Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 2015-05-15

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction David Muir (New York)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:31:00 pm

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Train Derailment

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  05:31:00 pm — 05:33:20 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Philadelphia: David Kerley) The breaking news on the investigation of the Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia featured; camera video shown; details given about the FBI investigation of a windshield projectile pattern. [NTSB board member Robert SUMWALT@- says engineer Brandon Bostian did not recall anything.]

• Boston, Massachusetts / Marathon Bomber Trial

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  05:33:20 pm — 05:36:40 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Boston: Tom Llamas) The jury's death sentence for Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev% examined; details given about the prosecution's & defense's arguments with photos & video shown. [Victims' mother Liz NORDEN%, first responder Michael WARD@- react to the verdict.]

  (Studio: David Muir) Live discussion held with legal analyst Dan Abrams. [ABRAMS - says there will be an appeal that focuses on three jurors.]

• Spring Weather / Tornadoes

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  05:36:40 pm — 05:38:40 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The tornado & flash flood watches introduced; funnel cloud, hail, flood & rain shown.

  (Denton County, Texas: Rob Marciano) The severe storms reviewed; various weather scenes, including rain & floods & weather maps of tornado zones shown. [Texas RESIDENT, Californian Tasha JONES - worry about floods.]

• Nepal / Earthquake / Helicopter Crash

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  05:38:40 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (No location given: Terry Moran) The discovery in the mountains of earthquake-stricken Nepal of the crashed Marines helicopter featured; scenes shown from the remote area & of some Marines earlier. [Marines Lt. Gen. John WISSLER@- says there were no survivors.] [Pilot Chris Norgren%'s MOTHER - comment.]

• Iraq / ISIS

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:40:20 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The ISIS advance in Ramadi, Iraq, reported.

• Illinois / Police Video

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  05:40:20 pm — 05:40:40 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Surveillance video shown from Illinois of a police officer pepper spraying two men in a holding cell.

• Miami Beach, Florida / Police Racist Messages

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  05:40:40 pm — 05:42:10 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Atlanta: Steve Osunsami) The investigation in Miami Beach, Florida, of 16 police officers in a sexist/racist e-mail scandal examined; examples cited; photos of two officers shown. [Police Chief Daniel OATES@, Miami-Dade state attorney Katherine FERNANDEZ RUNDLE@- comment on the case.] Other case of police racism in San Francisco & Ft. Lauderdale cited. [Crime analyst Ray KELLY@- comments on these cases.]

• Cosby Interview

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  05:42:10 pm — 05:43:50 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Montgomery, Alabama: Linsey Davis) The ABC News interview with comedian Bill Cosby presented; details given about charges of sexual assault from 30 women. [In Alabama, COSBY - comments on the allegations, his ideas for television.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:43:50 pm — 05:44:30 pm

• (Commercial: Voya; Linzess; trivago; Aleve,)

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  05:44:30 pm — 05:46:30 pm

• Counterfeit Goods

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:48:50 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The ABC year-long investigation on counterfeit goods introduced; scenes shown of such goods, including fake air bags sold on eBay. [Californian Bob LARSON - talks about his car's air bags.] The test of the Larson's car's air bag shown.

  (Studio: David Muir) Tonight's "20/20" "To Catch a Fake" previewed.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:48:50 pm — 05:49:10 pm

• (Commercial: "World News Tonight"; Garmin; "Astronaut Wives Club"; Prevagen; Alka-Seltzer; CrohnsAndColitis.com; Publishers Clearing House; Claritin; Prudential.)

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  05:49:10 pm — 05:52:30 pm

• Instant Index

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  05:52:30 pm — 05:53:30 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) A look at people, pictures & quotes that captured our imagination: a fire at a mansion near Vice President Joe Biden's home; the closing of the FAO Schwarz toy store in New York City & an alligator outside a home in Goose Creek, South Carolina.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:53:30 pm — 05:53:40 pm

• (Commercial: "Far from the Madding Crowd"; Nexium; K9 Advantix; Namenda; Liberty Mutual; Aleve; News 2.)

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  05:53:40 pm — 05:57:00 pm

• King Death

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  05:57:00 pm — 05:58:40 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The death of blues musician B.B. King featured; photos & performance video shown.

• Good Night

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  05:58:40 pm — 05:58:40 pm