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David Moore, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched. newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news. of the day on Disney Plus, most watched, most trusted, now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight, the breaking news, just as we come on here, many. of Jeffrey Epstein's emails released. Donald Trump mentioned in several of them. what Epstein says about Trump. Also breaking tonight, this vote to end the. shutdown this evening will go live to the hill. First, the Jeffrey Epstein emails tonight House Democrats.

obtaining thousands of documents from the Epstein estate, including emails about Donald Trump. How a 2011 email from Epstein to Galein Maxwell describes Trump. Also late today, after weeks of delay, Speaker Mike Johnson. swearing in a new Democrat in the House from Arizona. Moments later, she was the final signature in this bipartisan. effort to get a vote on the Epstein files. And at the White House, the last minute effort. to try to convince a Republican Congresswoman to change her mind.

on the release of the files. The head of the FBI was there, the attorney general was there. What the Congresswoman decided, also breaking tonight, the house. back in session for the first time in 54 days the vote tonight. on the Senate bill to reopen the government. It won't come soon enough amid this chaos at America's. airports nearly a thousand more flights canceled today. And even with the government reopening soon, what the. airlines are now saying tonight about flying in the days ahead. Tonight the largest most lethal aircraft carrier is now near.

Latin America, the USS Ford. Tonight, Venezuela now responding. So what is the US planning Martha Raditz standing by? The major change in the weather, millions. dealing with brutal cold and the first significant. snow of the season, the whiplash now coming, Lee. Goldberg has the forecast. Tonight, the mother in court, amid growing questions about. her daughter's disappearance, her nine-year-old girl, not. charged with the disappearance, but what she was charged with.

Tonight, the Marriott-backed hotel chain suddenly bankrupted. thousands of tourists, including Americans stranded. Hotels all over the world and here in the U.S. guests given less than 24 hours. to get out of their rooms. Former NFL star Antonio Brown now under house. arrest tonight pleading not guilty to attempted murder. late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's emotional tribute, remembering his longtime band leader and childhood friend. We have news on Dolly Parton's Health Tonight, and we heard from so many of you about the spectacular light.

show in the skies over America, what you send in of. the Northern Lights. Also tonight Adele to act at her first movie, What It's About, and an historic end tonight. The last penny has been made. - From ABC News, World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David New York. - Good evening, we begin tonight here. with several breaking stories this vote. to end the government shutdown and news involving.

Jeffrey Epstein. Tonight lawmakers in the House have released Jeffrey. Epstein emails, including emails. referencing Donald Trump. The documents obtained from the Epstein state include at. least three emails about Trump. What Epstein says in those emails. All of this comes as today, after weeks of delay, Speaker. Mike Johnson swearing in the new member of Congress. at Democrat from Arizona. And just moments later, she was the final signature needed in a. bipartisan effort to get a vote now on the release. of the Epstein files. And late today, the effort at the White House to try to.

convince a Republican member of Congress to change her mind. on releasing the files. Mary Bruce leading us off at the White House tonight. Tonight in newly released email, sex offender. Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly discussing Donald Trump, shedding new light on their long friendship and. seeming to suggest Trump had information he never. shared. In a 2011 exchange with his co-conspirator, Galen Maxwell, Epstein writing the quote "dog. that hasn't barked" is Trump, adding one of his victims spent.

hours with Trump at Epstein's home, but that Trump has never. once been mentioned. Maxwell replying, "I have been thinking. about that.". The emails obtained from the Epstein estate were released. by Democrats on the House oversight committee. Tonight House Republicans and the White. House say the victim mentioned was Virginia Dufrey, who. once worked at Trump's spot, Mar-a-Lago. She had said she never saw. Trump do anything inappropriate. She died by suicide earlier this year.

Trump and Epstein were friends for more than a decade. Have you socialized with him? Yes, sir. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence. of females under the age of 18? Though I'd like to answer that question, at least today, I'm going to have to assert my fifth, sixth, fourth, eighth, and then the greatest. Trump insists he broke off the friendship when he learned.

Epstein and Maxwell were learning away women and teenage. girls who worked at Mar-a-Lago. "Stole people that worked for me. I said, 'Don't ever do that again.'. He did it again and I threw him out of the. place, persona non grata. I threw him out and that was it.". In a 2019 email to author Michael Wolfe, Epstein. writing, "Trump said he asked me to resign, never remember ever. Of course, he knew about the girls. as he asked Galen to stop.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. Sources say she's angling for a pardon. And just a few weeks ago, when Trump was. asked about her, he didn't rule it out. "Who are we talking about?". "Gling Maxwell.". "You know, I haven't heard the name in so long. I can say this that I'd have to take a look. at it.". Tonight Democrats say the new emails increase the. pressure on the Justice Department to release. the FBI's full Epstein files. "What I know today is a dog trip as a president. and he campaigned on releasing all the Epstein.

files. Obsessed about it. His vice president obsessed about it. And now the White House is involving a massive cover-up. and we want to know why would they release the files.". Today I asked the White House. "In interest of transparency, why not. just go ahead and release the full files on Epstein. get this all over with. We have this administration has done more with respect to. transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein than. any administration ever. A group of House lawmakers have been circulating a petition.

to force a full vote to demand the Justice Department. release the files. They've been one name short. House Speaker Mike Johnson refusing to swear in Arizona. Congresswoman Adely to Grohalva, was elected seven weeks ago. He blamed the government shutdown, but today with the. house back in session, Girolva finally sworn in. And minutes later, signing the petition. I will sign the discharge petition right now to. release the Epstein files.

just as cannot wait another day. And David in another twist. The White House is trying to pressure. Republicans to switch their vote on that petition. Today summoning Congresswoman Lauren Bobert. here to the White House to the situation room, where the attorney general and the FBI. director tried to convince her not to do it, but tonight she's still signed on to. try and force the release of these files. David, all right, Mary Bruce of the White House. Mary, thank you. Of course, the other breaking news. This vote tonight, the House back in session for the first. time in 54 days, to vote on the Senate bill to reopen.

the government after the longest shutdown in history. And so Rachel Scott tonight would late. developments from the Hill. The bill is passed. The motion is adopted. Tonight the House joining the Senate, voting to. end the longest government shutdown in American. history. We're going to get the American. government running again and working for the people as they. We deserve. Scores of Democrats voting no. Furious that eight Senate Democrats broke ranks to.

make a deal with Republicans. Dropping the party's demand to extend Obamacare. subsidies to prevent health insurance premiums. from rising from more than 20 million Americans. It is a betrayal. It's a betrayal of working people who are seeing. their health insurance premiums rise, double. and triple. When the government reopens, hundreds of thousands of federal. workers will soon get back paying. But federal contractors are out of luck, including Willie Jones. Price, a cafeteria worker at the Library of Congress who. has not gotten paid in more than 40 days.

"It's hard. In the process during this shutdown, my car broke down. And there's just been things going on and on and on. And I don't have the finances to do it. right now everything is like in the rear. Senate Republicans also slipping in a provision. that would allow Republican senators to sue the government. for a half a million dollars if their phone records were. searched without their permission by special. counsel Jack Smith. -Following the lawsuit? -Oh, definitely. -But Democrats and even Republican House.

Speaker Mike Johnson deeply unhappy. -What was your reaction that we saw that provision. in the bill text? -I'm going to be honest. I was surprised and very frustrated. This bill now heads to the president's desk. for his signature, which will bring an end. to the shutdown at 43 days, the longest in. American history, David. Rachel Scott live up on the hill tonight. Rachel, thank you. This vote not coming soon enough for millions of Americans, but the chaos at America's airports. Nearly a thousand more flights canceled today. And what the airlines are now saying tonight about flying in.

the days ahead, even with this vote. Here's Geobanita's now. Tonight for the thousands of passengers forced to navigate. a maze of flight cancellations and delays, an end to the. government shutdown can't come soon enough. Airlines say even when the government reopens, it could be. several more days before they are fully operational. We have had two cancellations today and now three delays, so we're filling it. today more than 900 flights were cancelled more than 2000 delay.

But for the first time in two weeks, nearly every. air traffic control center in the country was. properly staffed. The CEO of Delta Airlines is hopeful. We get everybody back. We get people paid most importantly and by the. weekend, I think things should be being good. Still, some passengers worry about flying over the holidays. We usually go away on the holidays. I think we're going to think this one off. But airlines say there's still time to get travel back on. track before the Thanksgiving rush. We're still a good week plus away from.

that Thanksgiving week. So yeah, there's still plenty of time to make sure that. everything over the Thanksgiving week goes off as. originally planned. And David, it's unclear when the FAA will lift its. plans to cut 10% of flights. And again, once the government reopens, it's going to take. a few days to get things back to normal, David. Geobanita is back on this tonight. Thank you, Gio. The US military build up in the Caribbean. We have learned that the largest most lethal aircraft carrier. is now near Latin America, the USS Ford. Tonight, Venezuela now responding. So what is the US planning?

Let's get right to Martha Raditz. Martha, what do we know tonight? - Well, David, it is the largest deadliest aircraft carrier. in the world and brings the number of US forces. in the waters near Latin America to 15,000. The U.S. has already carried out attacks on nearly 20 suspected. drug boats, leaving more than 75 people dead. The question now is, will the carrier, which is packed. with F-18 fighter jets, strike within Venezuela, or is. this just a show of force?

Either way, tonight, Venezuela has ordered a nationwide. mobilization of 200,000 troops and is ordering the troops to. plan guerrilla-style attacks. - David? - Martha Radis with Lay reporting. Thank you, Martha. Now to the major change tonight coming in the weather. Millions of course dealing with this brutal cold, the first significant snow as well. Well, now the whip lash. Let's get right to Chief B. D'Aralis Lee Goldberg from W.A.V.C. again tonight. Haley. - All right, David. Back to normal November. Chill here in the north. These little bit more comfortable of skies, clear and the northern lights come all later.

Could be 60 in DC over the weekend, but the real warmth is over the middle of the country. 60s to the Dakotas. 80s, summer like 80s and Oak LaHoman, Texas. But look at the cooling in the west. That's because of the latest atmospheric river, rain coming into Northern California tonight, spreads throughout the state into LA tomorrow night, into Friday. One to two inches of rain, maybe two to four inches inland, even 60 mile per hour, gusting up to a foot of snow. in the Sierra. - Legal burger, thanks to you again. We turned out of the mother of a nine-year-old girl. She was in court in California amid questions.

about her daughter's disappearance. the mother not charged with the disappearance, but what she is charged with tonight. Here's Matt Guffman. - Tonight, the mother of a missing nine-year-old girl. in a California court earlier today. amid growing questions about the whereabouts. of her daughter Melody. The mother now facing charges indirectly related. to the child's disappearance. - Man, you're released on supervised release. You are going to be released on GPS. Ashley buzzard pleading not guilty to a charge of.

false imprisonment with violence, the alleged victim? Tyler Brewer. He told ABC News in a statement. He was at buzzards home last week, trying. to help her search for the girl. When the mother became visibly distressed after. sharing information, she appeared to regret disclosing. Brewer adding a box cutter was produced and despite multiple. requests to be allowed to exit the home, I was not. immediately permitted to leave. Buzzards' daughter, Malady Last, pictured on October 7th. in this surveillance video from a rental car agency.

outside of Santa Barbara. Both mother and child, appearing to wear wigs. The two then traveling to Nebraska, police say at one point the mother. even swapped out the license plate on that rental. I've already said the child was last seen. along the Utah Colorado border on October 9th. The next day her mother returned to the rental car. with the original license plate, but without melody. According to a neighbor, this video appearing to show. the mother removing missing person posters. from her front yard weeks later. And tonight, Melody's paternal grandmother,

mother who says she hasn't seen her in four years. is desperate for answers. I want to know where my granddaughter. is. What's going on? David Law enforcement source is telling me that they are. investigating every possible angle in this case, including. the possibility that melody was traffic. Now, as for her mother, she was released today on bail. with a GPS device, but law enforcement says that so far, She has not been cooperative. David, let's hope authorities find this little girl. Matt, thank you.

Tonight, the Marriott-backed hotel chain. that has suddenly gone bankrupt, closing hotels, guests given less than 24 hours to leave their rooms. Here's Rianna and Allie tonight. Tonight, the collapse of the Marriott-backed hotel chain, leaving guests around the world stranded. We just got evicted from our hotel here in Montreal. Now we need to figure out what we have to do. for the rest of the day because our hotel just went big breath. Sander, which operates boutique hotels and apartment. style accommodations in over 40 cities,

abruptly announcing on Monday that it will complete winding. down operations immediately and initiate a chapter 7. liquidation of its U.S. business, citing severe financial constraints. and a decision by Marriott to terminate their. licensing agreement with the company due to. "default." Frustrated travelers taking. to social media saying they were given less than 24 hours. to vacate their rooms. "Okay, we're basically moving to another hotel right now. It's pouring outside and we don't know what to do.".

others crushed by dream vacations now in limbo. We decided to book kind of a once in a lifetime trip for our. family to go to New York. Unfortunately now it doesn't seem like it's. going to go ahead. David Marriott says they are working to support those guests. who booked directly through them, but for. those travelers who booked through a travel agency, they should reach out to those organizations. David. All right, Riannan. Thanks so much. Tonight the stock market closes at a record high, the Dow.

gaining 326 points, closing well above 48,000 for the first time. When we come back, the urgent search tonight for a Utah woman. lasting on a California beach while authorities think the. 35-year-old may be in danger they do suspect foul play. Former NFL star Antonio Brown under house arrest tonight. pleading not guilty to attempted murder. There's an update on Dolly Parton's health tonight and. then singer Adele to act in her first movie, what it's. about and who she will star with in a moment here.

Tonight, there's an urgent search for a missing Utah woman. She's missing in Santa Cruz County, California. Authorities believe Danielle Staley is in danger. Last scene at a beach bonfire nearly a week ago now. Her belongings and her phone left behind. Former NFL star Antonio Brown is under house arrest tonight. pleading not guilty to attend. after a shooting in May. Brown was arrested in Dubai last week. When we come back here and update. on Dolly Parton's health tonight, and Adele, her first movie, and who she will act. with in a moment.

To the index, Jimmy Kimmel paying tribute. to his best friend and longtime band leader, Cleo Escapedo. - We've been on the air for almost 23 years, and I've had to do some hard model odds along the way, but this will, this one's a hardest. And even though I'm heartbroken to lose him, I'm gonna take yet another lesson from him. and acknowledge how lucky I was to have him. at literally at my side for so many years. - Kimmel and Clito grew up together.

Clito Escavito was 59 years old. Tonight, the last penny has been made. The U.S. Mint and Philadelphia of producing the last penny. president Trump ordering an end of the penny setting. rising costs, the first penny minted in 1793. Dolly Parton is getting better, a source close to Parton. telling people magazine the 79-year-old is at home taking. care of herself decorating for the holidays. Dolly saying I ain't got time to get old. Singer Adele said to act in her first movie, the film adaptation. of the Anne Rice novel Cry to Heaven set an 18th.

century Rome directed by Tom Ford. She'll star alongside Nicholas. this whole air and Taylor Johnson and Colin Firth. When we come back here tonight, we heard from so many. of you what you saw when you stepped. outside your front door. We'll show everyone in a moment here. Finally tonight, what a show. Tonight we heard from so many of you. across this country, Ostruck, the spectacular Northern lights. Overnight in Sandown, New Hampshire, East of Manchester, This time-lapse video showing the green lighting up the sky.

Later, the orange and red hues too. In Eden Prairie, Minnesota, outside Minneapolis, Alex Falken are capturing the red and green, shimmering above his backyard. The lights reaching his far south is North. Carolina and Texas, in Fort Worth, the northern. lights above this neighborhood. Tonight, Noah, the National Oceanic Atmospheric. Association, saying the incredible phenomenon. It's happening due to a solar storm. So strong, it's impacting GPS communications. and some power grids. In birth and Colorado, north of Denver,

Megan Shrekkengoss capturing lights at sunrise. And to call the Illinois, landed bullet, opening. his front door to this. Whoa! David, when I walked out. my front door last night, I was not alone. friends, neighbors, everyone out there watching the award. together and that is what made it just so special. And from the air, look at this incredible view through. an airplane window captured by passenger Steve Donovan.

David, so last night I was on a flight from Denver. to Philly and the captain came on and said look out. through your left side window, you can see the. Northern Lights. So I quickly grabbed my camera and was. able to capture that while moving across the US. We should be captain on the way out. And I hope he sees that on the news tonight because that'd. be cool to come full circle. Thanks guys. Thank you. Another show again tonight. Let us know. I'll see you tomorrow. Thank you for making World News Tonight with David New York, America's most-watched newscast.