ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - October 17, 2025

>>> TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS, JUST. IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMUTES GEORGE. SANTOS' SENTENCE. WE LEARNED MOMENTS AGO PRESIDENT. TRUMP NOW COMMUTING THE SENTENCE. OF FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE. SANTOS WHO AUTHORITIES SAID LIED. ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HIS. PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND GOT. ELECTED TO CONGRESS. HE WAS CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD. AND IDENTITY THEFT. NOW HE'LL GO FREE. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AT THE WHITE. HOUSE, ZELENSKYY ASKING THE U.S. FOR TOMAHAWK MISSILES THAT COULD. STRIKE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA. THE PRESIDENT NOW HESITATING.

AFTER TALKING WITH VLADIMIR. PUTIN AND THE PRESIDENT WAS. ASKED TODAY DOES HE THINK. VLADIMIR PUTIN IS PLAYING HIM. HOW HE RESPONDS. >>> TONIGHT THE U.S. MILITARY. DRONE STRIKE OFF VENEZUELA AND. TONIGHT TWO PEOPLE ON THAT BOAT. SURVIVING THIS. PICKED UP BY THE U.S. NAVY. WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE BOAT. THEY WERE ON AND THE NEW IMAGES. TONIGHT OF B-52 BOMBERS FLYING. IN THE COAST OF VENEZUELA. FIGHTER JETS IN FORMATION. WHAT'S BEHIND THE BUILD-UP? MARTHA RADDATZ AND WHAT SHE. LEARNED TONIGHT. >>> THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE AND. NOW THE STUNNING DECISION BY.

PRINCE ANDREW, GIVING UP ALL OF. HIS ROYAL TITLES. HE SAYS AFTER TALKING WITH KING. CHARLES. WHAT'S BEHIND THE TIMING OF. THIS. >>> >>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY. ADVISOR JOHN BOLTON PLEADING NOT. GUILTY TO CHARGES OF MISHANDLING. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. >>> TENSIONS RISING IN THE. CHICAGO AREA TONIGHT, POLICE IN. RIOT GEAR CLASHING WITH. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AN I.C.E. FACILITY. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE. DETAINED. >>> TONIGHT A RACE AGAINST TIME, URGENT EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY. AFTER ENTIRE TOWNS WASHED AWAY.

IN ALASKA. >>> TONIGHT, TWO YEARS AFTER WE. FIRST MET THEM, THE PARENTS OF. SLAIN HOSTAGE HERSH. GOLDBERG-POLIN AND THE. INTERVIEW. IN THE END, HERSH WAS THE ONLY. AMERICAN HOSTAGE TAKEN ALIVE AND. THEN MURDERED IN CAPTIVITY. TONIGHT THEIR REMARKABLE MESSAGE. RIGHT HERE AND WHAT THEY HAVE. NOW SHARED WITH ME. >>> HARROWING IMAGES, A PLANE. FALLING FROM THE SKY, THREE. PEOPLE ONBOARD KILLED, THE PLANE. PLUNGING 12,000 FEET IN JUST ONE. MINUTE. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, TROUBLE ONLY THE EAST RIVER.

INVOLVING A SIGHTSEEING FERRY. >>> TONIGHT, WE ARE TRACKING. SEVERE STORMS HEADING THIS. WEEKEND, POSSIBLE TORNADOS, HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, TEXAS TO OHIO, THEN SWEEPING. INTO THE NORTHEAST. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR.". >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. BREAKING NEWS WE LEARNED MOMENTS. AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS COMMUTED THE. PRISON SENTENCE OF FORMER NEW.

YORK CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS. HE HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF WIRE. FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT. TONIGHT WE HAVE LEARNED HE WILL. NOW GO FREE. AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID HE LIED. ABOUT DETAILS IN HIS PERSONAL. LIFE, HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE, HIS. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND AND GOT. ELECTED TO CONGRESS. SANTOS PLEADED GUILTY TO THE. FEDERAL CHARGES OF WIRE FRAUD. AND IDENTITY THEFT. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING A SHORT. TIME AGO YOU CALLING SANTOS A. ROGUE, RELEASING HIM FROM PRISON. IMMEDIATELY AND WISHING HIM, IN. HIS WORDS, GOOD LUCK. ENJOY YOUR LIFE. MARY BRUCE LEADING US OFF WITH. THE BREAKING NEWS.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? >> Reporter: DAVID, THE. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING THAT HE IS. COMMUTED GEORGE SANTOS' SENTENCE. SAYING HE IS RELEASING HIM FROM. PRISON IMMEDIATELY. GEORGE SANTOS WAS SENTENCED TO. SEVEN YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED. GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD AND. AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN ADMITTING. HE LIED TO CONGRESS AND. DEFRAUDED DONORS. DURING HIS BRIEF POLITICAL. CAREER HE WAS CAUGHT LYING ABOUT. WHERE HE WENT TO COLLEGE, PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND CHARITY. ENDEAVORS, CLAIMED HIS MOTHER. DIED IN 9/11 AND THAT HIS. GRANDPARENTS WERE HOLOCAUST. SURVIVORS.

CLAIMS THAT WERE NOT TRUE. TONIGHT THOUGH TRUMP SAYING, QUOTE, AT LEAST SANTOS HAD THE. COURAGE, CONVICTION AND. INTELLIGENCE TO ALWAYS VOTE. REPUBLICAN. DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE ON THE. BREAKING NEWS LIVE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. THANK YOU. >>> AND STAY WITH US HERE, MARY. THE OTHER MAJOR STORY, HIGH-STAKES MEETING AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. PRESIDENT TRUMP, UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, ZELENSKYY. ASKING FOR A LONG RANGE TOMAHAWK. MISSILES CAPABLE OF BEING USED. TO STRIKE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA. BUT 24 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPOKE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE PRESIDENT HESITATING ON.

GIVING UKRAINE THESE MISSILES. AND THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED. TODAY DOES HE THINK VLADIMIR. PUTIN IS PLAYING HIM? MARY BRUCE ON THAT STORY AS. WELL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SITTING. WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SOUNDING NEWLY. HOPEFUL HE CAN END THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. EVEN THOUGH RUSSIA HAS ONLY. ESCALATED ITS ATTACKS SINCE. TRUMP AND VLADIMIR PUTIN MET IN. ALASKA. >> I THINK PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. WANTS IT DONE AND I THINK. PRESIDENT PUTIN WANTS IT DONE. >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY SAYS. PUTIN DOES NOT WANT PEACE AT.

ALL. HE TRAVELED TO WASHINGTON TO ASK. FOR POWERFUL TOMAHAWK MISSILES. CAPABLE OF STRIKING DEEP INSIDE. RUSSIA. TRUMP HAD SEEMED OPEN TO THAT, BUT YESTERDAY IN A TWO HOUR. PHONE CALL PUTIN URGED TRUMP NOT. TO GIVE UKRAINE THE WEAPONS AND. TODAY BEFORE THE CAMERAS THE. PRESIDENT HENGED. >> HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO. GET THE WAR OVER WITH WITHOUT. THINKING ABOUT TOMAHAWKS. >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY. SUGGESTING THE U.S. SWAP.

TOMAHAWKS FOR SOPHISTICATED. UKRAINE DRONES. >> THE UNITED STATES HAS. TOMAHAWKS AND OTHER MISSILES, VERY STRONG MISSILES, BUT THEY. CAN HAVE OUR THOUSANDS OF. DRONES. THAT'S WHY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. >> Reporter: TRUMP SAID HE WOULD. BE INTERESTED. THE PRESIDENT NOW PREPARING FOR. HIS SECOND SUMMIT WITH PUTIN, THIS TIME IN HUNGARY. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT MAYBE. THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT IS TRYING. TO BUY HIMSELF MORE TIME? >> YEAH, I AM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I. HAVE BEEN PLAYED ALL MY LIFE BY. THE BEST OF THEM, AND I CAME OUT.

REALLY WELL. >> Reporter: LATER, I ASKED. ZELENSKYY IF HE THINKS PUTIN IS. JUST TRYING TO BUY TIME WITH. THIS SECOND SUMMIT. >> I THINK THAT RUSSIANS AFRAID. ABOUT TOMAHAWKS, REALLY AID. FRAYED BECAUSE IT'S STRONG. WEAPON AND THEY KNOW WHAT WE. HAVE I. >> Reporter: ARE YOU MORE OR. LESS OPTIMISTIC THAT YOU ARE. GOING TO GET THOSE TOMAHAWKS? >> I'M REALISTIC. >> Reporter: NOW, TRUMP ONCE. TALKED ABOUT GETTING PUTIN AND.

ZELENSKYY TO MEET TOGETHER, BUT. TONIGHT HE ADMITS THAT'S NOT. LIKELY TO HAPPEN, SAYING HIS. UPCOMING MEETING WITH PUTIN IN. HUNGARY IS LIKELY TO BE JUST THE. TWO OF THEM. DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE FOLLOWING. MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING. FORWARD WITH ATTACKS ON DRUG. BOATS HEADED FOR THE U.S., A NEW. DRONE STRIKE IN THE CARIBBEAN, TWO PEOPLE ON THE BOAT SURVIVING. AND PICKED UP BY THE U.S. NAVY. WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE BOAT. TONIGHT THAT THEY WERE ON. HERE IS MARTHA RADDATZ ON THAT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TWO.

SURVIVORS FROM A DEADLY U.S. MILITARY STRIKE ON A SUSPECTED. DRUG VESSEL ARE ABOARD A U.S. NAVY SHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN. RESCUED BY A U.S. HELICOPTER. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED ANOTHER TWO. WERE KILLED. OFFICIALS SAY THE MEN WERE. ABOARD A SEMI SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL. LIKE THIS ONE, BOATS THE COAST. GUARD SAYS ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD. LARGE QUANTITIES OF CONTRABAND. WHILE EVADING DETECTION. THIS MOST RECENT STRIKE WAS THE.

SIXTH IN THE CARIBBEAN IN THE. LAST MONTH, PART OF WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CALLED HIS. WAR ON DRUG CARTELS. >> THIS IS NOT AN INNOCENT GROUP. OF PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE. THAT HAVE SUBMARINES. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION. OFFERING NO FURTHER EVIDENCE OF. ILLEGAL DRUGS. AND TONIGHT THE U.S. RELEASING. NEW IMAGES OF B-52 BOMBERS. FLYING WHAT IT CALLS A. DEMONSTRATION MISSION NEAR THE. COAST OF VENEZUELA. F-35 FIGHTER JETS SEEN IN.

FORMATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID HE. HAS AUTHORIZED COVERT CIA. MISSIONS INSIDE VENEZUELA. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS. MADURO TAKING NOTE, SAYING, NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE CIA. HAS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY. ADMITTED TO SENDING AGENTS TO. OTHER COUNTRIES. AND, DAVID, ONE MORE NOTE. TONIGHT. SOURCES TELL ME ADMIRAL ALVIN. HOLSSY, OVERSEEING THE STRIKES. IN THE CARIBBEAN, AND YESTERDAY. UNEXPECTEDLY ANNOUNCED HE WAS A. LEAVING HIS POST, HAD EXPRESSED.

RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE SKBRON. GOING MILITARY OPERATIONS. >> David: MARTHA RADDATZ LIVE, THANK YOU. >>> TO THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE. AND THE CONTINUING FALLOUT. TONIGHT THE STUNNING DECISION BY. PRINCE ANDREW GIVING UP ALL. ROYAL TITLES HE SAYS AFTER. TALKING WITH KING CHARLES. SO WHAT'S BEHIND THE TIMING OF. THIS? HERE IS OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. NOW. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WITH FRESH. SCRUTINY OF HIS RELATIONSHIP. WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN, PRINCE. ANDREW IS GIVING UP ALL OF HIS. ROYAL TITLES, INCLUDING DUKE OF.

YORK. ANDREW SAYING IN A STATEMENT IN. DISCUSSION WITH THE KING AND HIS. FAMILY, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE. CONTINUED ACCUSATIONS ABOUT ME. DISTRACT FROM THE WORK OF HIS. MAJORITY AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. IT COMES DAYS BEFORE THE RELEASE. OF A MEMOIR WRITTEN BY EPSTEIN. VICTIM VIRGINIA GIUFFRE BEFORE. SHE DIED BY SUICIDE. SHE LONG CLAIMED EPSTEIN. TRAFFICKED HER TO TO HAVE SEX. WITH KREWE WHEN SHE WAS 17. >> HE KNOWS WHAT HE HAS DONE AND. I HOPE HE COMES CLEAN ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: ANDREW SAYING, I. VIGOROUSLY DENY THE ACCUSATIONS. AGAINST ME.

THE PRINCE PAID MILLIONS TO. SETTLE GIUFFRE'S CLAIMS AND. STEPPED BACK FROM ROYAL DUTIES. AFTER DENYING HE KNEW HER IN. THIS INFAMOUS BBC INTERVIEW. >> I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF. MEETING THIS LADY. >> YOU DON'T REMEMBER MEETING. HER? >> NO. >> Reporter: NEW QUESTIONS. RECENTLY PUBLISHED EMAILS SHOW. ANDREW'S FRIENDSHIP WITH EPSTEIN. LASTED LONGER THAN HE CLAIMED. AND SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THERE. ARE ADDITIONAL EMAILS IN THE. EPSTEIN FILES THAT COULD. EMBARRASS HIM. KING CHARLES IS GLAD ABOUT.

ANDREW'S DECISION AS THE SON OF. A MONARCH, CAN STILL BE CALLED. EXPERIENCE. HIS EX, SARAH FERGUSON, IS NO. LONGER DUCHESS. >>> TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. JOHN BOLTON PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TO CHARGES OF MISHANDLING. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND. OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THE. PRESIDENT ACCUSING PRESIDENT. TRUMP OF RETRIBUTION. HERE IS OUR CHIEF JUSTICE. CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY.

ADVISOR PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO. 18 COUNTS OF MISHANDLING. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THIS AFTER DECLARING HIMSELF THE. LATEST TARGET IN THE WEAPONIZING. OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, A. CHARGE TRUMP DEEMS TO BE HIS. ENEMIES. >> DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS --. >> Reporter: JOHN BOLTON IS. ACCUSED OF SHARING CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION WITH TWO FAMILY. MEMBERS THAT SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS ARE HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. HE ALLEGEDLY DID IT IN. DIARY-LIKE EMAILS DESCRIBING HIS. DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE IN TRUMP'S. WHITE HOUSE AS HE PREPARED TO. WRITE A TELL-ALL BOOK.

PROSECUTORS SAY THAT INFORMATION. ALONG WITH DOCUMENTS DISCOVERED. WHEN THE FBI SEARCHED BOLTON'S. HOME INCLUDED NATIONAL SECURITY. SECRETS MUCH. >> I THINK HE IS A BAD PERSON. I THINK HE IS A BAD GUY. >> Reporter: BOLTON SAYS THE. BOOK WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED. BY THE APPROPRIATE EXPERIENCED. CAREER OFFICIALS. HE ACCUSED TRUMP OF MOUNTING AN. EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE HIS. OPPONENTS, SAYING THE. ADMINISTRATION EMBODIES WHAT. JOSEPH STALIN'S HEAD OF SECRET. POLICE ONCE SAID, YOU SHOW ME.

THE MAN AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE. CRIME. BOLTON HAS BEEN RELEASED WITHOUT. BAIL AND ORDERED TO SUR VENDOR. HIS PASSPORT. >> David: THANK YOU. >>> NEXT, A HEATED CLASH OVER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN THE CHICAGO AREA. POLICE IN RIOT GEAR CLASH BEING. PROTESTERS OUTSIDE AN I.C.E. FACILITY IN BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS, RIGHT HERE. SOME OFFICERS USING NIGHTSTICKS. TO BEAT BACK THE CROWD. AUTHORITIES SAY NEARLY A DOZEN. PROTESTERS ARRESTED. THE CLASH COMING 24 HOURS AFTER. A JUDGE ORDERED ALL FEDERAL. AGENTS WITH BODY CAMERAS TO WEAR.

THEM AND KEEP THEM ON DURING. OPERATIONS. >>> AS YOU KNOW, WE BEGAN THIS. WEEK ANCHORING FROM THE MIDDLE. EAST AS THE FINAL REMAINING. SURVIVING HOSTAGES RELEASE BID. HAMAS. ONE OF THE HOSTAGES WHO DIDN'T. COME HOME, HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, THE YOUNG AMERICAN WHOSE PARENTS. NEVER GAVE UP. HIS PARENTS JONATHAN AND RACHEL. WERE THE FIRST PARENTS I SPOKE. WITH JUST DAYS AFTER THE OCTOBER. 7th ATTACK WHILE WE WERE ON THE. GROUND IN ISRAEL. TONIGHT WHAT KNOW TOLD ME, THEIR. REMARKABLE MESSAGE THIS WEEK, THEIR STRENGTH TWO YEARS LATER. >> Reporter: WE WILL NEVER.

FORGET, THOSE TWO PARENTS FROM. CHICAGO WHO MOVED TO JERUSALEM. WITH THEIR YOUNG FAMILY. WE MET THEM JUST DAYS AFTER THE. OCTOBER 7th HAMAS ATTACK. THEIR SON HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, WHO HAD JUST TURNED 23, WAS. CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY AT THAT. MUSIC FESTIVAL. YOUNG PEOPLE WERE SOON RUNNING. FOR THEIRS LIVES. WE REMEMBER WHAT THEY TOLD ME. ABOUT THE LAST TWO TEXT MESSAGES. FROM THEIR SON. I LOVE YOU AND I'M SORRY. >> THE FIRST ONE SAID I LOVE.

YOU, AND THE SECOND ONE I'M. SORRY. SO I IMMEDIATELY KNEW SOMETHING. TERRIBLE HAD HAPPENED. I TRIED IMMEDIATELY TO CALL HIM. AND IT RANG AND RANG AND RANG. I WROTE, ARE YOU OKAY? NO ANSWER. ARE YOU OKAY? LET ME KNOW YOU'RE OKAY. AND SO THAT'S THE LAST TIME WE. HEARD FROM HIM. >> Reporter: AND THOSE TWO. WORDS, I'M SORRY? >> YEAH, I KEEP SAYING, IT'S. OKAY. WE HAVEN'T SLEPT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN I. HAVE THESE QUIET MOMENTS AT. NIGHT, I KEEP SAYING, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. AND I HOPE AND I KEEP SAYING, I. AM SENDING YOU EVERY OUNCE OF MY. STRENGTH. STAY ALIVE. >> Reporter: THEY WOULD BEGIN. PIECING TOGETHER HIS FINAL. MOMENTS, DISCOVERINGAGE IMAGE. YOUNG PEOPLE CROWDED INTO A. SHELTER. ON THE LEFT, THEY SEE THEIR. SON'S FACE, HERSH. THEY LEARNED GRENADES WERE BEING. THROWN INTO THE SHELTER, THEIR. SON LOSING AN ARM.

THE MILITANTS ORDERED THOSE WHO. COULD GET UP TO LEAVE, AND SO HE. DID. THEY PUT HIM ON TO A PICKUP. TRUCK, AND THEN 201 DAYS AFTER. HE WAS TAKEN, APRIL 2024, THE. WORLD WOULD SEE THAT HERSH. GOLDBERG-POLIN WAS STILL ALIVE. SPEAKING IN HEBREW IN A VIDEO. PUT OUT BY HAMAS, MISSING PART. OF HIS LEFT ARM, HE COULD ARE. HEARD SAYING, I AM THE SON OF. JONATHAN AND RACHEL, I WAS BORN. IN CALIFORNIA.

AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, ONE LAST. THING, AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN. ANYTHING, MOM, DAD, LIBBY, ORALLY, I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH. I MISS YOU VERY MUCH AND I THINK. OF YOU EVERY DAY THAT I'M HERE. IT WAS FOUR MONTHS AFTER THAT. VIDEO HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED. FROM A TUNNEL. IN THE END, HERSH WAS THE ONLY. AMERICAN HOSTAGE WHO WAS TAKEN. ALIVE AND MURDERED IN CAPTIVITY. THIS WEEK, THOSE TWO PARENTS MET. ME BACK IN THAT SAME TEL AVIV. PARK TWO YEARS AFTER WE FIRST.

MET. THEY HAVE STAYED STRONG FOR ALL. OF THE OTHER FAMILIES. IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE. SURVIVING HOSTAGES CAME HOME. IT'S PRETTY HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S. BEEN TWO YEARS AND TWO DAYS. SINCE THE THREE OF US SAT. TOGETHER HERE IN THE SAME PARK. I KNOW TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE. BITTERSWEET FOR YOU. >> IT'S MOSTLY SWEET. WE'RE JUST VERY NERVOUS,

OPTIMISTIC, HOPEFUL, TRYING TO. STAY POSITIVE FOR THESE. FAMILIES. >> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE WILL BE. AMAZED THAT YOU ARE SITTING HERE. STILL CHAMPIONING ALL OF THESE. OTHER FAMILIES WHEN YOU WERE SO. CLOSE TO GETTING YOUR OWN SON. AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHY. WE'RE STILL HERE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THE PAIN AND. BECAUSE WE'VE BECOME FAMILY WITH. THESE OTHER HOSTAGE FAMILIES. >> Reporter: I REMEMBER WHAT YOU. TOLD ME SITTING HERE TWO YEARS. AGO.

THE TEXT MESSAGES, THE LAST. MESSAGE FROM HERSH, NOT ONLY. SAYING I LOVE YOU, BUT I'M. SORRY. THEY ARE STILL CONVINCED THEIR. SON KNEW THEY WERE ABOUT TO. SUFFER. >> I NOW THINK HE WAS WRITING. I'M SORRY BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE. WOULD BE DYING MOMENTARILY. WE NOW THINK THAT HE EVEN HAD. JUST HAD HIS ARM BLOWN OFF AND. PROBABLY TYPED THAT MESSAGE OUT. WITH HIS WEAK HAND AND SO I.

THINK THAT SORRY WAS GOODBYE. >> Reporter: YEAH. IN THESE TWO YEARS, THEY HAVE. HEARD FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE. WORLD, AND THEY HAVE LEARNED. THAT LOSS IS UNIVERSAL. PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT BOTH OF. YOU AND HAVE WONDERED HOW ARE. THEY DOING IT. HOW ARE YOU DOING IT? HOW DOES A MOM DO THIS? >> NOT WELL. THERE IS NO MOM WHO DOES IT. WELL. WE SUFFER HORRIBLY. AND IT'S ALWAYS. SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO BELIEVE.

SAYINGS SUCH AS TIME HEALS ALL. WOUNDS OR, YOU KNOW, IT WILL GET. BETTER. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THOUSANDS, THOUSANDS OF BEREAVED PARENTS. AROUND THE WORLD THAT REACHED. OUT. THE PAIN AND THE GRIEVING, THAT'S A UNIVERSAL HUMAN. EXPERIENCE, AND IT IS FOREVER. >> Reporter: IT IS FOREVER, SHE. SAYS. AND THEIR MISSION NOW, THEY TELL. ME, IS TO HELP OTHERS FIND. STRENGTH THROUGH THEIR LOSS. I'M SURE HERSH, THAT BEAUTIFUL.

YOUNG MAN, WOULD BE SO PROUD OF. WHAT THE TWO OF YOU HAVE DONE. >> THANK YOU. >> SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE. WORLD MOVED BY THEIR STRENGTH. RACHEL AND JONATHAN. GOLDBERG-POLIN AND THEIR. STRENGTH AND MISSION TO HELP. OTHERS WITH THEIR LOSS MOVING. FORWARD. >>> A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE ARE. TRACKING SEVERE STORMS SET TO. HIT THIS WEEKEND, POSSIBLE. TORNADOS, HEAVY RAIN DAMAGING. WINDS FROM TEXAS TO THE OHIO. VALLEY AND THEN SWEEPING INTO. THE NORTHEAST. >>> TROUBLE ON NEW YORK CITY'S. EAST RIVER. HELP RACING OUT.

>>> RACE AGAINST TIME. URGENT EVACUATIONS AFTER TOWNS. WASHED AWAY IN ALASKA. >>> THE PLANE CRASH TONIGHT, HARROWING IMAGES, PLANE FALLING. FROM THE SKY PLUNGING. >> TONIGHT,TONIGHT WE CONTINUE. FOLLOW THE LARGEST AIRLIFT IN. HAZARD'S HISTORY, URGENT. EVACUATIONS UNDERWAY, A. DEVASTATING STORM WIPING OUT. ENTIRE COMMUNITIES, HUNDREDS OF. PEOPLE BOARDING PLANES AND. HELICOPTERS, A C-17 PACKED WITH. EVACUEES, LANDING IN ANCHORAGE. THE RED CROSS HOUSING THEM IN.

THE ALASKA AIRLINES CENTER ARENA. WHICH SEATS 5,000. >>> THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER. A PRIVATE JET CRASHED INTO A. WOODED AREA NEAR LANCING, MICHIGAN, VIDEO CAPTURING THE. PLANE AS IT PLUMMETS HERE, 12,000 FEET IN JUST A MINUTE. OFFICIALS SAY THEET J WAS. PERFORMING A TEST FLIGHT AFTER A. MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE TWO. PILOTS AND MAINTENANCE WORKER. ONBOARD KILLED. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS. FRIDAY NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY, TROUBLE ON THE EAST RIVER. HELP RACING OUT. PLUS TRACKING THOSE SEVERE. >>.

>>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS, A SIGHTSEEING BOAT COLLIDED WITH. WALKWAY AFTER LOSING POWER IN. THE EAST RIVER. THE FERRY CARRYING 55 PEOPLE HIT. A RAILING NEAR WILLIAMSBURG THIS. AFTERNOON. THE FDNY SENDING IN A MARINE. UNIT AND TUGBOAT TO SAFELY MOVE. THE BOAT. >>> SEVERE STORMS THIS WEEKEND, FROM TEXAS UP TO THE OHIO VALLEY. COULD BRING TORNADOS, DAMAGING. WINDS AND HAIL ALL THE WAY UP TO. THE GREAT LAKES THEN MOVING INTO. THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY. WE WILL BE TRACKING IT. >>> WHE.

>>> A FINAL NOTE TONIGHT TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ON THIS. HEAVY WEAK, THAT BEGAN IN THE. MIDDLE EAST ABOUT THE FINAL. SURVIVING HOSTAGES COMING HOME. SO MANY OF YOU REMEMBERED THE. PARENTS OF HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN. WHO DID NOT COME HOME WHICH IS. WHY WE ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD. SIT DOWN IN TEL AVIV. YOU HEARD THEIR MESSAGE OF. STRENGTH TONIGHT, HELPING OTHERS. NOW, SAYING LOSS IS UNIVERSAL, TELLING ME IT NEVER GOES AWAY. I'M DAVID MUIR.

THANK YOU.