Mass exit from Sheeran tour in U.S.: ABC World News Tonight with David Muir - Sept. 15, 2026

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched. newscast now streaming same day with all the breaking news. of the day on Disney plus most watched, most trusted now. on Disney plus every night. Tonight breaking news, the concert tour, the. political backlash. Tonight singer Ed Sheeran breaking his silence. as performers drop out. His tour facing serious trouble now with multiple artists now. dropping out of Sheeran's U.S. tour after performer Macklemore was removed as the opening.

act over remarks he made in support of Palestinians. What was Patriots owner Bob Kraft's role in. what he's now saying and tonight what Ed Sheeran. is now saying about all of this. Also tonight, the arrest and this chilling new video, a man launching dozens of fireworks from a moving truck. Authorities say aiming at other drivers and then. igniting a deadly wildfire. Tonight, President Trump's handpicked board at the. Kennedy Center voting to shut the Kennedy Center down. After a judge refused to allow Trump to put his name on it.

Tonight, John Karl takes us inside the Kennedy. Center and what he notices. Tonight, the Supreme Court saying President Trump. cannot restrict mail-in voting before the midterms. This evening, the president now lashing out at the court. Many of the justices picked by him and the. FBI director on the Hill. Will FBI agents be at polling sites on election day and. what he said just today? Tonight's star quarterback, Arch Manning, the nephew of. Peyton and Eli Manning, now apologizing tonight.

after laughing about an AI video showing the. coach slapping a female reporter. What Manning is now saying tonight in his. message to that reporter. The horrific hit and run, the driver speeding down a crowded. boardwalk, bystanders chasing the suspect. One of the bystanders with a pair of smart glasses, glasses with a camera inside, capturing the entire thing. Tonight, the helicopter suddenly spinning, repeatedly. slamming down onto a taxiway, the dangerous scene, authorities. on what was playing out inside. A passenger jet approaching the airport, dodging fireworks,

forced to abort the landing. And America's Strong Tonight, what this 102-year-old World War. II veteran is about to perform. The whole stadium moved. And then joining him. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World. News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening and it's great to have you with us here on. a very busy Tuesday night. We begin tonight with the political backlash,

multiple performers dropping out of singer. Ed Sheeran's U.S. concert tour. It comes after Macklemore was removed as the opening act. over remarks he made in support of Palestinians. Tonight, multiple performers have now dropped. out of Sheeran's U.S. tour at several stadiums this evening. What role did Patriots owner Bob Kraft play in this? What Kraft is now saying. And tonight, British singer Ed Sheeran is. now breaking his silence on this political divide. now affecting the tour. ABC's Whit Johnson leading us off tonight. Tonight in an act of protest, multiple artists dropping out.

of Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after rapper Macklemore was removed as. the opening act over remarks he made in support of Palestinians. during shows in New Jersey. I said free Palestine. Macklemore then performing a song he wrote about. the pro-Palestinian protests on college. campuses. After the concerts, the Israeli-American Council. circulating a petition saying his message relied on selective.

imagery and bias messaging. McLemore, alleging Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who. owns Gillette Stadium, gave Sheeran an ultimatum and. other stadiums followed. Kraft says the decision to cancel Macklemore was a result. of his recent comments and a broader history of. anti-Semitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe. has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the. Jewish community. And singer Pink, who is Jewish, expressing concern about. Jewish fans feeling scared or targeted at a concert.

Tonight Sheeran speaking out, saying that he tried to build a. bridge, talking with activists All of this on both sides to. try and find a mutual resolution for all, but the venues. and promoters' decision was final. Adding, "I am appalled by the conflict between Israel. and Palestine. I am not complicit. I have my personal views on this. devastating conflict. Just because I choose not to speak publicly, it doesn't. mean I don't have them.". To all All of my Jewish brothers. and sisters, criticism of Israel, criticism of.

apartheid, being against genocide in no way is. a criticism of you. Macklemore saying in a statement, he and. Sheeran are friends. And if those words cost me the stage while turning the. conversation back to Palestine, that it was the most successful. tour I've ever been on. And David, popular acts including Phineas, Lucas. Graham, and Aaron Rowe, as well as the entire. traveling band are all dropping out of this tour. It's now unclear what will happen at.

Sheeran's next concert this Saturday in Philadelphia. David? Whit Johnson leading us off. here tonight, Whit, thanks. We move on tonight to the This is a chilling. new video right here. A man launching dozens of fireworks from a moving truck. Authorities say at first aiming at other drivers, and then they. say igniting a deadly wildfire, killing a 69-year-old man and. destroying multiple homes. Melissa Adan with the video tonight. Shoot at them! Shoot at them! Tonight, dramatic new video capturing the. moment authorities say a suspect launched fireworks.

from the back of a moving truck in Washington State. (gunshots). Firing at passing vehicles. Investigators say those fireworks. also sparked a deadly wildfire. This is the type of fire that will live with us. for the rest of our lives. Police say that's 18-year-old Michael Yakimov. launching Roman candle-style fireworks. shortly after midnight on July 4th, blasting more than 200 of them into the sky. Moments later, officials say a fire erupted in the.

bone-dry brush, fueling a wall of flames that became. the Chelan Hills fire, killing a 69-year-old man. Authorities saying this video shows his family escaping. the flames. That fire also injuring six firefighters. and destroying six million dollars worth of. property. Tonight, that suspect police say launched. those fireworks, now facing multiple charges including first. degree manslaughter and arson. And David, authorities pouring over that chilling. video of that suspect randomly launching fireworks.

and authorities say there could be more arrests. David. Melissa, Don, tonight, Melissa, thank you. Tonight President Trump's handpicked board at the Kennedy. Center has voted to shut down the Kennedy Center right now. after a judge refused to allow President Trump to put his. name on it. So tonight, John Karl takes us inside the Kennedy. Center and what he noticed. Tonight, President Trump's handpicked board voted to shut. down the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after a. federal judge refused to allow Trump to put his name on it.

The president himself declared the closing will take place. immediately, adding that if the courts don't allow his name. to go up, the reconstruction and the renovation of the. Kennedy Center will not take place. In reality, the Kennedy Center has been effectively. deserted for months. There hasn't been a major show here since late June. But there is something we've never seen before, and that is. the portrait of a president on And it's all on the wall. inside the entrance of the Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center was created by an act of Congress as a.

living memorial to President John F. Kennedy shortly after his assassination. When Trump's board first voted to rename the center in his. honor, the president claimed to be surprised. And I was surprised by it, and I was honored by it. But today, Democratic Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, a. non-voting member of the board, said every decision about the. Kennedy Center's future was tied to naming it after Trump. And it is being held hostage. Every time there's an issue that comes up, it has been connected.

We will consider to do this, but or unless it has Donald. Trump's name on the building. In his ruling, Judge Christopher Cooper was. blunt, writing defendants cannot install memorials. for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy. Center without Congress's blessing. Trump's board claimed that the Kennedy Center would go bankrupt. if Trump can't put his name on the building to. boost fundraising. But the judge pointed out that Congress just gave the center.

$250 million, and the financial problems only came after. Trump tried to change the name, causing artists. to cancel and ticket sales to plummet. David. John Karl with us here tonight, John. Thank you. Tonight, the Supreme Court says President Trump cannot. restrict mail-in voting before the midterms. Tonight, the president now lashing out at the court. Many of the justices picked by him and the FBI. director on the Hill today. Will FBI agents be at polling sites come Election Day? What he said about this? And here's Rachel Scott.

Tonight, the Supreme Court soundly rejecting. President Trump's efforts to restrict mail-in voting, and the president lashing out, posting, "The Supreme Court has. really let our country down," the president taking particular. aim at the three justices he appointed, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett, saying, "These are. not the people I interviewed to serve on the United. States Supreme Court. They are merely a shell of their original selves.". He is very frustrated. He has every right and indeed he should communicate his concerns.

with the Supreme Court whenever he has them. Attorney General Todd Blanche says the administration. isn't giving up its efforts to push for changes. before the election. On Capitol Hill, FBI Director Kash Patel saying FBI agents. will be in key battlegrounds, including Michigan, and. he would not rule out sending them to the polls. We have an election crimes community coordinator in all 56. field offices, so you bet we're going to have them there. in manning the polls for election interference matters.

I thought you were going to be sending people to the polls. When did you hear that? It's just another lie. So you are sending, you are sending. We have election crisis coordinators manned at. all 56 field offices. Election integrity is of paramount importance. This FBI is not going to shy away from that effort. So Patel asked about the possibility of agents. at polling locations. The administration is not giving up on its efforts to. restrict mail-in voting, but the midterm elections are less.

than 50 days away and already ballots are going out in several. states including key battlegrounds, David. Rachel Scott live at the White House tonight. Rachel, thank you. Tonight's star quarterback, Arch Manning, the nephew of. Peyton and Eli Manning, now apologizing after laughing about. an A.I. video showing the coach slapping a female reporter. What Manning is now saying tonight and his. message to that reporter. Here's Matt Rivers. Manning throws to the end zone. Tonight, college football phenom Arch Manning, the nephew of NFL.

stars Peyton and Eli Manning, apologizing after laughing at an. AI-generated video showing his head coach, Steve Sarkeesian, slapping veteran ESPN reporter Holly Roe. Manning led his Texas Longhorns to a dramatic fourth-quarter. comeback Saturday over number one-ranked Ohio State. And Texas starts from behind. But Sarkeesian and Rowe then making headlines with the head. coach appearing to blow her off during a postgame interview. Well, coach, this was one of the most.

That interview moment going viral on social media, then sparking a fake A.I. video showing Sarkeesian backhanding Rowe, knocking. her to the ground. When asked about the fake video, Arch Manning said this. Have you all seen that one? That's a good one. Of him slapping Holly Roe. Yeah, it's hilarious. Tonight Manning apologizing on Instagram, saying, "I know.

my words and actions were hurtful to a lot of people. I specifically want to apologize to Holly Roe for what she. has personally had to deal with because of my comments,". adding, "I have a ton of respect for her and appreciate her. showing me grace in this moment. And David Rose saying that she has spoken directly with. Manning and has accepted his apology, saying, quote, we. move forward with respect and kindness for one another. David. All right. Matt Rivers reporting tonight. Matt, thank you. Tonight, the Department of Justice. indicting several members of Russian intelligence.

who they say orchestrated an alleged murder for hire. plot right here in the US. So let's get right to Pierre Thomas, our chief. justice correspondent. Pierre, what have you learned? David, DOJ is accusing Russian intelligence of trying to. launch that murder for hire plot right here at home. According to a new indictment, this summer, a member of. Russian intelligence recruited a Venezuelan citizen living in. the U.S. to surveil and murder a prominent Russian dissident. living in Washington, at one point allegedly offering to. recruit $40,000 to eliminate the target. In the indictment, DOJ lays out the Kremlin's long history of.

killing Russian citizens who dared to criticize Putin, including dissidents with nerve agents and radiation poisoning, among them Alexei Navalny. In the wake of the war with Ukraine, DOJ says Russia is. anticipating its efforts abroad and here in the U.S. David. Pierre Thomas with. us tonight, Pierre. Thank you very much. Now to the horrific hit and run on a San Diego beach. The driver speeding down a crowded boardwalk, bystanders. chasing the suspect. One of the bystanders with a pair of smart glasses, glasses.

with a camera inside, capturing the horrific scene. Here's Kena Whitworth. Yo, get him, get him! Tonight, mayhem at a San Diego beach, after police say a man. driving a stolen Tesla crashed onto a busy boardwalk, injuring a person. Get this f***ing guy, bro. Bystanders then chased after the suspect as he. attempted to flee the scene, eventually restraining him. in a nearby parking lot until officers arrived. The camera from one witnesses smart glasses capturing. the entire incident, which officials say began.

just after 12 o'clock Monday afternoon when the. owner of that Tesla reported the vehicle. stolen. Authorities say the suspect fled after they. tried initiating a traffic stop surveillance. >> I look behind me, I see a Tesla just flying, going. like 40 or 50 miles an hour. >> Police say the suspect then struck a transformer. before crashing along that boardwalk at San. Diego's Pacific Beach. Officials say a 25-year-old woman suffered severe but. non-life-threatening injuries in the impact. >> And David, that suspect now facing multiple.

charges, including driving under the influence. and is being held on $100,000 bond. >> Kana Whitworth reporting tonight. >> Good evening, everyone. I'm David Muir.

I'm David Oquendo. I'm David Muir. right through New Mexico, Colorado and Utah could. produce one inch per hour rainfall rates. But look at St. Joseph, Missouri in the red there. They are targeted just northwest of Kansas City. These will be training thunderstorms that are. just getting going and will go throughout the. night into the early morning hours all the. way through central Illinois and even northwest. Indiana. You'll end up with some places easily getting two to. four inches and in a bad spot, you'd have more than a half. foot falling way too quickly.

Let's talk about under that ridge of high pressure. where we've been seeing records fall every day. Dallas has had 14 days at 100 plus in the month of September. That smashes a record, David. We've got it for the next three days too. - Just incredible heat. Ginger Zee back with us. We'll see you first thing in the morning on GMA. Ginger, thanks. Tonight we have new video here showing the moment. that drilling rig collapsed in Miami. We reported on last night. Dashboard camera video capturing that 85 foot pile. driver falling, minivan and two other cars. taking a direct hit. A woman can be seen running. from the front seat of that van.

The collapse injuring four people and. setting one car on fire. A woman inside the car. She had a backup investigation. of course underway tonight from Los Angeles. Tonight News. Nick Reiner will not face the death penalty. if convicted of killing his parents. Robin Michelle Reiner prosecutors announcing. they are taking the death penalty off the table, reaching that decision after speaking with. Reiner's siblings. Reiner is accused of fatally stabbing. his parents in December. When we come back here tonight, the helicopter. suddenly spinning. Look at this repeatedly slamming down onto a. taxiway authorities tonight and what they.

believe was playing out inside that chopper. And look at this tonight, a. passenger jet approaching the airport forced to dodge. fireworks, then forced to abort the landing. And we'll have more on this in a moment. I'll be right back. Tonight, the terrifying moments as a helicopter repeatedly. crashes on the tarmac in Utah. Security video now emerging from last May, showing the. helicopter only a few inches off the ground, then appearing. to bounce on the taxiway. That helicopter then spinning until it. crashes off the taxiway. An NTSB investigation tonight saying a flight instructor.

lost control while hovering. The teacher and student pilot had minor injuries. a passenger jet dodging fireworks moments before. trying to land in Guatemala. Video showing fireworks blasting into the night sky there. Look at the plane coming dangerously close to. an Avianca jet Monday. Officials say the flight crew detected fireworks. along the approach, aborted the landing and. performed a go around. The flight did land safely. Officials now tying those fireworks to Guatemala's. Independence Day celebrations. When we come back here tonight, there's news coming.

in of a fourth measles death here in the Northeast. And then the stunning moment you have to see what a World. War II veteran, 102 years old, what he performs, the crowd. of thousands on his feet. To the index tonight, authorities in Pennsylvania. reporting a fourth measles related death now. They say an unvaccinated 18 year old has died. The state confirming nearly 700 measles cases this year, more. than 3,200 cases nationwide. When we come back tonight, the 102 year old World War II. veteran, what he performs, the crowd couldn't believe it.

Finally tonight, the World War II veteran and his. voice, America strong. It was the incredible and very moving moment at the. Milwaukee Brewers game. One hundred two year old World War II veteran Severi. Vinci on the baseball field, holding a microphone. in front of some 40,000 fans. He was about to sing God Bless America during the. seventh inning stretch. Just listen.

[singing]. His fellow World War II veterans right there too from. the non-profit Vets Roll. The whole stadium was moved and then joining him.

[MUSIC]. [singing]. The crowd cheering for that World War II Navy vet who. performed on September 11th.

And right here tonight, World War II veteran, Severi Vinge. Don't be afraid to go out and do things that are right. That was our generation. We loved it and we salute you, Severi, and. we love your message. Don't be afraid. You never were as a veteran. And look what you did on September 11th. I'll see you right back here tomorrow. Good night. David Muir, the most trusted, most watched. newscast in America.

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