>> ian pannell in kyiv for us. ian, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, the deadly flooding, torrential rains on the move at this hour across several states. much of dallas still recovering after the most rain there in a 24-hour period in nearly 100 years. and tonight here, we are learning about the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was swept away. she did not survive. ginger zee is tracking the storms ahead tonight. but first, trevor ault in the flood zone. >> reporter: tonight those record-breaking storms pushing east, now dumping torrential rain on the deep south. in northeast louisiana, a tractor trailer exiting interstate 20 losing control and overturning. this after the dallas-fort worth area received the most rain over a 24-hour period in nearly a century monday. hundreds of calls for help. dozens of homes flooded. >> what people in the dallas area, as well as this entire region sustained was an extraordinary challenge. >> reporter: in mesquite, just east of dallas, 60-year-old jo

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and nearly 7 million refugees have fled ukraine. >> and so let's bring in ian pannell reporting from kyiv. and ian, tonight, not only their independence day, but the six-month mark in this war. so many have speculated along the way how this conflict might end, would ukraine, for example, ever be willing to cede any of that territory in the east. and as he addressed the ukrainian people, president zelenskyy standing firm, does not appear to be on the table anything like that. >> reporter: yeah, i mean, i think many had expected ukraine to be forced to give away the donbas in the east of the country in exchange for peace, but you're right, zelenskyy's adamant that they won't do that. instead, they want to retake not just the donbas, but crimea, too. six months in, this war looks set to grind on at least well into the winter. david? >> and we're grateful you're there, ian, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and to the abc news countdown to the midterms, and to the eye-opening results from the primaries overnight. tonight here, what a key congressional race in new york state might

. >> our ian pannell inside the devastated city of kharkiv. the people still there standing strong.heir blunt message for putin. >> i would tell him that whatever you want, whatever you need, you'll never take this city, 100%. >>> plus feeding the hungry in the midst of war. celebrity chef jose andreas and the world's central kitchen volunteers. >> we are a very simple machine, but sophisticated. >> serving 100 million meals and counting. this special edition of "nightline," "180 days: the war in ukraine," will be right back. thanks to chase, angie's not sweating this text since there's zero overdraft fees if she overdraws by $50 or less. and, kyle, well, he's keeping calm with another day to adjust his balance if he overdraws by more than $50. overdraft assist from chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. it's independence day in ukraine. but celebrations are muted. six months ago, as you know, russian president vladimir putin ordered his troops to invade the country. the war has cost thousands of lives, forcing millions from their homes. but what putin didn't

>> ian pannell, who is now our chief foreign correspondent, leading our coverage there in afghanistan one year later. ian, thank you. >>> meantime, back here at home tonight, and to the economy. your money. 24 hours after that new report showing inflation easing ever so slightly, gas now falling below $4 in this country. you'll remember that record high over $5 back in june. today, a gallon of gas now averaging $3.99 nationwide. down 7.7% in july. the price has now fallen for 58 straight days. we hope it keeps falling. >>> when we come back here tonight, new developments in the search for that missing 16-year-old girl vanishing near lake tahoe. what we've learned. >>> and what the cdc said today about children and covid and going back to school. what they changed, in a moment. . somewhere between a cuddle and a struggle, it's...the side hug. tween milestones like this may start at age 9. hpv vaccination - a type of cancer prevention against certain hpv-related cancers, can start then too. for most, hpv clears on its own. but for others, it can cause certain cancers later in life. you'

our ian pannell back on the ground. the brutal reality of life under taliban control.s hunger takes hold. and women are forced back into the shadows. we confront the taliban about their broken promises. >> was that a lie? >> absolutely not. >> so what happened? >> and why some are still clinging to hope. >>> plus, wikiworld. from bodega cats to the pope mobile a deep dive into the wacky and wonderful side of the world's largest online encyclopedia. and the expert mining for trivia treasure. >> puffer fish have this mating ritual where the males attract females by making elaborate a volunteer squad to share nuggets of knowledge to usal >> youonibingo e tif knowledge that has ever existed in the history of the world. thanks to chase, angie's not sweating this text since there's zero overdraft fees if she overdraws by $50 or less. and, kyle, well, he's keeping calm with another day to adjust his balance if he overdraws by more than $50. overdraft assist from chase. make more of what's yours. >>> tonight, life under the taliban. abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannel

. >> chief foreign correspondent ian pannell was in afghanistan when the taliban fled in 2001 and when they returned to power last year, now he's back with new reflections from kabul. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here, now, co-anchor jonathan karl. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, new details are emerging about the fbi search of mar-a-lago. abc news has confirmed a "new york times" report that when a small team of federal investigators visited donald trump's palm beach home in june the lawyer for the former president claimed that donald trump had turned over all items marked classified. that turned out to be far from the truth. in executing the search war rarnt monday, the fbi seized a treasure drove of government documents allegedly taken from the white house. 27 boxes of material, including 11 sets of classified documents, 4 of them marked "top secret." and one at an even classification, ts/sci, material so damaging, only to be seen by select individuals in a secure location. abc news has also learned that the fbi seiz

abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell back in ukraine tonight. ian, good evening. >> reporter: whit, more shelling at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. russia and ukraine accusing each other of hitting the site. russia's defense ministry releasing this video showing smoke rising from the fire. they're claiming it was caused by the shelling. one power supply is apparently out of action but isolated. ukrainian authorities are saying two other buildings were also hit, with the risk of fire, water leakage, and what they call sputtering of radioactive substances. remember, the u.n. this week warning europe's largest nuclear power plant, quote, is completely out of control. and the ukrainians tonight saying the possible consequences of hitting this site are equivalent to the use of an atomic bomb. whit? >> certainly very concerning. ian pannell, thanks to you tonight. >>> we move on to the race that is on to save ten miners trapped in a flooded tunnel in mexico. working around the clock to pump water. there were 15 miners inside when the accident ha

. >> ian pannell on all the fallout. plus bill richardson. >>> plus, red state shocker. >> the people of kansas spoke yesterday and they spoke loud and clear. >> kansas votes to preserve abortion rights. as trump picks win big in gop primaries. >> the maga movement voted like their lives depended on it. >> political director rick klein with the midterm monitor, plus our powerhouse roundtable. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, senate democrats on the cusp of passing their climate, health care and tax bill, it cleared a key test vote yesterday. votes on amendments have continued all through the night. the sweeping legislation funds the largest investment to fight climate change in u.s. history, it lowers prescription drug costs for medicare. it reduces the deficit a bit. it's financed with tax hikes on large corporations. it's called the inflation reduction act, that's an open question. and the impa

our ian pannell, who was there when the country fell, is back in kabul tonight. >>> demand is growing for the monkeypox vaccine with new york city is converting covid sites to administer the vaccine for monkeypox. >>> and america strong, a mother and daughter reunited on the fire line. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight." >> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm linsey davis. we begin tonight with another tragedy for a pennsylvania community. a fund-raiser for victims of a horrific house fire turns into a scene of carnage. at least one person is dead, more than a dozen are hurt. several of them critically, after a car plowed into a crowd outside of a bar. the victims were helping to raise money for a local family that was devastated by the loss of ten family members in a house fire that we reported on earlier this month. police say the suspect then drove to his mother's house and killed her, running her over with his car, and then assaulting her with a hammer. police arrested a 24-year-old man who they sa

jon. >> all right, ian pannell, thank you. >>> we turn now to president biden's domestic agenda. after 18 months of tense negotiations, backroom dealing and a little name-calling, joe manchin, the most conservative democrat in the state from deep red west virginia and often a thorn in the side of his party, agreed to a far-reaching deal that would represent the most ambitious plan to combat climate change that the u.s. has ever undertaken, that is if it becomes law. with republicans uniformly opposed, democrats will need to stay totally united in the coming weeks to pass the bill and that's far from guaranteed. joining us now is the architect of the bill, senator joe manchin. senator manchin, thank you for joining us. so, what's the bottom line? do you have everyone onboard, including senator sinema who has opposed at least one key tax provision in this bill? >> jon, let me just say, this is all about fighting inflation, that's what this is about. inflation is destroying families across west virginia and across america. high price of gasoline just to go to work, high price of foo

tonight abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is back on the ground in kabul. >> reporter: yeah, byron. tonight the city is quiet after a day of celebrations by the taliban. the very people that america and the west just spent 20 years trying to defeat. we saw thousands of heavily armed fighters, some of them carrying american-made weapons, others standing on american-made military equipment, parading through the streets. they were declaring independence and victory over america. but for the vast majority of afghans there was nothing to celebrate. most parts of the city actually were quiet as people reflected on a year of broken promises and lost dreams. as many feared, it's women and girls who've been the biggest losers in the new afghanistan. many women have been barred from the workplace, have been forced to wear the veil, and encouraged to stay at home. this weekend a handful of them bravely took to the streets calling for freedom, totally peacefully, only to be greeted by taliban fighters who opened up their weapons, firing over their heads. high school gi

troops, there's a growing humanity crisis, as abc's ian pannell reports, millions of afghans are going hungry. malnourished children hospitalized. >> reporter: we've just come inside the main maternity and children's hospital inside kabul. bear in mind, this is the best funded, best equipped hospital of its kind in afghanistan and even here the need is overwhelming. >> the white house is blasting a scathing report by house republicans on the u.s. pullout from afghanistan. the report blames bad decisionmaking and poor planning for the deaths of 13 american troops in kabul. >>> a pennsylvania community is facing yet another tragedy, police charged adrian oswaldo with two counts of criminal homicide, accusing him of driving a car into a crowd of people holding a fund-raising effort. one person was killed. 17 others injured. that fund-raiser was for the victims of a house fire that killed ten people earlier this mother. he was also charged with the murder of his 56-year-old mother, police say she was struck by a vehicle and assaulted with a hammer. >>> it's time now for a look at your morn

abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is in ukraine. >> reporter: tonight, the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog warning the zaporizhzhia power plant in ukraine is completely out of control. rafael grossi, the director general of the international atomic energy agency, telling the associated press -- >> what's at stake is the nuclear safety and security of the biggest nuclear power plant in the european continent. >> reporter: ukraine accusing russia of storing explosives, weapons, and heavily-armored vehicles inside the plant, using it for cover to fire rockets at a nearby town. the facility in southeastern ukraine is the largest in europe and was the scene of fierce fighting in march when russian forces took control. russia has accused ukraine of attacking their positions. a recent ukrainian military drone video showing an attack on russian forces based at the plant. but secretary of state blinken blaming the kremlin for the risks. >> russia is now using the plant as a military base to fire at ukrainians, knowing that they can't and won't shoot back. >> reporter: the u.n. nuc

our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is again on the scene for us in ukraine. orning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. it's increasingly sounding like cold war 2.0 out here, as putin points the finger at america as one of its two main national security threats. meanwhile, yes, there's one piece of good news, these vital grain shipments have finally started again. this morning, in a major move, the first grain ship to leave ukraine since the start of the war has just departed from odesa. it's a high-risk journey. the ship is loaded with 26,000 tons of corn. it's hoped the shipments will start to's a global hunger crisis made worse by the war. abc's patrick reevell is there. >> the first ship is finally leaving from here in odesa. you can see it behind me, moving very slowly from the port. it's headed for turkey. it's a major breakthrough for ending russia's blockade. >> reporter: the entire ukrainian coastline under a russian blockade since the start of the war. russia displaying its strength at sea. speaking at the country's navy day parade sunday, p

abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell was there during the exit that raised so much controversy's back there again with the latest. ian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. it's now almost a year since kabul fell to the taliban. the insurge elements that americans and others spent 20 years trying to fight. the panic at the airports. american troops were withdrawn. we saw those tens of thousands of people desperately trying to get into the airport, some of them clinging on to u.s. planes trying to escape. well, today, it's the taliban who control the country, they run the government, many of them manning checkpoints. these are taliban fighters right behind me, some of them even have american-made weapons. but really the biggest change here is is that the country is in economic freefall, it's been hit by sanctions and drought, and the country's really on the brink of a humanitarian disaster, poverty and hunger across the country. you see hospital wards full of severely malnourished babies. the taliban also are accused of denying women access to work and girls access to

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chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is live in kabul. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gio. one year later. we were here a year ago reporting on the collapse of the government, the panic as u.s. troops withdrew and the taliban sweeping into the city. one year later, the militants are celebrating. you see them there atop an american-made humvee. for so many afghans there's nothing to celebrate. this morning, america's old enemy celebrating what they call independence day here on the streets of kabul. it's exactly one year since the militants took control of the capital and the country. >> reporter: these are the fighters that america spent 20 years trying to defeat. today they're celebrating america's withdrawal and their assumption of power here. the scene on the ground a stark contrast from a year ago as u.s. forces withdrew ending america's longest war. today its taliban soldiers patrolling the streets. many of them with u.s.-made weapons. most afghans aren't on the street celebrating. they're mourning. a small group of brave a

our chief foreign correspondent, ian pannell, leads us off from kyiv. morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. that's right. independence day in ukraine normally a day for celebration but, of course, it's tinged with sadness and grief. just have a look at some of the images behind me. we got this other shot set up where you can see what the center of the city looks like. it's littered with the remains of putin's army who tried to take this city. you can see the tanks, the artillery, some families mingling among some of them even taking selfies because today isn't just independence day, it's six months since the start of this war, russia's attempt to take away ukraine's very independence. this morning, ukraine celebrates its independence day as it never has before with fears they could see increased russian attacks today. ♪ in an address to the country, president zelenskyy warning -- that the national holiday could bring hideous russian provocation and brutal strikes. seen in this video posted online, rescuers rush to put out fires and sift

our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is in ukraine. ning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. from the heart of downtown kyiv and just look at what's become from the streets blocked off to regular traffic instead taken over by what remains of putin's army, we've got tanks here, we've got artillery pieces. you got a whole bunch of ukrainians here taking selfies but soldiers also walking around talking about their memories of the war. there is some irony, of course, that putin, of course, remember, tried to take the capital of kyiv, totally failed, and this is what remains of his army here. this morning, ukraine on high alert amid fears russia could launch specific attacks to coincide with ukrainian independence day tomorrow. parts of the capital kyiv aligned with the wreckage of putin's army, almost six months to the day since they tried and failed to take the city. in the capital public gatherings and events are now banned, and government employees have been told to work from home all week. this as russia blames ukraine for the

our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell is in kabul with the story. ning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, cecilia. fom a city still reeling from the drone strike on the world's most wanted terrorist. remember, ayman al zawahiri, the head of al qaeda, helped plan the 9/11 attacks tracked to a safe house in kabul and president biden gave the orders to, quote, go get him. also raising fears that afghanistan could be a safe haven for terrorists once more. remember, it's now almost a year since u.s. troops withdrew and on one level the city looks very similar, you see chaotic scenes behind me, but the people driving the pickup trucks, the people carrying some american made weapons, these guys here are the taliban. there's open warfare between isis and the taliban and this new afghanistan has become a land of broken promises. girls unable to finish high school. women forced to wear the veil and over 90% of the population now effectively denied regular access to food. we've been seeing young babies, many of them malnourished this morning. the scenes are

our senior foreign correspondent ian pannell is in ukraine with the latest. morning, ian. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin, that's right. i mean, ukraine is home to a number of key nuclear power plants, few of us can forget the fallout from that chernobyl disaster. with the start of war that was occupied by the russians. today it's been retaken, stabilized and back under ukrainian control. but today it's this other huge nuclear facility here that's caught in the crossfire that's ringing alarm bells around the world. this morning, a nuclear crisis in ukraine. the u.n. sounding the alarm about europe's largest power plant caught in the middle of the war. the head of the international atomic energy agency warning the situation is extremely dangerous. >> physical integrity of the place has not been respected. zaporizhzhia is completely out of control. >> reporter: located in the southeastern city of enerhodar, it was taken by russian troops in early march shortly after the invasion began. seen here in video posted by the mayor of the city, but while russian