ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - 11/17/2024

tonight a major development in the Ukraine war for the first time President Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long range us missiles to attack inside Russia President elect Trump's cabinet choices come under scrutiny as he picks a climate change skeptic for Energy Secretary and breaking news a small plane crashes onto a drag strip during a championship racing event we begin with the major change in US policy with Ukraine getting what it's been begging for long range us missiles for use inside Russia the move comes as North Korean soldiers join the fight on Russia's side and Russia

unleashes a devastating attack on Ukraine's power grid civilians are fleeing to underground shelters our Ian panel is on the ground in Ukraine also tonight the Trump transition moving at a record Pace his choice for Energy Secretary insists there is no climate crisis mounting pressure tonight for the house speaker to release the ethics report on Matt Gates Trump's pick for attorney general new allegations surrounding his pick for defense secretary and overnight the president-elect took a few presumptive members of his new Administration to see a UFC fight A Renewed fire threat in the bone dry Northeast voluntary

evacuations are carried out New York City takes an unprecedented step forming a brush fired task force our weather team on when relief will finally come a bullet strikes a Southwest Jet as it prepared for departure the bullet hit the plane just below the cockpit only days before the busy holiday travel season growing outrage in Ohio's Capital after Mass people are seen marching while carrying swastica Flags authorities are condemning the action prosecutors accuse Diddy of trying to obstruct his sex trafficking case from behind bars they claim he's attempted to influence victims and potential Witnesses at his

upcoming trial they're urging a judge to deny him bail the suspect in the murders of four college students in Idaho once important DNA evidence thrown out of court what he's accusing police of doing at the time of his arrest and raising the bar oh my God a single mom's lifechanging moment shared all around the world from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight good evening everyone thanks so much for joining us on this Sunday I'm lindsy Davis with just two months to go in his administration tonight President Biden has reversed

long-standing limits on Ukraine's use of American weapon systems something that could be a GameChanger in the war with Russia the president is now allowing the ukrainians to fire on targets inside of Russia something president zalinski has repeatedly lobbied for the weapons have a range of nearly 200 miles the US had feared lifting the restrictions would lead to an escalation by Moscow that could be used in the K region of Western Russia to help defend Ukrainian forces there overnight Russia launched one of its fiercest attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure more than 200 missiles and drones fired throughout

the country officials say a number of civilian ions were killed ABC's Chief foreign correspondent Ian panel leads us off tonight from Ukraine tonight for the first time President Joe Biden authorizing Ukraine to use long-range us missiles to strike Russia a stunning change in policy a major factor in the decision us officials say 10,000 North Korean troops arriving in Russia to fight alongside the Russians many expected to be part of a planned defensive to take back the KK region late today president zilinski saying the missiles will speak for themselves without a doubt overnight Russia unleashing its

third largest attack against Ukraine this year more than 200 missiles and drones targeting power plants and energy infrastructure Nationwide killing at least seven civilians authorities say this missile fragment carefully extracted after smashing through this apartment building residents in ke fleeing to Metro stations as City's power grid was forced to shut down as temperatures start to plummet well in Odessa where the water was shut down this woman saying her family has run out of its emergency supply she's back for more she'll carry home by hand Lindsay I think for the Russians they're going to regard this

as a major escalation but the reality is they're going to have to wait for the next Administration the Trump Administration and see actually where policy truly lies Lindsay there is concern these longrange missiles will only escalate the conflict there Ian thank you let's bring in retired Marine Colonel and ABC News contributor Steve ganard and Steve we know this is significant but what message do you think the administration is trying to send here I think Lindsay that the administration realizes that incoming president Trump is going to try to quickly bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating

table so what's important here and what Ian pointed out is that KK is Russia and if the ukrainians have to come to the bargaining table they need a bargaining chip and K is going to be that bargaining chip and so the administration is trying to help Ukraine hold that territory so they have something at the bargaining table Steve ganard for us thank you president-elect Trump is not wasting any time filling his cabinet this weekend he announced his pick for Energy Secretary fracking executive Chris Wright who's a fierce critic of the existence of climate change the

selection of Right comes as other nominees are facing increased scrutiny here's ABC's Mary Alice parks tonight president-elect Trump sending a clear message with his nomination to lead the department of energy Chris Wright one of the nation's top fracking Executives who led the charge against President Biden's clean energy policies the department of energy largely handles the country's nuclear Arsenal but has also been supporting the US investment in renewable energy Wright and Trump wanting that work to end Wright who has no government experience has argued that the effects of climate change are overblown claims nearly all leading

science scientists say are false there is no climate crisis and we're not in the midst of an energy transition either but most scientists agreed the world is on track to reach dangerously warmer temperatures as the burning of oil and gas heats the planet extreme weather events made worse by climate change already causing major destruction across the country something right has denied Trump moving quickly to nominate members of his future cabinet he still needs to make selections for transportation Commerce Treasury and others and there are questions about whether all of Trump's picks will make it through

the Senate confirmation process several Republicans skeptical of former Congressman Matt gates in particular nominated to be Trump's attorney general they want to see that report worked on by the house Ethics Committee investigating allegations against Gates of elicit drug use and sex with a minor I believe the Senate should have access to that U now should it be release to the public or not that that's I guess that will be part of the negotiations but that should be definitely part of our decision making Gates has repeatedly and categorically denied the allegations I have not had a

relationship with a 17-year-old that is totally false Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arguing since Gates resigned from Congress the report should be sheld tonight saying he has not talked to Trump about it and defending Trump's picks these are disruptors they are I think that's by Design any president has the right to name their own cabinet to nominate persons that they think will fulfill their agenda and the people that that are on this list will do that Johnson traveled alongside Trump to an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in New York overnight Trump greeted by the crowd

some celebrities sitting alongside his family his staff later posting this photo of Elon Musk and Robert of Kennedy Jr with Trump too eating McDonald's Donald Trump Jr writing make America healthy again starts tomorrow several leaders in the medicine and Public Health Community have voiced serious concern about our F K's nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services a vaccine skeptic who is known to promote debunked conspiracy theories and spread covid-19 misinformation there's nothing that I've done for my patients that I know has more positive impact than getting them vaccinated fully and and on

time and to have someone leading HHS who is one of the biggest deniers of vaccines in in our country would undermine the confidence in that program and likely would cost lives a number of Public Health experts shared that sentiment Mar Alis Parks joins us now Mar Alice what is the latest reporting about Trump's pick for defense secretary Pete heg yeah Lindsay heth's attorney now says that he paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault back in 2017 as a part of a settlement agreement that that he was a click a victim of blackmail the

two had a consensual sexual encounter he says that he was nervous that his career as a Fox News host might suffer we know that a police report was filed at the time that that no charges were brought but the big question now could all of this slow down or even upend his nomination Lindsay Mary Alice for us thank you President Biden is on the final leg of his farewell tour to Latin America today he made history becoming the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest the president focused on climate change and underscored the

differences between him and the incoming president President Biden is now about to attend his last G20 Summit set to get underway tomorrow in Rio back here at home authorities in the Northeast are battling a wildfire just outside of New York City crews are using National Guard helicopters to pour water on the fire which has been burning now for a week overnight the Jennings Creek Fire jumped the containment Zone dozens of residents were asked to evacuate here's ABC News meteorologist Samar Theodor tonight as Crews race to extinguish Relentless Flames fueled by historic drought fire officials in

New York City launching a firstof its kind brush fire task force the FDNY respond in to a record 271 brush fires across the city in the first 2 weeks of November just 90 minutes north hundreds of residents in Orange County New York asked to evacuate overnight after high winds helped Flames jump a containment line we packed up just like the essentials everything that we had in the safe like important papers and then we came here the Jennings Creek Blaze along the New York New Jersey border scorching more than 5,000 Acres WABC reporter Kimberly Richardson was

there some Flames did breach a cont containment line but Crews were able to Fight Fire with Fire this smoke is a good thing part of a burnout operation keeping homes and people here safe now the good news is winds have significantly decreased it's still pretty dry though and what we need is rain that rain moves in on Wednesday into Thursday morning you can see here that front brushing across the Northeast bringing that much needed rainfall meanwhile in the South for States like Texas and Oklahoma tonight we are tracking the threat for severe weather they have

an enhanced wind threat for places like Witchita Falls and hasell tomorrow morning this severe weather threat shifts East into places like Dallas and Waco where they could see a few tornadoes and flash flooding Lindsay all right Samara for us thanks so much new details tonight and an incident this weekend at the Dallas airport a Southwest plane hit by gunfire as it prepared to take off sources tell our affiliate WFAA that police believe the shooting was random with a single bullet piercing the cockpit fortunately no one was injured here's ABC's Jaclyn Lee tonight Dallas Police investigating

the moment a Southwest flight packed with passengers on the runway preparing for takeoff when it was hit by gunfire they think that uh somebody from outside the airport uh shot a firearm at the aircraft Air Traffic Control capturing the terrifying moments a bullet struck the right side of the Boeing 737 near the cockpit at jalice low Field Airport Friday night Pilots turning the plane around 99 people on board safely deplaned at the gate as First Responders race to the scene 2494 uh we like to return to the gate uh need to have an inspection down

here on the aircraft just surprising that something like that happened yeah but you know the times and days we in anything it happens in a statement Southwest Airlines confirming the bullets striking the aircraft just under the flight deck no injuries were reported law enforcement authorities have been notified and the plane has been removed moved from service Lindsay Dallas police are leading the investigation into the shooting sources say they believe the shooting was a result of random gunfire Lindsay Jacqueline thank you Ohio's Governor is speaking out after a group wearing masks and carrying Nazi Flags March

through Columbus in response Mike dwine said we will not tolerate hate in Ohio this comes amid a dramatic increase in similar incidents Nationwide here's ABC's Reena Roy tonight an Ohio community on edge after this group masked and dressed in black marched through the streets of Columbus Saturday carrying firearms and flags with swastikas there's legitimate Nazis can you lock the door black community leader is organizing a counter March for Unity this afternoon walking the same path just north of downtown Ohio's Republican Governor Mike dwine condemning the mass group saying in a statement there is no place

in this state for hate bigotry anti-Semitism or violence and we must announce it wherever we see it the Anti-Defamation League reporting a dramatic increase in anti-semitic incidents Nationwide over the last several years particularly since hamas's attack on Israel last October just last week protesters waving Nazi Flags in Howell Michigan not far from Detroit outside the American Legion which was hosting a play about the Holocaust people were shocked they were appalled an army veteran saying he confronted them as they shouted anti-semitic and racial slurs we had 75 people downstairs that watched that play and out of

that 75 there was 50 or 60 of them that were afraid to leave this building we had to escort them to their cause nobody in America should feel like that Columbus Police tell us officers detained members of that group on Saturday to investigate a potential assault But ultimately determin that no crime was committed Lindsay Reena thank you prosecutors are accusing music mogul Shawn Diddy Colmes of attempting to obstruct his sex trafficking trial comes has been in jail since his September arrest he has pleaded not guilty ABC's Mor Norwood joins us now and Morgan what are

prosecutors alleging oh prosecutors are accusing sha Diddy Colmes of orchestrating some sort of scheme from behind bars to tamper with the sex trafficking case against him Lindsey Heath's requesting bail for a third time he has another hearing set for this Friday but prosecutors are urging the judge to keep him locked up they say Colmes poses serious risk of danger and obstruction to the case and they cite as alleged attempts to use social media to taint the jury pool and contact potential victims and Witnesses through members of his own family again all of this from inside

the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn Colmes has pleaded not guilty and denied any wrongdoing his defense team claims that there's new evidence that undermines the government's case Lindsay Morgan thank you there's still much more ahead on World News Tonight this Sunday including a recall of carrots after an outbreak of eoli plus why the suspect in the murders of four college students is asking for key evidence to now be thrown out and we remember the controversial coach who brought gold to US gymnastics next tonight an outbreak of eoli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged

organic carrots 39 people were infected and one person died after eating organic hole and baby carrots from grimmway farms these were sold under multiple brand names at stores throughout the country the carrots being recalled have Best Buy dates ranging from September 11th through November 12th Health officials have confirmed the first US case of a new form of empo that can cause more serious illness has been circulating in Africa the patient had recently traveled to Eastern Africa and was treated in Northern California after returning empx previously called monkey pox is related to small pox and can

cause skin lesions and in serious cases can be extremely painful and potentially fatal scientists say this new form like previous versions can be spread through close contact including sex however the CDC says the risk in this country is low lawyers for the suspect charged with murdering four University of Idaho students are trying to to get key evidence against him thrown out Brian cober's defense team claims officers did not properly advise him of his constitutional rights when they arrested him in December of 2022 they say a DNA swab as well as pictures of his body should

be inadmissible koberger has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go on trial in August when we come back the new stamp then honors a TV Legend and a small plane crashes at a drag strip during a championship racing event to the index now crashed temporarily halted a drag racing event today in Southern California but it did not involve any of the cars a small plane went down at the Pomona drag strip it happened during the NH drag racing finals just after 11: this morning four people on the plane were hurt none of the injuries

considered life-threatening the single engine Cessna crashed as the pilot was attempting to land at a nearby airport the coach who helped revolutionize gymnastics has died Bella coroli had reportedly been in poor Health he led national teams first in Romania and later in the US famously coaching Marylou Retton to gold at the 1984 Olympics but in recent years he was accused of abusive coaching and of turning a blind eye to the sexual crimes of Team Dr Larry Nasser he denied the allegations Bella coroli was 82 years old and from gold medals to one of the Golden

Girls the late Betty White will appear on a 2025 Forever stamp the Postal Service made the announcement Friday calling white an icon of American American television who shared her wit and warmth for seven decades Betty White died in 2021 only weeks before she would have turned 100 years old when we come back joy relief and a celebration after a lifechanging moment finally tonight years of hard work leading up to One Moment of Truth 6:00 p.m. November 8th Rihanna Gordon logged onto her laptop with anxiety in her heart in a bundle of nerves over her shoulders

the 34-year-old single mom of two awaiting the results of a potentially lifechanging exam after graduating from law school she then recorded herself as she searched the California bar website to find out if she passed the state's bar exam which is widely regarded as one of the country's most rigorous with just over half of the participants passing on their first try oh my God her two children Finn and Riley just as anxious as they get the news oh my God overcome with emotion as they learn she passed on her first try oh my God all three

in tears of joy my Rihanna shared her excitement on social media where it's been viewed more than 27 million times on Tik Tok alone Rihanna tells us she wants people especially mothers and single mothers to know that they can do the hard things and Excel so sweet congratulations to the entire family thanks so much for watching I'm Lindsay Davis David M right back here tomorrow until then good night thank you for making World News Tonight with David mure America's most watched newscast