ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 11, 2026

>> TONIGHT THE BREAKING NEWS, THE TERRIFYING SCENE OUTSIDE. BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE. A GUNMAN. OPENING FIRE. THE SUSPECT, ARMED. WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, APPEARING TO SHOOT AT RANDOM, DRIVERS DUCKING FOR COVER, HIDING UNDER SEATS, PEOPLE.

FRANTICALLY RUNNING FOR THEIR. LIVES. AND WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. ALSO BREAKING THE VIRUS OUTBREAK. ABOARD THAT CRUISE SHIP. 18. PASSENGERS NOW BROUGHT BACK TO. THE U.S. AND TONIGHT, THE NEWS. COMING IN. ONE AMERICAN. PASSENGER TESTING POSITIVE FOR. THE HANTAVIRUS, ANOTHER SHOWING. MILD SYMPTOMS. SO TONIGHT, WHERE. THOSE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. TO QUARANTINE. AND FOR HOW LONG? TONIGHT THE WAR IN IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYING THE. CEASE FIRE IS ON LIFE SUPPORT, CALLING IRAN'S COUNTERPROPOSAL. GARBAGE. THE PRESIDENT NOW. FLOATING THE IDEA OF SUSPENDING.

THE FEDERAL GAS TAX. TONIGHT, THE HORROR ON THE RUNWAY. THE. PERSON HIT ON THE RUNWAY BY A. PASSENGER PLANE. >> WE'RE STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY. WE JUST HIT SOMEBODY. WE HAVE AN. ENGINE FIRE. >> SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN, THE. EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF. PASSENGERS. WHAT? AIRPORT. OFFICIALS HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THE. URGENT SEARCH OF THIS HOUR. AFTER THE DEADLY STABBING OF A. COLLEGE STUDENT AT HER OFF. CAMPUS APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE. HER BODY WAS FOUND. TONIGHT, THE. FAMILY NOW SUING OPENAI, THE. MAKERS OF CHATGPT, SAYING THEIR. LOVED ONE WAS KILLED IN A MASS.

SHOOTING WHERE THEIR SHOOTER. USED AI FOR HELP, INCLUDING. ALLEGEDLY HOW TO LOAD AND SHOOT. THE GUN, THE IMAGES COMING IN, THE MASSIVE FIRE GROWING IN SIZE. IN FLORIDA TONIGHT, THE ROOFTOP. WHERE THE BEATLES FAMOUSLY. PLAYED LIVE FOR THE LAST TIME. WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN THERE. TONIGHT? DIANE SAWYER INSIDE THE. HIDDEN WORLD OF RICHARD SIMMONS, THE FINAL DECADE OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HE DISAPPEARED FROM THE. PUBLIC EYE. WHAT DIANE. DISCOVERED WHEN SHE WENT TO THE. HOME WHERE HE LIVED, GREETED BY. THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW AND LOVED. HIM. ALSO TONIGHT HERE, MARTIN.

SHORT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON HIS. DAUGHTER'S DEATH AND THE. NATIONWIDE CHOCOLATE RECALL. IT'S ALL AHEAD. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN. TONIGHT HERE WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE TERRIFYING SHOOTING JUST. OUTSIDE BOSTON, A GUNMAN OPENING. FIRE ON THE RIFLE, APPEARING.

TO SHOOT AT RANDOM, POLICE. RACING TO THE SCENE, DRIVERS. DUCKING FOR COVER, HIDING UNDER. SEATS, PEOPLE FRANTICALLY. RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. AT. THIS HOUR, WE'VE LEARNED AT. LEAST ONE PERSON WAS SHOT, AND. MATT RIVERS LEADS US OFF. >> TONIGHT. VIDEO CIRCULATING. ONLINE SHOWS A TERRIFYING SCENE. OUTSIDE BOSTON. >> SHOOTING RANDOMLY IN THE AIR, SPRAYING CARS, SPRAYING. EVERYWHERE, AND PEOPLE JUST. STARTED RUNNING. >> A SHOOTER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT,

BRANDISHING A SEMI-AUTOMATIC. RIFLE AT ONE POINT ERRATICALLY. POINTING IT AT TRAFFIC, SMASHING A CAR WINDOW WITH THE. GUN BARREL, SENDING RESIDENTS. RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. >> WE'RE GETTING REPORTS OF. GUNSHOTS FIRED. 808 MEMORIAL. DRIVE. >> IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 130. THIS AFTERNOON ON MEMORIAL. DRIVE IN THE BOSTON SUBURB OF. CAMBRIDGE. LISA SCHILL WAS IN A. SCHOOL VAN ON HER WAY TO PICK. UP KIDS AFTER CLASSES. >> WE SAW THE GUY WALKING DOWN. THE STREET AND RAISING LIKE A. GUN, AND HE WAS SHOOTING. SHOOTING. >> HOW MANY SHOTS DO YOU THINK.

YOU HEARD? >> AT LEAST 15 OR MORE. >> WAS IT LIKE RAPID FIRE? LIKE. A. >> RAPID LIKE POW POW POW POW. POW POW POW POW POW LIKE THAT. >> TWO MALES IN VEHICLES. SEPARATELY WERE STRUCK BY. GUNFIRE. THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS. TRAVELING ALONG WITH THAT. WEAPON WHO FIRED THOSE SHOTS? AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED TYLER BROWN. MR. BROWN IS IN CUSTODY AT THE. HOSPITAL. >> DAVID, STILL VERY MUCH AN. ACTIVE SCENE TONIGHT IN. CAMBRIDGE. RESIDENTS BEING. ASKED TO AVOID THE AREA, BUT. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS NO. ACTIVE THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.

DAVID. >> THE IMAGES COMING IN FROM. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS. TONIGHT. MATT. THANK YOU. ALSO. BREAKING TONIGHT THE VIRUS. OUTBREAK ABOARD THAT CRUISE. SHIP, 18 PASSENGERS NOW BROUGHT. BACK TO THE U.S. AND TONIGHT. THE NEWS COMING IN HERE, AT. LEAST ONE AMERICAN PASSENGER. TESTING POSITIVE NOW FOR THE. HANTAVIRUS, ANOTHER SHOWING. MILD SYMPTOMS. AND TONIGHT, THE. TWO STATES WHERE THOSE. AMERICANS HAVE NOW BEEN TAKEN. TONTINE AND FOR HOW LONG? VICTOR OQUENDO FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, 18 PASSENGERS FROM. THAT CRUISE SHIP AT THE CENTER. OF THE DEADLY HANTAVIRUS.

OUTBREAK BACK ON U.S. SOIL TWO. IN ATLANTA'S EMORY UNIVERSITY. BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT AND 16 AT. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA IN. OMAHA, WHERE THE FIRST AMERICAN. TO TEST POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. HAS NO SYMPTOMS BUT IS NOW. INSIDE THIS SPECIAL. BIOCONTAINMENT UNIT. ANOTHER 15. PASSENGERS WHO HAVE NOT TESTED. POSITIVE IN QUARANTINE, WHERE. THEY WILL BE WATCHED FOR ANY. SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING THREE. PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK. >> LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR THE. RISK OF HANTAVIRUS TO THE. GENERAL PUBLIC REMAINS VERY, VERY LOW. THE ANDES VARIANT OF.

THIS VIRUS DOES NOT SPREAD. EASILY, AND IT REQUIRES. PROLONGED CLOSE CONTACT WITH. SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY. SYMPTOMATIC. >> IN ATLANTA, ANOTHER. PASSENGER WHO DEVELOPED. SYMPTOMS ON THE FLIGHT HOME, ARRIVING WITH THEIR PARTNER AT. EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, PASSENGERS IN THE U.S. WILL NOW. BE SCREENED. THOSE WITHOUT. SYMPTOMS CAN CHOOSE TO. QUARANTINE FOR THE NEXT SIX. WEEKS OR SELF-MONITOR AT HOME, BUT OFFICIALS SAID THEY WON'T. BE ON AIRPLANES ONCE A PATIENT. IS CLEARED. THEY'RE. ASYMPTOMATIC AND THEY WANT TO.

GO BACK HOME. WILL THEY BE PUT. ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS? >> AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS. NO PLAN FOR ANY COMMERCIAL. TRAVEL FOR ANY OF THESE. PATIENTS AT THIS POINT. >> AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE HAVE. DIED AMONG 11 CASES, THE LATEST. A FRENCH AND SPANISH PASSENGER. FROM THE SHIP TODAY, HEALTH. SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR, SAID THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS. BEEN ON TOP OF THE OUTBREAK. SINCE DAY ONE. >> WE HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL. AND WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. >> THE PRESIDENT HOPEFUL TOO. >> IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS NOT EASY.

TO SPREAD. IN FACT, IT'S IN. CERTAIN WAYS VERY HARD TO. SPREAD. IT'S BEEN WE'VE WE'VE. LIVED WITH IT FOR YEARS, MANY. YEARS. AND WE THINK WE'RE IN. VERY GOOD SHAPE. >> BUT DOCTOR ASHISH JHA, WHO. COORDINATED THE WHITE HOUSE. COVID RESPONSE, IS NOW. CONCERNED THE VIRUS MAY SPREAD. MORE EASILY THAN INITIALLY. THOUGHT. >> WE'RE JUST SEEING EMERGING. EVIDENCE, FOR INSTANCE, IN. CONVERSATIONS THAT SEVERAL. COLLEAGUES HAD WITH THE DOCTOR. ON THE SHIP WHO SAID THAT AT. LEAST THREE OF THE PEOPLE WHO. GOT INFECTED DID NOT HAVE CLOSE. CONTACT, AND THEY MAY HAVE HAD.

JUST CASUAL CONTACT SITTING. NEXT TO SOMEBODY FOR HALF AN. HOUR AT A MEAL. >> WHICH IS WHY HE BELIEVES. EVERYONE FROM THE SHIP, INCLUDING THOSE WHO CAME HOME A. FEW WEEKS AGO, SHOULD BE. QUARANTINED AWAY FROM OTHERS. >> I UNDERSTAND IT'S. INCONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE, BUT. THEY JUST WENT THROUGH A. HARROWING EXPERIENCE ON A BOAT. I THINK A PERIOD OF OF. QUARANTINING AND OBSERVING. EVERYBODY VERY CLOSELY IS THE. RIGHT WAY TO GO. >> HUNT A VIRUS CAN KILL UP TO. 40% OF PATIENTS. A WEEK AGO, JAKE ROSMARIN, THE FIRST. PASSENGER TO OPEN UP ABOUT HIS. FEAR AS THAT DEADLY OUTBREAK.

WAS SPREADING. >> ALL WE WANT RIGHT NOW IS TO. FEEL SAFE, TO HAVE CLARITY AND. TO GET HOME. >> TONIGHT, JAKE SHARING THIS. UPDATE FROM QUARANTINE, SAYING. HE'S DOING WELL, THANKING HIS. MEDICAL TEAM IN OMAHA. DAVID, WE'RE OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL. QUARANTINE UNIT IN OMAHA, WHERE. THESE 16 PASSENGERS ARE BEING. CLOSELY MONITORED. IT WAS A. HARROWING JOURNEY AS THEY WERE. EVACUATED FROM THE SHIP AND. FLOWN STRAIGHT HOME. THOSE. INSIDE THE QUARANTINE UNIT WILL. BE HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ONCE CLEAR AND ASYMPTOMATIC,

THEY CAN RETURN HOME. DAVID. >> LET'S HOPE THEY'RE ALL OKAY. HERE. THE DAYS AHEAD. VICTOR. THANK YOU. WE TURN NOW TO THE. WAR IN IRAN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING THE CEASE FIRE WITH IRAN. IS NOW ON LIFE SUPPORT, CALLING. IRAN'S COUNTER PROPOSAL GARBAGE. AND THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT NOW. FLOATING THE IDEA OF SUSPENDING. THE FEDERAL GAS TAX. HERE'S. RACHEL SCOTT. NOW. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS THE CEASE FIRE IS ON LIFE. SUPPORT, REJECTING IRAN'S PEACE. PROPOSAL AS A PIECE OF GARBAGE. >> I WOULD SAY THE CEASE FIRE. IS ON MASSIVE LIFE SUPPORT.

WHERE THE DOCTOR WALKS IN AND. SAYS, SIR, YOUR LOVED ONE HAS. APPROXIMATELY A 1% CHANCE OF. LIVING. >> IRAN TOOK TEN DAYS TO. RESPOND TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ONE PAGE PROPOSAL MEANT TO SET. THE STAGE FOR PEACE TALKS. ACCORDING TO IRANIAN STATE. MEDIA, THEIR DEMANDS CALL FOR. THE U.S. TO PAY REPARATIONS, LIFT SANCTIONS AND GIVE THEM. CONTROL OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN WOULD NOT COMMIT TO ANY. CHANGES TO ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. UNTIL THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET. IRAN'S TOP NEGOTIATOR WARNING.

OUR ARMED FORCES ARE READY TO. DELIVER A WELL DESERVED. RESPONSE TO ANY AGGRESSION AS. THE WAR DRAGS ON, PASSAGE. THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AT. A STANDSTILL AND GAS PRICES. STUBBORNLY HIGH, NOW HOVERING. AROUND $4.50 A GALLON, A $1.55. SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE'S. WILLING TO SUSPEND THE FEDERAL. GAS TAX OF 18.4 CENTS A GALLON. FOR GASOLINE. >> IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT. IT'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL. MONEY. >> THE PRESIDENT CAN'T SUSPEND. THE GAS TAX ON HIS OWN. HE.

NEEDS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. REPUBLICAN SENATE MAJORITY. LEADER JOHN THUNE SAYS IN THE. PAST, HE'S NOT BEEN A FAN OF. THE IDEA. BUT IF PRESIDENT. TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT, I'M SURE EVERYBODY WILL GIVE. HIM A CHANCE AND HEAR HIM OUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HEADING TO. CHINA TOMORROW. SUMMIT THAT HAS. ALREADY BEEN DELAYED ONCE. BECAUSE OF THIS WAR. AND THE. PRESIDENT IS FULLY AWARE THAT. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI IS A VERY. CLOSE ALLY OF IRAN. DAVID. >> I'LL BE TRAVELING AS WELL, TAKING THE BROADCAST TO CHINA. RACHEL, WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. NOW TO THAT CHILLING SCENE ON. THE RUNWAY IN DENVER. A PERSON.

HIT BY A PASSENGER PLANE ABOUT. TO TAKE OFF THE EMERGENCY. EVACUATION OF PASSENGERS. WHAT? AIRPORT OFFICIALS TONIGHT ARE. NOW CONFIRMING ABOUT THE PERSON. ON THE RUNWAY. HERE'S GIO. BENITEZ TONIGHT. >> THIS ALARMING SECURITY. BREACH IS RAISING SERIOUS. QUESTIONS AFTER A TRESPASSER. SEEN HERE ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. WAS KILLED BY A FRONTIER. AIRLINES JET SPEEDING DOWN THE. RUNWAY ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. >> 34345 WE'RE STOPPING ON THE. RUNWAY. WE JUST HIT SOMEBODY. WE HAVE AN ENGINE FIRE. >> JUST BEFORE 11:20 P.M. FRIDAY. THAT PASSENGER PLANE.

WITH 231 PEOPLE ON BOARD WAS. CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. >> FRONTIER FLIGHT 4345, DENVER. TO GO LEFT CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF. >> AT THE SAME TIME, THIS. PERSON SCALED A FENCE, MAKING. IT ONTO THE BUSY DENVER. INTERNATIONAL RUNWAY. JUST TWO. MINUTES LATER, THEY WERE KILLED. BY THE PLANE'S ENGINE, THE. PILOTS ABORTING TAKEOFF, THE. ENGINE BURSTING INTO FLAMES AND. SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN. THE. CREW DEPLOYING EMERGENCY SLIDES, PANICKED PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING, UNAWARE OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

>> GET AWAY FROM. >> IT. FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN A BIG GIANT FENDER. BENDER. >> DENVER'S AIRPORT FACILITIES. ARE TWICE THE SIZE OF MANHATTAN, AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE NOW. REVIEWING ITS PERIMETER. SECURITY PROGRAM. >> IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO PUT. HIGH SECURITY FENCING AROUND. ANY AIRPORT, PARTICULARLY ONE. THE SIZE OF DENVER. THIS. INCIDENT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT. WAS SOME RANDOM PERSON WALKING. THROUGH AN OPEN PART OF THE. FENCE ONTO THAT RUNWAY. IT. APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING MUCH.

MORE DELIBERATE. >> AND DAVID, THE FAA IS NOW. INVESTIGATING. MANY ARE ASKING. HOW THIS PERSON WAS ABLE TO. GAIN ACCESS TO ONE OF THE. BUSIEST RUNWAYS IN THE COUNTRY. DAVID. >> GIO BENITEZ, WHO COVERS. AVIATION. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, AN URGENT SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR A. SUSPECT WANTED IN THE DEADLY. STABBING OF A COLLEGE STUDENT. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. IN SEATTLE. POLICE SAY HER BODY. WAS FOUND IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM. OF HER OFF CAMPUS APARTMENT. BUILDING. A MALE SUSPECT. SPOTTED RUNNING FROM THE SCENE. THE VICTIM, A 19 YEAR OLD. TRANSGENDER WOMAN, A STUDENT. TELLING ABC NEWS THAT ALL OF. THE ENTRANCES IN THE BUILDING.

REQUIRE A BLUETOOTH KEY THROUGH. A SMARTPHONE APP TO OPEN. TONIGHT HERE, THE FAMILY NOW. SUING OPEN AI, THE MAKERS OF. CHATGPT, SAYING THEIR LOVED ONE. WAS KILLED IN A MASS SHOOTING. WHERE THE SHOOTER ALLEGEDLY. USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. FOR HELP, INCLUDING. ASKING HOW TO LOAD AND SHOOT. THE GUN. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. >> FAMILY OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS. KILLED IN LAST YEAR'S MASS. SHOOTING AT FLORIDA STATE.

UNIVERSITY IS SUING CHATGPT. MAKER OPENAI. THE SUSPECTED. KILLER PLANNED THE ATTACK. >> HE LITERALLY UTILIZED OPENAI. IN CHATGPT AS HIS COCONSPIRATOR. >> FOOTAGE SHOWING THE TERROR. UNFOLDING. THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, 20 YEAR OLD STUDENT PHOENIX. EICHNER, HUNTING AND CHASING. PEOPLE AT THE STUDENT UNION, KILLING TWO, WOUNDING SIX. THE. NEW LAWSUIT CLAIMS THAT EICHNER. USED CHATGPT TO EXPLAIN TO HIM. HOW TO LOAD AND OPERATE A. SHOTGUN, INCLUDING HOW TO TURN.

THE SAFETY MECHANISM OFF. AT. ONE POINT, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES, THE SHOOTER ASKED HOW MANY. FATALITIES WOULD TAKE TO GET. THE MOST ATTENTION. ACCORDING. TO THE LAWSUIT, CHATGPT. RESPONDED, REPLYING THAT HE WAS. MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET MEDIA. COVERAGE IF CHILDREN ARE. INVOLVED. EVEN 2 TO 3 VICTIMS. CAN DRAW MORE ATTENTION, THE. LAWSUIT ALLEGES. OPEN AI. DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE. MURDER OF A 45 YEAR OLD FATHER. OF TWO WHO WAS KILLED IN THE. ATTACK, BUT OPEN AI DENIES. RESPONSIBILITY, SAYING IN THIS. CASE, CHATGPT PROVIDED FACTUAL.

RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS WITH. INFORMATION THAT COULD BE FOUND. BROADLY ACROSS PUBLIC SOURCES. ON THE INTERNET, AND IT DID NOT. ENCOURAGE OR PROMOTE ILLEGAL OR. HARMFUL ACTIVITY. DAVID, THERE'S ALSO A CRIMINAL. INVESTIGATION INTO OPENAI AND. CHATGPT ON THE SHOOTING. FLORIDA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL. STATING IF CHATGPT WERE A. PERSON, IT WOULD BE FACING. CHARGES FOR MURDER. DAVID. >> A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE AND. WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT. THANK YOU. PIERRE. TONIGHT, A. HOUSTON HUSBAND CHARGED WITH.

MURDERING HIS PREGNANT WIFE, APPEARING TODAY IN A COURTROOM. IN ITALY ASKING A JUDGE THERE. FOR ASYLUM, CLAIMING HE'S. INNOCENT. LEE GILLEY APPEARING. IN THAT COURTROOM IN MILAN. FIGHTING EXTRADITION BACK TO. THE U.S. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS. ARRESTED AFTER CUTTING OFF HIS. ANKLE MONITOR AND USING A FAKE. NAME AND PASSPORT TO FLY TO. ITALY. IF BROUGHT BACK TO THE. U.S. HE COULD FACE THE DEATH. PENALTY IF CONVICTED IN TEXAS. WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, MARTIN SHORT, THE ACTOR FOR THE. FIRST TIME ON HIS DAUGHTER'S. DEATH. ALSO AHEAD HERE, SIX. PEOPLE FOUND DEAD IN A SHIPPING. CONTAINER. WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. ABOUT THE VICTIMS. ALSO, THE.

IMAGES COMING IN. THERE'S A. MASSIVE FIRE BURNING ACROSS. SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. A. NATIONWIDE CHOCOLATE RECALL NOW. EXPANDING. AND THIS IS REALLY. SOMETHING, DIANE SAWYER, TONIGHT INSIDE THE HIDDEN WORLD. OF RICHARD SIMMONS. THE FINAL. DECADE OF HIS LIFE AFTER HE. DISAPPEARED FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. AND WHAT DIANE DISCOVERED WHEN. SHE WENT TO THE HOME WHERE HE. LIVED. >> TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE. HERE. AFTER SIX PEOPLE WERE. FOUND DEAD INSIDE THE BOXCAR OF. A TRAIN NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. UNION PACIFIC WORKERS MAKING THE.

DISCOVERY AT A RAILYARD IN. LAREDO. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE. VICTIMS, FIVE MEN AND A WOMAN, ARE FROM HONDURAS AND MEXICO. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THEY ALL. DIED FROM THE INTENSE HEAT. TONIGHT IN FLORIDA. WILDFIRES. SCORCHING THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN. SOUTH FLORIDA. THE FLAMES HERE. AND THESE PICTURES FROM THE MAX. ROAD FIRE IN THE EVERGLADES. THOUSANDS OF ACRES DESTROYED. ALREADY A SECOND FIRE IN THE. MIAMI AREA BURNING 300 ACRES SO. FAR. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, ACTOR MARTIN SHORT FOR THE FIRST. TIME ON HIS DAUGHTER'S DEATH, AND DIANE SAWYER, AND WHAT SHE. DISCOVERED AFTER BEING INVITED. TO THE HOME IT'S.

EASIERSIER TO GO. NO HARSH. LAXATIVES, CRAMPING OR. STRAINING. >> COLE'S TO THE INDEX OF OTHER. NEWS TONIGHT, ACTOR MARTIN. SHORT, SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST. TIME ON HIS DAUGHTER'S DEATH, HIS 42 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. KATHERINE DIED BY SUICIDE IN. FEBRUARY. OPENING UP ABOUT. KATHERINE'S STRUGGLES. >> AND MY DAUGHTER FOUGHT FOR A. LONG TIME WITH EXTREME MENTAL. HEALTH, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY. DISORDER, OTHER THINGS, AND DID. THE BEST SHE COULD UNTIL SHE. COULDN'T. >> SCHWARTZ SAYS THE LOSS HAS. BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR HIS FAMILY. TONIGHT, A CHOCOLATE BAR RECALL.

EXPANDING OVER SALMONELLA. CONCERNS SPRING AND MULBERRY. VOLUNTARILY RECALLING ITS ENTIRE. LINEUP OF DATE SWEETENED. CHOCOLATE BARS. THE FDA SAYING A. DATE INGREDIENT COULD BE A. SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION. THE. CHOCOLATE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR. SALMONELLA. WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON. OUR WEBSITE. WELL, THE ROOFTOP. WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED FOR THE. LAST TIME WILL SOON BECOME A. MUSEUM. THE TOWNHOUSE AT THREE. SAVILE ROW IN LONDON. IT'S WORTH. THE. FAB FOUR PUT ON A SHOW IN. 1969. POLICE PULLING THE PLUG 40. MINUTES IN AS YOU RECALL THE. SITE BECOMING A MUSEUM. SHOWCASING SEVERAL FLOORS OF.

BEATLES HISTORY. WHEN WE COME. BACK TONIGHT, DIANE SAWYER. INSIDE THE HIDDEN WORLD OF. RICHARD SIMMONS, THE FINAL. DECADE OCAN. >> IDOL GRAND FINALE? LIVE TONIY. PLUS? >> FINALLY TONIGHT, HERE'S A. FIRST LOOK AT THE DIANE SAWYER. SPECIAL TOMORROW NIGHT. THE. HIDDEN WORLD OF RICHARD SIMMONS, THE FINAL DECADE OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HE DISAPPEARED FROM THE. PUBLIC EYE, HE HAD WANTED TO DO. AN INTERVIEW WITH DIANE. THE. GATES OPEN. THIS IS THE HOUSE. THAT CONCEALED THE DARK MYSTERY, THE TEN YEAR DISAPPEARANCE OF.

RICHARD SIMMONS, HIS HIDDEN. WORLD EXACTLY AS HE LEFT IT. NO. ONE HAS LIVED HERE SINCE HIS. BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW HAVE. AGREED TO LET ME IN. >> HELLO? HELLO. >> COME IN. >> DIANE RICHARDSON. SWEETHEART. >> I MEET LENNY SIMMONS. JUST. FIVE FEET OF SUNNY ENERGY. ENERGY LIKE HIS YOUNGER BROTHER. LENNY'S WIFE, KATHY SAYS RICHARD. HAD TALKED TO THEM ABOUT OUR. PLAN TO DO AN INTERVIEW. HE. WOULD CALL. >> GUESS WHO I TALK TO TODAY. HE.

WAS SO EXCITED. >> AND SO I GET MY FIRST LOOK AT. RICHARD SIMMONS HIDDEN WORLD. IT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECT. IT ABOVE. VAULTED CEILING, SKY BLUE WITH. FLUFFY CLOUDS ALL AROUND. ANGELS. WITH WINGS AND DOLLS. A KIND OF. TIME CAPSULE OF CHILDHOOD. INNOCENCE AND SAFETY. AND ON ONE. WALL, A PHOTO OF THAT UNHAPPY. LITTLE BOY AT CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN. NEW ORLEANS WHO, AGAINST ALL.

ODDS, TURNED HIMSELF INTO A. HUMAN DISCO BALL. >> FOR THOSE. >> TAPES WE WILL NEVER FORGET. >> WE'LL KEEP. ON TURNING. >> AND EVERY ROUND, BERNIE. >> SWEATIN TO THE OLDIES WOULD. GROSS MORE THAN $200 MILLION. >> YES. >> BY 1980, RICHARD SIMMONS HAD. ALSO BECOME A SURPRISING TV. POWERHOUSE. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING DOOR. TO. >> DOOR, TALKING. >> TO PEOPLE ABOUT VARIOUS.

THINGS. >> AND LOOK WHO I BROUGHT WITH. ME. >> COME ON. >> HI. >> THERE YOU GO. >> GOOD TO MEET. OH. >> AND HOW DID THAT TINY GUY. WITH THE HALO OF CURLY HAIR TAKE. HIS PLACE ALONGSIDE THE. GOLIATH'S A FITNESS. JANE FONDA. WITH HER 25 INCH WAIST. >> ONE, TWO. >> LOOK AT THE DANCERS BEHIND. JANE FONDA. NOW LOOK AT THE. DANCERS BEHIND RICHARD SIMMONS. IT WAS HIS MISSION TO GIVE.

PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES ENOUGH HOPE. TO FIGHT THEIR WAY BACK TO. HEALTH. >> WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR SUPPORT. FROM OTHERS, FROM A SPOUSE, FROM. CHILDREN, FROM PARENTS, AND. SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET IT. THAT'S WHY GOD MADE ME. >> AND THEN IN 2014, SOMETHING. STRANGE HAPPENS. RICHARD SIMMONS. GOES INSIDE HIS HOUSE AND. VANISHES FROM THE WORLD. >> WHERE IN THE WORLD IS RICHARD. SIMMONS? >> SOMETHING DARK SEEMS TO TAKE. HOLD, MAKING HIM AFRAID TO BE.

SEEN BY THE OUTSIDE WORLD. EVERYBODY CALLS IT SOMETHING. DIFFERENT. HIS FUNK, HIS YEARS. OF SOLITUDE, HIS DECADE OF. SOLITUDE. NOBODY EVER REALIZED. IT WAS GOING TO BE TEN YEARS. WHAT WAS IT? WE TRACKED DOWN THE. PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT REALLY. HAPPENED IN THAT DECADE. WHY? ONCE, WHEN HE EMERGED FROM A. HOSPITAL VISIT, HE WAS SHIELDED. BY A BLANKET. WHY HE WOULD HIDE. IF STRANGERS CAME INTO THE HOME. WAS IT VANITY? WAS IT FEAR? A. KIND OF PHOBIA TAKING OVER? JUST.

BEFORE HE WAS ABOUT TO TELL HIS. STORY. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE. FALL, A TRAGIC DEATH, AND HIS. HOUSE MANAGER AT HIS SIDE FOR 36. YEARS SITS DOWN WITH US TO. SPEAK. >> WHEN I COME HERE. THEN I SAW. HIM ON THE FLOOR. OKAY. THIS IS. THE FIRST TIME I'M TALKING ABOUT. THIS. >> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW. THE MYSTERY OF RICHARD SIMMONS A. DIANE SAWYER SPECIAL AIRS. TOMORROW NIGHT, 9 P.M. EASTERN, RIGHT HERE ON ABC. THEN.

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