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BREAKING NEWS. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE INJURED INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS AT A CHURCH SHOOTING ON THIS SUNDAY IN KENTUCKY. AND DANGEROUS WEATHER FROM COAST TO COAST


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>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MULTIPLE PEOPLE INJURED INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS AT A CHURCH SHOOTING ON THIS SUNDAY IN KENTUCKY. AND DANGEROUS WEATHER FROM COAST TO COAST. INCLUDING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST. >> FIRST, AUTHORITIES SAY THE KENTUCKY INCIDENT STARTED WITH A TROOPER-INVOLVED SHOOTING NEAR THE AIRPORT. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT FLEEING THE SCENE AFTER A CARJACKING BEFORE ENDING UP AT A BAPTIST CHURCH IN LEXINGTON. THE NEW DETAILS COMING IN TONIGHT. >>> RIVERS RISING AGAIN IN THE SAME AREAS DEVASTATED BY THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN CAUSING THE STREAMS TO SURGE. THE SEARCH FOR 160 PEOPLE MISSING TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AS HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FUELING FAST-MOVING WILDFIRES IN THE GRAND CANYON. HUNDREDS EVACUATED. THE NEW FLASH FLOOD DANGER IN THE NORTHEAST. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS TRACKING IT ALL. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENING THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO WITH NEW 30% TARIFFS ON SOME OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS. WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND BUSINESSES. >>> A SMALL PLANE CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF OUTSIDE OF LONDON. SENDING A FIREBALL AND PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO THE SKY. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP TEASES A MAJOR STATEMENT ON RUSSIA TOMORROW. THIS AS HE ESCALATES CRITICISM OF VLADIMIR PUTIN AMID A BARRAGE OF ATTACKS ON UKRAINE. WILL UKRAINE GET MORE PATRIOT MISSILE BATTERIES? MARCUS MOORE ON THE DETAILS. >>> THE SOCCER SHOWDOWN IN NEW JERSEY. PARIS ST. GERMAIN AND CHELSEA BATTLE FOR THE WORLD CUP FINAL. PRESIDENT TRUMP AMONG THE SPECTATORS. >> THE MEN'S FINAL AT WIMBLEDON, ANOTHER EPIC MATCHUP BETWEEN TWO OF THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYERS. BUT WHO CLAIMED THE WIMBLEDON TROPHY? >> AMERICA STRONG, REMEMBERING THE FALLEN FIREFIGHTER WHO LOST HIS LIFE PROTECTING HIS FAMILY. ONE YEAR AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> Martha: GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS SUNDAY. I'M MARTHA RADDATZ IN FOR LINSEY DAVIS. THE DANGEROUS WEATHER COAST TO COAST INCLUDING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT IN THE NORTHEAST. BUT WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS AFTER A CHURCH SHOOTING ON THIS SUNDAY IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. AUTHORITIES SAYING MOMENTS AGO THAT TWO WOMEN WERE KILLED. POLICE SAY IT STARTED WHEN THE SUSPECT WAS PULLED OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP. LATER ENDING UP AT THAT CHURCH. THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS KILLED BY POLICE, AUTHORITIES SAYING TONIGHT, HE MAY HAVE HAD A CONNECTION TO THE INDIVIDUALS AT THAT CHURCH. ABC'S ALEX PRESHA LEADS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A KENTUCKY BAPTIST CHURCH. A GUNMAN OPENING FIRE, KILLING TWO WOMEN AND INJURED TWO OTHERS. >> THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT BY RESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY IT STARTED AFTER 11:30 THIS MORNING. ACCORDING TO OFFICERS, HAD SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE IN LEXINGTON AFTER A LICENSE PLATE ALERT. THE SUSPECT SHOOTING AT A STATE TROOPER BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. AND AFTER CARJACKING ANOTHER VEHICLE, POLICE SAY HE MADE HIS WAY TO RICHMOND ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. >> THE SUSPECT FIRED HIS WEAPON AT INDIVIDUALS ON CHURCH PROPERTY. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE HAD A CONNECTION TO THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE CHURCH. >> FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHING THE INJURED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY ONE OF THE VICTIMS INJURED IN THE CHURCH IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE INJURED STATE TROOPER AND ANOTHER CHURCH VICTIM ARE STABLE. KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR POSTING ON X, PLEASE PRAY FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THESE SENSELESS ACTS OF VIOLENCE. >> SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A REASON WHY. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE OF LEXINGTON. >> Reporter: THE TWO WOMEN KILLED, 72-YEAR-OLD BEVERLY AND 32-YEAR-OLD CHRISTINA, THE CORONER SAYS THIS WAS A SMALL CHURCH AND MANY OF THE ATTENDEES WERE RELATED. MARTHA. >> Martha: THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. HEAVY RAIN CAUSING A RIVER TO RISE MORE THAN 30 FEET IN JUST FOUR HOURS. RESIDENTS OF KERRVILLE, ONE OF THE AREAS HARDEST HIT BY THE CATASTROPHIC FLOODING, WARNED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND EARLIER TODAY, AND THE NORTHEAST IS NOW FACING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. JACLYN LEE REPORTING ONCE AGAIN FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DANGEROUS WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NEW IMAGES FROM TEXAS AMID A FRESH ROUND OF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. IN CENTRAL TEXAS, ROADS SHUT DOWN BY FAST-MOVING FLOODWATERS. GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT WRITING RESPONDERS HAVE RESCUED DOZENS OF TEXANS FROM THE AREA. GROUND EFFORTS HALTED IN KERRVILLE WHERE CREWS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING AFTER LAST WEEK'S FLOODING CLAIMED AT LEAST 129 LIVES. THE RAIN REALLY COMING DOWN. ITEMS NOW WASHING DOWN THE GUADALUPE RIVER INCLUDING THESE PILES OF DEBRIS. AND IN FLORIDA, LIGHTNING STRIKING THREE IN ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH. OUT WEST, HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FUELING TWO BLAZES IN THE GRAND CANYON AND DESTROYING BETWEEN 50 TO 80 STRUCTURES INCLUDING A HISTORIC NORTH RIM LODGE. TOGETHER, THE FIRES BURNING MORE THAN 45,000 ACRES. AND WILDFIRES IN CANADA ALSO PUSHING SMOKE INTO PARTS OF THE MIDWEST. MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN UNDER AIR QUALITY ALERTS. BACK IN TEXAS, FAMILIES GRAPPLING WITH GRIEF IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT FATAL FLOODING. MATTHEW AND ELIZABETH HAMMOND SAY THE LAST TIME THEY SAW THEIR 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ALIVE, SHE WAS FLOATING ON HER BACK DOWN A RAGER CREEK. >> JUST DEVASTATED WE'RE NEVER ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER AGAIN. >> SO SORRY. >> THANK YOU. >> THE FAMILY'S VAN FALLING INTO RAGING FLOODWATERS. >> I FELT MYSELF GO UNDER AND HAVE THE THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH, IS THIS IT? >> Reporter: THEIR DAUGHTER'S BODY DISCOVERED A MILE AWAY. >> SHE LOOKED SO PEACEFUL. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD HER ONE LAST TIME THE WAY I DID WHEN SHE WAS A BABY. >> Reporter: THE NEXT DAY, A HAND WRITTEN LETTER ARRIVING IN THEIR MAILBOX. >> I MISS AND LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AT ALL. >> Reporter: MARTHA, AFTER THIS TRAGEDY, SOME FAMILIES LIKE THE HAMMONDS RECEIVING A LITTLE BIT OF CLOSURE, BUT THERE ARE STILL MORE THAN 160 PEOPLE STILL MISSING. SEARCH AND RECOVERY CREWS SET TO BEGIN AGAIN TOMORROW PENDING THE FLOW OF THE RIVER. MARTHA. >> Martha: JACYLN, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET TO DANI BECKSTROM FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. YOU'RE TRACKING TWO DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREATS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TWO, YES, MARTHA. THE FIRST, TEXAS, WHERE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK THROUGH, TAKING A LOOK AT THE RADAR, THANKFULLY THIS MORNING'S TORRENTIAL RAIN IS MOVING EAST, BUT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT LINGERS. FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE SECOND AREA IN THE NORTHEAST. FLOOD WATCHES FROM VIRGINIA TO UPSTATE NEW YORK. SCATTERED STORMS BRING HEAVY DOWNPOURS THIS EVENING WITH ANOTHER ROUND DEVELOPING TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOT AND DRY WEATHER, THAT'S THE HEADLINE IN THE WEST. FUELING THOSE WILDFIRES WITH HEAT ADVISORIES FROM SPOKANE TO FRESNO AFTER A BRIEF BREAK ON MONDAY, PORTLAND IS UP TO 97 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY WHILE SOUTHERN NEVADA STARTING THE WEEK WITH AN EXTREME HEAT WARNING. WE'RE TALKING 112 DEGREES IN VEGAS ON MONDAY. >> Martha: VERY HOT ACROSS THE NATION. DANI, THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THREATENING THE EUROPEAN UNION AND MEXICO WITH 30% TARIFFS. THE EU NOW WARNING OF COUNTERMEASURES IF THE TARIFFS KICK IN ON AUGUST 1st. THE UNCERTAINTY, TOO, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMERICA'S BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS REELING, SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP WITH TRUMP'S EVER SHIFTING TARIFF POLICY. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING SWEEPING 30% TARIFFS ON GOODS FROM MEXICO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION AFTER MONTHS OF NEGOTIATION. TRUMP VOWED TO MAKE 90 DEALS IN 90 DAYS BUT INSTEAD, HE IS SENDING OFFICIAL LETTERS TO COUNTRIES DECLARING NEW TARIFF RATES SET TO TAKE EFFECT ON AUGUST 1st. HE'S BACKED OFF ON DEADLINES BEFORE, SO THE KEY QUESTION NOW -- >> IS THIS A NEGOTIATING TACTIC OR ARE THESE TARIFFS REAL? >> THESE TARIFFS ARE REAL IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T GET A DEAL THAT HE THINKS IS GOOD ENOUGH. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO THREATENING 25% TARIFFS ON JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, 35% TARIFFS ON CANADA, AND MASSIVE 50% TARIFFS ON BRAZIL. AND TONIGHT, SMALL BUSINESSES LEFT IN LIMBO. WE FIRST MET AMY BACK IN APRIL AT HER TOY STORE IN VIRGINIA. AFTER TRUMP HIT CHINA WITH STAGGERING 145% TARIFFS THAT HE LATER WALKED BACK. WE CAUGHT UP AGAIN WITH AMY. SHE IS STILL FACING UNCERTAINTY. >> WE'RE STRESSED OUT. WE DON'T KNOW ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE LOANS OUT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE DOLLARS THAT WE NEED TO FILL OUR STORES? >> Reporter: NEARLY EVERYTHING IN HER STORE IS MADE IN CHINA OR COMES FROM EUROPEAN VENDORS. >> FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY FOR THE COST OF TARIFFS. I PAY FOR IT, YOU PAY FOR IT, MY CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR IT. THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING FOR IT RIGHT NOW. >> Martha: SO MANY PEOPLE ON EDGE. WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE, WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THE GROWING BACKLASH OVER THE FBI AND DOJ'S DECISION TO CLOSE THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE? >> WELL, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DEFENDING HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, PAM BONDI, EVEN AS SOME OF HIS MOST LOYAL SUPPORTERS ARE CALLING FOR HER RESIGNATION. THE PRESIDENT TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING SHE'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, AND TONIGHT, HE'S WATCHING THE FIFA SOCCER MATCH ALONGSIDE BONDI AND OTHERS IN HIS PRESIDENTIAL BOX. MARTHA. >> Martha: SELINA, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A PLANE CRASH AT SOUTH END AIRPORT ABOUT ONE HOUR EAST OF LONDON. WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING A TERRIFYING FIREBALL IN THE SKY AND PLUMES OF SMOKE. AUTHORITIES SAY A SMALL PLANE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. EMERGENCY CREWS DESCENDING ON THE SCENE. WE HAVE MORE NOW FROM ABC'S LAMA HASAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC IMAGES SHOWING A MASSIVE FIREBALL IN THE SKY AND PLUMES OF SMOKE OVER SOUTH END AIRPORT. 40 MILES FROM LONDON, ONLOOKERS ON THE TARMAC STUNNED. >> CRAZY. IT'S BEEN A PLANE CRASH. >> Reporter: AT AROUND 4:00 THIS AFTERNOON, POLICE WERE ALERTED TO WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A SERIOUS INCIDENT INVOLVING A SMALL TWIN ENGINE TURBO PROP LIKE THIS ONE. IT WAS BOUND FOR THE NETHERLANDS. INITIAL REPORTS SUGGEST THERE WAS A COLLISION. FLIGHT RADAR SHOWS THE PLANE'S PATH. WATCH AS IT TRAVELS DOWN THE RUNWAY. ONE EYE WITNESS SAYS HE SAW THE PLANE TAKING OFF BUT JUST THREE TO FOUR SECONDS LATER, IT STARTED TO BANK TO ITS LEFT, THEN CRASHED INTO THE GROUND. >> I GUESS FOR THE PEOPLE AT SOUTH END THIS IS JUST A REALLY SHOCKING MOMENT TO HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE INCIDENT TRIGGERING A QUICK EMERGENCY RESPONSE. POLICE WARNING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE AIRPORT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MARTHA, AN URGENT INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY TO TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER WHAT CAUSED THIS ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER THIS WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR PILOT ERROR. THE AIRPORT REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. MARTHA. >> Martha: LAMA, THANK YOU. >>> INDIA'S PILOTS UNION IS BLASTING A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE CRASH OF AIR INDIA FLIGHT 171, CALLING IT BIASED. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, ONE PILOT IS HEARD ON THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER ASKING THE OTHER WHY HE ACTIVATED THE 787'S FUEL CUT-OFF SWITCHES. THE SECOND PILOT DENIED MOVING THEM. THE UNION CLAIMS THE REPORT'S TONE CREATES A PRESUMPTION OF PILOT GUILT. ABC HAS OBTAINED AN INTERNAL MESSAGE AIR INDIA SENT TO ITS PILOTS ASKING THEM TO REVIEW THE PRELIMINARY REPORT AND BRING ANY QUESTI PRELIMINARY REPORT AND BRING ANY QUESTIONS TO MANAGEMENT. NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TEASING A MAJOR STATEMENT ON RUSSIA TOMORROW. THIS AS HE ESCALATES CRITICISM OF VLADIMIR PUTIN AMID A BARRAGE OF ATTACKS ON UKRAINE, INCLUDING MORE THAN 3000 DRONES, BOMBS AND MISSILES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS. HERE'S ABC'S MARCUS MOORE WITH WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP PREPARING FOR WHAT HE SAYS WILL BE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK CONCERNING RUSSIA. >> THE GAME IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. I EXPECT IN THE COMING DAYS YOU WILL SEE WEAPONS FLOWING AT A RECORD LEVEL TO HELP UKRAINE DEFEND THEMSELVES. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE U.S. AND NATO ARE LOOKING AT SENDING PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEMS TO UKRAINE, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT WOULD COME FROM EUROPEAN ALLIES OR U.S. STOCKPILES. >> HI, EVERYBODY. >> MARTHA, ASKING PRESIDENT ZELENSKY JUST WEEKS AGO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE U.S. DID NOT PROVIDE MORE MILITARY AID AND ASKING IF IT WOULD MEAN RUSSIA COULD WIN THE WAR? >> MORE. MORE CHANCE, MORE QUICK. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL HAVE? WE WILL HAVE MORE LOSSES, MUCH MORE LOSSES WITHOUT HELP OF THE UNITED STATES. THEY CAN GIVE US THEY CAN PROVIDE US, FOR EXAMPLE, MISSILES FOR A PATRIOT OR NOT. >> RUSSIA CONTINUED TO HAMMER UKRAINE THIS WEEK, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, FROM THE AIR WITH MORE THAN 3000 DRONES, BOMBS AND MISSILES. TRUMP VOICING HIS GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH PUTIN. >> I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. HE'LL TALK SO BEAUTIFULLY AND THEN BOMB PEOPLE AT NIGHT. WE DON'T LIKE THAT. YOU'RE GAMBLING WITH WORLD WAR THREE. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ONCE TESTY RELATIONSHIP WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKY HAS WARMED THE TWO. MEETING IN THE VATICAN AT THE FUNERAL FOR POPE FRANCIS. THIS IMAGE OF THEM HUDDLED TOGETHER IN DEEP CONVERSATION MEANT TO BE SEEN AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING MOSCOW. TRUMP VOICING HIS ADMIRATION FOR UKRAINE'S PERSEVERANCE IN RECENT WEEKS AS WAR RAGES ON. AND NATO SECRETARY GENERAL IS HEADING TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK FOR TALKS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHER TOP OFFICIALS. AND WE KNOW THROUGH SOURCES THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF MILITARY AID COUNTRIES ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO SHARE TO HELP UKRAINE DEFEND ITSELF. MARTHA. >> MARCUS. THANK YOU. ONE YEAR AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THEN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP, A SENATE REPORT IS DEMANDING MORE SECRET SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY. LAST JULY 13TH, A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE DURING A PENNSYLVANIA RALLY. TRUMP SUFFERED A GRAZE WOUND TO HIS RIGHT EAR AND A RALLY ATTENDEE WAS KILLED. TODAY'S REPORT FROM SENATOR RAND PAUL ACCUSES THE SECRET SERVICE OF A COMPLETE SECURITY BREAKDOWN AND LIMITED ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CALLS FOR REFORMS TO AGENCY PROCEDURES. LAST WEEK, SIX AGENTS WERE SUSPENDED FOR WHAT SECRET SERVICE CALLED FAILURES CONNECTED TO THE ATTACK. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, THE AGENCY SAID IT HAS IMPLEMENTED SUBSTANTIVE REFORMS TO ADDRESS THE FAILURES THAT OCCURRED THAT DAY. HUNDREDS ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN KILLED IN THE WEST BANK, AMID CALLS FOR THE U.S. TO TAKE ACTION. SAIF SHALIT'S FAMILY SAYS THE FLORIDA NATIVE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH FRIDAY BY ISRAELI SETTLERS WHILE VISITING FAMILY. THE IDF SAYS THERE WAS A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION AFTER STONES WERE THROWN AT ISRAELIS, AND IT IS LOOKING INTO THE INCIDENT. SHALIT'S FAMILY WANTS AN IMMEDIATE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION. A SPOKESPERSON TELLS ABC NEWS THE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF A U.S. CITIZEN IN THE WEST BANK, AND THAT IT HAS NO HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF AMERICANS OVERSEAS. STILL AHEAD ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT THIS SUNDAY, THE FINAL OF THE FIRST FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP. ALSO, A ONETIME FUGITIVE DECIDES TO GRIN AND BEAR IT. PLUS, DETAILS ON THE LAST MAN >>> NOW TO THE BIG SOCCER SHOWDOWN IN NEW JERSEY. PARIS ST. GERMAIN AND CHELSEA BATTLE IN THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL. CHELSEA TAKING THE WIN. ABC'S MARCUS MOORE JOINS US AGAIN WITH MORE ON THE GAME. MARCUS. >> Reporter: HEY, MARTHA. TONIGHT, AMERICANS ARE REALLY GETTING A FIRST TASTE OF THE WORLD CUP HERE IN THE U.S. SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP SOCCER STARS ARE SQUARING OFF AT MET LIFE STADIUM HERE IN NEW JERSEY. USUALLY HOME TURF FOR THE NFL'S JETS AND GIANTS. TODAY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FANS WERE BRAVING THE HEAT, PAGING THE STANDS THERE TO WATCH ENGLAND'S CHELSEA TAKE ON PARIS ST. GERMAIN, AND CHELSEA WON THIS MATCH 3-0. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SECURITY WAS TIGHT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA IN THE CROWD. JOINING THE FIFA PRESIDENT FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. AND IN JUST OVER A YEAR, THE STADIUM WILL BE BUZZING ONCE AGAIN, MAYBE WITH THE PRESIDENT BACK IN THE STANDS WHEN IT HOSTS THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON JULY 19th, 2026. MARTHA, THE U.S. HASN'T MADE IT PAST THE SEMIFINALS SINCE 1930, SO THE QUESTION IS NEXT YEAR, COULD THEY GO ALL THE WAY? >> Martha: WE'LL HOPE SO, MARCUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> NOW TO THE ESCAPED INMATE WHO WAS ALL SMILES HEADING BACK TO JAIL. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS POSED WITH CEDRIC STEVENSON AS THEY ALL FLEW FROM SEATTLE TO KENTUCKY LAST WEEK. STEVENSON ESCAPED FROM AUTHORITIES IN MAY DURING HIS FIRST ATTEMPTED EXTRADITION. HE WAS CAUGHT LAST MONTH. KENTUCKY OFFICIALS SAY THE SECOND TRY TO GET HIM BACK TO KENTUCKY WENT PRETTY SMOOTHLY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, TENNIS TOP MEN'S PLAYERS BATTLE FOR THE WIMBLEDON CROWN. AND AN ILLNESS SIDELINES THE STAR OF THE 1970s THRILLER. >>> IN TENNIS, THERE WILL BE NO WIMBLEDON THREE-PEAT THIS YEAR. WORLD NUMBER ONE JANNIK SINNER BEAT TWO-TIME DEFENDING CHAMP CARLOS ALCARAZ IN TODAY'S MEN'S FINAL. IT'S SINNER'S FIRST WIMBLEDON CROWN. >>> AND UNFORTUNATE HEALTH NEWS FROM AN ORIGINAL STAR OF "JAWS." RICHARD DREYFUSS TELLING FANS HE HAS VIRAL BRONCHITIS. THE ILLNESS WILL FORCE HIM TO MISS SHARK-CON, AN ANNUAL EVENT IN TAMPA. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, HONORING THE FIREFIGHTER KILLED DURING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON DONALD TRUMP. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA STRONG. THE EMOTIONAL REMEMBRANCE FOR A MAN WHO DIED PROTECTING HIS FAMILY. ON THIS ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON THEN-CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP, WE REMEMBER COREY COMPERATORE, THE 50-YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WAS STANDING ON THE STAGE BEHIND TRUMP WHEN SHOTS RANG OUT. SHIELDING HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A BULLET. TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, COMPERATORE'S FAMILY AND COMMUNITY HONORED HIM WITH COREY'S CRUISE. A NEARLY 50-MILE MEMORIAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE IN BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE THE TRUMP RALLY HAD BEEN HELD. HIS DAUGHTER'S ALLISON AND KALEY ORGANIZED THE EVENT. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT WILL BENEFIT CAUSES CLOSE TO COMPERATORE'S HEART, INCLUDING LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS, HIS CHURCH, AND A DOBERMAN RESCUE ORGANIZATION. >> HE WOULD BE SO SURPRISED THAT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT HIM. I THINK HE WOULD BE IN TOTAL AWE. >> AND YESTERDAY, CLOSE TO 1,000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE RIDE. >> HE WOULD SAY WHAT HE DID THAT DAY WAS WHAT ANY MAN SHOULD DO FOR HIS WIFE AND HIS KIDS. >> LATER, COREY'S WIDOW HELEN ADDRESSED THE CROWD AND GAVE THANKS. >> IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. I KEPT THINKING MY HUSBAND IS STARING DOWN HERE JUST IN AWE. >> A LOVELY TRIBUTE. 

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