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Jaclyn Lee reports from Los Angeles, firefighters race to contain a wildfire that’s tearing through Napa Valley; Olivia Rubin reports from New York, officials are warning residents to stay inside and avoid contact with thick black smoke after a plant explosion and fire in Louisiana; Katherine Faulders reports from Washington, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison, may be facing deportation to Uganda and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
Jaclyn Lee reports from Los Angeles, firefighters race to contain a wildfire that’s tearing through Napa Valley; Olivia Rubin reports from New York, officials are warning residents to stay inside and avoid contact with thick black smoke after a plant explosion and fire in Louisiana; Katherine Faulders reports from Washington, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly sent to a notorious El Salvador prison, may be facing deportation to Uganda and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air.
00:04The race to contain a wildfire that's tearing through California's wine country.
00:08Major concerns about air quality near a Louisiana factory that's been burning for more than a day.
00:14And news about a key figure in the immigration crackdown.
00:18Could he be deported to Africa?
00:20In Northern California, the urgent battle to contain a fire that's burned thousands of acres in Napa Valley.
00:26Evacuation orders in effect as crews face a wall of smoke and flames.
00:31The west sweltering with more than 50 million under heat alerts.
00:35Triple-digit temperatures in Southern California.
00:38On the east coast, beaches reopening as Aaron heads further out to sea.
00:42But the danger remains with swimmers rescued from dangerous rip currents.
00:46And the flash flooding risk in the southeast.
00:49Our weather team is timing it all out.
00:51Also tonight, the growing danger after the explosion and fire at a factory in Louisiana.
00:57Residents who live within a mile are being told to stay away.
01:01Concerns about the air quality and the soot coming from that building.
01:05Why authorities are telling people, don't touch it.
01:08A new twist in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
01:11The man mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
01:14He's free for now, but his lawyers say the Trump administration is threatening to deport him to Uganda if he doesn't accept a plea deal.
01:23Where his case stands right now.
01:26Chaos at a high school football game as gunshots are heard.
01:30Players and fans seen running for safety.
01:33A passenger jet bound for Las Vegas forced to make an emergency landing after the crew reports a disruptive passenger.
01:39Tragedy on the set of the Netflix show Emily in Paris.
01:44An assistant director collapses and dies.
01:47Price check.
01:48Some of America's largest retailers say they're absorbing most of the costs of new tariffs.
01:53But for how long?
01:54When you could see higher prices.
01:56The sweet meeting at the lemonade stand that melted hearts.
02:00A young fan and one of her favorite players.
02:03And what to watch for as we count down to the U.S. Open.
02:09From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.
02:16Good evening.
02:17Thank you for joining us on this Saturday.
02:18I'm Mary Bruce in for Whit Johnson.
02:21We begin tonight with crews battling raging wildfires in California's wine country.
02:25And more than 50 million people on alert for dangerous heat in the West this weekend.
02:30Those fast-moving flames are triggering evacuation orders for Napa Valley residents.
02:34The so-called picket fire scorching nearly 5,000 acres since it broke out on Thursday.
02:40The blaze only at 7 percent containment.
02:43And then there's the extreme heat.
02:45The sun baking Los Angeles.
02:47Thunderstorms are bringing some relief.
02:49But lightning strikes have ignited several smaller fires.
02:53Our weather team is standing by with the forecast.
02:55But first, ABC's Jacqueline Lee leads us off tonight.
02:58Tonight, evacuation orders in parts of California wine country are growing as millions in the West face blistering heat and dry conditions.
03:07In the midst of California's wildfire season, more than 4,500 acres burning in Napa County.
03:13The picket fire only 7 percent contained as crews battle the flames around the clock.
03:18Helicopters dropping water and flame retardant as a wall of smoke rises behind them.
03:23Residents in Napa County rushing to get out.
03:26It's definitely scary when there's fire down here.
03:28Luckily, there wasn't too much wind.
03:30Fire officials say the extreme heat is posing a unique danger to crews on the ground.
03:36What challenges does this extreme heat pose on your firefighters?
03:41They're hiking steep terrain.
03:43They're fighting fire.
03:45And so that heat is definitely going to wear them down.
03:49This comes as Southern California swelters under a heat wave with triple-digit temperatures,
03:55with red flag warnings and an extreme heat warning for much of Los Angeles County.
03:59You get a wet towel over your head.
04:01You drink water, you know, like every five minutes.
04:03And even as scattered thunderstorms are bringing some relief to the heat,
04:06authorities say lightning strikes there have sparked several smaller fires.
04:11Ahead of this weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom pre-deploying firefighting resources
04:17throughout Los Angeles, given the conditions.
04:20Meanwhile, crews here on the ground say they are ready to jump in at any point.
04:24Mary?
04:24Okay, Jacqueline, thank you.
04:26Meanwhile, as Hurricane Aaron moves out to sea,
04:28beaches in New York and North Carolina are reopening.
04:31But big waves and dangerous rip currents remain,
04:34keeping lifeguards busy at New York's Rockaway Beach.
04:37Several swimmers there rescued.
04:39WABC's Anthony Carlo was there.
04:41Anthony?
04:43Well, Mary, this is one last hurrah for many people before school starts.
04:46They're trying to get out to the beach and soak up the sun and enjoy the water.
04:50But the problem is, up and down the East Coast,
04:53we're still seeing big waves and dangerous rip currents lingering in many areas.
04:58This boat was capsized by high surf at Maine's York Beach,
05:02and that sailor had to be saved by fire and rescue swimmers.
05:06Now, Aaron is gone, but those dangerous ocean conditions persist,
05:11fueling a high risk of dangerous rip currents along much of the coastline through the weekend.
05:17Here on New York's Rockaway Beach, we witnessed lifeguards rescue multiple swimmers
05:21who were caught up in a rip current and swept away from shore.
05:25Lifeguards had to extend a line into the water to help them pull those distressed swimmers out.
05:31And rescues just like that speak to the dangers lifeguards face as they reopen beaches
05:36and beachgoers come to try to capture one last summer weekend.
05:41Mary?
05:41Yeah, those lifeguards bracing for a busy weekend.
05:43Anthony, thank you.
05:45So let's get right to meteorologist Danny Beckstrom from our New York station, WABC.
05:49And Danny, you're tracking a new tropical storm in the Atlantic.
05:52Yeah, Mary, the Atlantic hurricane season peaks in just under three weeks,
05:57and we now have our sixth named storm in the basin,
05:59with Tropical Storm Ferdinand just named by the National Hurricane Center.
06:03It's currently about 400 miles from Bermuda, expected to stay east of the island.
06:07It's much smaller, much weaker than Aaron, and poses no threat to the U.S.
06:10While here in the U.S., rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms bring a flash flood threat to the southeast,
06:15with flood watches in effect from Jacksonville, Florida, up to Hatteras, North Carolina, through late tonight.
06:19The extreme heat is the weather story in the west, with alerts from Arizona to Washington,
06:24and record highs expected again Sunday for cities like Seattle and Portland.
06:27The hot, dry conditions continue to fuel fire danger in the region,
06:30especially with the threat for lightning as isolated thunderstorms develop again on Sunday from southern Oregon to Arizona.
06:35Mary?
06:36And we know you'll be tracking it all.
06:37Danny, thank you.
06:39Next tonight, a community under evacuation orders after an explosion at a plant in Louisiana.
06:44Drone video capturing the aftermath as the fire still burns,
06:47pumping plumes of smoke and black soot into the air.
06:51Tonight, the warning to residents.
06:53Here's ABC's Olivia Rubin with the new details coming in.
06:57Tonight, more than 24 hours after a massive explosion and fire at a Louisiana factory,
07:02officials are warning residents to stay indoors.
07:07Officials say a series of explosions rocked Smitty's Supply Shop in Rosalind on Friday afternoon.
07:13Residents concerned.
07:15People walking out, leaving medications, clothes, personal items.
07:21Everyone within a mile radius ordered to leave, including an elementary school.
07:25This order is based primarily on the risk of falling debris,
07:29as well as a precautionary measure due to the ongoing and active nature of the scene.
07:34Critically, officials also urging residents to wash their hands and faces
07:37after exposure to the black soot now filling the air.
07:41The soot generated by the fire is associated with combustibles like plastic or burning trucks,
07:47as well as some hydrocarbon chemicals.
07:49Officials say the EPA has now sent out special aircraft to conduct additional testing on that black soot.
07:55That data under review tonight as investigators continue to search for the cause.
08:01Mary.
08:01Olivia, thank you.
08:03Tonight, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador back in March,
08:08is now facing deportation to Uganda unless he agrees to a plea deal.
08:13That's according to court documents filed by his attorneys.
08:16It comes just one day after he was released from custody in Tennessee,
08:19finally reunited with his family in Maryland.
08:22More now from ABC's Washington Managing Editor, Catherine Falders.
08:25Tonight, the lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say the Trump administration is trying to force him
08:32to accept a plea deal by threatening to deport him to Uganda.
08:35His attorneys allege the government is trying to coerce him after Abrego Garcia refused an offer
08:41to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges.
08:47It comes just one day after Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported in March,
08:52was released from federal custody in Tennessee and reunited with his family in Maryland.
08:59He is facing human smuggling charges stemming from a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee.
09:05Abrego Garcia is seen driving an SUV with nine other people inside.
09:09The government has accused him of being part of a human smuggling operation
09:12that transports drugs, weapons, and thousands of undocumented migrants,
09:17allegedly including MS-13 gang members and children across the country.
09:21How many rolls have you got in here? Four?
09:24He's hauling these people for money. You got an a** hauler is what he's doing.
09:28Abrego Garcia denies all allegations.
09:31His case became a flashpoint in Trump's aggressive immigration policies
09:34after Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
09:40At the time, the president and the White House adamant he was a gang member.
09:44He's an illegal alien MS-13 gang member in foreign terrorists.
09:47This comes out of the State Department and very legitimate sources.
09:52Facing a court order, the Trump administration brought him back to the U.S. in June,
09:56only to detain him on those human smuggling charges.
09:59And Catherine joins us now.
10:01So talk us through what comes next year.
10:03Abrego Garcia's attorneys say the government is now giving him until Monday morning to decide,
10:08plead guilty, serve a sentence in the U.S.,
10:10and then be deported to Costa Rica or be sent straight to Uganda.
10:14Catherine, in that case, what happens with the criminal trial against him?
10:17So, Mary, the Department of Justice says they still plan to put Abrego Garcia on trial,
10:22where he will be able to defend himself.
10:24But his attorneys say they have been given an ultimatum.
10:27By Monday morning, Abrego Garcia must decide whether to plead guilty to those charges
10:32and be deported to Costa Rica or face possible deportation to Uganda.
10:36Mary?
10:36And again, that decision expected by Monday.
10:38Catherine Falders, who's been following every twist and turn of this case.
10:41Catherine, thank you.
10:43U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's intelligence agency chief.
10:47Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Cruz is the latest senior military officer to be forced out.
10:53It comes just weeks after the agency contradicted the president's assessment
10:57that U.S. strikes had, quote, obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.
11:00Two other senior military officials were also fired on Friday.
11:05Overseas now to Gaza.
11:07Israeli forces pressing forward with its military operation in Gaza City,
11:11just 24 hours after the world's leading authority on hunger
11:14declared that famine is now gripping that city.
11:17Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily dismissing it as a lie.
11:22And we want to warn you, some of these images are disturbing.
11:25Here's ABC's Lama Hassan.
11:26Israel's new massive military offensive on Gaza City today intensifying.
11:35The Israeli defense force is launching several deadly airstrikes.
11:40The Hamas-run health ministry saying at least 61 people were killed in separate attacks over the last 24 hours alone,
11:48including these two children.
11:50Their mother tries to let go.
11:52There is no threat here to the Israeli military, this man says.
11:57Everyone here is a civilian.
11:58You can see there are women and children.
12:01308 others injured, some still trapped under the rubble.
12:04Rescue crews are unable to reach them.
12:07On the ground, the Israeli government is planning to occupy the Gaza Strip,
12:12crucial, they say, to defeat Hamas.
12:14With orders for more than one million people to evacuate Gaza City and head south,
12:20some already relocating dozens of times to find shelter,
12:24others telling aid agencies they are simply too weak to walk.
12:29The punishing restrictions on food is taking its toll.
12:32People desperate travel for hours to find food, often dangerous.
12:36All they can find is a sack of flour.
12:39On Friday, for the first time ever, a UN-backed group saying a famine is now gripping Gaza City.
12:46Mary, the Hamas-run health ministry says at least eight people, including two children,
12:51have died because of starvation in the last 24 hours alone.
12:55One aid worker saying that it is the children who are paying the highest price of this conflict.
13:00Mary.
13:01Lama, thank you.
13:02Now to the economy and signs that the Federal Reserve may soon cut interest rates.
13:06And after a week of earnings reports from some of the nation's largest retailers,
13:10some now openly admitting that they may have to pass on the costs of tariffs to consumers.
13:15Here's ABC's Jay O'Brien.
13:19Tonight, high anticipation from Wall Street to Main Street,
13:23after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled as soon as next month,
13:27the U.S. Central Bank could cut interest rates for the first time in nearly a year,
13:32impacting everything from car loans to credit cards.
13:35Powell under a constant pressure campaign from President Trump to lower rates,
13:39which the Fed has left unchanged since December to fight inflation.
13:43We call him too late for a reason.
13:45He should have cut him a year ago.
13:46He's too late.
13:48Trump even calling for Powell to resign and making this rare presidential visit to review the Fed's
13:54renovations and turn up the heat on the chairman about the building's price tag.
13:58It looks like it's about $3.1 billion.
14:01It went up a little bit, or a lot.
14:03So the $2.7 billion is now $3.1 billion.
14:07I'm not aware of that.
14:08Yeah, it just came out.
14:10In his closely watched speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming,
14:13Powell seeming to acknowledge the president's prodding,
14:16saying only Fed officials reviewing economic data like inflation and jobs numbers will make the final call.
14:22We will never deviate from that approach.
14:26Stocks surging yesterday after Powell's mere suggestion of a rate cut.
14:30Meantime, the Fed watching the impacts of Trump's trade war closely, too,
14:34as major retailers start to feel the pinch.
14:37Walmart's CEO telling investors the world's largest retailer is seeing costs increase each week,
14:43but has largely avoided raising prices so far.
14:46And Home Depot saying it's already begun when it calls some modest price increases.
14:51And it's not just pressure on Chairman Powell, Mary.
14:54President Trump this week threatened to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee to the Fed's board,
15:00which votes on whether to raise or lower interest rates.
15:02After accusations from officials in Trump's own administration that Cook committed mortgage fraud,
15:08Cook says this dates back to paperwork from before she joined the Fed that she will answer any legitimate questions,
15:14but she won't be, quote, bullied to step down.
15:17Mary.
15:17Jay O'Brien at the White House tonight.
15:19Jay, thank you.
15:20Next tonight, a bus carrying a junior high football team to a game crashed near Pittsburgh.
15:25At least 21 of the nearly 30 people on the bus were taken to the hospital.
15:30Police say the bus turned on its side during the crash.
15:32This just one day after a deadly tour bus crash in upstate New York near Buffalo killed at least five people.
15:39And there is much more ahead on World News tonight this Saturday, including why an Air Canada flight to Las Vegas made an emergency landing
15:46and the frightening scene under the Friday night lights when shots were fired near a high school football game.
15:53Next tonight, a chaotic situation at a high school football game in Mayfield, Kentucky.
16:00Players and fans running for safety when gunshots were heard Friday night.
16:05Wait, wait, wait.
16:06They said we got shots fired.
16:09People are running like crazy because they say shots are fired.
16:12A frightening scene.
16:13Police say the shooting happened in a parking lot.
16:16An adult was hurt and airlifted to a hospital.
16:18No arrests were reported and the rest of the game was called off.
16:23An Air Canada jet bound for Las Vegas made an emergency landing in Chicago last night.
16:27The crew reporting a passenger disturbance on board.
16:30The airline did not provide any other information other than to say the incident was resolved and that no arrest was made.
16:37The flight did eventually take off for Vegas just about three hours late.
16:41And when we come back, the sad news for fans of Emily in Paris.
16:45The emergency that shut down filming.
16:48To the index now and tragedy on the Netflix series set of Emily in Paris.
16:54An assistant director, Diego Borella, collapsed and later died while filming in Venice on Thursday.
17:00Borella was 47 years old.
17:02The cause of death is pending.
17:03Filming for the show's fifth season was suspended for two days.
17:07And one of the world's most active volcanoes is erupting again.
17:11Hawaii's Kilauea volcano sent an arc of lava 100 feet into the air on Friday.
17:15This is the 31st eruption there since December.
17:19One National Park Service volunteer says the heat can be felt a mile away.
17:23The eruption, though, is contained within the summit crater and no homes are threatened.
17:28And still ahead, what's sweeter than a cup of lemonade at the U.S. Open?
17:32Find out here next.
17:33Finally tonight, for tennis fans, the best two weeks of the year are about to begin.
17:40And for one fan in particular, a memory that will last a lifetime.
17:44ABC's Morgan Norwood has more from the U.S. Open.
17:46All eyes on the U.S. Open as the best tennis stars in the world are set to serve up major excitement for the fans.
17:55From Sabalenka to Goff to Center and Alcaraz, Center Court will be the site of major showdowns.
18:03Before the heated competition, this courtside cooldown warming many hearts tonight.
18:07And I'm so, so, so, so excited because this is the best exciting, well, this is the best day ever in, like, the year.
18:15And also, I'm going to see so many good players.
18:18Nine-year-old tennis enthusiast Emery Mahays has been playing the game since she was four.
18:23The U.S. Open kid caster met one of her heroes while handing out lemonade Thursday.
18:28Lemonade!
18:29This video capturing the moment, winning hearts.
18:33How are you?
18:33I'm good.
18:34Nice to meet you.
18:35What's your name?
18:36Emery.
18:37Nice to meet you, Emery.
18:38Can you, uh, can I get one lemonade?
18:40Yes.
18:42Wow.
18:43This is exciting.
18:45I'm a big fan.
18:47You're welcome.
18:48Do you like tennis?
18:49Yes.
18:49You play it?
18:50Yeah.
18:50Really?
18:51Yeah.
18:52You excited to watch some matches upcoming?
18:54Yeah.
18:55Who are you excited to see?
18:56Uh, you.
18:58Really?
18:58Yeah.
18:59Okay.
19:00Uh, Naomi Osaka.
19:01Wow.
19:02Sabalenka.
19:03I just met her.
19:04Did she get a lemonade?
19:05Oh, yeah, she did get lemonade.
19:06Very nice to meet you.
19:08You're very cute.
19:10Thank you for the lemonade.
19:11You're welcome.
19:14Now I gotta try that lemonade, Emery.
19:16Sabalenka and Senna are looking to defend their titles at this year's U.S. Open.
19:20The action serves up tomorrow right here on ABC and ESPN.
19:24Mary?
19:24And we cannot wait for that.
19:26And who else Emery meets?
19:27For Whit Johnson, I'm Mary Bruce.
19:28Thanks for watching.
19:29Have a great evening.
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