ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 16, 2025

STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. THE DEADLY WEEKEND STORMS WITH. MORE RAIN MOVING IN. THE SUDDEN FEUD BETWEEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A TOP ALLY. OVER THE EPSTEIN FILES. AND HOMELAND SECURITY LAUNCHES A. NEW IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN. CHARLOTTE. >>> FIRST, THE WEST COAST.

STORMS. MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES, TREES. TOPPLING ONTO CARS. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS INCLUDING A. FATHER SWEPT AWAY BY OCEAN. WAVES. THIS 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER STILL. MISSING. OFFICERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR. WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE. THREAT OF NEW MUDSLIDES IN PARTS. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SCARRED BY WILDFIRES. MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. OUR WEATHER TEAM TIMING IT ALL. OUT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE GROWING. RIFT BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. ONE OF HIS MOST LOYAL ALLIES, CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR. GREENE. THE PRESIDENT CALLING HER A.

RANTING LUNATIC. AFTER SHE DEMANDED THE RELEASE. OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. ARE MORE REPUBLICANS READY TO. JOIN HER? AND THE CRITICAL VOTE THIS WEEK. >>> THE U.S. SENDING A MESSAGE. TO VENEZUELA AS IT BEGINS. MILITARY DRILLS WITH NEARBY. TRINIDAD. THE MOST ADVANCED U.S. AIRCRAFT. CARRIER ARRIVING AND ANOTHER. DRUG SMUGGLING BOAT. >> THE NEW IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY SAYING IT'S GOING AFTER.

THE WORST OF THE WORST, BUT. LOCAL OFFICIALS PUSHING BACK AS. DOZENS ARE DETAINED. SOME PULLED FROM THEIR CARS. >> THE SPORTS GAMBLING. INVESTIGATION WIDENS WITH THE. NBA REPORTEDLY ASKING SEVERAL. TEAMS INCLUDING THE L.A. LAKERS. TO HAND OVER CELL PHONES AND. DOCUMENTS. >> UP IN FLAMES. FIREFIGHTERS RACE TO PUT OUT A. RAGING FIRE AT A DECOMMISSIONED. POWER PLANT IN TEXAS. THE WARNING TO NEARBY RESIDENTS. >>> A NEW YORK JETS PLAYER SHOT. AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED. OVERNIGHT. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SAYING. >>> GREY'S ANATOMY STAR JAMES.

PICKENS JR. OPENING UP ABOUT HIS. BATTLE WITH CANCER. HIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE HIGHER. RISKS FACING BLACK MEN. >>> AND FRIENDSHIP AT ITS. FINEST. THE SPECIAL IN-PERSON MEETING 50. YEARS IN THE MAKING. >> Whit: GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON IN THE. SUNDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE BEGIN WITH HEAVY RAIN BAT. BATTERING CALIFORNIA AND TURNING. DEADLY.

CLAIMING AT LEAST TWO LIVES AS. MILLIONS ARE NOW BRACING FOR. MORE FLASH FLOODING AND. MUDSLIDES. AUTHORITIES IN MONTEREY COUNTY. SEARCHING TONIGHT FOR A. 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL SWEPT AWAY BY A. MASSIVE WAVE. HER FATHER DIED TRYING TO SAVE. HER. HEAVY RAIN WREAKING HAVOC ACROSS. PARTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SOME FORCES TO KAYAK ACROSS. RESIDENTIAL STREETS. AND OFFICERS GOING DOOR TO DOOR. WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE. DANGERS. GUSTY WINDS KNOCKING DOWN TREES. IN THE ALTADENA AREA. ONE LANDING ON TOP OF A CAR.

ANOTHER TREE CRUSHING A PATROL. CAR IN SANTA CRUZ. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ON THE WAY. OUR WEATHER TEAM STANDING BY. WITH THE FORECAST. BUT FIRST, ABC'S JACLYN LEE. LEADS US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AT LEAST. TWO DEAD AND A 5-YEAR-OLD. MISSING AS RESIDENTS ACROSS. CALIFORNIA BRACE FOR ANOTHER. ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF'S. DEPUTIES URGENTLY SEARCHING. ALONG THE BIG SUR COAST AFTER. THE GIRL CAN HER PARENTS WERE. SWEPT AWAY BY LARGE WAVES. HER MOTHER RECOVERING IN THE.

HOSPITAL. HER FATHER PRONOUNCED DEAD. JUST OUTSIDE SACRAMENTO, A. 71-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED AFTER. FLOODWATERS PUSH ED HIS CAR OVE. A BRIDGE ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA. HIGHWAY PATROL. THIS AS THE CLEANUP CONTINUES IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MILLIONS OF RESIDENTS BRACING. FOR MORE FLASH FLOODING. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS, ESPECIALLY NEAR BURN SCARS. THIS ENTIRE HILLSIDE WAS IN. FLAMES DURING THE PALISADES. FIRE. THESE TARPS HELPING TO PREVENT. ROCK AND DEBRIS FROM CASCADING. INTO THE ROAD AND BLOCKING. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

OFFICIALS GOING DOOR TO DOOR IN. ALTADENA, HARD HIT BY THE EATON. FIRE EARLIER THIS YEAR. WARNING RESIDENTS TO GET OUT. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEEING UP TO. 6 INCHES OF RAIN. WIND GUSTS TOPPLING MULTIPLE. MASSIVE TREES ON PARKED CARS. NO ONE WAS INJURED. >> THEY TOLD ME IT SOUTHBOUNDED. LIKE IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. IT WAS A REALLY LOUD NOISE AND. HE SAID IT WAS MY CAR THAT GOT. CRUSHED BY A 3. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS. RESCUING A MAN STRANDED ON A. LEDGE IN BUENA PARK. WHILE EVACUATION ORDERS ARE.

LIFTED, L.A. CITY OFFICIALS ARE. WARNING MORE HEAVY RAIN ARRIVES. ON MONDAY. WHIT, THIS IS THE WETTEST. NOVEMBER SINCE 1985 FOR DOWNTOWN. LOS ANGELES. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. AND MUDSLIDES CONTINUES THROUGH. TOMORROW. WHIT. >> Whit: THEY JUST CAN'T CATCH A. BREAK. JACYLN, THANKS SO MUCH. LET'S GET TO DANI BECKSTROM FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION. ANOTHER STORM ON THE WAY. >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, THIS IS. THE LAST THING PEOPLE IN. CALIFORNIA WANT TO HEAR.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM BRINGING. ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN TOMORROW. NIGHT. DOWNPOURS FROM SAN DIEGO INTO. SACRAMENTO. CALIFORNIA DOES START DRY MONDAY. MORNING BUT THE HEAVY RAIN. ARRIVES MIDDAY. THIS ISN'T AS INTENSE AS WHAT WE. SAW YESTERDAY, BUT THE GROUND IS. NOW SATURATED SO IT'S THAT MUCH. EASIER TO TRIGGER FLASH FLOODING. AND MUDSLIDES. THE HEAVY RAIN WINDS DOWN BY. MONDAY EVENING WITH 1 TO 2. INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES INLAND, IT. COULD DROP HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW. IN THE SIERRA NEVADA AND CENTRAL.

ROCKIES. BIG WIND THANKS TO A COLD FRONT. THAT BRINGS COLDER AIR TO START. THE WORK WEEK, WINDCHILLS IN THE. 20s AND 30s MONDAY AFTERNOON. >> Whit: THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE ESCICATING WAR OF. WORDS WITHIN THE GOP OVER THE. EPSTEIN FILES. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE CALLING. HER A TRAITOR IN A SOCIAL MEDIA. POST. GREENE FIRING BACK AS A CRITICAL. VOTE ON THE EPSTEIN FILES IS SET. FOR TUESDAY. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE.

CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, JUST DAYS. BEFORE THE HOUSE IS SET TO VOTE. ON RELEASING THE SKRJEFFREY EPSN. FILES, PRESIDENT TRUMP RAMPING. UP ATTACKS ON ONE OF HIS CLOSEST. ALLIES. PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARING HE'S. WITHDRAWING SUPPORT AND. ENDORSEMENT OF MARJORIE TAYLOR. GREENE, ONE OF FOUR REPUBLICANS. WHO JOINED DEMOCRATS TO FORCE. THAT VOTE. TRUMP ACCUSING GREENE OF. BETRAYING THE ENTIRE REPUBLICAN. PARTY, CALLING HER A RANTING.

LUNATIC AND A TRAITOR. GREENE FIRING BACK QUESTIONING. WHY THE PRESIDENT IS FIGHTING SO. HARD TO STOP THE FILES FROM. BEING RELEASED. >> I BELIEVE THE COUNTRY. DESERVES TRANSPARENCY AND THESE. FILES. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT RICH. POWERFUL PEOPLE SHOULD BE. PROTECTED IF THEY HAVE DONE. ANYTHING WRONG. >> Reporter: THE RUPTURE. EXPOSING DEEP DIVISIONS WITHIN. THE PRESIDENT'S OWN BASE. KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN THOMAS. MASSIE, THE LEAD REPUBLICAN. CO-SPONSOR OF THE BILL, SAYING. HE EXPECTS A LARGE BLOCK OF GOP.

LAWMAKERS TO BREAK FROM TRUMP. A RARITY IN TODAY'S WASHINGTON. >> I THINK WE COULD HAVE A. DELUGE OF REPUBLICANS. THERE COULD BE 100 OR MORE. >> Reporter: TRUMP SAYS HE CUT. TIES WITH EPSTEIN AFTER A. DECADE-LONG FRIENDSHIP WAS. EPSTEIN AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL. WERE LURING AWAY WOMEN AND. TEENAGE GIRLS WOO WORKED AT. MAR-A-LAGO. HE CLAIMS THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN IN. 15 YEARS AT THE TIME OF. EPSTEIN'S ARREST IN 2019, BUT. THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. RELEASED THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF. DOCUMENTS SUBPOENAED FROM.

EPSTEIN'S ESTATE. MANY OF WHICH MENTIONED TRUMP BY. NAME. SPARKING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NOTORIOUS. SEX OFFENDER. THE PRESIDENT DEFLECTING. >> THIS IS A DEMOCRAT HOAX. THIS IS A HOAX PUT OUT BY THE. DEMOCRATS AND A COUPLE OF FEW. REPUBLICANS HAVE GONE ALONG WITH. IT. >> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN MASSIE. URGING FELLOW REPUBLICANS TO. BACK HIS BILL, WARNING OF. POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES IF THEY. DON'T. >> IN 2030, HE'S NOT GOING TO BE. THE PRESIDENT, AND YOU WILL HAVE. VOTED TO PROTECT PEDOPHILES IF.

YOU DON'T VOTE TO RELEASE THESE. FILES, AND THE PRESIDENT CAN'T. PROTECT YOU THEN. THIS VOTE, THE RECORD OF THIS. VOTE WILL LAST LONGER THAN. DONALD TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY. >> Reporter: AND WHIT, EVEN IF. THAT MEASURE TO FORCE THE. RELEASE OF THE FILES PASSES THE. HOUSE, IT STILL NEEDS TO CLEAR. THE SENATE AND IT'S VERY. UNLIKELY PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD. SIGN ON. BUT REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS, THEY. HAVE A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT WANT. THOSE FILES RELEASED, BUT MANY. OF THEIR CONSTITCH WTUENTS ARE.

DEMANDING TRANSPARENCY. >> Whit: SELINA WANG AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. >>> OVERSEAS TO THE U.S. MILITARY DRILLS NEAR VENEZUELA. USS GERALD FORD ARRIVES IN THE. SEA MARKING A BUILDUP OF. AMERICAN FIREPOWER TO COMBAT. ALLEGED DRUG SMUGGLING. LET'S GET TO ALEX PRESHA. THESE MILITARY DRILLS ARE. HAPPENING JUST MILES OFF THE. VENEZUELAN COAST. RR THAT'S RIGHT, WHIT. U.S. MARINES ARE SET TO BEGIN. JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES IN. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO JUST SEVEN. MILES OFF THE COAST OF. VENEZUELA. THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR.

ESCALATION AND SHOW OF FORCE IN. THE CARIBBEAN AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES. TARGETING LATIN AMERICAN DRUG. CARTELS. JUST HOURS AGO, THE. ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED ITS 21st. AIR STRIKE BRINGING THE TOTAL. NUMBER OF ALLEGED DRUG CARTEL. MEMBERS KILLED TO 83 SINCE. OPERATIONS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER. TODAY, THE USS GERALD FORD. CARRIER STRIKE GROUP ENTERED. CARIBBEAN WATERS PART OF 15,000. U.S. TROOPS OPERATING IN THE. REGION, THE LARGEST PRESENCE. THERE IN DECADES. THE COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT HAS.

ORDERED HIS COUNTRY TO STOP. SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH THE. U.S. VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT MADURO IS. CALLING THE TRAINING IN TRINIDAD. AND TOBAGO IRRESPONSIBLE, BUT. THE TABLE IS SET FOR MORE U.S. ACTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING. REPORTERS THIS WEEK HE HAS SORT. OF MADE UP HIS MIND ABOUT NEXT. STEPS IN VENEZUELA. WHIT. >> Whit: ALEX, THANK YOU. >>> TURNING TO THE IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH. CAROLINA. DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. ARRESTED OR DETAINED BY FEDERAL.

AGENTS. DESPITE PROTESTS FROM THE MAYOR. AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY REPORTS FROM. CHARLOTTE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DOZENS. ARRESTED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH. CAROLINA. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING. OPERATION CHARLOTTE'S WEB, SAYING IT'S TARGETING, QUOTE, THE WORST OF THE WORST CRIMINAL. ELYLE ALIENS. GREGORY BOVINO OVERSEEING THE. OPERATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. TOUTING 81 ARRESTS ON SATURDAY. CLAIMING MANY OF THEM HAD.

SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL AND. IMMIGRATION HISTORIES. FEDERAL AGENTS SEEN DETAINING. PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. IN ONE ENCOUNTER, MASKED AGENTS. SEEN SMASHING IN THE WINDOW OF. THIS CAR. THE MAN INSIDE TELLING OUR. AFFILIATE WSOC HE WAS STOPPED. TWICE SATURDAY MORNING. BUT WAS RELEASE BOTH TIMES AFTER. SHOWING PROOF HE'S A U.S. CITIZEN. >> GIVE ME YOUR STATUS. GIVE ME YOUR PAPERS. I SAY WHY? OPEN THE DOOR.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE WAS. INJURED DURING THE SECOND. ENCOUNTER WHEN AGENTS PULLED HIM. FROM HIS CAR AND THREW HIM TO. THE GROUND. >> GOT PAIN. >> Reporter: THE DHS RESPONDING. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, QUOTE, DURING. AN ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN. CHARLOTTE, THIS INDIVIDUAL. BECAME ERRATIC, REFUSED LAWFUL. COMMANDS, AND HAD TO BE REMOVED. FROM HIS VEHICLE. DHS LAW ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWED. THEIR TRAINING TO REMOVE HIM. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S TACTICS. SPARKING PROTESTS AND DRAWING. CONDEMNATION FROM SOME. RESIDENTS. >> IT'S TERRIFYING TO PRETTY.

MUCH KNOW AT ANY MOMENT A. FEDERAL AGENT COULD ABUSE YOU. JUST BECAUSE OF HOW YOU LOOK. >> Reporter: JOSH STEIN TELLING. RESIDENTS TO, QUOTE, FOLLOW THE. LAW, AND IF YOU SEE ANY. INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, USE YOUR. PHONE TO RECORD AND NOTIFY LOCAL. LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND WHIT, CHARLOTTE IS THE. LATEST CITY LED BY A DEMOCRAT. THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. HAS TARGETED FOR IMMIGRATION. ENFORCEMENT AFTER SURGING AGENTS. TO LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, AND. PORTLAND. AND SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. THAT NEW ORLEANS COULD BE NEXT.

WHIT. >> Whit: FAITH ABUBEY, THANK YOU. FOR THAT. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE NBA IS. EXPANDING ITS INVESTIGATION INTO. ALLEGATIONS OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING. MULTIPLE TEAMS INCLUDING THE LOS. ANGELES LAKERS, HAVE REPORTEDLY. BEEN ASKED TO TURN OVER CELL. PHONE RECORDS AND OTHER. DOCUMENTS. THIS FOLLOWING SEVERAL. HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS AND. CONGRESSIONAL SCRUTINY. HERE'S ABC'S OLIVIA RUBIN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE NBA. EXPANDING THEIR SPORTS BETTING. INVESTIGATION REQUESTING. MULTIPLE TEAMS INCLUDING THE LOS. ANGELES LAKERS TO REPORTEDLY.

HAND OVER CELL PHONE RECORDS. WEEKS AFTER SWEEPING FEDERAL. INDICTMENTS INVOLVING A PLAYER. AND TWO CURRENT AND FORMER NBA. COACHES, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE. LEAGUE SAYING, QUOTE, A NUMBER. OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS AND. ORGANIZATIONS WERE ASKED TO. PRESERVE DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS. SOURCES TELLING ESPN THE LAKERS. ASSISTANT TRAINER AND EXECUTIVE. ADMINISTRATOR ARE SOME OF THE. EMPLOYEES CONTACTED. AND ARE NOW COOPERATING WITH THE. INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, FORMER.

PLAYER AND COACH DAMON JONES. PASSED ALONG INJURY INFORMATION. ABOUT LeBRON JAMES TO BETTERS. ALLEGEDLY TEXTING, GET A BIG BET. ON MILWAUKEE TONIGHT BEFORE THE. INFORMATION IS OUT. JONES PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO. WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING. LAST WEEK IN BROOKLYN. >> MR. JONES, ANY COMMENT. >> LET'S NOT MINCE WORDS. THIS IS THE INSIDER TRADING SAGA. FOR THE NBA. >> Reporter: AND STAR MIAMI HEAT. PLAYER TERRY ROZIER ALSO ACCUSED. OF PROVIDING INSIDER. INFORMATION.

ALLEGEDLY TIPPING OFF BETTERS HE. WOULD FAKE AN INJURY DURING THIS. 2023 GAME. >> TERRY ROZIER, RIGHT FOOT. DISCOMFORT. DOUBTFUL TO RETURN. >> Reporter: THE WINNINGS FROM. BETS ON HIS UNDERPERFORMANCE. TOTALING MORE THAN $200,000. THE MOVE COMES AS CONGRESS. DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM NBA. COMMISSIONER ADAM SILVER ABOUT. THE ALLEGATIONS. INCLUDING OF HALL OF FAMER. CHAUNCEY BILLUPS, WHO ALLEGEDLY. LURED VICTIMS TO POKER GAMES. RIGGED BY THE MOB, USING. HIGH-TECH DEVICES. AND WHIT, CONGRESS NOW ALSO.

EXPRESSING CONCERN WITH MAJOR. LEAGUE BASEBALL'S OWN SPORTS. BETTING SCANDAL INVOLVING TWO. STAR PITCHERS AND THE NFL IN A. MEMO OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS SAYS. IT'S WORKING WITH LAWMAKERS TO. CURB PROP BETTING WHICH ARE. BASED SOLELY ON PLAYER. PERFORMANCE. >> Whit: OLIVIA, THANKS. >>> NOW TO A MASSIVE FIRE AT A. DECOMMISSIONED POWER PLANT NEAR. GALVESTON, TEXAS. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO STAY. INDOORS TO PREVENT SMOKE.

EXPOSURE AS OFFICIALS ARE. MONITORING AIR QUALITY. HERE'S ABC'S MELISSA ADAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THESE. MASSIVE FLAMES BURNING AT A. DECOMMISSIONED POWER PLANT NORTH. OF GALVESTON. >> REALLY GOING TOWARD OUR. HOUSE. >> Reporter: THICK BLACK CLOUDS. SEEN FILLING THE AIR WHERE. OFFICIALS SAY AROUND 2:30 SUNDAY. MORNING A FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE. FORMER PHR PEEKERS ENERGY. SUPPLIER OFF STATE HIGHWAY 146. THE FLAMES IGNITING NEARBY GRASS. FIRES. THE PLUMES SO THICK, THE WEATHER.

RADAR CAPTURING THE SMOKE AS IT. DRIFTED OVER GALVESTON BAY. >> FIRST REACTION IS THAT CAN'T. BE GOOD. BIG GRAY SMOKE, THAT USUALLY. MEANS SOMETHING BAD IS GOING IN. THE AIR. >> Reporter: COUNTY OFFICIALS. ISSUING A PUBLIC SAFETY ALERT, URGING AT-RISK RESIDENTS TO. AVOID THE SMOKY CONDITIONS. TEXAS FIREFIGHTERS SAY AIR. QUALITY MONITORS ARE SHOWING. SAFE READINGS FOR THE PUBLIC AND. NO ONE WAS INJURED. WHIT. >> Whit: MELISSA ADAN, OUR. THANKS TO YOU. >> NOW TO ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU VOWING TO. OPPOSE ANY ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH.

A PALESTINIAN STATE. THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL IS. EXPECTED TO VOTE TOMORROW ON AN. AMERICAN PLAN AUTHORIZING AN. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY FORCE IN. GAZA. SOME SAY THE PROPOSAL OPENS THE. DOOR FOR PALESTINIAN. INDEPENDENCE. NETANYAHU HAS LONG MAINTAINED. THAT A PALESTINIAN STATE REWARDS. HAMAS. RUSSIA, CHINA, AND SOME ARAB. COUNTRIES OPPOSE THE U.S. PLAN. >>> THE SO-CALLED GEN Z PROTEST. NOW SPREADING TO MEXICO. PROTESTERS IN MEXICO CITY TAKING. TO THE STREETS AGAINST VIOLENCE.

AND CORRUPTION, CLASHING WITH. POLICE OFFICERS THERE ON. SATURDAY. AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE, MOST POLICE. OFFICERS, WERE INJURED. GEN Zers IN SEVERAL OTHER. COUNTRIES THIS YEAR HAVE ALSO. ORGANIZED PROTESTS. >>> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". THIS SUNDAY. INCLUDING THE NEW YORK JETS. PLAYER SHOT AND WOUNDED. HIS CONDITION TONIGHT. >>> PLUS, HOLLYWOOD FIGURES. FLOCK TO THE VATICAN, >> Whit: A TEXAS STATE TROOPER.

IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOLLOWING. A BIZARRE INCIDENT AT A COLLEGE. FOOTBALL GAME. TWO SOUTH CAROLINA PLAYERS WERE. WALKING BACK ONTO THE FIELD WHEN. THAT HAPPENED. THEY BUMPED INTO THE TROOPER, THEN POINTED AT THE PLAYERS AND. APPEARED TO YELL AT THEM. THE TROOPER WAS RELIEVED OF HIS. GAME-DAY DUTIES AND SENT HOME. UNDEFEATED TEXAS A&M CAME FROM. BEHIND TO WIN THE GAME 31-30. >>> DETAILS JUST COMING IN. A NEW YORK JETS PLAYER WAS SHOT. AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED. OVERNIGHT.

POLICE KAY CORNER BACK KRIS BOYD. WAS SHOT IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN AT. ABOUT 2:00 THIS MORNING. NO ARRESTED HAVE BEEN MADE BUT. THE NYPD SAYS IT IS LOOKING FOR. MAN WHO FLED THE SCENE IN A CAR. BOYD IS 29 YEARS OLD AND HAS NOT. PLAYED THIS SEASON AFTER. SUFFERING A SHOULDER INJURY. DURING THE PRESEASON. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. GREY'S ANATOMY STAR WHO IS. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW, "GRAY'S. ANATOMY" STAR JAMES PICKENS, JR., IS OPENING UP ABOUT HIS. BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER.

THIS COMES A DAY AFTER AN. EPISODE WHICH HIS CHARACTER WAS. DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. PICKENS WHO IS 73 SAYS. PROSTATECANTER RUNS IN HIS. FAMILY WHICH IS WHY HE'S BEEN. UNDERGOING SCREENING FOR. DECADES. HE SAYS THE CANCER WAS CAUGHT. EARLY AND HAS NOT SPREAD AND IS. URGING MEN, ESPECIALLY BLACK. MEN, TO GET SCREENED. >>> AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING AT. THE VATICAN ON SATURDAY. THE POPE WELCOMED DOZENS OF. HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES, TO. CELEBRATE MOVIES AND THEIR. ABILITY TO INSPIRE. SPIKE LEE PRESENTED HIM WITH A.

NUMBER 14 JERSEY FROM HIS. FAVORITE TEAM, THE NEW YORK. KNICKS. AND POINTED OUT THAT THE KNICKS. HAVE THREE PLAYERS FROM THE. POPE'S ALMA MATER, VILLANOVA. UNIVERSITY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THEY'VE. BEEN FRIENDS FOR HALF A CENTURY, BUT NEVER MET IN PERSON, UNTIL. NOW. ON, UNTIL. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AN. INTRODUCTION AND A REUNION. WRAPPED UP IN ONE. CONNIE AND CAROLYN HAVE BEEN.

FRIENDS FOR 50 YEARS, BUT THIS. IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER. MET IN PERSON. THEIR FRIENDSHIP BEGAN AS PEN. PALS WHEN THEY WERE JUST 10. YEARS OLD. >> DEAR CAROLYN --. >> DEAR CONNIE, I WAS SO GLAD I. GOT YOUR LETTER. >> HOW OLD ARE YOU, HOW TALL ARE. YOU? >> Whit: THEY FIRST WROTE TO. EACH OTHER IN THE FIFTH GRADE. >> IT WAS 1975, SATURDAY MORNING. CARTOONS. THEY SAID, BOYS AND GIRLS, WOULD. YOU LIKE TO WRITE TO SOMEBODY. YOU'VE NEVER MET? SEND US YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND. YOUR AGE, AND WE'LL CONNECT YOU. WITH SOMEBODY.

>> Whit: FINALLY DECIDING TO. MEET RECENTLY IN HONOR OF THE. 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR. FRIENDSHIP, CHOOSING. PHILADELPHIA, CLOSE TO. CAROLINE'S HOME. >> WE WERE JUST KIDS LOOKING FOR. A FRIEND. IT WAS NICE TO GET SOMETHING IN. THE MAIL, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO. COMPUTERS. >> THAT'S WHAT WE DID. IT WAS NICE TO TALK TO SOMEBODY. THAT WASN'T YOUR FAMILY. >> Whit: THE TWO STOPPING OFF. FOR A PHILLY CHEESE STEAK AT. PAT'S. >> I WANT WITH ONIONS. >> JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF.

DAYS WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. ABOUT EACH OTHER. >> CHEERS. >> CHEERS TO PHILLY CHEESESTEAK. >> Whit: IN A WORLD OF TEXT AND. TECH, THEY'RE HOPING THEIR STORY. WILL INSPIRE OTHERS TO. PRIORITIZE THOSE HUMAN. CONNECTIONS. >> IT'S A TRADITION YOU DON'T. SEE MUCH OF. PLEASE WRITE BACK, SINCERELY. YOUR PEN PAL. >> PS, WRITE BACK SOON. >> WE KEPT IT ALIVE, 50 YEARS. AND COUNTING.

>> Whit: A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR. PHILADELPHIA STATION FOR HELP.