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DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Late today, the emotional scene in court. The young woman, a drunk driver, accused of killing a bride on her wedding night, slamming into the gold cart carrying the bride and groom. Well, today, the sudden plea, and then the sentence. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back in the US tonight, and to a case making national headlines tonight. The Wisconsin husband and father of three, he was presumed dead after vanishing while kayaking in August. But tonight, authorities now say they believe he's alive, that he faked his death and may be hiding overseas. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a busy Wednesday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LINSEY DAVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, tonight, a suspect has been charged in a complicated scheme to steal Graceland and defraud the family of Elvis Presley. Prosecutors say Lisa Findley used multiple aliases, trying to foreclose on Elvis' home and sell it at auction, claiming his late daughter Lisa Marie Presley had put up the estate as collateral for a loan she didn't repay. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, tonight, the stunning reversal in the sexual assault conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the case that galvanized the Me Too Movement. A New York appeals court throwing out his 2020 rape conviction, saying he didn't get a fair trial, because the judge made egregious errors. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now, to the case of two American moms on vacation, who say they were drugged and sexually assaulted in the Bahamas after stopping off at a beach while on a Carnival Cruise. What they say happened to them, and tonight, there is word of an arrest. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're also following the developing headline tonight in the case that made national headlines. The one-time prominent lawyer, Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his own wife and son. His lawyers making the case for a new trial, because of the actions of a court clerk. But late today, a judge admonishing the clerk, but saying it does not warrant a new trial for Murdaugh. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARY BRUCE (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, tonight, three people are facing assault charges after that dockside brawl in Montgomery, Alabama. A fourth man is wanted for questioning. The incident started when the co-captain of a river boat tried to move a small boat docked in the ship's designated spot. A group of men then attacked him. The police chief says that dock worker was just doing his job. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we learned today that singer Sinead O'Connor has died at just 56. Her voice singular. She was provocative and honest on her struggle with mental health. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Tonight, another case making national headlines, the bride killed just hours after her wedding. Tonight here, the never-before-seen surveillance video that shows what appears to be the golf cart carrying the bride and groom, and then the vehicle speeding in the same direction right behind them. Here is ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the ABC exclusive tonight in a case making national headlines. For the first time here, the husband whose new wife was killed on their wedding day, police say, by an alleged drunk driver is now breaking his silence. There's also news tonight on the lawsuit now against the 25-year-old driver and the bars that allegedly served her. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim tonight with the exclusive interview. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And another case making national headlines. After Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife and son, tonight, Murdaugh's surviving son, Buster, is breaking his silence on the death of one of his classmates. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a Thursday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the trial of once prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his wife and son. The dramatic move today, jurors going to the crime scene and what they saw. And what prosecutors said today in closing arguments about the son being shot and killed, they say his mother then running toward him. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back here at home tonight, and to the final testimony, and it was dramatic, in the trial of the once prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his wife and son. Tonight, prosecutors pushing back on the defense theory that there must have been two shooters. And one witness testifying today about Murdaugh's ability to perform in the courtroom. ABC's Eva Pilgrim is there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the trial of once-prominent attorney now accused of murdering his wife and son. Today, Alex Murdaugh's own brother now taking the stand and breaking down. And the defense tried to make the case today that there must have been more than one shooter. Eva Pilgrim in the courtroom for us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And good evening from Washington. We are back in the US tonight after our reporting in Warsaw. And it's great to have you with us tonight. We begin this evening with that bombshell testimony in the trial of Alex Murdaugh. The once-prominent South Carolina attorney, accused of murdering his wife and son, now testifying in his own defense. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We turn now to a dramatic day in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his wife and son. And then the son who survived this now taking the stand, testifying in his father's defense. ABC's Eva Pilgrim in South Carolina tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to that dramatic testimony at the trial of Alex Murdaugh, on trial for the murder of his own wife and son. For the first time, jurors seeing video of Murdaugh being questioned by police two months after the killings. Detectives asking, "Did you kill Maggie?" Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back here in the US tonight and to the Alex Murdaugh trial. For the first time, the murdered wife's sister testifying about what happened that same day, and about the Murdaughs' marriage. Eva Pilgrim again tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We continue with the news this Monday night. And back here in the US, new body cam footage in the trial of the once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his own wife and son. The court releasing video of police arriving at the scene of the crime shortly after he called 911. Murdaugh saying, "It's bad. It's bad. I checked their pulses." Again tonight, Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, back here in the US tonight. And major news in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, accused of killing his own wife and son. For the first time, jurors hearing evidence of his alleged deep financial crimes. And you'll hear how prosecutors argue that that financial ruin was the motive for murder. Here's Eva Pilgrim now. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the other news here and to the trial of Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his own wife and son. The defense pressing investigators today on the murder weapon. And tonight here, the story of Alex Murdaugh's housekeeper dying in a fall at that home. What her family says they never knew about an insurance payout of more than $4 million. Here's Eva pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We turn now to that dramatic new testimony in the trial of the once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering wife and son. The defense today grilled an investigator on what she did and did not find at the house the day after the murders. And new questions tonight, the prosecution raising about a piece of video from the same day of the murders. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) We're going to turn now to the bombshell testimony in the trial of that once prominent South Carolina attorney, Alex Murdaugh, accused of murdering his own wife and son. The prosecution today playing video from Alex Murdaugh's son's phone, the son who was killed. The video taken just minutes before the murders and what the prosecution claims it shows about the timeline that Murdaugh had offered. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're going to turn now to the critical testimony today in the Alex Murdaugh trial, charged with murdering his wife and son. What the defense team played over and over again in court today. The defense even slowing down the audio. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're going to turn now to the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, that once-prominent South Carolina attorney accused of killing his own wife and son. Tonight here, the new audio of an interview played for jurors, investigators questioning Murdaugh days after the murders. Tonight, defense attorneys pushing back. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back here in the US tonight, and the trial of the once-prominent South Carolina attorney, Alex Murdaugh, charged with murdering his own wife and son. Well, tonight here, what the jury was shown today. What Murdaugh said about discovering his wife and son? Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, tonight, the case making national headlines. The first witnesses taking the stand in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, the once a prominent South Carolina attorney, accused of murdering his own wife and son. The officer on what he saw when he got there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And tonight, news in the case making national headlines as well. Opening arguments in the trial of Alex Murdaugh, the once prominent South Carolina attorney, husband, and father, accused of murdering his own wife and son, tonight, prosecutors in court say he shot his family at close range. What the defense then said. ABC's Eva Pilgrim on the case from the start for us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Here in New York City, tonight, thousands of nurses on strike from two major hospitals. Some surgeries now on hold, hospitals diverting ambulances to other hospitals. But the nurses say they have real concerns, in fact, some nurses taking care of a dozen patients at a time. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening tonight from ABC News election headquarters here in New York City on the eve of this crucial midterm election. We have several developing stories we come on the air tonight. What could soon be a hurricane bearing down on Florida tonight, and then right up the East Coast. Also, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her first interview on the attack on her husband, the police at her door, and Speaker Pelosi tonight on her future in Congress. But we are going to begin tonight, of course, with the critical midterm election where the key Senate races that will determine control of the Senate are in a dead heat going into Election Day. This will all come down to turnout. And take a look at this tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And good evening tonight from ABC News election headquarters here in New York City. This room will be full just moments from now. Election day in America in a country deeply divided. The final votes are being cast in the crucial midterm elections, one of the most consequential midterm elections in US history. Control of the Senate at stake, control of the House at stake. The first exit polls just coming in, the issues driving voters. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now to the crucial midterm elections, just four days to go, now. Tonight, news coming in in the key Senate race of Pennsylvania, now a dead heat. And this race could very well determine who controls the Senate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. And it's great to have you with us here on a very busy Wednesday night. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, tonight, here, the major turn in a case that made national headlines. Victory, tonight, for Adnan Syed, charges dropped, case closed amid news tonight of new DNA tests. Syed was the subject of the podcast, "Serial." He spent 23 years in prison for murder. Tonight, prosecutors dropping all charges. And here's Eva Pilgrim, now. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, we turn next, this evening, to the disturbing results of an independent investigation now out tonight into women's professional soccer, finding abuse and misconduct is, quote, "systemic and rooted deep in the sport's culture," quote, "beginning in youth leagues." Here's Eva Pilgrim, with exclusive reporting from our colleagues at ESPN. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, tonight, here, the accuser speaking out in the rape case involving that college football standout who went to the Buffalo Bills, the former punter, Matt Araiza. Tonight, that player's family now responding. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to growing scrutiny this evening on the Buffalo Bills and the NFL after that college football standout was dropped by the Bills amid those rape accusations. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim, tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, next tonight, here, the suspect accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie speaking from behind bars, saying he's surprised Rushdie survived. And what he said when asked if he'd be in contract with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Tonight, the suspect's own mother now reportedly disowning him. Here's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LINSEY DAVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And we move on now to the catastrophic flooding in Kentucky. The death toll rose, again, today, with hundreds of people still missing in the flooding. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, now to a case that made national headlines for months, and tonight, the dramatic new turn in this case. The once prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh already disbarred and accused of an insurance fraud scheme, tonight now indicted in the murders of his wife and 22 year old son. ABC's Eva Pilgrim back on the story tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Will Carr, leading us off, tonight. Will, thank you. The other major headline this evening involves the coronavirus here in the US, and what authorities now say could be the most transmissible variant yet, as I mentioned, now spreading across the country. And this evening, what Moderna is now saying about its new booster, how effective it is against this troubling variant. Their data is hopeful, but, of course, how soon before that booster is now available? Here's Eva Pilgrim, tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next here this evening, that major new milestone in the COVID battle in this country. The youngest of children are now eligible for COVID vaccination. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, we turn now to the pandemic and the alarming new numbers tonight on COVID here in the US. New COVID cases are now up more than 20 percent across the country. In fact, cases rising now in at least 45 states. What they're now seeing already in New York City and Boston. And these are just the cases being reported. What about the tests at home? There's also news on pediatric hospital admissions just coming in, tonight. Here's ABC's Eva Pilgrim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In the meantime, next tonight, here, the manhunt for an escaped murder suspect. And now, an arrest warrant has been issued for the woman, an Alabama corrections officer, who disappeared along with that suspect. Authorities say she was supposed to be escorting the suspect from the jail to the courthouse, but what the surveillance shows instead. ABC's Eva Pilgrim, from Alabama, tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back here at home this evening, and even with new COVID cases on the rise in more than 30 states, Dr. Anthony Fauci making news after telling PBS that the US is now, quote, "out of the pandemic phase." A lot of questions about that and what he meant, and what Dr. Fauci is now saying. Here's Eva Pilgrim, tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]