Tonight in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, this severe thunderstorm watch as we come on right now. The storms moving in as the heat moves out. Lee Goldberg is here. Also breaking the robbery at Brad Pitt’s home smashing their way in. And tonight, the images right here, the mysterious fireball seen the sky over several states.
Multiple calls to 911 and you’ll see it. First tonight, the severe storms and the tornado watch tonight.
Multiple tornadoes already. One home lifted up off the ground. A 76-year-old woman inside.
She survived this. Nearby homes destroyed. And in the northeast, this severe thunderstorm watch. Lee Goldberg has the full forecast. Just in tonight, the break-in at the LA home of actor Brad Pitt scaling a wall, smashing their way in.
What was done inside? Our reporter at the scene for us tonight. The images. That mystery fireball over multiple states. Drivers startled by a bright light streaking across the sky.
Some reported shaking and hearing a boom. Was it a meteor? Was it space junk? A piece of it came crashing through someone’s roof, cracking the floor inside their home. Tonight, Iran’s Supreme Leader saying the White House exaggerated the damage done at Iran’s nuclear sites.
Tonight, the Pentagon with new findings here and revealing they’ve been studying this plan of a possible strike on Iran for 15 years, saying the 30,000 lb bombs exploded exactly as planned. And President Trump tonight insisting Iran did not remove its enriched uranium even though early intelligence indicated much of it might have been moved.
Back in the US tonight in New York City, the prosecution’s closing argument against Shaun Diddy Combmes calling it a climate of fear. What else they said in that courtroom today and what the defense now plans to tell the jurors. The jurors in this case could get it tomorrow.
Tonight, the terrifying moment. A worker in a lift in a bucket truck when an 18-wheeler smashes into the truck. The worker dangling in his harness. The end of an era at Vogue magazine. Tonight, longtime editor-inchief Anna Winter reveals she is stepping down.
America Strong tonight. The Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Army Rangers from World War II.
The moving scene right here. And tonight, just in here, the loss of a famous film composer. From Mission Impossible to Cool Hand Luke to Dirty Hairy.
a profound impact and you’ll hear his music 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 Thursday night. We’ll have more on this breakin at actor Brad Pitt’s home smashing their way in. The latest in a series of high-profile breakins.
We’re live on the scene, but we do begin tonight with these severe thunderstorms. The watch right now for New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC. Storms moving in just as the heat moves out.
There is also a tornado watch in the Midwest. At this hour, the radar showing the extreme weather, that severe storm watch in the east.
And the tornado watch for several states right in the middle of the country. In fact, remarkable scenes already. This is Largo, Florida. A tornado lifting this home right up off its foundation in the air for a time. It tips over on its side.
That home remarkably comes back down. A 76-year-old woman inside the home. She survived this. And a tornado in southern Minnesota, one of 15 reported tornadoes already. And in the Northeast right now, this severe thunderstorm watch.
Lee Goldberg standing by live with the forecast. And Stephanie Ramos with the remarkable images coming in tonight. Tonight, after tornadoes lifted homes into the air and tore across farmland, powerful storms again on the move, firing up in the northern plains. And you can see where the green skies sirens sounding outside our Rochester, Minnesota affiliate as KAL’s Robin Wolfrram broadcast live. And of course, we’re under a tornado warning.
We want you to be safe. Be sure to get to your basement. Um, take cover. Overnight, a massive tornado southwest of Rochester, tearing across Heartland, Minnesota. Watch as it crosses this road right in front of drivers.
And in Largo, Florida, west of Tampa, unbelievable video from a security camera in the Renter Village Retirement Community. The tornado lifting that home all the way up, hanging in the air before it comes crashing back down to the ground. Authorities say a 76-year-old woman was inside at the time, miraculously surviving. Authorities say at least 50 homes were damaged in the area. And David, as those storms make their way into the Northeast, the temperatures are plummeting.
Here in New York City, yesterday afternoon, it was 96 degrees. Today, upper 60s, nearly a 30° difference.
David, we’ll take the change. Stephanie Ramos with us tonight. Steph, thank you.
Let’s get right to chief meteorologist Lee Goldberg of WABC back with us tonight. A big change indeed, but it does come with some really unsettled weather these next few hours. Yes, David. Storms just 90 miles to our south in Philly right now. Some severe thunderstorms closing in on the city.
It’s been midsummer extreme heat to miday temperatures in parts of the northeast and that’s why you have this potent front causing big storms. Severe thunderstorm watch from Philly to DC. These storms could produce 60 mph gusts, maybe even some quarter size hail. They’ll diminish in the evening hours. A tornado watch in similar places we saw yesterday near Rochester over into Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
That’s Rochester, Minnesota. So these storms wind down, but there’s still a lot of heat from the Mississippi to the Mid-Atlantic. Even an extreme heat warning in West Virginia. Tripledigit heat from Memphis to Nashville all the way to DC. Now, that cool pocket is very strong over the Northeast.
It will tone down some of this heat. Look at what’s going on.
A massive drop in Boston and New York. Barely 70 tomorrow. It’ll warm up again over the weekend, but not to the degree that we just saw.
David Lee, we always appreciate it. Thank you. Now to the other news this Thursday night. Just in, news of a break-in at the LA home of actor Brad Pitt. Police say the suspects scaling a wall, smashing their way in, and what was done inside the home.
This is the latest in a series of high-profile breakins. This time it happened while Brad Pitt was known to be away promoting his new movie. Trevor Al is on the scene for us tonight. Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is the latest celebrity victim in a string of brazen home burglaries. Law enforcement sources tell ABC News police responded to a call at the actor’s home around 10:30 last night.
They say three suspects scaled a fence to gain entry to the yard, then smashed through a front window. Pit was not home at the time. The star has been on the road promoting his new movie F1, seen here at the London premiere earlier this week.
Police say the suspects ransacked the stars home with an unknown number of items taken. Investigators are now searching for any surveillance video from the home and the area.
The break-in is the latest in a series of alarming crimes at the homes of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Just last month, police say a man smashed his vehicle through the gate at Jennifer Aniston’s property while the actress was home and he was detained by private security. Nicole Kidman’s house was burglarized in February and Tom Hanks was victimized last year. And David, this is the gate that police say these suspects scaled to get up to the house. It’s not clear if Brad Pitt was targeted here specifically or if they simply thought this was just another luxury home.
David, the latest series of breakins. Trevor on the scene for us tonight. Trevor, thank you. Now to the remarkable images. The mystery fireball over multiple states.
Calls to 911 in several states. In fact, some drivers startled by a bright light streaking across the sky.
Some reporting shaking and hearing a boom. Was it a meteor or space junk? What the National Weather Service is now saying tonight.
A piece of it came crashing through someone’s roof, cracking the floor inside their home. Here’s ABC’s Victor Aendo. Tonight, this stunning sight caught on cameras across the Southeast. A bright white fireball streaking across the sky, part of it crashing down to Earth.
Witnesses from Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, and as far west as Tennessee reported sightings around noon.
911 call centers inundated. Some hearing a loud boom, saying they even felt shaking and thought it was an earthquake. Late today, the National Weather Service saying it appears either a meteor or space junk crossed the skies of North Georgia. Emergency officials in Henry County, Georgia, outside Atlanta, believe a piece of that object may have crashed through a resident’s roof, smashed through the ceiling before cracking the floor. You can see the hole and the damage left behind.
Katherine Farre capturing it on dash cam video while driving down I 85 in Anderson County, South Carolina. That ball of fire falling in clear blue skies. I think it’s just like a once in a lifetime experience. You know, it was really, really cool to see, but just definitely out the ordinary.
David, while it was a startling sight for sure, thousands of meteorites hit Earth every year.
No injuries reported tonight, David. But can you imagine that family that it came right through the roof of that home, Victor Aendo tonight. Victor, thank you. Next tonight here, the US strikes on Iran and now this heated debate over the damage from those attacks. Tonight, the Pentagon with new details and the Defense Department also revealing they’ve been studying this plan of a possible strike on Iran for 15 years.
Now, saying those 30,000lb bombs exploded exactly as planned. Tonight, President Trump now insisting Iran did not remove its enriched uranium, even though early intelligence indicated much of it might have been moved. While Iran Supreme Leader tonight is saying the White House is exaggerating the damage at those nuclear sites. Here’s Rachel Scott. Tonight, the Trump administration dispatching the Secretary of Defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to pump up the president’s claim that the US strikes obliterated Iran’s nuclear program.
Secretary Pete Hgsep angrily dismissing an early Pentagon intelligence report that sources say indicates the attack only set back Iran’s program a few months. Anyone with uh you know two ear two eyes, some ears and a brain can recognize that kind of firepower with that specificity at that location and others is going to have a devastating effect. Heg Seth and Joint Chief’s Chairman General Dan Kaine insisted recent intelligence assessments show the sites were severely damaged but offered no new evidence or intelligence to indicate Iran’s nuclear program was in fact destroyed. Kain saying that’s a question for America’s spy agencies. instead offering new details about the intricate attack he says had been discussed and strategized for 15 years over the course of several administrations.
The weapons were built, tested, and loaded properly.
Two, the weapons were released on speed and on parameters. Three, the weapons all guided to their intended targets and to their intended aim points. The general adding the massive bunker buster bombs exploded exactly as planned. We know that the trailing jets saw the first weapons function and the pilots stated, quote, “This was the brightest explosion that I’ve ever seen.
It literally looked like daylight.” The early intelligence report indicated Iran removed much of its stash of near weapons grade uranium before the strike. Today, the president insisting that’s not true, posting nothing was taken out of facility, would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move.
And tonight, new questions about the president’s claims that Iran and the US would be meeting next week. We’re going to talk to them next week with Iran.
Uh we may sign an agreement. I don’t know. To me, I don’t think it’s that necessary. But today, the White House press secretary says there is no meeting on the books.
We don’t have anything scheduled as of now.
What is the hold up here in trying to schedule it? Are you experiencing any resistance from the Iranians? No. Have some patience. And today in Iran, the Supreme Leader sounding defiant in his first public statement since the attack, claiming the US failed to achieve anything significant and adding Trump quote grossly exaggerated.
Today, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Ferdo, which is Iran’s most important nuclear facility, suffered enormous damage and it was no longer operational, but they stopped short of saying that it has been completely obliterated as President Trump has suggested. David, Rachel Scott on this all week for us. Rachel, thank you. Here in New York City, the prosecution’s closing argument against Shawn Diddy Combmes today telling jurors it was all a climate of fear.
What the defense now plans to say in its closing argument.
And jurors could get this case tomorrow. Here’s Aaron Kurski. Tonight, after a sprawling seven-week case, federal prosecutors tried to tie together all the evidence against Shawn Colmes, telling the eight-man, four-woman jury, it’s time to find the defendant guilty. his mother, twin daughters, and sons filing into the courthouse where prosecutors delivered a nearly 5-hour summation, saying Cols used power, violence, and fear to get what he wanted and forced two women, Cassie Ventura, and an ex-girlfriend known by the pseudonym Jane, to have sex with male escorts while he watched, directed, and filmed.
Jurors saw graphic footage of those encounters and heard gripping testimony about hundreds of them.
But today, a prosecutor said one single freakoff is enough. You only need to find the elements of sex trafficking are met on one occasion. Colmes has denied charges of sex trafficking, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy. Prosecutors pointing to allegations of arson, drugs, and the bribery of a hotel security guard following this 2016 assault of Cassie Ventura as proof Cololmes ran a criminal enterprise with a cadre of loyal lieutenants. It’s his kingdom.
Everyone was there to serve him. Defense attorneys will deliver their closing arguments tomorrow. David, they called no witnesses during trial. Instead, arguing Cassie Ventura and Jane were not trafficking victims, but long-term girlfriends who willingly took part in Col’s polyamorous lifestyle.
David, Aaron Kacherski has been covering this trial for us.
Aaron, thank you. We turn now to the Supreme Court decision today boosting efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. The conservative majority ruling that South Carolina can block the women’s health clinics from Medicaid, cutting off funding even for non-abortion services, including contraception and cancer screenings. Other states could now do the same. Tonight, a special honor for the Army Rangers of World War II.
House Speaker Mike Johnson presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to five Army Ranger veterans still alive. Only two were there to make the ceremony to accept. Five and all remain from the 6,500 Rangers who served. Speaker Johnson saying they were all ordinary men called to extraordinary valor. When we come back tonight, the end of an era at Vogue magazine.
Longtime editor-in chief Anna Winter reveals she’s stepping down. What she plans to do now. Also, we remember a famous composer behind so many iconic movies. Dirty Hairy, Cool Hand Luke, Mission Impossible. We’ll go back and listen tonight and this evening.
Look at this. The terrifying moment. A worker in a lift, a bucket truck right there when an 18-wheeler smashes into the truck. The worker then dangling in his harness. Where this played out here in a moment next, a terrifying incident in Denim Springs, Louisiana, outside Baton Rouge.
Dash cam video showing the moment a worker in a bucket truck is hit by a tractor trailer left dangling in his harness. Police say the worker received only minor injuries. The driver has not been cited so far. The incident is under investigation. The NFL tonight suspending former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for the first 10 games of the season.
The league saying he violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Tucker, the most accurate kicker in the NFL, released by the Ravens last month after he was accused of sexual misconduct by 16 massage therapists.
He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Tucker is currently a free agent. When we come back here tonight, the end of an era at Vogue magazine.
Longtime editor-in chief Anna Winter announcing she is stepping down. Why and what she plans to do next. And tonight, we remember a legendary journalist, a press secretary. He was right there on Air Force One the moment LBJ was sworn in. to the index of other news tonight.
In a passing note tonight, legendary journalist and President Lyndon Johnson’s press secretary, Bill Moyers has died.
Moyers was Johnson’s closest aid with him on Air Force One when he took the oath of office after the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas. He did resign from the White House though at the age of 32 in a break with LBJ. The two never reconciled. Moyers, who then became an ordained minister, moved to journalism, first at CBS, later at PBS, exploring issues including poverty, violence, racism, threats to the Constitution, and climate change.
Tonight, Moyer’s son says he died after a long illness.
Bill Moyers was 91. Tonight, the end of an era at Vogue magazine. Longtime editor-in chief Anna Winter is stepping down from her role as US editor-inchief. Vogue says she will still oversee the global publication.
The search is on tonight for a new head of US editorial content. Winter began her career at Vogue in 1988. A profound impact there. When we come back on the broadcast, we learn late today the loss of a famous film composer. From Mission Impossible to Cool Hand Loop to Dirty Hairy.
We’ll listen to his music in a moment here.
And finally tonight here, we learn late today about the loss of a famous film composer. His work helped define a generation of movies from Mission Impossible to Cool Hand Luke to Dirty Hairy. Tonight, his work and the profound impact over many decades. He was behind some of the most iconic Hollywood music of a generation.
[Music] With just a few notes, you could name it. The Mission Impossible theme written by composer Lo Shiffren playing it live right here on the piano. The soundtrack becoming a bestseller in 1968 and the theme reaching number 41 on the Billboard pop charts, earning two Grammys. [Music] A generation later, the song would come back for the Mission Impossible movie series with Tom Cruz. Originally from Argentina, Lo Shiffren was a pioneer weaving jazz and rock to compose film and TV scores.
composing the score for Cool Hand Loop with Paul Newman in 1967, composing for Bullet with Steve McQueen in 1968, [Music] and for Dirty Harry with Clint Eastwood in 1971.
Decades of music, dozens of movies, and more than 40 TV movies and miniseries. We learned late today, Lo Shiffren has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 93. In November of 2018, he became only the third composer to ever receive an honorary Oscar.
Tonight, Lu Shiffren in his own words, “Composing for movies has given me a lifetime of joy and creativity. Receiving this honorary Oscar is a culmination of a dream. It is a mission accomplished. Mission accomplished. One of our favorites, by the way.
An incredible body of work. Cool handhand, Luke, Bullet. So many movies. Something to watch over the next few days. I’m David Mure.
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