ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – July 4th, 2025

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – July 4th, 2025

>> Whit: TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. THE DEADRY FLOODING TRAGEDY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. THE URGENT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. AT LEAST 20 GIRLS FROM A SUMMER CAMP ARE MISSING. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE KILLED. CATASTROPHIC FLOODING OVERWHELMING SUMMER CAMPS FOR CHILDREN IN BEXAR COUNTY NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. WATERFRONT PROPERTIES ALONG THE GUADELOUPE RIVER WASHED AWAY. THE MAYOR SAYING THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT WHEN MANY WERE ASLEEP. THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN NEW JERSEY. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE KILLED DURING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS OF PLAINFIELD WARNED TO STAY INDOORS. A TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMING OFFSHORE ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MILES PER HOUR. OUR WEATHER TEAM TRACKING IT ALL. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VICTORY LAP SIGNING THAT MASSIVE TAX CUT AND SPENDING BILL INTO LAW AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE CENTERPIECE OF HIS DOMESTIC AGENDA. A MILITARY PLANE FLYOVER WITH A B-2 BOMBER JOINING THE CELEBRATIONS. IT CAPS OFF DAYS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND ARM-TWISTING. THE BILL PROJECTED TO INCREASE THE NATION’S DEBT BY MORE THAN $3 TRILLION. OPPONENTS WARNING OF THE IMPACT ON MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND THEIR HEALTH CARE. >>> A DEADLY FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MULTIPLE HOMES DESTROYED. IT’S JUST THE LATEST IN A STRING OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS THIS WEEK. >>> TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON THE TAXIWAY AT ORLANDO AIRPORT. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NO BRAKES, STEERING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> Whit: A JET BLUE FLIGHT PREPARING TO TAKE OFF, VEERING INTO THE GRASS. WHAT WE’RE LEARNING TONIGHT. >>> RUSSIA HITTING UKRAINE WITH A MASSIVE AERIAL ASSAULT, THE LARGEST OF THE WAR, LAUNCHING MORE THAN 500 DRONES JUST HOURS BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE WITH UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >>> SHARK SIGHTINGS CLOSING A POPULAR NEW YORK BEACH. THE NEW VIDEO AND WARNING FROM AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. >>> THE HOT DOG KING IS BACK. JOEY CHESTNUT DEVOURING THE COMPETITION AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS EATING CONTEST. >>> AND “AMERICA STRONG” TONIGHT. THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF JULY FOURTH CELEBRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> Whit: GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU JULY FOURTH HOLIDAY. I’M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IN CENTRAL TEXAS OVERWHELMING A CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMP FOR GIRLS ALONG THE GUADELOUPE RIVER. A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN FALLING IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. MORE THAN 20 GIRLS ATTENDING THAT CAMP ARE NOW MISSING. AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE ARE DEAD. RESIDENTS ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE. THIS HELICOPTER SAVING SOMEONE TRAPPED BY THE FLOODWATERS NEAR AN RV PARK IN KERRVILLE. DOZENS OF WATER RESCUES UNDER WAY AND THE FORENSIC SEARCH FOR THOSE STILL MISSING AS HOMES AND ROADWAYS WERE WASHED AWAY. UP TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY WITH MORE STILL TO COME. AND THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING BLAMED FOR AT LEAST THREE DEATHS IN THAT AREA. SOME FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS CANCELED. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS STANDING BY WITH THE FORECAST. BUT FIRST, ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD LEADS US OFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING AFTER DEADLY FLOODWATERS SWEPT THROUGH SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. OFFICIALS IN KERR COUNTY, NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO, SAY AT LEAST 13 FATALITIES AND MORE THAN 20 CHILDREN UNACCOUNTED FOR AT A SUMMER CAMP, ISSUING A DISASTER DECLARATION AMID CATASTROPHIC FLOODING. >> ON A DAY WHICH IS USUALLY FOR CELEBRATION, IT’S A VERY TOUCH DAY IN TEXAS. IT WAS A DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD, TAKING PROPERTY AND, SADLY, LIVES. >> Reporter: HOMES WASHED AWAY. FLOODWATERS SWALLOWING BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES. AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH’S WORTH OF RAIN FELL SINCE THE MORNING HOURS. >> THIS CAME AT NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE WERE ASLEEP. IN BED. PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: DOZENS OF WATER RESCUES ALONG THE GUADELOUPE RIVER. >> WE HAVE A FEW STEPS RIGHT HERE, AND I CAN ONLY ASSUME THERE WAS A HOUSE ATTACHED TO IT. >> Reporter: THE RIVER RISING TO LEVELS NOT SEEN IN DECADES ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, RISING FROM 7 TO 29 FEET IN JUST FOUR HOURS, REACHING THE SECOND-HIGHEST LEVEL ON RECORD. >> THIS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY OVER A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT COULD NOT BE PREDICTED. >> Reporter: CAMPERS FORCED TO EVACUATE FROM SITES ALONG THE RISING RIVERBANK, INCLUDING AT THE ALL-GIRLS SUMMER CAMP, CAMP MYSTIC, OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 20 CAMPERS ARE STILL MISSING. >> RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY CONCERN WE HAVE IS RESCUING EVERYBODY AND ALL THESE KIDS OUT HERE. >> Reporter: STORMS ALSO BATTERING THE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN PLAINFIELD IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AFTER TREES FELL ON THEIR VEHICLES. >> NORMALLY TAKES ME FIVE MINUTES TO GET HOME. IT TOOK ME 45 MINUTES TO GET HOME. THERE’S TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: WINDS IN THE REGION GUSTING TO MORE THAN 60 MILES PER HOUR, TAKING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. MORE THAN 110,000 HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT POWER FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO MASSACHUSETTS. AND THE DANGER IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS FAR FROM OVER. OFFICIALS WARNING THAT RISING RUNOFF CAN MAKE AN ALREADY DISASTROUS SITUATION EVEN WORSE. ONGOING WATER RESCUES UNDER WAY AT THIS HOUR WITH OFFICIALS WORKING TO NOTIFY FAMILIES EVEN AS THEY RACE TO FIND THOSE STILL MISSING. A CRITICAL STRETCH AHEAD TONIGHT, WHIT, WITH FEARS THAT THE DEATH TOLL COULD CLIMB ONCE AGAIN. WHIT? >> Whit: TRULY DEVASTATING STORMS. MORGAN, THANK YOU. LET’S GET TO METEOROLOGIST BRITTANY BELL FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. TIME OUT THIS FLOOD THREAT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> AND WHIT, THE FLOOD DANGER CONTINUES WITH SOAKING RAINFALL FALLING THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. SO LET’S GET RIGHT TO THOSE ALERTS. A FLOOD WATCH THAT STRETCHES FROM ABILENE ALL THE WAY TO SAN ANTONIO. EVEN FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. SOME SPOTS PICKING UP OVER A FOOT OF RAIN, AND THEY CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ONCE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. FARTHER NORTH, WE’RE TRACKING A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THERE’S A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUT FOR MINNESOTA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA, TO 10:00 P.M. WATCH OUT FOR DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, THE SMALL CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. NEW THIS AFTERNOON, WE NOW HAVE JUST OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND GEORGIA. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE WEEKEND, MAKING LANDFALL ALONG SOUTH CAROLINA. AND THAT’S FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN FARTHER INLAND AS WE HEAD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WHIT? >> Whit: BRITTANY BELL, THANK YOU. >>> WE MOVE ON TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING A VICTORY LAP AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, SIGNING THAT MEGA TAX CUT AND SPENDING BILL INTO LAW AMID MUCH FANFARE, INCLUDING FIREWORKS AND A MILITARY PLANE FLYOVER WITH A B-2 BOMBER. OPPONENTS ARE BLASTING THE LEGISLATION, WARNING IT WILL ADD TRILLIONS TO THE NATIONAL DEBT AND FORCE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE. HERE’S ABC’S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING HIS SWEEPING DOMESTIC POLICY INTO LAW. >> IT’S THE BIGGEST BILL OF ITS TYPE IN HISTORY. >> Reporter: TOUTING HIS LEGISLATIVE VICTORY DURING JULY FOURTH CELEBRATIONS IN FRONT OF REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES AS FIGHTER JETS FLY OVER THE WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING A B-2 BOMBER. THE SAME TYPE OF PLANE THAT STRUCK THOSE IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES LAST MONTH. >> WE SALUTE YOU AND WE HONOR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. >> Reporter: THE NEARLY 1,000-PAGE BILL THE CORNERSTONE OF TRUMP’S AGENDA. REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS NARROWLY PASSING IT AFTER TRUMP ARM-TWISTED AND CHARMED HOLDOUTS IN HIS OWN PARTY. ALL BUT TWO HOUSE REPUBLICANS ENDED UP VOTING FOR THE BILL, DESPITE ANGER THAT IT COULD ADD $3.4 TRILLION TO THE DEBT OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND ESTIMATES THAT STEEP CUTS TO MEDICAID COULD FORCE 11.8 MILLION AMERICANS TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. THE PRESIDENT SELLING HIS BILL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN IOWA OVERNIGHT, FOCUSING ON THOSE TAX CUTS AND ENDING TAXES ON TIPS AND OVERTIME, FULFILLING HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE. >> NOT ONE DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR US. AND I THINK WE USE IT IN THE CAMPAIGN THAT’S COMING UP, THE MIDTERMS. BECAUSE WE’VE GOT TO BEAT THEM. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT THEY’LL WIN BACK VOTERS AS AMERICANS START TO LOSE THEIR HEALTH CARE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE. >> I DON’T THINK WE HAVE EVER SEEN OR ARE PREPARED FOR HOW CATASTROPHIC THIS IS SET TO BE. >> Reporter: THOSE TAX CUTS MOSTLY FOR THE WEALTHY ARE PERMANENT, WHILE NO TAXES ON TIPS AND OVERTIME WORK EXPIRE IN 2028. WHILE SLASHES TO MEDICAID DON’T KICK IN UNTIL AFTER THE MIDTERMS NEXT YEAR, ALREADY AT LEAST ONE HOSPITAL IN RURAL NEBRASKA ANNOUNCING IT’S CLOSING DOWN, CITING THOSE EXPECTED CUTS. THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT, THOUGH, TAKING A VICTORY LAP. >> AS WE ENTER OUR 249th YEAR, AMERICA’S WINNING, WINNING, WINNING LIKE NEVER BEFORE. >> Reporter: WHIT, AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CELEBRATING JULY FOURTH ALONG WITH HIS MAJOR LEGISLATIVE VICTORY, AND TRUMP SAYS THERE’S EVEN BIGGER CELEBRATIONS TO COME IN THE LEADUP TO AMERICA’S 250th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. TRUMP SAYS HE’LL BE HOSTING A UFC CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS. WHIT? >> Whit: ALL RIGHT, SELINA WANG FOR US, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO A DEADLY FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE OF LOS ANGELES. THE BLAST KILLING AT LEAST ONE PERSON AND LEAVING ANOTHER IN CRITICAL CONDITION. SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED. THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF FIREWORK EXPLOSIONS. ABC’S JACLYN LEE IS IN PACOIMA TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS APOCALYPTIC SCENE. FLAMES ENGULFING A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN L.A. FIREWORKS GOING OFF. THE FIRE RIPPING THROUGH THIS HOME’S ROOF AS IT SPREAD TO OTHERS ON THE BLOCK. >> IT’S RIGHT BEHIND YOUR HOME! >> Reporter: MORE THAN 100 FIREFIGHTERS CALLED IN TO BATTLE THE INFERNO IN PACOIMA. CREWS ARRIVING IN MINUTES. FIRES ON THE ROOFS. PUTTING OUT SPOT FIRES. A MAN DIED AND FIVE OTHERS INJURED. MULTIPLE ANIMALS ALSO HURT. HOMEOWNERS NOW WORKING TO BOARD UP THEIR HOMES AFTER THE DEVASTATING EXPLOSION THAT THEY SAY FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. TAKE A LOOK DOWN THIS BACKYARD. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW POWERFUL AND HOW QUICKLY THIS FIRE BURNED. NEIGHBOR JUAN JAIME SAYS THE FIREWORKS WERE EXPLODING IN ALL DIRECTIONS, DESTROYING CARS ALONG THE BLOCK. HE AND OTHER NEIGHBORS RUSHING WITH GARDEN HOSES TO SAVE NEIGHBORS’ HOUSES. >> THIS IS THE MORE SAD THING. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS IS MATERIAL. WE CAN KEEP WORKING MAYBE. MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT WE CAN FIX IT. BUT I CAN’T FIX A LIFE. >> YEAH, YOU CAN’T REPLACE A LIFE. >> Reporter: FIRE OFFICIALS TELLING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE FIREWORKS TO THE PROFESSIONALS. >> WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE FIREWORKS STORIES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. MANY OF THEM ARE BEING SOLD OUT OF PEOPLE’S PRIVATE GARAGES AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES BY FOLKS THAT DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE FIREWORKS. >> Reporter: THIS COMING ON THE HEELS OF THAT MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE IN ASPARTA ON TUESDAY. CREWS FINDING HUMAN REMAINS BUT NO IDENTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. TWO PEOPLE HURT, SEVEN STILL MISSING. IN HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA, OUTSIDE SAN FRANCISCO, TWO PEOPLE CRITICALLY HURT IN AN EXPLOSION RELATED TO FIREWORKS. AND ONE PERSON WAS KILLED IN A HOME EXPLOSION CAUSED BY FIREWORKS IN SIMI VALLEY. WHIT, OUT HERE IN PACOIMA, FIREFIGHTERS ARE WALKING THROUGH THESE HOMES, ASSESSING THE DAMAGE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THOSE FIREWORKS WENT OFF. WHIT? >> Whit: INCREDIBLE, JUST HOW MANY OF THESE INCIDENTS HATCH OCCURRED. JACLYN, THANK YOU. >>> AND HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, RAMPED-UP SECURITY AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S BIG FIREWORKS SHOW. THE NYPD’S HARBOR UNIT AND OTHER TEAMS PATROLLING THE EAST RIVER AS SKIES LIGHT UP OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. POLICE SAYING THERE ARE NO KNOWN THREATS. AN INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL LONE WOLF ATTACK AS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, TERRIFYING MOMENTS AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. A JET BLUE FLIGHT VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY INTO THE GRASS DURING DEPARTURE. AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDER WAY, AND THE NEW DETAILS JUST COMING IN. HERE’S ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FRIGHTENING MOMENTS ON A JET BLUE FLIGHT DEPARTING ORLANDO WHEN THE PLANE’S NOSE GEAR VEERED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND INTO THE GRASS. >> WE HAVE NO BRAKING, NO STEERING. WE’RE TRYING TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. >> Reporter: THE JET BLUE FLIGHT WAS PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF TO WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, WHEN THE PILOT WARNED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THE PLANE WAS SLIDING OFF THE TAXIWAY. >> WE’RE SLOWLY ROLLING TOWARDS THE GRASS SINCE WE HAVE NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. >> Reporter: NO INJURIES ON BOARD, BUT PASSENGERS HAD TO DEPLANE AND WERE THEN BUSED BACK TO THE TERMINAL. IT COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER ANOTHER JET BLUE FLIGHT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS. AFTER LANDING IN BOSTON AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED THEY HAD NO STEERING. PASSENGERS ON THAT FLIGHT SAFELY EVACUATING. ACCORDING TO THE FAA, TODAY’S JET BLUE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A HYDRAULIC ISSUE. TONIGHT BOTH JET BLUE AND THE FAA ARE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. WHIT? >> Whit: VICTOR OQUENDO, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TO RUSSIA LAUNCHING A MASSIVE AERIAL ASSAULT AGAINST UKRAINE. THE BIGGEST SINCE THE INVASION MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE WITH UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY EARLIER TODAY. ZELENSKYY DESCRIBING THAT CALL AS IMPORTANT AND FRUITFUL. HERE’S ABC’S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A RUSSIAN EXPLOSIVE DRONE SLAMMING INTO A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK IN KYIV. RUSSIA UNLEASHING ITS LARGEST AERIAL ASSAULT ON UKRAINE SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. A BLITZ OF MISSILES AND 500 DRONES LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY. FAMILIES SHELTERING IN A SUBWAY. AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED, MORE THAN 20 INJURED. WITHIN HOURS, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TALKING BY PHONE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. ZELENSKYY CALLING THEIR DISCUSSION VERY IMPORTANT AND FRUITFUL, SAYING THEY SPOKE ABOUT AIR DEFENSE AND AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THE PROTECTION OF OUR SKIES. BUT JUST DAYS AGO, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING IT WAS FREEZING SOME DELIVERIES OF CRITICAL AIR DEFENSE MISSILES TO UKRAINE. AS RUSSIA ESCALATES ITS DRONE AND MISSILE ATTACKS TO RECORD LEVELS. ON THE BATTLEFIELD, UKRAINIAN FORCES OUTGUNNED AND OUTNUMBERED WITH RUSSIA SLOWLY OCCUPYING MORE LAND IN EASTERN UKRAINE. BUT UKRAINE HITTING BACK, TODAY STRIKING AN ENERGY SUBSTATION IN WESTERN RUSSIA. THE ONLY POSITIVE SIGN, ANOTHER PRISONER SWAP. BUT AFTER HIS CALL YESTERDAY WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING PUTIN ISN’T LOOKING TO STOP THE WAR. >> YEAH, I’M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE CONVERSATION I HAD TODAY WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. BECAUSE I DON’T THINK HE’S THERE. I DON’T THINK HE’S LOOKING TO STOP. >> Reporter: WHIT ON THOSE U.S. AIR DEFENSE MISSILES, A SOURCE TELLING REUTERS THE U.S. COULD RESUME SUPPLIES FOLLOWING THAT TRUMP-ZELENSKYY CALL. FOR UKRAINE, THOSE MISSILES CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH. WE’RE JUST GETTING NEWS — RUSSIA IS CONDUCTING ANOTHER LARGE-SCALE AERIAL ASSAULT ON UKRAINE TONIGHT. WHIT? >> Whit: TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE, OUR THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST, POSSIBLE MOVEMENT ON THE PEACE PROCESS. HAMAS SUBMITTING WHAT IT CALLS A POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THE CEASE-FIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE PROPOSALS NOW ON THE TABLE. THE U.S.-BROKERED DEAL CALLING FOR A TWO-MONTH PAUSE IN FIGHTING. IN A STATEMENT, HAMAS SAYING ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS WOULD BE NEEDED TO DETERMINE HOW THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE CARRIED OUT. >>> THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” THIS FRIDAY. SHOCKING CHARGES AGAINST A PEDIATRICIAN INVOLVING HER OWN CHILD. SHARK SIGHTINGS CLOSING A POPULAR NEW YORK BEACH. AND EXPLOSIONS ROCK THE CITY OF ROME, THE BLAST PROMPTING A REACTION FROM POPE LEO. >> Whit: NEXT TONIGHT, SHARK SIGHTINGS CAUSING A POPULAR BEACH CLOSURE IN NEW YORK CITY. THE CITY RELEASING THIS VIDEO. TWO SHARKS SPOTTED IN THE WATERS OFF ROCKAWAY BEACH IN QUEENS THIS AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SAYING THE ANIMALS WERE VERY CLOSE TO BEACHGOERS. ONE PART OF THAT BEACH SHUT DOWN FOR AN HOUR ON THE BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. NO INJURIES REPORTED. OFFICIALS SAY THEY’LL KEEP MONITORING THE AREA. >>> IN ITALY, AN EXPLOSION AT A GAS STATION ROCKING THE CITY OF ROME. REPORTS SAY AT LEAST 45 INJURED, TWO CRITICALLY. THE BLAST SO POWERFUL, WITNESSES HEARD IT AROUND THE CAPITAL. THE EXPLOSION HAPPENING AS A TANKER REFUELED THE STATION. PEOPLE IN THE AREA REPORTING A STRONG GAS SMELL BEFORE THE BLAST. POPE LEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA PRAYING FOR THE VICTIMS. >>> A DISTURBING MURDER CASE NEAR MIAMI. A PEDIATRICIAN, NEHA GUPTA, ACCUSED OF SMOTHERING HER 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LAST FRIDAY. DETECTIVES SAYING GUPTA CLAIMED THE CHILD DROWNED AT A POOL IN A RENTAL HOME. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY THE DOCTOR WAS RECENTLY FIRED BY AN OKLAHOMA HOSPITAL AND THAT SHE IS IN A CUSTODY FIGHT WITH HER EX-HUSBAND. GUPTA ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, AWAITING EXTRADITION TO FLORIDA. HER ATTORNEY SAYING THEY’LL LOOK FORWARD TO A FULL INVESTIGATION WHICH WILL UNCOVER THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A CHAMPION REGAINS HIS CROWN. JOEY CHESTNUT EATS HIS WAY BACK TO THE TOP. >> Whit: TO THE INDEX, CONEY ISLAND, A TRIUMPHANT RETURN FOR A JULY FOURTH TRADITION. JOEY CHESTNUT GOBBLING UP HIS 17th NATHAN’S HOT DOG EATING CONTEST TITLE. THE MAN DUBBED “JAWS” BACK AFTER MISSING LAST YEAR IN A SPONSORSHIP FIGHT, SCARFING DOWN 70 1/2 DOGS AND BUNS IN JUST 10 MINUTES. FOR THE WOMEN, MIKI SUDO DEFENDING HER CROWN WITH 33 DOGS AND BUNS. A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, SAYING THE BUNS WERE MORE FILLING THAN USUAL. >>> TONIGHT, A REUNION IN THE UK. ’90s ROCK BAND OASIS BACK ON STAGE. 75,000 FANS PACKING A RUGBY STADIUM IN WALES. BROTHERS LIAM AND NOEL GALLAGHER PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 16 YEARS. THE GROUP WITH HITS SUCH AS “WONDER WALL” AND “DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER” ON TOUR THROUGH NOVEMBER. >>> STILL AHEAD, THE MOVING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY. >> Whit: FINALLY TONIGHT, THE NATION CELEBRATES 249 YEARS OF FREEDOM. FROM PARADES TO FIREWORKS, SMALL TOWNS AND BIG CITIES ACROSS AMERICA MARKING THE 249th YEAR SINCE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1776. IN CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, RESIDENTS HAVE A TRADITION OF GETTING UP BRIGHT AND EARLY TO SECURE FRONT-ROW SEATS ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. >> WE’VE BEEN STAYING IN THIS SPOT FOR YEARS. EVERY YEAR WE COME OUT A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE START TIME AND ROPE OFF OUR SPOT. >> Reporter: IN McALLEN, TEXAS, GIRL SCOUTS FROM TROOP 436 RIDE ON THEIR FLOAT IN THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE. IN BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT, PARADEGOERS FILLING UP MAIN STREET. IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, THIS YOUNG GIRL RIDING HER SCOOTER UNDER A GIANT AMERICAN FLAG. IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, TODAY — ♪ ♪ FESTIVE CELEBRATIONS HONORING AMERICA’S BIRTHDAY. >> IT’S JUST THE NEIGHBORS HERE WHO COME TOGETHER EVERY YEAR TO PUT THE PARADE TOGETHER. KIND OF REMINDS US OF THE COLLECTIVE SPIRIT THAT IS THE BASIS OF OUR DEMOCRACY. >> Reporter: AND THIS CEREMONY IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, HONORING THE PATRIOTS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, TAKING A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON HOW IT ALL BEGAN. >> SO MANY PEOPLE THAT SACRIFICED EVERYTHING. THEIR FORTUNES, THEIR LIVES. TO GIVE US OUR FREEDOMS. JUST REMINDS US OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE. >> Whit: HAPPY FOURTH. GOOD NIGHT.

Morgan Norwood reports on the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas that has killed at least 13 and left more than 20 girls at a summer camp unaccounted for; Selina Wang has details on Pres. Trump signing his sweeping spending bill into law as Democrats react to the legislation; Jaclyn Lee has the latest on a string of fireworks explosions – some fatal – ahead of the 4th of July holiday; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
02:13 At least 13 dead, 20+ campers missing in Texas amid catastrophic flooding
05:26 Tracking severe weather threats over the holiday weekend
06:22 Pres. Trump signs mega-bill into law at White House
09:05 Fireworks explosions in a Los Angeles home kills one, leaves another in critical condition
11:32 Authorities in NYC on high alert ahead of 4th of July fireworks display
11:52 JetBlue plane veers off taxiway at Orlando International Airport
13:04 Russia launches largest aerial assault against Ukraine since start of the war
15:00 Hamas signals willingness to negotiate on U.S-brokered peace proposal
15:36 Rockaway Beach in NYC closed due to shark sightings
15:59 Explosion at gas station rocks Rome, Italy
16:21 Miami pediatrician accused of smothering daughter
16:59 Joey Chestnut eats 70+ hot dogs, wins Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
17:26 Rock band Oasis performs together for first time in 16 years
17:53 Celebrating the 4th of July across the country

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