Shadowing Practice: ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 3, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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THE HOSTAGE STANDOFF THE MOMENT AUTHORITIES MOVE IN THE 15 HOUR STANDOFF. THE SUSPECT SAYING HE ATTACHED EXPLOSIVES TO HOSTAGES BARRICADED INSIDE A BUILDING.
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THE HOSTAGE STANDOFF THE MOMENT AUTHORITIES MOVE IN THE 15 HOUR STANDOFF. THE SUSPECT SAYING HE ATTACHED EXPLOSIVES TO HOSTAGES BARRICADED INSIDE A BUILDING.
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TEN HOSTAGES INSIDE. FBI SWAT TEAMS ON THE SCENE FOR HOURS.
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AND TONIGHT, THE MOMENT HERE.
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FEDERAL AGENTS MAKE THEIR MOVE.
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TONIGHT, THE JETBLUE PASSENGER JET IN THE AIR. ANOTHER PLANE COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WARNING THE PASSENGER JET. THE OTHER PLANE IS NOT RESPONDING. CALLING THE OTHER PILOT INSANE. TONIGHT, THE SUSPECT AT A TSA CHECKPOINT WEARING A SCARF, LATEX GLOVES.
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AUTHORITIES DISCOVERING AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. SCISSORS AND ZIP TIES. TONIGHT, THE HIGH STAKES PRIMARIES, THE CLIFFHANGER, AND THE CLOSELY WATCHED RACE FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS HEADED FOR A RUNOFF. WILL IT BE AGAINST REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT AND THE OTHER RACES WE'RE FOLLOWING HERE TONIGHT? A ROCK STRIKING KUWAIT AIRPORT IN A DEADLY ATTACK. THE U.S.
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STRIKING IRANIAN TARGETS. AND LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ASKED IF THE CEASE FIRE IS STILL ON. TONIGHT, THE HIGH RISE FALL. OR WAS IT MURDER?
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NEW SURVEILLANCE SHOWING AN EXECUTIVE AND THE MAN WHO POLICE SAY PUSHED HIM OFF THE 25TH FLOOR. TONIGHT, THE WIFE WHO WENT MISSING IN THE BAHAMAS.
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HER HUSBAND CLAIMS SHE FELL OFF THE BOAT AND WAS SWEPT AWAY.
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THE NEW TURN IN THIS CASE.
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TONIGHT, THE DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER A DEADLY CRASH INTO A BEACH TOLLBOOTH. HER PICKUP IN THE WATER. THE HOME RUN HELPER.
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THE OUTFIELDER LOOKING TO CATCH THE BALL, BUT IT BOUNCES OFF HIS HEAD INSTEAD, TURNING IT INTO A HOME RUN.
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FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.
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GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE DRAMATIC END TO A 15 HOUR STANDOFF AND HOSTAGE SITUATION. A SUSPECT WITH POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES BARRICADED INSIDE A BUILDING ABOVE A BANK IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, CLAIMING HE HAD ATTACHED EXPLOSIVES TO SOME OF THE HOSTAGES INSIDE. TEN HOSTAGES IN ALL THE FBI, SWAT TEAMS AND THE BOMB SQUAD ON THE SCENE FOR HOURS TONIGHT. HERE, THE MOMENT THE FBI MOVES IN.
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TAKING DOWN THE SUSPECT, FREEING THE HOSTAGES. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE NOW LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT SUSPECT AND A POSSIBLE MOTIVE. ABC'S MELISSA DON LEADING US OFF TONIGHT.
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TONIGHT THE TENSE 15 HOUR STANDOFF BRINGING DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA TO A HALT. AUTHORITIES SAY A SUSPECT WITH POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A BUILDING, TAKING TEN PEOPLE HOSTAGE.
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HOSTAGES ON THE WEST END OF THE SECOND FLOOR.
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SWAT TEAMS, THE BOMB SQUAD NEGOTIATORS AND FBI RACING TO THE SCENE. JUST BEFORE 1 P.M.
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REPORTS OF A MAN MAKING A BOMB THREAT COMING IN.
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THE SUBJECT, POSSIBLY AS A MAKESHIFT DETONATOR HAND AND WIRES COMING FROM UNDER HIS SHIRT.
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HE ALSO TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT EXPLOSIVES HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO SOME OF THE HOSTAGES.
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AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT, IDENTIFIED AS 41 YEAR OLD ANTHONY SCOTT HARRIS, TIED UP FIVE OF THE HOSTAGES HOLDING EMPLOYEES OF THE KERN COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THIS BUILDING, ABOVE A CHASE BANK.
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WE ALSO HAD A HOSTAGE IN THERE THAT WE KNEW BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL. SHE HAD HER PHONE WITH HER AND WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH US UNTIL THE PHONE DIED.
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THE FIRST HOSTAGE RELEASED AROUND 4 P.M. THE SECOND 4.5 HOURS LATER IN EXCHANGE FOR FOOD AND WATER. LAW ENFORCEMENT, SPEAKING TO THE SUSPECT THROUGH A DOOR, NEGOTIATORS WORKING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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THEY HAVE BLOCKS BARRICADED HERE AS SEVERAL BUILDINGS ARE STILL UNDER LOCKDOWN. AT 4:30 A.M. THE HOSTAGE TEAM GOING IN, SHOOTING AND KILLING THE SUSPECT. THE REMAINING EIGHT HOSTAGES RESCUED, SEEN ESCORTED TO SAFETY BY SWAT AGENTS.
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AUTHORITIES SAY HARRIS, A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, HAD AN EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY AND WAS DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY FOR GOING AWOL.
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POLICE NOW SEARCHING FOR A MOTIVE BUT SAYING THEY ARE AWARE OF A YOUTUBE VIDEO CONNECTED TO THE SUSPECT, WHERE HE EXPRESSED GRIEVANCES ABOUT A PRIOR CONVICTION. DAVID AUTHORITIES CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPECT HAD SOME SORT OF DEVICE ON HIM, BUT BOMB TECHNICIANS SAY SO FAR THAT DEVICE WAS NOT ACTIVE.
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DAVID MELISSA DON HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE FOR US. MELISSA.
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THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE ALARMING CLOSE CALL BETWEEN A JETBLUE PASSENGER JET IN MID-AIR AND ANOTHER PLANE. THIS PLAYED OUT JUST MINUTES BEFORE LANDING AT THE AIRPORT IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THE OTHER PLANE COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WARNING THE JETBLUE PILOTS THAT THE OTHER PLANE WAS NOT RESPONDING.
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HERE'S GIO BENITEZ TONIGHT.
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THE ALARMING MIDAIR SCARE OVER FLORIDA, A PACKED PASSENGER JET COMING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ANOTHER PLANE THAT AUTHORITIES SAY WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.
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MAD MAX, THERE APPEARS TO BE SOUTH. THAT GUY IS INSANE.
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AUTHORITIES SAY A JETBLUE FLIGHT FROM ECUADOR WAS JUST MINUTES FROM LANDING IN FORT LAUDERDALE ON MONDAY, WHEN CONTROLLERS WARNED THE PILOTS OF A NEARBY PLANE.
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1286 THAT TRAFFIC, NOW DESCENDING AT A 4200FT.
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REPORTER A SHORT TIME LATER, THOSE JETBLUE PILOTS RECEIVING AN ALERT ON THE FLIGHT DECK CONTROLLERS ALERTING OTHER PILOTS.
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THERE'S A VFR OUT THERE THAT'S BEEN TRYING TO CLIMB AT AIRCRAFT.
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THE CONTROLLER WAS UNDERSTANDABLY UNCOMFORTABLE HERE BECAUSE HE WASN'T ABLE TO TALK TO THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT. THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING AROUND IN WAYS THAT HE HAD A HARD TIME KEEPING IT SEPARATED FROM THE JETBLUE AIRCRAFT.
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FLIGHT RADAR 24 DATA SHOWS THE JETBLUE FLIGHT CAME WITHIN 500FT VERTICALLY AND JUST UNDER TWO MILES HORIZONTALLY TO THE OTHER PLANE. AND DAVID, THE FAA SAYS THE REQUIRED SEPARATION WAS MAINTAINED AND THAT THE JETBLUE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY, BUT THE AGENCY IS STILL INVESTIGATING. DAVID.
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IT IS PUZZLING. GIO BENITEZ TONIGHT. THANKS. TONIGHT, THE ALARMING SCENE AT A TSA CHECKPOINT. AUTHORITIES SAY A SUSPECT APPROACHING THE CHECKPOINT AT CALIFORNIA'S SACRAMENTO AIRPORT WEARING A SCARF AND LATEX GLOVES.
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AUTHORITIES SAY THEY THEN ALLEGEDLY DISCOVERED AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS.
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PIERRE, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TONIGHT?
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DAVID, THIS BIZARRE INCIDENT UNFOLDING JUST AFTER 9 P.M. ON SATURDAY, THE SUSPECT SHOWING UP AT A TSA CHECKPOINT AT THE SACRAMENTO AIRPORT. AUTHORITIES SAY KIMANI JONES WAS WEARING A SCARF COVERING HIS FACE AND LATEX GLOVES WHEN THEY CHECKED JONES'S CARRY ON BAG. THEY SAY THEY ALLEGEDLY DISCOVERED THIS EXPLOSIVE DEVICE A LIGHTER AS WELL AS A KNIFE, SCISSORS, MORE BLADES AND ZIP TIES. ACCORDING TO THE TSA, IF THE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAD DETONATED NEXT TO A WINDOW, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND A LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURE. IF CONVICTED, JONES FACES A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. FBI SAYS JONES HAS A HISTORY OF PARANOIA.
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DAVID PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN WASHINGTON. PIERRE, THANK YOU.
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TONIGHT TO THE WAR IN IRAN.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED LATE TODAY, IS THIS CEASE FIRE STILL IN PLACE WITH IRAN STRIKING KUWAIT'S AIRPORT IN A DEADLY ATTACK AT THE U.S. STRIKING IRANIAN TARGETS? HOW THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED. MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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TONIGHT, IRAN FIRING OFF MISSILES AND DRONES ATTACKING U.S. ALLIES IN THE GULF. SOME OF THE FIERCEST STRIKES SINCE THE CEASE FIRE WAS DECLARED NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO. THE AIRPORT IN KUWAIT ABLAZE. SMOKE AND FLAMES. PEOPLE RUNNING IN TERROR. AT LEAST ONE KILLED.
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IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLING THE ATTACKS SELF-DEFENSE. THE U.S. AND IRAN HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING HEAVY FIRE. THE U.S.
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STRIKING AN EMPTY OIL TANKER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO EVADE THE BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN PORTS.
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IS THE CEASE FIRE WITH IRAN STILL ON?
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WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON FOR EVERYTHING. AND WE HIT THEM PRETTY HARD THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT.
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THE PRESIDENT SAYING IRAN WAS, QUOTE, RECIPROCATING.
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THAT PART OF THE WORLD, CEASE FIRES WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING IN A MORE MODERATE MANNER.
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HE INSISTS NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING, QUOTE, VERY WELL, DAVID, THREE MONTHS INTO THIS WAR, TONIGHT, CONGRESS IS SENDING THE PRESIDENT A POWERFUL MESSAGE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE HOUSE HAS VOTED TO BLOCK TRUMP FROM CONTINUING THIS WAR WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.
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FOUR REPUBLICANS JOINING DEMOCRATS TO PASS THIS THE MOVE LARGELY SYMBOLIC, BUT IT'S A STRIKING REBUKE OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF, DAVID.
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MARY BRUCE, LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MARY. THANK YOU.
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TONIGHT, THE CEO OF A TECH COMPANY IS UNDER ARREST IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ACCUSED OF SELLING U.S.
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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT. JAMSHID GHOMI, A DUAL U.S. IRANIAN CITIZEN FACING FEDERAL CHARGES OF VIOLATING U.S. SANCTIONS.
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HIS COMPANY, BASED IN TEHRAN.
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HE ALLEGEDLY HELPED IRAN ACQUIRE NETWORKING, SECURITY AND ENCRYPTION EQUIPMENT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE HIGH STAKES PRIMARIES IN SIX STATES, VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED TONIGHT.
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THE CLIFFHANGER IN THE CLOSELY WATCHED RACE FOR MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES MAYOR KAREN BASS HEADED FOR A RUNOFF. WILL IT BE AGAINST REALITY TV STAR SPENCER PRATT? OTHER RACES WERE ALSO WATCHING, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA'S RACE FOR GOVERNOR, FORMER FOX NEWS HOST STEVE HILTON AND XAVIER BECERRA APPEARING TO BE HEADED FOR A SHOWDOWN. AND TONIGHT, THE NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMAN, WHO HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN MONTHS, ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOW FACING A NEW DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER.
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HERE'S TREVOR AULT.
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TONIGHT, THE CLIFFHANGERS IN CALIFORNIA AS HIGH STAKES PRIMARIES SET THE STAGE FOR SHOWDOWNS THIS FALL. THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR'S RACE HEADING TO A RUNOFF FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.
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WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.
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DEMOCRATIC MAYOR KAREN BASS WILL FACE EITHER PROGRESSIVE COUNCILMEMBER NITHYA RAMAN OR FORMER REALITY STAR SPENCER PRATT, A CONSERVATIVE WHO HAS TARGETED MAYOR BASS ON THE L.A.
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FIRES AND HOMELESSNESS.
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I THINK THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS IS GOING TO HAVE TIME TO BUILD OUT THIS TEAM, TO SHOW EVERYBODY THE LEVEL OF DEMOCRATIC SUPPORTERS THAT I HAVE BEHIND ME.
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AND THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR, THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN HISTORY.
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AND ONLY TWO WILL SQUARE OFF IN NOVEMBER. FORMER FOX NEWS HOST AND TRUMP BACKED REPUBLICAN STEVE HILTON IS OFF TO AN EARLY LEAD.
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IT DOES LOOK AS IF CHANGE IS COMING TO CALIFORNIA.
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DEMOCRAT XAVIER BECERRA IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM, FOLLOWED BY BILLIONAIRE TOM STEYER.
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THERE ARE LOTS OF BALLOTS LEFT TO BE COUNTED. IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE ON TRACK TO ADVANCE TO NOVEMBER.
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IN IOWA. A RARE PRIMARY DEFEAT FOR A TRUMP ENDORSED CANDIDATE, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RANDY FEENSTRA, LOSING TO FARMER AND BUSINESSMAN ZACH LAWN.
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TONIGHT IS JUST THE BEGINNING. THE FIGHT STARTS NOW.
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AND NOW DEMOCRATS IN DEEP RED IOWA ARE HOPING THEY CAN FLIP THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND A SENATE SEAT. AND IN NEW JERSEY, DEMOCRAT AND FORMER NAVY PILOT REBECCA BENNETT WILL NOW TAKE ON REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN TOM KANE, WHO'S MISSED MORE THAN 100 VOTES BECAUSE OF A MYSTERY HEALTH PROBLEM.
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I JUST WANT TO FLIP THIS SEAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS SEAT IS TO BEING ABLE TO TAKE BACK THE HOUSE.
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AND, DAVID, BACK HERE IN CALIFORNIA, THESE VOTE COUNTERS HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. AND WE SHOULD NOTE THAT MAIL IN BALLOTS STILL BEING COUNTED DO OFTEN SKEW TOWARD DEMOCRATS. THAT COULD BE VERY IMPORTANT, WITH REPUBLICAN STEVE HILTON AND SPENCER PRATT BOTH TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THEIR POSITIONS. DAVID.
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ALL RIGHT.
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TREVOR AULT WEATHER.
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STILL COUNTING THE BALLOTS TONIGHT. TREVOR. THANK YOU.
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TONIGHT, THE MYSTERY UNFOLDING IN MIAMI BEACH WAS AT A HIGH RISE FALL. OR WAS IT MURDER?
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NEW SURVEILLANCE RIGHT HERE SHOWING A TECH EXECUTIVE. AND THE MAN WHO POLICE SAY, THEN PUSHED HIM OFF THE 25TH FLOOR.
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HERE'S MATT RIVERS TONIGHT.
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NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS SHOW BIOTECH EXECUTIVE JUSTIN ZELIN AND HIS ALLEGED KILLER, COREY HUTLEY, JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE.
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POLICE SAY HUTLEY THROUGH ZELIN OFF THE 25TH FLOOR OF HIS APARTMENT BUILDING. THE VIDEO, RECORDED FEBRUARY 12TH, SHOWS THEM WALKING SIDE BY SIDE ZELIN CARRYING FOOD, UTTERLY CARRYING A LIQUOR BOTTLE. MIAMI BEACH POLICE SAY THREE DAYS LATER, ON FEBRUARY 15TH, ZELIN CALLED 911.
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DURING THE CALL, DISPATCHERS HEAR, QUOTE, A CLEAR SOUND OF A STRUGGLE AND ZELIN QUOTE CAN BE HEARD MAKING MULTIPLE DEMANDS FOR HUTLEY TO GET OUT OF HIS APARTMENT. MOMENTS LATER, AS POLICE RUSHED TOWARD THE SCENE, ZELIN FALLS TO HIS DEATH.
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ANOTHER SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS A BUILDING WORKER RUSHING TO ZELEN'S BODY. POLICE SAY HE WAS SEEN LEAVING THE BUILDING, SWEATING AND OUT OF BREATH WEARING SOCKS BUT NO SHOES. HE WAS DETAINED AT THE SCENE. BUT IN COURT TUESDAY, HIS LAWYERS CLAIMED HE IS INNOCENT AND THAT ZELIN HAD A, QUOTE, MENTAL BREAK AND SIMPLY, QUOTE, WENT OVER THE BALCONY OF HIS 25TH FLOOR CONDO AND FELL TO HIS DEATH. DAVID KERLEY IS DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK. DAVID.
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MATT RIVERS TONIGHT. THANK YOU MATT, TONIGHT. NOW TO THE CASE INVOLVING THE WIFE WHO WENT MISSING IN THE BAHAMAS.
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HER HUSBAND CLAIMS SHE FELL OFF THE BOAT AND WAS SWEPT AWAY.
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TONIGHT THERE'S A NEW TURN IN THIS CASE AND WHY THE U.S.
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COAST GUARD IS NOW BACK ON THE SCENE. HERE'S VICTOR OQUENDO TONIGHT.
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DIVERS WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD SEARCHING NEW AREAS OFF THE BAHAMAS FOR MISSING AMERICAN LYNETTE HOOKER. TWO MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND SAYS SHE WENT OVERBOARD AND WAS SWEPT AWAY. U.S. OFFICIALS TELL ABC NEWS GPS DATA RECOVERED FROM HER HUSBAND BRIAN'S ELECTRONIC DEVICES DID NOT MATCH WHAT HE TOLD POLICE, LEADING INVESTIGATORS TO ZERO IN ON DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. YOU CAN SEE MEMBERS OF THE U.S.
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COAST GUARD BEHIND US IN THAT ORANGE BOAT. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY SEARCHED. IT'S CALLED LUBBERS QUAY, AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE THE HOOKER SAILBOAT, THE SOUL MATE, WAS ANCHORED.
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TEAMS ALSO SCOURING THIS COASTLINE ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM WHERE BRIAN SAYS HE ENDED UP AFTER SHE VANISHED. BRIAN HOOKER WAS ARRESTED BUT LATER RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGES. IN APRIL, HE TOLD ME HE WOULD STAY IN THE BAHAMAS UNTIL HIS WIFE WAS FOUND.
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I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING. I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL I'M TOLD TO LEAVE OR CONVINCED THAT IT'S FRUITLESS.
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DAVID, THIS DOCK IS THE LAST PLACE LYNETTE HOOKER WAS SEEN ALIVE. BRIAN IS NOW BACK IN THE U.S. THE COAST GUARD HAS WRAPPED FOR THE DAY, TELLING US THE SEARCH CONTINUES. AS FOR THEIR SAILBOAT, THE SOUL MATE, IT WAS SEIZED BY THE COAST GUARD AND IS NOW IN FLORIDA.
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DAVID. ALL RIGHT VICTOR OQUENDO BACK ON THE STORY FOR US VICTOR THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT TWO SCIENTISTS ARE FACING FEDERAL CHARGES IN DETROIT FOR ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING VIALS OF DEACTIVATED MPOX VIRUS INTO THE U.S. FROM AFRICA. THE SCIENTISTS WHO WORK AT A GOVERNMENT LAB IN MONTANA WERE STOPPED AT THE AIRPORT IN DETROIT IN JANUARY. THE FBI SAYS THEY LIED ABOUT CARRYING BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. NO WORD ON WHY THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY BRINGING THE DEACTIVATED VIRUS TO THEIR LAB. IN THE MEANTIME, THE NEWS DOES CONTINUE. TONIGHT.
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WHEN WE COME BACK, THE DEADLY CRASH ON THE BEACH TONIGHT, THE DRIVER ARRESTED FOR PICKUP TRUCK ENDING UP IN THE WATER.
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ALSO, WE HAVE DASH CAM VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS A CHILD IS THROWN FROM A VEHICLE. THIS IS A REMARKABLE STORY OF SURVIVAL. WE HAVE A NEW STUDY TONIGHT ON CERTAIN FOODS AND THE RISK OF DEMENTIA.
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WHAT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST?
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AND THE GRADUATION SURPRISE FOR BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
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WHAT THE STUDENTS DID RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF GRADUATION IS TONIGHT, A FLORIDA WOMAN IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF DRUNK DRIVING AND KILLING A WORKER WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A TOLL BOOTH ON THE BEACH. AUTHORITIES SAY DEANNA HARRELL IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. SHE'S ACCUSED OF SLAMMING HER TRUCK INTO THE TOLL BOOTH NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. HER TRUCK THEN STUCK IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH WELL, TO A TERRIFYING CRASH OUTSIDE ATLANTA. A CHILD THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE BOY'S SURVIVAL IS BEING DESCRIBED TONIGHT AS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. DASH CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE BOY THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE ON IMPACT.
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REMARKABLY, THE CHILD SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WAS ABLE TO WALK AWAY, AUTHORITIES SAY, AGAIN URGING PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILDREN ARE WEARING SEATBELTS. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE HOME RUN HELPER NOT INTENDED THE OUTFIELDER LOOKING TO CATCH THE BALL, BUT IT BOUNCES OFF HIS HEAD AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS INSTEAD. WE'VE GOT THAT NEW STUDY TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY TRAIN CRASH IN SOUTHEASTERN IOWA NEAR VICTOR.
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THE TRAIN HITTING A SEMI TRUCK, MORE THAN A DOZEN CARS AND TWO ENGINES DERAILING. AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THE TRUCK HAS DIED.
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HIGHWAY 21 IN THE AREA HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN INDEFINITELY. TONIGHT, NEW RESEARCH FINDING THAT ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA. THE STUDY, PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SHOWING PEOPLE WHO ATE FEWER PROCESSED FOODS, HAD A 41% LOWER DEMENTIA RISK. SCIENTISTS LINKED PROCESSED MEATS LIKE BACON, HOTDOGS AND HAM TO THE HIGHEST RISK. TONIGHT, THE LOS ANGELES ANGELS RIGHT FIELD ARE TURNING WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PRETTY CERTAIN OUT INTO A HOME RUN FOR THE OTHER TEAM. JOE ADELL RACING TO A FLYBALL RIGHT HERE, BUT IT BOUNCES OFF HIS GLOVE AND THEN BOUNCES OFF HIS HEAD AND OVER THE RIGHT FIELD FENCE. ADELE APPEARED TO BE OKAY, THOUGH I'M SURE IT WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE WAY THIS PLAYED OUT BACK IN APRIL. BY THE WAY, HE DID ROBBED THREE HOME RUNS FROM OPPOSING BATTERS IN JUST ONE GAME. WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, THE GRADUATION SURPRISE FOR A BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHAT THE STUDENTS DID RIGHT IN FINALLY TONIGHT HERE AMERICA STRONG, THE PRINCIPAL WHO WRITES HANDWRITTEN LETTERS TO ALL OF HIS GRADUATING SENIORS. BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS THE STUDENTS WHO CAME WITH A GIFT TONIGHT IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS. THE INCREDIBLE SURPRISE FOR A BELOVED HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FROM HIS STUDENTS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY.
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MANSFIELD SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JASON MUDDER, KNOWN AS COACH MUD TO HIS STUDENTS, HE STARTED A TRADITION WRITING LETTERS, HUNDREDS OF THEM PERSONALIZED LETTERS TO EACH OF HIS GRADUATING SENIORS. THOSE STUDENTS READING THEIR LETTERS.
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DANNY, MAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE LEADER ON OUR CAMPUS. PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH THOSE IN THE FUTURE WHO WILL BE BLESSED TO COME IN CONTACT WITH YOU ON YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY.
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WELL, THIS YEAR, 494 HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM THE PRINCIPAL AND THE GRADUATING CLASS WANTED TO SHOW THEIR PRINCIPAL JUST HOW MUCH THOSE LETTERS MEAN TO THEM. SO ON GRADUATION DAY, SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT JASON VU AT THE PODIUM IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SPEECH, TURNING TO THE PRINCIPAL WHO HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS COMING NEXT.
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WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
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OVER THE PAST FEW.
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DAYS, WE GOT EVERY SENIOR TO WRITE YOU A LETTER AND RETURN.
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COACH MUNDT, ALL YOUR HARD WORK HAS LED TO THIS MOMENT.
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PRINCIPAL MUDDER EMOTIONAL.
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HIS HAND TO HIS HEART, TURNING TO THANK HIS STUDENTS. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.
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GOOD EVENING, DAVID.
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THE PRINCIPAL COACH MUDD.
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IT'S AMAZING HOW A SMALL RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS, A HANDWRITTEN LETTER CAN HAVE SUCH A HUGE IMPACT ON OTHERS. MY PRAYER FOR OUR SENIORS IS THAT THEY TAKE THIS SUMMIT, LOVE THAT THEY ENCOUNTER HERE AT SUMMIT, AND THEY SPREAD IT WITH ALL THOSE WHO ARE BLESSED ACROSS THEIR PATH IN LIFE.
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AND TONIGHT, HIS STUDENTS, GRATEFUL.
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HE. DAVID NEW GRAD MALACHI CLARK.
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I JUST WANTED HIM TO KNOW THAT HE WAS ALSO LOVED AND APPRECIATED, AND THAT WE CARED A LOT ABOUT HIM, AND WE WANTED JUST TO SHOW THE LOVE BACK.
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I LOVE IT, THE POWER OF A HANDWRITTEN LETTER THAT PRINCIPAL SO DESERVING. I'M DAVID
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Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.
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