ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 9, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. FIRST, IT WAS TEXAS, NOW THE. DEADLY FLASH FLOODING IN NEW. MEXICO. THE WALL OF WATER SWEEPING HOMES. AWAY. A SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE AND TWO. CHILDREN. >>> ALSO BREAKING IN THE. NORTHEAST, SEVERE STORMS, DAMAGING WINDS, AND NOW FLASH. FLOOD ALERTS AS WE COME ON. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE DEADLY. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IN NEW. MEXICO NOW. HOMES RIPPED OFF FOUNDATIONS. CARRIED DOWN THE RIVER. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE DEAD, AND. TONIGHT, THE STORY OF THAT. SOLDIER, A YOUNG HUSBAND AND. FATHER, AND HIS FAMILY SWEPT. AWAY. THEY FOUND THE HUSBAND AND WIFE.

ALIVE. THEIR TWO CHILDREN DID NOT. SURVIVE. IN TEXAS TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL. NOW CLIMBING AND THE CHILLING. NEW VIDEO NOW EMERGING OF A. MOTHER AND HER SON CLIMBING. TREES TO SURVIVE. YOU CAN HEAR THE 15-YEAR-OLD SON. CALLING OUT FOR HIS MOTHER. >> I CAN CLIMB HIGHER, BUT I'M. OKAY. ARE YOU HIGH? MOM, ARE YOU IN A TREE? >> David: BOTH OF THEM IN TREES. AND HER TWO DAUGHTERS WERE AT. THAT GIRLS CAMP, CAMP MYSTIC. HOW THE FAMILY SURVIVED THIS. AND TONIGHT, WHAT ABC NEWS HAS.

NOW LEARNED ABOUT THE WARNING. SYSTEMS. AUTHORITIES HELD DISCUSSIONS OF. A FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM AT LEAST. 20 TIMES SINCE 2016. MOST RECENTLY, JUST MONTHS AGO. MATT GUTMAN AND WHAT HE'S. LEARNED TONIGHT. >>> THIS EVENING, IN THE. NORTHEAST, WE'RE WATCHING FLOOD. WATCHES AND SEVERE STORMS ON THE. MOVE RIGHT NOW. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER. ALERTS FOR POTENTIAL FLASH. FLOODS AND DAMAGING WINDS. WASHINGTON, D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA. THE RAIN IN NEW YORK CITY. POLICE RACING TO HELP DRIVERS. TRAPPED UNDER DOWNED TREES. THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. GINGER ZEE IS HERE.

>>> THE HEARTBREAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES AND THEIR NEW. WARNING AMID THE RISING NUMBER. OF HOT CAR DEATHS INVOLVING. CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY. TONIGHT, A YOUNG MOTHER NOW. FACING CHARGES, ACCUSED OF. LEAVING HER TWO SONS IN THE CAR. WHILE SHE WENT TO GET A COSMETIC. PROCEDURE. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE, ABOVE. 100. ONE OF THE BOYS DID NOT SURVIVE. THE NUMBER OF CASES MOUNTING. TONIGHT. >>> JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP LASHED OUT AT VLADIMIR. PUTIN, PUTIN WITH THE LARGEST. AIR STRIKE ON UKRAINE SINCE. RUSSIA INVADED.

>>> TONIGHT, BACK HERE AT HOME, THE CASE OF A WOMAN. PADDLEBOARDING IN THE NORTHEAST, THEN MISSING. AND NOW THE CORONER IS CALLING. THIS A HOMICIDE. WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. >>> TONIGHT HERE, THE DRAMATIC. RESCUE. THE DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS AFTER A. COLLISION WITH MULTIPLE CARS. OFFICERS RUSHING TO PULL THE. DRIVER FROM THE BURNING CAR. >>> THE STUNNING COAST GUARD. VIDEO TONIGHT. TWO BOYS STRANDED AT THE EDGE OF. THIS CLIFF. >>> THE WARNING INVOLVING A. POPULAR BRAND OF CRACKERS. TONIGHT. >>> AND SO MANY OF YOU AT HOME. REACTING AFTER ORE INTERVIEW.

LAST NIGHT IN TEXAS, THE MAN. SEARCHING FOR HIS MOTHER AND. FATHER ALONG THAT RIVER. THERE IS AN UPDATE TONIGHT, JUST. IN FROM HIM. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED NOW. SO MANY OF YOU WITH WORDS OF. SUPPORT, AND HIS NEW MESSAGE TO. EVERYONE WATCHING TONIGHT. >>> GOOD EVENING, WE ARE JUST. BACK FROM TEXAS TONIGHT. THE HILL COUNTRY, AND THE. HEARTBREAK THERE. WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF YOU AT.

HOME, YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THOSE. FAMILIES. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. NEW TRAGEDY HERE, FIRST IT WAS. TEXAS, NOW IT'S NEW MEXICO. A NEW FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY, AND. IT'S BEEN DEADLY. ONE FAMILY, A SOLDIER AND HIS. WIFE, THEIR TWO CHILDREN SWEPT. AWAY. ONLY THE PARENTS WERE FOUND. ALIVE. THE IMAGES TONIGHT HERE. THAT POWERFUL WALL OF WATER. SWEEPING RIGHT THROUGH THIS. COMMUNITY IN NEW MEXICO. THE RIVER RISING 20 FEET IN JUST. 30 MINUTES. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE. KILLED. POWERFUL CURRENTS RIPPING HOMES. RIGHT OFF OF THEIR FOUNDATIONS.

DOZENS OF WATER RESCUES. REPORTED. THE GOVERNOR IN NEW MEXICO. TONIGHT DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY. MEANTIME, IN TEXAS, SEARCH AND. RESCUE TEAMS NOW IN THEIR SIXTH. DAY. THE DEATH TOLL THERE RISING, JUST AS WE COME ON TONIGHT. AT LEAST 119 NOW DEAD, AND 170. PEOPLE STILL MISSING, INCLUDING. CHILDREN. AND FURTHER NORTH AT THIS HOUR, ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, AND NOW. WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR MORE. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING, WASHINGTON, D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA. WE HAVE IT ALL COVERED TONIGHT. GINGER ZEE IS STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. AND OUR CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN.

TEXAS. THE SON CALLING FOR HIS MOTHER. FROM A TREE. AND YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT HERE. AND NOW, THIS NEW HORRIFIC. TRAGEDY IN NEW MEXICO. >> Reporter: A LONG NIGHT AHEAD. FOR RESIDENTS OF RUIDOSO, NEW. MEXICO, AFTER A DEADLY WALL OF. WATER BLASTED THROUGH THE. STREETS. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE KILLED. WHEN THE BANKS OF THE RUIDOSO. RIVER OUTSIDE ALBUQUERQUE ROSE A. RECORD 20 FEET IN JUST 30. MINUTES.

A YOUNG SOLDIER AND FATHER OF. TWO STATIONED AT FORT BLISS, TEXAS, WAS ON VACATION WITH HIS. FAMILY AT A CAMPGROUND WHEN THEY. WERE SWEPT AWAY IN THOSE RAGING. FLOOD WATERS. HE AND HIS WIFE WERE FOUND SAFE, BUT THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. AND THEIR 7-YEAR-OLD SON DID NOT. SURVIVE. >> OH, MY GOD. THEY JUST PULLED SOMEBODY OUT. >> OH, NO. >> Reporter: THIS HOME RIPPED. FROM ITS FOUNDATION AND SENT. SMASHING DOWNHILL. CREWS TODAY COMBING THROUGH THE. DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND. THAT HORROR IN NEW MEXICO COMES. JUST DAYS AFTER THOSE. DEVASTATING FLOODS 500 MILES. AWAY IN TEXAS, WHERE RECOVERY.

TEAMS IN KERRVILLE ARE SCOURING. RIVER BEDS FOR A SIXTH DAY. AT LEAST 170 PEOPLE STILL. UNACCOUNTED FOR, AFTER THAT. CATASTROPHIC JULY 4th FLASH. FLOOD KILLED AT LEAST 119. PEOPLE. DISPATCH AUDIO EXCLUSIVELY. OBTAINED BY OUR AFFILIATE KSAT. DETAILS EMERGENCY CREWS' INITIAL. RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATING. FLOODS HERE. >> WE STILL HAVE WATER COMING. UP, THE GUADALUPE SHOEMAKER SIGN. IS UNDER WATER ON HIGHWAY 39. IS THERE ANY WAY TO SEND A CODE.

RED OUT TO OUR HUNT RESIDENTS, ASKING THEM TO FIND HIGHER. GROUND OR STAY HOME? >> Reporter: LINDSAY AND HER. TEENAGE SON JACK SWEPT FROM. THEIR HOME INTO THOSE ROILING. WATERS. >> THE NEXT THING I SAW COMING. FOR ME WAS A HOUSE. AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW IT ALL. HAPPENED. >> Reporter: LINDSAY SPOKE TO ME. FROM HER HOSPITAL BED, RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. >> BUT I WENT UNDER AND IT WAS. LIKE BEING IN A WASHING MACHINE, JUST -- FLIPPING AROUND UNDER. THE WATER. >> Reporter: SHE FOUGHT TO THE. SURFACE, BUT DEBRIS ALSO PELTING. HER SON. THEY WERE SEPARATED.

THEN BOTH JACK AND HIS MOM. GRABBING ONTO TREES. >> THERE'S BOATS AND HELICOPTERS. COMING. [ WOMAN SCREAMING ]. WHAT? I AM! I CAN CLIMB HIGHER, BUT I'M. OKAY, ARE YOU HIGH? [ WOMAN SCREAMING ]. MOM, ARE YOU IN A TREE? THERE'S BOATS COMING. >> Reporter: THEY WEREN'T BOATS, BUT CARS FLOATING BY. LINDSAY GRATEFUL JACK WAS OKAY. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WORD.

THAT DESCRIBES THE. OVERWHELMING -- LIKE, THERE'S MY. BABY, AND HE'S ALIVE, THANK GOD, HE'S ALIVE, HE'S ALIVE. >> Reporter: AND IN A REMARKABLE. TURN, LINDSAY'S TWO DAUGHTERS. WERE AT CAMP MYSTIC, WHERE SO. MANY LITTLE GIRLS WERE LOST. LIKE THEIR COUSINS, ELOISE AND. GEORGIA JONES, THEY SURVIVED. >> IT WAS, LIKE, UNBELIEVABLE. >> AND THAT'S WHEN WE GOT NEWS. THAT PEOPLE HAD VANISHED FROM. THEIR CABINS, AND THAT'S WHEN WE. REALIZED, LIKE, TRULY SOMETHING. WAS TERRIBLE.

TERRIBLE HAPPENED. >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO HIDE FROM. ANYTHING. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS GRILLED. ABOUT THE COUNTY'S LACK OF. ANSWERS ABOUT WARNING SYSTEMS IN. A REGION NICKNAMED FLASH FLOOD. ALLEY. >> THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE -- WE WILL ANSWER. THOSE QUESTIONS. I WISH Y'ALL WOULD BEAR WITH ME. IN THAT. >> Reporter: ABC NEWS LEARNING. KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. DISCUSSED SOME SORT OF A FLOOD. WARNING SYSTEM 20 TIMES JUST. SINCE 2016. AND FINALLY, IN APRIL,

AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WORTH UP. TO $73,000 TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM. COUNCIL MEMBER RAY HOWARD. FUMING. >> THAT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY. IT JUST -- IT'S UNFATHOMABLE. THAT THEY NEVER WORKED ON IT. THIS IS LIVES. THIS IS -- THIS IS PEOPLE. THIS IS FAMILIES. THIS IS -- THIS IS. HEARTBREAKING. >> Reporter: AND JUST 20 MILES. DOWNRIVER FROM HERE IN COMFORT, TEXAS, THEY HAVE SIRENS, AND. TEST THEM EVERY DAY AT NOON. EVERY DAY AT NOON -- EVERY DAY. AT NOON, THAT SIREN GOES OFF, ALERTING PEOPLE THAT THE SYSTEM. IS WORKING.

AUTHORITIES SAY THOSE SIRENS. SAVE LIVES. AND BACK UPRIVER TONIGHT, WE'RE. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FAMILIES. LOST HERE. >> WATER JUST STARTED COMING, LIKE, SUPER FAST. >> Reporter: LEO ROMERO JR. TURNS 19 TODAY. HE WATCHED HIS FATHER, STEPMOTHER, AND HIS 2-YEAR-OLD. BROTHER RIPPED AWAY FROM THEIR. HOME. >> I DON'T WANT TO SAY I. ACCEPTED IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I. THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. >> Reporter: HIS FATHER LEO. REMEMBERED FOR HAVING THE. SWEETEST SMILE. LEO'S WIFE NATALIA AS THE. KINDEST LIVING SOULE.

AND CARLOS AS A SWEET LITTLE BOY. WHO LOVED TO PLAY, SMILE, AND. LAUGH. AND DAVID, JUST A SHORT TIME. AGO, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT. ANNOUNCING A SPECIAL SESSION OF. THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WILL. LARGELY FOCUS ON FLOOD. PREPARATION AND RELIEF. AND JUST A REMINDER, COMFORT, TEXAS, 15 MILES DOWNRIVER FROM. HERE, IT ONLY COST THEM $70,000. TO BUY THOSE TWO SIRENS THERE. DAVID? >> David: THE SIRENS THAT. DEFINITELY SAVE LIVES. MATT, WE'LL STAY ON THIS, OF. COURSE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS. THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, WE'RE ALSO WATCHING. VERY CLOSELY A LINE OF SCATTERED.

STORMS NORTH OF KERRVILLE WHERE. MATT WAS, JUST OUTSIDE THAT. AREA. AND IN THE EAST AT THIS HOUR, THERE ARE ALSO DAMAGING. THUNDERSTORMS AND NOW FLASH. FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C., RIGHT UP. THROUGH PHILADELPHIA. SO, LET'S GET RIGHT BACK TO. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, BACK WITH US AGAIN TONIGHT. GINGER, FIRST TEXAS, OF COURSE, AND YOU'RE TRACKING STORMS THERE. AGAIN? >> Reporter: YES, AND THEY'RE. JUST NORTH OF KERR COUNTY. SO, YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STORMS 1. TO 3 INCHES THAT WILL FALL. REALLY QUICKLY. EVEN A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN. PLACE FOR THE TOWN OF BRADY.

YOU SEE IT KIND OF SINKING. SOUTH. BE AWARE OF THAT TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN HILL COUNTRY. IT'S GOING TO DRY OUT THURSDAY. AND FRIDAY BEFORE RAIN COMES. BACK FOR THE WEEKEND. RUIDOSO UNDER A FLOOD WATCH. AGAIN. BECAUSE WE SEE THE FUTURE CAST. MOVING THROUGH 8:00, 9:00 P.M. MOUNTAIN TIME, THAT'S ANOTHER. STORM THAT COULD PRODUCE AN INCH. OR TWO REALLY QUICKLY. AND THAT SWOLLEN RIVER HAS NOT. GONE ALL THE WAY DOWN YET. LET'S GO TO THE EAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. IS CURRENTLY IN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING. WE'VE JUST HEARD REPORTS OF. TREES INTO CARS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE. HAPPENING FROM THERE INTO. VIRGINIA. RICHMOND, ABOUT TO GET HIT WITH.

THAT LINE, AS WELL. DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA, YOU STILL HAVE IT. AHEAD OF YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THIS. ENTIRE THING AFTER MIDNIGHT, AS. YOU CAN SEE, THAT SEVERE. THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS UP. BUT MANY OF THESE STORMS ARE. MOVING SLOWLY, THEY COULD. PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCH PER HOUR. RAINFALL RATES, DAVID. LEVEL THREE OUT OF FOUR FOR. FLASH FLOODING. >> David: ALL RIGHT, WATCHING. THESE STORMS IN THE EAST, GINGER, THANK YOU. >>> THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF. HEARTBREAK TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE. MOVE ON NOW TO AUTHORITIES AND. THEIR NEW WARNING AMID THE. RISING NUMBER OF HOT CAR DEATHS. INVOLVING CHILDREN IN THIS.

COUNTRY. TONIGHT, A YOUNG MOTHER IS NOW. FACING CHARGES, ACCUSED OF. LEAVING HER TWO SONS IN THE CAR. WHILE SHE WENT TO GET A COSMETIC. PROCEDURE. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE, ABOVE. 100, AND ONE OF THE BOYS DID NOT. SURVIVE. HERE'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A. 20-YEAR-OLD MOTHER IN CALIFORNIA. FACING CHILD ABUSE AND. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES AFTER. ALLEGEDLY LEAVING HER TWO YOUNG. SONS IN A 100-DEGREE CAR WHILE. SHE HAD A COSMETIC PROCEDURE. THE 1-YEAR-OLD LATER DYING AT. THE HOSPITAL.

THEIR GRANDMOTHER HAUNTED BY. WHAT THE BOYS ENDURED. >> THEY WERE STRAPPED IN THEIR. CAR SEATS. THEY COULDN'T EVEN GET UP TO. SAVE THEMSELVES. SHE LITERALLY LOCKED THEM IN. THEIR CAR SEATS AND SHUT THE. DOORS. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO ARREST. DOCUMENTS, MAYA HERNANDEZ TOLD. POLICE SHE LEFT THE CAR RUNNING. INTO THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. WHEN SHE WENT INTO A MED SPA, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ENGINE. AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF. AUTHORITIES SAY 1-YEAR-OLD. AMILO'S BODY TEMPERATURE. MEASURED 107 DEGREES. SO FAR, 14 HOT CAR DEATHS HAVE.

BEEN REPORTED THIS YEAR. >> HEY, KIDDIES. >> Reporter: NEWLY RELEASED BODY. CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS POLICE. OUTSIDE AN ATLANTA MALL BREAKING. INTO A CAR TO RESCUE TWO. TODDLERS LOCKED INSIDE AFTER. SOMEONE PASSING BY CALLED 911. POLICE SAY THE REAL-FEEL. TEMPERATURE INSIDE THE CAR WAS. 117 DEGREES. >> OH, YOU'RE HOT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THAT. CALIFORNIA MOTHER NOW BEING HELD. ON MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. BOND. AUTHORITIES THINK HER TWO. CHILDREN WERE IN THAT HOT CAR.

WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING FOR. NEARLY 90 MINUTES. DAVID? >> David: IT IS SUCH AN. IMPORTANT REMINDER. KAYNA WHITWORTH WITH US TONIGHT. KAYNA, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT HERE, JUST. HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. LASHED OUT AT VLADIMIR PUTIN, PUTIN RESPONDING WITH THE. LARGEST AIR STRIKE ON UKRAINE. SINCE RUSSIA INVADED. RACHEL SCOTT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: JUST HOURS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP RAILED AGAINST. VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING HE'S VERY. NICE ALL THE TIME, BUT IT TURNS.

OUT TO BE MEANINGLESS, THE. RUSSIAN LEADER UNLEASHING HIS. LARGEST AERIAL ASSAULT YET ON. UKRAINE. FIRING MORE THAN 700 DRONES INTO. THE COUNTRY. IT COMES AFTER TRUMP MAKES IT. CLEAR HIS PATIENCE WITH PUTIN IS. WEARING THIN. >> WE GET A LOT OF [ BLEEP ]. THROWN AT US BY PUTIN. HE'S VERY NICE ALL THE TIME, BUT. IT TURNS OUT TO BE MEANINGLESS. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION.

NOW RESUMING WEAPONS SHIPMENTS. TO UKRAINE. SHIPMENTS THE PENTAGON PUT ON. PAUSE LAST WEEK. THE PRESIDENT HAS INSISTED HE. DIDN'T KNOW WHO ORDERED THE. PAUSE. >> YESTERDAY, YOU SAID THAT YOU. WERE NOT SURE WHO ORDERED THE. MUNITIONS HALTED TO UKRAINE. HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE. THAT OUT? >> WELL, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT. IT, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT. UKRAINE RIGHT NOW, AND. MUNITIONS, BUT I HAVE NO -- I. HAVE NOT GOTTEN INTO IT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. TODAY SAYING HE'S NOW. CONSIDERING SENDING EVEN MORE. WEAPONS TO UKRAINE, INCLUDING. GRANTING THEIR REQUEST FOR. ANOTHER PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE. SYSTEM. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A SYSTEM. LIKE THAT, HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND. THEY'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY. WANT TO PREVENT DEATH.

THEY'RE GETTING HIT HARD. VERY HARD. SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LONG PRAISED. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN. THE QUESTION NOW, IS THIS A REAL. TURNING POINT IN THEIR. RELATIONSHIP? PUTIN HAS NOT RESPONDED DIRECTLY. TO THOSE ATTACKS FROM THE. PRESIDENT. DAVID? >> David: RACHEL SCOTT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE FOR US. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT HERE, THE CASE. OF A WOMAN PADDLEBOARDING IN. UNION, MAINE, SHE WENT MISSING. WELL TONIGHT, THE CORONER IS NOW. CALLING THIS A HOMICIDE. AND WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. HERE'S ABC'S MATT RIVERS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SEARCH. FOR A SUSPECTED KILLER, AFTER. THE DEATH OF A MAINE. PADDLEBOARDER.

THE BODY OF 48-YEAR-OLD SUNSHINE. "SUNNY" STEWART WAS FOUND UNDER. UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THIS. RURAL AREA EAST OF AUGUSTA, ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS FAMILIAR. WITH THE INVESTIGATION. STEWART REPORTED MISSING AFTER. SHE WENT OUT PADDLEBOARDING. ALONE ON CRAWFORD POND LAST. WEDNESDAY. >> LAST SEEN WEARING A BLUE DRY. PACK, A LIGHT-COLORED SHIRT, SHE'S VERY EXPERIENCED ON THE. WATER WITH A PADDLEBOARD. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY HER BODY. WAS FOUND THE NEXT MORNING NEAR. 100 ACRE ISLAND, WHICH IS ONLY. ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT.

THE CORONER LATER RULING HER. DEATH A HOMICIDE. NO SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED SO FAR. >> WHEN YOU HAVE A CASE WHERE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO COMMITTED. THIS ACT, THINGS THAT ARE FOUND. ON HER, NEAR HER, ET CETERA, MAY. GIVE THE POLICE SOME CLUES. >> Reporter: STEWART WAS WORKING. AS A CONTRACTOR AND HAD BEEN A. MARINE BIOLOGIST AND BOAT. CAPTAIN. HER SISTER SAYING ANYONE BLESSED. TO BE IN HER PRESENSE WAS IN AWE. OF HER. NOW, WE HAVE TO RALLY AND GIVE. HER JUSTICE.

DAVID, THE STATE POLICE URGING. RESIDENTS TO REMAIN VIGILANT AND. REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR. DAVID? >> David: MATT RIVERS WITH US. TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, A. DRAMATIC RESCUE. A DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS, TRAPPED IN. A BURNING CAR AFTER A COLLISION. WITH MULTIPLE CARS. OFFICERS TRYING TO GET THE. DRIVER OUT, AND YOU'LL SEE IT. HERE. >>> AND SO MANY OF YOU AT HOME. REACTING AFTER OUR INTERVIEW. LAST NIGHT IN TEXAS. YOU'LL REMEMBER THE MAN. SEARCHING FOR HIS MOTHER AND. FATHER ALONG THE RIVER, EVERY. DAY SINCE THE FOURTH OF JULY. WE'VE JUST HEARD FROM HIM. MOMENTS AGO TONIGHT, WITH AN. IMPORTANT UPDATE, AND HIS.

MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME. WATCHING TONIGHT, IN A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT, POLICE RACING TO. SAVE A DRIVER FROM A BURNING CAR. IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES AT THE. SCENE OF A THREE-CAR CRASH. OFFICERS FOUND ONE OF THE. DRIVERS UNCONSCIOUS. THEY CUT THE SEAT BELT, SAVING. THE DRIVER'S LIFE, BEFORE THAT. CAR BECAME FULLY ENGULFED IN. FLAMES MOMENTS LATER. >>> TONIGHT, TWO TEENAGERS. RESCUED FROM A CLIFF IN OREGON. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING THE COAST. GUARD FINDING THE 14-YEAR-OLD. BOYS IN ROADS END POINT, PULLING. THEM INTO A HELICOPTER. OFFICIALS SAY THE TEENS HAD.

SCALED THE ROCKS TO REACH AN. AREA CALLED GOD'S THUMB, AND. CALLED FOR HELP, REALIZING IT. WAS NOT SAFE TO CONTINUE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THIS WARNING INVOLVING A POPULAR. BRAND OF CRACKERS TONIGHT. >>> AND THE UPDATE JUST IN, THE. MAN IN TEXAS SEARCHING FOR HIS. MOM AND DAD. AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM. ALL OF YOU AT HOME. >>> TO THE INDEX, AND A RECALL. TONIGHT INVOLVING A POPULAR. BRAND OF RITZ CRACKERS. THE PARENT COMPANY OF RITZ. TONIGHT ISSUING A VOLUNTARY. RECALL OF SOME SANDWICH. CRACKERS. THE COMPANY SAYING SOME.

INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED CRACKERS. MAY BE INCORRECTLY LABELED AS. CHEESE BUT MAY HAVE PEANUT. BUTTER INSIDE. SHOPPERS WITH PEANUT ALLERGIES. ARE URGED TO DISCARD ANY PRODUCT. IDENTIFIED IN THE RECALL. WE DO HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE. FOR YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THAT DETERMINED SON I. INTERVIEWED LAST NIGHT IN TEXAS, LOOKING FOR HIS MOM AND DAD. ALONG THAT RIVER. WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM HIM. TONIGHT, WITH A VERY PERSONAL. UPDATE, IN A MOMENT.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, WE WON'T. FORGET THAT SON WE MET SEARCHING. FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER IN. TEXAS, AND WHAT WE LEARNED LATE. TODAY. WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF YOU AT. HOME AFTER OUR INTERVIEW HERE. LAST NIGHT. SO MANY OF YOU MOVED BY THE MAN. WE MET ALONG THE GUADALUPE. RIVER. ROBERT BREAK. HEY, ROBERT. OH, MAN. I'M SORRY YOU'RE DEALING WITH. THIS. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. >> David: HE HAS BEEN THERE. EVERY DAY SINCE THE FOURTH OF. JULY.

LOOKING FOR HIS PARENTS, ROBERT. AND JONI BREAK, WHO WERE SWEPT. AWAY IN THEIR CABIN. YOU'VE BEEN OUT EVERY DAY. >> YES, SIR, YES, SIR. >> David: HIS BROTHER AND HIS. BROTHER'S GIRLFRIEND ESCAPING. THEIR RV NEARBY. AND THIS IS THE VIDEO OF THAT RV. BEING SWEPT AWAY, JUST MOMENTS. LATER. AND BY THE TIME HIS BROTHER. COULD AGAIN MAKE IT TO HIS. PARENTS' CABIN, THEY WERE GONE. SO MANY OF THE CABINS WERE. WASHED AWAY. WE WERE THERE FOR THE MOMENT. ROBERT'S WIFE TEXTED HIM THE. LAST KNOWN PHOTO OF HIS FATHER.

HIS FATHER'S BACK AT THE EDGE OF. THE PIER, HIS BROTHER TO THE. SIDE. BOTH WERE FISHING THE DAY BEFORE. THIS ALL HAPPENED. >> MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER, JUST --. >> David: YEAH. I KNOW IT'S HARD. >> IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND. OF MAN HE WAS, THERE IT IS. PATIENT, HUMBLE, SPENDING TIME. WITH THE PEOPLE HE LOVES. THAT'S MY FATHER. THAT'S MY FATHER. >> David: AND JUST A SHORT TIME. AGO, ROBERT TELLING US HIS.

FATHER'S REMAINS HAVE BEEN. FOUND. HE BELIEVES THEY WERE FOUND. MILES AND MILES AWAY, AND HE IS. HOPEFUL TONIGHT THAT HIS MOTHER. WILL NOW BE FOUND NEAR HIS. FATHER. AND ROBERT TELLING US HE HAS. RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES. FROM STRANGERS ALL OVER THIS. COUNTRY. I WAS UP UNTIL 2:30 READING. COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE -- I HAVE. NO CLUE WHO THEY ARE. IF WE CAN BE THIS KIND TO. EVERYBODY EVERY DAY, THIS WILL. BE A MUCH BETTER PLACE. >> David: WE WILL NOT FORGET. WHAT HE TOLD US. AND TONIGHT, HIS MESSAGE ABOUT. HIS OWN PARENTS AND HIS HOPE FOR.

THE REST OF US. >> IF MY PARENTS' TRAGEDY BRINGS. PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT'S WHAT MY PARENTS' TRAGEDY. CREATED FOR ONE DAY, I CAN LIVE. WITH THAT. >> David: SOME COMMON HUMANITY. >> I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. >> David: WE'RE WITH YOU, ROBERT, AND WE HOPE YOU FIND. YOUR MOTHER. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.