- 6/19/2025
Matt Gutman reports on the tense showdown on the streets of downtown Los Angeles amid chaotic immigration protests and nearly 100 arrests, where there are now more U.S. troops activated, than in Iraq and Syria; Aaron Katersky has chilling new reporting after authorities say they uncovered an alleged plot to target Jewish people in New York City with assault-style rifles; Kayna Whitworth reports on five-time Olympic medalist and former gymnastics star Mary Lou Retton now breaking her silence after being arrested for driving under the influence, telling ABC News she takes "full responsibility" for her actions; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, breaking news, the tense showdown on the streets of L.A.
00:03More U.S. troops activated there now than in Iraq and Syria.
00:07And the new warning tonight from President Trump, if you protest his military parade.
00:12Also tonight, a horrific school shooting at least 10 dead.
00:15And Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton breaking her silence after her arrest.
00:19First tonight, Los Angeles police making a show of force, pushing back against anti-ice protesters.
00:25Nearly 100 people arrested.
00:26Tonight, President Trump defending his decision to send 700 Marines and to activate 4,000 National Guard members.
00:33Also tonight, President Trump preparing for his military parade in Washington, D.C.
00:38Sources telling ABC News the parade will include mounted rocket launchers and a precision-guided missile.
00:44And tonight, the president's new warning for anyone protesting the parade, what he said will happen.
00:49In New York City tonight, federal authorities say they've uncovered an alleged plot after that firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado.
00:57This plot to target Jews in New York City.
01:00Authorities say with AR-15 style rifles, the FBI claiming the suspect said we could rack up easily a lot of Jews.
01:07Aaron Katursky and what he's learned tonight.
01:09This evening, the chilling images coming in, the deadly school shooting, 10 dead, at least nine children and a teacher.
01:15One of the worst school shootings in Europe's history.
01:18Back here in the U.S., HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. igniting an uproar tonight after removing every member of the CDC's Vaccine Advisory Board.
01:28Tonight, the protesters at the CDC telling our reporter the brain trust is gone.
01:33The people we trust on vaccines are gone.
01:36The breaking news coming in, former Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton breaking her silence tonight.
01:41What she's now saying about her arrest.
01:43In New York City, the fire in a tunnel shutting down parts of Grand Central Station.
01:48Train service canceled and diverted.
01:50Tonight, Taylor Swift obtaining a restraining order against the man who police say tried to change his driver's license to her home address.
01:59And what else he's accused of doing tonight.
02:01Actor J.B. Fox breaking down on stage, what he said about his stroke, his coma, his daughters in tears.
02:08The country music starts tonight and the pedestrian accident.
02:11Police say a 77-year-old woman was killed.
02:14And then at the end here tonight, someone you met right here.
02:17One of the most moving touchdowns ever.
02:20And what he's done now.
02:21America Strong.
02:25From ABC News World Headquarters in New York,
02:28this is World News Tonight with David Bjorn.
02:33Good evening.
02:33It is great to have you with us here on a very busy Tuesday night.
02:36And we begin tonight with the tense standoff in Los Angeles.
02:38After those sweeping ICE immigration raids sparked protests.
02:42A massive military response from President Trump.
02:44Tonight, more than 4,000 members of the California National Guard activated by the president, not the governor.
02:49And now 700 active-duty Marines sent in, too.
02:53Tonight, more U.S. troops are now activated for Los Angeles than in Iraq and Syria, costing American taxpayers $134 million.
03:00This afternoon, protesters gathering near a federal building in downtown Los Angeles.
03:04Over the past 24 hours, the LAPD containing protesters and moving them off the streets.
03:09After dark, protesters setting off fireworks, a massive police response.
03:13Nearly 100 people were arrested.
03:15Tonight, here, President Trump's new warning for those who protest his military parade in Washington, D.C., now just days away.
03:22What the president says will happen.
03:24ABC's Matt Gutman leading us off tonight from Los Angeles.
03:28In a push to get the upper hand on the protests disrupting downtown Los Angeles.
03:32An aggressive show of force by the LAPD overnight, arresting over 100 people.
03:39Dozens of less lethal rounds used by law enforcement to disrupt groups, setting fireworks off at officers.
03:46Officers pouring in from every direction, overwhelming protesters.
03:50Tonight, President Trump defending his actions, saying those 700 Marines and more than 4,000 National Guard troops sent to L.A.
03:59against the wishes of officials on the ground here are there to stay, addressing troops at Fort Bragg.
04:05They're stopping an invasion just like you'd stop an invasion.
04:08Trump appearing to accuse the California governor and L.A. mayor of paying demonstrators with no proof.
04:14And they paid troublemakers, agitators, and insurrectionists.
04:20They're engaged in this willful attempt to nullify federal law and aid the occupation of the city by criminal invaders.
04:30That's what it is.
04:31Trump even suggesting without evidence that without the help of the National Guard, the city would be in flames.
04:37But we witnessed many of the protesters self-policing, keeping others in check.
04:42The National Guard's role has been minimal, but California Governor Gavin Newsom posting this picture online,
04:49showing troops resting on the floor, suggesting the Trump administration sent those men and women
04:53without first securing a place for them to sleep or arranging supplies like food and water.
04:59Calling it a haphazard stunt, the military disagreeing, responding,
05:03the soldiers have ready access to food and water as needed.
05:06There are now more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than Iraq and Syria.
05:10Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill with DOD leaders
05:14saying the mission will go on for the next 60 days, costing $134 million.
05:20We have deployed National Guard and the Marines to protect them in the execution of their duties
05:25because we ought to be able to enforce immigration law in this country.
05:30Why are you sending warfighters to cities to interact with civilians?
05:33Every American citizen deserves to live in a community that's safe, and ICE agents need to be able to do their job.
05:44They're being attacked for doing their job, which is deporting illegal criminals.
05:48And in the latest round of his feud with President Trump, late today, Governor Gavin Newsom pushing back,
05:53asking the court to block the unprecedented use of military personnel to assist with immigration raids.
05:59And a short time ago, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell addressing accusations his officers did too little, too late to assist federal officers.
06:07My understanding, based on what we've looked at, is it was within 38 minutes.
06:11Normal total from the time that you started to the time you actually got to.
06:15From the time that we became aware of the need to the time we got there was 38 minutes.
06:18And David, just moments ago we learned there was a blow to Governor Newsom,
06:24a federal judge rejecting Governor Newsom's bid to block the deployment of National Guard troops and Marines here to Los Angeles.
06:32And we just wrapped that interview with the LAPD chief who told us that the protesters you see are here.
06:38They are not going to be interacting with either the Marines or the California National Guard.
06:43That will remain the jurisdiction, he said, of local law enforcement.
06:47Matt Govman live in Los Angeles tonight. Matt, thank you.
06:50President Trump now preparing for his military parade in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
06:54And tonight, the president's new warning here for anyone protesting the parade.
06:58What he warned will happen.
07:00Mary Bruce traveling with the president at Fort Bragg.
07:03Tonight, as tanks roll towards Washington to prepare for President Trump's military parade,
07:08the president with this warning to anyone who might show up to protest.
07:12If there's any protester who wants to come out, they will be met with very big force.
07:16By the way, for those people that want to protest, they're going to be met with very big force.
07:21There are protests planned for the day of the parade around the country.
07:24And I haven't even heard about a protest.
07:27But, you know, this is people that hate our country.
07:30The president has longed for this parade, a show of military might like he's seen from other countries.
07:36Sources tell ABC News mounted rocket launchers will be on display, as well as a precision guided missile.
07:41This, in addition to those tanks and an assortment of fighting vehicles.
07:46The event will also feature 6,700 soldiers and a 50 aircraft flyover.
07:51Trump getting a bit of a preview today in a visit to Fort Bragg.
07:55Saturday is going to be a big day in Washington, D.C.
07:59You know, a lot of people say, we don't want to do that.
08:01I say, yeah, we do.
08:02We want to show off a little bit.
08:04The parade, which is billed as a celebration of the Army's 250th anniversary, also falls on Trump's 79th birthday.
08:12Sources tell us it could cost up to $45 million.
08:17And, David, the president with another announcement here tonight telling troops that he's restoring the names of seven military bases that were originally named for Confederate officers,
08:26including one named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
08:29David.
08:30Mary Bruce at Fort Bragg tonight.
08:31Mary, thank you.
08:32The breaking headline here in New York City tonight, federal authorities say they've uncovered a horrific plot.
08:36After that firebomb attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, the alleged plot to target Jews in New York City with AR-15 style rifles.
08:44The FBI claiming the suspect said we could rack up easily a lot of Jews.
08:49Aaron Katursky and what he's learned tonight.
08:51Just days after the horrific firebombing targeting Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado,
08:57and the deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C.,
09:01tonight authorities unsealing new charges in an alleged plot targeting Jews in New York City.
09:06Federal prosecutors say a 20-year-old Pakistani national wanted to carry out a coordinated attack with AR-15 style rifles on a Jewish center in Brooklyn in the name of ISIS.
09:16The FBI quoting the suspect, Mohammed Khan, is saying New York is perfect to target Jews.
09:22Even if we don't attack an event, we could rack up easily a lot of Jews.
09:26We are going to NYC to slaughter them.
09:29Authorities say Khan was talking to undercover law enforcement officers,
09:32allegedly saying he was trying to create a real offline cell.
09:36Khan was arrested last September in Canada, 12 miles from the border,
09:40where the FBI says he tried to hire someone to smuggle him into the United States.
09:46Tonight, David, the suspect has arrived in New York.
09:48He's due here at Manhattan Federal Court tomorrow to face terrorism charges that could put him in prison for life.
09:54David.
09:54In court tomorrow, Aaron Kaczorski, thank you tonight.
09:57Overseas tonight, the chilling images coming in, the deadly school shooting,
10:0010 dead, at least nine children and a teacher.
10:02One of the worst school shootings in Europe's history.
10:05ABC's Tom Sufi-Burridge is on the scene from Austria tonight.
10:09Tonight, the horror inside a high school.
10:12Students capturing the moment deadly gunfire erupted.
10:16During a rare mass shooting in Austria.
10:19Authorities in the city of Graz say a 21-year-old Austrian man walked into the school with a rifle and a handgun
10:26he legally owned and opened fire.
10:28At least 10 people killed, including nine teenage students and one teacher.
10:33Nearly a dozen more students injured.
10:35First responders treating victims at the scene.
10:38Video posted to social media showing the immediate aftermath of the shooting.
10:42Students rushing through the hallways as heavily armed officers escorted them to safety.
10:48Tonight, this community shaken.
10:51The first thing is shock, to be honest.
10:54I think you can't react the other way.
10:56Like, I think the whole city, everyone in the school is in complete shock.
11:02David, you can see the tributes behind me.
11:04Officials say the shooter took his own life at the scene.
11:06He's a former student at the school who didn't graduate.
11:09Authorities say they found a letter during a search of his home, but so far have not revealed a motive.
11:14David.
11:15That moving vigil right there behind you tonight, Tom.
11:18Meantime, back here in the U.S. tonight, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
11:22igniting an uproar now after removing every member of the CDC's Vaccine Advisory Board.
11:27We first reported on this last night here, and tonight now the protesters at the CDC
11:31telling our reporter the brain trust is gone, the people we trust on vaccines are gone.
11:36Steve Osinsami at the CDC tonight.
11:40Outside the CDC today, they're fed up.
11:43The brain trust is gone.
11:44The people that we trust to give us the right information, the scientific explanation, are going to be gone.
11:52And RFK Jr. is going to be the one calling the shots.
11:56They're upset with the nation's health secretary, who tonight is defending his decision.
12:00After assuring lawmakers that he wouldn't mess with the committee of experts who advised the CDC on vaccines.
12:06We're going to bring people onto the ACIP panel, not any vaxxers.
12:11We're bringing people on who are credentialed scientists and who are going to follow the science
12:16and make critical public health determinations for our children.
12:22In what some say is a stunning reversal, RFK Jr. fired the 17 scientists, saying they'll be replaced.
12:28Dr. Noel Brewer got one of the pink slips.
12:31Healthcare providers used to look to ACIP to establish best recommendations based on evidence and expert advice.
12:38And that expertise has left the building.
12:41For years, Kennedy has questioned the science of vaccines.
12:44There's no vaccine that is, you know, safe and effective.
12:48Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, a doctor, was a deciding vote in approving Kennedy for the job
12:53and said this at the time after meetings with RFK Jr.
12:56It confirmed he will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations without changes.
13:06Do you have any regrets?
13:07Today, he was quiet about that vote.
13:08But online said that he worried a new advisory board will be filled up with people who know nothing about vaccines except suspicion.
13:15The senator says he'll keep talking with Kennedy about how he replaces these advisers.
13:21How this will affect public health policy is another question.
13:25This same group of advisers is set to hold a meeting later this month where they could potentially recommend a COVID vaccine for this winter.
13:32And it's the same group that recommends flu vaccines.
13:36David.
13:36All right.
13:37Steve Osansami, who has been at the CDC all day for us.
13:39Steve, thank you.
13:40We turn now to Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton tonight, breaking her silence.
13:43What she's now saying about her DUI arrest.
13:46Here's Kana Whitworth.
13:48She was America's sweetheart, Olympic hero, and the first woman to win gold in the all-around in 1984.
13:54Gymnast Mary Lou Retton.
13:56The gold medal goes to Mary Lou Retton.
13:59But last month, she was arrested and charged for driving under the influence.
14:03And tonight, in a statement to ABC News, she's breaking her silence.
14:07The 57-year-old saying, I take full responsibility for my actions.
14:10What happened was completely unacceptable.
14:13I make no excuses.
14:15The five-time Olympic medalist was arrested back in May after she was found in a West Virginia parking lot with a screw-top bottle of wine in the passenger seat of her Porsche.
14:24Police say she was slurring words, and field sobriety tests determined her impairment.
14:29She denied breath and blood tests.
14:30Now apologizing to her family, friends, and fans, Retton pleading no contest to the DUI charge and saying, I am determined to learn and grow from this experience, and I am committed to making positive changes in my life.
14:44And David, earlier today in court, Retton pleading no contest.
14:49She received a standard fine, and her attorney reiterating she accepts full responsibility.
14:54David.
14:54All right, Kena Whitworth tonight.
14:56Kena, thank you.
14:56When we come back in New York City, the fire shutting down parts of New York's Grand Central Station tonight.
15:02Also, the country music star tonight and the pedestrian accident.
15:05A 77-year-old woman has been killed and what authorities are saying about this.
15:09And then the images.
15:10The rescue tonight on the side of a highway of car and flames there.
15:13The driver trapped inside the incredible effort to get her out in a moment here.
15:19Tonight in New York City, the fire at New York's famed Grand Central Terminal disrupting rail service.
15:24The fire breaking out in a tunnel.
15:26Trains to Long Island canceled or diverted to Penn Station for hours.
15:29The fire was caused by an electrical panel.
15:31It took several hours to get it under control.
15:33Three firefighters and a civilian treated for minor injuries.
15:36Tonight here, a brave rescue.
15:38An officer in Good Samaritan saving a driver from her burning car in Chester, New York, north of New York City.
15:43Body camera video showing the car engulfed in flames.
15:46It rolled off King's Highway.
15:48The driver was trapped inside.
15:49An officer breaking through the sunroof to reach her.
15:52A paramedic and two other drivers pulling her out.
15:55She is in stable condition now with burns over one-third of her body.
15:59When we come back here tonight, Taylor Swift obtaining a restraining order tonight.
16:03Authorities say the suspect tried changing his address on his driver's license to her home address and what else he's accused of.
16:10And then Jamie Foxx's very emotional moment on stage.
16:12The message about his stroke and coma.
16:14It had his daughters in tears in a moment.
16:18To the index of other news, Taylor Swift obtaining a restraining order against an alleged stalker.
16:23Swift telling authorities Brian Wagner first started showing up at her home in Los Angeles last July, including twice just last month.
16:29She claims he lied to the DMV trying to change the address on his driver's license to her home in L.A.
16:35Her security team also accuses him of sending her hundreds of threatening emails.
16:39Tonight, authorities say country music star Connor Smith has been involved in a deadly crash accident in Nashville.
16:45Police say he was behind the wheel of his pickup truck when he struck and killed a 77-year-old woman in a crosswalk.
16:50Police say there were no signs he was impaired, no charges filed.
16:53Investigators say he failed to yield to a pedestrian.
16:56His attorney says Smith is cooperating.
16:58Jamie Foxx in tears at the BET Awards.
17:01He received one of the night's Ultimate Icon Awards.
17:03And after his stroke and coma, he thanked his daughters for getting him through it.
17:08My beautiful daughter, Corinne.
17:13I cannot say enough about you.
17:15You've always taken the backseat to everything.
17:18But when you needed to drive it, you drove.
17:21And you made sure I was here.
17:22And I ain't gonna turn down.
17:24And I'm not gonna stop crying.
17:27I gotta stop.
17:27At a certain point, I'm gonna stop crying.
17:29But I ain't gonna stop this shit.
17:31Foxx saying he knows he got a second chance thanking both of his daughters and all of his family and friends.
17:36When we come back tonight, it was one of the most moving touchdowns we have ever seen.
17:40You'll remember the boy and what he's done now in a moment.
17:43Finally tonight here, the touchdown that moved us all and what he's done now.
17:49You first met Robbie Heil right here, the hydration manager for the Novi High School football team just outside Detroit.
17:56No matter how difficult the day, how hard the game, Robbie was always there with a smile.
18:02Perhaps you'll remember that game tied in the second quarter, Robbie taking to the field, this time as a player, number 24.
18:09A perfect snap, a clean handoff, the crowd cheering.
18:16Robbie scoring a 40-yard touchdown for the Wildcats.
18:20Robbie has Down syndrome and the team planned that special play as a thank you.
18:25His mom, Debbie, on the sidelines, that touchdown was for her too.
18:28She was terminally ill and grateful for the school's love for her son.
18:32It takes a village to raise my son, and this village has really been outstanding.
18:40Robbie getting that hug from his mom after that touchdown.
18:43He would finish high school, become an Eagle Scout, a champion power lifter.
18:47He would lose his mom, but he would keep going to honor her.
18:51Now at 25, Robbie reaching another milestone, wearing his cap and gown,
18:56graduating from the Novi Adult Transition Center, a life and employment skills program.
19:00The school giving a tribute to Robbie's mother.
19:03After losing your amazing mom, Debbie, you didn't just give up, you became even stronger.
19:09I'm going to move your tassel from left to right, signaling your completion of the program.
19:16And then a diploma for Robbie.
19:18His father, Chuck, right there and right here tonight.
19:21Hi, David. My name is Robbie Heil.
19:26Robbie and his dad, Chuck.
19:27It feels great to achieve so much.
19:31Robbie, proud of his accomplishment, and Chuck, proud of his son.
19:36I'm very proud to see Robbie graduate, and I know his mom would be proud, too.
19:41He has a disadvantage, but he plowed through a lot of things to accomplish what he did.
19:47No question Robbie's mom is smiling, and so are we.
19:50Good night.
19:50Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, America's most watched newscast.
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