- 6/28/2025
Devin Dwyer reports on the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to dramatically limit federal judges’ ability to check presidential power, paving the way for Pres. Trump to move forward with plans to end birthright citizenship; Faith Abubey has the latest on a woman waist-deep in the water at New York’s popular Jones Beach who was “most likely” bitten by a sand tiger shark, officials said; Rachel Scott has details on University of Virginia Pres. Jim Ryan submitting his resignation amid the Trump administration's investigation into the school's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00tonight breaking news the major supreme court ruling strengthening the president's hand
00:07involving birthright citizenship the severe storms as we come on the air hundreds of flights
00:12canceled in the northeast and the suspected shark bite at a popular new york beach first the u.s
00:18supreme court in a six to three decision along ideological lines allowing president trump to
00:23move forward with his plans to change birthright citizenship ruling that federal judges cannot put
00:29nationwide blocks on his executive orders the president calling it a giant win and what it
00:34means for the rest of his sweeping agenda and the high court's other major rulings tonight on parents
00:40rights obamacare and more the severe weather watch tonight storms heading east flash flooding in west
00:45virginia officials say five inches of rain in less than an hour the massive highway backup where the
00:51temperatures are surging again tonight and how a 76-year-old florida woman survived after her home
00:57was lifted then slammed back down by a tornado lee goldberg with the forecast a possible shark bite
01:04at a popular new york beach a woman standing in waist high water the lacerations on her leg and foot
01:10this video showing a different baby shark on the same beach the same day breaking news one of the last
01:16fugitives who broke out of a new orleans jail more than six weeks ago captured late today what we've just
01:22learned the defense delivering its closing argument in the trial of sean diddy calms saying the case is
01:28not about sex trafficking or racketeering but a great modern love story and a music mogul swinger
01:34lifestyle the president of the university of virginia resigning today under pressure amid an
01:39investigation by the trump administration into the school's dei efforts the mystery solved what we've
01:46learned about that fireball streaking across several southern states and america strong tonight the jeopardy
01:51contestant and the game winning clue that fans are calling the most amazing coincidence in the history of
01:57jeopardy
01:58from abc news world headquarters in new york this is world news tonight with david muir good evening it's great
02:10to have you with us on this friday night i'm witt johnson in for david and we begin with that major ruling
02:15from the u.s supreme court strengthening president trump's authority in a decision involving birthright
02:20citizenship the six to three decision along ideological lines ruling that federal judges cannot put
02:26nationwide blocks on a president's executive orders justice amy coney barrett writing for the majority
02:31that federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the executive branch justice sonia sotomayor
02:38writing for the justices in dissent that the president's bid to end birthright citizenship
02:43makes a solemn mockery of our constitution president trump calling it a big win making a rare appearance
02:49in the white house briefing room today saying he'll now move forward with his plans to limit birthright
02:54citizenship the supreme court ruling may also allow the president to charge ahead on other parts of his
03:00agenda abc's senior washington reporter devin dwyer leads us off at the supreme court tonight the supreme
03:07court's conservative majority dramatically limiting the ability of federal judges to check presidential
03:13power the six to three decision allows president trump to move forward with plans to end birthright
03:19citizenship which has been law of the land for more than a hundred years this morning the supreme court
03:24has delivered a monumental victory for the constitution the separation of powers and the rule of law
03:31federal judges in three states had ruled trump's order on birthright citizenship blatantly violates the
03:37constitution and supreme court precedent issuing nationwide injunctions blocking the order from taking effect
03:43but today justice amy coney barrett writing for the majority said those sweeping injunctions went too
03:49far and that federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the executive branch they resolve cases and
03:56controversies i want to thank justice barrett who wrote the opinion brilliantly as well as chief justice
04:02roberts and justices alito gorsuch kavanaugh and thomas great people in abiding dissent justice sonia
04:10sotomayor said the liberal justices would not join so grave an attack on our system of law saying trump's bid
04:17to end birthright citizenship makes a solemn mockery of our constitution the court's decision took no position
04:24on whether trump's executive order is constitutional though the ruling does let him put it into effect in 30 days
04:30but at the white house today no explanation of how that would work attorney general pam bondy deflecting
04:37when pressed on how exactly citizenship for newborns across america would be determined who
04:42would be tasked with actually vetting citizenship and how like would this be a situation where you have
04:47nurses and doctors checking for citizenship of parents or this is all pending litigation it's going
04:54to be decided in october by the supreme court and we'll discuss that after the litigation but there
05:00is currently no litigation before the supreme court in october involving birthright citizenship
05:06still opponents of trump's order are vowing to get the issue back before the justices
05:10as soon as possible with the impact of today's decision could be far-reaching dozens of federal
05:16judges have issued nationwide injunctions against some of president trump's controversial policies from
05:21layoffs of federal workers to federal funding freezes of foreign aid some of those injunctions may now
05:27need to be rolled back or lifted entirely wit and devin the supreme court also issuing several other
05:33major rulings today it sure did the supreme court upheld those popular obamacare no cost preventive
05:40health care services the justices also said that parents have a right to remove their children from
05:45classrooms when lgbtq books that violate their religious beliefs are used and the court wit upheld
05:52online age verification for adult websites in an effort to protect children wit all right devin
05:57dwyer with that major news from the supreme court we appreciate it thank you we move now to the
06:02dangerous weather threat as we come on tonight powerful thunderstorms and more than 8 000 flights
06:08already canceled or delayed nationwide severe weather on the way for parts of the upper midwest
06:13and along the i-95 corridor including dc new york and new england and the scorching temperatures
06:19rising again in the northeast lee goldberg with the forecast in just a moment but first here's abc's
06:24stephanie ramos tonight severe storms battering much of the heartland for a second straight day
06:31more than 750 flights delayed at chicago airports dozens more canceled that system prompting a traffic
06:38nightmare overnight on the west virginia turnpike south of charleston part of the road closed due to
06:44high water local officials say they got five inches of rain in just 45 minutes alex wilkinson
06:51telling us she and her sister samantha were stuck for eight hours when you're stuck you just make the
06:56best of it and tonight we're hearing the heroine story of deborah metler i had been in what was a
07:03family room and stepped out which was good because it's no longer there at all an ef1 twister with 90
07:11mile per hour winds lifting her largo florida home off the ground suspending it midair for 15 seconds
07:17wednesday evening while she was inside telling our tampa affiliate wfts i didn't realize i was
07:25actually up in the air i was too busy doing somersaults and getting thrash and wit here in the northeast
07:32after that extreme heat wave earlier this week the temperatures are rising again it will feel like mid
07:3990s tomorrow with a chance of thunderstorms wit stephanie ramos thanks let's get right to chief
07:44meteorologist lee goldberg with our new york station wabc and lee you're tracking some dangerous
07:49storms hitting right now you know what that's happening as the heat is moving from the midwest
07:55into the northeast here in the northeast our trip back in time to may is coming to an end we'll warm
07:58up over the weekend but some big storms right now working north of detroit just south of pittsburgh
08:04there's some flood issues from pittsburgh to roanoke this evening a new tornado watch on the western
08:08side of that hot high in north dakota a severe thunderstorm watch in parts of nebraska now even
08:13though it's comfortable in the northeast we have all this heat from memphis all the way up into the
08:17ohio valley see how cool it is in the northeast that's going to change big time over the weekend
08:21as that happens we have storms from new york city dc up to albany especially in the late day and evening
08:26could be gusty another severe threat near minneapolis back to sioux falls now in terms of the big holiday
08:31week in the fourth of july you know what no major heat wave but the heat is from the northern
08:35rockies into the east cool in the southwest because of the monsoon whit all right we'll be
08:39tracking at lee goldberg thank you a woman is recovering tonight from a suspected shark bite
08:44at a popular beach on new york's long island she was standing in waist high water getting lacerations
08:49on her leg and foot that bite one of several incidents already this season here's abc's faith
08:55of rube tonight officials say a sand tiger shark most likely bit a woman in new york's popular jones
09:02beach on long island the 20 year old was waist deep in the water at the central mall beachfront after 4
09:07pm on wednesday when authorities say she sustained minor lacerations to her left foot and leg nope that's
09:14a shark this baby shark spotted at jones beach that same morning but not the one believed to have bitten
09:20the woman it's the first suspected shark bite in the new york city area since 2023 when a
09:25swimmer was seriously injured at rockaway beach sand tiger sharks can grow up to 10 feet long and 350
09:32pounds the sharks known to frequent the waters around long island in the summer but are not aggressive
09:37towards humans unless they're threatened something hard bit me and then and tried to took me away just
09:46two weeks ago a shark nearly biting off nine year old leah lendo's hand as she snorkeled off florida's
09:51gulf coast x-rays showing the damage doctors using blood vessels from her leg to restore blood flow to
09:58her hand and when new york officials say they suspended swimming shortly after that incident and
10:05used drones on the beachfront to source for dangerous marine life but found no threats the beach has since
10:10reopened back to the public wit faith abube thank you and breaking news we're following tonight a ninth
10:16inmate who escaped from a new orleans jail has now been caught let's get right to eva pilgrim and eva
10:22what more are you learning well that breaking news just coming in authorities saying they have captured
10:28antoine massey after six weeks on the run this is the moment massey and nine other inmates escaped on may
10:3516th seen running out of the new orleans jail their disappearance was not noticed for several hours
10:4133 year old massey was found today at a home in new orleans he was in jail for domestic abuse battery
10:47involving strangulation as well as theft of a motor vehicle videos had surfaced on social media earlier
10:54this month appearing to be massey that led to a failed raid wit there's still one more inmate a
11:01convicted murderer on the run tonight but a major break so far in this case wit sure is eva pilgrim
11:07thank you now to the sean diddy combs trial today the defense delivering its closing argument
11:12mocking the evidence calling the prosecution's case overzealous jury deliberations expected to
11:18begin on monday here's abc's chief investigative correspondent aaron katursky for more than four
11:24hours the defense tried to persuade the jury the trial of sean combs has nothing to do with sex
11:29trafficking racketeering or prostitution but it's a great modern love story arguing star witness cassie
11:34ventura was no trafficking victim but a woman who actually likes sex and willingly took part in
11:40sexual marathons with male escorts this was her lifestyle choice too the defense said she's not
11:46clutching her pearls the defense mocked the government's case referencing the searches of
11:50combs's miami and los angeles homes that turned up baby oil lubricant drugs high heels and guns
11:56they found the baby oil they found the astroglide the defense said in a sarcastic tone
12:01the only crime scene is your private sex life the defense argued combs was no racketeering kingpin
12:06casting doubt on the alleged crimes of arson drug possession and bribery this is his personal life
12:11it's not about an enterprise the defense asking jurors to summon the courage to acquit sean combs
12:17he sits there innocent return him to his family but prosecutors push back telling jurors in their
12:22rebuttal not to let combs blame victims and the government for his lies his threats and his violence
12:28jurors went home for the weekend with they'll be back here on monday for the judges instructions and
12:34to begin deliberating the charges that could send sean combs to prison for life with aaron katursky
12:39thank you next tonight a university president has resigned under pressure from the trump administration
12:45university of virginia president james ryan stepping down today over the school's efforts on dei policies
12:52here's abc's senior political correspondent rachel scott
12:55after months of pressure from the trump administration over diversity equity and
13:00inclusion initiatives tonight the president of the university of virginia announcing he will resign
13:05rather than battle the federal government james ryan writing i'm inclined to fight for what i believe in
13:11and i believe deeply in this university but i cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal
13:16government in order to save my own job the trump administration has launched a series of
13:21investigations into universities including a probe at uva over its dei efforts sources tell abc news the justice
13:28department demanded ryan step down as a condition to settle that ongoing investigation
13:34protests on campus today in support of ryan virginia's democratic senators outraged the fact that the federal
13:42government would get in and decide that it should micromanage who the president of uva is just frankly shocking
13:49this is the latest flashpoint in the trump administration's showdown with universities
13:54cutting more than two billion dollars in grants to harvard after refused to comply with the president's
13:59demands tonight ryan acknowledging the pressure from the federal government saying he did not want to put
14:05funding or jobs at risk tonight in a statement the white house says dei has no place in our country
14:12saying that any university president that fails to comply will be met with the full force of the federal
14:16government with rachel scott our thanks to you tonight the so-called big beautiful bill is hitting a big
14:22roadblock now the bill includes a package of tax cuts military and border security spending senate
14:28republicans are now forced to rewrite key sections after they were tossed out by the senate's non-partisan
14:34rule keeper president trump has given the bill a self-imposed july 4th deadline to pass
14:40to wall street and stocks surging today the s p and nasdaq composite each up more than half a
14:45percentage point hitting record highs the dow up one percentage point a roller coaster day for
14:51investors with numbers taking a dip after the president announced halting trade talks with canada
14:57then rising again to a strong close there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this friday amazon
15:03founder jeff bezos tying the knot the a-list guest list and the stunning amount of money being dropped
15:08around venice plus the mystery appears to be solved that huge fireball lighting up the sky and loud
15:14booms nasa now weighing in about what caused it
15:20next tonight the mystery appears to be solved about that fireball seen across the southeast
15:25nasa now confirming it was a meteor weighing a ton first spotted nearly 50 miles over georgia when it
15:31disintegrated the meteor unleashed energy equal to 20 tons of tnt causing loud booms heard for miles
15:39small pieces believed to be debris falling to the earth only some minor damage reported but no injuries
15:45when we come back a passing to note an actor from a popular tv show in the 80s
15:52to the index now a man accused of kicking a customs and border patrol dog at the airport
15:57has been kicked out of the country investigators say the dog freddie was kicked while inspecting a
16:02bag for contraband at dulles airport cbp saying that man's luggage had more than 100 pounds of
16:08prohibited meat and produce the man from egypt was arrested fined and sent home freddie suffered
16:14contusions to his rib area but will make a full recovery wedding bells for amazon founder jeff bezos
16:21and lauren sanchez vogue releasing a digital cover of sanchez in her dress immediately after they
16:26got married a star-studded guest lists including oprah winfrey and kim kardashian despite some
16:32protests the venice deputy vice mayor telling us the nuptials could bring up to 35 million dollars to
16:38the region and we have a passing to note tonight actor rick hurst rose to stardom playing deputy cletus
16:44hogg on the dukes of hazard he started acting at the age of five and once in a radio interview
16:49he said he did 146 national commercials in just two years hurst was 79. still ahead the incredible
16:57contestant coincidence during final jeopardy it's never happened before finally tonight final jeopardy
17:05and the contestant coincidence this is jeopardy 41 seasons of jeopardy but what you're about to see
17:14has never happened before what fans are now calling the most amazing coincidence in the history of
17:20jeopardy from denver colorado emily right away emily on a hot streak emily what is arizona right with the
17:28hunger games right that's aquamarine that's right and she kept going it was eliza schuyler that's right
17:35what is sons of liberty correct who's tennyson yes emily way ahead leading into final jeopardy
17:41and then let's take a look at the clue the final clue in 1896 the vassar educated wife of this man
17:47wrote thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of shakespeare the contestants guesses it's not smith
17:54i'm afraid and it's not a rockefeller either and then it was emily's turn who is folger and that's
17:59correct you're a jeopardy champion emily emily with the win and as the credits were
18:04rolling you see emily and host ken jennings talking ken looking surprised that's because
18:10of what emily had just revealed she is a distant relative of the correct answer in fact she's named
18:17after the wife mentioned in the clue emily folger tonight jeopardy sharing what happened behind the
18:23scenes say that again emily that was my great great great aunt emily emily folger the one we
18:29mentioned in the clue is the person you emily croak are named after yes that's yeah wow and joining us
18:36tonight emily on the moment nothing could have prepared me for the moment of seeing a final jeopardy
18:43clue about my family it was the most out of body experience of my life emily sharing these family
18:50photos with us emily with her mother emily folgers great great niece and emily's grandmother also named
18:57emily tonight emily and her message needless to say i am still processing the weirdest coincidence of my
19:05life thank you to jeopardy the jeopardy community and everyone out there who loves learning and exploring
19:10the world around us oh we just love that moment i'm with johnson in new york thank you so much for
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