ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 24, 2026

TONIGHT A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS CREWS. RACED TO PREVENT A. A CONTAINER FROM OVERHEATING. POSSIBLY EXPLODING OR LEAKING. EBOLA. CASES IN AFRICA, WITH MORE THAN. 1000 REPORTED CASES IN THE. CONGO, AND NASCAR RACING LEGEND. KYLE BUSCH. BUT WE BEGIN WITH. THOSE CREWS WORKING AROUND THE. CLOCK TO PREVENT AN. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER. A LARGE. TANKER FILLED WITH THOUSANDS OF. GALLONS OF HIGHLY TOXIC. CHEMICAL COULD LEAK OR EXPLODE. TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE ALREADY. EVACUATED THEIR HOMES. THAT. TANK IS IN A DENSELY POPULATED.

AREA IN ORANGE COUNTY. WE'RE. LIVE AT THE COMMAND CENTER, AND. THE DESPERATE RACE TO CONTAIN. THAT DEADLY AND FAST SPREADING. EBOLA OUTBREAK IN AFRICA. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY TEN. COUNTRIES ARE NOW AT RISK AND. REPORTED CASES ARE SOARING. ABOVE THE 1000 MARK IN THE. CONGO. SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. NOW. ENFORCING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. TENSE MOMENTS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, A GUNMAN WAS KILLED. AFTER OPENING FIRE AT A U.S. SECRET SERVICE CHECKPOINT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW RENEWING. CALLS FOR THE BALLROOM. OUR. SELINA WANG WAS THERE AND IS.

BACK ON THE SCENE TONIGHT. THE. MEMORIAL DAY WASHOUT FOR THE. EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND. THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS. SEVERAL STATES FROM LOUISIANA. TO WEST VIRGINIA. OUR WEATHER. TEAM IS TRACKING IT ALL. EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES HOW THE. RACING WORLD IS HONORING NASCAR. LEGEND KYLE BUSCH AFTER HIS. SUDDEN AND TRAGIC DEATH. MIXED. MESSAGING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ON A POSSIBLE DEAL TO END THE. NOW THREE MONTH OLD WAR IN IRAN, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER SAYING. A DEAL WAS NEAR. PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS NOW SUGGESTING THAT. THERE IS NO RUSH TO MAKE ONE, ALL WHILE AMERICANS PAY MORE.

FOR GAS AND GROCERIES. OUR IAN. PANNELL IS IN TEL AVIV TONIGHT. WHAT TRIGGERED A STAMPEDE AT A. BIKE FESTIVAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA? AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE JUST. ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST. NBA FINALS APPEARANCE IN NEARLY. 30 YEARS. BUT CAN THE CLEVELAND. CAVALIERS COME BACK? AND. AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT DANCING. THE NIGHT AWAY, THE 100 YEAR. OLD VETERAN ATTENDING HIS FIRST. PROM EVER AFTER MISSING HIS TO. SERVE MORE THAN 80 YEARS AGO.

>> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. ON THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY. DAVIS. CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS AND. THE GOVERNOR ARE NOW APPEALING. TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO MAKE A. DISASTER DECLARATION. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE MAKING. PROGRESS TONIGHT AND MAY BE. ABLE TO AVOID A CATASTROPHIC. DISASTER. THERE IS DESPERATION. TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THIS. CRISIS. THE TANK IS LOCATED IN. A DENSELY POPULATED AREA JUST.

MILES AWAY FROM TWO DISNEY. THEME PARKS, ANGEL STADIUM AND. KNOTT'S BERRY FARM. AT LEAST. 50,000 PEOPLE IN ORANGE COUNTY. HAVE BEEN FORCED TO EVACUATE. THEIR HOMES AND SEEK RESIDENTS. IN TEMPORARY SHELTERS, AND THE. MAYOR IS WARNING RESIDENTS NOT. TO IGNORE THOSE EVACUATION. ORDERS, CALLING THIS A VERY. DANGEROUS SITUATION. ABC'S. JACQUELINE LEE LEADS US OFF. FROM THE COMMAND CENTER TONIGHT. >> PROGRESS IN THE DESPERATE. EFFORTS TO PREVENT AN. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN. ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CREWS ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH. TO THAT UNSTABLE 7000 GALLON.

TANK FULL OF HAZARDOUS LIQUID. FINDING A POTENTIAL CRACK, OFFERING A GLIMMER OF HOPE. WHY. WOULD THIS BE A GOOD THING? >> SO THE THING ABOUT THE CRACK. IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IT'S. GOING TO RELIEVE PRESSURE. WE. WANT THE PRESSURE RELIEVED OUT. OF THAT TANK. >> HE GOES ON TO EXPLAIN. THERE. COULD STILL BE AN EXPLOSION, JUST NOT A CATASTROPHIC ONE. FOR DAYS, OFFICIALS HAVE FEARED. THE TANK WOULD EITHER EXPLODE. INTO A FIREBALL, IGNITING. NEARBY TANKS OR THE METHYL. METHACRYLATE. A HIGHLY VOLATILE. CHEMICAL INSIDE WOULD LEAK OUT. EVEN SHORT TERM EXPOSURE COULD.

CAUSE SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION. AND BREATHING PROBLEMS. MORE. THAN 50,000 RESIDENTS REMAIN. UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS. TWO. RESIDENTS FILING A CLASS ACTION. LAWSUIT YESTERDAY AGAINST G. K. N AEROSPACE, THE COMPANY IN. CHARGE OF THE TANKS. AND. TONIGHT, THE GOVERNOR. REQUESTING PRESIDENT TRUMP. ISSUE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. TO SUPPORT RESPONSE OPERATIONS. THE EPA SAYING IT HAS BEEN. MONITORING AIR QUALITY SINCE. FRIDAY. >> WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE. MODELING OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THE TANK. WILL FAIL, BUT THERE ARE. DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AS TO WHAT.

THAT MEANS. >> THE EVACUATION AREA IS A. DENSELY POPULATED AREA AND IS. NOT FAR FROM SEVERAL MAJOR AREA. ATTRACTIONS, INCLUDING. DISNEYLAND, KNOTT'S BERRY FARM. AND THE ANGEL STADIUM. THE. ANGELS GOING AHEAD WITH A GAME. TONIGHT AGAINST THE RANGERS. OFFICIALS INSISTING THE AREA'S. OUTSIDE THE EVACUATION ZONE ARE. COMPLETELY SAFE. LINDSAY CREWS. WILL CONDUCT ANOTHER OPERATION. TONIGHT AND IF ALL GOES WELL, IT'S POSSIBLE AUTHORITIES WILL. SHRINK THE EVACUATION ZONE. LINDSAY. >> MANY HOPING THAT'S THE CASE. JACQUELINE THANK YOU. OVERSEAS. NOW TO THE DEADLY AND RAPIDLY.

SPREADING EBOLA OUTBREAK IN. AFRICA. THE NUMBER OF REPORTED. CASES NOW ABOVE 900 IN THE. CONGO. HEALTH OFFICIALS FACE. SEVERAL CHALLENGES TRYING TO. CONTAIN THIS RARE STRAIN OF THE. VIRUS. ABC'S LAMA HASAN HAS THE. LATEST TONIGHT. >> IT IS A RACE AGAINST TIME TO. TRY TO STOP THE DEADLY EBOLA. VIRUS FROM SPREADING. THE. OUTBREAK IN CENTRAL AFRICA. RISING RAPIDLY. THE DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOW HAS MORE. THAN 900 REPORTED CASES, ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND TEN COUNTRIES ALSO.

CONSIDERED AT HIGH RISK FOR AN. OUTBREAK. HEALTH OFFICIALS. SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> IT WILL BE A BIG MISTAKE TO. UNDERESTIMATE, ESPECIALLY WITH. THE. WITH THIS STRAIN. >> IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TEN. COUNTRIES, THE DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WHERE THERE. ARE MORE THAN 115 DEATHS. REPORTED TO BE EBOLA RELATED. IN THE CONGO CITY OF BUNIA, WHERE THE OUTBREAK ORIGINATED. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE. SEVERAL CHALLENGES SLOWING DOWN. EFFORTS OF TRYING TO CONTAIN. THIS RARE STRAIN OF EBOLA.

PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM REGION TO. REGION, AND ALSO THE ONGOING. VIOLENCE. >> THE SECURITY IN PART OF. ITURI REMAINS REALLY FRAGILE, AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE. PRESENCE OF ARMED GROUPS AND. RECURRING INTER-COMMUNAL. TENSIONS. >> EBOLA IS A VIRUS THAT CAN. CAUSE A PERSON TO BLEED TO. DEATH, AND THIS STRAIN HAS NO. VACCINE OR SPECIFIC TREATMENT. HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THE DRC. HAVE BANNED GATHERINGS OF MORE. THAN 50 PEOPLE. BUT IN BUNIA,

LOCALS ATTENDING SUNDAY MASS. LIKE RONALD SAFARI SAYS HE AND. OTHER CHURCHGOERS ARE TAKING. PRECAUTIONS. JUST BECAUSE THIS. DISEASE EXISTS, HE SAYS, DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN CLOSE THE. CHURCH. AND AS THE U.S. INCHES. CLOSER TO THE START OF THE FIFA. WORLD CUP, MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. NOW, WITH TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS. IN PLACE, INCLUDING THE UNITED. STATES, THE U.S. SAYING U.S. CITIZENS WHO HAVE BEEN TO THE. DRC, UGANDA OR SOUTH SUDAN MUST. NOW HAD TO. AIRPORTS IN. VIRGINIA AND ATLANTA FOR HEALTH.

SCREENINGS. A THIRD AIRPORT IN. HOUSTON ADDED TO THAT LIST. ON. TUESDAY, FOREIGN VISITORS IN. U.S. GREEN CARD HOLDERS WHO. HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH OR COMING. FROM THOSE AREAS IN THE LAST 21. DAYS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED FROM. ENTERING THE COUNTRY. AND. TONIGHT, AN UPDATE ON ONE OF. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES. EVACUATED FROM THE CONGO DOCTOR, PETER LA ROCHELLE, SAYING THAT. THE CHALLENGES ARE OVERWHELMING. BUT THAT HE HAS REMAINED FREE. OF INFECTION SO FAR. LINDSEY. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE.

AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO CONTAIN. THE LARGEST EBOLA OUTBREAK IN. TEN YEARS AND STOP IT FROM. COMING INTO AMERICA. A DISASTER. ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM IS NOW. ON THE GROUND IN THE DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND UGANDA. >> LINDSEY LAMA, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS RENEWING. CALLS FOR A WHITE HOUSE. BALLROOM AFTER A DEADLY. SHOOTING NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE. GATES ON SATURDAY. THE. PRESIDENT WAS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE DURING THE SHOOTING. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG WAS. ON THE SCENE AND HAS THE. DETAILS.

>> HOURS AFTER SECRET SERVICE. AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED A. SUSPECT WHO OPENED FIRE JUST. STEPS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP USING. THE INCIDENT TO RENEW HIS CALLS. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE. WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM. TRUMP WAS. IN THE OVAL OFFICE WITH HIS. AIDES AS A GUNMAN APPROACHED A. SECURITY CHECKPOINT ON SATURDAY. NIGHT WITH A GUN AND STARTED. FIRING. >> MOVE TO RESPOND FOR SHOOTING. AT 17TH STREET IN PENNSYLVANIA. AVENUE NORTHWEST.

>> THE PRESIDENT, WHO IS FACING. BACKLASH FROM EVEN WITHIN HIS. OWN PARTY FOR HIS $1 BILLION. REQUEST AND TAXPAYER MONEY FOR. THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX, SAYING. IT GOES TO SHOW HOW IMPORTANT. IT IS FOR ALL FUTURE PRESIDENTS. TO GET WHAT WILL BE THE MOST. SAFE AND SECURE SPACE OF ITS. KIND EVER BUILT. IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECT. HAS A HISTORY OF INCIDENTS. INVOLVING THE WHITE HOUSE. HE. ENCOUNTERED LAW ENFORCEMENT IN. JUNE 2025 FOR BLOCKING A POINT. OF ENTRY AT THE WHITE HOUSE. HE. WAS DETAINED AND INVOLUNTARILY.

COMMITTED FOR A MENTAL. EVALUATION. ONE MONTH LATER, HE. WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ATTEMPTED. TO ENTER A WHITE HOUSE. CHECKPOINT. COURT RECORDS. SHOWING A JUDGE ORDERED HE STAY. AWAY FROM WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS. I WAS METERS AWAY PREPARING TO. GO LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. NORTH LAWN WHEN I HEARD A. FLURRY OF SHOTS FIRED CLOSE, ONLY FOR THE TWO SIDES TO. REMAIN FAR APART. >> WE HAVE TO EVACUATE. WE HAVE. TO EVACUATE. >> SHOOTING REPORTERS SPRINTING. OVER TO THE PRESS BRIEFING ROOM.

AS OFFICERS FIRED BACK, KILLING. THE SUSPECT. LINDSEY. NO SECRET. SERVICE PERSONNEL WERE INJURED. IN THE INCIDENT, BUT A. BYSTANDER WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE. D.C. POLICE SAY THAT PERSON. REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR. TREATMENT FOR A NON-LIFE. THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND. LINDSEY. >> SOME HARROWING INCIDENTS. THERE. ONCE AGAIN, SELENA. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE FLASH. FLOOD THREAT ACROSS SEVERAL. STATES AS ROUNDS OF RAIN SWEEP. ACROSS THE EAST. TIME LAPSE. VIDEO CAPTURED THESE STORM. CLOUDS GATHERING IN NORTHEAST.

ALABAMA. THAT SAME SYSTEM. FLOODED STREETS AND. NEIGHBORHOODS SOUTH OF HOUSTON. LET'S BRING IN METEOROLOGIST. DANI BECKSTROM FROM OUR NEW. YORK STATION, WABC. DANI, WHAT. CONCERNS YOU MOST ABOUT THIS. >> THAT GROWING FLASH FLOOD. RISK. LINSEY. WE'VE SEEN DAYS. OF DOWNPOURS ALL ACROSS THE. EAST. SO THE GROUND IS. SATURATED. BUT HEAVY RAIN DOES. NOT LET UP FROM LOUISIANA TO. WEST VIRGINIA. SO LET'S GET TO. THE MAPS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE. RAIN STILL FALLING. WE HAVE. FLOOD WATCHES POSTED FROM NEW. ORLEANS UP THROUGH ATLANTA, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS WEST. VIRGINIA TONIGHT. AS THE. DOWNPOURS CONTINUE. NOW, AS WE. MOVE INTO TOMORROW, THAT FLOOD.

THREAT FOCUSES ON THE SOUTH, WHERE THE NORTHEAST GETS ONE. MORE PUSH OF MOISTURE IN THE. MORNING BEFORE FINALLY SOME. RECOVERY. AS WE WARM UP AND DRY. OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. FOR THE. WEST AND FOR THE HEARTLAND, WE'RE LOOKING AT MAINLY DRY. CONDITIONS. IT'S QUITE WARM, NEAR RECORD HIGHS FOR THE. NORTHERN PLAINS. AS WE MOVE. INTO THE WEEK, THOUGH, THAT. HEAT DOES SHIFT EAST. SO WE'RE. UNOFFICIALLY WELCOMING SUMMER. TOMORROW AND IT WILL FEEL LIKE. IT BY TUESDAY FROM DETROIT TO. NEW YORK. >> GLAD TO HEAR THAT FOR ALL OF. US IN THE NORTHEAST. ALL RIGHT. DANNY, THANK YOU. HONORS. TONIGHT FOR NASCAR LEGEND KYLE.

BUSCH. THE 41 YEAR OLD DIED. SUDDENLY ON THURSDAY. DEVASTATING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND. FANS. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S. ANDREW DYMBURT. ANDREW TELL US. ABOUT THESE HONORS THAT HAVE. BEEN TAKING PLACE ALL WEEKEND. >> LINDSAY THE RACING WORLD IS. HONORING THE LATE NASCAR LEGEND. KYLE BUSCH TODAY ON WHAT'S. KNOWN AS RACING'S BIGGEST DAY, THAT BEING THE SUNDAY BEFORE. MEMORIAL DAY, WITH EMOTIONAL. TRIBUTES AT BOTH THE. INDIANAPOLIS 500 AND NASCAR'S. COCA-COLA 600 AT INDY, THE. TRACK SCORING PYLON LIT UP ON. LAP 18, A TRIBUTE TO THE NUMBER. BUSCH MADE ICONIC FOR YEARS.

DRIVER ROMAIN GROSJEAN ALSO. CHANGED THE LOOK OF HIS CAR TO. MATCH BUSCH'S FAMOUS NUMBER, FONT DOWN IN CHARLOTTE THE MOOD. JUSTICE SOMBER. RICHARD. CHILDRESS RACING RETIRING. BUSCH'S NUMBER EIGHT THIS. WEEKEND. KNOWN TO FANS AS ROWDY, BUSCH WON MORE THAN 230 RACES. ACROSS NASCAR'S TOP THREE. SERIES AND LEAVES BEHIND A. LEGACY MANY ARE CALLING A ONCE. IN A GENERATION TODAY, HIS. FAMILY BEING HONORED BY NASCAR. IN A TRIBUTE BEFORE THE. COCA-COLA 600, BUSCH DIED. THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 41 AFTER. A SEVERE PNEUMONIA TURNED INTO.

SEPSIS, ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY. >> AND OUR HEART DOES GO OUT TO. HIS FAMILY. ANDREW, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE NEGOTIATIONS TO END. THE THREE MONTH OLD WAR WITH. IRAN. AFTER SAYING JUST. YESTERDAY THAT A DEAL COULD BE. NEAR. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. SAYING SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. REMAIN AND HE WON'T RUSH INTO A. DEAL. ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL. REPORTS TONIGHT FROM TEL AVIV. >> 24 HOURS AFTER SAYING A DEAL. TO END THE WAR WITH IRAN AND. REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ WAS. CLOSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. SAYING HE WON'T RUSH INTO A.

DEAL AS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. REMAIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP WRITING. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE DEAL. THAT HE PROMISED JUST YESTERDAY. ISN'T EVEN FULLY NEGOTIATED YET. IF I MAKE A DEAL WITH IRAN, IT'LL BE A GOOD AND PROPER ONE. NOT LIKE THE ONE MADE BY OBAMA, WHICH GAVE IRAN MASSIVE AMOUNTS. OF CASH AND A CLEAR AND OPEN. PATH TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON, TRUMP. WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA EARLIER. TODAY, A SENIOR ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIAL TELLING ABC NEWS THERE. WILL BE A LIMITED INTERIM. AGREEMENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE. OPENING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AND AN END TO THE U.S. BLOCKADE,

THE OFFICIAL SAYING THERE WILL. ALSO BE COMMITMENT FROM THE. IRANIANS TO NEGOTIATE THE. REMOVAL OF THEIR STOCKPILE OF. HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM. BUT. IRANIAN STATE MEDIA SAYING THE. DRAFT AGREEMENT DOESN'T HAVE. ANY NUCLEAR COMMITMENTS. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES TELLING. ABC NEWS THAT DESPITE THE. BOMBING, IRAN RETAINS THE. ABILITY TO ENRICH URANIUM, ONE. OF THE MANY PRE-WAR GOALS THAT. HASN'T BEEN REACHED. MEANWHILE, AN ISRAELI OFFICIAL TELLING ABC. NEWS THE EMERGING US-IRAN DEAL. APPEARS TO BE BAD AND A SOURCE. FAMILIAR WITH THE SITUATION. SAYING THERE'S SERIOUS CONCERN.

AND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE PRIME. MINISTER'S OFFICE OVER THE U.S. DEAL WITH IRAN. >> LINSEY, AS YOU HEARD THERE, IT NOW APPEARS THAT SIGNIFICANT. DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN. BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, DESPITE. THE ADMINISTRATION TALKING UP. THE POSSIBILITY OF A DEAL. AND. TONIGHT, IRANIAN STATE MEDIA. SAYING NEGOTIATORS THERE HAVE. NO TRUST IN THE U.S. LINSEY. >> IAN. AND WE KNOW THAT THE. PRESIDENT IS ALSO TRYING. REPEATEDLY TO END THE WAR. BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. BUT. ANY SIGN OF A SLOWDOWN IN. ATTACKS THERE? >> YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE SEEING. LARGE SCALE AERIAL BOMBARDMENTS. BY RUSSIA NOW WITH A MASSIVE.

ATTACK ON UKRAINE, WITH. HUNDREDS OF DRONES AND MISSILES, INCLUDING ITS NEW HYPERSONIC. MISSILE, LEAVING FOUR DEAD AND. ALMOST. >> 100 INJURED. NOW, RUSSIA'S. DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYING THE. ATTACK WAS A RESPONSE TO. UKRAINIAN STRIKES IN RUSSIA, WITH A DEATH TOLL FROM THAT. STRIKE ON A STUDENT DORMITORY. FRIDAY, NOW 21. UKRAINE, FOR. ITS PART, DENIES HITTING. CIVILIAN SITES. I THINK THERE'S. NO DOUBT THAT BOTH ARE RAMPING. UP THEIR STRIKE CAPABILITIES. AND DESPITE THE PRESIDENT. PROMISING TO END THE WAR WITHIN. 24 HOURS, THERE'S NO SIGN OF A. DEAL AT HAND.

>> LINSEY IAN REPORTING FOR US. IN TEL AVIV. THANK YOU. TURNING. NOW TO TURKEY, WHERE POLICE. FIRED TEAR GAS AND RUBBER. BULLETS AT SUPPORTERS OF THE. MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY. THIS. MARKED A VIOLENT END TO A. MULTI-DAY STANDOFF IN THE. CAPITAL OF TURKEY AFTER AN. APPEALS COURT REMOVED THE. PARTY'S LEADERSHIP. FOOTAGE. SHOWS OFFICERS STORMING THE. HEADQUARTERS TO EVICT THE. OUSTED LEADER AND HIS. BARRICADED SUPPORTERS. NOW TO A. FRIGHTENING SCENE IN SOUTH. CAROLINA. AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE. WERE INJURED IN A STAMPEDE AT A. BIKE FESTIVAL. IT HAPPENED. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ABC'S. MORGAN NORWOOD HAS THE NEW.

DETAILS COMING IN TONIGHT. >> AS MILLIONS FLOCK TO. AMERICA'S COASTLINE FOR. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. PANIC. PLAYING OUT AT ATLANTIC BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. >> WE HAVE LARGE CROWDS. GATHERING IN FOR. >> A MASSIVE CROWD SUDDENLY. SURGING NEAR A CONCERT STAGE, SENDING HUNDREDS RUNNING AND. TRIGGERING A STAMPEDE. >> WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL REPORTING. THEY'VE BEEN TRAMPLED. >> THE INCIDENT, UNFOLDING. DURING THE CONCERT AT ATLANTIC. BEACH, HOSTS ITS ANNUAL BLACK. PEARL CULTURAL HERITAGE AND. BIKE FESTIVAL, AN EVENT DRAWING.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO THE. AREA. THE SITUATION ESCALATING. SO QUICKLY. HORRY COUNTY FIRE. RESCUE DECLARING IT A MASS. CASUALTY INCIDENT. AT LEAST 19. INJURED, SEVERAL TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL TONIGHT. TOWN. OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE NO. CONFIRMED FIGHTS, WEAPONS OR. DIRECT THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND OFFICIALS SAY THE CHAOS. HAPPENED WHEN ONE PERSON. STARTED RUNNING, SPARKING A. CHAIN REACTION THEY SAY LASTED. ONLY SECONDS BEFORE LAW. ENFORCEMENT SHOWED UP AND. RESTORED ORDER. >> LINDSEY MORGAN, THANK YOU. A.

DRAMATIC CAVE RESCUE IN UPSTATE. NEW YORK. A MAN PINNED FOR. HOURS IN A NARROW CREVICE, UNABLE TO MOVE. IT WAS 50. DEGREES INSIDE THE CAVE WITH. 100% HUMIDITY. HE DEVELOPED. HYPOTHERMIA. STATE FOREST. RANGERS FEARED IT WOULD TAKE. DAYS TO FREE HIM, BUT THEY. MANAGED TO DO SO IN A MATTER OF. HOURS. ABC'S REENA ROY JOINS US. NOW. REENA. >> LINDSEY THIS WAS A DELICATE. MISSION. IT TOOK RESCUERS MORE. THAN SIX HOURS TO GET THAT MAN. TO SAFETY. AND NOW WE'RE. GETTING A LOOK AT WHAT EXACTLY. THEY WERE DEALING WITH. YOU CAN. SEE THE HIKER STUCK INSIDE.

MERLIN'S CAVE APPROXIMATELY. 400FT FROM THE ENTRANCE. THIS. IS IN THE RURAL UPSTATE TOWN OF. CANAAN, NEW YORK. OFFICIALS SAY. HE WAS CRAWLING THROUGH THE. CAVE WHEN HE SLIPPED INTO THAT. TIGHT CREVICE, WEDGED BY HIS. RIB CAGE AND PELVIS, BECOMING. HYPOTHERMIC RESCUERS TRYING TO. REMOVE HIM ON THEIR OWN. BUT. THEY ENDED UP NEEDING A HAMMER. DRILL TO GET RID OF SOME OF. THAT ROCK FIRST. RANGERS SAY. THAT MAN DID REMAIN CALM BUT. WAS LOW ON ENERGY. HE WAS GIVEN. WARM FLUIDS AND FOOD AT ONE.

POINT. HIGH FIVING THE CREW FOR. A JOB WELL DONE. LINSEY. >> ALL RIGHT. SO GLAD TO HEAR. THAT. REENA THANK YOU. STILL. AHEAD ON THIS SUNDAY, FIVE. CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN. FAIR CONDITION AFTER TRYING TO. DISPERSE A TEEN TAKEOVER ON THE. CITY'S WEST SIDE. WE'LL EXPLAIN. AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A. WEEK, A DEADLY SHARK ATTACK AT. ONE OF AUSTRALIA"S MOST POPULAR TOURIST SPOTS. TONIGHT TO CHICAGO. >> WHERE FIVE POLICE OFFICERS. ARE IN. FAIR CONDITION. >> AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A CAR. >> WHILE ON DUTY. IT HAPPENED. EARLY THIS MORNING AS POLICE.

WORK TO DISPERSE A LARGE TEEN. TAKEOVER ON THE CITY'S WEST. SIDE. >> THE CAR. >> ALLEGEDLY MOUNT TO THE CURB, THEN SLAMMED INTO A UTILITY POLE. AND PATROL CAR BEFORE STOPPING. CHARGES AGAINST THE 18 YEAR-OLD. DRIVER ARE PENDING. AUSTRALIA. JUST. >> HAD. >> ITS SECOND FATAL SHARK ATTACK. IN A WEEK. A 39 YEAR OLD MAN WAS. MAULED TODAY AS HE AND A GROUP. OF THREE FRIENDS WERE. SPEARFISHING ON THE GREAT. BARRIER REEF. AUTHORITIES SAY. THE MAN DIED AFTER SUSTAINING A. CRITICAL HEAD INJURY. FISHERMEN. REPORTED SEEING BULL SHARKS IN. THE AREA AHEAD OF THE ATTACK.

WHEN WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> RETURNS. >> THE. >> NEW YORK KNICKS ARE. >> JUST ONE. >> WIN AWAY FROM THE TEAM'S. FIRST NBA FINALS APPEARANCE. IN NEARLY THIRTY YEARS. NOW. THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE. JUST. ONE WIN AWAY FROM THE. TEAM'S FIRST NBA. >> FINALS APPEARANCE IN MORE. THAN A QUARTER CENTURY. VICTORY. ON SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WAS THE. >> FIRST PLAYOFF. >> GAME THAT THEY. >> NEVER TRAILED. >> YOU CAN WATCH GAME FOUR OF. THE NBA FINALS TOMORROW AT 8. P.M. EASTERN ON ESPN. TONIGHT,

MEMORIAL DAY IS BEING OBSERVED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING. NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, WHERE. THOUSANDS OF FALLEN U.S. SERVICE. MEMBERS WERE HONORED. THE. MEMORIAL FEATURES COMBAT BOOTS. ADORNED WITH FLAGS AND PLACARDS. EACH PAIR REPRESENTS A U.S. SERVICE MEMBER KILLED IN ACTION. SINCE SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2001. THE SPECIAL MEMORIAL DAY DISPLAY. FIRST. BEGAN IN 2016. WHEN WE. COME BACK FROM. >> SACRIFICE TO. >> CELEBRATION, THE. 100 YEAR. THE PROM.

>> FINALLY, EIGHT DECADES AGO, HE TRADED THE PROM FOR THE WAR. BUT NOW THE NIGHT HE NEVER HAD. AT INDEPENDENCE VILLAGE OF. NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS, A GROUP. OF TEENS FROM VALLEY HIGH. SCHOOL SET OUT TO SURPRISE 100. YEAR OLD WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN. RACE. >> I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE. WERE HERE. YOU MENTIONED THAT. YOU COULDN'T GO TO PROM BECAUSE. YOU WERE SERVING OUR COUNTRY. SO WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR. YOUR SERVICE BY INVITING YOU TO. PROM. SO. OH MY GOD.

>> BACK THEN, HE TRADED. CORSAGES AND SLOW DANCES FOR. DUTY AND SACRIFICE. >> I TOOK TWO EXAMS, ONE FOR. THE NAVY AND ONE FOR THE ARMY. AIR FORCE. SO I DIDN'T HAVE TOO. MUCH CHOICE. I WAS SUPPOSED TO. REPORT FOR DUTY. >> BUT THESE SIX STUDENTS WERE. DETERMINED RAY WOULD FINALLY. HAVE HIS PROM NIGHT. THE ENTIRE. COMMUNITY STEPPED IN TO MAKE. SURE THE EVENING SHIMMERED WITH. THE KIND OF JOY HE MISSED ALL. THOSE DECADES AGO. A CAREFULLY. TAILORED TUXEDO, FRESH HAIRCUT, BOUTONNIERE PINNED TO HIS LAPEL.

BOUQUETS FOR EACH OF HIS DATES, A VINTAGE TROLLEY CARRYING RAY. AND THE GIRLS TO THE DANCE. >> MY GIRLS. >> SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT. THE SCHOOL, RAY WAS ON THE. DANCE FLOOR. WHILE THERE WAS A. LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE DANCE. FLOOR. PERHAPS THIS WAS THE. MOST MOVING PART OF ALL. >> I LOVE YOU ALL. THANKFUL TO HIS SERVICE AND YOU. FOR WATCHING. GOOD NIGHT.