>>> TONIGHT, THE DEVELOPING
STORIES AS WE COME ON.
SEVERE STORMS STRIKE.
HAIL AND BLINDING RAIN SWEEPING
THE MIDWEST AND THE PLAINS WHILE
SCORCHING HEAT AND WILDFIRES
PUNISH THE WEST.
THE APPARENT LIGHTNING STRIKE
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
ROB TRACKING IT ALL.
>>> MASS SHOOTING THREAT.
THE MAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,
ACCUSED OF MAKING DETAILED
THREATS TO COMMIT MASS MURDER.
WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF TEXTING.
THE LATEST SCARE FOR A NATION ON
EDGE.
>>> ON THE BRINK.
ESCALATING TENSIONS ON THE
STREETS OF HONG KONG WITH
CHINESE TANKS LOOMING JUST
ACROSS THE BORDER.
WHAT'S CHINA'S NEXT MOVE?
>>> BREAKING NEWS -- DEADLY
WEDDING ATTACK.
THE EXPLOSION OVERSEAS
SHATTERING A PACKED WEDDING
HALL.
DOZENS KILLED, MANY OF THEM
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
>>> CHALLENGING THE AUTOPSY.
THE NEW DETAILS ABOUT JEFFERY
EPSTEIN'S SUICIDE.
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT HIS
FINAL HOURS AND THE VOW TONIGHT
FROM HIS LEGAL TEAM QUESTIONING
THE OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH.
>>> NEIGHBORHOOD SHOOTOUT.
POLICE DUCKING FOR COVER WHEN
A TRIO OF ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS
SHOWER THEIR VEHICLE WITH
BULLETS.
>>> MIRACLE SURVIVOR SPEAKS.
THE MAN STRANDED IN THE WILD,
PINNED UNDER HIS ATV FOR DAYS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT HOW HE
SURVIVED.
>>> PLUS, SHOW OF SUPPORT.
THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS
EMBRACING THE GRIEVING HUSBAND
OF AN EL PASO VICTIM.
A MOVING MEMORIAL REMINDING HIM
HE IS NOT ALONE.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS
SATURDAY.
I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR TOM
LLAMAS.
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE SEVERE
STORM THREAT.
THAT HAIL COMING DOWN HARD IN
WESTERN INDIANA.
19 MILLION IN THE STORM PATH
ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MIDWEST.
THE APPARENT LIGHTNING STRIKE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A SCHOOL COUNSELOR POSTING THIS
FRIGHTENING MOMENT.
CAUGHT IN A RAINSTORM.
AND FIRE IS THE FEAR IN PARTS OF
THE TINDER DRY WEST.
THE RED-FLAG WARNINGS IN FIVE
STATE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES,
LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
THESE IMAGES FROM COLORADO.
WITNESSES SAY FIREWORKS MAY HAVE
TOUCHED OFF THAT BLAZE.
ABC'S SENIOR METEOROLOGIST
ROB MARCIANO STARTING US OFF
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: SEVERE SUMMER
STORMS HITTING THE HEARTLAND
AGAIN WITH DAMAGING WINDS
GUSTING OVER 60 MILES PER HOUR.
NEARLY 19 MILLION AMERICANS
IN THE STORM ZONE TONIGHT.
FROM THE PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST,
FIERCE WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAINS,
AND LARGE HAIL.
JUST OUTSIDE THE KANSAS CITY
METRO AREA, PUNISHING
THUNDERSTORMS TEARING ROOFTOPS
OFF BUILDINGS.
WATCH THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF
LIGHTNING NEARLY STRIKING THIS
SOUTH CAROLINA MAN.
THE BOLT MISSING HIM BY INCHES,
SEEMINGLY DIVERTED BY HIS
UMBRELLA.
JOLTED, BUT LUCKILY NO MAJOR
INJURIES REPORTED.
IN THE WEST NEAR GRAND JUNCTION,
COLORADO, THIS FIRE ERUPTING
OVERNIGHT DURING A FIREWORKS
SHOW AT A LOCAL FESTIVAL.
>> WE COULD SEE SOME OF IT COME
DOWN, AND NEXT THING WE KNEW
A TREE WAS UP AND JUST WENT.
LIKE WILDFIRE.
>> Reporter: THE FESTIVAL WAS
EVACUATED AND NO INJURIES WERE
REPORTED.
>> ROB MARCIANO JOINING US NOW.
ROB, THERE'S DANGEROUS WEATHER
YOU'RE TRACKING NOW.
>> A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF
SEVERE STORMS.
WESTERN NEW YORK, CENTRAL NEW
YORK, ITHACA TOWARDS THE CAPITAL
REGION AND ACROSS CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL.
THAT WATCH UP FOR ANOTHER COUPLE
OF HOURS.
IN KANSAS IT CAN HIGH PLAINS
THERE, SOUTH DAKOTA, A COUPLE OF
THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN BE
SEVERE.
NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY, WHICH
GOT HAMMERED LAST NIGHT, GETTING
CLOSER TO CHICAGO
IN THE MORNING.
REINVIGORATED IN THE AFTERNOON.
BY 7:00 P.M. CLEVELAND WILL BE
IN THIS.
RED-FLAG WARNINGS POSTED.
WE MENTIONED THE FIRES IN THE
WEST.
VERY LOW LEVELS OF HUMIDITY,
GUSTING WINDS THERE.
FLORIDA HIT HARD
THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS TOMORROW.
>> THOSE SUMMER STORMS YOU'LL BE
TRACKING IT.
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> NOW TO THE DAYTONA BEACH MAN
ACCUSED OF BEING
FASCINATED WITH MASS SHOOTINGS.
POLICE ARRESTING TRISTAN WIX
FOR HIS TEXT MESSAGES WHICH
DESCRIBE MASS KILLINGS IN
DISTURBING DETAIL.
JUST THE LATEST INCIDENT IN A
NATION ON EDGE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS BODY
CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT
POLICE ARRESTED A FLORIDA MAN
AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SENT A SERIES
OF TEXT MESSAGES THREATENING A
MASS SHOOTING.
TRISTAN WIX, A 25-YEAR-OLD FROM
DAYTONA BEACH WAS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY ON FRIDAY.
>> YOU HAVE ANY WEAPONS WE NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT?
>> Reporter: LOCAL POLICE WERE
ALERTED ABOUT THE TEXTS
BY AN EX-GIRLFRIEND.
>> HE WANTS TO DIE AND HAVE FUN
WHILE HE'S DIEING AND HE WANTS
TO SHOOT PEOPLE THE WAY THE
SNIPER DID IN LAS VEGAS.
>> Reporter: THE TEXT MESSAGES
RELEASED BY POLICE.
IN ONE MESSAGE WIX WRITES --
A SCHOOL IS A WEAK TARGET.
I'D BE MORE THAN LIKELY TO OPEN
FIRE ON A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE
FROM OVER 3 MILES AWAY.
I'D WANNA BREAK A WORLD RECORD
FOR LONGEST CONFIRMED KILL
EVER.
IN ANOTHER HE WRITES --
A GOOD 100 KILLS WOULD BE NICE.
I ALREADY HAVE A LOCATION.
AFTER RECENT MASSACRES IN
EL PASO AND DAYTON, THE FBI
IS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP
TO STOP POTENTIAL COPYCATS.
IN WEST CHESTER COUNTY, NEW
YORK, A DOCTOR WAS ARRESTED.
POLICE SAY HE HAD AN ARSENAL OF
WEAPONS USED TO THREATEN HIS
EX-WIFE'S FAMILY.
AND IN CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
UNIVERSITY, THIS MAN WAS
ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY POSTING
ONLINE ABOUT INTEREST IN
COMMITTING A MASS SHOOTING.
EVEN USING INSTAGRAM TO SHOW
HIMSELF SUPPOSEDLY WEARING BODY
ARMOR AND A HELMET.
WIX HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING
WRITTEN THREATS.
HE'S CURRENTLY BEING HELD
WITHOUT BOND.
WHIT?
>> OUR THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT.
>>> NEXT IT CAN INVESTIGATION OF
JEFFERY EPSTEIN, THE ACCUSED SEX
TRAFFICKER STUNNING THE WORLD,
TAKING HIS OWN LIFE IN A
MANHATTAN JAIL CELL.
THE OFFICIAL AUTOPSY RESULTS
JUST ANNOUNCED BY THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER AND WHAT HIS LEGAL TEAM
IS VOWING TONIGHT.
HERE'S STEPHANIE RAMOS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT
JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ATTORNEYS
QUESTIONING WHETHER HIS DEATH
WAS A SUICIDE, SAYING THEY ARE
NOT SATISFIED WITH THE RULING.
THEY CLAIM, IT IS INDISPUTABLE
THAT THE AUTHORITIES VIOLATED
THEIR OWN PROTOCOLS, AND THAT
THEY PLAN TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN
INVESTIGATION AND WILL EVEN
PURSUE, QUOTE, LEGAL ACTION TO
VIEW THE PIVOTAL VIDEOS --
IF THEY EXIST AS THEY SHOULD --
OF THE AREA PROXIMATE TO
MR. EPSTEIN'S CELL.
SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT
EPSTEIN, WHO WAS AWAITING TRIAL
ON FEDERAL SEX TRAFFICKING
CHARGES, HANGED HIMSELF WITH A
BED SHEET.
HIS ACCUSERS VOWING TO GET
JUSTICE.
>> WHILE I AM ANGRY THAT
MR. EPSTEIN'S DEATH MEANS HE'LL
NEVER PERSONALLY ANSWER TO ME IN
A COURT OF LAW, MY RESOLVE IS
PURSUE JUSTICE HAS ONLY
STRENGTHENED.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT NEW DETAILS
EMERGING ABOUT HIS FINAL DAYS IN
PRISON.
ACCORDING TO "THE NEW YORK
TIMES," EPSTEIN TRIED TO PROTECT
HIMSELF FROM OTHER INMATES BY
TRANSFERRING MONEY INTO THEIR
COMMISSARY ACCOUNTS.
HE REPORTEDLY PAID HIS LAWYERS
TO VISIT THE JAIL FOR AS MANY AS
12 HOURS A DAY, GIVING HIM THE
RIGHT TO SEE THEM IN A PRIVATE
MEETING ROOM.
"THE TIMES" ALSO REPORTING HE
SELDOM BATHED.
HIS HAIR AND BEARD WERE UNKEMPT.
THESE DETAILS COMING OUT AS THE
INVESTIGATION INTO EPSTEIN'S
ALLEGATIONS INTENSIFY, WITH
AUTHORITIES SEARCHING HIS
PROPERTIES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND
NEW MEXICO, LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE
THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE CONSPIRED
WITH HIM.
>> JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS
NETWORK OF ENABLERS STOLE FROM
ME.
>> STEPHANIE RAMOS JOINING US
LIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CASES FILED
IN THE COURT WITH THOSE
ACCUSERS, ATTEMPTING TO GO AFTER
POTENTIAL COCONSPIRATORS.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
TWO WOMEN ARE SUING HIS ESTATE.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
LAWSUIT FILED BY HIS LONG TIME
FRIEND GHISLAINE MAXWELL WHO'S
ALSO ACCUSED OF RECRUITING FOR
HIM.
MAXWELL DENIES WRONG DOING.
>>> NEXT TO THE INTENSIFYING WAR
OF WORDS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT
AND THE CONGRESSWOMEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP URGING ISRAEL
TO BAR TWO AMERICANS VISITING.
SWIPES GETTING PERSONAL AGAINST
RASHIDA TLAIB AND GETTING
AN EMOTIONAL REACTION.
RACHEL SCOTT REPORTING FROM NEAR
THE PRESIDENT'S RESORT IN
BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY.
>> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL
CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB
TELLING HER CONSTITUENTS WHY SHE
REJECTED ISRAEL'S OFFER TO VISIT
HER ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER IN THE
WEST BANK.
>> THANK YOU FOR TODAY ALLOWING
ME NOT JUST TO BE YOUR CONGRESS
MEMBER, BUT ALSO A GRANDDAUGHTER
OF A -- OF A GRANDMOTHER LIVING
IN OCCUPATION.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: SHE APPLIED TO
VISIT ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS
AFTER BEING DENIED ENTRY FOR HER
POLITICAL VIEWS.
SHE WAS GRANTED THAT OFFER ON
THE CONDITION SHE DID NOT SPEAK
OUT AGAINST ISRAEL.
INITIALLY ACCEPTING, THEN SAYING
WITH HER FAMILY'S SUPPORT, SHE
CHANGED HER MIND.
>> MY FAMILY, MY UNCLE --
EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, THERE WILL
BE A DARK CLOUD OVER YOU IF YOU
COME WITH THEM FORCING YOU TO
BOW DOWN.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEK,
PRESIDENT TRUMP LEANED ON
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO STOP TLAIB
AND CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR,
FROM TRAVELING TO ISRAEL.
TWEETING, IT WOULD SHOW GREAT
WEAKNESS.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE A
TERRIBLE THING, FRANKLY, FOR
ISRAEL TO LET THESE TWO PEOPLE
WHO SPEAK SO BADLY ABOUT ISRAEL
TO COME IN.
>> Reporter: NETANYAHU LISTENED,
CANCELING THE VISIT OF TWO
ELECTED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OVER
THEIR SUPPORT OF THE BOYCOTT
ISRAEL MOVEMENT.
TLAIB WAS ALSO PLANNING TO SEE
HER FAMILY, INCLUDING HER
GRANDMOTHER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP QUICKLY TURNED
HIS POLITICAL PLAY INTO A
PERSONAL ATTACK, TWEETING,
THE ONLY REAL WINNER HERE IS
TLAIB'S GRANDMOTHER.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO SEE HER
NOW.
QUESTIONING IF THE WHOLE THING
WAS A COMPLETE SETUP.
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI USING
THE PRESIDENT'S OWN WORD --
"WEAKNESS" -- AGAINST HIM AND
NETANYAHU.
>> WE CANNOT LET THEIR
WEAKNESSES STAND IN THE WAY OF
OUR ONGOING RELATIONSHIP.
>> RACHEL SCOTT JOINING US NOW
FROM NEW JERSEY.
RACHEL, DEMOCRATS INCLUDING SOME
OF HIS 2020 RIVALS QUICK TO
REACT HERE, ACCUSING PRESIDENT
TRUMP OF POLITICIZING THE
U.S./ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP CALLING
IT A MISTAKE IN THE LONG RUN.
>> EXACTLY, WHIT.
SOME AT DEMOCRATS SAY THIS IS
MORE THAN ANOTHER ATTACK FROM
THE PRESIDENT.
THEY SAY POLITICS LIKE THIS
WEAKEN OUR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND
WILL ONLY HURT THE U.S./ISRAELI
RELATIONSHIP.
WHIT?
>> RACHEL SCOTT IN NEW JERSEY.
THANK YOU.
>>> THIS PROGRAMMING NOTE, MORE
ON THIS AND THE LATEST ON THE
2020 RACE TOMORROW MORNING ON
"THIS WEEK."
>>> WE MOVE ON TO THE DEADLY
EXPLOSION OVERSEAS.
DOZENS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN,
INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
MANY WOUNDED WHEN A BLAST RIPPED
THROUGH AWE PACKED WEDDING HALL
IN WESTERN KABUL.
HUNDREDS MAY HAVE BEEN INSIDE
AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.
THE VIOLENT SHATTERING MORE THAN
A WEEK OF CALM IN THE AFGHAN
CAPITAL.
>>> NOW TO THE RISING TENSIONS
ON THE STREETS OF HONG KONG.
POLICE AND PROTESTERS GOING INTO
AN 11th WEEK OF CLASHES AS
GATHERING CHINESE FORCES LOOM
ACROSS THE BORDER.
THE BIG QUESTION ON EVERYBODY'S
MIND -- WILL CHINA STORM THE
CITY?
IAN PANNELL REPORTING FROM A
REGION ON THE BRINK.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, TENSIONS
MOUNTING IN HONG KONG.
ON THE STREETS OF THIS GLOBAL
FINANCIAL CENTER, A DANGEROUS
GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE BETWEEN
POLICE AND PROTESTERS WHO ARE
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF BACKING
DOWN.
A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AND HIGHLY
VOLATILE SITUATION HERE IN HONG
KONG.
PROTESTERS SURROUNDED THE POLICE
STATION EARLIER.
NOW YOU CAN SEE THE RIOT POLICE
HAVE COME OUT IN FORCE.
SOME PROTESTERS DROPPING DEBRIS
FROM BUILDINGS AT POLICE.
THIS OFFICER POINTING HIS GUN IN
RETURN.
OUR CLAYTON SANDELL IS ALSO ON
THE SCENE.
>> POLICE ARE NOW RUNNING
TOWARD THE PROTESTERS.
THEY ARE CHARGING FORWARD NOW,
HEADED FOR THE CROWDS.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE NO
SERIOUS CLASHES TONIGHT.
BUT THERE'S NOW A GROWING FEAR
ABOUT WHERE THIS ALL GOES.
AND JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY,
CHINESE PARAMILITARY TROOPS
STAGING BY THE THOUSANDS IN THIS
STADIUM.
TANKS READY AND DRILLS CONDUCTED
RIGHT ON THE HONG KONG BORDER,
A THINLY-VEILED THREAT.
THE CITY, A SEMIAUTONOMOUS
CHINESE TERRITORY, IS NOW
BRACING FOR WHAT COULD BE THE
BIGGEST DEMONSTRATION YET IN
JUST A FEW HOURS' TIME.
PROTESTERS BOTH SUPPORTING AND
AGAINST CHINA.
>> WE ARE NOT CHINESE!
>> Reporter: TAKING TO THE
STREETS EARLIER.
YOU'RE NOT SCARED?
>> I'M SCARED, OF COURSE.
REALLY SCARED.
BUT I THINK THIS IS WORTH IT TO
FIND OUR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM.
>> Reporter: CHINA'S LEADERS
WARNING THEY'VE ENOUGH POWER
TO QUELL THIS UNREST.
11 WEEKS OF CLASHES STARTED WITH
PROTESTERS SUCCESSFULLY DELAYING
A PROPOSED EXTRADITION BILL WITH
CHINA.
THIS WEEK COMING TO A HEAD IN
VIOLENT ALTERCATIONS IN ONE OF
THE WORLD'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS,
AND TONIGHT FEARS IT WILL ONLY
GET WORSE.
>> A VOLATILE SITUATION.
IAN PANNELL JOINING US FROM HONG
KONG.
IAN, AS YOU MENTIONED THERE,
WITH THE CITY BRACING FOR WHAT
COULD BE THAT BIGGEST
DEMONSTRATION YET, THE CLASHES
DRAGGING INTO AN 11th WEEK.
DO THE PROTESTER HAVE ONE COMMON
GOAL HERE?
>> Reporter: THE PROTESTERS HAVE
FIVE CLEAR DEMANDS, BUT THEY DO
ALL REVOLVE AROUND HAVING
MORE FREEDOM AND CONTROL AND
RESISTING CHINESE INTERFERENCE
IN THEIR OWN AFFAIRS.
FOR CHINA, THEY FEAR WHAT THIS
IS REALLY ABOUT IS TRYING TO GET
INDEPENDENCE, AND IF THEY MAKE
ANY CONCESSIONS HERE IT WILL SET
A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT BACK HOME.
THE GULF BETWEEN THESE TWO
SIDES IS NOW DANGEROUSLY WIDE.
>> IAN, THANK YOU.
>>> BACK HERE AT HOME TO THE NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW YORK CITY
BOMB SCARE.
THE POLICE TELLING ABC NEWS THEY
HAVE TAKEN A PERSON OF INTEREST
INTO CUSTODY.
LARRY GRIFFIN OF WEST VIRGINIA,
HOSPITALIZED FROM A POSSIBLE
DRUG OVERDOSE.
HE FACES QUESTIONING RELATED TO
RICE COOKERS FOUND.
SPARKING FEAR.
BOMB SQUAD INVESTIGATORS
DETERMINED THEY WERE SAFE.
>>> NOW TO THE MOVING MEMORIAL
FOR AN EL PASO SHOOTING VICTIM
AND A HUSBAND ASKING FOR HELP.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS PICTURE
OF ANTONIO BRASCO.
LOSING HIS WIFE OF 22 YEARS IN
THAT MASS SHOOTING.
HIS INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC
AND WHAT IT INSPIRED.
THOUSANDS OF STRANGERS SHOWING
UP TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
>> Reporter: A COMMUNITY RIPPED
APART BY TRAGEDY.
TONIGHT, UNITED AT ONE FAMILY.
EL PASO COMING OUT IN FORCE TO
SUPPORT THIS MAN, ANTONIO
BRASCO, BURYING HIS WIFE OF 22
YEARS.
>> SHE'S ONE OF US.
THAT'S WHY.
>> Reporter: ANTONIO'S WIFE
MARGIE RECKARD WAS SHOPPING AT
WALMART ON AUGUST 3rd
WHEN THE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE,
TAKING 22 LIVES.
ANTONIO FEARED HE WOULD MOURN
HIS DEVASTATING LOSS ALONE.
THESE IMAGES CAPTURING THE
NATION'S ATTENTION.
A MAN WIDOWED, LEFT WITH NO
OTHER FAMILY, INVITING ANYONE
TO ATTEND HIS LATE WIFE'S
SERVICE.
LAST NIGHT, EL PASOENS ARRIVED
BY THE THOUSANDS TO SUPPORT HIM.
>> WE DIDN'T KNOW MARGIE, BUT I
HAD TO TELL MY FAMILY, WE HAVE
TO BE THERE AS A FAMILY, ALL OF
US.
>> Reporter: THEY WAITED FOR
HOUR OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT.
>> WE LOVE YOU.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: FOR JUST A FEW
MOMENTS WITH ANTONIO.
>> I LOVE Y'ALL, MAN.
>> Reporter: THE COMMUNITY
PROMISING HIM THEY WILL BE THERE
FOR HIM.
>> AS UNITED THAT EL PASO IS.
AND AS STRONG AS EL PASO IS,
WE WILL HEAL.
>> Reporter: ANTONIO TONIGHT
OVERCOME BY GRIEF AND GRATITUDE.
>> I LOVE EL PASO.
I'M GLAD TO BE YOUR FAMILY.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, ALL 22
VICTIMS OF THE MASSACRE IN
EL PASO LAID TO REST.
THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THIS
COMMUNITY, NONE OF THE FAMILIES
PAID A CENT IN FUNERAL COSTS.
>> AN INSPIRING SHOW OF SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
>>> MUCH MORE AHEAD THIS
SATURDAY.
CONFRONTATIONS TURNING VIOLENT
BETWEEN OPPOSING GROUPS IN
PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE NEW IMAGES JUST COMING IN.
>>> A SUSPECT SMASHING DISPLAYS
WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.
HOW THE OWNER CHASED THE THIEVES
AWAY.
>>> THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOOTOUT
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
THREE SUSPECTED BANG ROBBER
SHOOTING AT DEPUTIES.
HOW IT ALL CAME TO AN END.
>>> BACK NOW WITH THE SHOOTOUT
BETWEEN ALLEGED BANK ROBBERS AND
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.
THE SUSPECTS OPENING FIRE IN A
SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER A
WILD CHASE.
HERE'S ABC'S TREVOR AULT.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE
TERRIFYING DASHCAM VIDEO OF A
DANGEROUS SHOOTOUT IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
A TRIO OF SUSPECTED BANK ROBBERS
IN THE MIDST OF A HALF-HOUR
POLICE CHASE, HITTING A DEAD-END
AND STARTING A GUN BATTLE.
[ GUNSHOTS ]
TWO SUSPECTS FIRING MORE THAN
A DOZEN ROUNDS BEFORE A DEPUTY
CALLS FOR BACKUP.
>> SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.
>> Reporter: THEN THE THIRD
SUSPECT WITH SHOTS OF HIS OWN.
A SECOND DEPUTY RETURNING FIRE,
HITTING THAT SUSPECT IN THE
THIGH AND CALF AS HE FLEES.
>> THEY'RE OUT HERE ON A
RAMPAGE, SHOOTING, ROBBING, JUST
DOING WHATEVER.
>> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY THE
CHASE BEGAN HERE INSIDE A CREDIT
UNION WHERE THE SUSPECTS
DEMANDED AND MADE OFF WITH CASH.
THESE NEWLY RELEASED IMAGES
SHOWING THE ROBBERS DONNING
MASKS, ARMED WITH EXTENDED
MAGAZINES AND GUNS DESIGNED FOR
A HIGH RATE OF FIRE AND MINIMAL
ACCURACY -- WHAT THE SHERIFF
CALLED INSTRUMENTS OF DEATH.
>> THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO
PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY IS TO PUT
THESE PEOPLE IN PRISON AND THEY
STAY THERE.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT ALL THREE
OF THESE SUSPECTS ARE IN
CUSTODY.
THEY ARE ALL FACING MULTIPLE
COUNTS OF BANK ROBBERY AND
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
WHIT?
>> TREVOR, THANK YOU.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE RIVER
RESCUE CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
FIVE PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN
THROWN INTO THE WATER AFTER A
BOAT COLLISION.
NEARBY FISHERMEN STEPPING IN TO
HELP OUT.
>>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS.
TENSE STANDOFFS BETWEEN OPPOSING
GROUPS IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
A RALLY OF FAR RIGHT ACTIVISTS
WAS MET THE COUNTERPROTESTERS ON
THE FAR LEFT.
POLICE HAD TO BREAK UP A HANDFUL
OF SMALL CLASHES BETWEEN
DEMONSTRATORS.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
SEVERAL ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
>>> A BRAZEN SMASH AND GRAB
ROBBERY CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE
SUSPECT SMASHING A JEWELRY
DISPLAY CASE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER
AT A STORE?
SANTA MONICA.
THE OWNER.
AS TO PUSH ONE SUSPECT OUTSIDE
WHEN A SECOND SUSPECT HITS HIM
WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER.
THEY ALL THEN TAKE OFF.
THREE TEENAGER AND ONE ADULT
LATER ARRESTED.
>>> TO MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THREE
ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN RESCUED
AFTER THEIR BOAT CAPSIZED.
VIDEO SHOWS THREE PASSENGERS
CLINGING TO THE OVERTURNED BOAT
IN THE RIVER.
THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE BOAT
FLIPPED OVER WHEN IT COLLIDED
WITH A FISHING VESSEL.
THE FISHERMEN HELPED PULL FOUR
PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER.
THE CAPTAIN ALSO RESCUED.
>>> AN IDAHO MAN LUCKY TO BE
ALIVE AFTER PINNED BY HIS ATV
FOR THREE DAYS.
HOWARD COATES SAYS HE WAS OUT
FOR A RIDE WHEN HE CRASHED INTO
A TREE AND BECAME TRAPPED UNDER
THE FOUR-WHEELER.
THE 66-YEAR-OLD USED PARTS OF
HIS TOOLBOX TO SURVIVE.
>> TOOK THE TOP OFF MY TOOLBOX
AND USED THAT TO CATCH RAIN
WATER.
I DON'T MUCH BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
BUT MY WIFE SAYS IT IS.
>> HARD TO DISAGREE WITH THAT.
COATES WAS EVENTUALLY
DISCOVERED BY HIS SON AND
BROTHER.
HE'S RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN
HIP.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA
STRONG.
THE EMOTIONAL FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL FOR A TOWN REBUILDING
FROM WILDFIRE AND THEIR HOPE FOR
THE FUTURE..
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, RISING FROM
THE ASHES.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND A
FRESH START FOR A TOWN RAVAGED
BY WILDFIRES.
AMERICA STRONG.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL, A YEARLY RITUAL FOR KIDS
AND PARENTS WITH SMILES,
BACKPACKS, EVEN SOME ANXIETY.
THE STUDENTS HERE LOOKING LIKE
SO MANY OTHERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THERE YOU GO.
SMILE.
>> Reporter: BUT AT PARADISE
RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ITS
BOTH A HOMECOMING A NEW
BEGINNING.
>> A LITTLE NERVOUS TODAY.
>> Reporter: THESE ARE THE KIDS
OF PARADISE CALIFORNIA, THE TOWN
DESTROYED BY RAGING FIRES LAST
YEAR, THEIR HOMES AND THEIR
LIVES GOING UP IN FLAMES.
>> WE GRABBED OUR ANIMALS AND
SOME FOOD AND SOME CLOTHES AND
WE'RE GETTING THE HECK OUT OF
HERE.
>> Reporter: MANY RESIDENTS OF
PARADISE STILL LIVE MILES AWAY
IN MAKESHIFT HOUSING.
BUT PARENTS LIKE THE
SPRINGSTEENS, WHO LOST THEIR
HOME, ARE DETERMINED TO RETURN
TO PARADISE, AND THAT STARTS
WITH BRINGING THEIR THREE KIDS
TO SCHOOL HERE.
>> BECAUSE THIS IS OUR TOWN, WE
ARE PLANNING ON MOVING BACK, AND
WE WANT TO SUPPORT IT EVERY
WHICH WAY WE CAN.
>> Reporter: BY SCHOOL BUS AND
BY CAR, MORE THAN 400 STUDENTS
NOW ATTENDING THIS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
PARADISE MOM SHAWNTA HANSBOROUGH
KNOWS THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE SHE
WANTS HER KIDS TO BE.
>> WE WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE
IN PARADISE, AND WE ARE
COMMITTED TO BUILDING PARADISE
BACK UP, REBUILDING OUR HOME.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO
LIVE.
>> Reporter: THE CHILDREN AND
PARENTS OF PARADISE -- BACK TO
SCHOOL HAND IN HAND, STARTING
OVER TOGETHER.
WELCOME HOME TO ALL OF THEM.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK.
"GMA" AND "THIS WEEK" IN
MORNING.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE
TOMORROW.