this amazing opportunity. where are you going to do with it and hopefully be present in it? >> is this one of the great moments of your career? >> 100. i'm so glad you said that. 100%. i think the, you know, 3 or 4 year old kid who first saw lion king, he is overjoyed and still can't quite believe that this is a reality. so i'm still pinching myself, and i'm happy to be pinching myself with other people who are pinching themselves about this moment. >> mufasa the lion king opens friday in theaters. disney is the parent company of abc seven. thank you so much for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, there is breaking news as we come on the air involving the ceo murder suspect, luigi mangione. just in tonight, a new york grand jury has now indicted mangione on first and second degree murder charges for

murder, quote, in furtherance of terrorism. the d.a. saying this was a frightening, well-planned murder. and we've now learned how soon mangione could be brought to new york. aaron katersky standing by with new reporting. also tonight, this is the image of the 15-year-old girl who police say killed a teacher and a fellow student when she walked into a study hall at her school. tonight, what they're now saying about motive. the mystery drone sightings. tonight, what the pentagon is now saying about this, and what they've now deployed tonight. and lawmakers emerging from a three-hour class fified house intelligence briefing. in new york city, the accused long island serial killer saying "i am not guilty of any of these charges. "tonight, he is charged with the murder of a seventh woman. the stunning new images emerging after ukraine assassinated a top russian general in a bomb attack in moscow. tonight, the images of the scooter at the door. you'll see it right here, and

how they did this. and what russia is now saying tonight. back here in the u.s., the blinding rain, ice, and heavy snow moving from the midwest right into the northeast tonight. wednesday into thursday. lee goldberg standing by to time this out, from d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston. and what's coming right behind it. a major medical breakthrough tonight. a 53-year-old american grandmother becoming the first living person in the world to receive a kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig. tonight, from top gun to his comeback as maverick, to a new good men. >> i want the truth. >> you candid't handle the trut. >> the major new honor for tom cruise. and our made in america christmas. from olive oil to wine to barbecue sauce. and what they've now done with the major league baseballs and bats, the nhl hockey sticks. tonight, how to get a piece of your favorite team. >> made in america!

good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. we begin tonight with the breaking news in the ceo murder case. a grand jury in new york city has now indicted luigi mangione on first and second degree murder charges, calling it an act of terror. the d.a. calling it a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder. authorities say it was intended to cause terror. tonight, mangione remains jailed in pennsylvania, where he was arrested. he's due in court on thursday. his lawyer says she expects he will return to new york to face these charges. that could happen in days. we're also learning tonight about the phone call from authorities to mangione's mo mother, just days after these surveillance imams were first scene by the country. authorities today saying that mother did not rule out her son. abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off right here in new york. >> reporter: tonight, nearly two weeks after the chief executive

of unitedhealthcare was gunned down and left to die on the sidewalk, a grand jury indicted luigi mangione, charging him with killing brian thompson. >> in the middle of midtown, the beginning of a busy day, tourists, commuters, business people, the intent was to sow terror. >> reporter: the 26-year-old is now charged with first and second degree murder for the high profile hit. >> this was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. >> reporter: for the first time, the nypd detailed how detectives first spoke to mangione's mother three days after the shooting. she had reported him missing to november to police in san francisco. as soon as they saw the wanted poster, they called new york. his mother did not rule out her son could be the killer zblcht

they had pa conversation where she didn't indicate that it was her son in the photograph, but she said it might be something that she could see him doing. >> reporter: even mangione's new lawyer conceded before she was hired the evidence was overwhelming. she also floated a possible insanity defense. >> you have someone who is a valedictorian of his class, he was brilliant his whole life, he comes from this great family. i mean, something changed, right? significantly, something changed. >> reporter: now, with an indictment secured, new york's police commissioner said no one should lionize the suspect. >> in the nearly two weeks since mr. thompson's killing, we have seen a shocking and appalling celebration of cold blooded murder. let me say this plainly, there is no heroism in what mangione did. this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put new yorkers at risk. >> reporter: mangione's jailed in pennsylvania. tonight, david, his attorney tells us she expects he will

waive extradition thursday. he'd be brought here to new york for arraignment on this sparingly used murder charge, reserved for the most depraved killings. david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off here tonight, aaron, thank you. and aaron is just part of the team that will have a special edition of "20/20" on thursday night on this case. it's thursday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern, right here on abc. in the meantime, we turn now to the other developing story at this hour, and what authorities are now saying about motive in the deadly school shooting, 24 hours ago in madison, wisconsin. tonight here, the image of the suspect. police say the shooter was a 15-year-old student, natalie rupnow, they also call her samantha, her friends. abc's alex perez reporting again from madison. >> reporter: tonight, police trying to find out what drove 15-year-old natalie rup in now, seen here in a recent photo, smiling and hugging a dog, to bring a gun to the abundant life school monday morning and kill a teacher and a fellow student.

>> at this time, it appears that the motive was a combination of factors. >> reporter: police say rupnow, who also went by samantha, shot her victims in a study hall classroom with kids of all grades inside. >> i was in the hallway and i was changing from my shoes to my boots to go to lunch. but then i heard the shooting. and screams. >> reporter: second grader nora reunited with her dad, still barefoot, trying to process what happened. >> we went to the church right next to my school and everyone was panicking still. because the -- a lot of police were there. >> reporter: investigators now pouring over online accounts believed to be rupnow's that appear to show the suspect gravitating toward neo nazi ideology. in the minutes before the shootings, multiple posts to x, formerly twitter, from an account believed to be rup in

now's, one at 10:45, showing a hand making the "okay" symbol. a gesture flashed by prior white supremacist mass shooters. and another linking to a locked google doc. >> we are working to authenticate the documents you see online that some are referring to as a manifesto, and as soon as we do that, we'll let you know. >> reporter: and david, investigators have collected evidence from the shooter's home and say her family is cooperating. they're still trying to figure out how she got that handgun. a vigil for the victims will be held later tonight. david? >> david: the country thinking about that community tonight. alex, thank you. tonight, the pentagon now weighing in on those mystery drone sightings. what they're now saying about this, and what they've now deployed tonight. and lawmakers up on the hill emerging from a three-hour classified house intelligence briefing, and what they said afterward. whit johnson on this again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, growing calls for answers about those apparent drone sightings across

the northeast. >> look at it. >> reporter: members of the house intelligence committee emerging from a three-hour classified briefing with the cia, fbi, and other top security officials. >> we need the government to do whatever they can to share as much information as possible to dispel any conspiracy theories or dispel any mistaken assumptions about the lights in the sky. >> reporter: the briefing comes as more suspected drones are spotted at sensitive u.s. military bases from new jersey to utah and ohio. but the pentagon saying they've now deployed additional counterdrone systems, including a so-called drone buster, to two bases in the northeast. >> essentially emits a signal which is able to interrupt the signal on the drone, which can affect its flight. >> reporter: the pentagon going further, saying they have no reason to suspect a threat. >> is it possible that some of those drones could be up to malign activity? it's entirely possible, but the

vast majority, that is not, you know, the case. >> reporter: there are more than 1 million registered drones in the u.s. and it's not illegal to fly them day or night. according to federal regular layer tos, recreational drones must fly at or below 400 feet and pilots must maintain line of sight. and in new jersey tonight, energy agencies knocking down an alarming theory, saying it's just not true. news reports linking drone sightings to a small amount of medical grade radioactive material that was temporarily lost in trans it. the new jersey department of environmental production issuing a statement to abc news, saying the source has been located, repackaged, and sent to the manufacturer. and the national nuclear security administration saying it does not employ drones for nuclear raid logical detection missions. and david, that statement goes on to say that nuclear officials are not operating aerial operations in that region. and most of the thousands of

sightings are combination of drones operating lawfully or manned aircraft. david? >> david: whit, thank you. now, to a dramatic scene in supreme court. the accused long island serial killer. tonight, rex heuermann is charged in the death of a seventh woman now, and what prosecutors say they found in a search of his home. they believe he kept souvenirs. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, the accused long island serial killer appearing in court as he was about to be charged in a seventh case. the murder of valerie mack. afterward, rex heuermann telling the court, "your honor, i am not guilty of any of these charges." mack's partial remains found back in november of 2000. more than a decade later, investigators finding her skull just east of gilgo beach. >> we have dna from a hair that was found on the body of valerie mack. >> reporter: in a court filing, prosecutors say dna analysis linked hair to heuermann's wife

and daughter. mack, now among seven women authorities say heuermann killed in a spree that spanned decades. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. and tonight, investigators allege heuermann kept souvenirs. authorities say a search warrant of his home in long island and manhattan office contained newspaper clippings about the murders. tonight, the families of heuermann's alleged victims emotional, presenting mack's parents with flowers. david, prosecutors say they are preparing for the first major litigation in this case. that's expected in february or march. david? >> david: steph, thank you. overseas tonight, and to the stunning new images just emerging from russia. ukraine assassinating a top russian general inside moscow. he was the general in charge of protecting russia's biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. tonight here, the dash cam video showing the general and an aide leaving his apartment building. we have frozen the video just

before the explosion. those explosives hidden on a scooter at the door of the building. tonight, ukraine says that general was a war criminal, and russ what russia is now saying about this. here's ian pannell. >> reporter: dramatic dash cam video showing a bomb exploding. an you a dishs attack killing a top russian general in the heart of moscow. the scooter seen leaning up against a wall at the general and an aide walk out of his apartment building. the forces of the blast hurling the bolds of both men, blowing out windows, gdamaging the brick russia calling the attack terrorism. the highest ranking military officer to be assassinated in russia since the war began, killed just miles from the kremlin. he was in charge of russia's biological, chemical, and nuclear protection forces. ukraine tonight claiming responsibility, calling the general a war criminal and legitimate target. just yesterday, charging him with using banned chemical

weapons against ukrainian troops. it comes as ukraine released these unverified videos claiming to show north korean troops on the battlefield, fighting alongside russian forces. the u.s. now confirming several hundred noerth korean soldiers have been killed and wounded. david, the u.s. saying it had nothing to do with the attack. russia vowing retaliation. but it shows what ukraine's security service is capable of. and they are warning tonight, such an inglor use end awaits all those who kill ukrainians. david? >> david: ian pannell with us tonight, ian, thank you. back here in the u.s. at this hour, to the dangerous driving, blinding rain, ice, heavy snow. moving from the midwest right into the northeast wednesday into thursday, from washington to philadelphia, new york up to boston. and then what's coming right behind it. chief meteorologist lee goldberg back with us from wabc, to time it all out for us. hey, lee. >> reporter: hey, david. that storm is taking shape in the plains and in the midwest right now. and we have flood watches out from memphis to nashville. snow and ice in the lower lakes.

now, that low moving from kentucky to maryland during the day tomorrow. so, by the end of the day, you've got some of the steadier rain approaching the i-95 corridor. it looks like a quick soaker, and the snow and ice in upstate new york and into northern new england. you could see a half foot of snow for some of the ski areas. there's a second system, a clipper in the northern plains that could drop a half foot of snow, and that's the clipper that has the key to the arctic air. and that's plunging into the great lakes and northeast over the weekend. could bring a little snow here in new york city friday night. but you're looking at sub-zero wind chills, and the cold is diving deep into the south, all the way down to florida. the recovery will be slow into christmas. david? >> david: lee, great to have you, thank you. a lot more ahead tonight. the verdict in the murder of the pop ewe wlar founder of cash app. what the jury has decided. also, an american grandmother receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. and then look at this. the major honor tonight.

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>> both families. speaking outside of court after a trial that lasted nearly two months. but the family says it's still not over. >> there will be a civil trial. that means that we will come after his mother, his sister and the brother in law. they are all absolutely guilty. >> the murder came to national attention partially due to social media posts. >> elon musk took to twitter to make an effort to really shame san francisco, and to make it seem like this was about lawlessness in san francisco and about what's going on out in our streets. and we knew it was something different. >> good afternoon, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. nema is now facing 15 years to life after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the death of cashapp founder, bob lee. >> it's a case that drew national attention after a video of bob lee staggering and collapsing back in april 2023 went viral. >> reporter louis pena and melanie woodrow