ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 16, 2025

TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE SUSPECT. CHARGED IN CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDER IN COURT FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE IMAGES COMING IN TONIGHT. TYLER ROBINSON, FORMALLY CHARGED. WITH AGGRAVATED MURDER. APPEARING TO NOD HIS HEAD AT. TIMES. AUTHORITIES INFORMING HIM THEY. WILL SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE. HEAR WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY THE SUSPECT'S MOTHER NOTICED. WHAT SHE SAID TO HIS FATHER. AND AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. REVEALING THE TEXT MESSAGES THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SENT TO HIS. ROOMMATE. THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SAYING, I. HAD HOPED TO KEEP THIS SECRET UNTIL THE DAY I DIE. AND WHAT HE ALLEGEDLY SAID WHEN ASKED BY HIS FAMILY AND BY THAT.

ROOMMATE, WHY HE DID IT. >>> ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, CEO. MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE IN SHACKLES IN COURT. TONIGHT, A JUDGE DISMISSING A TOP CHARGE LINKING THE KILLING. TO TERRORISM. WHAT THE JUDGE IS NOW SAYING AND. WHERE THIS CASE STANDS TONIGHT. >>> THE FIERY HEARING ON CAPITOL. HILL TONIGHT. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL UNDER. SCRUTINY FOR HIS FIRING OF FBI AGENTS AND HIS HANDLING OF THE.

YEF Y. JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES. AFTER YEARS OF PATEL TALKING. ABOUT EPSTEIN, DEMANDING ANSWERS HIMSELF, HE'S PRESSED ON THE. HILL TONIGHT, WHY ARE THEY KEEPING THE REST OF THE EPSTEIN. FILES FROM THE PUBLIC? >>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, ISRAEL. LAUNCHING A MAJOR NEW GROUND OFFENSIVE IN GAZA CITY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS NOW STRUGGLING TO. ESCAPE. >>> BACK IN THE U.S., THE. OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND KILLED FROM BEHIND. >>> DRAMATIC VIDEO TONIGHT, THE CLOSE CALL AT A GAS STATION, AN. OUT OF CONTROL CAR AT 65 MILES PER HOUR. >>> TONIGHT, FORMER NFL GREAT DAN MARINO REVEALING HIS.

PERSONAL BATTLE. >>> AND THE TRIBUTES POURING IN. TONIGHT FOR A HOLLYWOOD ICON. ACTOR AND DIRECTOR ROBERT. REDFORD HAS DIED. >> WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? >> I CAN'T SWIM. >> FROM BUTCH CASSIDY TO THE. STING, WITH BARBARA STRISTAND IN THE WAY WE WERE, TO THE BASEBALL. CLASSIC, THE NATURAL. TONIGHT, ROBERT REDFORD IN HIS. OWN WORDS HERE. WHAT HE ONCE TOLD OUR CHARLIE. GIBSON ABOUT FAME, THE MOVIES, THE CRITICS -- BUT FOR REDFORD, WHAT MATTERED MOST.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY TUESDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, THE SUSPECT, TYLER ROBINSON, AND HIS. FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT. THE SUSPECT APPEARING OVER A. VIDEO LINK. THE FIRST TIME HE'S BEEN SEEN. SINCE HIS ARREST. UTAH ATTORNEY JEFF GRAY. SIGNALING HIS INTENT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY.

ROBINSON FACING AGGRAVATED MURDER, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND WITNESS TAMPERING. AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SHARING. FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT SUSPECT'S MOTHER ALLEGEDLY. RECOGNIZING HER SON FROM THE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES AND THEN. GOING TO HER HUSBAND AND HE. AGREED. AND WHAT THEY DID NEXT. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ALSO REVEALING TEXT MESSAGES THE. SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SHARED WITH HIS ROOMMATE, SAYING THE SUSPECT. DISLIKED CHARLIE KIRK, TEXTS HIS ROOMMATE, QUOTE, I HAD ENOUGH OF. HIS HATRED. AND TONIGHT, THE UTAH ATTORNEY.

ON WHAT THE SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY SAID WHEN ASKED BY HIS FAMILY. AND BY HIS ROOMMATE WHY. MATT GUTMAN LEADING US OFF AGAIN. TONIGHT FROM UTAH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE MAN. ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE. KIRK IN FRONT OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE APPEARING BEFORE A JUDGE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOW CHARGED WITH SEVEN COUNTS, INCLUDING. AGGRAVATED MURDER. >> STATE OF UTAH VERSUS TYLER. JAMES ROBINSON. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? >> TYLER JAMES ROBINSON. >> THE 22-YEAR-OLD APPEARING TO. LISTEN INTENTLY, NODDING SLIGHTLY, AS PROSECUTORS SAID.

THEY WOULD BE SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY. >> WE DID FILE JUST RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES A. NOTICE OF INTENT TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY. >> Reporter: EARLIER TODAY, COUNTY ATTORNEY JEFF GRAY. OUTLINING THE CASE AGAINST ROBINSON, INCLUDING VIDEO AND. DNA EVIDENCE. >> DNA CONSISTENT WITH ROBINSON. WAS FOUND ON THE RIFLE'S TRIGGER. >> Reporter: HE DESCRIBED ROBINSON'S APPEARANCE IN THOSE. WIDELY CIRCULATED PHOTOS, THE BLACK CAP, SHADES, T-SHIRT, WITH. AN EAGLE AN AMERICAN FIELD. MILLIONS SAW THOSE IMAGES. ONE OF THEM WAS THE SUSPECT'S OWN MOTHER.

>> ROBINSON'S MOTHER SAW THE PHOTO OF THE SHOOTER IN THE NEWS. AND THOUGHT THE SHOOTER LOOKED LIKE HER SON. ROBINSON'S MOTHER EXPRESSED CONCERN TO HER HUSBAND, THAT THE. SUSPECT SHOOTER LOOKED LIKE ROBINSON. ROBINSON'S FATHER AGREED. >> Reporter: AND PROSECUTORS SAY. THAT FATHER GOT HIS SON ON THE. PHONE. ? >> ROBINSON'S PARENTS WERE ABLE TO MEET AT THE HOME. ROBINSON IMPLIED THAT HE WAS THE SHOOTER AND STATED THAT HE. COULDN'T GO TO JAIL AND JUST WANTED TO END IT.

WHEN ASKED WHY HE DID IT, ROBINSON EXPLAINED, THERE IS TOO. MUCH EVIL AND THE GUY, REFERRING TO CHARLIE KIRK, SPREADS TOO. MUCH HATE. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY. ROBINSON'S PARENTS CONVINCED HIM TO TURN HIMSELF IN, AND HIS. MOTHER LATER DESCRIBING A CHANGE IN HER SON. >> OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, ROBINSON HAD BECOME MORE. POLITICAL, AND HAD STARTED TO LEAN MORE TO THE LEFT, BECOMING. MORE PRO-GAY AND TRANS-RIGHTS ORIENTED.

SHE STATED THAT ROBINSON BEGAN TO DATE HIS ROOMMATE, A. BIOLOGICAL MALE, WHO WAS TRANSITIONING GENDERS. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT ESPECIALLY BETWEEN ROBINSON AND HIS FATHER, WHO HAVE VERY. DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS. >> Reporter: AND PROSECUTORS SAY. THAT IN THE HOURS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION, ROBINSON TEXTED. THAT ROOMMATE A NOTE. >> THE ROOMMATE RECEIVED A TEXT. MESSAGE FROM ROBINSON, WHICH SAID, "DROP WHAT YOU'RE DOING,

LOOK UNDER MY KEYBOARD." THE ROOMMATE LOOKED UNDER THE. KEYBOARD AND FOUND A NOTE THAT STATED, QUOTE, I HAD THE. OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUT CHARLIE KIRK AND I'M GOING TO TAKE IT. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY AT FIRST THE ROOMMATE THOUGHT. ROBINSON WAS JOKING. BUT ROBINSON INSISTING HE. WASN'T. >> TO BE HONEST, I HAD HOPED TO. KEEP THIS SECRET UNTIL I DIED OF OLD AGE. I AM SORRY TO INVOLVE YOU. ROOMMATE, YOU WEREN'T THE ONE. WHO DID IT, RIGHT? >> ROBINSON, I AM.

I'M SORRY. ROOMMATE, WHY? ROBINSON, WHY DID I DO IT? ROOMMATE, YEAH. ROBINSON, I HAD ENOUGH OF HIS HATRED. SOME HATE CAN'T BE NEGOTIATED OUT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THAT SUSPECT HERE AT THIS JAIL IS. UNDER WHAT'S CALLED SPECIAL WATCH TO ENSURE THAT HE DOESN'T. HARM HIMSELF OR THE HARM HIMSELF OR THAT OTHERS. DON'T HARM HIM. HE'S HAD THOSE SEVEN CHARGES. BROUGHT AGAINST HIM. SOME OF THEM ENHANCED, SAID THE. PROSECUTOR, BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THIS CRIME IN FEW VIEW.

OF CHILDREN. THE PROSECUTOR SAID THE. INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, DAVID. >> David: MATT GUTMAN LEADING US. OFF, THANK YOU. >>> AND TO THE BREAKING. DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING MURDER SUSPECT LUIGI MANGIONE. APPEARING IN COURT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE MONTHS. AND TONIGHT, THE JUDGE DISMISSING A TOP CHARGE THAT HAD. LINKED THE KILLING TO TERRORISM. WHAT THE JUDGE IS NOW SAYING, AND WHERE THIS CASE NOW STANDS. HERE'S AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: SHACKLED AND SURROUNDED BY GUARDS, LUIGI.

MANGIONE ENTERED A NEW YORK CITY COURTROOM TODAY FOR THE FIRST. TIME IN FIVE MONTHS. HE SAT STOIC IN A BEIGE JUMPSUIT. AS THE JUDGE UPENDED THE CASE AGAINST HIM, TOSSING OUT THE TOP. CHARGED THAT ACCUSED HIM OF MURDERING BRIAN THOMPSON AS A. CRIME OF TERRORISM. THE JUDGE SAID THERE'S NO. EVIDENCE MANGIONE'S GOAL WAS TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC, THOUGH HE. SAID THERE IS EVIDENCE THE DEFENDANT MURDERED BRIAN. THOMPSON IN A PREMEDITATED AND CALCULATED EXECUTION. OUTSIDE COURT, SUPPORT ERLS APPLAUDING MANGIONE'S ATTORNEY,

THOUGH HE STILL FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN PRISON ON. THE REMAINING CHARGES. HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, BUT. PROSECUTORS SAY THIS IS MANGIONE, CAUGHT ON CAMERA, STALKING THOMPSON AND SHOOTING HIM AT CLOSE RANGE. HE HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE HIS DRAMATIC CAPTURE. PROSECUTORS SAY A GUN, A FAKE I.D., AND THESE WRITINGS WERE. FOUND IN MANGIONE'S BACKPACK DURING HIS ARREST AT A. McDONALD'S IN ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA. I FINALLY FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT WHAT I WILL DO.

THE TARGET IS INSURANCE. IT CHECKS EVERY BOX. THE DEFENSE SAID THAT EVIDENCE WAS OBTAINED IMPROPERLY, AND. THEY'RE FIGHTING TO KEEP IT OUT. MANGIONE WILL BE BACK IN COURT. IN DECEMBER, AND TONIGHT, DAVID, PROSECUTORS SAY THEY'RE STILL. CONFIDENT IN THEIR CASE, EVEN THOUGH THAT TERRORISM CHARGE WAS. THROWN OUT. DAVID? >> David: AARON KATERSKY WITH US TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE FIERY HEARING ON CAPITOL HILL. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL UNDER SCRUTINY TODAY FOR HIS FIRING OF. FBI AGENTS AND OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES. AND AFTER YEARS OF KASH PATEL TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN, DEMANDING.

ANSWERS HIMSELF, HE WAS PRESSED ON THE HILL TODAY. WHY ARE THEY KEEPING THE REST OF THE EPSTEIN FILES FROM THE. PUBLIC? HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS ON THAT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL CLASHING. WITH DEMOCRATS ON THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHO SAID HE. WAS FAILING AS A LEADER, FIRING EXPERIENCED AGENTS FOR POLITICAL. REASONS, AND TAKING AGENTS OFF THEIR CORE MISSION. CHARGES PATEL FLATLY DENIES. >> I BELIEVE YOU HAVE MADE OUR. COUNTRY WEAKER AND LESS SAFE. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MORE.

VULNERABLE TO A MAJOR EVENT AND I PRAY TO GOD IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE HEARING AT TIMES DEVOLVING INTO SQUABBLING. >> I FOLLOW ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS --. >> IT IS MY TIME TO ADDRESS YOUR FALSEHOODS. >> Reporter: PATEL ALSO FACING QUESTIONS FROM REPUBLICANS ABOUT. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S HANDLING OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. PATEL SPREADER PATEL SPREA THEORIES. ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN. PATEL AT ONE POINT REFUSING, ALONG WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, TO RELEASE ANYMORE. INFORMATION. >> WHO, IF ANYONE, DID EPSTEIN.

TRAFFIC THESE YOUNG WOMEN TO, BESIDES HIMSELF? >> HIMSELF. THERE IS NO CREDIBLE INFORMATION. THERE IS NO CREDIBLE INFORM INFORMATION, NONE, IF THERE. WERE, I WOULD BRING THE CASE YESTERDAY, THAT HE TRAFFICKED TO. OTHER INDIVIDUALS, AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, AGAIN, IS. LIMITED. >> SO, THE ANSWER IS NO ONE? >> FOR THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. >> Reporter: HE ALSO FACED TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY EPSTEIN'S. ACCOMPLICE, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, WAS MOVED TO A LESS SECURE. PRISON FOLLOWING HER INTERVIEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

>> RIGHT AFTER SHE GIVES THIS TESTIMONY, IN FRONT OF AN FBI. AGENT, AMONG OTHERS, SHE'S TRANSFERRED TO A MINIMUM. SECURITY PRISON, NOT SUITABLE FOR A SEX OFFENDER LIKE HERSELF. WHO MADE THAT DECISION AND WHY? >> THE BUREAU OF PRISONS. >> Reporter: PATEL ATTACKING CALIFORNIA DEMOCRAT ADAM SCHIFF, WHO IS NOW UNDER DOJ INVESTIGATION FOR ALLEGED. MORTGAGE FRAUD. >> YOU ARE A POLITICAL BUFFOON. AT BEST. >> Reporter: DAVID, PATEL IS.

BACK ON THE HILL TONIGHT BEFORE THE HOUSE, AND THERE WILL BE. MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT EPSTEIN FOR SURE. AND DAVID, IT'S LIKELY TO BE JUST AS CONTENTIOUS, IF NOT. MORE. >> David: PIERRE THOMAS TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, ISRAEL HAS. LAUNCHED A MAJOR NEW GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO GAZA CITY. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS STRUGGLING TO. ESCAPE. MANY ASKING, WHERE CAN THEY GO? HERE'S OUR CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS TONIGHT ARE MAKING THE DESPERATE.

ESCAPE FROM GAZA CITY, AS ISRAEL LAUNCHES A MASSIVE MILITARY. OPERATION TO OCCUPY IT. AIR STRIKES RAINING DOWN AS. TANKS ROLL IN, ALTHOUGH MANY SAY THEY WON'T LEAVE AND THEY'RE. REFUSING TO BE FORCED OUT. THE RACE TO GET OUT OF THE. DANGER ZONE IN CARS, ON BIKES, OR JUST BY FOOT, BUT NOWHERE IN. GAZA IS SAFE. IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT OCTOBER. 7th HAPPENED, SAYS THIS WOMAN, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT. REPEATED PLEAS FROM HOSTAGE FAMILIES SCARED FOR THE 48. REMAINS IN CAPTIVITY GOING UNANSWERED BY THE NETANYAHU.

GOVERNMENT, WHO SAYS THE PUSH IS NEEDED TO DESTROY HAMAS. THIS, AS A U.N. COMMISSION NOW SAYS ISRAEL IS COMMITTING. GENOCIDE IN GAZA. THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. FINDING NETANYAHU, FINDING NETANYAHU AMONG THOSE. RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING CIVILIANS ON PURPOSE, CUTTING. THEM OFF FROM AID AND SUPPLIES. A CEASE-FIRE SEEMS FURTHER. AWATHAN EVER, DAVID. SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO WAS. TODAY IN DOHA TRYING TO SALVAGE TALKS, DAYS AFTER ISRAEL TRIED. TO BOMB THE ARE HAS LEADERSHIP THERE. DAVID? >> David: JAMES, THANK YOU.

AMEND PRESIDENT AMEND PRES. AND TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ARRIVING JUST MOMENTS AGO IN THE. UK. THE FIRST AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO. BE GIVEN A SECOND STATE VISIT. THE PRESIDENT HOSTED BY THE LATE. QUEEN IN 2019, KING CHARLES WILL ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET TOMORROW. AT WINDSOR CASTLE. A GLITTERING BANQUET PLANNED. ON THURSDAY, PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER WILL HOST PRESIDENT. TRUMP. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE TRIBUTES POURING IN FOR A HOLLYWOOD ICON. ACTOR AND DIRECTOR ROBERT REDFORD. A CAREER OF UNFORGETTABLE ROLES, FROM BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUN.

DANCE KID, TO THE STING. WITH BARBARA STRIATE. WITH BARBARA STRRA STREISAND INY WE WERE. HIS BASEBALL DREAMS IN THE NATURAL, AND OF COURSE ALL THE. PRESIDENT'S MEN. WHAT ROBERT REDFORD ONCE TOLD. OUR CHARLIE GIBSON ABOUT THE MOVIES, THE CRITICS, AND WHAT. MATTERED MOST. ROBERT REDFORD WAS A LEGENDARY. HOLLYWOOD STAR. AN ACTOR, AN OSCAR-WINNING. DIRECTOR, A MAN WHO WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE. ENVIRONMENT. >> I'LL JUMP FIRST.

>> NO. >> THEN YOU JUMP FIRST. >> NO. >> WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU? >> I CAN'T SWIM! >> HIS BREAKOUT ROLE, BUTCH. CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID IN 1969, OPPOSITE PAUL NEWMAN. >> I DON'T MEAN TO BE A SORE LOSER, WHEN IT'S DONE, IF I'M. DEAD, KILL HIM. >> LOVE TO. >>. >> David: HE PLAYED OPPOSITE JANE FONDA IN BAREFOOT IN THE.

PARK. >> HOW LONG WILL YOU BE STAYING. WITH US? >> SIX DAYS. >> AND NIGHTS? >> David: AFTER PLAYING THE SAME. ROLE ON BROADWAY, DIRECTED BY MIKE NICHOLS. >> JUST NOW, IT'S SUDDENLY BECOME VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU. AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN COMMON. >> WHY, BECAUSE I WON'T GO WALKING BAREFOOT IN THE PARK? >> David: REDFORD RISING TO STARDOM WITH A STRING OF. BLOCKBUSTER HITS. HIS GOOD LOOKS AND ON-SCREEN. CHARM UNDENIABLE. >> YOU CAN TRUST ME. >> Reporter: PLAYING BOB WOODWARD, COVERING THE WATERGATE.

SCANDAL IN ALL THE PRESIDENT'S. MEN. >> HERE ARE MY NOTES. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HYPE IT, HYPE IT WITH THE FACTS. I DON'T MIND WHAT YOU DID. I MIND THE WAY YOU DID IT. YOU. KELLY. >> David: REUNITING WITH PAUL. NEWMAN FOR THE STING. IT WOULD BE ROBERT REDFORD'S. FIRST AND ONLY OSCAR NOMINATION FOR ACTING. >> SHAW'S BEEN PLANNING TO BEAT YOUR GAME FOR MONTHS. HE'S JUST BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO CHEAT HIM. >> David: HE WOULD ACT ALONGSIDE HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYW HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ICONIC WOMEN. WITH BARBRA STREISAND IN THE WAY WE WERE. >> YOU SMILE ALL THE TIME? >> NO. NO. >> David: OPPOSITE MERYL STREEP. IN OUT OF AFRICA. >> I'VE PAID A PRICE FOR. EVERYTHING I OWN. >> AND WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT'S. YOURS? WE'RE NOT OWNERS HERE, KAREN, WE'RE JUST PASSING THROUGH. >> David: THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, REDFORD TRYING TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH THE PROJECTS HE. CHOSE. FREQUENTLY TALKING ABOUT THE.

IMPORTANCE OF TELLING STORIES THAT MATTER. >> WHAT'S THE STORY, WHO IS THE CHARACTER THAT EMBODIES THE. STORY? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE'S. THE EMOTION? IF YOU CAN GET ALL THREE PULLED. TOGETHER, THEN YOU GOT SOMETHING TO WORK WITH, BUT FOR ME, WITHOUT STORY, THERE'S NOTHING. >> David: HE TURNED TO DIRECTING. IN HIS 40s, ORDINARY PEOPLE IN 1980. ABOUT THE GRIEF ONE FAMILY FACES, REFLECTING IN SOME WAYS. HIS OWN GRIEF, AFTER LOSING HIS MOTHER AT A YOUNG AGE. >> WHEN BUCK DIED, IT WAS AS IF YOU BURIED ALL YOUR LOVE WITH.

HIM, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THAT. >> David: HE WOULD WIN BEST. DIRECTOR. >> IF ANYBODY TOLD YOU A YEAR. AGO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN DOT DOT DOT -- WELL, I JUST DIDN'T. THINK I WAS GOING TO SEE THIS. BUT I'M NO LESS GRATEFUL. >> David: A YEAR LATER, HE WOUND FOUND THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AND. LATER THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL IN PARK CITY, UTAH, TO SUPPORT. INDEPENDENT FILM MAKING. HE PREFERRED HIS LIFE ON HIS.

QUIET UTAH RANCH TO A LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD. >> WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE FILMMAKERS AND TO INCREASE. DIVERSITY, TO BROADEN THE ENVELOPE, IF WE CAN. AND TO HOPEFULLY LEGITIMIZE MORE INDEPENDENT FILMS PLACED IN THE. FILM WORLD IN GENERAL. >> David: HE DIED AT HIS HOME IN. UTAH AT THE AGE OF 89. REDFORD TALKING ABOUT THE. CRITICS, THE PUBLIC, AND ARGUING WHAT MATTERS MOST IS THE QUALITY.

OF YOUR OWN WORK. >> THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE YOU. AS THEY WILL. THERE'S NOTHING MUCH I CAN DO. ABOUT THAT, BUT WORK IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT. I FOCUS ON THAT. THE WORK WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF. >> David: ROBERT REDFORD WAS 89. TONIGHT, MERYL STREEP PAYING. TRIBUTE, SAYING, ONE OF THE LIONS HAS PASSED. REST IN PEACE, MY LOVELY FRIEND. BARBRA STREISAND SAYING HE WAS. ONE OF A KIND, AND JANE FONDA TONIGHT CALLING HIM A BEAUTIFUL. PERSON IN EVERY DAY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD. NFL LEGEND DAN MARINO TONIGHT.

REVEALING HIS VERY PERSONAL. BATTLE. >>> ALSO, WE HAVE LEARNED AN. OFFDUTY POLICE HALF BEEN SHOT AND KILLED, FROM BEHIND IN A. CONVENE YINS STORE. WHAT POLICE ARE NOW SAYING ABOUT. THE SUSPECT WHO THEY SAY WAS ALLEGEDLY THE CLERK. >>> AND THEN, THE VERY CLOSE CALL TONIGHT, AN OUT OF CONTROL. CAR. 65 MILES PER HOUR. >>> TONIGHT, AN OFF DUTY OFFICER HAS BEEN SHOT AND KILLED FROM. BEHIND. AUTHORITIES OUTSIDE ORLANDO ARE.

LOOKING FOR A MOTIVE. OFFICIALS RELEASING THIS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE OFFICER, THE GUNMAN SHOOTING. FROM BEHIND. THAT SUSPECT IS A CLERK AT THE. STORE. HE'S NOW CHARGED WITH FIRST. DEGREE MURDER. >>> TONIGHT, THAT CHOSE CALL FOR. A CUSTOMER AT A GAS STATION IN BRADY, NEBRASKA. HE WAS CLEANING HIS WINDSHIELD WHEN HE SPOTTED THAT OUT OF. CONTROL CAR HEADED RIGHT FOR. HIM. OUT OF THE WAY JUST IN TIME. AUTHORITIES SAY THE CAR WAS GOING AT LEAST 65 MILES PER HOUR. IN A 40 ZONE. THEY PLAN TO CHARGE THAT DRIVER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE.

DAN MARINO'S BATTLE. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHTN'T LEGENDARY DOLPHINS QUARTERBACK. DAN MARINO REVOOELING HE HAS LIVER DISEASE. REVEALING HE WAS DIAGNOSED IN A ROUTINE CHECKUP YEAR AGO. HE SAYS HIS PROGNOSIS IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, AS HE'S. ADJUSTED ADJUST ED DIET AND WORKING OUT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK IN A. MOMENT. WHAT WE FOUND TODAY, WHAT ROBERT. REDFORD TOLD CHARLIE >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, ONE.

MORE MOMENT WE FOUND WITH ROBERT REDFORD AND CHARLIE GIBSON. ROBERT REDFORD ON HIS BODY OF. WORK. >> IF SOMEBODY HAD TO STOP RIGHT. NOW, TAKE A LOOK AT REDFORD'S WORK AND JUDGE THE MAN, THE. ACTOR, THE DIRECTOR, ON WHAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED SO FAR, YOU'D BE. RELATIVELY SATISFIED WITH -- >> YEAH. >> HOW THAT JUDGMENT WOULD COME DOWN? >> I WOULD. BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE FORTUNE TO.

DO A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO. OTHERWISE. OTHERW I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I HAD TO MAKE. FILMS FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS. SO, I TRIED TO MAKE FILMS WHEN. I'VE HAD THE CHANCE THAT -- THAT WERE THE FILMS THAT I WANTED TO. MAKE. AND NOT JUST FALL INTO SOME. FORMULA THAT BELONGED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO, IN THAT SENSE, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE, SO, I'VE MADE THOSE. FILMS AS BEST I CAN, AND I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. >> David: ROBERT REDFORD ON HIS GOOD FORTUNE. SOME MOVIES TO WATCH AGAIN. A SPECIAL EDITION OF "20/20,". ROBERT REDFORD, THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF AN AMERICAN ICON,

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