ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Oct. 15, 2025

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Oct. 15, 2025

>>> TONIGHT THE BREAKING NEWS, THE SHUTDOWN, THE WHITE HOUSE THREATENING MORE FIRINGS NOW, SAYING MORE THAN 10,000 WORKERS COULD BE FIRED. TONIGHT A JUDGE STEPS IN TO HALT THESE FIRINGS. LATE TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP STANDING BY THEM SAYING, QUOTE, WE GOT THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT BEING PAID PAID. ALSO THE PRESIDENT IS ASKED ABOUT THE LATEST U.S. MISSILE STRIKE ON AN ALLEGED DRUG BOAT OFF VENEZUELA AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT POTENTIALLY STRIKING ON LAND. SCOTT IS LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> ALSO, NEW AND TERRIFYING IMAGES EMERGING FROM INSIDE GAZA. HAMAS FIGHTERS APPEARING TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT SAYING THEY MUST DISARM OR WE WILL DISARM THEM. THE PRESIDENT SAYING, QUOTE, AS SOON AS I SAY THE WORD ISRAEL COULD GO BACK IN. IAN PANNELL STANDING BY. >>> IN THIS COUNTRY THE VIOLENT CLASHES AMID IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWNS, VIOLENT CLASH IN CHICAGO. AGENTS USING TEAR GAS ON A CROWD OF PROTESTERS. VIDEO SHOWING BORDER PATROL AGENTS CHASING A DRIVER, RAMMING THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY STREET. THE GOVERNOR WHO SAID WE DIDN’T ASK FOR FEDERAL AGENTS SAYING, QUOTE, THEY NEED TO BACK OFF. >>> THE SURGEON FACING CHILLING ALLEGATIONS ACCUSED OF RANKING A WOMAN AT GUN PLOINT, CLAIMING HE HAS TIES TO THE NYPD AND SECRET SERVICE. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT. >>> OUR REPORTING ON THE ECONOMY AND WHAT YOU ARE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING. TONIGHT THE COST OF A NEW CAR. WHAT OUR REPORTER DISCOVERED AT THE CAR LOT. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A NEW VEHICLE IN THIS COUNTRY? WHO CAN AFFORD IT AND WHAT’S DRIVING THIS. >>> WHAT COULD BE A LANDMARK CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, JUSTICES HEARING ARGUMENTS OVER WHETHER TO STRIKE DOWN A KEY PART OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS AND WHAT THE COURT HAS SIGNALED ALREADY. >>> THE PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE, FIFTH STORY COMING DOWN TO THE FLOORS BEFORE CRUSHING CARS. >>> ALSO IN, THE CONCRETE GRAIN COMING DOWN. THE BREATHTAKING IMAGES IF THE TOP OF THE WORLD, THE AMERICAN CLIMBER WHO JUST MADE HISTORY. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT, THE NFL CHEERLEADER, WHAT SHE IS SIGNING AND ONE EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISE TONIGHT. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.” >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ON THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW DAY 15. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NEW THREAT TONIGHT. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS MORE THAN 10,000 FEDERAL WORKERS COULD BE FIRED. MANY ALREADY GOING WITHOUT PAY AND LATE TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN OVAL OFFICE PRESSED ON THE SHUTDOWN IMPASSE, HALTED OVER HEALTH CARE. DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES SO HEALTH INSURANCE DOESN’T GO UP FOR MILLIONS BUT THERE IS NO MOVEMENT ON THIS. ON THE FIRINGS, THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT SAYING, QUOTE, WE GOT THE PEOPLE WE WANT BEING PAID PAID, TALKING ABOUT THE MILITARY AND THE FBI. THE PRESIDENT PRAISING A TOP OFFICIAL, RUSS VOUGHT, WHO NOW SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE WILL LIKELY CUT MORE THAN 10,000 FEDERAL JOBS DURING THIS SHUTDOWN. A FEDERAL JUDGE NOW TEMPORARILY BLOCKING THE FIRINGS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN GOING FORWARD? THE OTHER MAJOR NEWS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LATE TODAY, THE PRESIDENT ASKED ABOUT THE LATEST U.S. MISSILE STRIKE ON AN ALLEGED DRUG BOAT OUT OF VENEZUELA AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOW SAYING TONIGHT ABOUT POTENTIALLY STRIKING ON LAND. RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AFTER ALREADY FIRING MORE THAN 4,000 FEDERAL WORKERS DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOW SAYING THAT NUMBER WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE. >> YOU THINK NORTH OF 10,000. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE IS GOING AFTER PROGRAMS DEAR TO DEMOCRATS AND THE AMERICANS WHO WORK ON THEM. >> THEY WILL BE TERMINATED ON A PERMANENT BASIS AND IT’S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND IT’S — IT’S, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMMEDIATELY HALT THE MASS FIRINGS AFTER MULTIPLE UNIONS SUED CALLING THE FIRINGS ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS. THE JUDGE ORDERING THE ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION WITHIN TWO DAYS ON THE PEOPLE IT FIRED SO FAR. IT COMES AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER WORKERS NOW MISSING PAYCHECKS AS THE SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON. THE PRESIDENT HAS AUTHORIZED EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO PIE THE TROOPS AND TODAY SAID THE FBI WILL GET PAID. >> WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WE WANT PAID PAID AND WE WANT THE FBI PAID, THE MILITARY PAID. WE GOT THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT PAID. >> Reporter: WORKERS LIKE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS CHARGED WITH KEEPING PASSENGER PLANES SAFE ARE OUT OF LUCK. >> NOT KNOWING HOW I HAVE CHILDCARE FOR MY KIDS, PUT GAS IN THE CAR, PAY THE MORTGAGE PAYMENT ADDS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF STRESS ON TO AN ALREADY STRESSFUL PROFESSION. IT’S VERY DIFFICULT. >> Reporter: AMID THE SHUTDOWN THE PRESIDENT ALSO FACING QUESTIONS TODAY ABOUT AT LEAST FIVE DEADLY MILITARY STRIKES HE ORDERED AGAINST BOATS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA THAT HE SAYS ARE BEING USED TO CARRY DRUGS INTO THE U.S. TODAY THE PRESIDENT ASKED WHY THIS WOULDN’T BE A TRADITIONAL COAST GUARD OPERATION WHERE OFFICERS VERIFY WHO IS ON THE BOAT. SAYING THE COAST GUARD BOATS ARE TOO SLOW. >> THEY HAVE FASTER BOATS, SOME OF THESE BOATS ARE SERIOUSLY, WORLD CLASS SPEED BOATS. AND BUT THEY ARE NOT FASTER THAN MISSILES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING LAND STRIKES IN VENEZUELA COULD COME NEXT. >> ARE YOU CONSIDERING STRIKES ON LAND? >> I DON’T WANT TO TELL YOU EXACTLY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT LAND NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT THE SEA VERY WELL UNDER CONTROL. >> Reporter: DAVID, BACK TO THE SHUTDOWN, THAT FEDERAL JUDGE PUTTING THE MASS LAYOFFS ON HOLD FOR NOW. BACK ON CAPITOL HILL, DEMOCRATS SAY THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS NOW GONE RADIO SILENT. THERE WAS TALK TODAY ABOUT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON DEBATING HAKEEM JEFFRIES ON LIVE TELEVISION. JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL NOT DO THAT UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT REOPENS, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE BOUGHS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> WE MOVE ON NOW TO NEW AND ALARMING IMAGES EMERGING FROM INSIDE GAZA TONIGHT. JUST TWO DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP CELEBRATED THE CEASEFIRE WHILE HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, HAMAS FIGHTERS NOW APPEARING TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THEY MUST DISARM OR WE WILL DISARM THEM. THE PRESIDENT SAYING AS SOON AS I SAY THE WORD ISRAEL COULD GO BACK IN. OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL WITH THE DISTURBING IMAGES TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TERRIFYING IMAGES EMERGING FROM GAZA, VIDEO VERIFIED BY ABC NEWS SHOWING THE GOVERNMENT CARRYING A PUBLIC EXECUTION AS THEY RETURN TO THE STREETS. LATE TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNING IF HAMAS DOESN’T CHOOSE TO DISARM, THE U.S. WILL MAKE THEM. >> THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO IT. THEY HAVE TO DO IT. IF THEY DON’T DO IT, WE WILL DO IT. >> Reporter: DESPITE THOSE IMAGES, HAMAS INSISTING IT WILL HONOR THE PEACE DEAL AND RETURN THE DEAD HOSTAGES. LATE TODAY THE MILITANTS HANDING OVER TWO MORE BODIES TO ISRAEL. ISRAELIS ACCUSING HAMAS OF STALLING. TELLING CNN EXCALIBUR ISRAEL COULD RESTART THE WAR IF THEY DON’T UPHOLD THE PEACE DEAL. NEW IMAGES OF THOSE TEARFUL REUNIONS OF THE LAST LIVING HOSTAGES FREED. BROTHERS BACK WITH THEIR FAMILY. THEIR MOTHER SAYING, MY CHILDREN ARE HOME. I CAN FINALLY BREATHE. AND IN GAZA PALESTINIANS RETURNING TO NEIGHBORHOODS NOW A WAIST LAND. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING, A TRAGEDY, A TRAGEDY, A NEW KIND OF SUFFERING. DAVID, THE PEACE DEAL IS ALREADY UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE. THE LACK OF DETAIL ON KEY POINTS IS STARTING TO SHOW. BUT TONIGHT A SENIOR U.S. ADVISOR SAYING THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT HAMAS INTENDS TO HONOR THE AGREEMENT. DAVID. >> David: IAN PANNELL FROM JERUSALEM FOR US. THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., THE VIOLENT CLASHES AMID IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWNS. IN CHICAGO FEDERAL AGENTS USING TEAR GAS ON A CROWD OF PROTESTERS. TONIGHT WE HAVE DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWING BORDER PATROL AGENTS CHASING A DRIVER RAMMING THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE GOVERNOR WHO HAS REPEATEDLY SAID WE DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS FEDERAL PREPS SENSE SAYING, THEY NEED TO BACK OFF. HERE IS PIERRE THOMAS. >> Reporter: TENSIONS RISING AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S SWEEPING IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN EXPANDS. THE LAST 24 HOURS FEDERAL AGENTS CLASHING WITH RESIDENTS IN CHICAGO. SOME PROTESTERS THREW OBJECTS, FEDERAL AGENTS DEPLOYED TEAR GAS ON CROWDS ANGRY ABOUT THE LATEST ARREST, ENDED WITH A CRASH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. ILLINOIS’ GOVERNOR WHO SAID HE DID NOT ASK FOR FEDERAL HELP ACCUSING IMMIGRATION AGENTS OF USING STRONG-ARM TACTICS. >> THEY ARE THE ONES TOSSING TEAR GAS WHEN PEOPLE ARE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING. THEY NEED TO BACK OFF. >> Reporter: HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS SAY IT BEGAN WITH AGENTS CHASING AN UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT WHO THEY SAY RAMMED A BORDER PATROL VEHICLE. AGENTS THEN CRASHING INTO THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT. NEW VIDEO SHOWS THAT THE CHASE THEN SPILLING OVER INTO A BALL GREENS WHERE A 19-YEAR-OLD SAYS HE WAS SHOPPING. HE SAYS WHEN HE TRIED TO LEAVE THE STORE HE WAS TACKLED. >> YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. GET THE [ BLEEP ] BACK! >> WHY YOU RUNNING? I AM TELLING THEM I AM A U.S. CITIZEN, I AM HERE, I AM LEGAL, I AM BORN HERE. SO THEY DIDN’T TRY TO HEAR NONE OF THAT. >> Reporter: COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY BLASTING FEDERAL AGENTS. >> NOT ONLY PEOPLE ARE BEING TARGETED AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE BEING PROFILED BY THESE UNJUST ACTIONS. >> Reporter: TODAY THE CHICAGO WOMAN WHO WAS SHOT BY FEDERAL AGENTS AFTER ALLEGEDLY RAMMING HER CAR INTO THEIR VEHICLE TODAY PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO ASSAULT. SEEN IN THIS VIDEO IN THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THAT ALLEGED RAMMING, PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS PART OF A CONVEY TAILING THOSE AGENTS. DAVID, A SIGN OF INCREASING TENSIONS, L.A. OFFICIALS ARE DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY SAYING THEY WILL OFFER UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FINANCIAL AND LEGAL SUPPORT AS THE DEPORTATION CAMPAIGN EXPANDS. DAVID. >> David: OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. >>> CHILLING ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A PROMINENT SURGEON ACCUSED OF RANKING A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT. PROSECUTORS SAY THE SURGEON CLAIMED HE HAD TIES TO THE NYPD AND TO THE SECRET SERVICE. HERE IS OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE KRPTD AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A PROMINENT NEW YORK CITY SURGEON CHARGED WITH A HORRIFIC CRIME, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT DOCTOR CLAIMING AFFILIATION WITH THE NYPD, THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE AND THE U.S. MARSHALS. 56-YEAR-OLD DR. MAURIZIO MIGLIETTA TEACHES AND PRACTICES AT HOSPITALS ACROSS NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE ACCUSER WHO IS NEARLY 30 YEARS YOUNGER VIEWED HIM AS A MENTOR AND VISITED HIS APARTMENT TO TALK MEDICINE. INSTEAD HE KISSED HER WITHOUT CONSENT AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO PUSH HIM AWAY HE LIFTED HIS SHORT SHOWING A HOLSTERED GUN ALLEGEDLY TELLING HER WATCH OUT FOR THIS, ASKED IF THE GUN WAS HEADED, HE ALLEGEDLY SAID YES. PROSECUTORS SAY THE DOCTOR PUT THE GUN ON A COFFEE TABLE BY THE WOMAN’S HEAD AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER BEFORE SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. >> ALLEGATIONS ARE BEYOND DISTURBING. THINK I THINK ANYONE SHOULD KNOW NOT TO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF CONDUCT. IT SPEAKS TO THE POWER IMBALANCE. >> Reporter: THE DOCTOR PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO RAPE AND OTHER CHARGES. THE JUDGE SETTING BAIL AT $1 MILLION. PROSECUTORS ARE LOOKING INTO HIS CONNECTIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT AS THE D.A. TOLD US TONIGHT, DAVID, THAT GIVES NO ONE LICENSE TO BRANDISH A GUN AND FORCE A WOMAN INTO SEX. DAVID. >> David: AARON KATERSKY HERE IN MANHATTAN TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> TO THE ECONOMY AND THE PRICEERS YOU ARE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING. TONIGHT HERE THE COST OF A NEW CAR. WHAT OUR REPORTER DISCOVERED ON THE CAR LOT. THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A NEW VEHICLE IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHAT’S DRIVING THIS. HERE IS MATT RIVERS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT IT’S NEVER BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE TO BUY A NEW CORE. ACCORDING TO KELLEY BLUE BOOK, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A NEW VEHICLE CRACKED THE $50,000 MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. >> IT’S SHOCKING. >> I THINK IT’S OBSCENE. >> Reporter: AND THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE PAID. THE ASKING PRICE FOR 2026 MODELS IS MORE $52,000. TALK ABOUT STICKER SHOCK. THE STUDY’S AUTHORS WRITING IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE BEST-SELLING VEHICLE IN AMERICA IS A PICKUP TRUCK FROM FORD THAT ROUTINELY COSTS NORTH OF $65,000. THE REPORT SAID THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A NEW TESLA IS $54,138. TONIGHT ECONOMISTS SAY TARIFFS ON AUTOS AND KEY AUTO PARTS ARE A FACTOR. ALSO FACTORS, A RUSH TO BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLES BEFORE TAX BREAKS EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT ELIMINATES THEM. LASTLY, EXPERTS SAY THE FAMILIES THAT AFFORD NEW CARS CAN AFFORD EXPENSIVE CARS, DRIVING THE AVERAGE COST HIGHER. >> THE SALES ARE SHIFTED TO LUXURY AND HIGHER END VEHICLES IS SIMILAR TO THE SITUATION ABOUT EVERYWHERE IN THE ECONOMY. >> Reporter: CONSUMERS LOOKING TO USED CARS TO SAVE MONEY ARE ALSO OUT OF LUCK. >> WHEN I LOOKED UP THE COST OF A 2021 NISSAN SENTRA VERSUS A BRAND-NEW ONE, THE COST DIFFERENCE IS ROUGHLY $1,000. SO WHAT IS THE PER BETTER VALUE. >> Reporter: INTERESTING THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES ARE DRIVING SOME OF THIS, DRIVING UP THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A CAR. THERE WAS A RACE TO GET THEM BEFORE THOSE TAX CREDITS EXPIRED. MANY FAMILIES RUSHING OUT TO GET THEIRS. DAVID. >> David: MATT RIVERS, THANK YOU. >>> FROM THE SUPREME COURT TONIGHT JUSTICES HEARING ARGUMENTS OVER WHETHER TO STRIKE DOWN A KEY PART OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS AND WHAT THE COURT HAS SIGNALED ALREADY TONIGHT. ABC’S DEVIN DWYER COVERS THE COURT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT IN A CASE WITH NATIONWIDE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMERICAN ELECTIONS THE SUPREME COURT READY TO LIMIT A KEY PART OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. SECTION TWO HAS LONG BEEN A GUARDRAIL AGAINST STATES DILUTING THE INFLUENCE OF VOTERS OF COLOR BY PACKING THEM INTO DISTRICTS OR BREAKING COMMUNITIES APART. WHEN A COURT FOUND LOUISIANA’S MAP VIOLATED SECTION TWO, THE STATE REDREW THE MAP WITH AN EYE ON RACE TO CREATE A SECOND MAJORITY-BLACK DISTRICT. A GROUP OF NON-BLACK VOTERS SUED ARGUING THAT WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE COURTS CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY TODAY APPEARED SYMPATHETIC. JUSTICE BRETT KAVANAUGH VOICING CONCERN ABOUT THE INDEFINITE USE OF RACE TO DRAW MAPS. >> THE COURT’S CASES IN A VARIETY OF CON PARTICULARS HAVE SAID THAT RACE-BASED REMEDIES ARE PERMISSIBLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE INDEFINITE AND SHOULD HAVE AN ENDPOINT. >> Reporter: BUT JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSONED BACK ON THE NOTION OF TIME LIMITS INSISTING CONGRESS WANTED SECTION TWO TO BE A LASTING TOOL. >> IT’S NOT DOING ANY WORK OTHER THAN JUST POINTING US TO THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO DO SOMETHING. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE BOTTOM LINE TONIGHT, IF THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES TO LIMIT THE USE OF RACE AS A FACTOR IN REDISTRICTING OR DECLARE IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL ALL TOGETHER, THAT COULD INFLUENCE HOW MINORITY COMMUNITIES ARE REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS AND ULTIMATELY THE BALANCE OF POWER. DAVID. >> David: WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS. THANK YOU. >>> WITH WHEN WE COME BACK A RARE MOSQUITO VIRUS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE NORTHEAST RIGHT OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY. WHAT WE LEARNED. >>> ALSO THE IMAGES JUST A GRAIN SILO COLLAPSING TAKING OUT POWER LINES. >>> AND THE PARKING GRAND JURY COLLAPSE COMING DOWN ON TO THE FLOORS BELOW, YOU SEE THE CARS CRUSH THERE WHERE THIS PLAYED OUT IN A MOMENT. TONIGHT, >>> POWER KNOCKED OUT TO A COMMUNITY AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF A CONCRETE GRAIN BASIN IN MARTIN TON, ILLINOIS. IT COMES DOWN, SNAPPING POWER LINES, CRASHES TO THE GROUND. GRAIN SFILG OUT. RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER THERE. NO WORD ON HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO RESTORE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE ENTIRE PALESTINE STRUCTURE MUSTING REBUILT. >>> A PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE INSIDE WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. THE ROOF OF FIFTH FLOOR COLLAPSING ON TO CARS BELOW IT. ENGINEERS TRYING TO FORTIFY THE STRUCTURE SO PEOPLE CAN RETRIEVE THEIR VEHICLES. REMARKABLY NO ONE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR WAS HURT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, NEWS ON THIS RARE MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS DETECTED OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. >>> THE NFL CHEERLEADER WITH A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF YOU AT HOME. SHE DELIVERS IT IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. >>> TO THE INDEX, A RARE MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS DETECHED OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THE FIRST LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF THIS TYPE IN SIX YEARS HERE. THE PATIENT FROM NASSAU COUNTY, LONG ISLAND, THE CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS, IS MOST COMMON IN THE TROPICS. SYMPTOMS, JOINT PAIN, FEVER. MOST PATIENTS RECOVER IN A WEEK. OFFICIALS STILL SAY THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC IS LOW. >>> TONIGHT AN AMERICAN MAKING LIST REASON MOUNT EVEREST. JIM MORRISON THE FIRST PERSON TO SKI DOWN THE MOST DIFFICULT ROUTE MUCH. THE NORTH FACE OF THE WORLD’S HIGHEST PEAK. A CREW LED BY JIMMY CHEN FOLLOWING MORRISON AS HE MADE HIS DESCENT. YOU CAN SEE JOSH MORRISSEY ON THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY “EVEREST NORTH” AND NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA STRONG. THE NFL CHEERLEADER STAND BIG HERE AFTER HER SURPRISE RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE FIELD AND WHAT SHE NOW HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE NFL CHEERLEADER AND HER SURPRISE FOR A GUY ON THE SIDELINES, WANTED HIM TO KNOW HE IS NOT ALONE. >> Reporter: IT WAS THE EXTRAORDINARY SURPRISE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GAME FROM THE NFL CHEERLEADERS ON THE SIDELINES. MORGAN McLAIN WITH A YOUNG FAN, 8-YEAR-OLD MARK, HE IS DEAF AND HE IS LIVING WITH A BRIAR BRAIN DISORDER. STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR AT THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND HE MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS, INVITED ON THE FIELD BY THE COLTS TO SEE HIS FAVORITE PLAYERS UP CLOSE FOR HIS VERY FIRST FOOTBALL GAME IN PERSON. JUST WATCH WHEN THAT COLTS CHEERLEADER, MORGAN, WHO KNOWS HOW TO SIGN, SPOTS THE YOUNG FAN. >> Reporter: GIVING HIM A BOOK FROM THE CHEER TEAM. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY? TELL HER THANK YOU. >> Reporter: THEN ASKING HIS NAME. >> M-A-R-K, MARK! >> Reporter: SIGNING BACK TO MARK HER NAME IS MORGAN. THEN ASKING ABOUT THE BIG GAME. TO. >> YEAH? HE GETS EXCITED WHEN HE SEES OTHER PEOPLE SIGNING. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: MOM VERONICA TELLING THAT CHEERLEADER HE LOVES WHEN HE LEARNS OTHERS CAN SIGN, TOO. AND HERE TONIGHT — >> GOOD EVENING, DAVID. >> Reporter: MOM VERONICA AND MARK SIGNING HIS NAME JUST LIKE HE DID FOR THAT CHEERLEADER. >> M-A-R-K. EMMANUEL MACRON. M-A-R-K. SEEING HIM LIGHT UP WAS JUST AMAZING. I HOPE HE CAN SEE HOW MUCH INCLUSION REALLY MEANS TO MARK AND OTHER PEOPLE. >> GOOD EVENING, DAVID. >> Reporter: COLTS CHEERLEADER MORGAN McLAIN. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BE A PART OF “THE AMERICAS” SEGMENT TONIGHT. >> Reporter: SIGNING “AMERICA STRONG,” SHE SURE IS, SENDING THIS MESSAGE. >> I HOPE IT INSPIRED PEOPLE TO LEARN ASL AND START A BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE NFL AND SPORTS IN GENERAL. THANK YOU AGAIN. OF COURSE, GO COLTS. >> AND GO MORGAN FOR SIGNING WITH THAT YOUNG FAN MARK AND SIGNING “AMERICA STRONG.” SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.

Rachel Scott reports on a federal judge’s emergency order to immediately halt the mass firings of federal workers during the government shutdown as the White House warns the number of firings could more than double; amid rising tensions over sweeping immigration crackdowns across the U.S., Pierre Thomas has the latest on federal agents clashing with demonstrators in Chicago; Matt Rivers has details on the average cost of a new car hitting a record high of more than $50,000, according to a Kelley Blue Book report; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
02:18 Judge blocks Trump administration from firing federal workers amid government shutdown
05:38 Chilling video appears to show Hamas carrying out public executions in Gaza
07:36 Illinois governor says federal agents “need to back off” following clashes over ICE raids
09:46 Prominent New York City surgeon accused of raping woman at gunpoint
11:18 New car costs record $50,000 as experts say price between new, used cars is minimal
13:18 Supreme Court weighs key section of Voting Rights Act that protects voters of color
15:25 Small Illinois town loses power after grain silo crashes into powerlines
15:44 No injuries after partial collapse of parking garage in White Plains, New York
16:12 New York confirms 1st locally acquired case of chikungunya virus in 6 years in US
16:33 American Jim Morrison becomes 1st person to ski hardest trail on Mount Everest’s North Face
17:01 America Strong: Colts cheerleader surprises deaf fan by using ASL on the sidelines

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