Jon Karl reports on Pres. Trump officially pardoning reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who served time for tax evasion and bank fraud, as Trump says he'll "look at" pardons for those convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; Faith Abubey has the latest as authorities search a heavily wooded area in Arkansas by air and on foot for Grant Hardin – former police chief turned escaped killer; Mireya Villarreal has details on the two suspects facing charges after a hit-and-run jet ski crash in Texas over Memorial Day weekend that killed a beloved U.S. Air Force Academy cadet; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, the breaking news, the reality TV couple now going free, President Trump's pardon
00:05tonight after they were convicted on tax evasion and fraud. Also, Elon Musk breaking with the
00:10president on spending, the president responding tonight. That urgent manhunt right now for a
00:15former police chief considered armed and dangerous. And the tornado watches and severe storms,
00:20what's coming to the Northeast? First tonight, the breaking news, reality TV stars Todd and
00:24Julie Chrisley walking free. And now President Trump says he'll look into pardoning the men
00:29convicted of a violent plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Also tonight,
00:34Elon Musk breaking with the president on his so-called big, beautiful bill. Musk pointing
00:39to the spending and what it could do to the deficit, saying it undermines the work his team
00:44has been doing, cutting jobs. Tonight, the president responding to Musk and the anger at town halls.
00:50Voters telling one congressman who admitted he didn't read the whole bill to grow his spine.
00:55Tonight, the urgent manhunt intensifying for a former police chief and convicted murderer.
01:00Roadblocks and security checkpoints now near state lines. The warning tonight for the public.
01:05The dramatic moment at the trial of Sean Diddy Combs today, why Combs' attorneys suddenly called
01:10for a mistrial and how that judge responded. The storms tonight and tornado watches across
01:16multiple states. The system stretching from the South, then right up into the Northeast.
01:20Lee Goldberg is here to time this out. Tonight, the 18-year-old just accepted to the Air Force
01:25Academy. She was killed while kayaking, hit by a jet ski, and now the charges. New images tonight
01:32of the desperation now coming in. Families trying to feed their children, storming a UN warehouse for
01:37much-needed food in Gaza. The crush of people turning deadly. And tonight, the Palestinian ambassador
01:43to the UN breaking down as he pleads for help. The chilling surveillance video tonight of an alleged
01:49kidnapping back here in the U.S. A man forcing a woman into the trunk of her car. Authorities say he was
01:55following her with a tracking device. The image is just in tonight. There's been a massive glacier collapse
02:01tonight. The search for the missing. And at the end of the broadcast tonight, the sister act.
02:06The nuns going viral tonight, keeping the faith and the beat.
02:13From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Muir.
02:22Good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy Wednesday night. We're
02:25tracking tornado watches up right now as we come on and the severe storms. Lee Goldberg is standing
02:30by on this. Also, the urgent manhunt for a former police chief considered armed and dangerous.
02:34Authorities are now on state lines at this hour, and they're warning tonight. But we begin here with
02:39President Trump's new pardons, exercising the right of his office. The president issuing a full pardon
02:44to reality TV stars, husband and wife, Todd and Julie Chrisley, serving time in separate prisons,
02:49convicted of tax evasion and fraud. Authorities say that a fraud at banks out of tens of millions.
02:54And tonight, the president now saying he will take a look at pardoning the men convicted of a violent
02:59kidnapping plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. ABC's chief Washington correspondent,
03:03Jonathan Carl, leading us off tonight. Tonight, Donald Trump made it official, issuing a pardon of
03:10reality TV stars, Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were serving prison sentences for tax evasion and bank
03:16fraud. Today, their daughter thanking the president as she waited for her father's release.
03:22I'm just so grateful that I'm going to leave here with my dad.
03:26The couple served just over two years behind bars. Todd was sentenced to 12 years, Julie seven.
03:31Just yesterday, the president breaking the news he intended to issue the pardon
03:35in a call to their daughter. It's a great thing because your parents are going to be
03:40free and clean. For years, the Chrisleys portrayed themselves as self-made real estate tycoons
03:46on their show, Chrisley Knows Best, showcasing a life of luxury.
03:51Prada is better than Gucci. Gucci is better than Prada. I don't even know what Prada is.
03:55But federal prosecutors called the couple career swindlers,
03:58who have made a living by jumping from one fraud scheme to another,
04:03saying they defrauded banks of more than $30 million, using the money on luxury cars,
04:09homes and clothes. Daughter Savannah, a Trump supporter, had lobbied for the pardon,
04:14suggesting in a speech at the Republican National Convention that her parents were targeted
04:18because of their politics and celebrity.
04:21Due to our public profile and conservative beliefs, they accused my parents of fraud.
04:28And less than two months after Trump met with Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer
04:32at the White House.
04:33We're honored to have Gretchen Whitmer from Michigan, great state of Michigan.
04:40And she's been, she's really done an excellent job and a very good person.
04:44Trump said today he's considering pardoning a group of men in connection with a plot
04:48to kidnap Whitmer back in 2020. The two alleged ringleaders of the plot are now serving sentences
04:55of 16 and 19 years in prison. Today, Trump suggested they were not guilty.
05:00It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job. I'll be honest with you. It looked to me like some
05:05people said some stupid things, you know, they were drinking and I think they said stupid things,
05:09but I'll take a look at that.
05:11Last month, Trump pardoned Paul Walsack, a nursing home executive convicted of cheating
05:16on his taxes, erasing an 18-month prison sentence and a $4.4 million penalty.
05:23The New York Times reporting the pardon came three weeks after his mother attended a $1 million
05:28per person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago.
05:31All right, so let's bring in Jonathan Karl. He's live in Washington. John, a string of pardons
05:35here from President Trump. Is there a through line here, a common thread to these pardons?
05:38Well, first of all, David, Donald Trump is using his pardon power much earlier and much
05:43more broadly than it did his first time. And what we are seeing in many of these pardons
05:48is people that have clear political connections or are political supporters of Donald Trump.
05:54For instance, just today, the White House announced pardons for former Republican congressman
06:00from New York, Michael Grimm and former Republican governor of Connecticut, John Rowland. Both had
06:05been convicted of tax fraud and other federal crimes.
06:09John Carl leading us off here tonight. John, thank you. Tonight, Elon Musk in a rare move,
06:13breaking with the president on his so-called big, beautiful bill. Elon Musk pointing to the level
06:18of spending and what it could do to the deficit, saying it, quote, undermines the work his team has
06:22been doing, cutting jobs. Tonight, the president now responding to Musk and the anger at town halls.
06:28Voters telling one congressman who admitted he didn't read the whole bill to grow his spine.
06:32Rachel Scott at the White House. Tonight, Elon Musk is set to end his time as a senior advisor
06:38to the president. His role as a special government employee coming to an end. Posting on X, I would
06:44like to thank President Trump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending. In his last hours working
06:49for the Trump administration, Musk breaking with the president on his massive spending bill,
06:54arguing it would undo their own efforts to shrink the federal government.
06:57I was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the
07:02budget deficit, not just decrease it, and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing.
07:07The bill Republicans just pushed through the House, officially called the One Big Beautiful
07:11Bill Act, promises to slash federal spending by $1.5 trillion, with major cuts to Medicaid and food
07:18assistance programs. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates it will add $3.8 trillion
07:24to the national deficit over the next 10 years. Republicans in their own home districts press
07:29to defend the spending package.
07:34I am going to do the very best job I can on your behalf.
07:38At a town hall in Nebraska, Republican Congressman Mike Flood admitting he wasn't aware of everything
07:43that was in the bill when he voted for it. This provision was unknown to me when I voted for the
07:49bill. Late today at the White House, the president asked about Elon Musk and his criticism. President
07:55Trump saying he isn't completely satisfied either with the bill. I'm not happy about certain aspects
08:01of it, but I'm thrilled by other aspects of it. That's the way they go. It's very big. It's the big,
08:05beautiful bill. And late tonight, a federal court dealing a major blow to the Trump administration,
08:11ruling the president does not have the authority to impose his sweeping tariffs on more than 50
08:15countries, effectively bringing them to a halt. The administration expected to appeal, saying
08:21tonight, quote, it's not for unelected judges to decide how to properly address a national emergency.
08:27So let's bring in Rachel Scott live there at the White House. Rachel, there was another moment in
08:30the Oval Office late today when the president was asked about the war in Ukraine. He was asked if he
08:35believes Vladimir Putin still wants to end this war. And here's how the president answered.
08:40I can't tell you that, but I'll let you know in about two weeks. I'm very disappointed at what
08:44happened a couple of nights now where people were killed in the middle of what you would call a
08:51negotiation. I'm very disappointed by that. Very, very disappointed. That's one thing I'll say.
08:55I don't like when I see rockets being shot into cities. That's no good. We're not going to allow it.
09:01Rachel, does the White House believe Putin is listening to Trump?
09:03Well, David, this is rare frustration from President Trump, making it clear that he is
09:09not happy with President Putin after Russia launched some of its largest attacks on Ukraine
09:14since the war began. Now the president says that he's giving it two weeks for these peace
09:18negotiations to play out. But this is not the first time that we have heard this from President
09:22Trump. He set that same deadline back in April and then again earlier this month and now heading
09:27into June, delivering the same two-week deadline for these peace negotiations, David.
09:31Rachel Scott with us as well. Rachel, thank you. Next tonight here, the urgent manhunt intensifying
09:35for a former police chief and convicted murderer. Roadblocks and security checkpoints have now been
09:40set up near state lines. And the warning tonight for the public. ABC's Faith Abube on the scene again
09:45tonight. She's in Arkansas.
09:47Tonight, authorities in Arkansas searching this dense terrain as they expand their search
09:52for former police chief turned escaped killer Grant Hardin.
09:56Would you mind to roll your windows up for me real quick?
09:58Officers stopping vehicles and multiple security checkpoints near the North Central Unit prison,
10:03just south of the Missouri border, where authorities say Hardin made that daring escape four days ago.
10:09We're not going to roll anything out at this point, obviously, because all it takes is one
10:12vehicle to hop in and you can be anywhere. But as of this time, they feel very confident he is still in
10:19the area. Hardin seen here wearing a fake guard uniform. Tonight, an affidavit says a corrections officer
10:25at the prison, mistaking Hardin for another officer, opened a secured gate and let Hardin walk away.
10:32Officials realizing he was gone less than 30 minutes after his escape.
10:36Not to say that I don't trust that they're doing everything they can. It's just he's obviously clever
10:40and it's nerve-wracking. Hardin serving a decades-long prison sentence for the 1997 rape of a schoolteacher
10:47and the roadside murder of James Appleton in 2017. His crimes, the subject of investigation
10:53discovery's Devil in the Ozarks, showing what he told investigators.
10:57Can you walk me through your day about what happened today?
10:59I have to remain silent.
11:02Okay.
11:02On that.
11:03Hours from that prison, the family of Hardin's murder victim left reeling by his escape.
11:08It just seems so unreal. I mean, how does this happen? He is just an evil man. He should not be trusted.
11:17David. And David, a state prison official tells me there's supposed to be a verification process
11:23before doors are unlocked here at the prison. And that lapse tonight is under investigation.
11:28David.
11:28Yeah, major lapse there, Faith Abube. Faith, thank you again. We turn now to the dramatic moment at
11:32the trial of Sean Denny Combs here in New York today, why Combs' attorneys suddenly called for
11:37a mistrial in that courtroom. Here's Erin Katursky.
11:39Tonight, Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, the star witness in the case, has given birth to
11:46her third child less than two weeks after her emotional testimony. Today, the jury heard her
11:50former stylist testified he witnessed Combs beating Ventura until her head hit a bed frame,
11:56this graphic photo showing the bloody gash. Deontay Nash testified Combs looked at him and said,
12:01look what y'all made me do. The defense has argued Combs' violence is not evidence of sex
12:07trafficking. Today, his attorneys asked for a mistrial. The request came during the testimony
12:12of an arson investigator who responded to Kid Cudi's home when the rapper's Porsche was torched
12:17with a Molotov cocktail. He showed the jury pictures of a slash in the canvas top, a malt liquor
12:22bottle, and a burned cloth used as a wick. Defense attorneys have said Combs was simply not involved,
12:28and today they accused prosecutors of unfairly suggesting Combs was responsible for the destruction
12:33of two fingerprints lifted from Kid Cudi's front door. There's no way to unring this bell,
12:39a defense attorney said, demanding a mistrial. The judge denied it.
12:44Arson, intimidation, threats, violence. David, these are all part of the criminal enterprise.
12:48Federal prosecutors here say Sean Combs was running. He's denied those allegations. David.
12:53Aaron Katursky at the courthouse again tonight. Aaron, thank you. Now to these severe storms on the
12:57move tonight, and the tornado watch is up at this hour across multiple states. These storms from the
13:01south, eventually making their way right up to the northeast. Let's get right to chief meteorologist
13:05Lee Goldberg of our New York station, WABC, back with us tonight. Hi, Lee.
13:10Hey, David. Severe thunderstorm warning north of Austin, Texas right now. Some baseball-sized hail,
13:14maybe some 60-mile-per-hour gusts. The watch from San Angelo to Austin until 10 o'clock. There's a
13:19tornado watch from eastern Colorado. That's into Kansas. That's until 10 o'clock, and more severe storms
13:24along the Gulf Coast. Meanwhile, a wet night here in the northeast. Good soaking for New York City.
13:28Moves into Boston late tonight, but it does get lighter. Then that storm in the plains,
13:32it brings storms down to the southeast, so we're focused on some thunderstorms in Atlanta.
13:36Friday, the severe threat is more organized. It means a soaker for the northeast this weekend.
13:40David. Lee Goldberg back with us tonight. Lee, thanks as always. Next tonight here,
13:43the 18-year-old who'd just been accepted to the Air Force Academy, killed while kayaking,
13:48hit by a jet ski. The jet ski driver then speeding away, and tonight here are the charges.
13:52ABC's Maria Villarreal in Texas tonight. Tonight, two people facing charges after a hit-and-run jet
14:00ski crash in Texas over Memorial Day weekend that left a beloved Air Force cadet dead. Authorities
14:07say 18-year-old Ava Moore, a standout high school basketball player just accepted into the U.S. Air
14:13Force Academy, was kayaking on Lake Grapevine outside Dallas Sunday night when a jet ski plowed into
14:20were from behind. Police say the alleged jet ski driver, 21-year-old De Carlin Gonzalez-Gonzalez,
14:26fled the scene. She was arrested Tuesday, now charged with manslaughter.
14:31Michael Coero-Perozo, who police say wasn't on the jet ski, also facing charges tonight.
14:38Authorities say he hit two vehicles while allegedly driving Gonzalez away from the scene.
14:44David, DHS says both of these suspects are from Venezuela. They were apprehended,
14:49arrested at the border, processed, and then released into the U.S. David.
14:53Maria Villarreal tonight. Maria, thank you. Overseas and now to Gaza tonight. There are new
14:57images of the desperation coming in this evening. Families trying to feed their children,
15:01storming a U.N. warehouse for much-needed food. The crush of people there turning deadly.
15:07Here's James Longman.
15:08Chaos is spreading in Gaza tonight as another aid center is overrun by hundreds of starving
15:15Palestinians tearing down the walls of this World Food Programme warehouse where supplies have been
15:20stuck while Israel carries out what it calls security checks. The WFP says this desperate fight
15:26for survival has left at least two dead and dozens injured. The despair reached a new climax Tuesday
15:31when this new aid distribution center in Rafa was overwhelmed, a facility run by the controversial
15:37Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is an operation backed by the U.S. and Israel and employs private
15:43armed security contractors with support from Israeli troops. The U.N. says it violates humanitarian
15:49principles. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the system is in place to stop Hamas from stealing aid.
15:55Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansoor was overcome with emotion in a speech today
16:00saying children there are dying of starvation.
16:08David, growing international pressure on Israel might now mean that a ceasefire plan put together
16:15by White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has a greater chance now of success, but it does mean
16:21that Israel needs to stop its military campaign in Gaza. David, James Longman in London tonight.
16:26James, thank you. When we come back here, the prices you pay and tonight the newest major chain
16:30now warning customers that prices will be going up because of the tariffs. And look at this tonight,
16:35the chilling video of an alleged kidnapping, a man forcing a woman right into the trunk of her car.
16:39Authorities say he'd been following her with a tracking device. More on this in a moment.
16:43Tonight, the dramatic image is just in here. A massive glacier collapse and now the urgent search
16:50at this hour in the Swiss Alps that's playing out in the village of Blatton now partially destroyed
16:54tonight. A huge chunk of the glacier smashing down homes flattened. Many residents had evacuated
16:59fearing a collapse, but they are searching for the missing tonight. Back here in the U.S. and of
17:04Florida, police say a terrifying alleged kidnapping was caught on surveillance. Authorities arresting a
17:08man they say used a tracking device to follow his ex-girlfriend, allegedly forcing her into the trunk
17:13of her car, driving away with her in the trunk. The alleged victim suffering minor injuries. That
17:17suspect is under arrest tonight. When we come back here, the prices you pay tonight, the newest major
17:22chain warning customers prices will be going up because of the tariffs. And if you love the movie
17:27Sister Act, you have to see the real thing tonight right here. To the index and to the economy tonight,
17:34Macy's now warning shoppers that prices will be going up. The CEO today announcing the hikes will offset
17:39tariffs and competition. Macy's not yet revealing which items will cost more. The retailer
17:44saying the tariffs are dampening their earnings forecast as well. When we come back here tonight,
17:48if you love the movie Sister Act, the real-life nuns tonight going viral. Even the nuns cannot
17:53believe all the attention in a moment. Finally tonight here, the real-life Sister Act going viral
17:59tonight. Tonight, the two nuns with their voices and their moves reaching millions. They're being called
18:06the new Sister Act. Sister Maruzeli and Sister Marisa on a Brazilian Catholic TV show, talking
18:12about their work to reach the faithful. When Sister Maruzeli begins to sing a song called
18:16Vocation, being called a religious life.
18:19Sister Marisa joining in. But then no one was expecting this.
18:37Sister Maruzeli beatboxing. They weren't done standing up. They had moves too.
18:42Then, one of the hosts, the deacon, joining in.
19:02The performance going viral.
19:04Tonight here, the sisters on the moment.
19:08Sister Maruzelli saying beatboxing, dancing, and the songs themselves
19:11are tools that God uses to reach the hearts of the people we work with.
19:16Sister Mariza saying we didn't expect the audience to be so many young people,
19:21all kinds of people.
19:23Tonight, many who have seen this now comparing it to another sister act.
19:28The famous movies, the nuns helping to move their community through music.
19:34Tonight, a real-life sister act, hoping they'll do the same.
19:39Always the nuns who lift us up.
19:41I'm David Muir.
19:42I hope to see you right back here tomorrow.
19:43Good night.
19:45Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir,
19:48America's most watched newscast.
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