ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 7, 2026

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched newscast now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney Plus, most watched, most trusted now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight, breaking news, an ICE agent shoots and kills a woman. The chilling image is coming in now. Video on social media showing a woman partially blocking a street in her SUV being shot and killed during an immigration related operation. An ICE agent firing multiple times as she tries to drive away. The alarming video right here tonight, the chaos that unfolded and what Homeland Security is now claiming tonight. We're live on the scene. Also tonight, the U.S. seizing two oil tankers just hours apart, a Russian flag tanker among them. And tonight, the new demand from the Kremlin now and tonight with the Trump administration is now saying about the Venezuelan oil now in its possession. Martha Raddatz standing by with new reporting. The firestorm over Greenland growing tonight, the White House declaring Greenland should be part of the U.S. Tonight, even Republicans on the Hill now pushing back, one calling this amateur hour, saying this is absurd. Rachel Scott live at the White House. Rob Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, in court and the major shakeup in court just moments before his arraignment on murder charges in the deaths of his parents. The scare on the runway, the passenger jet landing, several tires blowing out. The terrifying landing with passengers were forced to do one year ago tonight. Los Angeles was burning tonight. Our promise to go back and what we discovered on the very street where we reported from one year ago. It is extraordinary. And you'll see it right here tonight. The former college football star and NFL player in critical condition at this hour, badly burned in a fire. And what we've learned, the food pyramid in this country has now changed tonight with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now telling Americans when it comes to what they eat at the Great Escape. The images tonight, what this dog is able to pull off. It has a lot of people talking. ABC News World Headquarters in New York. This is World News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening. We begin tonight here with the chaos unfolding after an ICE agent shoots and kills a woman in Minneapolis. Authorities say it happened during an immigration related operation. Chilling video of the shooting now emerging on social media tonight. And a warning here, the images are disturbing. The driver, a 37 year old woman behind the wheel of her SUV, partially blocking an intersection. Two federal agents try to open her door. You see the vehicle reverse and then drive forward. A third agent then opening fire, shooting multiple times, killing the driver, hitting her in the head. All of this playing out in front of protesters tonight. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claiming the driver tried to run over ICE agents. The mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frye, saying these claims of self-defense from ICE are, quote, a garbage narrative telling ICE to get out of Minneapolis. ABC's Alex Perez leading us off from the scene tonight. Tonight, protests and anger on the streets of Minneapolis after a federal agent shot and killed a woman this morning, caught on horrific video posted on X. ICE claiming self-defense, local officials calling it reckless. She appears to be a middle aged white woman. The incident unfolding around 10 o'clock this morning. The disturbing video posted on X shows the vehicle back up as an officer grabs a door, then multiple shots, including through the windshield. The car accelerating and crashing was horrible. I mean, she crashed her car into a parked car in front of me. A neighbor ran across the street and opened her car door to see if she could provide any any assistance. The angry crowd forced back throwing snowballs, agents responding with pepper spray and tear gas. There is nothing to indicate that this woman was the target of any law enforcement investigation or activity. They were attempting to push out their vehicle and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle. Mayor Jacob Fry reacting to claims of self-defense did not mince words. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is he had this message for ice to ice. Get out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Governor Tim Walz urging calm but laying blame squarely at the Trump administration's feet. What we're seeing is the consequences of governance designed to generate fear, headlines and conflict. It's governing by reality TV. And today, that recklessness cost someone their life. And David, you can see demonstrators are still on the street here in Minneapolis. The victim has been identified as a 37 year old Renee Nicole Good. These demonstrators say they plan to stay on the streets and to ice leaves Minneapolis. David Alex Perez leading us off from Minneapolis tonight. Alex, thank you. Tonight, we have learned the U.S. has seized two oil tankers just hours apart, including a Russian flagged vessel. And tonight, the new demand now coming in from the Kremlin, authorities say both tankers are connected to Venezuela's oil trade. U.S. European command says the Russian tanker was captured between Scotland and Iceland after spending weeks evading U.S. forces and dramatic video tonight showing an elite Coast Guard team also boarding that second tanker, an oil tanker in the Caribbean. That ship is now being escorted to the U.S. And tonight, what the Trump administration is now saying about the Venezuelan oil now in its possession. Here's Martha Raddatz. Tonight, the bold U.S. seizure of two oil tankers accused of transporting sanctioned Venezuelan oil, including a Russian flagged vessel that had been evading U.S. forces for weeks, U.S. helicopters swooping in during a dramatic pre-dawn operation, elite Coast Guard forces rappelling onto the deck of the Sofia, a tanker sailing in international waters near the Caribbean near Iceland. That Russian flag tanker seized the Marinara, formerly known as the Bella One, being pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard. That vessel also linked to Venezuela's illicit oil trade, eluding capture for weeks after an earlier attempt to seize the ship in the Caribbean did not succeed. The crew hurriedly painting the Russian flag on the side of it, trying to deter a U.S. seizure. The Kremlin now demanding the safe return of that crew. The administration insisting this is all part of a larger plan to control Venezuela. The way that we control Venezuela is we control the purse strings. We control the energy resources. And we tell the regime you're allowed to sell the oil so long as you serve America's national interest. You're not allowed to sell it if you can't serve America's national interest. Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissing criticism from lawmakers who accused the administration of having no plan today announcing a three phase proposal for the future of Venezuela. It's not just winging it. It's not just saying or speculating it's going to happen. It's already happening. Rubio calling phase one stabilization, which would include the sale of roughly 30 to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil. The White House saying the U.S. will share in the profits. Venezuelan state run oil company confirming today it is negotiating that sale with the U.S. The second phase, according to Rubio, recovery, which will open up Venezuela's oil market to American companies and others. The last phase, Rubio says, is transition. Though no specifics were provided, some Democrats tonight blasting the proposal. This is an insane plan. They are talking about stealing the Venezuelan oil at gunpoint for a period of time undefined as leverage to micromanage the country. And David, tonight, the world seeing those dramatic images of U.S. forces seizing those tankers, which the White House is saying will continue despite the rising tensions with Russia. David. Martha Raddatz live in Washington, Martha, thank you. Meanwhile, tonight, the firestorm over Greenland is growing after the White House declared Greenland should be part of the U.S. Tonight, some key Republicans on the Hill pushing back one senator calling this amateur hour saying, quote, That is absurd. Secretary of State Marco Rubio now says President Trump wants to buy Greenland. So how would that work? Rachel Scott at the White House. Tonight, a growing number of Republicans denouncing the Trump administration's efforts to pressure Denmark, a NATO ally, into handing over Greenland. Republican Senator Tom Tillis attacking one of the president's top aides for declaring obviously Greenland should be part of the U.S. Turning around and making insane comments about how it is our right to have territory owned by the the kingdom of Denmark. Folks, amateur hour is over. Other Republicans criticizing the administration for refusing to rule out using the military to seize Greenland. Senator Mitch McConnell saying using force against an ally would be an especially catastrophic act of strategic self-harm to America. House Speaker Mike Johnson insists taking Greenland by force is not a possibility. I don't think anybody's seriously considering that. And in the Congress, we're certainly not. Tonight, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says what the president really wants to do is buying Greenland. That's always been the president's intent from the very beginning. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not made it clear how the U.S. would even go about buying Greenland. But Denmark has said Greenland is not for sale. David Rachel Scott live at the White House. Thank you. In Los Angeles tonight, a major shakeup in the case against Nick Reiner, accused of killing his parents, Director Rob Reiner and Michelle Reiner in their home. Nick Reiner's high profile attorney, Alan Jackson, abruptly withdrawing from the case just moments before Nick Reiner was to be arraigned on murder charges. Reiner has now been assigned public defenders in court. Nick Reiner only spoke when agreeing to delay his plea. Now, his next court date is set for late February. It was one year ago tonight. Los Angeles was burning homes, neighborhoods, entire communities consumed by flames. We were on the scene there for several days and promised then we would go back tonight. One year later, what we discovered on the very street where I was reporting from one year ago. It was one year ago tonight. Los Angeles was on fire when we arrived at the deadly apocalyptic scene. And this is how we came on the air. Twenty four hours into this, you can feel the heat, the smoke. And you certainly can see the flames over my shoulder here. Home after home, continuing to burn to the ground. Fire embers sweeping down the street. The flames reaching the ocean. All this is going to be gone. We were on the ground with Cal Fire Battalion Chief Brent Pasqua. The cars here charred. The charred cars were families simply stopped and got out to escape the flames. These people who were coming down from the hills here decided to give up because the fire was encroaching. Right. Right. That the traffic was so bad, they figured their chances were better getting out on foot and running the rest of the way out of here. We walked through the darkened neighborhoods there. The smoke hovering above the homes, many still crackling from the flames. An airline passenger capturing this harrowing view out his window. The sun low in the sky over Los Angeles, reflecting a new reality. The most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history. The largest fire, the Palisades fire and the horror it left behind. Our team at KABC with the view from above. Street after street burned to the ground. In one neighborhood, we learned of neighbors texting with another, saving them from the flames. This was the house here on the corner that began to burn. And then they alerted everyone down the street to get out of their homes because they knew it was just a matter of time before the flames jumped from house to house, which is exactly what it did. We remember the scope of the damage was difficult to put into words. The cars here in the streets incinerated what's left of sort of the burned out, charred metal frame here just sitting on the street here. And if you look across the street, there's still some embers burning here. We would learn that many of the families who lived on this street were watching that night. That's how they knew their homes were gone. One year ago, we will never forget meeting this husband and father of two, Alessandro Vigilante. Have you seen your house yet? No. He raced to the school to pick up his boys, his wife staying behind to grab their most important documents. I'm sorry. Alessandro and his family lost everything. I think it's impossible for people around the country to look at this and understand the scope of this devastation. Everything is gone. Yeah, but you've got your boys and you've got your wife. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And we figured out the rest. We promised we would go back. And one year later, on that same street, we meet up with Alessandro. Alessandro. Hey, David. How are you doing? That was a fast year, but not for you, right? Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately not. There was little left. The white picket fence here, huh? Yeah. Yeah. That's still here. Yeah. But that's it. Yeah. He tells me it's been a real struggle. Did the insurance company cover you? Yes, it was. It's not been an easy process. You don't expect to have to discuss anything. It's a total loss basically looking at every single detail that I can think of from the handles that you add on the doors to the type of countertops. And again, it's to me, that was mind blowing because I'm like, well, when we signed the policy, that's the moment you should have decided whether my house was worth that much or not. Now it's too late. He says it's been a year long battle. The final insurance check arriving just two weeks ago. It's taken this entire year. Oh, yes. To get the money, the value of the house. Literally, I got the last check like two weeks ago. They have decided not to rebuild. They're simply trying to sell the lot. But it's not worth what it once was. It's half of what the bank assessed the value of the lot, not the house. Just the lot. Just four years ago. Half of what it was assessed at. Yes. Four years ago. Yes. Just the land. That's a big loss. Oh, yes. It's it's it's huge. And his is just one family story. There's Liz Jones across the street down the way, standing where her family home once stood. That charred car we showed one year ago. It was her daughter's. When you saw us walking past that burned out car, you knew that was your daughter's car. Absolutely. Yeah. And is that when reality set in that 100 percent? So this is it. Yeah, this is it. Liz and her husband are determined to rebuild here. Insurance covering it. This is where they raised their family. So where was the front door? Well, that's a great question. I'm going to guess it was like here, maybe. Yeah. And we noticed something else she's been wearing for nearly a year. A year later, you're still wearing the Palisades. Of course. The numbers are staggering here. Nearly 24,000 acres burned here in the Palisades fire alone. Nearly 7000 structures, most of them homes. We're back here on Hartzell Street where we were standing just one year ago. And you can see home after home wiped from the earth for the families who live here along this street. The last year has been a struggle deciding how to rebuild here. The struggle for Alessandro, for Liz and for Preston and Kelsey Hayes, who have two young children. Hi. Hi. Hi. Are we the first visitors to your new home? Yes. Welcome. They are rebuilding here. It was one year ago wearing protective gear. They wondered if they would ever come back. Were you concerned at all about the soil and and what might be contaminated from the fires? Yeah, for sure. And the tests you did do the testing and you felt reassured by the tests. Yes. Yeah. But one year later, as they look out across their neighborhood, they know the reality. It's been really eye opening, right, to learn who's coming back and then who's going to just move on. Yes. Liz is still down the street, but Alessandro and his family next door. They're not coming back. We want the community to be the same. I I don't think it will be, unfortunately. They know that Alessandro and his family are moving on. I know this has been taxing on the family and on the marriage, too. That's that's that's a that's part of the layers of going through a disaster like this, isn't it? Yes. Unfortunately, yes, very much so. And when you look at it, this it's OK. It's it was a it was a chapter of our life. A chapter of their lives. So brave in Canada a year ago and Canada a year later as well. The extraordinary strength of the families who survived those fires. It's quite something. When we come back here tonight, the scare on the runway, the passenger jet landing, several tires blowing out the terrifying landing. What passengers were forced to do. Also, the former college football star and NFL player in critical condition tonight, badly burned in a fire near his home. And what we're learning about that fire tonight and the checks are going out, the Amazon settlement of two point five billion dollars. What some customers are getting tonight when we come back tonight, the terrifying landing for passengers on a flight from Peru to Atlanta, the tires blowing out upon landing at Hartsfield Jackson Airport. Passengers were then taken off of a Tom flight down the stairs. They say the plane was shaking, a restroom door breaking during landing. Former college football star Jordan Shipley is in critical condition tonight after being severely burned at his ranch near Austin, Texas. His family says he was operating a machine when it suddenly caught fire. One of his workers driving him to the hospital, Shipley was a star wide receiver for the Texas Longhorns and went on to the NFL. When we come back here tonight, the Amazon settlement of two point five billion dollars. The checks are now going out and how much you could get. And then you've got to see the great escape tonight. What a dog was able to pull off to the index of other news tonight. Millions of Amazon customers are getting their cut now of a two point five billion dollar settlement. Some eligible customers already receiving automatic refunds. Others are now getting notified. The maximum refund is fifty one dollars. It comes after the FTC said Amazon enrolled millions into Amazon Prime and made it hard to cancel. Amazon denies any wrongdoing. The nation's food pyramid looks different tonight. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., rolling out this inverted pyramid, putting protein, dairy, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables on top, whole grains at the bottom, urging Americans to limit sweetened drinks and highly processed foods. When we come back here tonight, the great escape. They couldn't believe what this dog did. Finally, tonight here, the great escape, a dog named Dawson slipping out of his locked kennel at Huntington Cavill Wayne Animal Shelter in West Virginia, then using his teeth to unlock the front door of the shelter. They have found Dawson tonight. They're hoping someone will now adopt him. You'll just need good locks for your doors. Let's find a home for Dawson tonight. I'm David Muir. I'll see you right back here tomorrow. Good night. David Muir, the most watched newscast in America. And now ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for best live news program for the third year in a row.