ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - November 2, 2025

DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE COME. ON THE AIR. TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS. GROWING WORSE AT AIRPORTS. BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN. A FEDERAL NEW DEADLINT. SNAP BENEFITS, AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP THREATENS THE SHUTDOWN, WREAKING HAVOC AT AIRPORTS. STAFFING SHORTAGES, FORCED. DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. A. GROUND STOP ORDERED AT NEWARK. AIRPORT AS REPUBLICANS AND. DEMOCRATS POINT FINGERS. OUR. NEW POLLING SHOWS WHO AMONG.

AMERICANS ARE BLAMING FOR THE. IMPASSE. 42 MILLION AMERICANS. STILL WAITING FOR WORD ON FOOD. ASSISTANCE. LATE TODAY, A. FEDERAL JUDGE WITH A RULING ON. WHEN THEY SHOULD GET THE. BENEFITS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. ORDERING THE PENTAGON TO DROP. PLANS FOR MILITARY ACTION. AGAINST NIGERIA. THE PRESIDENT. ACCUSING THAT COUNTRY OF. PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS. TONIGHT, NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT DENYING HIS. COUNTRY AS RELIGIOUSLY. INTOLERANT AND SAYING HE WOULD. WELCOME HELP AGAINST TERRORISTS. PLUS, THE U.S. STRIKES AGAINST. ALLEGED DRUG SMUGGLERS CONTINUE.

IN THE CARIBBEAN. COUNTDOWN TO. ELECTION DAY THE FINAL PUSH IN. SEVERAL KEY RACES IN NEW YORK. CITY, THE FRONTRUNNER FOR MAYOR. ZORAN MAMDANI, GETS A BOOST. FROM FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK. OBAMA. ALSO CAMPAIGNING HARD IN. NEW JERSEY IN A TIGHT RACE FOR. GOVERNOR. POLICE IN BRITAIN. RELEASED ONE OF THE TWO MEN. ARRESTED IN THE BRUTAL STABBING. ATTACK ON A TRAIN. WHY? THEY. NOW SAY THERE IS ONLY ONE. ATTACKER. HERE AT HOME, AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR TWO. PEOPLE THEY BELIEVE ARE. CONNECTED TO WHAT'S BEING. CALLED AN INTENTIONAL EXPLOSION. AT A HARVARD UNIVERSITY. RESEARCH FACILITY. PARENTS.

SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THE. DANGERS OF AI CHAT BOTS. LIFELIKE COMPUTER PROGRAMS THAT. INTERACT WITH USERS, MANY OF. THEM TEENAGERS. WE SPOKE WITH A. MOTHER WHO DESCRIBES THE. ALARMING CHANGES SHE SAW IN HER. OWN SON, THE FRIGHTENING. MOMENTS AFTER A FERRIS WHEEL. CARRIAGE SUDDENLY TIPPED OVER A. WOMAN CLINGING TO THE RIDE, TWO. GIRLS TUMBLED TO THE GROUND. THEIR CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THE. DODGERS COME BACK TO WIN BACK. TO BACK WORLD SERIES. LATE WORD. ON HOW LOS ANGELES PLANS TO. CELEBRATE. AND AMERICA STRONG.

TONIGHT. THE SHARK ATTACK. SURVIVOR NEVER GIVING UP HER. INSPIRING RACE AT THE NEW YORK. CITY MARATHON. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR. JOINING US ON THIS SUNDAY. I'M. WHIT JOHNSON. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH MORE AMERICANS FEELING THE. FALLOUT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN NOW ENTERING ITS. SECOND MONTH AND ON THE VERGE. OF BECOMING THE LONGEST IN U.S. HISTORY. IT'S NOW TRIGGERING. FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.

AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE U.S. THE. SHUTDOWN HAS FORCED 13,000 AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND 50,000. TSA AGENTS TO WORK WITHOUT PAY. SOME ARE NOW CALLING OUT SICK. THE RIPPLE EFFECT WREAKING. HAVOC. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY. SEAN DUFFY THAT MORE CHALLENGES. ARE AHEAD, WITH DELAYS GETTING. WORSE. MEANWHILE, WITH 42. MILLION AMERICANS POTENTIALLY. LOSING ACCESS TO FEDERAL FOOD. ASSISTANCE, A FEDERAL JUDGE IS. NOW ORDERING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO RESTORE THOSE. BENEFITS. AND TONIGHT, WHAT OUR.

NEW POLL FOUND ABOUT WHO. AMERICANS ARE BLAMING FOR THE. SHUTDOWN. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE. HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG. LEADS US OFF TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN BARRELING TOWARDS THE. LONGEST IN HISTORY. THE FALLOUT. GROWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. A. GROUND STOP AT NEWARK TONIGHT. AS STAFFING SHORTAGES TRIGGER. DELAYS AT AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WORKING. WITHOUT PAY FOR WEEKS NOW. CALLING OUT UNDER STRESS AND. FATIGUE. >> WE WILL DELAY. WE WILL. CANCEL ANY FLIGHT ACROSS THE.

NATIONAL AIRSPACE TO MAKE SURE. PEOPLE ARE SAFE. >> TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY. SEAN DUFFY WARNING THE DELAYS. WILL ONLY GET WORSE. >> THERE IS A LEVEL OF RISK. THAT GETS INJECTED INTO THE. SYSTEM. WHEN WE HAVE A. CONTROLLER THAT'S DOING TWO. JOBS INSTEAD OF ONE. >> KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP. GOING, KEEP GOING. >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 42. MILLION AMERICANS SET TO LOSE. CRITICAL FOOD ASSISTANCE. A. FEDERAL JUDGE IN RHODE ISLAND. NOW ORDERING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION TO START MAKING. FOOD STAMP PAYMENTS BY MONDAY, OR PARTIAL PAYMENTS BY. WEDNESDAY. BUT IT'S UNCLEAR IF.

THE WHITE HOUSE WILL COMPLY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ARGUING IT CAN'T LEGALLY USE. EMERGENCY FUNDS. >> IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT. DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS. HAVE DECIDED TO WEAPONIZE. HUNGER. >> LEADING FAMILIES LIKE JANICE. AND HER FOUR CHILDREN IN. OKLAHOMA IN LIMBO. >> MY DOG IS SICK, BUT I HAVE. TO EAT, SO THE DOG IS. ULTIMATELY GOING TO HAVE TO. SUFFER, OR THE KIDS ARE GOING. TO HAVE TO WEAR SHOES THAT ARE. TOO SMALL FOR AN EXTRA MONTH. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BUY DINNER.

>> REPUBLICANS SLAMMING. DEMOCRATS FOR VOTING DOWN. SPENDING BILLS TO REOPEN THE. GOVERNMENT. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE VOTED 14. TIMES NOW, SHANNON, TO KEEP THE. GOVERNMENT CLOSED 14 TIMES. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO. HAVE SNAP BENEFITS FLOAT TO LET. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS BE PAID. TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE. PROBLEMS AND PAY THE TROOPS. AND THEY SAID NO. >> A NEW ABC NEWS WASHINGTON. POST IPSOS POLL FINDS MORE. AMERICANS ARE BLAMING TRUMP AND. REPUBLICANS THAN DEMOCRATS FOR. THE SHUTDOWN, AS DEMOCRATS HOLD. FIRM FOR AN EXTENSION OF. AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE TAX.

CREDITS TO PREVENT HEALTH CARE. COSTS FOR SOME 20 MILLION. AMERICANS FROM SKYROCKETING. BETH DRYERS MONTHLY PREMIUM, JUMPING FROM 80 TO $425. >> THIS IS MORE THAN QUADRUPLED. IN COST FOR ME. >> SHE'S NOW CANCELING HER PLAN, PUTTING HER OWN HEALTH AT RISK. >> ALL THE WOMEN IN MY FAMILY. HAVE HAD BREAST CANCER, SO I. KNOW THAT'S ON THE TABLE FOR ME. BUT I FEEL PRETTY HELPLESS AT. THIS MOMENT. >> SELINA WANG, JOINING US NOW.

IN STUDIO. AND, SELINA, AHEAD. OF THE MAJOR ELECTIONS. HAPPENING THIS WEEK, WHAT DOES. OUR NEW POLL SAY ABOUT HOW. AMERICANS ARE FEELING ABOUT THE. JOB SO FAR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> WELL, WITH OUR NEW ABC NEWS. WASHINGTON IPSOS POLL SHOWS. THAT MOST AMERICANS DISAPPROVE. OF HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. HANDLING HIS JOB SO FAR. IN. FACT, TWO THIRDS OF AMERICANS. SAY THE COUNTRY IS PRETTY. SERIOUSLY OFF ON THE WRONG. TRACK, AND A MAJORITY OF. AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF HOW. TRUMP IS HANDLING THE ECONOMY, WHICH IS A KEY ISSUE THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON. BUT LOOK, TONIGHT WITH.

REPUBLICANS ARE ADAMANT THAT. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE. WINNING THIS FIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT, SELINA, IT'S GOOD. TO SEE YOU IN PERSON. IN STUDIO. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. THREATENING MILITARY ACTION IN. NIGERIA, ACCUSING THE WEST. AFRICAN COUNTRY OF NOT DOING. ENOUGH TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS. TONIGHT, NIGERIAN OFFICIALS ARE. DENYING CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS. INTOLERANCE AND SAYING THEY. WELCOME U.S. ASSISTANCE IN. FIGHTING TERRORISM. HERE'S. ABC'S ALEX PRESHA. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS THE U.S. MILITARY STANDS. PREPARED TO GO INTO NIGERIA. GUNS A BLAZING, CLAIMING THE.

COUNTRY'S GOVERNMENT IS. ALLOWING CHRISTIANS TO BE. SLAUGHTERED. THE PRESIDENT. THREATENING TO WIPE OUT ISLAMIC. TERRORISTS IN A POST, TRUMP. ADDING THAT THE U.S. WILL. IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL AID AND. ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA AND MAY. VERY WELL GO INTO THAT. NOW. DISGRACED COUNTRY SECRETARY. PETE HEGSETH STANDING WITH THE. PRESIDENT, RESPONDING, THE. DEPARTMENT OF WAR IS PREPARED. FOR ACTION. NIGERIA IS SPLIT. NEARLY EVENLY BETWEEN MUSLIMS. AND CHRISTIANS, BUT OVER THE. LAST DECADE, THE VIOLENT TERROR. GROUP BOKO HARAM AND OTHER. EXTREMISTS HAVE INCREASED. ATTACKS LIKE THIS ONE IN. NORTHERN NIGERIA. ANALYSTS.

CAUTION THAT WHILE CHRISTIANS. ARE AMONG THOSE TARGETED, MOST. OF THESE ATTACKS ARE IN. NIGERIA'S MUSLIM MAJORITY NORTH. >> IT'S NOT ONLY THE CHRISTIANS. THEY ARE KILLING, WE ARE. KILLING THOSE WHO ARE NOT. CHRISTIAN. TO SOME. >> NIGERIANS WELCOME HELP FROM. THE US. BUT NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT, TINUBU, WHO HAS STRUGGLED TO. CONTAIN THESE REBEL GROUPS. PUSHING BACK AGAINST THESE. ACCUSATIONS, SAYING THE. CHARACTERIZATION OF NIGERIA AS. RELIGIOUSLY INTOLERANT DOES NOT. REFLECT OUR NATIONAL REALITY. THE THREAT OF MILITARY. INTERVENTION COMES AS THE U.S.

HAS ESCALATED ITS OPERATIONS. TARGETING ALLEGED DRUG. TRAFFICKERS IN SOUTH AMERICA. OVERNIGHT, THE PENTAGON SAYING. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN AN. AIRSTRIKE ON AN ALLEGED DRUG. BOAT IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THIS. ATTACK, JUST DAYS AFTER FOUR. BOATS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. WERE DESTROYED, KILLING 14. PEOPLE. NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. ACCUSING VENEZUELA'S. AUTHORITARIAN LEADER, NICOLAS. MADURO, OF ORCHESTRATING DRUG. TRAFFICKING AND SAYS THAT HE. HASN'T RULED OUT LAND STRIKES. HE ALSO SAYS THAT HE'S. AUTHORIZED COVERT CIA MISSIONS. INSIDE THAT COUNTRY. >> WITH ALEX PRESHA, WE.

APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE. COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY. FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA HIT THE. CAMPAIGN TRAIL ON SATURDAY, DELIVERING THE CLOSING PITCH. FOR DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR. GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA AND NEW. JERSEY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. POLITICAL OPERATIONS ARE. INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IN VOTER TURNOUT IN THOSE. STATES. TUESDAY COULD BE AN. EARLY FORECAST FOR NEXT YEAR'S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS. HERE'S ABC'S. OLIVIA RUBIN TONIGHT. >> THE FINAL SPRINT TO ELECTION. DAY IN NEW YORK CITY. MORE THAN. HALF A MILLION PEOPLE VOTING.

EARLY, SETTING A NEW RECORD. NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN. MAMDANI TRYING TO CLOSE OUT. STRONG. >> ARE YOU READY TO WIN THIS. RACE? >> THE 34 YEAR OLD FRONTRUNNER. MAMDANI, FACING QUESTIONS ABOUT. LACK OF EXPERIENCE. BUT SOURCES. TELL ABC NEWS THE. SELF-DESCRIBED DEMOCRATIC. SOCIALIST NOTCHED PRAISE FROM. FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, WHO COMPLIMENTED HIS CAMPAIGN. IN A PRIVATE PHONE CALL. THE. FORMER PRESIDENT RALLYING. DEMOCRATS IN KEY RACES FOR.

GOVERNOR IN VIRGINIA AND NEW. JERSEY. >> EVERY DAY, THIS WHITE HOUSE. OFFERS UP A FRESH BATCH OF. LAWLESSNESS AND RECKLESSNESS. AND MEAN SPIRITEDNESS AND JUST. PLAIN CRAZINESS. >> IN VIRGINIA, DEMOCRAT. ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, BATTLING. REPUBLICAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WINSOME EARLE SHEARS. >> WE DO NOT NEED SOMEONE WHO. HAS BEEN IN LOCKSTEP WITH THIS.

ADMINISTRATION EVERY STEP OF. THE WAY. >> IN NEW JERSEY POLLING. SHOWING DEMOCRAT MIKIE SHERRILL. WITH A SEVEN POINT LEAD OVER. REPUBLICAN JACK CIATTARELLI IN. A RACE FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY. AND TAXES IN A STATE WHERE. REPUBLICANS GAINED GROUND IN. 2024. >> THE CLOSENESS OF MY RACE AND. THE CLOSENESS OF THE. PRESIDENT'S RACE LAST YEAR WERE. REAL EYE OPENERS FOR A WHOLE. LOT OF PEOPLE. >> NOW, SOURCES TELLING ABC THE. PRESIDENT'S POLITICAL OPERATION. HAS INVESTED MILLIONS TO GET. OUT THE VOTE IN THIS FIRST. MAJOR ELECTION SINCE HE TOOK.

OFFICE. AND IN CALIFORNIA, DEMOCRATS ASKING VOTERS TO. APPROVE A NEW MAP TO FLIP AS. MANY AS FIVE HOUSE SEATS NEXT. YEAR AFTER REPUBLICANS DID THE. SAME IN TEXAS. >> WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT IS. DEMOCRATS GETTING BACK ON OUR. TOES, NOT OUR HEELS. GETTING. OUR MOJO BACK. >> AND WITH ABOUT 580,000 NEW. YORKERS HAVE ALREADY COME TO. BUSY POLLING PLACES JUST LIKE. THIS ONE FOR EARLY VOTING.

THAT'S ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS MANY. AS THE LAST MAYORAL ELECTION. CLEARLY, NEW YORKERS ARE VERY. ENGAGED IN WHAT WILL BE THE. MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTION DAY. BEFORE NEXT YEAR'S MIDTERMS. >> ALL RIGHT, OLIVIA, THANK YOU. FOR THAT. AND ON ELECTION NIGHT. TUESDAY, ABC NEWS LIVE WILL. HAVE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE AS. RESULTS COME IN. LINSEY DAVIS. WILL BE JOINED BY OUR. POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM. STREAMING TUESDAY FROM SEVEN TO. MIDNIGHT ON ABC NEWS LIVE ON. DISNEY+ AND HULU. OVERSEAS. NOW. TO PANIC AND CHAOS AFTER A MASS.

STABBING ON A LONDON BOUND. TRAIN NEAR CAMBRIDGE IN EASTERN. ENGLAND. AT LEAST 11 PEOPLE. WERE INJURED AND SOME REMAIN. HOSPITALIZED TONIGHT. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO ABC'S MARCUS MOORE AND. MARCUS. AUTHORITIES DO HAVE A. SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. >> WELL THAT'S RIGHT. AND. POLICE NOW SAY THE 32 YEAR OLD. MAN THEY ARRESTED IN CONNECTION. WITH SATURDAY NIGHT'S STABBING. ATTACK IS NOW THE SOLE SUSPECT. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT MAN. INJURED 11 PEOPLE AS THAT TRAIN. WENT DOWN THE TRACKS. THE. TRAIN'S OPERATOR MAKING AN. EMERGENCY STOP TWO HOURS NORTH. OF LONDON. AND TONIGHT, SIX. PEOPLE REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND ONE OF THEM IS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION. HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED. AS A WORKER ON THAT TRAIN WHO. TRIED TO STOP THE ALLEGED. ATTACKER. AUTHORITIES SAID THE. EMPLOYEE'S ACTIONS WERE NOTHING. SHORT OF HEROIC AND THAT HE. UNDOUBTEDLY SAVED LIVES. POLICE. HAVE NOT RELEASED A POSSIBLE. MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK, BUT SAID. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS. WAS TERROR RELATED. AND AFTER. FIRST SAYING THERE WERE TWO. SUSPECTS, POLICE LATER. ANNOUNCED A 35 YEAR OLD MAN WHO. WAS ALSO ARRESTED HAS SINCE. BEEN RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGES. AND WITH THE SOLE SUSPECT IS. BEING HELD ON SUSPICION OF. ATTEMPTED MURDER. >> MARCUS MOORE FOR US TONIGHT.

THANKS SO MUCH. BACK HERE IN. THE US, THE INVESTIGATION AFTER. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING AN. INTENTIONAL EXPLOSION AT A. BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS OF. HARVARD'S MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE. UNIVERSITY RELEASING IMAGES OF. TWO PEOPLE THEY BELIEVE MAY. HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND ARE. ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TO. IDENTIFY THEM. HERE'S ABC'S. ANDREW DYMBURT TONIGHT. >> AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING. FOR THESE PEOPLE THEY SAY ARE. SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH AN. EXPLOSION ON HARVARD'S CAMPUS. >> IT'S REALLY LOUD. I COULDN'T. BELIEVE HOW LOUD IT WAS. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THEY. RESPONDED TO A FIRE ALARM AT.

HARVARD'S MEDICAL SCHOOL JUST. BEFORE 3 A.M. THE RESPONDING. OFFICER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO. STOP TWO MASKED MEN FLEEING THE. BUILDING INSIDE CAMPUS. POLICE. SAY THEY DISCOVERED WHAT SEEMED. TO BE THE SCENE OF AN EXPLOSION. ON THE FOURTH FLOOR. THE BOSTON. FIRE DEPARTMENT LATER SAYING. THAT EXPLOSION WAS. INTENTIONALLY SET. THE INCIDENT, PLAYING OUT AT HARVARD'S. GOLDENSON BUILDING, FORMERLY. HOUSING THE DEPARTMENT OF. NEUROBIOLOGY AND OTHER SCIENCE. FACILITIES. NO ADDITIONAL. DEVICES WERE FOUND, ACCORDING. TO AUTHORITIES, BUT SOURCES. TELL ABC NEWS THE EXPLOSIVE. DEVICE USED WAS NOT A BOMB. >> THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE IF.

SOMEBODY GOT HURT. I CAN'T EVEN. IMAGINE. >> WITH TONIGHT, HARVARD SAYS. THAT BUILDING IS NOW REOPENED. AND THERE IS NO CONTINUED. THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. MEANWHILE, THE FBI IS ON SCENE. TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER WHO. DID THIS AND WHY. NO WORD YET. AS TO A POSSIBLE MOTIVE. WHIT. >> ALL RIGHT, ANDREW, WE. APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE. FRIGHTENING MOMENTS AT A. FESTIVAL NEAR BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, TWO YOUNG GIRLS WERE. THROWN FROM A FERRIS WHEEL ON. SATURDAY. WITNESSES SAY THE TWO. GIRLS FELL OUT WHEN THE BUCKET. THEY WERE RIDING IN WAS CAUGHT. ON WIRES AND TILTED. HERE'S.

ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD TONIGHT. >> PANIC AT A LOUISIANA FAIR. RESCUERS SCALING A FERRIS WHEEL. TO REACH A WOMAN CLINGING TO AN. OVERTURNED CARRIAGE AT THE. HARVEST FESTIVAL IN NEW ROADS, JUST OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE. AFTER TWO GIRLS FELL FROM THE. RIDE JUST MOMENTS BEFORE. >> I HEARD, LIKE, THE LIKE A. BODY. LIKE JUST LIKE SOMETHING. FALL. LIKE I HEARD A LOUD BOOM. >> POLICE TENDING TO ONE OF THE. VICTIMS ON THE GROUND. EMS.

WITNESSES. THEY'RE STUNNED. >> IT CAUGHT ON TO THE WIRES, AND THEN IT TOOK IT OVER AND. THE TWO GIRLS FELL OFF. >> THE TWO GIRLS, BOTH UNDER. THE AGE OF 13, FLOWN TO THE. HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES. INVESTIGATING WHY THE RIDE. MALFUNCTIONED. IT COMES JUST. DAYS AFTER THIS TERRIFYING. INCIDENT IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. TWO PEOPLE TIGHTLY. HOLDING ON TO A YOUNG GIRL. AFTER THEY SAY HER SEATBELT. BECAME UNLATCHED ABOARD THE. ROLLER COASTER AT WORLDS OF FUN. THEME PARK. THE PARK'S PARENT. COMPANY, SIX FLAGS, SAYING THEY. FOUND NO ISSUE WITH THE.

SEATBELT BUT HAVE REPLACED THEM. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. THAT RIDE HAS SINCE REOPENED. AND AS FOR THAT INCIDENT IN. LOUISIANA, THAT FERRIS WHEEL. STILL CLOSE TONIGHT WITH. WE. REACHED OUT TO THE HARVEST. FESTIVAL FOR COMMENT AND HAVE. NOT HEARD BACK. >> WITH A FRIGHTENING SCENE. MORGAN, OUR THANKS TO YOU. TONIGHT. THERE'S MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. THIS SUNDAY. AI CHATBOTS CAN. MIMIC HUMAN CONVERSATIONS, BUT. TONIGHT, ONE PARENT IS SPEAKING. OUT ABOUT THE DANGERS THEY POSE. TO CHILDREN, AND THEY WERE ON. THE BRINK OF DEFEAT. BUT NOWSK T.

ABOUT CAMZYOS. >> NEXT. TONIGHT, A POPULAR AI. CHATBOT PLATFORM IS MAKING BIG. CHANGES OVER CONCERNS ABOUT. CHILD SAFETY AS IT FACES. MULTIPLE LAWSUITS. ABC'S AARON. KATERSKY SPOKE WITH A MOTHER. WHO IS SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER. CHANGES SHE NOTICED IN HER OWN. SON. >> PICK YOUR CHARACTER TONIGHT. >> KIDS UNDER 18 ARE LIMITED IN. HOW MUCH TIME THEY CAN SPEND. CHATTING WITH A VIRTUAL. COMPANION ON THE PLATFORM. CHARACTER AI. BY THE END OF THE.

MONTH, TEENS WILL BE BANNED. FROM USING THAT FEATURE. ALTOGETHER. THE COMPANY, CITING. RECENT NEWS REPORTS AND. QUESTIONS FROM REGULATORS AS. REASONS FOR THE SWEEPING CHANGE. THE MOVE COMES AFTER PARENTS. LIKE MANDY FURNESS ARE SUING. THE COMPANY. FURNESS VIVIDLY. REMEMBERS THE DAY SHE. DISCOVERED HER SON'S FIXATION. WITH AN AI CHATBOT. >> I THOUGHT, HOW DOES THIS. HAPPEN? HE WENT FROM A HAPPY GO. LUCKY KID, SMILING ALL THE TIME. HE DEVELOPED DEPRESSION LIKE. SYMPTOMS. HE STOPPED EATING. HE.

LOST 20 POUNDS. >> THE LAWSUIT SAYS LJ WAS. TALKING TO AN ARRAY OF VIRTUAL. CHARACTERS ON CHARACTER AI, WHO. LED HIM DOWN A DARK PATH. LJ. WAS CUTTING HIS ARM. >> IT TOLD HIM THAT IT GOES TO. THE FOREST TO WHERE NOBODY ELSE. IS THERE, AND CUTS THEIR OWN. SKIN AND TOLD HIM THAT HE. SHOULD DO THAT TO CHARACTER.

>> AI SAID IT DOES NOT COMMENT. ON PENDING LITIGATION. LJ IS. CURRENTLY GETTING TREATMENT AT. A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. AN. ESTIMATED 72% OF TEENS HAVE. INTERACTED WITH AI COMPANIONS. ONLINE. SAFETY ADVOCATES. APPLAUD THE NEW CHANGES, BUT. SAY AI CHATBOTS SHOULD HAVE. BEEN OFF LIMITS TO CHILDREN IN. THE FIRST PLACE. >> THIS IS BASICALLY YOUR CHILD. OR TEEN IS HAVING AN. EMOTIONALLY INTENSE, POTENTIALLY DEEPLY ROMANTIC OR. SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH AN. ENTITY THAT FEELS LIKE A PERSON. REPRESENTING A COMPANY THAT HAS.

NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHERE. THAT RELATIONSHIP GOES. >> AARON KATERSKY, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> OUR THANKS TO AARON KATERSKY. FOR THAT REPORT. WHEN WE COME. BACK, HOW LOS. LOS ANGELES IS THROWING A. VICTORY PARADE FOR THE DODGERS. TOMORROW AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE. WORLD SERIES WIN. WILL SMITH WITH THE HOME RUN TO. PUT L.A. UP 5-4 IN THE TOP OF. THE 11th INNING AND THE DODGERS. THEN SHUTTING DOWN THE BLUE JAYS.

WITH A DOUBLE PLAY ENDING THE. GAME AND GIVING THEM. BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIPS. YOSHINOBU YAMAMOTO WAS THE MVP. AFTER STARTING GAME ONE AND. FINISHING GAME SEVEN. >>> RUNNERS FROM KENYA SWEPT THE. TOP SPOTS TODAY AT THE NEW YORK. CITY MARATHON. HELLEN OBIRI SET A COURSE. RECORD, JUST UNDER TWO HOURS AND. 20 MINUTES. FOR THE MEN THERE, BENSON. KIPRUTO BY EDGING ALEXANDER. MUTISO AT THE FINISH LINE.

>>> STILL AHEAD HERE, AMERICA. STRONG. THE AMPUTEE AND SHARK ATTACK. SURVIVOR AND THE INSPIRING. STRONG. THE SHARK ATTACK SURVIVOR. PROVING ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AT. THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON. >> WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO. ALI TRUITT LAST SUMMER, A FORMER. COLLEGE SWIMMER TWO DAYS AFTER. GRADUATION ATTACKED BY A SHARK. WHILE SNORKELING WITH FRIENDS. OFF THE COAST OF TURKS AND.

CAICOS. >> WE FOUGHT BACK BUT PRETTY. QUICKLY THE SHARK HAD MY LEG IN. ITS MOUTH AND THE NEXT THING I. KNEW IT BIT OFF MY FOOT AND PART. OF MY LEG. >> DAYS LATER ON HER 23rd. BIRTHDAY, SHE UNDERWENT A. BELOW-THE KNEE AMPUTATION OF HER. LEFT LEG. >> I HAD TO LEARN TO STAND AND. SIT AND WALK AGAIN AND RUN. >> BUT UNDETERRED, ALI SET HER. SIGHTS ON NEW GOALS, WINNING TWO.

GOLD MEDALS AS A SWIMMER AT THE. PARAOLYMPICS. NOW DOCUMENTING HER 14-WEEK. TRAINING JOURNEY. >> THIS WEEK I DID A 20-MILE. RUN, WHICH STILL FEELS CRAZY TO. SAY. >> I'M IN NASHVILLE, AND --. >> SHE'S NOW PAYING IT FORWARD, CREATING A NONPROFIT CALLED. STRONGER THAN YOU THINK ON A. MISSION TO PROVIDE YOUNG WOMEN. AND GIRLS WITH PROSTHETICS TO. HELP RECLAIM THEIR LIVES AND. PASSIONS. >> WHAT IS ONE DREAM YOU HAVE? >> TO BE A GREAT RUNNER.

>> I DREAM OF BEING --. >> THIS AFTERNOON A JOYFUL ALI. CROSSED THAT FINISH LINE. REALIZING HER DREAMS. >> YOU HAVE MORE IN YOU. WE CAN RISE BACK UP WHEN LIFE. KNOCKS US DOWN. >> BRAVO. JUST INCREDIBLE. DON'T MISS "GOOD MORNING. AMERICA"'S ANNIVERSARY. CELEBRATION. FIRST THING TOMORROW.