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David Mure, 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, we do have. breaking news in that knife attack on. that passenger plane. Why was that pilot. flying? Just in tonight, sources now. telling ABC News the co-pilot accused of. stabbing the captain in midair, then. plunging the plane into a nose dive had.

previously been identified as a security. risk and was not allowed to fly for. another airline. What we've learned. right here tonight. Also this evening, the Cornell scandal widening and for the. first time, ABC News now obtaining new. video from inside that fraternity house, inside the room where the former student. says she was attacked. what authorities. found in that room. Tonight, the newly. released body camera video showing the. moment police confront alleged CEO. killer Luigi Manion. After they say he. gave the wrong name, you will hear the.

interaction and what one of the officers. can be heard saying. Tonight, less than. 48 hours after that botched execution in. Tennessee, Christa Pike is being kept. alive by a ventilator tonight and the. growing outrage on all sides of this. case. Former NFL star Tony Romo is out. at CBS after his recent DUI arrest. We're tracking powerful storms on this. Friday night. The flood risk right into. the weekend across several states. Lee. Goldberg is here. Tonight, the new jobs. numbers and just 29,000 jobs created in.

the US last month as President Trump now. campaigns for the midterms. The ABC News. exclusive tonight. Diane Sawyer is here. Her one-on-one with Denise Brown. More. than three decades after the murder of. her sister, Nicole Brown Simpson, what. she hopes all young women will hear. right here tonight. And we'll show you. two simple steps that could protect you. Tonight, the college student, his death, what was found in his room, and now the. arrests, a father and son facing. charges. Tonight, standing for 500.

years, this iconic 90oot arch in Hawaii. The before and you'll see the after. right here this evening. What's now. happened? The stunning discovery. A man. adopted when he was a baby, learning his. birth father is a music legend. And they. have now met tonight. And the two tiger. cubs endangered being cared for right. here in the US. And tonight, what. they've just told us about them. From ABC News World Headquarters in New.

York, this is World News Tonight with. David Mure. >> Good evening and it's great to have you. with us here in a very busy Friday. night. We begin tonight with the. breaking news in that horrific attack in. the cockpit while that passenger plane. was in the air. Tonight, sources now. telling ABC News the co-pilot accused of. stabbing the captain, then plunging the. plane into a nose dive had previously. been identified as a security risk and. that he was not allowed to fly for. another airline. So, why was he in that. cockpit? What we've now learned as we. also hear from the hero pilot who.

survived from his hospital bed tonight. ABC's Tom Sufi Burge leading us off. again tonight from Tel Aviv. Tonight, senior intelligence and law. enforcement officials telling ABC News. the co-pilot accused of stabbing the. captain on an Israelbound flight and. plunging the plane into a terrifying. nose dive in an attempt to crash it had. previously been identified as a security. risk for radical views. Sources say the. suspect, who has still not been publicly. identified, is an Omani national and. while working as a co-pilot trainee for.

Oman Air in 2024, he was suspended from. flying after the airline found he had. extremist materials. but he was allowed. to continue working for that airline in. an administrative role. That suspect, sources say, allegedly telling. investigators he intended to crash the. plane in Israel. These stunning new. details raising urgent questions over. how that suspect was later hired as a. pilot at Fly Dubai Airlines and how he. ended up as the first officer in the. cockpit of that plane headed for Israel. with more than 170 people on board.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin. Netanyahu today saying the attacker. underwent Islamist radicalization. >> Warning, we're investigating whether he. was sent and whoever sent him will pay a. very heavy price. >> Where is the police? And for the first. time, we're hearing from the hero. captain describing an extraordinary. detail that life and death battle in the. cockpit after he was stabbed by the. co-pilot, somehow finding the will to. survive, saying he was trying to save. himself, but knew he couldn't let anyone.

else die. >> Lying in his hospital bed, his head. bandaged, an oxygen tube in his nose. Captain Smith Mashard telling India's. prime minister quote when I was lying on. the floor I could feel that the aircraft. was plunging and I said to myself while. I was getting beaten this is the last. pushid do it the door is right there. somehow I opened the door and everyone. came in and everyone else had an equal. role in the rescue and David that. suspect who was suspended as a pilot at.

another airline for possessing extremist. materials is cooperating with. investigators sources say and Israeli. officials saying Israel will now take. part in that investigation in the United. Arab Emirates. David. >> Tom Sufi Burge leading us off again here. tonight. Tom, thank you. Meanwhile, back. here in the US, the growing scandal at. Cornell University. And for the first. time, ABC News obtaining video from. inside that fraternity inside the room. where the former student says that. alleged attack occurred and what. authorities found in that room. Here's.

Aaron Gerski again tonight. Tonight, images from inside the room at the Ki. fraternity house where a former Cornell. University student alleges she was gang. raped two years ago. The room strewn. with garbage, discarded furniture, and. there on the window sill, a poster of a. sorority class and a fentinel test. strip. The video obtained by ABC News. was taken after Cornell suspended the. frat. campus police showed up. and knocked at the door 3 days after an. officer logged that a female.

undergraduate student reported that she. was recently raped by 8 to 10 men at the. KiFi fraternity house. And this campus. alert went out to students about a. report of a sexual assault. Tonight, ABC. News obtained more of the vulgar. Snapchat messages shared among more than. 50 fraternity members during the alleged. assault. The friend Jane Doe went to see. that night sent the group a photo that. appears to show her in the bedroom. One. brother then asking, "Shop still open.". Another saying, "LFG.". Then Jane Doe's friend invited all of.

them to the room. Boys, come whip it. out. 3 weeks later, Jane Doe recorded. her phone call to that same friend, asking him, "Do you remember how any of. these guys walked in?" He made no. mention of his crude invitation on the. group chat, instead explaining it this. way. The door was just unlocked. The. party was sort of like crowded. There. was nowhere else to go. Jane Doe telling. him, "If I wanted to take this. somewhere, what y'all did would be. classified as gang rape." Claiming the. alleged attack left her body physically.

damaged. In phone calls and messages. reviewed by ABC News, other alleged. attackers telling Jane Doe, "I'm so. sorry. I feel so bad for you, dude.". Another saying, "I just wanted to. apologize for how things went down the. other night." As the weeks went by, Jane. Doe became more convinced about what. happened. Texting, "Let's be clear that. 90% of what happened that night was not. consensual. All I remember after that. was you giving me ketamine." She said it. made her feel like a sex doll/worker. Those texts, the phone calls, and these.

campus police witness interviews never. made it to the district attorney who. decided two years ago Jane Doe was not. the victim of a crime. Tonight, that DA. is off the case. New York Governor Kathy. Hokll naming the state's attorney. general a special prosecutor and taking. aim at Cornell. >> Governor, can you clarify what made you. lose faith in the Tomkins County. District Attorney's Office? >> I'm deeply disturbed at Cornell. University's police and how they handled. this. They were the first ones to be.

able to interview and have their. questions answered and yet this young. woman tell her story. Them sending a. partial record over is a in my judgment. a failure. Cornell has said it conducted a thorough. investigation. Several of the accused. have denied wrongdoing. And tonight, David Jane Doe's attorney says he. worried this was being swept under the. rug. So, he's welcoming the appointment. of a special prosecutor. David, Aaron. Kurski, who's been on this case all week. long for us. Aaron, thank you. Also. breaking here tonight, the newly.

released body camera video showing the. moment that police confronted alleged. CEO killer Luigi Manion. After they say. he gave the wrong name, you will hear. the interaction and what one of the. officers can be heard saying. Here's. Whit Johnson. Tonight, newly released. body camera footage showing the moment. police finally apprehend CEO killer. Luigi Manion. Officers pressing him. about his true identity after he gave. them a fake driver's license. >> And what's your real name?

>> Luigi. Luigi. >> Why are you lying about your name? >> Uh, clearly I should know. 5 days after. Manion gunned down United Healthcare. exec Brian Thompson, officers tipped off. recognizing him at a McDonald's in. Altuna, Pennsylvania. Christmas music. playing in the background. >> The footage includes different angles. from police body cameras never before. seen outside of court. >> Do me a favor. Go stand up. I'm going to. pat you down. Okay. One officer in blue. gloves searching Manion's backpack,

pulling out a cell phone and wallet, later unfolding a pair of gray underwear. and finding a magazine clip. >> Look, 100%. >> Manion placed into a patrol car, then. walked into the police station. >> Inside, Manion strip searched, complying. with orders. >> Do you have an emergency contact? No. >> Later kneeling on a bench as his ankles. are shackled and he's handcuffed. One.

officer rumaging through his backpack. again. This time finding a gun. >> There's a weapon. So, you help me clear it. >> Authorities would eventually determine. is the weapon that killed Thompson. >> Silencer. >> And David Manion has already pleaded. guilty to federal stalking charges and. admitted to killing Thompson. These. dramatic images of his arrest coming as. his New York State case remains on hold. while the court considers his claim that. moving forward would amount to double.

jeopardy. David. All right, Whit. Johnson. We'll see you right here this. weekend. Whit, thank you. Tonight, less. than 48 hours after that botched. execution in Tennessee, the inmate. Christa Pike is being kept alive by a. ventilator. And now, the growing. outrage, here's Faith Abubet. Less than 48 hours after Tennessee. authorities attempted to execute Christa. Pike, trying to gain IV access with at. least seven needles, tonight, the sole. woman on the state's death row, now. being kept alive in a hospital on a.

ventilator. Pike's attorney saying in an. emergency court filing that the. 50-year-old remains unconscious and both. of her arms were swollen, burned, and. blistered after two lethal doses of the. sedative pental barbatital failed to. kill her instead leaving her in critical. condition. Witnesses say she could be. heard on that table saying, "Does this. happen like that?". >> I do think it was cruel and unusual. I. saw um last night that her right arm, the arm that was facing me and I could. see it uh was turning purple.

>> Pike was sentenced to death three. decades ago for torturing then killing. another teenager, Colleen SL, in a. jealous rage. The victim's family. traveling from Florida to witness Pike's. execution. Angry and now demanding. answers about the fate of their. daughter's killer. >> It's hard. I broke down in tears. She. was laying on the table talking, still. laughing. Nobody apologized. >> And David, the victim's family not the. only ones upset tonight. Lawyers for.

Pike also demanding answers, calling. what happened to her awful. David, >> Faith Abubet with us tonight. Thank you, Faith. Tonight, former NFL star Tony. Romo is out at CBS after his DUI arrest. this summer. Here's Stephanie Ramos. >> How many drinks have you had? Tonight, NFL broadcaster Tony Romo, who. was sidelined after this arrest for. drunk driving, is officially out of a. job. CBS Sports announcing they had. quote mutually agreed to part ways. >> You're going to see them lay down the.

line. >> Romo, a former four-time Pro Bowl. quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys who. was reportedly making $18 million a year. to call games for CBS, was stopped by. Milwaukee sheriffs after leaving a golf. outing on July 23rd. >> Did I pass this test? He pleaded no. contest to drunk driving last month, saying the incident, quote, has required. me to confront and own my mistakes. fully. He also wrote that multiple back. surgeries over his career quote led to a. dependence on pain medication and my.

efforts to get off those medications led. to an over reliance on alcohol. Adding, none of this is an excuse. These are my. failures and I take responsibility for. them. Romo also said in a statement. he'll take time off before considering. his future. David. >> All right, Stephanie Ramos reporting. Thanks, Steph. Tonight, we're tracking. powerful storms and the flood risk. heading right into the weekend across. several states. Let's get right to ABC. senior meteorologist Lee Goldberg back. with us here tonight. Hi, Lee. Hey, David. After the multi-day deluge in the. central US, that wet wet pattern is now.

shifting to the east. We've got heavy. rain from the Gulf Coast all the way. into the Mid-Atlantic. The heaviest rain. on Sunday. A widespread 2 to four inches. of rain. Locally, a half foot from. Florida to the Carolinas to Southern. California. A long duration, really. life-threatening October heat wave. It's. locking in temperatures in the triple. digits from LA to San Diego tomorrow. Extreme heat warning for the next sick. days. Highs in the 90s and 100s. No. relief at night. David, >> depressive heat. Lee Goldberg. Thank. you, Lee. Tonight, to the economy and. American jobs. Just 29,000 jobs created.

in the US last month as President Trump. now campaigns for the midterms. Let's. get right to Mary Bruce. She's live at. the White House tonight. Mary? And. David, with just one month to go until. the midterms, President Trump tonight is. campaigning in deep red states and. giving himself an A+ grade on the. economy. But today, David, some. disappointing jobs numbers. Only 29,000. jobs added in September, less than half. of what was expected. Unemployment. ticking up to 4.2%. And Americans. paychecks are not keeping up with. inflation. On top of that, interest.

rates for a 30-year mortgage are now at. 7.5%. That's a big jump from just a year. ago. The president insists the economy. is strong, but tonight a lot of. Americans are feeling the pinch. David, >> Mary Bruce with us all week long. Mary, thank you. Tonight here, the ABC News. exclusive. Diane Sawyer one-on-one with. Denise Brown. More than three decades. after the murder of her sister, Nicole. Brown Simpson. What she hopes all young. women will hear right here tonight. And. this evening, two simple steps that. could help protect you. Here's Diane.

Look at these faces. A veteran, a nurse, an expectant mother, a high school. graduate. Over the last months, every. one of these women was murdered. In each. case, the suspect, their husband, boyfriend, exartner. In the United. States, nearly three women are killed by. an intimate partner every day. Nicole. Brown Simpson, who had famously been. married to OJ Simpson, was savagely.

stabbed to death outside her home. At. that moment, a mission began for her. anguished sister Denise. It's now been. three decades since I first met her, right after Nicole was killed. And she. told us then that Nicole once made a. searing prediction. >> OJ's going to kill me and he's going to. get away with it. >> She said he was going to kill me and get. away with it. That's why I want to talk to young. people. I want to talk to young girls, young men, young boys. I want to talk to.

every victim out there before it's too. late. You don't want to end up like. Nicole. >> She's been concentrating on the young. women in sororities. I would love to go. and speak to every single one of those. chapters because I think it's so. important to reach people when they're. young before they get into these like. horrific relationships. There are so. many warning signs. >> warning the young women like these to be. alert to the dangerous progression. inside domestic violence. It can start.

with verbal criticism, hitting, then an. apology, then hitting again. And if that. abuse ever includes putting his hands. around your neck, your odds of being. murdered increase by 750%. >> Some colleges are now offering. self-defense classes, teaching students. if an abuser is strangling you from the. front, jab them in the trachea with two. fingers. Or if attacking from behind, peel their hand away, but by bending. back one finger at a time. Lift one.

finger and make a run for it. >> Yeah. because it gives you just that. maybe that second or two or three that. you need. >> So, here we are 32 years later. Nicole. Brown Simpson's two children now grown. with children of their own. Are they. okay? Have they dealt with all this? I. cannot imagine what it is to be them. >> You know what? I can't either. But I. don't We don't talk about it. But I do. know that they are doing great.

and I just love them to pieces. It's good to hear that they're doing. great. Diane, who's been following. Denise Brown and now her mission for 30. years. Diane, we thank you. And you can. watch much more of Diane's interview. tonight on Night Line. And Denise. Brown's new book, For My Sister Nicole, Love Shouldn't Hurt, will be released on. Tuesday. A lot more news ahead tonight. when we come back. The man adopted as a. baby who learned his dad is a music. legend. He's now met him tonight. Also. ahead, the college student, his death, what was found in his room, and now a. father and son facing charges tonight.

And look at this. Standing for 500. years, this iconic 90oot arch in Hawaii. This is the before. You'll see the after. right here in a moment. Tonight, a father and son are now facing. federal drug charges in connection with. the suspected overdose death of a. freshman at Miss. Tonight, prosecutors. say Yaha and Islam Mosla worked at the. smoke shop that allegedly sold illegal. substances to Aiden Hamilton. Hamilton. was found dead in his dorm room last. week, the same day that junior Robert. Strang was found dead off campus. Court.

documents say both students had the same. cratom pills in their rooms. Tonight, a. famed sea arch in Hawaii no longer. standing. The hole sea arch in the. volcano's national park. You see it. right there. After 500 years, it is now. gone, collapsing into the Pacific Ocean. You can see the before and after images. right here. Park officials tonight. saying the 90oot arch still in place. last week. It may have crumbled away. when tropical storm Nolo recently lashed. the coastline there. When we come back. on this Friday night, a man adopted as a. baby now learning his birth father is a.

music legend. They've now met tonight in. a moment. Tonight, a man adopted as a baby has. learned his biological father is rock. legend Michael McDonald. 58-year-old. Michael Guestling says a DNA test led. him to a half brother and his birth. mother. He then connected with his birth. father over the phone and asked what he. do for work. His dad is Michael McDonald. of the Doobie Brothers. They've now met. in person. McDonald tonight saying it is. wonderful seeing his son after all these. years. Pretty cool. When we come back. tonight, the two endangered tiger cubs. right here in the US and what they look.

like now in a moment. Finally tonight. here, two little reasons to celebrate. Not little for long, though. Tonight, the two little sisters at the Fort Worth. Zoo. They won't be little for long. Bari. and Malu, just 12 weeks old. Their new. names revealed right here tonight. They. are the first critically endangered. Sumatran tiger cubs ever born at the. zoo. Tonight, those little sisters. already hitting milestones, weighing. about 18 pounds each, they're both the. size of a large pumpkin. The Fort Worth.

Zoo telling us their names match their. personalities. Barani means brave. Her. keepers say she's a spitfire. The sister. Malu is more reserved. They say her name. means shy. And right here tonight, >> hi David. Lindy Duncan caring for those. endangered tigers. >> The cubs are doing great. With less than. 650 Sumatran tigers out in the wild, any. birth is a joy. The public can come and. enjoy them, watch them play, and maybe. learn how important their counterparts. are out in the wild.

>> They are doing great work at the Fort. Worth Zoo. I'll see you later for an. allnew 2020. Good night. >> David Mure, the most trusted, most. watched newscast in America. And now, World News Tonight has won the Emmy for. best live news program for the fourth. year in a.