ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 14, 2025

SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. THE URGENT. MANHUNT FOR A SUSPECT AFTER TWO. PROMINENT LAWMAKERS ARE SHOT IN. THEIR HOMES, ONE OF THEM KILLED. THE BIG MILITARY PARADE IN. WASHINGTON AND PROTESTS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. AND ISRAEL LAUNCHES. NEW STRIKES INSIDE IRAN AS THE. NEXT ROUND OF NUCLEAR TALKS IS. CANCELED. FIRST, WHAT. AUTHORITIES CALL A POLITICALLY. MOTIVATED ASSASSINATION. THE. SHOCKING ATTACKS ON LAWMAKERS IN. MINNESOTA TWO SHOT ALONG WITH. THEIR SPOUSES. THE STATE HOUSE. DEMOCRATIC LEADER, MELISSA.

HORTMAN, AND HER HUSBAND BOTH. KILLED. THE INTENSE MANHUNT NOW. FOR A SUSPECT. POLICE SAY HE. ALLEGEDLY POSED AS AN OFFICER. AND AFTER EXCHANGING FIRE WITH. POLICE, GOT AWAY ON FOOT. THOUSANDS TOLD TO SHELTER IN. PLACE INSIDE THE SUSPECT'S. VEHICLE. AUTHORITIES FINDING A. HIT LIST OF POSSIBLE TARGETS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. THE. LATEST FROM THE SCENE. ALSO. TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS. TAKING TO THE STREETS IN ALL 50. STATES IN OPPOSITION TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIES AND. HIS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AND.

HOW U.S. MARINES ARE BEING. DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES. ALL OF. THIS AS THE MASSIVE MILITARY. PARADE GETS UNDERWAY IN THE. NATION'S CAPITAL. 6000 SOLDIERS, ARMORED VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT TO. CELEBRATE THE U.S. ARMY'S 250TH. ANNIVERSARY. FALLING ON THE. PRESIDENT'S 79TH BIRTHDAY. IRAN. CALLS OFF NEGOTIATIONS OVER ITS. NUCLEAR PROGRAM AS ISRAEL AND. IRAN STEP UP ATTACKS ON EACH. OTHER. ISRAELI DRONES HITTING A. NATURAL GAS PLANT, EXPLOSIONS. HEARD IN TEL AVIV. AND TONIGHT,

THE OFFER TO HELP MEDIATE FROM. RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN. DANGEROUS WEATHER ACROSS. MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. THE. FLOODING THREAT IN THE EAST, INCLUDING WASHINGTON, D.C. AND. EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS IN THE. WEST. OUR WEATHER TEAM TRACKING. IT ALL. THE FIRE THAT RATTLED. NERVES ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP. POPE LEO MAKES HIS FIRST ADDRESS. TO A U.S. AUDIENCE, HIS MESSAGE. OF HOPE TO HIS HOMETOWN, CHICAGO. AND AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT. THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING US. SAFE AND FREE FOR 250 YEARS. WE. SALUTE THE U.S. ARMY.

>> 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. SEVERAL BREAKING. STORIES AS WE COME ON TONIGHT. THE MASSIVE MILITARY PARADE IN. WASHINGTON, D.C, AND PROTESTS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT WE BEGIN. TONIGHT WITH THE URGENT MANHUNT. IN MINNESOTA HAPPENING RIGHT. NOW. A SUSPECT ON THE RUN AFTER. WHAT AUTHORITIES CALL A. POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. ASSASSINATION. FORMER MINNESOTA.

HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA HORTMAN. AND HER HUSBAND, MARK, BOTH. GUNNED DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING. INSIDE THEIR HOME IN BROOKLYN. PARK, JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. STATE SENATOR JOHN HOFFMAN AND. HIS WIFE, YVETTE, WERE SHOT. MULTIPLE TIMES AT THEIR HOME. NOW RECOVERING IN A LOCAL. HOSPITAL. THIS VIDEO SHOWING. THEIR FRONT DOOR RIDDLED WITH. BULLET HOLES. HUNDREDS OF POLICE. AND SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ON THE. SCENE SEARCHING FOR CLUES AND A. POSSIBLE MOTIVE. INVESTIGATORS. IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN. AS 57 YEAR OLD VANCE LUTHER.

BOELTER. SEVERAL SOURCES TELLING. ABC NEWS THAT THE SUSPECT HAD A. LIST OF POSSIBLE TARGETS, INCLUDING MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM. WALZ. SEVERAL PLANNED PROTESTS. CANCELED TODAY AS THOUSANDS WERE. TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE. ABC'S. FAITH ABUBEY LEADS US OFF FROM. THE SCENE IN MINNESOTA. >> TONIGHT. A MANHUNT IN. MINNESOTA FOR 57 YEAR OLD VANCE. BOELTER, WHO AUTHORITIES SAY. ASSASSINATED A BELOVED MINNESOTA. LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND AND.

WOUNDED ANOTHER LEGISLATOR AND. HIS SPOUSE WHILE POSING AS A. POLICE OFFICER. >> DO NOT APPROACH HIM. YOU. SHOULD CONSIDER HIM ARMED AND. DANGEROUS. >> AROUND 2 A.M, POLICE IN. CHAMPLIN, NORTHWEST OF. MINNEAPOLIS, RESPONDING TO. REPORTS OF A SHOOTING AT THE. HOME OF STATE SENATOR JOHN. HOFFMAN. >> BLACK SUV HAD RED AND BLUE. FLASHLIGHTS. SUSPECTS POSING AS. POLICE OFFICERS SHOT TWO. VICTIMS. >> OFFICERS FINDING HOFFMAN AND. HIS WIFE YVETTE IN THEIR HOME. WOUNDED, RUSHING THEM TO THE. HOSPITAL. MEANWHILE, EIGHT MILES.

AWAY IN BROOKLYN PARK, A FAST. THINKING SERGEANT DECIDING TO. PROACTIVELY CHECK ON THE HOME OF. FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER MELISSA. HORTMAN. >> WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT. MELISSA'S HOUSE, THEY NOTICED. THAT THERE WAS A POLICE VEHICLE. IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE LIGHTS, EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND WHAT. APPEARED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. AT THE DOOR COMING OUT OF THE. HOUSE. WHEN OUR OFFICERS. CONFRONTED HIM, THE INDIVIDUAL. IMMEDIATELY FIRED UPON THE. OFFICERS WHO EXCHANGED GUNFIRE, AND THE SUSPECT RETREATED BACK. INTO THE HOME. >> INSIDE, POLICE, FINDING THE. BODIES OF FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER.

MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER HUSBAND. MARK. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT WAS. DRESSED AS A POLICE OFFICER, COMPLETE WITH A BADGE, VEST AND. TASER AND A REALISTIC LOOKING. LATEX MASK. FLEEING ON FOOT, THOUSANDS TOLD TO SHELTER IN. PLACE. OFFICIALS WARNING. RESIDENTS THEIR OFFICERS WILL. ONLY TRAVEL IN PAIRS. >> IF THERE'S ONLY ONE OFFICER. OUTSIDE THE DOOR. DO NOT ANSWER. THE DOOR AND CALL 911. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND A. HIT LIST INSIDE THE VEHICLE, WITH NAMES OF DOZENS OF. DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS,

INCLUDING CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN. OMAR AND SENATOR TINA SMITH. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT. ABORTION PROVIDERS WERE ALSO ON. THAT LIST, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER THE. SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN MOTIVATED. BY EXTREME VIEWS ON ABORTION. POLICE SAY THEY ALSO FOUND THESE. FLIERS IN THE VEHICLE FOR THE NO. KING'S DAY PROTEST TAKING PLACE. TODAY. ORGANIZERS IN MINNESOTA. CANCELING THEM OUT OF AN. ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. >> THIS WAS AN ACT OF TARGETED. POLITICAL VIOLENCE. >> STATE REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA. HORTMAN WAS A MOTHER OF TWO.

NEWS OF HER MURDER STUNNING. LAWMAKERS NATIONWIDE. MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR TIM WALZ. HEARTBROKEN. >> SPEAKER HORTMAN WAS SOMEONE. WHO SERVED THE PEOPLE OF. MINNESOTA WITH GRACE, COMPASSION, HUMOR AND A SENSE OF. SERVICE. SHE WAS A FORMIDABLE. PUBLIC SERVANT, A FIXTURE AND A. GIANT IN MINNESOTA. SHE IS. IRREPLACEABLE AND WILL BE MISSED. BY SO MANY MINNESOTANS. THOUGHTS. AND PRAYERS ARE WITH HER FAMILY, HER LOVED ONES, HER CHILDREN AND. HER PARENTS. >> AND WITH THAT SHELTER IN.

PLACE, ORDER JUST LIFTED. EVEN. THOUGH THAT SUSPECT IS STILL ON. THE RUN AT THIS HOUR AS THIS. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES HERE IN. BROOKLYN PARK, THE FBI OFFERING. $50,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING. TO THE SUSPECT'S ARREST, RELEASING THESE IMAGES JUST FROM. A FEW HOURS AGO OF THAT SUSPECT. WEARING A COWBOY HAT. THEY SAY. HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS AND DO. NOT APPROACH HIM. >> WIT AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. STILL ON EDGE. FAITH. ABUBEY. THANK YOU. WE MOVE NOW TO OTHER. MAJOR NEWS ON THIS SATURDAY. NIGHT. MASSIVE CROWDS GATHERING.

FROM COAST TO COAST. FOR THOSE. SO-CALLED NO KING'S DAY PROTESTS. COUNTER-PROGRAMMING TO THE. MILITARY PARADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C, MARKING THE ARMY'S 250TH. BIRTHDAY PROTESTS PLANNED IN ALL. 50 STATES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ON. HIGH ALERT. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN IS. IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF. PROTESTS TAKING PLACE NATIONWIDE. AGAINST THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES AND. PERCEIVED. OVERREACH. AND TO. COUNTER PROGRAM THE PRESIDENT'S. MILITARY PARADE IN WASHINGTON.

FROM FRISCO, TEXAS AND ANGOLA, INDIANA, IN THE CENTER OF THE. COUNTRY TO SAN DIEGO ON THE WEST. COAST. OVERALL, MORE THAN 2000. SEPARATE DEMONSTRATIONS OF. DIFFERENT SIZES IN ALL 50 STATES. TODAY, ACCORDING TO THE. ORGANIZERS OF THE SO-CALLED NO. KING'S PROTESTS. VOICING. OPPOSITION TO TRUMP'S AGENDA. >> WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE. RIGHTS OF OUR OUR IMMIGRANT. FAMILIES.

>> I'M A PROUD AMERICAN THAT AM. NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THINGS THAT. ARE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY. >> AND TODAY, THE PRESIDENT, SEEMING TO BLINK ON HIS. IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. TODAY, DHS OFFICIALS CONFIRMING TO ABC. NEWS THE PRESIDENT TOLD ICE TO. PAUSE MOST RAIDS ON FARMS, HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. >> NO FASCIST USA. >> PROTESTERS MARCHING RIGHT UP. TO THE PRESIDENT'S DOORSTEP. DEMONSTRATORS TODAY NEAR MAR A. LAGO, AT TIMES STANDING FACE TO. FACE WITH A LINE OF HEAVILY. ARMED OFFICERS IN MINNESOTA. MANY OF THE PLANNED. DEMONSTRATIONS WERE CANCELED DUE.

TO THAT HORRIFIC SHOOTING, AFTER. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY FOUND. FLIERS FOR THE PROTESTS IN A. VEHICLE AT THE SCENE. AND IN. AUSTIN, THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL. EVACUATED AFTER AUTHORITIES. THERE SAY THEY IDENTIFIED A. CREDIBLE THREAT TOWARD STATE. LAWMAKERS PLANNING TO ATTEND THE. PROTEST. I AND HERE IN LOS. ANGELES, AN ESTIMATED 20,000. GATHERING. AND WE WERE THERE AS. THE THRONG ARRIVED OUTSIDE THE. FEDERAL BUILDING, MANY HUNDREDS. OF PEOPLE FLOCKING RIGHT HERE TO. THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND.

GUARDING THE LOBBY. OUR ACTIVE. DUTY U.S. MARINES, AND YOU CAN. HEAR THE CROWD CHANTING, SHAME. ON YOU! TENSIONS IN THE CITY. STILL HIGH AMID A WEEK OF. IMMIGRATION PROTESTS THAT HAVE. LED TO CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE. AND DEMONSTRATORS. AND DESPITE. THE OBVIOUS TENSION BEHIND ME, WE'VE SEEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. PROTESTERS OUT HERE IN THE. STREETS OF LOS ANGELES, AND IT. HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY PEACEFUL. POLICE HAVE TAKEN A VERY HANDS. OFF APPROACH. STILL, THE LAPD. SAYS THE CURFEW THAT'S BEEN IN. EFFECT FOR PARTS OF DOWNTOWN.

L.A. WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW WITH. >> MATT GUTMAN TONIGHT. THANK. YOU. NOW TO THAT ELABORATE. MILITARY PARADE IN WASHINGTON, D.C, A CELEBRATION OF THE ARMY'S. 250TH ANNIVERSARY FALLING ON. FLAG DAY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. 79TH BIRTHDAY. HERE'S ABC'S. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. SELINA WANG. >> TONIGHT, AN UNPRECEDENTED. SHOW OF MILITARY MIGHT AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MASSIVE ARMY. PARADE GETS UNDERWAY. THOUSANDS. OF SOLDIERS, TANKS AND FIGHTER. JETS ROLLING THROUGH THE.

NATION'S CAPITAL. THE OFFICIAL. REASON FOR THE PARADE, MARKING. THE ARMY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY. BUT IT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE FLAG. DAY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 79TH. BIRTHDAY. THOUSANDS BRAVING THE. STORMY FORECAST TO GET A GLIMPSE. OF THE FESTIVITIES. IT'S A SHOW. OF FORCE TRUMP HAS LONG WANTED. AFTER HE ATTENDED FRANCE'S. ANNUAL BASTILLE DAY PARADE IN. 2017. EVEN THOUGH PARADES LIKE. THIS ARE RARE IN THE U.S. AND. ARE FIXTURES IN AUTHORITARIAN. REGIMES. THE ARMY ESTIMATES IT. WILL COST TAXPAYERS AS MUCH AS.

$45 MILLION. A NEW AP-NORC POLL. FINDS AMERICANS DIVIDED. 6 IN 10. SAY THE PARADE IS NOT A GOOD USE. OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS. >> $45 MILLION FOR A PARADE, FOR. GOD'S SAKE. MONEY SHOULD BE PUT. IN DEFENSE MEDICAL RESEARCH. >> DEMOCRATS SLAMMING THE PRICE. TAG AS HIS ADMINISTRATION. SLASHES PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS. HEALTH CARE AND JOBS AT THE. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. CROWDS OF VETS PROTESTING THE. PARADE AND THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. >> I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY. RESPONSIBILITY TO BE OUT HERE TO.

REMIND PEOPLE AND THEN JUST TO. TRY TO UPHOLD THAT RULE OF LAW. AND THE CONSTITUTION. >> AND OVERNIGHT, DOZENS OF U.S. VETERANS ARRESTED OUTSIDE OF THE. CAPITOL AS THEY DEMONSTRATED. AGAINST THE CELEBRATION, INCLUDING THIS 87 YEAR OLD MAN. WITH A WALKER HANDCUFFED AND. TAKEN AWAY BY POLICE. AND WITH. JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PARADE. STARTED, PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT RUSSIA'S. VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLED HIM TO. WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAYING THEY ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE. WAR IN UKRAINE AND TENSIONS IN.

THE MIDDLE EAST. ACCORDING TO. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA, VLADIMIR. PUTIN SAID THAT RUSSIA IS READY. TO MEDIATE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND. IRAN WITH. >> SELINA WANG. THANK YOU. NOW. TO THE THOUSANDS GATHERING FOR. THAT MILITARY PARADE. ABC'S. STEPHANIE RAMOS JOINS US NOW. FROM WASHINGTON ALONG THE PARADE. ROUTE. AND STEPHANIE, WHAT ARE. WE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT? >> WELL, TO CELEBRATE THE ARMY'S. ANNIVERSARY, MORE THAN 6000. SOLDIERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DRESSED IN MODERN AND HISTORIC. UNIFORMS FROM EVERY MAJOR.

CONFLICT INVOLVING THE U.S. MILITARY, WILL MARCH IN THIS. PARADE RIGHT BEHIND ME ON. CONSTITUTION AVENUE. THE PARADE. INCLUDES MORE THAN TWO DOZEN. TANKS IN THE STREETS OF. WASHINGTON, 28 STRYKER COMBAT. VEHICLES, 28 BRADLEY FIGHTING. VEHICLES, AN ARRAY OF OTHER. VEHICLES, HORSES, MULES, AND. AIRCRAFT. THIS IS THE LARGEST. DISPLAY OF MILITARY MIGHT SINCE. THE END OF THE GULF WAR IN 1991. THE PARADE. ALSO LOOKING TO THE. FUTURE. THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY. ENLISTED OR ARE RE-ENLISTING. WILL STOP, TURN TO THE REVIEWING. STAND AND WILL BE SWORN IN BY.

THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. >> OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS, WHO IS. ALSO AN ARMY MAJOR IN THE. RESERVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR. SERVICE AND FOR YOUR REPORTING. TONIGHT. AND ABC NEWS LIVE, LIVE. SPECIAL COVERAGE CELEBRATING THE. ARMY'S 250TH. STREAMING NOW. ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS. NOW. TO THE FAST MOVING DEVELOPMENTS. IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL AND. IRAN LAUNCHING A BARRAGE OF. COUNTERSTRIKES. THIS VIDEO. APPEARING TO SHOW THE. INTERCEPTION OF A DRONE OVER. ISRAEL. IRAN NOW CANCELING THOSE. NUCLEAR TALKS WITH THE U.S. SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. ABC'S.

MARCUS MOORE IS IN TEL AVIV. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT? IRAN CALLING OFF. SUNDAY'S SCHEDULED TALKS WITH. THE U.S. AS ISRAEL AND IRAN. LAUNCH NEW WAVES OF ATTACKS. IRANIAN STATE MEDIA AIRING THIS. VIDEO OF AN ISRAELI DRONE STRIKE. ON A NATURAL GAS PLANT AS ISRAEL. CONTINUES ITS ATTACKS. AND. TONIGHT, THESE BEFORE AND AFTER. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW DAMAGE TO. A REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FACILITY. ISRAEL, ALSO CLAIMING TO HAVE. KILLED AT LEAST NINE IRANIAN. NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS. IRAN SAYING.

AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. KILLED. TEHRAN RETALIATING WITH. ATTACKS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL. THIS. IRANIAN DRONE INTERCEPTED OVER. AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ. BUT THIS. AREA OUTSIDE TEL AVIV HIT HARD. WE SAW THE DAMAGE FIRSTHAND. YOU. CAN SEE THE BUILDINGS HEAVILY. DAMAGED IN THE DISTANCE THERE. THOSE CARS DESTROYED AND DEBRIS. EVERYWHERE. >> NOW I AM THE COLLATERAL. DAMAGE. I LOOK HORRIFIED AT WHAT. HAPPENED IN GAZA, BUT NOW IT'S. LIKE IN MY BACK DOOR. >> AT LEAST THREE ISRAELIS HAVE. BEEN KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED.

THE UNREST IN THE MIDDLE EAST. CAUSING CRUDE OIL PRICES TO RISE. FRIDAY, PRICES JUMPING OVER 7%. THE TENSIONS LEADING TO. HEIGHTENED SECURITY IN NEW YORK. CITY WITH INCREASED POLICE. PRESENCE AT JEWISH SITES. AND. WITH LATE TONIGHT, IRAN. LAUNCHING ANOTHER ATTACK, THIS. TIME IN NORTHERN ISRAEL. ISRAELI. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN INJURED. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE U.S, BECAUSE OF THE. HEIGHTENED TENSIONS, NORTHERN. COMMAND ANNOUNCED IT'S BOOSTING. SECURITY AT U.S. MILITARY BASES. WITH. >> MARCUS MOORE. THANK YOU. NOW. TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE EAST AND. FLOOD ALERTS FOR PARTS OF THE. MID-ATLANTIC, AND LIGHTNING. NEARLY STRUCK THIS MAN IN FORT. MORGAN, COLORADO. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST JEFF. SMITH FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. AND, JEFF, SOME DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. >> YEAH. WHAT YOU MENTIONED. COLORADO, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A. NEWLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCH RIGHT NOW, NORTHEASTERN. COLORADO, EASTERN PARTS OF. WYOMING, WESTERN PARTS OF. NEBRASKA COULD BE TWO INCH HAIL. COULD BE WINDS GUSTING UP TO. 70MPH IN THOSE AREAS, FLOODING A. CONCERN NEAR THE NATION'S. CAPITAL. FOR ALL THOSE BIG.

FESTIVITIES, TONIGHT COULD BE 1. TO 3IN OF RAIN THERE. MEANWHILE, OUT WEST, IT'S THE HEAT. 9. MILLION PEOPLE UNDER EXTREME. HEAT WARNINGS FROM SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA TO SOUTHERN PARTS OF. ARIZONA, WHERE WE'RE TALKING. ABOUT NOT ONLY TRIPLE DIGIT. HEAT, BUT WELL INTO THE TRIPLE. DIGITS FOR PLACES LIKE PHOENIX. TOMORROW, MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, WITH. >> REALLY A MIXED BAG ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. JEFF SMITH, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. OVERSEAS. NOW. TO THAT HORRIFIC PLANE CRASH IN. INDIA. MORE THAN 270 PEOPLE DIED. AFTER THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT FELL. FROM THE SKY. RECOVERY TEAMS ARE.

ON THE SCENE AMID THE. PAINSTAKING TASK OF IDENTIFYING. THE VICTIMS. AND TONIGHT WE HEAR. FROM THE GRIEVING FAMILIES. ABC'S JAMES LONGMAN REPORTS FROM. INDIA. >> THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE AIR. INDIA DISASTER NOW STANDS AT 275. TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH THE FEROCITY. OF THE EXPLOSION MEANS MANY. BODIES HAVE YET TO BE FORMALLY. IDENTIFIED, DNA TESTING IS NOW. UNDERWAY, SO REMAINS CAN BE. RETURNED TO GRIEVING FAMILIES. SCORES ON THE GROUND WERE KILLED. AND INJURED. TWO LIKE SURESH'S. WIFE AND SON. THIS GENTLEMAN'S.

WIFE RAN A TEA STORE FOR 40. YEARS RIGHT NEAR THE MEDICAL. COLLEGE. THEIR SON, 15 YEARS. OLD, WENT TO FIND HER. HE'S BEEN. KILLED AND SHE'S IN THE ICU. THIS VIDEO OF HIS WIFE SITA HAS. GONE VIRAL IN INDIA. YOU CAN SEE. HER IN THE STREET. DESPERATE FOR. HELP. SURESH SAYS SHE RAN BACK. INTO THE FIRE FOR THEIR SON. AKASH. IT'S A PICTURE OF HIM. THAT'S HIM THERE. A MOMENT. LATER, ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER. SHOWS ME HER PHONE. THEY'RE. SHOWING ME SOME VERY DISTRESSING. VIDEOS THERE, INCLUDING WHAT.

THIS LADY SAYS IS THAT 15 YEAR. OLD BOY, HIS BODY ON FIRE IN THE. STREET. SANJAY WAS THERE WHEN. THE PLANE CAME DOWN. HE RUSHED. TO ACTION, JET FUEL TURNING. EVERYTHING TO FIRE AND ASH. HE. SAYS HE PULLED 28 BODIES FROM. THE WRECKAGE, AND THIS MAN WITH. HIS BARE HANDS, IS PULLING OUT. THE CHARRED REMAINS OF SOME OF. THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN KILLED. I. MEAN, THIS TRAGEDY HAS REQUIRED. EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE FROM. ORDINARY PEOPLE. AND WE'RE AN. AMERICAN TEAM FROM THE NTSB IS.

FLYING IN TO HELP WITH THE. INVESTIGATION SO THESE FAMILIES. CAN GET SOME OF THE ANSWERS THEY. NEED WITH. >> HEARTBREAKING IMAGES THERE. JAMES LONGMAN, THANK YOU. THERE. IS STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT THIS. SATURDAY, INCLUDING THE FIRE. THAT SHOOK UP TOURISTS ON THE. LAS VEGAS STRIP. AND THE FIRST. AMERICAN POPE DELIVERS A. HEARTFELT MESSAGE TO HIS HOMETOWN, CHICAGO. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, TOURISTS WERE. RATTLED OVERNIGHT ON THE LAS. VEGAS STRIP. POLICE SAY SOMEONE THREW. FIREWORKS FROM A VEHICLE EARLY. THIS MORNING SETTING TWO PALM.

TREES ON FIRE OUTSIDE THE ARIA. RESORT AND CASINO. FLAMES WERE QUICKLY PUT OUT, NO. INJURIES REPORTED. INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A. CAR SEEN DRIVING AWAY FROM THE. SCENE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A. HOMECOMING OF SORTS FOR POPE. LEO. HIS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO THE. FAITHFUL. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW AND POPE. LEO APPEARED AT HIS FAVORITE. BALLPARK TODAY. IN A RECORDS ADDRESS THE POPE. SPOKE TO THE FAITHFUL AT THE. STADIUM WHERE THE CHICAGO WHITE. SOX PLAY.

LEO GREW UP JUST OUTSIDE. CHICAGO. HE DIRECTED HIS MESSAGE TO THOSE. WHO SUFFER FROM DEPRESSION AND. SADNESS, SAYING THE LOVE OF GOD. IS TRULY HEALING AND BRINGS. HOPE. >>> STILL AHEAD, FROM EVERY. CORNER OF THE WORLD, AMERICAN SOLIDERS CELEBRATE THE US ARMY. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A SALUTE TO. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN. PROTECTING AMERICA FOR 250. YEARS. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY! >> TONIGHT, THOSE TWO WORDS. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" RINGING OUT ALL.

OVER THE WORLD. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY! >> FROM HUNGARY, TO THE. PHILIPPINES. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARMY. >> MINNESOTA TO DELAWARE. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARMY. >> MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS OVER. GENERATIONS LIVING BY THAT. MOTTO, THIS WE'LL DEFEND, NOW. CELEBRATING THAT 250-YEAR LEGACY. AND HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE. SACRIFICED. FOR SOME, SERVICE IS A LONG. FAMILY TRADITION. THE MACES HAVE SERVED IN ALMOST.

EVERY MAJOR AMERICAN CONFLICT. >> IT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE I HAVE A. FIVE TIMES GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO. WAS THERE AT DAY ONE IN. LEXINGTON. IT'S EXCITING. >> IN THE SKY, THE ICONIC GOLDEN. KNIGHTS, PERFORMING AND. COMPETING IN SKY DIVING ACROSS. THE GLOBE. >> WE WANT TO CONNECT AMERICA'S. ARMY WITH AMERICA'S PEOPLE AND. SHOW THEM WHAT WE ARE MORE THAN. WHAT THEY SEE IN MOVIES. >> OUR MATT GUTMAN JUMPING WITH. THE ELITE TEAM AHEAD OF THE. ANNIVERSARY.

>> I DON'T THINK YOU EVER GET. THE APPRECIATION OF WHAT IT IS. GLIDING DOWN, HAVING A REAL. BIRDS' EYE VIEW. >> WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES. AS A BRIGHT SHINE ANY. AS A BRIGHT SHINE AY OBJECT. HEY, LOOK AT US. >> WHAT WAS THE BRIGHT, SHINY. OBJECT 250 YEARS AGO? >> THE BRIGHT SHINY OBJECT WAS FREEDOM. >> AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.