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>>> SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES AS WE COME ON TONIGHT. THE RACE TO CONTAIN THAT MASSIVE WILDFIRE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MORE THAN 130 STRUCTURES ALREADY DESTROYED, THOUSANDS MORE THREATENED. AND A DEADLY ATTACK IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. LATE DETAILS COMING IN. >>> FIRST, THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING IN TOUGH CONDITIONS ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES. THE PARK FIRE DOUBLING OVERNIGHT, NOW LARGER THAN THE SPRAWLING CITY OF LOS ANGELES. THE TOWERING FLAMES THREATENING COMMUNITIES, JUMPING HIGHWAYS. THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS UNDER EVACUATION, INCLUDING THE TOWN OF PARADISE DEVASTATED BY THE DEADLY CAMPFIRE SIX YEARS AGO. OUR TEAM ON THE FIRE LINES. >>> AND BREAKING NEWS OVERSEAS. A ROCKET STRIKING A SOCCER FIELD IN THE ISRAELI-CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS WHERE CHILDREN WERE PLAYING, CIVILIANS KILLED, THE DEATH TOLL EXPECTED TO RISE. NETANYAHU WARNING HEZBOLLAH WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE. MATT RIVERS REPORTING FROM ISRAEL. >>> THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUNNING MATE JD VANCE HIT THE TRAIL AMID THE NEW FOCUS ON THE OHIO SENATOR AND WHAT HE REPORTEDLY SAID IN PRIVATE A FEW YEARS AGO ABOUT TRUMP AND CONSERVATIVE PRIORITIES. AND THE TOP CONTENDERS VYING FOR A SPOT ON THE TICKET WITH VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHO'S LEADING THE PACK. MARYALICE PARK STANDING BY. >>> GROWING OUTRAGE OVER THE DEATH OF SONYA MASSEY, THE BLACK WOMAN KILLED IN HER OWN KITCHEN BY A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. WHAT HER FAMILY IS NOW SAYING AS ORGANIZERS PREPARE FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING. >>> THE INCREDIBLE RESCUE OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS. AN OKLAHOMA COUPLE LOST AT SEA FOR NEARLY 38 HOURS AFTER BECOMING SEPARATED FROM THEIR SCUBA DIVING GROUP. >>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GOES AFTER TIKTOK, CALLING IT A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. >>> THE EFFORT TO SECURE FRANCE'S RAIL NETWORK TO SERVICE WITH ONE DAY AFTER AN ARSONIST ATTACKS SEVERAL LINES. >>> AND TEAM USA, A NEW SUMMER GAMES RECORD AND AN AMERICAN GREAT RETURNS TO THE POOL. >>> AND AMERICAN STRONG TONIGHT, THE BASEBALL SUPER FAN AND HIS CROSS COUNTRY MESSAGE OF INSPIRATION. ♪♪ >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT." GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A DESPERATE RACE TO CONTAIN A MASSIVE WILDFIRE RAGING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. EXPLODING TO MORE THAN 500 SQUARE MILES, THAT'S LARGER THAN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES SCORCHING 5,000 ACRES PER HOUR. THE FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE DOUBLING IN SIZE OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS CONSUMING MORE THAN 130 HOMES AND THREATENING THOUSANDS MORE. MORE THAN 2,000 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING TO CONTROL THE FLAMES, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. THE PARK FIRE PROMPTING CALIFORNIA'S GOVERNOR TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TWO COUNTIES. THE FLAMES ALSO THREATENING THE TOWN OF PARADISE, NOW UNDER AN EVACUATION WARNING. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DESTROYED SIX YEARS AGO DURING THE DEADLY CAMPFIRE, ONE OF THE WORST IN STATE HISTORY. ABC'S JACLYN LEE LEADING US OFF TONIGHT FROM THE FIRE ZONE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THIS MASSIVE BLAZE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE PARK FIRE EXPLODING TO MORE THAN 500 SQUARE MILES, AN AREA BIGGER THAN LOS ANGELES. >> THERE WAS JUST A PERFECT WAVE OF EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE AGGRESSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR FROM THE SLOPE, THE TERRAIN, TOPOGRAPHY. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY STARTED AS A SUSPECTED ARSON IS NOW 0% CONTAINED. SCORCHING 5,000 ACRES AN HOUR, FUELED BY BONE DRY CONDITIONS, GUSTY WINDS AND THE HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD, MORE THAN 130 HOMES TORCHED AND THOUSANDS MORE THREATENED. THIS FIRE HAS CONSUMED EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH INCLUDING THE FIREPLACE THE ONLY THING LEFT STANDING, AND IN THE KITCHEN IT'S STILL SMOLDERING. JEN ROBINS AND HER DAUGHTER HAD TO LEAVE THEIR FARM AND ANIMALS BEHIND. THESE PICTURES SHOW JUST HOW CLOSE THE FLAMES CAME AS THEY ESCAPED THROUGH A TUNNEL OF FIRE. THE HEAT MELTING TIRES. >> SO THIS IS DRAGGING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AS YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO RACE OUT? >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HERE, BUT I WAS SHAKING SO HARD AND JUST CRYING WHEN I ARRIVED HERE, I JUST GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND COLLAPSED AND WAS THROWING UP. WE ALREADY HAVE PTSD FROM THE CAMPFIRE. >> Reporter: SIX YEARS AGO ROBINS LOST EVERYTHING, HER HOME AND PETS IN THE CAMPFIRE IN NEARBY PARADISE. THIS NEW PARK FIRE IS ALREADY MORE THAN TWICE AS BIG AND IS THREATENING PARADISE ALL OVER AGAIN. ROBINS DOESN'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WILL BE LEFT OF THE LIFE SHE HAD JUST REBUILT. >> NOT KNOWING IF THE HOME WE BUILT IS EXISTING. NOT KNOWING IF MY LIVELIHOOD OF THESE FARM ANIMALS, IF THEY'RE EVEN ALIVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A >> TONIGHT, SO MANY HERE ARE WAITING FOR WORD, FEARING THEY'LL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF SPOT FIRES, THE SMOKE INCREDIBLY THICK TURNING THE SKY ORANGE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY, AND THIS COMES AS FIREFIGHTERS ARE RACING TO GET THE PARK FIRE UNDER CONTROL AHEAD OF THE NEXT HEAT WAVE. WHIT. >> JACLYN LEE, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST JEFF SMITH FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. AND JEFF, THE SMOKE FROM THOSE WILDFIRES ALSO CAUSING POOR AIR QUALITY IN SEVERAL STATES. >> AND THE SHEER NUMBER OF WILDFIRES BURNING IS ABSOLUTELY STAGGERING, WHIT. WE HAVE 100 IN THE U.S., 900 IN CANADA. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MUCH SMOKE IN BOTH COUNTRIES BASICALLY CAUSING HAZY SKIES OUT THERE. THE MOST CONCENTRATED SMOKE, THOUGH, RIGHT NEAR THAT EXPLOSIVE PARK FIRE. YOU COULD WAKE UP TO AN ORANGE, REDDISH KIND OF MARS-LIKE APPEARANCE TO THE SKY IN PLACES LIKE READING AND CHICO, CALIFORNIA, THAT SPREADS INTO NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE DAY TOMORROW, EVEN SALT LAKE CITY, AND IDAHO POOR AIR QUALITY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MOTHER NATURE NOT GOING TO BE HELPING OUR CAUSE EITHER, APPROACHING 100 DEGREES IN CHICO BY WEDNESDAY AND THAT HEAT WAVE COULD BE RIVALING RECORDS IN COLORADO SPRING AND AMARILLO BY MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY. >> JEFF SMITH, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS OVERSEAS, WHAT'S BEING CALLED THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON ISRAELI CITIZENS SINCE OCTOBER 7th. AT LEAST 11 CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS KILLED AFTER A ROCKET STRIKE ON A SOCCER FIELD IN ISRAELI-CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS. ISRAEL BLAMING THE MILITANT GROUP HEZBOLLAH VOWING RETALIATION. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S MATT RIVERS NOW NEAR THE SCENE OF THAT ATTACK TONIGHT. MATT, YOU'RE GETTING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE STRIKE AND THE VICTIMS. >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, FIVE OF THOSE VICTIMS ALL TEENAGERS INSIDE THAT HOSPITAL BEHIND ME WITH SERIOUS INJURIES IN WHAT'S BEEN THE DEADLIEST DAY HERE IN ISRAEL SINCE THE OCTOBER 7th ATTACKS. THIS VIDEO IS THE MOMENT THE IDF SAYS AN IRANIAN-MADE HEZBOLLAH ROCKET LANDING NEAR A SOCKET FIELD IN A COMMUNITY IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS KILLING AT LEAST CHILDREN, INJURING DOZENS MORE. HEZBOLLAH DENYING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK. IT IMMEDIATELY SPARKED TENSIONS AT THE BORDER WHERE THE. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FLYING BACK TO ISRAEL AFTER A TRIP TO THE U.S., THIS AS FIGHTING IN GAZA OF COURSE CONTINUES. ANOTHER 30 PEOPLE KILLED THERE, AN ISRAELI STRIKE AT A SCHOOL TURNED SHELTER. ALL OF THIS COMING JUST ONE DAY BEFORE NEGOTIATORS WERE SET TO RESUME CEASE FIRE DISCUSSIONS IN ROME. >> AND MATT, AS YOU NOTED THERE, ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH, THEY'VE BEEN EXCHANGING FIRE SINCE THAT OCTOBER ATTACK, AND THIS STRIKE ONLY ADDING TO THE FEARS OF A POSSIBLE WIDER WAR. >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, AND NETANYAHU HAS ALREADY SAID THAT HEZBOLLAH WILL, QUOTE, PAY A HEAVY PRICE IT HAS NOT PAID BEFORE. WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY REMAINS UNCLEAR, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE EVEN POSING THE QUESTION OF ALL-OUT WAR SHOWS YOU HOW SERIOUS THIS ATTACK IS AND THE GRAVITY OF ISRAEL'S LOOMING RESPONSE. YOU TONIGHT. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE HEATING UP AFTER AN HISTORIC WEEK. VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON A WEEKEND CAMPAIGN BLITZ. FOUR DEMOCRATIC CONTENDERS FOR VICE PRESIDENT INCLUDING GOVERNORS JOSH SHAPIRO AND ANDY BESHEAR ARE OUT STUMPING FOR HARRIS TODAY. MEANWHILE, TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE J.D. VANCE FACING CRITICISM FOR PREVIOUS COMMENTS. HERE'S ABC'S WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARYALICE PARKS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FUND-RAISES IN MASSACHUSETTS -- >> WE'RE THE UNDERDOGS IN THIS RACE. BUT THIS IS A PEOPLE POWER CAMPAIGN, AND WE HAVE MOMENTUM. >> Reporter: A TEAM OF POTENTIAL RUNNING MATES ON A CAMPAIGN BLITZ. >> HE'S AFRAID TO DEBATE HER BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID OF HIS RECORD. >> JOSH SHAPIRO, THE FIRST-TERM GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND RISING STAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ OF MINNESOTA, POPULAR AMONG LABOR UNIONS. OTHER PROSPECTS INCLUDE SENATOR MARK KELLY, THE FORMER ASTRONAUT FROM ARIZONA. GOVERNOR ROY COOPER OF NORTH CAROLINA, A STATE DEMOCRATS HAVE LONG HOPED TO FLIP, AND ANDY BESHEAR OF KENTUCKY, A RARE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF A RED STATE. WHILE DEMOCRATS GO ON OFFENSE, TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYING CLEANUP SAYING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, QUOTE, UNITING THE COUNTRY WHEN HE MADE THESE UNNERVING COMMENTS OVERNIGHT. >> CHRISTIANS GET OUT AND VOTE, JUST THIS TIME! [ APPLAUSE ] YOU WON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE, FOUR MORE YEARS. YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WILL BE FIXED. IT WILL BE FINE. >> Reporter: TRUMP IS STILL FACING A CRIMINAL INDICTMENT FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING TO OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS IN ORDER TO STAY IN OFFICE AFTER HE LOST. HE DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS. AND IT'S ALSO BEEN A ROUGH 72 HOURS FOR TRUMP'S RUNNING MATE AFTER PAST COMMENTS THAT OHIO SENATOR J.D. VANCE MADE ABOUT, QUOTE, CHILDLESS CAT LADIES RUNNING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESURFACED, VANCE SAYING THIS WEEK. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT CRITICIZING DIDN'T HAVE KIDS. THIS IS ABOUT CRITICIZING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR BECOMING ANTI-FAMILY AND ANTI-CHILD. >> Reporter: AND TODAY "THE NEW YORK TIMES" UNEARTHING OLD EMAILS VANCE SENT TO A FRIEND SYMPATHIZING WITH CALLS FOR POLICE BODY CAMERAS. HIS OPINIONS APPEARING TO DIVERGE WITH THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN PARTY. I HATE THE POLICE HE WROTE, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT A BLACK GUY GOES THROUGH. WHIT, THE VANCE CAMPAIGN SAID IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT DECADE OLD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS LEAKED AND THAT HIS VIEWS CHANGED AFTER STARTING A FAMILY AND BECOMING A DAD. ALL OF THIS APPEARS TO BE PART OF A PATTERN SHOWING HOW SENATOR VANCE EVOLVED FROM BEING AN OPPONENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TO A SUPPORTER TO NOW HIS RUNNING MATE. >> THANK YOU. AND TUNE IN THIS TO "THIS WEEK" TOMORROW MORNING, MARTHA RADDATZ INTERVIEWS THREE LEADING GOVERNORS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE RACE, DEMOCRATS JD PRITZKER AND >>> THE GROWING OUTRAGE OVER THE POLICE SHOOTING OF SONIA MASSEY IN HER OWN KITCHEN. HER FAMILY SAYING SHE STRUGGLED WITH HER MENTAL HEALTH LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING. HER DEATH RULED A HOMICIDE AFTER AN AUTOPSY. TONIGHT NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE DEPUTY CHARGED IN THE CASE. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD WITH A WARNING, THESE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. >> SAY HER NAME! >> Reporter: TONIGHT GROWING OUTRAGE OVER THE POLICE SHOOTING DEATH OF SONIA MASSEY, ACTIVISTS DECLARING A DAY OF MOURNING WITH MORE THAN 20 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES EXPECTED TO HOLD VIGILS AND RALLIES TOMORROW. >> THIS IS THE HARDEST THING THAT WE HAVE EVER BEEN THROUGH AS A MASSEY. IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART THAT OUR FAMILY HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS. >> Reporter: AN AUTOPSY REPORT SHOWING THE 36-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF TWO DIED BY A BULLET THAT ENTERED UNDER HER LEFT EYE. MASSEY CALLED 911 TO REPORT A PROWLER ON JULY 6th. THE ENCOUNTER ESCALATING AFTER MASSEY WENT TO REMOVE A POT OF STOVE, AS SEEN IN THIS GRAPHIC POLICE BODY CAMERA VIDEO. >> HOT? >> HOT STEAMING WATER. >> AWAY FROM MY HOT STEAMING WATER? >> YEAH. I REBUKE YOU IN THE NAME JESUS. >> I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL SHOOT YOU RIGHT IN YOUR [ BLEEP ] FACE. >> DROP THE POT! >> SHOTS FIRED. >> SHOTS FIRED! ABC NEWS OBTAINING A GRIEVANCE FILED BY SEAN GRAYSON SAYING HE WAS TERMINATED WITHOUT JUST CAUSE. HE'S ASKING FOR HIS JOB BACK ALONG WITH LOST WAGES AND BENEFITS. GRAYSON'S PAST NOW ALSO UNDER SCRUTINY. HE WORKED FOR SIX LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS DESPITE BEING CHARGED WITH TWO DUIs, ONE IN 2015 AND IN 2016, AND BEFORE THAT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY FOR MISCONDUCT. AND GRAYSON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGES IN MASSEY'S KILLING. HIS ATTORNEY ALSO DECLINING TO WHIT. >> MORGAN NORWOOD, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF TWO DIVERS AFTER 38 HOURS STRANDED AT SEA. THE U.S. COAST GUARD LOCATED THE HUSBAND AND WIFE AFTER SEEING A FLASHING LIGHT IN THE WATER. THEY WENT MISSING ON WEDNESDAY WHILE SCUBA DIVING OFF A TEXAS BEACH DURING BAD WEATHER. TONIGHT WHY LOVED ONES ARE CALLING THIS A MIRACLE. HERE'S ABC'S MELISSA ADAN. >> A HARROWING TALE OF SURVIVAL TONIGHT AFTER THIS HUSBAND AND WIFE MANAGED TO SURVIVE NEARLY 38 HOURS IN THE OCEAN OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS. >> IT IS A MIRACLE. IT IS A MIRACLE. >> Reporter: DIVERS NATHAN AND KIM MAKER WERE WITH A GROUP SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WHEN BAD WEATHER AND VIOLENT WAVES SEPARATED THE COUPLE FROM THE GROUP. >> THE RAIN WAS SO HARD THAT YOU COULDN'T SEE OUTSIDE, THE WAVES WERE ATROCIOUS. >> A HUGE SWELL COMES IN AND ENGULFS KIM AND NATHAN TOTAL. WHEN THE SWELL ROLLS OUT, THEY'RE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. >> Reporter: THE COAST GUARD DEPLOYED SEARCHING MORE THAN 1,600 MILES MIRACULOUSLY SPOTTING THE COUPLE WHO WERE SIGNALING SOS USING THEIR DIVE FLASHLIGHTS. >> NATHAN IS A DIABETIC. HE WAS ALMOST IN A COMA WHEN THEY GOT HIM. THAT'S ANOTHER MIRACLE, THEY GOT HIM JUST IN TIME. >> Reporter: WHIT, DEFINITELY THIS FAMILY RESCUED JUST IN TIME. NOW, THE FAMILY OF NATHAN AND KIM SAYING THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY JUST RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. HIS WIFE, THOUGH, HOWEVER IS STILL RECOVERING BUT, WHIT, AGAIN, THIS COUPLE SO THANKFUL TO HAVE SURVIVED. >> AND QUITE A RESCUE, MELISSA, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A MAJOR NEW DEVELOPMENT IN U.S. EFFORTS TO BAN TIKTOK. IN NEW COURT FILINGS, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ALLEGING THE POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM OF BEING A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM IN WASHINGTON. THE DOJ, THEY'RE DEFENDING THIS NEW LAW THAT WOULD FORCE TIKTOK TO SELL ITS OPERATIONS OR BE BANNED TOGETHER. >> Reporter: THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING ALLOWING TIKTOK TO OPERATE UNDER BYTEDANCE'S CHINESE PARENT COMPANY HAS A RISK. LETTING CHINA INFLUENCE U.S. ELECTIONS WHERE CHINA CAN MANIPULATE THE PLATFORM TO SWAY THE VIEWS OF AMERICANS. TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY HAS SUED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARGUING THE LAW VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT. U.S. OFFICIALS SAY TIKTOK EMPLOYEES HAVE SENT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RESTRICTED USER DATA TO EACH OTHER STORING IT ON CHINESE SYSTEMS WHERE BYTEDANCE EMPLOYEES IN CHINA COULD ACCESS IT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT COULD REQUIRE BYTEDANCE TO HELP WITH NATIONAL SECURITY EFFORTS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR TIKTOK SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS NOT SHOWN ANY PROOF OF ITS CLAIMS. >>> NOW TO THE SUMMER GAMES, TEAM USA OFF TO A STRONG START WINNING ITS FIRST GOLD MEDAL FOR SWIMMING A SHORT TIME AGO. EARLIER TODAY U.S. CYCLIST CHLOE DYGERT APPEARED HEADED FOR GOLD BEFORE TAKING A NASTY SPILL, BUT THEN WON THE BRONZE. SILVER IN SYNC RONIZED DIVING. >> TONIGHT TEAM USA GOING FOR THE GOLD KICKING OFF DAY ONE OF THE OLYMPICS ALREADY ON THE LEADERBOARD EARNING THEIR FIRST MEDALS OF THE 2024 SUMMER GAMES, A BIG DAY FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE POOL. THE MEN'S 4 BY 100 METER FREE STYLE RELAY TEAM BEATING OUT US A AUSTRALIA AND ITALY. THE WINNING EARNING SILVER IN THE SAME EVENT. KATIE LEDECKY WINNING HER FIRST OF WHAT COULD BE A RECORD BREAKING GAMES FOR THE SWIMMER TAKING HOME THE BRONZE IN THE 400 METER FREE STYLE. CASSIDY COOK AND SARAH BACON GETTING THE PARTY STARTED, TAKING SILVER IN THE SYNCHRONIZED SPRING BOARD EVENT, WITH THEIR TWO AND A HALF SUMMER SALTS TWIST DIVER. CHLOE DYGERT TAKING A SPILL ON THE COURSE AND COING BACK TO GRAB BRONZE. AND THREE-TIME GOLD MEDAL WOMEN'S WATER POLO WIN WITH A COMMANDING WIN OVER GREECE. CHEERING THEM ON, FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN, SPORTING AN AMERICAN FLAG SWEATER. THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND WORLD COMING TOGETHER RELIVING THIS NOW ICONIC MOMENT FROM THE OPENING CEREMONIES, CELINE DION, RARELY SEEN, HER FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE SINCE HER RARE NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS. CONNECTING WITH HER FANS, AND THIS MOMENT TAKING IT ALL IN AS THE WORLD WATCHES. >> Reporter: AND WHIT, THERE ARE 13 GOLD MEDALS UP FOR GRABS TOMORROW. THEY WON THREE MEDALS IN THE POOL AND THEY'RE HOPING TO WIN THREE MORE IN SWIMMING TOMORROW AS WELL. WHIT. >> A GREAT START, MAGGIE RULLI, THANKS SO MUCH. >>> AND FRANCE'S HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM IS EXPERIENCING SOME DISRUPTIONS AFTER A SERIES OF ATTACKS HOURS BEFORE THE SUMMER GAMES OPENING CEREMONY. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT'S BEING CALLED COORDINATED SABOTAGE, ARSON FIRES SET ALONG THE TRACKS IMPACTING SOME 800,000 COMMUTERS INCLUDING SOME ATHLETES. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE TONIGHT, THE HISTORIC AGREEMENT BETWEEN APPLE AND THE UNION REPRESENTING SOME OF ITS WORKERS. >>> AND MORE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN CUBA. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, A SIGN OF STRENGTHENING TIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CUBA. THREE MORE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARRIVING AT THE ISLAND NATION 90 MILES FROM THE U.S. IT'S THE SECOND SUCH VISIT IN RECENT MONTHS. IN JUNE, U.S. OFFICIALS TRACKED FOUR RUSSIAN WARSHIPS WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN CUBA FOR JOINT >>> STILL AHEAD, APPLE REACHES A FIRST OF ITS KIND UNION AGREEMENT. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. APPLE AGREEING TO ITS FIRST-EVER UNION CONTRACT WITH EMPLOYEES OF ONE OF ITS STORES. THE DEAL STILL MUST BE APPROVED BY ROUGHLY 85 WORKERS IN A MARYLAND STORE, ONE OF ONLY TWO APPLE STORES IN THE COUNTRY WITH A UNIONIZED WORK FORCE. >>> UP NEXT, A SUPER FAN ON A MISSION. >>> AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE DETERMINED BASEBALL FAN ON A MISSION. PETER KNAB IS A BASEBALL SUPER FAN. THE 28-YEAR-OLD FROM CLEVELAND IS ON A MISSION TO VISIT ALL 30 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUMS IN THE U.S. HIS QUEST EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TRAVELING IN A WHEELCHAIR, BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. >> I'VE HAD IT SINCE BIRTH. I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO WALK. >> BUT THIS CLEVELAND GUARDIANS LOYALIST IS DETERMINED, AND ALMOST THERE. DPRAUF FROM KAUFFMAN STADIUM IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, TO HOUSTON'S MINUTE MAID PARK, TO NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO. >> FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN HERE. >> AND YESTERDAY ARRIVING AT NUMBER 29, CITIZENS BANK PARK IN PHILADELPHIA. >> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BALLPARK. >> NOW WITH JUST ONE STADIUM LEFT, PETER HOPING HIS JOURNEY WILL INSPIRE OTHERS. >>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING TONIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICAS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST