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Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. More than 80 million Americans on alert for dangerous heat. President Trump in Scotland trying to turn the page on the Jeffrey Epstein saga and the urgent search for an inmate released from jail by mistake.

 

First, millions of Americans facing days of sweltering heat from Texas to Minnesota to the northeast with feels like temperatures in the triple digits. New York City reporting nearly 150 heat-related ER visits in the past couple weeks. Our weather team tracking it all.

 

President Trump oversees in Scotland with the August 1st trade deadline less than a week away, but increasingly frustrated over questions surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files and what we're learning about that meeting between DOJ officials and Epstein's convicted co-conspirator. Our Rachel Scott is traveling with the president.

 

Sources telling ABC News Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.is considering firing members of an influential task force that offers guidance about preventative health services, what it could mean for insurance coverage,

 

a setback for the Trump administration's war on sanctuary cities, the ruling from a federal judge, and why the Venezuelan Little League baseball team was denied entry into the U.S.

 

The urgent search for an inmate released by mistake from the same jail where 10 others escaped earlier this year.

 

A popular dating app touted as a space for women to share information about potential male partners has been hacked. What users need to know.

 

tout [taʊt] v. 宣传；吹捧

 

The very conscious coupling between Gwyneth Paltrow and the company at the center of the Coldplay Kiss Cam scandal.

 

The rookie Major League Baseball player homering his way into the record books.

 

rookie [ˋrʊkɪ] n. 【口】新手；菜鸟

 

And America's Strong Tonight, the hearing impaired mother of six charting a new course and breaking barriers.

 

From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.

 

01:56 more than 80 million Americans are under extreme heat alerts with the heat index reaching as high as 115

 

Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this Saturday. I'm Whit Johnson.

 

We begin tonight with more than 80 million Americans suffering under dangerous heat. The brutal stretch from coast to coast. An extreme heat warning is in effect for the Carolinas this weekend.

 

The heat index, what it feels like outside, could reach up to 115 degrees today and tomorrow. New York City reporting nearly 150 heat related E.R. visits in the past couple of weeks.

 

And smoke from the Canadian wildfires is bringing unhealthy air quality to parts of the Northeast, including New York City and Boston.

 

Our weather team is standing by with the forecast. But first, ABC's Morgan Norwood leads us off.

 

Tonight, an unforgiving and agonizing heat wave baking 80 million from coast to coast.

 

agonizing [ˋægə͵naɪzɪŋ] adj. 令人苦闷的；令人烦恼的；令人痛苦难忍的

 

The current epicenter of the heat, the Carolinas, where the feels like temperature is up to 115 degrees. Along the Carolina coast, shorelines packed, the waters full of swimmers, concert goers at Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant trying to stay cool. It is scorching.

 

We really want people to just kind of stay hydrated.

 

In Nashville, fans braving searing temperatures to watch the Titans preseason football practice. Days of temps in the upper 80s and 90s causing this road to buckle in Madison County, Mississippi, forcing the closure of part of Highway 49 until crews could make repairs.

 

Energy providers also say they're monitoring the heat and are upping the output. And with temperatures climbing, emergency rooms filling up. So far in New York City in just the past couple of weeks, close to 150 heat related E.R. visits nationwide, on average more than 67,000 each year.

 

First responders warned the most dangerous signs can be easy to miss.

 

What doesn't the public realize about heat illness?

 

Well, I think most people get caught up in your daily life and you don't realize like what he, how he can affect you. And most people, there's no symptoms of it really until it hits you where you feel like you're dizzy, you're going to pass out.

 

A brutal reality for Jersey City firefighters battling flames in 70 pounds of gear under extreme heat.

 

We had multiple firefighters actually go down for heat exhaustion, smoke inhalation, and six of them were sent to the hospital for heat related injuries.

 

And Whit, it's far from over next week.

 

Extreme heat taking aim at the Southeast once again. We're talking about a rare and dangerous heat wave that's expected to last for days with little relief, even at night, Whit.

 

Morgan Norwood, thanks so much.

 

Let's get right to meteorologist Dani Backstrom from our New York station, WABC. And Dani, we just heard right there that dangerous heat, it's not going anywhere for a while.

 

That's right, Whit.

 

And the long duration is a major factor in the danger. A single day of temperatures this intense can induce heat related illness. And we have several days of it ahead.

 

Heat alerts for the majority of the Eastern half of the country today, all for feels like temps over a hundred. And that holds tomorrow with heat index values in the triple digits from Waco to Wichita, over to Washington, DC. The heat index will be over 110 in places like Omaha, Savannah, and Wilmington.

 

For the Southeast, these numbers don't move much heading into the work week. The combination of intense heat and stifling humidity, keeping the dangerous conditions in play through Wednesday. These numbers go above typical summertime heat, even for those acclimated with the heat risk, a level four out of four on Monday in the mid Atlantic down to Florida.

 

acclimate [ˈækləmet] v.（使）适应;（使）习惯于

 

Little relief is expected during the overnight hours, making the long duration that much more difficult and dangerous, Whit.

 

Okay. We’ll brace for it.

 

Dani Backstrom, thank you as always.

 

05:19 President Trump is getting ready to meet with world leaders on trade ahead of the August 1st tariff deadline

 

Next tonight, President Trump is overseas in Scotland, focusing on trade talks, but looming over it all as the Jeffrey Epstein saga. The president is looking to turn the page as some of his own supporters are demanding the administration release the files.

 

turn the page 不再纠结过去，开始人生新的一页

 

ABC senior political correspondent, Rachel Scott is in Scotland tonight.

 

Tonight, President Trump overseas playing 18 holes at the Trump Turnberry Golf Resort in Scotland earlier today, looking to move past the controversy surrounding the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

 

Mr. Trump, can you escape the Jeffrey Epstein crisis?

 

The political firestorm consuming some of his own supporters who have called for the administration to release more files related to Epstein, who died by suicide in jail while awaiting trial.

 

The DOJ and FBI released a joint memo in July saying their review of the case revealed no incriminating client lists, and they would not disclose any further information.

 

Following the intense backlash, Trump's deputy attorney general and former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, met with Epstein's former companion and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, for a second straight day.

 

Maxwell is now serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted of sex trafficking to facilitate Epstein's serial abuse of underage girls.

 

Sources tell ABC News she requested the meeting with the DOJ and was granted a limited form of immunity so she could answer questions without fearing it could be used against her.

 

She was asked maybe about 100 different people. She answered questions about everybody, and she didn't hold anything back.

 

Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly told Trump in May that his name appeared in the Justice Department's Epstein files multiple times, along with other high-profile figures. The president now denies that ever happened.

 

Were you ever briefed on your name appearing in the Epstein files ever?

 

No, I was never, never briefed, no.

 

Being named in the Epstein files is not any evidence of wrongdoing, but it could be politically problematic for the president, who is eager to move on from this scandal. While here in Scotland, the president will be attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his family's new golf course.

 

ribbon-cutting 剪彩（仪式）

 

He will also be meeting one-on-one with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, to fine-tune the details of a trade deal reached with the United Kingdom, the president's deadline for other countries to reach a trade deal is August 1st.

 

Rachel Scott, thank you, and tune in to This Week tomorrow morning.

 

Jonathan Karl has a joint interview with Congressman Ro Khanna and Thomas Massey about their bipartisan push for releasing more Epstein case documents.

 

07:49 HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Junior plans to fire all of the members of an influential task force

 

Health Secretary RFK Jr. is considering firing members of an influential task force for being too woke, a source tells ABC News.

 

task force 专门小组；特别小组

woke [wok] adj.（种族主义和不平等等社会问题）警惕的，警觉的

 

The task force offers guidance about preventative health services, like cancer screenings, and what insurance companies should cover. Tonight, why some are sounding the alarm. Here's ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selena Wei.

 

sound the alarm 敲响警钟; 发出危险预警

 

Tonight, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to fire every member of an influential task force that decides what health services, including cancer screening and HIV prevention, must be covered by insurance at no cost to patients, a source tells ABC News. Kennedy, the source says, plans to oust all 16 members for being too woke.

 

Created in 1984, the task force is a scientifically independent, volunteer panel of national experts that determines what screenings, counseling, and preventive treatments insurers must cover.

 

More than 100 million Americans may lose critical preventive services. Ultimately, this is going to create a lot of confusion and erode trust in our systems to be able to provide the care that patients need.

 

A spokesperson for Health and Human Services says no final decision has been made.

 

Last month, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the task force, but ruled the health secretary has the power to remove its members at any time. Soon after, the panel's July meeting was abruptly canceled, alarming some Democrats and public health leaders. The task force has come under fire from some conservative activists.

 

constitutionality [͵kɑnstə͵tjuʃənˋælətɪ] n. 符合宪法，合法性

 

A recent essay in the American Conservative calling for it to be dismantled, accusing it of promoting left-wing ideological orthodoxy, including urging doctors to take into account systemic racism.

 

essay [ˋɛse] n. 论说文；散文，随笔，小品文

dismantle [dɪsˋmænt!] n. 拆卸，拆开；解散

orthodoxy [ˋɔrθə͵dɑksɪ] n. 正统说法；正统

 

We're going to use evidence-based science, gold standard science. This comes after Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, removed every member of the Centers for Disease Control's Immunization Advisory Committee.

 

gold standard（在同类事物中的）标尺，表率

 

The new panel, handpicked by Kennedy, is now made up of just seven members, including some vaccine skeptics.

 

And when outside groups are trying to fill the gap and provide science-based recommendations, but experts say this creates confusion about which group to listen to, warning that ultimately these changes will negatively impact patients. Whit.

 

Selina Wang, thank you.

 

10:11 cities react to a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the Trump Administration’s lawsuit against sanctuary cities

 

Now to a setback for the Trump administration's war on sanctuary cities. A federal judge dismissing the lawsuit, challenging those policies in Chicago, and it comes a day after the administration filed a similar lawsuit against New York City.

 

Here's ABC's Melissa Adan.

 

Tonight, Chicago's mayor and Illinois' governor supporting a federal judge's decision to dismiss the Trump administration's sanctuary city lawsuit. The suit trying to punish cities and states with sanctuary policies, accusing the windy city, along with Cook County and the state of Illinois, of illegally hampering immigration enforcement efforts.

 

hamper [ˋhæmpɚ] v. 妨碍，阻碍；牵制；束缚

 

A federal judge ruling the individual defendants are dismissed because the United States lacks standing to sue them with respect to the sanctuary policies.

 

standing [ˋstændɪŋ] n. 地位; reputation, rank, or position in an area of activity, system, or organization

with respect to 就...而言; 在...方面

 

This comes a day after the Trump administration sued New York City over similar sanctuary city policies. Across the coast in Southern California, immigration enforcement activity continues, part of the deportation crackdown at multiple workplaces from produce fields to restaurants.

 

And now a leading provider of homeless services reporting fear from their clients seeking aid.

 

This says the ACLU alleges that some people detained in the so-called Alligator Alcatraz facility are being held without any criminal or immigration charges.

 

This is also where Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis, says hundreds of detainees have departed the first deportation flights from.

 

ABC News speaking to Venezuelan detainees now released from the notorious El Salvador mega prison, alleging physical and psychological abuse. Two months of struggle because those two months were full of beatings, beatings, they punished us, they mistreated us. In a statement to ABC News, DHS did not address the abuse claims.

 

As concerns over international travel into the U.S. rise, this Venezuelan little league team had their visas denied, barring them from playing in the senior baseball world series.

 

bar [bɑr] v. 阻塞；阻拦

 

President Trump banning at least a dozen countries from traveling to the U.S., citing national security concerns.

 

Whit, a senior State Department official tells us they are reviewing the Venezuelan little league team's case to ensure the proper procedures were followed. Whit?

 

All right, Melissa Adan, thank you.

 

12:26 the IDF says it has resumed air drops to Gaza amid an urgent humanitarian crisis

 

Overseas now to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel now saying it will allow aid drops amid growing outrage over malnutrition and starvation, especially among children.

 

outrage [ˋaʊt͵redʒ] n. 义愤，愤慨; 恶行，暴行; 严重的不道德行为；不法行为

 

The urgent call for a ceasefire as talks collapse. And we want to warn you, these images are disturbing. Here's ABC's Ines de La Cuetara.

 

Tonight, the frantic search for food in Gaza. Hungry mobs swarming, the few aid trucks getting in, and thousands walking for miles, desperate for a single meal.

 

I have come all this way, risking my life for my children, says this woman.

 

My children have not eaten for a week. As the media is banned from entering Gaza, tens of thousands on the brink of starvation, as Israel continues to block aid from getting in. Inside this pediatric ward, deeply disturbing scenes, children crying out in pain, their shrinking bodies too weak to move.

 

An additional five people dying from starvation in just the last 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, bringing the total to 127, among them five-month-old baby Zainab.

 

I have been in the hospital for three months to no avail, says her mother. No one listens.

 

to no avail 没有成果; 完全无用

 

Meanwhile, dozens killed overnight trying to reach that desperately needed aid, after Israeli forces allegedly opened fire on civilians in two separate incidents, according to local officials.

 

Facing mounting international pressure, tonight the IDF resuming aid airdrops in Gaza, and announcing changes in its procedures, saying humanitarian corridors will be established to facilitate the movement of U.N. aid convoys, adding it is ready to implement humanitarian pauses in densely populated areas.

 

corridor [ ˋkɔrɪdɚ] n. 走廊，通道

convoy [ˋkɑnvɔɪ] n. 受护送的船队（或车队等）

humanitarian pause 人道暂停; temporary cessation of hostilities purely for humanitarian purposes

 

Aid agencies warn airdrops are the most inefficient way to get aid in.

 

And Israel now saying it will implement a short humanitarian pause on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, ceasefire negotiations are deadlocked. Both the U.S. and Israel have pulled out of those talks, President Trump telling Israel to, quote, finish the job and get rid of Hamas. Whit.

 

deadlocked [ˋdɛd͵lɑkt] adj. 陷入僵局的；僵持的

pull out 退出

 

Ines de La Cuetara, our thanks to you tonight.

 

14:34 an urgent search is under way for a New Orleans inmate who was mistakenly released from jail

 

Back here in the U.S., the intense search for an inmate mistakenly released from a New Orleans jail.

 

It's the same facility where 10 men escaped back in May, triggering a massive manhunt. The new details coming in tonight, and why investigators have not ruled out charges against the deputies involved. Here's ABC's Alex Presha.

 

Tonight, an urgent manhunt is underway in Louisiana after authorities say they mistakenly released the wrong inmate. Khalil Bryan has been accused of violent crimes, according to the New Orleans Police Department, including aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated burglary.

 

aggravated assault【律】重伤害

aggravated [ˋægrə͵vetɪd] adj. （病情、事态等）严重化的；加重的

burglary [ˋbɝglərɪ] adj. 夜盗；破门盗窃；抢劫

 

But on Friday, the 30-year-old was released from the Orleans Justice Center due to a human error.

 

The Orleans Parish Sheriff says staff confused his last name with that of another inmate.

 

The mistaken release of Khalil Bryan was a serious error, and as sheriff, I take full responsibility.

 

This is the same jail that 10 inmates escaped from back in May.

 

One of those individuals, Derek Groves, is still on the run. At the time of Bryan's mistaken release, he was being held on a $100,000 bench warrant and an additional $25,000 bond linked to new felony charges.

 

hold on 继续；坚持；保持

bench [bɛntʃ] n. 法官；法庭

warrant [ˋwɔrənt] n. 担保; 授权；批准

felony [ˋfɛlənɪ] n.【律】重罪

 

The sheriff says her office is in the process of reaching out to all the victims and witnesses involved in Bryan's prosecution.

 

The New Orleans Police Department's Violent Offender Warrant Squad is actively searching for Bryan, and our department is responding with urgency.

 

offender [əˋfɛndɚ] n. 违法者; 罪犯

 

Well, Whit tonight, the Orleans Parish District Attorney tells ABC News that he has not ruled out possible charges against the deputies involved in Bryan's release, saying that we will follow the leads. Whit,

 

follow the lead 追查线索

lead [lid] n. information pointing toward a possible solution; a clue

 

Alex Prasha, thank you.

 

Still ahead on World News tonight, this Saturday, hackers break into a dating app designed for women. Thousands of online images compromised, and in baseball, a rookie homers his way into the record books. Stay with us.

 

16:25 the popular Tea app which allows women to anonymously share information about men has been hacked

 

Next tonight, a popular app which touts itself as allowing women to anonymously share information about men has been hacked. Officials with Tea saying the breach affects more than 72,000 images, including user photo IDs. The company insisting no phone numbers or email addresses were accessed.

 

breach [britʃ] n.（攻击墙或防御工事时打出的）缺口

 

When we come back, details on a night at the plate, one big league rookie called Pretty Remarkable.

 

16:52 Astronomer, the company at the center of the Cold Play kiss cam scandal, has hired Chris Martin’s ex-wife Gweneth Paltrow as its “temporary spokesperson”

 

To the Index now, tech company Astronomer is not hiding from the Coldplay Jumbotron incident. The firm enlisting actress Gwyneth Paltrow as a temporary spokesperson in a PR video.

 

jumbotron [ˈdʒʌmbotrɑn] n. 超大屏幕

 

Paltrow, the former wife of Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, giving information about the company while not addressing the Kiss Cam controversy itself.

 

frontman [͵frʌntˋmæn] n. 乐团男主唱

 

17:13 Athletics' Nick Kurtz becomes the first rookie to hit 4 home runs in a game

 

Now to baseball and a rookie's historic performance. The Athletics' Nick Kurtz slamming four home runs in last night's 15-3 win over Houston.

 

Kurtz, the first rookie to reach that mark in a single game, the 22-year-old calling it Pretty Remarkable. It sure was. When we come back, technology helps a Texas mom achieve a longtime dream.

 

17:38 the inspiring story of a woman with severe hearing loss who has now entered medical school

 

Finally tonight, the sound of success. Nicole Everett is a proud mother of six from Fort Worth, Texas, diagnosed with severe hearing loss in both ears when she was five, but that never stopped her from living life to the fullest. And three weeks ago, Nicole started on a new journey, beginning medical school at age 36, inspired in part by a doctor on TV.

 

live life to the fullest 尽可能地享受生活

 

I have been watching ER reruns and there are a couple of episodes where there is a deaf physician that Dr. Benton is working with, the door opened.

 

rerun [ˋri͵rʌn] n. 重新上映（或演播）

physician [fɪˋzɪʃən] n. 医师；内科医生

 

A dream now made possible thanks to new technology. I was just a mom and I was just a kid with hearing loss.

 

I'm trying to walk back that kind of vocabulary, right? Because I'm in fact a medical student.

 

walk back: to withdraw, reverse, or retreat

 

At a special ceremony this week. Good afternoon, everyone.

 

Nicole received a personalized Bluetooth-enabled stethoscope that links to her hearing aids. I'm excited.

 

stethoscope [ˋstɛθə͵skop] n.【医】听诊器

 

And with her family right there beside her, listening to her son's beating heart clearly for the first time.

 

Do you want to check it out? Nicole's perseverance inspiring others as she redefines what can and can't be done.

 

You can do anything that you put your mind to and it doesn't have to look like everyone else's timeline.

 

Thanks for watching.

 

Good night.