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00:00Tonight, Hurricane Ernesto takes aim at Bermuda and is making an impact along the East Coast.
00:06Vice President Kamala Harris unveils her economic plan, and a suspect is charged in a scheme
00:11to auction off Graceland.
00:12First, Hurricane Ernesto, now a Category 2 storm, closing in on Bermuda with winds up
00:17to 100 miles per hour.
00:19The airport is closed, cruise ships are leaving the docks, the storm churning up the surf,
00:24causing life-threatening rip currents up and down the East Coast.
00:27At least 30 rip current deaths already reported in the U.S. this year.
00:31The race for the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris reveals her economic vision
00:34for this country, calling for programs to help families buy homes and cut the costs
00:38of groceries and medicine.
00:40Donald Trump faces backlash from some veterans for saying the Presidential Medal of Freedom
00:44he awarded to a top campaign donor is, quote, much better than the Medal of Honor given
00:50to the nation's greatest military heroes who have sacrificed in war.
00:54A potential breakthrough in ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas.
00:57President Biden sounding optimistic, saying, we are closer than we've ever been.
01:02The verdict in a trial that's making national headlines.
01:05The white woman charged with shooting a black mother through the door of her home while
01:08the victim and her son were standing outside.
01:11A suspect charged in a scheme to steal Graceland and defraud the family of Elvis Presley.
01:16Prosecutors reveal alarming new details about the death of actor Matthew Perry.
01:20But we're now learning about the state of his addiction after five suspects were accused
01:24of supplying and administering the drug that killed him.
01:28And America strong tonight.
01:29Two sisters and a surprise homecoming in front of the entire elementary school.
01:35USA!
01:36USA!
01:37From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Muir.
01:51Good evening, everyone.
01:52Thanks so much for joining us on this Friday.
01:53I'm Lindsay Davis in for David.
01:54We begin with Hurricane Ernesto kicking up rip currents and high surf all along the East
01:59Coast on one of the last weekends of the summer.
02:02Ernesto is now a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mile an hour winds more than 700 miles
02:07off the U.S. mainland, Bermuda directly in its path.
02:11The National Weather Service now issuing alerts for high surf and rip currents up and down
02:15the East Coast.
02:16The waves kicking up on New Jersey's Long Beach Island reports tonight that a man has
02:20drowned off Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.
02:23The cause still unclear.
02:25Crews are getting ready on New York's Jones Beach, but so far this year, rip currents
02:28have killed at least 30 people in the U.S. and its territories.
02:32Bermuda is bracing for the hurricane's arrival, locking down, closing the airport, opening
02:37shelters and waiting for the storm to pass.
02:40Meteorologist Brittany Bell has the forecast and timing in a moment.
02:43But first, ABC's Morgan Norwood leads us off from Hamilton, Bermuda tonight.
02:46Morgan, looks like the wind and rain already starting to pick up.
02:50Hi, Lindsay.
02:51Yes, here in Hamilton, Bermuda, the conditions here are certainly deteriorating.
02:56You named it, from the wind to the rain.
02:58We are getting in on it all.
02:59But look, none of this compares to Hurricane Ernesto's strongest winds, which are on track
03:04to slam right into this tiny island.
03:07Tonight, after battering Puerto Rico and the Leeward Island, Hurricane Ernesto is bearing
03:13down on Bermuda.
03:14We are facing an intense and prolonged period of at least 36 hours of sustained winds and
03:21dangerous weather conditions.
03:22Marinas deserted, cruise ships gone.
03:25Tom and Darlene Fernandez are here on vacation from South Carolina.
03:28They know about hurricanes.
03:30We know what to expect, but the anxiety of being in a foreign place while the storm is
03:35coming, that's the unnerving part.
03:38Even though it's churning hundreds of miles offshore, Ernesto will still bring dangerous
03:42surf and potentially deadly rip currents to beaches up and down the east coast of the
03:46U.S.
03:47At New York's Jones Beach, crews building sand berms to help keep the waves at bay,
03:51warning beachgoers to be careful.
03:54Water's been very rough going forward this weekend.
03:55We're predicting very serious and very strong rip currents.
03:59And here in Bermuda, there is a strict building code, which means all buildings must be able
04:03to withstand 110 mile per hour sustained winds.
04:07So that means structures like this, as the storm continues to move through, will certainly
04:11be put to the test, Lindsay.
04:12We hope everyone is able to stay safe.
04:15Morgan, thank you.
04:16I want to get right to meteorologist Brittany Bell from our New York station, WABC.
04:20Brittany, Ernesto is not just a threat to Bermuda, it looks like it could be a dangerous
04:23weekend along the east coast with that rip current threat.
04:28That's right, Lindsay.
04:29So even though Ernesto stays about 700 miles off the east coast, it will bring life-threatening
04:34rip currents and rough surf throughout the entire weekend.
04:37Right now, Ernesto is a Category 2 hurricane and it will hit Bermuda as a Category 1 late
04:43tonight through early tomorrow morning with max sustained winds near 90 miles per hour.
04:47Also bringing heavy rainfall and dangerous storm surge that continues moving north throughout
04:52the Atlantic as a Category 1, but still looking at that high rip current risk.
04:56It will bring impressive waves.
04:58Look at this forecast.
04:59Waves approaching 5 to 9 feet starting Saturday, lasting into Sunday, even staying elevated
05:05on Monday.
05:06There's even a threat for coastal flooding along the mid-Atlantic and that rip current
05:11risk stays elevated potentially Monday into early Tuesday.
05:14A closer look at the forecast along the eastern seaboard this weekend.
05:17Saturday stays mainly dry, maybe an isolated shower with high temperatures ranging from
05:21the upper 70s and the lower 80s.
05:23Lindsay?
05:24Beachgoers, of course, going to want to heed those warnings.
05:27Brittany, thank you.
05:28Today, Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first major policy speech about a concern
05:32that is top of mind for many voters, the economy.
05:35She is promising what she calls an opportunity economy with programs to help Americans lower
05:40costs and build wealth and to protect them from corporate greed.
05:43With more on the specifics of the bright vice president's to-do list, we turn to ABC's Selena
05:47Wang who's traveling with the vice president in North Carolina tonight.
05:51Tonight, Vice President Kamala Harris in her first major policy speech, casting herself
05:57as a champion of the middle class.
06:00Pushing up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.
06:06Harris acknowledging that even as inflation slows, middle class families are still feeling
06:11the pinch.
06:12The vice president says she's been there.
06:15Later in college, I worked at McDonald's to earn spending money while some of the people
06:20I worked with were raising families on that paycheck.
06:25They worked second or even third jobs to pay rent and buy food.
06:31That only gets harder when the cost of living goes up.
06:35Harris zeroing in on pocketbook issues, proposing a ban on corporate price gouging on food and
06:40groceries, up to $25,000 in down payment support for first time homeowners, a tax credit of
06:47up to $6,000 for families with a newborn and capping the cost of insulin at $35 in out
06:54of pocket expenses for prescription drugs at $2,000.
06:57Tonight, many questions remain about how Harris would get her plan through Congress and how
07:03it would be paid for.
07:04But in North Carolina, the vice president focused on drawing a contrast with Donald
07:09Trump.
07:10He plans to give billionaires massive tax cuts year after year.
07:14You know, I think that if you want to know who someone cares about, look who they fight
07:19for.
07:21And she attacked Trump's proposal for tariffs on all imports.
07:25It will mean higher prices on just about every one of your daily needs.
07:31A Trump tax on gas, a Trump tax on food, a Trump tax on clothing, a Trump tax on over
07:41the counter medication.
07:43Tonight, the Trump campaign firing back, bashing Harris's economic plan as extremely damaging
07:49and a massive expansion of government control.
07:53Selena Wang joins us now from Morrisville, North Carolina.
07:56Selena, the vice president, of course, chose North Carolina to roll out her plan, a key
08:00battleground state she's certainly hoping to capture in November.
08:05That's right, Lindsay.
08:06This is a state that Donald Trump won twice, but Harris is gaining ground here in the polls
08:10and she's hoping to make a dent this weekend.
08:12She's barnstorming battleground Pennsylvania with Tim Walz trying to keep up the momentum
08:17all the way through the Democratic National Convention.
08:19Selena, thank you so much.
08:21ABC News will cover the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, beginning
08:25Monday in primetime streaming on ABC News Live at 7 p.m. Eastern and then here on the
08:29network at 10 p.m. Monday night.
08:32Former President Trump's comments about veterans are sparking a new controversy tonight after
08:36he said the Presidential Medal of Freedom that's given to civilians is actually, quote,
08:40much better than the highest military honor given to those who have served.
08:44ABC's Rachel Scott has more.
08:47Donald Trump tonight fending off criticism that he insulted veterans when he said the
08:51nation's highest civilian honor, the Medal of Freedom, is, quote, much better than the
08:56Medal of Honor, which is reserved for America's greatest war heroes.
09:00Trump was addressing Republican mega donor Miriam Adelson, who he awarded the Medal of
09:05Freedom when he was in office.
09:06We gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
09:10That's the highest award you can get as a civilian.
09:13It's the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version.
09:18It's actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor.
09:22That soldiers, they're either in very bad shape because they've been hit so many times
09:27by bullets or they're dead.
09:29She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman.
09:33Tonight Senator Mark Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot, saying when the Medal of Honor
09:37is awarded posthumously, it's often to Americans who have thrown themselves on grenades or
09:42braved enemy fire, heroes who have paid the ultimate price to save others.
09:47Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu, an Air Force veteran, adding the Presidential Medal of
09:51Freedom award you gave to your donor is not better than the Congressional Medal of Honor
09:55given to military heroes.
09:57But Trump's running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, who served as a Marine in Iraq, defending
10:02the former president.
10:03I don't think him complimenting and saying a nice word about a person who received the
10:07Presidential Medal of Freedom is in any way denigrating those who received military honors
10:12They're two different awards and I think the president was saying some nice things about
10:15a person that he liked and that's a totally reasonable thing to do.
10:18Trump himself never served in uniform.
10:20He sought four deferments and one medical disqualification, citing bone spurs in his
10:24foot to avoid going to Vietnam.
10:27In the past, he's attacked former prisoners of war like Senator John McCain, who spent
10:31five years in captivity.
10:33He's not a war hero.
10:34He's a war hero.
10:35He is a war hero.
10:36Five and a half years.
10:37He's a war hero because he was captured.
10:38I like people that weren't captured, OK?
10:40I hate to tell you.
10:41Trump's former chief of staff, retired General John Kelly, also said Trump once refused to
10:45visit the graves of fallen American soldiers in France, calling them, quote, losers, something
10:50Trump has denied.
10:52Tonight the Harris campaign insists Trump's latest comments prove he, quote, knows nothing
10:56about service to anyone or anything but himself.
11:01With the first presidential debate now less than a month away, tonight we are learning
11:04that Donald Trump's campaign is bringing in former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard to help
11:09with his debate preparations.
11:10Gabbard, who was once a Democrat herself, ran for president back in 2019 and faced off
11:15against Kamala Harris on that debate stage.
11:18Lindsay.
11:19Rachel Scott for us.
11:20Thanks so much, as always.
11:21And the first vice presidential debate is now set.
11:23Governor Tim Walz and Senator J.D. Vance have both agreed to face off on October 1st.
11:27And, of course, ABC News will have the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and
11:31Vice President Harris on September 10th.
11:34Overseas, now a rare glimmer of hope in the war between Israel and Hamas.
11:38After two days of talks on a ceasefire and hostage release, President Biden says we are
11:42closer than we've ever been.
11:44More talks are now set for next week, even as the violence in Gaza and the West Bank
11:48rages on.
11:49ABC's Tom Sufi-Burge reports once again from Tel Aviv.
11:53Tonight, as Israeli airstrikes continue in the Gaza Strip, what could be a major breakthrough
11:59are those ceasefire talks in Doha.
12:02The U.S., Egypt and Qatar talking up the chances of a deal between Israel and Hamas.
12:07We are closer than we've ever been.
12:09I don't want to jinx anything.
12:11The U.S. and other mediators admitting specific issues still need to be worked out, but hoping
12:16an agreement could be finalized as soon as next week.
12:21If that were to happen, it could dial down regional tensions.
12:23Today, we witnessed the aftermath of a raid by armed Israeli settlers on a Palestinian
12:28village in the occupied West Bank.
12:31The settlers destroyed people's cars.
12:33They threw Molotov cocktails at people's homes.
12:36We told women and children inside feared for their lives.
12:40One villager was shot dead.
12:42Surveillance video capturing the settlers dousing someone's property with accelerant,
12:47setting it alight.
12:48Your child was sitting here when they threw a Molotov cocktail through the window.
12:52Ahmed calling it a savage attack.
12:55This was unprovoked.
12:56There was no incident before.
12:58No, no, no, nothing, nothing.
13:00They just came, came suddenly with no reason.
13:04And tonight, President Biden warning Iran and its proxies not to launch retaliatory
13:09strikes against Israel for two assassinations while those ceasefire negotiations are ongoing,
13:14saying in a statement, no one in the region should take actions to undermine this process.
13:19Lindsay.
13:20Tom Sufibird reporting from Tel Aviv, Tom, thank you.
13:23Next tonight, a top Ukrainian official says for the first time that Ukraine's offensive
13:27inside Russia aims to persuade Russia to engage in peace talks.
13:31New video from the Ukrainian military shows their forces crossing deeper into Russian
13:35territory.
13:37Tanks firing at a border point in Sucha in Russia's Kursk region.
13:40But even as the Ukrainians advance, Russia is closing in on a key city in Ukraine's east.
13:45Residents there are being urged to evacuate.
13:48Back here in the U.S. tonight, a Florida jury has convicted a white woman of first degree
13:51felony manslaughter for the deadly shooting of her neighbor, a black mother of four, during
13:56an ongoing dispute over the neighbor's children.
13:59Susan Lawrence fired through her front door at AJ Owens, who was unarmed and standing
14:03outside with her now 10-year-old son.
14:06The all-white jury rejected Lawrence's claim that she feared for her life.
14:10She now faces up to 30 years in prison.
14:13Next tonight, a suspect has been charged in a complicated scheme to steal Graceland and
14:17defraud the family of Elvis Presley.
14:19Prosecutors say Lisa Finley used multiple aliases trying to foreclose on Elvis's home
14:24and sell it at auction, claiming his late daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, had put up the
14:28estate as collateral for a loan she didn't repay.
14:31Here's ABC's Eva Pildrum.
14:33Tonight, a Missouri woman charged with allegedly trying to steal Graceland and defraud Elvis
14:38Presley's family out of millions.
14:41Federal officials say Lisa Finley created a scheme falsely claiming Lisa Marie Presley
14:46put the famous estate up as collateral for a loan she didn't repay before her death in
14:512023.
14:53But that loan didn't exist.
14:56Prosecutors say Finley allegedly took advantage of the very public and tragic occurrences
15:00in the Presley family for her personal gain, using fake names to make fake loan documents
15:06and even filing a creditor's claim in court, hoping to cash in by threatening to foreclose
15:12and auction Graceland to the highest bidder earlier this year.
15:16Just hours before the Memphis, Tennessee mansion, one of the most famous homes in the country
15:20was to be sold, a major break in this case.
15:24This notary stamp stopped the sale.
15:27When you saw the signature, what about it stood out to you?
15:31That it looks absolutely nothing like my signature.
15:34Kimberly Philbrick, a notary public in Daytona Beach, Florida, telling us she never notarized
15:39the fake loan documents, testifying in front of a grand jury earlier this week that brought
15:44the charges against Finley.
15:47Finley is facing up to 20 years behind bars for these charges and this arrest coming on
15:52a significant date.
15:53Elvis Presley died 47 years ago today at Graceland.
15:58Lindsay.
15:59Eva Pilgrim reporting.
16:00Thanks so much, Eva.
16:01When we come back, prosecutors reveal alarming details about Matthew Perry's addiction following
16:06the arrest of five suspects charged in his death and the Emmy Awards making history with
16:10its two new hosts who will be taking the stage on Emmy night.
16:16Disturbing new details tonight about the drug-related death of actor Matthew Perry.
16:20Prosecutors revealing the alarming state of Perry's addiction, saying he was having
16:24ketamine injected six to eight times a day before his death.
16:28It comes after five suspects were charged in his death, including alleged drug dealer
16:31Jasmine Sanga, known as the Ketamine Queen, and Dr. Salvador Plasencia.
16:36Both have pleaded not guilty, the other defendants pleading guilty.
16:39When we come back, the Emmys making history for the first time, a father-son team hosting
16:44the awards.
16:45We'll tell you who.
16:48Back to the Index, and this year's hosts of the 76th Emmy Awards are making history.
16:52Eugene and Dan Levy will be the first father-son team to emcee the Emmys next month.
16:57They also made history as the first father-son duo to win major Emmy Awards in the same year
17:01starring together on the same show.
17:03The Emmys air September 15th right here on ABC.
17:07When we come back, two sisters and homecoming surprise in front of the whole school.
17:14Especially tonight, the big surprise behind the curtain, America Strong.
17:19Tonight in Gilbert, Arizona, just outside Phoenix, you're watching U.S. Army Sergeant
17:24First Class Chris Fulton attempt a very special mission, walking into Carl Ray Ranch Elementary
17:30with his wife Jordan, where their two daughters are at school.
17:33Sergeant First Class Fulton has served 18 years, three deployments, including Iraq for
17:37the last 12 months.
17:39When he got word he'd be heading back home, he and his wife hatched an idea, surprise
17:43their daughters at school.
17:46The school calling an assembly in the cafeteria.
17:48Their daughters, 10-year-old Layla and 8-year-old Lana, right there.
17:52Dad, just behind the curtain.
17:54Our affiliate ABC 15 documenting the whole thing.
18:00Mr. Bergen, the school principal, drawing names out of that bucket for prizes before,
18:05of course, calling out the girls' names.
18:08Lana Fulton!
18:12Oh, unbelievable.
18:14This is weird.
18:16Lana!
18:17Lana, it's your son!
18:21Are we running a two-year-old surprise party?
18:24Yes!
18:26Miss Lana!
18:32Running up to their dad with this huge embrace.
18:35Nice to meet you.
18:36Nice to meet you.
18:37All three wiping away tears.
18:42Sergeant First Class Chris Fulton, with his hand to his heart, as the students begin cheering
18:47USA.
18:48USA!
18:50USA!
18:52Tonight here, that family, now happily home, together.
18:56When the curtains opened, I felt super shocked.
18:59I'm just happy that Daddy's back home.
19:03We're so thankful for the support of our family, our community members, and everyone involved
19:08in making this happen.
19:09Feel that love that I felt when I got to see these girls for the first time, and they saw
19:13me.
19:14That excitement, that joy.
19:15Daddy's home.
19:16So heartwarming.
19:17Thank you so much for watching.
19:19I'm Lindsay Davis for David and all of us here.
19:21Good night.
19:23Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, America's most-watched newscast.
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