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the eclipse across America the stunning images from Mexico to Maine the total solar eclipse traveling through 15 states tens of millions of Americans witnessing the stunning view beginning in Mazatlan Mexico and then crossing into Texas Oklahoma Missouri Illinois Ohio New York Vermont Maine 15 states in total the path wider than the eclipse 7 years ago the Moon closest to Earth the widest shadow on the ground small towns and big cities sink into darkness Dallas Cleveland Indianapolis to the northeast in Burlington Vermont one of the last stops here in the US the clear skies make for a stunning view, it really leaves you speechless doesn't it?

That was exactly my thought

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. The 350 couples who got married during the eclipse. The parents who brought their children across the country. The mother and daughter from Minneapolis who traveled to Mazatlán, all for a place we won't see in the US for 20 years. Tonight, those spectacular images here are also the other big

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this Monday night after Donald Trump repeatedly celebrated the reversal of Row v. Wade by the justices he appointed to the Supreme Court. He cuts off what he is now saying about a national abortion ban. The Biden campaign also pounces here tonight on the scare a few minutes after the flight from Denver to Houston took off, making an emergency landing.

The heartbreaking images and you will see them with the engine cover starting the plane. the deadly shooting inside a law office two people shot dead hundreds of workers running to safety tonight the new warning from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that Israeli forces will move into the city of Rafa in Gaza this tonight we have breaking

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related to Donald Trump's first criminal trial Starting today, a week from now, tonight Trump's efforts for a change of venue and for a delay denied with a ruling from the judge. Country music star Morgan Wallen arrested on felony charges.

Also tonight after the Baltimore bridge accident there is news tonight about a huge shipment. the ship lost propulsion near a major New York City bridge, the women's college basketball final broke records, the most-watched men's or women's basketball game in years, and the only moment here during the eclipse we won't forget, it left us speechless from ABC News. ABC World News tonight with David M reporting tonight from Burlington Vermont good night tonight from Burlington Vermont beautiful Lake Champlain right here behind me we are under a clear sky we witnessed that rare total solar eclipse late today Millions witnessed the moon crossing between The Earth and the Sun blocks its light, casting a shadow in small towns and large cities and in that magical moment of darkness, only the Corona of the Sun illuminates the dark Sky.

The eclipse travels through 15 states from Texas to Maine, more than 31 million Americans in the path of totality but the The scope of this was simply extraordinary. Scientists say 99% of the country could see at least some sign of a partial eclipse. Arlington, Texas, among the first places to see the total eclipse. Thousands of people in the stands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway looking up. the sky in Cleveland the changing phases of the eclipse the burst of light the diamond ring and then the flashes of light known as Bailey beads the light shining through the mountains and valleys of the moon the clouds rolling over Niagara Falls but departs just in time the amazed crowd and here in Burlington Vermont, just near the end of this journey across the USA, under a blue sky.

Darkness set in as the temperature dropped, we witnessed the extraordinary eclipse right here, even out of the path of totality, today, the Statue of Liberty atop the capital in Washington. DC more than 350 couples exchanging their wedding vows in Russellville Arkansas New Yorkers gathered in New York's Central Park and from the International Space Station tonight the shadow of the eclipse moving over the Earth's surface tonight the solar eclipse as it passes over America of the North and much of the US millions of Americans share the moment throughout this country today tens of millions of Americans gather looking up to witness that impressive spectacle in the sky a rare total solar eclipse in small and large towns cities the sky suddenly darkens when the moon passed between the Sun and the Earth casting that shadow plunging communities into darkness from Mexico to Maine the eclipse traveled through 15 states more than 31 million Americans on the path of totality our Matt Rivers was the first to witness the eclipse in Mazatlán Mexico the beginning of its 4,000 M journey across North America, you can hear it David, you can hear it Lindsay, everyone is very excited, let me look up here, only a few seconds left, is the complete totality here in WoW for many, although they knew it. the moment was coming they didn't expect this was deeply moving this woman traveled to Mazon from New Jersey it's amazing incredibly beautiful once in a lifetime beautiful sounds emotional tears in my eyes a mother and daughter from Minnesota Cynthia and Tanya who traveled to Mexico see it the sun the sky is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen and this white light it's like you've never seen anything like this before it's like the sky is falling it's amazing it crossed from Mexico to Texas the shadow at that point traveling at 1600 mph, the first state in the path of totality of clouds crossing the sky, but our Mora via Ral in Del Rio was still visible when the temperatures suddenly dropped, I just want to be a little calm, David and Lindsay right now, oh .

Oh my gosh, this husband and his wife Bob and Barb ride their bikes from California to Texas. It took them a month, but it was worth it to witness the rare wonder. A month to get here. It's worth it? Yes, totally, our Wick Johnson with us from Cleveland. when he revealed that his mother had traveled to Mazatlán to witness the eclipse. I'm going to put you on the spot right here, there's no pressure, but if your mother is in Mazatlán, find her and let's try to get her on the air in the next two hours at least on the phone I want to hear what your mother thought because we could have done the coverage with which and the coverage here anyway we can't wait to hear from it too, let's hope anyway a little later reporting live.

Johnson's mother, Sharon, and I weren't joking before when I said, "Can we call your mother on the phone?" Sharon Johnson, are you with us? Can you hear us? We understand that you are in Maet Lawn. Yes I am. Can you hear me well? oh we can hear you loud and clear, first of all we love wit, we live and we are going to bring your son to listen to this interview, he will dive into it if we ask you something that is not appropriate here, first tell us what it is . It was like and thank you for instilling that love of science in Wht and the whole family.

He talked about generations of this family knowing the power of these eclipses. What was she like in Mazan? We had been worrying about high clouds for the past two years. days and it was wonder

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y clear in the morning when we woke up, but then we had so much high fog coming in, um, but we got through it, you know, we got the clips, pretty clear skies, a little bit of fog that might have blocked some things. but it was beautiful, the colors of the sunset appeared in 360°. The birds that had not yet landed simply darted out of the sky into the trees and we asked Whit about his mother's report.

I have to tell you, there is something about listening to my mother talk. about this I live in the air I feel connected to her now 2000 miles away she's in Mazon I'm here in Cleveland but we're connected through this path of wholeness um I'm feeling a little emotion here I have to be honest mom if you can Listen to me, my question for you is what did you feel today when you saw this eclipse? I felt the Universe, I felt the universe and Whit, I'm feeling you, I'm feeling you and this place in the universe where I am.

Mazon you're in Cleveland uh David Mir is probably in New York I don't know exactly but it's amazing and you made me cry too. Oh, I love you Mom, you made me cry even before the eclipse happened with our Robin Roberts. in Cleveland at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when the total solar eclipse passed through Bailey, be the Bailey beads, now you can take off your glasses describing the Bailey beads, the slivers of light passing through the mountains and the valleys of the moon Bailey beads are named after the astronomer who first noticed them in 1836 Francis Bailey what you told me is not what I was going to see but what I was going to feel just like your mom said and that is the truth is the feeling is a feeling that is indescribable I love feeling it with You are here, thank you so much Robin and everyone here in Cleveland, guys, I know we will be back with you, but we are speechless.

Our Maggie Rouy in Russellville, Arkansas, there were 350 couples who got married in the moments just before the total eclipse for each one. of them it was their first moment as husband and wife all behind me all these couples just got married they are going to spend their first moments as life partners entering into totality together new Lee Weds in the shadow of the Moon is much more than what I Imagine this is simply stunning in Carbondale Illinois, it was their second eclipse in just 7 years which is extraordinarily rare 7 years ago it was fooled by the clouds but today it is a glorious sight with our Ginger Z David, it is already the darkness of what the temperature looks like.

It has already dropped 5° so the meteorological part in our atmosphere has been Chang. I felt tingling from my fingertips to my elbows to my knees. 50,000 people at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, our Gio Bonita was there with the NASA team, what a special event. Oh my gosh, that is absolutely spectacular, even with the thin clouds we've been seeing here, you're seeing it very clearly and tonight look at these satellite images, what made this eclipse so different from the one 7 years ago, the path was this time. much wider the Moon closer to Earth the Shadow of the Moon much larger in fact 99% of the country saw some form of this even the hint of a partial eclipse in New York City large crowds gathered on the tallest skyscrapers the Empire State Building crowds filling the USS New York's intrepid Central Park Waiting to catch a glimpse of that partial eclipse and one of the last spots on its tour of the United States Burlington in Vermont on beautiful Lake Champlain, the total solar eclipse in that point traveling at almost 3,000 mph across the United States just a few moments left before it completely disappears the crowd swell and we'll see that Corona here in a few moments and here we go, then complete darkness, we can take off our glasses I guess at this point, oh, look at that look, that's just Stunning, it leaves you speechless, doesn't it?

That was exactly my thought: oh, I look at the birds, you see the birds, uh, the birds are flying across the lake here and just to give people a feeling of being at home as they watch. This unfolds today. This is like the most beautiful posts. Sunset moment on Lake Champlain. The mountains and hills surrounding the lake are backlit right now by what appears to be the most beautiful sunset you can imagine. The skies are clear. Venus and Jupiter are visible. also Venus on the right here we are definitely looking at Venus and then what scientists call the diamond ring Effect one of the last rays of sunlight that suddenly swells into the shape of a diamond in a ring there is the ring of diamonds the diamond ring It's beautiful, it's even nicer to witness it now in person than what we've been seeing.

Wow, the people of Burlington Vermont, the families that came here speechless, the backlight hitting all the sailboats that are here quietly along the lake along Lake Champlain. The water is barely moving it's like it's ice uh it's really awesome here in Burlington Vermont flying in Lindsay and I'm not sure if you had the same experience everyone on the plane was flying to Burlington right now yeah and I feel so uh I'm happy for all the people who got on planes and in their cars and traveled with their families and loved ones because first they will have to wait another 20 years before they feel this again, but because they wanted to experience something today that we can all experience together like country a truly spectacular day and I thank all our ABC teams and our partners at National Geographic for our special event this afternoon.

We'll have a lot more later here, but now we move on to the other one. big news this Monday night and for the race for the White House after Donald Trump repeatedly celebrated the overturning of Row v. Wade with the help of the justices he appointed to the Supreme Court. What he is now saying about a nationwide abortion ban tonight. The Biden campaign swoops in here.Rachel Scott tonight, after months of hinting that she would support a national ban on abortion, now Donald Trump is declaring that the matter should be left to the individual states which the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both and what they decide should be the law of the land.

In this case, the state law just last month Trump said he was leaning toward supporting a national ban in about 15 weeks. Number of weeks. Now people agree on 15 and I'm thinking in terms of that, but now, today Trump made a change. It's clear that politics was at the center of his decision, well aware that abortion rights have won in all six states where it appeared on the ballot, even in conservative states like Kansas, Kentucky and Ohio. You must follow your heart in this matter, but remember that you must also win. tonight's election President Biden notes that 21 states have banned or severely limited access to abortion since the dispute was overturned Donald Trump just endorsed an all-state ban on reproductive care Nationally Biden's campaign taking advantage of the Trump's new and false claim found that both sides of the abortion debate were happy when the Supreme Court nullified I was probably the person responsible for the end of something that all the jurists on both sides wanted and in fact demanded the row end v Wade wanted it to end today Vice President Harris responds that she is proudly responsible for one in three women of reproductive age now living in a state with an abortion ban if they were again in a position where they could pass a law, they would pass a national ban on abortion.

Biden's campaign reminds Americans that Trump often boasted about appointing overturning judges. taking away a woman's right to choose tonight warning voters not to be fooled Trump says he supports exceptions for rape and to save mother's life won't say about mother's health David Rachel Scott with us tonight Rachel , Thank you is another breaking headline involving Donald Trump late today at the New York Court of Appeals denying Trump's last-minute attempt to delay his first criminal trial. Now beginning a week from now, the judge will issue an online ruling writing the defendants' request for a stay of trial. Pending the motion to change venue be denied, Trump's lawyers wanted to stay put as they try to move the hush money case out of Manhattan, arguing that overwhelming pretrial publicity makes it impossible to find an impartial jury, prosecutors say. that Trump is responsible for generating Much of that publicity we now pass on to the scare just minutes after takeoff, the Southwest flight from Denver to Houston made an emergency landing after passengers looking out the window saw part of the cover of the engine tearing off the plane, the pilots declared an emergency and returned to Denver Airport ABC's Mola Leni in Denver tonight they are oh, they both are tonight terrifying video showing part of the engine cover of a Southwest Jet tearing off as the plane performs an immediate emergency landing.

Southwest Flight 3695 had taken off from Denver just before 8:00 a.m. m. on Sunday Heading to Houston, several of us called the flight attendant and she said, "Oh my God!" and she went to look for the pilots. The pilots declared an emergency and requested an immediate return. We have a piece of engine hanging out, apparently our engines look OK, but we have structural damage: The Boeing 73 with 143 passengers and crew on board was forced to return to Denver just a few minutes later, in a statement, Southwest said that in part The plane landed safely. After experiencing a mechanical problem, he added that our maintenance teams are checking the plane.

Well David's passengers arrived in Houston later on Sunday after being put on another plane and tonight the FAA says they are investigating David cool langi with us tonight cool thanks now we head to Las Vegas tonight where two people were shot to death during a shooting at a Las Vegas Police Law Firm says the suspect is also dead after a self-inflicted gunshot wound. First responders rushed into the building to search for the victims. Officials say it all unfolded during a deposition in an offshore custody dispute tonight. Prime Minister Netanyahu's new warning promised there is a date for Israeli forces to invade Rafa, the city in southern Gaza where more than a million refugees have fled the fighting Israel withdraws its troops from the southern city of Kyunice , residents return to their homes in Rubble, the Israeli army is believed to be regrouping now and preparing to go to Rafa when we return here tonight, well-known country music star tonight arrested and charged with serious crimes also after the Baltimore bridge accident, news tonight about a massive freighter that lost propulsion near a major New York City bridge.

At some point tonight, country singer Morgan Wallen is facing felony charges in Nashville and was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair from the roof of a bar in downtown Nashville. They say they are only missing police officers on the ground. Wallen smiles in the mugshot of him as the lawyer says he is cooperating. with authorities when we get back here tonight, that freighter and concern for a major bridge in New York City tonight after the Baltimore bridge collapse, we're learning more about a large freighter that lost propulsion while sailing into the port of New York, the incident on Friday night. night near the Ver Verzano narrow bridge, the crew then recovered the propulsion tugs that helped it reach Port the women's college basketball final breaking records more than 18 half a million spectators 24 million at its peak the men's basketball game or most watched women's game in years South Carolina beating Iowa Caitlyn Clark's last college game before turning pro when we return, the only lasting image we saw here in Burlington today, a moment before we leave tonight, one last image and There were many who called it the diamond ring while Lindsy Davis and I were standing right here in Burlington we were suddenly speechless look at this the famous diamond ring moment in the final moments before the moon completely blocks the sun I never did we'll forget we'll do it again in 2044 thanks for watching I'm David Mure in Burlington good night, thanks for making World News Tonight with David Mure the most watched newscast in the United States.