and what we've learned about the victims tonight. the deadly shooting rampage in texas. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas, with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from homes with a helicopter. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war hamas' leader now surrounded in an underground bunker, and this evening here the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald trump's threats of retribution on the campaign trail if he's elected president again, the former president is asked about the warnings from some that trump would act like a dictator. asked, would he promised he would never use his power for retribution, his answer, and the biden campaign arguing, do not take this likely. and will trump's republican opponents take that on when they debate. and tonight, celebrating norman lear. ♪ guys like >> the creative genius, forever changing the face of american television. ♪ well, weary' movin' on up ♪ >> addressing the political and social issues of the time with humor. tonight so. famous scenes and who inspired archie bunker. this is world news tonight. with david muir. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us on a wednesday night. we begin with the deadly shooting on the campus of unlv. the alerts sent from campus security, saying this is not a test, urging students to run, hide, fight. multiple victims are dead. the gunman is also dead after police engaged the suspect. the first calls at 11:45 local time. law enforcement rushing to the scene. the shooter reported to be at the business school building. dozens of officers wearing body armor. students with their arms in the air. students describing the fear, their calls to parents and family. many of these students were in final exams just before the holiday break, set to be home with their families. will carr leading us off. >> reporter: the deadly gunfire erupting just before noon. reports of an active shooter a nevada las vegas. a swarm of tactical officers racing to the student union and business school. at least three people killed. school officials urging students to run, hide, fight. >> at the time, i was evidently terrified. scared for my life. >> reporter: just off campus, anxious parents waiting for word. >> they're hunkered down into a classroom in the dark and just waiting. my heart's breaking for those students who could be hurt. >> reporter: one witness telling us the gunfire was shaking the walls. students inside, locking doors and taking cover, waiting for police. >> you're calling your family. you're texting your friends, like hey, i love you guys, i don't know what's happe beca because he could burst through the door at any mint. >> when we were walking out we saw one of the windows had been shot through. >> reporter: police urging those on campus to wait for an all clear. >> we're hearing loudspeakers from the campus still. they're saying students need to stay if p stay in place. >> reporter: the shooting leading to a ground stop at the nearby airport in las vegas. after nearly three hours, police announcing the suspect was deceased, killed by police. >> or officers are going unit by unit, building by building. firefighters, ems, making sure that we don't have any additional victims and/or subjects. >> reporter: david, tonight the threat to the community is over, and now the big question is why, the motive. both the atf and fbi are on ground. >> david: thank you. now to texas. multiple locations, multiple people injured at several sites, in austin and san antonio. the first reported incident at a high school in austin. a resource officer shot there. when it was over, six people were killed at three different locations. and tonight police confirming two of the dead are the suspect's parents. abc's matt rivers in san antonio tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new details in a violent shooting spree across two cities in south texas that left at least six dead and three injured, including two officers. police now say the suspect, 34-year-old shane james jr. first killed his parents. shane and phyllis james in their home on tuesday. >> so the best that we can put together, possible time of death is between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. the next morning. from what we're able to determine, a large-caliber handgun. >> reporter: james driving to austin, opening fire in a campus parking lot. the officer shot in the leg, surviving. about an hour later, officers racing to a home nearby after repeated calls of shots fired. finding a man and woman fatally wou wounded. around 5:00 p.m. a man riding a bike in the neighborhood also shot, his injury non-life-threatening. then two hours later, police responding to a home burglary less than two miles away. an officer exchanging gunfire with the suspect. the officer shot multiple times but surviving. inside that home, officers finding the bodies of two mother people. >> be advised we believe it's the same suspect who shot the officer earlier. >> reporter: authorities taking james into custody after a car chase that ended in a crash. the bodies of james' parents found later that evening in this home in san antonio. and david, authorities say the suspect has a history of mental health issues and violence within his own family, but as to why he went on hthis shooting spree, they're investigating but do not know. >> david: we turn to the major storms in the northwest, the u. coast caguard rescuing helicopter. the coast guard conducting high-water rescues. you can see the images here, lifting one person from the top of their flooded vehicle. >> reporter: tonight, rivers raging across the pacific northwest as relentless storms pound the region. nearly a foot of rain in less than 24 hours. and that's after a weekend deluge. and this is the result. acres and acres of flooded roads, bridges, yards and homes. during the storm's peak, the coast guard using a chopper to rescue five people, including four from a home, trapped by floodwaters near the oregon border, hoisting them one by one it safety. officials investigate at least two deaths reported in the region so far. in snohomish county, curtis babs' home inundated with water. >> i could see the water pressing against the glass like it was an aquarium almost. >> reporter: families cleaning up with more storms on the way. that behind me is snow falls. >> david: this is really something. they can't catch a break. let's get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano live in california. there is still more coming. >> reporter: there are at least two more storms in the pacific. and that stalled front across washington and oregon has spread south to the san francisco bay area. you see here on the radar scope. there are the other ones, the parade of storms in the pacific. storm number two is a cross-country trigger. it brings more heavy rain tomorrow and lowers the snow levels. the snow will be heavy through the cascades. one to two feet at pass levels, extending to utah, colorado rockies. and severe storms in the south on saturday. rain amping up in the appalachians for a messy sunday into monday. >> david: thank you, rob. tonight the israeli military saying they have surrounded the leader of hamas in gaza in an underground bunker. also the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the families of hostages furious with him. james long planman in israel ag tonight. >> reporter: israel unleashing 250 airstrikes on targets in gaza with troops surrounding the home of nearby a chilling site as leaflets were dropped on a graveyard for victims. the idf directs some to leave, others to stay. the leaflet in your neighbor hood is telling to you stay where you are, not telling you to move. >> we don't want to move if we don't have to move. i don't actually know how far i can trust the israeli army. >> reporter: meanwhile, some hostage families accuse benjamin netanyahu of inaction. leaked audio from a tense meeting revealing their anger at the prime minister. one woman saying, quote, all you're thinking about is collapsing hamas. give them back, whoever they want, and bring everybody back. hamas leader yahya sinwar is israel's most-wanted man. he could be somewhere near khan yunis, but so are of,000of thousands of civilians. >> david: the u.s. justice department accusing russians of torturing an american. the map wn was living in a vill a small village with his wife and he was tortured. he has been evacuated from ukraine and his identity is being protected. we turn to the race for president. and amid donald trump's threats of retribution, the former president was asked about the warnings from some that trump would act like a dictator if elected. asked, would he promise americans he would never abuse his power for retribution, tonight his answer. the biden campaign arguing, do not take this answer lightly, and will trump's republican opponents address this in the debate? here's rachel scott. >> reporter: hours after president biden said he's not sure he'd run again if donald trump wasn't in the race, that democracy itself is at stake, trump on fox news deflecting questions about whether he would rule like a dictator and about this ledge he made to supporters. >> for those who have been wronged and betrayed, he am your retribution. i am your retribution. >> reporter: fox host sean hannity asking trump about concerns he would be a dictator. trump not rejecting that but turning his focus to immigration. >> you are promising america you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. >> except for day one. >> meaning? >> i want to close the border, and i want to drill, drill, drill. >> that's not retribution. >> i'm going to be -- [cheers and applause] -- i love this guy. he says you're note going to be a dictator, are you? i said no, no, no, other than day one. >> reporter: the biden campaign seizing on those comments saying that donald trump is going to behave and act like a dictator. >> rachel scott reporting on the campaign trail, thank you. tonight here we celebrate norman lear, a creative genius who changed the face of american television. he has died' a at the age of 10. ♪ guys like us, we had it made ♪ ♪ those were the days ♪ >> reporter: norman lear and the shows and characters he created revolutionized television. >> no, no. >> could you hit a nerve there and go kau kau. >> a ground-breaking writer, director, producer who used humor to tackle the political and social issues at the time. >> are you telling me black man's going to have the same opportunity as you? >> more, more. i didn't have people out there protesting to get me my job. >> no, his uncle got it for him. >> archie bunker, a bigot, who in many ways was still beloved. >> people have arrived. they're here! >> i ain't letting them in. >> archie bunker was based in part on his own father. >> reporter: is it really true that your dad came up with archie's signature line? >> oh, meathead. >> you are a meathead. >> what did you call me? >> a meathead, dead from the neck up. >> reporter: that's real life. >> yes, that's real life. >> reporter: and stifle is real >> stifle, stifle yourself. right into her face. >> stifle, will you? >> and then i would pick it off. >> would you stifle? >> the stories were bold and controversial and new to television. ♪ well, we're movin' on ♪ ♪ >> the "jeffersons." >> of course we are moving up. there's no reason why we have to look down on people. >> i'm not telling you to look down on nobody. i'm just saying to shift your angle and let them start look up to you. >> their success story and all that came with it. >> you live in this apartment, right? >> uh-huh. >> and you got an apartment in this building, too? >> yes, that's right. >> how come we overcame, and nobody told me? >> before that, there was "maud." >> maybe we don't remember which one of us decided to get the divorce, but there is no doubt who decided we should get married. my mother. >> and then "sanford and son", too. >> what to we pay the government for? >> for security, for defense. >> we were robbed trice lwice l year, where were the soldiers. >> oh, come on, your money po pov poverty pockets. >> he would talk often over the years about what inspired his scripts. >> the only thing i knew to write about was what i saw around me. there's nothing that was ever said on any of these shows that you might not hear in a playground. it's america. >> tonight his family saying norman lear died peacefully, surrounded by his family in los angeles. the legendary and ground-breaking producer who at time also more than 100 million americans watching his shows. >> reporter: what was it like to know that on almost any given night someone was watching a show you helped inspire? >> i remember flying over the country and looking down and thinking ex-whe thinking, wherever i see a light, i might have made somebody laugh. >> he wrote in an essay for the "new york times" about the nation. he wrote, to be honest, i'm a built worried that i may be in better shape than our democracy is. tonight, remembering norman lear. when we come back, the news on rsv and flu this tin this "time ""person of the year. 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