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Melissa Adan reporting on the urgent manhunt for an army veteran accused of shooting and killing four people in Montana. Katherine Faulders reporting on the new federal probe facing former Special Counsel Jack Smith over the investigations into President Trump; And the wild week for the economy, Selina Wang has the details on what Tariffs may mean for back-to-school shoppers, and the signs of a weakening job market; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
Melissa Adan reporting on the urgent manhunt for an army veteran accused of shooting and killing four people in Montana. Katherine Faulders reporting on the new federal probe facing former Special Counsel Jack Smith over the investigations into President Trump; And the wild week for the economy, Selina Wang has the details on what Tariffs may mean for back-to-school shoppers, and the signs of a weakening job market; 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.
00:03The manhunt and new details about the suspect in that deadly shooting rampage in Montana.
00:08Former special counsel Jack Smith under federal investigation.
00:12And the rollercoaster week for the U.S. economy.
00:14What it all means for consumers.
00:16First, the urgent statewide search.
00:18An Army veteran accused of killing four people at a Montana bar.
00:22Multiple law enforcement agencies searching by air and on the ground.
00:26Police calling the 45-year-old suspect, Michael Paul Brown, armed and dangerous.
00:31Authorities locating the 2007 white Ford pickup Brown was last seen in on Friday.
00:36The tiny community on edge as residents have been warned to stay on high alert.
00:41What we're learning tonight.
00:42Breaking news.
00:43Former special counsel Jack Smith is now under a federal probe over his investigations into President Trump.
00:49The independent agency now looking into whether Smith violated a law that restricts federal employees from engaging in political activities.
00:58The new details just coming in.
01:00Also tonight, a wild week for the economy.
01:02Some major companies now planning to increase prices to offset tariff costs.
01:07What it could mean for back-to-school shoppers.
01:10This amid new signs of a weakening jobs market.
01:12Air quality alerts, the hazardous haze smothering parts of the Midwest, drifting down from Canadian wildfires, and the flash flooding risks in the southeast.
01:22Our weather team tracking it all.
01:24Ramped up security on the streets of Cincinnati after a video of a violent brawl sparks outrage.
01:29The new arrests and new images showing the moments before and after the chaos.
01:34Pope Leo thrilling hundreds of thousands of young people.
01:38What some are calling the Catholic Woodstock Festival in Rome.
01:41It's the American Pontiff's first major encounter with the next generation of Catholics.
01:46The field of dreams at an iconic racetrack, MLB's Speedway Classic makes history.
01:52The Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomes a new class.
01:55And the DNA surprise, the rescue dog, and the biological twist one family never could have imagined.
02:04From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.
02:11Good evening.
02:12Thanks for joining us on this Saturday.
02:13I'm Whit Johnson.
02:14Several developing stories as we come on tonight.
02:17Former special counsel Jack Smith under federal investigation.
02:20And the wild week for the U.S. economy.
02:22Its potential impact on back-to-school shopping.
02:25But we begin with breaking news.
02:27The urgent manhunt for an Army veteran accused of killing four people at a Montana bar.
02:32Multiple law enforcement agencies are scouring the mountainous area near Anaconda by ground and air.
02:39Residents warned to stay inside and lock their doors.
02:42The community on edge.
02:43Authorities releasing this new image of 45-year-old Michael Brown fleeing the scene after the deadly shooting rampage on Friday morning.
02:51Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous.
02:54The bartender and three customers were killed.
02:57Tonight, what we're learning about the suspect and his military service.
03:01ABC's Melissa Adan leads us off.
03:04Tonight, the manhunt in Montana.
03:06A town is on edge as law enforcement search for the suspect accused of shooting and killing four people.
03:13Authorities releasing this image showing the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Brown, fleeing the scene of the shooting.
03:19Multiple local, state, and federal agencies are on the hunt.
03:22Residents in Anaconda, a town of about 10,000, are being asked to stay vigilant, warning people to stay inside and lock their doors.
03:31The suspect allegedly lives next to the Owl Bar, where the shooting occurred.
03:35Tonight, authorities also say Brown was an Iraq War veteran, joining the Army in 2001 and deploying to Iraq between 2004 and 2005 for just under a year.
03:46He later joined the Montana National Guard for almost three years until 2009.
03:51He is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous.
03:54Residents in the area have been notified and encouraged to stay inside their homes on high alert.
04:00Authorities say the shooting began at 1030 Friday morning.
04:03We have a visual of someone on Ash Street.
04:06The sheriff's department says the bartender and three customers were killed in the shootings.
04:11The search tonight, focusing on nearby Stumptown Road, roughly six miles from the scene of the crime.
04:18These helicopters seen circling Anaconda's Garrity Mountain yesterday evening.
04:22A Ford F-150, believed to belong to the suspect, was also found abandoned.
04:27We are doing everything we can to find and bring this perpetrator to justice.
04:31With the FBI, ATF, and U.S. Marshals are assisting.
04:35This as the SWAT team cleared the suspect's home last night.
04:38And police are asking anyone who encounters Brown to call them,
04:42as the people of Anaconda are trying to get their lives back to normal.
04:46Whit.
04:47Melissa, Dawn for us. Thank you.
04:49Now to breaking news.
04:50Former special counsel Jack Smith is now under a federal probe over whether he violated a law
04:55that restricts partisan activities by federal employees.
04:59It comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton requested an investigation into Smith's prosecution of President Trump.
05:06Here's ABC's Washington Bureau Managing Editor, Catherine Faulders.
05:11Tonight, Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated and prosecuted President Donald Trump
05:16before his return to office, now under investigation himself.
05:20The Office of Special Counsel announcing the investigation into Smith, which is not criminal in nature,
05:25but they're looking into whether he violated the Hatch Act,
05:28a law barring federal employees from using their office to engage in political activity.
05:33The agency investigating Smith is typically tasked with fielding whistleblower complaints,
05:38and it's unheard of for it to probe the actions of DOJ prosecutors.
05:42The announcement follows a referral from Republican Senator Tom Cotton,
05:46who three days ago encouraged a probe of Smith over his actions
05:49after charging then-candidate Trump with unlawfully possessing classified documents
05:54and for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
05:57Cotton writing Jack Smith's actions were, quote,
05:59nothing more than a tool for the Biden and Harris campaigns.
06:03Just days before President Trump's inauguration,
06:06then-special counsel Jack Smith released a blistering report
06:09on Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election,
06:12saying Trump would have likely been convicted on multiple felonies
06:15had voters not decided to send him back to the White House.
06:18Smith, who resigned one week before Trump took office,
06:21stood behind his decision to charge Trump,
06:23stating Trump engaged in an unprecedented criminal effort
06:26to overturn the legitimate results of the election in order to retain power.
06:31Critics of the president say this is a targeted investigation.
06:34The Office of Special Counsel is fast becoming a political tool
06:38rather than the objective, independent, investigative arm in the public interest.
06:44President Trump has repeatedly made clear he wants government agencies
06:47to target his perceived political enemies.
06:49This is a good one. Is everybody listening?
06:53Deranged Jack Smith.
06:55We're going to call it the deranged Jack Smith signing or bill.
07:00Earlier this year, Smith was the subject of a DOJ review,
07:03and so far, officials have provided no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing.
07:07We've reached out to representatives for Jack Smith who have so far not responded,
07:11but it's important to point out this investigation is not criminal in nature.
07:15Unlike when Jack Smith was a prosecutor,
07:17the agency conducting this investigation won't have the ability
07:20to compel testimony or cooperation from Smith or any former government employees.
07:26Whit.
07:26Catherine Falders, thank you.
07:28Next tonight, the new price hikes amid the trade war.
07:31Some major companies now planning to increase prices to offset tariff costs,
07:36what it could mean for back-to-school shoppers,
07:38and new signs of a weakening jobs market.
07:41Here's ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selena Way.
07:43Tonight, President Trump's escalating trade war rattling American businesses and consumers
07:49as back-to-school shopping kicks into high gear.
07:53More Minecraft pencils.
07:54Kristen Silberman, a teacher in North Carolina, says she's feeling the pinch.
07:58I'm definitely seeing an increase in the prices.
08:01The tariffs are definitely a little scary, so I try to, I'm trying to get everything ahead of time.
08:08And she's not alone.
08:09This comes days after the president announced sweeping new tariffs,
08:13raising import taxes on nearly 70 countries starting next week on August 7th.
08:18Every country will face tariffs of at least 10 percent, some as high as 40 percent.
08:23Mexico is getting a 90-day grace period, but will still face 25 percent tariffs.
08:28Talks with China continue as current tariffs remain at 30 percent.
08:32American companies are already paying the price.
08:35Ford estimates tariffs will cost them $2 billion this year.
08:39Procter & Gamble, which makes everything from toothpaste to detergent,
08:43says it's raising prices on 25 percent of its products.
08:46Your average American household is going to spend thousands of dollars more
08:50between now and the end of the year to pay for Trump's tariffs.
08:54This says new data shows a weakening economy.
08:57The president furious over the latest jobs report coming in far below expectations.
09:01The president is suddenly firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
09:05who's in charge of releasing the new jobs numbers.
09:08I fired her.
09:09And you know what?
09:11I did the right thing.
09:12Trump claiming, without evidence, that the jobs data was, quote,
09:15rigged to make him look bad.
09:17The Bureau, a nonpartisan agency, also revised its previous numbers,
09:21lowering job creation in May and June by more than 250,000 jobs,
09:26something routinely done as more data becomes available.
09:29The former commissioner, appointed by Trump in his first term,
09:33says Trump's claims are baseless.
09:35It's impossible for the commissioner to do that.
09:38The commissioner does not even see the numbers until the numbers are completely done
09:43and they're loaded and ready to be distributed.
09:46And when I was talking to some senators on Capitol Hill,
09:49they will soon be heading back home,
09:51where many of them will face tough questions from their own constituents
09:54about the impact of President Trump's tariffs.
09:57Whit.
09:57Selena Wang, thanks so much.
09:59We appreciate it.
10:00And tune in to This Week Tomorrow Morning.
10:02George Stephanopoulos speaks with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers
10:05to discuss President Trump's new tariff threats
10:08and the impact on the U.S. economy.
10:10Now to the raging Canadian wildfires fueling air quality concerns here in the U.S.
10:15The Chicago skyline here hardly visible on Thursday,
10:19but conditions have since improved.
10:21Meanwhile, the heat and dry air are fueling Southern California's Gifford Fire.
10:25The flames scorching more than 23,000 acres.
10:29Let's get right to meteorologist Danny Beckstrom from our New York station, WABC.
10:33And Danny, when will this smoke clear out?
10:37Well, the smoky haze is starting to thin out in the Midwest, Whit.
10:40But the air quality concerns continue tonight across several states,
10:43including cities like Minneapolis and Chicago.
10:46A shift in the wind now pushing that smoke from upstate New York into northern New England Sunday,
10:50with new air quality alerts issued there for sensitive groups.
10:53To the south now, a new round of storms bringing an elevated risk for flash flooding,
10:57with rainfall rates one to two inches per hour from southern Alabama to the Georgia coast.
11:01While in the west, thunderstorms bring the threat for lightning, but not much rain,
11:05triggering red flag warnings in Oregon and Idaho,
11:08with dry and windy conditions contributing to critical fire danger in Utah and Colorado.
11:12But even where there aren't active alerts,
11:14hot, dry, windy weather across the region is going to keep conditions primed for fire spread into the work week.
11:20Whit?
11:20All right, we'll stay on top of it. Danny Beckstrom, thanks so much.
11:23Now to the increased security in Cincinnati after a violent brawl sparked national outrage.
11:28The new video coming in tonight that shows the moments before and after the chaos.
11:33And we want to warn you, the images are disturbing.
11:36Here's ABC's Morgan Norwood.
11:39Increased patrols and armed units on the streets of Cincinnati tonight,
11:43days after this now viral chaotic brawl sparked national outrage.
11:47We have to make the city safer right now.
11:51Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pirabal says he's working with the Ohio governor to deploy additional resources,
11:57including SWAT, to urgently fix what he says is a false perception of a violent and dangerous city.
12:04His comments come after this bloody melee unfolding on the streets of downtown Cincinnati last Saturday.
12:09And while it's unclear who or what started this brawl,
12:13new video now being investigated by police showed the moments just before and after things got ugly.
12:20From this angle, a man seen on the ground who can be heard shouting a racial slur.
12:25What we all witnessed in the viral video released early Saturday morning was not only disturbing,
12:36it was outright cruel.
12:39Other videos capturing similar violence.
12:41In one, a woman collapses, bloodied and bruised.
12:45Police saying only one person called 911.
12:48In all, six people injured, six now charged, four arrested by police.
12:53As tensions flare tonight, Cincinnati's mayor calling for unity.
12:57The racial dynamics of this fight are unavoidable.
13:01And some have cynically used the opportunity to try and divide us along racial lines.
13:07That is a choice we must firmly reject.
13:11And while overall violent crime in Cincinnati is down about 8 percent compared to last year,
13:16aggravated assaults are up slightly.
13:18Tonight, though, police are still looking for two more suspects related to last weekend's brawl.
13:23Morgan Norwood, thank you.
13:26Overseas now to the desperation and starvation in Gaza as tens of thousands protest in the streets of Tel Aviv,
13:33calling for the release of the remaining hostages.
13:35This just hours after special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with families.
13:40ABC's chief foreign correspondent Ian Panel reports from Israel.
13:44Tonight, mass demonstrations in Tel Aviv as U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff meets with families of those still being held by Hamas.
13:55As the hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip grows and access to food and medicine remains difficult,
14:01in Tel Aviv, tens of thousands coming out to press their government to end the war and bring the hostages home,
14:07including Eli David, his brother Evyatar, among others being held in Gaza.
14:12They are on the absolute brink of death.
14:15In their current unimaginable condition, they may have only days left to live.
14:21Hamas releasing this harrowing video of Evyatar looking painfully emaciated, his family agreeing for us to show it.
14:28Tens of thousands of Palestinians now desperate for food and other supplies.
14:34Another seven people died of malnutrition in the last day, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health,
14:40bringing the total to at least 169, including 93 children.
14:45Some hospitals across the Strip now operating at close to 300 percent capacity.
14:51Witkoff's expected to leave the Middle East soon and head to Russia, where he faces another immense challenge,
14:56brokering an end to Russia's war in Ukraine before Trump's sanctions deadline next week.
15:02On Thursday, Russian strikes in Ukraine's capital, killing 31, including five children, according to President Zelensky.
15:11Ukraine today hitting several targets in Russia, including oil refineries.
15:16Wit, President Trump also addressing the repositioning of two nuclear submarines
15:20after apparent threats by a leading Russian politician and Kremlin ally,
15:24saying he wants to be sure that it is just words and not a threat.
15:29Wit?
15:30Ian Pannell, thank you.
15:32We head to Rome now, and Pope Leo thrilling hundreds of thousands of young people
15:36at what some are calling the Catholic Woodstock.
15:39Let's bring in ABC's Marcus Moore.
15:41And, Marcus, another first for Pope Leo.
15:45Wit, that's right.
15:46Hundreds of thousands of young people attending this year's Youth Jubilee.
15:49And, of course, they are seen as the future of the Catholic Church.
15:52And the Vatican has taken steps to reach and appeal to young people around the world.
15:56Kids from nearly 150 countries are represented, including many from across the United States.
16:01And we have seen pictures of the expansive grounds and the crowds of people camped out at Tor Vergata Field outside Rome.
16:08Pope Leo delivering a message of hope to the young people in the crowd.
16:12And, Wit, he urged the teens to make choices to do good.
16:14And he said, quote, friendship can really change the world.
16:17Friendship is a path to peace.
16:19Wit, the Jubilee continues through tomorrow with a special mass at Tor Vergata Field.
16:24Marcus Moore, thank you.
16:26Back here in the U.S., Major League Baseball taking over NASCAR's largest venue.
16:30Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway reconfigured to host the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds.
16:35The clubs playing in the first Speedway Classic, the field built on the track's infield.
16:41Pit walls and gas pumps were removed for the game.
16:44More than 85,000 tickets sold for MLB's first game in Tennessee.
16:48Pretty cool.
16:49There's still much more ahead on World News Tonight this Saturday.
16:52The potentially dangerous find authorities say they made during an arrest in California.
16:57And football welcomes its newest Hall of Famers in Canton, Ohio.
17:04Next tonight, a disturbing discovery authorities say they made during the arrest of a man on terror-related charges.
17:11Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles accusing Mark Luenzo Villanueva of sending dozens of payments to ISIS.
17:18Authorities releasing pictures of what appears to be a homemade bomb they say was in his house when he was captured yesterday.
17:24Villanueva ordered held without bond.
17:27When we come back, four new players enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
17:34To the index now, Pro Football's Hall of Fame officially welcoming four new members today.
17:39Eric Allen, Jared Allen, no relation, Antonio Gates, and Sterling Sharp enshrined in Canton, Ohio this afternoon.
17:46Gates, the first player inducted who never played college football.
17:49Sharp joining brother Shannon in the hall, the first siblings to reach Canton.
17:53Still ahead, the rescue dog and the incredible DNA twist.
18:01Finally tonight, the rescue dog and the DNA surprise.
18:06Rufus.
18:07This adorable shelter dog named Rufus had been part of the Rife family for nine years.
18:12Are you waiting for some breakfast?
18:14He was there when Jillian and Matthew got married.
18:17The first one to greet their children, Ben and Maya, when they were born.
18:21And Rufus had some unusual abilities.
18:24He could talk.
18:25I love you.
18:27So when Rufus passed away suddenly in April, the family was heartbroken, especially the children.
18:34To ease their grief, they began looking at dog photos online.
18:37When Maya found this image from a local senior dog shelter called Muttville.
18:41Wow, you know, this dog really looks like Rufus' mom.
18:44Look at this dog.
18:44Look at this dog.
18:45Four days later, the lookalike was adopted and home with the family, who renamed him Ziggy.
18:50They quickly noticed the similarities between Ziggy and Rufus were more than just physical.
18:57My kids are like, oh my gosh.
18:59So they both do this.
19:00They both talk.
19:01So they got Ziggy a DNA test.
19:04The results?
19:05Stunning.
19:05Not only were Ziggy and Rufus related, Ziggy is Rufus' biological father.
19:10It's a one-in-a-millions chance of this.
19:14Despite nearly impossible odds, somehow both father and son found their way to this loving family.
19:21Fate at its finest.
19:23It's just the most amazing gift.
19:25I just have to believe that he ended up in our path for a reason.
19:30And I'm just glad that he gets to spend the rest of his time with us.
19:33It was meant to be.
19:35What a story.
19:36Thanks for watching tonight.
19:37Good night.
19:38David Muir, the most-watched newscast in America.
19:44And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for Best Live News Program for the third year in a row.
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