ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - July 12, 2025

00:17:57
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Summary

TLDRSevere storms and flash flooding are currently affecting the Midwest, with significant impacts reported in Davenport, Iowa, where a life-threatening emergency has been declared. Central Texas is grappling with the aftermath of catastrophic flooding that has resulted in at least 129 deaths and over 160 individuals still missing. Meanwhile, a wildfire near the Grand Canyon has prompted mandatory evacuations. In aviation news, an Air India flight crash is under investigation for potential sabotage, as preliminary reports indicate confusion in the cockpit regarding fuel switches. President Trump has announced new tariffs on imports from Mexico and the EU, which are set to take effect soon. Additionally, a federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's immigration sweeps in California, citing a lack of probable cause. In sports, New York Yankees' Aaron Judge has made history by hitting his 350th career home run, achieving this milestone faster than any player in Major League Baseball history.

Takeaways

  • 🌩️ Severe storms impacting the Midwest.
  • 💧 Flash flooding emergency in Davenport, Iowa.
  • 🛑 Central Texas faces recovery after deadly floods.
  • 🔥 Wildfire near the Grand Canyon prompts evacuations.
  • ✈️ Air India flight crash raises sabotage questions.
  • 💰 President Trump announces new tariffs on imports.
  • ⚖️ Federal judge halts immigration sweeps in California.
  • ⚾ Aaron Judge hits 350th career home run, a record.
  • 🔍 Ongoing search for over 160 missing in Texas.
  • 🙏 Community efforts to reunite children with lost items.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Severe storms and flash flooding are impacting the Midwest, with high winds causing damage and a flash flood emergency declared in Davenport, Iowa. Central Texas is facing a devastating situation with over 129 dead and more than 160 missing due to recent floods, prompting search and recovery efforts led by Navy SEALs.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The situation in Central Texas worsens as flash flood threats continue, with millions under flood watches. A report reveals that a camp where many campers died was previously on a flood insurance map, raising questions about regulatory oversights. Meanwhile, severe weather persists in the Midwest, with damaging winds and ongoing recovery efforts in affected areas.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:17:57

    In national news, President Trump announces new tariffs on imports from Mexico and the EU, while a federal judge halts controversial immigration sweeps in California. Additionally, a federal ruling challenges the Trump administration's immigration policies, and a tragic plane crash raises questions about possible sabotage, highlighting ongoing political tensions surrounding investigations into high-profile cases.

Mind Map

Video Q&A

  • What areas are affected by severe storms?

    Severe storms are affecting the Midwest, stretching from western Kentucky to Michigan.

  • How many people are missing in Central Texas due to flooding?

    Over 160 people are still missing in Central Texas after the floods.

  • What is the cause of the Air India flight crash?

    Investigators are looking into possible sabotage related to fuel cutoff switches.

  • What new tariffs has President Trump announced?

    President Trump announced a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the European Union.

  • What did a federal judge rule regarding immigration sweeps in California?

    A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop controversial immigration sweeps, calling them indiscriminate.

  • What record did Aaron Judge achieve?

    Aaron Judge hit his 350th career home run, the fastest in Major League history.

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    >>> TONIGHT, SEVERE STORMS AND
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    FLASH FLOODING TARGETING THE
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    MIDWEST.
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    THE FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE NEAR
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    THE GRAND CANYON EXPLODING IN
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    SIZE AND THE MANDATORY
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    EVACUATIONS.
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    AND THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING
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    IN CENTRAL TEXAS AS THE REGION
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    FACES YET ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD
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    THREAT.
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    >>> FIRST, SEVERE STORMS BASHING
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    THE HEARTLAND STRETCHING FROM
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    WESTERN KENTUCKY TO MICHIGAN.
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    OVERNIGHT, 70-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND
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    GUSTS FROM COLORADO TO ILLINOIS
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    KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND POWER
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    LINES, A LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
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    FLOOD EMERGENCY IN DAVENPORT,
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    IOWA.
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    OUR WEATHER TEAM TRACKING IT
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    ALL.
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    >>> AND IN CENTRAL TEXAS,
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    MEMORIALS IN THE MIDST OF
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    DEVASTATION.
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    AT LEAST 129 DEAD WITH MORE THAN
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    160 STILL MISSING.
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    WE'RE WITH NAVY SEALS AND THEIR
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    TEAM OF EXPERT DIVERS ASSISTING
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    WITH SEARCH AND RECOVERY
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    EFFORTS.
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    >>> ALSO TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS ON
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    THE AIR INDIA FLIGHT CRASH.
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    WAS IT SABOTAGE?
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    THE CONFUSION IN THE COCKPIT AS
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    FUEL TO THE PLANE'S ENGINES
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    WOULD SHUT OFF JUST SECONDS
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    AFTER TAKEOFF.
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    THE PILOTS QUESTIONING EACH
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    OTHER.
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    WHAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM A NEW
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    REPORT
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    >>> THE DEEP DIVISIONS AMONG
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    PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION
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    AND HIS SUPPORTERS OVER THE
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    JEFFREY EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION.
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    TOP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI
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    OFFICIALS POINTING THE FINGER AT
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    EACH OTHER OVER THE DECISION TO
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    CLOSE THE HIGH-PROFILE PROBE.
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    WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT.
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    >>> THE NEW TARIFF THREAT.
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    PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYS HE'LL
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    IMPOSE 30% TARIFFS ON IMPORTS
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    FROM MEXICO AND THE EUROPEAN
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    UNION.
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    THE HIGH-STAKES NEGOTIATIONS.
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    SELINA WANG IS AT THE WHITE
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    HOUSE TONIGHT.
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    >>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS ORDERED
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    THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO
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    TEMPORARILY STOP THOSE
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    CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION SWEEPS
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    AND ARRESTS IN CALIFORNIA,
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    SAYING THEY ARE BEING MADE
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    WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE.
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    HOW THE WHITE HOUSE IS RESPONDING.
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    >>> THE NEW YORK YANKEES' AARON
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    JUDGE MAKES HISTORY.
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    HOW HE SLUGGED HIS WAY INTO THE
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    RECORD BOOKS.
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    >>> AMERICA STRONG, REUNITING
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    SURVIVING CAMPERS WITH THEIR
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    CHERISHED ITEMS AFTER THE
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    CATASTROPHIC FLOODS IN CENTRAL
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    TEXAS.
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    ♪
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    ♪
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    >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS
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    WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,
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    THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT."
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    >>> GOOD EVENING.
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    THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS
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    SATURDAY.
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    I'M MARTHA RADDATZ.
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    WE BEGIN WITH SEVERE STORMS AND
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    FLASH FLOODING TARGETING THE
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    HEARTLAND, MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD
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    WATCHES AND THE SEARCH AND
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    RECOVERY IN CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER
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    THE DEADLY AND CATASTROPHIC
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    FLOODING.
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    SEVERE WEATHER TARGETING THE
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    HEARTLAND OVERNIGHT, THIS TIME
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    LAPSE VIDEO CAPTURING AN OMINOUS
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    VIEW OF STORMS ROLLING THROUGH
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    PARTS OF ILLINOIS.
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    AND A FLASH FLOODING EMERGENCY
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    IN DAVENPORT, IOWA, CARS
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    SUBMERGED AS RESIDENTS WADE
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    THROUGH THE WAIST-DEEP FLOOD
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    WATERS.
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    WE'RE WITH NAVY SEALS AS THEY
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    ASSIST WITH THE SEARCH AND
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    RECOVERY MISSION IN CENTRAL
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    TEXAS WITH 129 DEAD AND MORE
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    THAN 160 STILL MISSING.
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    THE REGION IS NOW FACING YET
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    ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
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    OUR WEATHER TEAM IS STANDING BY
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    WITH THE FORECAST, BUT FIRST,
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    ABC'S JACLYN LEE LEADS US OFF
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    TONIGHT FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS.
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    >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FLASH
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    FLOOD THREAT FACING THE
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    HEARTLAND.
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    MILLIONS UNDER FLOOD WATCHES.
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    IOWA RECOVERING FROM THESE
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    DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODS IN THE
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    LAST 24 HOURS.
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    >> THAT IS SO SCARY.
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    >> I'M PRETTY SURE THERE IS
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    PEOPLE IN THERE.
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    >> Reporter: MULTIPLE CARS
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    SUBMERGED, SOME RESIDENTS UP TO
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    THEIR WAIST IN WATER.
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    >> LOOK WHAT'S GOING DOWN THE
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    STREET.
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    >> Reporter: AS CARS DRIVE IN
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    THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, YOU CAN
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    SEE A PORTABLE TOILET BEING
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    CARRIED AWAY BY THE FAST-MOVING
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    FLOOD WATERS.
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    AND PARTS OF THE GRAND CANYON
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    EVACUATED DUE TO MASSIVE AND
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    RAPIDLY GROWING WILDFIRES
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    SPANNING MORE THAN 20,000 ACRES.
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    IN TEXAS, COMMUNITIES GRIEVING
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    LAST NIGHT A VIGIL HELD IN KERR
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    COUNTY FOR THE MORE THAN 120
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    PEOPLE KILLED BY THAT
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    DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODING.
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    >> I'M JUST SO THANKFUL TO BE
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    HERE.
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    MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL OF
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    THESE FOLKS.
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    >> Reporter: THE HAMMOND FAMILY
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    REMEMBERING THEIR 17-YEAR-OLD
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    DAUGHTER MALAIA.
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    THAT LAST VIEW OF HER,
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    SHE WAS FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER
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    SINGING HYMNS AFTER SAVING HER
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    SIBLINGS.
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    ♪ RISE AND SHINE AND GIVE GOD
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    THE GLORY ♪
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    >> Reporter: THEY FOUND HER BODY
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    A MILE AWAY WASHING UP ON THE
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    SHORE OF A CHURCH.
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    >> KNOWING WE FOUND HER BODY AND
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    KNOWING 100% SHE IS NOW WITH GOD
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    HAS BROUGHT US SO MUCH CLOSURE.
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    >> Reporter: BUT THE SEARCH
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    CONTINUES FOR THE MORE THAN 160
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    PEOPLE STILL MISSING.
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    WE EXCLUSIVELY EMBEDDED WITH A
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    TEAM OF OVER 30 NAVY SEALS
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    VOLUNTEERING THEIR ELITE
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    TRAINING TO COMB THROUGH THE
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    TERRAIN.
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    >> I THINK EVERYBODY IS JUST
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    TAKING IT IN AND JUST LIKE
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    REALIZING WHAT JUST HAPPENED
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    HERE.
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    >> YOU'VE SEEN A LOT, AND THIS
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    IS THE WORST YOU'VE SEEN?
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    #
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    >> YEAH.
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    STUFF OVERSEAS IS DIFFERENT.
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    THIS HITS HOME.
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    >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A NEW
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    REPORT FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    INDICATES CAMP MYSTIC, WHERE 27
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    CAMPERS AND SOUNL COUNSELLORS
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    DIED FROM THOSE FLOOD WATERS
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    WERE ORIGINALLY INCLUDED ON A
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    2011 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
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    MAP
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    THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED IT TO
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    HAVE HIGHER INSURANCE COSTS AND
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    STRICTER REGULATIONS ON NEW
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    CONSTRUCTION.
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    FEDERAL REGULATORS REMOVED
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    SEVERAL FROM THOSE MAPS.
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    FEMA DOWNPLAYING THAT REPORT
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    TONIGHT SAYING THOSE FLOOD MAPS
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    DON'T PREDICT WHERE IT WILL
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    FLOOD OR WHERE IT HAS FLOODED IN
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    THE PAST.
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    MEANWHILE, HERE ON THE GROUND A
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    NEW FLASH FLOOD THREAT TO THE
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    AREA AS CLEANUP CONTINUES.
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    >> LET'S GET TO METEOROLOGIST
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    DANI BECKSTROM FROM WABC.
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    CENTRAL TEXAS IS FACING ANOTHER
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    FLASH FLOOD THREAT.
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    TIME IT OUT FOR US.
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    >> Reporter: THAT NEW FLASH
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    FLOOD THREAT PART OF THE SAME
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    SYSTEM THAT TRIGGERED SEVERE
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    WEATHER IN THE MIDWEST
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    YESTERDAY.
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    THAT SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES
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    TONIGHT FROM PADUCAH UP TO
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    MICHIGAN WITH DAMAGING WIND
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    BEING THE PRIMARY CONCERN.
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    BACK TO THE SOAKING IN THE
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    SOUTHERN PLAINS FLOOD WATCHES
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    FOR OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS AS ROUNDS
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    OF RAIN AND STORMS SWEEP THROUGH
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    THIS WEEKEND.
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    THE HEAVIEST RAIN FOCUSED NORTH
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    AND WEST OF THE TEXAS HILL
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    COUNTRY SO FAR BUT THAT CHANGES
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    TOMORROW AS DOWNPOURS SHIFTS
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    OUT, FOCUSING ON THE AREAS STILL
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    CLEANING UP FROM LAST WEEKEND.
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    IN THE WEST IT'S HOT AND DRY.
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    THE HEAT BUILDS NORTH WITH HIGHS
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    IN PORTLAND IN THE MID 90s AND
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    THE DESERT SOUTHWEST SEES NEAR
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    112 IN VEGAS ON MONDAY.
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    >>> NOW TO THE NEW DETAILS ON
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    THE AIR INDIA CRASH AND NEW
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    QUESTIONS ABOUT POSSIBLE
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    SABOTAGE.
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    THE CONFUSION IN THE COCKPIT AS
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    FUEL TO THE PLANE'S ENGINES
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    WOULD SHUT OFF SECONDS AFTER
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    TAKEOFF.
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    THE PILOTS QUESTIONING EACH
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    OTHER.
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    THE NEW DETAILS TONIGHT FROM A
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    PRELIMINARY REPORT.
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    >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE
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    MYSTERY INTO WHAT CAUSED AIR
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    INDIA FLIGHT 171 BOUND FOR
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    LONDON TO CRASH.
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    THE NEWLY RELEASED PRELIMINARY
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    REPORT SHOWS INVESTIGATORS
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    FOCUSING NOW ON THOSE FUEL
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    CUTOFF SWITCHES AND WHETHER THIS
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    WAS A DELIBERATE ACT.
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    >> FUEL SWITCHES WERE
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    DELIBERATELY SHUT OFF, SHUTTING
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    OFF FUEL TO THE ENGINES AND
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    THOSE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN.
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    WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHO DID IT
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    AND WHY THEY DID IT.
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    >> Reporter: NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT
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    WHY BOTH CONTROL SWITCHES THAT
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    PROVIDE THE ENGINES WITH FUEL
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    WERE TURNED OFF ABOUT THREE
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    SECONDS INTO THE FLIGHT.
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    AND TURNED BACK ON ABOUT TEN
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    SECONDS LATER.
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    NEW IMAGES FROM THE AFTERMATH
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    SHOW THOSE FUEL CONTROL SWITCHES
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    FIRMLY IN THE RUN POSITION, BUT
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    IT WAS TOO LATE.
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    THE ENGINES FAILED TO REGAIN
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    THRUST.
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    >> WE KNOW THESE SWITCHES DIDN'T
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    GET BUMPED.
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    WE KNOW IT WAS A DELIBERATE
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    ACTION WHERE YOU HAVE TO
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    ACTUALLY LIFT THE SWITCH AND
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    MOVE IT TO THE OTHER POSITION.
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    IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
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    BUMPED FROM ONE POSITION TO
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    ANOTHER.
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    >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE
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    REPORT, BOTH PILOTS ARE HEARD
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    DISCUSSING THE SWITCHES IN THE
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    COCKPIT VOICE RECORDING.
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    >> WE DO KNOW ONE OF THE PILOTS
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    ASKED THE OTHER PILOT, WHY DID
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    YOU MOVE THOSE SWITCHES?
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    WHY DID YOU CUT OFF THE FUEL TO
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    BOTH ENGINES?
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    THE OTHER PILOT SAID, I DIDN'T
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    DO IT.
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    ONE OF THEM IS NOT TELLING THE
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    TRUTH.
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    >> Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN AT
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    LEAST TWO DELIBERATE PLANE
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    CRASHES IN RECENT YEARS.
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    A GERMAN COPILOT BRINGING DOWN A
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    PLANE IN THE ALPS KILLING 150.
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    AND EGYPT AIR FLIGHT 990, THE
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    COPILOT CRASHING THE AIRCRAFT
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    SOUTH OF THAN NUGGET.
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    INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT LOOKING
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    AT TECHNICAL OR MAINTENANCE
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    FAILURES. ENGINES THAT
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    POWER THAT AIRPLANE. MARTHA.
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    >> GLENNA. THANK YOU.
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    DEEP DIVISIONS AMONG PRESIDENT
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    TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION AND HIS
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    SUPPORTERS OVER THE JEFFREY
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    EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION WITH A
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    REPORTED SPAT BETWEEN TOP
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    JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI
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    OFFICIALS OVER THE DECISION TO
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    CLOSE THE HIGH PROFILE PROBE.
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    HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE
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    CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG.
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    >> TONIGHT.
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    >> THE EXTRAORDINARY.
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    >> POLITICAL CRISIS INSIDE THE
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    WHITE HOUSE. TOP LEADERSHIP AT
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    THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FBI
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    IN TURMOIL. UNDER FIRE OVER
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    THEIR HANDLING OF THE
  • 00:09:22
    INVESTIGATION INTO SEX OFFENDER
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    JEFFREY EPSTEIN, TRUMP'S MOST
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    LOYAL SUPPORTERS. ERUPTING AFTER
  • 00:09:28
    THE DOJ AND FBI RELEASED A JOINT
  • 00:09:30
    MEMO SAYING THERE IS NO CLIENT
  • 00:09:33
    LIST. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS
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    DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR DAN BONGINO
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    IS CONSIDERING RESIGNING AFTER
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    CLASHING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL
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    PAM BONDI.
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    >> PAM, IF YOU CAN'T DO YOUR
  • 00:09:45
    JOB, WE'LL FIND SOMEONE WHO
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    WILL.
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    >> I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST PAM
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    BONDI, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK
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    FOR THE VILLAIN IN THIS STORY,
  • 00:09:52
    WE HAVE FOUND HER.
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    >> REPORTER FOR YEARS, BONGINO
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    AND FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL
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    FUELED CONSPIRACIES ABOUT
  • 00:09:57
    EPSTEIN'S DEATH. THE CASE BECAME
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    A SYMBOL FOR THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
  • 00:10:00
    A PROMISE TO TAKE DOWN THE
  • 00:10:02
    SO-CALLED CORRUPT ELITE.
  • 00:10:03
    >> FOLKS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
  • 00:10:05
    LOT OF NAMES ON THAT. THE
  • 00:10:06
    EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST. THERE'S A
  • 00:10:08
    REASON THEY'RE HIDING IT.
  • 00:10:09
    >> BONDI SEEMED TO VOW TO REVEAL
  • 00:10:11
    IT.
  • 00:10:12
    >> IT'S SITTING ON MY DESK RIGHT
  • 00:10:13
    NOW TO REVIEW.
  • 00:10:14
    >> SHE NOW SAYS SHE WAS
  • 00:10:15
    REFERRING TO THE WHOLE REPORT
  • 00:10:17
    AND NOT A CLIENT LIST. BUT
  • 00:10:18
    OFFICIALS LIKE PATEL, WHO ONCE
  • 00:10:19
    BACKED THOSE CLAIMS. NOW CLOSING
  • 00:10:21
    THE DOOR TONIGHT, PATEL POSTING
  • 00:10:23
    THE CONSPIRACY STORIES JUST
  • 00:10:25
    AREN'T TRUE. NEVER HAVE BEEN.
  • 00:10:27
    THE DOJ REITERATING PREVIOUS
  • 00:10:30
    FINDINGS THAT EPSTEIN DIED BY
  • 00:10:31
    SUICIDE WITH NO CREDIBLE
  • 00:10:33
    EVIDENCE OF BLACKMAIL, AND
  • 00:10:34
    SAYING THERE WOULD BE NO FURTHER
  • 00:10:36
    INVESTIGATION. AND TONIGHT,
  • 00:10:38
    PRESIDENT TRUMP COMING TO
  • 00:10:39
    BONDI'S DEFENSE FOR THE FIRST
  • 00:10:40
    TIME IN PUBLIC SINCE THE
  • 00:10:42
    CONTROVERSY, BEGAN, POSTING THAT
  • 00:10:44
    SHE'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB,
  • 00:10:46
    ADDING THAT WE'RE ON ONE TEAM,
  • 00:10:48
    MAGA, AND I DON'T LIKE WHAT'S
  • 00:10:50
    HAPPENING. AND LET'S NOT WASTE
  • 00:10:51
    TIME AND ENERGY ON JEFFREY
  • 00:10:53
    EPSTEIN. AS THE OUTRAGE GROWS,
  • 00:10:55
    SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS BONDI HAS
  • 00:10:57
    FIRED AT LEAST 20 PROSECUTORS
  • 00:10:59
    AND SUPPORT STAFFERS WHO WORKED
  • 00:11:00
    ON FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK
  • 00:11:02
    SMITH'S INVESTIGATIONS INTO
  • 00:11:04
    PRESIDENT TRUMP AND MARTHA.
  • 00:11:06
    TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED
  • 00:11:07
    MORE TARIFFS ON SOME OF OUR
  • 00:11:09
    BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS, 30% ON
  • 00:11:11
    THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO
  • 00:11:13
    THAT GO INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST
  • 00:11:15
    1ST. BOTH ARE SLAMMING THE MOVE,
  • 00:11:16
    SAYING THEY WERE IN ACTIVE
  • 00:11:18
    NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE U.S. THE
  • 00:11:20
    EU IS WARNING THAT THIS WILL
  • 00:11:21
    HARM CONSUMERS AND
  • 00:11:24
    CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES ON BOTH
  • 00:11:27
    SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC.
  • 00:11:30
    >> TUNE INTO "THIS WEEK TOMORROW
  • 00:11:31
    MORNING."
  • 00:11:39
    >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A FEDERAL
  • 00:11:41
    JUDGE ORDERING THE TRUMP
  • 00:11:42
    ADMINISTRATION TO STOP THOSE
  • 00:11:43
    CONTROVERSIAL IMMIGRATION SWEEPS
  • 00:11:44
    AND ARRESTS IN CALIFORNIA,
  • 00:11:45
    CALLING THEM, QUOTE,
  • 00:11:48
    INDISCRIMINATE.
  • 00:11:49
    THE WHITE HOUSE NOW PLANNING TO
  • 00:11:50
    APPEAL.
  • 00:11:51
    WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT THAT MORE
  • 00:11:52
    THAN 300 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
  • 00:11:53
    DURING A RAID ON CALIFORNIA'S
  • 00:11:59
    CANNABIS FARM.
  • 00:11:59
    HERE'S ZOHREEN SHAH.
  • 00:12:02
    >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAJOR
  • 00:12:03
    FEDERAL RULING SHAKING THE
  • 00:12:04
    IMMIGRATION LANDSCAPE.
  • 00:12:04
    A U.S. JUDGE ORDERING THE TRUMP
  • 00:12:05
    ADMINISTRATION TO SUSPEND WHAT
  • 00:12:08
    THE COURT CALLS INDISCRIMINATE
  • 00:12:08
    ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS ACROSS SEVEN
  • 00:12:09
    CALIFORNIA COUNTIES.
  • 00:12:12
    IN A STRIKE
  • 00:12:12
    IN A STRIKING REBUKE, THE JUDGE
  • 00:12:16
    DECLARED IMMIGRATION AGENTS
  • 00:12:18
    CANNOT DETAIN SOMEONE BASED ON
  • 00:12:19
    THEIR RACE, SPOKEN LANGUAGE OR
  • 00:12:21
    JOB, EMPHASIZING THOSE IN
  • 00:12:23
    CUSTODY MUST NOT BE DENIED LEGAL
  • 00:12:28
    COUNSEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MUST
  • 00:12:28
    HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT
  • 00:12:29
    THE PERSON TO BE STOPPED IS
  • 00:12:30
    WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN
  • 00:12:33
    VIOLATION OF U.S. IMMIGRATION
  • 00:12:36
    LAW.
  • 00:12:36
    >> WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
  • 00:12:37
    ALL FEDERAL JUDGES' ORDERS.
  • 00:12:39
    WHAT HE SAID WE COULDN'T DO IS
  • 00:12:41
    TARGET PEOPLE BASED ON OTHER
  • 00:12:46
    QUALIFY CASE
  • 00:12:47
    QUALIFY
  • 00:12:47
    QUALIFICATIONS THAT HE MADE UP.
  • 00:12:48
    WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO
  • 00:12:49
    OUR INVESTIGATIONS ON CRIMINAL
  • 00:12:50
    ACTIVITY AND UPHOLD THE LAW.
  • 00:12:50
    >> Reporter: IT COMES AS CLASHES
  • 00:12:58
    HAVE GROWN MORE VIOLENT.
  • 00:12:59
    AT A CANNABIS FARM OUTSIDE LOS
  • 00:12:59
    ANGELES, VIDEO SHOWING HEAVILY
  • 00:13:00
    ARMED AGENTS DEPLOYING FLASH
  • 00:13:01
    DEVICES, WORKERS SEEN SCATTERING
  • 00:13:01
    INTO NEARBY FIELDS.
  • 00:13:02
    AND AN URGENT MANHUNT TONIGHT
  • 00:13:03
    AFTER FOOTAGE EMERGED SHOWING A
  • 00:13:03
    SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY OPENING FIRE
  • 00:13:04
    ON FEDERAL OFFICERS.
  • 00:13:11
    THE FBI ORDERING A $50,000
  • 00:13:13
    REWARD FOR THEIR CAPTURE.
  • 00:13:17
    PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING TO SOCIAL
  • 00:13:19
    MEDIA CALLING DEMONSTRATORS
  • 00:13:20
    THUGS AND ACCUSING THEM OF
  • 00:13:22
    LAUNCHING ROCKS AND BRICKS AT
  • 00:13:25
    I.C.E. OFFICERS WHILE THEY WERE
  • 00:13:27
    MOVING DOWN A ROADWAY IN THEIR
  • 00:13:29
    CAR.
  • 00:13:30
    HE VOWED TOTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR
  • 00:13:30
    I.C.E. TO PROTECT ITSELF AND
  • 00:13:31
    DEMANDED ARRESTS BEGIN
  • 00:13:31
    IMMEDIATELY.
  • 00:13:32
    AND TODAY OUTRAGE IN FLORIDA AS
  • 00:13:33
    DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS DESCENDED
  • 00:13:34
    ON A CONTROVERSIAL NEW
  • 00:13:37
    IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER
  • 00:13:38
    DEEP IN THE EVERGLADES DEEMED
  • 00:13:39
    ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ.
  • 00:13:41
    THEY SAY THE HARSH CONDITIONS
  • 00:13:44
    ARE NO ACCIDENT.
  • 00:13:45
    >> THE CRUELTY IS THE POINT.
  • 00:13:47
    I MEAN, IT IS BRUTALLY HOT, AS
  • 00:13:49
    WE CAN ALL SEE.
  • 00:13:53
    THERE ARE INSECTS EVERYWHERE.
  • 00:13:53
    THESE ARE NOT CONDITIONS THAT
  • 00:13:54
    YOU SHOULD EVER PUT ANYONE IN.
  • 00:13:58
    >> Reporter: THAT CALIFORNIA
  • 00:13:59
    JUDGE'S RULING IS TEMPORARY.
  • 00:14:01
    A FULL HEARING IS SET TO TAKE
  • 00:14:03
    PLACE IN THE COMING DAYS.
  • 00:14:04
    MARTHA
  • 00:14:07
    >>> NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE
  • 00:14:08
    AND A MASSIVE ATTACK BY RUSSIA.
  • 00:14:08
    THE OVERNIGHT STRIKE LEFT AT
  • 00:14:09
    LEAST TEN PEOPLE DEAD.
  • 00:14:10
    LAUNCHED NEARLY 600 DRONES AND
  • 00:14:11
    DOZENS OF MISSILES.
  • 00:14:16
    PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS URGING
  • 00:14:16
    THE WEST TO IMPOSE MORE
  • 00:14:17
    SANCTIONS ON MOSCOW.
  • 00:14:49
    >>> TWO ARKANSAS PRISON GUARDS
  • 00:14:51
    HAVE BEEN FIRED IN THE SO-CALLED
  • 00:14:52
    DEVIL IN THE OZARKS ESCAPE.
  • 00:14:57
    IN MAY CONVICTED KILLER AND
  • 00:15:01
    FORMER POLICE CHIEF GRANT HARDEN
  • 00:15:02
    WALKED OUT OF A PRISON WEARING A
  • 00:15:03
    FAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIFORM.
  • 00:15:06
    HE WAS CAUGHT AFTER 12 DAYS.
  • 00:15:07
    OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT HAS
  • 00:15:07
    TRIGGERED A FULL REVIEW OF
  • 00:15:09
    PRISON SECURITY PROCEDURES.
  • 00:15:11
    >>> TODAY, A TRIBUTE TO THE
  • 00:15:14
    FIREFIGHTER KILLED DURING THE
  • 00:15:15
    ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LAST YEAR
  • 00:15:17
    OF THEN-CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP.
  • 00:15:20
    BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, HOLDING
  • 00:15:21
    COREY'S CRUISE, A MOTORCYCLE
  • 00:15:24
    RIDE HONORING COREY COMPERATORE.
  • 00:15:33
    THIS WEEK SIX SECRET SERVICE
  • 00:15:35
    AGENTS WERE SUSPEND FOR WHAT THE
  • 00:15:36
    AGENCY CALLED FAILURES CONNECTED
  • 00:15:37
    TO THE ATTACK.
  • 00:15:38
    >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AARON
  • 00:15:39
    JUDGE RISES IN BASEBALL'S
  • 00:15:43
    >>> TO THE INDEX.
  • 00:15:45
    A RECORD-BREAKING BLAST FOR
  • 00:15:46
    AARON JUDGE.
  • 00:15:48
    THE NEW YORK YANKEES RIGHT
  • 00:15:51
    FIELDER SLUGGED HIS 350th CAREER
  • 00:15:54
    HOME RUN THIS AFTERNOON IN A
  • 00:15:55
    LOSS TO THE CHICAGO CUBS.
  • 00:15:56
    IT TOOK JUDGE 1,088 GAMES.
  • 00:15:58
    THAT'S THE FASTEST IN MAJOR
  • 00:16:02
    LEAGUE HISTORY.
  • 00:16:02
    HE BEAT THE OLD MARK BY MARK
  • 00:16:05
    MAGUIRE BY NEARLY 200 GAMES.
  • 00:16:08
    IT WAS JUDGE'S 35th HOMER OF THE
  • 00:16:08
    SEASON.
  • 00:16:10
    >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE
  • 00:16:10
    SOOTHING POWER OF STUFFED
  • 00:16:12
    ANIMALS IN THE TEXAS HILL
  • 00:16:13
    COUNTRY.
  • 00:16:17
    >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA
  • 00:16:18
    STRONG.
  • 00:16:21
    MOTHERS COME TOGETHER TO TRY TO
  • 00:16:23
    EASE THE PAIN AFTER THE TEXAS
  • 00:16:23
    FLOODS.
  • 00:16:28
    IT IS A HEARTBREAKING REMINDER
  • 00:16:31
    OF THE YOUNG LIVES SHATTERED.
  • 00:16:34
    AMID THE DEVASTATION FROM THE
  • 00:16:34
    FOURTH OF JULY FLASH FLOODS, THE
  • 00:16:35
    CHILDREN'S CHERISHED BELONGINGS.
  • 00:16:37
    SOON AFTER THE WATERS RECEDED
  • 00:16:41
    PARENTS OF THOSE LOST AND THOSE
  • 00:16:43
    WHO SURVIVED BEGAN POSTING
  • 00:16:45
    PHOTOS, PLEADING ONLINE FOR HELP
  • 00:16:47
    FINDING THEIR CHILD'S STUFFED
  • 00:16:50
    ANIMALS.
  • 00:16:51
    THAT'S WHEN LIBBY CRAWFORD, A
  • 00:16:51
    MOM FROM SAN ANTONIO, JUMPED
  • 00:16:53
    INTO ACTION, TELLING OUR
  • 00:16:57
    AFFILIATE KSAT --
  • 00:16:59
    >> SEVERAL FRIENDS SAY THEIR
  • 00:16:59
    DAUGHTER'S TRUNKS WERE GONE,
  • 00:17:00
    LIKE EVERYTHING GONE.
  • 00:17:01
    SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP.
  • 00:17:02
    >> Reporter: CREATING A FACEBOOK
  • 00:17:04
    PAGE, SHE CALLS CAMP MYSTIC
  • 00:17:07
    JELLYCAT REUNION GROUP, NAMED
  • 00:17:08
    AFTER A POPULAR STUFFED ANIMAL
  • 00:17:08
    BRAND.
  • 00:17:10
    >> I OPENED IT UP AND THERE'S
  • 00:17:12
    OVER 500 PEOPLE HERE IN TWO
  • 00:17:16
    DAYS.
  • 00:17:17
    >> PEOPLE BEGAN POSTING PHOTOS
  • 00:17:19
    OF STUFFED ANIMALS FOUND IN THE
  • 00:17:21
    DEBRIS ON THE PAGE.
  • 00:17:22
    >> MANY 4-YEAR-OLD AND I SPOTTED
  • 00:17:23
    THIS MORNING IN THE KERRVILLE IN
  • 00:17:24
    THE FLOOD WATERS.
  • 00:17:27
    >> ANOTHER READS THIS GUY WAS
  • 00:17:28
    FOUND ON SUNDAY BY THE RIVER.
  • 00:17:29
    WE WOULD LOVE TO RETURN HIM TO
  • 00:17:30
    HIS PROPER HOME.
  • 00:17:33
    LIBBY DETERMINED TO KEEP DOING
  • 00:17:34
    WHAT SHE CAN TO HELP EASE THE
  • 00:17:35
    PAIN.
  • 00:17:39
    >> IF YOU CAN GIVE THEM ONE
  • 00:17:39
    PIECE OF THEIR CHILDHOOD BACK,
  • 00:17:41
    LET'S TRY.
  • 00:17:42
    >> THEY TRIED SO HARD.
  • 00:17:43
    THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE MOTHERS
  • 00:17:45
    AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED.
  • 00:17:45
    AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
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