ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 13, 2025

tonight there is breaking news as we. come on the air. Iran's counteratt. attack tonight on Israel. The dramatic. images coming in. Explosions echoing. across Tel Aviv. Now, Iran's retaliation. tonight comes just hours after Israel. launched a massive assault on Iran. New. images tonight. Israel hitting Iran's. nuclear program. Military leaders and. scientists killed. Tonight, Iran's. retaliation. Now, the US helping to. defend Israel. and President Trump. talking to ABC News. What he's now.

saying about this massive Israeli attack. on Iran. What the president told our. John Carl. Late today, the Israeli. military releasing video showing the. interception of an Iranian drone. Tonight, Israel's spy agency showing how. Israeli agents attacked Iran from. within. And Martha Ratitz and what she's. just learned about the Iranian generals. and scientists who were killed in a. matter of minutes. Here in the US. tonight, the immigration showdowns. outside New York City. The dramatic. moments outside a privatelyun ICE.

facility. Jumping in front of moving. buses in Newark. 50 inmates mounting a. revolt inside. Four detainees escaping. The new warning tonight in New York. City. In Los Angeles, the first wave of. US Marines now taking up positions. And. police across the US tonight on alert. now ahead of tomorrow's National Day of. Protest. Tonight, the interview. You. will hear from the lone passenger who. survived that horrific crash of that. Boeing 787 Dreamliner sitting in seat.

11A describing crawling out of the. wreckage saying he witnessed passengers. dying all around him and he describes. what happened in those final moments in. the air what it felt like inside that. plane. James Longman at the crash site. tonight. Back here in the US the judge. in the Shaun Diddy Combmes trial. dismissing juror number six. Why that. juror suddenly raised concerns and then. the defense trying to convince the judge. to allow the juror to come back. What is. this about? Tonight, the eve of.

President Trump's military parade. through Washington DC coinciding with. his 79th birthday. More than 6,000. soldiers, dozens of tanks, fighter jets, and now heavy storms looming over the. parade, costing taxpayers 45 million. Tonight, what the US Army says about. concerns going into the event. Tonight, the former NFL star wanted for attempted. murder. What Antonio Brown is accused. of. And with Father's Day almost here, the fathers who were holding their. phones capturing the moment when.

suddenly they were overcome. What. happened right before their eyes, and. you'll see it. from ABC News World Headquarters in New. York, this is World News Tonight with. David Mure. Good evening and we begin. tonight with the breaking news as we. come on the air. Iran now and its. counteratt attack against Israel tonight. responding now just hours after that. massive Israeli attack on Iran targeting. Iran's nuclear program killing military.

leaders and scientists. And now as we're. on the air tonight, this counterattack. from Iran. Israel's military officials. saying all of Israel is under fire. The. US now defending Israel helping to. strike those Iranian missiles down. The. images coming in tonight. Now, this is. the skyline of Tel Aviv as those Iranian. missiles closed in. Israel's air defense. system striking most of them down, but. not all. Late today, the Israeli. military releasing this video showing. the interception of an Iranian drone. right here. Hours earlier, Israeli. missiles striking Iran's main nuclear.

enrichment site, one of several nuclear. facilities hit. A precision Israeli. attack on an apartment building in. Thyron. Air strikes killing those top. generals and nuclear scientists within a. matter of minutes. More than 200 Israeli. aircraft striking more than a 100. targets. Its largest military operation. since 1967. And the covert operations inside Iran. Israeli spies smuggling explosives in. deploying them inside Iran overnight. Tonight, Israel now saying their. operation is just beginning, vowing more.

to come. And President Trump talking to. ABC News. What he's now saying about. this massive Israeli attack. Marcus. Moore leading us off tonight from Tel. Aviv. Tonight, Iran's retaliation has begun. Responding to Israel's sweeping attack. by raining down missiles on Tel Aviv. Fireballs seen across the skyline and. buildings in flames. Israel in a state. of emergency as Israelis gather in. shelters. Explosions heard in the skies above Tel. Aviv and Jerusalem as Israel's air.

defense systems intercept Iranian. rockets. The IDF releasing this video. they say shows the interception of an. Iranian drone. But as this video posted. online shows, some Iranian missiles still making it. through to Israel, smashing into. buildings. And tonight, we are learning. the United States is now helping Israel. defend itself. American officials. telling us the US also shooting down. missiles targeting Israel. Israel had long telegraphed its. intentions to strike Iran.

But the campaign itself breathtaking in. its planning and execution. more than 200 aircraft hitting some 100. targets, including Iran's main nuclear. enrichment facility in Natans. But that. wasn't all. Israeli spies from the MSAD intelligence. agency had secretly infiltrated Iran, smuggling in explosive drones and other. weapons. The Israelis releasing this. video they say shows MSAD commandos. planting devices that would then take. out Iran's air defense systems. Israel.

also killing Iran's top military leaders. and government scientists. the general. in charge of the entire Iranian armed. forces. The head of the country's. ballistic missile program, both dead. Israel calls the operation a quote. preemptive attack. Israel launched operation rising lion. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. declaring Iran's nuclear program quote a. clear and present danger to Israel's. very survival. Warning, this is just the. start of what will be a dayslong.

military campaign. Netanyahu saying the. US knew of its plans. quote, "We. informed them in advance they knew about. the attack." Just hours before the. strikes, President Trump publicly urging. Israel to hold off to give his team more. time to negotiate with Iran. As long as. I think there is an agreement, I don't. want them going in because I think that. would blow it. Might help it actually, but it also could blow it. Soon after. the attack began, the administration. insisting Israel acted on its own. Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying.

quote we are not involved in strikes. against Iran, warning Iran should not. target US interest or personnel. But. today the president telling ABC's John. Carl Israel's attack was quote. excellent. Saying of Iran, we gave them. a chance and they didn't take it. They. got hit hard, very hard, and there's. more to come. A lot more. For its part, Iran says it's just begun to fight back. Iran's supreme leader saying they. started the work and started the war. We. will not allow them to escape safely.

from this great crime they committed. Iran saying its quote powerful response. will make the enemy regret its foolish. actions. And tonight, Iran's response. underway as Iranian missiles fall. The. Israeli Defense Force posting all of. Israel is under fire. David, search and. rescue operations have been underway. tonight here in Tel Aviv. The search for. people who may be trapped in the rubble. of those damaged buildings. And tonight, Israeli officials making it clear their. military campaign against Iran is just. beginning. David Marcus Moore leading us.

off from Tel Aviv. Thank you. President. Trump talking to ABC News tonight and. what he's now saying about this Israeli. attack. Let's bring in ABC's chief. Washington correspondent Jonathan Carl. live there at the White House. John, of. course, you talked with the president. We heard President Trump this week. publicly warn Israel not to do this. In. your phone call, he called the attack. excellent. That was his word saying Iran. had its chance. Any indication? How much. did the US know here? When did the US. know? Israel now saying it told the US. Uh Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said. point blank that he told the the Trump.

administration that the attack was. coming. And late this afternoon, President Trump told Reuters, this is an. exact quote, "We knew just about. everything." David, we don't know when. the United States was informed, but I. can tell you this. US officials I spoke. to in the 24 to 36 hours before the. attack had a clear sense of what was. coming. They may not have known the. exact details, but they knew that an. Israeli attack on Iran uh was imminent.

John Carl live at the White House after. talking with the president. John, thank. you. We're also learning more tonight. about the Israeli operation inside Iran. Martha Ratitz learning that those top. generals and nuclear scientists were. targeted and killed in just a matter of. minutes. This was very fast. So, let's. bring in Martha tonight. And Martha, what more do you know about how this. unfolded? David, these strikes were a. major blow to Iran's military chain of. command and nuclear program. At least. seven killed in a remarkable operation. that took out all these leaders, as you. said, in a matter of minutes. According.

to a source familiar with the. intelligence, the source telling ABC. that some were killed with drones. targeting their homes, some with. pre-planted explosives, and some quote. by other means. The source saying. Iranians are trying to replace the. leaders, but are in a total panic and. struggling. David Arthur Ratitz on this. as well. Our thanks to you and John. Tonight, we're going to turn now to the. other major news this Friday evening. The immigration showdowns, tensions. rising ahead of the day of planned. protests in the US. More than 1,800.

planned coast to coast. Outside New York. City tonight, the dramatic moments. outside a privately run ICE facility. This isn't Newark right here. People. jumping in front of moving buses. 50. inmates mounting a revolt inside. Four. detainees escaping. In Los Angeles. tonight, active duty Marines are now on. duty with the National Guard. ABC's Matt. Gutman from Los Angeles tonight. Tonight, anger and desperation outside. this privately run ICE facility in. Newark, New Jersey.

Protesters and families of detainees. jumping in front of moving buses trying. to stop their loved ones for being. transferred. This woman refusing to let. go until authorities pulled her off the. front of the bus. That showdown coming following a night. of clashes after 50 inmates reportedly. mounted a revolt over conditions inside. and access to food, allegedly. overpowering guards who then used pepper. spray. When it was all over, officials. say they discovered four detainees had.

escaped through an exterior wall. New. Jersey members of Congress then trying. to get a look inside. This is a perfect. example of the shoddiness of this plan. This is a symbol for the brokenness of. the Trump administration plan when it. comes to immigration. Homeland Security. officials denying reports of unrest and. poor conditions. They say the men who. escaped are dangerous criminals in the. country illegally, offering a $10,000. reward leading to their capture. And from those images of chaos in. Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles,

where tonight, hundreds of US Marines. have now joined the National Guard. It's. been 30 years since we've seen Marines. here in Los Angeles, boots on the. ground. And right now, uh, these Marines. are manning a checkpoint just outside of. the federal building here, checking. people's IDs. It follows a legal victory. for President Trump, at least for now. an appeals court delaying an order from. a federal judge to return control of. California's National Guard back to. Governor Gavin Newsome. Clearly, there's. no invasion. There's no rebellion. It's.

absurd. And tonight, from coast to coast, police. are gearing up for 1,800 so-called no. kings protests against the president. this weekend. A response to his military. parade. And in New York City, the mayor. today putting protesters on notice. While we always respect and protect the. right to peaceful protest, there would. be zero zero tolerance for crime, blocking traffic, graffiti, or. disorderly behavior. And David, just. minutes ago, the LAPD also saying they.

will not tolerate violence or vandalism, that they made over 500 arrests so far. this week, and that a curfew will remain. in effect for parts of downtown Los. Angeles through the weekend here. David, Matt Cupman live in Los Angeles again. tonight. Matt, thank you. We turn now to. the interview tonight, the incredible. story of that lone survivor of that. horrific plane crash in India. That man, of course, in seat 11A, as we reported. last night here in one of the emergency. rows of that plane, now describing. crawling out of the wreckage, saying he.

witnessed passengers dying all around. him. Tonight, what he says about what. happened in those final moments in the. air and what it felt like inside that. plane. James Longman from the crash site. in India tonight. Tonight, the man who miraculously walked. away from this horrific air disaster, speaking out. Bishwash Romesh, the sole. survivor, was in seat 11A of the. emergency exit row. He told Indian state. media he thought he'd died, but when he. opened his eyes, he unbuckled his seat.

belt and started crawling, squeezing out. as he watched others die around him. The. emergency door is broken. Yeah, my seat. is broken. Yeah. Then I see the pace. little bit. Then I will try to come out. I'm not jumping. Okay. I just walk out. in it then ambulance coming in. Romesh. says shortly after takeoff it felt like. the plane came to a standstill in midair. for 5 to 10 seconds and green and white. lights came on inside the cabin. He said. he could feel the engine thrust. increasing to go up but the plane. dropped and crashed instead. The other.

241 people on board including his. brother all killed. Did the aircraft. catch fire before you uh came out? Yes. Okay. A little bit fire after me. I'm. out then blast. This is the first ever. crash of a Boeing 787. And tonight, authorities recovered the black boxes of. the Air India jet inside the tail wedged. into a building. What's going to be. looked at by the investigators is that. the landing gear was down when it should.

have been up. And it appears that the. flaps which should have been down were. up. Hundreds thousands of people live in. this neighborhood. It's packed with. people. And just 100 yards or so away. from where I am, that is the fuselage of. the plane. Kish lives here. He was. playing cricket with friends when the. plane came down. Mind-blowing. I never. seen in my life this type of scenes. And. David, the civil aviation authority. today instructed Air India to carry out. additional safety checks on all its. Dreamlininers. This is as a team from.

the NTSB is expected to arrive here over. the weekend. David, James Longman. reporting from India tonight. James, thank you. Back here in the US in New. York City, the trial of Shaun Diddy. Combmes. The drama tonight over the. judge dismissing juror six today and why. that juror suddenly raised concerns and. then the defense trying to convince the. judge to allow the juror to come back. Here's Aaron Kurski. A dramatic conclusion to today's. proceedings in the Shawn Colmes trial. The judge dismissing a juror from the. case, then promising to reconsider after.

objections from the defense. Judge Arun. Subramanian tossed juror number six over. inconsistencies in his answers to a. basic question. Where do you live? The. 41-year-old man said during jury. selection he lived in the Bronx, but he. recently mentioned he had moved to New. Jersey. And when questioned, the judge. said the juror gave changing answers. that raised concerns about his cander. and whether he made a deliberate attempt. to get himself onto the jury. The. defense argued removing the man who was. black would make the jury less diverse, and the judge promised to think about. it. The day was dramatic from the start.

Yay. The rapper formerly known as Kanye. West walked into court causing a scene. and saying he was there to support Shawn. Combmes. He did not get into the main. courtroom and left after 20 minutes. Aaron Kurski back with us tonight. Of. course, that's the Shawn Combmes case. tonight. I want to turn to another trial. you're following as well. Aaron, the. Karen Reed trial in Boston. I know the. first day of deliberations now done. Now done. And after about 2 hours, no. verdict. The jury's being asked up near. Boston. and David to decide whether.

Karen Reed drunkenly killed her police. officer boyfriend by backing into him. with her SUV and leaving him for dead. They'll be back at it on Monday. David, Aaron Kursky back with us on a Friday. night. Aaron, thank you. When we come. back here, the former NFL star now. wanted for attempted murder. What we're. learning at this hour and then the new. concern tonight over the military parade. in Washington DC tomorrow coinciding. with the president's 79th birthday in a. moment. Tonight, the weather concerns on. the eve of President Trump's military. parade through Washington DC, coinciding.

with his 79th birthday. More than 6,000. soldiers, dozens of tanks, fighter jets. costing taxpayers 45 million. Heavy. storms now possible, raising concern. over possible lightning and whether. aircraft flight could be affected. Tonight, the US Army telling ABC News. the parade will take place rain or. shine. When we come back here tonight, the former NFL star now wanted for. attempted murder tonight. in what we're. now learning about this. Tonight, authorities say former NFL star Antonio. Brown is now wanted for attempted murder. in Miami. According to the warrant for. his arrest, the charge stems from a.

shooting during a celebrity boxing. event. He was briefly detained. Brown. claims several people were trying to rob. him. When we come back tonight, Father's. Day almost here and the dads holding. their phones, recording their kids when. all of a sudden they couldn't believe. what they were seeing. Finally tonight here, our persons of the. week. The dads recording with their. phones suddenly overcome. Tonight with. Father's Day this Sunday, the incredible. gifts already given by high school. graduates turning their moment into one.

for dad. In Granbury, Texas near Fort. Worth. That's stepdad Joey Lee Owl. proudly recording his stepdaughter. Sterling's high school graduation. He. has been raising her for 11 years, raising her as his own daughter. And so. at her graduation, Sterling wanted him. to know how much he means to her. When. they call her name, he realizes that was. his name, too. Sterling Madison Dunigan. Leo. [Music].

Her stepfather hearing the last name, his own, and then wiping away tears. right here tonight. Hey, David. Joey, or. as Sterling calls him, dad. To parents. that are out there that have step kids, show them you love them. Don't just tell. them you love them. And joining us too. Hi David, I'm Mom. Hi David, I'm. Sterling. Mom Kelly and that new grad, proud daughter Sterling. We are family. and we love each other and we're there. for each other and that's really all.

that matters. And in Covington, Louisiana, outside New Orleans, that's. Vincent Faker at his stepson's high. school class ring ceremony for. graduation. Stepdad Vincent proudly. capturing the moment when it happens to. him too. Christopher Picara. That stepfather hearing his own name. He. has been raising that boy since he was. little. His stepson legally changing his. last name to honor his stepdad.

And right here tonight. Hey David. Dad. Vincent. As everybody saw in the video, I fell apart. and I did because uh I. couldn't explain the wave of emotion. going through me. I've raised him as my. own. I love him with everything in me. And joining us too, his son Caleb on why. he did it. I wanted to surprise him for. Father's Day. Actually, I changed my. name because he's always been a father. figure to me. He's taught me everything. about life. I just I just love him. While back in Texas tonight, the other.

grad Sterling with her own Father's Day. message. To all the dads out there, you. do not have to be blood to be a father. Happy Father's Day. And thank you, David. And thank you. We love our dads. and our stepdads. Happy Father's Day. Good night. Thank you for making World News Tonight. with David Mure, America's most watched. newscast.