ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - September 14, 2025

SUSPECT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF. CHARLIE KIRK. SOURCES SAY HIS. ALLEGED KILLER JOKED WITH. FRIENDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT. THE IMAGES AUTHORITIES RELEASED. VIGILS FOR KIRK, HELD ACROSS. THE COUNTRY AS POLITICIANS. INCREASINGLY CANCEL PUBLIC. EVENTS AMID THREATS. WE BEGIN. WITH THE SHOOTING SUSPECT. THE. GOVERNOR SAYS HE'S NOT. COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATORS, HOW HE ALLEGEDLY SPENT THE. HOURS BEFORE HE TURNED HIMSELF. IN. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW. REVIEWING A GROUP CHAT ON A. MESSAGING PLATFORM. HIS ALLEGED. RESPONSE TO FRIENDS WHO SAID HE. LOOKED LIKE THE SHOOTER AND.

WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HIS. ROOMMATE. PLUS, THE PLANS FOR. KIRK'S FUNERAL AND A HOST OF. TRIBUTES, INCLUDING ONE AT THE. KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON. HOW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE. RESPONDING TO THE INFLUX OF. THREATS, AND THE PRESIDENT. SEEKS MORE MONEY TO BOOST. SECURITY. ALSO TONIGHT, A NEW. SHOW OF FORCE. RUSSIA AND. BELARUS HOLD JOINT EXERCISES. RIGHT ON NATO'S DOORSTEP. PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS NEW. SANCTIONS, BUT ONLY IF NATO. MEMBERS STOP BUYING RUSSIAN OIL. UKRAINE STEPS UP ITS ATTACK, STRIKING A RUSSIAN OIL REFINERY. THE RARE SIGHT A TORNADO ON THE.

GROUND IN UTAH AND THE. DESTRUCTION OF HOMES. SOME ARE. RETURNS WITH TEMPERATURES IN. THE 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE. COUNTRY. THE U.S. PUTS RENEWED. PRESSURE ON VENEZUELA, ACCUSING. IT OF SUPPORTING DRUG. TRAFFICKERS. F-35S ARE ON THEIR. WAY TO THE REGION. THE NAVY. STOPS AND SEARCHES ANOTHER BOAT. OFF SOUTH AMERICA. MEMPHIS, MEANWHILE, BRACING FOR THE. NATIONAL GUARD. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYS HE'S TRYING TO SAVE THE. CITY, BUT THE MAYOR PUSHES BACK, SAYING CRIME IS ALREADY DOWN. THE MASSIVE ANTI-IMMIGRATION.

PROTEST IN LONDON, VIOLENT. CLASHES AND WHAT ELON MUSK TOLD. THE CROWD. THE FIRST AMERICAN. BORN POPE TURNED 70. AND THE. STUNNING CELEBRATION, INCLUDING. DRONES OVER THE VATICAN. A HIGH. STAKES SHOWDOWN ON THE COURT AS. THE WNBA PLAYOFFS BEGIN. AND. REACHING FOR THE SUN. HOW. CLOVER WENT FROM A TINY SEED TO. THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD. RECORDS. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.

>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK. YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SUNDAY I'M LINSEY DAVIS. WE BEGIN WITH STUNNING NEW. DETAILS ON THE INVESTIGATION. INTO THE KILLING OF 31 YEAR OLD. CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE. KIRK. THE GOVERNOR OF UTAH SAYS. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, TYLER. ROBINSON, IS NOT COOPERATING. WITH AUTHORITIES. SOURCES TELL. ABC NEWS INVESTIGATORS ARE. REVIEWING A GROUP CHAT ON A. MESSAGING PLATFORM BETWEEN. SEVERAL PEOPLE, ALLEGEDLY. JOKING THAT THE SHOOTER LOOKED. LIKE ROBINSON AND WHERE THE. SUSPECT ALSO ALLEGEDLY SAYS THE. KILLER IS, QUOTE, HIS.

DOPPELGANGER. AUTHORITIES SAY. THE SUSPECT IS SEEN HERE IN THE. SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE, DRIVING THROUGH THIS UTAH. NEIGHBORHOOD AND LATER WALKING. ON FOOT. HOURS BEFORE THE. SHOOTING, A BIG CROWD PAYING. THEIR RESPECTS AT A MEMORIAL AT. UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY AS THEY. MOURN KIRK'S DEATH. AND SEVERAL. NFL TEAMS, INCLUDING THE. ARIZONA CARDINALS, HONORED THE. SLAIN ACTIVIST WITH A MOMENT OF. SILENCE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. TONIGHT. ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN LEADS. US OFF FROM UTAH TONIGHT. >> UTAH'S GOVERNOR SAYS 22 YEAR.

OLD TYLER ROBINSON, CHARLIE. KIRK'S ALLEGED ASSASSIN WHO. TURNED HIMSELF IN, IS NOT. COOPERATING WITH THE. INVESTIGATION. >> HE HAS NOT CONFESSED TO TO. AUTHORITIES. HE IS. HE IS HE IS. NOT COOPERATING. BUT BUT BUT. ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM ARE. COOPERATING. >> LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAY. INVESTIGATORS ARE DIGGING INTO. MESSAGES ALLEGEDLY SENT BY THE. SUSPECT ON A MESSAGING APP, JUST HOURS AFTER AUTHORITIES. SAY HE FIRED THAT SINGLE FATAL. SHOT, KILLING CHARLIE KIRK IN. FULL VIEW OF THOUSANDS AT UTAH. VALLEY UNIVERSITY. THE NEW YORK.

TIMES REPORTING ROBINSON. ALLEGEDLY JOKING THAT HIS. DOPPELGANGER DID IT WITH A. GROUP OF FRIENDS ON THE. MESSAGING PLATFORM. ACCORDING. TO THE TIMES, ONE USER. REPORTEDLY SUGGESTING THE GROUP. SHOULD TURN ROBINSON IN TO GET. THE $100,000 REWARD FROM THE. FBI. ROBINSON ALLEGEDLY. RESPONDING, ONLY IF I GET A CUT. >> WELL, ALL WE CAN CONFIRM IS. THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE. HAPPENING AND THEY THEY DID NOT. BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY HIM. IT. WAS IT WAS ALL JOKING UNTIL.

UNTIL HE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL HE. ADMITTED THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS. HIM. >> AUTHORITIES SAYING THE. SUSPECT TURNED HIMSELF IN AFTER. HIS FATHER RECOGNIZED HIM IN. THE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, AND. URGED HIS SON TO COME FORWARD. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES SAY THE. SUSPECT INITIALLY SAID NO, BUT. LATER CHANGED HIS MIND. LAW. ENFORCEMENT SAYING THEY FOUND. SHELL CASINGS WITH THE MESSAGES. HEY, FASCIST, CATCH ANOTHER. SHELL CASING REFERENCING AN. ITALIAN ANTI-FASCIST FOLK SONG. AND ANOTHER UNFIRED CASING. CONTAINING THE MESSAGE IF YOU. READ THIS, YOU ARE GAY LMAO. TODAY, AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING.

THEY'VE INTERVIEWED ROBINSON'S. ROOMMATE, WITH WHOM THEY SAY HE. WAS ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED. >> HIS ROOMMATE WAS INDEED A. BOYFRIEND WHO IS TRANSITIONING. FROM FROM MALE TO FEMALE. THAT'S THAT'S INFORMATION THAT. THE FBI HAD HAD MENTIONED. YESTERDAY. WE CAN'T CONFIRM. THAT AS WELL. AND THAT THAT. THAT HE IS COOPERATING WITH. WITH AUTHORITIES AS WELL. >> THAT ROOMMATE ALSO ALLEGEDLY. TELLING AUTHORITIES, ROBINSON. MESSAGED ABOUT LEAVING THE. RIFLE IN A BUSH AFTER. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SCAMPERED.

ACROSS THAT ROOFTOP AND THEN. DROPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND AND. JOGGED OFF. AUTHORITIES SAY. THAT THAT SUSPECT CROSSED THE. STREET FROM CAMPUS JUST OVER. THERE, WALKED UP THIS DRIVE. INTO THIS WOODED AREA. SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE. HE. STASHED THAT RIFLE WRAPPED IN A. DARK TOWEL. THOSE CARTRIDGES. STILL INSIDE SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS. MEMBERS OF ROBINSON'S FAMILY. INCLUDED HUNTERS AND PEOPLE. VERY FAMILIAR AND COMFORTABLE. WITH FIREARMS. AND OFFICIALS. SAY THAT WHILE ROBINSON HAD NO. MILITARY EXPERIENCE, HE WAS. PROFICIENT WITH THE FIREARM.

>> ABOUT 175 YARDS FROM THE. PODIUM TO THE SHOOTING. >> 175 YARDS. AND WOULD YOU. HAVE TO BE A PRETTY PROFICIENT. MARKSMAN TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, GIVEN THOSE CONDITIONS. >> GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT, THAT. TYPE OF SHOT IS IS NOT EASY. IT'S NOT WHAT WE'D CALL A SUPER. LONG DISTANCE. BUT IN THAT. ENVIRONMENT THAT THAT IS A. PRETTY PRECISION SHOT TO PULL. OFF. >> NOW, FOUR DAYS AFTER KIRK'S. DEATH, MEMORIALS CONTINUE TO. GROW ON THE UVU CAMPUS AND.

OUTSIDE THE TURNING POINT USA. HEADQUARTERS. THE ORGANIZATION. ANNOUNCING THAT KIRK'S FUNERAL. WILL BE NEXT SUNDAY IN ARIZONA. AND ROBERTS IS BEING HELD HERE. AT THE UTAH COUNTY JAIL. OFFICIALS ARE TELLING ME THEY. ARE SIFTING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN. OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING HIS. PHONE AND HIS ONLINE PRESENCE. AND EARLIER TODAY, LINDSAY, THE. GOVERNOR OF UTAH, SAYING THAT. THE SUSPECT WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED. IN THE ONLINE MEME AND VIDEO. GAME CULTURE, A PLACE HE CALLED. THE DEEP DARK INTERNET. LINDSAY. >> MATT GUTMAN FOR US. MATT. THANK YOU. A NUMBER OF AMERICAN.

POLITICAL LEADERS ARE FACING. SERIOUS SECURITY CONCERNS AFTER. ANOTHER ACT OF POLITICAL. VIOLENCE. AS A RESULT, SOME ARE. SCALING BACK PUBLIC APPEARANCES. LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S. JACQUELINE LEE IN UTAH. JACQUELINE, WHAT ARE YOU. LEARNING TONIGHT, LINDSEY? >> BOTH REPUBLICANS AND. DEMOCRATS HAVING TO CONFRONT. THE TOLL OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE. AND THE HEIGHTENED SECURITY. RISK. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. REQUESTING $58 MILLION FROM. CONGRESS TO INCREASE SECURITY. FOR THE EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL. BRANCHES, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE.

SOURCES. THE ADMINISTRATION. ALSO SUPPORTING AN INCREASE IN. SECURITY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE. BRANCH, BUT IS DEFERRING TO. CONGRESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SOME LAWMAKERS ARE PROCEEDING. WITH CAUTION AFTER THE SHOOTING, DECIDING TO CANCEL EVENTS. FOR. EXAMPLE, REPUBLICAN. REPRESENTATIVE NANCY MACE, WHO. IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF. SOUTH CAROLINA, TELLING ABC. NEWS SHE WON'T BE HOLDING ANY. PUBLIC EVENTS UNTIL THEY HAVE A. BETTER HANDLE ON SECURITY. DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ. RESCHEDULING AT LEAST TWO. PLANNED EVENTS IN NORTH. CAROLINA. LINDSEY, THE UTAH.

GOVERNOR CALLING FOR UNITY. AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION. SEASON. LINDSEY. >> JACQUELINE. THANK YOU. AND. TONIGHT, SOME ARE FACING. BACKLASH FOR CRITICIZING. CHARLIE KIRK AFTER HIS KILLING. EMPLOYEES OF AIRLINE SCHOOLS. AND HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN FIRED. OR DISCIPLINED FOR THEIR. REACTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE. HEGSETH IS ORDERING STAFF TO. IDENTIFY AND DISCIPLINE SERVICE. MEMBERS WHO MOCKED OR CONDONED. KIRK'S KILLING. NOW TO THE. DAY'S OTHER HEADLINES, A MAJOR. SHOW OF FORCE BY RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. RUSSIA IS HOLDING LARGE JOINT.

MILITARY DRILLS WITH BELARUS ON. A SCALE NOT SEEN IN YEARS. IT. COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. THREATENING NEW SANCTIONS, BUT. ONLY IF NATO MEMBERS STOP. BUYING RUSSIAN OIL. HERE'S. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> AS PRESIDENT TRUMP THREATENS. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA TONIGHT, A. MAJOR SHOW OF FORCE BY VLADIMIR. PUTIN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN. YEARS, RUSSIA AND BELARUS. LAUNCHING LARGE JOINT MILITARY. EXERCISES. IT COMES AS TENSIONS.

ARE RUNNING HIGH IN EASTERN. EUROPE'S SKIES. ROMANIA. SCRAMBLING FIGHTER JETS AFTER A. RUSSIAN DRONE FLEW THROUGH ITS. AIRSPACE. THE SECOND INCURSION. OVER A NATO COUNTRY IN LESS. THAN A WEEK. EU'S FOREIGN. POLICY CHIEF CALLING THIS. ANOTHER RECKLESS ESCALATION. AFTER POLAND DEPLOYED THEIR OWN. FIGHTERS ON SATURDAY OVER THE. THREAT OF DRONE STRIKES IN. NEIGHBORING UKRAINE. IT WAS. JUST DAYS AGO THAT MORE THAN A. DOZEN RUSSIAN ATTACK DRONES. WERE SHOT DOWN AFTER VIOLATING. POLAND'S AIRSPACE. TRUMP. SUGGESTED THE DRONE INCURSION.

COULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE, BUT. POLAND INSISTS IT WAS. DELIBERATE. SOME REPUBLICANS DO, TOO. >> WITH ALL DEFERENCE TO THE. PRESIDENT, I DON'T THINK THAT. WAS A MISTAKE. I THINK I THINK. PUTIN IS TESTING THE RESOLVE OF. NATO. >> AND NOW TRUMP SAYS HE'S. AGAIN READY TO IMPOSE TOUGH. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, BUT ONLY. IF ALL NATO ALLIES AGREE TO DO. THE SAME AND STOP BUYING. RUSSIAN OIL. >> I'M WILLING TO DO SANCTIONS, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. TOUGHEN UP THEIR SANCTIONS. >> THERE'S VERY LITTLE CHANCE. THAT THOSE NATO COUNTRIES THAT.

ARE STILL BUYING OIL AND GAS. FROM RUSSIA WILL COOPERATE. THIS IS, IN A WAY, A BIT OF AN. EMPTY THREAT TONIGHT. >> WITH EUROPE ON EDGE AND. CRANE LAUNCHING A MASSIVE. ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN OIL. REFINERY. THE ADMINISTRATION. LOOKS TO CONFRONT AND CONTAIN. ANOTHER CRISIS. SECRETARY OF. STATE MARCO RUBIO IN ISRAEL. MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER. NETANYAHU AS ISRAEL INTENSIFIES. ITS ASSAULT ON GAZA CITY AND. CONTINUED CONDEMNATION FOR THAT. FAILED STRIKE ON HAMAS LEADERS. IN U.S. ALLY QATAR.

>> OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE NOT HAPPY. ABOUT IT. THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT. HAPPY ABOUT IT. >> AND THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN. SPENDING THE WEEKEND HERE IN. BEDMINSTER. THEN HE FLIES TO. WASHINGTON TONIGHT AHEAD OF HIS. STATE VISIT TO THE U.K. THERE. WILL BE A LOT OF POMP AND. CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT HER BRITISH. ALLY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO PRESS. THE PRESIDENT ON THE RUSSIA. UKRAINE WAR. THAT SUMMIT WITH. PUTIN LAST MONTH IN ALASKA WAS. BILLED AS A STEP TOWARDS PEACE. BUT SINCE THEN, PUTIN HAS ONLY. ESCALATED THE WAR. LINSEY. >> SELINA. THANK YOU. NEXT. TONIGHT, TENSIONS ARE.

ESCALATING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND. VENEZUELA. ON SATURDAY, FIVE. AMERICAN F-35 FIGHTER JETS. LANDED IN PUERTO RICO. THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S. PART OF A MAJOR CRACKDOWN ON. DRUG TRAFFICKING. HOW VENEZUELA. IS NOW RESPONDING. HERE'S ABC'S. CHRISTIANE CORDERO. >> TONIGHT US, VENEZUELA. TENSIONS ARE RISING IN THE. CARIBBEAN. >> SEA AS FIVE AMERICAN F-35. FIGHTER JETS ARE SEEN LANDING. IN PUERTO RICO THIS WEEKEND AS. PART OF A MILITARY BUILDUP. THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE. HEIGHTENED PRESENCE IS TO CRACK.

DOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING. IT. COMES AS VENEZUELA'S GOVERNMENT. RELEASES THIS VIDEO IT SAYS IS. OF ARMED U.S. PERSONNEL. APPROACHING A FISHING BOAT. FRIDAY, MOMENTS BEFORE BOARDING. AND OCCUPYING IT, A U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS. COAST. GUARD MEMBERS SEARCHED THE BOAT. TO SEE IF IT WAS CARRYING DRUGS, BUT DIDN'T FIND ANY IN ITS. CONDEMNATION. VENEZUELA CALLED. THE INCIDENT HOSTILE AND. ILLEGAL, CLAIMING IT HAPPENED. WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC. EXCLUSION ZONE, WHICH THE U.S. DENIES, SAYING THEY BOARDED THE.

VESSEL IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. IT'S THE SECOND DISPUTE AT SEA. IN AS MANY WEEKS BETWEEN THE. TWO COUNTRIES, AFTER THE U.S. MILITARY STRIKE ON A SPEEDBOAT. CARRYING 11 PEOPLE FROM. VENEZUELA. THE ADMINISTRATION. CLAIMS THEY WERE CARTEL MEMBERS. SMUGGLING DRUGS. >> VENEZUELA HAS BEEN A VERY. BAD ACTOR, AND WE UNDERSTAND. THAT. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT. BOAT, YOU LOOK AT THAT, YOU SEE. THE BAGS OF WHATEVER IT IS. THOSE BAGS WERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE BAGS REPRESENT HUNDREDS.

OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD PEOPLE IN. THE UNITED STATES. >> AND NOW VENEZUELA IS. CONDUCTING LARGE SCALE MILITIA. TRAINING, CIVILIANS. VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE AS. RESERVISTS. PRESIDENT NICOLAS. MADURO URGES ALL VENEZUELANS TO. PREPARE FOR AN ARMED STRUGGLE. IF NEEDED. AS THE RHETORIC. ESCALATES. LINSEY, THERE ARE. STILL MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SEPTEMBER 2ND BOAT STRIKE. EXPERTS HAVE QUESTIONED THE. ADMINISTRATION'S LEGAL. RATIONALE FOR ATTACKING THE. BOAT, AND IT'S STILL UNCLEAR.

WHO EXACTLY WAS ON IT OR WHERE. IT WAS GOING. LINSEY. >> CHRISTIANE CORDERO FOR US. THANK YOU. NEXT TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S PUSH TO CRACK DOWN ON. CRIME, HE SAYS HE NOW PLANS TO. SEND FEDERAL TROOPS INTO. MEMPHIS. BUT WHILE THE STATE'S. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR IS. EXPRESSING GRATITUDE, OTHERS. ARE PUSHING BACK. MORE NOW FROM. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY TONIGHT. >> MEMPHIS BRACING FOR A. POTENTIAL SURGE IN FEDERAL. TROOPS AS PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWS. TO SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TO, QUOTE, SAVE TENNESSEE'S SECOND. LARGEST CITY AS PART OF HIS.

ESCALATING CRIME CRACKDOWN. >> MEMPHIS IS DEEPLY TROUBLED. WE'RE GOING TO FIX THAT JUST. LIKE WE DID WASHINGTON. >> TRUMP SO FAR OFFERING SCANT. DETAILS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL. DEPLOYMENT, BUT WRITING ON. SOCIAL MEDIA OVERNIGHT THAT. WE'RE COMING AND PROMISING A NO. CRIME MIRACLE IN THE CITY. TENNESSEE'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. BILL LEE, THANKING THE. PRESIDENT FOR PROVIDING FEDERAL. RESOURCES. BUT THE CITY'S MAYOR. PUSHING BACK, SAYING MEMPHIS IS. ALREADY MAKING PROGRESS ON. FIGHTING CRIME. MEMPHIS HAS. HISTORICALLY HAD ONE OF THE. HIGHEST RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME. OF ANY LARGE AMERICAN CITY. BUT.

ACCORDING TO CITY DATA, THIS. YEAR, OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN 44%. AND HOMICIDES HAVE DROPPED. NEARLY 30% SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER. >> I DID NOT ASK FOR THE. NATIONAL GUARD, AND I DON'T. THINK IT'S THE WAY TO DRIVE. DOWN CRIME. >> FOR MONTHS, TRUMP HAS. THREATENED TO INCREASE FEDERAL. LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN. CITIES LED BY DEMOCRATS. HE. DEPLOYED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO. WASHINGTON, D.C. LAST MONTH, AND THE ARMY EXTENDED ORDERS. FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO REMAIN ON. ACTIVE DUTY IN THE NATION'S.

CAPITAL THROUGH THE END OF. NOVEMBER, BUT PLANS TO DEPLOY. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN TO CHICAGO. WERE MET WITH FIERCE OPPOSITION, DRAWING CONDEMNATIONS FROM CITY. AND STATE LEADERS AND SPARKING. PROTESTS. WITH THOUSANDS OF. DEMONSTRATORS. NOW, A LEAKED. PENTAGON MEMO OBTAINED BY THE. WASHINGTON POST REPORTEDLY. SHOWS NEW PLANS TO ACTIVATE. 1000 TROOPS IN LOUISIANA FOR. LAW ENFORCEMENT MISSIONS IN NEW. ORLEANS AND BATON ROUGE. THE. PENTAGON HAS DECLINED TO. CONFIRM THE REPORT TO ABC NEWS. AND LINSEY, THERE IS STILL A.

LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT. THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN FOR. MEMPHIS. THE MAYOR SAYS HE HAS. NO CLARITY ON WHEN THE TROOPS. MIGHT BE DEPLOYED, HOW MANY. COULD COME AND EXACTLY WHAT. THEY WOULD BE DOING ON THE. GROUND. >> LINSEY STILL A LOT OF. UNCERTAINTY. THANK YOU. OVERSEAS NOW TO MASSIVE CROWDS. AND CLASHES IN LONDON. TENS OF. THOUSANDS GATHERING FOR A FAR. RIGHT PROTEST ON SATURDAY. IT'S. BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST IN. DECADES. THE EVENT WAS. ORGANIZED BY AN. ANTI-IMMIGRATION ACTIVIST. LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S LAMA. HASAN IN LONDON TONIGHT. LAMA,

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS. DEMONSTRATION? >> YEAH. LINSEY, THIS WAS A. MASSIVE SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR THE. FAR RIGHT ANTI-IMMIGRATION. ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON. ORGANIZED THE PROTEST CALLED. UNITE THE KINGDOM. MORE THAN. 100,000 PEOPLE MARCHED THROUGH. THE STREETS OF LONDON ON. SATURDAY IN ONE OF THE UK'S. LARGEST NATIONALIST RALLIES IN. YEARS. A SEA OF BRITISH FLAGS. ASSOCIATED WITH ENGLISH PRIDE. SOME DEMONSTRATORS CLASHING. WITH POLICE AS THEY TRIED TO. GET THROUGH A MARCH AGAINST.

FASCISM COUNTER-PROTESTS THAT. DREW ABOUT 5000 PEOPLE. TECH. BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK, MAKING A. SURPRISE VIRTUAL APPEARANCE. HIS LATEST INFLAMMATORY FORAY. INTO OVERSEAS POLITICS, TELLING. THE CROWD TO FIGHT BACK OR DIE, CALLING THE LEFT THE PARTY OF. MURDER AND SAYING THE UK NEEDS. REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT CHANGE. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR. STARMER, RESPONDING ON SOCIAL. MEDIA, SAYING BRITAIN IS A. NATION PROUDLY BUILT ON. TOLERANCE, DIVERSITY AND. RESPECT. HE SAID OUR FLAG. REPRESENTS OUR DIVERSE COUNTRY,

ADDING THAT WE WILL NEVER. SURRENDER IT TO THOSE THAT USE. IT AS A SYMBOL OF VIOLENCE, FEAR AND DIVISION. >> LINSEY LAMA, THANK YOU. NOW. TO POPE LEO TURNING 70 TODAY, SPEAKING AT THE VATICAN, THE. FIRST AMERICAN BORN POPE. THANKED THOSE WHO PRAYED FOR. HIM. IN A NEW INTERVIEW, HE. SAID HE FACED A HUGE LEARNING. CURVE AS LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC. CHURCH. SATURDAY NIGHT, THE. POPE ATTENDED THE GRACE FOR THE. WORLD CONCERT, CO-DIRECTED BY. ANDREA BOCELLI AND PHARRELL. WILLIAMS. THE EVENT WAS CAPPED.

OFF BY A SPECTACULAR DRONE SHOW. ABOVE SAINT PETER'S SQUARE. THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD. ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT THIS. SUNDAY, INCLUDING A MIDAIR. SCARE, WHY A DELTA JET HAD TO. MAKE A SUDDEN U-TURN, AND A. RARE TORNADO DESTROYS. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, AN ARREST IN. THE SHOOTING OF A POLICE OFFICER. IN GEORGIA. TIMOTHE. TIMO.

HE WAS ATAKEN INTO CUSTODY. >>> A DELTA JET WAS FORCED TO. TURN AROUND AFTER A SUSPECTED. BIRD STRIKE. FLIGHT 1399 HAD TAKEN OFF FROM. MIAMI FOR BOSTON SATURDAY. MORNING WHEN THE CREW REPORTED. ONE OF ITS ENGINES HAD BEEN. STRUCK. THE BOEING 737 MADE AN EMERGENCY. LANDING BACK IN MIAMI. ONCE THE ENGINE WAS CHECKED OUT, THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO. BOSTON. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE WNBA. PLAYOFFS ARE UNDERWAY. HOW THE FEVER PLA.

>>> TO THE INDEX, A RARE SIGHT. IN UTAH. TORNADO ON THE GROUND SATURDAY. IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE. STATE. THE TWISTER REPORTEDLY DESTROYED. THREE HOMES. MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS IN THE. FORECAST ACROSS PARTS OF THE. PLAINS TODAY FROM TEXAS TO NORTH. DAKOTA. A WARM-UP THIS WEEK IN THE. CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES. ABOVE AVERAGE. >>> THE WNBA PLAYOFFS TIPPED OFF. TODAY.

THE ATLANTA DREAM PULLED AWAY IN. THE SECOND HALF TO BEAT THE. INDIANA FEVER. THE FEVER MISSING ITS STAR. CAITLIN CLARK WHO IS OUT AFTER. SUFFERING SEVERAL INJURIES. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A RECORD. SETTING FLOWER AND WHAT MAD. >>> FINALLY, ONE FARMER'S. REMINDER THAT SOMETIMES THE. BIGGEST GROWTH COMES FROM THE. SMALLEST SEEDS. >> TODAY IS THE TODAY. WE ARE MEASURING CLOVER FOR THE.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. >> IT'S BEEN GROW TIME. EXTREME GARDENER ALEX BABBISH. GOES FOR THE RECORD FOR THE. WORLD'S TALLEST SUNFLOWER. >> TO GROW THE TALLEST AND BE IN. THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD, IT'S. AS GOOD AS IT COMES. >> IT'S NEARLY 36 FEET TALL. TWIET THE HEIGHT. TWIET THE H. COMPARABLE TO A THREE-STORY. HOME. >> I STARTED IT THE LAST WEEK OF. APRIL. AFTER ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT DAYS,

I TRESS PLANTED THE YOUNG PLAN. INTO THE STRUCTURE. >> OVER THE COURSE OF THREE. MONTHS, CLOVER GREW TEN INCHES A. DAY. GROWING SO HIGH, SO FAST, HE HAD. TO DESIGN A CUSTOM STRUCTURE IN. ORDER TO SUPPORT IT. THEN USE A CHERRY PICKER TWICE. IN ORDER TO BUILD THE WOODEN. STRUCTURE UP HIGHER. CLOVER IS WHAT'S CALLED A. MULTI-HEAD SUN. MULTI-HEADMULTI-. MULTI-HEADMUL. MULTI-HEAD SUNSUNFLOWER. ALEX IS MINDFUL OF HIS OWN.

ROOTS, BORN AND RAISED IN UN. CRANE. >> IT'S THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF. UKRAINE. IT'S SPECIAL TO ME. >> TAKING HIS LOVE FOR AND. PROWESS IN EXTREME GARDENING TO. NEW HEIGHTS. CITING A LASTING LEGACY FOR THE.