ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 23, 2026

>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. REPORTS OF DOZENS OF SHOTS FIRED. AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THE SECRET. SERVICE CLEARING THE WHITE. HOUSE. NORTH LAWN REPORTERS TOLD. TO RUSH INSIDE, TAKING SHELTER. IN THE BRIEFING ROOM. WHAT WE'VE. JUST LEARNED WITH LATE DETAILS. COMING IN FIRST, THE URGENT.

OPERATION UNDERWAY IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA, THE GOVERNOR NOW. DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> CREWS HOSING. >> DOWN A. >> CHEMICAL STORAGE TANK FOR A. SECOND DAY. OFFICIALS FEARING A. SPILL OF TOXIC CHEMICALS USED TO. MAKE PLASTICS, OR, WORSE, AN. EXPLOSION THAT COULD ENDANGER AN. ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. 50,000. RESIDENTS STILL UNDER EVACUATION. ORDERS. WE'RE LIVE AT THE. COMMAND CENTER, ALSO DEVELOPING. TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS AN. AGREEMENT WITH IRAN HAS BEEN. LARGELY NEGOTIATED, AND THAT A. FRAMEWORK OF A PEACE DEAL WILL. BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. BUT WILL.

IRAN SIGN ON TO IT? AND WHAT IT. COULD MEAN FOR THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ AND FUEL PRICES? >> NEW DETAILS ON THE DEATH OF. NASCAR. >> CHAMP AND KYLE BUSCH, HIS. FAMILY REVEALING HE DIED FROM. SEVERE PNEUMONIA THAT PROGRESSED. INTO SEPSIS. TONIGHT, THE RACING. COMMUNITY MOURNING THE 41 YEAR. OLD FATHER OF TWO. >> THE SURGING. >> EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CENTRAL. AFRICA. HUNDREDS OF SUSPECTED. CASES REPORTED NEARLY 200 DEATH. AND THE NEW PROCEDURES FOR. SCREENING PASSENGERS AT U.S. AIRPORTS. WITH THE WORLD CUP. LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY.

>> THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. >> WASHOUT FOR MUCH OF THE. EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND. A MAJOR FLOOD THREAT IN THE. SOUTH. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS. TIMING IT OUT. HAWAII'S BIG. ISLAND RATTLED BY A MAGNITUDE. 6.0 EARTHQUAKE, ROCKSLIDES. REPORTED AND DAMAGE IN MULTIPLE. HOMES. SPACEX CELEBRATING THE. LATEST TEST OF THE WORLD'S MOST. POWERFUL ROCKET. WHILE THE. COMPANY IS CALLING IT A SUCCESS. DESPITE SOME ISSUES. >> LAST CALL FOR A CLASSIC. >> AMERICAN BEER THAT WAS ONCE. THE TOP SELLER. >> AND AMERICA'S STRONG. >> THE SEVEN YEAR OLD, WHO.

BECAME THE YOUNGEST TO SUMMIT EL. CAPITAN TONIGHT. WHAT HE TOLD US. ABOUT BREAKING THE RECORD. >> FROM ABC NEWS. >> WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW. >> YORK, THIS IS WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M WHIT. JOHNSON. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO. OUR BREAKING NEWS REPORTS OF. DOZENS OF SHOTS FIRED NEAR THE. WHITE HOUSE. THE WANG WAS OUTSIN.

THIS ALL UNFOLDED. AND, SELINA, YOU ARE NOW BACK OUTSIDE. YOU. WERE TAKING SHELTER IN THE. BRIEFING ROOM FOR A MOMENT. BUT. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT. WHAT HAPPENED? >> YEAH, WHAT WE WERE JUST. ALLOWED BACK OUTSIDE. AND. ACTUALLY, YOU CAN SEE I'M HERE. ON THE NORTH LAWN. THERE'S THAT. GATE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, AND. RIGHT BEHIND IT YOU CAN SEE THE. LAW ENFORCEMENT VANS, THE. POLICE VANS WITH THE FLASHING. LIGHTS. THAT IS 17TH STREET AND. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THAT IS. WHERE SECRET SERVICE SAYS. THEY'RE AWARE OF REPORTS OF. SHOTS BEING FIRED. WE'RE ALSO.

JUST HEARING FROM FBI DIRECTOR. KASH PATEL. HE SAYS THAT THE. FBI IS ON THE SCENE, AND SECRET. SERVICE IS ALSO RESPONDING TO. THOSE SHOTS FIRED NEAR THE. WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS. HE SAYS. HE'LL BE UPDATING THE PUBLIC AS. THEY'RE ABLE TO. NOW, AS YOU. MENTIONED, WE WERE ACTUALLY. JUST IN OUR LIVE SHOT POSITION. YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE UNDER. THE GREEN TENTS, GETTING READY. TO TAPE FOR WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. FOR THIS VERY SHOW, WHEN. SUDDENLY WE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED. LIKE DOZENS OF GUNSHOTS FIRED. SO WE IMMEDIATELY GOT DOWN. THEN WE HEARD YELLING FOR US TO.

EVACUATE INTO THE PRESS. BRIEFING ROOM. SO ALL OF US IN. THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS WHO. WERE OUT HERE DOING OUR EVENING. NEWS, LIVE SHOTS, WE ALL. SPRINTED INTO THE BRIEFING ROOM. AND WERE HUDDLED THERE WAITING. TO GET UPDATES. THERE WAS A. SECRET SERVICE AGENT WHO WAS. POSTED OUTSIDE, SO WE WERE. BASICALLY LOCKED IN, NOT ABLE. TO LEAVE. WE WERE HOLED UP. THERE FOR ABOUT MORE THAN 30. MINUTES, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE. WERE ABLE TO GO SAFELY BACK. OUTSIDE. BUT WE ARE STILL. AWAITING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED WITH. SELINA.

>> WE ARE GRATEFUL YOU AND THE. TEAM ARE SAFE, AND WE. APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING. TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON. NOW TO THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. CREWS. WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO. PREVENT AN ENVIRONMENTAL. DISASTER. A CHEMICAL LEAK. COMING FROM A LARGE STORAGE. TANK COULD CAUSE A DANGEROUS. SPILL OR AN EXPLOSION. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THIS A, QUOTE, CRISIS SITUATION. HERE'S. ABC'S JACQUELINE LEE REPORTING. FROM THE COMMAND CENTER IN. ORANGE COUNTY. >> TONIGHT. CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR. GAVIN NEWSOM ISSUING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY IN ORANGE COUNTY AS. OFFICIALS RACE TO CONTAIN A.

POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC. SITUATION AT A CHEMICAL PLANT. AT LEAST 50,000 PEOPLE ALREADY. FORCED TO EVACUATE. >> GOT A KNOCK ON THE DOOR, AND. I WAS TOLD WE'RE SUPPOSED TO. LEAVE. SO I DID WHAT I WAS TOLD, AND I, I LEFT. >> WITH MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. EXPANDING IN THIS DENSELY. POPULATED AREA. AT LEAST A. DOZEN SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN. NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS AND. FIRE STATIONS ALSO FORCED TO. EVACUATE. IF THERE IS AN. >> EXPLOSION. >> HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE. ENVIRONMENT AND THE RESIDENTS.

WHO LIVE HERE? >> IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING. >> THE CRISIS OCCURRING AT GCN. AEROSPACE, WHICH BUILDS ENGINES. AND LANDING GEAR FOR COMMERCIAL. AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT, ONE OF. THE TANKS STARTED LEAKING DUE. TO A BROKEN VALVE, ACCORDING TO. AUTHORITIES. FIREFIGHTERS AND. HAZMAT TEAMS WORKING AROUND THE. CLOCK TO STOP THE LEAKING TANK. FROM EXPLODING, PUTTING THEIR. LIVES ON THE LINE TO NEUTRALIZE. THE CHEMICAL. >> IT'S AN ADDITIVE THAT THEY. PUT INTO THE LIQUID THAT. NEUTRALIZES THE TOXICITY, WHERE. THE REACTION IS TO IT KIND OF. STABILIZES IT. THE TOXICITY MAY.

STILL BE THERE, THE. FLAMMABILITY IS STILL THERE, BUT THE REACTIVITY IS NOT. >> A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON. SAYING IN A STATEMENT THEY ARE. WORKING WITH EXPERTS TO RESOLVE. THE ISSUE QUICKLY. CREWS ALSO. TRYING TO COOL DOWN THE TANK. USING SPRINKLERS. AUTHORITIES. SAY THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE. POSSIBILITY OF THE LIQUID. CHEMICAL TO LEAK OUT WHAT. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE. PREPARING FOR THE TANK TO FAIL, BUT THEY ARE CONSULTING WITH. EXPERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO. FIND SOLUTIONS. >> WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH AN. ACTIVE SCENE ON THE GROUND.

THERE. JACQUELINE LEE, THANK. YOU. THE WHITE HOUSE IS. SIGNALING TONIGHT THAT THE. NEARLY THREE MONTH OLD WAR WITH. IRAN COULD BE NEARING AN END. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING MOMENTS. AGO THAT A DEAL IS, QUOTE, LARGELY NEGOTIATED AND IT WOULD. INCLUDE OPENING THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. HERE'S ABC'S ALEX. PRESHA. >> TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. A PEACE DEAL WITH IRAN WILL BE. ANNOUNCED SHORTLY. HE SAYS THE. AGREEMENT HAS LARGELY BEEN. NEGOTIATED AND REMAINS SUBJECT. TO FINALIZATION BY ALL PARTIES. TRUMP VOWING THAT THIS DEAL. WILL OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TRUMP MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT. AFTER A CALL WITH GULF LEADERS.

AND OFFICIALS FROM PAKISTAN, TURKEY, EGYPT AND A SEPARATE. CALL WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU. >> THERE'S BEEN SOME PROGRESS. DONE TODAY. >> IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS. THE TWO SIDES ARE IN THE FINAL. STAGES OF DRAFTING A FRAMEWORK. THAT WOULD GIVE 30 TO 60 DAYS. TO HASH OUT A BROADER AGREEMENT. >> THEY WANT TO SETTLE SO BADLY. WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY. >> IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE. TRUMP VOWED TO OBLITERATE. IRAN'S POWER PLANTS WITHIN 48. HOURS. IF IRAN DIDN'T FULLY. OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. YET. TONIGHT, THE STRAIT IS STILL.

CLOSED AND THE COST IS HITTING. HOME GAS PRICES SOARING. THE. NATIONAL AVERAGE NOW UP TO 4.49, UP $1.55 SINCE THE START OF THE. WAR. AND ACCORDING TO GASBUDDY, 16 STATES ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE. THEIR HIGHEST PRICES FOR GAS ON. MEMORIAL DAY. YET THE PRESIDENT. INSISTING THE PAIN WILL BE. SHORT LIVED. >> BY THE WAY, THE OIL PRICES. ARE GOING TO TUMBLE AS SOON AS. I FINISH UP WITH IRAN. >> BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE GAS AT. THE PUMP, FOOD AND AIRFARE ALL. SURGING BECAUSE OF THE WAR. SOME AMERICANS FORCED TO PULL. BACK PLANS FOR THE BIG TRAVEL.

WEEKEND. >> I KNOW A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS. WHO ARE SUFFERING TREMENDOUSLY. UNDER INCREASES IN PRICING FOR. FOOD, FOR GAS, FOR EVERYTHING. >> OUR THANKS TO ALEX PRESHA. FOR THAT REPORT. WE'RE LEARNING. MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE TRAGIC. AND SUDDEN DEATH OF NASCAR. LEGEND KYLE BUSCH, HIS FAMILY. SAYING THAT THE 41 YEAR OLD. FATHER OF TWO DIED FROM SEVERE. PNEUMONIA THAT PROGRESSED INTO. SEPSIS. HIS PASSING TRIGGERING. A WAVE OF GRIEF. TRIBUTES AND. NEW QUESTIONS TONIGHT. HERE'S. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD.

>> AS FANS AND NASCAR WORLD. PREPARE TO HONOR KYLE BUSCH AT. THE COCA-COLA 600 THIS WEEKEND, HIS FAMILY NOW SAYING HE DIED. AFTER SERIOUS PNEUMONIA. PROGRESSED INTO SEPSIS. >> THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF. SEPSIS FROM INFECTIONS IS. PNEUMONIA. AND IT JUST. OVERWHELMS THE BODY'S IMMUNE. SYSTEM. AND THEN THAT BACTERIA. SPREADS TO THE BLOOD, WHICH. CAUSES THIS REACTION. >> THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY. UNFOLDING WEDNESDAY WHEN BUSCH. WAS AT A CHEVROLET RACING. SIMULATOR IN NORTH CAROLINA, ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED. PRESS DISPATCHERS TAKING THIS. FRANTIC CALL FOR HELP.

>> TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT'S. HAPPENED. >> I'VE GOT AN INDIVIDUAL. THAT'S SHORTNESS OF BREATH, VERY HOT. THINKS HE'S GOING TO. PASS OUT AND HIS PRODUCING A. LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD, COUGHING. UP SOME BLOOD. >> BUSCH RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCING HIS DEATH. THE NEXT DAY. THE FATHER OF TWO. WAS JUST 41. >> EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE WHO. ARE MOST VULNERABLE FOR SEPSIS, FOR GETTING COMPLICATIONS ARE. YOUNG CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY OR. PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL. CONDITIONS, IT REALLY CAN. AFFECT ANYONE. >> BUSCH'S CAUSE OF DEATH ALSO. RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER.

SOMETHING MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG. WEEKS BEFORE HE WAS RUSHED TO. THE HOSPITAL ON MAY 10TH. BUSCH. REQUESTING MEDICAL HELP AT A. RACE AT WATKINS GLEN. >> AFTER THE RACE. PLEASE, I'M. GOING TO NEED A SHOT. >> AND ONE WEEK LATER, BUSCH. BACK ON THE TRACK, PUSHING. THROUGH TO WIN THE TRUCK SERIES. EVENT AT DOVER. >> YOU CAN KIND OF STILL HEAR. IT. I'M STILL NOT NOT GREAT. BUT THE THE COUGH WAS PRETTY. SUBSTANTIAL LAST WEEK. >> AS FANS REMEMBERED THE. RACING TITAN RICHARD CHILDRESS. RACING ROLLING OUT THE NUMBER. 33, RETIRING THE ICONIC NUMBER.

EIGHT NOW HELD FOR BUSCH'S SON. BREXTON. AND WITH KYLE BUSCH, HIS PRESENCE WILL BE FELT ALL. OVER THE CHARLOTTE MOTOR. SPEEDWAY. TAKE A LOOK. IT'S. NUMBER EIGHT. FRESHLY PAINTED. ON THE GRASSY INFIELD THERE. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING THAT ALL 39. DRIVERS IN THE COCA-COLA 600. WILL RIDE ALONG WITH HIS DECAL. IN THEIR CARS WITH. >> ALL RIGHT. MORGAN NORWOOD. FOR US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW. TO THE URGENT RACE TO CONTAIN. THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CENTRAL. AFRICA. THREE RED CROSS. VOLUNTEERS NOW AMONG THE NEWLY. REPORTED CASES, AND WITH THE. WORLD CUP LESS THAN THREE WEEKS.

AWAY, WHAT HEALTH OFFICIALS. HERE IN THE U.S. ARE DOING TO. SCREEN TRAVELERS FROM OVERSEAS. HERE'S ABC'S MARCUS MOORE. >> TONIGHT. AS A DEADLY EBOLA. OUTBREAK RAVAGES PARTS OF THE. CONGO, THE INTERNATIONAL RED. CROSS SAYS THREE OF ITS. VOLUNTEERS ARE AMONG THE NEW. REPORTED CASES. THE AGENCY SAYS. THEY WERE INFECTED IN MARCH, WEEKS BEFORE THE LATEST. OUTBREAK WAS DISCOVERED, AND. THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST KNOWN. CASES NOW. THERE ARE NEARLY 750. SUSPECTED CASES IN THE.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE. CONGO, INCLUDING 176 DEATHS AND. A NUMBER OF INFECTIONS REPORTED. IN NEIGHBORING UGANDA, INCLUDING A DEATH, AS THEY TRY. TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE FACING. NUMEROUS CHALLENGES IN THE. REGION. >> WE ARE OPERATING IN A VERY. COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT AND THE. MAIN CHALLENGES INCLUDE. COMMUNITY FEARS, MISINFORMATION. AND RUMORS. THE. ANOTHER. CHALLENGE IS THAT THE. POPULATION MOVEMENT BETWEEN.

HEALTH ZONES. >> THAT. MISINFORMATION. PART. OF THE GROWING ANGER AND. FRUSTRATION AMONG THE PUBLIC. LAST WEEK, FRIENDS OF SOME OF. THE OUTBREAK'S VICTIMS SETTING. A MEDICAL TENT ABLAZE IN THE. EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO DOCTORS THERE. A. SECOND MEDICAL TENT SET ON FIRE. LAST NIGHT, ACCORDING TO HEALTH. OFFICIALS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. REPORTING AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE. WITH SUSPECTED EBOLA RAN FROM. THOSE TENTS WHERE THEY WERE. RECEIVING TREATMENT. IT COMES. AS HEALTH OFFICIALS IMPLEMENT. NEW MEASURES TO PREVENT THE. SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THE U.S.

U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN TO. IMPACTED COUNTRIES IN THE. REGION ARE NOW FUNNELED TO. AIRPORTS IN VIRGINIA AND. ATLANTA FOR TEMPERATURE CHECKS. AND HEALTH SCREENINGS. NO. FOREIGN VISITORS FROM THE. REGION ARE ALLOWED, INCLUDING. U.S. GREEN CARD HOLDERS. >> OUR NUMBER ONE THING HAS TO. BE WE CAN'T HAVE IT AFFECT THE. UNITED STATES. WE CAN'T HAVE. EBOLA CASES COMING HERE. >> ALL OF THIS IS UNFOLDING AS. THE U.S. PREPARES TO HOST THE. FIFA WORLD CUP. THE DRC TEAM, SET FOR ITS FIRST BERTH IN 52. YEARS, IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN. JUST A FEW WEEKS. THE WHITE.

HOUSE DEMANDING THAT THE TEAM. MAINTAIN A BUBBLE IN EUROPE, WHERE THEY ARE NOW FOR 21 DAYS, OR RISK BEING BANNED FROM. ENTERING THE U.S. AND TONIGHT, REUTERS REPORTS THAT A TEAM. SPOKESPERSON HAS SAID THAT THEY. ARE NOT CHANGING THEIR SCHEDULE. AND WITH THAT SPOKESPERSON, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, IS. SUGGESTING THAT THE SCHEDULE. ISN'T CHANGING BECAUSE THEIR. PLAYERS ARE NOT TRAVELING TO. THE U.S. FROM THE CONGO. MEANWHILE, DOCTORS THERE SAY. MISINFORMATION IN THE COUNTRY. AND STIGMA SURROUNDING THE. DISEASE ARE CREATING A DYNAMIC. AND COMPLEX SITUATION, WITH.

>> ANOTHER CONCERN IN ALL OF. THIS. OKAY, MARCUS, THANK YOU. BACK HERE IN THE U.S. A 6.0. MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ROCKED. HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND ON FRIDAY. NIGHT. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. REPORTED FEELING THE SHAKING. HERE'S METEOROLOGIST DANNY. BECKSTROM. >> TONIGHT, A DAMAGING 6.0. EARTHQUAKE STRIKING HAWAII'S. BIG ISLAND. >> OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD. >> THE TREMORS FELT THROUGHOUT. THE STATE, SHAKING HAWAIIANS. INSIDE THEIR HOMES JUST BEFORE. 10 P.M. >> THIS. NICE THINGS ARE ALL.

SMASHED. >> SEVERAL ROCKSLIDES REPORTED. THIS ROAD JUST SOUTH OF. HAWAII'S CAPTAIN COOK REGION ON. THE ISLAND'S WEST COAST, LEFT. IMPASSABLE ROUGHLY 500. CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION WITHOUT. POWER, ACCORDING TO HAWAII. COUNTY'S MAYOR. >> IF YOU NEED TO DRIVE, PLEASE. DRIVE WITH CAUTION. ROADWAY. CREWS ARE OUT CLEARING DEBRIS. >> HAWAII'S BIG ISLAND IS HOME. TO THE HAWAII VOLCANOES. NATIONAL PARK, A POPULAR. TOURIST DESTINATION FOR ITS. VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, THE UNITED. STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYING. THE QUAKE WAS CAUSED BY STRESS. DUE TO BENDING OF THE OCEANIC. PLATE AND THAT IT WAS NOT.

DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE. VOLCANOES ON THE ISLAND. >> AND TURNING TO THE WEATHER. PICTURE NOW, METEOROLOGIST. DANNY BECKSTROM FROM OUR NEW. YORK STATION WABC IS JOINING ME. DANNY, YOU'RE ALSO TRACKING. THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND WASHOUT. FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF. THE COUNTRY. >> YEAH. AT LEAST THE NORTHEAST. WARMS UP, DRIES OUT BY MEMORIAL. DAY PLANS MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW STAY SOGGY. I WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH IT. IT IS A COLD RAIN IN THE. NORTHEAST, BUT STORMY IN THE. SOUTH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCH IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. TONIGHT. FLOOD WATCHES FROM. TEXAS UP THROUGH OHIO. WE HAVE. A FEW MORE INCHES TO GO ON TOP. OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

GOOD NEWS FOR DROUGHT OUTLOOK, BUT TOUGH TIMING WITH THE. HOLIDAY. AT LEAST THE NORTHEAST. DRIES OUT AS WE MOVE INTO. MONDAY. STILL COULD BE. UNSETTLED IN THE MORNING, BUT. THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. LOOKS SALVAGEABLE, WITH HIGHS. CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES. FOR THE WEST, IT'S MAINLY HOT. AND DRY. SOME ISOLATED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ROCKIES, BUT THE SOUTHEAST WILL STAY. STORMY INTO THE WEEK. >> WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT. BUT. WE GOT TO WAIT. OKAY. THANKS, DANNY. OVERSEAS NOW TO THE. DEADLY COAL MINE EXPLOSION IN. CHINA. AT LEAST 82 PEOPLE WERE. KILLED, DOZENS MORE. HOSPITALIZED, AND SEVERAL STILL. MISSING. ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT. IS TRACKING THE DEVELOPMENTS.

AND, BRITT, WHAT MORE ARE YOU. LEARNING ABOUT THE BLAST? >> WELL, THE DEATH TOLL FROM. THAT GAS EXPLOSION HERE IN. NORTHERN CHINA NOW AT 82. OFFICIALS REVISING IT FROM 90. BUT NOW SAYING TWO PEOPLE ARE. MISSING IN THIS COUNTRY'S WORST. MINING DISASTER IN 16 YEARS. HUNDREDS OF RESCUE WORKERS ARE. STILL OPERATING AT THE SITE. IN. SHANXI PROVINCE, MORE THAN 120. PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. FOLLOWING THAT EXPLOSION AT. ABOUT 7.30 ON FRIDAY NIGHT. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING, MEANWHILE, HE'S CALLED FOR AN. INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT WENT.

WRONG AND SAID THOSE. RESPONSIBLE MUST BE HELD TO. ACCOUNT AND WIT TONIGHT, STATE. MEDIA HERE REPORTING THAT. OFFICIALS RUNNING THE MINE HAVE. BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITH. >> BRICK WITH THOSE BREAKING. DETAILS. NOW TO THE SUCCESSFUL. LAUNCH OF SPACEX'S MASSIVE. STARSHIP ROCKET. IT COMES AS. THE COMPANY APPEARS HEADED FOR. A HISTORIC INITIAL PUBLIC. OFFERING THAT COULD MAKE. FOUNDER ELON MUSK THE WORLD'S. FIRST TRILLIONAIRE. LET'S BRING. IN ABC'S ANDREW DYMBURT. AND. ANDREW. THERE WERE SOME. CHALLENGES WITH THIS LAUNCH. >> SOME CHALLENGES, SOME ISSUES. BUT SPACEX SAYING THAT THIS WAS.

OVERALL A SUCCESS. THE COMPANY. LAUNCHING ITS BIGGEST, MOST. POWERFUL STARSHIP YET. THIS. NEWLY UPGRADED ROCKET BLASTING. OFF FROM SOUTH TEXAS NEAR THE. MEXICAN BORDER. THIS WAS THE. COMPANY'S 12TH UNMANNED. STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT, DEPLOYING. 20 MOCK STARLINK SATELLITES IN. SPACE DURING THE FLIGHT. NOW, NASA IS COUNTING ON ELON MUSK'S. STARSHIP FOR ITS ARTEMIS. PROGRAM. THIS TEST FLIGHT WAS. SUPPOSED TO LAUNCH THURSDAY, AND WHILE THERE WAS SOME. MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE. BOOSTER AND STARSHIP ENGINES. WHEN THE FLIGHT LAUNCHED FRIDAY, AGAIN, SPACEX SAYS THIS WAS A. SUCCESS. THE COMPANY ALSO SAYS. THAT STARSHIP IS DESIGNED TO BE.

FULLY REUSABLE, WITH LONG TERM. PLANS TO CARRY BOTH CARGO AND. PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND. EVENTUALLY, MARS. THIS ROCKET. LAUNCHED JUST DAYS AFTER ELON. MUSK ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HE. PLANS TO TAKE HIS COMPANY, SPACEX, PUBLIC WITH. >> ANDREW DYMBURT. OUR THANKS. TO YOU TONIGHT. THERE'S MUCH. MORE AHEAD ON WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT. THIS SATURDAY, THE. SEARCH FOR ANSWERS AFTER A. DEADLY EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN. NEW YORK CITY. AND IT'S THE ENDT. >> NEXT NIGHT, NEW YORK CITY. FIRE OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO.

DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED A SERIES. OF EXPLOSIONS ON BOARD A BARGE. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. 34. FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY. MEDICAL WORKERS WERE INJURED AT. THE SHIPYARD ON STATEN ISLAND. SEVERAL BARGE WORKERS WERE. TRAPPED BELOW DECK BUT LATER. RESCUED. THE MUSIC WORLD IS. REMEMBERING AN ARTIST WHO. HELPED BRING HIP HOP INTO THE. MAINSTREAM. >> I WANT TO ROCK. RIGHT NOW. I'M ROB BASE AND I CAME TO GET. DOWN. >> ROB BASE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR. THE 1988 HIT IT TAKES TWO, ALONG WITH HIS LATE PARTNER, DJ.

E-Z ROCK. BASS DIED AFTER. BATTLING CANCER. HE WAS 59. YEARS OLD. WHEN WE COME BACK, WILL THE HOME COURT ADVANTAGE. HELP? THE CLEVELAND. >> TO THE INDEX. NOW THE. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS HOPE A. CHANGE OF SCENERY MAKES A. DIFFERENCE IN THE NBA'S EASTERN. CONFERENCE FINALS. THE NEW YORK. KNICKS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS. LEADING THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO. NONE, WINNING GAME TWO ON. THURSDAY, 109 TO 93. TONIGHT, THE SERIES SHIFTS TO CLEVELAND, AND YOU CAN WATCH GAME THREE. LATER THIS EVENING RIGHT HERE.

ON ABC. IT'S LAST CALL FOR THE. BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS. TODAY, A FINAL BATCH OF SCHLITZ. BEER IS BEING BREWED IN. WISCONSIN. SCHLITZ WAS FOUNDED. IN 1849 AND WAS ONCE THE. LARGEST BREWER IN THE U.S. THE. LABEL IS NOW OWNED BY FORMER. RIVAL PABST, WHICH HAS DECIDED. TO END PRODUCTION. STILL AHEAD, HIS MIDDLE NAME IS DANGER. WHAT, A SEVEN YEAR OLD TOLD IN. >> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE LITTLE.

BOY AND THE HISTORIC SUMMIT. >> CAN I SEE YOU ON. >> HISTORY? >> MADE AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL. PARK, SEVEN YEAR OLD JOEY. DANGER EVERMORE. AND YES, THAT. IS HIS MIDDLE NAME, BECOMING. THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO ASCEND. EL CAPITAN. >> THAT'S AN EASY LOOKING GOOD. >> RECOGNIZED AS THE WORLD'S. LARGEST GRANITE CLIFF, RISING. 7573FT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. >> YEAH, DUDE! WOO HOO! LAST.

TIME I'M GOING TO THE MOON. >> I'M GOING TO THE MOON. >> THE FIVE DAY ASCENT UP THE. SHEER GRANITE FACE MADE WITH. HIS FATHER AND TWO BROTHERS. THE FAMILY OF CLIMBERS FROM. COLORADO SPRINGS. JOEY, WHO WAS. SIX WHEN HE STARTED TURNING. SEVEN ON THE VINE. >> YEAH, DUDE. >> JOEY. REACTING TO BREAKING. THE RECORD, WHICH WAS. PREVIOUSLY HELD BY HIS OLDER. BROTHER SAM. >> BREAKING THE RECORD IS. REALLY COOL AND DOING AN.

IMPOSSIBLE THING WITH MY FAMILY. MEANS MORE WITH MY DAD UP THERE. >> LOOK AT THIS WILD MAN. >> I'M THE THIRD BROTHER TO. CLIMB EL CAPITAN AND IT'S. AMAZING. >> I. >> AND THE ADVENTURE CAME WITH. ANOTHER SURPRISE WHEN JOEY. LEARNED HE HAS A SISTER ON THE. WAY. >> WE FOUND OUT WE HAVE A NEW. BABY AND IT'S A GIRL AND I'M. TAKING HER UP. >> THAT'S SO COOL, DUDE. >> AND TONIGHT, JOEY'S PROUD. DAD, JOE, HOPING TO INSPIRE. OTHERS TO DREAM BIG. >> DO HARD, BIG THINGS WITH.

YOUR KIDS TO BE INTENTIONAL. IT'S THE BEST TIME OF THEIR. LIFE, AND IT'S THE BEST TIME OF. MINE. IT'LL BE THE BEST TIME OF. YOURS.