ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 7, 2025

Tonight, we're following several. developing stories as we come on the. air. Severe storms sweep across the. Northeast. The president's crackdowns in. Chicago and Boston and Russia launches. its biggest attack yet on Ukraine. We. begin with those powerful storms. A. possible tornado strikes Massachusetts. Families sheltering in their basement. emerge to see the damage while wildfires. burn in the West. Fallike temperatures. in many parts of the country this week. And the outlook as we head into the peak. of hurricane season. Our weather team is. covering it all. The Trump.

administration launches a new. immigration crackdown in Boston, promising to go after the worst of the. worst. In Chicago, thousands protest. mass deportations. The governor of. Illinois accuses President Trump of. threatening to go to war with Chicago. Ukraine under attack as Russia launches. its largest aerial assault yet. With. more than 800 drones and decoys, the. government headquarters set on fire. Ukraine's president tells our Martha. Ratits what he wants from Western. allies. Also tonight, a quickly moving. fire spreads to four commercial.

buildings in Minneapolis, where fire. crews face multiple obstacles as they. fight the flames. The fight over a home. run ball that went viral. A woman. demands a dad give her the ball and how. his young son came out the winner in all. this. Tonight, a major break after. police say a couple's gift box was. stolen as hundreds celebrated at the. wedding reception. Sinner versus. Alcarez. The epic meeting of the world's. top tennis players. Arena Sabalanka. celebrates her repeat win. The latest. from the US Open. The long Powerball.

drought comes to an end after three. months without a winner. And not one but. two winners emerge in the 1.8 billion. dollar jackpot. Where they were sold and. what each winner could take home in a. lumpsum payment. And the Catholic Church. has its first millennial saint as Pope. Leo canonizes a teenager who was known. as God's influencer. [Music]. From ABC News World Headquarters in New. York, this is World News Tonight.

>> Good evening everyone. Thanks so much. for joining us on this Sunday. I'm. Lindseay Davis. The immigration. crackdown raids are now underway in. Boston and protests erupt in Chicago as. the city braces for a surge in. enforcement operations. We asked the. president why he's not targeting. Republican le cities that have higher. crime rates. But we begin tonight with a. severe storm sweeping across the. Northeast. This time-lapse video. captured the strong winds and heavy rain. that battered parts of Massachusetts. This drone video reveals the devastation.

and destruction across the central part. of the state where a tornado may have. touched down. And this security camera. shows the moment a tree fell on a home. in Glenrock, New Jersey. And the. wildfires raging in the west. One fire. scorching more than 60 square miles in. Fresno County, California. Captured on. time-lapse video overnight. Our weather. team is tracking it all. But first, Reena Roy leads us off. >> tonight. Parts of the Northeast cleaning. up after severe storms rocked the. region. Heavy rain and high winds.

pummeling millions. In central. Massachusetts, families in Holden racing. for cover. The National Weather Service. issuing a tornado warning. >> You just picked up the kids and I was. like, get in the basement and then after. everything, I waited like 5 10 minutes, came up and then just saw the damage. everywhere. >> Trees falling onto homes. See how you go. from this red color to this bright. greenish yellow? That is indicating. debris being lofted into the air by this. thunderstorm. >> In Glenrock, New Jersey, a doorbell. camera capturing the moments this tree.

came crashing down. In New York City, people sheltering. inside this park underpass as the storm. raged on. As the northeast clears out, a. thunderstorm in Jacksonville, Florida, interrupting the Jaguars game against. the Carolina Panthers for more than an. hour. In the west, the Pyite fire. breaking out late Friday east of Los. Angeles, now scorching more than 500. acres in Riverside County. Nearly 300. firefighters building containment lines. and patrolling for hotspots.

And in central California, where. lightning sparked the massive TCU. September lightning complex fire nearly. a week ago. More than 2,000 personnel. battling the blaze that's destroyed at. least 95 structures and scorched more. than 20 square miles. Crews now. reinforcing control lines and mopping up. remaining hot spots. >> And Lindsay, the National Weather. Service says they'll be surveying that. storm damage in central Massachusetts. tomorrow to determine whether a tornado. touched down there. Lindsay, >> fortunately, no injuries there. Reena,

thank you. Let's get right to. meteorologist Danny Beckrom from our New. York station WABC. Hi Danny. When can we. expect that big cool down in the. Northeast? >> It's on the way. That cooler air moving. in as we speak. Lindsay, behind the. front that brought those severe storms. The front now moving offshore, but. keeping the chance for showers in play. for coastal New England through this. evening before drying out overnight. Then our attention turns to the. temperature with a real fall feel to. start the work week. The cooler air in. the Midwest this weekend, shifting to. the northeast, capping highs in the 70s.

from Philadelphia to Boston. Turning now. to the tropics. The peak of the Atlantic. hurricane season is this Wednesday. But. for now, it's all quiet in the Atlantic. basin while Hurricane Kiko turns in the. Pacific. The track shows the weakening. trend continuing as Kiko passes north of. the islands Tuesday and Wednesday. Main. impacts will be rough surf, rip. currents, and big waves through the. majority of the week. Lindsay, >> we know you'll be keeping an eye on it, Danny. Thank you. Next tonight, an. immigration crackdown is now underway in. Boston. The so-called Patriot 2.0 is. targeting the quote worst of the worst. in the state and across the region.

Here's ABC senior White House. correspondent Selena Wang. Tonight, President Trump escalating his threats. to surge federal law enforcement in. American cities. Immigration raids now. underway in Boston. The Department of. Homeland Security telling ABC News that. ICE launched Patriot 2.0 to target the. worst of the worst criminal illegal. aliens living in the state of. Massachusetts. The president drawing. outrage from leaders in Chicago after. threatening the city with the prospect. of war. a reference to his executive.

order rebranding the Department of. Defense the Department of War. >> Hey ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go. >> Chicago now bracing for the arrival of. federal troops any day now. >> Absolutely. You can expect action in. most sanctuary cities across the. country. >> And today, Trump defending his message. >> We're not going to war. We're going to. clean up our city. As scores of. Americans marched through DC streets. over the weekend, protesting the. deployment of 2,000 National Guard.

troops at the nation's capital, I. pressed the president on why he's. targeting Democratic strongholds like. Boston and Chicago. >> Mr. President, why target Chicago and. Boston when there are cities that. restates with higher crime rates? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Really? Higher than. Chicago? >> There are like Memphis and St. Louis. >> Excuse me. Do you know how many people. were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You think there's worse than. that? I don't think so. >> But FBI statistics show otherwise. The.

red state cities of Memphis and St. Louis have significantly higher murder. rates than both Boston and Chicago. And Lindsay, this comes as South Korea. has reached a deal with the US to. release more than 300 workers who were. detained during an immigration raid at a. Hyundai plant in Georgia last week. That. operation rattled a close US ally, but. plans are now underway to fly them home. on a chartered flight. Lindsay, >> Selena Wang from the White House for us. Selena, thank you. Let's bring in ABC's.

Matt Rivers on the ground in Chicago. tonight. Matt, give us a sense of what. the mood is like in the city. >> Yeah, Lindsay, no question things are. tense across the city of Chicago as the. president spent the weekend zeroing in. on the city's issues with crime and also. with illegal immigration. and the. president saying today that crime is out. of control in this city and it will take. federal help to clean it up. Even though. FBI statistics show that crime is down. in Chicago this year over the weekend, posting a manipulated image on social. media playing off a famous line from the. movie Apocalypse Now, saying quote, "I.

love the smell of deportations in the. morning." Speaking at the White House. today, he once again said that murders. and crime in general is out of control. in the city. And here in Chicago, protests over the weekend against any. sort of federal incursion in the city. So far, it is calm across the city. We're not seeing a ramp up of federal. authorities of any kind, but here in. heavily Latino neighborhoods like here. in Little Village. The trepidation is. palpable. A lot of people just choosing. to stay home this this weekend, Lindsay, rather than go out and risk arrest. Lindsay,

>> we hope things stay calm, Matt. Thank. you. Overseas now to the war in Ukraine. and Russia launching its largest ever. aerial assault. More than 800 drones. were fired overnight. The deadly attack. damaged a key government building in. Kev. Plumes of smoke filled the sky. ABC's chief global affairs anchor Martha. Ratitz is in Ukraine. She interviewed. Ukraine's President Zilinski right. before the latest attack. Overnight, Russia launching the largest. aerial assault on Ukraine since the war. began, sending more than 800 drones and.

13 cruise missiles across the country. Sirens blaring, residents running for. cover, the attacks leaving at least. eight civilians dead and 59 injured. Is. this woman saying she and her husband. hid in the bathroom as their home was. shaken by explosions. in the capital city of Kev, the main. government building on fire. The. Ukrainian prime minister posting this.

video in the aftermath, saying it looks. like Russia is not seeking peace. >> The conflict now in its fourth year. dragging on as a political solution. remains out of reach. President Trump. has continued to push for peace talks so. far unsuccessfully between Russian. President Putin and Ukrainian President. Zullinski. I spoke with Sinsky just days before. this latest Russian offensive. He called. on the United States and Europe to do.

more to end the war. We all understand. that we need additional pressure on. Putin. We need pressure from the United. States and I said that I think that. President Trump is right about that. Europeans that I'm very thankful to all. the partners but some of them I mean. they continue buy oil and Russian gas. and this is not fair. As for a. face-to-face meeting with Putin, Zalinsky says he is open to the. possibility, but not on Putin's terms.

He said he will meet if you come to. Moscow. >> He can come to Kev. >> And Lindsay, President Trump telling. reporters today he's ready to move. forward with the second phase of. sanctions against Russia, but it's still. unclear what those could be or when they. might be put in place. Lindsay. >> Martha Ratitz for us in Ukraine. Thank. you. Next tonight, a drone attack by. Houthi rebels in Yemen breached Israel's. air defenses, striking an airport that. temporarily shut down commercial. airspace and halted flights in southern.

Israel. This just days after Israeli. strikes in Yemen killed the Houthi prime. minister and other cabinet officials. Meanwhile, Israeli forces are expanding. their operations in Gaza City. A strike. destroyed several buildings across the. city. Now to that epic battle at the US. Open in New York. Carlos Alcarez and. Yannik Center facing off in the men's. final. And there was more than just the. championship on the line. President. Trump among those watching the drama and. action play out in Queens. ABC's Olivia. Rubin is there.

>> It was a battle between two tennis. heavyweights tonight. Yannik Center and. Carlos Alcarez squaring off in the US. Open final. The two going back and forth. for hours, trading big serves, drop. shots, and long rallies, bringing the. crowd to its feet. It's the third time both have met in a. Grand Slam final this season. This time, it's Alcarez on top, winning his second. US Open title.

>> I wanted to say thank you uh my team. I'm really lucky to have part of my. family here as well. President Trump. attending the highstakes match, receiving a mixed reaction from the. crowd. Some cheering, some even booing. The arrival triggering heightened. security, long lines, and scores of. frustrated fans. The match delayed 30. minutes. When the match did start, top. ranked Yannik Center and Carlos Alcarez. putting on a show.

>> And there it is. Arena Sabalanka. >> Just 24 hours ago, Arena Sabalanka is. celebrating in Arthur after defeating. American Amanda Anna Samova, repeating. as US Open champion. >> I love this place. I love the support. I. love the atmosphere. >> Yeah. Thank you um everyone for coming. out and supporting me at my home slam. all of the two weeks.

>> This marks the second time Alcarez has. won it all here at the US Open. And with. that win, he now reclaims the world. number one ranking. Lindsay, >> what a match. Olivia, thank you. Overseas now to a historic day at the. Vatican. Pope Leo announcing two new. saints, including the first millennial, the 15year-old who died from leukemia in. 2006. Is also known as God's influencer. His mother and family among the. thousands watching it all in St. Peters. Square. And what she's telling us. tonight about her son. Here's ABC's Anes.

de Laara. These are the images of saints we're. used to seeing. But tonight, something. new. Jeans and sneakers depicting Carlo. Acudis, now the first millennial saint. More than 80,000 people packing St. Peter Square on Sunday as Pope Leo I. 14th presided over his canonization. together with that of Pier George Fadi. who died in 1925. Born in 1991, Carlo. was a devout Catholic who taught. catechism and went to mass daily. He.

grew up playing video games and used his. computer skills to create a website. documenting what are known as eukaristic. miracles. He died suddenly from leukemia. in 2006 at just 15 years old. His mom. telling us his legacy lives on. >> I am happy to see how through Carlo so. many people is helped. >> Carlo now becoming a fresh young face. for the church. Officials expect 2. million people will visit his shrine in. Aisi this year where he appears to be. sleeping. a silicone mask in his. likeness covering his face.

>> He's a great example of how young. people, teenagers, can can get to be. saints. >> And as Pope Leo ramps up his outreach to. young people this weekend, over 1,400. Catholics participated in the first. officially recognized LGBTQ pilgrimage. to Rome and the Vatican. Pope Leo did. not attend, but had indicated support. for the event. Lindsay. >> Carlos memory will live on. Enz, thank. you. Back here in the US, police are. searching for a suspect after a deadly. mass shooting at a sports bar northeast.

of Houston. One person is dead and at. least five others injured. Police say. the suspect was inside the bar drinking. left and allegedly returned, opening. fire on customers in the patio area. The. suspect is believed to have acted alone. There's much more ahead here on World. News Tonight this Sunday, including the. battle over a baseball that went viral. How a young child emerged as the winner. and crews had to fight flames and. numerous obstacles when a fast-moving. fire tore through several buildings.

Next tonight, a fast-moving fire in. Minneapolis spread to four commercial. buildings overnight. Fire officials say. crews faced a number of obstacles in. fighting the fire, including lock gates, power lines, and empty fire hydrants. Some of the buildings have partially. collapsed. No injuries have been. reported, and the cause is under. investigation. Two men have been. arrested in connection to the theft of a. gift box at a wedding in Southern. California. As a bride and groom. celebrated with 300 guests last Sunday, security cameras captured a man running. off with their gift box. The couple.

believes at least $60,000 in cash and. checks were inside that box. After. getting a lot of tips, Glendale police. made the two arrests and say that they. recovered at least some of the wedding. money. In Oregon, this bizarre story. Police in Clackamus County arrested a. man last week for allegedly living. inside the crawl space of someone's. condominium. Investigators say it. appears he lived there for an extended. period and outfitted the space with. lights, charges, and a TV. The suspect. faces several charges including.

burglary. When we come back, the. Powerball winners and where those. tickets were sold. To the index now and after a threemonth. dry streak, we have two Powerball. winners. One ticket was sold in. Missouri, the other at a gas station in. Fredericksburg, Texas, about 80 miles. west of Austin. The jackpot was nearly. $1.8 billion dollar, the game's second. largest. If they choose the lumpsum. payment, each would get about $410. million before taxes. Next, the.

confrontation at a ballpark that went. viral. The Phillies Harrison Bader. hitting a home run Friday in Miami, followed by a scramble for the ball. A. man grabbed it and gave it to his son. Not so fast. Another fan claimed he'd. swiped it from her, so he handed it. over. The news spread quickly. Bader. presented young Lincoln Feltwell with a. signed bat. The family reportedly. received other offers, including World. Series tickets. And Pro Football Hall of. Famer Randy Moss was back on ESPN's. Sunday NFL Countdown today. Moss stepped.

away last year as he battled a rare. cancer of the bile duct. He told Robin. Roberts on GMA the diagnosis hit him. like a ton of bricks, but he relied on. faith, family, football, and added one. more F, what he called the fight. And. when we come back, the talk every parent. should be having with their child. >> Finally tonight, sometimes the best. lessons are learned at home. 5-year-old. Evie Cochran from Western Michigan is.

one of more than three million children. in the US starting kindergarten this. year. I need you to put your listening. ears on. >> But even before school started, she. learned an invaluable lesson from her. mother, Tara, who sat down with her to. have what she calls an important talk. about being respectful to others. >> You're going to be starting kindergarten. soon, and I want to make sure that we're. on the same page about some things. Okay. What are some differences that you. notice about other people? >> Some people are tan. >> Some people are tan.

>> and some people are black. >> Some people are black. It's really cool. that there are so many different skin. tones out there. Is that something to. make fun of somebody about? >> No. >> No. >> Making fun of people is not nice. >> Making fun of people is not nice. It is. never okay to make fun of somebody for. their skin color, their height. Some. people are skinny, some people are. bigger. The cool thing about being a. human is that we're all different. Tara. doesn't have a formal background in.

childhood education, but she's motivated. to have these talks and share them to. help other parents driven by her own. life experiences. >> I grew up in a very toxic and abusive. home. And so raising my kids, it has. been very important to me to be the one. that breaks the cycle. >> Her honest and direct conversation set. an example for other parents in addition. to the next generation. >> I love you. meaningful lesson for us all. Thanks so. much for watching. David Mure right back.

here tomorrow. I'm Lindseay Davis. Have. a great 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.