ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - June 26, 2024

TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE GO ON AIR. SEVERE NORTHEAST STORMS WILL PAST NEW YORK CITY TO PHILADELPHIA IN THE NEXT HOURS. THE SYSTEM FROM KENTUCKY TO PITTSBURGH AND UPPER NEW YORK STATE. ALSO, TODAY'S ERROR IN THE SUPREME COURT. THE DOCUMENT WAS POSTED ONLINE FOR A WHILE, REVEALING WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN IMPORTANT DECISION TONIGHT IN AN ABORTION RIGHTS CASE. AND TONIGHT, OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, THE TRACTOR TOWED DIRECTLY TO SEVERAL HOUSES. FIRST, NEARLY 80 MILLION AMERICANS UNDER STORM THREATS. MAJOR CITIES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., TO FILLY, NEW YORK TO BOSTON. ALL IN THE NEXT HOURS. AND GINGER ZEE IS WAITING FOR TIME TO END.

ALSO TONIGHT, THAT ERROR BY THE SUPREME COURT IN POSTING A DOCUMENT ONLINE FOR A TIME THAT APPEARS TO REVEAL THE JUDGE'S NEW DECISION IN A MAJOR CASE REGARDING THE RIGHT TO ABORTION, INVOLVING WOMEN WHOSE HEALTH IS AT RISK AND THAT THEY NEED AN ABORTION IN THE ER. WHAT THE JUDGES SEEMS TO HAVE DECIDED. TERRY MORAN ON WAITING. TOMORROW NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. WE WILL BROADCAST IT HERE LIVE ON ABC. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP PREPARED TO TAKE THE CNN STAGE IN ATLANTA. AND THE NEW POLL JUST CAME OUT TONIGHT, AND WHAT IT SHOWS, WHO HAS A SLIGHT CLUE ON THIS.

TONIGHT, WILL THERE BE CHARGES IN MATTHEW PERRY'S DEATH? TONIGHT, SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES AND WHAT THEY ARE NOW SAYING TO ABC NEWS. TONIGHT IN RUSSIA, AMERICAN JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE. THE UNITED STATES CALLS IT A FALSE TRIAL. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" REPORTER APPEARS ON CAMERAS FOR JUST MINUTES TODAY. WITH A SHAVED HEAD, IN A GLASS CAGE. THE FIRST AMERICAN JOURNALIST TRIAL IN RUSSIA SINCE THE COLD WAR. TONIGHT, THERE IS STILL NO VERDICT IN THE BOSTON TRIAL THAT IS NATIONAL NEWS. THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND, A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER, WITH HER SUV.

THE ACCUSED CLAIMS that she never hit him and that it was all a police cover-up. AND THE TENSE MOMENT IN THAT COURT TODAY. OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, IMAGES COME IN AT THIS TIME, A TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHES INTO AT LEAST TWO HOUSES. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE DRIVER. TONIGHT, SPECIAL DELIVERY COMING SOON FROM CHINA. TWO GIANT PANDAS, AND WHERE THEY ARE HEADING NOW. AND WE REMEMBER A VETERAN ACTOR FROM “THE BODYGUARD” TO “MUSEUM NIGHT” TO “THE SOPRANOS”. ♪♪ ♪♪ FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH DAVID MUIR. GOOD AFTERNOON AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US ON A VERY BUSY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A BIG MISTAKE AT THE SUPREME COURT, A DOCUMENT POSTED FOR A TIME ONLINE THAT REVEALS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR NEW DECISION IN AN ABORTION RIGHTS CASE INVOLVING WOMEN AND ER. TERRY MORAN ON WAITING. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST. NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, TO BOSTON WILL BE HIT IN THE NEXT HOURS. IN FACT, WE WERE JUST INFORMED THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY A SEVERE STORM WATCH ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR, INCLUDING NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 80 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE SYSTEM FROM KENTUCKY TO PITTSBURGH, SCRANTON, TO UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND.

AGAIN, THOSE MAJOR CITIES, D.C., PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY, UP TO MASSACHUSETTS. TONIGHT, AT LEAST 11 TORNADOES REPORTED IN NEBRASKA AND IOWA. THIS CLOSE TO CEDAR RAPIDS. HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS, UP TO 85 MILES PER HOUR, PASTING OKLAHOMA CITY. LET'S GO STRAIGHT TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING FOR US TONIGHT. Hello, ginger. HELLO DAVID. THAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUST RELEASED THAT NEW SEVERE STORM WATCH THAT YOU MENTIONED UNTIL MIDNIGHT BECAUSE THIS DENSE AIR IS PREPARED FOR STORMS. AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONLY 70 MILES TO OUR WEST. THERE ARE ALREADY WARNINGS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO ARRIVE IN ALLENTOWN AND SCRANTON, AND WE ARE WATCHING IT CLOSELY.

THEN THERE ARE ALSO MORE STORMS IN THE SOUTH. MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA WITH A WATCH RIGHT NOW. BUT LET'S FOLLOW THIS NORTHEAST PART BECAUSE AT 9:00 AND 10:00 P.M. IT WILL BE THROUGH THE TRI-STATE. ALL OF CONNECTICUT IS ALSO ON THE WATCH, LONG ISLAND TOO, AND DOWN TOWARD THE NORTH OF ATLANTIC CITY. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY, THAT LITTLE WHITE EYE THERE IN NEW YORK AT 10:00 P.M. WASHINGTON, D.C. IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF ACTION. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGED WINDS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MILES PER HOUR. THOSE ARE THE KIND THAT knock down trees, you can put them in your house, in cars.

YOU HAVE TWO WAYS TO RECEIVE NOTICES. BOSTON will get into this at midnight and we'll get rid of him. THEN IT WILL BE BACK TO THE PLAINS TOMORROW. DAVID? David: GINGER, THANK YOU. Meanwhile,

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, we will appeal to this serious error in the Supreme Court. WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR NEW RULING ON AN ABORTION RIGHTS CASE THAT WAS BRIEFLY POSTED ON THE COURT'S WEBSITE BEFORE THE DECISION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THE CASE IS THE FIRST SINCE ROE TO TEST A STATE BAN ON ABORTION, AND WHETHER FEDERAL LAW PROTECTS ACCESS TO EMERGENCY ABORTION IN THE ER WHEN A WOMAN'S HEALTH IS AT RISK.

THE DOCUMENT NOTES THAT THE JUDGES ARE PREPARED TO DISMISS THE CASE, SENDING IT BACK TO THE LOWER COURTS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW EMERGENCY ABORTIONS IN IDAHO FOR NOW. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A DECISION ON ABORTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED EARLY. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT TWO YEARS AGO, A FIRST DRAFT OF THE DECISION OVERLOOKING ROE WAS LEAKED MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED. TERRY MORAN ON THE SUPREME COURT AGAIN TONIGHT. Reporter: TONIGHT, A SERIOUS MISTAKE IN THE SUPREME COURT. Somehow, what appears to be a ruling by the justices on a major abortion case was temporarily posted before it was supposed to be on the court's website.

AND INDICATES THAT THE COURT WILL ALLOW SOME ABORTIONS IN IDAHO IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, FOR NOW. THE DOCUMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE WITHIN MINUTES, AND THE COURT ISSUED A STATEMENT: "THE OPINION HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED," IT SAID. "THE COURT'S PUBLICATIONS UNIT BRIEFLY AND INADvertently UPLOADED A DOCUMENT ON THE COURT'S WEBSITE." THE CASE MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE JUDGES ARE CONSIDERING A STATE BAN ON ABORTION SINCE THE COURT OVERLOOKED ROE VERSUS WADE TWO YEARS AGO. AT ISSUE, WHETHER THE BAN ON ABORTIONS IN IDAHO, EXCEPT WHEN NECESSARY TO PREVENT DEATH, TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER FEDERAL LAW THAT ENSURES THAT PATIENTS IN EMERGENCY ROOMS RECEIVE THE EMERGENCY CARE THEY NEED, EVEN IN THE EXCEPTIONAL CASES WHERE WHICH THIS COULD MEAN AN ABORTION.

THE DOCUMENT REPORTED AND PUBLISHED TODAY BY BLOOMBERG INDICATES THAT BY A VOTE OF 6 TO 3 THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT WILL SEND THE IDAHO CASE BACK TO THE LOWER COURTS. YET STILL, THERE WERE STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES. JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IN WRITING THE COURT MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY ON THE LAW. TODAY'S DECISION IS NOT A VICTORY FOR PREGNANT PATIENTS IN IDAHO, HE WROTE. IT'S DELAY. WHILE THIS COURT GROWS AND THE COUNTRY WAITS, PREGNANT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING EMERGENCY MEDICAL CONDITIONS REMAIN IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION AS THEIR DOCTORS FAIL TO APPLY WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES." AND JUDGE SAMUEL ALITO ALMOST MOCKS HIS COLLEAGUES, SAYING THE COURT SHOULD HAVE RESPONSED TODAY TO KEEP THE IDAHO BAN "APPARENTLY, THE COURT HAS SIMPLY LOST THE WILL TO DECIDE THE EASY BUT EMOTIONAL AND HIGHLY POLITIZED QUESTION THAT THE CASE PRESENTS.

THAT'S REGRETTABLE." THE PREMATURE RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT, ANOTHER SERIOUS MISTAKE BY THE COURT, WHICH HAS SEEKED TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY AFTER THE DRAFT DOBBS DECISION THAT OVERLOOKED ROE, WRITTEN BY JUSTICE ALITO, WAS LEAKED MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS ANNOUNCED David: LET'S TERRY MORAN, LIVE IN THE COURT AGAIN FOR US TONIGHT, THE COURT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR IN THIS DOCUMENT, IF IT IS TO BE BELIEVED THAT IT IS THE FINAL DOCUMENT, THAT THIS IS NOT THE FINAL OPINION IN THIS CASE Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, DAVID. THE JUDGES CAN REVIEW THEIR OPINIONS UP TO THE TIME OF AN OFFICIAL DISCLOSURE AND IF THIS IS THE OFFICIAL DECISION, THEN THAT MEANS, FROM WHEN IT IS DISCLOSED, THAT THE DOCTORS IN THE ROOM CAN YOU PERFORM ABORTIONS IF NECESSARY, TO PREVENT SERIOUS DAMAGE TO A WOMAN'S HEALTH?

David: TERRY MORAN, YOU WILL BE IN COURT TOMORROW WE WILL SEE IF IT OFFICIALLY ARRIVES, TERRY. TOMORROW NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE WE WILL BROADCAST HERE ON ABC. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP ARE PREPARING TO TAKE THE CNN STAGE IN ATLANTA, AND THE NEW POLL JUST OUT TONIGHT, AND WHAT IT SHOWS. WHO HAS A SLIGHT CLUE ON THIS? HERE IS OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, MARY BRUCE. Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO, THE STAGE IS SET AND THE CANDIDATES OUT OF SIGHT, BOTH PREPARING FOR THE BIGGEST MOMENT OF THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS SEQUESTRED AT CAMP DAVID FOR ALMOST A WEEK, CONDUCTING SIMULATED DEBATES ON A LARGE SCALE, SURROUNDED BY MORE THAN A DOZEN AIDE.

DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE HIMSELF NEEDS. I THINK I'VE BEEN PREPARING MY WHOLE LIFE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. And I'm not sure you can lock yourself in a room for two weeks, a week or two days and really learn what you need to know. Reporter: BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, TRUMP HAS BEEN PREPARING, TALKING POLICY WITH ADVISERS, HOPING TO MAKE A DEAL ON IMMIGRATION AND THE ECONOMY. AND SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS ALSO DISCUSSED HOW IT SHOULD HANDLE A VARIETY OF KEY ISSUES, INCLUDING THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6.

TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO FORGIVE THOSE CONVICTED FOR THEIR ACTIONS THAT DAY. OR, AS I OFTEN CALL THEM, THE HOSTAGES. THEY ARE HOSTAGES. Journalist: BUT TRUMP'S ADVISORS HOPE THAT ON THE DEBATE STAGE, HE WILL REDUCE THAT COMMITMENT AND OFFER PARDONS ONLY ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. BIDEN PREPARES TO PRESENT TRUMP AS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. HIS CAMPAIGN SET THE STAGE TODAY WITH THE BACKING OF FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, WHO SERVED ON THE HOUSE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE. KINZINGER IS DESCRIBED TODAY AS A CONSERVATIVE WHO STRONGLY BACKS THE BID. WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE AND WHO IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES?

I THINK THERE IS NO ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT DONALD TRUMP IS A PERSON MORE COMMITTED TO THIS COUNTRY AND DOES THINGS FOR OTHERS THAN JOE BIDEN. David: IT'S GOOD TO HAVE MARY BRUCE HERE IN NEW YORK. NOT IN WASHINGTON FOR CHANGE. YOU'RE HERE FOR OUR TOMORROW NIGHT COVERAGE. Meanwhile, both campaigns are well aware of how close this race has been in national polls. ONE OR TWO POINTS GOING AND FORWARD FOR MANY WEEKS AGO. A NEW POLL, JUST TONIGHT ON THE eve of this first debate earlier and what does it show? WELL, DAVID, THIS RACE CONTINUES BY THE NECK.

THIS NEW POLL SHOWS DONALD TRUMP, BUT WITH A SLIGHT LEAD, UP FOUR POINTS NATIONALLY. NOW, THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS VERY AWARE OF THIS, AND CONSIDERS TOMORROW NIGHT'S DEBATE REALLY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE THOSE CRITICAL, UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO THIS RACE YET, AND MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM BEFORE OF THE DIRECTED DECISION. THEM. AND THIS POLL ALSO SHOWS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING. 73% OF VOTERS PLAN TO TUNE IN. David: MARY, YOU WILL BE HERE WITH US. THANKS MARIA. AGAIN, TOMORROW NIGHT'S DEBATE. YOU CAN WATCH THE CNN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HERE ON ABC.

WE ARE GOING TO BROADCAST IT HERE. OUR TEAM WILL BE HERE FROM 8:00 P.M. THIS TO HELP PREPARE THE NIGHT, AND THEN THE DEBATE AT 9:00 P.M. WE HOPE YOU WILL SEE IT HERE WITH US. MARY, THANK YOU. ON TO THE OTHER NEWS HERE, AND TO RUSSIA TONIGHT, WHERE AMERICAN JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH IS ON TRIAL FOR ESPIONAGE. THE UNITED STATES CALLS IT A FALSE TRIAL. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER APPEARS BEFORE THE CAMERAS FOR JUST MINUTES TODAY, WITH HIS HEAD SHAVED. HE WAS IN A GLASS CAGE. THE FIRST AMERICAN JOURNALIST PROSECUTED THERE SINCE THE COLD WAR.

HERE IS MARTHA RADDATZ. Reporter: TONIGHT, EVAN GERSHKOVICH, BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER PHOTOGRAPHERS ONLY GOT A BRIEF LOOK AT THE YOUNG JOURNALIST. NOW HE HAS A SHAVED HEAD, BUT THE SAME QUICK SMILE, EVEN AFTER 15 MONTHS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON. HAVE YOU MANAGED TO VISIT EVAN? HERE? NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT. Reporter: GERSHKOVICH'S TRIAL ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES IS CONDUCTED IN COMPLETE SECRET. THE RUSSIANS ARRESTED HIM IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, ACCUSING HIM, WITHOUT ANY PROOF, OF SPYING FOR THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST JOURNALIST ARRESTED IN RUSSIA SINCE THE COLD WAR ON CHARGES THAT ARE CALLING A COMPLETE FARSE.

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WAS AN ACTION BY THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TO JUSTIFY THEIR REPRESSION AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND INDEPENDENT VOICES. Reporter: GERSHKOVICH'S EDITOR AT "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" CALLS THE TRIAL "A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE" AND "A FALSE ACCUSATION THAT WILL INEVITABLELY LEAD TO A FALSE CONVICTION FOR AN INNOCENT MAN." A CONVICTION COULD MEAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON. AND DESPITE U.S. EFFORTS TO FREE HIM THROUGH A PRISONER EXCHANGE, HIS PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW MUCH THE 32-YEAR-OLD MAN CAN ENDURE. AMERICAN OFFICIALS PUT A SIGNIFICANT OFFER ON THE TABLE MONTHS AGO TO SECURE EVAN'S FREEDOM, AS WELL AS THAT OF PAUL WHELAN.

ANDTONIGHT, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY CONTINUE TO WORK PRIVATELY TO SECURE HIS RELEASE. DAVID? David: MARTHA RADDATZ, WHO CONTINUES TO REPORT ON THIS CASE. THANK YOU MARTA. NOW, TO BOSTON, BACK HERE AT HOME, TO A MURDER TRIAL THAT IS NATIONAL NEWS. THERE IS STILL NO VERDICT TONIGHT. TWO DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS. A GIRLFRIEND ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND, A BOSTON POLICE OFFICER, WITH HER SUV. THE ACCUSED CLAIMS that she never hit him, that it was all a police cover-up. AND THE TENSE MOMENT IN THAT COURT JUST TODAY. Here's ERIELLE RESHEF. Reporter: TONIGHT, DAY TWO, AND THERE IS STILL NO VERDICT IN THIS VERY WATCHED MURDER CASE AFFECTING THE BOSTON AREA.

KAREN LEER ACCUSED OF INTENTIONALLY HITTING HER BOYFRIEND, BOSTON POLICE OFFICER JOHN O'KEEFE, WITH HER CAR IN 2022. LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN THE SNOW. BUT THE DEFENSE ARGUED THAT IT DID NOT MATCH O'KEEFE'S INJURIES. INSTEAD OF SAYING THE POLICE ARE INVOLVED IN A COVERT. AND THAT O'KEEFE'S WAS LEFT FOR DEAD AFTER A FIGHT INSIDE ANOTHER OFFICER'S HOUSE. AND TODAY IN COURT, A TENSE EXCHANGE BETWEEN READ'S LAWYER AND THE JUDGE ABOUT THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE VERDICT. THE DOCUMENT THAT THE JURY WILL FINALLY HAVE TO FILL IN WHEN MAKING A DECISION. HOW DO THEY DECIDE SHE IS NOT GUILTY OF THE FIRST COUNT OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER?

GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY, MR. JACKSON? I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM THE COURT. HOW DO THEY DECIDE THAT SHE IS NOT GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THAT VERDICT SIGNING? THAT'S YOUR DECISION. Reporter: THE JUDGE ADMONISHING THEN READING, SITTING HERE NEXT TO HER LAWYER SEEMS TO SHAKE HER HEAD. EXCUSE ME. THIS IS FUN, MA'AM. READ? VERY GOOD, WE'RE DONE. Reporter: LATER TODAY, THE JUDGE FINALLY AGREES TO INCORPORATE THE PROPOSED CHANGE. DAVID, THE JURY RETURN TO COURT TOMORROW TO CONTINUE DELIBERATIONS. ALL EYES ARE NOW ON A POSSIBLE VERDICT IN THIS VERY WATCHED CASE. DAVID? David:ERIER EL RESHEF, THANK YOU.

TONIGHT THERE IS NEWS IN THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF ACTOR MATTHEW PERRY. INVESTIGATORS WANT TO KNOW WHO SUPPLIED PERRY THE ILLEGAL DRUG THAT KILLED HIM. HERE'S MATT RIVERS TONIGHT. Reporter: TONIGHT, LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE COULD BE CHARGED IN MATTHEW PERRY'S DEATH, AS THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO SUPPLIED THE ACTOR WITH THE DRUG KETAMINE REACHES CLOSING. REQUESTING TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS AND A SUPERVISOR, RESPOND TO BLUE SAIL DRIVE. Reporter: THE 54-YEAR-OLD "FRIENDS" STAR WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HER JACUZZI LAST OCTOBER. AN AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT PERRY DIED FROM THE ACUTE EFFECTS OF THE DRUG KETAMINE, AFTER LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS AND PROBABLY SLIDING UNDERWATER.

THE ACTOR HAD OPENED UP ABOUT A LONG BATTLE WITH ADDICTION IN HIS MEMOIRS, TELLING OUR DIANE SAWYER HOW BAD IT GOT. 55 VICODIN A DAY, WHICH IS WHERE I WAS. 55? YES. Reporter: BEFORE HE DIED, PERRY WAS RECEIVING "KETAMINE INFUSION THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY," BUT THE AUTOPSY CONCLUDED THAT THE DRUG FOUND IN HIS SYSTEM WAS NOT THAT MEDICAL THERAPY. KETAMINE IS ALSO USED AS A RECREATIONAL DRUG. AND INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING WHO SUPPLIED PERRY THE ILLEGAL KETAMINE THAT KILLED HIM. WHO WERE YOU TALKING TO BEFORE THAT? COULD SOMEONE HAVE GIVEN YOU KETAMINE? DID YOU RECEIVE IT IN THE MAIL?

Reporter: AND DAVID, WE KNOW THAT THIS INVESTIGATION HAS INVOLVED THE US POSTAL SERVICE. THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL SOON DECIDE WHETHER TO FILE CHARGES IN THIS CASE. DAVID? David: MATT RIVERS IN LOS ANGELES FOR US. THANK YOU, MATT. WHEN WE GET BACK HERE, THE IMAGES WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. THE TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHED INTO SEVERAL HOUSES. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE DRIVER AT THIS TIME. WE ALSO REMEMBER A VETERAN ACTOR KNOWN FOR SO MANY ROLES, FROM “THE BODYGUARD” TO “THE SOPRANOS”. AND DEBORAH ROBERTS TONIGHT WITH THE CAST OF THE HIT "THE BEAR", HERE TONIGHT.

TONIGHT, THE IMAGES COME FROM OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY. A TRACTOR TRAILER CRASHED INTO TWO HOMES. THE TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF BOTH HOUSES. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRIVER SUFFERED A MEDICAL INCIDENT. HE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THIS TIME. THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING, THE TIRES WERE STILL SPINNING. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS FOOT WAS LONGED ON THE ACCELERATOR. THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO BREAK A WINDOW TO GET HIM OUT. WHEN WE RETURN HERE TONIGHT, REMEMBERING A BELOVED ACTOR FROM "NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM" TO "THE BODYGUARD" AND "THE SOPRANOS." AND TONIGHT, DEBORAH ROBERTS WITH THE CAST OF "THE BEAR." TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS FROM TONIGHT.

TODAY WE LEARN THAT ACTOR BILL COBBS HAS BEEN A VETERAN ACTOR FOR OVER 50 YEARS, APPEARING IN OVER 120, INCLUDING "THE BODYGUARD" AND TV SHOWS. FORMER COSTARS REMEMBER HIM AS A TRUE GENTLE. BILL COBBS WAS 90 YEARS OLD. TONIGHT, TWO GIANT PANDAS WILL SOON BE HERE, IN THE USA, CHINA, PERFORMING A FAREWELL CEREMONY FOR YUN CHUAN AND XIN BAO. THEY WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO IN THE NEXT WEEKS, AFTER ADJUSTING FOR A FEW WEEKS ONCE THEY ARRIVE IN THE US WHEN WE RETURN HERE TONIGHT, THE HIT OVER A RESTAURANT. TONIGHT, DEBORAH ROBERTS WITH THE CAST OF "THE BEAR" AND HOW THEY DESCRIBE THE SHOW IN ONE WORD.

FINALLY HERE TONIGHT, THE SUCCESSFUL SHOW "THE BEAR" RETURNS. THE NEW SEASON NOW STREAMING ON HULU. DEBORAH ROBERTS WITH THE CAST HERE TONIGHT, RAISING UP THE HEAT IN THE KITCHEN. SHOOT EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. Reporter: YES, CHEF, "THE BEAR" HAS RETURNED AND BRINGS MORE HEAT FROM THE KITCHEN. IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE "THE BEAR" IN ONE WORD, "THE BEAR" -- PRESSURE. HOPEFUL. HUMAN. Reporter: IT'S THE BIG HIT ABOUT A RESTAURANT THAT NEEDS A RENOVATION AFTER A FAMILY TRAGEDY. I HAVE EVERY INTENTION TO MAKE THIS INTO A RESPECTABLE PLACE OF BUSINESS. Reporter: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS COLLECTION OF CHARACTERS THAT PEOPLE JUST GRAVITATE TOWARD?

I THINK THAT FEELING OF LONELINESS, FELT BY THE NEED TO BELONGING AND FEELING PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF, IS SUCH A HUMAN AND UNIVERSAL THING. Reporter: "THE BEAR" IS COOKING UP NEW DRAMA IN THIS LONG-ANTICIPATED THIRD SEASON. THERE IS CHAOS, THERE IS INTENSITY. AND THE WAY IT IS SHOOT. YOUR HEART IS REALLY PATIENT. WATCHING EVERYONE. DO YOU FEEL THAT WHILE YOU'RE FILMMING IT? IT IS SHOT IN A VERY VISCERAL WAY. IT IS A REAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE ACTORS AND THE CREW. THERE ARE REAL FLAMES AND FIVE REAL FLAMES IN THE KITCHEN. Reporter: REAL KNIVES? SMALL SPACES.

Reporter: A TALENTED YOUNG CHEF WHO HAS RETURNED TO CHICAGO TO RUN THE FAMILY RESTAURANT. HAVE YOUR COOKING SKILLS IMPROVED? YES. MINE HAVE GOT WORSE. I HAVE TO GO TO CULINARY SCHOOL. I STARTED AT ABSOLUTE ZERO. IT'S NOT HARD TO IMPROVE WHEN YOU ARE SO TERRIBLE WALKING IN. SLOW CHERRY. Reporter: LOVELY AUDIENCE ADSYDNEY, THE PASSIONATE AND AMBITIOUS SOUS-CHEF BY YOUR SIDE. IT IS PASSION AND IT IS RESPECT AND IT IS SEEING THAT SAME FIRE. THEY WANT TO PUSH EACH OTHER AND THEY WANT TO PUSH EACH OTHER. IS IT ALWAYS THE BEST? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK MAYBE IT'S THE ROOT.

WHEN WE DID THIS SHOW, THERE WERE VERY LITTLE EXPECTATIONS, AND I FEEL LIKE OUR CLIMB HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY EXCITING, REALLY REWARDING. IT'S SOMETHING GOOD. IT'S SOMETHING GOOD. David: IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD THING. OUR THANKS TO DEBORAH ROBERTS. A WHOLE SHOW AND THE CAST REALLY IS EVERYTHING. THE NEW SEASON ON HULU. I'm DAVID MUIR. I SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWS.