Full Episode: Thursday, July 2, 2026
7/3/202624 min
With more than 180 million Americans under heat alerts, Matt Rivers reports on emergency rooms reporting an uptick in patients suffering heat-related illnesses, and Lee Goldberg tracks the heat wave into the Fourth of July; Aaron Katersky has new details on the daredevil couple who climbed the Empire State Building, and what sources tell ABC News about how the pair pulled off their stunt; Mary Bruce has the latest on the DOJ bringing felony charges against former U.S. Olympian David Hearn, accusing him of damaging the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall**;** and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most-watched newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney+. Most watched, most trusted. Now on Disney+ every night.
David Muir· Host0:44
Tonight, the breaking news here, this heat emergency across 30 states. The real concern now heading into the 4th of July holiday. More than 180 million Americans tonight under excessive heat alerts. The temperature in New York City hitting 100 degrees today for the first time in more than a decade. The heat index well into the triple digits from New York all the way down to Texas. It'll feel like 110 in New York City tomorrow, 111 in Philly. Emergency rooms filling with patients tonight. The alarming moment a boy at a baseball game collapses during the national anthem, a player carrying him out. And the shark warnings tonight outside New York City, and reports of a shark attack elsewhere. Lee Goldberg standing by with the full 4th of July forecast. Here in New York City