ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 13, 2025

Tonight the breaking news as we come on the emergency playing. out right now in parts of the east and the mid-Atlantic. a flash flood emergency Unfolding as we come on. the air cars floating away outside an elementary school. the children inside the school had to be rescued. evacuations underway at the Sauer millions of Americans. on alert right now as the storm moves up the east coast. into the northeast tonight Ginger Z is standing. by with the forecast. Inside the hearing tonight, Lyle and Eric Menendez, after. more than 35 years behind bars, the brothers making their.

case to be resentents. Also breaking tonight, the star witness taking the. stand in the Sean Combs trial, his ex-girlfriend. breaking down while testifying. She says Combs hiring others in what the girlfriend alleges. she was expected to do. Aaron Nautursky was in the courtroom. Overseas tonight, President Trump getting the Royal. Treatment in Saudi Arabia, fighter jets escorting Air Force. One, the Crown Prince rolling out the lavender carpet, the. President praising Saudi investments in the US.

I'm a question tonight about the Trump family working right. now on business interests of their own. In the same countries, the president is now visiting. Trump Tower Jeddah. And President Trump saying today, oh, what I do for the. crown prince. Marybrouche is traveling with the president. Tonight Kim Kardashian's chilling testimony, describing the night she was bound gagged and. robbed at gunpoint by masked men. The image is coming in here, firefighters still on the. scene right now, the major fire burning, forcing evacuations,

and the new concern now as we come on tonight. This evening, the late Pete Rose reinstated. Major League Baseball's historic decision now. and what this now means. And tonight, Robin Roberts is here. You'll meet her siblings. What they've now done to honor their mother, what she always said about the children. It might lead you singing to. - From ABC News, World Headquarters, and New York, this is World News Tonight with David New York.

- Good evening and we begin tonight. with breaking news, the evacuations at this hour, the. emergency unfolding right now, a flash flood emergency. in parts of the east and the mid-Atlantic. Take a look. Heavy rain up to two inches an. hour, sending rushing water through Allegheny. County. This is Western Maryland right here. Video from an elementary school in Western. Port Maryland showing cars at a dumpster, being lifted up. by the rushing waters floating away. Children inside the school had to be rescued late today. Chief meteorologist Ginger Z with the forecast and the images. coming in right now as this system.

now pushes up the east coast and into the northeast. Ginger, Lady Gasoph. Tonight, a flash flood emergency rapidly unfolding. in the mid-Atlantic. Slow moving storms dumping up to two inches of rain per hour. in parts of Maryland. Southwest of Cumberland, this video. from Western Port Elementary School shows cars, even a dumpster Bobbing in the water, students. inside had to be rescued. The same system flooding parts of Florida Monday, spawning this massive water spout on a lake near Orlando.

Meanwhile in Minnesota, hot shot crews from as far away. as Montana, Utah and Tennessee coming in to help fight. multiple major wildfires. north of Duluth, the camp house fire burning more than. 18 square miles. Zero containment and we've lost about 40 plus. structures, homes and cabins. Michaela Schleep, one of many forced to flee and now wait. We put every nail in that house. We painted every wall.

We did it from the ground up and just know it might be gone. It is so scary. Not far from there, chopper pilot Earl Waters. shooting this video of his water drops over. the Jenkins peak fire. It broke out Monday, exploding to more than 10 square miles. Minnesota Governor Tim Walls calling up the. National Guard to help. Country of real extremes tonight, ginger back to. this flash flood emergency playing out as we're. on tonight. This system still at work. Yes, two to five inches, David, has. already fallen in parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

in Virginia or in the Potomac Islands of West Virginia. So that's why you see that flood warning kind. of clustered there. But flood watches all the way down still to newborn, new burn North Carolina. This system is going to twist up the East Coast as. we head through tonight. We kind of forecast it here for Central New Jersey. heaviest back to parts of Pennsylvania at 7 a.m. tomorrow. We time it out. through the afternoon. New York City gets it and then we will be drying. out much more scattered in nature on Thursday. Total opposite end of the spectrum is back. in the Northern Plains. International Falls Minnesota was 96 on Sunday.

their hottest made temperature on record. Combine that with relative humidity. as low as 15% gusts up to 50, big time heat. And speaking of hottest made temps, you could do it tomorrow, David, Austin and San Antonio. - Yeah, we're dealing with fire danger very early. in the season. Ginger Z leading us off tonight, Ginger, thank you. We turn now to the Menendez brothers. and after more than 35 years behind bars, they're now making their case to be resentents, to be freed. What played out at today's hearing, Matt Guppen was in cord and Los Angeles. Tonight a bombshell decision in the case of the.

Menendez brothers, the judge resentencing the brothers. to 50 years to life for the shotgun murs of their. parents 35 years ago. That movie kidding their sentence of life without the. possibility of parole and makes them eligible for. parole but it's a process that could take months or even. years. He sentenced them to 50 to life which means. they're immediately eligible. All bets are still on. The recentencing has happened. The judges rolling coming immediately after the. brothers connected by video link from prison.

red statements taking full responsibility for the murders. Their lies after the murders, the pain they've caused their. family and calling the crimes an atrocious act for which they. feel permanent shame. Menendez family members and even. visitors weeping in court, dabbing their faces with. tissues as the brothers read those. statements earlier the family making. their case to the judge. Cousin Annamaria Barol. testifying they are universally forgiven. by our family. You have brought hope to this family.

that we didn't see. Answer David, there are now two pathways. for a possible release for the brothers. the first is parole for which they became eligible today. The second is clemency and that rests with Governor. Gavin Newsom and the brothers have a hearing. for that on June 13th. David. Matt Guffman live in Los Angeles tonight. Matt, thank you. We turn next tonight to the explosive. testimony in the Sean Combs trial. The star witness testifying his ex-girlfriend. Cassie Ventura seen this morning on her weighted.

court tonight here. Her emotional testimony saying. Sean Combs hired others for drug-fueled encounters and. that she feared he would be violent if she refused. Prosecutors say this video from 2016 shows his ex-girlfriend. trying to escape one of those encounters. Combs knocking her to the floor and kicking her. ABC's chief investigative correspondent Aaron Katerzki. was in the courtroom today in a warning tonight. So what the testimony is difficult. In a day of graphic and emotional testimony, the star witness, Cassie Ventura, telling the jury.

how her relationship with Sean Combs quickly became. a blur of jealousy, violence, and degrading unwanted sex. Ventura sobbing on the witness stand. as she described marathon drug-fueled sex performances. with male prostitutes. I just remember my stomach falling. just the nervousness she said. I think I was 22 at the time. Ventura was a young singer and model. Combs was pushing 40 and had signed her to a long-term. deal with Bad Boy Records. Ventura said Combs proposed this sexual encounter that he called.

voyeurism, or he would watch her having sex with other men. She took drugs, she said Combs supplied beforehand. I couldn't imagine doing all of that without some sort of. buffer, or a way not to feel it. Sex with a stranger I didn't want to be having sex with. Soon she said these so-called freak-offs happen weekly. Combs demanding them so often it stifled her music career. and became her full-time job. They lasted two, three, sometimes four days. Pretty quickly over time I knew it wasn't something. I wanted to be doing, especially how frequently.

But I was in love and wanting to make him happy. She claimed she felt pressured to participate. I didn't feel like I had much of a choice. And if she refused, she said, "Colms would. be violent with me.". Her voice softer when she described things too. graphic for broadcast. She recalled encounters at nearly every one of Colms'. homes and at hotels across the country and overseas. Many of the sessions photographed and filmed. Federal agents seizing phones and computers containing. videos from the music moguls' estates. Ventura called them blackmail materials that.

Colms held over her head. During trial, prosecutors said this video shows Ventura trying. to escape one of the encounters. Combs seen chasing her down a Los Angeles hotel hallway in. 2016, knocking her to the floor and stomping on her. Ventura telling the jury, "He would bash my head, knock. me over, drag me, kick me, stomp me in the head. when I was down.". When the prosecutor asked, "How frequently was. Sean physical with you during your relationship?". and sure responded to frequently. His attorney's acknowledged, David, that com's and.

his ex had a toxic, violent relationship, but. they say that's not the same thing as sex trafficking or. racketeering, which com's denies. The defense called Cassie a capable, strong adult woman. who made a free choice. And David, she'll be right back here on the. witness stand tomorrow. Aaron Gertursky live here in New York tonight. Aaron, thank you. Next tonight to President Trump and Saudi Arabia. getting a royal welcome there. the Crown Prince rolling out the Lavender carpet. The President praising Saudi investments in the U.S. but there are questions tonight about the Trump family.

working right now on business interests of their own. and the same country as President Trump is now visiting. Mary Bruce traveling with the President. she's in Riyadh tonight. - Tonight, Saudi Arabia with a lavish welcome. for President Trump, fighter jets is squirting Air Force 1. into Riyadh. The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. rolling out the lavender carpet. "It's an honor to be with you, my friend, and. you've had tremendous relationship over the years.". Joining Trump, leaders of some of the world's most powerful. companies from IBM to Google and Elon Musk, the president.

touting $600 billion in Saudi investments in the U.S. "So exciting. So exciting. Well, how about you sleep at night? How do you sleep? Huh? Just thinking. Critics doubted that it was possible what you've done, but over the past eight years Saudi Arabia has proved. the critics totally wrong. Hanging over the trip, serious questions about Trump's.

own business interests. His sons, who now run the Trump Organization, have projects in. the works in all three countries the president is visiting. Trump Tower, Jeddah. Coming soon. Today, Trump announcing that at the Saudi Crown. Prince's request, he will lift U.S. sanctions on Syria, now that the Assad. regime has crumbled and a new government is in place. I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria. in order to give them a chance at greatness.

The President then saying, "Oh, what I do for the Crown Prince.". Oh, what I do for the crown prince. Trump also extending an olive branch to Iran. I have never believed in having permanent enemies. Appearing to lay out a foreign policy approach based on whether. you can make a deal, regardless of past history. From embracing the Saudi crown prince years. after US intelligence concluded he orchestrated.

the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Kashoggi, to forging ties with Russia's Vladimir Putin. "Fart too many American presidents have been afflicted. with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of. foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice for. their sins.". Now tomorrow the president heads to Qatar where the royal. family has offered to gift him a $400 million luxury jet. to be used as Air Force One before being transferred to his.

presidential library. tonight Democrats and even some members of the president's. own party are raising serious questions about conflicts of. interest and whether such a gift would be safe or legal. David. Mary Bruce at Saudi. Arabia for us. Mary, thank you. Now to the stunning reversal tonight from Major League. Baseball reinstating the late Pete Rose after being kicked. out for betting on games, including his own team. What he once told our Charlie Gibson and what this now means. when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Here's Will Reve. He was banned from the game for life,

but tonight in an historic decision, Major League Baseball reinstating all-time. hits leader Pete Rose. Rose, who died last year, was barred from the sport in 1989. After an investigation found that he had bet on games as the. manager of the Cincinnati Reds. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred saying, Obviously, a person no longer with us cannot. represent a threat to the integrity of the game. The former rookie of the year MVP and three-time. World Series champion denied the allegations for.

years before opening up to ABC's Charlie Gibson. "Did you bet on baseball?". "Yes, I did, and that was my mistake not coming. clean a lot earlier.". The scandal has kept him from being inducted into. baseball's Hall of Fame. Today's move now makes him eligible for election. The Hall of Fame, saying in a statement, "The decision to remove deceased individuals from the. permanently ineligible list will allow for the Hall of Fame. candidacy of such individuals to now be considered.".

Fans of the Reds celebrating the news. "He built the Reds. This is his ballpark.". Now, David, this ruling doesn't just put Rose. into the Hall of Fame. he would still need to get approval from. a baseball committee. And the earliest he could enter the hall would be in 2028. David. - A really major. development tonight. Will Reve will thank you. Tonight the Trump administration has reversed the firing. of more than 100 federal workers at an agency. that had served West Virginia coal miners, helping to protect them from black lung disease. It comes after political pressure. and a series of ABC news reports.

Corresponded J.O. Bryan met with miners after the National Institute. for Occupational Safety and health was. virtually wiped out. They didn't wait for people to watch the Northwest, take. care of them, they take a nail job. We got no back. Even after they got those initial layoff notices, those former federal workers fought to save. the agency and said, "Many of them tell us they've been. called back to work to now help those coal miners again.". to the economy tonight. Inflation, falling to a four-year low, consumer prices.

rose 2.3 percent in April year over year, still rising, but better than expected. Economists say the effects of the president's new tariffs. still not fully factored in. When we come back tonight, the stunning testimony. here, Kim Kardashian taking the stand, describing. the night she was bound, gagged, and robbed at. gunpoint by masked men. Also the American college student on a senior. class trip and the deadly fall from a balcony. and tonight the image is coming in here. This is here in the east of a massive fire forcing. evacuations. Firefighters still on the scene, and there's a new concern at this cell.

We'll have more on this in a moment. Tonight in Baltimore, a massive warehouse fire. leading to evacuations and disrupting. Amtrak and commuter train service. The seven alarm fire beginning to burn overnight. Firefighters are still on the scene. They say it's still burning. Dozens have been evacuated. Authorities are now concerned tonight. The warehouse could collapse right onto the train tracks. Tonight, Kim Kardashian's chilling testimony about. being bound, gagged, and held at gunpoint. when masked men burst into her hotel room in Paris. Kardashian, in Paris today facing the suspects at court,

they were accused of stealing more than $6 million in jewelry. during the Heist in 2016. She told the court today she absolutely thought. she was going to die. When we come back tonight, the American college student on. a senior trip and the deadly fall from a balcony. And Robin Roberts is here tonight. You're going to meet her siblings right here and what. they've done in honor of their mother. She'd be singing about this. To the enix of other news tonight authorities. say an American college student was killed. after a deadly fall from a resort balcony on. Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The student from Bentley University.

in Wolfham, Massachusetts, a police say he was. on a senior class trip when it appears he accidentally. fell with roommates nearby. Well tonight it's official and it's a huge blow for the. Boston Celtic. Starforward Jason and Tatum is out of the playoff. He ruptured his right at Killy's tendon. during last night's loss to the Knicks. The Knicks now lead the Celtics 3 to 1. at the Eastern Conference semi-finals. That's a big loss. When we come back here tonight, Robin Roberts is here. You'll meet her siblings, what they've done tonight, a way to honor their mother and what she always. said about children.

Folly tonight here, America's strong. Our Robin Roberts right here with two of her siblings. and the new children's book honoring their mother. She'd be singing about this. Oh my goodness. A new children's book is out based on my. dear mother's childhood and her love for music. We grew up with music in our household. You brought me through. Every time mom came home, whatever mood she was in,

happy sad or whatever. She'd sit at that piano and she would just play and sing. Lucy sings on Lucy Street, tells a story of resilience in hope, an idea my siblings brought to life. Written by Lawrence Roberts and Sally Ann Roberts. Oh, look at Mama! Ha! Look at her! Lawrence, who we call Butch and Sally Ann, compiling stories our mother Lucy Marion. shared about her life as a young girl in Akron, Ohio.

- Mom shared a story with me. They were having their meager meal in the basement. And Mom pips up and says, "I have a little song in my heart. and I'm gonna sing it.". And her father says, "Not at this table, Lucy Mary. We don't sing at the table.". So she doodly ate her food as quickly as she could. And then she asked to be excused. And she ran up the basement stairs and she sang.

♪ This little light of mine ♪. ♪ I'm gonna let it shine ♪. And it brightened everyone in the room. and it changed her life. - In the book, eight-year-old Lucy uses music. as a way to uplift during tough times. - Music's a universal language. And that's the one thing that mom was able to do. is to bring that spirit out. - The picture book said in 1932, during the Great Depression, also shares realities our mother faced growing up.

- Mama's a young girl, she sees her neighbors, and they innocently say to her, can you wash the color? 'Cause they had not seen someone who looked like Mama, and Mama laughs it off and says, "Can you wash off the fricals?". (laughing). - She also found a way to build bridges with people. Mama always believing and fostering children's strengths. I never heard of that. That's not a bad idea. I don't think I do that. I never heard that. Always heard encouragement. Every child has a gift. Your gift may not be singing.

But whatever your gift is, as mom said, discover your gift and share it. Share it. Lucy sings on Lucy Street. We love that family. Good night. Thank you for making world news tonight with David New York, America's most-watched newscast.