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Tonight, breaking news. GOP senators right now facing a critical test for President Trump's so-called big beautiful bill ahead of a July 4th deadline. The warning from the FBI about hackers allegedly targeting airlines and severe storms on the move as millions prepare for holiday travel.

 

First, a big day stretching into the evening on Capitol Hill as the Senate holds a rare Saturday session. Lawmakers trying to persuade last minute holdouts to get President Trump's mega spending bill across the finish line. The bill facing major hurdles with some Republicans balking at the price tag.

 

holdout [ˋhold͵aʊt] n. 抵抗；坚持

balk [bɔk] v. 阻礙，阻止

 

Estimated to increase the deficit by nearly three trillion dollars. And what the bill now says about tax cuts and Medicaid. Also tonight, the new warning from the FBI.

 

Hackers allegedly targeting airlines. This as Hawaiian Airlines and Canada's WestJet hit with cyber attacks this month. And with 72 million Americans expected to hit the roads and the skies for the 4th of July holiday, the severe weather threat, the Midwest and Northeast bracing for thunderstorms and damaging winds, our weather team tracking it all.

 

Honoring the Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband gunned down in their home two weeks ago after what prosecutors called a political assassination.

 

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris among those at the funeral. Thousands lining the streets of Tehran as Iran held state funerals for military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during the conflict with Israel.

 

And what President Trump said about the possibility of bombing Iran again. The new twist in that hacking class action lawsuit against a former University of Michigan assistant football coach. The NFL's Jim Harbaugh now added as a defendant what we're learning tonight.

 

The billionaire and his bride. The new details and the protests on the lavish Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. Bruce Springsteen offering fans something they've never heard before.

 

And the tearful tribute from the NHL draft. The 17 year old number one pick, honoring his late mother. 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. Several developing stories as we come on tonight.

 

02:18 Trump's mega bill faces crucial Senate vote

 

The warning from the FBI about hackers allegedly targeting airlines and severe storms on the move as millions prepare for holiday travel. But we begin tonight with breaking news. A crucial vote for President Trump's so-called big, beautiful bill.

 

The Senate holding a rare Saturday session going into the evening to advance the President's tax cuts and spending bill.

 

Democrats now insisting that the bill be read aloud on the floor, which could take hours. President Trump putting the pressure on Republican lawmakers to get the measure to his desk by Independence Day, less than a week away.

 

But the ultimate fate of the legislation is still in question, with some Republicans holding out over the price tag and proposed cuts to Medicaid.

 

ABC's Jay O'Brien leads us off from Capitol Hill.

 

Tonight with President Trump's self-imposed 4th of July deadline looming, Senate Republicans sprinting to lock down enough support ahead of a key test vote on the President's so-called one big, beautiful bill.

 

The nearly 1,000 page legislative package extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts, adds new provisions like no taxes on tips and overtime, and makes significant cuts to Medicaid.

 

provision [prəˋvɪʒən] n. 规定；条款

 

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimating it could lead to nearly 11 million people losing their insurance over the next decade.

 

Democrats now planning to force a potentially hours-long reading of the entire GOP mega-bill on the Senate floor, likely pushing a final vote on the legislation into late Sunday or Monday.

 

With a laundry list of campaign promises on the line, Trump staying in D.C. this weekend to push the bill through, taking a trio of senators golfing at his course in Virginia and telling Republicans he wants the bill ready for his signature before July 4th.

 

laundry list【口】冗长的细目列表

 

The President's very engaged. The President's been engaged this whole time.

 

engaged [ɪnˋgedʒd] adj. 投入的; 忙碌的; 积极参与的

 

He's never not been engaged. Senators now working through the weekend, forced to rewrite key pieces of the legislation after some provisions were tossed out by the Chamber's nonpartisan rule keeper.

 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune can only afford to lose three Republicans and some of his party balking at the bill's price tag, estimated to increase the national deficit by $2.8 trillion by 2034.

 

President Trump labeling those GOP opponents grandstanders. Are you a grandstander? I would use the word conservative, fiscally conservative.

 

grandstander [ˈɡrænˌstændɚ] n. 热衷于表现自己的人;哗众取宠的人

fiscally [ˋfɪsk!ɪ] adv. 财政上

 

Republicans pretend and profess to be concerned with the debt, but in the end vote for the spending as well.

 

profess [prəˋfɛs] v. 自称；假装; 公开宣称

 

Whit, if this bill passes the Senate, it would have to go back to the House where Speaker Johnson is facing a razor-thin GOP majority and growing opposition tonight to some of these Senate rewrites. Remember, the original version of this bill only passed out of that chamber by just one vote. Whit?

 

And the clock is ticking.

 

Jay O'Brien, thank you.

 

05:01 Trump cuts trade talks with Canada

 

Now to the escalating tensions over trade. President Trump ending talks with Canada over their plan to collect digital services taxes from American tech giants.

 

Let's get right to ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selena Wang. So Selena, how did these talks break down?

 

break down 停止运转；失败

 

Well, President Trump is putting the blame on Canada for its new tax on American tech companies set to go into effect on Monday. Canadian officials estimate it will cost U.S. tech giants more than $2 billion a year.

 

Trump claims that Canada has been difficult and says that the U.S. holds all the cards when it comes to trade negotiations.

 

Now currently, some Canadian imports are tariffed at 25% with steel and aluminum at 50%. The president now says he'll be setting a new tariff rate on Canadian goods within the next week.

 

Meta, which owns Facebook, is thanking President Trump for, quote, standing up in the face of unprecedented attacks from other governments.

 

And the deadline for the U.S. to reach trade deals with a host of other countries is also fast approaching, now less than two weeks away.

 

If those trade deals aren't reached by July 9th or if that deadline is not extended, steel tariffs could go into effect. Whit. –

 

Selena Wang at the White House for us, thank you.

 

06:13 FBI: Hackers are targeting U.S. airlines     

 

Now to the FBI warning about hackers allegedly targeting airlines ahead of the busy July 4th holiday. This as two airlines say they've already been hit and severe storms triggering hundreds of flight cancellations at Atlanta's busy airport. Here's ABC's Faith Abubay.

 

Tonight, the looming threats facing Americans as millions gear up for the July 4th holiday travel.

 

The FBI is warning cyber criminals have airlines in their crosshairs, alleging that a hacking group called Scattered Spider is aiming to steal sensitive information by impersonating airline employees and contractors.

 

in someone’s crosshairs: a target for someone who intends to catch, arrest, stop, or harm you

crosshairs [ˈkrɔshɛrz] n.（枪支或其他仪器上说明瞄准的）十字丝，十字瞄准线

impersonate [ɪmˋpɝsn͵et] v. 扮演；模仿

 

And just yesterday, tech issues also delaying some American Airlines flights, unclear whether it's related.

 

But it all comes as AAA projects about 72 million people will be traveling next week for Independence Day celebrations. Today, more than 1,000 flights canceled. The caused severe weather that packed a punch across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.

 

They told us that there had been severe hail and a bunch of their planes were damaged and needed to be inspected. So no flights were going to be coming in Friday night or Saturday morning into Atlanta.

 

Hail and strong winds forcing Delta to cancel over 400 flights in and out of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

 

All the flights are canceled. We can't get another flight back.

 

An air traffic control tower in Atlanta forced to evacuate due to strong winds, leaving a skeleton crew running operations.

 

Ground rumour, you guys had to evacuate the tower, is that correct? Oh yeah, yeah, it's just me, one other controller, the supervisor, and traffic management.

 

Those ripple effects from Atlanta, along with severe weather at other major travel hubs, triggering ground stops, cancellations, and delays at airports in Washington, D.C., Charlotte, and Dallas.

 

And with almost all those Delta planes are now back in service, but the airline now saying it expects several hundreds more cancellations this weekend as it recovers from those storms.

 

Whit. Faith Abubay, thank you. Let's get right to meteorologist Danny Backstrom from our New York station WABC.

 

And Danny, where's the greatest threat for storms right now?

 

So the southeast took the brunt of it last night, just typical summertime storms for them tonight. The severe weather threat now shifting farther north. We're looking at two areas, the first of which interior northeast.

 

brunt [brʌnt] n. 冲击，撞击；最沉重（或强烈）的部分

 

A severe thunderstorm watch in parts of Pennsylvania and upstate New York until 8 p.m. That second area, the upper Midwest. That severe weather threat really ramps up after sunset tonight with heavy rain, potentially damaging wind gusts, hail, and even a few isolated tornadoes possible into sunrise tomorrow.

 

Then that area shifts east as we move into Sunday with Kansas City up through Green Bay, even Michigan's upper peninsula, looking at the threat for severe weather Sunday.

 

We're here in the northeast. It's all about the heat behind tonight's strong storms. We are turning up the temperature back to the 80s in Boston, near 90 tomorrow in New York, Whit.

 

Not quite as intense as the heat that we felt earlier this week, of course, but we are turning up that humidity heading into the holiday as well.

 

Still a hot holiday for so many. All right, we'll brace for it.

 

Danny Beckstrom, thank you.

 

09:09 Tributes for slain Minnesota lawmaker

 

Next tonight, mourners gathering today for the funeral of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, among those paying tribute to the couple, killed in what officials call a stunning act of political violence two weeks ago.

 

Their beloved golden retriever also honored. Here's ABC's Chris Cordero.

 

Tonight, a community in a basilica full of loved ones saying goodbye to former Democratic state lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, two weeks after they were fatally shot at their home in what prosecutors call a political assassination.

 

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. The two remembered as great parents who loved to cook and garden.

 

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz today called Melissa the most consequential speaker in state history.

 

consequential [͵kɑnsəˋkwɛnʃəl] adj. 有影响力的

 

For seven years, I have had the privilege of signing her agenda into law. I know millions of Minnesotans get to live their lives better because she and Mark chose public service and politics.

 

The couple's death, along with the shooting of the family dog named Gilbert, launched a two-day manhunt leading to the arrest of 57-year-old Vance Bolter, who prosecutors allege hunted the victims like prey.

 

That same morning, Bolter also accused of shooting State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, at their home.

 

Former President Biden visited the Hoffmans at the hospital yesterday and attended today's funeral with former Vice President Harris, the two among the thousands to honor the Hortmans lying in state.

 

I'm just keen to pay my respects to Melissa, Mark, and Gilbert. The family, longtime volunteers with the nonprofit Helping Paws, helping train service dogs for years.

 

Gilbert was one of several Golden Retrievers the Hortmans trained to be a service dog, though friends suspect Gilbert failed his training so he could stay with the Hortmans.

 

And in the end, there he was by their side. Whit, Bolter has not yet entered a plea. He had a court hearing scheduled for yesterday, but his attorney asked it be postponed, arguing her client hasn't slept because of the conditions he's subjected to in jail.

 

The judge did push the hearing back to July 3rd. Whit.

 

Christiane Cordero, thank you.

 

11:25 Large crowds attend Iranian state funerals

 

Overseas now to the massive crowds attending state funerals for the military leaders and nuclear scientists killed during the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel. And what President Trump is saying tonight about another possible strike against Iran in the future. ABC's Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv.

 

Chants of death to America and death to Israel echoing through the streets of Tehran tonight.

 

As thousands gather to mourn the loss of Iran's top commanders and nuclear scientists, all assassinated during the 12 days of war that brought a new wave of destruction to the Middle East.

 

That fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel remains in place with both countries now trading threats in the place of bombs.

 

President Trump warning the Iranians the US could strike again if they resume high levels of uranium enrichment.

 

It was just a week ago the president launched that stunning mission dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, where B-2 bombers dropped more than a dozen bunker-busting bombs on multiple nuclear sites deep inside Iran.

 

Tonight, conflicting beliefs on whether Iran's program was as badly damaged as the president has suggested.

 

Sources telling ABC News the early report from the Pentagon indicates Iran's centrifuges remain intact as the International Atomic Agency warns that 900 pounds of near weapons-grade uranium is still unaccounted for. Trump blasting the idea Iran moved it before the strikes.

 

You know they moved themselves.

 

They were all trying to live. They didn't move anything.

 

Whit, it has remained largely calm here after that ceasefire, but yet more violence has erupted here in the Middle East.

 

There have been new violent clashes in the West Bank where Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villagers and Israeli soldiers. The IDF's chief of staff has warned the situation could end in disaster. Whit.

 

Marcus Moore for us, thank you.

 

13:16 Coach Jim Harbaugh added to student hacking class action lawsuit

 

Next tonight, the new bombshell in the hacking class action lawsuit against a former assistant football coach at the University of Michigan. NFL coach Jim Harbaugh and former head coach of the Wolverines now added to that lawsuit and the allegations he's facing.

 

Wolverine [͵wʊlvəˋrin] n.【美】【俚】（W-）密执安州人的别称; 【動】狼獾

 

Here's ABC's Melissa Adan.

 

Tonight, this bombshell allegation just ahead of the NFL preseason. Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh, who is now head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, named as a defendant in a class action lawsuit by several female athletes against the University of Michigan and others.

 

They say Harbaugh and other top school officials learned just before a major playoff game in 2022 that assistant football coach Matthew Weiss was allegedly accessing female students' personal information and their intimate photos.

 

The plaintiffs say Harbaugh and the officials did nothing. They accuse Harbaugh of failing and refusing to implement basic security measures that would have stopped Weiss.

 

plaintiff [ˋplentɪf] n.【律】起诉人，原告

 

Weiss is charged with identity theft and unauthorized computer access, accused of hacking into the databases of more than 100 colleges, allegedly targeting female athletes.

 

Some didn't even attend the University of Michigan.

 

Whit, Matthew Weiss has pleaded not guilty to the federal criminal charges.

 

plead [plid] v. 恳求[（+with/for）]

 

We have reached out to Weiss, to Jim Harbaugh, the University of Michigan, and the LA Chargers for comment and have not heard back. Whit.

 

Melissa Adan, thank you.

 

14:47 Protests erupt over Bezos-Sanches wedding in Venice

 

Now to Venice, Italy, and new details on the lavish wedding between billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, the couple tying the knot on a secluded island despite protests.

 

ABC's Maggie Rooley is in Venice tonight.

 

Tonight, the celebration continues for newlyweds Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos.

 

The couple stepping into a water taxi together, heading to another big wedding bash with their famous guest list, this time at the Arsenal, an old Navy shipyard in Venice.

 

bash [bæʃ] n. 派对; a party

shipyard [ˋʃɪp͵jɑrd] n. 造船厂；修船厂；船坞

 

Tonight's party, a celebration after last night's wedding. Vogue immediately releasing this digital cover after the ceremony, revealing photos of Lauren's highly anticipated Dolce & Gabbana wedding dress.

 

Sanchez telling the magazine it took a year and a half to make.

 

The morning after the ceremony, this is the first place the couple came, the iconic Harry's Bar. They rented the entire place out for family and friends.

 

Protest groups threatening to disrupt the wedding tonight, taking over the famous Rialto Bridge, protesting the billionaire's wedding over tourism and war.

 

How big are these protests and what are people protesting? Are very big, reading the newspaper, are very small if you count the people involved. The same people that every year find a new opportunity to make some complaint and some protest.

 

And with the deputy mayor tells us that he estimates this wedding is bringing in more than $30 million for the local economy.

 

Maggie Rooley, thank you, we appreciate it. There's much more ahead on World News tonight.

 

This Saturday, a smoky emergency off Florida's Atlantic coast, the Coast Guard racing into action. And a big release from the boss, Bruce Springsteen, drops some new old music. Stay with us.

 

16:28 Four people rescued from sinking boat in Virginia

 

Next tonight, terrifying moments in the waters off Central Florida. Thick smoke billowing from a boat on fire this afternoon near Port Canaveral, the Coast Guard rescuing all four people on board, a Good Samaritan also helping out, no word of any injuries.

 

Good Samaritan 好心人士;乐善好施的人

 

16:43 Forecasting satellites shut down

 

Just weeks into hurricane season, the Pentagon is cutting off data from three key weather satellites.

 

The unique instruments set to shut down by Monday collect information at night and on cloudy days, providing crucial data for forecasting the rapid intensification of storms.

 

Scientists warn the data shutdown could negatively impact forecasts for millions in hurricane-prone areas. The Trump administration has not explained the move.

 

When we come back, the new offering from Bruce Springsteen, something you've never heard before.

 

17:17 Bruce Springsteen releasing collection of 'Lost Albums'

To the index now, a big weekend for Bruce Springsteen fans. ♪She said my journey love means no more to me ♪The boss releasing tracks to the lost albums, 83 songs from seven never before released LPs, the music spanning 35 years, Springsteen saying that he's played the music to himself and close friends for years.

 

17:41 Hall of Famer Dave Parker dies at 74

Baseball has lost one of its newest Hall of Famers. Former outfielder Dave Parker has died. He battled Parkinson's disease for 12 years.

 

outfielder [ˋaʊt͵fɪldɚ] n. 外野手

 

Parker spent 11 of his 19 seasons in Pittsburgh. The 1978 National League MVP later won a World Series with the 1979 We Are Family Pirates. Parker was elected to the Hall of Fame in December.

 

He was set to be inducted next month. Dave Parker was 74.

 

induct [ɪnˋdʌkt] v. 使正式就任；吸收……為會員

 

Still ahead, the heartfelt moment at the NHL draft so many are talking about.

 

18:15 No. 1 pick in NHL draft honors late mother

 

Finally tonight, the top NHL pick and the powerful moment. The New York Islanders are proud to select from the Erie Otters, Matthew Schaefer. 17-year-old Matthew Schaefer capturing the hearts of hockey fans in this emotional moment.

 

A big hug for his father, wiping away tears. Selected as the number one pick by the New York Islanders in the NHL draft last night.

 

The defenseman from Hamilton, Ontario, realizing his dream while persevering through tragedy, losing his mother, Jennifer, to breast cancer last year.

 

defenseman [dɪˋfɛnsmən] n.【体】（冰上曲棍球等运动中的）防守队员

 

Now that smile that's on his face. Matthew proudly putting on an Islanders jersey and cap. Kissing the pink ribbon stitched on for breast cancer awareness, then pointing to the sky before speaking with the Islanders front office.

 

Thank you guys. Sorry. Okay, we're good.

 

Your parents are extremely proud of you. I know your mom's proud of you. I appreciate you taking a chance on me.

 

I just want to say to my mom and all my family and friends, thanks for everything.

 

Schaefer later hopeful about the future.

 

You've waited for this moment your whole life and like I said, I wish my mom can be here, but I know she's with me, my brother, and my dad in spirit.

 

Thanks for watching, goodnight.

 

David Muir, the most-watched newscast in America. And now, ABC's World News Tonight has won the Emmy for best live news program for the third year in a row.