World News Tonight with David Muir - Full Episode: Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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Fe Ginger Z is standing by the Wildfire emergency tonight the images coming in at this hour dozens of homes Up in Flames three major wildfires burning near Los Angeles thousands being evacuated a suspect arrested for allegedly starting the massive line fire also tonight after their debate in Philadelphia vice president commel Harris and former president Trump and the handshake at Ground Zero marking 911 this morning paying tribute to the victims it comes after the ABC News debate last night in Philadelphia at the national Constitution Center 55 days until election day now the vice president now saying let's have a second debate what Donald Trump is now saying about that tonight this evening the development involving justtin Timberlake ABC News learning Timberlake has reached a plea deal in his DWI case the horrific case tonight sources say a 12-year-old has fallen from a balcony on a cruise ship the child did not survive what we're learning the historic high-risk spacewalk scheduled to take place just hours from now the first civilian to walk in space hundreds of miles above the Earth the weight loss drug showing promise for children struggling with obesity the new findings tonight the Taylor Swift effect just hours now after endorsing vice president Comm Harris and urging fans to register to vote what's happened already also tonight we remember a music legend here and this evening as we do every year we pay tribute on 911 we'll take you to ground zero to Pennsylvania Ander the Pentagon from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with David mure good evening we are back from Philadelphia tonight and we begin tonight with the breaking news hurricane Francine has just made landfall in Louisiana New Orleans getting hit a category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds a state of emergency in Louisiana and Mississippi tonight authorities saying the time to evacuate of course is over P people are being told to shelter and place francen slamming ashore near Morgan City Louisiana with powerful winds a life-threatening storm surge and up to a foot of rain a tornado watch in effect until 11:00 tropical storm wars for Mississippi and Alabama as well ahead of landfall Francine lashing the Gulf Coast Shore for hours major winds and storm surge all along the coast already the louisian is a governor tonight activating the National Guard preparing for high waterer rescues Ginger Z standing by with the new TR of this but first ABC's Matt Rivers is in hom Louisiana right near Francine's landfall just moments ago Matt David you can see just how intense these winds have become as hurricane Francine's eyewall is moving ashore as we speak these right now are the most dangerous moments of this storm so far tonight conditions deteriorating by the hour on the Gulf Coast as hurricane Francine slams ashore roads quickly flooding in dlac Louisiana some areas bracing for up to 10 ft of storm surge and up to a foot of rain this hurricane coming ashore as we speak we're right in the eyewall the most intense part of this storm winds up to 100 m an hour as the threat of power outages going up by the minute memories of 2021s hurricane Ida still fresh in the mind of Homer resident elante Carson nervous overwhelmed scared even though you've been through storms before I still feel the same weight every time I storm going Humvees rolling down the highway as Louisiana's governor activates more than 2,000 National Guard troops a state of emergency there and in Mississippi in flood prone New Orleans officials say they're confident the pump system that keeps water out of the city will do its job there will be time where there will be some flooding and our mission will then shift from keeping the city dry to pumping the city as fast as we can and David a hurricane warning now in effect for the majority of the Louisiana Coastline as well as a tornado watch that extends all through the night Matt river is right there thank you Matt let's get right to chief meteorologist Jinger Z with the latest forecast the latest track of this hi Ginger hi David Fran made official landfall 30 Mi South Southwest of Morgan City Louisiana but you can see it is jetting to the Northeast at 17 mil hour so it's going to move quickly toward New Orleans with that eyew wall where you see the worst of the winds that tornado watch that goes all the way to Gulfport pasula is Mississippi and we're going to see more of that tonight that's going to extend into tomorrow tropical storm warnings go to mobile you see they go quite far into parts of Mississippi too almost to Jackson there just south of I20 so I want to take you through the timing and the impacts couple more hours yet of that surge which could go 5 to 10 feet at most uh but a lot of places will end up with 2 to 5 feet just plenty to add you know a whole human's height of water then rain 4 to 8 in widespread up to 12 in locally you see all those wind alerts that go up to Memphis or Birmingham Huntsville 2 that's because even as it loses its tropical Constitution tomorrow you could see wind gusts upwards of 45 mph definitely could see tornadoes you see how far-reaching those outer bands are Tallahassee Panama City tomorrow morning getting hit by that and then the Heavy Rain into Western Tennessee we see an elevated risk David of flash flooding Ginger Z with us here tonight we'll see you first thing in the morning Ginger thank you we're also following another unfolding emergency at this hour the wildfires in the west three major fires are now burning near Los Angeles tens of thousands evacuating several people trapped behind the fire lines dozens of homes destroyed the image is coming in tonight a woman running from the fierce winds and racing airport fire as it's being called a Fire official coming to her rescue there and tonight a suspect allegedly arrested for starting the massive fire line uh ABC's moli in the fire zone Tonight Tonight raging wildfires across Southern California burning out of control scorching neighborhoods and forcing thousands to flee their homes officials say at least 10 people have been injured this woman escaping the flames and rushing into an emergency vehicle I've never seen like this before ever there's a possibility I might we might lose everything there the bridge fire exploding to 49,000 Acres the state's largest fire 0% contained firefighters going door to door to evacuate kudos to the fire department and I pray everybody's going to be safe but it's just too much it's it's she overwhel it's been a lot it's been a lot it's okay it's okay official say they're now working to airlift three more people who are trapped behind the fire lines wind whipped Flames destroying nearly 40 structures and threatening 2500 more our Melissa Adon is on the front lines in the town of rightwood firefighters are working on tough terrain here in this Mountain Community trying to create a perimeter to protect nearby homes and workers at this nearby ski resort using snow blowers to beat back the Flames the airport fire also 0% contained jumping a highway overnight you can see here in Riverside how it consumed and engulfed these homes or what used to be homes leaving behind a pile of char and Ash about a dozen homes burned to the ground as 6,000 firefighters try to gain the upper hand with the fires tonight officials say the third blaze in the area the line fire was sparked by arson police announcing they've arrested a 34-year-old suspect we'll DAV it here in Riverside County firefighters still have their hands full but some potential relief in sight as we are expecting lower temperatures over the next few days we're also expecting higher wind that of course could cause these fires to continue to spread David just stunning images behind you there mola langi tonight mola thank you again we turn now to the ABC News presidential debate last night we learned late today that more than 70 million Americans watched the debate vice president kamla Harris and former president Trump had never met before walking onto that debate stage and they were together again this morning at Ground Zero here in New York City there to remember the victims of the 9/11 attack standing just a few feet apart Reaching Across in a cordial handshake just hours after spar ing on that debate stage it was just last night of course the whole debate began when the vice president crossed the stage extending her hand to the former president offering a handshake which we haven't seen in recent presidential debates for the next 90 minutes questions on the economy immigration Reproductive Rights foreign policy and tonight the vice president saying she now wants a second debate what the former president is saying about that here's Mary Bruce tonight today at Ground Zero a polite handshake between Fierce Rivals vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump greeting each other at a service commemorating the 9/11 attack less than 24 hours earlier a handshake of a different kind KLA Harris Let's Have a good debate see you have fun thank you Trump had hoped to make the ABC News presidential debate a referendum on the Biden Harris Administration this has been a disaster for people for the middle class but for every class on top of that we have millions of people pouring into our country instead it was the former president who found himself on the defensive first on abortion Trump has bragged about nominating three of the Supreme Court Justices who overturned Ro versus Wade on the debate stage he claimed legal Scholars backed their decision they all wanted this issue to be brought back to the states where the people could vote each individual state is voting it's the vote of the people now Harris pouncing on one of her signature issues you want to talk about this is what people wanted pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term suffering from a miscarriage being denied care in an emergency room because the healthc care providers are afraid they might go to jail and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot she didn't want that the vice president repeatedly goting Trump trying to get under his skin you will see during the course of his rallies he talks about fictional characters like Hannibal Lecter he will talk about windmills cause cancer and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom the former president taking that bait first let me respond is to the rallies she said people start leaving people don't go to her rallies there's no reason to go people don't leave my rallies we have the biggest rallies the most incredible rallies in the history of politics in that same answer Trump veering into a false conspiracy theory about migrants eating people's pets in Springfield Ohio in Springfield they're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats they're eating they're eating the pets of the people that live there I just want to clarify here you bring up Springfield uh Ohio and ABC News did reach out to the city manager there uh he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed injured or abused by individuals within the Immigrant Community all I've seen people on television let me just say here this is the people on television say my dog was taken and used for food so maybe he said that and maybe that's a good thing to say for a city manager not taking this from television telion their dog was eaten by the people that went there again the Springfield City manager says there's no evidence of that vice president Harris I'll let you respond to the rest of what you've heard you talk about extreme and Harris seizing on Trump's refusal to admit he lost the 2020 election when David asked him about some recent comments in the past couple of weeks leading up to this debate uh you have said quote you lost by a whisker that you quote didn't quite make it that you came up a little bit short are are you now acknowledging that you lost in 2020 I don't acknowledge that at all the vice president arguing Trump can't face reality Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people so let's be clear about that and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that and world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump I have talked with military leaders some of whom worked with you and they say you're a disgrace Harris urging Americans to look to the Future back we're not going back it's time to turn the page Trump warning his rival had 3 years to deliver on promises and failed she's going to do this she's going to do that she's going to do all these wonderful things why hasn't she done it she's been there for three and a half years today the Harris team breaming with confidence saying the vice president is ready to debate Trump again late today the former president insisted he won the debate but he wouldn't commit to round two we enjoyed it I think I hope she enjoyed it too but I enjoyed it are we going to do a rematch I just don't know we'll think about it one person who was watching closely last night Taylor Swift in a post to her more than 283 million followers the Superstar saying she was watching the debate she had done her research and made her choice officially endorsing kamla Harris and urging her supporters to register to vote that post today driving more than 330,000 visitors to flood the vote.gov website David Mary Bruce who was right there at the national Constitution Center with us last night Mary thank you I want to bring in ABC's Rachel Scott of the Trump campaign tonight Rachel former president Trump saying he won the debate now considering a second debate but not committing to it you're reporting some of his top allies called his performance somewhat of a missed opportunity here yes David exactly there was a question of which version of Donald Trump was going to show up on that debate stage last night and this is not the version of Donald Trump that many of his close allies over on Capitol Hill wanted to see they wanted to see the former president stick to the issue stay on message not dip into conspiracy theories or promote false claims Senator Lindsey Graham insisting that this was a missed opportunity for the former president Senator Kevin Kramer saying that the former president could have gone into more detail on key policy issues but instead he used the debate as a mini campaign rally and in perhaps the most telling sign Donald Trump will now not commit to another debate against vice president kamla Harris when President Biden was in the race he said he would debate him anytime anywhere any place but now that Harris wants that second debate Donald Trump is hedging David Rachel Scott with us tonight as well thank you Rachel next tonight here ABC News has learned that Justin Timberlake has agreed to a plea deal at his DWI case in Sag Harbor New York on Long Island how he's now settling the case and here's Aaron kki now tonight sources telling ABC News Justin Timberlake will return Friday to the high-end Hampton's village where he allegedly drove drunk so he can plead guilty to a lesser charge the pop Superstars expected to plead guilty to a traffic infraction and pay a fine surveillance video taken in June shows Timber lak's gray BMW driving down a street in Sag Harbor shortly before his arrest police said he ran a stop sign and swerved out of his Lane the officer who pulled him over said when he found Timberlake his eyes were bloodshot and glassy he had slowed speech and was unsteady on his feet performing poorly on all field sobriety tests he refused A chemical test Timberlake was on a break from his world tour to promote his latest album everything I thought it was he address the charges on stage it's been a tough week we've been together through ups and downs on that June night David Timberlake said he had won Martini his attorney said he wasn't drunk but come Friday he's expected in court to plead guilty to an infraction of impaired driving and resolve this case David Aaron kki with us Aaron thank you tonight we're just hours away from potential history in Space the SpaceX crew now orbiting Earth just hours from attempting the first ever commercial space walk billionaire Jared isaacman in spacex's Sarah Gillis will exit the spacecraft Tethered to 8ot long lines they will leave the hatch for less than 10 minutes each one at a time 870 M from Earth they are farther than anyone since the last Apollo Mission more than 50 years ago to the economy tonight in promising news on inflation consumer prices were up 2.5% in August compared to a year ago a three-year low now when it comes to inflation food prices rising slightly while Energy prices falling housing costs remain stubbornly high the report raising confidence of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week which could lower car loans mortgages and credit card rates when we come back here tonight tragedy on 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whether it's big or small imagine how great it would feel to finally do it as kids we were always learning and growing but as adults sometimes we lose that Curiosity that may life feels so exciting it's easy to think that we are who we are and we can't change but better help is here to tell you that it's never too late to be who you want to be therapy can help you reconnect with your sense of wonder because you're back to school era can come at any age better help makes it easy to get started with affordable phone video or live chat sessions you can do from anywhere and the option to message your therapist between sessions if anything comes up ReDiscover possibility with better help visit betterhelp.com today to get 10% off your first month that's betterhelp hp.com tonight legendary soul singer Frankie Beverly has died the founder of the soul and funk band maze best known for songs such as Joy and Pain Frankie Beverly 77 when we come back here tonight paying tribute on 911 the powerful voices we heard at Ground Zero today this is an ad for better help online therapy what's something you've always wanted to learn an instrument a new language how did not burn pasta whether it's big or small imagine how how great it would feel to finally do it as kids we were always learning and growing but as adults sometimes we lose that Curiosity that made life feel so exciting it's easy to think that we are who we are and we can't change but better help is here to tell you that it's never too late to be who you want to be therapy can help you reconnect with your sense of wonder because your back to school era can come at any age better help makes it easy to get started with affordable phone video or live chat sessions you can do from anywhere and the option to message your therapist between sessions if anything comes up ReDiscover possibility with betterhelp visit betterhelp.com today to get 10% off your first month that's betterhelp hp.com this is an ad for betterhelp online therapy what's something you've always wanted to learn an instrument a new language how to not burn pasta whether it's big or small imagine how great it would feel to finally do it as kids we were always learning and growing but as adults sometimes we lose that Curiosity that made life feel so exciting it's easy to think that we are who we are and we can't change but better help is here to tell you that it's never too late to be who you want to be therapy can help you reconnect with your sense of wonder because your back to school era can come at any age better help makes it easy to get started with affordable phone video or or live chat sessions you can do from anywhere and the option to message your therapist between sessions if anything comes up ReDiscover possibility with betterhelp visit betterhelp.com today to get 10% off your first month that's betterhelp hp.com finally tonight here we pay tribute on this 911 Shelly a marshall Lieutenant Colonel Dean e in United States [Music] Army my son my mom CCE Louise Ross [Music] ly my brother Joseph Michael gone that day he disappeared but if I come here and I speak his name out loud and you hear his name he will never never disappear my father Manuel Joan deoda Jr I love you Dad and not a day goes by where I don't think of you my brother Daniel James Gallagher 23 years ago my 23-year-old brother went to work and never came home um life is dimmer without you here but your memory shines brightly on in our hearts my dad arcti zzman two major things dad um this past year I became a mom for the first time it's been the biggest blessing of My Life um our daughter Adeline is named after you wish you could be here to be her Grandpa my fiance Andrew J Bailey Andrew In This Very space is where we met and where I lost you life can change in the blink of an eye so Love More especially your neighbors live more laugh more with family and friends because we are not promised tomorrow we must never forget I'm David M good night Ryan 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