ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 8, 202

tonight this major storm hitting now then moving right into the Northeast snow rain damaging winds the major pile up already and we have just learned tonight that actor Ryan O'Neal has died first tonight multiple States under winter weather alerts right across the country and 18 vehicle pileup shutting down part of I70 snow rain and heavy winds then from Florida all the way up to New York into New England 40 million Americans under flood watches including New York City Rob Marciano will time it out the scene in court today convicted school shooter Ethan Crumbley sentenced to life in prison without parole what he said before the court and in front of the families of the victims and what they told him Stephanie Ramos tonight the professor who went on a shooting ramp page tonight the chilling 911 calls just released Matt rivers in Las Vegas Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax related charges taxes he did pay back tonight Hunter Biden's attorneys say these are not common charges and have been brought against him because of his last name Pierre Thomas reporting the alleged gunman accused of firing shots outside a temple in Albany New York what he allegedly said children inside that temple in Aaron kerki with new reporting the Israel Hamas War tonight the failed attempt to reach hostages in Gaza turns deadly James Longman in Israel in the US a major medical breakthrough tonight the FDA approving two gene therapy treatments to treat sickle cell disease targeted editing of your DNA to treat illness and the news just coming in tonight remembering actor Ryan O'Neil from Love Story to Paper Moon to Payton place his longtime relationship with Farah faucet and Barbara strand's words on her one-time co-star just in tonight from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with David M good evening and it's great to have you with us as we near the end of another week together we do begin tonight with this major cross country storm snow freezing rain severe storms and damaging winds with this from the Rockies to the Midwest then right into the Northeast flood watches already up tonight for 40 million Americans going into the weekend in the Northeast including New York City the system starting in the west of course plows trying to stay ahead of the snow in Stevens Pass this is Washington state right here moving to Utah cars inching along in heavy snow in Cottonwood Canyons east of Salt Lake City traffic backing up on Interstate 70 in Colorado's Western Slope after an 18 vehicle pile up there and the Northeast now bracing for this by Sunday into Monday heavy rain and wind gusts up to 60 M hour in some places let's get right to senior meteorologist Rob Marciano leading us off tonight with the forecast hey Rob hey David you saw the storm that came through yesterday how much snow it is putting down in the mountains and we still have winter storm warnings that are posted right now for Utah just outside salt Lake for Wyoming and parts of Colorado the dtas you're getting it too this thing gets into the plains tomorrow and really winds up and expands heavy range into the Ohio Valley but look at the South Texas Oklahoma uh Louisiana and through parts of Mississippi sheveport Memphis and then through Nashville damaging winds tornadoes possible too and then this pushes East on Sunday bringing down some cold air the back side of this it's going to bring down some snow most of the accumulations will be in the interior and the mountains but look at all that Heavy Rain along I 95 Gusty winds too 40 50 60 m an hour that will bring down some trees and power lines and look at these flood watches you mentioned over 40 million Americans in that zone if your home tends to flood you should prep for that tomorrow because it's going to be a mess into Monday David it's coming in the whole country in this one together Rob Marciano leading us off tonight Rob thank you we turn next tonight to the dramatic and emotional scene in the Michigan courtroom today the convicted teenage gunman in the deadliest school shooting in Michigan history sentenced to life in prison without parole Ethan Crumbley who killed four four fellow students and injured seven others at Oxford High School and what he told the court and those families today and what those families including one tearful mother told him here's Stephanie Ramos tonight a Michigan judge sentencing Ethan Crumley to prison for the rest of his life without parole Crumley sat emotionless in his orange jumpsuit and chains eyes lowered while over seven hours more than two dozen of his victims their family and friends pleading for the maximum penalty Madison Baldwin 17 one of the four Oxford High School students killed in November 2021 her mother Nicole recalling the moment she identified her body I looked through the glass my Scream should have shattered it Madison's best friend meline Johnson was saving her a seat in class and I waited and waited and I finally realized that she was never coming 17-year-old Justin chilling shot Point BL blank protecting Keegan Gregory they were trapped in the bathroom with the shooter I felt then and still feel now the guilt of surviving I know that if it wasn't Justin's life that was taken it could have been mine Buck me in tears a framed photo of his son Tate on the judge's desk remembering waiting with his wife for news she put her head in her hands and it said not my baby boy 16-year-old Tate rode with Kylie oage to school that day she was shot in the hallway I thought a balloon popped I turned and I fell right to the ground moving her hand she felt Hana St Juliana behind her I kept trying to reassure her someone will come help us don't worry just keep breathing and just please stay with me I said that to her a thousand times Hana was 14 her older sister ran instead of speaking at her wedding I spoke at her funeral instead of fish taing her hair for a game I curled her hair in a casket Crumley who was 15 at the time of the shooting addressing the court I am a really bad person I have done terrible things that no one should ever do then sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison kremlin's parents were also charged in the shooting for providing their son with the gun and for failing to recognize the warning signs their trials will begin early next year David Stephanie Ramos reporting tonight Stephanie thank you we turn now to the chilling 911 calls as that Professor turned down for a job went on a shooting spree on the campus of UNLV a woman calling for help hiding just steps away from that gunman Matt rivers in Las Vegas tonight tonight burst of gunfire and desperate pleas for help 911 emergency just released 911 calls painting a chilling picture from the mass shooting on unlv's campus how many shots have you heard like like father I'm hiding under my desk I closed my door it's locked have you heard anything else before or after I heard some Screaming this call from a terrified woman hiding Steps From the shooter in the business school okay who else is in the office with you me my boss is is working from home let you do it dress yourself yeah officers arriving quickly security video capturing the shootout where an officer kills the gunman all of a sudden I hear shots and you know some bullets hit this Ford Explorer and there was uh a couple faculty they huddled behind the that SUV police say the alleged gunman Tony pedo had been rejected from Professor jobs at UNLV and other Nevada schools before walking into the building armed with a pistol and a Target list investig ators believe when pedo couldn't find those targets he shot three professors who just happened to be there tonight we're learning the third victim killed was 69-year-old nooku takim Maru an associate professor of Japanese studies and David police say that they have tested the 22 letters that PLO allegedly sent to University employees around the country but police say that the white powder that was found in those envelopes turned out to be harmless David Matt rivers in Las Vegas tonight Matt thank you now to the federal charges for Hunter Biden the president's son facing nine counts of tax related offenses accused of cheating the government out of $1.4 million in federal taxes from 2016 to 2019 he has paid the government back his lawyers arguing these are not common charges when back taxes have been paid and have been brought against Hunter Biden they say because of his last name here's Pier Thomas heading out of the White House today President Biden ignoring a barrage of questions about the new federal indictment against his son Hunter any comment on the new charges against your son Mr President the nine count indictment six misdemeanors and three felony charges accusing Hunter Biden of failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019 special counsel David Weiss insisting that during that time Biden was living an extravagant lifestyle spending on drugs escorts and girlfriends luxury hotels rental properties exotic cars clothing in short everything but his taxes Biden allegedly shelling out more than $600,000 on various women another $397,000 on clothes and more than $180,000 on adult entertainment why a trump appointee kept on by attorney general Merrick Garland to continue the probe has been investigating hund Biden for more than 5 years through it all the president standing squarely behind his son my son's done nothing wrong I trust him I have faith in him Hunter Biden has since paid all of his back taxes today his attorney saying if Hunter's last name was anything other than Biden the charges would not have been brought adding that the special counsel bowed to Republican pressure in a recently recorded podcast Hunter Biden accusing Republicans of attacking him to undermine his father's confidence and ability to continue the campaign they're trying to destroy a presidency and so it's not about me and their most base way what they're trying to do is they're trying to kill me knowing that it will be a pain greater than my father could be able to handle some legal Scholars say it's unusual for someone who's fully paid back their taxes to be so aggressively prosecuted the stakes now are incredibly high for Hunter Biden who faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted David Pier Thomas live in Washington Pier thank you now to Al New York tonight shots fired outside that Temple where preschoolers were still inside well tonight that alleged gunman under arrest and what he allegedly said to police after firing the gun here's Aaron kerki tonight the man accused of firing a shotgun outside an Albany synagogue is being held in jail after appearing in federal court the criminal complaint says mufid faaz alcad a 28-year-old Iraqi born US citizens stood outside of the Temple Israel on Thursday with a 12 gauge shotgun and fired two rounds into the air just hours before the start of Hanukah authorities saying alcad told investigators the events in the Middle East have impacted him we were told by uh responding officers that he made a comment uh free Palestine for now alcad is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm he did not enter a plea authorities are investigating the shooting though as a possible hate crime You Raised Me Up from shol you gave me life tonight in a show of support New York Governor Cathy hok is attending a Shabbat services at Temple Israel the Tranquility of this wonderful Community has been upended but I'm calling on all people don't let this don't let the forces of evil take the joy that should be in your heart right now just here in New York last month David the NYPD said there was a 32% increase in anti-jewish crime compared to the same month a year earlier David Eric tursky in New York tonight Aaron thank you meanwhile to the Israel Hamas War tonight Israel acknowledging that the Israeli military did try to rescue hostages from Hamas inside Gaza but that it failed ABC's James Longman in Israel again tonight for us tonight as Israel intensifies its Furious assault on Gaza details are emerging about a failed operation to rescue hostages from Hamas Israel says two IDF soldiers were severely injured and several terrorists killed when its forces raided a Hamas Hideout but no hostages were recovered Hamas is claiming one of the hostages was killed in the firefight but the IDF is not confirming the death it comes as the Israeli government is on the defense over the Detention of hundreds of men in Northern Gaza new images show these men stripped down to their underwear hands tied behind their backs sitting in rows taken to Israel for interrogation we're talking about military AED men who were discovered in areas that civilians were supposed to have EV evacuated weeks ago now those individuals will be questioned and we will work out who indeed was a Hamas terrorist and who is not hann's brother Mahmud was among those men he says he has no affiliation with Hamas the level of a humiliation is unprecedented late today hany confirming Mahmud his son and their father were all released and tonight Fierce fighting in southern gaza's biggest city hunis the IDF is hunting down top Hamas commanders people's homes destroyed two million now displaced those who escaped the bombing now living in plastic tents with limited access to food water or protection from the elements and with more than 177,000 Palestinians killed according to the Hamas run Health Ministry Secretary of State Anthony blinkin with some of the strongest criticism yet of Israel's offensive it is imperative it remains imperative that Israel put a premium on civilian protection and there does remain a gap between exactly what what I said when I was there the intent to protect civilians and the actual results that we're seeing on the ground and now for that failed rescue operation David the idef says it did Kill Hamas Fighters involved in the October 7th attack but that all 137 hostages do remain in Hamas captivity David all right James Longman live in Tel for us thank you James back here in the us tonight into a major medical breakthrough the FDA approving two new treatments for Cle cell disease one of them the world's first Gene editing therapy targeting certain DNA and changing it to fight illness could it eventually help fight cancer diabetes and ALS here's ABC's Faith abou Tonight Tonight the FDA approving the first two breakthrough therapies for Cle cell disease offering what some researchers call a functional cure for many patients with a debilitating blood disorder the treatments have the ability to edit patients DNA in targeted areas leading to the production of healthy cells and alleviate the excruciating pain and organ damage caused by blood cells that mutate into a crescent or sickle shape one of the treatments Cas jevy is the first ever approved therapy that uses the novel Gene editing tool crisper cast 9 a kind of molecular scissors which has the ability to remove and replace highly specific sections of DNA as we continue to advance the uh science and the data collection behind it it is hoped that we can then expand those who are using it Connecticut 15-year-old Jonathan lubben was one of the youngest patients involved in the trials his family says before he received the crisper cast 9 therapy he was hospitalized every few months now the teenager says he hasn't had a painful attack in over a year before this whole treatment it was always maybe oh don't go because you might have a pain crisis but now not that I have free Reid but I'm able to do a lot more stuff than I than I used to be able to and David the treatments were only approved for patients 12 years and older they do come with many risks and hurdles they're expensive they require patients to stay in the hospital for several weeks and they may jeopardize fertility David Faith abub reporting for us tonight Faith thank you when we come back on a Friday night the 16-year-old high school cheerleader found dead in her home by her mother the fast moving investigation tonight and we learned late today that actor Ryan O'Neal has died in a moment here we look back from Paper Moon to love story his relationship with Farah faucet and Barbara stran just out with her own tribute Tonight Tonight authorities are searching for the killer of a high school cheerleader in Edna Texas that's about 100 miles Southwest of Houston the body of 16-year-old Elizabeth Medina was found in the bathroom of her home her mother discovering the body worried because her daughter didn't show up to perform at the town's Christmas parade authorities have not revealed how she died or if they have any suspects tonight when we come back here at the late news tonight that actor Ryan O'Neal has died we look back at so many big movies and what his family is saying tonight to the index of other news tonight into the economy gas prices falling to their lowest level in two years Gas Buddy reporting tonight that the median price of gas has now dropped to 299 per gallon that's the first time since 2021 more than half the gas stations in the us tonight now below $3 a gallon we'll take it when we come back here from Paper Moon to Love Story remembering actor Ryan O'Neal and Barbara stri SS tribute to her for former co-star just did tonight finally tonight here we learned late today that actor Ryan O'Neal has died he had a run of Unforgettable roles in the 1970s even when his daughter was stealing the scene tonight O'Neal's career his longtime love Farah faucet and the tributes already pouring in actor Ryan O'Neal first catapulted to fame and captivated audiences in the movies in the 1970s his first big break though came before in the TV soap opera Payton place in 19 64 side by side with meia Pharaoh serve us with a smile drive you straight to the door it's it's out of your way they made your way is my way didn't you know that then the movies his third film making him a household name the 1970 Blockbuster love story and the famous line love means never having to say you're sorry at the time one of the highest grossing films ever earning him an Oscar nomination then don't leave me Jenny sure we can honey Daddy was just fixing the lead this here is my little girl it's just the there was 1973's Paper Moon co-starring with his 9-year-old daughter Tatum who won an Oscar for her role I told you I don't want you riding with me no more you still owe me $200 in 1979 alongside Barbara stren in the main event I'm not a fighter you're not a fighter do I look like a fighter no huh tonight stran sharing this image writing he was funny and charming and he will be remembered O'Neal would act alongside Farah faucet and the two would share a 17-year romance O'Neal battled leukemia in 2001 with faucet by his side and then he was there for her when she battled cancer she is so brave and so positive and uh and confident it's heartbreaking tonight his son Patrick saying his father passed away peacefully today at the age of 882 calling his father his hero saying he died quote with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us ran O'Neal remember tonight I'll see you for an allnew 2020 tonight at 900 P p.m. Eastern I'm David mure good night thank you for making World News Tonight with David mure America's most watched newscast

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