO THE KREMLIN, THAT RUSSIA WILL NOT RETREAT. FROM ITS WAR AIMS. AN INDICATION RUSSIAN FORCES. COULD EXPAND THEIR OFFENSIVE. THIS SUMMER. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. WEIGHING IN. >> NO.
I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PROGRESS WITH. HIM TODAY AT ALL. >> Reporter: MORE THAN THREE. YEARS AFTER RUSSIA'S INVASION, TRUMP'S REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO. BROKER A CEASE-FIRE HAVE SO FAR. FAILED TO BRING THE CONFLICT TO. AN END. AT SUCH A CRITICAL MOMENT IN THE. WAR, RUSSIA WELCOMING NEWS THE. U.S. HAS HALTED SHIPMENTS OF. SOME VITAL WEAPONS TO UKRAINE. U.S. OFFICIALS CALLING THAT. DECISION PART OF A BROADER. REVIEW OF MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS TO. ALL U.S. ALLIES. >> WE CAN'T GIVE WEAPONS TO. EVERYBODY ALL AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR AMERICA.
>> Reporter: AND WHIT, THOSE. U.S. WEAPONS EXPECTED TO COME UP. WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS TO. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. TOMORROW. WHIT? >> Whit: TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE, OUR THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., A. STRONG SHOWING FOR THE AMERICAN. ECONOMY. THE U.S. ADDING MORE THAN. 147,000 JOBS LAST MONTH, BETTER. THAN EXPECTED. UNEMPLOYMENT TICKING DOWN TO. 4.1%. THE REPORT MAKING IT LESS LIKELY. THE FED WILL CUT INTEREST RATES. LATER THIS MONTH. THE JOBS REPORT GIVING A SOLID.
BOOST TO THE STOCK MARKET. THE DOW UP 344 POINTS. THE NASDAQ AND S&P 500 POSTING. RECORD HIGHS FOR THE THIRD TIME. THIS WEEK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A MAJOR. SOCCER STAR DIES IN A FIERY. CRASH. >>> REMEMBERING AN ACTING LEGEND. WHO STARRED IN SOME OF THE MOST. ICONIC FILMS IN RECENT YEARS. >>> AND JUST AHEAD, THE DRAMATIC. RESCUE ON MOUNT WASHINGTON. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIONAL GUARD. AIRLIFTING AN INJURED CLIMBER. AFTER A 60-FOOT FALL.
>>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE PILOT OF A. SKYDIVING PLANE THAT CRASHED IN. NEW JERSEY PRAISED FOR. SKILLFULLY BRINGING THE PLANE. DOWN AND SAVING LIVES AFTER AN. ENGINE PROBLEM. THE PLANE CRASHING INTO A WOODED. AREA. AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE HURT. SOME CRITICALLY. SEVERAL VICTIMS COVERED IN JET. FUEL. THEY HAD TO BE DECONTAMINATED. ON-SITE. THE NTSB IS NOW INVESTIGATING. >>> AND A DARING RESCUE TONIGHT. ON NEW HAMPSHIRE'S MOUNT. WASHINGTON. A NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER. REACHING A ROCK CLIMBER WHO HAD. FALLEN 60 FEET, SUFFERING WHAT. ARE BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.
INJURIES. A MEMBER OF THE GUARD TEAM. HELPING TO BRING THE VICTIM. ABOARD. THE MAN FLOWN TO A HOSPITAL FOR. TREATMENT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. LATEST ON THE SOCCER SUPERSTAR. KILLED IN A FIERY CRASH. >>> AND REMEMBERING AN ACTOR. FROM THE FIRST "STAR WARS" MOVIES. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. FANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE. MOURNING THE DEATH OF PORTUGUESE. SOCCER STAR DIOGO JOTA. THE 28-YEAR-OLD, WHO PLAYED FOR. LIVERPOOL, DIED WITH HIS BROTHER. IN A CAR CRASH IN SPAIN. OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY HIS LAMBORGHINI. VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND BURST.
INTO FLAMES. >>> AND BRITISH ACTOR KENNETH. COLLEY, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE. IN THE ORIGIN GNAT "STAR WARS". FILMS HAS DIED. HIS AGENT SAYS HE DIED OF. PNEUMONIA AFTER CONTRACTING. COVID. HE PLAYED THE IMPERIAL OFFICER. IN CHARGE OF THE DEATH STAR. HIS CAREER SPANNED 60 YEARS, ON. STAGE, SCREEN, AND TELEVISION. KENNETH COLLEY WAS 87. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOOK. BACK AT THE CAREER OF THE. LEGENDARY ACTOR MICHAEL MADSEN. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, FROM. "RESERVOIR DOGS" TO "THELMA AND.
LOUISE," MICHAEL MADSEN MASTERED. THE RULES HE PLAYED. HE WAS A PROLIFIC ACTOR KNOWN. FOR PLAYING MENACING CHARACTERS. IN QUENTIN TARANTINO'S FILMS. >> HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU HEAR THAT? >> Whit: MICHAEL MADSEN AS THE. CRIMINAL MR. BLOND IN "RESERVOIR. DOGS.". HE AND TARANTINO WOULD CROSS. PATHS FREQUENTLY IN HOLLYWOOD, APPEARING IN THE "KILL BILL". FILMS. >> THAT WOMAN DESERVES HER. REVENGE.
>> Whit: AND "THE HATEFUL. EIGHT.". >> YOU'RE WRITING YOUR LIFE. STORY. >> YOU BET I AM. >> Whit: HE APPEARED IN OVER 300. FILMS. BUT HE WASN'T ALWAYS THE TOUGH. GUY. >> YOU LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE? >> Whit: IN "THELMA AND LOUISE,". PLAYING THELMA'S LOVE INTEREST, JIMMY. >> I'M NOT GOING TO TELL ANYBODY. ANYTHING OR EVEN THAT I SAW YOU. >> Whit: MADSEN WAS BORN IN. CHICAGO. OVER THE YEARS, HE'D STRUGGLE. WITH ALCOHOL AND ADDICTION. ASIDE FROM ACTING, HE WAS ALSO A.
PUBLISHED POET. IN 2020, AFTER RECEIVING A STAR. ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, MADSEN REFLECTING ON HIS CAREER. >> MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I CAME. TO CALIFORNIA, I DIDN'T KNOW. WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AT THAT. POINT WITH MYSELF. I COULD HAVE BEEN A BRICKLAYER, I COULD HAVE BEEN AN ARCHITECT. I COULD HAVE BEEN A GARBAGE MAN. I COULD HAVE BEEN NOTHING. BUT I GOT LUCKY. I GOT LUCKY AS AN ACTOR. >> Whit: MADSEN'S MANAGER SAYING. HE DIED UNEXPECTEDLY TODAY AFTER.
HE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS. MALIBU HOME. MICHAEL MADSEN WAS 67. AND HIS SISTER, ACTRESS VIRGINIA. MADSEN, DESCRIBING HIM AS. MISCHIEF WRAPPED IN TENDERNESS. THANKS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.
