Transcripts For WPVI ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

WPVI ABC World News Tonight With David Muir August 21, 2017

David. Earlier we saw the great just hours. Will he send more American American eclipses but this troops . Afternoon, we got to see the what we have learned. Great american escape, and the shootout at the courthouse. Tonight, the northwest in a judge reportedly ambushed. Gridlock. It took people over three hours just to get out of the parking pulling out his own weapon and firing back. Lot here tonight. The passenger attempting to open the door of an american i asked one motorist, was it airlines flight. Worth it . She responded it was totality good evening, and its great worth it. Got to have a sense of humor, david. We get it, matt. To have you with us here on a the great trip home. Monday night. We have a lot of news to get to thank you. There were so many powerful, tonight. But we are here in charleston breath taking images. Where we witnessed that once in a lifetime cosmic event, along we have two more quick questions on this. With millions of americans lets bring in our meteorologists who were on all today. The total Solar Eclipse. Afternoon. Ginger zee, in nashville, and the first seen coast to coast rob marciano in lincoln city, across america in nearly a oregon. The temperature change, how much century. This nasa satellite image did it actually drop during the showing the shadow of the moon eclipse . Moving across the country. We were expecting, 10, 12 millions drawing together to take in the view from oregon to degrees. Why were we lucky . There was cloud cover, and then the clouds opened up. It happened over and over again. Chicago. To times square in new york reporter well, lets do city. Tonight, the massive traffic as millions try too make their way temperature. It officially dropped here six degrees in nashville. Home. Abcs senio but krn had dropped up to 14 correspondent, matt gutman, leading us off. Reporter after so much anticipation, it arrived right on schedule. Degrees. There are places even in the the celestial matinee turning west that saw a good 10 to night to day. Lincoln city, oregon, the first 12degree drop. As far as the clouds, let me tell you. The number one ingredient, you stop for totality. Oh, it is just absolutely need sunlight. You take that sunlight away and spectacular. Look how dark it is. Watch what happens. How quiet it is. We have this from the national it is like being in the eye of a hurricane. Weather service in mobile. The time lapse, the clouds, and reporter next up, the place known as solar city. Then the shadow of the moon, im almost speechless, the crowd here is absolutely taking away like the oxygen of a ecstatic. Fire. Once the sun comes back, they im going to have our camera Start Building again. That certainly had something to man, glen, turn down the lights. Do with the reduction in clouds, turn it off, glen lets see how dark is really is. David. Yeah. Its pitch black here whatever the reason, we welcomed this is the most incredible thing ive ever seen. It in so many cities along the reporter madras, oregon way, and rob marciano, nasa loved to study that corona going dark for 2 04, and then today. We dont see it with the naked eye, but Many Americans saw the that sliver of sun coming back. Corona today. Reporter something you can only see during a total eclipse. Its the outer atmosphere of the of sun coming back there are thousands of people here. Sun. It burns really, really hot and 100,000 people just in this part of oregon, outside of madras, feasting their eyes on a it turns different colors spectacle many of us will never get to see again. The darkness marching east, traveling an average of 1,800 miles per hour. And to a place known as carhenge in alliance, nebraska american throughout the event, so it is cars forming a replica of certainly something spectacular to see. And rob, that diamond ring, the stunning moment as we stonehenge built by a family traveled from state to state, 30 years ago. 38 cars rescued from nearby what causes that effect . Reporter well, you know, the surface of the moon is not farms, from the dumps. Regular, so its the first and they painted them all gray. But right now you cant see the last glimpses of the sun before color. And after totality, and then the you can just see the outline of them under that extraordinary moment there. Last part of that corona, it the spectacle landing in city after city, looks like a diamond ring. Including the socalled capital incredible, david. All right. Our team of meteorologists, rob of the eclipse carbondale, illinois. Reporter but carbondale, marciano and ginger zee. Which should have had two our thanks to both of you for minutes and 41 seconds of our coverage all day long. Darkness, darkened by something in the meantime, we move else clouds. Onto other news tonight and that you guys have brought us into disaster at sea involving a u. S. The drama, and you have 45 seconds there, and it all navy destroyer. Depeeather system sailors missing, and the above you. Question, how did it happen thousands who again . Traveled there, crestfallen. The uss john s. Mccain they are looking up because this might be the only and best shot of it they get. Colliding with an oil tank in the waters off the coast of singapore. Ten sailors are missing tonight. But then, with just even more troubling, its the seconds left the clouds part there it is there it is second collision for a ship in what an extraordinary gift, just two months. The final few seconds. Reporter in kelly, kentucky something heres abcs Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent, martha else emerges in the sky. Raddatz tonight. We can see venus here at this reporter tonight, the crippled uss mccain is in port point in kelly, kentucky. At a naval base in singapore, while searchers work to find i love the fact that you can those ten missing sailors. See venus. And the navy scrambles to find reporter even the president the cause of this latest stepping out of the white house to watch. Finally, the last major stop for accident. The Great American eclipse the gaping hole in the ships hull giving only a hint of the horror that took charleston, south carolina. Place inside. The clouds cooperating. You know, it really puts us its an intolerable and inexcusable tragedy. Reporter it was before dawn when the destroyer, one of the most sophisticated ships in the navy, collided with the oil tanker in a busy shipping lane in the south china sea. The bulbous nose of the tanker piercing the destroyers left side, which would be near berthing areas for the crew. In addition to those missing, five sailors were injured, four medevaced to a hospital in singapore. It is the fourth navy mishap this year. The second major collision for the 7th fleet in two months. Seven sailors died in june when the uss fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. What have we missed . Has something changed in the environment . Are radars and were only relying on radars and not basic seamanship . Reporter the Senior Officers on the uss fitzgerald have been relieved of duty, and the Navy Announced all operations will be halted for the next several days for the entire fleet. This trend demands more forceful action. As such, i direct an operational pause be taken in all of our fleets around the world. And Martha Raddatz with us live tonight, and martha, this is not only a human tragedy with these sailors still missing tonight, but this leaves the navy now without two ships in the pacific, at such a critical time. Reporter it does, david. You now have 2 billion warships out of commission all coming at a time of tension with china, and when north korea is threatening the u. S. And its allies with what it says are nucleartipped missiles, david. All right, Martha Raddatz with us on a monday night. Martha, thank you. Next here this evening to that developing headline at this hour. The president set to address the nation just a short time tr now. Will he send more american troops to afghanistan . Abcs senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, is in ft. Myer in virginia tonight. Reporter tonight, President Trump hoping to turn the page after one of the worst weeks of his presidency. In a primetime address to the nation, the president is expected to announce his decision to send more troops to afghanistan, following the advice of his generals who argue, the only way to ultimately beat back the taliban and isis, is with more american boots on the ground. Its a very big decision for me. I took over a mess, and were going to make it a lot less messy. Reporter the move would mark a major reversal for mr. Trump. Here he was in 2012 afghanistan is a total and complete disaster. What are we doing . Lets get with it. Get out of afghanistan. Reporter the following year tweeting we have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation. Lets get out and as a candidate, he kept it up. The people opposing us are the same people who weve and think of this, whove wasted 6 trillion on wars in the middle east. We could have rebuilt our country twice. That have produced only more terrorism, more death, more suffering. Reporter but just last week, a much more measured tone about the war that has already claimed the lives of more than 2,200 American Service members. I have been looking at it. Its our longest war in history, 17 years. Thats unacceptable. We will be making decisions, as you know very well. Were looking into that very closely. Reporter the president s decision made during a visit to camp david on friday. The white house releasing these behindthescenes images, set to music. The president surrounded by members of his National Security team as he makes perhaps the most consequential military move of his presidency so far. Cecilia vega joins us from ft. Meyer tonight where the president will speak just a short time from now, and as you reported, the president is expected to announce he is sending more american troops to afghanistan. How many are we talking about here . Reporter well, david. We dont expect him to give an exact number tonight, be you we know his generals have requested about 4,000 more troops and the president is expected to meet that request, but, you know, david, this would bring in a total number of u. S. Troops on the ground in afghanistan to more than 1,200 people, and they are getting ready to g inside and hear that speech. Well see you for the west coast after his speech, and then abc news will bring you the president s speech live at 9 00 p. M. Eastern right here on abc. In the meantime, overseas tonight and to spain where the man is suspected of driving a van into tourists in barcelona is now dead. Younes abouyaaqoub is seen on surveillance escaping after thursdays deadly attack. Police tracked him to a vineyard, and he was carrying a bag full of knives. Back here at home tonights and to an ohio judge reportedly ambushed outside the courthouse. Shot sheffer times, but managing to pull out his own weapon. The assailant was killed, and abcs alex perez is on the scene in steubenville, ohio tonight. Reporter tonight, ohio investigators hunting for answers. We need a 911 . We need a squad up here. We had shots fired. Reporter after a brazen targeted attack against a judge as he was heading into work. It just hurts. You have a judge shot in front of his cloourthouse. Reporter around 7 00 a. M. Authorities say the suspect nate richmond, arrived at Jefferson County court armed with a gun, lying in wait, sitting in a car nearby. Just after 8 00 a. M. As judge Joseph Bruzzese was making his way to the courthouse Authorities Say the suspect ambushed him, firing five shots at pointblank range. Its up to the judge here, and then he shoots back, and he shoves the judge down. Reporter the judge, who carries a gun, firing back. And a probation officer nearby also returning fire on richmond, who was killed on the scene. The suspect is the estranged father of malik richmond, the former Steubenville High School star Football Player who was convicted in 2013 of sexually assaulting a student. Nate richmond had a number of cases in his courtroom throughout the years. Whether or not theres a connection between any of the prior appearances in that courtroom in todays action, we dont want know the answer to that yet. Reporter and Officials Say the judge is in stable condition and his injuries are not lifethreatening. Alex perez in ohio for us. Thank you, alex. And now a Major Development in the stabbing case we have been following for more than three years now. Anissa weier, one of the two wisconsin girls accused in the slender man case has now entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge. She and a companion were just 12 years old when they lured a classmate into the woods to please a factitious character named slnder man. There is much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. The deadly earthquake late today, and the images coming in today. Buildings damaged, and people rushing into the streets in pan irk. And the payout facing Johnson Johnson. Facing 4 million in a lawsuit, involving a common household ingredient and possible cancer risks. And chaos in the cabin when a passenger tries to open the door on an American Airlines flight in midair. Other passengers screaming in alarm. Well be right back. Heres a question who wouldnt want a chance for another. . Whod say no to a. . Who wouldnt want. A chance to live longer. Opdivo nivolumab . 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I hear some yelling. This gentleman is standing in the middle of the aisle, and he is saying, im going to punch him if he opens the door. I thought, you know, we were being hijacked. Reporter the American Airlines jet was preparing to land in minneapolis. And once on the ground, police boarded and escorted a man in sunglasses off the aircraft. Opening the door while in fla lot and the passengers next to me. Reporter while there was plenty of fear among passengers on saturday, those emergency doors cant be opened in flight. Most jet liner doors mechanically seal against the fuselage. And during flight, the cabin pressurization pushes against the door several pounds per square inch making it humanly impossible to open an door. The passenger taken off the jet was not arrested. And while the fbi is looking at the case, no charges have been filed. David. David, thank you. When we come back, Johnson Johnson facing a massive payout for possible cancer risks. 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