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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, the breaking. news. The American prisoner released. from Russia. The retired American school. teacher freed by Russia. Tonight, President Trump's special envoy Steve. Whit meeting with Vladimir Putin, calling Putin a humanitarian. Late. today, the president has asked if that's.

how he would describe Putin with this. war in Ukraine still raging. Tonight, the hazmat emergency right now, the. dangerous chemical leak, the toxic. cloud, the evacuations, and what. authorities are warning that chemical. can do. Also breaking tonight, the. images coming in now. Terrifying. moments. An entire high school. evacuated. Students with their hands in. the air. Authorities say a student in. the school with a gun. Tonight in New. York City, a retired NYPD detective. charged with murder after a driver is.

shot and then crashes on the George. Washington Bridge. That detective. charged. Aaron Kurski standing by with. what we know. Tonight, alarming new. video of a deadly police shooting in a. Walmart parking lot, killing a. one-year-old boy in his mother's lap. An. officer opening fire at the car. Tonight, the surveillance showing a. suspect allegedly attempting to kidnap a. girl while she was walking home. what he. allegedly says to her before putting her. in a chokeold at what she did that saved. her life. Tonight, the noraster now.

gaining strength, now a subtropical. storm, dangerous wind gusts and. flooding. Lee Goldberg standing by. Tonight, the midterms and the backlash. The Ohio race for governor. The. Republican ad taking aim at the Democrat. who's in the lead. Amy Actton says she. was abused as a child. Authorities. taking her from her home when she was a. child. Now, the Republican using the. mother she hasn't seen in 50 years in an. ad against her. And Vice President Vance. tonight applauding the Republican for. having the quote audacity to do it.

Tonight, the disturbing video appearing. to show ICE agents hitting a man with. their vehicle. What Homeland Security is. now saying. The NFL player cut by his. team after allegedly trying to get a gun. from his car after a fight with a. teammate during practice. The Good. Samaritan jumping onto a moving school. bus to save 18 children. That driver was. having a medical emergency. And America. Strong tonight here in Florida, Tampa. Bay going to the World Series. And the. stingrays they didn't give up on. Were.

they good luck? From ABC News World Headquarters in New. York, this is World News Tonight with. David Mure. Good evening tonight from Florida. We. begin tonight here with the breaking. news. The American prisoner released. from Russia and now returning to the. United States. The US says the. 74year-old retired school teacher from. Michigan, Steven Hubard, was wrongfully. detained by Russia for more than four.

years. Russia accusing him of fighting. for Ukraine. Hubard was set free as US. special envoy Steve Witco arrived in. Russia for a meeting with Vladimir. Putin. Witkoff calling Putin a. humanitarian. Late today, President. Trump was asked if he would describe. Putin that way. Martha Ratitz leading us. off tonight. >> Tonight, the first images of newly freed. American Steven Hubbert, the school. teacher who was wrongfully detained in. Russia for four years on a plane bound. for the US, smiling, holding an American.

flag. >> Hubard thanking President Trump special. envoy Steve Witco in St. Petersburg. before departing, speaking to President. Trump by phone. >> I hear he's in pretty good shape. He. went through a lot. I spoke to him this. morning. Uh he is the happiest man. around. >> The now 74 year old captured in eastern. Ukraine in 2022 by Russian troops. This. video showing him zip tied in the back. of a military vehicle.

>> The Kremlin sentencing Hubard to prison. for fighting for Ukraine. something his. family and US officials denied. Tonight, Hubard is headed to Texas where he'll be. evaluated and greeted by family. >> So good to see you. >> Good to see you, too. Thank you for. having us here. >> The release coming as President Trump's. envoy, Steve Witoff, sat across from. Vladimir Putin, calling him a. humanitarian. even as the war rages on. You talk so.

much about my president, President. Trump, being a humanitarian. You are are. a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute. that. I commend you and I thank you. again. >> President Trump at the White House. pressed if the US gave Russia anything. for Hubard's release. >> We gave nothing in exchange, which is. very rare. We never give anything in. exchange. But it comes after the. president announced a deal to allow. Russia to sell diesel to the US and.

signed an executive order suspending US. sanctions against Putin that had been. approved by Congress. President Trump. today saying Hubard's release would not. have happened with those sanctions in. place. But those sanctions were meant as. a deterrent in Russia's war on Ukraine. And as the president's envoy called. Putin a humanitarian, our James Longman was on the scene of. yet another deadly Russian strike on.

civilians. >> We're in an apartment building in Kev. which was struck by a drone last night. It struck on the 20th floor or so. Two. people were killed. You can see the. amount of destruction there's been just. down here. >> Today the president asked if he like. Witkoff would describe Putin as a. humanitarian. Well, I guess you have. could say for that particular purpose, for the purpose of uh allowing a man who. was thinking he was going to be in. prison for life uh out, but uh you know,

I I wouldn't say anything one way or the. other. The last thing I want to do is uh. upset an apple cart where we're getting. close to settling a war. >> And David Steven Hubard is now on his. way home. The Kremlin and Ukraine are. saying they are open to trilateral. meetings with the US. But David, we've. been here before when hopes for an end. to the war went nowhere. David, >> Martha Ratitz leading us off here. tonight. Martha, thank you. Meanwhile, tonight, the hazmat emergency unfolding. at this hour in Ohio. There has been a.

dangerous chemical leak creating a toxic. cloud. The mass evacuations and what. authorities are warning this chemical. can do. Alex Perez with the images out. of Toledo tonight. Tonight, a dangerous chemical leak. triggering a hazmat emergency in Ohio. after this 5,500galon tank started. spewing noxious gas. EMS called to the. MC tank transport terminal in Toledo. around 9:30 Tuesday night. The toxic. chemical spewing from the tank is. glycomethry. used to make certain plastics, paints,

and coatings perform better. >> It's a skin irritant, uh, respiratory. irritant, and we want you to stay inside. if you can. Fearing the tank could. explode, Toledo Fire and Rescue. evacuating about a thousand residents. within a onem radius, telling those. within three miles to shelter in place. About 60 people were treated for. symptoms. And David, the company is. coordinating with authorities who say it. is safer to let that leak vent out. They. say once that process is complete, first. responders can safely approach the tank.

David. >> All right, Alex Pres tonight. Alex, thank you. Also breaking at this hour, the images coming in amid terrifying. moments outside Los Angeles. Authorities. say a student in the school with a gun. And here's Trevor Alt. >> Tonight, the terrifying moments. A. student allegedly with a gun leading to. the evacuation of a high school outside. Los Angeles. SWAT teams called to Bell. Gardens High School this morning. Witness video shows the suspect on the. ground. A person in plain clothes. standing over them, potentially a school.

resource officer. >> Oh my god, the cops were the cops. Then. police arriving placing the student in. handcuffs. Authorities say they. recovered a handgun there at the scene. No injuries were reported. >> We heard the intercom that was like. locked down. >> I was really scared. I was I was shaking. a bit. >> The incident comes hours after a pair of. 15year-old girls were arrested in nearby. Riverside County suspected of plotting a. mass shooting at Corona High School. Authorities say the FBI alerted local. police after threats on social media. were flagged earlier this month. They.

say they found evidence those two girls. spent months researching previous school. shootings. No weapons were found. David, investigators say both of those teenage. girls talked about how they could get. weapons to carry out their attack. They're now both charged with conspiracy. to commit murder. David. >> All right, Trevor. All tonight, Trevor, thank you. Meanwhile, tonight in New. York City, a retired NYPD detective has. now been charged with murder tonight. after a driver was shot and then crashed. on the George Washington Bridge. Here's.

Aaron Kurski. >> Tonight, a long retired NYPD detective. is charged with murder in what police. call a case of deadly road rage on the. world's busiest bridge. Police say. Victor Romero was moving onto the upper. level of the George Washington Bridge. toward New Jersey during Tuesday's. evening rush when he nearly collided. with a car driven by 46-year-old Kuran. Irvine, seen in this photo on GoFundMe. Irvine kept driving. Police say an angry. Romero followed, came up behind and. opened fire from his moving vehicle. The.

gunshot went through a rear window and. struck Irvine in the shoulder. By the. time police arrived, they say Irvine was. unconscious and unresponsive in the. driver's seat. He later died at the. hospital. >> He was just a really nice guy. So, we're. we're in shock and we're really. devastated for the family. >> There are cameras all over the bridge. and police were quickly able to identify. Romero as the suspect. He voluntarily. came in for questioning and is now being. held on a charge of murder. The former. detective retired 25 years ago. Tonight, David, police expect to search his car. for evidence linking him to the shooting.

along with his home in Rockland County. north of the city. David, >> Eric, tonight. Aaron, thanks. This. evening, alarming new video here after a. deadly police shooting in a Walmart. parking lot in Mississippi, killing a. one-year-old boy in his mother's lap. Here's Steo Sentami. After months of demands from the family. of the one-year-old baby killed in this. police chase and after the state's top. prosecutor just cleared the police. officers, ABC News has obtained these. police and security camera videos.

showing what happened outside this. Mississippi Walmart in June. Each of the. videos start with a store employee who. confronted two customers seen here on. security cameras running from the store. One holding the baby and the other. carrying what investigators say are. stolen diapers. running. The two. different running. >> They're running. >> Yeah. >> Right. >> Yeah. >> That's when he called for help from. police, seen here, racing outside to the. car, yelling for them to stop, but they. pull in reverse and slam into a parked.

car. Then the driver tries to speed. away, seen here nearly hitting one of. the officers, who then fires into the car, seriously. wounding the driver and killing the baby. who was in the passenger seat sitting on. the lap of his mother. see a baby in her. lap. >> Nobody knew the baby was there. >> The child's mother says she wasn't the. one shoplifting and says police could. see she was holding a child. >> I raised my baby up cuz they they redraw. their gun. She had no tent. I raised my.

baby up trying to show them that he was. in the car. >> Police have not yet released the body. camera video from the police officer who. fired the fatal shot. The state attorney. general's office says that they plan to. meet with the family later this week and. share with them everything. David. >> Steosami. Steve, thanks. Tonight here in. Florida, the disturbing new surveillance. video showing a suspect allegedly. attempting to kidnap a girl while she. was walking home in Myiramar outside. Miami. What he allegedly said to her. before putting her in a chokeold and.

what she then did. Here's Victor Kendo. Tonight, you're watching the moment. police in Myiramar, Florida, say a man. tried to kidnap a 13-year-old. >> Just now, I decided to get on a scooter, try to grab a kid. >> The man seen here in an orange bike. helmet approaches the girl at a gas. station. He points at something in the. parking lot before putting his arm. around her neck and leading her away. >> And her little female to give him some. kisses. >> Police say the girl told them she was. scared when he grabbed her, not knowing. what was going to happen. After a few.

steps, the man identified by police as. Michael Palano appears to put the. 13-year-old in a headlock before she. slips from his grip. >> The kid fought, broke free, ran into the. gas station, made all the noise she. could, drew attention to the situation, and then people were able to call for. help. >> Police say a good Samaritan saw what was. happening, and started yelling at the. man as the girl broke free. >> This child did everything right, drew. attention, fought, and got to safety. So.

this was a smart, quickthinking kid. >> David, the suspect has a long wrap sheet. now charged with kidnapping and battery. and is being held without bail. David, >> just incredible what that girl did. She. saved her own life. Victor, thank you. We turn tonight to the nor eastern. moving up the east coast now gaining. strength. It's now a subtropical storm. tonight. Dangerous wind gusts and. flooding too. So let's get right to our. senior meteorologist Lee Goldberg back. with us tonight. Hey David, that nor easter now has. tropical DNA and a name, subtropical.

storm Josephine. And coastal impacts, they remain the same from the Outer. Banks to the northeast. Coastal. flooding, high surf and wind. Here's the. track. Gust to top 50 mph in Nantucket. and Cape Cod tomorrow morning. Some rain. there as well. The storm finally moves. away from the US tomorrow. Stay south of. Nova Scotia. Maybe even some snow in. Newfoundland. From one storm moving out. in the Atlantic to another moon. It's a. strong one moving in from the Pacific. into the Southwest. It's the first. tornado watch in 16 years in parts of. Arizona. Right now, a tornado warning in. eastern Arizona. Severe thunderstorm. warning in Phoenix. Alerts into.

tomorrow. David. >> Lee Goldberg with us here. Lee, thanks. Tonight, the midterms and the growing. backlash in the Ohio race for governor. The Republican ad taking aim at the. Democrat. Amy Actton, who was abused as. a child, authorities removing her from. her home. Now, the Republican using her. mother in an attack ad. The mother she. hasn't seen in nearly 50 years. Here's. Mary Bruce. Tonight, the growing. backlash over the brutal Republican. campaign ad rocking the Ohio governor's. race. Republican candidate Bevc.

Ramaswami enlisting his opponent Amy. Actton's estranged mother to attack her. Actton was removed from her mother's. custody when she was just 12 years old. after her stepfather was charged with. sexually assaulting her. They haven't. spoken in nearly 50 years. If you think. she'll make your life better, you're. fooling yourself. >> Late today, Actton calling Ramaswami's. move despicable. >> It was a horrible and hideous thing to. do, a sad thing. Um, and I feel like it.

was an exploitive thing to do. Uh, my. mother is not well. The Columbus. Dispatch today calling the ad revoling. and unsettling, adding sexual violence. against children should not be. politicized or taken as lightly as Rama. Swami appears to take it. Ohio's. Republican Secretary of State says his. office has received complaints about the. ad. >> You know, I I probably wouldn't run an. ad like that, but every candidate gets. to make their own decision.

>> At a campaign event, Ramaswami. confronted. >> Sir, she was 12. Sir, if you want to if. you want to be patient and you want to. ask a question at the end, you'll be. free to do that. >> But today in Ohio, Vice President JD. Vance praising Rahma Swami for having. the quote audacity to run an ad that. quote calls it out like it is. Vance. adding he is quote disgusted by. Republicans who condemned the ad. Politics is a tough business and my. message to my fellow elected Republicans. is if you actually believe in the things.

you say you believe in, stop whining. about an advertisement and go win the. race in 13 days. Next question. >> And David, the latest polling shows Amy. Actton with a slight edge over VC. Ramaswami. The race for governor now. neck and neck. We'll see if the backlash. over this ad changes that and also. whether this has any ripple effects and. impacts Ohio's crucial Senate race. David, >> the countdown is on to the midterms. Mary Bruce with us here tonight. Mary, thanks as always. When we come back. here, the major new headline coming in. on Pope Leo and his health tonight.

You're going to want to hear this. Also, the NFL player cut by his team tonight. after allegedly trying to get a gun. after a fight with a teammate during. practice. Also ahead, look at this. disturbing video appearing to show ICE. agents hitting a man with their vehicle. What Homeland Security is now saying. tonight. And then the good Samaritan. jumping onto a moving school bus to save. 18 children on that bus. What was. happening on the bus here in a moment. tonight. An NFL player has been cut by. his team for reportedly trying to get a. gun from his car after a fight with a.

teammate during practice. The Titans. head coach saying defensive lineman. Jordan Elliot had a dispute with. teammate JC Leam. The NFL says it is. reviewing the incident. Tonight, an. investigation is underway outside. Sacramento after an ICE vehicle appeared. to strike a man and drive away. The man. was taken to the hospital with minor. injuries. ICE says he was not hit, claiming he jumped on the vehicle. Earlier, the man was seen on. surveillance throwing trash cans in. front of an SUV with blinking lights. When we come back in the broadcast. tonight, there is news coming in on Pope. Leo's health following lung cancer.

surgery and what we've just learned. here. And the good Samaritan jumping out. of that moving school bus. was happening. with 18 school children on board at a. moment. To the index of other news tonight, Pope. Leo's doctors now saying he will not. need further treatment following lung. cancer surgery last week. They say it. does not appear the cancer has spread. The Pope today greeting crowds in St. Peter Square from the Pope mobile. And. that is great news. Tonight, back here. in the US, a Minnesota man being called. a hero. Surveillance video showing Abra. Ahmed jumping onto a St. Paul school bus.

with its doors wide open. The driver. suffering a medical emergency. 18 middle. school children on board. Ahmed stopped. the bus, called for help, the children. all safe. That driver also expected to. be okay. When we come back here in. Florida tonight, Tampa Bay now going to. the World Series were the stingrays they. saved. Good luck. >> ABC World News Tonight with David Mure, sponsored by Progressive. >> Finally tonight here, America strong. Tampa Bay getting ready for the World. Series. Of course, a lot of talent, but.

have those stingrays they saved brought. some good luck. >> Tonight, here in Florida, the Tampa Bay. Rays and their fans are getting ready. for the World Series. >> That's it. The Tampa Bay Rays have won. the. >> It's been a long, challenging road to. get here. Just two years ago, Hurricane. Milton devastated Tampa Bay. The roof of. Tropicana Field Baseball Stadium was. shredded. Parts of the roof ripping off. It was supposed to be used as a shelter. for 10,000 emergency workers during the.

storm. After the hurricane, the. community got to work rebuilding, including their stadium. And inside, they were determined to keep traditions. alive. For 20 years now, stingrays have. lived in a 10,000galon tank at the. stadium for fans to visit during the. games. Those stingrays were there when. the hurricane hit, and they survived. The team at the Florida Aquarium getting. them to safety, caring for them until. they could return. And this season, all seven stingrays.

were back in their tank in that rebuilt. stadium. A tradition and perhaps a. stroke of good luck, saving the stadium. and the Stingrays. And now the team is. headed to the World Series. It's pretty cool. The Tampa Bay Rays and. the Milwaukee Brewers, both teams have. never won the World Series tonight. By. the way, a special tribute CMA presents. I will always love you. A celebration of. Dolly Parton, 9:00 p.m. Eastern here on. ABC and Disney Plus. I'll see you. tomorrow. Good night. >> David Mure, the most trusted, most.

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