ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 31, 2025

WE COME ON THE AIR. SEVERE. STORMS SLAMMING NEW YORK CITY IN. THE NORTHEAST. THE FLOODING. EMERGENCIES PLAYING OUT. DRIVERS. RESCUED FROM THEIR CARS. THE. STATE OF EMERGENCY AT THIS HOUR. AND TONIGHT. THE IMAGES COMING. IN HERE. UP TO THREE INCHES PER. HOUR FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK. MAJOR. HIGHWAYS IN THE NEW YORK CITY. AREA FLOODED. WATER RESCUES. UNDERWAY. MORE THAN 1500 FLIGHTS. CANCELED. MORE STORMS COMING. TONIGHT. LEE GOLDBERG IS HERE. ALSO TONIGHT, SEVERE TURBULENCE. ROCKING A DELTA PASSENGER JET. PASSENGERS AND FOOD CARTS. HITTING THE CABIN CEILING. 25.

PASSENGERS AND CREW RUSHED TO. THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT, THE. SHOCKING ARREST. YOU'LL SEE THE. PICTURES JUST IN HERE. A MOTHER. AND FATHER KILLED AT A HIKING. TRAIL. THEIR TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. RIGHT THERE. TONIGHT, A 28 YEAR. OLD TEACHER IS NOW UNDER ARREST. AND WHAT WE'VE JUST LEARNED IN. NEW YORK CITY, THE CHILLING. SURVIVOR STORY TONIGHT FROM. INSIDE THAT DEADLY RAMPAGE IN. THAT PARK AVENUE HIGH RISE. OFFICE BUILDING, AS THE SHOOTER. WAS COMING TOWARD A WORKER WITH. THAT LONG GUN. SHE SAYS SHE. THREW HER ARMS IN THE AIR AND.

SAID, I'M THE CLEANING LADY. HE. OPENED FIRE. AND HOW SHE GOT. AWAY. THE ALARMING IMAGES JUST. IN TONIGHT. THE ATTEMPTED. ABDUCTION OF A TODDLER AT A. SHOPPING MALL. WHY? AUTHORITIES. WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE THIS. VIDEO AND WHAT THEY'RE NOW. SAYING ABOUT IT. TONIGHT, 24. HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE. THAT CLAIM THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN. STOLE YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORKED AT. HIS MAR A LAGO RESORT FROM THE. SPA, VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, WHO SAID. SHE WORKED AT MAR A LAGO, HER. FAMILY NOW SPEAKING OUT, TELLING. THE PRESIDENT NOT TO PARDON. GHISLAINE MAXWELL. OVERSEAS.

TONIGHT, THE DIRE HUMANITARIAN. CRISIS PLAYING OUT IN GAZA. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS RISKING. THEIR LIVES FOR FOOD. IAN. PANNELL AT THE GAZA BORDER. TONIGHT. BACK HERE AT HOME, THE. FIGHTER JET BURSTING INTO FLAMES. AND CRASHING TONIGHT. MEDICAL. RECORDS REVEALING HULK HOGAN'S. CAUSE OF DEATH. NOW AND TONIGHT, WE LEARN OF A PERSONAL BATTLE HE. WAS FACING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. TONIGHT. SINGER AND ACTOR JUSTIN. TIMBERLAKE REVEALING HE'S. BATTLING A DEBILITATING DISEASE. WHAT TIMBERLAKE IS NOW SHARING. AND THE LIGHTNING BOLT HITTING.

THE U.S, STRETCHING 515 MILES. THAT LIGHTNING BOLT HITTING. THREE STATES AT ONCE. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. THURSDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THE STATES OF EMERGENCY IN. THE NORTHEAST AT THIS HOUR, AS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH. FLOODING SLAM NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, D.C, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY TONIGHT.

DECLARING EMERGENCIES. DRIVERS. RESCUED FROM THEIR CARS ON. EXPRESSWAYS, THE RAIN FALLING AT. A RATE OF UP TO THREE INCHES AN. HOUR. FLOODING SWEEPING STREETS. AND HIGHWAYS, RIVERS AND CREEKS. RISING QUICKLY. STORM DRAINS. UNABLE TO KEEP UP. TIME LAPSE. VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING THE DARK. STORM CLOUDS MOVING IN OVER NEW. YORK CITY. HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE. FLOODING NORTH OF BALTIMORE. RESCUERS FREEING TWO PEOPLE. TRAPPED IN A CAR THERE. MAJOR. HIGHWAYS FLOODED ACROSS THE NEW. YORK CITY METRO AREA. DRIVERS. TAKEN BY SURPRISE. THIS IS THE. CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY IN QUEENS, AND TONIGHT GROUND STOPS AT.

AIRPORTS ACROSS THE REGION. MORE. THAN 1500 FLIGHTS ALREADY. CANCELED SO FAR. METEOROLOGIST. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. MORE STORMS AND. HEAVY RAIN COMING TONIGHT. AND. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD WITH THE. IMAGES LATE TODAY. MORGAN. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, MAJOR NEW YORK CITY. EXPRESSWAYS SWAMPED DRIVERS. STRANDED IN HIGH WATER AS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WREAK HAVOC. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. ON THE. CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY IN QUEENS, RESCUE TEAMS WORKING TO GET. DRIVERS OUT OF VEHICLES. A. TRACTOR TRAILER ALSO STRANDED.

BYSTANDERS STUNNED. >> TEN FEET DEEP WITH CARS IN IT. AND PEOPLE SITTING ON TOP OF. CARS. I WOULD GUESS WITHIN AN. HOUR WE GOT THREE INCHES. >> AND THIS WAS THE AFTERMATH. YOU CAN SEE THAT VEHICLE WITH. ALL FOUR DOORS OPEN. THE. EXPRESSWAY SHUT IN BOTH. DIRECTIONS FOR HOURS. NEW YORK. AND NEW JERSEY HIT HARD FROM. FLOODS JUST WEEKS AGO THAT. INUNDATED SUBWAYS AND. NEIGHBORHOODS, BOTH DECLARING. STATES OF EMERGENCY AHEAD OF THE. STORMS. THE STORMS ALSO HITTING.

NORTHEAST AIRPORTS HARD. MORE. THAN 1500 FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF. THE U.S. CANCELED. AND DAVID, YOU CAN SEE THE CHAOS AT THIS. RAIN LEFT BEHIND. TRAFFIC. STEADILY BUILDING HERE AT THE. LINCOLN TUNNEL. BUT LOOK, IT IS. NOT OVER. MORE STORMS ARE. EXPECTED TO ROLL THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH SOME AREAS. DAVID LOOKING. AT UP TO A HALF A FOOT OF RAIN. >> YEAH, WE KNOW THAT TRAFFIC AT. THE LINCOLN TUNNEL VERY WELL. MORGAN NORWOOD LEADING US OFF. MORGAN. THANK YOU. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG OF OUR NEW YORK. STATION, WABC. HE'S BEEN ON THE.

AIR ALL AFTERNOON. AND, LEE, THIS ISN'T OVER YET. >> FAR FROM IT, DAVID. ESPECIALLY FROM ATLANTIC CITY TO. BALTIMORE, WHERE THROUGH THE. BRUNT, NEW YORK CITY WILL STILL. HAVE SOME MODERATE SHOWERS. IT'S. BEEN A DUAL THREAT. FLASH. FLOODING, SEVERE WEATHER. WE HAD. TORNADO WARNINGS ACROSS PARTS OF. NEW JERSEY AND INTO MARYLAND. STILL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS, NEW. YORK CITY DOWN TO BALTIMORE. WE. TIME THIS AND WE SEE THE. HEAVIEST RAINS BEGIN TO SHIFT. OFFSHORE, THANKFULLY DURING THE. EVENING HOURS. BUT THEY'LL STILL. BE SOME MODERATE SHOWERS THAT. COULD AGGRAVATE FLOODING EVEN. ALL THE WAY UP TO NEW ENGLAND. BUT STILL SOME HEAVY RAINS IN. THE MID-ATLANTIC AS WELL.

THERE'S STILL THAT HIGH FLOOD. RISK, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN. PART OF THAT RED AREA DOWN. TOWARD THE DELMARVA. IT. CERTAINLY IS KNOCKED DOWN THE. HEAT. NEW YORK CITY WILL. STRUGGLE TO REACH TO 70 DEGREES. TOMORROW. THAT RELIEF IS GOING. TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO. MEMPHIS AND RALEIGH, BUT NOT TO. THE GULF COAST. FOR NOW, THOUGH, OUR CONCERN THE I-95 CORRIDOR. DAVID. >> WE'LL TAKE THE RELIEF. WE. JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THESE. NEXT FEW HOURS. LEE. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE SEVERE TURBULENCE. ROCKING A DELTA PASSENGER JET. OUT OF SALT LAKE CITY, PASSENGERS AND FOOD CARTS. HITTING THE CABIN CEILING. THE. FLIGHT WAS DIVERTING TO. MINNEAPOLIS. 25 PASSENGERS AND. CREW THEN RUSHED TO THE.

HOSPITAL. HERE'S ABC'S MOLA. LENGHI TONIGHT. >> FRIGHTENING MOMENTS AT. 37,000FT. A DELTA PLANE ROCKED. BY SIGNIFICANT TURBULENCE. PASSENGERS SENT FLYING OUT OF. THEIR SEATS. A CEILING PANEL. DISLODGED FIRST RESPONDERS. ASSESSING PEOPLE ON THE PLANE. 25 TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. >> THE PLANE ROSE RAPIDLY AND. THEN DID SOMEWHAT OF A NOSEDIVE. VERY RAPIDLY DOWN. >> WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING. DOWN. SO I'M, YOU KNOW, STILL. SHAKEN ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, IT. WAS VERY SCARY.

>> THE FLIGHT HEADING FROM SALT. LAKE CITY TO AMSTERDAM WEDNESDAY. EVENING WHEN IT HIT TURBULENCE. OVER WYOMING, RADAR SHOWING. STORMS IN THE AREA, IN-FLIGHT. FOOD SERVICE JUST UNDERWAY. >> IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE YOUR. SEATBELT ON, THEY HIT THE. CEILING AND THEN THEY FELL TO. THE GROUND, AND THE CARTS ALSO. HIT THE CEILING AND FELL TO THE. GROUND. >> THE 288 PASSENGERS AND CREW. DIVERTED TO MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT, WHERE THE AIRLINE SAID MEDICAL. PERSONNEL MET THE FLIGHT UPON. ARRIVAL. >> WE HAVE THE EMERGENCY. VEHICLES STANDING BY. >> THE AIRPLANE CAN TAKE A LOT. MORE THAN WE CAN. IT'S NOT GOING.

TO COME APART, BUT WHEN YOU GET. INTO HEAVY TURBULENCE, YOU ARE. ACTUALLY, AS A PASSENGER, YOUR. BEST FRIEND. WHEN IT COMES TO. AVOIDING INJURY. WHEN YOU'RE. SEATED, DON'T LET THAT SEATBELT. JUST SIT THERE. USE IT. >> DAVID DELTA SAYS ALL 25. PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ARE. OUT OF THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT. THE. NTSB AND THE FAA ARE. INVESTIGATING THIS INCIDENT. DAVID. >> MOLA LENGHI WITH US AGAIN. TONIGHT. MOLA. THANK YOU. JUST. IN TONIGHT, THE SHOCKING ARREST. AFTER A MOTHER AND FATHER WERE. KILLED IN A HIKING TRAIL. THEIR. TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS WERE RIGHT.

THERE. NOW, A 28 YEAR OLD. TEACHER IS UNDER ARREST TONIGHT. OFFICERS ARRESTING HIM AS HE WAS. GETTING A HAIRCUT. AND YOU'LL. SEE IT. HERE'S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE. CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. >> TONIGHT, A STUNNING ARREST IN. THE MURDERS OF A COUPLE HIKING. WITH THEIR TWO CHILDREN IN. NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. 28 YEAR OLD. ANDREW MCGAHN, A SCHOOL TEACHER. WHO TAUGHT FIFTH GRADE AND. RECENTLY MOVED TO THE STATE TO. BEGIN A NEW TEACHING POSITION. NOW BEHIND BARS CHARGED WITH TWO. COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER IN AN. ATTACK THAT POLICE SAY APPEARS.

TO BE COMPLETELY RANDOM. >> THE SUSPECT INDICATED THAT HE. DID COMMIT THESE MURDERS. >> MCGAHN ARRESTED OVERNIGHT AT. THIS BARBER SHOP AS HE GOT A. HAIRCUT ABOUT 30 MILES FROM. DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK, WHERE. CLINTON AND KRISTEN WERE. MURDERED ON SATURDAY. AND. TONIGHT, THOSE HEARTBREAKING NEW. DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE COUPLE. FOUGHT TO PROTECT THEIR SEVEN. AND NINE YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS, AS. POLICE SAY MCGAHN STARTED TO. STAB THEM REPEATEDLY WITH A. KNIFE. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE. GIRL'S FATHER WAS ATTACKED. FIRST. HIS WIFE RUSHING THE.

CHILDREN TO SAFETY BEFORE. RETURNING TO HELP HER HUSBAND. >> THEY ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED. THOSE GIRLS TO THEIR FULLEST. EXTENT, TO THE POINT THAT IT. COST THEM THEIR LIVES. WE'RE IN. AWE OF THIS MOM AND DAD. >> POLICE SAY THE CHILDREN LATER. PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE. SUSPECT AND THAT THE KILLER WAS. INJURED AT THE SCENE, LEAVING. BEHIND BLOOD AND DNA. THAT WAS A. MATCH TO MCGAHN. >> DNA THAT WAS RECOVERED AT THE. INITIAL CRIME SCENE MATCHED HIS.

HIS DNA. >> THERE'S NO KNOWN CONNECTION. BETWEEN MCGAHN AND THE OFFICIALS. SAY, BUT THEY SUSPECT THE. MURDERS WERE PREMEDITATED. BECAUSE THE KILLER HAD COVERED. HIS LICENSE PLATE WITH DUCT TAPE. TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY. TONIGHT, THE CRITICAL QUESTION WHY DID. THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY TARGET A. COUPLE THAT HE DID NOT KNOW? DAVID. >> HORRIFIC STORY. PIERRE. THOMAS TONIGHT. PIERRE. THANK. YOU. THIS EVENING IN NEW YORK. CITY, THE REMARKABLE SURVIVOR. STORY. THE WORKER WHO CAME FACE. TO FACE WITH THAT GUNMAN WHO.

WENT ON A DEADLY RAMPAGE IN THAT. PARK AVENUE HIGH RISE OFFICE. BUILDING. THAT WORKER SAID SHE. PUT HER HANDS IN THE AIR. AND. WHAT SHE THEN SAID TO HIM HOW. SHE SURVIVED THIS. AND HERE'S. AARON KATERSKY. >> TONIGHT, THE PARK AVENUE. OFFICE CLEANER WHO STARED DOWN. THE BARREL OF THE SHOOTER'S. ASSAULT RIFLE AND SURVIVED. SHE. PUT HER HANDS IN THE AIR. I'M A. CLEANING LADY. I'M A CLEANING. LADY. SABIA SAYS. SHE SHOUTED AS. GUNFIRE ERUPTED AROUND HER. SHE. WAS COLLECTING GARBAGE MONDAY. EVENING ON THE 33RD FLOOR OF 345. PARK AVENUE, WHERE SHE HAS. WORKED FOR 27 YEARS. SHE SAYS.

SHE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE. FIRECRACKERS, ROUNDED THE CORNER. TO SEE THE GLASS DOOR IN FRONT. OF THE RECEPTION DESK SHAKE AND. SHATTER. THIS GUY CAME IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE DOOR AND POINTED. HIS GUN AT ME. HE STARTED. SHOOTING AROUND ME. NILOVICH RAN. DOWN THE HALL, HID IN A CLOSET. AND STARTED PRAYING. SHE SAYS. SHE HEARD SHOUTING, THEN. FOOTSTEPS. THE GUNMAN, SHANE. TAMURA, WAS MOVING TOWARD HER, FIRING AT THE CLOSET DOOR. THEN. THAT WORKER SAYS SHE THOUGHT OF. JULIA HEIMAN, THE YOUNG WOMAN. WORKING LATE, STILL AT HER DESK.

I THOUGHT, GOD HELP HER. JULIA. HYMANS FUNERAL WAS YESTERDAY. WESLEY LEPATNER WAS TODAY. >> MY MOM WAS LIKE MY ROCK. SO. HE AND I WOULD TALK TO HER AND I. COULDN'T TALK TO ANYONE ELSE, AND NOTHING ELSE WOULD MAKE IT. BETTER. >> AND SO WAS THE FUNERAL FOR. OFFICER ISLAM, HIS PREGNANT. WIFE, TWO SONS AND OTHER FAMILY. MEMBERS FOLLOWING BEHIND HIS. FLAG DRAPED CASKET IN THE BRONX, WHERE HE LIVED AND SERVED EACH. DAY SINCE THE SHOOTING. DAVID, THAT OFFICE CLEANER, SAYS SHE'S.

ONLY BEEN GETTING MORE STRESSED, MORE SHAKEN. SHE WAS NEVER. SCARED AT WORK. NOW, SHE SAYS. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO GO BACK. DAVID. >> THAT IS ENTIRELY. UNDERSTANDABLE. AARON. THANK. YOU. NOW TO THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN. CASE. 24 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP MADE THAT CLAIM THAT. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, QUOTE, STOLE. YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORKED AT HIS. MAR A LAGO RESORT FROM TRUMP'S. SPA. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE'S FAMILY. RESPONDING, GIUFFRE HAD SAID SHE. WORKED AT MAR A LAGO IN THE SPA. AND HER FAMILY NOW TELLING THE. PRESIDENT NOT TO PARDON. GHISLAINE MAXWELL. HERE'S RACHEL. SCOTT.

>> 24 HOURS. >> AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. REMARKABLE NEW CLAIM THAT. JEFFREY EPSTEIN STOLE YOUNG. WOMAN WHO WORKED AT HIS MAR A. LAGO RESORT, AN ANGUISHED. RESPONSE FROM THE FAMILY OF ONE. OF THOSE WOMEN, VIRGINIA. GIUFFRE. GIUFFRE CLAIMS SHE WAS. APPROACHED AT MAR A LAGO IN 2000. BY EPSTEIN'S COMPANION GHISLAINE. MAXWELL, WHO THEN SEX TRAFFICKED. HER TO EPSTEIN. >> I WAS RECRUITED AT A VERY. YOUNG AGE FROM MAR A LAGO AND. ENTRAPPED IN A WORLD THAT I. DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. >> THIS WEEK, TRUMP SAID GIUFFRE. WAS ONE OF SEVERAL EMPLOYEES.

EPSTEIN STOLE FROM HIM. >> I THINK SHE WORKED AT THE. SPA. I THINK SO, I THINK THAT. WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE. YEAH, HE. STOLE HER. AND BY THE WAY, SHE. HAD NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT US, AS. YOU KNOW. NONE WHATSOEVER. >> GIUFFRE FAMILY CALLING IT. SHOCKING TO HEAR TRUMP SAY THAT. HE WAS AWARE THAT VIRGINIA HAD. BEEN STOLEN FROM MAR A LAGO. IT. MAKES US ASK IF HE WAS AWARE OF. JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND GHISLAINE. MAXWELL'S CRIMINAL ACTIONS. THEY. ALSO POINTED TO WHAT TRUMP TOLD. NEW YORK MAGAZINE IN 2002, TWO.

YEARS AFTER GIUFFRE WAS. ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKED TO EPSTEIN. TRUMP PRAISING EPSTEIN, TELLING. THE MAGAZINE IT IS EVEN SAID. THAT HE LIKES BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AS. MUCH AS I DO, AND MANY OF THEM. ARE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE. TODAY I. ASKED THE PRESIDENT, YOU SAID. THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN STOLE. PEOPLE FROM MAR A LAGO AT THE. TIME, DID YOU KNOW WHY HE WAS. TAKING THOSE YOUNG WOMEN, INCLUDING VIRGINIA, WHO WAS 16. AT. >> THE TIME? I WOULD FIGURE IT. WAS ABC FAKE NEWS THAT WOULD ASK. THAT QUESTION. ONE OF THE WORST. BUT NO, I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHY, BUT I SAID, IF HE'S TAKEN.

ANYBODY FROM MAR A LAGO, HE'S. HIRING OR WHATEVER HE'S DOING, I. DIDN'T LIKE IT. AND WE THREW HIM. OUT. >> GIUFFRE DIED BY SUICIDE. EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND MAXWELL. HAS ALWAYS DENIED HER. ACCUSATIONS, CALLING HER, QUOTE, A FABULIST. MAXWELL IS NOW. SERVING 20 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR. SEX TRAFFICKING. LAST WEEK, SHE. SPENT NINE HOURS MEETING WITH. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD. BLANCH, WHO WAS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S PERSONAL LAWYER. THE. PRESIDENT HAS NOT RULED OUT. PARDONING HER. >> WELL, I'M ALLOWED TO GIVE HER. A PARDON, BUT NOBODY'S.

APPROACHED ME WITH IT. >> BUT TONIGHT, THE FAMILY OF. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE CALLING MAXWELL. A MONSTER AND A PREDATOR WHO. DESTROYED THE LIVES OF GIRLS AND. YOUNG WOMEN WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, SAYING SHE DESERVES TO ROT IN. PRISON FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. AND DAVID, IT WAS JUST ONE WEEK. AGO THAT MAXWELL SAT DOWN WITH. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD. BLANCH. THE ADMINISTRATION STILL. HAS NOT RELEASED ANY DETAILS ON. WHAT WAS SAID. DAVID. >> RACHEL SCOTT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE FOR US. RACHEL. THANK YOU. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, THE DIRE. HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS RISKING.

THEIR LIVES FOR FOOD NOW AND WHY. MOUNTAINS OF AID ARE JUST. SITTING THERE, UNABLE TO BE. GIVEN OUT. HERE'S OUR CHIEF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, IAN. PANNELL, INSIDE GAZA TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT WE GO INSIDE GAZA. WITH THE IDF TO SEE THE AID. PILING UP AS PALESTINIANS STARVE. AND CHILDREN GO HUNGRY. THIS IS. THE MOMENT THAT WE CROSS FROM. ISRAEL INTO GAZA. WE WERE TAKEN. TO A MASSIVE AID DEPOT, ISRAEL, SAYING, THERE'S ENOUGH FOOD HERE. TO FEED ALL OF GAZA FOR MORE. THAN A WEEK, BUT MUCH OF IT. GOING NOWHERE. THERE ARE.

MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAINS OF AID. HERE, WAITING TO BE DELIVERED TO. THE DESPERATE PEOPLE INSIDE. GAZA. LITERALLY JUST A FEW. HUNDRED YARDS DOWN THAT ROAD. HERE, WE HAVE SACKS OF FORTIFIED. FLOUR TO MAKE BREAD THAT PEOPLE. DESPERATELY NEED. WHY ISN'T THE. AID BEING HELD THERE BY ISRAEL. GETTING INTO THE MOUTHS OF THE. HUNGRY? >> ONCE IT'S IN THE GAZAN SIDE, IT'S UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL. COMMUNITY TO PICK IT UP AND. DISTRIBUTE IT. AND WE HAVEN'T. SEEN THAT HAPPEN IN A FAST. ENOUGH PACE. >> BUT THE UN REJECTING THIS, BLAMING ISRAEL, SAYING THEY.

CAN'T DELIVER THE AID SAFELY AND. THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS. DESPERATE FOR FOOD MET BY. GUNFIRE. >> IT'S KIDS. IT'S CHILDREN. >> BULLETS HITTING THE GROUND. JUST FEET AWAY. UN AID WORKERS. SAYING ISRAELI TROOPS OPENED. FIRE. >> LA LA LA LA LA. DON'T DO. THIS. >> UNDETERRED, THE CROWD. SUDDENLY RUSHING THE CONVOY, GRABBING FOOD BEFORE IT CAN BE. SAFELY DISTRIBUTED. ISRAEL, REVIEWING THE INCIDENT, SAYING. IT'S ONLY FIRES WARNING SHOTS.

WHEN FACED WITH A THREAT. DAVID. STEVE WITKOFF, THE SPECIAL ENVOY. GOING TO GAZA TOMORROW TO TRY TO. GET MORE FOOD IN. PRESIDENT. TRUMP CALLING THE SITUATION. TERRIBLE. HE WANTS HAMAS TO. SURRENDER. BUT TONIGHT, THE. GROUP SAYING IT WON'T LAY DOWN. ITS ARMS. DAVID. >> IAN PANNELL FROM THE REGION. AGAIN TONIGHT FOR US. IAN. THANK. YOU. MEANTIME, BACK HERE IN THE. U.S, IN TEXAS TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES FACING TOUGH. QUESTIONS FROM STATE LAWMAKERS. ABOUT THE RESPONSE TO THE 4TH OF. JULY STORMS. THAT, OF COURSE, BROUGHT THAT DEADLY FLOODING. TAKING AT LEAST 135 LIVES,

INCLUDING SO MANY OF THOSE GIRLS. AT CAMP MYSTIC. THE COUNTY'S. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. COORDINATOR, WILLIAM THOMAS, ACKNOWLEDGING HE WAS SICK AND. ASLEEP AS FLOODWATERS WERE. SWEEPING THE REGION. >> I STAYED IN BED. >> THROUGHOUT JULY THE 3RD. AND. I WAS AWAKENED AROUND 5:30 A.M. ON JULY THE 4TH BY MY WIFE, FOLLOWING A CALL FROM THE CITY. OF KERRVILLE. EMC JEREMY HUGHES. REQUESTING THAT I MOBILIZE. >> YEAH. >> PUT IT UP THERE. >> COMMITTEE MEMBERS FRUSTRATED, SAYING A NUMBER OF TOP OFFICIALS. WERE UNREACHABLE DURING THOSE. CRUCIAL EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN.

SO MANY WERE IN NEED AND. FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES. WHEN. WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, MEDICAL RECORDS NOW REVEALING. HULK HOGAN'S CAUSE OF DEATH. AND. TONIGHT, WE NOW LEARN OF HOGAN'S. PERSONAL BATTLE FOR QUITE SOME. TIME. ALSO AHEAD HERE, THE. AMERICAN FIGHTER JET BURSTING. INTO FLAMES AND CRASHING. AND. THE ALARMING IMAGES TONIGHT. THE. ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF A TODDLER. AT A SHOPPING MALL. WHY? >>> TONIGHT, POLICE SAY ALARMING. SURVEILLANCE. >>> TONIGHT, POLICE SAY ALARMING. SURVEILLANCE SHOWS THE ATTEMPTED. ABDUCTION OF A TODDLER IN. VIRGINIA.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE GIRL HAD. WANDERED AWAY FROM HER FATHER. A MAN PICKING HER UP RIGHT. THERE, WALKING AWAY. THE GIRL'S MOTHER AND FATHER. CHASING HIM, HE LET THE DAUGHTER. GO. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HOPE THE. VIDEO RAISES AWARENESS OF THE. DANGERS WHEN A CHILD WANDERS. THAT SUSPECT IS UNDER ARREST. >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. NAVY. INVESTIGATING THE FIERY CRASH OF. AN F-35 FIGHTER JET IN CENTRAL. CALIFORNIA. THE JET BURSTING INTO FLAMES, GOING DOWN AT NAVAL AIR STATION. LEMOORE. THE PILOT DID SAFELY EJECT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, HULK HOGAN'S CAUSE OF. DEATH HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED.

TONIGHT. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. WE'VE LEARNED THIS EVENING HULK. HOGAN DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. MEDAL RECORD MEDICAL RECORDS. ALSO FROM PINELLAS COUNTY. REVEALING THAT HE HAD ALSO BEEN. BATTLING LEUKEMIA FOR SOME TIME. >>> TONIGHT, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. REVEALING HE'S BATTLING LYME. DISEASE. HE SAID HE'S BEEN DEALING WITH. MASSIVE NERVE PAIN. HE CALLS THE ILLNESS. RELENTLESSLY DEBILITATING. HE SHARED HIS CONDITION. FOLLOWING HIS LATEST TOUR. >>> TONIGHT, THE LONGEST. LIGHTNING BOLT EVER ON RECORD. SCIENTISTS HAVE NOW CONFIRMED A. SINGLE LIGHTNING BOLT STRETCHING.

515 MILES ACROSS THREE STATES. TEXAS TO MISSOURI. IT WAS BACK IN 2017, NOW. CONFIRMED. THE MEGA FLASH COVERED THE. DISTANCE IN A LITTLE MORE THAN. JUST SEVEN SECONDS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE GRANDMOTHER. BOARDING HER FLIGHT AND. SUDDENLY, THE ENTIRE PLANE WAS. CHEERING. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, ONE. GRANDMOTHER'S SURPRISE. TONIGHT HERE, A FLIGHT LIKE NO. OTHER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. >> David: AMERICAN AIRLINES. FLIGHT 4983 ABOUT TO DEPART FROM.

MEMPHIS TO CHICAGO. THE PILOT ON THE INTERCOM. >> MY NAME IS JUSTIN, AND I WILL. BE YOUR CAPTAIN ON TODAY'S. FLIGHT. >> David: SUDDENLY, ONE. PASSENGER RECOGNIZING THAT. PILOT'S VOICE. >> MAY I GET UP? >> YES, MA'AM, GO RIGHT AWAY. >> David: THE WOMAN ASKING, MAY. I GET UP? IT TURNS OUT, SHE IS THE PILOT'S. GRANDMOTHER. AND SHE RAISED HIM. >> MY GRANDPARENTS RAISED ME. I GREW UP HERE IN THE MEMPHIS. AREA, THEY'VE SUPPORTED ME, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THEY. COULD TO HELP ME TO GET TO WHERE. I AM TODAY.

>> David: THAT GRANDMOTHER. WALKING UP THE AISLE, HUGGING. HER GRANDSON. THE OTHER PASSENGERS CHEERING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD. EVER BEEN ON HIS FLIGHT. >> UNFORTUNATELY, MY GRANDPA. PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS YEAR, SO, HE NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY. TO FLY WITH ME, BUT THIS AMAZING. CREW THAT I'M FLYING WITH HERE. TODAY WAS ABLE TO HELP ME PULL. IT OFF TO WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER. GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY TO. CHICAGO WITH ME TODAY AND I WILL. BE THE CAPTAIN. >> David: GRANDMAKAR LYNNE.

WIPING. WIPWIPE. WIPWI. GRANDMA CAROLYN WIPING AWAY. TEARS. IT TURNS OUT WHEN JUSTIN FOUND. OUT SHE WAS COMING TO VISIT HIM, THAT SHE WAS STOPPING FOR A. LAYOVER IN CHICAGO, HE ASKED IF. HE COULD SWAP ASSIGNMENTS TO. MAKE SURE HE WAS THE PILOT FOR. HER CONNECTING FLIGHT. >> I LOVE YOU. >> I LOVE YOU, TOO. >> David: RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HEY, DAVID, GOOD EVENING. >> David: THAT PILOT, JUSTIN, HONORING HIS GRANDPARENTS. CAROLYN AND FREDDY, GRATEFUL FOR. WHAT THEY DID FOR HIM. >> I'M REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE. GRANDPARENTS AS AWESOME AS MY. GRANDPARENTS WERE. MY GRANDMA, I'VE BEEN SHOWING. HER THE VIDEOS AND THE COMMENTS. AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SHE. SAYS IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW KIND.

PEOPLE ARE. WE HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT. REST OF YOUR DAY. >> David: IT'S WHY WE LOVE. AMERICA STRONG. GOOD NIGHT.