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ABC News Update

Monday, January 19, 2026 08:00PM ET

ABC News Update

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0

ABC News. I'm Stephanie Officer MLK Day celebrations today honoring the life and legacy of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

0:18.0

In an interview with ABC News, Yolanda Renee King discusses her grandfather.

0:21.6

I know that now a lot of people criticize, I guess, the term woke and being woke is bad, but my, I guess, my kind of statement to that or my response, that would be, what else would I be doing, sleeping?

0:34.6

So I think that it is so important to be woke and aware and awake.

0:39.5

And I think that unfortunately a lot of people are asleep.

0:43.5

Meanwhile, President Trump just moments ago issued a proclamation recognizing MLK Day, saying in part,

0:49.0

quote, today we honor the noble work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose commitment

0:54.0

to justice paved the way to full realization of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose commitment to justice paved

0:54.8

the way to full realization of the American promise. A homicide investigation now underway in Florida

1:01.3

after three tourists renting a home were gunned down, allegedly by a man who lived nearby.

1:06.4

Sabrina Maggiore from ABC's WFTV. Osceola County deputies say the victims were having issues with the car they had rented when deputies say

1:13.6

29-year-old Ahmad Bojee came out of his home and shot and killed the tourists staying next door.

1:19.6

Investigators say the victims are 68-year-old James Pukin and 68-year-old Douglas Kraft of Ohio and Michigan resident,

1:26.6

70-year-old Robert Kraft.

1:28.8

Deputies describe the killings as random, cold-blooded, and premeditated.

1:33.4

Scientists say our planet is about to get hit by a severe geomagnetic storm.

1:37.2

A massive burst of charged particles embedded in a magnetic field is moving through space right now toward Earth.

1:43.8

And it's expected to be here by

1:45.0

Tuesday according to Noah it predicts it could produce a strong or severe geomagnetic storm

1:50.6

that can mess with power systems spacecraft radio frequencies and satellite navigation

1:55.6

you're listening to ABC News an unusually violent weekend in Oklahoma City.

2:03.4

Oklahoma City police are investigating a series of violent incidents that left seven people dead in a 24-hour period that started Saturday night.

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