ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Oct. 22, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, THE BREAKING NEWS, THE DEADLY U.S. MILITARY STRIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME TARGETING A VESSEL NOW IN THE PACIFIC. THE NEW IMAGES TONIGHT, THE BOAT OFF CENTRAL AMERICA TAKING A DIRECT HIT EXPLODING IN FLAMES. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID JUST MOMENTS AGO ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY TO TARGET THESE BOATS AND ABOUT POTENTIAL TARGETS ON LAND. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE DEMOLITION AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SOURCES NOW TELLING ABC NEWS THE ENTIRE EAST WING EXPECTED TO BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND TO MAKE WAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S $300 MILLION BALLROOM. TONIGHT, SOME REPUBLICANS NOW QUESTIONING THE OPTICS OF THIS AMID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON TONIGHT SAYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT’S NOT HIS HOUSE, IT’S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE’S DESTROYING IT. >>> TONIGHT THE STUNNING STORY OF SURVIVAL OFF MASSACHUSETTS. THE FAMILY ON A BOAT ENGULFED IN FLAMES JUMPING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SWIMMING ON THEIR OWN TO AN ISLAND WHERE THEY WERE STRANDED. THEIR DRAMATIC RADIO CALL FOR HELP. >>> TONIGHT TROPICAL STORM MELISSA NOW EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE, EVENTUALLY A CATEGORY 4. THE NEWEST MODELS IN TONIGHT, THE POTENTIAL TRACK. LEE GOLDBERG IS STANDING BY WITH THE FORECAST. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, ANGER AFTER I.C.E. SWEEPS IN, ARRESTS ALONG NEW YORK CITY’S CANAL STREET KNOWN FOR TOURISTS AND SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR DESIGNER KNOCKOFFS. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, AND TONIGHT THE NEW CLAIMS ABOUT SOME WHO WERE DETAINED. >>> TONIGHT, THE FORMER SHERIFF’S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF SONYA MASSEY IN HER KITCHEN IN ILLINOIS. THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN AND TONIGHT HEAR THE KEY TESTIMONY FROM HIS OWN PARTNER ON THAT DAY. >>> TONIGHT THE HORRIFIC IMAGES COMING IN FROM UKRAINE. ANOTHER RUSSIAN ATTACK. THIS TIME KINDERGARTNERS RUSHED TO SAFETY SURVIVING WHILE HIDING IN A SHELTER. >>> AND A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT ON NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA, AND THE PRESIDENT IS ASKED, WHY NOW? >>> TONIGHT, THE DEADLY MULTIVEHICLE CRASH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION CRASH, AND NEWS COMING IN NOW ON THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK. >>> THERE’S NEWS TONIGHT ON THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW FEATURING BAD BUNNY. NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL BREAKING HIS SILENCE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHARPLY CRITICIZED HIS CHOICE. >>> AND HEARD AROUND THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST WHO WON MAKING HISTORY TONIGHT. HIS HOMETOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS CELEBRATING AND MAKING HIS PROFESSORS RIGHT HERE IN PHILLY VERY PROUD. ♪ >> David: GOOD EVENING FROM PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE INDEPENDENCE HALL RIGHT HERE BEHIND US AND WHY WE’RE HERE, A BIT LATER IN THE BROADCAST. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE BREAKING NEWS, FOR THE FIRST TIME THE U.S. LAUNCHING A DEADLY MILITARY ATTACK ON A SUSPECTED DRUG BOAT, THIS TIME IN THE PACIFIC OFF OF CENTRAL AMERICA. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH TONIGHT POSTING THE VIDEO ONLINE SHOWING THE BOAT TAKING A DIRECT HIT. THE BOAT BURNING ON THE WATER. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE KILLED. HEGSETH SAYING THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING ALONG A KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING ROUTE COMPARING DRUG CARTELS TO AL QAEDA. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE NOW BEEN KILLED IN 8 KNOWN STRIKES CARRIED OUT BY THE U.S. MILITARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTING TO THE IMAGES JUST RELEASED AND WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY TO TARGET THESE BOATS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND ABOUT POTENTIAL TARGETS ON LAND. ABC’S CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE U.S. LAUNCHING A DEADLY AIR STRIKE ON A SUSPECTED DRUG BOAT IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN OFF CENTRAL AMERICA, A MAJOR EXPANSION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WAR ON THE CARTELS. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH POSTING THIS VIDEO OF THE STRIKE SAYING THE VESSEL WAS INVOLVED IN ILLICIT NARCOTICS SMUGGLING AS PART OF A DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION BUT DID NOT PROVIDE EVIDENCE. HE ADDED THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST MOMENTS AGO REACTING TO THE IMAGES JUST RELEASED. >> WE HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY, RIGHT. WE’RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, AND IF WE DO BY LAND, WE MAY GO BACK TO CONGRESS, BUT WE HAVE — THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN CRACKING DOWN ON SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS IN THE CARIBBEAN, BOMBING SEVEN VESSELS THERE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2nd, AND IN A SHOW OF FORCE THE U.S. FLYING THREE B-52 BOMBERS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA LATE LAST WEEK. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE ALSO HAS AUTHORIZED COVERT CIA MISSIONS INSIDE VENEZUELA, BUT THIS NEWEST STRIKE TONIGHT TARGETING THE EASTERN PACIFIC. IT’S WHERE ROUGHLY 70% OF ALL THE COCAINE THAT ENTERS THE U.S. IS SMUGGLED ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS BEEN BATTLING DRUG SMUGGLERS THERE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE CHASING BOATS AND ARRESTING SUSPECTS AS WE WITNESSED IN 2019. THE SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS HEAVING BALES OF COCAINE INTO THE OCEAN AS THE COAST GUARD CLOSED IN. >> THESE BOATS WILL TAKE ALL SORTS OF EVASIVE ROUTES SO THEY CAN EVADE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSETS. >> SO THEY’RE GOING WAY OUT TO SEA. >> SOMETIMES WE’RE, YOU KNOW, A THOUSAND PLUS MILES FROM LAND. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE TACTIC WE’RE SEEING NOW IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE WITNESSED JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS OR EVEN A FEW MONTHS AGO. BACK THEN IT WAS THE U.S. COAST GUARD THAT WAS TARGETING AND THEN TRYING TO APPREHEND SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS. NOW IT’S OTHER BRANCHES OF THE U.S. MILITARY TARGETING THEM WITH AIR STRIKES FROM ABOVE, DAVID. >> David: MATT GUTMAN LEADING US OFF HERE TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE GROWING CONTROVERSY OVER THE DEMOLITION AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AND ALL OF THIS PLAYING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW DAY 22 WITH THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS LOSING THEIR JOBS. TONIGHT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THE ENTIRE EAST WING IS EXPECTED TO BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS THIS WEEKEND TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S $300 MILLION BALLROOM. SOME REPUBLICANS TONIGHT NOW QUESTIONING THE OPTICS OF THIS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SHUTDOWN, AND NOW FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON SAYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT’S NOT HIS HOUSE, IT’S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE’S DESTROYING IT. ABC’S MARY BRUCE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AIMING TO TEAR DOWN THE ENTIRE EAST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE BY THIS COMING WEEKEND TO MAKE WAY FOR HIS NEW BALLROOM, WHICH TRUMP NOW SAYS WILL COST $300 MILLION. WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE PROJECT, THE PRESIDENT PLEDGED IT WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE. >> IT WON’T INTERFERE WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING. IT WON’T BE — IT’LL BE NEAR IT BUT NOT TOUCHING IT AND PAYS TOTAL RESPECT TO THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH I’M THE BIGGEST FAN. >> Reporter: BUT THIS WEEK THE NATION’S CAPITAL TAKEN BY SURPRISE WHEN BULLDOZERS AND CRANES STARTED DEMOLITION. >> IN ORDER TO DO IT PROPERLY, WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. >> Reporter: SO FROM HERE WE CAN GET A GLIMPSE OF THIS MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND WE CAN SEE THESE HUGE BULLDOZERS RIPPING AWAY AT THE WALLS, DEBRIS FLYING DOWN EVERYWHERE. ALL THAT’S LEFT OF THE EAST WING NOW, THIS MANGLED EXPOSED STRUCTURE. THE ORIGINAL EAST WING BUILT IN 1902. IT WAS UPDATED IN 1942 AND HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL HOME FOR THE FIRST LADY’S OFFICES. IN 1962, JACKIE KENNEDY GIVING AMERICANS THEIR FIRST TELEVISED GLIMPSE. TONIGHT FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY CLINTON DISMAYED POSTING, IT’S NOT HIS HOUSE, IT’S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE’S DESTROYING IT. THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS CALLING ON THE ADMINISTRATION TO PAUSE DEMOLITION UNTIL PLANS FOR THE PROPOSED BALLROOM GO THROUGH THE LEGALLY REQUIRED PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESSES. THEY ALSO WRITE THEY’RE DEEPLY CONCERNED THE PLANNED 90,000-SQUARE-FOOT BALLROOM LARGER THAN THE ICONIC RESIDENCE BUILDING WILL OVERWHELM THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF. THE WHITE HOUSE HASN’T SUBMITTED PLANS FOR THE BALLROOM TO THE NATIONAL CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION BUT TELLS US THEY DEMOLITION IS ALREADY WELL UNDER WAY. >> THIS IS AN INTERIOR SHOT OF THE BALLROOM. I THINK THERE WILL BE NOTHING LIKE IT, AND IT’S BEING PAID FOR 100% BY ME AND SOME FRIENDS OF MINE, DONORS. THE GOVERNMENT IS PAYING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT INSISTS THIS IS ALL PAID FOR WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS, BUT ON CAPITOL HILL, SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WISH HE WOULD CHANGE THE SUBJECT. WITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW SHUT DOWN, THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS MISSING PAYCHECKS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS NOW WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING FOOD ON THE TABLE. >> WE’RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A BALLROOM WHEN WE’RE TRYING TO GET THE ECONOMY SQUARED AWAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, WHO HAS KEPT THE HOUSE OUT OF SESSION FOR 22 DAYS AND COUNTRYING, PRAISING THE PRESIDENT’S BALLROOM PLAN. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO ADD THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY THE BALLROOM IS GOING TO BE GLORIOUS. IT’S GOING TO BE USED FOR EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: AGAIN, THIS DEMOLITION CATCHING MUCH OF WASHINGTON BY SURPRISE, AND THE WHITE HOUSE STILL IS NOT SUBMITTED THE PLANS FOR OFFICIAL REVIEW. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT INSISTING HE’S BEEN, QUOTE, MORE TRANSPARENT THAN ANYBODY’S EVER BEEN. DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO A REMARKABLE STORY OF SURVIVAL OFF MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT. THE FAMILY ON A BOAT ENGULFED IN FLAMES JUMPING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SWIMMING ON THEIR OWN TO AN ISLAND WHERE THEY WERE STRANDED. THEIR DRAMATIC RADIO CALL FOR HELP, AND HERE’S GIO BENITEZ TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE CAPE COD FAMILY, THEIR BOAT IN FLAMES JUMPING FOR THEIR LIVES SHIPWRECKED ON AN ISLAND DESPERATELY CALLING FOR HELP. >> MAYDAY, MAYDAY, OUR SHIP WENT DOWN IN TARPAULIN COVE. >> Reporter: THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE SULLIVAN FAMILY SET OUT FROM FALMOUTH ON CAPE COD ON FRIDAY ON THEIR 30-FOOT BOAT, “THE THIRD WAVE,” PLANNING TO RETURN TUESDAY, BUT LATE MONDAY NIGHT THE FAMILY WAS JOLTED AWAKE BY THEIR BARKING DOG. IT TURNS OUT THE BOAT WAS ON FIRE. THE SULLIVANS JUMPING FROM THE FULLY ENGULFED BOAT SWIMMING TO NEARBY NAUSHON ISLAND TAKING SHELTER IN A BARN. WHEN THEY DIDN’T RETURN, A CONCERNED FAMILY MEMBER REPORTED THEM MISSING TO THE COAST GUARD. >> MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE AND REPORT ALL SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD. >> Reporter: THEY FOUND THE BOAT’S MARINE RADIO ON SHORE MAKING THAT MAYDAY CALL WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> OUR SHIP BURNED WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING, AND WE BARELY ESCAPED. >> YES, THE VESSEL HAD SUNK, AND WE ARE IN THE FARMHOUSE ON THE HILL. >> Reporter: THAT COAST GUARD CHOPPER FINDING THAT FARMHOUSE AIRLIFTING THE FAMILY TO THE HOSPITAL. AND, DAVID, ALL THREE FAMILY MEMBERS SUFFERED BURNS. CYNTHIA SULLIVAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND SADLY THE FAMILY’S HERO DOG WHO WOKE THEM UP DID NOT SURVIVE. BUT, DAVID, IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE THAT THIS FAMILY WAS ABLE TO SWIM TO THAT ISLAND. DAVID. >> David: SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE SURVIVAL STORY IN NEW ENGLAND. THANK YOU, GIO. >>> NEXT TONIGHT HERE, TROPICAL STORM MELISSA NOW EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE POTENTIALLY GROWING INTO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. IN FACT, THE LATEST MODEL SHOWING THE SYSTEM MOVING OVER CUBA AND THEN THE BAHAMAS AND WHERE IT HEADS AFTER THAT, THIS IS VERY EARLY. LET’S GET RIGHT TO LEE GOLDBERG FROM WABC IN NEW YORK. >> CALL THE CARIBBEAN HOME FOR THE NEXT WEEK FOR MELISSA. A 50 MILE-PER-HOUR TROPICAL STORM CREEPING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN AND NOW FORECAST TO BE A CATEGORY 3 OR 4 HURRICANE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. HISPANIOLA MAY BE OUT OF THE FORECAST BUBBLE BUT NOT OUT OF DANGER. THERE ARE ALERTS FROM JAMAICA TO HAITI. LOOK AT THE FUTURECAST. IT’S EAST SIDE LOADED WITH MOISTURE AND HEAVY RAIN GOING TOWARD HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND COULD SEE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN AND A BIG SPREAD IN FORECAST TRACTS AND THE CONCERN NOW IS FOR THE POTENTIAL TRACTS THAT GET CLOSER TO THE EAST COAST NEXT WEEK. WE’LL KEEP ON TOP OF IT, DAVID. >> David: YOU WILL, AS ALWAYS, LEE GOLDBERG TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> THIS EVENING THERE ARE PROTESTS UNDER WAY IN NEW YORK AFTER I.C.E. SWEPT IN MAKING ARRESTS ALONG LOWER MANHATTAN’S CANAL STREET KNOWN FOR TOURISTS AND SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR DESIGNER KNOCKOFFS. TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHO WAS ARRESTED, AND THIS EVENING NEW CLAIMS ABOUT SOME WHO WERE DETAINED AS WELL. MATT RIVERS IN LOWER MANHATTAN AGAIN TONIGHT. [ CROWD CHANTING ] >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW PROTESTS IN LOWER MANHATTAN JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THAT CHAOTIC FEDERAL IMMIGRATION RAID TARGETING STREET VENDORS ALONG NEW YORK CITY’S FAMED CANAL STREET. I.C.E. SAYS IT ARRESTED NINE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS DURING AN OPERATION AIMED AT THE SALE OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS. >> IT’S DEFINITELY INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN. IT’S NOT RANDOM. WE’RE NOT JUST PULLING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET. >> Reporter: DHS SAYS A HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS WERE ALSO ARRESTED BUT LATER RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGES. NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN DAN GOLDMAN BLASTING I.C.E. FOR ALLEGEDLY DETAINING AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> THIS IS A MILITARIZED EFFORT TO INCITE TENSION, PASSIONS, AND INFLAME THE COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY. >> Reporter: NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL NOW ASKING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO TURN OVER VIDEOS DOCUMENTING THE ACTIONS OF FEDERAL OFFICERS. TONIGHT WE’RE LEARNING DHS NOW SURGING RESOURCES TO SAN FRANCISCO. ABC NEWS LEARNING A COAST GUARD BASE NEARBY WILL HOST BORDER PROTECTION AGENTS STARTING TODAY. AND, DAVID, PROTESTS UNDER WAY ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT IN LOWER MANHATTAN. THE MESSAGE HERE TONIGHT, A CLEAR ONE, I.C.E. SHOULD LEAVE NEW YORK CITY, BUT THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF I.C.E. SAYS THE CITY CAN EXPECT MORE IMMIGRATION ARRESTS IN THE WEEKS TO COME. DAVID. >> David: ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS ON THE SCENE AGAIN TONIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN TO THE TRIAL OF A FORMER SHERIFF’S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH MURDER FOR THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF SONYA MASSEY IN HER HOME NEAR SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THE DEPUTY, SEAN GRAYSON, OPENING FIRE DURING A CONFRONTATION IN MASSEY’S HOME. HIS PARTNER FROM THAT DAY NOW TESTIFYING FOR THE PROSECUTION SAYING THE WOMAN IN THE KITCHEN, SONYA MASSEY, QUOTE, NEVER DID ANYTHING THAT MADE ME THINK SHE WAS A THREAT AND THAT IT WAS GRAYSON’S, QUOTE, ACTIONS THAT RAISED MY SENSE OF AWARENESS. GRAYSON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES. >>> FROM UKRAINE TONIGHT THE HORRIFIC IMAGES COMING IN AFTER ANOTHER MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK. THIS TIME KINDERGARTNERS RUSHED TO SAFETY. THEY SURVIVED WHILE HIDING IN A SHELTER. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP REVEALING NEW SANCTIONS TONIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA AND THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED, WHY NOW ON THE SANCTIONS WEEKS AFTER THAT SUMMIT WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN ON AMERICAN SOIL? HERE TONIGHT RACHEL SCOTT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE HARROWING IMAGES OF A DIRECT RUSSIAN STRIKE ON A KINDERGARTEN IN UKRAINE. THIS VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWING A PROJECTILE HEADING TOWARDS THE BUILDING THEN A FIERY BLAST. DEBRIS FLYING EVERYWHERE. THE KINDERGARTNERS INSIDE RUSHED TO SAFETY SURVIVING IN A SHELTER. IT COMES TWO MONTHS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP MET WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IN ALASKA, A MEETING THAT ONLY LED RUSSIA TO INTENSIFY ITS BOMBARDMENT OF UKRAINE. LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT AFTER SPEAKING WITH PUTIN REFUSED UKRAINE’S REQUEST FOR POWERFUL TOMAHAWK MISSILES THAT COULD FIRE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WOULD SOON MEET WITH PUTIN AGAIN IN HUNGARY, BUT THAT MEETING IS NOW CALLED OFF. RUSSIA SAYING, WE CANNOT POSTPONE WHAT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED, AND LATE TODAY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE WILL NOW IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. >> THEY’RE MASSIVE SANCTIONS AND SANCTIONS ON OIL, THE TWO BIGGEST OIL COMPANIES AMONG THE BIGGEST IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY’RE RUSSIAN. THEY DO A LOT OF OIL, AND HOPEFULLY IT’LL PUSH — HOPEFULLY HE’LL BECOME REASONABLE, AND HOPEFULLY ZELENSKYY WILL BE REASONABLE TOO. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO AS THEY SAY. >> Reporter: AND, AGAIN, DAVID, WE SAW THOSE DISTURBING IMAGES ON A KINDERGARTEN IN UKRAINE. THE CHILDREN INSIDE RUSHED TO SAFETY. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED WHY HE’S IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA NOW. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE FELT LIKE IT WAS TIME SAYING, QUOTE, WE WAITED A LONG TIME. DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT WITH US HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE HORRIFIC CRASH ON AN INTERSTATE, THE DASH CAM IMAGES TONIGHT FROM INSIDE THE CAB OF A TRACTOR TRAILER SLAMMING INTO A VEHICLE SETTING OFF A CHAIN REACTION CRASH AND WHAT WE’VE NOW LEARNED TONIGHT ABOUT THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK. IN JUST A MOMENT. >>> THERE’S ALSO NEWS TONIGHT ON THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL BREAKING HIS SILENCE TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER CHOOSING BAD BUNNY. WHAT GOODELL IS NOW SAYING ABOUT THE HALFTIME SHOW AFTER CRITICISM FROM THE PRESIDENT IN A MOMENT HERE. >> David: DRAMATIC DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT OF A DEADLY CRASH. THE VIDEO IS NOW PART OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. FOUR OTHERS HURT. THE FREEWAY SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS. THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HE’S NOW FACING CHARGES OF DUI AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. >>> TONIGHT A DARING RESCUE IN McKINNEY, TEXAS, OUTSIDE DALLAS. MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS USING LATDERS TO REACH A DRIVER — LOOK AT THIS — DANGLING OFF THE SIDE OF AN OVERPASS AND EVENTUALLY LOWERING HIM TO SAFETY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NONLIFE-THREATENING INJURY. JUST INCREDIBLE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, NEWS THIS EVENING ON THAT SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW FEATURING BAD BUNNY. WHAT NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL IS NOW SAYING, BREAKING HIS SILENCE TONIGHT ON THIS. >> David: TO THE INDEX, THE NFL TONIGHT STANDING BEHIND ITS CHOICE OF BAD BUNNY TO PERFORM AT THIS SEASON’S SUPER BOWL. LEAGUE COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL REACTING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRITICISM OF THE PICK. GOODELL SAYING THE PUERTO RICAN SUPERSTAR IS, QUOTE, ONE OF THE LEADING AND POSE POPULAR ENTERTAINERS IN THE WORLD ADDING THAT THE CHOICE WAS CAREFULLY THOUGHT THROUGH. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS. THE YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST ON STAGE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD, HIS PERFORMANCE TONIGHT COMPETING AGAINST CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND WHY HE MADE HIS PROFESSORS HERE IN PHILLY VERY PROUD. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE AMERICA STRONG, THE YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST WHO IS NOW THE WORLD CHAMPION, AND YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE WHY. ♪ ♪ TONIGHT, THE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT ON THE WORLD STAGE. A YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST, ERIC LIU, WHO GRADUATED FROM THE CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC HERE IN PHILADELPHIA IN 2020 WINNING WHAT MANY CALL THE OLYMPICS OF THE PIANO WORLD. ♪ ♪ THE 27-YEAR-OLD LU IS FROM BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. EVERY FIVE YEARS HUNDREDS OF PERFORMERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD APPLYING TO COMPETE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION NAMED AFTER THE COMPOSER. 181 COMPETED IN WARSAW. A 17-MEMBER JURY NARROWING IT DOWN TO 11 FINALISTS AND THEN AWARDING THE GRAND PRIZE. >> ERIC LU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> David: ERIC LU IS THE FIRST AMERICAN WINNER SINCE 1970. >> I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. ♪ ♪ >> David: IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO, INCREDIBLY AT JUST 17 YEARS OLD, ERIC PLACED FOURTH, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID BACK THEN ABOUT NOT GIVING UP. >> IF THIS CAN CONTINUE ON, THAT WOULD BE JUST THE GREATEST HAPPINESS FOR ME. >> David: TONIGHT HERE IN PHILLY, THE CURTIS INSTITUTE SAYING WE’RE THRILLED TO CONGRATULATE RECENT GRADUATE ERIC LU, AND TONIGHT — >> HI, DAVID. >> David: — THAT YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST, ERIC, AND HIS MESSAGE FROM WARSAW. >> PERSEVERANCE THROUGH STRESSFUL TIMES COULD EVENTUALLY PAY OFF. I’VE SPENT SO MANY FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED FROM BACK HOME. [ APPLAUSE ] >> David: WE ARE CHEERING FOR YOU BACK HERE IN AMERICA, ERIC. THE 27-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN MAKING PHILLY PROUD IN HIS HOMETOWN BACK IN MASSACHUSETTS. BY THE WAY, WE’RE IN PHILADELPHIA INVITED BY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION FOR AN HONOR AND TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS, AND THEY’VE BEEN IMPRESSIVE. I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

Matt Gutman reports on Pres. Trump expanding America’s war on cartels after the military launched a deadly airstrike on a suspected drug boat in the Pacific off of Central America; With the government shutdown entering its fourth week, Mary Bruce has the latest on the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for a now expected $300 million ballroom, and what sources tell ABC News about Pres. Trump’s controversial renovation; Gio Benitez has details on the dramatic story of survival by a Massachusetts family of three, stranded after a fire on their boat forced them to swim to a nearby island for two nights; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
02:38 U.S. strikes boat in Pacific Ocean, expanding war on suspected drug smugglers
05:20 Entire White House East Wing to be torn down for Trump’s new ballroom
08:52 Massachusetts family rescued after being stranded for 2 days on island off Cape Cod
10:34 Tropical Storm Melissa expected to become life-threatening hurricane
11:32 Protests erupt in Lower Manhattan following chaotic immigration raid on Canal Street
13:13 Former deputy accused of killing Sonya Massey in her own home on trial
13:40 U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia after deadly attack on Ukrainian kindergarten
16:10 Dashcam video captures deadly freeway accident outside Los Angeles
16:30 Truck driver rescued from cab of truck dangling over edge of freeway
16:55 Roger Goodell: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show is not being reconsidered
17:27 America Strong: American Eric Lu wins International Chopin Piano Competition

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  1. Do the Democrats understand that they could cause the next civil war red against Blue Democrats against Republicans for real except a new age weaponry

  6. Oh boo hoo the Democrats are at fault for the government shutdown 100% you can see from what they have actually said I don't know why this new seemed to be not 100% accurate but I see now what Trump and other people have said about fake news this newscast seemed to get a lot of things off I don't know if you do it on purpose or what but it's crazy number one the Democrats shouldn't have been asking for illegals to be on free health care or anything else it's illegal to be in this country without asking or permission or whatever and number two the Democrats could have went in there and agree to a simple Bill to keep things going they didn't want to do that so it's all on them and if they keep going down the road they're going they're going to be a Civil War in this country and the Democrats I feel like a 100% they're going to lose you know it's ridiculous if we the people could fire the Democrats I think we would have already done it don't think that anyone is going to want to vote for them ever again at least I hope not and also a lot of people is going to be hungry and it's going to be all on their shoulders it's all their fault 100 % their fault and that is the truth and I am getting sick of the news lying well not all News lies FOX News tells the truth and there's other news is that tell the truth thank God for that hey now if people pay attention they'll be able to see with their own eyes you know if you go to news that don't cut out part of trump speeches and and what was actually said by the Democrats you know the Democrats want evil agendas and all that I can see that by their actions and what they have said you have to be either like something wrong with your brain to not know that it's their fault I wish the Republicans could despair them but apparently they can't and Trump cannot do anything about putting money into the food stamp program they need the Democrats to help with that apparently otherwise Trump could just cancel another democratic program and put that money into the food stamp program but no the Democrats don't want to agree on what is right they just thinking about their selves so they are the ones that need to be fired why do we even need two parties in the government I don't know why it's time to divorce the Democrats there are a bunch of selfish greedy apparently not educated very well people and that's what I see and if that's mean I can't help it sometimes the truth hurts and I believe in freedom of speech too but I don't think we should go around saying like about someone's death like you know I don't wish death on them or anyone I think that they need to repent before it's too late though I mean there's going to be a time when this world ends and it could be today this time it's going to have a fire though and by God's hands all unrighteous people will end up in the Lake of Fire if they don't repent of their sins and their wrongdoings and that is a fact . And how sad that you know people are going to be hurting for food and some people and the little kids not having a good Thanksgiving all because of the Democrats and I don't think that the Democrats are going to start the government back up and then things are going to have to get a lot more I guess maybe difficult because then we're going to have to do something about it we the people and the Republican Party are going to have to team together to fire the Democrats or something because it's not right to let people suffer in hunger and stuff all because of bunch of selfish people that want evil agenda I shouldn't be shocked though because the Democratic party seems to stand for sin a lot of things they think about seems to be sinful you can't trust people like that it's hard enough to trust people it's in the Republican party but I tell you what number one on my God fearing Christian and God will take care of his people so if you're not right with God you better get right with God because you're going to need him to help take care of you❤

  8. ABC fake news is at it again. They can't go 1 episode without attacking President Trump. Usually, the whole episode is a series of stories attacking President Trump. The democrats in the senate have shutdown government and President Trump has made peace in the middle east. The democrats complain about a very nice renovation that is not being paid for with taxpayer money. And they are trying to get a judge to halt work to make it look like a mess for as long as possible. ABC fake news says that the Republicans shouldn't be talking about renovations while the government is shutdown shortly after stating the democrats are the ones who brought it up, the ones who have a problem with it. I can continue. But its all the same bull crap. They are dishonest in such a way that its not an outright lie, bit the meaning is definitely twisted and most people don't get the truth.

  9. Dumbest president ever, Government shut dwn, with families with no money but, u can find the time to build a 300 million dollar ball rm. For a Rm that doesn't belong to u, it belongs to the people. This Country is in Shambles nd is going dwn hill fast behind this Guy. I Pray For all the families going thru hardship.

  10. Dumbest president ever, Government shut dwn, with families with no money but, u can find the time to build a 300 million dollar ball rm. For a Rm that doesn't belong to u, it belongs to the people. This Country is in Shambles nd is going dwn hill fast behind this Guy. I Pray For all the families going thru hardship.

  11. Dumbest president ever, Government shut dwn, with families with no money but, u can find the time to build a 300 million dollar ball rm. For a Rm that doesn't belong to u, it belongs to the people. This Country is in Shambles nd is going dwn hill fast behind this Guy. I Pray For all the families going thru hardship.

  12. All the poor, working class and middle class MAGA’s, and republican federal employees who have been fired or just on shutdown should be proud of President Trump for having his priorities right. His #1 Priority is to build a $300,000,000 ballroom for him, our oligarchs and his billionaire friends. I bet yall won’t be invited. Yall should be very proud to be Republican and proud of your President.

  14. People donated that money to make a ballroom other presidents have done the same thing updating the White House and making it better anything to hate on Trump

  15. Why is ABC NEWS So lousy these days? I remember when I was a Vietnam Era Veteran serving in the European theatre, ABC News was the go to TV/ Radio Stationed we all listened to. Because back then, ABC NEWS was honest and truthful. Nowadays, You are FAKE NEWS – degeneration in full speed ahead! Please send this up to senior executives and listen to the spirit of yester years – Change Back to the good old days of news broadcasting

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