david muir on the front lines of a region facing famine. >> you think you're losing these children? >> inside remote villages in somaliland rack the with hunger and rescue workers bringing food and water to desperate families. the humanitarian crisis much of the world doesn't even know about. >>> and -- ♪ despacito. the first spanish language song to hit the top 10 of the top 100 since the macarena. poised to be the brackout song of the summer all thanks to justin bieber. first tonight the "nightline 5." >> dry mouth can affect how your mouth feels and how you feel. discover act dry mouth. specially formulated to soothe and moisturize your mouth. and try new act dry mouth spray. for relief when you need it. >>> looking for balance in your digestive system? try align probiotic. for a nonstop sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. align, the number one doctor recommended probiotic brand. also in kids' >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. another violent preflight confrontation. this one escalating to a full-on fistfight. tonight video from a passenger just

"world news tonight" with david muir up next and they'll have details on the firing of the f.b.i.tor james comey. jona there are always new challenges and opportunities., at unitedhealth group, we're built to help with both. providing employers with data and insights to improve outcomes. ensuring seniors have stability and choice in their benefits. and working with governments to expand access, lower costs and improve quality. to all those with a passion to improve health care, our question is: how can we help? unitedhealth group. built for better health. are you actually about to scratch it rich at mgm national harbor? of course you are. because everyone who plays is an instant winner. so before you win your share of 1.5 million dollars in prizes and free slot play. take these last few seconds to remember what life was like as a normal, everyday person. because in an instant, that all could change. join mlife rewards and play scratch it rich for your share of 1.5 million dollars in prizes and freeplay®. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. a short time ago, president

michelle: "world news tonight" with david muir up next.ou for being >>> tonight, breaking developments. the fallout now after the firing of fbi director james comey. tonight, how comey learned himself -- seeing it on tv. president trump asked today, why did you fire comey? his answer. and why now? the white house now saying comey mishandled the e-mail investigation into hillary clinton, that comey overstepped his role in his scathing review of clinton. but many on capitol hill asking -- is the white house really concerned about clinton? or is this about russia? >>> also tonight. vladimir putin, and his reaction. and the news that james comey had just asked for more money for the fbi investigation into russian meddling. >>> also tonight, the afofficern trial. she opened fire on the driver of this suv who at one point had his hands in the air. what we learned today.

abc's david muir has the story. >> reporter: the faces of the dogs desperate for a home.f a program called empty the shelters. the bissell pet foundation effort that placed 7,000 dogs and cats in homes across several states. the hugs, kisses in so many cases, new families taking them home. but we heard of the story of 1-year-old eastwood from harbor andoned, stray lab found over the holidays. born with an issue with his leg and problem with one eye, they say he is a love. the little traverse bay humane society held an empty the shelter adoption events two weeks ago to pay fees and paperwork. every single dog and cat adopted there except for eastwood. but they didn't give up. posting pictures of east wood on facebook, immediately hundreds of requests. coming around the corner, eastwood's new family. >> we've been waiting all morning. >> the van gundy's all there. eastwood wearing a detroit pistons bandanna, because it turns out his new dad, stan is head coach. the pistons tweeting out a welcome to eastwood, writing after all this attention, that head coach is no longer the

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i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here on monday night. until then, have a good evening.> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> based on the smoke plume and the direction of travel that we should consider an evacuation. >> this kept getting worse and worse. >> businesses evacuated and a shelter in place for two elementary schools following a flaring at a refinery in benicia and it is not over yet. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i'm daetz. >> i'm larry beil. it could last through the weekend. it all started at the valero refinery in benicia, not far from 680. abc7 news reporter laura anthony reporting. laura? >> reporter: an improvement in the last half hour. the stack behind me was the one emitting all the flame and smoke all day. in the last few minutes you can see it's gone down considerably. this is nonetheless valero's most significant flaring incident in 30 years. it started with a simple power loss. it may not end entirely for days. the bill owing black plumes could be seen for miles around benicia's valero refinery after a power outage ca

"world news tonight with david muir" is coming up next. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley.el, michael finney, and everyone here, we hope to he -- see you a >> download the abc7 news app to download the news any time at >>> tonight, president trump in his own words. why he fired fbi director james comey. the president calling him a showboat, a grandstander. also tonight, the president says he asked james comey if he was being investigated by the fbi. is that a conflict of interest? and the acting head of the fbi tonight disagreeing with the white house in front of the american people. >>> also, breaking developments right now. a 35-hour police standoff, a bystander killed in the crossfire, trying to crawl away. what we have just learned from the screen. >>> the mother's day storm moving in. a possible nor'easter now. already bringing damaging winds tonight. >>> the abc news investigation tonight. cars igniting. this one, in a parking lot. others setting homes on fire. brian ross standing by. >>> and the sheriff's department warning swimmers below,

>> "world news tonight with david muir" is next. i'm kristen >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. what that concert bomb now reveals. the new images right here tonight. the possible detonator carried in the suspect's left hand. sweeping raids. our team witnessing the chaos. >>> also tonight, the suspect himself. his father and brother now arrested. was his brother about to unleash a second attack, and where? >>> here at home, tornado watches up right now. 27 million americans bracing in the east. multiple tornado reports already. severe storms moving up the east coast tonight. >>> breaking news involving some of president trump's top aides during the campaign and russia. >>> and president trump and the pope. they have not seen eye to eye before. what the president said to the pope as he left the meeting. >>> and america strong. the grad student and the mom who took notes when he couldn't. the major surprise for her right here tonight. >>> good evening. and we're just back from manchester, england, tonight. where there i

david muir right back e tomorrow night. have a great evening.dnapped at gunpoint, an uber driver opens up about a hair owing escape, a story you'll see only on abc7. >> a roll back as lawmakers face constituents. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >> announcer: live where you live this is abc7 news. >> a police shoot out leads to an arrest in san jose making this the third time in less than a week san jose officers have opened fire on someone. good evening, i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kate larson. thank you for joining us. it all started at 8:00 this morn, police shot said the man shot toward the offer certificates. >> it was in east san jose. the officers fired back which led to a chase. abc7 news reporter is live at police headquarters where the chief is getting ready to speak. katey? >> reporter: eric, we're going to hear from him in a moment. neighbors who live in the area tell us that the man in custody appears to be a transient. they recognized him. neither he nor the officers involved were injured in today's incident. we're hoping the chief ca

i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here on monday night. until then, have a good evening.>> a high school honors student was expelled for hazing. now he's on his way back to class. >>> this shocked the community, it was traumatic for them and for sonoma county. >> more than a decade later, a double murder suspect is finally named and investigators they these aren't the only deaths he's responsible. >>> and billowing smoke from an oil refinery fire. >> reporter: i'm michael finney, with the 7 on your side popup in alameda at the south shore center. drop by, tell us a problem, we'll get it solved. >>> i'm happy with the decision. but at the same time, it's a lot of school that i'm not going to get back. >> he's a 16-year-old high school student who's missed most of his sophomore year after being expelled for hazing a decision that's now been overturned. >> we have covered this hazing case at the napa high school extensively for months now. >> at the center of it is johnny torres who an honor student and quarterback of the school's football team. the coun here's a look at wha

then at 5:30 on "world news tonight with david muir." >> coming up, president trump and the moment that goes viral appearing to push another leader out of the way. the congressman who throws a reporter to the ground. and severe weather tonight, thousands of flights canceled and delayed j >>> a long way to remodel for the stanford ronald mcdonald house opened its doors today. this marks the first time the 44,000 square foot facility is open at the same time as another nearby center. the combined facilities allow for 123 families of children to live while they seek medical treatment in the stanford children's hospital. that makes it the largest ronald mcdonald house in the world. >> it is so exciting and incredible and just to know how many people pitched in with just generous contributions of time, talent and money and the whole community really wrapped their arms around this project. and you can really see it. >> the average length of stay at the stanford facility is 56 days. but some families can stay up to a year. >> we have some dramatic new images of jupiter to share with you that h

going to be that cal influence. >> right. >> "world news tonight with david muir" is next. kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel and michael >>> tonight, we have breaking news as we come on the air. >>> tonight, we have breaking news as we come on the air. reports of a man, a foreign national, trying to break into a cockpit on a flight that left from los angeles. reports he had a suspicious item. our team is standing by tonight. >>> also breaking, as president trump departs for his first foreign trip, investigations looking at a staffer inside the white house. also, what we' the president's conversation with the russians after firing james comey. the president saying i faced great pressure about russia. that's taken off. >>> also, a car barrelling into a crowd in times square. police calling it a deliberate act.

at 5:30 on "world news tonight with david muir." >> coming up on world news tonight, president trump's warning to the fib it director he just fired. also breaking tonight the police chief shot and killed two nursing home employees dead, residents race to safety. and a major mother's day storm all coming up. >> david, thanks to you. then new at 6:00, the ever to make one of the toughest college courses a bit easier, certainly more fun, we'll have that story at 6:00 and a lot more then, but kris [computer keystroke] click click (male announcer) hit escape with great deals on great gear. like bass pro canopy chairs for under $20. only at bass pro shops. the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. >>> well, it's well known that it's pretty easy to ge

i'm david muir. i hope to see you here tomorrow. at 6:00, we track down that deadly >>> we're going to do it all over again, and we'll do it every single day, until we find our little girl. >> parents search tonight for their children, the victims of that terror attack in england, this has police hunt for all of the people behind the carnage. >> these people can't face us, we're proud of what we are and who we are and they will never beat us, you might as well just give up because you're never going to win. >> the terror attack outside a concert by american singer arianna grande last night at least 29 people dead and over 50 people hurt. >> isis is claiming responsibility for the terror in manchester. >> we heard a loud bang and it was just silence and then we saw some people running towards the door, shouting to run and get out. >> people were climbing over each other and i lost a friend at the time who i was with and i got really, really worried because everybody was just in such a rush to leave. >> reporter: condemnation of the f

"world news tonight with david muir" is >>> tonight, breaking news. president trump declaring victory. in the battle to repeal and replace obamacare, his new plan passing the house. tonight, we break it down, what it could mean now for millions of americans, from pre-existing conditions to maternity care. >>> also developing tonight, the statement just in from delta, after a family is kicked off a delta flight with their children, warned they could face jail or lose their children if they don't get off. >>> the new terror warning from the tsa tonight. the alert about stolen trucks that they say could be used for deadly attacks in this country. >>> pictures coming in from the scene of a deadly collision, the car slamming into a packed school bus. >>> and the new headline tonight, involving the american man and his girlfriend discovered dead on vacation. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. >>> and we begin tonight with a major victory for president trump. his new plan to repeal and replace obamacare, passing the

. >> announcer: this is abc "world news tonight" with david muir, reporting tonight from washington. >>> good evening, from washington tonight. where we met with the president today. what he says about that special counsel now brought into investigate russia. but we're also following those horrific pictures out of new york city today, the deadly crash, the driver plowing into pedestrians, right in the middle of times square. a barrier is the only thing that stopped the car. the driver right there on the left, trying to get away. witnesses in panic. nearly two dozen hit or injured. many lying on the street. this is video of the car in the air. and moments ago we learned the one person killed was an 18-year-old tourist from michigan. the driver in custody tonight. there were initial worries, could this be terror in new york? tonight, what authorities now believe. and abc's gio benitez is in times square. >> reporter: tonight, unimaginable horror. a car plowing into a packed times square. watch again -- the car airborne, careening into a thick crowd of people. and in this gruesome surve

abc's david muir is there speaking with residents about what happens now. >> it's important.horrible thing that's happened. it won't change the city. >> why was it so important for you to come out today? >> i think it is an attack on manchester, it is our city. and everybody needs to show support. to show that we are all together. we are all strong. >> i cannot, the parents are going through. any one a mother like myself as well. you just kind of bear too much. >> what should everyone do now? >> yeah. yeah. carry on as we usually do. but, just not, not hurt anyone. >> coward is, weakest, affecting the people that, that, that are the weakest. and families, affecting -- i don't know what they hope to achieve. >> our david muir there talking with many of the people there in manchester. and you can just see all of the raw emotions there. should mention we got condolences of course from president trump also the pope offered condolences to the people there. and they have a busy day together. >> right. the two meet in the vatican. president trump's third stop on his tour. they will

. >>> we're back now with the humanitarian crisis, 20 million people in four >> abc's david muir traveledsomalia with save the children and witnessed the heartbreak. >> we set out to reach remote villages in somali land. a crisis unfolding largely unnoticed by the rest of the word. families and children at risk of starvation. in the first village, the line begins early in the morning. they know the trucks are coming. how many hours away? >> that would be look two hours. two hours, drive, yes. >> reporter: from the nearest water site. here not just the food they need, but water. save the children, is trucking it in. a mother of five stand in line. all of her live stock is gone. they have no food. on the hill sit two trucks to deliver water for hundreds of families. we witness a rush of families, trying to get to the hoses. that will give them enough water to last a couple of days. we journey from west to east. 70% of the live stock, farm animals have died. more than 100 miles away, we arrive at a hospital where we are told there aren't enough beds. the moment we walk in, we see it. >> hi.

i'm david muir and i'm elizabeth vargas. so many of us depend on our gps. what happens when that goes terribly wrong. >> you're about to meet a college student who tells us she thought she might end grave. >> just take a moment to take it in. the grand >> reporter: just take a moment to take it in. the grand canyon. a geological spectacle, 6 million years in the making. >> it is absolutely beautiful. and that's why it's one of the seven wonders of the world. >> reporter: it's no wonder 5 million tourists trek here every year, just to breathe in its pure serenity. they return home with pictures and souvenirs and sun burns, but nobody comes back with a story like amber van hecke. >> i did do right things, even if i did make mistakes. and if i can just share those things that i did right with everyone, and if that even saves one life, then that's worth it, i think. >> reporter: her journey to the brink of death and back began a thousands miles ago. it was spring break at the university of north texas in nearby denton. and while so many students were off to do

. >> and i'm david muir. we all want to stay connected, but tonight, the jaw-dropping video of people who can't put their devices down. tonight, you'll also see the mris, what this could be doing to your brain. >> we spent a year on the road meeting people who were held hostage to their devices. getting them to open up. we're not using their last names, because they could be any of us. but the good news is, they got unhooked, and you can, too. >> reporter: walk down any street, any mall, any hallway, everyone is bowing to their screen. our devices are beeping, buzzing, begging us to swipe, like, love, tweet, retweet, send, reply, forward. >> facetime, snapchat, instagram. twitter, tumbler, kik. >> reporter: this is brooke, a california teenager. she's 15 now and a self-professed recovering cell phone and social media addict. how long was she on her phone each day? >> when she got home from school, at like 3:00, until she went to bed at 9:00. >> it was more. >> reporter: it was more. brooke says she would be u

i'm elizabeth vargas. >> i'm david muir., thanks for watching. have a great rest of your weekend. kimberly: straight ahead, a contagious disease diagnosis triggers a health alert in d.c. and maryland. >> the initial reaction was shock. kimberly: a new graduate loses everything in a fire, but tonight she has reasons to celebrate. and a place no one cared about. left to7, a building rot is an eyesore in a d.c. neighborhood. the search for the owners and how they lead it deteriorate without taking action. >> now, abc 7 news at 11:00 am on your side. 11:00, it hasat been a life-changing couple days for one university of maryland student, fire gutting the home that she s

"world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching this everything. see you tonight at 11:00. my name is jenny doan. i'm a quiand i'm a grandmother. 2008 was when all the markets crashed. hamilton was losing hope and my husband and i were losing hope. my sister and i we challenged ourselves to help figure out a way to help them. our kids bought us a quilt machine. it was very humble beginnings. one day al came in and asked me if i wanted to do tutorials and i was like "sure honey what's a tutorial?" i had not a clue. hi everybody i'm jenny from the missouri star quilt company. youtube gave us the opportunity to differentiate, we got to a 1,000 subscribers year one and now we're at 300,000 subscribers. we're the world's largest provider of pre-cut quilting fabric. opening a business in hamilton kinda sparked things. we've got 14 quilt shops in town, three restaurants, a little hotel, and we're the largest employer in hamilton, missouri. we had over 100,000 people come to hamilton last year. all i have to do is open my door and missouri star does the re

"world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. see you at is me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> tonight -- breaking news. as we come on the air. fired fbi director james comey about to go public. abc news learns when the former fbi director could now testify, and what he's willing to talk about involving president trump. pierre thomas with late details. >>> crossing the line. the outrage tonight over comedian kathy griffin and that gruesome image. tonight, cnn fires her. performances canceled. and the first lady, melania trump weighing in. >>> the emergency on board. heavily armed police taking down a passenger accused of rushing the cockpit, claiming to have explosives. >>>

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"world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching.have a good night. there are always new challenges and opportunities., at unitedhealth group, we're built to help with both. providing employers with data and insights to improve outcomes. ensuring seniors have stability and choice in their benefits. and working with governments to expand access, lower costs and improve quality. to all those with a passion to improve health care, our question is: health group. built for better health. >>> tonight, breaking news. for the first time, former acting a.g. sally yates revealing how she warned the white house about former national security adviser michael flynn, saying he'd been compromised, and that he could be blackmailed by the russians. tonight, how she describes her meetings inside the trump white house. >>> also breaking, police just holding a news conference in boston. two doctors engaged to be married, both found murdered. and new reporting tonight on what was found in their apartment. >>> the college student who fell down the stairs.

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. >> and i'm david muir. he calls himself the god of computer security, and now john mcafee is answering hard questions tonight about what happened after he made millions. >> he's front and center at a time when everybody is focused on computer hacking. but what happened on the mysterious off the radar years, when he was suspected of taking a life? matt gutman has been following him for four years to find out. >> reporter: there are so many layers to the epic, disturbing story of john mcafee. maybe because there are so many john mcafees. >> john mcafee is one of the wildest characters you'll ever come across. >> reporter: there's mcafee the party animal. >> john? >> huh? >> reporter: mcafee the silicon valley gazillionare. >> it is the number one computer threat. >> reporter: mcafee the international fugitive. >> he's someone that i feel is dangerous. >> reporter: even mcafee the presidential candidate. >> stand with me to protect our freedom. >> reporter: pinning down the truth of mcafee's life story is neve

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. >> and i'm david muir. as we come on the air here tonight, that high school teacher, tad cummins, is being transported to a tennessee jail, facing felony charges because of how far he took that girl, across state lines. >> meanwhile, she is trying to stitch her life together. here's eva pilgrim, who has been covering the story since the first amber alert. as things went from classroom to captive. >> reporter: tonight we are heading to rural culleoka, tennessee, where this strange and heart-wrenching story begins. >> it's the dimple of the universe. >> reporter: tucked in the lush green of these rolling hills, you'll find a post office, gas station and not much else. >> the school's always been the heartbeat of the community. >> reporter: culleoka unit school, a sprawling two-story complex, which will become the epicenter of a seismic scandal. it's known for its drill team and the musical theater troupe. ♪ boogie fever >> reporter: but it's drama that quickly circles the new girl in class, 15-year-old elizab

. >> and i'm david muir. a story that's quite fitting as so many families come together for memorial day. >> alan thomas serve alan thomae country in vietnam, but was forced to leave his family behind. millions saw his post on facebook, and asked how they could serve him, and so did "20/20." >> it's nice to meet you. >> so you're the young lady i want to talk to. >> i'm the girl, hopefully for the job. >> reporter: we flew pam slaton cross-country to mossyrock, washington, to join forces with former sergeant allen thomas. the retired veteran fought for his country. now, pam vows to fight for him. >> if i don't get the answers i want, i'll work my way to the top. but i can assure you that if anyone's going to try hard it's going to be me. so that much i can guarantee you, okay? >> that's all i can ask. it's fair enough, i reckon. come on in. >> reporter: allen's daughter charlene is helping her father on his four-decade quest to find the children she grew up knowing only as pictures on the wall. >> charlene? n

some of them heartbreak, some of them heart warmi abc's david muir is in manchester, and gives us bother: a message from manchester, we are strong. stories of heroism come to light. paula robinson hailed as angel of manchester. >> this big explosion went off. so we, came out of the fire exit. as we came out, we are directly at the bottom of the steps to the arena. >> she saw crowds of teenage girls running from the arena. >> i shouted everyone make your way off to the holiday inn. >> bringing dozens of girls to safety at a nearby hotel and calling their parents for them. >> i put on social media. everybody if you are missing children, i have got children reporter: there are other stories emerging. cab drivers, offered free rides to get children, young people out quickly. >> god only knows what the people are feeling like. >> reporter: the #roomformanchester. hundreds of residents offering shelter, food, comfort. >> we live on the corner. just going to some where to sit that was warm. young people telling me that they will move forward. how do you process what happened here? >> i haven'

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"world news tonight" with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for watching.ee you at 11:00. rrator: "the time is to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >>> tonight, we have breaking news as we come on the air. reports of a man, a foreign national, trying to break into a cockpit on a flight that left from los angeles. reports he had a suspicious item. >>> also breaking, as president trump departs, investigations looking at a staffer inside the white house. >>> also, what we've learned about the president's conversation with the russians after firing james comey. >>> also, a car plowing into a crowd in tes