ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Aug. 22, 2025

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00:00Breaking news as we come on the air. The deadly tour bus crash in upstate New York.

00:05Authorities reporting multiple fatalities. And the Justice Department releasing its

00:09interview with Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, Glenn Maxwell. First, the horrific images coming

00:14in. Multiple people killed after a packed tour bus on its way back to New York City

00:19lost control at full speed. Rolling over, passengers ejected, children among the injured,

00:25first responders treating victims on the highway. What we're learning about the cause.

00:30Also tonight, the extraordinary move by the Justice Department. Amid intense scrutiny over

00:34the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, the DOJ releasing audio and transcripts of the two-day interview with

00:40Epstein's former associate, Glenn Maxwell, who insisted there is no client list. What she said

00:46about President Trump and about former President Clinton. Tonight, the FBI at the front door of

00:51John Bolton's home. Once among President Trump's top advisors, now one of his most vocal critics.

00:56Federal agents investigating allegations of his handling of classified documents.

01:01The president blasting Bolton in the Oval Office. The court authorized search raising questions about

01:06political retribution. Jonathan Karl with new reporting. Hurricane Aaron causing life-threatening

01:11rip currents up and down the East Coast. Warnings posted on beaches during one of summer's last

01:17weekends. More than 50 million under heat alerts in the West. The growing wildfire threat at this hour.

01:23After more than three decades behind bars for the murders of their parents,

01:27Eric Menendez denied parole. Tonight, his brother Lyle making his plea for freedom.

01:32Chilling new body camera video released in the Idaho College murders case.

01:36Police seen inside the house going room to room, finding the bodies of four victims stabbed to death in

01:41the off-campus home. Officers talking to the surviving roommates for the first time.

01:47And developing right now the massive explosion at an oil plant.

01:50Thick black smoke pouring into the air. Evacuations underway.

01:57From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Muir.

02:05Good evening and thanks so much for joining us on a busy Friday night. I'm Rachel Scott in for David.

02:10We begin tonight with the deadly tour bus crash in upstate New York. The horrific scene on Interstate

02:1590 just outside Buffalo. Authorities say multiple people killed, dozens injured, including children.

02:22The bus rolling off the highway, landing on its side. Dozens of people on board, several trapped

02:27inside. Others thrown off that bus. First responders racing to the scene. The highway shut down in both

02:34directions. Traffic backed up for miles. The tour bus was returning to the New York City area from Niagara

02:39Falls. ABC's Morgan Norwood leads us off. Tonight, a horrific bus crash in upstate New York, killing at

02:46least five people and sending many more, including children, to the hospital. The passengers range in age

02:53from one to 74 years old. The operator lost control of the bus, exiting the roadway. Authorities say the tour

03:01bus left from New York City with 54 people on board and was on its way back from Niagara Falls when it spun out of

03:08control at full speed outside Buffalo. First responders rushing to the scene this afternoon.

03:14Dramatic images showing the bus lying on the side of the interstate. Firefighters attempting to work

03:19their way inside the wreckage to search for survivors. Some passengers thrown from the bus,

03:25others trapped underneath. I need heavy rescue with airbags like yesterday. Emergency crews calling in air

03:33support and school buses to evacuate the injured. I need all four, all four Mercy flights, helicopters.

03:43We're going to land them side by side on the median. All four are in revenue. Doctors saying several

03:48patients are undergoing surgery tonight. And Rachel, tonight the investigation is underway into what could

03:54have caused that deadly crash. Rachel? Morgan Norwood on this breaking story. Morgan, thank you.

04:00Now to the remarkable decision by the Justice Department. Amid growing scrutiny over the

04:04Jeffrey Epstein investigation, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche releasing audio and transcripts

04:10of his two-day interview with Epstein's former associate, Glenn Maxwell. Here's ABC's chief

04:14investigative correspondent, Aaron Katursky. Tonight, for the first time, we're hearing Jeffrey

04:20Epstein's co-conspirator, Glenn Maxwell, in her own words, telling the Justice Department she witnessed

04:25no inappropriate behavior by any of Epstein's powerful friends, from Bill Clinton to Donald

04:30Trump. And a long-rumored list of Epstein's high-profile clients does not exist. There's no list.

04:37There's never been a list. And you never heard Mr. Epstein talk about such a list? Never.

04:42In her highly unusual two-day meeting last month with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the country's

04:47second-highest-ranking law enforcement official and President Trump's former lawyer, Maxwell said she

04:52witnessed no illegal or concerning conduct by Trump. I never witnessed the president in any

04:58inappropriate setting in any way. The president was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times

05:05that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects. Before the meeting, which Maxwell initiated,

05:10sources tell ABC News top administration officials encourage Blanche to seek information from Maxwell

05:16that could lead to criminal investigations that might quiet the outrage over Epstein by some of the

05:22president's own supporters. I want you to just tell the truth the best you can, so I don't want you to

05:25be burdened by what people said at trial or what you know the press says about you. The Justice

05:29Department today turned over to Congress a trove of Epstein files, along with an audio recording and

05:34transcript of the nine-hour Maxwell interview. She called former President Clinton truly extraordinary,

05:40and despite Trump's claim Clinton visited Epstein's private Caribbean island more than 20 times,

05:45Maxwell said it isn't true. You're not aware of President Clinton ever going to the island?

05:49He never, absolutely never went, and I can be sure of that, because there's no way he would have

05:53gone, I don't believe there's any way that he would have gone to the island had I not been there,

05:58because I don't believe he had an independent friendship, if you will, with Epstein.

06:03Maxwell also claims she's innocent, despite a 2021 conviction for trafficking minors and enabling

06:09Epstein's sexual exploitation of girls.

06:12I did introduce him to women, I did, but not underage women. Maxwell is serving a 20-year

06:21sentence. President Trump has not ruled out a pardon. Epstein victims, like Annie Farmer,

06:27who testified against her, say Maxwell deserves no mercy. She didn't just procure

06:31girls and women for Epstein, but she herself participated in their abuse. Shortly after her

06:37interview, Maxwell was transferred to a minimum security camp in Texas, a rare move for a convicted

06:42sex offender. Maxwell is hoping her cooperation will help get her out of prison, and Rachel,

06:47President Trump is no doubt hoping it will help him quiet an uproar over Epstein among some of

06:52his top supporters that has dogged him all summer. We'll see if it works, Rachel.

06:56Yeah, many of his supporters calling for transparency. All right, Aaron, thank you.

07:00Stunning images tonight, the FBI searching the home and office of John Bolton. He once served as the

07:05president's national security adviser. Now he's one of Trump's most outspoken critics. Sources say

07:10federal agents are investigating allegations Bolton may be in possession of classified records.

07:15Here's ABC's chief Washington correspondent, Jonathan Karl.

07:19President Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, arrived at his home this afternoon

07:24just moments after FBI agents carried boxes out of his house and while four agents were still inside.

07:33The agents had been there nearly eight hours, arriving shortly after 7 a.m.

07:39Sources telling ABC News the search was related to allegations that Bolton was in possession of

07:45classified records. Just moments after the agents arrived, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on social

07:51media, quote, no one is above the law. FBI agents on mission. The question is whether that mission is

07:59retribution. Bolton has been a harsh Trump critic since Trump fired him back in 2019. And for years,

08:06Trump has said Bolton belongs in jail. The search of Bolton's Maryland home and also his Washington,

08:12D.C. office, where agents were seen removing items this afternoon, were approved by two separate

08:18federal judges. Back in 2020, President Trump tried to block the publication of Bolton's White House

08:24memoir, The Room Where It Happened, a highly negative portrayal of Trump's handling of national

08:30security. Trump accused Bolton of putting classified information in the book. Today,

08:36Trump insisted he didn't know about the search in advance, but he made it clear he still despises

08:42his former national security adviser. I purposely don't want to really get involved in it. I'm not

08:47a fan of John Bolton. I thought it was a sleazebag, actually. Just 12 days ago, I asked Bolton if he feared

08:53being a target of President Trump's. Are you worried that they're going to come after you

08:57in some way? I mean, he's hinted at it before. Well, I think he's already come after me and

09:01several others in withdrawing the protection that we had from the Iranians for the attack

09:08on Qasem Soleimani. So I think, and I said in the new forward to the paperback edition of my book,

09:15I think it is a retribution presidency. Bolton is one of many Trump critics who have been targeted

09:21by the White House and the Justice Department. The president himself has suggested that many

09:26of his political opponents, including former Presidents Biden and Obama, should be in prison.

09:32Rachel? John, thank you. Next tonight, Aaron moving out to sea. The large storm losing strength,

09:37but still creating dangerous conditions along the East Coast. And out in the West,

09:41more than 50 million under heat and wildfire alerts. Here's ABC's Stephanie Ramos.

09:46Tonight, Aaron is still a massive storm. And between the waves, the floods and the rip currents,

09:52the danger is far from over. Normally, Jones Beach is one of the biggest, the largest beaches

09:58in the tri-state area. You can see it's all pretty much underwater this morning.

10:03Up and down the East Coast, the tides came in with a vengeance. Police officers pushing stranded

10:08vehicles in Ocean City, Maryland. Cars swamped on the Jersey Shore. Authorities in Margate,

10:14New Jersey say they rescued about 50 people overnight. Swimmers banned from most beaches.

10:20The conditions treacherous. You got to go. On Long Beach, just outside New York City,

10:25lifeguards racing into the pounding surf to help a surfer that smashed into the rocks.

10:30On North Carolina's Outer Banks, heavy equipment clearing the road,

10:34mobile homes caked in sand, crews repairing downed lines. Meanwhile, in the West, extreme heat

10:41fueling multiple wildfires. 350 firefighting personnel battling the out-of-control picket

10:48fire. In Northern California's Napa County, hundreds under evacuation orders.

10:54Here on Rockaway Beach, the red flag warnings are up. The combination of strong rip currents and

10:59perfect beach weather has officials concerned as they try to keep people out of the water.

11:03Rachel. All right, Stephanie, thank you. So let's get right to meteorologist Jeff Smith from our New

11:08York station, WABC. Hey, Jeff.

11:10And Rachel, Erin is now a post-tropical cyclone accelerating away from the East Coast. However,

11:15it's a large storm. The impact still being felt at the beaches. Mid-Atlantic states, we have high

11:19surf advisories into this evening. Into tomorrow, those high surf advisories continue for the New

11:24England coast. And for the waters from Florida all the way up to Maine, it's a high risk of rip

11:28currents all weekend. So even as the weather entices people to head down to the beach,

11:32the water is going to be pretty dangerous out there. In the meantime, out West, record heat

11:37a possibility or a probability from Southern California up to the Pacific Northwest. In addition

11:41to that, breezy and dry, that can fuel wildfires. Rachel.

11:45Jeff Smith, tracking it all from coast to coast. Jeff, thank you.

11:48We move on now to Lyle and Eric Menendez and their new push for freedom 36 years after murdering

11:53their parents. One day after Eric Menendez lost his bid for freedom, his brother Lyle is making

11:58an appeal to the board. Here's ABC's chief national correspondent, Matt Gutman.

12:03Just a day after his younger brother Eric was denied parole for the notorious shotgun murders

12:07of their parents 36 years ago, Lyle Menendez is making his case before a different panel of parole

12:13commissioners. Lyle, now 57, was in college when they killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home.

12:18He has fewer infractions in prison than his brother, but a resume filled with lies starting with his

12:24911 call. What's the problem?

12:27I was going to kill my parents. Pardon me?

12:30I was going to kill my parents.

12:32Like Eric, Lyle will be grilled on the murders and the alleged sex abuse by his father.

12:38Hey, break me.

12:42Did you cry?

12:44Yes.

12:44It comes after the parole board ruled that Eric still poses an unreasonable risk to public safety.

12:51The commissioner excoriating Eric, saying his prison record is replete with diverse violations.

12:56You have violence, you have manipulation, you have misuse of things, you have criminal acts,

13:04you have substance abuse.

13:05He also cited Eric's repeated use of contraband cell phones, drugs, even tax fraud.

13:10I really became addicted to this, to the phones and said, you're doing life without,

13:16this is not really harming anyone.

13:18The board saying Eric's leadership among inmates tarnished by his infractions.

13:22Contrary to your supporters' beliefs, you have not been a model prisoner.

13:26And frankly, we find that a little disturbing.

13:28And the commissioner pointing to the murder of Eric's mother, calling it devoid of human compassion,

13:33rejecting the brother's claim that they were an imminent fear, agreeing with the DA's argument.

13:37It's an entire fabrication that their parents were going to kill them that night,

13:43as we showed by their premeditated, willful and deliberate actions, both before and after the killings.

13:49And Rachel, the marathon parole hearing is still ongoing.

13:52It's expected that 18 members of the Menendez family will testify on Lyle's behalf, likely to be emotional.

13:59And the family's legal team says that because the fates of the two brothers are so closely linked,

14:03it's unlikely that Lyle will be granted parole.

14:06All right, Matt Guttman, thank you.

14:09Overseas tonight, for the first time, a U.N.-backed group declaring a famine in Gaza City.

14:14At least half a million people facing starvation.

14:17Israel calling reports of a famine in Gaza false.

14:20Let's bring in ABC's Tom Sufi-Burge. Tom?

14:23Yeah, Rachel, famine has been declared in Gaza City in the north of the Strip.

14:27The U.N.-backed assessment saying half a million Palestinians there now face catastrophic conditions of starvation, destitution and death.

14:37The U.N. calling it a moment of collective shame for the world, caused, they say, by Israel's policy of restricting aid into the Strip.

14:45Israel rejecting that, calling the report an outright lie based on unreliable sources, saying some of them are linked to Hamas.

14:52It comes as the IDF begins a military operation to take control of Gaza City, the families of the hostages calling for a ceasefire to get their loved ones home.

15:02Rachel?

15:03Tom, thank you.

15:04Next tonight, chilling new body camera video released in the Idaho College murders case.

15:09Four victims stabbed to death in a home off campus.

15:11One of the surviving roommates describing the moment she saw a masked Brian Koberger inside that house.

15:17Here's ABC's Kana Whitworth.

15:20Where's she at?

15:20Tonight, new video obtained by ABC News reveals the moments officers discover a quadruple homicide in Moscow, Idaho.

15:28Moscow police officer Mitch Noons quickly making the gruesome discovery.

15:32Stay back there, please.

15:38Slow down.

15:40Just come here.

15:41They immediately work to secure the scene.

15:43Can you guys go over to the dumpster?

15:45Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen telling Officer Noons she was afraid, locking herself in her room.

15:51And I just remembered this guy's voice, and I didn't recognize saying, you're going to be okay, I'm going to help you.

15:55But it wasn't like, I don't know how to explain it.

15:58Like, it wasn't in, like, a nice way.

15:59It was, like, a weird way, like a weird tone.

16:01Then, nothing.

16:03She opens the door, coming face to face with the killer.

16:06I saw the guy pass by.

16:07He looked at me, but he didn't come towards me or say anything, which was really confusing.

16:12Almost positive.

16:12He was wearing a full black outfit, and he had this mask that was just over his forehead and over his mouth.

16:19And, Rachel, she then went downstairs to the only roommate answering her text, and they fell asleep telling themselves nothing ever happens in Moscow.

16:30Rachel.

16:31Kena, thank you.

16:32News tonight about the economy.

16:34Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaling a possible cut in interest rates in the future.

16:39Speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell, under intense pressure from President Trump, says a hiring slowdown and price hike caused by tariffs are creating a challenging situation.

16:49The hint of cutting interest rates, sending the stock market surging.

16:52The Dow jumping 846 points today.

16:55The Nasdaq gaining 396 points.

16:58And the S&P 500 up 96 points.

17:01When we come back, remarkable new images from an oil plant explosion.

17:05A massive fireball erupting from the scene, prompting an emergency.

17:09Next tonight, dramatic images from a massive explosion at an oil plant in Louisiana.

17:16A fireball flaring up from Smitty's supply in Roseland as flames surrounded oil tanks.

17:21The blast prompting evacuation throughout the town.

17:24No injuries reported tonight.

17:26Authorities are looking into what caused that explosion.

17:29When we come back, a recall expands for potentially radioactive shrimp.

17:32The new alert tonight.

17:34And a teenager's emotional milestone.

17:36The moment of pride being shared by millions.

17:39To the index now.

17:41An expanded recall for shrimp potentially contaminated with radioactive material.

17:46The company urging consumers to toss out raw and cooked shrimp sold by Southwind Foods or return it for a refund.

17:52The shrimp was sold between July 17th and August 8th.

17:55The alert follows a recall of shrimp sold at Walmart under the Great Value brand.

17:59Up next, America's strong, the trip for a sweet treat that's inspiring millions.

18:05And finally tonight, America's strong, the trip for a sweet treat and the moment seen by millions.

18:11That's Jack Dowdell from Utah.

18:14Jack, you're going to take your money and go buy your own all by yourself?

18:18Yeah.

18:19If you need any problems, you just wave to me and I'll come in, okay?

18:22Okay.

18:23But you can do it, right?

18:25Yeah.

18:25Get a small slurpee and you just give them the $2 and they'll give you change and you come, okay?

18:30Yes, Jack.

18:31Okay.

18:32He's about to go into 7-Eleven to buy his favorite drink for the very first time on his own.

18:37His father, Devin, capturing the moment.

18:40Hey, did you do it?

18:41Yeah.

18:42You did it?

18:43Yes.

18:44It's a true milestone for the 14-year-old who has Down syndrome.

18:48His mom, Kimberly, sharing the post online and it's now gone viral, writing,

18:53It might not seem like a big deal, but if you're a parent of a child with Down syndrome,

18:58you know just how hard these moments can be.

19:00We worry, we hover, we want to protect, and without meaning to, sometimes we hold them back.

19:06But today, we let go, just a little.

19:09Tonight, the Downdell's sending this message to other families.

19:12Apparent human nature is to protect, to coddle, but we know by doing hard things, you can grow.

19:19They can see that anything's possible and to also see that there's just a lot of joy.

19:26I'm Rachel Scott.

19:27Good night.

19:30David Muir, the most watched newscast in America.

19:33And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for Best Live News Program for the third year in a row.

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