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

AS WE COME ON THE AIR. A DEADLY. CAR RAMMING ATTACK AND STABBING. RAMPAGE AT A SYNAGOGUE STRIKING. ON THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE. JEWISH YEAR. AUTHORITIES. CONFRONTING AND KILLING THE. SUSPECT IN A TERRIFYING. TAKEDOWN. OFFICIALS IN. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, CALLING IT. A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE. SUSPECT'S IDENTITY, JUST. RELEASED BY AUTHORITIES. AND. NOW, WORD OF MULTIPLE NEW. ARRESTS. AND THE HEIGHTENED. ALERT HERE IN THE U.S. ON THIS. YOM KIPPUR AS AUTHORITIES. MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS OVERSEAS. THE STUNNING MOMENT DELTA. REGIONAL JETS COLLIDE AT NEW. YORK'S LAGUARDIA AIRPORT.

>> YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP. >> NEARLY 100 PASSENGERS AND. CREW JOLTED BY THE IMPACT. THE. FRIGHTENING SCENE ON THE. TAXIWAY. THE WHITE HOUSE. ISSUING A NEW THREAT THAT. THOUSANDS WILL LIKELY BE FIRED. AS THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. DRAGS INTO DAY TWO. DEMOCRATS. AND REPUBLICANS REMAIN AT ODDS. WITH NO END IN SIGHT. RACHEL. SCOTT ON CAPITOL HILL. BOMBSHELL CLAIMS TONIGHT, CALLING JEFFREY EPSTEIN THE. GREATEST BLACKMAILER EVER. TRUMP'S COMMERCE SECRETARY. MAKING THE EXPLOSIVE. ALLEGATIONS, SAYING HE BELIEVES.

EPSTEIN USED SCANDALOUS VIDEOS. OF HIGH PROFILE CONNECTIONS TO. GET A PLEA DEAL YEARS AGO. MARY. BRUCE STANDING BY. LATE TODAY. SEAN DIDDY COMBS APOLOGIZING. BEFORE HIS SENTENCING TOMORROW, POTENTIALLY FACING YEARS IN. PRISON. AN ACCUSER NOW. PREPARING TO DELIVER AN IMPACT. STATEMENT BEFORE COMBS LEARNS. HIS FATE. TWO TEENAGE GIRLS. KILLED IN A HIT AND RUN WHILE. RIDING AN E-BIKE IN NEW JERSEY. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF THE. JEEP IS A TEEN NOW FACING. MURDER CHARGES. AND TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR A DRIVER BEHIND. THIS WILD WRECK IN PHILADELPHIA.

A CAR GOING AIRBORNE, SLAMMING. INTO A HOME. THE VEHICLE. REPORTEDLY STOLEN. A NOROVIRUS. OUTBREAK ON A CRUISE SHIP. 100. PEOPLE SICK. TURNING A. CARIBBEAN VACATION INTO A. MEDICAL EMERGENCY. AND AMERICA. STRONG TONIGHT. THE WOMAN. BRINGING SNACKS AND SMILES TO. BASEBALL FANS FOR HALF A. CENTURY. AND WHAT KEEPS HER. COMING BACK TO THE BALLPARK? >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH.

DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. IT'S GREAT TO. HAVE YOU WITH US ON THIS. THURSDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN. FOR DAVID. AND WE BEGIN WITH. THAT BREAKING NEWS, A DEADLY. TERROR ATTACK ON A SYNAGOGUE IN. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. THE BRUTAL. VIOLENCE HAPPENING ON YOM. KIPPUR, THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE. YEAR FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE SUSPECT RAMMING A CAR INTO. A CROWD, THEN GOING ON A. STABBING RAMPAGE BEFORE HE WAS. SHOT DEAD BY POLICE. AND LATE. TODAY, AUTHORITIES IDENTIFYING. THAT SUSPECT, ALSO ANNOUNCING. THREE MORE ARRESTS IN. CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACK.

BACK HERE IN THE U.S. POLICE. ALREADY ON HIGH ALERT, THE NYPD. SAYING THEY'RE MONITORING THE. SITUATION IN MANCHESTER AND. STEPPING UP SECURITY AT. SYNAGOGUES FOR THE HOLIDAY. ABC'S LAMA HASAN LEADS US OFF. TONIGHT. >> THE DRAMATIC MOMENT OFFICERS. SURROUND THE MAN ACCUSED OF A. DEADLY TERROR ATTACK AT A. MANCHESTER SYNAGOGUE ON YOM. KIPPUR, THE HOLIEST DAY ON THE. JEWISH CALENDAR. >> EVERYBODY ELSE, GET BACK. >> THE SUSPECT SEEN ON THE. GROUND WEARING A VEST. POLICE. FEARING IT WAS A BOMB SHOOTING.

AND KILLING HIM JUST SEVEN. MINUTES AFTER THE ATTACK BEGAN. >> BANG, BANG. AND THEN WE. HEARD THE HELICOPTERS. WE HEARD. THE SIRENS. >> THE HORROR UNFOLDING AT 931. THIS MORNING IN THE HEART OF AN. ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT RAMMED A. CAR INTO A CROWD, JUMPED OUT. AND STARTED STABBING PEOPLE. AT. LEAST TWO MEN KILLED, THREE. MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED. >> THIS ATTACK HAS BEEN. OFFICIALLY DECLARED AS A. TERRORIST INCIDENT. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT. TRIED TO GET INSIDE THE. SYNAGOGUE.

>> THANKS TO THE BRAVERY OF. SECURITY STAFF AND THE. WORSHIPERS INSIDE, AS WELL AS. THE FAST RESPONSE OF THE POLICE. THE ATTACKER WAS PREVENTED FROM. GAINING ACCESS. >> TONIGHT, POLICE IDENTIFYING. THE SUSPECT AS 35 YEAR OLD. JIHAD AL-SHAMI, A BRITISH. CITIZEN OF SYRIAN DESCENT, AND. AUTHORITIES ALSO ARRESTING TWO. MEN AND ONE WOMAN IN CONNECTION. WITH THE ATTACK. TONIGHT, THIS. COMMUNITY SHAKEN. >> EVERYONE IS CONCERNED,

EVERYBODY IS WORRIED, EVERYBODY'S SCARED AND WE. SHOULDN'T BE SCARED TO FEEL OR. BELIEVE IN WHAT WE BELIEVE. >> WHEN AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. STEPPING UP SECURITY AT JEWISH. INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE U.K. AND BACK IN THE U.S. THE NYPD. SAYING IT'S CLOSELY MONITORING. THIS DEADLY ATTACK. ARMED. OFFICERS STANDING GUARD AT. SYNAGOGUES TODAY. AUTHORITIES. ON HIGH ALERT, AS IN THIS. INVESTIGATION, RAMPS UP WITH. >> FRIGHTENING DEVELOPMENTS. LAMA. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE. IT. BACK HERE IN THE U.S. WE'RE.

SEEING ALARMING NEW IMAGES OF. TWO DELTA AIRLINES PLANES. COLLIDING AT NEW YORK'S. LAGUARDIA AIRPORT ON THE. TAXIWAY. BOTH JETS DAMAGED FROM. THE IMPACT. ONE PLANE. THE NOSE. AND WINDSHIELD BANGED UP ON THE. OTHER JET. PART OF THE WING. TORN OFF AND SHREDDED. ABC'S. MATT RIVERS FROM LAGUARDIA. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THIS TIME LAPSE. VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT TWO. DELTA REGIONAL JETS COLLIDED ON. THE TAXIWAY AT NEW YORK'S. LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, THE IMPACT. DAMAGING THE NOSE AND. WINDSHIELD OF ONE PLANE. PARTS. OF THE OTHER PLANE'S RIGHT WING.

SEEN SHREDDED ON THE GROUND. >> WE HAVE TWO CRJS ON MIKE. THAT COLLIDED. >> DELTA SAYS THE LOW SPEED. COLLISION OCCURRED AROUND 10. P.M. LAST NIGHT. FLIGHT 5047. ARRIVING FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH. CAROLINA. TURNING ON THE. TAXIWAY. FLIGHT 5155 HEADING TO. ROANOKE, VIRGINIA. TRAVELING. STRAIGHT DOWN THE TAXIWAY. TOLD. BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO HOLD. SHORT, BUT IT KEEPS MOVING, STRIKING THE OTHER JET. >> THEIR RIGHT WING CLIPPED THE. NOSE AND THE COCKPIT WINDSCREEN.

>> PLANE STOPPED, JERKED AND. JUMPED TO THE RIGHT. EVERYONE. WENT DEAD SILENT. THE PILOT. CALMLY CAME ON AND SAID, HEY, WE'VE BEEN IN A CRASH. EVERYONE. REMAIN CALM. >> THOMAS HEINEMANN ON THE. OTHER PLANE FILMING ITS ARRIVAL. DURING THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. >> OH MY GOD, WE JUST FLYING. WITH ANOTHER SURGE. >> WE'RE JUST TAXIING. JUST. TAXIING PRETTY NORMALLY. AND. THEN A SECOND LATER, I HEARD A. FELT A BIG BUMP. I'M JUST MORE. SHAKEN THAN ANYTHING. >> NEARLY 100 PASSENGERS AND.

CREW FROM BOTH FLIGHTS. DEPLANING ON THE TAXIWAY AND. BUSED TO THE TERMINAL. MIRACULOUSLY, ONLY ONE FLIGHT. ATTENDANT WAS TREATED FOR MINOR. INJURIES. THE FAA AND NTSB ARE. NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT. >> COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. ONE DAY. BEFORE A SENTENCING, SEAN DIDDY. COMBS IS APOLOGIZING FOR HIS. ACTIONS. IN A LETTER TO THE. JUDGE, COMBS SAYING HE, QUOTE, TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS, ADDING HE'S SORRY FOR THE HURT. AND PAIN HE CAUSED. COMBS.

ATTORNEY PUSHING FOR A 14 MONTH. SENTENCE OR TIME SERVED. PROSECUTORS REQUESTING MORE. THAN 11 YEARS. THE JUDGE WILL. ALLOW ONE OF COMBS ACCUSERS TO. DELIVER A VICTIM IMPACT. STATEMENT AT THE SENTENCING. NOW TO WASHINGTON, WHERE. LAWMAKERS REMAIN DEADLOCKED ON. DAY TWO OF THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION RAMPING UP THE. THREAT, SAYING THE NUMBER OF. FEDERAL WORKERS WHO COULD BE. FIRED IS, QUOTE, LIKELY GOING. TO BE IN THE THOUSANDS. AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE'S. WEIGHING WHICH PROGRAMS COULD. BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. THE. FUNDING STALEMATE DRAGGING ON.

AS MILLIONS WONDER WHEN THEY'LL. SEE THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK. ABC'S. SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT. RACHEL SCOTT IS ON CAPITOL HILL. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN NOW IN ITS SECOND DAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE'S. MEETING WITH HIS BUDGET. DIRECTOR TO DECIDE WHICH. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HE CAN. ELIMINATE. CALLING THIS MOMENT. A, QUOTE, UNPRECEDENTED. OPPORTUNITY. >> I'M ALLOWED TO CUT THINGS. THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN. APPROVED IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND I WILL PROBABLY DO THAT. >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING, PREPARE FOR MASS FIRINGS OF.

GOVERNMENT WORKERS. HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS. >> LOOK, IT'S LIKELY GOING TO. BE IN THE THOUSANDS. >> NEGOTIATIONS WITH DEMOCRATS. AT A STANDSTILL. >> PEOPLE SAY, WHY AREN'T YOU. NEGOTIATING WITH SCHUMER AND. JEFFRIES? BECAUSE I QUITE. LITERALLY HAVE NOTHING TO. NEGOTIATE. >> DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO ACCEPT. THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW. THREATENING TO FIRE THOUSANDS. OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. IS THAT A. RISK THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO. TAKE BY PUTTING UP THIS FIGHT, AND FOR HOW LONG? >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS. BEEN FIRING THOUSANDS OF. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE OF.

THE CONTEXT OF A GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN SINCE JANUARY 20TH. LITERALLY, THEY'VE BEEN. ENGAGING IN MASS FIRINGS. THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THEY NEED. TO COME TO THE TABLE. >> DEMOCRATS WANT REPUBLICANS. TO REVERSE MEDICAID CUTS AND. EXTEND EXPIRING OBAMACARE. SUBSIDIES. SO HEALTH INSURANCE. PREMIUMS DON'T GO UP FOR. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LIKE. KRISTEN FURMAN, SIMMONS AND. KENNEBUNKPORT, MAINE, WHO IS. BATTLING MS. >> IT IS A REALLY DIFFICULT. THING TO WEIGH THE VALUE OF.

YOUR LIFE AGAINST THE COST OF. AFFORDABLE CARE. >> SHE SAYS THAT THE OBAMACARE. SUBSIDIES EXPIRE. HER PREMIUMS. COULD GO UP 169%. >> SO WE'RE REALLY NOT SURE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH. THAT. AND AND REALLY WHERE. WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT MONEY. IN OUR BUDGET. >> BUT TONIGHT, STALEMATE WITH. SOME 4 MILLION FEDERAL WORKERS. WONDERING WHEN THEY'LL SEE. THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK. MANY. WORRYING THEY WON'T EVEN HAVE A. JOB TO GO BACK TO WHEN THIS. SHUTDOWN ENDS WITH THE SENATE. IS BACK IN SESSION TOMORROW.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THESE TWO SIDES. DO NOT EVEN APPEAR TO BE. TALKING. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER. JOHN THUNE SAYS IF DEMOCRATS DO. NOT FUND THE GOVERNMENT. TOMORROW, HE WILL LIKELY BE. SENDING LAWMAKERS HOME FOR THE. WEEKEND, WHICH MEANS THE. SHUTDOWN WILL DRAG ON FOR AT. LEAST ANOTHER FEW DAYS WITH. >> ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT, FOR. US TONIGHT. WE APPRECIATE IT. NEXT HERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DECLARING THE U.S. IS IN AN. ARMED CONFLICT WITH DRUG. CARTELS. THE WORDS IN A. CONFIDENTIAL MEMO SENT TO. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND. OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS, THE. PRESIDENT LABELING SMUGGLERS. UNLAWFUL COMBATANTS. THE MEMO.

FOLLOWING THREE DEADLY STRIKES. LAST MONTH AGAINST VESSELS THE. WHITE HOUSE CLAIMS WERE HAULING. DRUGS. TURNING NOW TO THE. EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, SAYING IN AN INTERVIEW THAT. JEFFREY EPSTEIN WAS THE. GREATEST BLACKMAILER EVER, AND. HE BELIEVES EPSTEIN WAS. LEVERAGING VIDEOS OF HIGH. PROFILE ASSOCIATES TO GET A. LIGHTER PLEA DEAL IN A 2008. CRIMINAL CASE. HERE'S ABC'S. CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE. >> FOR MONTHS, THE FBI HAS. INSISTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN NEVER SUPPLIED WOMEN OR.

GIRLS TO ANY OF HIS HIGH. PROFILE FRIENDS AND. ACQUAINTANCES. BUT TONIGHT, COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD. LUTNICK, A CLOSE FRIEND OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S, TELLS THE. NEW YORK POST HE BELIEVES THAT. SOME OF THOSE BOLDFACED NAMES. NOT ONLY KNEW ABOUT EPSTEIN'S. BEHAVIOR, THEY ALSO. PARTICIPATED. LUTNICK, WHO USED. TO BE EPSTEIN'S NEXT DOOR. NEIGHBOR, DESCRIBING HIS FIRST. AND ONLY VISIT TO EPSTEIN'S. MANSION. >> I SAY TO HIM, MASSAGE TABLE. IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR HOUSE. HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE A MASSAGE?

AND HE SAYS, EVERY DAY. AND. THEN HE, LIKE, GETS LIKE. WEIRDLY CLOSE TO ME. AND HE. SAYS, AND THE RIGHT KIND OF. MASSAGE. >> LUTNICK WAS ASKED IF. EPSTEIN'S CELEBRITY FRIENDS. KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. >> DID THEY SEE IT AND IGNORE. IT OR. >> NO. THEY PARTICIPATED. >> RIGHT. >> THAT'S WHAT HIS M.O. WAS, YOU KNOW, GET A MASSAGE. GET A. MASSAGE. AND WHAT HAPPENED IN. THAT MASSAGE ROOM, I ASSUME WAS. ON VIDEO. THIS GUY WAS THE. GREATEST BLACKMAILER EVER. BLACKMAILED PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW.

HE HAD MONEY. >> LUTNICK THEN GOING EVEN. FURTHER, SAYING HE BELIEVES. EPSTEIN USED THOSE ALLEGED. VIDEOS TO GET A SWEETHEART DEAL. WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA. IN 2008. >> I ASSUME WAY BACK WHEN THEY. TRADED THOSE VIDEOS IN EXCHANGE. FOR HIM GETTING THAT 18 MONTH. SENTENCE, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO. HAVE VISITS AND BE OUT OF JAIL. >> LUTNICK PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE, BUT HIS CLAIMS FLY IN THE FACE.

OF WHAT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN SAYING. >> WHO, IF ANYONE, DID EPSTEIN. TRAFFIC THESE YOUNG WOMEN TO. BESIDES HIMSELF. >> HIMSELF, THERE IS NO. CREDIBLE INFORMATION. NONE. >> NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF. WAS FRIENDS WITH EPSTEIN FOR. TEN YEARS BEFORE THEY HAD A. FALLING OUT. TONIGHT, WE'VE. BEEN ASKING THE WHITE HOUSE AND. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT. THE COMMERCE SECRETARY'S. COMMENTS, BUT SO FAR, NO. RESPONSE. WHIT. >> ALL RIGHT. MARY BRUCE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU. A. COMMUNITY SHATTERED TONIGHT. AFTER A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. KILLED TWO TEENAGE GIRLS IN NEW.

JERSEY. THE SUSPECTED DRIVER, A. 17 YEAR OLD SLAPPED WITH MURDER. CHARGES. AS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. PREPARE TO REMEMBER THE YOUNG. LIVES CUT SHORT. HERE'S ABC'S. RHIANNON ALLY. >> TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY. THIS FATAL HIT AND RUN CRASH. THAT LEFT TWO TEENAGERS DEAD IN. CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, WAS. MURDER. >> THESE WERE THE TYPE OF GIRLS. THAT BEFRIENDED MY DAUGHTER, AND THEY WERE ALWAYS SO KIND. >> POLICE SEEN HERE ARRESTING A. 17 YEAR OLD SUSPECT, LATER. CHARGING HIM WITH TWO COUNTS OF.

FIRST DEGREE MURDER FOR THE. DEATHS OF MARIA ORTIZ AND. ISABELLA SALAS. >> I THINK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. REALLY JOINED TOGETHER AND, YOU. KNOW, PROVIDED WHATEVER. EVIDENCE THAT THE POLICE NEEDED. >> PROSECUTORS SAY THE 17 YEAR. OLD GIRLS WHO WERE BEST FRIENDS. WERE STRUCK BY AN SUV LATE. MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THEY RODE A. BIKE DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS. BELIEVE THE SUSPECT TARGETED. MARIA WITHOUT GIVING ANY. DETAILS, IN A STATEMENT CALLING. THE SUSPECT A COWARD WHO HAD. BEEN PLOTTING THIS ATTACK.

AGAINST MARIA FOR MONTHS. THE. TEENAGE SUSPECT IS RELATED TO A. POLICE CHIEF IN A NEIGHBORING. TOWN. THAT CHIEF, ALSO A. NEIGHBOR OF ISABELLA'S, SAYING. IN A STATEMENT, I DO. UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN THE. ACTIONS OF THE ACCUSED. AND. LIKE YOU, I DEMAND THAT HE FACE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS ALLEGED. ACTIONS IN A COURT OF LAW. WITH. PROSECUTORS HAVE NOT RELEASED. ANY INFORMATION ON A POSSIBLE. MOTIVE. THEY ALSO HAVE NOT. RULED OUT CHARGING THAT SUSPECT. AS AN ADULT, SAYING THEY ARE.

LEAVING ALL LEGAL OPTIONS ON. THE TABLE FOR PROSECUTION. >> WITH AN AWFUL CASE ALL. AROUND. RHIANNON, THANKS FOR. YOUR REPORTING. NOW TO THE. EX-SUPERINTENDENT OF DES MOINES. PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALREADY FACING. DEPORTATION AND NOW A HOST OF. CHARGES AFTER GETTING DETAINED. BY ICE. THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYING. TONIGHT THEY ARE A VICTIM OF. DECEPTION AS THEIR FORMER. COLLEAGUES, BACKGROUND AND. EDUCATION COME INTO QUESTION. HERE'S ABC'S ALEX PEREZ. >> TONIGHT. THE FORMER. SUPERINTENDENT OF IOWA'S. LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW. BEHIND BARS. THE DOJ CHARGING.

IAN ROBERTS WITH ONE COUNT OF. BEING AN ILLEGAL ALIEN IN. POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. >> I'M EXCITED TO BE A PART OF. THIS JOURNEY. >> ROBERTS, A NATIVE OF GUYANA, RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS. THE DES MOINES SUPERINTENDENT. TUESDAY AFTER HE WAS DETAINED. NEARLY A WEEK AGO ON. ALLEGATIONS HE WAS IN THE. COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, SCHOOL. DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY TWO. YEARS AGO, ROBERTS CLAIMED HE. HAD A DOCTORATE FROM MORGAN. STATE UNIVERSITY, BUT THEY SAY. RECORDS SHOWED HE NEVER. OBTAINED IT. DESPITE THE. DISCREPANCY, THE DISTRICT STILL. HIRED HIM. NOW MIT SAYING.

ROBERTS CLAIM HE WAS AN MBA. STUDENT. THERE IS ALSO FALSE, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON. UNIVERSITY SAYING THE PRINCIPAL. OF THE YEAR AWARD ROBERTS. BOASTED HE RECEIVED DOES NOT. EXIST. IN A STATEMENT, THE DES. MOINES SCHOOL BOARD SAYING THEY. ARE A VICTIM OF DECEPTION, BUT. ROBERTS ATTORNEY ASKING THE. PUBLIC TO WITHHOLD JUDGMENT. >> THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX CASE. TAKE IT A STEP AT A TIME. >> ICE OFFICIALS SAY ROBERTS. ENTERED THE US IN 1999 ON A. STUDENT VISA, AND WAS GIVEN A.

FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL IN MAY. OF 2024. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. TRIED TO EVADE ARREST AND WAS. IN POSSESSION OF MULTIPLE. FIREARMS, AND WITH ROBERTS. REMAINS IN CUSTODY, HE HAS NOT. YET ENTERED A PLEA ON THAT. FEDERAL CHARGE. >> ALEX PEREZ FOR US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK, SICKNESS ON THE SEAS, A HIGHLY. CONTAGIOUS VIRUS HITS DOZENS ON. A CRUISE SHIP. ALSO, EMERGENCY. RESPONDERS RACED TO AN. EXPLOSION AT A HOUSTON. CONSTRUCTION SITE. DETAILS ON. WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE BLAST. AND THE SEARCH FOR THE DRIVER,

>>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE SECOND. EXPLOSION IN TWO DAYS INVOLVING. A BIG CITY HIGH-RISE. TODAY SIX CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. INJURED IN HOUSTON. HAZMAT CRUISE RESPONDING TO A. HOLIDAY INN UNDER RENOVATION. FIRE OFFICIALS CLAIMING A. NATIONAL GAS LINE EXPLOSION. >>> MEANTIME, IN NEW YORK CITY, CREWS GETTING RID OF WHAT'S LEFT. OF THE PARTIAL BUILDING CLASP IN.

THE BRONX, A GAS COLLAPSE. LEADING TO A FAULTY BOILER. >>> AUTHORITIES ARE SEARCHING. FOR A DRIVER FOLLOWING A. SPECTACULAR CRASH. THIS HONDA WEDGED INTO THE SIDE. OF A PHILADELPHIA HOME. POLICE SAY IT'S THE DRIVER BLEW. A STOP SIGN, HIT ANOTHER. VEHICLE, CRITICALLY INJURING. THAT DRIVER, AND THEN WENT. AIRBORNE. THE FAMILY INSIDE THE HOME. FRIGHTENED BUT OTHERWISE OKAY. THE HONDA DRIVER STILL ON THE. RUN. POLICE SAY THE CAR HAD BEEN. REPORTED STOLEN. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD A. CRUISE SHIP HIT WITH A.

CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. >>> AND THE WAIT. >>> HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A. NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK ON BOARD A. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP HAS. SICKENED NEARLY 100 PEOPLE. THE "SERENADE OF THE SEAS" IS. NOW DOCKED IN MIAMI. THE SHIP SET SAIL FROM SAN DIEGO. IN MID-SEPTEMBER. THIS IS THE 19th NOROVIRUS. OUTBREAK ON A CRUISE SHIP THIS. YEAR. THAT'S THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF. OUTBREAKS IN A YEAR SINCE 2007. NOROVIRUS IS A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.

GASTRO ENTEST. GASTRO ENTINTESTINAL FIRES. >>> THE COUNTDOWN IS ON FOR. SWIFT EAST. THE LIFE OF A SHOW GIRL DROPS AT. MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. FOR THOSE WHO WANT A HEAD START, SPOTIFY RELEASED LYRICS FROM THE. ALBUM. ALBUM. >>> STILL AHEAD, AMERICA STRONG.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, DELIVERING. PEANUTS AND JOY. THE WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN A STAPLE. AT PHILLIES GAMES FOR FIVE. DECADES. "AMERICA STRONG.". >> PEANUTS! >> Reporter: WHILE OCTOBER. BASEBALL ALWAYS BRINGS SOMETHING. NEW AND EXCITING --. >> HOW YOU? >> WE'RE DOING GREAT. >> Reporter: SOME THINGS NEVER. CHANGE. CHERYL SPIELVOGEL HAS BEEN. SELLING PEANUTS AT PHILADELPHIA. PHILLIES GAMES FOR 50 YEARS. >> I'M NO SPRING CHICKEN. I DO GET TIRED GOING UP THOSE 40. ROWS. BUT IT'S IN MY BLOOD. I CAN'T GIVE IT UP.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THAT FIRST NIGHT, I DIDN'T. KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I WENT DOWN THE STEPS JUST. HOLDING MY ARM UP. I DIDN'T SELL ANYTHING. AND ONE OF THE OTHER VENDORS. SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW YOU GOT TO. SOUND. YOU GOT TO TELL THEM YOU'RE. COMING. >> Reporter: AND FOR ALL THOSE. DECADES SINCE, SHE HAS DONE JUST. THAT. >> PEANUTS! >> WHEN I STARTED, THEY WERE 40. CENTS. >> Reporter: SUBMERSING HERSELF. IN THIS AMERICAN PASTIME. >> AND I GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND I GO ALL THE WAY BACK UP. NO HALF MEASURES. >> Reporter: AND BUILDING BONDS. WITH HER GRATEFUL FANS.

>> PEANUTS! >> AND HAVE I PEOPLE SAY TO ME, YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT MY SON DOWN. HERE WHEN HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD, AND NOW HE IS 45. >> SAY HELLO TO YOU FOR A. MINUTE. >> SAME PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT, THE. SEASON TICKETHOLDERS. UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. >> I KNOW THAT GUY TOO. >> I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE. FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. AND I SPECIFICALLY LOOK FOR. CHERYL, AND I ALWAYS BUY A BAG. OF PEANUTS FROM HER. >> I CAN'T QUIT HERE. >> PEANUTS!

>> IT'S PART OF ME NOW. 50 YEARS. >> TELL ME THIS ISN'T THE BEST. JOB IN THE WORLD. >> I WILL DO THIS UNTIL I CAN'T. DO IT ANYMORE. WITH MY CANE ON STEPS, I HAVE NO. INTENTION OF NOT BEING HERE. >> PEANUTS! >> STILL GOING. WE KNOW THE FANS LOVE IT TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK.