ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 13, 2026

WEATHER THREAT ACROSS MULTIPLE. STATES. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON WHAT. A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN COULD BE. SIGNED AND THE MASSIVE SECURITY. BLITZ AS THE WORLD CUP MEETS. NBA FEVER. FIRST, THE DANGEROUS. STORMS IMPACTING MORE THAN 70. MILLION AMERICANS THROUGH.

TOMORROW. OMAHA PELTED WITH. FLOODING RAINS, HIGH WINDS AND. DAMAGING HAIL. A CHURCH TENT. COLLAPSING IN VIRGINIA. ONE. PERSON KILLED. THE COLD FRONT. NOW ON THE MOVE, HEADING EAST. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS TIMING IT. ALL OUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME. REMOVED FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER. AFTER A SERIES OF LEGAL. CHALLENGES. BUT THE PRESIDENT. NOT SLOWING DOWN HIS MOVES TO. REMAKE WASHINGTON, INCLUDING. TOMORROW'S UNPRECEDENTED UFC. FIGHT NIGHT ON THE WHITE HOUSE. LAWN. THE U.S. AND IRAN APPEAR. READY TO SIGN A DEAL TO END THE.

WAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IT'S. SCHEDULED TO BE SIGNED TOMORROW. THE IRANIANS WITH A DIFFERENT. TIMELINE. WHAT THE AGREEMENT. COULD MEAN FOR OIL SHIPMENTS IN. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND FOR. IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. ALSO. TONIGHT, THE DARING RESCUE, A. SEAPLANE SINKING IN THE WATERS. OFF NEW YORK CITY. TWO PEOPLE. PULLED TO SAFETY WITH INJURIES. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. INCIDENT. NEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT. AFTER THE FBI REPORTEDLY SEIZED. COMPUTERS AND MATERIAL FROM A. VOTING RIGHTS GROUP. WHAT THEY. WERE LOOKING FOR. ONE OF THE. WORLD'S LEADING AI COMPANIES.

HALTS ACCESS TO TWO OF ITS MOST. ADVANCED MODELS. THE COMPANY, ACTING AFTER THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WARNED OF. NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS. THE. MASSIVE SECURITY LOCKDOWN IN. NEW YORK MAJOR STREETS CLOSED. AS THE CITY DEALS WITH AN. INFLUX OF WORLD CUP AND NBA. FANS. PLUS, OUR GAME FIVE. PREVIEW ESPN INSIDERS ON WHAT. TO EXPECT AS THE KNICKS SHOOT. FOR THE NBA TITLE IN SAN. ANTONIO. AND AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT, THE PASSIONATE LITTLE. LEAGUE UMPIRE YOU FIRST MET. RIGHT HERE ON OUR BROADCAST.

NOW GETTING HIS BIG BREAK ON. THE NATIONAL STAGE. >> SAWYER SPARKS. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. GOOD. EVENING. >> THANKS FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. DANGEROUS STORMS ON THE MOVE. MORE THAN 70 MILLION AMERICANS. AT RISK THROUGH TOMORROW. OVERNIGHT, AN OUTDOOR CHURCH. EVENT IN VIRGINIA ENDING IN. TRAGEDY AFTER A LARGE TENT. COLLAPSED DURING A STORM. ONE.

PERSON KILLED AND MORE THAN 20. OTHERS INJURED. HEAVY WIND AND. RAIN SLAMMING HACKENSACK, NEW. JERSEY, DOWNING TREES AND POWER. LINES, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL. OF DAMAGE. EARLIER TODAY, RAIN. AND GUSTY WINDS TAKING AIM AT. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. SOME FLOODING. SEEN IN THE AREA. THAT CITY. ALSO GETTING BATTERED BY HAIL. AND THE NEW THREATS ALONG THE. I-95 CORRIDOR. ABC'S. METEOROLOGIST LESLIE LOPEZ. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT 20 MILLION AMERICANS. UNDER THREAT ACROSS THE MIDDLE. OF THE COUNTRY. OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

PELTED WITH HAIL FACING 60 MILE. PER HOUR WINDS AND TORRENTIAL. RAIN AHEAD OF THE COLLEGE. BASEBALL WORLD SERIES THIS. AFTERNOON. THE EAST COAST JUST. EMERGING FROM AN INTENSE STORM. NEW YORK SEEING THE SUDDEN. DOWNPOUR YESTERDAY. >> OH MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE. IT. >> AND IN HACKENSACK, NEW. JERSEY, DOWNED POWER LINES AND. TOPPLED TREES WREAKING HAVOC ON. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT SAME. STORM SYSTEM TEARING THROUGH. PARTS OF VIRGINIA IN THE SMALL. TOWN OF MONITA. STRONG WINDS. PICKING UP A TENT DURING A. CHURCH EVENT AND COLLAPSING IT,

KILLING ONE MAN AND INJURING. MORE THAN 20 OTHERS. >> THE PASTOR HERE AT THE. CHURCH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF. EVACUATING THE EVENT AND THE. TENT WHEN IT COLLAPSED. YEAH, THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. TIME. >> SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO. METEOROLOGIST LESLIE LOPEZ AND. LESLIE, EVEN MORE SEVERE STORMS. IN THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW. >> THAT'S RIGHT. MORE CONCERNS. REMAIN IN THE SAME AREAS, TOO. SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S. HAPPENING HERE. WE'RE TALKING. ABOUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCHES. THIS IS THE NEWEST. DEVELOPMENT OVER INTO AREAS OF. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. THIS GOES. ALL THE WAY THROUGH 11:00. TONIGHT. BUT WE ALSO ARE. WATCHING OUT FOR THIS BULL'S. EYE AREA. THIS IS A THREE OUT.

OF FIVE THREAT FOR AREAS CLOSER. TO KANSAS CITY, SPRINGFIELD, WICHITA. AND THEN WE'RE SEEING. THIS TIMING MOVING OUT TOWARDS. THE NORTHEAST YET AGAIN AS. WE'RE HEADING INTO TOMORROW. SO. THERE WILL BE SOME DAMAGING. WINDS, LIGHTNING HAIL AS A. POSSIBILITY. AND THEN THE WEST. COAST, WE'RE DEALING WITH HEAT. WE HAVE HEAT ADVISORIES, EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND. TEMPERATURES THAT COULD BREAK. DAILY RECORDS. THAT'S OVER INTO. AREAS OF WASHINGTON. SO WE'RE. GOING TO WATCH AND WAIT AND SEE. BUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE NATION. DEALING WITH SOME HEAT. >> YES, A MIX OF EVERYTHING. WE'LL STAY ON TOP OF IT. THANK. YOU. LESLIE. ALL RIGHT. TO. WASHINGTON NOW. AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S NAME STRIPPED FROM THE.

KENNEDY CENTER AFTER A SERIES. OF LEGAL CHALLENGES, CREWS. WORKING THROUGH THE NIGHT TO. REMOVE THE LETTERING FROM THE. FAMED PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND IT COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE. IS PREPARING TO HOST AN. UNPRECEDENTED FIGHT NIGHT. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG IS AT. THE KENNEDY CENTER TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. NAME STRIPPED OFF THE KENNEDY. CENTER. WORKERS BEHIND THIS. GIANT SCAFFOLDING, YANKING THE. LETTERS OFF THE BUILDING, COMPLYING WITH THE FEDERAL. JUDGE'S RULING THAT THE. RENAMING WAS UNLAWFUL. THE.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILING A. LAST MINUTE APPEAL TO STOP IT. BUT THE COURTS SAYING NO. TODAY, THE CENTER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FILED A SWORN DECLARATION. CONFIRMING TRUMP'S NAME IS GONE. FROM ALL PHYSICAL SIGNAGE. THE. WEBSITE, EVEN EMPLOYEE EMAIL. SIGNATURES. THE KENNEDY CENTER. IS JUST ONE PART OF TRUMP'S. ATTEMPTS TO REFASHION. WASHINGTON. FINAL PREPARATIONS. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT'S BIG UFC. FIGHT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 80TH. BIRTHDAY ARE NOW UNDERWAY, TESTING THE LIGHTS AHEAD OF.

4000 SPECTATORS EXPECTED INSIDE. THE ARENA ON THE WHITE HOUSE. SOUTH LAWN, WITH 120,000 MORE. WATCHING FROM THE NEARBY. ELLIPSE, THE UFC INSISTS. THEY'RE FOOTING THE BILL, ALREADY TOPPING $60 MILLION, BUT IT'S ALSO A MARKETING. WINDFALL. CORPORATE. SPONSORSHIPS LINING THE CAGE. TRUMP HAS A LONG FRIENDSHIP. WITH UFC CHIEF DANA WHITE AND. OWNS STOCK IN UFC'S PARENT. COMPANY, AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS. ARE BEING SPENT ON SUPER BOWL. LEVEL SECURITY RUN BY THE.

SECRET SERVICE. A NEW THREAT. ASSESSMENT REVIEWED BY ABC NEWS. WARNS. THIS FIGHT AND A SERIES. OF AMERICA 250 EVENTS THIS. SUMMER REPRESENT ATTRACTIVE, SYMBOLIC TARGETS FOR VIOLENT. EXTREMIST ACTORS, BUT THEY. ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE CURRENTLY. NO CREDIBLE THREATS. AND WHAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT WHITE TARP IS. STILL UP BEHIND ME ON THE. KENNEDY CENTER, COVERING UP. WHERE DONALD TRUMP'S NAME ONCE. WAS. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. STILL TRYING TO MAKE OVER OTHER. PARTS OF WASHINGTON. HE'S TORN. DOWN THE EAST WING TO BUILD A.

MASSIVE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM, AND HE'S RENOVATED THE. REFLECTING POOL WITH. >> OKAY. SELINA WANG, OUR. THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT TO THE. WAR WITH IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS NOW SAYING THAT THE U.S. AND. TEHRAN COULD SIGN A PRELIMINARY. AGREEMENT AS SOON AS TOMORROW. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S LAMA. HASSAN AND LAMA. WHAT ARE YOU. LEARNING TONIGHT ABOUT THE. TIMETABLE FOR THIS DEAL. >> WHICH PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANNOUNCING ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA. PLATFORM. THE DEAL WITH IRAN IS. SCHEDULED TO GET SIGNED. TOMORROW AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WILL BE.

OPEN. IRANIAN OFFICIALS HAVE. NOT RESPONDED YET, BUT THERE'S. NO QUESTION THERE IS NOW. MOMENTUM. PAKISTAN'S PRIME. MINISTER, SHEHBAZ SHARIF, SAYS. THE FINALIZATION OF A. PRELIMINARY DEAL IS EXPECTED. WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IRAN. EARLIER SUGGESTING THAT IT. COULD HAPPEN IN THE COMING DAYS. AND ACCORDING TO AN. ADMINISTRATION SOURCE, DETAILS. OF THE DRAFT AGREEMENT INCLUDE. REOPENING OF THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ AS WELL AS LIFTING THE. U.S. BLOCKADE. PRESIDENT TRUMP. INSISTING IRAN PROMISES NOT TO. BUILD OR OBTAIN NUCLEAR WEAPON. THIS PROMISE IS NOT NEW. IT WAS.

IN THE DEAL NEGOTIATED UNDER. PRESIDENT OBAMA MORE THAN A. DECADE AGO, A DEAL PRESIDENT. TRUMP ENDED AND REPEATEDLY. CRITICIZES WITH. >> SOME POTENTIALLY CRITICAL. DAYS AHEAD. LAMA, THANKS SO. MUCH, AND TUNE IN TO THIS WEEK. TOMORROW MORNING, MARTHA. RADDATZ INTERVIEWS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UN MIKE WALTZ. AS THE U.S. AND IRAN APPEAR. CLOSE TO A DEAL NOW TO A. SINKING SEA PLANE IN NEW YORK. CITY'S EAST RIVER, THE PLANE. TAKING ON WATER AFTER IT WAS. HIT BY A LARGE WAVE AND DAMAGE. TWO PEOPLE WERE RESCUED AND.

TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. THE. NEW DETAILS COMING IN TONIGHT. HERE'S ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY. TONIGHT. >> THESE DRAMATIC IMAGES. A SEA. PLANE SUBMERGED IN NEW YORK'S. EAST RIVER. THE FDNY RESPONDING. TO AN EMERGENCY INVOLVING THIS. PLANE NEAR THE THROGS NECK. BRIDGE OFF QUEENS JUST BEFORE. 930 THIS MORNING. AUTHORITIES. SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. THAT PLANE, A 67 YEAR OLD PILOT, AND HIS 72 YEAR OLD PASSENGER. THE PLANE STARTING ITS ENGINE. WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE.

WAVE DAMAGING ITS WING. THE. PLANE THEN STARTING TO SINK. INTO THE EAST RIVER. NEW YORK. CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT, LAUNCHING WHAT IT CALLS A MAJOR. TECHNICAL RESPONSE. THE TWO. PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE RESCUED BY. AN FDNY MARINE BOAT. THEY. SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. >> MARINE FOUR IS GOING TO. ESCORT CITO, WHO'S TOWING THE. PLANE BACK TO THE DOCK WHERE. THE PLANE CAME FROM. >> THE BOAT IMMEDIATELY TOWED. FROM THE WATERS AS A FULL.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, AND. WITH THE TWO PEOPLE ABOARD THAT. PLANE HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED, ACCORDING TO THE FDNY, THEY. DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH. >> ALL RIGHT, FAITH, THANKS SO. MUCH. NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ABOUT. THAT HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING IN. MIDLAND, TEXAS. ONE PERSON WAS. KILLED WHEN A GUNMAN OPENED. FIRE. THE COMMUNITY COMING. TOGETHER FOR A PRAYER VIGIL. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S ALEX STONE. WITH THE LATEST ALEX. >> WITH TONIGHT THE CITY OF. MIDLAND CONFIRMING THE VICTIM. KILLED WAS 62 YEAR OLD EDWARD. SCOTT, A WASTE DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYEE, A FATHER AND A. HUSBAND, AND A POPULAR SOFTBALL. UMPIRE. POLICE SAY 45 YEAR OLD. VICTOR VILLARREAL OPENED FIRE. ON BYSTANDERS AND POLICE. THERE. WAS A GUN BATTLE. POLICE SAY. VILLARREAL BARRICADED HIMSELF. IN A BUILDING BEFORE HE WAS. FOUND DEAD FOUR HOURS LATER BY. A POLICE ROBOT. HE HAD BEEN ON. THE RUN SINCE HE ALLEGEDLY. FIRED AT POLICE AND FLED DURING. A TRAFFIC STOP THAT HAPPENED. TWO DAYS EARLIER. A LARGE. MANHUNT HAD BEEN UNDERWAY. TONIGHT, AT LEAST HALF OF THE. TEN INJURED ARE RECOVERING AT. HOME. BUT THE CITY SAYING ONE.

OF ITS OWN WILL NOT BE COMING. HOME WITH. >> ALL RIGHT ALEX, THANK YOU. NEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT AFTER FBI. AGENTS RAIDED THE OFFICES OF A. PROMINENT OHIO VOTING RIGHTS. GROUP SEIZING COMPUTERS AND. OTHER MATERIALS, FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS ARE NOT SAYING WHAT. PROMPTED THE ACTION, BUT LOCAL. AUTHORITIES ARE SLAMMING IT AS. AN INTIMIDATION TACTIC DURING. AN ELECTION YEAR. HERE'S ABC'S. OLIVIA RUBIN. >> TONIGHT THE DOJ REPORTEDLY. >> SENDING FEDERAL AGENTS TO. OHIO RAIDING THE OFFICES OF A.

LOCAL VOTING RIGHTS GROUP, SEIZING DEVICES, DOCUMENTS AND. COMPUTERS. OHIO ORGANIZING. COLLABORATIVE, WHICH REGISTERS. VOTERS IN THE SWING STATE, REPORTEDLY SAYING MORE THAN 100. FEDERAL AGENTS DESCENDED WITH. WARRANTS ON THURSDAY. A BOARD. MEMBER FOR THE GROUP TELLING. THE NEW YORK TIMES THE MOVE IS. PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S, QUOTE, ESCALATING ATTEMPT TO. INTIMIDATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS. OHIO CONGRESSWOMAN SHONTEL. BROWN, A DEMOCRAT, SAYING SHE'S. CONCERNED THE ADMINISTRATION IS. TRYING TO INTIMIDATE AND HALT.

VOTER REGISTRATION AND. ORGANIZING EFFORTS, ALL AHEAD. OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONS. IT'S. NOT CLEAR WHAT'S UNDER. INVESTIGATION. IN A STATEMENT. TO ABC, DOJ CONFIRMED THE. SEARCH, SAYING THE WARRANT WAS. AUTHORIZED BY A JUDGE. IT COMES. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEATEDLY. PUSHES THE GOVERNMENT TO PROBE. UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS OF. WIDESPREAD ELECTION FRAUD. SINCE LOSING THE 2020 ELECTION. VOTING FRAUD IS RARE, ACCORDING. TO THE BRENNAN CENTER, AND. THERE'S BEEN NO EVIDENCE IT.

ALTERED THE ELECTION RESULTS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE FBI. RAIDING AN ELECTION OFFICE IN. FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, A STATE. TRUMP LOST, SEIZING HUNDREDS OF. BOXES OF THOSE 2020 BALLOTS. AND WITH THAT, OHIO GROUP IS. ACTIVE ACROSS THE STATE, REGISTERING MORE THAN 100,000. VOTERS IN 2024. ALSO VOCALLY. OPPOSING REPUBLICANS. REDISTRICTING EFFORTS. >> WITH OLIVIA RUBIN FOR US. TONIGHT. NOW TO ANTHROPIC, ONE. OF THE WORLD'S LEADING AI.

COMPANIES SUSPENDING ITS MOST. ADVANCED MODELS. THIS AFTER THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECLARED. THEM A SECURITY RISK AND. ORDERED THE COMPANY TO BAN. FOREIGN ACCESS. HERE'S ABC'S. CHRISTIANE CORDERO. >> TONIGHT, ONE OF THE WORLD'S. LEADING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. COMPANIES IS SUSPENDING TWO OF. ITS MOST ADVANCED MODELS. ANTHROPIC SAYS IT RECEIVED THE. DIRECTIVE FROM THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, CITING. UNSPECIFIC NATIONAL SECURITY. CONCERNS FACING THEIR RECENTLY. LAUNCHED MYTHOS FIVE AND FABLE. FIVE, EACH WITH STATE OF THE.

ART AI CAPABILITIES. THE. ADMINISTRATION ASKED ANTHROPIC. TO BLOCK FOREIGN NATIONALS IN. AND OUT OF THE U.S. TO COMPLY. WITH THE DIRECTIVE. ANTHROPIC. DISABLED BOTH MODELS FOR ALL. USERS, BUT STANDS BY THE. SAFEGUARDS IT HAS IN PLACE THE. COMPANY AND OTHERS IN THE TECH. INDUSTRY CRITICIZING THE. GOVERNMENT'S DECISION. EARLIER. THIS YEAR, ANTHROPIC UNVEILED. ITS NEW MODEL, CALLED MYTHOS. DURING TESTING, CALLED MYTHOS. WAS ABLE TO EXPLOIT THOUSANDS. OF BUGS AND SOFTWARE DEFECTS IN.

EVERY MAJOR OPERATING SYSTEM. AND BROWSER ONLINE. IT WAS. NEVER WIDELY RELEASED TO THE. PUBLIC. CEO DARIO AMODEI. SITTING DOWN WITH OUR LINSEY. DAVIS JUST DAYS AGO. >> HOW MUCH OF AN ONUS FALLS ON. YOU FALLS ON ANTHROPIC? >> I THINK WE'RE BUILDING THE. ONUS IS ON US, RIGHT. I THINK. THE GOVERNMENT HAS A ROLE IN. SETTING STANDARDS AND HELPING. US IDENTIFY AND TRACK DOWN. THREATS. SO THE GOVERNMENT HAS. TO DO ITS PART AS WELL. AND I. THINK GOVERNMENT IS STARTING TO. DO ITS PART. BUT THE ONUS. PRIMARILY FALLS ON US WITH.

>> THIS IS CONSIDERED ONE OF. THE MOST SWEEPING DIRECTIVES. TARGETING AN AMERICAN AI. COMPANY. IT FOLLOWS AN. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE PRESIDENT. SIGNED EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT. ASKS TECH COMPANIES TO GIVE THE. ADMINISTRATION ACCESS TO THEIR. AI MODELS BEFORE RELEASING THEM. TO THE PUBLIC WITH CHRISTIANE. >> THANK YOU. TURNING TO THE. MASSIVE SECURITY CRACKDOWN IN. NEW YORK AS THE CITY DEALS WITH. AN INFLUX OF WORLD CUP AND NBA. FANS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRYING. TO AVOID THOSE UGLY SCENES. AFTER THE NEW YORK KNICKS. HISTORIC WIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LET'S BRING IN ABC'S REENA ROY. REENA WITH. >> THIS COULD BE A CHALLENGING. WEEKEND FOR THE NATION'S. LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENT. NEW. YORK KNICKS FANS ARE GATHERING. FOR A GAME FIVE WATCH PARTY IN. THE NBA FINALS OUTSIDE OF. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. HERE AND. INSIDE THE GARDEN. THERE'S A. CONCERT GOING ON TONIGHT. THE. NYPD SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN. THIS AREA, ON TOP OF THE FOOT. TRAFFIC THAT WE USUALLY SEE. HERE IN THE HEART OF MANHATTAN, NOT TO MENTION JUST STEPS AWAY, OF COURSE, IS PENN STATION.

MANY SOCCER FANS HAVE BEEN. TRAVELING TO NEW JERSEY TO. WATCH BRAZIL AND MOROCCO FACE. OFF IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE. WORLD CUP AT METLIFE STADIUM, YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF WORLD. CUP FANS TAKING OVER TIMES. SQUARE TODAY, AND THIS IS JUST. THE BEGINNING OF THE TOURNAMENT. THE NYPD ESTABLISHING A FROZEN. ZONE WITH MAJOR STREET CLOSURES. IN THIS BUSY AREA, SECURITY. CHECKPOINTS AND A STRICT NO BAG. POLICY. SAFE TO SAY LOCAL LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE. THEIR HANDS VERY FULL AND THEY. ARE TAKING NO CHANCES WITH.

>> THEY SURE DO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT BIG GAME. BETWEEN THE KNICKS AND SPURS. TIPPING OFF TONIGHT IN SAN. ANTONIO, THE KNICKS JUST ONE. WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST NBA. CHAMPIONSHIP IN 53 YEARS. LET'S. BRING IN ESPN'S MIKE BREEN, RICHARD JEFFERSON AND TIM. LEGLER ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. HEY GUYS. >> WHEN WE HAVE HIGH STAKES. TONIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE. KNICKS, CERTAINLY A CHANCE TO. WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. AND FOR THE. SPURS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE. THEY KEEP THEIR SEASON ALIVE. LET'S LET'S START WITH SAN. ANTONIO. THEY'RE IN A THREE ONE. HOLE. BUT WHAT'S THE KEY FOR.

THEM AT LEAST TO WIN ONE GAME. >> WELL I THINK MIKE IT STARTS. WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'VE. PLAYED REALLY WELL FOR LARGE. PORTIONS OF THIS SERIES. REMEMBER THAT THAT SHOULD GIVE. YOU CONFIDENCE GOING INTO THE. GAME. AND THEN IF YOU GET INTO. A SITUATION IN THE FOURTH. QUARTER, YOU JUST HAVE TO. MANAGE THOSE MOMENTS BETTER, PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVELY WITH. THE TURNOVERS, SHOT SELECTION, MAKING SURE YOU EXECUTE. THEY'VE BEEN RIGHT THERE IN. EVERY GAME. WE ALL KNOW THIS. SERIES COULD EASILY BE THREE. ONE THE OTHER DIRECTION. THEY'VE JUST GOT TO BE BETTER. IN THE PRESSURE MOMENTS. >> RICHARD THE KNICKS HAVE A. CUSHION RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY.

WANT TO END IT TONIGHT. WHAT'S. THE KEY FOR THEM. >> WELL ONE YOU GOT TO THINK. THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A CUSHION. YOU HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME LIKE. THIS IS THE FINAL GAME. BUT THE. CLOSEOUT GAME IS ALWAYS THE. HARDEST FOR ME. THEY HAVE TO. START STRONG. THEY HAVEN'T. STARTED STRONG. THEY DON'T WANT. TO PUT THEMSELVES IN ANOTHER. TOUGH BIND AND DEPEND ON THE. BASKETBALL GODS. THEY HAVE TO. BE STRONG FROM START TO FINISH. >> AND FOR MANY OF THESE. PLAYERS ON BOTH TEAMS, IT'S THE. BIGGEST GAME OF THEIR LIVES. 842 TIP OFF FROM SAN ANTONIO. >> IT SURE IS. WE'LL BE. WATCHING. THANK YOU GUYS. YOU.

CAN WATCH GAME FIVE OF THE NBA. FINALS RIGHT HERE ON ABC. THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. THIS. SATURDAY, NEW DETAILS ON ONE OF. THE STARS OF TEAM USA. WHY. CHRISTIAN PULISIC LEFT THE. TEAM'S FIRST WORLD CUP GAME AT. HALF TIME, AND THE. INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADL. >> NEXT TONIGHT, CHILLING NEW. VIDEO CAPTURED JUST BEFORE A. DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN OREGON. WATCH AS A SMALL PLANE FLIES. LOW OVER A ROADWAY BEFORE GOING. DOWN. EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.

CRASHED NEAR THE TWIN OAKS. AIRPORT WEST OF PORTLAND. THE. PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD, WAS KILLED. THE CAUSE IS UNDER. INVESTIGATION. IN AUSTRALIA, A. SWIMMER IS REPORTEDLY IN. CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING. BITTEN BY A SHARK. THE FOURTH. ATTACK IN RECENT WEEKS. POLICE. SAY THE WOMAN WAS SWIMMING WITH. FRIENDS OFF SYDNEY WHEN SHE WAS. ATTACKED BY AN 11 FOOT SHARK. SHE SUFFERED SERIOUS LEG AND. ARM INJURIES. WHEN WE COME BACK. A CENTURIES OLD TRADITION, I.

>> TO THE INDEX. NOW ON SOME. CONCERN FOR U.S. SOCCER FANS. DESPITE THE TEAM'S DOMINATING 4. TO 1 WIN OVER PARAGUAY, STAR. FORWARD CHRISTIAN PULISIC WAS. SUBBED OUT AT HALF TIME AFTER. SETTING UP TWO GOALS FOR TEAM. USA. PULISIC LATER TOLD. REPORTERS THAT HE WAS KICKED IN. THE CALF AND HOPES IT'S NOTHING. SERIOUS. NO WORD YET ON WHETHER. PULISIC WILL PLAY WHEN THE U.S. FACES AUSTRALIA NEXT FRIDAY. OVERSEAS NOW. POMP AND. PAGEANTRY ON DISPLAY FOR KING. CHARLES ANNUAL BIRTHDAY.

CELEBRATION. THOUSANDS JOINED. THE KING AND QUEEN FOR THE. PARADE KNOWN AS TROOPING THE. COLOR. ALSO ATTENDING WERE. PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCESS. KATE, WEARING A POWDER BLUE. DRESS WITH MATCHING HAT ALONG. WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. STILL AHEAD, AN UPDATE ON THE. PASSIONATE TEEN UMPIRE WE. FEATURED ON THIS BROADCAST. DID. >> FINALLY TONIGHT AMERICA. STRONG. OUR FAVORITE UMPIRE. GETS THE CALL OF A LIFETIME. >> WE FIRST. >> INTRODUCED YOU TO SAWYER. SPARKS, THE 18 YEAR OLD LITTLE.

LEAGUE UMPIRE, LAST MONTH. >> LOOK AT HIM. I LOVE THIS GUY. >> HIS EXPRESSIVE, HIGH OCTANE. GAME CALLING GOING VIRAL. >> YOU THINK CHASING KIDS AT. FIRST, SLIDING ON, MAKING CALLS. HE'S AMAZING. >> VIDEOS POSTED ON SOCIAL. MEDIA GETTING MILLIONS OF VIEWS. THE LITTLE LEAGUE UMPIRE MAKING. OUR STORY. CATCHING THE. ATTENTION OF THE SAVANNAH. BANANAS. >> HIGH FLY BALL. >> AN EXHIBITION BASEBALL TEAM. THAT PLAYS IN STADIUMS. NATIONWIDE. AFTER WE PUT THEM. IN TOUCH WITH SAWYER, HE WAS.

CALLED UP TO UMP A BANANA BALL. GAME. >> PLEASE WELCOME FROM. BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. 18. YEAR OLD SAWYER SPARKS. >> SAWYER MAKING HIS BIG LEAGUE. DEBUT AT THE BANANAS HOME. STADIUM IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, RECORDING HIS RUN OUT TO HOME. PLATE WITH META GLASSES. >> I START BOOKING IT TO. >> HOME, AND I RAN AS FAST AS I. COULD TO GET BEHIND THE CATCHER. >> SAWYER'S PASSION INSPIRING. FANS AROUND THE WORLD AND.

LEADING TO AN EXPERIENCE HE'LL. NEVER FORGET. >> TWO STRIKES, THAT IS A THIRD. SAWYER SPARKS WITH A LITTLE. EMPHATIC STRIKEOUT CALL AND A. BODY SLAM. >> SO COOL. GOOD FOR HIM. I'M.