ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – October 31, 2025

CLOSE CALL AT BOSTON’S LOGAN AIRPORT ALSO. THE FBI SAYS IT HAS HALTED A POTENTIAL HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT. FIRST TONIGHT, TWO PASSENGER JETS AND THE NEAR COLLISION. >> THAT WAS CLOSE. YEAH, MAN. NOT COOL. >> A DELTA FLIGHT, NEARLY 300 PASSENGERS AND CREW FORCED TO ABORT, LANDING JUST 125FT FROM LANDING WHEN ANOTHER PLANE BARRELS DOWN AN INTERSECTING RUNWAY CROSSING ITS PATH. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS JUMPING IN. BUT TONIGHT, WITH THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THE STAFFING LEVELS ARE NOW AT CRITICAL LEVELS TONIGHT. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED OR DELAYED. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT GETTING PAID. CALLING IN SICK. ALSO TONIGHT, THE FBI SAYS IT MOVED IN TO HOLD A POTENTIAL HALLOWEEN TERROR ATTACK. THEY SAY THERE HAD BEEN FIREARMS TRAINING AND AUTHORITIES INTERCEPTING COMMUNICATIONS, REFERRING TO PUMPKIN DAY TONIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ARRESTS TONIGHT, DAY 31 OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN JUST HOURS BEFORE MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS ARE SET TO LOSE FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO USE EMERGENCY FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT. AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOW SAYING TONIGHT, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE DEADLY STORMS, THE MAN KILLED IN NEW YORK CITY, HE DROWNED WHEN WATER FLOODED HIS BASEMENT APARTMENT. ANOTHER MAN KILLED. ELECTROCUTED AS HE TRIED TO PUMP THE WATER OUT. AND TONIGHT, WHAT’S LEFT OF THIS STORM. THE HEAVY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50MPH. FOR THOSE OUT WITH THEIR CHILDREN FOR HALLOWEEN, PRINCE ANDREW SUED. NO LONGER A PRINCE. AND TONIGHT, THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA GIUFFRE DEMANDING THAT KING CHARLES GO FURTHER, HOPING HE PUTS PRESSURE ON THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NOW TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. TONIGHT, THE ROLLER COASTER SCARE BACK HERE IN THE U.S. RIDERS SAY A GIRL ON THE RIDE, HER SEATBELT COMES UNDONE. TWO ADULTS HOLDING HER IN HER SEAT AS THAT RIDE REACHES SPEEDS OF 75MPH. TONIGHT, THE FRIGHTENING MOMENTS AT A SCHOOL. POLICE SAY A MAN CRASHING HIS CAR, THEN SMASHING A WINDOW TO GRAB A YOUNG CHILD THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE SCHOOL. A TEACHER FIGHTING HIM OFF THE REPORTED BREAK IN THE NBA STAR ON THE COURT AS THIEVES WERE ALLEGEDLY IN HIS HOME. AND TONIGHT HERE, THE HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE JUST IN. AND WHAT MANY OF YOU AT HOME DID AFTER YOU SAW SOMETHING RIGHT HERE THIS WEEK. WHO IS OUR PERSON OF THE WEEK? >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH AN ALARMING CLOSE CALL AT BOSTON’S LOGAN AIRPORT. TWO PASSENGER JETS, ONE WITH MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD, JUST 125FT FROM LANDING ON THE RUNWAY WHEN ANOTHER PLANE PASSES IN FRONT. IT WAS A DELTA FLIGHT FROM PARIS ON APPROACH TO BOSTON, JUST MOMENTS FROM LANDING, WHEN ANOTHER PLANE TAKING OFF CROSSED ITS PATH ON AN INTERSECTING RUNWAY. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS JUMPING IN TO GET THE PLANE TO GO AROUND AGAIN. AND THIS COMES AS THE FAA TONIGHT ACKNOWLEDGING CRITICAL STAFF SHORTAGES AMID THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT GETTING PAID, MANY CALLING IN SICK. ABC’S MATT RIVERS LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT. THE ALARMING CLOSE CALL FOR TWO PASSENGER PLANES AT BOSTON’S LOGAN AIRPORT. LISTEN TO THE MOMENT TWO PILOTS REALIZED THEY WERE ON A POSSIBLE COLLISION COURSE. >> WHAT THE HECK? THAT WAS CLOSE. YEAH, MAN. NOT COOL. >> A DELTA FLIGHT FROM PARIS WITH NEARLY 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD COMING IN FOR LANDING YESTERDAY. JUST 125FT OFF THE RUNWAY, ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN JUST AS A CAPE AIR FLIGHT WAS SPEEDING DOWN AN INTERSECTING RUNWAY TAKING OFF, ACCORDING TO FLIGHT RADAR 24. SUDDENLY, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. >> DELTA 263. HEAVY. GO AROUND AND TURN TEN DEGREES. >> LEFT FOR DELTA TWO. >> 63 THAT DELTA FLIGHT ABORTING ITS LANDING. CLIMBING BACK INTO THE AIR. THE CONTROLLER ORDERING THAT CAPE AIR FLIGHT TO STAY LOW. >> GO LOW. >> GOING LOW. >> BOTH PLANES COMING WITHIN 3800FT OF EACH OTHER. >> IN THIS CASE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS CONTROLLER ERROR, BUT IT WAS ALSO A GOOD SAVE BY THE CONTROLLER WHEN THEY REALIZED THE MISTAKE HAD BEEN MADE AND MADE THE DELTA JET GO AROUND. >> AND TONIGHT, DRAMATIC NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE DAMAGE INSIDE THE CABIN OF A JETBLUE FLIGHT TO NEWARK THAT SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE WHILE FLYING FROM CANCUN. VIDEO SHOWING CRACKS WHERE PEOPLE HIT THE CEILING. SHELLEY WALSH SAYS EVERYONE IN THE AISLE WENT FLYING. >> IT WAS SUCH A VIOLENT, SUDDEN DROP. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT WENT COMPLETELY HORIZONTAL, HIT THE CEILING, FLEW BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND. >> THAT FLIGHT MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN TAMPA. SEVERAL PASSENGERS AND CREW RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. NO WORD YET WHAT CAUSED THAT DROP IN ALTITUDE. AND AS THE COUNTRY DEALS WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, MAJOR FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS NATIONWIDE DUE TO CRITICAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, STAFFING ISSUES AND BAD WEATHER, SOME 32 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITIES REPORTING SHORTAGES, AND THE LIST IS GROWING. ONE FAA SOURCE TELLING ABC NEWS IT’S THE WORST SHE’S EVER SEEN. I’M ALSO ONE OF THE MILLIONS AFFECTED BY THE SHUTDOWN’S IMPACT ON AIR TRAVEL. AFTER FOUR CANCELED FLIGHTS AND HOURS OF DELAYS, IT TOOK ME A FULL EXTRA DAY TO GET FROM CHICAGO HERE TO NEWARK IN ORLANDO YESTERDAY, THE BUSIEST AIRPORT IN FLORIDA, THE FAA SAYING THERE WERE NO CONTROLLERS TO LAND PLANES FOR A TIME BEFORE STAFFING WAS FINALLY INCREASED. AND DAVID, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS TONIGHT, AND THAT NUMBER ONLY GETTING WORSE BY THE HOUR. AND WITH NO END IN SIGHT TO THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THIS CHAOS COULD LIKELY LAST AT LEAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK. DAVID. >> MATT RIVERS LEADING US OFF HERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. MATT. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE FBI TONIGHT SAYING IT THWARTED A POTENTIAL HALLOWEEN TERROR PLOT IN MICHIGAN. MULTIPLE ARRESTS. THE FBI SAYS SUSPECTS HAD FIREARMS TRAINING AND THAT THEY HAD INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING MESSAGES REFERRING TO PUMPKIN DAY. HERE’S OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS. >> TONIGHT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY, THE FBI LAUNCHING A SERIES OF RAIDS IN CONNECTION TO WHAT THEY FEARED WAS A DEADLY PLOT TO COMMIT MASS MURDER ON HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN MICHIGAN. THIS VIDEO, OBTAINED BY THE DEARBORN NEWS, SHOWS THE TENSE MOMENTS AS THE FBI PREPARES TO ENTER A HOME SEEKING EVIDENCE THEY BELIEVE WAS TIED TO THE ALLEGED PLOT, WHICH A LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE SAYS MAY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY ISIS. FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL. POSTING AT 7:30 A.M. THIS MORNING, THE FBI THWARTED A POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACK AND ARRESTED MULTIPLE SUSPECTS IN MICHIGAN. NEIGHBORS STUNNED AND FEARFUL WITH THE NEWS COMING JUST HOURS BEFORE PARENTS WERE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN OUT TO TRICK OR TREAT FOR HALLOWEEN. >> THIS IS VERY NEW AND SCARY TO ME. IT’S LIKE YOU’RE IN A MOVIE ALL OF A SUDDEN. >> SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, THE FBI HAD BEEN MONITORING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF A NUMBER OF SUSPECTED RADICALS USING AN ONLINE CHAT GROUP. IN RECENT WEEKS, THOSE SUSPECTS HAD ALLEGEDLY ENGAGED IN FIREARMS TRAINING. AND SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE DECISION WAS MADE TO CONDUCT RAIDS AFTER THERE WAS A REFERENCE TO PUMPKIN DAY, WHICH AUTHORITIES FEARED MEANT HALLOWEEN. THOSE SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS TWO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED, WITH THREE MORE BEING QUESTIONED RANGING IN AGE FROM 16 TO 27. ALTHOUGH NO CHARGES WERE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TODAY, SOURCES TELL US THEY BELIEVE THIS WAS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PLOT. THE FBI SAYS THE THREAT HAS BEEN NEUTRALIZED. SO, DAVID, IT APPEARS IT’S OKAY FOR KIDS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES TO TRICK OR TREAT. DAVID. >> IT’S STILL ALARMING NONETHELESS. PIERRE THOMAS, THANK YOU. TONIGHT. DAY 31 OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, JUST HOURS BEFORE MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS WERE SET TO LOSE FEDERAL FOOD ASSISTANCE. A FEDERAL JUDGE NOW ORDERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO USE EMERGENCY FUNDS TO PAY FOR IT. AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON TONIGHT. JAY O’BRIEN, BACK ON THE HILL AGAIN TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT. HOURS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WOULD FORCE CRITICAL FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RUN OUT, A FEDERAL JUDGE NOW ORDERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO USE EMERGENCY FUNDS, SAYING WITHOUT THE SNAP FEDERAL FOOD PROGRAM, SOME 42 MILLION OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST VULNERABLE WOULD FACE IRREPARABLE HARM AND TERROR OVER THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILY. THE ADMINISTRATION ARGUING IT’S NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO USE THE MONEY. LATE TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE’S INSTRUCTING THE GOVERNMENT’S LAWYERS TO ASK THE JUDGE HOW WE CAN LEGALLY FUND SNAP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SAYING IF THE COURT GIVES DIRECTION, IT WILL BE MY HONOR TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING. WITH BENEFITS STOPPING THIS WEEKEND, MARTHA GOODLATTE IN NORTH CAROLINA, WHO GETS NEARLY ALL OF HER FOOD FROM SNAP LEFT IN LIMBO. >> LISTEN TO ME IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DO NOT TAKE AWAY FROM US, PLEASE. >> KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. >> FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW FEAR THEY’LL BE OVERWHELMED. >> WE KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN’T KEEP UP AND MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. >> YOU CAN’T KEEP UP WITH. >> ALL OF IT. WE ABSOLUTELY CANNOT. >> AFTER HIS ADMINISTRATION MOVED MONEY AROUND TO COVER SOLDIERS PAYCHECKS THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY PRESSED ON WHETHER HE COULD DO THE SAME FOR SNAP. >> WELL, THERE ALWAYS IS. BUT ALL THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO DO IS SAY, LET’S GO. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. THEY DON’T HAVE TO. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS OPEN. >> BUT DEMOCRATS ARE HOLDING FIRM FOR AN EXTENSION OF OBAMACARE TAX CREDITS TO PREVENT HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR SOME 20 MILLION AMERICANS FROM SKYROCKETING INSURANCE PREMIUMS. FOR STACY COX AND HER HUSBAND, SET TO QUADRUPLE TO $2,000 A MONTH. TONIGHT, SENDING THIS MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON. >> DON’T MAKE US SUFFER WHILE YOU FIGURE IT OUT. DON’T. DON’T MAKE ME LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE WHILE YOU GUYS FIGURE OUT A BETTER PLAN. >> AND DAVID, TONIGHT, REPUBLICANS STILL REFUSING TO NEGOTIATE WHILE THE GOVERNMENT IS SHUT DOWN. DEMOCRATS SAYING THEY DON’T BELIEVE REPUBLICANS WILL NEGOTIATE AT ALL. AND THEY’RE FORCED THEM TO CONFRONT THE ISSUE. NOW, MEANTIME. EXACTLY ONE MONTH INTO THIS SHUTDOWN, AS CRITICAL PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP ARE ON THE LINE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE STILL GETTING PAID. THEIR NEXT PAYCHECK GOES OUT TOMORROW. DAVID. >> AMERICANS FULLY AWARE OF THAT. JAY O’BRIEN ON THIS ALL WEEK LONG. THANK YOU. JAY. NOW TO THE DEADLY STORMS THAT SLAMMED THE NORTHEAST IN NEW YORK CITY. A MAN WAS KILLED DROWNING WHEN WATER FLOODED HIS BASEMENT APARTMENT. ANOTHER MAN ELECTROCUTED AS HE TRIED TO PUMP THE WATER OUT. AND TONIGHT, THE GUSTING WINDS UP TO 50MPH ON THIS HALLOWEEN NIGHT. HERE’S STEPHANIE RAMOS TONIGHT. >> MULTIPLE PEOPLE DEAD AFTER TORRENTIAL STORMS AND HIGH WINDS ROCKED THE NORTHEAST. TWO INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. IT WAS ENOUGH TO OVERWHELM LEAVE CLOGGED STORM DRAINS ALL OVER NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY STATIONS, TURNING INTO WATERFALLS, CITY BUSSES TAKING ON WATER. IN BROOKLYN, A MAN DROWNED IN HIS OWN BASEMENT APARTMENT. HE HAD GONE BACK TO TRY TO SAVE HIS DOG THAT WAS STILL INSIDE. AND IN MANHATTAN, A 43 YEAR OLD MAN WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE TRYING TO PUMP OUT A FLOODED BOILER ROOM. >> I’M REALLY HURT. HE IS SO NICE. HE’S SUCH A SWEETHEART. >> BOTH LOCATIONS LISTED IN AREAS WITH, QUOTE, MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD. ACCORDING TO CITY AND STATE FLOOD MAPS. >> EVERY SINGLE TIME WHEN IT RAINS, MY HEART AND PRESSURE GOES UP BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. >> THE STORMS CAME WITH GUSTY WINDS THAT TOOK DOWN HUNDREDS OF TREES ALL OVER THE CITY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CATCHING THIS ONE LANDING ON A JEEP IN QUEENS. AND IT WASN’T JUST NEW YORK CITY. IN PHILADELPHIA, A WOMAN WAS KILLED WHEN A MASSIVE TREE FELL ONTO HER CAR. >> DEFINITELY PRAYING FOR THAT FAMILY. >> AND DAVID, WIND ALERTS REMAIN IN EFFECT HERE IN NEW YORK FOR GUSTS UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. ALERTS ALL THE WAY UP TO NEW ENGLAND AND INTO TOMORROW. DAVID. >> STEPHANIE. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE FOLLOWING HURRICANE MELISSA’S DIRECT HIT ON JAMAICA. AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING MORE THAN 50 DEAD NOW MOSTLY IN JAMAICA AFTER THAT CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL THERE. EMERGENCY TEAMS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR POSSIBLE VICTIMS. RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE BEING RUSHED TO THE ISLAND. MORE THAN 20 CARGO FLIGHTS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY. TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER THAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE. PRINCE ANDREW SOON NO LONGER A PRINCE. TONIGHT, THE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, NOW HOPING KING CHARLES WILL URGE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. HERE’S OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER KING CHARLES STRIPPED HIS BROTHER ANDREW, OF ALL HIS ROYAL TITLES, THE FAMILY OF ANDREW’S ACCUSER, VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, IS PUSHING FOR MORE. >> HE NEEDS TO BE FULLY INVESTIGATED AND BROUGHT TO SOME SORT OF ACCOUNT. WE NEED THE KING. WE REALLY DO. WE NEED HIM TO PUT PRESSURE ON OUR OWN GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. >> FOR YEARS, GIUFFRE CLAIMED JEFFREY EPSTEIN TRAFFICKED HER FOR SEX WITH ANDREW WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER. >> HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DONE. >> ANDREW HAS LONG DENIED IT. BUT GIUFFRE’S FAMILY SAYS THE KING’S HISTORIC DECISION IS VINDICATION. >> IT WAS JOY, BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SORROW BECAUSE SHE SHOULD BE HERE IN THIS VICTORY, IN THIS MOMENT. IT WAS EVERYTHING THAT SHE WAS FIGHTING FOR. >> ANDREW WILL SOON HAVE TO MOVE FROM HIS 30 BEDROOM MANSION TO SANDRINGHAM, THE KING’S PRIVATE ESTATE NORTH OF LONDON. EX-WIFE SARAH FERGUSON WILL NO LONGER LIVE WITH HIM. BUT EVEN WITH HIS EXILE, THE CROWN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE TAINT OF ANDREW’S ASSOCIATION WITH EPSTEIN. >> IF MORE INFORMATION DOES COME OUT ABOUT ANDREW’S LINKS WITH EPSTEIN, THAT IS DAMAGING. THAT’S STILL GOING TO REFLECT JUST AS BADLY ON THE ROYAL FAMILY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE NO LONGER HAS TITLES. >> YOU HEARD, DAVID, HOW VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, HIS FAMILY, IS HOPING KING CHARLES CAN CONVINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. THERE IS A NEW DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN FROM ARIZONA WAITING TO BE SWORN IN. IT WOULD BE THE FINAL SIGNATURE NEEDED TO FORCE A VOTE ON THE RELEASE OF THOSE RECORDS. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS HOLDING UP SWEARING HER IN BLAMING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >> DAVID AARON KATERSKY ON THE EPSTEIN CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE ROLLER COASTER SCARE HERE IN THE US. TWO ADULT RIDERS SAY A GIRL’S SEATBELT CAME UNDONE AND THAT THEY HAD TO HOLD ON TO HER AS THAT RIDE REACHED SPEEDS OF UP TO 75MPH. HERE’S MORGAN NORWOOD TONIGHT. >> TERRIFYING MOMENTS PLAYING OUT CLOSE TO 205FT IN THE AIR AFTER RIDERS SAY A CHILD’S SEATBELT BECAME UNLATCHED ON THE ROLLER COASTER IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. CAPTURED IN THIS PHOTO. >> THE FIRST DROP HALFWAY THROUGH THE HILL. I’M SORRY. THIS IS REALLY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE THIS LITTLE GIRL, THE SCREAM THAT SHE SCRUBBED, I’VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. >> CASSIE AND CHRIS EVANS SAY THEY WERE RIDING THE MAMBA AT WORLDS OF FUN THEME PARK EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHEN THEY HEARD THE YOUNG GIRL SCREAMS. >> THEN SHE SAID, MY SEATBELT CAME OFF. THERE WAS THIS BIG OF A GAP BETWEEN HER AND THE LAP BAR. >> THE MAMBA, THE PARK’S TALLEST ROLLER COASTER, REACHING SPEEDS OF 75MPH. THE TWO QUICKLY CLUTCHING BOTH THE GIRL AND HER FRIEND UNTIL THE END OF THE THREE MINUTE RIDE, AFTERWARD REPORTING THE INCIDENT TO A RIDE ATTENDANT. TONIGHT, A REPRESENTATIVE FOR SIX FLAGS, THE PARENT COMPANY OF WORLDS OF FUN THEME PARK, TELLING ABC NEWS THE PARK WAS CLOSED BRIEFLY ON THURSDAY WHILE OFFICIALS INSPECTED THE RIDE. SIX FLAGS SAYS 18 SEATBELTS WERE REPLACED. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, ACCORDING TO THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MORE THAN 20 LAP BELTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHEN INSPECTED THAT MORNING. AND DAVID, THE THEME PARK, SAYS THE SAFETY OF ITS GUESTS AND TEAM MEMBERS IS A TOP PRIORITY, ADDING THE RIDE UNDERWENT A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY REVIEW BEFORE IT OPENED TO ITS GUESTS LAST NIGHT. >> DAVID MORGAN NORWOOD THANK YOU. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, A HORRIFIC SCENE UNFOLDING IN SUDAN. ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE IN DARFUR. MASS KILLINGS REPORTED OVER A 72 HOUR PERIOD. REBELS STORMING A HOSPITAL THIS WEEK MASSACRING HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS, VISITORS AND MEDICAL STAFF. REPORTS OF GUNMEN GOING DOOR TO DOOR. REBELS CLAIM THEY HAVE CAPTURED THE FINAL HOLDOUT OF THE SUDANESE ARMY IN DARFUR. WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE JUST IN HERE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. AND WHAT SO MANY OF YOU DID AT HOME THIS WEEK AFTER SOMETHING YOU SAW RIGHT HERE, WHO IS OUR PERSON OF THE WEEK? ALSO, MORE NEWS AHEAD. THE HORRIFIC SCENE AT A SCHOOL. LOOK AT THIS. POLICE SAY A MAN CRASHED HIS CAR, THEN SMASHED A WINDOW TO GRAB A YOUNG CHILD RIGHT THROUGH THAT WINDOW. A TEACHER FIGHTING HIM OFF. ALSO, THERE’S BEEN A DEADLY SMALL PLANE CRASH IN THE NORTHEAST. AT LEAST ONE PERSON >>> TONIGHT A MAN ACCUSED OF CRASHING HIS CAR NEAR A SCHOOL AND SMASHING THE WINDOW TO GRAB A PRESCHOOL STUDENT IN CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MAN, EDWARDS, PULLED THE STUDENT THROUGH THE SHATTERED WINDOW, A TEACHER FIGHTING HIM OFF AND A SCHOOL OFFICER USING A TASER. POLICE SAY HE DIDN’T KNOW THE CHILD AND IS CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND ASSAULT. >>> A SMALL PLANE CRASHING INTO A DRIVEWAY NEAR A HOME IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, ONE PERSON DEAD. CLIPPED THE TOP OF A TREE SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OFF. THE PLANE NARROWLY MISSED THE HOME, THE PASSENGER EJECTED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. >>> REPORTED BREAK-IN, NBA STAR ON THE COURT WITH THIEVES ALLEGEDLY IN HIS HOME AT THE TIME. >>> ALSO THE HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE JUST IN, YOU GOT TO SEE IT. WHAT MANY >>> TO THE INDEX, NBA STAR ON THE COURT WHILE THIEVES WERE ALLEGEDLY IN HIS HOME A FEW MILES AWAY. POLICE RESPONDED TO A BREAK-IN AT SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER’S HOME THURSDAY NIGHT. OFFICERS SAY THE SUSPECTS GOT AWAY BEFORE THEY ARRIVED. NO ONE WAS HOPE, SHAI WAS ON THE COURT NINE MILES AWAY AT PAYCOM CENTER. >>> DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS, SO CLOCKS FALL BACK AN HOUR 2:00 A.M. SUNDAY. GOOD NEWS, YOU GAIN AN HOUR OF SLEEP. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE PLAYING OUT MOMENTS >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE MOM WE’RE CHEERING FOR THIS HALLOWEEN AND WHAT YOU DID. ♪ ♪ TONIGHT ON THIS HALLOWEEN, SO MANY OF YOU RESPONDING TO WHAT YOU SAW THIS WEEK, THE MOMBIES. NOT ZOMBIES, THEY CALL THEMSELVES MOMBIES FOR A REASON. THEY’RE RAISING MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. VANILLA ICE, BEYONCE — ♪ ♪ MICHAEL JACKSON’S “THRILLER.” 50 MOMS IN ALL FROM FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, TEN YEARS STRONG. AFTER OUR REPORT THIS WEEK, THE MOMBIES TELLING US “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” VIEWERS DONATED MORE THAN $80,000 AND ANOTHER ANONYMOUS VIEWER PROMISING TO MATCH IT, DOUBLING IT TO MORE THAN 160 GRAND. TONIGHT, JUST IN, THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR THE BIG PERFORMANCE IN MOLLY’S KITCHEN, DOING THE MAKEUP. >> YOU DO A SCAR LIKE NOBODY ELSE, DON’T YOU? >> MANY OF THE MOMBIES ARE SUPPORTERS AND CANCER SURVIVORS THEMSELVES. CASSANDRA. >> IS BEING A MOMBIE EXTRA SPECIAL BECAUSE YOU’RE A SURVIVOR? >> ABSOLUTELY IS. >> MOMENTS BEFORE THEY PERFORMED TONIGHT — >> HI DAVID. >> GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU AT HOME. >> THANKS TO ABC VIEWERS, WE’RE $50,000 SHY OF A MILLION DOLLARS RAISED FOR SLOAN KETTERING METASTATIC CANCER RESEARCH. >> MOMENTS AGO, PERFORMING TO LADY GAGA AT TOWN HALL IN FAIRFIELD. ♪ ♪ ON THIS HALLOWEEN NIGHT, MESSAGE TO ALL OF YOU. >> THANK YOU, ABC, HAPPY HALLOWEEN! >> SO WE CHOOSE THE MOMBIES. MOMBIES.ORG.

Matt Rivers reports on the Delta pilot who aborted landing at Boston’s Logan Airport after realizing the plane was on a possible collision course with another plane; Pierre Thomas has details on the series of FBI raids launched in connection with what they feared was a deadly plot to commit mass murder on Halloween weekend in Michigan; on Halloween night, David Muir reports on our Person of the Week – the MOMbies return to dance the night away to raise money for breast cancer research, and how “World News Tonight” viewers helped them reach their fundraising goal; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:04 Intro
02:25 Delta plane on possible collision course with plane at Boston airport aborts landing
05:34 FBI: Potential plot to commit mass murder on Halloween weekend in Michigan thwarted
07:23 Federal judge orders Trump administration to use emergency funding for SNAP payments
09:49 Record rain in Northeast triggers deadly flooding
11:22 19 fatalities in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, death toll expected to rise
11:41 Virginia Giuffre’s family speaks out after stripping of Andrew’s royal titles
13:29 Couple says seat belt malfunctioned on roller coaster at Missouri amusement park
15:05 Mass killings reported in Darfur, sparking genocide allegations

15:54 Police: Man smashes school window to grab Pre-K student
16:34 1 dead after plane crashes into driveway in Saratoga, New York
16:50 NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home burglarized during game: Police

17:10 Daylights saving time set to end on Sunday, Nov. 2

17:33 Person of the Week: “World News Tonight” viewers help MOMbies raise money for breast cancer research

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20 comments
  1. I’ve never in my life even so many airplane incidents night after night! What’s going on? Before government shutdown

  2. so I'm looking for the news today 11.01.2025-11.02.2025 and it seems Phizer, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly, Popeyes, Little Caesars, Bud Light, Wild Turkey, The crooked NBA etc… (you get the gist) must have ran out of cash to push their products and their point of view by not allowing their tattletale partners ABC World News Tonight, NBC News and that weird little guy from CNN to get all of America all riled up about a bunch of crap that really doesn't affect the majority of America while all of us continue to deal with rising healthcare costs, rising food prices, rising costs of education, failing infrastructure like beat down roads, disintegrating bridges & tunnels, illegal immigrants taking jobs away from Americans, the rise of Ai, communist brainwashing in our educational system and trillions of dollars spent on making politicians wealthier and all the money being dumped into the military industrial complex…I guess no news is good news, back to my salad with oil & vinegar.

  3. I honestly think you are one of the most fake newscasters I have ever seen right down to your fake smile that doesn’t even look real. ABC , All BS Considered!

  4. The healthcare system in America has come to let’s get an injection and take another pill it’ll work , maybe eventually.

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