ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Nov. 7, 2025

ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – Nov. 7, 2025

♪ >>> TONIGHT MORE THAN 1,000 FLIGHTS CANCELED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FALLOUT FROM THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EXPECTED TO GET WORSE. THE FAA FORCING AIRLINES TO CUT FLIGHTS AT 40 OF AMERICA’S BUSIEST AIRPORTS FROM ATLANTA TO NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES. FOUR-HOUR DELAYS REPORTED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING TO REBOOK FLIGHTS. THE SHUTDOWN RAISING SAFETY CONCERNS AMID THE CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF THOUSANDS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. >>> THE SHUTDOWN, DAY 38, THE LONGEST IN HISTORY. DEMOCRATS TONIGHT PROPOSING A DEAL TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT AND EXTEND OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES. REPUBLICANS CALLING IT A NON-STARTER. AND 24 HOURS AFTER A JUDGE ORDERED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO FULLY FUND S.N.A.P. FOOD BENEFITS FOR MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS, TONIGHT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE USDA AND WHAT A COURT JUST RULED MOMENTS AGO. >>> THE HORRIFIC CRASH OF THAT UPS PLANE IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. WHAT WE’RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT THE FINAL SECONDS IN THE COCKPIT, THE ALARM SOUNDING, AS THE CREW STRUGGLED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE PLANE. >>> NEW REPORTING ON THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF A HOUSE CLEANER, A WIFE AND MOTHER OF FOUR, SHOT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE MISTAKENLY WENT TO THE WRONG HOME. WILL CRIMINAL CHARGES BE FILED? >>> FORMER NFL STAR ANTONIO BROWN BACK IN THE U.S. AND BEHIND BARS, FACING A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. BROWN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY OVERSEAS AFTER POSTING VIDEOS OF A HIGH-END HOTEL AND LUXURY CARS. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUING NEW PARDONS. FORMER BASEBALL GREAT DARYL STRAWBERRY FOR HIS TAX EVASION CONVICTION. AND A FORMER TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER CONVICTED TO CORRUPTION AND SENTENCED TO PRISON LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. >>> THE MOTHER OF A MISSING 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARRESTED IN AN UNRELATED INVESTIGATION. NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WEARING WIGS JUST DAYS BEFORE THE YOUNG GIRL WAS LAST SEEN. >>> TONIGHT MILLIONS BRACING FOR THE FIRST ARCTIC BLAST OF THE SEASON. TEMPERATURES PLUNGING BETWEEN THE TEENS AND MID 30s. >>> AND MEGA MILLIONS CLOSING IN ON $1 BILLION. TONIGHT’S JACKPOT AND WHERE IT STANDS NOW. ♪ >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH THE AX FALLING ON MORE THAN 1,000 FLIGHTS ACROSS AMERICA. DELTA, UNITED, AMERICAN, AND SOUTHWEST AMONG THE AIRLINES FORCED TO CANCEL FLIGHTS DUE TO THE STRAIN ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE FAA ORDERING AIRLINES TO REDUCE FLIGHTS BY UP TO 10% IN THE TOP 40 BUSIEST MARKETS. AT LEAST FOUR-HOUR DELAYS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. MANY PASSENGERS RACING TO REBOOK FLIGHTS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK. THOUSANDS OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND TSA AGENTS WORKING WITHOUT PAY. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN DUFFY WARNING THE NEXT STEP MAY BE TO CLOSE AIRSPACE OVER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. ABC’S STEPHANIE RAMOS LEADS US OFF FROM NEWARK AIRPORT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A TRAVEL HEADACHE FOR PASSENGERS AS AIRLINES CANCELED MORE THAN 1,000 FLIGHTS TO EASE PRESSURE ON THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, TRIGGERING LONG LINES AND NEARLY 5,000 DELAYS. >> TOTAL HEADACHE, DISASTER, NIGHTMARE. >> ACTUALLY I’M FREAKED OUT BECAUSE I’M GOING TO MISS A FLIGHT AND IT’S A FAMILY REUNION IN FLORIDA. AND IT WILL BE REALLY HORRIBLE. >> Reporter: AIRLINES SLASHED FLIGHTS AT 40 MAJOR AIRPORTS UNDER AN EMERGENCY ORDER FROM THE FAA. THOSE CANCELLATIONS SET TO MORE THAN DOUBLE TO 10% OF DAILY FLIGHTS IN THE COMING DAYS. >> SO, I HAD A FLIGHT THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: THIS WOMAN’S FLIGHT WAS REBOOKED BUT SHE COULDN’T MAKE IT FROM NEWARK TO JFK IN TIME. >> ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? THEY REBOOKED ME OUT OF JFK AN HOUR EARLIER WITH AN 11-HOUR LAYOVER IN SOME PLACE CALLED PORT OF SPAIN. CRAZY, CRAZY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, SEAN DUFFY, INSISTS THE DRASTIC CUTS ARE NEEDED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE, AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WORK WITHOUT PAY AND MORE CALL OUT SICK. >> THE CONTROLLERS SEEM MORE STRESSED. THOSE REPORTS FROM PILOTS HAVE GONE UP. THERE’S BEEN AN INCREASE IN LOSS OF SEPARATION, SAFE DISTANCES TO KEEP AIRPLANES APART IN THE SKY. THOSE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP. >> Reporter: TONIGHT DUFFY IS DEFENDING THE DECISION TO CUT AIR TRAFFIC. >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE SECOND GUESSED WHAT WE’VE DONE. WE HAVE NOT POLITICIZED THE AIRSPACE. WE’VE BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THERE’S MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AND STILL KEEP IT SAFE. >> Reporter: WITH THE HOLIDAY RUSH RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, MANY PASSENGERS ARE WORRIED AIR TRAVEL WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND JUST WANT THE SHUTDOWN OVER. >> IT’S JUST ACTUALLY LUDICROUS. THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING, WITH THANKSGIVING, THERE’S NO END IN SIGHT. >> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF CANCELED FLIGHTS, WHIT, COULD BE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. PASSENGERS, THOUGH, WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR REFUNDS IF THEIR FLIGHT IS CANCELED AND THEY CHOOSE NOT TO FLY. MAJOR AIRLINES ARE ALSO WAVING CHANGE FEES FOR PASSENGERS IF THEY’RE LOOKING TO SWITCH THEIR FLIGHTS. WHIT? >> WE’RE SEEING THAT GROWING FRUSTRATION. STEPHANIE, THANK YOU. >>> LATE TODAY SENATE DEMOCRATS FLOATING AN OFFER TO END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, BUT REPUBLICANS SO FAR REJECTING THE PLAN, EXTENDING THE STALEMATE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO PUSHING BACK AGAINST A JUDGE’S ORDER TO FULLY FUND S.N.A.P. BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY FOR NEARLY 40 MILLION AMERICANS, AS LINES GROW AT FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE U.S. THE USDA MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND WHAT A COURT JUST RULED MOMENTS AGO. ABC’S RACHEL SCOTT ON THE HILL TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT ON DAY 38 OF THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY, SENATE DEMOCRATS PUTTING AN OFFER ON THE TABLE. >> DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING A VERY SIMPLE COMPROMISE. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY WILL VOTE TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT IF REPUBLICANS AGREE TO EXTEND OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES FOR ONE YEAR SO HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PREMIUMS WON’T SKYROCKET FOR MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS. >> NOW THE BALL IS IN THE REPUBLICANS’ COURT. WE NEED REPUBLICANS TO JUST SAY YES. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT REPUBLICANS CALL SCHUMER’S OFFER A NON-STARTER. >> I AM TIRED OF POLITICAL GAMES. I REALLY AM. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS MISSING ONE PAYCHECK AFTER ANOTHER. AND 42 MILLION RECIPIENTS OF FOOD BENEFITS, KNOWN AS S.N.A.P., WORRIED ABOUT GOING HUNGRY. >> THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP. I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T KNOW. I’M JUST PRAYING. >> Reporter: IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, 75-YEAR-OLD DIANE HOWARD RECEIVES JUST $63 A MONTH FROM S.N.A.P. BUT SHE MAKES THAT MONEY STRETCH. $3 BUYS HER FOUR CANS OF CORN AT A DISCOUNT GROCERY STORE OR TWO BOXES OF SPAGHETTI. WITHOUT IT, SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S GOING TO DO. >> I’M TRYING TO HOLD ON TO GOD’S HANDS AND HIS GRACE AND HIS MERCY. BUT IT’S SO HARD! >> Reporter: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD REFUSED TO DIP INTO EMERGENCY FUNDS TO PAY OUT FULL S.N.A.P. BENEFITS, WAGING A LEGAL BATTLE IN COURT. OVERNIGHT A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING THEM TO PAY UP. LATE TODAY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SAYING THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE JUDGE’S ORDER. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO APPEAL THAT RULING, BUT JUST MOMENTS AGO WE LEARNED IT WAS REJECTED BY A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT. S.N.A.P. BENEFITS HAVE BEEN FULLY FUNDED IN AT LEAST NINE STATES. >> AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, NO END IN SIGHT ON THIS SHUTDOWN. RACHEL SCOTT FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WE MOVE ON NOW TO THE NEW CLUES EMERGING IN THAT FIERY CRASH OF A UPS PLANE IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE FINAL SECONDS IN THE COCKPIT, THE ALARM SOUNDING AS THE CREW STRUGGLED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE PLANE, AS WE LEARN MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE VICTIMS, INCLUDING A GRANDFATHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. HERE’S ABC’S MATT RIVERS. >> OH, MY GOODNESS! >> Reporter: TONIGHT AFTER ONE OF THE WORST CARGO PLANE CRASHES IN HISTORY, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CREW’S FINAL MOMENTS FROM THE PLANE’S COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER. >> ABOUT 37 SECONDS AFTER THE CREW CALLED FOR TAKEOFF THRUST, A REPEATING BELL WAS HEARD, WHICH PERSISTED UNTIL THE END OF THE RECORDING 25 SECONDS LATER. >> Reporter: NTSB BOARD MEMBER TODD INMAN SAID AS THAT ALARM BLARED IN THOSE FINAL 25 SECONDS, THE CREW TRIED IN VAIN TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THREE FULL DAYS AFTER THIS CRASH AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE STILL BLOCKED OFF BY AUTHORITIES, MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES STILL ON SITE HERE TRYING TO THEIR BEST TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. CREWS SEARCHING THE HALF-MILE PILE OF DESTRUCTION STILL PUTTING OUT SPOT FIRES, AS THE COMMUNITY HONORS THE VICTIMS. UPS FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS CAPTAIN RICHARD — FIRST OFFICER LEE TRUITT AND CAPTAIN DANA DIAMOND, AND — THE FATHER OF FOUR WAS AT THE SCRAP YARD WITH ONE OF HIS THREE GRANDCHILDREN, 3-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY ASA, WHEN THAT PLANE TRAGICALLY ENDED THEIR LIVES. WHIT, AS THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TONIGHT, THE FIRST CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST UPS, GENERAL ELECTRIC, AND BOEING ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS DEADLY CRASH. WHIT? >> WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES TONIGHT. MATT RIVERS FOR US. >>> NOW TO THE NEW REPORTING ON THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF A HOUSE CLEANER IN INDIANA. THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF FOUR SHOT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE MISTAKENLY WENT TO THE WRONG HOME. TONIGHT PROSECUTORS WEIGHING WHETHER TO FILE CHARGES. HERE’S ABC’S AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A FAMILY IS DEMANDING JUSTICE, AND PROSECUTORS ARE WEIGHING CHARGES AFTER THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING DEATH OF A WOMAN WHO SHOWED UP TO CLEAN THE WRONG HOUSE. THEY SAY MARIA FLOER RYME DA RIOS PEREZ ARRIVED AT THE WRONG HOUSE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAY THE HOMEOWNER SHOT HER THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. SHE DIED IN THE ARMS OF HER HUSBAND. “I NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS A SHOT,” HER HUSBAND SAYS. “I REALIZED WHEN MY WIFE TOOK TWO STEPS BACK, SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE’D BEEN HIT IN THE HEAD, SHE FELL IN MY ARMS, AND I SAW THE BLOOD EVERYWHERE.” POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE SHOOTER. INDIANA HAS A STRONG STAND YOUR GROUND LAW WHEN THERE’S A REASONABLE BELIEF IT WOULD PREVENT A HOME INVASION. BUT NEIGHBORS AREN’T SO SURE IT APPLIES HERE. >> IT SHOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED. YOU KNOW? DON’T SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER. >> Reporter: I TALKED TO THE PROSECUTOR, TODAY, WHIT. HE CONCEDED HE HAS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE. HE’S WEIGHING WHETHER THAT HOMEOWNER WAS REASONABLE IN USING DEADLY FORCE, BELIEVING THE CLEANER COULD HAVE BEEN AN INTRUDER. WHIT? >> JUST AN AWFUL CASE. AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUING NEW PARDONS, FORMER BASEBALL GREAT DARYL STRAWBERRY FOR A TAX EVASION CONVICTION, AND A FORMER TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER GUILTY OF CORRUPTION. MARY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: WHIT, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS PARDONED BASEBALL LEGEND DARYL STRAWBERRY AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO TAX EVASION CHARGES THREE DECADES AGO. THE FOUR-TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMP FOR THE METS AND YANKEES SERVED TIME AND PAID BACK TAXES, ALSO NOTING HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH AND SOBRIETY. THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO PARDONING THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REPUBLICAN GLEN — JUST WEEKS AFTER HE WAS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR CORRUPTION CHARGES. BROUGHT UP ON CORRUPTION CHARGES TO RECEIVE CLEMENCY FROM TRUMP OR SEE THEIR CASES DISMISSED, INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS AND NEW YORK CITY MAYOR, ERIC ADAMS. WHIT? >> MARY BRUCE. OUR THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT. >>> NOW TO FORMER NFL STAR ANTONIO BROWN, ARRESTED OVERSEAS AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. TO FACE A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HE’S ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE AND WOUNDING A MAN AFTER A FIGHT OUTSIDE A CELEBRITY BOXING EVENT IN MIAMI. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FORMER NFL STAR ANTONIO BROWN NOW BEHIND BARS IN NEW JERSEY AWAITING EXTRADITION TO MIAMI ON AN ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. OVERNIGHT AUTHORITIES SAYING U.S. MARSHALS TOOK BROWN INTO CUSTODY IN DUBAI, ENDING A MONTHS-LONG MANHUNT. >> HE WAS AT DUBAI. WE KNEW THIS BECAUSE OF HIS VIDEOS. >> Reporter: BROWN RECENTLY POSTING THIS VIDEO AT A HOTEL IN DUBAI AS PART OF A BRAND PARTNERSHIP WITH A CRYPTO GAMBLING PLATFORM. THE VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT BACK IN MAY WHEN POLICE SAY BROWN WAS ARMED WITH A GUN AND CHASED AFTER A MAN HE’D JUST FOUGHT WITH OUTSIDE A BOXING EVENT AND OPENED FIRE. [ BLEEP ] THE MAN SUFFERING A GRAZE WOUND IN THE NECK. A DAY AFTER THAT SHOOTING, BROWN CLAIMED SELF-DEFENSE, SAYING, REGARDING THE BOXING EVENT THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, I WAS JUMPED BY MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS WHO TRIED TO STEAL MY JEWELRY AND CAUSE PHYSICAL HARM TO ME. I WILL BE TALKING TO MY LEGAL COUNSEL AND ATTORNEYS ON PRESSING CHARGES ON THE INDIVIDUALS THAT JUMPED ME. AUTHORITIES SAY BROWN THEN LEFT THE COUNTRY. BROWN RETIRED IN 2024. HIS NFL CAREER LARGELY OVERSHADOWED BY HIS LEGAL TROUBLES. IF CONVICTED A SECOND DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE CARRIES A MAXIMUM 15-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE IN FLORIDA. WHIT? >> ALL RIGHT. VICTOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> NOW TO A CASE THAT’S MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES. THE MOTHER OF A MISSING 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS NOW UNDER ARREST IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. AUTHORITIES SAY IT’S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SEARCH FOR HER DAUGHTER, BUT THE SHERIFF ALSO RELEASING NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE TWO WEARING WIGS AT A RENTAL CAR AGENCY JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HER DAUGHTER WAS LAST SEEN. HERE’S ABC’S MATT GUTMAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT NEARLY A MONTH AFTER AUTHORITIES BEGAN A FRANTIC MULTI-STATE SEARCH FOR MISSING 9-YEAR-OLD MELANIE BUZZARD, LAST PICTURING IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO APPEARING TO BE WEARING A WIG, SANTA BARBARA SHERIFF’S OFFICE ARRESTING HER MOTHER FOR CHARGES INDIRECTLY RELATED TO HER DAUGHTER’S DISAPPEARANCE. THE ARREST COMES A DAY AFTER AUTHORITIES RELEASED THAT VIDEO SHOWING THE 9-YEAR-OLD ALONG WITH HER MOTHER, ASHLEY, RENTING A CAR ON OCTOBER 7th. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PAIR DROVE NEARLY 1,500 MILES TO NEBRASKA AND TURNED AROUND, AT ONE POINT, ASHLEY EVEN CHANGING THE RENTAL CAR’S LICENSE PLATES. >> THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE LICENSE PLATE WAS SWITCHED TO AVOID DETECTION. WE DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER PLAUSIBLE REASON FOR WHY ASHLEY WOULD HAVE SWITCHED THE PLATES. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE MOTHER RETURNED THE RENTAL CAR ON OCTOBER 10th WITH THE ORIGINAL PLATES BACK ON BUT WITHOUT MELODY. INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THAT SO FAR ASHLEY, THE MOTHER, HAS BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE. SHE’S BEING HELD ON A $100,000 BAIL. AND AUTHORITIES SAY AT THIS POINT THEIR CHIEF GOAL IS TO FIND MELODY SAFE. AND THEY’RE ASKING THE PUBLIC FOR HELP, WHIT. >> SO MANY DESPERATE FOR ANSWERS. MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT MILLIONS ARE BRACING FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. A COLD BLAST FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES BETWEEN THE TEENS AND MID 30s. LET’S GO RIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. LEE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? >> WHIT, WE BEGIN WITH ROUGH WEATHER IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT. THERE’S A TORNADO WATCH PARTS OF TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, INTO PARTS OF ALABAMA. THAT’S UNTIL 10:00. NOW TO THE EAST. IT’S ACTUALLY A MILD WEEKEND, BUT ARCTIC AIR COMES IN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WE COULD HAVE RECORD COLD IN THE DEEP SOUTH. 30s IN NEW YORK AND 20s IN CHICAGO. WE’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WINDS THAT WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE TEENS FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND DOWN INTO THE DEEP SOUTH, IT WILL FEEL LIKE 20s. THERE’S SNOW TOO. WE TALKED ABOUT SNOW FROM CHICAGO TO THE OHIO VALLEY AS WE GO SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, MAYBE A FEW INCHES, AND ON TO SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO WITH LAKE EFFECTS ON TUESDAY. WE WARM UP AFTER THAT. >> THANK YOU, LEE. APPRECIATE IT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE DEATH OF I GIANT IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. >>> AND MORE TROUBLE FOR FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ, THE DECISION OVER HIS TV JOB ROUGHLY A MONTH AFTER A BACK ALLEY FIGHT THAT LEFT HIM FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. >>> AND THE WORLD’S TALLEST TEENAGER MAKING HISTORY AGAIN, TAKING TO COURT FOR HIS FIRST >>> NEXT TONIGHT, FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ NOW OUT OF A JOB WEEKS AFTER A VIOLENT ALTERCATION IN INDIANAPOLIS. FOX SPORTS ANNOUNCING SANCHEZ IS NO LONGER AN ANALYST AT THE NETWORK. PROSECUTORS SAY LAST MONTH SANCHEZ WAS STABBED IN THE CHEST AFTER ATTACKING A TRUCK DRIVER OUTSIDE A HOTEL. HE FACES A FELONY BATTERY CHARGE AND REMAINS FREE ON BOND. >>> THE FARMER’S ALMANAC IS PUBLISHING ITS LAST EDITION AFTER A 208-YEAR RUN. GARDENERS AND FARMERS HAVE RELIED ON THE ALMANAC SINCE 1818. THE PAGE IS FILLED WITH WEATHER PREDICTIONS, TIPS FOR GARDENING AND FISHING, AS WELL AS BITS OF WISDOM, TRIVIA, AND FOLKLORE. THE 2026 EDITION, WHICH IS OUT NOW, IS ITS LAST. THE BOOK, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC, WHICH REMAINS IN PRODUCTION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE WORLD’S TALLEST TEENAGER TAKES TO THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL COURT. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW, A PASSING TO NOTE TONIGHT. HE WAS A PIONEER OF MODERN BIOLOGY. JAMES WATSON HAS DIED. WATSON WAS ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS WHO DISCOVERED THE DOUBLE HELIX SHAPE OF THE DNA MOLECULE. THE BREAKTHROUGH EARNING HIM AND HIS TEAM A NOBEL PRIZE IN 1962. HE DIED IN HOSPICE CARE AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. WATSON WAS 97. >>> THE WORLD’S TALLEST TEENAGER NOW TAKING HIS TALENTS TO THE HARDWOOD. 19-YEAR-OLD OLIVIER — CLOCKS IN AT 7’9″. HE MADE HIS BIG DEBUT ON THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL COURT. HE SUITED UP WITH THE FLORIDA GATORS AS A CENTER ON THURSDAY. WHILE HE DID NOT GET HIS HANDS ON THE BALL, THE GATORS DID GO ON TO DEFEAT NORTH FLORIDA, 104-64. >>> A FORTUNE IS ON THE LINE FOR TONIGHT’S MASSIVE MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING. 843 MILLION BUCKS WITH A 392 MILLION CASH OPTION. THE GRAND PRIZE IS NOW THE EIGHTH LARGEST PRIZE IN MEGA MILLIONS HISTORY. GOOD LUCK. >>> STILL AHEAD, “AMERICA STRONG.” ONE TEACHER OFFERING A HELPING HAND LIKE NO OTHER. . >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, “AMERICA STRONG,” THE TEACHER AND THE LIFE CHANGING GIFT. >> TONIGHT IN GLASGOW, KENTUCKY, SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, A REMARKABLE GIFT FROM A TEACHER TO A STUDENT IN NEED. 9-YEAR-OLD JACKSON FARMER IN THE FOURTH GRADE WAS BORN WITHOUT HIS RIGHT HAND. BUT HIS FAMILY TELLS US HE’S ALWAYS BEEN DETERMINED TO NOT LET LIFE’S OBSTACLES GET IN THE WAY. ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, JACKSON NEVER QUITE FINDING THE RIGHT PROSTHETIC HAND, ONE THAT WOULD HELP HIM HOLD THINGS AND ONE INSURANCE WOULD COVER. IT’S SOMETHING HIS TEACHER AT RED CROSS ELEMENTARY, MR. SCOTT JOHNSON, NOTICED TOO. SO, MR. JOHNSON GOT TO WORK. WITH THE OKAY FROM JACKSON’S FAMILY, HE STARTED RESEARCHING ONLINE AND REACHING OUT TO THE PROSTHETIC COMMUNITY, DEVELOPING A PROTOTYPE. AND INCREDIBLY, AFTER SOME 25 HOURS TO PRINT ON THE SCHOOL’S 3-D PRINTER, FOUR HOURS TO ASSEMBLE, AND JUST $20 WORTH OF MATERIALS, MR. JOHNSON WAS READY TO SURPRISE JACKSON WITH HIS NEW HAND. TONIGHT JACKSON TELLING US HE LOVES IT. >> I THINK IT HELPED ME A LOT. WHENEVER, LIKE, JUST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IT JUST HELPS ME. I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PUT ON MY HAND. >> Reporter: PROUDLY SHOWING US HOW HE PUTS IT ON. USING IT TO HOLD A PHOTO OF HIM WITH MR. JOHNSON. SHOWING US HE CAN NOW PICK UP A BASEBALL, A CUP, A BOTTLE. MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINING HOW IT WORKS. >> THIS FISHING LINE RUNS THROUGH THE HAND, AND IT TIES AT THE END OF EACH ONE OF THESE FINGERTIPS. WHEN JACKSON FLEXES HIS WRIST DOWN, HE’S ABLE TO CLOSE THE HAND. AND WHEN HE RELAXES HIS WRIST, HE’S ABLE TO OPEN IT. NO BATTERIES, NO CHARGERS, JUST THE MUSCULAR POWER OF THIS AWESOME DUDE AND THAT KILLER SMILE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THEIR MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE WHO SEE A NEED AND HELP. >> WE LOVE HELPING PEOPLE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND GREAT WAYS TO BE AWESOME TOO. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> Reporter: MR. JOHNSON AND JACKSON, DEFINITELY “AMERICA STRONG.” >> THEY SURE ARE. I’M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK. HAVE A GREAT NIG

Stephanie Ramos reports as airlines are forced to cancel thousands of flights across the U.S. amid a critical shortage of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown; on day 38 of the longest government shutdown in American history, Rachel Scott has the latest on Democrats’ proposal to end it, and Republicans brushing off the offer as a “nonstarter;” Aaron Katersky has details on the horrific shooting death of a mother of four who showed up to clean the wrong house in Indiana; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

00:00 Intro
02:30 Frustrated travelers scramble after major delays, 1,000+ flights canceled
05:20 Republicans brush off Democrats’ offer to end government shutdown, call it “non-starter”
07:39 Final moments in cockpit of UPS plane crash detailed in cockpit’s voice recorder
09:19 Cleaner killed after going to wrong house in Indiana
10:37 Trump pardons baseball great Darryl Strawberry, former Tennessee house speaker
11:32 Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown in U.S. to face attempted murder charge in Miami
13:04 California mother arrested after 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard vanishes
14:33 Tracking the major Arctic blast sweeping East
15:51 Mark Sanchez out at Fox Sports following charges stemming from stabbing
16:14 Farmers’ Almanac announces final publication after 208-year run
16:46 James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97
17:10 World’s tallest teenager makes history at Florida Gators game
17:31 Mega Millions jackpot soars to $843 million ahead of Friday night drawing
17:54 America Strong: Kentucky teacher helps build prosthetic hand for fourth grade student

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