ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Fat Broadcast – 04/20/2024

>> Whit: TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. A RARE BIPARTISAN COALITION COMES TOGETHER IN THE HOUSE, PASSING A MASSIVE FOREIGN AID PACKAGE, BUT WILL THE SPEAKER PAY WITH HIS JOB? $95 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND TAIWAN. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS VOTING.

IN FAVOR. WHAT'S IN THE BILL, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL TIKTOK BAN, AND WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR U.S./CHINA RELATIONS. THE RAUCOUS SCENE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. SUPPORTERS WAVING THE UKRAINIAN FLAG, AND THE AID PACKAGE NOW.

OFF TO THE SENATE. SPEAKER JOHNSON PUTTING HIS OWN JOB ON THE LINE AND WHY IT MAY BE UP TO DEMOCRATS TO SAVE HIM. JAY O'BRIEN ON CAPITOL HILL BREAKING IT ALL DOWN. >>> OVERSEAS TENSIONS ON EDGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER IRAN AND ISRAEL TRADE STRIKES.

THE MESSAGE ISRAEL MAY BE TRYING TO SEND AND THE EXPLOSION IN IRAQ OVERNIGHT, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE. TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE FROM ISRAEL. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME, MILLIONS ON EDGE FOR FLASH FLOOD THREATS IN THE SOUTH. ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND.

THUNDERSTORMS SLAMMING INTO THE GULF COAST. OUR WEATHER TEAM STANDING BY. >>> THE URGENT MANHUNT IN MARYLAND. FIVE TEENS SHOT WHEN A SENIOR SKIP DAY TURNS VIOLENT. THE CHAOTIC SCENE. OUR TEAM WITH THE LATE-BREAKING.

DEVELOPMENTS. >>> DISTURBING VIDEO AND CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWING TOLEDO POLICE RELEASING A DOG ON A MAN WHO WAS THEN BITTEN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE OFFICERS NOW UNDER.

INVESTIGATION AND THE MISTAKE THEY ACKNOWLEDGED ON CAMERA. WHAT THE DRIVER IS SAYING TONIGHT. >>> HISTORY MADE IN TENNESSEE. VOLKSWAGON WORKERS VOTE TO UNIONIZE. THE FIRST TIME EVER AT A FOREIGN OWNED AUTO FACTORY IN THE SOUTH.

WHERE THE UNION IS HOPING TO GO NEXT. >>> TAYLOR SWIFT DOES IT AGAIN BREAKING RECORDS WITH THE RELEASE OF HER LATEST ALBUM. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT, THE 20-YEAR-OLD WITH THE UNIQUE PASSION, MEETING, AND SHARING.

THE STORIES OF WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND THE GREATEST GENERATION. GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE GLYNN TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS AND A RARE SATURDAY SESSION.

FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE COMING TOGETHER TO APPROVE A $95 BILLION AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE, ISRAEL, AND TAIWAN AFTER MONTHS OF FIERCE DEBATE. SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CHEERED AND WAIVED UKRAINIAN FLAGS.

DURING THE PASSAGE OF THAT BILL TO UKRAINE. IT COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA. SHORTLY AFTER THE VOTE, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY THANKING THE HOUSE, AND ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CALLING THE.

PASSAGE OF ITS AID BILL MUCH APPRECIATED. BUT FOR HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, THE BILLS COULD COST HIM HIS JOB. AT LEAST THREE GOP HARD-LINERS ARE THREATENING TO OUST HIM, POTENTIALLY LEAVING IT UP TO DEMOCRATS TO SAVE A REPUBLICAN.

SPEAKER. THE HOUSE ALSO APPROVING A MEASURE THAT WOULD BAN THE POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA APP TIKTOK IF ITS CHINA-BASED OWNER DOESN'T SELL ITS STAKE WITHIN A YEAR. ALL THE BILLS NOW WRAPPED UP INTO ONE PACKAGE HEADING TO THE.

SENATE NEXT WEEK. ABC JAY O'BRIEN LEADING US OFF FROM CAPITOL HILL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH THE SPEAKER'S JOB ON THE LINE, THE HOUSE PASSING A MASSIVE $95 BILLION FOREIGN AID PACKAGE WITH LONG-SOUGHT ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE OF 4 BILLS, $60 BILLION IN AID FOR UKRAINE, $25 BILLION TO ISRAEL, AND $8 BILLION FOR TAIWAN. LEGISLATION TO FORCE A SALE OF TIKTOK FROM ITS CHINESE PARENT COMPANY ALSO INCLUDED. A MAJOR GAMBLE BY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, WHO'S HELD UP THE.

AID FOR MONTHS AND NEEDED DEMOCRATS TO GET THE LEGISLATION OVER THE FINISH LINE ANGERING REPUBLICANS HARD-LINERS. >> MIKE JOHNSON IS A LAME DUCK. HE'S — HE'S DONE, HE'S DONE. >> YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, AND YOU LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE.

THEY MAY. >> Reporter: DO YOU BELIEVE YOU WILL STILL BE THE SPEAKER COME NOVEMBER? >> YES. >> Reporter: YES, ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT QUESTION? >> YES. >> Reporter: TWO OTHER.

REPUBLICANS NOW JOINING CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S MOVEMENT TO BOOT JOHNSON FROM HIS SPEAKERSHIP. HARD-LINERS CLAIMING JOHNSON BETRAYED THEM BY NOT FOCUSING ON BORDER SECURITY, DESPITE REPUBLICANS REJECTING A BIPARTISAN BORDER BILL FROM THE.

SENATE, AFTER BOWING TO PRESSURE FROM FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS THE SIGNAL WE'RE SENDING TO AMERICANS AND TO SEND $100 BILLION OVERSEAS WITHOUT REINFORCING OUR OWN BORDERS. >> Reporter: AND DEMOCRATS, NOW SIGNALING THEY'RE OPEN TO.

BACKING THE EMBATTLED SPEAKER, IF GREENE MAKES GOOD ON HER THREAT TO CALL A VOTE FOR HIS REMOVAL. >> I COMMENDED, BY NAME, TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES LED BY SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. >> Reporter: EVEN FORMER SPEAKER.

NANCY PELOSI TELLING ME SHE'S “PLEASED” WITH JOHNSON'S PUSH FOR UKRAINE AID. >> DO YOU THINK YOU CAN TRUST THE SPEAKER? >> WELL, SO FAR IT LOOKS THAT WAY. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, UKRAINE LAUNCHING DRONE STRIKES AGAINST.

RUSSIA, STATE OFFICIALS SAY, IN AN ATTACK THAT APPEARED TO TARGET THE COUNTRY'S POWER GRID. THE LAST TIME THE HOUSE APPROVED STANDALONE AID FOR UKRAINE WAS DECEMBER 2022, WHEN DEMOCRATS STILL CONTROLLED THE CHAMBER. LATE TODAY, UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT THANKING THE HOUSE SAYING, THE.

COUNTRY'S SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS, QUOTE, SUFFERING FROM RUSSIAN TERROR WILL FEEL IT. WHIT, MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAYING THE SENATE WILL RETURN EARLY FROM ITS PASSOVER BREAK AND TAKE UP THIS PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION STARTING TUESDAY. IT IS EXPECTED TO PASS IN THAT.

CHAMBER AND THEN HEAD TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK. WHIT. >> Whit: ALL RIGHT, JAY. WHILE WE HAVE YOU, INSIDE THAT PACKAGE IS A BILL TO FORCE THE SALE OF TIKTOK. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE SENATE WILL RETURN FROM PASSOVER BREAK.

AND TAKE UP THIS PACKAGE OF LEGISLATION. >> Reporter: IF SENATORS WANT TO APPROVE IT FOR ISRAEL AND UKRAINE THEY WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO VOTE FOR FORCING A SALE OF TIKTOK AWAY FROM ITS CHINESE PARENT COMPANY BYTEDANCE. IF THAT DOESN'T OCCUR THEN THE.

APP COULD BE BANNED. TIKTOK SAYING THIS BILL COULD STRIP THE APP AWAY FROM 170 MILLION U.S. USERS. WHIT. >> A >> JAY O'BRIEN, THANK YOU. TUNE INTO “THIS WEEK” TOMORROW MORNING.

JONATHAN KARL INTERVIEWS REPUBLICAN MIKE McCAUL OF TEXAS AND DEMOCRAT RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA. >>> WE HEAD OVERSEAS NOW AND HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. OVER NIGHT A DEADLY EXPLOSION AT A MILITARY BASE IN.

IRAQ. THE U.S. IS DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT AND ISRAELI MILITARY FORCES ARE NOT COMMENTING, BUT IT COMES 24 HOURS AFTER ISRAEL LAUNCHED A RETALIATORY STRIKE AGAINST IRAN, SATELLITE IMAGES REVEALING THE DAMAGE TO AN IRANIAN MILITARY BASE.

MANY WORLD LEADERS NOW URGING BOTH SIDES TO DE-ESCALATE. ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE REPORTING FROM TEL AVIV TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AN EXPLOSION AT A BASE IN IRAQ AMID NEW UNCERTAINTY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER ISRAEL LAUNCHED.

A DIRECT ATTACK ON IRAN FOR A BARRAGE. IRANIAN PROXIES OUTSIDE OF IRAN FACING ATTACKS, EXPLOSIONS CAUSING A FIREBALL AT A BASE NEAR BAGHDAD. IT'S SEEN IN THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

ONE PERSON KILLED, SAY IRAQI OFFICIALS, WITH THE U.S. MILITARY DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT. THE IDF SAYING THEY WON'T COMMENT. THAT ATTACK IN IRAQ COMING LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER ISRAEL'S STRIKE ON IRAN.

VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE APPEAR TO SHOW AN EXPLOSION NEAR THE IRANIAN CITY OF ISFAHAN. ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS FIRING THREE MISSILES FROM OUTSIDE IRANIAN AIRSPACE TARGETING AN IRANIAN AIR DEFENSE RADAR, PROTECTING IRAN'S KEY NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY, BUT.

THAT NUCLEAR SITE NOT THE TARGET. THE ATTACK UNDERLINING THAT ISRAEL HAS THE CAPABILITY TO HIT IRAN'S MOST PRIZED ASSETS. AND TODAY ISRAEL SAYING IT STRUCK A BASE IN LEBANON BELONGING TO THE IRANIAN-BACKED GROUP HEZBOLLAH.

THIS FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SAYING THE AIM SHOULD NOT BE TO ESCALATE. >> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ISRAEL. WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON GAZA AND FINISH THIS ISSUE. >> Reporter: TODAY, ISRAEL CONTINUING TO STRIKE SOUTHERN GAZA.

PEOPLE RUNNING FOR COVER IN THE CITY OF RAFAH. CRIES OF GRIEF FROM THIS FATHER. AHMED'S DAUGHTER KILLED, WRAPPED IN A BLOODY WHITE BLANKET. “THIS IS AN UNJUST WORLD,” HE SAYS. HIS DAUGHTER'S BODY IN HIS ARMS.

WHIT, TONIGHT, PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU TWEETING OUT HIS THANKS AFTER THE HOUSE AGREED TO SUPPLY MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. WHIT. >> TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE FOR US, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME, A FLASH FLOOD THREAT ACROSS MUCH OF THE.

SOUTH WITH MILLIONS ON ALERT FOR POWERFUL STORMS. HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND SOAKING RAIN AND HAIL IN ABILENE. LET'S GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. AND, SOMARA, THESE STORMS ARE ON.

THE MOVE TONIGHT. >> Somara: YES, THEY ARE. THEY'RE MOVING QUICKLY. IN FACT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10:00 P.M., ESPECIALLY FOR HAIL.

LET'S TIME OUT THE RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING THROUGH TEXAS THIS EVENING. WE COULD SEE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS AREA WITH GUSTY WINDS. THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, IT SWEEPS THROUGH LOUISIANA AND.

MISSISSIPPI. BY TOMORROW MORNING, ARRIVING IN PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND ATLANTA, THEN BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WE START TO SEE THIS RAIN MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE CAROLINAS, BRINGING THEM HEAVIER RAINFALL. AS FAR AS TOTALS GO, SOME OF THE.

HOT SPOTS RIGHT NOW ARE MAINLY IN TEXAS. JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON, WE COULD SEE 2 TO 4 PLUS INCHES OF RAIN. WHIT. >> Whit: WE KNOW YOU'LL BE TRACKING IT FOR US TOMORROW ON “GMA.” SOMARA, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO A SENIOR SKIP DAY TURNING VIOLENT IN MARYLAND. AT LEAST FIVE TEENS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 18 WERE INJURED WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT DURING A GATHERING IN A PARK. POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT. HERE'S ABC'S PHIL LIPOF.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SEARCH FOR A SHOOTER WHO OPENED FIRE IN A LARGE CROWD OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THIS MARYLAND PARK. FIVE TEENAGERS SHOT. THOSE STUDENTS TAKING PART IN A SENIOR SKIP DAY, POLICE SAY, HUNDREDS OF TEENAGERS FROM SEVERAL SCHOOLS CONGREGATING AT.

SCHROM HILLS PARK IN GREENBELT, MARYLAND. >> THE KIDS WILL LEAVE THE SCHOOL, AND THEY COME OVER TO THE LOCAL PARK, AND THEY BRING SUPER SOAKERS AND OTHER SQUIRT GUNS, AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME PLAYING WATER GUN BATTLES.

>> Reporter: BUT SOMEONE BROUGHT A REAL GUN, AND SHOTS WERE FIRED. POLICE ON THE SCENE FOR TRAFFIC AND CROWD CONTROL HEARING GUNSHOTS AROUND 3:00 P.M. >> SIGNAL 13, SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED. >> Reporter: TERRIFIED, THOSE.

SEVERAL HUNDRED TEENS RUNNING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO GET AWAY. POLICE NOW ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN LOCATING THE SHOOTER. >> IF A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CANNOT GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, WHAT IS THE.

WORLD COMING TO? >> Reporter: RIGHT NOW, POLICE DON'T KNOW WHY THIS SHOOTING HAPPENED, BUT THEY DO THINK ONLY ONE PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE. OF THE FIVE TEENAGERS SHOT, THREE OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. WHIT.

>> Whit: SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS THERE, PHIL LIPOF, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF A CONTROVERSIAL TRAFFIC STOP IN OHIO. TOLEDO OFFICERS ALERTED TO A POSSIBLE STOLEN VEHICLE, RELEASING A CANINE THAT BIT THE DRIVER.

AND IT TURNS OUT, THE TRUCK WAS NOT STOLEN. WHAT THE DRIVER IS SAYING TONIGHT. AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THE VIDEO DISTURBING. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI HAS MORE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DISTURBING.

POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING K-9 RELEASED ON A MAN DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN TOLEDO, OHIO. >> DRIVER OUT OF THE TRUCK, DO IT NOW. >> Reporter: JUST LAST WEEK, A TOLEDO OFFICER STOPPING A RED PICKUP TRUCK, POLICE SAY, HAD STOLEN PLATES.

MORE OFFICERS RACING TO THE SCENE. BRANDON UPCHURCH WITH HIS COUSIN IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. >> THEY INSTANTLY CAME OUT WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN. DIDN'T ASK ME ANYTHING. >> SHUT THE TRUCK OFF. DO IT NOW.

>> Reporter: UPCHURCH CAPTURING THE INCIDENT ON HIS CELL PHONE. >> WHAT DID Y'ALL PULL ME OVER FOR? >> Reporter: UPCHURCH MAKES HIS WAY TO THE GRASS AS THE K-9 UNIT INCHES CLOSER. >> YOU'RE GOING TO GET BIT. >> Reporter: THAT DOG BITING.

HIM ON THE ARM. >> HE WAS GOING FOR MY FACE. LUCKILY I PUT MY ARM UP, AND HE GOT ME. >> Reporter: THE OFFICERS HANDCUFFING HIM. >> THIS IS A STOLEN LICENSE PLATE ON IT. >> Reporter: THE OFFICERS THEN.

HEARD REALIZING THE CAMERA LICENSE PLATE READER WAS WRONG, THE CAR IN QUESTION, A CHEVY MALIBU, NOT UPCHURCH'S PICKUP TRUCK. >> THAT'S NOT THE STOLEN PLATE. >> NO? >> NO. >> ALL THEY HAD TO DO IS RUN.

THEM TAGS AGAIN. EVERYBODY WOULD HAVE WENT ABOUT THEIR MERRY WAY. I NEED JUSTICE SERVED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TOO LONG, ESPECIALLY IN TOLEDO. >> Reporter: WHIT, UPCHURCH WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF OBSTRUCTION AND RESISTING ARREST.

POLICE MAINTAIN THEY THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FLEE AND DIDN'T KNOW IF HE OR THE PASSENGER IN THE TRUCK HAD ANY WEAPONS. THE TOLEDO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. WHIT. >> Whit: IKE EJIOCHI, THANK YOU.

NOW TO A HISTORIC VICTORY. WORKERS FROM VOLKSWAGEN IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN THE UNITED AUTOWORKERS. MORE CHANGE COULD BE ON THE WAY WITH AUTO WORKERS AT OTHER FOREIGN-OWNED PLANTS ALSO PUSHING TO UNIONIZE.

HERE'S NBC'S MORGAN NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT VOLKSWAGEN WORKERS IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, CELEBRATING A SEISMIC VICTORY. >> THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. [ APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: MORE THAN 2,600 EMPLOYEES THERE VOTING TO.

JOIN THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION, REPRESENTING MORE THAN 70% OF BALLOTS CAST. >> IT'S THE GREATEST FEELING THAT I'VE FELT LIKE IN A LONG — IN 13 YEARS. >> Reporter: IT WILL BE THE FIRST FOREIGN-OWNED AUTOMAKING PLANT.

IN THE SOUTH WHOSE WORKERS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE UAW. THIS COMES AFTER TWO PRIOR FAILED ATTEMPTS AND POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM SIX REPUBLICAN SOUTHERN GOVERNORS, INCLUDING TENNESSEE'S BILL LEE. IN A STATEMENT THE GOVERNORS HAD URGED WORKERS TO VOTE NO SAYING,.

UNIONIZATION WOULD CERTAINLY PUT OUR STATES' JOBS IN JEOPARDY. >> WHAT CHANGED THE MOST IS EVERYBODY STARTED SEEING WHAT WE COULD GET WHEN THE BIG THREE WENT ON STRIKE, AND THEY SAID, WAIT, HOLD ON, IF THEY CAN GET ALL THIS, WE SHOULD TOO.

>> Reporter: UAW MEMBERS LAUNCHING A SERIES OF STRIKES AGAINST THE BIG THREE AUTOMAKERS LAST YEAR, RESULTING IN BIG WINS FOR WORKERS. PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO JOINED PICKETERS IN MICHIGAN LAST SEPTEMBER, SAYING IN A NEW STATEMENT, THERE IS NOTHING TO.

FEAR FROM AMERICAN WORKERS USING THEIR VOICE AND THEIR LEGAL RIGHT TO FORM A UNION IF THEY SO CHOOSE. VOLKSWAGEN THANKING ITS WORKERS FOR VOTING. ONCE THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED, VOLKSWAGEN AND THE UAW WILL HEAD TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.

EMPLOYEES HOPING THAT A CONTRACT WITH BETTER PAY AND BENEFITS FOLLOWS. AND, WHIT, THE UAW PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. MERCEDES-BENZ WORKERS IN ALABAMA ARE SET TO VOTE ON UAW REPRESENTATION NEXT MONTH. WHIT?.

>> Whit: MORGAN NORWOOD, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >>> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” THIS SATURDAY. THE VIRAL IMAGES OF PEOPLE HANDLING THOSE TWO BEAR CUBS IN NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT AUTHORITIES HAVE DECIDED.

ABOUT CHARGES NOW, AND TENSIONS ON THE RISE ON CAMPUS OVER THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR. STAY WITH US. >> Whit: NEXT TONIGHT, TENSIONS FLARING ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES OVER THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR. PROTESTERS RETURNING TO COLUMBIA.

UNIVERSITY HERE IN NEW YORK DAYS AFTER MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS WERE ARRESTED AND USC ANNOUNCING IT IS REDESIGNING ITS COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM AND CANCELING ALL SPEAKERS AFTER EARLIER CANCELING ITS VAD KICK TORIAN'S ADDRESS OVER WHAT IT CALLED SECURITY.

CONCERNS. >>> NOW, AN UPDATE TO A STORY THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HERE. WILDLIFE OFFICIALS IN NORTH CAROLINA SAY NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO PULLED TWO BEAR CUBS OUT OF A TREE. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE.

VIDEO. APPARENTLY THEY DID THIS TO TAKE SELFIES WITH THEM. OFFICIALS CALLING THE INCIDENT, DANGEROUS AND UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT APPEARED TO BE ISOLATED. ONE OF THE BEAR CUBS IS STILL MISSING. THE OTHER WAS FOUND AND TAKEN TO.

A REHAB FACILITY IN POOR CONDITION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM HASN'T EVEN BEEN OUT 48 HOURS YET. A RUNDOWN OF THE RECORDS SHE'S ALREADY BROKEN. >> Whit: TO THE INDEX NOW AND TAYLOR SWIFT JUST KEEPS ON.

BREAKING RECORDS. ♪ FOR A FORTNIGHT WE WERE TOGETHER ♪ >> Whit: HER NEW ALBUM, “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT” THE FIRST ALBUM IN SPOTIFY HISTORY TO HAVE MORE THAN 300,000 STREAMS IN A SINGLE DAY, “FORTNIGHT” THE MOST STREAMED.

AND IT'S A SONG IN A SINGLE DAY. >>> THE WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE GYMNASTICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE TODAY. JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR, LSU TAKING THE CROWN RIGHT HERE ON ABC WINNING THEIR FIRST TITLE EVER AFTER COMING CLOSE ON SEVERAL.

OCCASIONS. THE TIGERS HAD THE HIGHEST QUALIFYING SCORE IN THE SEMIFINALS. >>> TONIGHT, MESSY, THE TSA K-9 IS ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT. THE 8-YEAR-OLD LAB, THE LONGEST WORKING EXPLOSIVES DETECTION DOG AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT.

FINISHING HIS FINAL SHIFT. AND THEN A SURPRISE HERE, SHOWERED WITH DOZENS OF TENNIS BALLS. OF COURSE, HIS FAVORITE TOY. MESSY'S DO NOT PET PATCH WAS REMOVED, SIGNALING HIS OFFICIAL RETIREMENT WHICH HE WILL LIVE OUT WITH HIS HANDLER.

WE THANK MESSY FOR ALL HIS YEARS OF SERVICE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE 10-YEAR-OLD AND HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO HONOR THE REMAINING VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II. >> Whit: FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA STRONG.

ONE YOUNG MAN AND HIS QUEST TO HONOR THE GREATEST GENERATION. 20-YEAR-OLD TYLER BOWLAND OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, IS ON A MISSION TO HONOR AS MANY WORLD WAR II VETERANS AS POSSIBLE. >> I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHAT THESE GUYS DID.

>> Reporter: IT ALL BEGAN FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN TYLER MET THIS WORLD WAR II VET WHO FOUGHT AT NORMANDY BEACH. SINCE THEN HE'S MET SO MANY, HE'S LOST COUNT. >> MY GOAL WAS A HUNDRED, BUT I PASSED THAT. AND I WAS, LIKE, WELL, THERE'S.

NO POINT IN STOPPING. I'M READY. >> OKAY, I'M QUINTON STANBAUGH. >> Reporter: QUINTON STANBAUGH SAW THE MUSHROOM CLOUD OVER HIROSHIMA WHILE FLYING BY. THERE'S 98-YEAR-OLD GEORGE IVANOV, WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE WITH TYLER'S GREAT GRANDFATHER.

AND EARNED TWO PURPLE HEARTS, AND 100-YEAR-OLD PAUL LILIENTHAL FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS ALL OVER EUROPE. >> THESE GUYS WERE EXACTLY HOW OLD I WAS. WE WERE JUST KIDS, AND THEY SAVED THE WORLD. >> THAT'S SO COOL.

>> Reporter: TYLER MAKING LONG-TERM CONNECTIONS AND DEEP FRIENDSHIPS, CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS ♪ HAPPY BIRTHDAY ♪ >> Reporter: TAKING VETERANS TO BASEBALL GAMES, EVEN A SUPER BOWL AND DRIVING THEM AROUND IN A WORLD WAR II ERA JEEP THAT HE.

RESTORED. >> I HAVE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT GRANDPAS. >> Reporter: TYLER HOPING TO DOCUMENT THEIR STORIES, PRESERVE HISTORY, REMINDING US ALL OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICE. >> THEY ARE VERY HUMBLE, AND.

THEY DON'T MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. THEY JUST SAID, WE DID OUR JOB. WE WERE CALLED TO THE LINE OF DUTY. THAT'S WHAT WE DID. I'M JUST A KID WITH A CAMERA. THE HERO OF THIS STORY IS THE VETERANS, NOT ME.

>> Whit: HEROES, INDEED. INCREDIBLE STORIES. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICAS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST

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