ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 1, 2026

THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. LATE. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP, SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME. ABOUT THE AMERICANS KILLED AND WOUNDED DURING AN IRANIAN.

ATTACK ON KUWAIT. THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT VOWING TO AVENGE THEIR. DEATHS, WARNING, QUOTE, SADLY, THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE. BEFORE IT ENDS. THE NEW IMAGES COMING IN TONIGHT SHOWING NEW. U.S. AND ISRAELI ATTACKS TARGETING IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY. GUARD AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS, IRAN RETALIATING, TARGETING U.S. BASES. ISRAEL AND ARAB NATIONS. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN. A STRIKE OUTSIDE JERUSALEM. IRANIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRMING. THE DEATH OF THE SUPREME LEADER AS WELL. AND MORE THAN 40. IRANIAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. A SOURCE TELLING ABC.

NEWS THE CIA HAD BEEN TRACKING THE SUPREME LEADER FOR MONTHS, AND THAT THE U.S. MOVED UP THE TIMING OF THE ATTACK BASED ON. WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. IAN PANNELL STANDING BY LIVE FROM. THE REGION. ALSO TONIGHT, THE SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE MIDDLE. EAST AT THIS HOUR, IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES TARGETING. AT LEAST NINE COUNTRIES, INCLUDING SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR, BAHRAIN, COUNTRIES WITH AMERICAN BASES. THE AIRPORT. TONIGHT IN DUBAI ON LOCKDOWN TARGETED MULTIPLE TIMES. AMERICANS ACROSS THE REGION STRANDED, UNABLE TO FLY OUT.

MULTIPLE U.S. EMBASSIES ON HIGH ALERT. JAMES LONGMAN IN TURKEY. FOR US TONIGHT INSIDE IRAN THE DEATH OF THE SUPREME LEADER, PROMPTING LARGE ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS. A MASSIVE CROWD OF. MOURNERS IN TEHRAN AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MANY SHOUTING. DEATH TO AMERICA, WHILE OTHERS IN IRAN QUIETLY CELEBRATE, HOPING FOR A NEW FUTURE HERE IN THE U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP A. SHORT TIME AGO AND HIS MESSAGE ON THIS ATTACK ON IRAN SAYING. IT IS, QUOTE, THE DUTY AND BURDEN OF A FREE PEOPLE. THE.

PRESIDENT WITH HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS THIS WEEKEND, ON TWO. OCCASIONS SLIPPING OUT TO MINGLE WITH GUESTS AT MAR A. LAGO. AND TONIGHT, WHAT HE'S NOW SAYING ABOUT TALKS WITH. IRAN AND THE BIGGER QUESTION WHO LEADS IRAN FROM HERE IN THE. U.S. JUST HOURS AFTER NEWS OF THE SUPREME LEADER BEING KILLED, A HORRIFIC AND DEADLY SHOOTING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. POLICE SAYING. THE SUSPECT WEARING A SWEATSHIRT SAYING PROPERTY OF. ALLAH, A T-SHIRT REPORTEDLY REFERENCING IRAN. THE FBI. TONIGHT INVESTIGATING THE MOTIVE. AND TONIGHT, AFTER. IRAN'S WARNING TO OIL TANKERS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AT.

LEAST THREE VESSELS COMING UNDER ATTACK. WHAT THIS COULD. MEAN FOR OIL AND GAS PRICES IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD. AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT, AND WHAT HE'S NOW SAYING ABOUT HOW. LONG THIS MILITARY OPERATION WILL LAST. A SPECIAL EDITION OF. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT STARTS NOW. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. ON THIS SUNDAY.

NIGHT, WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH THE BREAKING NEWS IN THE. ATTACK ON IRAN, THE US CONFIRMING THREE AMERICAN. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED. CENTRAL COMMAND. REPORTING THEY DIED IN AN ATTACK ON KUWAIT. AT LEAST FIVE. OTHERS WOUNDED. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP BOARDING AIR. FORCE ONE. HE MADE HIS FIRST COMMENTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN. DEATHS, CALLING THEM, QUOTE, TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS, VOWING. TO AVENGE THEIR DEATHS AND SAYING, QUOTE, SADLY, THERE. WILL LIKELY BE MORE BEFORE IT ENDS. THE PRESIDENT TODAY. SAYING HUNDREDS OF TARGETS HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE U.S. AND ISRAEL, INCLUDING DEFENSE SYSTEMS, REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FACILITIES.

AND NINE IRANIAN NAVY SHIPS. IRAN RETALIATING TONIGHT FOR. THE ONGOING U.S. AND ISRAELI ASSAULT STRIKING BACK AT ISRAEL. AND MULTIPLE ARAB NATIONS. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE KILLED IN. IRANIAN STRIKE OUTSIDE JERUSALEM TONIGHT HERE. ABC. NEWS LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE OPERATION TARGETING THE SUPREME. LEADER AND IRANIAN LEADERSHIP. THE CIA, TRACKING THE AYATOLLAH. FOR MONTHS BEFORE THE DEADLY STRIKE WAS LAUNCHED. SOURCES. SAY WHEN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS LEARNED THE SUPREME LEADER WAS. ABOVE GROUND IN HIS OFFICE AND MEETING WITH IRAN'S TOP LEADERS, THEY STRUCK ACROSS IRAN TONIGHT MASSIVE CROWDS MOURNING THE.

DEATH OF THE AYATOLLAH. A NEW SUPREME LEADER EXPECTED TO BE. NAMED WITHIN DAYS. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOW SIGNALING. THE U.S. MILITARY OPERATION COULD LAST FOR FOUR WEEKS. WE. HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL, LEADING US OFF FROM THE REGION. AGAIN TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE FIRST AMERICAN. CASUALTIES OF THE MASSIVE US-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN AS IRAN. RETALIATES FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF SUPREME LEADER.

AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI. THE US CONFIRMING THREE AMERICAN. SERVICE MEMBERS WERE KILLED IN ACTION, FIVE MORE SERIOUSLY. WOUNDED. U.S. OFFICIALS TELLING ABC NEWS THEY WERE KILLED IN AN. IRANIAN ATTACK IN KUWAIT LATE TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP. RELEASING A NEW VIDEO FROM MAR A LAGO RESPONDING TO THOSE. DEATHS, WARNING THEY'LL LIKELY BE MORE. >> AS ONE NATION. WE GRIEVE FOR THE TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS WHO. HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR NATION, EVEN. AS WE CONTINUE THE RIGHTEOUS MISSION FOR WHICH THEY GAVE.

THEIR LIVES. WE PRAY FOR THE FULL RECOVERY OF THE WOUNDED. AND SEND OUR IMMENSE LOVE AND ETERNAL GRATITUDE TO THE. FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN. AND SADLY, THERE WILL LIKELY BE. MORE. >> THE PRESIDENT VOWING TO. AVENGE THEIR DEATHS. AND IN A SEPARATE INTERVIEW TODAY. REVEALING OPERATION EPIC FURY COULD LAST FOR WEEKS. THE US. ALONE, STRIKING MORE THAN 1000 TARGETS. B-2 STEALTH BOMBERS.

ARMED WITH 2,000 POUND BOMBS STRIKING IRAN'S BALLISTIC. MISSILE FACILITIES. THE PRESIDENT SAYING MULTIPLE. IRANIAN NAVY SHIPS WERE DESTROYED, SINKING IN THE WATER, CLAIMING IRAN'S TOP MILITARY LEADERS WANT TO SURRENDER. >> THE ENTIRE MILITARY COMMAND IS GONE AS WELL, AND MANY OF. THEM WANT TO SURRENDER INTO SAVING THEIR LIVES. THEY WANT. IMMUNITY. THEY'RE CALLING BY THE THOUSANDS. COMBAT.

OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT THIS TIME IN FULL FORCE, AND THEY. WILL CONTINUE UNTIL ALL OF OUR OBJECTIVES ARE ACHIEVED. >> ISRAEL SAYING THE JOINT OPERATION HAS KNOCKED OUT. NEARLY ALL OF IRAN'S DEFENSES, LEADING TO NEAR TOTAL AIR. SUPREMACY OVER IRAN, MAKING IT SAFER FOR FIGHTER PILOTS TO. ATTACK TARGETS IN THE COUNTRY. BUT IRAN STILL STRIKING BACK, LAUNCHING A FIERCE ASSAULT ON US BASES AND AT LEAST NINE. COUNTRIES ACROSS THE REGION. THE AIRPORTS IN DUBAI AND. KUWAIT HIT NEW VIDEO EMERGING, SHOWING SMOKE FILLING THE.

TERMINALS HERE IN THE HILLS OF JERUSALEM. AN IRANIAN MISSILE. EVADING AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS SLAMMING INTO THE TOWN OF BEIT. SHEMESH. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE KILLED, VICTIMS CARRIED OUT ON. STRETCHERS. >> OH MY GOODNESS. >> USED TO BE A SYNAGOGUE. USED TO BE A HOUSE. NOW IT'S JUST. RUBBLE. >> WE SEE THE DESTRUCTION AS. CREWS WORK AGAINST THE CLOCK, LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS. PRAYER. BOOKS SCATTERED IN THE RUBBLE. THE RESIDENTS HERE DIDN'T STAND.

A CHANCE. THEY WERE RUNNING TO A SHELTER WHEN THE MISSILE HIT. AND OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT THE ADDED PROBLEM HERE OF THERE. COULD BE A SIREN AT ANY MOMENT. AND THEN WHAT? THEN WHAT. HAPPENS? EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE. COVER. >> YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT. REALLY ANY COVER TO TAKE HERE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REALITIES. THAT WE DEAL WITH AS FIRST RESPONDERS. >> AND TONIGHT, STUNNING NEW DETAILS OF WHAT LED UP TO THE. MASSIVE OPERATION TO TOPPLE THE IRANIAN REGIME. AS NEW VIDEO. EMERGES AT THE MOMENT AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI'S COMPOUND WAS HIT, A.

SOURCE TELLING ABC NEWS THE CIA HAD BEEN TRACKING THE SUPREME. LEADER FOR MONTHS, DOWN TO HIS DAILY ROUTINE. AN ISRAELI. SOURCE BRIEFED ON THE JOINT STRIKE, TELLING US ISRAELI. INTELLIGENCE, DISCOVERED THAT KHAMENEI SPENT QUITE A LOT OF. TIME ABOVE GROUND IN HIS OFFICES AND NOT IN HIS BUNKER. WHEN THE US LEARNED THE SUPREME LEADER WOULD BE MEETING WITH. TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS IN TEHRAN ON SATURDAY, THE SOURCE SAYS. THE TIMING OF THE ATTACK WAS MOVED UP THE US AND ISRAEL, SAYING THE 86 YEAR OLD HAMMOND WAS KILLED IN THE VERY FIRST.

ROUND OF ATTACKS. >> ALL IN A MATTER OF LITERALLY. MINUTES. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER, AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI IS DEAD. THIS WRETCHED AND VILE MAN HAD THE BLOOD OF HUNDREDS AND EVEN. THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ON HIS HANDS, AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE SLAUGHTER OF COUNTLESS THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. ALL ACROSS MANY COUNTRIES. >> THE OPERATION ALSO TARGETING.

IRAN'S PRESIDENT, MASOUD PEZESHKIAN. BUT HE SURVIVED. OVERNIGHT, SAYING IRAN IS TAKING ACTION WITH POWER TO. DESTROY THE ENEMY'S BASES AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION. AND WILL LEAVE THE ENEMIES HOPELESS. AND TONIGHT, IRAN. SAYING THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING. MORE THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE. KILLED CREWS SEARCHING THROUGH THE NIGHT. STATE MEDIA CLAIMING. AN AIRSTRIKE ON A GIRLS SCHOOL IN IRAN HAS LEFT MORE THAN 150. PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING STUDENTS, THE US AND ISRAEL STILL WORKING.

TO VERIFY THOSE CLAIMS. >> SO LET'S BRING IN OUR CHIEF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, IAN PANNELL, WITH US LIVE AGAIN. TONIGHT FROM TEL AVIV. AND IAN, PRESIDENT TRUMP, OF COURSE, A. SHORT TIME AGO, ADDRESSING THE FIRST AMERICAN LIVES LOST HERE. >> YEAH THAT'S RIGHT DAVID. AND HE HAD WARNED THAT THIS WAS. LIKELY TO HAPPEN. >> THREE US SERVICE PERSONNEL. NOW DEAD. AND A WARNING THERE COULD BE FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE. IN AN OPERATION THAT MAY NOW LAST WEEKS REVEALING IT BEGAN. EARLY BECAUSE OF THIS KEY INTELLIGENCE THAT HAMMERED A.

AND KEY LEADERS WERE GOING TO BE MEETING SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRESIDENT GIVING THE ORDER TO STRIKE. >> DAVID IAN PANNELL LEADING US OFF HERE AGAIN TONIGHT IAN. THANK YOU. TONIGHT THE SHOCK WAVES ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES TARGETING AT LEAST NINE. COUNTRIES. TONIGHT. THE AIRPORT IN DUBAI ON LOCKDOWN TARGETED. MULTIPLE TIMES AMERICANS ACROSS THE REGION STRANDED, UNABLE TO. FLY MULTIPLE U.S. EMBASSIES ON HIGH ALERT TONIGHT. HERE'S OUR. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, JAMES LONGMAN. FROM TURKEY TONIGHT. >> AN ENTIRE REGION NOW BEING.

SUCKED INTO A SPIRALING CONFLICT. IRANIAN MISSILES AND. DRONES HAVE NOW RAINED DOWN ON NINE COUNTRIES ACROSS THE. MIDDLE EAST, AMONG THEM TEHRAN LASHING OUT AT SAUDI ARABIA, IRAQ, QATAR, BAHRAIN, ALL US ALLIES HOSTING AMERICAN BASES, CIVILIANS FLEEING FOR SAFETY NOW CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THE. LUXURY FAIRMONT HOTEL IN DUBAI STRUCK A MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND. TRANSIT HUB, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST AIRPORT DUBAI, ON. LOCKDOWN AFTER BEING TARGETED MULTIPLE TIMES. >> WE HAD A VERY LONG NIGHT, A LOT OF EXPLOSIONS, A LOT OF.

WARNINGS, A LOT OF JET SOUNDS. >> MANY AMERICANS IN THE REGION. STRANDED. CHRISTINA AND HER PARTNER MATT WERE IN DUBAI FOR. WORK. NOW THEY'RE NOT SURE WHEN THEY CAN RETURN TO THEIR NEW. HAMPSHIRE HOME. >> HOPING THAT THE AIR DEFENSE. SYSTEMS, THE LAYERED DEFENSE SYSTEMS KEEP WORKING. >> U.S. EMBASSIES ARE TARGET TO GROWING CLASHES AT A CONSULATE. IN KARACHI, TO THE GREEN ZONE IN BAGHDAD, TENS OF THOUSANDS. OF EMBASSY STAFF AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ON HIGH ALERT. THE. STATE DEPARTMENT ALSO URGING AMERICANS WORLDWIDE TO REMAIN.

VIGILANT. IRAN'S ISLAMIC REGIME ISOLATED, PERHAPS LIKE NEVER. BEFORE. SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, ITS PROXIES HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH AND. THE SYRIAN REGIME UNDER ASSAD ALL DISMANTLED. AND DAVID, WITH. SO MUCH DANGER IN THE AIR, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE REGIONAL. AIRPORTS ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL ANYTIME SOON. SO. ANYONE STRANDED IN THIS REGION TRYING TO GET HOME LOOKS LIKE. THEY MIGHT HAVE A LONG AND DANGEROUS WAIT AHEAD OF THEM. DAVID. >> YOU CAN SEE THAT VAST AREA. OVER IRAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS STAYING AWAY FROM THE REGION. AND THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE. TONIGHT JAMES LONGMAN, THANK.

YOU. TONIGHT, THE IMAGES FROM INSIDE IRAN, THE WIDESPREAD. PROTESTS AFTER NEWS THE SUPREME LEADER WAS KILLED, ALONG WITH. MORE THAN 40 OF IRAN'S LEADERS. PROTESTERS ACROSS TEHRAN. SHOUTING DEATH TO AMERICA, WHILE OTHERS IN IRAN ARE. QUIETLY CELEBRATING, HOPING FOR A NEW FUTURE. NOW HERE'S MARTHA. RADDATZ TONIGHT. >> THE IRANIAN REGIME SHAKEN TO. ITS CORE. MORE THAN 40 OF ITS LEADERS DEAD IN STRIKES, CARRIED OUT WITH ASTONISHING SPEED AND EXQUISITE.

INTELLIGENCE. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE OPENING STRIKES. NOT ONLY. WAS IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER KILLED, BUT THE HEAD OF IRAN'S. ARMED FORCES, THE DEFENSE MINISTER AND SEVEN SENIOR. MILITARY LEADERS, ALONG WITH DOZENS MORE COMMANDERS, THE. STRIKES HAVE PROMPTED CELEBRATIONS IN THE STREETS AND. IN THE PRIVACY OF IRANIAN HOMES. BUT TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. TEARFUL MOURNERS GATHERED IN TEHRAN'S MAIN SQUARE, POUNDING. THEIR CHESTS, WAVING FLAGS AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, MANY.

SHOUTING DEATH TO AMERICA! THIS MAN CALLED THE ATTACKS ON THE. REGIME SHOCKING NEWS THAT REALLY FILLS ONE WITH ANGER. FULL OF HATRED TOWARDS ISRAEL AND AMERICA. WE MUST AVENGE THE. BLOOD OF THE LEADER, THE IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TODAY. INSISTING TO ABC NEWS THAT THE DEATHS OF MILITARY LEADERS WILL. MAKE LITTLE DIFFERENCE TO IRAN'S MILITARY CAPABILITIES. >> BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST SOME COMMANDERS. THAT IS A FACT. BUT.

ANOTHER FACT IS THAT NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN OUR MILITARY. CAPABILITY. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME. THEY. KILLED SOME OF OUR TOP COMMANDERS AT THE BEGINNING OF. THE STRIKES, BUT THEY WERE REPLACED VERY SOON, AND IN LESS. THAN 12 HOURS WE WERE ABLE TO START RETALIATION. >> IRAN'S RETALIATION WAS SWIFT AND BROAD THROUGHOUT THE REGION, BUT THE LOSS OF THAT MANY LEADERS WOULD LEAVE ANY.

MILITARY DEEPLY RATTLED. >> NO MATTER WHAT THE FOREIGN. MINISTER SAYS, TAKING OUT 40 OF THE TOP LEADERSHIP MEANS THAT. MOST OF THE UNITS OPERATING INDD WITHOUT CENTRALIZED DIRECTION. >> IRAN'S PRESIDENT IN THE STRIKES. BUT TONIGHT HE IS WITH. AN INTERIM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. ACCORDING TO IRAN'S. CONSTITUTION, THE COUNCIL WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL A NEW. SUPREME LEADER IS CHOSEN BY THE SO-CALLED ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS.

AND THAT COULD BE SOON, DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. MARTHA RADDATZ. LIVE IN WASHINGTON FOR US. MARTHA. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. TRUMP, JUST A SHORT TIME AGO WITH A NEW MESSAGE ON THIS U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN, SAYING IT IS, QUOTE, THE DUTY AND BURDEN OF A. FREE PEOPLE. AND TONIGHT WITH THE PRESIDENT IS NOW SAYING. ABOUT NEW TALKS WITH IRAN. AND, OF COURSE, THE BIGGER QUESTION, WHO LEADS IRAN FROM HERE? MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT WITH. A WAVE HEADING BACK TO WASHINGTON AFTER LAUNCHING A. NEW WAR WITH IRAN. HE HAS YET TO MAKE A FULL THROATED CASE.

FOR WAR TO EXPLAIN WHY IRAN PRESENTED AN IMMINENT THREAT TO. THE UNITED STATES. TODAY, HE CALLED AMERICA'S MISSION, QUOTE, THE DUTY AND BURDEN OF A FREE. PEOPLE. >> WE'RE UNDERTAKING THIS. MASSIVE OPERATION NOT MERELY TO ENSURE SECURITY FOR OUR OWN. TIME AND PLACE, BUT FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN, JUST AS OUR ANCESTORS HAVE DONE FOR US MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE DUTY AND THE BURDEN OF A FREE PEOPLE.

>> TRUMP SPENT THE WEEKEND HUDDLING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WITH HIS CLOSEST ADVISERS, WORKING THE PHONES WITH WORLD. LEADERS, AND ON TWO OCCASIONS SLIPPING OUT TO MINGLE WITH. GUESTS AT MAR A LAGO FUNDRAISERS. THIS VIDEO, OBTAINED BY THE DAILY MAIL. >> I GOTTA GO TO WORK. >> EVEN AS AMERICAN MISSILES RAINED DOWN ON IRAN AND IRAN. VOWS TO FIGHT ON. THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT SAYING IRAN WANTS TO. GET BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. THEY WANT TO TALK, AND I.

HAVE AGREED TO TALK, SO I WILL BE TALKING TO THEM, TRUMP TOLD. THE ATLANTIC. THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER. THEY SHOULD. HAVE GIVEN WHAT WAS VERY PRACTICAL AND EASY TO DO SOONER. THEY WAITED TOO LONG. DAVID, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T SAY WHO HE. WOULD BE TALKING WITH, BUT THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS SEEMED TO. ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING. IRAN MAY CONTINUE TO LEAD IRAN, DESPITE TRUMP'S CALLS FOR. REGIME CHANGE. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. MARY BRUCE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE AGAIN TONIGHT FOR US, MARY. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, JUST HOURS AFTER NEWS THE SUPREME LEADER WAS KILLED, WE.

LEARNED OF A HORRIFIC AND DEADLY SHOOTING HERE IN THE. U.S. IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, TONIGHT. BUT SOURCES SAY THE SUSPECT WAS. WEARING AND THE FBI NOW INVESTIGATING WHETHER THIS WAS. IN RESPONSE TO WHAT'S HAPPENED IN IRAN. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. >> TONIGHT, JUST HOURS AFTER THE U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN AND THE. KILLING OF ITS SUPREME LEADER. OH, GOD. THE HORRIFIC AND. DEADLY SCENE OUTSIDE OF A BAR IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, A GUNMAN. OPENING FIRE ON MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE. >> OH MY GOD. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAY.

THIS IMAGE, OBTAINED BY FOX NEWS, IS THE SUSPECT DRESSED IN. A HOODED SWEATSHIRT BEARING THE WORDS PROPERTY OF ALLAH. SOURCES IDENTIFYING THE ALLEGED GUNMAN AS A 53 YEAR OLD. NATURALIZED CITIZEN FROM SENEGAL. SOURCES TELLING ABC. NEWS INITIAL REPORTS TO POLICE SAID HE WAS WEARING A T SHIRT, MAKING A REFERENCE TO IRAN. >> THERE WERE INDICATORS THAT. ON THE SUBJECT AND IN HIS VEHICLE THAT INDICATE POTENTIAL. NEXUS TO TERRORISM. >> THE NIGHTMARE UNFOLDING IN.

MERE MINUTES A MAN IN AN SUV USING A PISTOL TO RANDOMLY FIRE. AT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CLUB JUST BEFORE 2 A.M. SUNDAY. IN. SECONDS, THE SUSPECT SEEN HERE OUT ON THE STREET, NOW WITH A. RIFLE FIRING AWAY. THREE VICTIMS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL. HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, TWO DYING AT THE SCENE. THE. GUNMAN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE, ENDING THE MELEE. >> WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE AT HOSPITAL ROOMS WAITING FOR. OUTCOMES FROM SURGERY. THAT'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE.

DEALING WITH TODAY. >> DAVID. WHILE WE DON'T YET. KNOW IF IRAN WAS THE PRIMARY MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK IN AUSTIN, AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER IT MAY HAVE PLAYED SOME. ROLE. >> DAVID PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON. PIERRE. THANK YOU. NOW TO CAPITOL HILL TONIGHT. AND WITH THIS ATTACK ON IRAN, DEMOCRATS AND SOME REPUBLICANS. ARE NOW CALLING FOR A VOTE ON WAR POWERS. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. RACHEL SCOTT. SHE'S LIVE ON THE HILL TONIGHT. RACHEL. >> WELL, DAVID, DEMOCRATS AND A HANDFUL OF REPUBLICANS ARE. DEMANDING A VOTE IN CONGRESS THIS WEEK ON A WAR POWERS.

RESOLUTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO GET. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL BEFORE ORDERING ANY ADDITIONAL. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAN. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS URGING. THEIR MEMBERS TO VOTE AGAINST IT. DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS A WAR. OF CHOICE, NOT NECESSITY. BUT IT IS REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE THE. MAJORITY HERE IN CONGRESS, AND IT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT HAS. VETO VETO POWER, WHICH MEANS THIS IS LIKELY NOT GOING. ANYWHERE. DAVID. >> YOU'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING. THIS ALL WEEK FOR US RACHEL SCOTT LIVE ON THE HILL RACHEL. THANK YOU. TONIGHT IRAN'S WARNING TO OIL TANKERS. THREATENING TO CLOSE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AT LEAST THREE SHIPS.

COMING UNDER ATTACK. TWO WERE HIT. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THEY. WERE INTENTIONALLY TARGETED. ABOUT 20% OF THE WORLD'S OIL. AND GAS PASSED THROUGH THE STRAIT. THE STRIKES ON IRAN ARE. EXPECTED TO CAUSE A SURGE IN OIL PRICES. WHEN THE MARKETS. OPEN, THEY'RE SPIKING ABOUT 11% HIGHER IN US TRADING. DOW. FUTURES ARE DOWN ABOUT 500 POINTS TONIGHT. WE SHOULD NOTE. HERE THAT LATER TONIGHT RIGHT HERE ON ABC, OUR ABC NEWS. SPECIAL SHOCK WAVES THE ATTACK ON IRAN. WE TAKE YOU INSIDE THE. ATTACK. AND WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE? THAT'S 9 P.M. EASTERN. LATER TONIGHT. THE WHOLE TEAM RIGHT HERE. MEANTIME, THE NEWS.

CONTINUES HERE. AND WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE NEW. ARCTIC PLUNGE ON THE WAY. MILLIONS ON ALERT FOR MORE SNOW. AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES, WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO AND SINGLE. DIGITS IN THE NORTHEAST. AND THE HARROWING ORDEAL TONIGHT, TWO PEOPLE LEFT DANGLING IN THEIR HOT AIR BALLOON. >>> TONIGHT, MILLIONS BRACING FOR A NEW ARCTIC PLUNGE TONIGHT. BONE-CHILLING COLD STRETCHING FROM MINNESOTA TO NEW YORK, RIGHT UP TO MAINE. WINDCHILLS COULD HIT MINING 20. AND BEHIND THE COLD, MORE SNOW. 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM.

UPSTATE NEW YORK RIGHT INTO NEW ENGLAND ON TUESDAY. THEN THEY TELL ME SPRING-LIKE WEATHER TO END THE WEEK. THEY ALSO TELL ME SPRING IS EVENTUALLY COMING. WE'LL SEE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THAT. HARROWING SCENE. TWO PEOPLE. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. A FRIGHTENING SEEN IN LONGVIEW, TEXAS. TWO PEOPLE LEFT DANGLING FOR. HOURS. THEIR HOT AIR BALLOON CRASHING. INTO A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER. RESCUERS DID GET THEM DOWN. SAFELY. NO INJURIES. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE FIRST AMERICAN LIVES LOST,

AND WHAT'S >>> LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. PAYING TRIBUTE TO THREE AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN. KUWAIT, CALLING THEM, QUOTE, TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS. HE WARNS THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE DEATHS AS IRAN RETALIATES. THE PRESIDENT NOW SAYING THE MILITARY OPERATION COULD LAST. FOUR WEEKS. I'LL BE BACK A SHORT TIME FROM. NOW FOR SHOCKWAVES ATHE ATTACK IN IRAN. WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THE INTELLIGENCE AND WHERE DOES THIS. MONKEYM.