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Correspondent Jay O'Brien reports on the crucial vote facing President Trump's so-called "One, Big, Beautiful Bill," as lawmakers make a last-minute push for support on the Senate floor; Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang has the details on President Trump's decision to cut trade talks with Canada over its new "digital services tax" on American tech companies; Foreign Correspondent Marcus Moore reports on the large crowds attending state funerals for the Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in recent Israeli strikes; and more on ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, breaking news. GOP senators right now facing a critical test for President Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill ahead of a July 4th deadline.
00:09The warning from the FBI about hackers allegedly targeting airlines and severe storms on the move as millions prepare for holiday travel.
00:17First, a big day stretching into the evening on Capitol Hill as the Senate holds a rare Saturday session.
00:23Lawmakers trying to persuade last-minute holdouts to get President Trump's mega spending bill across the finish line.
00:29The bill facing major hurdles, with some Republicans balking at the price tag, estimated to increase the deficit by nearly $3 trillion.
00:38And what the bill now says about tax cuts and Medicaid.
00:41Also tonight, the new warning from the FBI. Hackers allegedly targeting airlines.
00:46This as Hawaiian Airlines and Canada's WestJet hit with cyber attacks this month.
00:51And with 72 million Americans expected to hit the roads and the skies for the 4th of July holiday,
00:57the severe weather threat, the Midwest and Northeast, bracing for thunderstorms and damaging winds.
01:03Our weather team tracking it all.
01:05Honoring the Minnesota lawmaker, Melissa Hortman and her husband gunned down in their home two weeks ago,
01:11after what prosecutors called a political assassination.
01:14Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris among those at the funeral.
01:19Thousands lining the streets of Tehran as Iran held state funerals for military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during the conflict with Israel.
01:28And what President Trump said about the possibility of bombing Iran again.
01:33The new twist in that hacking class action lawsuit against a former University of Michigan assistant football coach.
01:40The NFL's Jim Harbaugh now added as a defendant what we're learning tonight.
01:44The billionaire and his bride, the new details and the protests on the lavish Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
01:53Bruce Springsteen offering fans something they've never heard before.
01:56And the tearful tribute from the NHL draft, the 17-year-old number one pick honoring his late mother.
02:06From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.
02:12Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this Saturday.
02:15I'm Witt Johnson.
02:16Several developing stories as we come on tonight.
02:18The warning from the FBI about hackers allegedly targeting airlines and severe storms on the move as millions prepare for holiday travel.
02:27But we begin tonight with breaking news.
02:29A crucial vote for President Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill.
02:33The Senate holding a rare Saturday session going into the evening to advance the president's tax cuts and spending bill.
02:39Democrats now insisting that the bill be read aloud on the floor, which could take hours.
02:45President Trump putting the pressure on Republican lawmakers to get the measure to his desk by Independence Day, less than a week away.
02:52But the ultimate fate of the legislation is still in question, with some Republicans holding out over the price tag and proposed cuts to Medicaid.
03:01ABC's Jay O'Brien leads us off from Capitol Hill.
03:03Tonight, with President Trump's self-imposed Fourth of July deadline looming, Senate Republicans sprinting to lock down enough support ahead of a key test vote on the president's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill.
03:15The nearly 1,000-page legislative package extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts, adds new provisions like no taxes on tips and overtime, and makes significant cuts to Medicaid.
03:28The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimating it could lead to nearly 11 million people losing their insurance over the next decade.
03:35Democrats now planning to force a potentially hours-long reading of the entire GOP mega bill on the Senate floor, likely pushing a final vote on the legislation into late Sunday or Monday.
03:47With a laundry list of campaign promises on the line, Trump staying in D.C. this weekend to push the bill through, taking a trio of senators golfing at his course in Virginia,
03:57and telling Republicans he wants the bill ready for his signature before July 4th.
04:02The president's very engaged. The president's been engaged this whole time. He's never not been engaged.
04:06Senators now working through the weekend, forced to rewrite key pieces of the legislation after some provisions were tossed out by the chamber's nonpartisan rulekeeper.
04:15Senate Majority Leader John Thune can only afford to lose three Republicans, and some in his party balking at the bill's price tag,
04:23estimated to increase the national deficit by $2.8 trillion by 2034.
04:28President Trump labeling those GOP opponents grandstanders.
04:32Are you a grandstander?
04:33I would use the word conservative, fiscally conservative.
04:36Republicans pretend and profess to be concerned with the debt, but in the end, vote for the spending as well.
04:42When, if this bill passes the Senate, it would have to go back to the House,
04:45where Speaker Johnson is facing a razor-thin GOP majority,
04:49and growing opposition tonight to some of these Senate rewrites.
04:52Remember, the original version of this bill only passed out of that chamber by just one vote.
04:58And the clock is ticking. J. O'Brien, thank you.
05:01Now to the escalating tensions over trade.
05:04President Trump ending talks with Canada over their plan to collect digital services taxes from American tech giants.
05:10Let's get right to ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selina Wang.
05:14So, Selina, how did these talks break down?
05:16Well, when President Trump is putting the blame on Canada for its new tax on American tech companies set to go into effect on Monday,
05:23Canadian officials estimate it will cost U.S. tech giants more than $2 billion a year.
05:29Trump claims that Canada has been difficult and says that the U.S. holds all the cards when it comes to trade negotiations.
05:36Now, currently, some Canadian imports are tariffed at 25 percent, with steel and aluminum at 50 percent.
05:42The president now says he'll be setting a new tariff rate on Canadian goods within the next week.
05:48Meta, which owns Facebook, is thanking President Trump for, quote,
05:51standing up in the face of unprecedented attacks from other governments.
05:55And the deadline, Witt, for the U.S. to reach trade deals with a host of other countries is also fast approaching,
06:00now less than two weeks away.
06:03If those trade deals aren't reached by July 9th, or if that deadline is not extended,
06:07steep tariffs could go into effect.
06:10Witt?
06:10Selina Wang at the White House for us.
06:13Now to the FBI warning about hackers allegedly targeting airlines ahead of the busy July 4th holiday.
06:19This as two airlines say they've already been hit,
06:22and severe storms triggering hundreds of flight cancellations at Atlanta's busy airport.
06:27Here's ABC's Faith Abube.
06:29Tonight, the looming threats facing Americans as millions gear up for the July 4th holiday travel.
06:34The FBI is warning cyber criminals have airlines in their crosshairs, alleging that a hacking group called Scattered Spider is aiming to steal sensitive information by impersonating airline employees and contractors.
06:47And just yesterday, tech issues also delaying some American Airlines flights, unclear whether it's related.
06:53But it all comes as AAA projects about 72 million people will be traveling next week for Independence Day celebrations.
07:01Today, more than 1,000 flights canceled.
07:03The cause, severe weather that packed a punch across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
07:08They told us that there had been severe hail and a bunch of their planes were damaged and needed to be inspected,
07:14so no flights were going to be coming in Friday night or Saturday morning into Atlanta.
07:19Hail and strong winds forcing Delta to cancel over 400 flights in and out of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
07:27All the flights are canceled. We can't get another flight back.
07:30An air traffic control tower in Atlanta forced to evacuate due to strong winds, leaving a skeleton crew running operations.
07:38Ground rumor is you guys had to evacuate the tower. Is that correct?
07:42Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's just me, one other controller, the supervisor, and traffic management.
07:48Those ripple effects from Atlanta, along with severe weather at other major travel hubs,
07:52triggering ground stops, cancellations, and delays at airports in Washington, D.C., Charlotte, and Dallas.
08:00And, Whit, almost all those Delta planes are now back in service,
08:03but the airline now is saying it expects several hundreds more cancellations this weekend as it recovers from those storms.
08:10Whit.
08:10Faith Abube, thank you.
08:12Let's get right to meteorologist Danny Beckstrom from our New York station, WABC.
08:16And, Danny, where's the greatest threat for storms right now?
08:18So, the southeast took the brunt of it last night, just typical summertime storms for them tonight.
08:22The severe weather threat now shifting farther north.
08:25We're looking at two areas, the first of which interior northeast.
08:28A severe thunderstorm watch in parts of Pennsylvania and upstate New York until 8 p.m.
08:32That second area, the upper Midwest.
08:34That severe weather threat really ramps up after sunset tonight with heavy rain,
08:38potentially damaging wind gusts, hail, and even a few isolated tornadoes possible into sunrise tomorrow.
08:43Then, that area shifts east as we move into Sunday, with Kansas City up through Green Bay,
08:47even Michigan's Upper Peninsula looking at the threat for severe weather Sunday.
08:51We're here in the northeast.
08:52It's all about the heat behind tonight's strong storms.
08:54We are turning up the temperature back to the 80s in Boston, near 90 tomorrow in New York,
08:58with not quite as intense as the heat that we felt earlier this week, of course,
09:02but we are turning up that humidity heading into the holiday as well.
09:05Still a hot holiday for so many.
09:06All right, we'll brace for it.
09:07Danny Beckstrom, thank you.
09:08Next tonight, mourners gathering today for the funeral of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband.
09:15Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris,
09:18among those paying tribute to the couple,
09:20killed in what officials call a stunning act of political violence two weeks ago.
09:25Their beloved golden retriever, also honored.
09:28Here's ABC's Christiane Cordero.
09:32Tonight, a community in a basilica full of loved ones saying goodbye
09:36to former Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark,
09:41two weeks after they were fatally shot at their home
09:43in what prosecutors call a political assassination.
09:46Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
09:50Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
09:53The two remembered as great parents who love to cook and garden.
09:57Minnesota Governor Tim Walz today called Melissa
09:59the most consequential speaker in state history.
10:02For seven years, I have had the privilege of signing her agenda into law.
10:07I know millions of Minnesotans get to live their lives better
10:10because she and Mark chose public service and politics.
10:14The couple's death, along with the shooting of the family dog named Gilbert,
10:19launched a two-day manhunt leading to the arrest of 57-year-old Vance Bolter,
10:23who prosecutors allege hunted the victims like prey.
10:26That same morning, Bolter also accused of shooting State Senator John Hoffman
10:30and his wife Yvette at their home.
10:33Former President Biden visited the Hoffmans at the hospital yesterday
10:36and attended today's funeral with former Vice President Harris,
10:40the two among the thousands to honor the Hortmans lying in state.
10:44I'm just keen to pay my respects to Melissa and Mark and Gilbert.
10:47The family, long-time volunteers with the non-profit Helping Paws,
10:52helping train service dogs for years.
10:55Gilbert was one of several Golden Retrievers the Hortmans trained to be a service dog,
10:59though friends suspect Gilbert failed his training so he could stay with the Hortmans.
11:04And in the end, there he was by their side.
11:08Whit Bolter has not yet entered a plea.
11:11He had a court hearing scheduled for yesterday,
11:13but his attorney asked it to be postponed, arguing her client hasn't slept
11:17because of the conditions he's subjected to in jail.
11:20The judge did push the hearing back to July 3rd.
11:23Whit.
11:23Christian Cordero, thank you.
11:26Overseas now to the massive crowds attending state funerals for the military leaders
11:30and nuclear scientists killed during the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel.
11:35And what President Trump is saying tonight about another possible strike against Iran in the future.
11:40ABC's Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv.
11:45Chants of death to America and death to Israel echoing through the streets of Tehran tonight.
11:51As thousands gather to mourn the loss of Iran's top commanders and nuclear scientists,
11:56all assassinated during the 12 days of war that brought a new wave of destruction to the Middle East.
12:03That fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel remains in place,
12:06with both countries now trading threats in the place of bombs.
12:10President Trump warning the Iranians the U.S. could strike again
12:14if they resume high levels of uranium enrichment.
12:17It was just a week ago the President launched that stunning mission,
12:21dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer,
12:23where B-2 bombers dropped more than a dozen bunker-busting bombs
12:26on multiple nuclear sites deep inside Iran.
12:29Tonight, conflicting beliefs on whether Iran's program was as badly damaged
12:33as the President has suggested.
12:35Sources telling ABC News the early report from the Pentagon indicates Iran's centrifuges remain intact
12:42as the International Atomic Agency warns that 900 pounds of near-weapons-grade uranium is still unaccounted for.
12:49Trump blasting the idea Iran moved it before the strikes.
12:52You know they moved themselves, they were all trying to live, they didn't move anything.
12:57Whit, it has remained largely calm here after that ceasefire,
13:00but yet more violence has erupted here in the Middle East.
13:02There have been new, violent clashes in the West Bank,
13:05where Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villagers and Israeli soldiers.
13:10The IDF's chief of staff has warned the situation could end in disaster.
13:14Whit.
13:15Marcus Moore for us. Thank you.
13:16Next tonight, the new bombshell in the hacking class action lawsuit against a former assistant football coach
13:22at the University of Michigan.
13:24NFL coach Jim Harbaugh and former head coach of the Wolverines now added to that lawsuit
13:29and the allegations he's facing.
13:32Here's ABC's Melissa Adan.
13:34Tonight, this bombshell allegation just ahead of the NFL preseason.
13:40Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh,
13:42who is now head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,
13:46named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit by several female athletes
13:50against the University of Michigan and others.
13:53They say Harbaugh and other top school officials learned just before a major playoff game in 2022
13:59that assistant football coach Matthew Weiss was allegedly accessing female students'
14:05personal information and their intimate photos.
14:08The plaintiffs say Harbaugh and the officials did nothing.
14:11They accuse Harbaugh of failing and refusing to implement basic security measures
14:16that would have stopped Weiss.
14:19Weiss is charged with identity theft and unauthorized computer access,
14:23accused of hacking into the databases of more than 100 colleges,
14:27allegedly targeting female athletes.
14:30Some didn't even attend the University of Michigan.
14:34Whit.
14:35Matthew Weiss has pleaded not guilty to the federal criminal charges.
14:38We have reached out to Weiss, to Jim Harbaugh, the University of Michigan,
14:42and the L.A. Chargers for comment and have not heard back.
14:45Whit.
14:45Melissa, Dawn, thank you.
14:47Now to Venice, Italy, and new details on the lavish wedding
14:50between billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
14:53The couple tying the knot on a secluded island despite protests.
14:57ABC's Maggie Rooley is in Venice tonight.
14:59Tonight, the celebration continues for newlyweds Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos.
15:07The couple stepping into a water taxi together,
15:09heading to another big wedding bash with their famous guest list,
15:13this time at the Arsenal, an old Navy shipyard in Venice.
15:16Tonight's party, a celebration after last night's wedding.
15:20Vogue immediately releasing this digital cover after the ceremony,
15:23revealing photos of Lauren's highly anticipated Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress.
15:28Sanchez telling the magazine it took a year and a half to make.
15:32The morning after the ceremony, this is the first place the couple came,
15:35the iconic Harry's Bar.
15:37They rented the entire place out for family and friends.
15:39Protest groups threatening to disrupt the wedding tonight,
15:42taking over the famous Rialto Bridge,
15:45protesting the billionaire's wedding over tourism and war.
15:48How big are these protests, and what are people protesting?
15:51Are very big, reading the newspaper,
15:55are very small if you count the people involved.
15:57The same people that every year find a new opportunity
16:01to make some complain and some protest.
16:03And Whit, the deputy mayor tells us that he estimates this wedding
16:06is bringing in more than $30 million for the local economy.
16:10Maggie Rulli, thank you. We appreciate it.
16:12There's much more ahead on World News Tonight this Saturday.
16:14A smoky emergency off Florida's Atlantic coast.
16:18The Coast Guard racing into action.
16:19And a big release from The Boss.
16:22Bruce Springsteen dropped some new old music.
16:25Stay with us.
16:26Next tonight, terrifying moments in the waters off central Florida.
16:32Thick smoke billowing from a boat on fire this afternoon near Port Canaveral.
16:36The Coast Guard rescuing all four people on board.
16:39A good Samaritan also helping out.
16:41No word of any injuries.
16:43Just weeks into hurricane season,
16:45the Pentagon is cutting off data from three key weather satellites.
16:49The unique instruments set to shut down by Monday collect information at night and on cloudy days,
16:55providing crucial data for forecasting the rapid intensification of storms.
16:59Scientists warn the data shutdown could negatively impact forecasts for millions in hurricane-prone areas.
17:06The Trump administration has not explained the move.
17:09When we come back, the new offering from Bruce Springsteen.
17:13Something you've never heard before.
17:15To the index now, a big weekend for Bruce Springsteen fans.
17:27The Boss releasing tracks to the Lost Album's 83 songs from seven never-before-released LPs.
17:34The music spanning 35 years, Springsteen saying that he's played the music to himself and close friends for years.
17:42Baseball has lost one of its newest Hall of Famers.
17:45Former outfielder Dave Parker has died.
17:47He battled Parkinson's disease for 12 years.
17:50Parker spent 11 of his 19 seasons in Pittsburgh.
17:53The 1978 National League MVP later won a World Series with the 1979 We Are Family Pirates.
18:01Parker was elected to the Hall of Fame in December.
18:03He was set to be inducted next month.
18:06Dave Parker was 74.
18:08Still ahead, the heartfelt moment at the NHL draft so many are talking about.
18:16Finally tonight, the top NHL pick and the powerful moment.
18:20The New York Islanders are proud to select from the Erie Otters, Matthew Schaefer.
18:2717-year-old Matthew Schaefer capturing the hearts of hockey fans in this emotional moment.
18:34A big hug for his father, wiping away tears.
18:38Selected as the number one pick by the New York Islanders in the NHL draft last night.
18:44The defenseman from Hamilton, Ontario, realizing his dream while persevering through tragedy.
18:49Losing his mother, Jennifer, to breast cancer last year.
18:52Matthew proudly putting on an Islanders jersey and cap, kissing the pink ribbon stitched on for breast cancer awareness,
19:02then pointing to the sky before speaking with the Islanders' front office.
19:06Thank you, guys.
19:08Oh, sorry.
19:09Okay, we're good.
19:10Parents, you're being extremely proud of you.
19:12I know your mom's proud of you.
19:13I appreciate you, you know, taking a chance on me.
19:15I just want to say to my mom and, you know, all my family and friends, thanks for everything.
19:19Schaefer later hopeful about the future.
19:21You've waited for this moment your whole life, and like I said, I wish my mom can be here,
19:25but I know she's with me, my brother, and my dad in spirit.
19:28Thanks for watching.
19:29Good night.
19:32David Muir, the most watched newscast in America.
19:35And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for Best Live News Program for the third year in a row.
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