Disney Celebrates America: ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (Special Edition) - July 4, 2026

TONIGHT, A SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, OUR 24 HOURS. CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH. THE SPECTACULAR IMAGES COMING IN ALL DAY. THE PARADE OF TALL SHIPS INTO NEW YORK HARBOR. DOZENS OF VESSELS FROM NEARLY TWO DOZEN COUNTRIES.

THE LARGEST MARITIME GATHERING IN MODERN HISTORY. THE MILITARY FLYOVERS. THE ROAR OF THE JET ENGINES. COLORFUL TRAILS OF SMOKE FILLING THE SKY. OUR TEAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN. THE U.S. AND OVERSEAS. WE WERE ON THE AIR THIS MORNING 5 A.M. FOR THE FIRST SUNRISE OVER AMERICA ON THIS 250TH. WHIT JOHNSON TONIGHT ON ELLIS ISLAND AND RACHEL SCOTT. ON ONE OF THE TALL SHIPS. ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRST AT MOUNT RUSHMORE, THEN.

SET TO ADDRESS THE NATION FROM THE NATIONAL MALL TONIGHT. THE WASHINGTON, D.C. PARADE CANCELED BECAUSE OF EXTREME HEAT. TONIGHT, SEVERE STORMS AND DANGEROUS HEAT. GRIPPING THE COUNTRY. THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MORE THAN 140 MILLION AMERICANS. UNDER ALERTS FOR LIFE-THREATENING HEAT. THE HEAT INDEX, THE FEEL-LIKE READING, 102. IN NEW YORK CITY, 104 IN PHILADELPHIA, 108 IN WASHINGTON. DC. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY TRACKING IT ALL. IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT.

THE TIGHT SECURITY AROUND MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, THE. WEDDING OF TAYLOR SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELSEY, WHAT'S. NOW BEEN REVEALED TONIGHT AND WHO PRESIDED OVER. THE CEREMONY. TONIGHT AMERICA STRONG, THE AMERICAN. WOMAN WHO RODE ON HER OWN FROM CALIFORNIA MAKING. IT TO HAWAII AND BREAKING RECORDS TONIGHT. AND AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, MILLIONS WATCHED HER STIRRING PERFORMANCE LAST. NIGHT AT THE STATUE OF OF LIBERTY, BRANDI CARLILE. SINGING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. AMERICA, AMERICA.

TONIGHT, MY INTERVIEW WITH BRANDI CARLILE ON. THE MEANING OF THAT SONG. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS A SPECIAL EDITION OF WORLD. NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250th. BIRTHDAY. >> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US AS WE. CONTINUE OUR 24 HOURS OF. COVERAGE. OUR CELEBRATION OF. AMERICA. 2:50 TONIGHT, A SPECIAL.

EDITION OF WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN A. MOMENTOUS DAY OF HISTORY ACROSS. AMERICA. WE WERE ON THE AIR AT. 5:00 A.M. WITH THE FIRST SUNRISE. OVER AMERICA IN ACADIA, MAINE. CADILLAC MOUNTAIN, AND CONTINUED. THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AND THEN. NEW YORK HARBOR COMING ALIVE. THE PARADE OF TALL SHIPS SAILING. UP THE HUDSON RIVER, DOZENS OF. VESSELS LED BY THE U.S. COAST. GUARD'S EAGLE. THE SOUND OF. THUNDER OVER NEW YORK, THE SKIES. FILLED WITH MILITARY JET. FLYOVERS, THE SKIES PAINTED IN. RED, WHITE AND BLUE. IN. WASHINGTON, D.C., THE HOTTEST.

FOURTH OF JULY IN 150 YEARS, THE. PARADE CANCELED BECAUSE OF THE. HEAT. THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE. FAIR. GOING FORWARD, DESPITE THE. HEAT INDEX, THE FEEL LIKE. READING OF 108 DEGREES, A. MONUMENTAL CELEBRATION OF. AMERICA. AND WE'RE STILL NOT. FINISHED TONIGHT. ABC'S WHIT. JOHNSON LEADING US OFF WITH THE. EXTRAORDINARY IMAGES OF THIS DAY. >> TONIGHT THE HISTORIC 250th. BIRTHDAY OF OUR NATION, THE. STATUE OF LIBERTY WELCOMING A. PARADE OF SHIPS. AMERICANS. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY COMING. TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE. FROM BIG.

CITIES TO HOMETOWNS. DAVID ON. THE AIR AT DAYBREAK. >> TAKE A. >> LOOK AT THAT BREATHTAKING SKY. AS THE SUN IS ABOUT TO COME UP. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY JUST AFTER. 5:00 A.M. IN THE EAST. >> THE DAY BEGINNING WITH THIS. SPECTACULAR SUNRISE, OUR GIO. BENITEZ WATCHING IT LIVE IN. MAINE. >> WHAT A GIFT IT IS TO BE ABLE. TO BE HERE IN MAINE ON CADILLAC. MOUNTAIN LOOKING AT THAT, ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. >> IN PHILADELPHIA, THE. BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN. EXPERIMENT, EMMY WINNER SHERYL. LEE RALPH WAKING US UP WITH THE.

NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE LIBERTY. BELL. >> BY THE DOOR. >> LIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY, THE. LARGEST MARITIME GATHERING IN. MODERN HISTORY, A BREATHTAKING. FLOTILLA OF ROUGHLY 80 MILITARY. VESSELS AND TALL SHIPS FROM THE. U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD. HUGE. CROWDS LINING THE BANKS OF THE. HUDSON RIVER. >> I THINK THIS IS AWESOME, DAVID. >> LIVE ON THE AIR, WITNESSING A. MAJESTIC MILITARY FLYOVER. >> JUST BEYOND ME, JUST OVER. LIBERTY ISLAND, THE STATUE OF.

LIBERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE FLYOVER. AND THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE. TRAILING THOSE JETS HEADING UP. THE HUDSON RIVER HERE. WOW, THAT. IS AN INCREDIBLE SIGHT. >> LEE GOLDBERG ON THE DECK OF. THE USS GOLDEN EAGLE. >> WHETHER IT'S WARSHIPS OR. FLYOVERS OR TALL SHIPS BEHIND. US. I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST TURNING. AROUND AND LOOKING. THERE'S. ANOTHER SOUND. A B-52 JUST WENT. BY A LITTLE WHILE AGO. IT'S. INCREDIBLE THAT THEY'VE BEEN. TELLING US TO PUT OUR EARPLUGS. IN, AND THERE'S GOOD REASON. >> WE'RE NEAR ELLIS ISLAND, WHERE MORE THAN 12 MILLION.

PEOPLE ARRIVED DECADES AGO TO. BECOME AMERICANS. WHAT IS IT. THAT YOU PREFER TO REFLECT ON? ON A DAY LIKE TODAY. >> THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME. TOGETHER AS A NATION AND. CELEBRATE A SEMINAL MOMENT IN. HISTORY? >> THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS. >> IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, ELITE NAVY PARACHUTISTS. DESCENDING ON THE NATIONAL MALL. >> WOW, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT. HERE OVER THE SKIES OF OUR. NATION'S CAPITAL. >> NATIONWIDE, MILLIONS. GATHERING TO CHEER ON PARADES. DOWN MAIN STREETS FROM. WASHINGTON STATE, KIDS ON. BICYCLES AND RED, WHITE AND.

BLUE. >> WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT. COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO REALLY. APPRECIATE IT. >> TO MINNESOTA CLASSIC CARS ON. DISPLAY DELIGHTING THE SMALLEST. FANS IN TEXAS, LADY LIBERTY AND. UNCLE SAM TAKING CENTER STAGE. >> IT'S GO TIME. >> AND IT'S NOT THE FOURTH OF. JULY WITHOUT THAT UNIQUELY RAW. SLICE OF AMERICANA. >> THREE, TWO, ONE, GO. >> THE ANNUAL NATHAN'S FAMOUS. HOT DOG EATING CONTEST. THOUSANDS GATHERING IN CONEY. ISLAND, BROOKLYN. >> WITH 66. NATHAN'S FAMOUS HOT.

DOGS AND BUNS IN 10 MINUTES. JOEY CHESTNUT. >> AND AS THE SUN MARCHED WEST. >> QUITE THE SIGHT TO SEE. >> THE CELEBRATION MEETING THE. SUN DRENCHED COAST OF HUNTINGTON. BEACH, CALIFORNIA. >> LOOK AT THE CROWD. LOOK AT. IT. IT'S JUST THE PLACE TO BE. >> AND TONIGHT, THE NEW AMERICAN. FACES. >> I HEREBY DECLARE ON OATH. >> OUR STEVE OSUNSAMI AT. MONTICELLO IN VIRGINIA, THE. FORMER PLANTATION OF THOMAS. JEFFERSON. AS 75 PEOPLE WERE.

SWORN IN AS NEW CITIZENS. >> IT'S A PROUD DAY FOR THESE. FAMILIES. A PROUD DAY FOR THESE. CITIZENS WHO'VE WORKED SO HARD. TO GET TO THIS POINT. >> A DAY OF CELEBRATION FILLED. WITH HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. AND, DAVID, TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF. PEOPLE ARE LINING UP ALONG THE. HUDSON RIVER WITH THIS GORGEOUS. BACKDROP OF THE STATUE OF. LIBERTY BEHIND ME HERE, READY. FOR THE FIREWORKS AT THE. NATION'S LARGEST JULY 4th. CELEBRATION. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. WHIT JOHNSON ON. ELLIS ISLAND FOR US TONIGHT.

WITH. THANKS SO MUCH. BY FAR. AMONG THE MOST SPECTACULAR. SIGHTS OF THE DAY, THAT PARADE. OF TALL SHIPS RIGHT INTO NEW. YORK HARBOR. RIGHT HERE BEHIND. US, YOU CAN SEE THE STATUE OF. LIBERTY OVER MY SHOULDER HERE, RIGHT OUT THERE ON LIBERTY. ISLAND. WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY. VANTAGE POINT WE HAD TODAY. WE. WATCHED AS THE TALL SHIPS CAME. RIGHT INTO THE HARBOR AND RIGHT. UP THE HUDSON RIVER. HERE, THE. LARGEST GATHERING OF ITS KIND. EVER. 40 TALL SHIPS FROM 22. COUNTRIES AND ABC RACHEL SCOTT. ON ONE OF THOSE TALL SHIPS. >> WITH THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS. LINING THE SHORES. THE MAJESTIC.

PARADE OF TALL SHIPS SET SAIL. THROUGH THE HUDSON RIVER. MORE. THAN FORTY VESSELS FROM ALL OVER. THE WORLD TRAVELING HERE TO. CELEBRATE AMERICA 250 AND. LEADING THE WAY, AMERICA'S TALL. SHIP, THE COAST GUARD CUTTER. EAGLE. WHEN YOU GET ON BOARD. THIS SHIP, YOU JUST CAN'T HELP. BUT LOOK UP. >> RIGHT. >> THE CADETS SHOWING ME HOW TO. TRAIN THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. HEAVE! HEAVE! AND CLIMBING THE. MAST. IS THIS A GOOD TIME TO SAY.

THAT I'M AFRAID OF HEIGHTS? THE. WIND PICKING UP. THE HIGHER WE. GO. >> IT DEFINITELY GETS A LOT MORE. NARROW. OH MY GOSH OH, I DON'T. KNOW HOW WE MADE IT, BUT WE MADE. IT. >> SO YOU'RE ABOUT 47 FEET IN. THE AIR. >> ARE YOU SURE IT'S JUST. FORTY-SEVEN FEET? >> IT FEELS A LITTLE HIGHER. >> IT DOES FEEL A LOT HIGHER. THE EAGLE HAS GUIDED SHIPS FOR. DECADES. >> THE BICENTENNIAL OPERATION. SAIL WELL UNDERWAY. THE UNITED. STATES CLARK EAGLE LEADING THE. PARADE. >> LEADING THE BICENTENNIAL. PARADE FOR CHEERING CROWDS.

BENEATH THE TWIN TOWERS. 50. YEARS LATER, THE EAGLE CHARTING. A NEW COURSE FOR THE NEXT. GENERATION OF AMERICANS. DAVID. 22,000 SAILORS WERE OUT ON THE. HUDSON TODAY, ONE LIEUTENANT. COMMANDER TELLING ME THIS IS ONE. OF THE MOST COMPLEX OPERATIONS. THEY'VE CARRIED OUT. >> DAVID RACHEL SCOTT ON ELLIS. ISLAND TONIGHT FOR US AS WELL. RACHEL, THANKS SO MUCH. PRESIDENT TRUMP, FIRST AT MOUNT. RUSHMORE LAST NIGHT, THEN SET TO. ADDRESS THE NATION FROM THE. NATIONAL MALL TONIGHT, THE. WASHINGTON, D.C. PARADE CANCELED. BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME HEAT. HERE'S MARY BRUCE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. PREPARING TO ADDRESS THE NATION. FROM THE NATIONAL MALL, THE. CULMINATION OF A WHIRLWIND 24. HOURS THAT TOOK HIM FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE TO MOUNT RUSHMORE. AND BACK AGAIN. TRUMP CAST. HIMSELF AS A DEFENDER OF. AMERICAN CULTURE, PLEDGING TO. GIVE OUR COUNTRY ITS IDENTITY. BACK. >> THE IDENTITY OF A NATION IS. THE DESTINY OF A NATION, AND. AMERICA HAS A DESTINY LIKE NO. OTHER. BECAUSE WE ARE A PEOPLE. LIKE NO OTHER. FOR WHATEVER. REASON. THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT.

IS. >> IN HIS HIGHLY PARTIZAN. SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT WARNING OF. A, QUOTE, COMMUNIST MENACE. >> COMMUNISM IS THE EXACT. OPPOSITE OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IT'S. DEATH, TYRANNY AND THE PURSUIT. OF EVIL. >> AND DAVID, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT, HE IS. EAGER FOR A BIG CROWD POSTING. THAT THE HEAT QUOTE ISN'T AS. BAD AS PREDICTED. WE SHOULD NOTE. IT IS AROUND 100 DEGREES HERE. RIGHT NOW, BUT THE PRESIDENT. SAYS HE'S GOING TO GIVE A BIG. LONG SPEECH ANYWAY JUST TO SHOW. THAT HE CAN DO ANYTHING. DAVID.

>> MARY BRUCE WITH US HERE. TONIGHT. MARY. THANK YOU. THE. SEVERE STORMS SPAWNED BY THIS. DANGEROUS HEAT GRIPPING THE. COUNTRY. THUNDERSTORMS, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN FACT, POWERFUL STORMS IN THE. NEW YORK CITY AREA IN THE LAST. 24 HOURS. LIGHTNING STRIKING THE. TOP OF ONE WORLD TRADE. MORE. THAN 140 MILLION AMERICANS UNDER. ALERT TONIGHT FOR. LIFE-THREATENING HEAT. THE HEAT. INDEX THAT FEELS LIKE READING. 102 IN NEW YORK, 104 IN. PHILADELPHIA, 108 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THERE IS SOME RELIEF IN. SIGHT. LEE GOLDBERG WITH THE. FORECAST AND ABC'S MATT RIVERS.

WITH THE IMAGES. >> TONIGHT. TONIGHT, POWERFUL. STORMS FUELED BY RECORD BREAKING. HEAT THREATENING MILLIONS ON. THIS HISTORIC HOLIDAY. WOW. OVERNIGHT STORMS SNAPPED TREES. IN WISCONSIN AND SENT TENTS. FLYING IN MICHIGAN. A NEW. YORK'S CONEY ISLAND HIGH WINDS. WHIPPED UP A SANDSTORM. FAMILIES. RAN FOR COVER MOTHER NATURE'S. FIREWORKS HITTING NEW YORK'S ONE. WORLD TRADE CENTER MULTIPLE. TIMES. >> WHOA! >> ON FORT MYERS BEACH, A. 51-YEAR-OLD MAN STANDING IN.

SHALLOW WATER WAS STRUCK BY. LIGHTNING AND KILLED. THREE. FAMILY MEMBERS NEARBY WERE ALSO. HURT, AND AFTER MULTIPLE SHARK. SIGHTINGS IN THE NORTHEAST, AT. LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER. DROWNING IN RIP CURRENTS OFF. DAYTONA BEACH OVERNIGHT TODAY, MARKING WASHINGTON, D.C. HOTTEST. FOURTH OF JULY ON RECORD. SO. AFTER SCENES LIKE THIS FRIDAY ON. THE NATIONAL MALL, OFFICIALS. MAKING THE TOUGH DECISION TO. CANCEL THIS MORNING'S PARADE. THROUGH THE CITY STREETS. AND. DAVID, AS WE PREP FOR FIREWORKS. HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, WE ARE. UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. DAVID.

>> MATT RIVERS WITH US TONIGHT. ON THE WEATHER. MATT, THANKS SO. MUCH. LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S. SENIOR METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG, WHO WAS ALSO OUT ON. THE TALL SHIPS TODAY. BACK WITH. US HERE TONIGHT WITH THE. FORECAST. HI, LEE. >> HEY, DAVID. WE'RE GOING TO. EXTINGUISH THE EXTREME HEAT HERE. IN NEW YORK CITY. BUT IT COULD. HAPPEN WITH SOME STORMS. OUR. STORM THREAT TONIGHT RUNS ALL. THE WAY FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE. MID-ATLANTIC, THE DELMARVA THIS. EVENING. BUT NEW YORK CITY TWO. LET'S TIME THESE STORMS AS WE. GO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. IT'S IN THE DELMARVA. BUT LOOK. AT NEW YORK CITY BETWEEN ABOUT. TEN AND MIDNIGHT, MAYBE 1 A.M. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY. HAPPEN DURING FIREWORKS, OR.

MAYBE AS PEOPLE ARE HEADING. HOME. COULD BE QUITE DANGEROUS. AROUND THE COUNTRY, WATCHING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALL THE WAY. INTO PARTS OF THE OHIO VALLEY. AND NASHVILLE LOOKS OKAY. SPOTTY. STORMS, MAINLY TO THE WEST. STORMS IN OKLAHOMA. IT'S BEST. IN THE WEST AGAIN. STORMS. TONIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY. >> DAVID METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG BACK WITH US TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU. IN NEW YORK. CITY, THE WEDDING OF TAYLOR. SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE AND. WHAT'S NOW BEEN REVEALED. TONIGHT AND WHO PRESIDED OVER. THE CEREMONY. HERE'S MORGAN. NORWOOD. >> AFTER WEEKS OF MYSTERY. TONIGHT FINALLY NEW DETAILS.

ABOUT THE WEDDING OF TAYLOR. SWIFT AND TRAVIS KELCE THAT JUST. MARRIED SIGN FLASHING THE NEWS. FOR FANS OUTSIDE MADISON SQUARE. GARDEN. >> IT'S EXCITING. I JUST WANTED. TO TELL THEM CONGRATULATIONS. >> THE CEREMONY WAS OFFICIATED. BY ACTOR AND FRIEND ADAM. SANDLER. THE BRIDE AND GROOM. WEARING CUSTOM COUTURE DIOR. THEY'RE BROTHERS BY THEIR SIDE, JASON KELCE SERVING AS BEST MAN. AUSTIN SWIFT AS MAN OF HONOR. HONOR. 1,000 FAMILY AND FRIENDS. DESCENDED ON THE AREA UNDER. PRIVACY TENTS AND TIGHT. SECURITY, BUT A FEW SHARING THIS.

ON THEIR WAY OUT. >> THEY CRIED AND THEY LAUGHED. AND THEY DANCED. AND THEY HUGGED. AND KISSED. >> GOOD MORNING AMERICA, HAPPY. FOURTH OF JULY. >> GEORGE, ROBIN AND MICHAEL. WERE AMONG THE GUESTS TOO. >> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT A. PLACE THAT BIG AND A WEDDING. WITH SUCH STARS COULD FEEL SO. PERSONAL AND SO INTIMATE. >> BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR. NEIGHBORS, THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. FRIENDS. IT WAS IT WAS LIKE ANY. WEDDING THAT YOU WOULD ATTEND. >> IT WAS THEIR DREAM WEDDING. >> AND CAPPING THE NIGHT THE. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING LIGHTING. UP BLUE IN HONOR OF THE. NEWLYWEDS AND DAVID, ONE MORE.

ROMANTIC DETAIL. YOU READY? THE. COUPLE WRITING THEIR OWN WEDDING. VOWS AND LITTLE BOOKS. QUITE. LITERALLY, THE LOVE STORY, DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. MORGAN NORWOOD. WITH US HERE TONIGHT. MORGAN. THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK. HERE, THE AMERICAN WOMAN MAKING. HISTORY TONIGHT, THE RECORD. BREAKING MOMENT, ROWING ON HER. OWN FROM CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY. TO HAWAII. HOW SHE DID THIS. ALSO AHEAD, POPE LEO WITH A. SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR HIS FELLOW. AMERICANS ON THIS TWO HUNDRED. AND FIFTIETH. AND MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS WATCHED HER STIRRING. PERFORMANCE AT THE STATUE OF. LIBERTY BRANDI CARLILE SINGING.

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS. SOMETHING. TONIGHT, MY INTERVIEW. WITH BRANDI CARLILE. AND YOU WILL HEAR HER PERFORM THAT SONG, IN A MOMENT. >> TONIGHT HEAR THE AMERICAN. WOMAN MAKING HISTORY. KELSEY. PFENDLER BECOMING THE FIRST. AMERICAN WOMAN AND THE YOUNGEST. AT 30:02 TO ROW SOLO FROM. CALIFORNIA TO HAWAII. SHE. ARRIVED IN HONOLULU THIS. MORNING, MORE THAN 2,400 MILES. AND FORTY-THREE DAYS, SEVENTEEN. HOURS, 55 MINUTES. CONGRATULATIONS TO HER. JUST. INCREDIBLE. WHEN WE COME BACK. TONIGHT, POPE LEO, OF COURSE, THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE.AND HIS.

MESSAGE ON THIS 250TH. AND BRANDI CARLILE HERE SINGING "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". IN A MOMENT. >> TONIGHT, POPE LEO WITH A. SPECIAL FOURTH OF JULY MESSAGE. ON THIS 250th. THE FIRST. AMERICAN POPE, OF COURSE, URGING. THE U.S. ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY. TO WELCOME AND PROTECT. IMMIGRANTS. THE CHICAGO NATIVE. NOTING IN A COMMEMORATIVE LETTER. THAT IMMIGRANTS HAVE SHAPED. AMERICA'S CHARACTER. WHEN WE. COME BACK ON THE BROADCAST. TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. YOU OVER TO THE STATUE OF. LIBERTY. YOU WILL HEAR BRANDI. CARLILE PERFORMING. "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL".

AND WHAT SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THAT SONG. >> AND FINALLY TONIGHT HERE ON. THIS 250th, THAT MOMENT LAST. NIGHT AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, GRAMMY WINNER BRANDI CARLILE. PERFORMING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. WE BEGAN OUR 24 HOURS OF. COVERAGE AT THE STATUE OF. LIBERTY LAST NIGHT TO CELEBRATE. AMERICA'S 250th GRAMMY WINNER. BRANDI CARLILE, RIGHT THERE WITH. US IN THE SHADOW OF LADY LIBERTY. PERFORMING AMERICA THE.

BEAUTIFUL. AND TONIGHT HERE, CARLILE ON THE MEANING OF THAT. SONG, SINGING IT ON THE FOURTH. THE POWER OF THOSE WORDS, THE. SINGULAR BRANDI CARLILE WITH US. HERE AS WE MARK AMERICA'S 250th. AND YOU KNOW, I'M STRUCK BY. THIS SONG THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO. SO MANY. WE GREW UP AS CHILDREN. IN THIS COUNTRY SINGING THIS. SONG, AND YOU NOW PERFORM IT IN. IN YOUR OWN WAY. AND I'M. CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT AS. YOU'RE PERFORMING AMERICA THE. BEAUTIFUL. >> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S A. BEAUTIFUL MELODY, BUT I LOVE THE. LYRICS TO THIS SONG. I THINK.

THAT THIS SONG HAS SO MUCH HOPE. IN IT, BUT THE HOPE NEVER REALLY. BECOMES A BOAST. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. KIND OF PATRIOTISM THAT I CAN. STAND BEHIND, WHERE THE SONG. ALMOST FEELS LIKE A PRAYER, LIKE. A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER ABOUT WHERE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET TO AS. A COUNTRY, INSTEAD OF KIND OF. BRAGGING ABOUT WHERE WE BELIEVE. WE ARE. AND I LOVE THAT. >> THE POSSIBILITY STILL. >> AHEAD, POSSIBILITY STILL. AHEAD AND BEHIND. >> AND THEN HER PERFORMANCE. PERFORMING AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL.

BRANDI CARLILE. >> ALL BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS. SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN. FOR PURPLE MOUNTAIN MAJESTY. ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN OH AME-.

AMERICA. GOD SHED YOUR GRACE ON. THEE AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH. BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO SHINING. SEA. OH BEAUTIFUL FOR HEROES.

PROVE THROUGH LIBERATING STRIFE. WHO MORE THAN SELF. THEIR. COUNTRY LOVE AND THE SAME THAN. LIFE. AMERICA. AMERICA. MAY GOD.

THY GOLD REFINE UNTIL ALL. SUCCESS BE NOBLENESS AND EVERY. GAIN DIVINE.

AMERICA. GOD MEANT THINE EVER. FLAW CONFIRM THY SOUL WITH.

SELF-CONTROL AND LIBERTY AND. LOVE. OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS. SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN. FOR PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTY.

ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAIN. AMERICA. AMERICA. GOD SHED YOUR GRACE ON. THEE. AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH. BROTHERHOOD. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA.

>> OUR THANKS TO BRANDI CARLILE. IT SURE WAS EXTRAORDINARY. COMING UP TONIGHT, RYAN SEACREST. WITH NASHVILLE'S STAR-SPANGLED. BASH LIVE ON ABC HERE TONIGHT. REBA MCENTIRE, TIM MCGRAW NICK. JONAS SO MANY OTHERS. WE'LL SEE. YOU LATER TONIGHT RIGHT HERE, I'M DAVID MUIR, UNTIL THEN GOODNIGHT.