ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 18, 2026

AS WE COME ON. FLAMES SHOOTING. FROM IRAN'S NATURAL GAS FIELD, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. OIL NOW NEARING 110 A BARREL. GAS PRICES IN THE U.S. NOW UP. $0.94 SINCE THE START OF THE. WAR. ISRAEL TARGETING THAT. MASSIVE GAS FIELD IN IRAN. TONIGHT. IRAN NOW RESPONDING. WITH A DEADLY NEW WAVE OF. ATTACKS ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST. THE IRANIAN REGIME WARNING THE. SAUDIS, QATAR AND THE UAE TO. EVACUATE THEIR ENERGY. FACILITIES. WE'LL GO LIVE TO. JAMES LONGMAN IN THE REGION.

TONIGHT. JUST IN HERE, THE. PRESIDENT ATTENDING THE. DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF SIX MORE. AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED. MEANWHILE, ON CAPITOL HILL. TONIGHT, THE DIRECTOR OF. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE GRILLED. JUST 24 HOURS AFTER A TOP. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL RESIGNED, CLAIMING THERE WAS NO IMMINENT. THREAT FROM IRAN. SHE IS ASKED. WAS THERE A THREAT AND HOW SHE. ANSWERS. ALSO TONIGHT, THE. HEATED MOMENTS DURING THE. SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR. THE PRESIDENT'S PICK TO REPLACE. KRISTI NOEM TO RUN HOMELAND. SECURITY. THE FIERY MOMENTS.

RIGHT HERE, AS SENATOR. MARKWAYNE MULLIN IS QUESTIONED. BY LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING OF A. SCARE AT A U.S. MILITARY BASE. SOURCES NOW TELLING ABC NEWS. THE FBI IS ANALYZING A POSSIBLE. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. PIERRE THOMAS IS STANDING BY. TONIGHT. THE TRAVEL CHAOS IN. THIS COUNTRY. DAY 33 NOW OF. THIS PARTIAL GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN. THOUSANDS OF TSA. OFFICERS GOING WITHOUT PAY AND. NOW MANY NOT SHOWING UP TO WORK, FORCED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO. SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. THE. SCENES FROM JFK TO ATLANTA TO.

HOUSTON TONIGHT, THE DISTURBING. ALLEGATIONS OF SEX ABUSE. EMERGING AGAINST THE LATE CIVIL. RIGHTS ICON CESAR CHAVEZ. THE. WOMAN WHO WAS AT HIS SIDE FOR. DECADES. COMING FORWARD TONIGHT, THE URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR. A MISSING AMERICAN COLLEGE. STUDENT DISAPPEARING ON SPRING. BREAK. THE HORRIFIC AND DEADLY. ACCIDENT AT A POPULAR SKI. RESORT, THE GONDOLA TUMBLING. DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. THE MAJOR. BREAK IN A CASE THAT MADE. NATIONAL HEADLINES. THE REALTOR. MURDERED WHILE CONDUCTING AN. OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT. THE. ARREST. THE POLICE CHASE. OFFICERS.

JUMPING ONTO PADDLE BOARDS TO. GO AFTER A SUSPECT. AND TONIGHT, RIGHT HERE, THE NEW LIST IS. JUST OUT. THE TEN MOST POPULAR. DOG BREEDS IN THE U.S. AND. WE'LL GO DOWN THE LIST. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. GOOD EVENING. >> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. BREAKING NEWS IN THE WAR IN. IRAQ, THE AIRSTRIKES. INTENSIFYING ACROSS THE MIDDLE. EAST, ISRAEL TARGETING IRAN'S. LARGEST NATURAL GAS FIELD, IRAN.

RETALIATING ACROSS THE REGION. AND TONIGHT, OIL NOW RISING TO. NEARLY $110 A BARREL. GAS. PRICES IN THE U.S. NOW UP $0.94. A GALLON SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP. LAUNCHED THE WAR. ISRAEL WITH. THAT MAJOR ASSAULT ON THAT. IRANIAN GAS FIELD, ONE OF THE. LARGEST IN THE WORLD, GOING UP. IN FLAMES. IT COMES AFTER THE. U.S. MILITARY TARGETED MULTIPLE. IRANIAN TARGETS, INCLUDING. MISSILE LAUNCHERS THE PENTAGON. SAYS ARE USED TO FIRE AT SHIPS. IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND. TONIGHT, JUST IN DRAMATIC VIDEO. SHOWING AN INTENSE WAVE OF.

IRANIAN MISSILES AND DRONES. BEING INTERCEPTED OVER DUBAI, IRAN TONIGHT NOW WARNING THE. UAE, QATAR AND SAUDI ARABIA TO. EVACUATE THEIR ENERGY. FACILITIES. ABC'S CHIEF. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. JAMES LONGMAN, LEADING US OFF. FROM THE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT. >> SHOCK WAVES AND UNCERTAINTY. OVER OIL AND GAS PRICES ONLY. WORSENING TONIGHT. FLAMES. SHOOTING INTO THE AIR AS ISRAEL. BOMBS THE WORLD'S LARGEST GAS. FIELD IN IRAN AND THE BACKBONE. OF THE COUNTRY'S ENERGY SECTOR. VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWS. THE FLAMES AND SMOKE ENGULFING.

THE REFINERY. ISRAEL'S MOVE. COMES JUST HOURS AFTER THE U.S. DROPPED MULTIPLE 5,000 POUND. BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS ON IRANIAN. MISSILE SITES ALONG THE. COASTLINE IN THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. THE U.S. SAYS THEY. TARGETED CRUISE MISSILES THAT. IRAN COULD USE ON OIL TANKERS. AND SHIPS PASSING THROUGH THAT. CRITICAL WATERWAY. TONIGHT, IRAN RETALIATING TO ISRAEL'S. ATTACK ON ITS GAS FIELDS WITH A. FURIOUS MISSILE BARRAGE ACROSS. THE REGION. THIS HUGE EXPLOSION. IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA, SEEN. IN VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THE SKIES OVER DUBAI TONIGHT,

AIR DEFENSES KNOCKING DOWN. INCOMING IRANIAN DRONES AND. MISSILES. IRAN ALSO STRIKING. THE WORLD'S LARGEST LIQUEFIED. NATURAL GAS TERMINAL IN QATAR, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, REPORTED THE. QATARIS CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CALLING IT A DANGEROUS. ESCALATION. IRAN TONIGHT WITH. THIS DIRE NEW WARNING, SAYING. IF YOU ATTACK OUR OIL AND GAS. FACILITIES, WE'LL DO THE SAME. IRAN NOW URGING SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND THE UAE TO EVACUATE. THEIR ENERGY FACILITIES. IMMEDIATELY, THE LIFEBLOOD OF. THIS REGION AND ENGINE OF THE. GLOBAL ECONOMY. EXPERTS SAY THE.

LIST OF IRAN'S TARGETS ACCOUNT. FOR MORE THAN 1.25 MILLION. BARRELS PER DAY OF OIL AND. NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION, TONIGHT'S ATTACK SENDING GLOBAL. OIL PRICES SURGING ABOVE $109. PER BARREL. GAS PRICES IN THE. U.S. SPIKING $0.94 SINCE THE. START OF THE WAR, NOW AVERAGING. $3.88 A GALLON. LATE TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT VANCE CALLED THE. SURGE IN GAS PRICES A TEMPORARY. BLIP. >> WE'RE WORKING ON A NUMBER OF. THINGS. IN FACT, A COUPLE OF. THINGS THAT I THINK WILL BE. ANNOUNCED IN JUST THE NEXT 24. TO 48 HOURS. I DON'T WANT TO.

GET AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT ON. THAT, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS. AN ISSUE. >> AND TONIGHT, IRAN ALSO. UNLEASHING THIS CLUSTER MISSILE. ATTACK ON ISRAEL, MULTIPLE. EXPLOSIVES RAINING DOWN ON TEL. AVIV. A COUPLE IN THEIR 70S. KILLED THIS AS THE ISRAELI. MILITARY RAMPS UP ATTACKS ON. IRANIAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH IN. LEBANON. THIS ENTIRE APARTMENT. BUILDING IN BEIRUT RAZED TO THE. GROUND. RESIDENTS GIVEN JUST AN. HOUR'S NOTICE TO GET OUT. MEANWHILE, BACK IN IRAN, DEFIANCE ON THE STREETS OF. TEHRAN TONIGHT, THOUSANDS.

MOURNING THE NATIONAL SECURITY. CHIEF, ALI LARIJANI, THE. REGIME'S DE FACTO LEADER, ASSASSINATED IN AN ISRAELI. AIRSTRIKE TONIGHT. ISRAEL SAYS. THEY'VE NOW KILLED IRAN'S HEAD. OF INTELLIGENCE TO. >> AND, DAVID, TONIGHT WE ARE. LEARNING. AT LEAST THREE. PALESTINIAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN. KILLED NEAR HEBRON BY FALLING. DEBRIS FROM AN IRANIAN MISSILE. MEANTIME, GLOBAL OIL PRICES ARE. ABOVE $109 PER BARREL. THE. ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS HITTING THE. US AND THE WORLD WHERE IT HURTS. HARD AND IT'S VOWING TO AND IT'. CONTINUE. >> David: JAMES LONGMAN FROM.

IRAQ. THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP MEANWHILE. LATE TODAY ATTENDING THE. DIGNIFIED TRANSFERRED AT DOVER. AIR FORCE BASE HONORING SIX. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED. THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE GRILLED AFTER A TOP. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL RESIGNED. CLAIMING THERE WAS NO IMMINENT. THREAT FROM IRAN. SHE WAS PRESSED TODAY, WAS THERE. AN IMMINENT THREAT? HOW SHE ANSWERED. HERE IS MARY BRUCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE WHITE. HOUSE RELEASING THESE PHOTOS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TRAVELING TO.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE TO WITNESS. THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE. REMAINS OF SIX AMERICAN SERVICE. MEMBERS KILLED IN THIS WAR. THE TRIP COMING 24 HOURS AFTER. ONE OF HIS TOP INTELLIGENCE. OFFICIALS RESIGNED IN PROTEST. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL. COUNTERTERRORISM SENATOR JOE. KENT DECLARING IRAN POSED NO. IMMINENT THREAT TO OUR NATION. BUT TRUMP INSISTS IT DID. CLAIMING IRAN WAS TRYING TO. REBUILD ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. AFTER THE U.S. OBLITERATED IT.

LAST YEAR. BUT TODAY ON CAPITOL HILL, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD. REFUSING TO ECHO THE PRESIDENT'S. WORDS. >> WAS IT THE INTELLIGENCE. COMMUNITY'S ASSESSMENT THAT. NEVERTHELESS DESPITE THIS. OBLITERATION THERE WAS A, QUOTE, IMMINENT NUCLEAR THREAT POSED BY. THE IRANIAN REGIME? >> IT IS NOT THE INTELLIGENCE. COMMUNITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO. DETERMINE WHAT IS AN IMMINENT. THREAT THAT IS UP TO THE. PRESIDENT BASED ON A --. >> NO, IT IS PRECISELY -- IT IS. PRECISELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO.

DETERMINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A. THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU ARE HERE TO REPRESENT THE. IC'S ASSESSMENT OF THREATS. THAT'S A QUOTE FROM YOUR OWN. OPENING STATEMENT. >> Reporter: DESPITE WHAT TRUMP. HAS SAID, GABBARD TOLD CONGRESS. THAT IRAN HAD ACTUALLY MADE NO. EFFORTS TO REBUILD ITS NUCLEAR. CAPABILITY. >> THE OPENING STATEMENT YOU. SUBMITTED LAST NIGHT STATED, QUOTE, THERE HAS BEEN NO EFFORT. SINCE THEN TO TRY TO REBUILD. THEIR ENRICHMENT CAPABILITY, END. QUOTE, CORRECT? >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S THE ASSESSMENT OF THE. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY? >> YES. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID ALL OF. IRAN'S LEADERS ARE DEAD BUT. TODAY TULSI GABBARD TODAY. CONGRESS THE REGIME IN IRAN. APPEARS TO BE INTACT. BUT LARGELY DEGRADED DAVID. >> David: A LOT OF EYES ON THAT. HEARING. MARRY, THANK YOU. >> David: ON CAPITOL HILL, HEATED MOMENTS DURING THE SENATE. CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK TO. REPLACE KRISTI NOEM TO RUN. HOMELAND SECURITY. SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN. QUESTIONED ABOUT POTENTIAL ANGER. ISSUES AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT.

THAT ICU NURSE KILLED BY FEDERAL. AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS. JAY O'BRIEN ON THE HILL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE. SURPRISINGLY PERSONAL. CONFRONTATION ON CAPITOL HILL. REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL. ACCUSING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. NOMINEE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY, HIS SENATE COLLEAGUE, MARKWAYNE MULLIN, OF HAVING. SERIOUS ANGER ISSUES. PAUL BRINGING UP HIS OWN ASSAULT. BY A NEIGHBOR IN 2017. >> YOU TOLD THE MEDIA THAT I WAS. A FREAKING SNAKE AND THAT YOU. COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHY I HAD. BEEN ASSAULTED.

I WAS SHOCKED THAT YOU WOULD. JUSTIFY AND CELEBRATE THIS. VIOLENT ASSAULT. IT CAUSED ME SO MUCH PAIN AND MY. FAMILY SO MUCH PAIN. I JUST WONDER IF SOMEONE WHO. APPLAUDS VIOLENCE AGAINST THEIR. POLITICAL OPPONENTS IS THE RIGHT. PERSON TO LEAD AN AGENCY THAT. HAS STRUGGLED TO ACCEPT LIMITS. TO THE PROPER USE OF FORCE. >> Reporter: PAUL PLAYING A. VIDEO OF THE TIME MULLIN, A. FORMER MMA FIGHTER, TRIED TO. FIGHT A UNION LEADER IN THE. MIDDLE OF A SENATE HEARING. >> YOU WANT RUN YOUR MOUTH? WE CAN FINISH IT HERE.

>> THAT'S FINE. PERFECT. >> YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW? >> LOVE TO. >> STAND YOUR BUTT UP. >> YOU STAND YOUR BUTT UP. >> STOP IT. SIT DOWN. SIT DOWN. YOU'RE A UNITED STATES SENATOR. >> Reporter: MULLIN RESPONDING. IT THAT UNION LEADER WAS WITH. HIM TODAY SUPPORTING HIM. >> WE HAD CONVERSATIONS. WE SHOOK HANDS. WE AGREED WE COULD HAVE DONE. THINGS DIFFERENT. >> Reporter: MULLIN ALSO ASKED. ABOUT THE VIOLENCE SURROUNDING. THE ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN MINNEAPOLIS, FEDERAL OFFICERS KILLING TWO. PROTESTERS, RENEE GOOD AND ALEX.

PRETTI. >> YOU, SIR, CALLED ALEX PRETTI, QUOTE, A DERANGED INDIVIDUAL. THAT CAME IN TO CAUSE MAX. DAMAGE. COULD WE EXPECT THOSE KINDS OF. QUICK RESPONSES IF YOU ARE. CONFIRMED AS SECRETARY? >> NO, SENATOR. THOSE WORDS PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE. BEEN RETRACTED. I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. SOMETIMES I MAKE MISTAKES AND I. OWN IT. I WENT OUT THERE TOO FAST. I WAS RESPONDING IMMEDIATELY. WITHOUT THE FACTS. THAT'S MY FAULT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, MULLIN.

IS ON TRACK TO BE CONFIRMED. SENATOR PAUL TELLING ME HE IS A. NO. MULLIN LIKELY TO THE SUPPORT OF. ONE DEMOCRATIC, PENNSYLVANIA'S. JOHN FETTERMAN. >>> TONIGHT THERE IS NEWS COMING. IN ABOUT A SCARE AT U.S. MILITARY BASE. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS TONIGHT. THAT THE FBI IS NOW ANALYZING A. POSSIBLE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE. DEVICE. LET'S GET TO PIERRE THOMAS. FOLLOWING THIS. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? >> Reporter: THE FBI IS. ANALYZING WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN. IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. WHICH AS LEFT OUTSIDE THE. VISITOR CENTER AT MacDILL AIR.

FACE BASE IN FLORIDA ON MONDAY. THE DISCOVERY SHUT DOWN A GATE. AT THE BASE TYING UP TRAFFIC FOR. HOURS. WHILE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT. WILL WHETHER THE DEVICE COULD. DETONATE. THE FBI RELEASED A STATEMENT. SAYING THE INVESTIGATION IS. ONGOING AND THE FBI SAYS THAT. FIELD SCREENING IDENTIFIED. POSSIBLE, QUOTE, ENERGETIC. MATERIAL. DAVID, THE FINAL LAB WORK IS NOT. DONE. THE INCIDENT IS BEING TREATED. SERIOUSLY. AND LAST NIGHT THE FBI SAYS THAT. THE THREAT LEVEL WAS RAISED AT. THE BASE, WHICH IS PLAYING A KEY.

ROLE IN THE U.S. MILITARY. CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN. DAVID. >> David: PIERRE THOMAS. FOLLOWING THIS FOR US, THANK. YOU. >>> THE TRAVEL CHAOS AT. AMERICA'S AIRPORTS. DAY 33 OF THIS PARTIAL. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THOUSANDS OF TSA OFFICERS GOING. WITHOUT PAY. MANY NOT SHOWING UP TO WORK. FORCED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO. SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. HERE IS GIO BENITEZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT MARKS DAY. 33 OF THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN AFFECTING THE TSA AND. WITH NO END IN SIGHT THOUSANDS. OF TSA WORKERS WHO ARE GOING.

WITHOUT THEIR PAYCHECKS AREN'T. SHOWING UP FOR WORK AND THE. LINES ARE GETTING LONGER. THE TSA TELLING ABC NEWS NEARLY. 2,700 TSA WORKERS CALLED OUT. TUESDAY AND ROUGHLY A THIRD OF. ALL AGENTS AT MULTIPLE MAJOR. AIRPORTS FROM JFK TO ATLANTA TO. HOUSTON WHERE OUR CHRISTIANE. CORDERO LANDED TODAY. >> HERE AT HOUSTON. INTERCONTINENTAL, 30% OF TSA. WORKERS CALLED OUT. TODAY LINES AT TITLES SPAN. HOURS. >> Reporter: MARTY AND KAREN. TELLING HER THEY MISSED THEIR.

FLIGHT TO EL SALVADOR BECAUSE OF. THE LINE. >> THREE HOURS AND 45 MINUTES. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS AT. ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD-JACKSON. AIRPORT, ONE OF THE BUSIEST IN. THE WORLD, TELLING JANICE. McDONALD THEY HAD TO CLOSE A. CHECKPOINT AGAIN TODAY. >> I SAW THE ESTIMATED WAIT TIME. GO FROM 72 MINUTES TO 90 MINUTES. TO 115 MINUTES WITHIN A. 15-MINUTE SPAN OF TIME. EARLIER I SPOKE TO THREE TSA. AGENTS, TWO OF WHICH STARTED. CRYING AND ONE ASKED FOR A HUG.

>> Reporter: MOST AIRPORTS NOT. NOT SEEING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES. TSA OFFICIALS ARE WARNING IF A. DEAL ISN'T REACHED TO FUND THE. GOVERNMENT SOON, SOME SMALL. AIRPORTS COULD BE FORCED TO. CLOSE ENTIRELY. >> OVER 100 AIRPORTS IN THE. UNITED STATES HAVE ONE OR TWO. LANES. SO IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. OF INCREASE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO. COLLAPSE THOSE LANES AND CLOSE. THOSE LANES WHICH COULD HALT. OPERATIONS AT THAT AIRPORT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, ONE MORE. TIP FOR TRAVELERS HERE. CHECK THE SECURITY WAIT TIMES. DIRECTLY ON THE AIRPORT WEBSITE.

BECAUSE THE TSA APP IS JUST NOT. BEING UPDATED NOW. >> David: CHECK EACH AIRPORT. ACCORDINGLY. >>> THE URGENT SEARCH FOR AN. AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT FROM. THE CHICAGO AREA MISSING IN. SPAIN. HIS FAMILY SAYS SQUAIMS JAMES, A. JUNIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. ALABAMA, WAS LAST SEEN OUTSIDE A. NIGHTCLUB IN BARCELONA ON. TUESDAY. WAEPS ON. WAEPS. HE WAS ON SPRING BREAK. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CONTACT. AUTHORITIES. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME TONIGHT, THE ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE. EMERGING AGAINST THE LATE CIVIL. RIGHTS YUKON CESAR CHAVEZ.

THE WOMAN AT HIS SIDE FOR. DECADES COMING FORWARD. HERE IS ONQUINONES. >> Reporter: THE LATE CESAR. CHAVEZ HAS BEEN A CIVIL RIGHTS. ICON FOR DECADES. A CHAMPION OF FARMWORKERS AND. HERO TO MILLIONS OF LATINOS. >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. WE ARE IN TOO FAR. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THAT LEGACY. SHATTERED AFTER AN EXPLOSIVE. INVESTIGATION BY "THE NEW YORK. TIMES" DETAILING ALLEGATIONS. CHAVEZ GROOMED AND SEXUAL LAY. BOOSED GIRLS WHO WORKED IN THE.

FARMWORKERS MOVEMENT. ANNA TELLING "THE NEW YORK. TIMES" SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD WHEN. CESAR CHAVEZ STARTED SEXUALLY. ABUSE HER. DEBORAH ROW HAS TELLING THE. "TIMES" SHE WAS RAPED BY CHAVEZ. WHEN SHE WAS 15. AND IN A SHOCKING ACCUSATION, DOLLY PARTON. DOLLY PA. DOLLY PA. DOLORES HUERTA WHO CO-FOUNDED. THE EUNER GUN WITH CHAVEZ IS. BREAKING HER SILENCE AFTER 60. YEARS, SAYING SHE RAS PRESSURED. TO HAVE SEX WITH CHAVEZ IN HER. 20s AND WAS LATER RAPED BY HIM,

SAYING I WAS FORCED AGAINST MY. WILL. SHE SAYS TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN. FROM THOSE ASSAULTS AND WERE. ADOPTED. CHAVEZ HAS BEEN HONORED WITH. MURALS, SCHOOLS, AND STREETS. NAMED AFTER HIM, AND ANNUAL. CESAR CHAVEZ DAY CELEBRATIONS. BUT TONIGHT THE UNITED. FARMWORKERS SAY THEY WILL NOT. PARTICIPATE IN THIS MONTH'S. CELEBRATIONS, SAYING THE. ALLEGATIONS THAT VERY YOUNG. WOMEN OR GIRLS MAY HAVE BEEN. VICTIMIZED ARE CRUSHING. AND AT FRESNO STATE IN.

CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, THIS STARK. IMAGE. THE STATUE OF CESAR CHAVEZ NOW. COVERED IN BLACK. TONIGHT BOTH THE UNION AND THE. FAMILIES ARE EXPRESSING SHOCK. AND CONCERN FOR THE VICTIMS. DOLORES HUERTA, NOW 95 YEARS. OLD, SAYS SHE RECENTLY LEARNED. ABOUT THE OTHER WOMEN AND SHE. SAYS SHE IS SPEAKING OUT NOW. BECAUSE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT. CHAVEZ HURT YOUNG GIRLS SICKENS. HER. DAVID. >> David: JOHN QUINONES ON THIS. FOR US, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT THE FEDERAL RESERVE.

LEAVING INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED. AMID RISING ENERGY COSTS. THE DOW LOSING 768 POINTS TODAY. THE NASDAQ AND S&P 500 DOWN AS. WELL. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE HORRIFIC AND DEADLY ACCIDENT. IN A POPULAR SKI RESORT, A. GONDOLA TUMBLING DOWN A. MOUNTAIN. MORE IN A MOMENT. >>> ALSO THE MAJOR BREAK, THE. REALTOR MURDERED WHILE. CONDUCTING AN OPEN HOUSE. TONIGHT THE ARREST. >>> THE POLICE CHASE OFFICERS. JUMPING ON A PADDLEBOARD TO GO. AFTER A SUSPECT. >>> AND TONIGHT THE NEW LIST. JOUTS, THE TEN MOST POPULAR DOG. BREEDS IN THE U.S.

>>> TONIGHT A DEADLY GONDOLA. CRASH? THE SWISS ALPS. THE GONDOLA TUMBLING DOWN THIS. MOUNTAINSIDE HERE. ONE PERSON WAS INSIDE, WAS. KILLED. OPERATIONS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF. HIGH WINDS. OTHER GONDOLAS WERE EVACUATED. >>> BACK IN THE U.S., AN ARREST. IN A CASE THAT MADE NATIONAL. NEWS, A REALTOR MURDERED. AUTHORITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY, IOWA, ARRESTING KRISTIN RAMSEY. FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE. 2011 DEATH OF ASHLEY OKLAND. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT WORKED. FOR THE BUILDER OF THE HOME.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, BOARDS. >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES JUMPING ON. PADDLEBOARDS TO ARREST A SCULPT. OUTSIDE DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. LOOK AT THIS. THE SUSPECT JUMPED INTO THE. HALIFAX RIVER. A DEPUTY AND OFFICER CATCHING. HIM IN THE WATER, HANDCUFFING. HIM AND PUTTING HIM ON A. PADDLEBOARD. >>> THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB OUT. WITH THE MOST POPULAR DOG BREEDS. OF FIVE. THE FRENCH BULLDOG ON TOP. FOLLOWED BY THE LABRADOR, GOLDEN.

AGE AND GERMAN SHEPHERD AND. NUMBER FIVE, THE DACHSHUND, NUMBER SIX THE POODLE, BEAGLE, ROTTWEILER, GERMAN SHORTHAIRED. POINTER, NICE GUYS, THAT'S MINE, AXLE, HE'LL LIKE THAT, THE. BULLDOG COMES IN AT NUMBER TEN. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE GRATEFUL PATIENT AND WHAT. THEY HAVE DONE FOR SO MANY. NURSES AT A HOSPITAL. THIS IS QUITE A SURPRISE. >> Announcer: "ABC WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR. ALLERGY RELIEF CLARITIN.

>>> FINAL EYE TONIGHT, THE. PATIENT AND THE GIFT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AT THE BRYN. MAWR HOSPITAL OUTSIDE. PHILADELPHIA, THE NURSES. CHEERING ONE EXTRAORDINARY ACT. OF KINDNESS FROM AN ANONYMOUS. PATIENT WHO MADE A $1 MILLION. DONATION TO HELP PAY FOR STUDENT. LOANS. HUGS FROM THE NURSES. WRITING THANK YOU NOTES TO THAT. GENEROUS DONOR. THE NURSES EACH ELIGIBLE FOR. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TOWARDS. STUDENT LOANS. THE PATIENT INSPIRED TO GIVE. BECAUSE OF THOSE NURSES AND.

THEIR CARE. RIGHT HERE TONIGHT, THE NURSES. GRATEFUL. >> HEY, DAVID. >> Reporter: AALIYAH. >> WE CARRY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. DOLLARS IN DEBT, THIS FEELS LIKE. A WEIGHT LIFTED OFF OUR. SHOULDERS. >> Reporter: MATT HOLDING HIS 3. 1/2-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER. >> I WANT TO THANK THE PERSON. THAT DONATED AND TOOK THE TIME. AND INITIATIVE TO CARE FOR US IN. RETURN. >> Reporter: EMMA. >> I AM A GRADUATE NURSE. IT WILL HELP ME TO PAY BACK MY.

STUDENT LOANS FASTER. >> Reporter: MIRANDA. >> I HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. OF DEBT AND I JUST AM SO EXCITED. TO HEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO. HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF. >> Reporter: COLLEEN AND. SHANNON. >> IT'S GOING TO EASE A HUGE. FINANCIAL BURDEN FOURS AND MAKE. IT POSSIBLE TO FURTHER OUR. EDUCATION WITHOUT INCURRING MORE. DEBT. >> WE HOPE THAT ANYONE WATCHING. THIS FINDS THIS TRULY INSPIRING. >> HI, DAVID. >> Reporter: THE TEAM AT THE. HOSPITAL'S MOTHER/BABY UNIT. >> IT MEANS SO MUCH TO FEEL SEEN.

AND SUPPORTED IN A PROFESSION. WHERE WE GIVE SO MUCH OF. OURSELVES EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU, DAVID. >> BACK TO YOU. WE LOVE OUR NURSES. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.