ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 18, 2025

Tonight, breaking news right now as we. come on the air, the controversial key. vote on vaccines involving America's. children. Just moments ago, the American. Academy of Pediatricians blasting the. panel, calling the committee making. these new recommendations quote. illegitimate. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's newly formed handpicked. advisory committee, which includes. vaccine skeptics and what they decided. so far. Also tonight, the fierce. reaction. Disney ABC suspending late. night host Jimmy Kimmel quote. indefinitely after pressure from the.

Trump administration. FCC Chairman. Brendan Carr appointed by President. Trump and his threat after Kimmel's. comments after Charlie Kirk's death, calling on stations not to carry Kimmel. Well, tonight the new outrage from some. saying this is caving to political. pressure and that this is an assault on. free speech. And tonight, what President. Trump is now suggesting the FCC do next. Tonight, new reporting here in the. brutal shooting of five police officers. in Pennsylvania. Three officers killed, two in critical condition tonight. And.

late today here, what the DA revealed. just in tonight, the jet off the runway. crashing into a home. First responders. racing to the scene. The body found in. the singer's trunk identified as a. teenage girl missing for more than a. year. Tonight, investigators now at the. home where that singer was staying, removing several items. Tonight, President Trump returning to the White. House after his state visit to the UK, revealing Vladimir Putin has let him. down as Britain's prime minister says we. must stand together on Ukraine. Back in.

the US tonight, a man on a roller. coaster dying after the ride. The me. finding multiple blunt impact injuries, but what the medical examiner is also. saying tonight. Also, Made America is. back tonight and we take you to Little. Havana right here in Miami. Tonight, a. mother's dream come true. The ice cream. now being shipped all over the country. Her own grandmother inspiring the most. popular flavor. And the big news tonight. involving a star pitcher. What a run. it's been.

>> From ABC News, this is ABC World News. Tonight with David Mure reporting. tonight from Miami. And good evening tonight from South. Florida. We begin tonight here with the. breaking news. the controversial CDC. meeting and vote just a short time ago. affecting millions of children and. families across this country. A CDC. advisory panel voting on new. recommendations for child vaccinations. from measles to hepatitis B and COVID. The panel deciding now whether to. restrict or narrow guidelines for.

vaccines that have long been recommended. for children in this country. Health. Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicking many members of this panel. They have just voted tonight to separate. the chickenpox vaccine from the MMR. vaccine for measles, mumps, reubella. The shots used to be given together. Now. they're recommending otherwise. And just. a short time ago, the American Academy. of Pediatrics blasting the panel saying. you should disregard anything that comes. from this committee. ABC's Steo Sensami. leading us off tonight at the CDC in.

Atlanta. >> There are strong words tonight from the. Academy of Pediatrics to every parent in. America. This committee is illegitimate. >> As the newly appointed CDC advisory. panel in Atlanta was weighing changes to. two children's vaccines, the nation's. leading pediatric organization was. telling parents not to listen to. whatever they said. >> I say you should disregard anything that. comes from this committee. >> This evening, they've decided to. separate the chickenpox vaccine from the. widely used combination vaccine that. fights the measles, mumps, reubella,

meaning that children could need another. shot. They're also debating the. hepatitis vaccine suggested for every. newborn in America, a health policy that. began more than 30 years ago. They could. decide as soon as tomorrow that the shot. will no longer be recommended for. children this young. >> They don't seem to care about the actual. science. They seem to care about. promoting false claims and uh myths and. rumors and junk science. >> The changes are coming from the new. advisers picked by Health Secretary.

Robert F. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine. skeptic who filled the panel with. several members who share his feelings. Just yesterday, his former head of the. CDC was at Congress arguing that she was. fired because she wouldn't rubber stamp. changes to the childhood vaccine. schedule that her boss wanted. >> I believe preventable diseases will. return and I believe that we will have. our children harmed for things that we. know they do not need to be harmed by. Back in the early 1980s, as many as. 20,000 babies were infected with.

hepatitis B each year, usually passed. down from infected parents, a lifelong. infection of the liver that often leads. to cancer or liver disease. Dr. Sue Wang. was born before newborns were getting. the shot and unknowingly contracted. hepatitis B from a family member. She. says the vaccine helps spare her. children. >> For me, I'm a mother with four. I have. hepatitis B. I cannot tell you how. relieved I am that my babies got hep. vaccine and all four of them are. hepatitis B free.

>> So the question of course is why the. need for these changes? Well, the panel. says that by removing the chickenpox. vaccine from the others, you reduce the. potential risks or side effects. associated with the vaccine. Tomorrow is. the big vote to consider whether the. country will stop giving the hepatitis B. vaccine to newborns. David. Much more to come on this. Steve. Osansami leading us off tonight. Steve, thank you. We move on now to the fierce. reaction tonight with Disney ABC.

suspending late night host Jimmy Kimmel, quote, "Indefinitely." After pressure. from the Trump administration, FCC. chairman Brendan Carr, appointed by. President Trump and his threat after. Kimmel's comments after Charlie Kirk's. death, calling on stations not to carry. Kimmel. Well, tonight, outrage from some. saying this is caving to political. pressure and an assault on free speech. Here's ABC's Elizabeth Schelsey tonight. >> Tonight, the decision to indefinitely. suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live, a show that's. been running for more than 20 years, is.

sparking a fierce debate. Disney ABC. pulling the late night show off the air. last night after pressure from the Trump. administration following Kimmel's. comments during his opening monologue. Monday about the killing of conservative. activist Charlie Kirk. We hit some new. lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang. desperately trying to characterize this. kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as. anything other than one of them and. doing everything they can to score. political points from it. >> FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who was.

appointed by President Trump, blasting. Kimmel's comments on a conservative. podcast Wednesday, accusing Kimmel of. misrepresenting the ideology of Kirk's. killer and saying local broadcasters. should stop airing Kimmel's show. We can. do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change. conduct to take action frankly uh on. Kimmel or you know there's going to be. additional work for the FCC ahead. >> Hours later, NextStar and Sinclair, two. of the biggest owners of network TV.

affiliates said they would not air. Kimmel's show. Nextar is in merger talks. with another media company in a deal. that would require Brendan Carr's. approval at the FCC. Disney ABC then. pausing Kimmel's show indefinitely, drawing outrage from some who say this. is caving to political pressure and that. this is about protecting freedom of. speech. This was not the first time. Kimmel addressed Kirk's murder, posting. on Instagram just hours after Kirk was. shot. Can we just for one day agree that. it is horrible and monstrous to shoot.

another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the. children, parents, and innocents who. fall victim to senseless gun violence. Tonight, President Trump on his return. from the state visit in the UK now. suggesting the FCC should take licenses. away from broadcasters that are. repeatedly critical of him. >> They give me only bad publicity or. press. I mean, they're getting a. license. I I would think maybe their. license should be taken away. I It will.

be up to Brendan Car. A move that would. be at odds with an executive order the. president signed on day one in office. pledging to protect free speech. >> And I have stopped all government. censorship and brought back free speech. in America. It's back. >> Kimmel suspension comes just months. after CBS announced it was cancelling. the Steven Colbear show. CBS saying it. was purely a financial decision. But. Colbear, like Kimmel, was a vocal critic. of President Trump. And overnight, the.

president suggesting NBC go after its. late night host Jimmy Fallon and Seth. Meyers, posting, "Do it NBC.". David, no word tonight from our parent. company, Disney ABC about Jimmy Kimmel. being off the air indefinitely and if. and when he'll return. Meanwhile, up on. Capitol Hill today, some Democrats are. calling for SEC Chairman Cart to resign, and some want him to testify about. freedom of speech. The Republican House. speaker who has defended free speech. said today that it's up to companies to. decide what to do with their own. programs. David.

>> Elizabeth Schelsey in Washington. tonight. Elizabeth, thank you. This. evening here, new reporting in the. brutal shooting of five police officers. in Pennsylvania. Three officers were. killed. Two are in critical condition. And late today, what the DA revealed. about this brutal attack. Here's Mola. Leni. Tonight, new details in the brutal. ambush that authorities say left three. Pennsylvania law enforcement officers. dead and two critically injured. >> There is one motive that is clear for. everything, and that is the hateful.

scourge of domestic violence. >> Yesterday afternoon, authorities say. they were attempting to serve an arrest. warrant for Matthew Ruth, facing charges. of stalking his ex-girlfriend and. prowling around her home with an AR-. style rifle the night before. Authorities returning to the home in. North Kadoris Township about an hour. south of Harrisburg, locating the. suspect who they say ambushed the. officers, spraying them with gunfire. >> The actor repeatedly fired at the. officers with multiple rounds.

from an AR-15 styled rifle with a. suppressor. >> Two officers transported to the hospital. in critical condition. One seen here. transported by medevac. The shootout. continuing. The suspect shot and killed. by police. Three officers later dying. from their injuries. >> Detective Sergeant Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker, and Detective Isaiah Emanheiser were all. killed. >> Overnight, a solemn procession for the.

fallen officers remembered tonight as. heroes. >> Well, David, authorities discovering. that the suspect began his rampage by. killing his ex-girlfriend's family dog. And we should also note that serving. warrants is known to be one of the most. dangerous tasks for law enforcement. officers. David, >> no question about that. Mola Langi. tonight. Mhola, thank you. Now to Los. Angeles to the body found in the trunk. of a Tesla belonging to a well-known. singer. The body identified as a teenage. girl missing for more than a year. Well, tonight, investigators are now at the.

home where that singer had been staying, removing several items. And here's. Trevor Alt. Tonight, law enforcement. sources say the LAPD spent hours. searching the Hollywood Hills home of. star singer David after they say the. remains of a missing teen girl were. found inside the performer's Tesla. Detectives removing multiple items from. the home overnight, including a. computer. Police say the Tesla had been. abandoned not far from there. >> It's a little weird to see a car that I. haven't seen here for a long time. Had a. big dent on it, had a Texas plate on it.

So, all a little odd. On Wednesday, the. LA medical examiner announced the. remains in the Tesla's front trunk. belonged to Celeste Rivas. This image. confirmed as her by police. She went. missing from this Southern California. neighborhood more than a year ago when. she was just 13. The medical examiner is. now trying to determine her cause and. time of death, saying Revas had a tattoo. on her right index finger reading sh. And while that tattoo is not uncommon, photos appear to show David with a.

similar tattoo on his finger. The. singer's not been charged with any crime. and has not made any comment so far. Tonight, David's scheduled performance. at the Grammy Museum next week has been. removed from the site. It comes hours. after a Seattle concert was also. abruptly cancelled. And law enforcement sources say much of. this case hinges on the medical examiner. determining a cause of death. But given. the state of the body, that is proving. to be quite difficult. David.

>> All right, Trevor Al tonight. Trevor, thank you. Tonight, President Trump. returning to the White House after a. state visit to the UK, revealing today. that Vladimir Putin has let him down as. Britain's prime minister says we must. stand together on Ukraine. Mary Roose. traveling with the president. Tonight, a. month after he met with Russian. President Putin in Alaska to broker an. end to the war in Ukraine, President. Trump admitting Putin let him down. >> He's let me down. He's really let me. down. >> The White House said in Alaska Putin.

promised Trump he would sit down with. Ukrainian President Zalinski. That. hasn't happened. And Russia's attacks on Ukraine have. only intensified. Russia even launching. drones into NATO territory. Tonight, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer. saying the US and NATO allies need to. meet the moment. >> We have to put extra pressure on Putin. Um, and it's only um when the president. has put pressure on Putin that he's. actually um shown any inclination to.

move. >> But Trump today unwilling to commit. Though he has threatened Russia with new. sanctions, he hasn't gone through with. them. And now Trump seeming to move the. goalposts, saying the US will only act. if NATO countries stop buying oil from. Russia. >> I'm willing to do other things, but not. when the people that I'm fighting for. are buying oil from Russia. >> And David, one other note here. The. president today announcing he wants the. US to regain Bram Air Base in. Afghanistan, which the Taliban has.

controlled since the US withdrew its. forces back in 2021. but he gave no. details on how he plans to make this. happen. David, >> yeah, that made headlines for sure. Mary. Bruce in London tonight. Mary, thank. you. We move on now back here at home to. images just in tonight. A small jet. skidding off the runway, smashing into a. home outside Paduca, Kentucky. First. responders racing to the scene late. today. One person on the plane, at least. one person in the home. Incredibly, no. one was hurt. The twin engine Cessna had. taken off from St. Louis. The FAA.

tonight says it is investigating. When. we come back here, the news just in. A. pitching legend tonight with a major. announcement. We'll share it. Also, a. man on a roller coaster ride here in. Florida dying after the ride. The me. finding multiple blunt impact injuries. And what the Emmy is also saying about. this tonight. And Made in America is. back tonight. We take you right here to. Little Havana in Miami. Tonight, a. mother's ice cream dream come true. That. ice cream now being sent all over the. country. And we'll have a bit of a taste. test coming up here. Don't go away.

light. >> Tonight, authorities are investigating. the death of a man who became. unresponsive while on a roller coaster. at Universal Theme Park in Orlando. The. 32-year-old was riding the Stardust. Racers roller coaster. The ME now. determining he died from multiple blunt. impact injuries. They say it was. accidental. The ride now closed. Park. officials say they are cooperating. When. we come back tonight, the big news. involving a star pitcher just in and. made it America tonight. It could be. your dessert this evening.

to the index tonight. The end of an era. for the Los Angeles Dodgers, longtime. pitching ace Clayton Kershaw will retire. at the end of the season after 18. seasons with the team. A three-time Sai. Young award winner, MVP, and more than. 3,000 career strikeouts with the. Dodgers. A lock for the Hall of Fame. When we come back tonight, our Made It. America is back. And tonight, the ice. cream made it America now being sent all. over this country. So, we went to find. it here. Finally tonight, we're here in South. Florida to celebrate a new partnership, the new ABC Miami channel 18. We're.

teaming up with WSBN now. And you know. us, we don't come to town without. hunting for something made in America. And this one tonight is really sweet. Tonight, our made in America takes us. right to the Little Havana neighborhood. here in Miami. Full of culture, of. history, and full of famous ice cream. Made in America. Homemade Cuban ice. cream. Let's look for Susie. The Azukar. ice cream shop. Azukar, Spanish for. sugar. The owner, Susie Paddle. >> I saw that we're hiring right on the. front door.

>> We're always hiring. >> They're hiring. Already employing more. than two dozen workers across two ice. cream shops and a small factory 15. minutes away. They now ship their ice. cream across the country, and they're. opening a third shop next year. It all. began 14 years ago when Susie was laid. off. So, she turned to a family dream. >> You lost your job. >> Yes. >> And you're trying to raise your kids. Yes. And you thought, "What am I going. to do?". >> Yes. >> Susie's children asked, "Why not make. ice cream?" Susie's own mother and her.

grandparents and instilled a love for. homemade ice cream for generations. >> You do this with your grandparents and. your parents in mind. >> Yes. This is all inspired by them. It's. all of the flavors are inspired by them. >> Wow. Here we go. >> Their most popular flavor, Abua Maria. >> This is Abua Maria. This is guava cream. cheese and Maria crackers. And it is a. trademarked ice cream. >> Abua Maria. >> Yes. >> In honor of your aba Isabelle. >> Yes. In honor of my aa. >> Wow.

>> The cafe k leche. >> Cafe kon leche. >> Cafe kiche. >> And this one inspired by Cuban singer. She calls it the Willie churino. >> His name's Willy Chino. So we made. Willie churino. It's bourbon with uh two. different types of cherries. >> Wow. Amazing. She tells me neighbors. here at Little Havana have been helping. with the recipes for years. She started. with a dozen, now 160 recipes. >> This recipe came with a lot of help from.

people right here in the neighborhood. A. >> lot of community. >> weighing in. All right. >> Yes. >> The Monteado. >> It's delicious. >> Not far from here, the factory. Eddie. measuring the ice cream mix, the milk. from Florida dairy farms along with. cream, lemon, and a few secret. ingredients. local fruit, stirring it up. and pouring it into the ice cream maker. 7 minutes later, it's ready. Silio. making mint chip, layering in the. chocolate so there's a chip in every. bite. While back at the shop, the. customers lining up. Their smiles say it.

all. New hires Joshua and Pearlla. scooping the ice cream. Jani and making. every waffle cone. And it turns out the. operations manager, Pat Rosa, has been. Susie's best friend since elementary. school. You're the best friend from. school. >> I am. >> From childhood. >> since we're 10 years old. >> 10 years old. Something must be working. with this friendship. >> Susie's son, Tommy, worked here growing. up and he's still here. >> Your mom said some kids were going to. parties. My kids came and scooped ice. cream. >> Oh yeah. I mean, it was worth it when.

you get paid in uh three scoops of ice. cream. >> Tommy picking up the local fruit. He's. in charge of the social media, getting. the word out about mom's company. >> Made in America, grown in America, >> eaten in America. >> I love that. I love that. Made in. America. >> We love those three words. And if you. can't make it to Little Havana here in. South Florida, you can go to Sus's. website, azukar icecream.com to order. the ice cream right there. By the way, tonight the 2020 special on Robert.

Redford at 10 p.m. Eastern on ABC. tomorrow on Disney Plus and Hulu. I'm. David Mureer. Thank you for finding us. here on the new ABC Miami channel 18. It's doing great and I'll see you back. here tomorrow night. Good night. David Mure, the most watched newscast in. America. And now ABC's World News. Tonight has won the Emmy for best live. news program for the third year in a. row.