ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – June 18, 2025

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – June 18, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE COME ON THE AIR. PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE SITUATION ROOM LATE TODAY, ON IRAN. TONIGHT, WHAT ABC NEWS HAS NOW LEARNED. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS REPORTEDLY NOW GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH INVOLVING IRAN. IS THE U.S. GETTING READY TO STRIKE? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC SCENE NEAR BOSTON. THE VERDICT IN THE KAREN READ TRIAL. >>> AND SEVERE STORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE NEWS JUST COMING IN, PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE SITUATION ROOM FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY. TONIGHT, A SOURCE TELLING ABC NEWS THEY BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GROWING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF THE U.S. STRIKING IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITY DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN. SO, WHAT WOULD THIS ENTAIL? WILL THE U.S. STRIKE? MARTHA RADDATZ AND MARY BRUCE STANDING BY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT HERE, THE VERDICT IN A MURDER TRIAL WATCHED BY THE NATION AND DIVIDING A COMMUNITY NEAR BOSTON. KAREN READ TONIGHT FOUND NOT GUILTY OF KILLING HER BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND. THE SCENE TONIGHT OUTSIDE THAT COURTHOUSE. AND WHAT KAREN READ SAID RIGHT AFTER. AND YOU’LL HEAR IT. >>> TONIGHT, THE SEVERE STORMS, THE THREAT MOVING INTO WASHINGTON, D.C., PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY AND THE NORTHEAST. AND THEN, THE EXTREME HEAT RIGHT BEHIND IT. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST. >>> TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT’S MAJOR RULING ON TRANSGENDER CARE FOR MINORS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, JUSTICES WEIGHING IN ON A STATE LAW BANNING TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. WHAT THE COURT DECIDED. >>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR TURN WITH THE BAN ON TIKTOK SET TO DO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW. >>> FROM THE BEAR TO THE BOSS. ♪ BORN TO RUN ♪ >> David: A FIRST LOOK TONIGHT AT ACTOR JEREMY ALLEN WHITE AS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH THE BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE SITUATION ROOM LATE TODAY WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW NOW, MEETING ON IRAN. AND TONIGHT, A SOURCE NOW TELLING ABC NEWS THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF THE U.S. STRIKING IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITY CALLED FORDO, 300 FEET DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT GIVEN THE FINAL OKAY. OF COURSE, IT COMES AS THE REST OF THE WORLD WATCHES AND WONDERS, WILL THE U.S. STRIKE IRAN? IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE IS NOT LOOKING TO FIGHT, BUT THAT QUOTE, IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, SAYING IF IT’S A CHOICE BETWEEN FIGHTING AND THEM HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. NOW, IF THE PRESIDENT GIVES THE ORDER FOR THE U.S. STRIKING IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITY DEEP IN THAT MOUNTAIN, FORDO, WHAT WOULD THIS ENTAIL? MARTHA RADDATZ STANDING BY, AND ABC’S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE LEADING US OFF. SHE’S AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP GATHERING HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM IN THE SITUATION ROOM FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW. A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE INTELLIGENCE TELLS OUR MARTHA RADDATZ THEY THINK TRUMP IS GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA OF THE U.S. STRIKING IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITY CALLED FORDO, BURIED 300 FEET DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN. SEPARATELY, SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD TOP ADVISERS HE APPROVED OF ATTACK PLANS FOR IRAN, BUT HAS NOT YET DECIDED WHETHER TO PUT THEM INTO EFFECT. >> I MAY DO IT, I MAY NOT DO IT. I MEAN, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT I’M GOING TO DO. I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IRAN’S GOT A LOT OF TROUBLE. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS ISRAEL INTENSIFIES ITS ATTACKS ON IRAN. A MASSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE PILLOWING NEAR TEHRAN. THE IDF SAYING IT STRUCK AT LEAST 60 TARGETS TODAY, INCLUDING NUCLEAR FACILITIES, MISSILE MANUFACTURING SITES, AND MILITARY BASES. TRUMP HAS DEMANDED IRAN’S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, BUT TONIGHT, THE COUNTRY’S SUPREME LEADER DEFIANT. “SURRENDER TO WHAT,” THE AYATOLLAH SAID. “WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY KIND OF SUBMISSION.” AND THEN, THIS WARNING TO THE UNITED STATES. “THE DAMAGE AMERICA WILL SUFFER IF IT MAKES A MILITARY INTERVENTION IN THIS FIELD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE IRREPARABLE.” >> THE TUCKER CARLSON EXPERT ON IRAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT’S OWN PARTY TORN ON WHAT TO DO. A DIVISION ON FULL DISPLAY IN THIS CLASH BETWEEN TEXAS SENATOR TED CRUZ, WHO SUPPORTS A STRIKE, AND TUCKER CARLSON, WHO DOESN’T WANT AMERICA TO GET INVOLVED. >> HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN IRAN, BY THE WAY? >> I DON’T KNOW THE POPULATION. >> AT ALL? >> NO, I DON’T KNOW THE POPULATION. >> YOU DON’T KNOW THE POPULATION OF A COUNTRY YOU SEEK TO TOPPLE? >> HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN IRAN? HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN IRAN? >> 92 MILLION. >> OKAY. >> HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW THAT? >> I DON’T SIT AROUND MEMORIZING POPULATION TABLES. >> WELL, IT’S KIND OF RELEVANT, BECAUSE YOU’RE CALLING FOR THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT TODAY ASKED FOR HIS MESSAGE TO AMERICANS WORRIED ABOUT THE U.S. GETTING INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER WHAT THEY WITNESSED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. >> WELL, I DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED EITHER, BUT I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR 20 YEARS, MAYBE LONGER, THAT IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I’VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK THERE WERE A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM HAVING ONE. THEY CAN’T HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. TOO MUCH DEVASTATION. AND THEY’D USE IT, I BELIEVE THEY’D USE IT. OTHERS WON’T USE IT. BUT I BELIEVE THEY’D USE IT. >> Reporter: THE BIG DECISION FACING TRUMP TONIGHT, WHETHER TO DROP A 30,000-POUND BOMB, THE LARGEST IN AMERICA’S ARSENAL, ON THAT IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITY, BURIED 300 FEET UNDER THAT MOUNTAIN. THE PRESIDENT, WHO IN HIS LAST TERM ENDED THE NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN THAT ALLOWED IN NUCLEAR INSPECTORS, HAS BEEN URGING IRAN TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. TONIGHT, HE SAYS HE STILL HASN’T MADE UP HIS MIND ON WHETHER THE U.S. MILITARY SHOULD ENTER THE CONFLICT. >> I HAVE IDEAS AS SO WHAT TO DO, BUT I HAVEN’T MADE A TIME. I’D LIKE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION ONE SECOND BEFORE IT’S DUE, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE. ESPECIALLY WITH WAR. >> Reporter: NOW, THE PRESIDENT IS STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO END IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BUT AGAIN, WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS APPROVED OF ATTACK PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO HIM. THE BOTTOM LINE TONIGHT, DAVID, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT MADE ANY FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER THE U.S. WILL STRIKE IRAN. DAVID? >> David: YES, APPEARING TO APPROVE THE PLAN, BUT NOT GIVING THE ORDER. A BIG DISTINCTION HERE. MARY BRUCE LEADING US OFF, MARY, THANK YOU. >>> LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ. MARTHA, THIS IS YOUR REPORTING LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP GROWING MORE COMFORTABLE, ACCORDING TO YOUR SOURCE, WITH THE IDEA OF STRIKING IRAN’S KEY NUCLEAR FACILITY DEEP IN THAT MOUNTAIN. YOU AND I HAVE REPORTED FROM IRAN. WHAT WOULD THIS ENTAIL? HOW SIGNIFICANT WOULD THIS BE, WITH THE U.S. GETTING INVOLVED POTENTIALLY AT THIS LEVEL? >> Reporter: WELL, DAVID, I’M TOLD THAT IF THAT FINAL ORDER IS GIVEN FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, THIS WOULD NOT BE A SINGLE STRIKE ON THE FACILITY, IT WOULD BE A SERIES OF STRIKES WITH 30,000 POUND PENETRATE 30,000 POUND PENETRATOR BOMBS FROM B-12 STEALTH BOMBERS. THIS COMES AS THE ISRAELIS HAVE DISCOVERED ADDITIONAL AIR DEFENSES IN IRAN. THEY HAD THOUGHT AS OF YESTERDAY THEY HAD TAKEN THEM ALL OUT, BUT DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE MORE, SO THAT ADDS AN ELEMENT OF DANGER. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALSO BEEN BRIEFED ON SECURITY AT U.S. BASES IN THE REGION, THOSE 40,000 AMERICAN TROOPS WHO WOULD BE VULNERABLE IF THE U.S. CARRIES OUT THE STRIKE ON FORDO, AND IRAN RETALIATES. DAVID? >> David: YES, SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TROOPS IN THE REGION. MARTHA RADDATZ WITH US TONIGHT, AS WELL. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> MEANTIME, WE TURN TO THE OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, THE MURDER TRIAL WATCHED BY THE NATION. TONIGHT, A JURY FINDING KAREN READ NOT GUILTY OF KILLING HER BOSTON POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND. LOUD CHEERS AS KAREN READ LEFT THE COURTHOUSE TODAY, STEPPING UP TO A MICROPHONE. WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY, WITH SUPPORTERS THERE, HUNDREDS FILLING THE STREETS. LOOK AT THE IMAGES THERE. JUBILANT AT HEARING THE VERDICT IN A COMMUNITY DIVIDED BY THIS CASE. MATT GUTMAN WAS RIGHT THERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THAT STUNNING VERDICT. >> NOT GUILTY. >> Reporter: A MASSACHUSETTS JURY FINDING KAREN READ NOT GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, AND OF LEAVING THE SCENE IN THE DEATH OF HER BOYFRIEND, BOSTON POLICE OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE. >> WHAT SAY, IS THE DEFENDANT AT THE BAR NOT GUILTY OR GUILTY? >> NOT GUILTY. >> SO SAY YOU, MR. FOREMAN? >> Reporter: AS WORD REACHED SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, THE CHEERS WERE SO LOUD, YOU COULD HEAR IT INSIDE THE COURTROOM. THE FORMER A THE FORMERED A THE FORMERED ER PROFESSOR WAS FD GUILTY OF A SINGLE LESSER CHARGE OF DRUNK DRIVING, AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR OF PROBATION. RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN HERE THE CHEERS OF THE CROWD, RIGHT THERE, ALAN JACKSON, KAREN READ IN THAT LIGHT BLUE SUIT, EMERGING FROM THE COURTHOUSE. READ THANKING THAT THRONG OF SUPPORTERS IN A SEA OF PINK, HER FAVORITE COLOR. >> I COULD NOT BE STANDING HERE WITHOUT THESE AMAZING SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND MY TEAM FINANCIALLY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, EMOTIONALLY, FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS. AND THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS, NO ONE HAS FOUGHT HARDER FOR JUSTICE FOR JOHN O’KEEFE THAN I HAVE. THAN I HAVE AND MY TEAM. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS ARGUED IT WAS A CUT AND DRIED CASE, SAYING READ HAD RAMMED HER SUV INTO O’KEEFE AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING AND LEFT HIM TO DIE IN A BLIZZARD OUTSIDE A PARTY THAT INCLUDED OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> SHE WAS DRUNK, SHE HIT HIM, AND SHE LEFT HIM TO DIE. >> Reporter: AND THEY TRIED USING READ’S OWN WORLDS FROM TV INTERVIEWS AGAINST HER. WHEN YOU WALKED OUT OF THE BAR, HOW MANY DRINKS HAD YOU HAD? >> I HAD HAD PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR. >> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE ARGUING READ’S CAR NEVER STRUCK O’KEEFE. >> THERE WAS NO COLLISION. THERE WAS NO COLLISION. THERE WAS NO COLLISION. >> Reporter: SUGGESTING A MUCH MORE SINISTER SCENARIO. ALLEGING THAT O’KEEFE WAS ATTACKED, DRAGGED OUTSIDE INTO THE BLIZZARD TO DIE, AND AT SOME POINT, BITTEN BY THE FAMILY DOG. >> JUST LOOK AT JOHN’S ARM. THESE ARE DOG BITES AND SCRATCHES. >> Reporter: THE CASE DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY, PITTING NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR ABOUT THAT ALLEGED POLICE COVERUP. AND AT THE CENTER OF THE CONTROVERSY, LEAD INVESTIGATOR STATE TROOPER MICHAEL PROCTOR, WHO SENT VULGAR TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT KAREN READ JUST HOURS AFTER HE GOT THE CASE AND WAS LATER FIRED AFTER THAT FIRST TRIAL. THE DEFENSE ACTED THE INVESTIGATION WAS BIASED FROM THE START. >> IT WAS CORRUPTED BY A LEAD INVESTIGATOR WHOSE MISCONDUCT INFECTED EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS CASE FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. >> Reporter: AN ALLEGATION PROCTOR DENIES, IN A NEW EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH “20/20.” DID YOU PLANT EVIDENCE? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. AND I’M LATCHING BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A RIDICULOUS ACCUSATION, IT’S SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE — I WOULD NEVER DO. I’VE NEVER DONE. >> Reporter: YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE — >> AND THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF IT. >> Reporter: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBORS, WHO BELIEVE IT. THIS IS NOT STRANGERS. THIS IS PEOPLE IN CANTON. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? >> THAT’S JUST THE LOUD MINORITY. THE — THE SILENT MAJORITY HAVE — WE’VE HAD AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF SUPPORT. THEY’RE JUST NOT OUT THERE TWEETING. >> Reporter: DAVID, OF COURSE, KAREN READ CONVICTED ON THAT LESSER CHARGE OF OUI, BASICALLY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND SENTENCED TO A YEAR OF PROBATION. BUT SHE IS NOT OUT OF THE LEGAL WOODS YET. THE FAMILY OF JOHN O’KEEFE FILING A WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL SUIT AGAINST HER, AND I SPOKE TO THEM EARLIER TODAY, THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE RESILIENT AND THEY’LL KEEP FIGHTING. DAVID? >> David: MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. >>> AND MATT WILL HAVE MUCH MORE ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF “20/20,” BREAKING DETAILS, NEW REPORTING HERE. INSIDE THIS CASE, AND, OF COURSE, THE REACTION. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS, THAT’S 8:00 P.M. EASTERN/7:00 CENTRAL. A SPECIAL EDITION OF “20/20,” RIGHT HERE ON ABC, AND OF COURSE STREAMING TOMORROW ON HULU. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT HERE TO THE SEVERE STORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. 115 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES AT THIS HOUR. MORE THAN 20 REPORTED TORNADOES IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS STORM NEAR ARNETTE, OKLAHOMA. A REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGING AND DESTROYING HOMES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RIGHT THERE. THE THREAT NOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN RIGHT BEHIND IT, THE EXTREME HEAT. SO, LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST, AND ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD WITH THE IMAGES ALREADY COMING IN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DANGEROUS STORMS HAMMERING THE HEARTLAND AS THEY HEAD FOR THE EAST COAST. >> YOU HEAR IT? >> Reporter: WEST OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, IN JACKSONVILLE, DEREK RECORDING AS A MASSIVE FUNNEL FORMS NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS, SENDING DEBRIS INTO THE AIR. THIS SPORTS COMPLEX NEARBY HEAVILY DAMAGED. ANOTHER FUNNEL SPOTTED IN PETERSBURG. OUR AFFILIATE WRTV TRACKING DANGEROUS STORMS BEARING DOWN ON INDIANAPOLIS, RIGHT DURING RUSH HOUR. >> THIS IS A VERY, VERY STRONG LINE OF STORMS THAT HAS A LOT OF WIND. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, MASSIVE SUPER CELLS LOOMING OVER OKLAHOMA CITY. TEN REPORTED TORNADOES ACROSS SIX STATES. ALONG WITH 80-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING IN PARTS OF KANSAS. CHICAGO SKYLINE LIT UP WITH A TRIPLE LIGHTNING STRIKE. IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, A REPORTED TORNADO TEARING THE ROOFS OFF MULTIPLE HOMES AND A FARM IN THE TOWN OF HIGHFIELD EARLIER THIS MORNING. AND DAVID, THAT SYSTEM IS NOW TRACKING TOWARDS THE EAST COAST. SEVERE STORMS IN THE FORECAST FROM D.C. TO PHILADELPHIA TO RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW, DAVID. >> David: WE’RE TRACKING IT RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. MORGAN, THANK YOU. LET’S GET TO LEE GOLDBERG, TRACKING IT ALL FOR US AGAIN TONIGHT. HI, LEE. >> Reporter: HI, DAVID. SOME OF THOSE TORNADOES IN ILLINOIS RAIN-WRAPPED AND DANGEROUS. A FLOOD WATCH IN CHICAGO. THE SEVERE THREAT RUNS FROM DETROIT TO CINCINNATI WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STILL A TORNADO WATCH IN LOUISVILLE. THERE’S A TORNADO-WARNED STORM NORTH OF CANTON, OHIO. MORE SHOWERS IN THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS NEW YORK CITY AND DOWN TOWARDS D.C. THAT’S A RESPONSE TO HIGHER HUMIDITY AND MORE HEAT. SAME FRONT FROM NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK CITY, PHILLY, D.C., DOWN TO RALEIGH. DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL. THAT’S LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS IS THE GATEWAY TO THE HIGHER HEAT. A FLIP OF THE PATTERN IN THE EAST. HEAT TO START SUMMER, FEEL-LIKE RATINGS OVER 100. WEATHER WHIPLASH IN THE NORTHEAST. DAVID? >> David: NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT’S BEEN RAINING FOR WEEKS AND NOW INTENSE HEAT MOVING IN. LEE GOLDBERG, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT’S MAJOR RULING TODAY ON TRANSGENDER CARE FOR MINORS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE JUSTICES WEIGHING IN ON A STATE LAW BANNING TREATMENTS FOR TRANSGENDER YOUTH. THE COURT UPHOLDING THE BAN. DEVIN DWYER COVERS THE COURT FOR US. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT’S CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY UPHOLDING TENNESSEE’S BAN ON SOME GENDER-AFFIRMING MEDICAL CARE FOR TRANSGENDER MINORS, CLEARING THE WAY FOR 24 STATES TO CONTINUE ENFORCING SIMILAR BANS. IN THE 6-3 DECISION, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS CITING EVOLVING SCIENCE AND PROFOUND IMPLICATIONS, REJECTING THE ARGUMENT THAT DENYING TRANS KIDS ACCESS TO PUBERTY BLOCKERS AND HORMONE THERAPY AMOUNTS TO SEX DISCRIMINATION. ROBERTING WRITING ROBERTING WRITIE ROBERTING WRITIING THAT THE IT LEFT TO THE PEOPLE, THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR DISSENTED IN SADNESS, WRITING THE COURT’S DECISION INFLICTS UNTOLD HARM TO THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES WHO LOVE THEM. >> WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IS THAT TRANS PEOPLE DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE SEX DISCRIMINATION CLASSIFICATION. THEY CAN YOU LEGALLY DISKRIM NATE AGAINST TRANS PEOPLE. >> Reporter: THE SPONSOR OF THE TENNESSEE BAN PRAISING THE COURT’S DECISION. >> THE COURT AFFIRMED WHAT WE BELIEVE, AND THAT IS THAT STATES DO HAVE A COMPELLING INTEREST TO PROTECT KIDS. >> I WON’T SAY I’M OPTIMISTIC. >> Reporter: L.W., A TRANS TEEN WHO BROUGHT THE CASE AND ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HER FACE, TOLD US LAST YEAR SHE’LL KEEP PURSUING THE TREATMENTS IN ANOTHER STATE, BECAUSE THEY CHANGED HER LIFE. >> E I THINK, REALLY, THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS WHEN I GOT ON HORMONES. THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. >> Reporter: DAVID, AN ESTIMATED 100,000 TRANSGENDER TEENS IN AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVE IN STATES WHERE THOSE TREATMENTS ARE BANNED. BUT TODAY’S RULING HAS NO IMPACT IN OTHER STATES WHERE GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE FOR MINORS REMAINS LEGAL. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, ABC’S DEVIN DWYER WHO COVERS THE SUPREME COURT. DEVIN, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND SHOT AND KILLED, AUTHORITIES SAY BY THAT SUSPECT WEARING A LATEX MASK. WELL TONIGHT HERE, WHAT’S NOW HAPPENED AT THEIR HOME. >>> ALSO, THE MAJOR RECALL INVOLVING CHICKEN TONIGHT. >>> AND THEN LOOK AT THIS, THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF A WOMAN MISSING FOR DAYS. SHE WAS AIRLIFTED FROM THE AREA WHERE SHE WAS FOUND. HOW THEY FOUND HER. AND THE OPERATION HERE, IN A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A BREAK-IN NOW AT THE HOME OF MURDERED MINNESOTA LAWMAKER MELISSA HORTMAN. SHE AND HER HUSBAND MARK WERE SHOT AND KILLED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BY THAT SUSPECT IN A LATEX MASK. WELL, NOW POLICE SAY SOMEONE BROKE INTO THEIR BOARDED UP HOME IN BROOKLYN PARK, MINNESOTA. TONIGHT, THE FAMILY DOES NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING WAS STOLEN. >>> A WOMAN MISSING FOR THREE DAYS HAS BEEN RESCUED NOW IN SEDONA, ARIZONA, AIRLIFTED FROM AN AREA KNOWN AS THE EDGE OF THE WORLD. AUTHORITIES SAY SHE WAS FOUND BY SOMEONE RAPPELLING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON, DEHYDRATED AND SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES. SHE IS OKAY TONIGHT. JUST INCREDIBLE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, NEWS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TIKTOK BAN SET FOR TOMORROW IN THE U.S. >>> FROM THE BEAR TO THE BOSS, THIS IS SOMETHING. >>> AND YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE TONIGHT, AND ONE INCREDIBLE SURPR >>> TO THE INDEX. WITH THE TIKTOK BAN IN THE U.S. SET TO GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW, PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY EXTENDING THE DEADLINE AGAIN. BYTE DANCE, THE CHINESE OWNER OF THE POPULAR APP, GIVEN ANOTHER 90 DAYS TO FIND A U.S.-APPROVED OWNER. >>> THE USDA RECALLING SOME CHICKEN PRODUCTS TONIGHT SOLD AT WALMART AND KROGER MARKETS. THE RECALL FOR READY TO EAT CHICKEN FETTUCCINE ALFREDO BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE LISTERIA CONTAMINATION. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED, 17 PEOPLE SICKENED IN 13 STATES. LABELED MARKETSIDE AT WALMART AND HOME CHEF AT KROGER. THEY SHOULD BE THROWN AWAY OR RETURNED. >>> FROM THE BEAR TO THE BOSS, THE NEW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MOVIE STARRING JEREMY ALLEN WHITE. ♪ BABY WE WERE BORN TO RUN ♪ >> David: WHITE SINGING IN THE MOVIE PORTRAYING SPRINGSTEEN IN THE ’80s. “SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE NOWH NOWHERE,” SET FOR OCTOBER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, THE FATHER. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE FATHER OF THE BRIDE. AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT, IN BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY, AN INCREDIBLE SURPRISE. A GIFT FROM A DAUGHTER TO HER FATHER ON HER WEDDING DAY. REAGAN MILLER WALKED DOWN THE AISLE BY HER FATHER, DALE. SHE WOULD SOON MARRY ALEX KEARNS. AND AFTERWARD, THE FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE. BUT WHAT HER FATHER DID NOT KNOW IS THAT SHE HAD GONE THROUGH THE OLD FAMILY VIDEOS THEY HAD — >> REAGAN! HOW OLD ARE YOU? >> David: FINDING HOME VIDEOS OF THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. >> REAGAN! SAY CHEESE! >> David: AND THEN, SOMETHING LONG FORGOTTEN. SOMETHING RECORDED MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO. IT WAS AN OLD COUNTRY SONG HER FAMILY WOULD SING TOGETHER. SHE SAVED IT FOR HER WEDDING DAY, KNOWING SHE WOULD BE DANCING WITH HER FATHER. AND JUST LISTEN AS SHE PLAYS THE SONG HE HAD NO IDEA THAT SONG WAS EVER RECORDED. AND THAT VOICE RIGHT THERE IS HER GREAT-GRANDFATHER, NOBLE, HER FATHER’S GRANDFATHER, SINGING. AND THEN, TWO MORE VOICES. HIS OWN MOTHER, HER GRANDMOTHER, LONNA. AND THEN, A VERY YOUNG VOICE, HER OWN FATHER, AS A TODDLER, WHEN HE WAS 3 YEARS OLD. HE WAS SINGING, TOO. THIS HAS BEEN A FAMILY TRADITION FOR DECADES. ♪ ♪ >> David: AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT — >> HI, DAVID. >> David: THAT PROUD FATHER OF THE BRIDE. >> HOPE WE’LL BEGIN TO MAYBE RECORD THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS TODAY, AND REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THEY’LL BE FOR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. >> David: AND TONIGHT, JOINING US, TOO — >> HI, DAVID. >> David: THAT NEW BRIDE, REAGAN. >> WE CERTAINLY FEEL VERY BLESSED IN THE RICHES OF OUR FAMILY LOVE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SPREADING THE POSITIVITY. THANKS SO MUCH. >> David: WELL, THANK YOU. THE POWER OF A SONG, ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. GOODNIGHT.

Mary Bruce and Martha Raddatz have the latest on the conflict in the Middle East as Pres. Trump considers whether the U.S. should strike Iran and Israel intensifies its attacks; Matt Gutman reports after a jury acquitted Karen Read of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend but convicted her of operating under the influence of liquor; Morgan Norwood has details on the multi-day severe weather outbreak that’s hammering the Heartland, putting more than 115 million on alert, and Lee Goldberg has the forecast; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
01:46 U.S. planning for possible attack as Trump weighs strikes on Iran nuclear facilities
07:17 Karen Read acquitted of murder, found guilty of lesser charge of drunken driving
11:39 115 million under severe storm alerts as powerful system hammers the Heartland
14:01 Supreme Court upholds ban on transgender treatments for minors
16:17 Break-in reported at home of slain Minnesota lawmaker
16:34 Arizona camper missing for days rescued from area known as “Edge of the World”
17:02 Trump to extend deadline of TikTok ban for third time
17:14 USDA investigates outbreak linked to recall of ready-to-eat chicken fettuccine Alfredo products over listeria concerns
17:32 Trailer shows Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’
18:04 America Strong: Daughter surprises dad on her wedding day with old recording of great grandpa singing

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