ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 21, 2024

tonight we have breaking news just as we

come on the Air Tonight the image is

coming in right now the tornadoes

touching down the harrowing video we'll

show you in just a moment also this

deadly turbulence slamming a passenger

jet many passengers violently sent into

the ceiling the flight from London to

Singapore a passenger possibly suffering

a fatal heart attack many screaming in

pain dozens of passengers and crew

rushed to the hospital including

Americans some of the patients in

critical condition tonight the image is

inside the cabin oxygen masks dangling

over seats injured passengers being

treated on the tarm map also tonight

these horrific images just coming in the

reported tornadoes and there are watches

and warnings up at this hour across

several States the National Weather

Service tonight calling it a

particularly dangerous situation from

Texas all the way up to Michigan tonight

just in this evening the Pentagon now

confirming reports that Russia launched

a counter space weapon capable of

attacking and possibly destroying Us and

other satellites and so Martha RIT is

standing by with late reporting for us

tonight the criminal trial of Donald

Trump the defense resting its case

without Donald Trump taking the stand

tonight when this now goes to the jury

the race for the White House and this

evening Donald Trump's new comments

about birth control what he said when

asked would he support restricting

contraception the Biden campaign

outraged tonight their response tonight

the push to free five Americans being

held in Turks and cob

each possibly facing at least 12 years

in prison after ammunition was found in

their luggage what's being done to get

them out will it work tonight the

headline involving graceand is it done

targeted for foreclosure when Elvis

Presley's granddaughter is trying to do

the US national park and the tourist

attacked by a grizzly bear the death of

Matthew Perry and the turn tonight in

the investigation and for the first time

since Michael Jordan Wilson creating a

signature basketball for someone else

you can guess her

name from ABC News world headquarters in

New York this is World News Tonight with

David mure good evening and it's great

to have you with us here in a very busy

Tuesday night we have images just coming

in at this hour reported tornadoes on

the ground watches and warnings up right

now across several States but we do

begin tonight with the deadly turbulence

on a passenger jet a Boeing Tri 7 out of

London Bound for Singapore the jet

hitting turbulence at 37,000 ft

passengers and crew violently thrown

around the cabin some right into the

ceiling many of the passengers screaming

in pain the flight diverted to Bangkok

seemed coming in for a landing at the

end of this harrowing flight the

emergency teams rushing to the airport

dozens of passengers injured including

Americans several passengers in critical

condition tonight and a 73-year-old

British man dying on that flight

authorities say possibly suffering a

fatal heart attack ABC's Gio Bonz

leading us off tonight tonight Terror on

the Singapore Airlines flight after the

passenger jet was struck by severe

turbulence 37,000 ft in the air

launching some passengers violently into

the ceiling and leaving at least one man

dead the Boeing trip 7 traveling

overnight from London to Singapore with

229 on board including four American

passengers but nearly 10 hours into the

flight the aircraft suddenly hitting an

air pocket over Myanmar the first Inman

is just the objects flying not knowing

what's going on

feeling with lack of control loss of

control helplessness Andrew Davies says

he and other passengers tried to help

the injured wor thing I saw was the two

people who had very severe lacerations

on top of their head um there L SC

tonight new images from inside the plane

show oxygen masks dangling from the

ceiling a dented overhead bin and blood

spatters on the back of a seat afterward

the Pilot's diverting and making an

emergency landing in Bangkok TI

First Responders racing to the scene and

removing this passenger from the plane

on a stretcher as others receive medical

treatment under tents on the tarmac as

of now most commercial airplanes have no

way to detect this kind of clear air

turbulence we believe that the weather

was fairly good we believe that the

airplane had its weather radar on the

seat Bel sign apparently only came on a

few seconds prior to hitting this

turbulence tonight at least 71 people

taken to the hospital two of them

Americans six in critical condition the

passenger who lost his life 73-year-old

British national Jeff kitchen a

Singapore Airport Manager says they

believe the passenger may have suffered

a heart attack but that has not been

confirmed and David this is just another

reminder that even in clear weather we

should keep that seat Bel on because

turbulence could happen at any moment

meanwhile tonight Singapore Airline says

that it offers its deepest condolences

to the family of the deceased David Gio

Bonz leading us off tonight Gio thank

you now the story breaking as we're on

the Air Tonight these new images just

coming in reported tornadoes on the

ground as I mentioned watches and

warnings up across several States as

we're on the air the National Weather

Service calling it a particularly

dangerous situation these are the images

just in tonight look at this stunning

close-up images of a violent tornado

this is carbon Iowa debris from damaged

homes swirling there as the tornado

actually uh crosses the road here's the

line to watch tonight the severe weather

warnings across much of the Heartland

the threat this evening from Texas all

the way up through Western New York up

to Michigan as well a dangerous night

ahead for Millions the new track of

these storms in the coming hours and

ABC's Victor Kendo tracking it from the

storm Zone he's in Iowa

tonight tonight that dangerous situation

unfolding in the Heartland multiple

tornadoes touching down already a

massive outbreak of severe weather there

it is people stormchasers tracking this

destructive tornado flinging debris as

it crosses a Road near Harvin Iowa West

of De Moine that stormchaser racing to

this obliterated home to check for

survivors are you in

shelter all right nobody hurt the town

of Greenfield west of De Moine taking a

direct hit ahead of the storms Omaha

swamped this morning with more than half

a foot of rain this car struggling to

make it Upstream First Responders using

rope to rescue this man multiple

Vehicles stranded this tornado south of

Minneapolis one of three reported

overnight and outside Denver rain and

hail swamped cars and strip siding from

homes and tonight five full days after a

powerful Duro decimated Houston and

Harris County Texas transmission towers

still litter the landscape the heat

index for the next several days will

stay around

100° and we've been hearing those

tornado sirens across downtown De Moine

where we're under a particularly

dangerous situation tornado watch until

9:00 p.m. local time and take a look at

this the watch includes Iowa and parts

of seven other states the threat of

multiple intense long trck tornadoes

along with winds gusting over 90 mph and

huge hail and David tomorrow that threat

continues and spreads from Texas to

Western New York David Victor Kendo in

Iowa for us tonight Victor thank you

there is also a breaking headline

tonight involving Russia the Pentagon

just confirming reports that Russia

likely launch what's called a counter

space weapon capable of attacking and

possibly destroying us satellites it's

now in the same orbit as a US Government

satellite so let's get right to ABC's

Martha Ritz on what this means Martha

what have you learned David this has

been a significant concern for the

Pentagon it was last Thursday that

Russia launched this satellite into low

earth orbit a satellite that the

Pentagon does believe is capable of

attacking other satellites in low earth

orbit this video from Russia's military

appearing to show that launch while

there's no indication that Russia plans

on attacking other satellites and it is

not the first time Russia has done this

when ask if the Russian counterspace

weapon posed a threat to us satellites a

pentagon spokesman said it's a

counterspace weapon in the same orbit as

a US Government satellite the deputy US

ambassador to the UN is calling this

launch troubling David troubling indeed

you'll continue to track it for us

Martha thank you we turn to the criminal

trial of Donald Trump tonight the

defense this evening resting its case

without Donald Trump taking the stand

and all afternoon the judge conferring

with both sides now about how he will

instruct the jury in this case and when

the jury will start deliberating Aon kki

at the courthouse again tonight Donald

Trump once seemed eager to testify in

his own defense yeah I would testify

absolutely oh sure I did I'd very

willingly take the stand but tonight

Trump's lawyers rested their case

without ever calling the former

president as a witness still very good I

think think we have a a great case was

put on with testimony now complete

jurors were sent home and the final

phase of the trial got underway judge

Juan michon and lawyers on both sides

hashing out how he will instruct the

jurors about the law before they start

deliberating it's a complicated case

Trump is accused of falsifying business

records to cover up a hush money deal

with porn star stormmy Daniels to keep

their alleged sexual trist from voters

in the days before the 2016 election

judge michon saying we want to make it

as easy as possible POS for the jury

both sides argued over Myriad issues

prosecutors insisted the jury should be

told they can convict Trump even though

he didn't personally doctor any business

records himself leaving it instead to

accountants and bookkeepers the defense

pushed back on that and Trump's lawyer

Amel bovy asked the judge to tell the

jury hush money is not illegal

prosecutor Matthew Colangelo fired back

though what the defense is asking is for

you to make their argument for them when

the conference wrapped up judge michon

told the lawyers he'll take it all under

consideration and provide them as jury

instructions by Thursday to help them as

they prepare to deliver their closing

arguments the jury's now off for a week

David after hearing testimony from 22

Witnesses and seeing nearly 300 pieces

of evidence in closing arguments next

Tuesday the defense will say none of it

proves that former president Trump

committed a crime while prosecutors will

argue that it all adds up to what

they've called election fraud pure and

simple by this time next Wednesday David

the case should be in the hands of the

jury David a big week ahead next week

indeed Aaron kki again tonight now to

the race for the White House Tonight

Donald Trump's new comments about birth

control what he said when asked by a

Pittsburgh TV station would he support

restricting contraception the Biden

campaign outraged tonight and their

response here's our chief White House

correspondent Barry

Bruce Donald Trump today suggesting he's

open to restricting birth control if

reelected saying it's something he's

looking at do you support any

restrictions on a person's right to

contraception

well we're looking at that and I'm going

to have a policy on that very shortly

and I think it's something that you'll

find interesting and I it's another

issue that's very interesting but you

will uh you will find it I think very

smart I think it's a smart decision but

we'll be releasing it very soon Trump

this morning suggesting in an interview

with a local Pittsburgh station that

he'd support States making their own

rules you may want to support some

restrictions like the morning after pill

or something we are we are also you know

things really do have a lot to do with

the states and some states are going to

have different policies than others

hours later Trump trying to take it back

doing cleanup on social media writing I

have never and will never Advocate

imposing restrictions on birth control

or other contraceptives but he did not

say that in the full interview which was

reviewed by ABC News the Biden campaign

tonight warning if Trump wins a second

term it's clear he wants to go even

further by restricting access to birth

control and emergency contraceptives

Trump tonight also Under Fire after this

video was shared on his social media

account what happens after Donald Trump

wins the phrase unified Reich seen on

screen echoing Adolf Hitler's thirdd

Reich and Nazi regime the phrase

appearing three times in hypothetical

newspaper front pages celebrating a

trump Victory along with other

anti-semitic tropes the Trump campaign

adamant this was not a campaign video

that it was reposted by a staffer who

clearly did not see the word while the

president was in court but that video

that included three instances of the

word Reich remained on Trump's page for

more than 18 hours the president

sounding the alarm a unified Reich

that's Hitler's language that's not

America's his campaign noting it's not

the first time Trump has used language

that mirrors Hitler's this kind of

rhetoric is

unsurprising coming from the former

president and it is

appalling and we got to tell him who we

are now back to abortion a pivotal issue

in this race the Trump campaign tonight

tells us the former president was

referring to mffa prisone the abortion

pill but that's not what he was asked

about in that interview in fact abortion

medication didn't come up at all Trump

clearly asked about contraception David

all right Mary the race for President is

on and we'll be covering it for the many

months ahead thanks Mary tonight the new

push here to free five Americans being

held in Turks and caos each possibly

facing at least 12 years in prison after

ammunition was found in their luggage

tonight the small bipartisan group of

lawmakers trying to get them out here's

ABC's map

rivers tonight several members of

Congress pleading for leniency for the

five Americans facing 12 years behind

bars in Turks and Kos each charged with

carrying ammunition to the Caribbean

islands each saying they forgot it was

in their bag a bipartisan delegation of

lawmakers going to the territory meeting

with government officials urging light

sentences instead the Turks and Kos

government is targeting American

citizens putting them in front of their

Criminal Justice System totally

inappropriately the government saying

it's just following the law hours ago

Tyler wrick one of five Americans

arrested since December now facing jail

time told his sentence will be handed

down within a week I have a lot of fear

and anxiety as to what's going to happen

the Island's tough gun laws meant to

Target Rising violence there also

catching people like Sharita Greer who

claims she had no idea two loose rounds

were in her bag I'm being torn away from

my kids my grandkids my family I'm

broken but I'm not broken into pieces

but I'm broken David there's no question

that each of these five Americans broke

the law and they have all pled guilty

but us lawmakers are urging they be

charged under Customs law resulting in

deportation and fines rather than 12

years in prison David all right we'll

see if it works Matt Rivers tonight Matt

thank you in the meantime we turn this

evening to the surprising headline

involving Graceland the famed home of

Elvis Presley targeted now for

foreclosure tonight Elvis's

granddaughter trying to block the

auction here's ABC's Steve

oami for worldwide fans of Elvis Presley

who still think of graceand as sacred

ground the developments tonight are

stunning that the Memphis Mansion is up

on The Auction Block to pay off what

creditors say is a family debt but

tonight Elvis's granddaughter who

inherited the mansion from her mother is

fighting this accusing those same

creditors of trying to pull off what she

says is a fraudulent sale the people

trying to take the property claim that

before she died last year Lisa Marie

Presley took out a loan for $3.8 million

and used graceand as collateral but

Riley Kio Presley's daughter Elvis's

granddaughter and the current owner says

in a counter lawsuit that her mother did

not borrow anything she also says that

the documents are forgeries and she

shares a sworn statement from the notary

whose signature appears on loan

documents saying that I have never met

Lisa Marie Presley nor have I ever

notorized a document signed by Lisa

Marie Presley we were at graceand when

the family was helping to promote the

Oscar nominated movie Elvis with leading

actor Austin Butler at this moment we

are in graceand we are in The Jungle

Room I'm here with Austin Butler the

incredible Austin Butler

it's a major tourist attraction that

pulls in millions of dollars each year

for the Presley

airs ABC News has tried reaching out to

the investment and lending firm behind

all of this and we're finding that the

phone numbers are disconnected and the

emails are bouncing back there's a court

hearing tomorrow where the family is

asking the court to kill this auction

David all right Steve we'll watch it

thanks there is one note on the economy

tonight and on gas prices the Biden

Administration releasing a million

barrels of gasoline from the strategic

reserves the oil held in reserve in New

Jersey and Mains in superstorm Sandy

will now be sold at competitive prices

and a bid to lower the price of the pump

gas prices averaging about $358

Nationwide that's up about 7 cents from

this time last year when we come back

tonight the real Scare at a US National

Park the tourist attacked by a grizzly

bear also tonight the death of Matthew

Perry and the new turn in this

investigation tonight a tourist has been

severely injured in a grizzly bear

attack at Grand Teton National Park in

Wyoming Park officials say the man

unexpectedly Came Upon two Grizzlies one

of them attacking the man severely

injured in stable condition tonight when

we come back the death of Matthew Perry

and the new turn tonight and for the

first time since Michael Jordan Wilson

and its new signature basketball for

someone else you can

guess to the index authorities revealing

the death of actor Matthew Perry is now

under criminal investigation the medical

examiner ruling he died of acute effects

of ketamine in October police and

federal investigators now trying to find

the source for the first time since

Michael Jordan Wilson signing a

signature basketball deal with Caitlyn

Clark a multi-year deal Financial

details not released the first ever

female athlete to have her own

collection with Wilson it's pretty cool

when we come back here tonight the

family dog stuck inside the wall of

their home and what it took to get her

out finally tonight here America strong

the family dog she got herself into a

tight

spot in Garden Grove California just

outside Anaheim W remarkable rescue

tonight the Orange County Fire Authority

right there inside the Newan family home

the family's 2-year-old Golden Retriever

mix named Fay was trapped behind the

wall she had crawled under the house and

up into the wall she was stuck there for

hours using thermal imaging firefighters

locating her exact location what's up F

breaking through the wall come on girl

okay whistling trying to coax her out

hammering L of the wall away you can see

F looking out through the hole pulling

the drywall away with your hands look F

peeking out come on girl looking around

and then walking out to the firefighters

hey right here tonight hey what's up

David I'm juliann and this is my dog Fay

he Fay with her owner Julian and the

family message to those firefighters The

Moment I Saw the fire truck in front of

my house a sense of relief just washed

all over me thank you for getting Fay

out of the hall and joining us too hey

David firefighter Chris Donaldson who

helped rescue Fay definitely felt good

to save the dog and help the family just

a part of what we do as firefighters

helping people every single day we are

glad Fay is okay she's going to use the

front door next time I'll see you right

back here tomorrow night until then good

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