ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 26, 2025

Name: ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 26, 2025
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00:00Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air.

00:03More than 80 million Americans on alert for dangerous heat.

00:07President Trump in Scotland trying to turn the page on the Jeffrey Epstein saga

00:11and the urgent search for an inmate released from jail by mistake.

00:15First, millions of Americans facing days of sweltering heat from Texas to Minnesota to the Northeast

00:21with feels like temperatures in the triple digits.

00:23New York City reporting nearly 150 heat-related ER visits in the past couple weeks.

00:30Our weather team tracking it all.

00:31President Trump oversees in Scotland with the August 1st trade deadline less than a week away,

00:36but increasingly frustrated over questions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files

00:41and what we're learning about that meeting between DOJ officials and Epstein's convicted co-conspirator.

00:47Our Rachel Scott is traveling with the president.

00:49Sources telling ABC News Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering firing members of an influential task force

00:56that offers guidance about preventative health services.

01:00What it could mean for insurance coverage.

01:01A setback for the Trump administration's war on sanctuary cities, the ruling from a federal judge,

01:07and why the Venezuelan Little League baseball team was denied entry into the U.S.

01:12The urgent search for an inmate released by mistake from the same jail where 10 others escaped earlier this year.

01:18A popular dating app touted as a space for women to share information about potential male partners has been hacked.

01:25What users need to know.

01:27The very conscious coupling between Gwyneth Paltrow and the company at the center of the Coldplay kiss cam scandal.

01:33The rookie Major League Baseball player homering his way into the record books.

01:38And America Strong tonight, the hearing-impaired mother of six charting a new course and breaking barriers.

01:43From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.

01:53Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this Saturday. I'm Witt Johnson.

01:56We begin tonight with more than 80 million Americans suffering under dangerous heat.

02:01The brutal stretch from coast to coast.

02:03An extreme heat warning is in effect for the Carolinas this weekend.

02:06The heat index, what it feels like outside, could reach up to 115 degrees today and tomorrow.

02:13New York City reporting nearly 150 heat-related ER visits in the past couple of weeks.

02:19And smoke from the Canadian wildfires is bringing unhealthy air quality to parts of the northeast, including New York City and Boston.

02:26Our weather team is standing by with the forecast.

02:29But first, ABC's Morgan Norwood leads us off.

02:31Tonight, an unforgiving and agonizing heat wave baking 80 million from coast to coast.

02:38The current epicenter of the heat, the Carolinas, where the feels like temperature is up to 115 degrees.

02:45Along the Carolina coast, shorelines packed, the waters full of swimmers.

02:50Concertgoers at Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant trying to stay cool.

02:54It is scorching. We really want people to just kind of stay hydrated.

02:59In Nashville, fans braving searing temperatures to watch the Titans' preseason football practice.

03:05Days of temps in the upper 80s and 90s causing this road to buckle in Madison County, Mississippi,

03:11forcing the closure of part of Highway 49 until crews could make repairs.

03:15Energy providers also say they're monitoring the heat and are upping the output.

03:20And with temperatures climbing, emergency rooms filling up.

03:23So far, in New York City, in just the past couple of weeks, close to 150 heat-related ER visits.

03:30Nationwide, on average, more than 67,000 each year.

03:34First responders warn the most dangerous signs can be easy to miss.

03:38What doesn't the public realize about heat illness?

03:41Well, I think most people get caught up in your daily life and you don't realize, like, how heat can affect you.

03:48And most people, there's no symptoms of it, really, until it hits you where you feel like you're dizzy, you're going to pass out.

03:53A brutal reality for Jersey City firefighters battling flames and 70 pounds of gear under extreme heat.

04:00We had multiple firefighters actually go down for heat exhaustion, smoke inhalation, and six of them were sent to the hospital for heat-related injuries.

04:09And, Witt, it's far from over.

04:11Next week, extreme heat taking aim at the southeast once again.

04:14We're talking about a rare and dangerous heat wave that's expected to last for days with little relief, even at night, Witt.

04:21Morgan Norwood, thanks so much.

04:23Let's get right to meteorologist Danny Beckstrom from our New York station, WABC.

04:26And, Danny, we just heard right there that dangerous heat, it's not going anywhere for a while.

04:32That's right, Witt.

04:33And the long duration is a major factor in the danger.

04:36A single day of temperatures this intense can induce heat-related illness, and we have several days of it ahead.

04:41Heat alerts for the majority of the eastern half of the country today, all for feels-like temps over 100.

04:45And that holds tomorrow with heat index values in the triple digits from Waco to Wichita over to Washington, D.C.

04:51The heat index will be over 110 in places like Omaha, Savannah, and Wilmington.

04:56For the southeast, these numbers don't move much heading into the work week.

04:59The combination of intense heat and stifling humidity, keeping the dangerous conditions in play through Wednesday.

05:04These numbers go above typical summertime heat, even for those acclimated, with the heat risk a level 4 out of 4 on Monday in the mid-Atlantic down to Florida.

05:11Little relief is expected during the overnight hours, making the long duration that much more difficult and dangerous.

05:16Witt.

05:16Okay, well, brace for it.

05:18Danny Beckstrom, thank you, as always.

05:19Next tonight, President Trump is overseas in Scotland, focusing on trade talks, but looming over it all is the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

05:27The president is looking to turn the page as some of his own supporters are demanding the administration release the files.

05:34ABC's senior political correspondent Rachel Scott is in Scotland tonight.

05:37Tonight, President Trump oversees, playing 18 holes at the Trump Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland earlier today,

05:45looking to move past the controversy surrounding the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

05:51Mr. Trump, can you escape the Jeffrey Epstein crisis?

05:55The political firestorm consuming some of his own supporters,

05:58who have called for the administration to release more files related to Epstein,

06:02who died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.

06:06The DOJ and FBI released a joint memo in July, saying their review of the case

06:10revealed no incriminating client lists, and they would not disclose any further information.

06:15Following the intense backlash, Trump's deputy attorney general and former personal attorney Todd Blanche

06:21met with Epstein's former companion and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for a second straight day.

06:27Maxwell is now serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of sex trafficking

06:32to facilitate Epstein's serial abuse of underage girls.

06:36Sources tell ABC News she requested the meeting with the DOJ

06:39and was granted a limited form of immunity so she could answer questions without fearing it could be used against her.

06:45She was asked maybe about 100 different people.

06:48She answered questions about everybody, and she didn't hold anything back.

06:53Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly told Trump in May

06:55that his name appeared in the Justice Department's Epstein files multiple times,

07:00along with other high-profile figures.

07:02The president now denies that ever happened.

07:04Did you agree on your name appearing in the Epstein files ever?

07:08No, I was never, never, no.

07:10Being named in the Epstein files is not any evidence of wrongdoing,

07:14but it could be politically problematic for the president, who is eager to move on from this scandal.

07:19While here in Scotland, the president will be attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his family's new golf course.

07:25He will also be meeting one-on-one with the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

07:29to fine-tune the details of a trade deal reached with the United Kingdom.

07:33The president's deadline for other countries to reach a trade deal is August 1st with.

07:37Rachel Scott, thank you.

07:38And tune in to This Week tomorrow morning.

07:40Jonathan Karl has a joint interview with Congressman Ro Khanna and Thomas Massey

07:44about their bipartisan push for releasing more Epstein case documents.

07:49Health Secretary RFK Jr. is considering firing members of an influential task force for being too woke,

07:56a source tells ABC News.

07:57The task force offers guidance about preventative health services like cancer screenings

08:02and what insurance companies should cover.

08:05Tonight, why some are sounding the alarm.

08:07Here's ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selina Way.

08:11Tonight, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to fire every member of an influential task force

08:17that decides what health services, including cancer screening and HIV prevention,

08:22must be covered by insurance at no cost to patients, a source tells ABC News.

08:28Kennedy, the source says, plans to oust all 16 members for being too woke.

08:33Created in 1984, the task force is a scientifically independent volunteer panel of national experts

08:40that determines what screenings, counseling, and preventive treatments insurers must cover.

08:46More than 100 million Americans may lose critical preventive services.

08:51Ultimately, this is going to create a lot of confusion and erode trust in our systems

08:55to be able to provide the care that patients need.

08:58A spokesperson for Health and Human Services says no final decision has been made.

09:03Last month, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the task force,

09:07but ruled the health secretary has the power to remove its members at any time.

09:12Soon after, the panel's July meeting was abruptly canceled,

09:16alarming some Democrats and public health leaders.

09:19The task force has come under fire from some conservative activists.

09:22A recent essay in the American conservative calling for it to be dismantled,

09:27accusing it of promoting left-wing ideological orthodoxy,

09:31including urging doctors to take into account systemic racism.

09:35We're going to use evidence-based science, gold standard science.

09:39This comes after Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic,

09:43removed every member of the Centers for Disease Control's Immunization Advisory Committee.

09:48The new panel, handpicked by Kennedy,

09:51is now made up of just seven members, including some vaccine skeptics.

09:57And Whit, outside groups are trying to fill the gap and provide science-based recommendations,

10:01but experts say this creates confusion about which group to listen to,

10:05warning that ultimately these changes will negatively impact patients.

10:09Whit?

10:10Salina Wang, thank you.

10:12Now to a setback for the Trump administration's war on sanctuary cities.

10:15A federal judge dismissing the lawsuit challenging those policies in Chicago,

10:19and it comes a day after the administration filed a similar lawsuit against New York City.

10:25Here's ABC's Melissa Adan.

10:27Tonight, Chicago's mayor and Illinois' governor supporting a federal judge's decision

10:32to dismiss the Trump administration's sanctuary city lawsuit.

10:36The suit trying to punish cities and states with sanctuary policies,

10:40accusing the Windy City, along with Cook County and the state of Illinois,

10:43of illegally hampering immigration enforcement efforts.

10:47A federal judge ruling the individual defendants are dismissed because the United States

10:52lacks standing to sue them with respect to the sanctuary policies.

10:56This comes a day after the Trump administration sued New York City

10:59over similar sanctuary city policies.

11:02Across the coast in Southern California, immigration enforcement activity continues.

11:07Part of the deportation cracked down at multiple workplaces,

11:10from produce fields to restaurants, and now a leading provider of homeless services,

11:16reporting fear from their clients seeking aid.

11:19This, as the ACLU alleges that some people detained in the so-called Alligator Alcatraz facility

11:25are being held without any criminal or immigration charges.

11:29This is also where Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis says

11:32hundreds of detainees have departed the first deportation flights from.

11:37ABC News speaking to Venezuelan detainees,

11:40now released from the notorious El Salvador mega-prison,

11:43alleging physical and psychological abuse.

11:47Two months of struggle because those two months were full of beatings.

11:50Beatings, they punished us, they mistreated us.

11:53In a statement to ABC News, DHS did not address the abuse claims.

11:57As concerns over international travel into the U.S. rise,

12:01this Venezuelan Little League team had their visas denied,

12:05barring them from playing in the senior baseball World Series.

12:08President Trump banning at least a dozen countries from traveling to the U.S.,

12:12citing national security concerns.

12:15Witt, a senior State Department official tells us

12:18they are reviewing the Venezuelan Little League team's case

12:20to ensure that proper procedures were followed.

12:24Witt.

12:24All right, Melissa Dodd, thank you.

12:26Overseas now to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

12:29Israel now saying it will allow aid drops amid growing outrage over malnutrition and starvation,

12:35especially among children.

12:36The urgent call for a ceasefire as talks collapse.

12:40And we want to warn you, these images are disturbing.

12:42Here's ABC's Inez de la Catera.

12:45Tonight, the frantic search for food in Gaza.

12:49Hungry mobs swarming, the few aid trucks getting in,

12:52and thousands walking for miles, desperate for a single meal.

12:58I have come all this way, risking my life for my children, says this woman.

13:02My children have not eaten for a week.

13:04As the media is banned from entering Gaza,

13:07tens of thousands on the brink of starvation

13:10as Israel continues to block aid from getting in.

13:14Inside this pediatric ward, deeply disturbing scenes.

13:18Children crying out in pain.

13:20Their shrinking bodies too weak to move.

13:23An additional five people dying from starvation in just the last 24 hours,

13:28according to the Gaza Health Ministry, bringing the total to 127.

13:32Among them, five-month-old baby Zainab.

13:37I have been in the hospital for three months to no avail,

13:40says her mother.

13:41No one listens.

13:43Meanwhile, dozens killed overnight,

13:44trying to reach that desperately needed aid

13:47after Israeli forces allegedly opened fire on civilians

13:50in two separate incidents, according to local officials.

13:53Facing mounting international pressure,

13:55tonight the IDF resuming eight airdrops in Gaza

13:58and announcing changes in its procedures,

14:00saying humanitarian corridors will be established

14:03to facilitate the movement of U.N. aid convoys,

14:06adding it is ready to implement humanitarian pauses

14:09in densely populated areas.

14:11Aid agencies warn airdrops are the most inefficient way to get aid in.

14:16And Israel now saying it will implement

14:18a short humanitarian pause on Sunday morning.

14:21Meanwhile, ceasefire negotiations are deadlocked.

14:24Both the U.S. and Israel have pulled out of those talks.

14:26President Trump telling Israel to, quote,

14:28finish the job and get rid of Hamas.

14:31Wits.

14:32Inez de la Catera, our thanks to you tonight.

14:34Back here in the U.S., the intense search for an inmate

14:37mistakenly released from a New Orleans jail.

14:39It's the same facility where 10 men escaped back in May,

14:42triggering a massive manhunt.

14:44The new details coming in tonight

14:46and why investigators have not ruled out charges

14:48against the deputies involved.

14:50Here's ABC's Alex Breshe.

14:52Tonight, an urgent manhunt is underway in Louisiana

14:55after authorities say they mistakenly released the wrong inmate.

14:59Khalil Bryan has been accused of violent crimes,

15:02according to the New Orleans Police Department,

15:04including aggravated assault with a firearm

15:06and aggravated burglary.

15:08But on Friday, the 30-year-old was released

15:10from the Orleans Justice Center due to a human error.

15:14The Orleans Parish Sheriff says staff confused his last name

15:17with that of another inmate.

15:18The mistaken release of Khalil Bryan was a serious error,

15:22and as sheriff, I take full responsibility.

15:24This is the same jail that 10 inmates escaped from back in May.

15:28One of those individuals, Derek Groves, is still on the run.

15:31At the time of Bryan's mistaken release,

15:33he was being held on a $100,000 bench warrant

15:35and an additional $25,000 bond linked to new felony charges.

15:40The sheriff says her office is in the process of reaching out

15:42to all the victims and witnesses involved in Bryan's prosecution.

15:46The New Orleans Police Department's violent offender warrant squad

15:50is actively searching for Bryan,

15:53and our department is responding with urgency.

15:56Well, and Witt, tonight, the Orleans Parish District Attorney

15:59tells ABC News that he has not ruled out possible charges

16:02against the deputies involved in Bryan's release,

16:05saying that we will follow the leads.

16:08Witt.

16:08Alex Brasche, thank you.

16:10Still ahead on World News Tonight this Saturday,

16:12hackers break into a dating app designed for women.

16:15And thousands of online images compromised.

16:18And in baseball, a rookie homers his way into the record book.

16:21Stay with us.

16:25Next tonight, a popular app which touts itself

16:28as allowing women to anonymously share information about men

16:31has been hacked.

16:33Officials with tees saying the breach affects more than 72,000 images,

16:37including user photo IDs.

16:39The company insisting no phone numbers

16:41or e-mail addresses were accessed.

16:44When we come back, details on a night at the plate,

16:47one big league rookie called pretty remarkable.

16:52To the index now, tech company Astronomer

16:55is not hiding from the Coldplay Jumbotron incident.

16:58The firm enlisting actress Gwyneth Paltrow

17:00as a temporary spokesperson in a PR video.

17:04Paltrow, the former wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin,

17:07giving information about the company

17:09while not addressing the KISCAM controversy itself.

17:13Now to baseball and a rookie's historic performance.

17:16The Athletics' Nick Kurtz slamming four home runs

17:20in last night's 15-3 win over Houston.

17:23Kurtz, the first rookie to reach that mark in a single game,

17:26the 22-year-old calling it pretty remarkable.

17:29It sure was.

17:31When we come back,

17:31technology helps a Texas mom achieve a longtime dream.

17:35Finally tonight, the sound of success.

17:42Nicole Everett is a proud mother of six from Fort Worth, Texas,

17:46diagnosed with severe hearing loss in both ears when she was five.

17:49But that never stopped her from living life to the fullest.

17:53And three weeks ago, Nicole started on a new journey,

17:56beginning medical school at age 36,

17:58inspired in part by a doctor on TV.

18:01I have been watching ER reruns and there are a couple of episodes

18:06where there is a deaf physician that Dr. Benton is working with.

18:10The door opened.

18:12A dream now made possible thanks to new technology.

18:15I was just a mom and I was just a kid with hearing loss.

18:19I'm trying to walk back that kind of vocabulary right

18:22because I'm in fact a medical student.

18:25At a special ceremony this week.

18:27Good afternoon, everyone.

18:28Nicole received a personalized Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope

18:32that links to her hearing aids.

18:33I'm excited.

18:35And with her family right there beside her,

18:37listening to her son's beating heart clearly for the first time.

18:40You want to check it out?

18:42Nicole's perseverance inspiring others

18:44as she redefines what can and can't be done.

18:48You can do anything that you put your mind to

18:50and it doesn't have to look like everyone else's timeline.

18:53David Muir, the most-watched newscast in America.

19:03And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy

19:06for Best Live News Program for the third year in a row.

19:10For the third year,

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