>>> TONIGHT, FROM WASHINGTON,
ROBERT MUELLER GRILLED ON THE
HILL.
THE HIGH STAKES SHOWDOWN.
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEATEDLY
SAID THE MUELLER REPORT
EXONERATED HIM, ROBERT MUELLER
IS ASKED, DID YOU EXONERATE THE
PRESIDENT?
HOW HE ANSWERS.
ALSO, CAN THE PRESIDENT BE
CHARGED WITH A CRIME WHEN HE
LEAVES OFFICE?
TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT NOW
RESPONDING JUST A SHORT TIME
AGO.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE URGENT
MANHUNT RIGHT NOW FOR TWO
TEENAGE SUSPECTS CONSIDERED
ARMED AND DANGEROUS AFTER THEIR
ALLEGED KILLING SPREE.
THAT AMERICAN WOMAN AND HER
BOYFRIEND DISCOVERED DEAD.
NOW THE SUSPECTS ARE WANTED IN
ANOTHER CASE AND JUST IN
TONIGHT, ANOTHER BURNED OUT
VEHICLE NOW DISCOVERED.
>>> THE EMERGENCY AT THE LARGEST
AIRPORT IN THE U.S.
THE TODDLER JUMPING ONTO A
BAGGAGE BELT.
THE URGENT CALLS FOR HELP.
>>> THE MURDER OF A COLLEGE
STUDENT AT OLE MISS.
NEW SURVEILLANCE TONIGHT
REVEALING HOW THEY TRACKED THE
YOUNG SUSPECT, 85 MILES AWAY.
>>> NEW IMAGES TONIGHT, THOSE
TWO TORNADOES, AN EF-1 SLAMMING
CAPE COD.
WINDS MORE THAN 100 MILES PER
HOUR.
AND THE MAJOR WILDFIRES WE'RE
WATCHING, ONE NEAR A NUCLEAR
SITE, ALREADY BURNING MORE THAN
110,000 ACRES.
>>> THE MAJOR RECALL TONIGHT.
A TYPE OF BREAST IMPLANTS
POSSIBLY LINKED TO A RARE
CANCER.
>>> THE TAINTED ALCOHOL SCARE.
AUTHORITIES NOW SAY 20 DEATHS.
AND TONIGHT, THE RAID IN A
POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION.
>>> THE TERRIFYING SCENE AT
YELLOWSTONE.
THE FAMILY ATTACKED BY A BISON.
A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL TOSSED INTO
THE AIR.
NEWS ON HER CONDITION TONIGHT.
>>> AND BREAKING NEWS JUST IN
FROM PUERTO RICO.
THE EMBATTLED GOVERNOR THERE AND
WHAT HE JUST REVEALED.
>>> AND NEWS COMING IN RIGHT NOW
ON NORTH KOREA TONIGHT.
MARTHA RADDATZ IS STANDING BY
LIVE HERE IN WASHINGTON.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING FROM
WASHINGTON TONIGHT, WHERE WE ARE
FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS ON NORTH
KOREA RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING ROBERT
MUELLER TONIGHT.
HE DID NOT WANT TO COME TO THE
HILL, BUT SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER DID JUST THAT TODAY,
TESTIFYING BEFORE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
SEVEN HOURS OF QUESTIONS FROM
TWO COMMITTEES ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT, ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN,
ABOUT RUSSIA.
AND IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF
QUESTIONING, MUELLER WAS ASKED,
DID YOU EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT,
AS THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY
CLAIMED.
HOW MUELLER ANSWERED THAT.
MUELLER WAS ALSO ASKED, CAN THE
PRESIDENT BE CHARGED AFTER HE
LEAVES OFFICE?
AND MUELLER DEFENDING HIS TEAM
AGAINST CLAIMS OF BIAS.
HE WAS ASKED, WAS THIS A WITCH
HUNT, WAS IT A HOAX?
AND THE PRESIDENT REACTING JUST
MOMENTS AGO.
ABC'S MARY BRUCE AT THE HEARING
ROOM TODAY, AND SHE LEADS US
OFF.
>> Reporter: ROBERT MUELLER
WALKING INTO A HEARING TWO YEARS
IN THE MAKING.
HE WAS A RELUCTANT WITNESS, BUT
DEMOCRATS FORCED HIM TO APPEAR.
PRESSING HIM ON WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE.
>> DIRECTOR MUELLER, THE
PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY CLAIMED
THAT YOUR REPORT FOUND THERE WAS
NO OBSTRUCTION AND THAT IT
COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY
EXONERATED HIM.
BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOUR REPORT
SAID, IS IT?
>> CORRECT, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE
REPORT SAID.
>> SO THE REPORT DID NOT
CONCLUDE THAT HE DID NOT COMMIT
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE?
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT TOTAL
EXONERATION?
DID YOU ACTUALLY TOTALLY
EXONERATE THE PRESIDENT?
>> NO.
>> Reporter: BUT MUELLER DID NOT
REACH A CONCLUSION ON
OBSTRUCTION, BECAUSE THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF LEGAL
COUNSEL SAYS A SITTING PRESIDENT
CANNOT BE INDICTED.
BUT CAN HE BE CHARGED AFTER HE
LEAVES OFFICE?
>> YOU COULD CHARGE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WITH OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: AGAIN AND AGAIN,
DEMOCRATS WENT BACK TO THE
REPORT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TEN
INCIDENTS OF POSSIBLE
OBSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT,
INCLUDING WHEN TRUMP ALLEGEDLY
ORDERED HIS FORMER WHITE HOUSE
COUNSEL DON McGAHN TO FIRE
MUELLER.
WHEN THE REQUEST WAS REPORTED IN
"THE NEW YORK TIMES," McGAHN
SAID THE PRESIDENT TOLD HIM TO
DENY IT.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID, QUOTE,
"FAKE NEWS, FOLKS.
FAKE NEWS.
A TYPICAL "NEW YORK TIMES" FAKE
STORY," END QUOTE.
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> BUT YOUR INVESTIGATION
ACTUALLY FOUND SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE THAT McGAHN WAS ORDERED
BY THE PRESIDENT TO FIRE YOU,
CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: BUT DID THE
PRESIDENT OBSTRUCT MUELLER?
REPUBLICANS POINTED OUT, MUELLER
KEPT HIS JOB.
>> WERE YOU EVER FIRED AS
SPECIAL COUNSEL, MR. MUELLER?
>> NOT THAT I -- NO.
>> NO.
WERE YOU ALLOWED TO COMPLETE
YOUR INVESTIGATION UNENCUMBERED?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ARGUED
MUELLER WAS OUT OF BOUNDS FOR
OFFERING EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL
OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT DRAWING A
CONCLUSION.
>> YOU WROTE 180 PAGES,
180 PAGES ABOUT DECISIONS THAT
WEREN'T REACHED, ABOUT POTENTIAL
CRIMES THAT WEREN'T CHARGED.
>> CAN I SPEAK FOR A SECOND?
>> Reporter: MUELLER OFFERED A
PASSIONATE DEFENSE OF HIS TEAM,
AS REPUBLICANS ACCUSED THEM OF
POLITICAL BIAS.
>> I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS, AND IN
THOSE 25 YEARS, I HAVE NOT HAD
OCCASION ONCE TO ASK SOMEBODY
ABOUT THEIR POLITICAL
AFFILIATION.
IT IS NOT DONE.
WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS THE
CAPABILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO
DO THE JOB AND DO THE JOB
QUICKLY AND SERIOUSLY AND WITH
INTEGRITY.
>> WELL, YOUR INVESTIGATION IS
NOT A WITCH HUNT, IS IT?
>> IT IS NOT A WITCH HUNT.
>> Reporter: STILL, REPUBLICANS
SAID TODAY, IT'S OVER.
>> IT'S TIME FOR THE CURTAIN TO
CLOSE ON THE RUSSIA HOAX, THE
CONSPIRACY THEORY IS DEAD.
>> WOULD YOU AGREE THAT IT WAS
NOT A HOAX?
THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE ENGAGED
IN TRYING TO IMPACT OUR
ELECTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY, IT WAS NOT A
HOAX.
>> Reporter: HE SAID THE
RUSSIANS ARE AT IT AGAIN RIGHT
NOW.
AND AFTER SIX HOURS, ONE LAST
QUESTION.
>> I GATHER THAT YOU BELIEVE
THAT KNOWINGLY ACCEPTING FOREIGN
ASSISTANCE DURING A PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN IS AN UNETHICAL THING
TO DO.
>> AND A CRIME.
>> CIRCUMSTANCES, YES.
AND A CRIME IN GIVEN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> AND TO THE DEGREE THAT IT
UNDERMINES OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR
INSTITUTIONS, WE CAN AGREE THAT
IT'S ALSO UNPATRIOTIC.
>> TRUE.
>> AND WRONG.
>> TRUE.
>> SO, LET'S GET RIGHT TO MARY
BRUCE, LIVE TONIGHT WITH ME ALL
DAY UP HERE ON THE HILL.
AND MARY, THE BOTTOM LINE HERE,
WAS THERE ANYTHING SAID TODAY
THAT WILL CHANGE ANYONE'S MINDS
HERE ON THE HILL ABOUT WHETHER
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
IMPEACHMENT?
HERE'S WHAT HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY
PELOSI SAID JUST MOMENTS AGO.
>> MY POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN,
WHATEVER DECISION WE MADE IN
THAT REGARD WOULD HAVE TO BE
DONE WITH OUR STRONGEST POSSIBLE
HAND.
AND WE STILL HAVE SOME
OUTSTANDING MATTERS IN THE
COURTS.
IT'S ABOUT THE CONGRESS, THE
CONSTITUTION AND THE COURTS.
AND WE ARE FIGHTING THE
PRESIDENT IN THE COURTS.
>> SO, MARY, WHERE DO DEMOCRATS
GO FROM HERE?
>> Reporter: WELL, DAVID, DON'T
EXPECT ANY IMMINENT ACTION HERE.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE MAKING IT
CLEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO STAY THE
COURSE.
FOR NOW, IMPEACHMENT IS STILL ON
THE TABLE, BUT DAVID, THE CLOCK
IS TICKING.
DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
MAKE A DECISION SOON.
DO THEY KEEP UP THIS DRUM BEAT
TO IMPEACH OR DO THEY CHANGE
COURSE AND FOCUS INSTEAD ON
BEATING DONALD TRUMP AT THE
BALLOT BOX IN 2020?
DAVID?
>> MARY BRUCE LEADING US OFF
TONIGHT.
MARY, THANK YOU.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WATCHING
AND TWEETING TODAY, AND YOU'LL
REMEMBER THAT HE TOLD OUR JON
KARL DURING THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION THAT HE WOULD SIT
DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH
ROBERT MUELLER.
SO, MUELLER WAS ASKED TODAY WHY
HE DIDN'T FIGHT TO GET THAT
IN-PERSON INTERVIEW.
MUELLER WAS ASKED, DID YOU HAVE
ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE
OBSTRUCTION, IS THAT WHY YOU
PASSED?
MUELLER ANSWERING, WE DIDN'T DO
IT BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WOULD
TAKE IN THE COURTS.
AND WHEN PRESSED TODAY, ASKED IF
THE PRESIDENT'S WRITTEN ANSWERS
WERE INADEQUATE, INCOMPLETE AND
NOT ALWAYS TRUTHFUL, MUELLER
ANSWERED, "I WOULD SAY
GENERALLY."
SO, LET'S GET TO OUR CHIEF WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN
KARL, BECAUSE JON, EVEN WITH ALL
OF THAT, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
TEAM APPEAR VERY CONFIDENT
TONIGHT.
HERE'S THE PRESIDENT MOMENTS
AGO.
>> THIS WAS A VERY BIG DAY FOR
OUR COUNTRY, THIS WAS A VERY BIG
DAY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND
YOU COULD SAY IT WAS A GREAT DAY
FOR ME, BUT I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO
SAY THAT.
ROBERT MUELLER DID A HORRIBLE
JOB.
BOTH TODAY AND WITH RESPECT TO
THE INVESTIGATION.
BUT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO ROBERT
MUELLER, HE HAD NOTHING TO WORK
WITH.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE A BUILDER,
BUT IF THEY DON'T GIVE YOU THE
RIGHT MATERIALS, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO BUILD A VERY GOOD
BUILDING.
ROBERT MUELLER HAD NO MATERIAL.
>> SO, JON, BOTTOM LINE,
PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES HE HAS
SURVIVED MUELLER'S TESTIMONY
JUST FINE.
>> Reporter: DAVID, HE BELIEVES
HE HAS DONE MORE THAN SURVIVE.
THE PHRASE I KEPT HEARING ALL
DAY LONG FROM THE PRESIDENT'S
TOP ADVISERS WAS THAT TODAY WAS
AN EMBARRASSMENT FOR DEMOCRATS.
NOW, MUELLER DID CONTRADICT THE
PRESIDENT ON SEVERAL KEY FACTS,
BUT NOTHING THAT HE SAID TODAY
CHANGES THE CALCULUS ON
IMPEACHMENT.
DEMOCRATS HAD HIGH HOPES FOR
ROBERT MUELLER, BUT DAVID, AFTER
TODAY, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE ANY
SCENARIO WHERE IT IS ROBERT
MUELLER THAT BRINGS DOWN DONALD
TRUMP.
>> ALL RIGHT, JON KARL WITH US,
AS WELL.
JON, THANK YOU.
>>> ONE LAST QUESTION ON THIS
TONIGHT, LET'S BRING IN PIERRE
THOMAS, OUR SENIOR JUSTICE
CORRESPONDENT.
AND PIERRE, ROBERT MUELLER SAID
TODAY THAT HE BELIEVES, IN HIS
WORDS, THAT WE HAVE UNDERPLAYED
THIS RUSSIA THING, THAT THEY ARE
AT IT AGAIN RIGHT NOW, WITH 2020
COMING.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
DAVID.
MUELLER WANTED TO EMPHASIZE JUST
HOW GRAVE THE RUSSIAN THREAT
REMAINS.
HERE'S ONE QUOTE THAT STRUCK ME.
HE SAID, "IT WASN'T A SINGLE
ATTEMPT.
THEY'RE DOING IT AS WE SIT HERE.
AND THEY EXPECT TO DO IT DURING
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN."
DAVID, HE TOOK EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO DESCRIBE WHAT HE CALLED THE
SWEEPING AND SYSTEMATIC ATTACK
ON THE 2016 ELECTION BY THE
RUSSIANS, AND HE WAS CLEAR THAT
THE RUSSIANS WERE IN FACT TRYING
HELP THEN-CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP
AND TO HURT HILLARY CLINTON.
BUT MUELLER ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT HE DID NOT FIND CONCLUSIVE
EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY BETWEEN
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN OR THE
RUSSIANS.
DAVID?
>> ALL RIGHT, OUR THANKS TO
PIERRE, MARY, JON.
OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
OUR COVERAGE OF THE MUELLER
HEARINGS FOR TONIGHT.
>>> BUT WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING
BREAKING NEWS AS WE'RE ON THE
AIR TONIGHT, COMING IN OUT OF
NORTH KOREA.
TWO U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRMING
TONIGHT THAT NORTH KOREA HAS NOW
FIRED AT LEAST ONE SHORT-RANGE
PROJECTILE, THE NEWEST
PROVOCATION.
SO, LET'S GET RIGHT TO MARTHA
RADDATZ WITH LATE REPORTING
TONIGHT.
MARTHA, WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> Reporter: DAVID, YOU'RE
CORRECT.
U.S. OFFICIALS ARE CONFIRMING
TONIGHT THAT NORTH KOREA HAS
FIRED AT LEAST ONE SHORT-RANGE
PROJECTILE.
THE SOUTH KOREANS ARE SAYING IT
WAS TWO, WHICH TRAVELED ABOUT
260 MILES, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO
THE TWO THAT THE NORTH LAUNCHED
IN MAY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DOWNPLAYED THE
MISSILE LAUNCHES LAST MAY, IN
FACT, ON MONDAY, THE PRESIDENT
BOASTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO
MISSILE OR ROCKET TESTING AND
THAT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH
KOREA IS VERY GOOD.
BUT TODAY'S LAUNCH COULD FURTHER
COMPLICATE ANY NEW TALKS BETWEEN
KIM AND TRUMP.
DAVID?
>> MARTHA RADDATZ WITH US LIVE
HERE IN WASHINGTON, AS WELL.
MARTHA, THANK YOU.
>>> TO OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, AND
THE HUNT FOR TWO YOUNG SUSPECTS
IN CANADA, CONSIDERED ARMED AND
DANGEROUS TONIGHT, LINKED TO THE
DEATHS OF AN AMERICAN WOMAN AND
HER BOYFRIEND FOUND SHOT TO
DEATH, THEY WERE ON A ROAD TRIP.
THE SUSPECTS ARE ALSO WANTED IN
ANOTHER CASE, TOO, AND TONIGHT,
THE NEWEST DISCOVERY, ANOTHER
BURNED-OUT VEHICLE.
ABC'S MATT GUTMAN FROM CANADA
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, CANADIAN
POLICE HUNTING THOSE TWO TEENAGE
MURDER SUSPECTS, SURGING TO
MANITOBA, SETTING UP CHECKPOINTS
OUTSIDE A REMOTE TOWN AFTER
FINDING THEIR TORCHED CAR.
>> LAST SEEN LAST NIGHT,
CONFIRMED IN GILLAM, MANITOBA,
AND AT THIS POINT, THE SEARCH IS
ON AGAIN.
>> Reporter: IS IT SAFE TO SAY
YOU'RE NOW CLOSING IN ON THEM?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: THE TWO NEARLY
CROSSED CANADA THE PAST TWO
WEEKS, STARTING OUT FROM WESTERN
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
POLICE SAY JUST THREE DAYS
LATER, MURDERING CHYNNA DEESE
AND LUCAS FOWLER 1,000 MILES
NORTH.
THE BOYS THEN ALLEGEDLY TORCHING
THEIR CAMPER AND MURDERING
ANOTHER MAN 300 MILES AWAY,
BEFORE POPPING UP ON
SURVEILLANCE IN THIS TOYOTA,
ANOTHER THOUSAND MILES AWAY IN
SASKATCHEWAN.
AND FINALLY OVERNIGHT, IN
MANITOBA.
BRYER SCHMEGELSKY'S FATHER
SPEAKING TO CHEK-TV WHEN HE
STILL THOUGHT THE TWO WERE
MISSING AND POSSIBLE VICTIMS,
SAYING THEY ARE GOOD BOYS WHO
LIKE TO PLAY WAR GAMES IN THE
WOODS.
>> BOTH OF THEM ARE TOTALLY INTO
THAT.
IF THERE WAS ANY THREAT, THEY
WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY'VE
ACTUALLY TRAINED THEMSELVES TO
DO AND THEY WOULD HAVE
CAMOUFLAGED THEMSELVES IN THE
WOODS.
>> Reporter: AND DAVID, WE'RE
TOLD THERE ARE NOW THOUSANDS OF
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THIS
MASSIVE DRAGNET ACROSS MOST OF
CANADA, AND POLICE TELL US THEY
WANT TO CATCH THESE TWO TEEN
SUSPECTS ALIVE BECAUSE, PRETTY
MUCH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THEY
WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY ALLEGEDLY
DID THIS.
DAVID?
>> MATT GUTMAN LIVE IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA TONIGHT.
MATT, THANK YOU.
>>> AND SOME VERY TENSE MOMENTS
TODAY AT THE NATION'S LARGEST
AIRPORT, IN ATLANTA, WHEN A
2-YEAR-OLD CLIMBED ONTO A MOVING
LUGGAGE CONVEYOR BELT.
HIS MOTHER COULD NOT GET TO HIM.
ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI IS IN
ATLANTA.
>> Reporter: THE BAGGAGE
HANDLERS AT THE ATLANTA AIRPORT
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, SEEING THIS
INJURED CHILD SPEEDING DOWN THE
CONVEYOR BELT.
>> THE CHILD'S HAND IS REALLY
SWOLLEN.
COULD YOU HAVE EMS STEP IT UP?
>> Reporter: LATE THIS EVENING,
THE AIRPORT RELEASED THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.
YOU SEE THE CHILD HOLDING ONTO A
BAG AND TRYING TO CRAWL AWAY.
THE CALL FOR HELP CAME FROM THE
MASSIVE BAG ROOM THAT SITS BELOW
THE CHECK-IN AREAS.
>> THERE'S NO PARENTS WITH HIM,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAROUSEL HE
CAME DOWN, BUT HE IS INJURED.
>> Reporter: EDITH VEGA SAYS SHE
WAS CHECKING INTO A FLIGHT WHEN
SHE PUT HER SON DOWN AND HE
DISAPPEARED.
THIS IS THE MOMENT HE GETS
BEHIND THE TICKET COUNTER AND
JUMPS ON THE BELT.
>> I JUST WENT BLANK.
I WAS LIKE, "HEY, MY SON."
I WANTED TO JUMP IN AND GO GET
HIM, BUT THEY DIDN'T ALLOW ME.
I WAS JUST FREAKING OUT AND I'M
LIKE, "OH MY GOODNESS, I HOPE
HE'S OKAY."
>> Reporter: THE BOY IS GOING TO
BE OKAY.
THE AIRPORT SAYS THE BELT WAS
ONLY ACTIVATED WHEN THE CHILD
JUMPED ON IT AND GOT IT MOVING.
DAVID?
>> ALL RIGHT, STEVE, OUR THANKS
TO YOU, AS WELL.
>>> AND NEXT, TO NEW
SURVEILLANCE TONIGHT IN THE CASE
OF A YOUNG WOMAN FROM MISSOURI,
A STUDENT AT OLE MISS.
THE AUTOPSY NOW REVEALING SHE
WAS SHOT TO DEATH.
AND TONIGHT, THIS PHOTO FROM ONE
OF HER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
SHOWING HER WITH THE SUSPECT
UNDER ARREST NOW.
A YOUNG MAN FROM TEXAS.
THIS IMAGE THREE YEARS AGO.
TONIGHT, HOW POLICE CAUGHT THE
SUSPECT SOME 85 MILES AWAY.
HERE'S MARCUS MOORE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN
SUSPECTED OF MURDERING HIS OLE
MISS CLASSMATE, ALLY KOSTIAL,
SEEN WITH HER HERE IN A PHOTO
POSTED TO KOSTIAL'S SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> GAS STATION, LAFAYETTE
COUNTY.
MURDER INVESTIGATION.
PINGING THE SUSPECT'S PHONE.
MALE, WHITE, POSSIBLY ARMED.
>> Reporter: 22-YEAR-OLD
BRANDON THEESFELD WAS ARRESTED
MONDAY MORNING AFTER HE WAS
SPOTTED AT THIS MEMPHIS GAS
STATION.
THESE IMAGES OBTAINED BY A LOCAL
FOX AFFILIATE, CAPTURING THE
TAKEDOWN.
>> IT'S MURDER, AND HE'S BEING
HELD IN OUR JAIL WITHOUT BOND.
>> Reporter: THEESFELD IS NOW
BEHIND BARS AFTER KOSTIAL'S BODY
WAS FOUND ABOUT 20 MILES
OFF-CAMPUS NEAR A POPULAR LAKE.
THE COLLEGE SENIOR DISAPPEARING
FRIDAY.
TONIGHT, POLICE ARE NOT
COMMENTING ON A MOTIVE OR ANY
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO.
IN A STATEMENT TO ABC AFFILIATE
WFAA, THEESFELD'S FATHER SAYING,
"I'VE SPOKEN TO BRANDON.
I ASK THAT EVERYONE GIVE HIM THE
BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT THAT HE IS
INNOCENT."
AND DAVID, THAT AUTOPSY REPORT
REVEALING HOW BRUTAL THE MURDER
WAS.
AUTHORITIES SAY ALLY WAS SHOT
MULTIPLE TIMES.
DAVID?
>> MARCUS, THANK YOU.
>>> WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING NEWS
COMING IN FROM PUERTO RICO AT
THIS HOUR.
THE EMBATTLED GOVERNOR, RICARDO
ROSSELLO, DAYS OF PROTESTS
GLAND
DEMANDING HE RESIGN.
VICTOR OQUENDO IS OUTSIDE THE
GOVERNOR'S MANSION RIGHT NOW.
VICTOR?
>> Reporter: DAVID, THE ENTIRE
ISLAND IN SUSPENSE RIGHT NOW
WAITING TO LEARN IF EMBATTLED
GOVERNOR RICARDO ROSSELLO WILL
RESIGN.
WE'RE TOLD HE IS WORKING ON A
SPEECH AND HE WILL ADDRESS THE
PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO LATER
TONIGHT.
THIS COULD BE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN
CALLING FOR.
THEY'VE BEEN PROTESTING FOR
NEARLY TWO WEEKS, EVER SINCE A
PROFANE GROUP CHAT BETWEEN HE
AND HIS TOP AIDES WAS LEAKED.
THEY VOWED NOT TO STOP
PROTESTING UNTIL THE GOVERNOR
RESIGNED.
SO MANY OF THE PUERTO RICANS
WE'VE SPOKEN TO OUT HERE HAVE
SAID THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE HOPEFUL THIS IS THE NEW
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE.
DAVID?
>> VICTOR, THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT, WE ARE GETTING WORD
TONIGHT THAT SEVERE WEATHER ON
CAPE COD INCLUDED NOT ONE BUT
TWO TORNADOES.
BOTH WERE EF-1s.
110-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS.
ONE RIPPING OFF THE ROOF OF THIS
MOTEL IN SOUTH YARMOUTH.
THE SYSTEM ROCKING THESE
SAILBOATS OFF THE COAST OF
CHATHAM.
AND TONIGHT, ALL EYES ALSO ON
THE WEST.
THE FIRE DANGER GROWING THERE.
HOT WEATHER SPARKING THIS BRUSH
FIRE IN LOS ANGELES.
DOZENS OF MAJOR FIRES ARE
BURNING AT THIS HOUR.
THE LARGEST OF THEM IN IDAHO
NEAR A NUCLEAR LAB TONIGHT.
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE
IS TRACKING IT ALL, SHE'S IN
CLEVELAND TONIGHT.
GINGER?
>> Reporter: DAVID, THERE ARE AT
LEAST 40 LARGE WILDFIRES BURNING
FROM TEXAS TO OREGON.
YOU CAN SEE THEM RIGHT THERE ON
THE MAP.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK THAT
NUMBER WILL GO UP.
THERE ARE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES
FROM MONTANA AND IDAHO RIGHT
DOWN TO FRESNO AND SACRAMENTO.
MONSOON STORMS STARTING UP AND
THIS IS WHAT YOU'D THINK, OH,
GOSH, THERE'S RAIN COMING,
THAT'S GOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE CAN SPARK
LIGHTNING AND WINDS THAT MAKE
FIRES EVEN WORSE.
DAVID?
>> GINGER, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE
AHEAD ONTO "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT"
THIS WEDNESDAY.
THE MAJOR RECALL.
THE TYPE OF BREAST IMPLANTS NOW
POSSIBLY LINKED TO RARE CANCER.
>>> ALSO AHEAD, THE SCARE AT
YELLOWSTONE TONIGHT.
THE FAMILY ATTACKED BY A
CHARGING BISON, FLIPPING A
9-YEAR-OLD GIRL INTO THE AIR.
NEWS ON HER CONDITION TONIGHT.
>>> THE TAINTED ALCOHOL SCARE.
AUTHORITIES NOW SAY 20 DEATHS.
THIS EVENING, THE RAID IN A
POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION.
>>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT.
THE BOY, THE BIRTHDAY AND THE
NO-SHOW BIRTHDAY PARTY, UNTIL
THIS HAPPENED.
WE NEEDED THIS TONIGHT.
>>> WE TURN NEXT HERE TONIGHT TO
THE REAL SCARE FOR A FAMILY AT
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
THEIR LITTLE GIRL WAS ATTACKED
BY A BISON.
THE BISON CHARGING THE FAMILY,
FLIPPING HER INTO THE AIR.
SHE IS OKAY TONIGHT, AND ABC'S
CLAYTON SANDELL ON WHAT HAPPENED
AND HER CONDITION.
>> Reporter: A SCARY REMINDER
TONIGHT THAT WILD ANIMALS ARE
EXACTLY THAT.
THIS 9-YEAR-OLD FLORIDA GIRL
LAUNCHED VIOLENTLY AIRBORNE BY A
CHARGING BISON AT YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK, NOT FAR FROM OLD
FAITHFUL GEYSER.
THE PARK SERVICE SAYS A LARGE
CROWD GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE
ANIMAL MONDAY, WITHIN JUST FIVE
FEET, TRIGGERING THE ATTACK.
THE GIRL WAS INJURED, BUT IS NOW
RECOVERING.
>> PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THIS IS NOT DISNEY WORLD.
THESE ARE NOT ANIMATRONICS.
THESE ARE WILD ANIMALS.
THAT LITTLE GIRL IS VERY, VERY
LUCKY.
>> OH, GOD.
>> Reporter: BISON CAN CHARGE
WITHOUT WARNING.
MALES CAN WEIGH MORE THAN A TON.
THIS WOMAN SAYS A SELFIE BACK IN
2015, NOT WORTH THE PAIN OF
GETTING GORED.
>> IT WAS THE MOST FRIGHTENING
EXPERIENCE I HAVE BEEN THROUGH
IN MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: YELLOWSTONE
OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO
STAY AT LEAST 25 YARDS AWAY FROM
BISON.
THEY HAVE NOT YET SAID WHETHER
ANYONE INVOLVED WILL BE GETTING
A CITATION.
DAVID?
>> CLAYTON SANDELL TONIGHT.
CLAYTON, THANK YOU.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE
ALARMING RECALL TONIGHT
INVOLVING BREAST IMPLANTS
POSSIBLY LINKED TO CANCER.
>>> AND THAT TAINTED ALCOHOL
SCARE.
THE RAID TONIGHT AT A POPULAR
TOURIST DESTINATION.
THE DEATH TOLL NOW, AT LEAST 20.
>>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS
TONIGHT, AND THAT RECALL
INVOLVING BREAST IMPLANTS
POSSIBLY LINKED TO A RARE
CANCER.
ALLERGAN ISSUING A GLOBAL RECALL
TONIGHT FOR ITS TEXTURED BREAST
IMPLANTS BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE
LINK TO CANCER.
THE IMPLANTS ARE BLAMED FOR 573
CASES OF LYMPHOMA AROUND THE
WORLD, INCLUDING 33 DEATHS.
THE FDA SAYS WOMEN WITHOUT
SYMPTOMS DO NOT NEED TO HAVE
THEM REMOVED.
BUT THAT DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS
SHOULD STOP OFFERING THEM TO
PATIENTS.
WE DO HAVE MORE ON OUR WEBSITE
TONIGHT.
>>> THE TAINTED ALCOHOL SCARE IN
COSTA RICA.
THE DEATH TOLL RISING TONIGHT.
AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE HAVE NOW DIED
FROM DRINKING ALCOHOL
CONTAMINATED WITH METHANOL.
THE GOVERNMENT SEIZING TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF POSSIBLY TAINTED
BOTTLES, WARNING RESIDENTS
TONIGHT TO AVOID SEVERAL BRANDS
OF LIQUOR.
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT SAYING
THIS EVENING NO KNOWN AMERICANS
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED SO FAR.
>>> AND MOVE OVER MICHAEL PHELPS
TONIGHT.
THERE'S A NEW KID IN TOWN.
19-YEAR-OLD KRISTOF MILAK OF
HUNGARY TODAY BREAKING THE WORLD
RECORD IN THE 200-METER
BUTTERFLY.
FINISHING IN JUST UNDER 1:51 AT
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SOUTH
KOREA.
THAT'S NEARLY .8 AHEAD OF
PHELPS' WORLD RECORD.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE
TONIGHT, AMERICA STRONG.
THE MOM WHO INVITED HER SON'S
WHOLE CLASS TO HIS BIRTHDAY
PARTY -- BUT JUST ONE LITTLE
GIRL SAID YES.
BUT WAIT FOR THIS.
>>> AND FINALLY TONIGHT HERE,
AMERICA STRONG.
THE MOTHER, HER LITTLE BOY AND
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY NO ONE WAS
COMING TO, UNTIL THIS.
CHRISTIAN LARSEN IS FROM
MERIDIAN, IDAHO.
AND HE'S TURNING 9.
>> TODAY'S MY BIRTHDAY.
>> IS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY?
>> YES, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.
>> Reporter: HIS MOM, LINDSAY,
PLANNING THE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR
HER SON, WHO IS AUTISTIC.
CHRISTIAN WANTED TO HAVE A
SCIENCE-THEMED BIRTHDAY.
COMPLETE WITH "MICROCHIPS,"
THEY'RE POTATO CHIPS.
AND A BEAKER BIRTHDAY CAKE.
CHRISTIAN HANDED OUT INVITATIONS
TO HIS ENTIRE CLASS, 25 KIDS.
BUT ONLY ONE LITTLE GIRL SAID
YES.
HIS MOM, BROKENHEARTED, POSTED
ABOUT IT ONLINE, AND A FRIEND
HAD AN IDEA.
AND WITH MOM RECORDING IT ALL,
YOU COULD HEAR THEM COMING.
THE NAMPA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
TEAM, ALL TEENAGERS, CHANTING
CHRISTIAN'S NAME.
>> CHRISTIAN!
CHRISTIAN!
>> Reporter: IT TURNS OUT THEIR
COACH ORGANIZING THE WHOLE
THING.
SURPRISING CHRISTIAN, WHO
COULDN'T BELIEVE IT, FALLING
RIGHT INTO THE GRASS.
AND THEN THIS MOMENT, GOING DOWN
THE LINE.
ONE BY ONE, GETTING HIGH FIVES
FROM THE TEAM DETERMINED TO MAKE
SURE SOMEONE SHOWED UP FOR
CHRISTIAN'S BIRTHDAY.
AND ONE MORE SURPRISE --
A GIFT BAG FROM THE TEAM.
INSIDE, A TEAM SHIRT AND A
FOOTBALL.
>> WHAT IS THAT?
>> WHOA!
>> NOW WE CAN PLAY A REAL GAME
WITH A REAL BALL.
>> YEAH!
>> Reporter: TONIGHT,
CHRISTIAN'S FAMILY IS GRATEFUL.
AND LITTLE CHRISTIAN SAYING THIS
WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTIAN.
WE CELEBRATE YOU AND YOUR MOM
TONIGHT AND, OF COURSE, THAT
FOOTBALL TEAM FOR DOING THE
RIGHT THING.
I'M DAVID MUIR.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK FROM NEW
YORK TOMORROW NIGHT.
UNTIL THEN, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
GOOD NIGHT.