ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 30, 2025

Tonight we have breaking news just as we come on the. air, the news conference just moments ago that deadly ambush. authorities say firefighters were lured into a deadly trap, what they've now revealed. There's also breaking news at this hour involving the Idaho. college murders, the suspect in that case facing the death. penalty and now the stunning turn, what sources have told. ABC News at this hour. And with the 4th of July travel now. here the severe storms set to hit New York City in. Philadelphia. First tonight when authorities just. revealed they believe firefighters were ambushed that.

a deadly trap was set. "There's not everybody's got them here.". Authorities say responding to a fire deliberately set. two firefighters killed one critically wounded. There was also news breaking just. as we come on tonight in the Idaho College murder. case what would be a stunning turn for defendant. Brian Coburger after pleading not guilty and after months. of delays, what sources are now telling ABC News that. defendant has agreed to. Tonight's Senate Republicans trying to push through. President Trump's massive tax cut for wealthy Americans.

and his cuts affecting health coverage for more than 11. million Americans, food stamps in college aid as well. tonight some critics in his own party defying the. president now and Elon Musk again warning against the. bill and he's now threatening Republicans who vote for it. In New York City tonight, the trauma just as jury. deliberations begin in the Sean Diddy Combs trial, what a note from the jury indicated late today. Tonight, just as millions traveled for the 4th of July, those strong storms and damaging winds along the I-95 quarter, up into Philadelphia and New York City in the next 24 hours.

and we're tracking it. The dramatic rescue tonight, the Disney Crews rescue boat. racing to a father and daughter after the girl. fell overboard. Her father jumping into save her. Record heat on opening day at Wimbledon, star player Carlos Alcarez racing to a fan. who had collapsed in the stands. And America's strong tonight and this question, is 13 really an unlucky number? You won't believe what happened. [music]. From ABC News, World Headquarters in New York,

this is World News Tonight with David New York. Good evening and it's great to have you with us here on Monday. Night. We do begin tonight with what authorities are now. calling a deadly ambush. They say firefighters were lured. into a deadly trap. Two firefighters were killed in Idaho. A third critically wounded police. say they were lured into that trap by a sniper who. intentionally set a wild fire and then waited for. first responders to arrive. The sheriff's gun fire erupted just as those. firefighters pulled up saying these firefighters did.

not have a chance. Chilling radio calls tonight coming. from the firefighting team under fire. Authorities launching an urgent manhunt. the suspect identified as 20-year-old West Rowley. His body was found with a weapon nearby. Tonight agencies from across the. region in a procession for the fallen firefighters and. what authorities revealed late today in this case. ABC's Matt Cuppen leading us off tonight from Idaho. Tonight authorities say this suspect who lowered. firefighters into that deadly ambush in Idaho may. have dreamed of one day becoming a firefighter.

himself. There is information that we receive that he. at one time wanted to be a firefighter. Late today authorities identifying the. suspect as 20 year old West Rowling releasing this. image saying he deliberately started this wildfire. in Canfield mountain and Cordillane Sunday and. then open fire on first responders to firefighters. killed a third badly wounded authority say the suspect. actually interacted with the firefighters before. the shooting they'd asked him to move his vehicle. The firefighters arrived on the scene and his vehicle was pretty.

close to where the firefighters parked and they asked them to. move it and there was some back and forth. We had to push that vehicle off the side of. the mountain because we didn't want him to circle. back and get in that vehicle and flee. Tonight the suspect's grandfather. Dale saying he's heartbroken. Nobody wants to think that their son or grandson. is going to go do this. I feel more sad for the people they got killed. than I do for him. Hopefully because they didn't deserve it. The horror unfolding around 121 p.m. Sunday afternoon, firefighters responding to a.

routine call out for a brush fire near a popular trailhead. Crews racing right into a trap by 2 p.m. 40 minutes later, gunfire and these. panic calls began. We need law enforcement immediately. We've got two unresponsive retaliations. First responders realizing they are under attack. I'm heading down behind Battalion 1's rig. It's clear to me that this fire was intentionally to draw us in. Police exchanging gunfire with the suspect, later using cell phone data to pinpoint his.

location in a wooded area. And there are six hours later, authorities. removing the suspect's body just as the wildfire closed in. Is there an indication that he used that shotgun that was. found beside him on himself? Yes. Over night police and. firefighters in that solemn procession to. honor their colleagues and tonight officials revealing. both of the fallen firefighters were beloved battalion. chiefs who could have retired but stayed on. Chief Frank Harwood was 42 and the father of two.

Chief John Morrison with Cordelein Fire since 1996. And that third fire, fire wounded Dave Tuesdayl is. still in critical condition. And David, the sheriff telling me the suspect had no known. criminal history, no ties to terrors and they're pouring. over his social media. I just want to give you a sense of how chaotic it was when the. SWAT team pulled in to try to retrieve the bodies of. those fallen firefighters. They were taking fire themselves at one point. were so concerned that that suspect would wheel around and.

try to steal one of the vehicles that actually pushed his. vehicle off a cliff and then disable the firefighter vehicle, slashing their tires and actually shooting into. their engine blocks. David, just extraordinary what they faced and that procession. through the community deeply moving tonight. Matt, thank you. There's also news breaking at this hour in the Idaho College. murder case, what sources are now telling ABC News at this. hour what would be a stunning turn for defendant Brian. Coburger. After pleading not guilty and after months of. delays, what sources now say the defendant has agreed to.

Here's ABC's Cana Whipworth. Tonight breaking news in the University of Idaho murder. case. Sources telling ABC News, the man accused of the brutal. slaying of four college students, Ethan Chapin, Zanna. Cranodal, Kaelikin Zalvis and Madison Mogen has. accepted a plea deal. According to sources, Brian Coburger will plead guilty to. all four counts of murder and will be sentenced to four. consecutive life sentences with no possibility of parole and is. waving all rights to an appeal in this proposed deal.

This is all in exchange for the death penalty to. be taken off the table. In a letter provided to victims' families, the state will seek restitution, saying this resolution. is our sincere attempt to seek justice for your family. But for every person involved, justice can look different. There's justice lying, a conviction. I don't think there's going to ever be any justice. I mean, yeah, we can have justice for. the conviction of it, but I don't get to still.

hang out with Ethan. So... they still don't get to. I they yeah they don't have a son. They don't have a daughter anymore. So is that justice? Probably not. Now David, a change of plea hearing is set for Wednesday, sentencing then expected later in July. And as you mentioned, simply a stunning. turn of events, David, in a case that. has gripped this nation. Cana Whitworth with what sources are telling ABC News. at this cell or cana thank you, not a Capitol Hill tonight, Senate Republicans trying to push through President Trump's.

massive tax cut, benefiting wealthy Americans, and the. president's cuts affecting health coverage for more than. 11 million Americans. Food stamps in college aid affected as well. Tonight some critics in his own party defying the president. refusing to support it, one senator saying he. won't run again. And Elon Musk again warning against this bill now, now. threatening Republicans who vote for it. Mary Bruce at the White House tonight. Tonight, Senate Republicans scrambling to push through the. massive tax cuts and spending bill at the heart of. President Trump's agenda.

"Let's vote. This is good for America. This is good for the American people. It's good for working families.". The bill includes roughly $4 trillion in tax cuts for the. wealthy, along with new funding for immigration enforcement, and fulfills some campaign pledges like no taxes on tips. and overtime. It also guts Biden-era clean energy. initiatives and slashes Medicaid, something. Trump promised he would not do. A new estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget. Office predicts some 11.8 million Americans would.

lose their health coverage over the next decade. "It's the biggest Medicaid cut in history and represents. the largest transfer of wealth in history. It is caviar over kids, hedge funds over healthcare.". Trump insists the Medicaid cuts only target. waste fraud and abuse. But a member of his own party, Republican Senator Tom Tillis. of North Carolina, says the President doesn't. understand his own bill. So what do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years.

when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them. off of Medicaid because the funding is not there anymore. When the White House is advising the President, are not telling. him that the effect of this Bill is to break a promise. Trump furious with Tillis threatening to primary him, but. Tillis refusing to cave, instead announcing he won't run for.

re-election, saying leaders who are willing to embrace. bipartisanship, compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking. are becoming an endangered species. Other Republicans alarmed by the Bill's price tag, which. by one estimate would add at at least $3.3 trillion to the. debt over the next 10 years. Tonight at the 11th hour, Elon Musk swooping in again, declaring every congress member who votes yes, should hang their head in shame, threatening they will lose.

their primary next year if it is the last thing. I do on this earth. - And Republicans in the Senate want to vote. on this bill tonight, reminder, they can only afford to. lose three Republicans and still pass this and right. now more than that remain undecided and even if this bill. ultimately passes the Senate, it then goes back to the House, where Speaker Johnson has that razor-thin majority and already. some Republicans are opposing the. changes made in the Senate, David. Mary Bruce tracking this into the. night at the White House there. Now, just as millions travel for the July 4th holiday, the.

severe storms damaging winds moving. New York City all included in this. Ginger Z is standing by with the forecast and Stephanie. Ramos on the challenges already. tonight. Tonight, families packing airports and highways getting a. head start on the 4th of July. If you thought last year was busy, AAA says buckle up. 1.3 million more of us will be hitting the road. this year than last. Driving the increase, the lowest summer gas prices in. more than four years according.

the gas station was now under 30,000. That's just 3 dollars and 14 cents a gallon. And experts say the busiest days to drive are July second. That's Wednesday and Sunday July six. But it's not all smooth sailing in Washington County, Maryland this morning, a wind turbine blade slid off a. truck blocking interstate 70. one person was hurt and Southwest of Savannah. Sunday, multiple Amtrak passengers rushed to the. hospital with heat exhaustion after being stuck for.

hours. As always, weather is the expactor. Over the weekend, massive tornadoes. tore across the northern plains and dozens of plains. at Atlanta's Hartfield Jackson Airport were. taken out of service after wind and hillstorms. right now here at LaGuardia and other Northeast airports delays. are starting to pile up due to thunderstorms in the area. David, I fear that could get much. worse in the next 24 hours. Thank you. Let's get right to cheap. meteorologist Ginger Z. Of course, tracking these.

storms moving right into the Northeast. Hi Ginger. Hi, David. The impacts from tonight's storms. I would call the appetizer to the main dish of. severe weather that's coming for us. tomorrow afternoon. Let's go through the maps. Those sl. could produce one to two rainfall rates for Baltimore. DC in a flood watch right in that. But watch as the by tomorrow afternoon, I'd. you really need to start that area that we've hi. out of five. Baltimore DC are back in it.

We stop P. M. When this computer comes through Philadelphia, New York City and even into Connecticut, the damaging wind. in excess of 70 miles power would be the main. hazard with that. Lightning on those runways is never good either. And then by the holidays, looking much better, David. for the Mid-Atlantic in Northeast, just to. assure me, as we go toward the Gulf Coast. Yeah, just got to get through these next 24 hours. Everyone be safe out there on the roads. Ginger, thank you. We'll see you first thing Here in New York City, tonight, the dramatic moment's involving the.

Dady Combs trial just 5 and a half hours now into. deliberations and notes already for that judge. ABC's chief investigative correspondent Eric Tursky. with what those jurors are already signaling. tonight. Tonight a potential snag as the jury begins. deciding the racketeering and sex trafficking charges. against Sean Combs. An hour into deliberations, the four person. sent a note saying they were concerned one of. the jurors cannot follow your honors instructions. that juror is a 51 year old scientist with a doctorate. in molecular biology.

The note did not make clear what the issue was, and the judge. sent back a note of his own, telling the jury to follow. his instructions and return to deliberations. The eight men and four women are deciding whether combs. were in a criminal enterprise with employees who. prosecutor said service the defendants every desire. through a methodical pattern of violence, coercion and. manipulation, procured drugs, and stock total rooms with. baby oil and lubricant. Gomes has denied all the charges and the defense. argued his employees were simply buying items. for a celebrity boss, telling the jury, "You.

know, I don't expect that we're going to. see Beyonce and CVS. The jurors are now deciding five criminal counts. When there's a verdict, they'll fill out this form. and deliver it to the judge.". - Late today, David, the jury sent another note. asking about some of the drug allegations. that support the racketeer charge, then they went home. about five and a half hours back at it here tomorrow. following this trial from the start. Aaron thank you. tonight. The Disney Cruz.

racing to a father and da overboard and that father. to try to save his daughter now. Tonight you're w moments on the high seas. rescue boats racing to a father and daughter who went overboard. The pair treading choppy waters. Watch as the crew on that small yellow boat. from the Disney dream holds the two on board. The Disney ship was returning to Fort Lauderdale. Sunday after a four-night bay mean cruise. Passengers tell us the girl somehow fell off and her.

dad jumped in after her. Gail Merrick was on board and heard from other. passengers the girl fell from the fourth floor deck. I just saw a bunch of the staff running outside on. the fourth floor deck and I figured. something had happened. An emergency code for man overboard. went out on the ship's intercom and the crew immediately. went into rescue mode. I think it was really heroic. I mean, he jumped in after her and they were trunning water. and he was just holding on to her. Passengers, thankful this wasn't worse. I felt sick to my stomach.

I goosebumps the whole time and I don't think. I breathe until they were turned to the ship. We all cheer it. - David, that ship is docked back in Florida tonight. Disney praising the crew for their swift actions. David. - Victor O'Kendah with us, we're glad they're okay, Victor. Thanks to the economy tonight, the stock market. setting new records, the Dow Jones. jumping 275 points, closing at 44,094, the NASDAQ hitting an all-time high, gaining 96 points, closing at 20,369, and a record day for the S&P 500, up 31 points finishing at 6204.

When we come back here tonight, the deadly plane crash, at. least six killed, also the NBA star and the gambling. investigation tonight, what we're learning. And then the record heat on opening day at Wimbledon, the. dramatic moment you'll see at Star Player Carlos Alcarez. racing to a fan in the stands in a moment here. Tonight, the NTSB is now investigating the deadly. plane crash in Ohio, not far from Youngstown. authorities say all six on board were killed, including two experienced pilots and four passengers.

The twin engines, as now going down behind a home just after. takeoff, just two miles from the runway bursting into flames. Officials say the plane was headed to Boseman, Montana. Tonight, ESPN is now reporting that Detroit Pistons guard Malik. Beasley is reportedly under investigation for gambling. related to NBA games. Beasley's attorney says his client has not been charged. and is asking fans to reserve of judgment. The pistons say they are cooperating. with the investigation. Beasley was in talks to extend his contract with the team. Those talks now reportedly unhold. When we come back here tonight, record heat.

on opening day at Wimbledon. What you'll see here in a moment, star player Carlos. Alcaraz and what he suddenly had to do rushing to the stands. The moment. To the index tonight record, he taking its toll on players. and spectators on the first day of Wimbledon in England, of course the temperature. today, shattering the pre day of 86 that was set in. to cool off with ice today and then one of the top. as racing to offer his after a spectator collapsed.

likely to get that water we come back tonight. America strong and it tonight is 13 really an. you're not going to believe. happened. Finally tonight they were. engaged on Friday the 13th, married on Friday the 13th, they thought 13 was their lucky number. In Pittsburgh tonight, April and Eric Schmidt married 33. years this fall. It turns out they got engaged on Friday the. 13th in March of 1992. They would then get married on Friday.

the 13th that November. And listen to this, April recently. flying home to Eric after a long work trip, landing at. Pittsburgh International Airport. It was Friday, June 13th, just a few weeks back. 30 minutes into her drive home, she realized something. was missing. She had her ring on, but there was. no diamond in it. She rushed back to the airport, retracing her steps around the American Airlines. baggage claim B, but she knew it wasn't good. And she realized her luck might have run out on. Friday the 13th.

But six airline service technicians, Tom Steve, Lindsay Bradshaw and Court. all using flashlights to search that carousel. But the diamond, nowhere to be found. She would go home, but those workers reassured her. they wouldn't give up. Hours later, sending April this photo, they had found the diamond. And this is the moment, April gets the diamond back. Wow. (laughing). incredible. Those technicians proud and. proving that Friday the 13th isn't so unlucky after all.

Here's Steve. Expression on her face and I, it made it all worth it. And right here tonight-- Hi, David. April, relieved and grateful to those airport workers. They were so invested in helping me. and it just made me feel so grateful. It was indeed just one more piece of evidence. that Friday the 13th is only as bad as you make it.

- You're so glad you have your diamond back. and those airport workers who we love Pittsburgh. I'll see you tomorrow night. Good night.