ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 12, 2024

Intro >> David: TONIGHT, SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. HURRICANE FRANCINE HITS THE U.S., LANDFALL NEAR NEW ORLEANS. THAT SYSTEM NOW ON THE MOVE, AND THE DESTRUCTION TONIGHT. >>> ALSO BREAKING, THE EARTHQUAKE HITTING CALIFORNIA. THE IMAGES FROM LOS ANGELES AND THE AFTERSHOCKS NOW. >>> DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION IN TONIGHT, WILL HE DEBATE KAMALA HARRIS AGAIN? >>> AND TONIGHT, THE SCARE ON THE RUNWAY, THE PASSENGER PLANE SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID ANOTHER PLANE. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER MAKING LANDFALL NEAR NEW ORLEANS AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE, FRANCINE NOW MOVING ACROSS SEVERAL STATES. FLOOD AND WIND ALERTS ACROSS SIX STATES, HOMES AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND DESTROYED. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TONIGHT WITHOUT POWER. >>> THE EARTHQUAKE HITTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CENTERED NEAR MALIBU. OUR STATION KABC IN LOS ANGELES LIVESTREAMING AT THE TIME. >> OH. WE GOT AN EARTHQUAKE. >> David: THE QUAKE FELT UP TO 60 MILES AWAY. MULTIPLE AFTERSHOCKS REPORTED TONIGHT. A RECORD NUMBER OF EARTHQUAKES NOW, 4.0 OR ABOVE, THIS YEAR IN THAT REGION. >>> THE FIRE EMERGENCIES. THREE DEVASTATING WILDFIRES AT ONCE. ALL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. DOZENS OF HOMES NOW DESTROYED. A FAMILY GIVEN JUST MINUTES TO EVACUATE THEIR HOME BEFORE FIRE TORE THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. >>> THE NEW POLL TONIGHT AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WHO NOW LEADS IN THIS RACE? AND VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS CHALLENGING FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO A SECOND DEBATE NOW. HIS ANSWER JUST IN TONIGHT. >>> THE SCARE ON THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM NASHVILLE TO SEATTLE ABORTING TAKEOFF TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE PILOT SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES AT 120 MILES PER HOUR. BLOWING OUT THE TIRES. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, THE NYPD'S TOP COP RESIGNING AMID AN FBI INVESTIGATION, JUST ONE WEEK AFTER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEIZED HIS CELL PHONE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, LOOK AT THIS. THE STUNNING IMAGES. MULTIPLE DOLPHINS SPOTTED RIGHT NEAR NEW YORK CITY. >>> TONIGHT, HISTORY MADE IN SPACE. THE REMARKABLE IMAGES. MORE THAN 400 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. THE FIRST CIVILIANS TO WALK IN SPACE. Francine leaves hundreds of thousands without power in Louisiana >> David: GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A VERY BUSY THURSDAY NIGHT. TONIGHT, THE EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE AFTERSHOCKS. THE EMERGENCY ON THE RUNWAY. A PASSENGER PLANE SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES. AND THE HURRICANE HITTING THE U.S. TONIGHT. THAT SYSTEM NOW HAMMERING MULTIPLE STATES. >>> TEN MILLION PEOPLE REMAIN UNDER A FLOOD WATCH ACROSS THE SOUTH. MORE THAN 250,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN LOUISIANA ALONE. HEAVY BANDS OF RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT STRETCHING FROM ARKANSAS ALL THE WAY OVER TO FLORIDA. THE HURRICANE HAMMERING THE LOUISIANA COAST. LOOK AT THIS. MAKING LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 2, WITH 100-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS. SPARKS FROM POWER LINES SETTING FIRE TO THE TREES. DOWNED LINES LEAVING SO MANY IN THE DARK TONIGHT. LINGERING EFFECTS FROM THE STORM SURGE AND THE RAIN. AND THIS TONIGHT IN THE WEST. THE MOMENT THAT EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, THE ANCHOR AT OUR LOS ANGELES STATION KABC UNDERSTANDABLY STARTLED FOR A MOMENT THERE. THE CAMERAS AND STUDIO LIGHTS ALL SHAKING. A DOG BOLTING FROM THE NOISE AND THE SHAKING, A HORSE IN ITS STABLE TAKING OFF, AS WELL. THE FLOOR OF A RESTAURANT KITCHEN COVERED IN BROKEN BOTTLES. OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE IT ALL COVERED TONIGHT, BEGINNING WITH THE HURRICANE HERE, AND THE DESTRUCTION. AND THAT SYSTEM NOW ON THE MOVE TONIGHT. ABC'S MATT RIVERS LEADING US OFF FROM LOUISIANA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER MAKING LANDFALL AS A POWERFUL CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE, FRANCINE MARCHING INLAND, LEAVING A TRAIL OF DAMAGE IN ITS WAKE. THOSE 100-MILE-AN-HOUR HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS WHIPPING THE COAST, SHREDDING BUILDINGS, TURNING SHEETMETAL INTO FLYING MISSILES. THE GULF OF MEXICO SURGING ON SHORE, INUNDATING ROADS NEAR THE COAST. AUTHORITIES IN NEW ORLEANS DECLARING A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. >> OH. THEY JUST STALL? OH, THEY STALLED. >> Reporter: DRIVERS ABANDONING THEIR VEHICLES, WADING THROUGH FILTHY WATER. POWER FLASHES LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT. DAYLIGHT REVEALING DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE STORM ZONE. FROM THE COAST TO KENNER, WHERE CONNIE YATES IS TRYING TO SALVAGE WHAT SHE CAN. THESE PICTURES SHOW HOW HIGH THE WATER GOT. >> YOU CAN'T SWEEP IT OUT. >> Reporter: RIGHT. >> SO, WE TOOK BUCKETS AND THREW IT OUT THE WINDOW. >> Reporter: RIGHT. >> THAT'S -- >> Reporter: REALLY? YOU WERE THROWING IT OUT THE WINDOW? >> YES. >> Reporter: LIKE YOU'RE ON A BOAT. >> YES, EXACTLY. >> Reporter: FRANCINE NOW THE SIXTH HURRICANE TO MAKE LANDFALL IN LOUISIANA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND DAVID, HERE IN HOUMA, LOUISIANA, NOT FAR FROM WHERE FRANCINE MADE LANDFALL, YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE INTENSE WINDS LITERALLY PEELED BACK THE ROOF OF THAT BUSINESS THERE BEHIND ME, EXPOSING EVERYTHING INSIDE TO THE ELEMENTS FROM THIS STORM. SCENES LIKE THIS ONE PLAYING OUT ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A LONG CLEANUP AHEAD, DAVID. >> David: AN EXTRAORDINARY IMAGE THERE BEHIND YOU. MATT RIVERS IN LOUISIANA AGAIN TONIGHT. THANKS TO YOU AND THE CREW. LET'S GET THE LATEST TRACK OF THE SYSTEM NOW ON THE MOVE. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG OF OUR STATION HERE IN NEW YORK, WABC, BACK WITH US TONIGHT, TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. HI, LEE. >> HEY, DAVID. WELL, FRANCINE MAY BE POST-TROPICAL, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN POST-PROBLEMS. WE'VE GOT RAIN, WIND, AND A SEVERE THREAT, IN FACT, A TORNADO WATCH, CENTRAL ALABAMA, UNTIL LATE EVENING. NOW, THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS THROUGH ARKANSAS AND INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE, BUT A FLOOD WATCH EXTENDS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AND THAT WILL GO INTO THE DAY TOMORROW, EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN WILL BREAK UP SOME, AND THE WINDS WILL BACK OFF. WE'LL STILL HAVE LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS. THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF SEVERE WEATHER. WE'RE STILL IN THE PEAK OF HURRICANE SEASON, AND WE'VE GOT ACTIVITY. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TROPICAL STORM GORDON LATER TONIGHT IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC. WE HAVE TO WATCH A LOW OFF THE CAROLINA COAST, THAT COULD IMPACT THAT AREA NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE, HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, THE DRIEST STRETCH IN NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS. DAVID? >> David: WE'LL TAKE IT. LEE GOLDBERG WITH US TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU. 4.7 magnitude earthquake rattles millions in Southern California >>> NOW TO THAT EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE LATEST QUAKE IN WHAT'S BEEN A RECORD YEAR OF QUAKES 4.0 OR HIGHER. THIS ONE, A 4.7 CENTERED NEAR MALIBU, FELT BY MILLIONS UP TO 60 MILES AWAY. FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE AFTERSHOCKS. ABC'S KAYNA WHITWORTH IS IN MALIBU CANYON TONIGHT, RIGHT NEAR THE EPICENTER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A 4.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE RATTLING MILLIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> IT FELT LIKE GOD WAS HOLDING OUR HOUSE AND SHAKING IT AND SAYING, "GET OUT." >> Reporter: OUR LOS ANGELES STATION KABC -- >> OH. WE GOT AN EARTHQUAKE. >> Reporter: LIVESTREAMING WHEN IT HIT. >> WE'RE SHAKING PRETTY GOOD. >> Reporter: AND AT THIS CAFE IN MALIBU -- >> IT FELT LIKE THE BIG ONE FOR A MOMENT. >> Reporter: CASHIER ROSA SANCHEZ GETTING AN EMERGENCY ALERT. >> I GOT A MESSAGE ON MY PHONE SAYING THAT THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE HAPPENING, TO DROP AND COVER. >> Reporter: AND LISTEN TO HOW IT SOUNDED ON THIS HOME SECURITY CAMERA IN OAK PARK. CAMERAS CAPTURING THE MOMENT A BALD EAGLE SOARS, STARTLED BY THE SHAKING. OFFICIALS SAY THE EPICENTER WAS NEAR MALIBU, BUT THE QUAKE FELT 60 MILES AWAY. DOCTORS AT PROVIDENCE ST. JOHN'S TELL US AN ALERT SYSTEM WARNED SURGEONS OF THE COMING QUAKE. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PATIENT IS SECURE. YOU NEED TO COVER THE PATIENT WITH YOUR BODY AND PROTECT THEIR HEAD. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, YOU CAN SEE THESE HILLSIDES RIGHT HERE. AUTHORITIES TELL ME THAT THEY ARE PRIME FOR WORST-CASE SCENARIO. AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR IN TERMS OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY. BUT SO FAR, DAVID, NO MAJOR INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO REPORT. >> David: STAY SAFE THERE ON THE ROADWAY. KAYNA WHITWORTH, THANK YOU. Wildfires trigger more evacuation orders for thousands in Southern California IN ADDITION TO THE EARTHQUAKE AND AFTERSHOCKS, ALSO PLAYING OUT IN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, THE FIRE EMERGENCY. THREE DEVASTATING FIRES BURNING OUT OF CONTROL TONIGHT. CREWS RACING TO GET THE UPPER HAND AS TEMPERATURES NOW BEGIN TO EASE. DOZENS OF HOMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED. AND TONIGHT, THE STORY HERE OF ONE FAMILY GIVEN JUST MINUTES TO EVACUATE BEFORE THE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. MOLA LENGHI IN WRIGHTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES, FIRE CREWS ARE NOW RACING TO GET CONTROL OF THREE MASSIVE BLAZES SCORCHING MORE THAN 100,000 ACRES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FIREFIGHTERS ARE BEGINNING TO GET A HANDLE ON THESE FIRES, BUT ARE STILL DEALING WITH SPOT POPUP FLAMES JUST LIKE THIS THAT CAN QUICKLY SPREAD. THE FIRE ZONE NOW STRADDLING FOUR COUNTIES EAST OF LOS ANGELES AND PUSHING SMOKE TOWARDS LAS VEGAS. MORE THAN 50 HOMES BURNED TO THE GROUND, INCLUDING THE CARUSOS'. THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE HOME JOE'S FATHER BUILT BACK IN THE 1980s. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE 45 YEARS THAT ONE EVER ACTUALLY APPROACHED THE HOUSE. >> Reporter: THE CARUSOS SAY THEY HAD JUST MINUTES TO LEAVE BEFORE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY SAY THE HOME WASN'T INSURED AFTER THEY LOST COVERAGE, BECAUSE OF THE FIRE THREAT. >> I WAS HOPING MY KIDS WOULD GET TO KIND OF GROW UP IN THE SAME HOUSE I DID, BUT -- LIFE HAPPENS. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST ONE OF THESE FIRES WAS DELIBERATELY SET. TODAY CHARGING JUSTIN HALSTENBERG WITH ARSON FOR SPARKING THE LINE FIRE, WHICH HAS BURNED OVER 37,000 ACRES, CHARRED HOMES, AND INJURED FIREFIGHTERS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECOVERED THREE INCENDIARY DEVICES. >> ARSON IS JUST ONE OF THOSE CRIMES THAT IS, TO ME, UNBELIEVABLY DESPICABLE, BECAUSE IT'S A HEAD-SCRATCHER. THERE'S NO VALUE TO BE HAD OUT OF ARSON. >> Reporter: DAVID, FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPEFUL TONIGHT THAT THEY'LL START TO GET THE UPPER HAND WITH SOME FAVORABLE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND, SPECIFICALLY LOWER TEMPERATURES. BUT THEY'RE ALSO SEEING SOME STRONGER WINDS THAT CAN QUICKLY SPREAD THESE FLAMES, DAVID. >> David: MOLA LENGHI ON THE FIRE LINES AGAIN TONIGHT. Trump says he won't debate VP Harris again ahead of presidential election THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER THAT HIGH-STAKES PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. TONIGHT, THE NEW REUTERS/IPSOS POLL TAKEN AFTER THE DEBATE SHOWING KAMALA HARRIS NOW LEADING DONALD TRUMP 47-42. TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS CHALLENGING THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO ANOTHER FACEOFF. DONALD TRUMP NOW SAYING THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER DEBATE. HERE'S MARY BRUCE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: OUT ON THE TRAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER FACEOFF WITH DONALD TRUMP, KAMALA HARRIS IN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT, HOPING TO CARRY THE DEBATE MOMENTUM FORWARD. >> TWO NIGHTS AGO, DONALD TRUMP AND I HAD OUR FIRST DEBATE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. BECAUSE THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE MORE IMPORTANT. >> Reporter: HARRIS ARGUING THE DEBATE SHOWS TRUMP IS A MAN OF THE PAST WITHOUT A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, SINGLING OUT THE ISSUE OF HEALTH CARE. AT THE DEBATE, LINSEY DAVIS ASKING HIM ABOUT HIS LONGSTANDING PROMISE TO REPLACE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, KNOWN AS OBAMACARE. >> Linsey: LAST MONTH, YOU SAID, QUOTE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. SO TONIGHT, NINE YEARS AFTER YOU FIRST STARTED RUNNING, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN, AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS? >> OBAMACARE WAS LOUSY HEALTH CARE, ALWAYS WAS. IT'S NOT VERY GOOD TODAY. AND WHAT I SAID, IF WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING, AND WE ARE WORKING ON THINGS, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE IT. >> Linsey: SO, JUST A YES OR NO, YOU STILL DO NOT HAVE A PLAN? >> I HAVE CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. I'M NOT PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: HARRIS TODAY MOCKING THAT ANSWER. >> HE SAID -- HE SAID CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. CONCEPTS. CONCEPTS. NO ACTUAL PLAN -- CONCEPTS. AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AT STAKE ON THAT. 45 MILLION AMERICANS ARE INSURED THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. AND HE'S GOING TO END IT BASED ON A CONCEPT. >> Reporter: GOING INTO THE DEBATE, POLLS HAD THE CANDIDATES ROUGHLY TIED. TODAY, A NEW REUTERS/IPSOS POLL HAS HARRIS LEADING TRUMP 47% TO 42%. BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT WARNING SUPPORTERS -- >> OURS WILL BE A VERY TIGHT RACE UNTIL THE END, OKAY? IT'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE UNTIL THE END. AND WE ARE THE UNDERDOG. UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ARE THE UNDERDOG. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE REUTERS/IPSOS POLL, 53% OF VOTERS WHO HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEBATE SAID HARRIS WAS THE WINNER. ONLY 24% SAID THE SAME ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. BUT IN ARIZONA TONIGHT, TRUMP DECLARING VICTORY. >> AS EVERYONE SAW TWO NIGHTS AGO, WE HAD A MONUMENTAL VICTORY OVER COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. >> Reporter: STILL, TRUMP SAYING THAT AFTER ONE MATCHUP AGAINST BIDEN AND ANOTHER AGAINST HARRIS, HE'S DONE WITH DEBATES. >> BECAUSE WE'VE DONE TWO DEBATES AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL, THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. >> David: SO, LET'S BRING IN MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN TONIGHT. MARY, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, OF COURSE, SAYING SHE WANTS ANOTHER DEBATE NOW. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW SAYING HE WON'T DO IT. SO, WHAT'S THEIR CALCULATION HERE ON BOTH SIDES? >> Reporter: WELL, DAVID, THE HARRIS TEAM IS CERTAINLY VERY PLEASED WITH HER PERFORMANCE. THEY FEEL SHE HAD A STRONG NIGHT AND THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE CLEAR TO VOTERS THE STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. AND GIVEN THE MASSIVE AUDIENCE, THEY FEEL THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM ANOTHER ROUND. NOW, TRUMP, YOU HAVE HEARD, HE INSISTS HE WON THE DEBATE, BUT SOME OF HIS FELLOW REPUBLICANS CONCEDE HE HAD A ROUGH NIGHT. AND TODAY, HE IS RULING OUT ANOTHER ROUND, DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MARY, THANK YOU. Alaska Airlines flight aborts takeoff to avoid hitting Southwest flight on Nashville runway >>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE SCARE ON THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGER FLIGHT FROM NASHVILLE TO SEATTLE ABORTING TAKEOFF TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE PILOT SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES AT ABOUT 120 MILES PER HOUR TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER PLANE, BLOWING OUT THE TIRES. HERE NOW, STEVE OSUNSAMI. >> Reporter: 176 PEOPLE ON AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NASHVILLE TO SEATTLE ARE SAFE TONIGHT, AFTER THEIR PILOT HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES IN THE MIDDLE OF TAKEOFF TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER PLANE CROSSING THE SAME RUNWAY. >> ALASKA 369, CANCEL TAKEOFF CLEARANCE. >> Reporter: BY THE TIME AIRPORT CONTROL TOLD THE ALASKA PLANE TO STOP, THE PILOT HAD ALREADY SAVED THE DAY. A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT TO JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, WAS IN THE WAY, HAVING ALREADY BEEN CLEARED TO CROSS THE END OF THE SAME RUNWAY. KYLE FORRESTER, WHO WAS ON THE FLIGHT TO SEATTLE, SAID IT FELT LIKE THE PLANE WAS AVOIDING A CRASH. >> ABOUT TO TAKE OFF AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST -- VROOM. START SLOWING DOWN REAL, REAL QUICK. PEOPLE LUNGING FORWARD. NOT DRASTICALLY, BUT JUST LIKE YOU'RE AVOIDING HITTING SOMEBODY IN A CAR. >> Reporter: RADAR SHOWS THAT HIS FLIGHT WAS HAULING DOWN THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 120 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN THE PILOT HIT THE BRAKES, CAUSING THOSE BRAKES TO OVERHEAT, AND THEN BLOW THE TIRES, SEEN HERE. >> THE DECISION TO STOP WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE. IT NEEDED TO BE MADE IN A SPLIT SECOND. >> Reporter: ALREADY THIS WEEK, TWO DELTA PLANES WERE DAMAGED IN ATLANTA, AFTER A COLLISION ON A TAXIWAY LED TO THIS -- A LARGER PLANE BOUND FOR JAPAN, SEEN HERE, KNOCKING OFF THE TAIL OF A SMALLER REGIONAL JET HEADED TO LOUISIANA. PASSENGERS ON THAT ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT WERE MOVED BACK TO THE TERMINAL AND PUT ON ANOTHER PLANE. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THIS EVENING ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT LED TO THIS. DAVID? >> David: STEVE OSUNSAMI TONIGHT. ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU, STEVE, NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban resigns amid federal investigation circling city officials THANKS. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, THE NYPD'S TOP COP HAS NOW RESIGNED AMID AN FBI INVESTIGATION. THE RESIGNATION COMES JUST ONE WEEK NOW AFTER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEIZED HIS CELL PHONE. HERE'S OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY NOW. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE LEADER OF THE NATION'S LARGEST POLICE FORCE -- THE NYPD -- IS OUT, DAYS AFTER HIS PHONE WAS SEIZED AS PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SWEEPING THROUGH THE INNER CIRCLE OF NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. EDWARD CABAN, APPOINTED LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO AS THE CITY'S FIRST LATINO POLICE COMMISSIONER, SAID TODAY HE HAS BECOME A DISTRACTION AND WOULD RESIGN. "MY COMPLETE FOCUS MUST BE ON THE NYPD," CABAN SAID IN A STATEMENT. "HOWEVER, THE NOISE AROUND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAS MADE THAT IMPOSSIBLE." CABAN'S FUTURE WAS CALLED INTO QUESTION DAYS AGO, WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED HIS PHONE, ALONG WITH THE PHONES OF OTHER TOP NYPD OFFICIALS. THEY ALSO RAIDED THE HOMES OF TWO OF THE MAYOR'S TOP DEPUTIES AS PART OF MULTIPLE ONGOING CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE HIGHEST RANKS OF NEW YORK CITY GOVERNMENT. SOURCES TOLD ABC NEWS THOSE INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVE CITY CONTRACTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS, AN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATED WITH CABAN'S TWIN BROTHER. THE MAYOR INSISTING TONIGHT HE'S AWARE OF NO WRONGDOING. >> I WAS AS SURPRISED AS YOU TO LEARN OF THESE INQUIRIES, AND I TAKE THEM EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. >> Reporter: NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. AND DAVID, WHILE THE MAYOR'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS ARE WELCOMING THE RESIGNATION OF THE POLICE COMMISSIONER, THEY'RE ALSO SAYING TONIGHT ONE PERSONNEL CHANGE WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AT CITY HALL OR HERE AT THE NYPD. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY LIVE HERE IN NEW YORK. AARON, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, HERE IN THE U.S., AUTHORITIES SAY THE TEENAGER LOOKING TO TAKE A HOMECOMING PHOTO SHOT AND WOUNDED BY A HOMEOWNER. >>> WE REMEMBER A FOOTBALL LEGEND THIS EVENING. Colorado town council member shoots 17-year-old in face for allegedly trespassing on property >> David: TONIGHT, A TOWN COUNCIL MEMBER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO, IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND WOUNDING A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO WANTED TO TAKE HOMECOMING PHOTOS. BRENT METZ ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING THE TEEN IN THE FACE WHILE THE BOY WAS SITTING IN A CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. METZ'S GIRLFRIEND CLAIMED THEY WERE TRESPASSING. THE TEEN AND HIS FRIEND TELLING AUTHORITIES THEY WERE THERE TO ASK PERMISSION TO TAKE THOSE PHOTOS FOR HOMECOMING. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, WE REMEMBER A FOOTBALL LEGEND. >>> AND THEN, THE REMARKABLE SIGHT IN THE WATERS OFF NEW YORK CITY, AND YOU'LL SEE IT. Detroit Lions linebacker, hall of famer Joe Schmidt dies at 92 >> David: TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, AND WE LEARNED TODAY THAT HALL OF FAME FOOTBALL STAR JOE SCHMIDT HAS DIED. FORMER LINEBACKER AND COACH FOR THE DETROIT LIONS. A TEAM LEGEND, HELPING THEM WIN TWO NFL TITLES IN 1953 AND '57. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST LIONS EVER. Large pod of dolphins spotted just outside New York City JOE SCHMIDT WAS 92. >>> THE REMARKABLE IMAGES IN THE WATERS OFF NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT. VIDEO SHOWING A LARGE POD OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS OFF FIRE ISLAND JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY. THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAYS HE WAS LOOKING FOR WHALES AND SHARKS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE SAW THE SPLASHING. HE SAYS HE SPOTTED MULTIPLE PODS, SOME WITH UP TO 50 DOLPHINS SWIMMING TOGETHER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE HISTORY MADE. THE FIRST CIVILIANS TO WALK IN SPACE, AND YOU'LL SEE THE MOMENT MORE THAN 450 MILES ABOVE EARTH TONIGHT. Made in America: Polaris Dawn astronauts complete 1st commercial spacewalk in history >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, HISTORY MADE IN SPACE. THE FIRST CIVILIAN SPACEWALK IN SPACE SUITS MADE IN AMERICA. TONIGHT, THE INCREDIBLE IMAGES, MORE THAN 450 MILES ABOVE EARTH. THE HISTORY NOW MADE. >> SINGLE-HANDED MOBILITY DEMONSTRATION. >> David: ABOARD THE SPACEX DRAGON, THE "POLARIS DAWN" CREW, NO PROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS. THEY ARE THE FIRST CIVILIANS TO EVER PERFORM A SPACEWALK. >> SINGLE-HANDED OPERATIONS ARE FINE. STATIC. >> David: TECH ENTREPRENEUR AND BILLIONAIRE JARED ISAACMAN, WHO FUNDED THE MISSION, BEGINNING BY CLIMBING OUT. THE CHEERS FROM MISSION CONTROL BACK IN CALIFORNIA, AS ISAACMAN EMERGES FROM THE HATCH AND SEES EARTH. THEN OFFERING THESE WORDS. >> BACK AT HOME, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT FROM HERE, EARTH SURE LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT WORLD. >> David: PART OF THEIR MISSION, TO TEST OUT THEIR NEW SPACE SUITS, MADE IN AMERICA, MADE IN CALIFORNIA, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY OF MOVEMENT THAN EVER BEFORE. >> CLINCHING THE LEFT HAND. >> David: ISAACMAN CLIMBING BACK INTO THE CAPSULE, AND THEN SPACEX ENGINEER SARAH GILLIS CLIMBING OUT. THERE IS NO AIRLOCK ON THE SPACECRAFT, SO ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CREW WERE EXPOSED TO THE VACUUM OF SPACE WHILE THAT HATCH WAS OPEN. >> STEPPING INTO VERTICAL TRANSLATION. >> David: THE CREW IS EXPECTED TO COME HOME EARLY SUNDAY, SPLASHING DOWN OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. AND TONIGHT, THEY SAY THEY ARE NOW ONE STEP CLOSER TO EVENTUAL BASES ON THE MOON AND ON MARS. WOW. HISTORY MADE, AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF EARTH. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING HERE ON A THURSDAY NIGHT, I'M DAVID MUIR. WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE TOMORROW. FROM ALL OF US HERE, GOOD NIGHT. 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