ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 11, 2025

THE BREAKING NEWS. TWO DEADLY. AIR DISASTERS. NOW THE NEW VIDEO. TONIGHT OF THE HELICOPTER GOING. DOWN IN THE HUDSON AND WHAT IT. NOW REVEALS, AND THE SMALL PLANE. CRASHING RIGHT NEXT TO I-95. FIRST, TONIGHT, THE CHILLING NEW. VIDEO OF THAT SIGHTSEEING. HELICOPTER SUDDENLY PLUNGING. FROM THE SKY. AMONG THE DEAD. A. MOTHER AND FATHER AND THEIR. THREE CHILDREN. THEY WERE HERE. TO CELEBRATE THE MOTHER'S 40TH. BIRTHDAY, AND ONE OF THE. CHILDREN WOULD HAVE TURNED NINE. TODAY. TONIGHT, THE PILOT, WE'VE. LEARNED, WAS A NAVY VETERAN. HOW. DID THAT ROTOR COME APART? AND. WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW.

LOOKING AT TO FIND THE CAUSE. ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, THAT. SMALL PLANE CRASHING NEAR I-95. IN FLORIDA. THE BURNING WRECKAGE. ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT HAD. BEEN CIRCLING REPEATEDLY, REPORTEDLY DEALING WITH A. MECHANICAL ISSUE. NO ONE ON. BOARD SURVIVED. ALSO TONIGHT, CHINA STRIKING BACK, HIKING. TARIFFS ON U.S. GOODS ARRIVING. IN CHINA TO 125%. TONIGHT, AMERICAN FARMERS WORRY CHINA. WILL TURN ELSEWHERE. PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING CHINESE PRESIDENT. XI IS A GOOD FRIEND. AND OUR.

MARY BRUCE ASKING THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY IF THEY HAVE A GOOD. RELATIONSHIP. WHY DOESN'T. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALL PRESIDENT. XI TO TRY TO SOLVE THIS? TONIGHT, THE DEVELOPING HEADLINE. A FEDERAL JUDGE SAYING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION CAN DEPORT A. FORMER COLUMBIA GRAD STUDENT AND. ACTIVIST, PIERRE THOMAS, WITH. LATE REPORTING. THE NEW MEASLES. NUMBERS TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER. HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY. JR SAID IT HAD PLATEAUED. THE. SPIKE IN CASES JUST TODAY. NOW, MORE THAN 700 CASES OF MEASLES. IN TWO DOZEN STATES. THE FIERY.

HEARING PLAYING OUT TODAY A. PACKED COURTROOM. THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS PART OF THE HEARING, THEIR BID FOR FREEDOM. WHAT WAS. SHOWN IN COURT. AND TONIGHT, THE. FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS NOT SAT. DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW IN DECADES. WITH OUR MATT GUTMAN AND WHAT. SHE NOW SAYS ABOUT THIS BATTLE. TONIGHT, THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING. INTO THE NORTHEAST. WINTER. WEATHER ADVISORIES IN APRIL. WASHINGTON, D.C. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, THEN BOSTON. LEE. GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST AND. WHAT'S COMING. TONIGHT, THE. CHAOS AT COACHELLA KICKING OFF. TONIGHT. AN ALREADY OFF TO A.

ROCKY START. WHAT'S BEHIND IT. ALL? TONIGHT, THE STAR OF GRAY'S. ANATOMY REVEALING HE'S BEEN. DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, LOU GEHRIG'S. DISEASE. WHAT HE'S SAYING. TONIGHT. AND THE ONCE IN A. LIFETIME BOAT RIDE RIGHT OFF THE. U.S. COAST. THE FAMILIES. AND. SUDDENLY A VERY CURIOUS WHALE. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY. WERE SEEING. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. FRIDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THIS NEW VIDEO OF THAT. HORRIFIC HELICOPTER CRASH INTO. THE HUDSON RIVER AND WHAT IT. REVEALS. INVESTIGATORS LOOKING. CLOSELY AT THE STUNNING NEW. IMAGES AS DIVERS RECOVER PIECES. OF THE AIRCRAFT. NOW, THE. CHILLING NEW IMAGES SHOWING A. PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE CRASH. FROM THE MOMENT SOMETHING. APPEARS TO SHIFT, SOMETHING. HAPPENS TO THAT HELICOPTER AND. THEN IT'S PLUNGED RIGHT INTO THE. RIVER. ALL OF IT IN UNDER 10S. IT CAME CRASHING DOWN, LANDING. UPSIDE DOWN IN THE WATER. AND. TODAY, THE MANGLED FUSELAGE. LIFTED OUT OF THE WATERS. TONIGHT, THIS VIDEO, BELIEVED TO.

BE FROM INSIDE THAT SAME. HELICOPTER LAST SEPTEMBER, SHOWING WHAT THE PASSENGERS. WOULD HAVE SEEN. THIS EVENING. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE. FAMILY OF FIVE AND THE PILOT ON. BOARD. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, ALL. SIX DYING IN THE CRASH. THE. FAMILY VISITING FROM SPAIN, THE. FATHER, SIEMENS EXECUTIVE. AUGUSTIN ESCOBAR, HIS WIFE AND. THEIR CHILDREN FOUR, EIGHT AND. TEN. THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE. WIFE'S 40TH BIRTHDAY AND THEIR. MIDDLE CHILD WOULD HAVE TURNED. NINE TODAY. THE PILOT TONIGHT, IDENTIFIED AS A NAVY VETERAN, 36. YEAR OLD SEAN JOHNSON, POSTING. THIS VIDEO TO FACEBOOK JUST TWO. WEEKS AGO, FLYING OVER.

MANHATTAN. INVESTIGATORS ARE. LOOKING AT ALL OF THE. POSSIBILITIES. WAS IT A BIRD. STRIKE? WAS IT A MAJOR. MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION? WHY DID. THE ROTOR COME APART FROM THE. HELICOPTER? ABC'S CHIEF. INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT. AARON KATERSKY ON THE SCENE. AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THESE NEW. IMAGES AND WHAT INVESTIGATORS. ARE SAYING SO FAR. >> TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO OBTAINED. BY ABC NEWS SHOWS THE DOOMED. SIGHTSEEING HELICOPTER TWISTING. IN THE AIR BEFORE BREAKING APART. AND DROPPING OUT OF THE SKY. WATCH THE TOP LEFT PART OF THE. SCREEN. THE CHOPPER PASSES. BEHIND THAT HIGH RISE, THEN.

APPEARS TO TURN TO ITS RIGHT AND. DISINTEGRATE. PIECES OF THE TAIL. ROTOR FLYING, THE MAIN ROTOR. SPINNING OFF AS THE HELICOPTER. PLUNGES INTO THE HUDSON RIVER, CRASHING UPSIDE DOWN. FEDERAL. SAFETY INVESTIGATORS ARE PORING. OVER THE WRECKAGE, AND THE ARMY. CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS HELPING. SALVAGE PIECES STILL IN THE. WATER. TONIGHT, THE NTSB IS. INVESTIGATING REPORTS OF A LARGE. FLOCK OF BIRDS IN THE AREA AND. IS APPEALING FOR PUBLIC HELP. >> IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT US. BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU. HAVE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE. PERTINENT TO OUR INVESTIGATION,

PLEASE REACH OUT TO US. >> APPARENT PIECES OF THE. HELICOPTER ARE STILL FLOATING. HERE IN THE HUDSON RIVER. WE CAN. SEE WRITING ON WHAT MAY BE PART. OF THE FUSELAGE, ALONG WITH. CUSHIONS FROM THE HELICOPTERS. SEATS. EVERY PIECE CRUCIAL TO. THE INVESTIGATION. >> THE THING IS, YOU NEVER KNOW. WHEN YOU'RE IN AN ACCIDENT. INVESTIGATION. IT MIGHT BE ONE. BOLT. IT MIGHT BE ONE SCREW. THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE KEY TO. FINDING OUT WHAT EXACTLY. HAPPENED. >> THE 17 MINUTE FLIGHT ENDING.

IN UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY FOR THE. FAMILY OF FIVE FROM SPAIN THAT. WAS ON BOARD. AUGUSTINE ESCOBAR. AND HIS WIFE MERCY, BOTH. EXECUTIVES AT GLOBAL TECH. COMPANY SIEMENS, ALONG WITH. THEIR THREE CHILDREN AGES FOUR, EIGHT AND TEN. TODAY WOULD HAVE. BEEN THE MIDDLE CHILD'S NINTH. BIRTHDAY. >> THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE. MOM'S 40TH BIRTHDAY. THEY WERE. VERY EXCITED. IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY, REALLY A SAD STORY. THE. MORE YOU LEARN ABOUT IT. >> THE PILOT, 36 YEAR OLD SHAUN. JOHNSON, A NAVY VETERAN, POSTED. THIS VIDEO ON FACEBOOK TWO WEEKS. AGO SHOWING HIMSELF FLYING OVER.

MANHATTAN. >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT. INTO WORDS, YOU KNOW, JUST FUN. HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING MAN. AND. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A. GOOD ONES. >> THE NTSB SAID HE HAD 788. HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME, BUT. INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL. CALCULATING HOW MUCH TIME HE HAD. SPENT IN THAT PARTICULAR. HELICOPTER. THE OPERATOR, NEW. YORK HELICOPTER TOURS, HAS A. GOOD SAFETY RECORD. IT FLIES. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS EACH WEEK. THERE WERE TWO HARD LANDINGS. MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. NEITHER. FATAL. BUT THIS IS THE THIRD. FATAL TOUR HELICOPTER CRASH HERE.

IN THE LAST 15 YEARS. FIVE. PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A. HELICOPTER CRASHED IN THE EAST. RIVER IN 2018. NINE PEOPLE DIED. WHEN A HELICOPTER AND A PLANE. COLLIDED OVER THE HUDSON RIVER. IN 2009. THE BELL 206 IS A. WORKHORSE. IT'S USED FOR THESE. TOURS FLIGHTS ALSO FOR MEDICAL. TRANSPORT, EVEN BY LAW. ENFORCEMENT. SO, DAVID, THERE'S. A LOT RIDING ON THE OUTCOME OF. THE INVESTIGATION. DAVID. >> AARON KATERSKY BACK ON THE. SCENE TONIGHT FOR US. AARON. THANK YOU. AND THE OTHER DEADLY. CRASH, THIS ONE TODAY IN BOCA. RATON, FLORIDA. AND A WARNING.

TONIGHT. THIS VIDEO IS. DISTURBING. A SMALL PLANE. APPARENTLY SUFFERING MECHANICAL. TROUBLE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. THE. PILOT CIRCLING OVER AND OVER. AGAIN AND THEN CRASHING RIGHT. NEAR I-95. THE BURNING WRECKAGE. ON THE GROUND. THREE ON BOARD. NO ONE SURVIVED THIS HERE. TONIGHT. TREVOR AULT. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT A SMALL. PLANE CAME CRASHING DOWN IN BOCA. RATON, FLORIDA, ERUPTING IN A. DEADLY FIREBALL. >> OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. >> THE CESSNA SLAMMING ONTO THE. STREET RIGHT NEXT TO BUSY I-95. THE WRECKAGE STILL AFLAME ACROSS.

THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS. DEBRIS. LITTERING THE STREET. WITNESSES. DESCRIBING THE PLANE'S. TERRIFYING DESCENT. >> IT WAS EXTREMELY LOW. IT. ALMOST APPEARED LIKE IT WAS. GOING TO SKIM THE TOP OF THE. ROOF. >> AND THEN THE IMPACT. >> I HEAR JUST A LOUD EXPLOSION. AND THEN A HUGE FIRE FIREBALL. COMES OVER THE OVERPASS, AND I. SEE THE PALM TREES RIGHT THERE. START CATCHING ON FIRE. >> OFFICIALS SAY ALL THREE. PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE KILLED. ANOTHER MAN WAS INJURED BY. DEBRIS AFTER DRIVING A CAR.

THROUGH THE FIREBALL. THE PLANE. REPEATEDLY CIRCLED NEAR THE BOCA. RATON AIRPORT. FLIGHT RADAR. SHOWING ITS PATH IN THE AIR ONLY. MINUTES BEFORE CRASHING JUST SHY. OF THE RUNWAY. >> THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPARENTLY. SOME MECHANICAL ISSUES AND WENT. DOWN HERE ON MILITARY TRAIL. >> DAVID, THE CAUSE OF THOSE. MECHANICAL ISSUES IS STILL. UNKNOWN. THE FAA AND NTSB ARE. NOW INVESTIGATING. DAVID. >> TREVOR AULT REPORTING. TREVOR. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING A STORM. SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE. NORTHEAST. THERE ARE WINTER. WEATHER ADVISORIES, AND WE'RE IN.

APRIL. WASHINGTON, D.C, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND. BOSTON. OF COURSE, THIS SYSTEM. ALREADY SLAMMING PRINCETON, INDIANA. THIS IS AN EF ONE. TORNADO RIGHT HERE, 105 MILE AN. HOUR WINDS. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. LEE GOLDBERG FROM OUR NEW YORK. STATION, WABC. BACK WITH US. TONIGHT, TIMING THIS OUT FOR US. HI, LEE. >> HI, DAVID. A COLD RAIN, A. SPRING SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST. THE COLD RAIN HAS STARTED IN NEW. YORK CITY. ALL GETS UNDERWAY. TONIGHT. WINTER WEATHER. ADVISORIES FROM THE CATSKILLS UP. TO THE BERKSHIRES. THERE'S GOING. TO BE A BURST OF SNOW FROM ABOUT. TWO IN THE MORNING TO TEN IN THE. MORNING. COULD PUT UP TO SIX.

INCHES OF SNOW IN ELEVATIONS. ABOVE 2000 2500FT. THIS IS A. COASTAL STORM THAT'S. STRENGTHENING A SOAKING FROM DC. TO BOSTON OVERNIGHT IN THE. MIDDAY TOMORROW. THE REST OF THE. WEEKEND IT'S LIGHTER DRIZZLE, BUT IT'S RAW AND IT'S RAINING. BUT BEFORE THAT, 1 TO 2IN OF. RAIN ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. GOOD NEWS FOR THE DROUGHT, BUT. BAD FOR YOUR WEEKEND PLANS. WE. WARM UP INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FINALLY, DAVID. >> THIS IS SPRING IN THE. NORTHEAST. LEE THANK YOU. TONIGHT TO THE ECONOMY AND THE. MARKETS IN CHINA NOW STRIKING. BACK. HIKING TARIFFS ON U.S. GOODS ARRIVING IN CHINA TO 125%. AND TONIGHT HERE, AMERICAN.

FARMERS WORRY THAT CHINA WILL. NOW TURN ELSEWHERE. PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING CHINESE PRESIDENT. XI IS A GOOD FRIEND. AND OUR. MARY BRUCE ASKING THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY IF THEY HAVE A GOOD. RELATIONSHIP, WHY DOESN'T. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALL PRESIDENT. XI AND TRY TO SOLVE THIS? HERE'S. MARY TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING. SPEAKING OUT ON THE ESCALATING. TRADE WAR WITH THE UNITED. STATES. AS CHINA RAISES THE. STAKES EVEN HIGHER. PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS IMPOSED A STAGGERING. 145% TARIFF ON ALL CHINESE GOODS.

COMING INTO THE U.S. BUT. TONIGHT, THE CHINESE LEADER. DECLARING CHINA HAS NEVER BEEN. AFRAID OF ANY UNREASONABLE. SUPPRESSION. CHINA THEN RAISING. ITS OWN TARIFFS ON AMERICAN. PRODUCTS TO A MASSIVE 125%, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT PRODUCTS. MADE IN AMERICA ARE NO LONGER. WELCOME. XI'S MESSAGE TO THE. U.S. THERE IS NO WINNER IN THE. TARIFF WAR. AND STANDING AGAINST. THE WORLD, YOU WILL ONLY ISOLATE. YOURSELF. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE. HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI. HE'S. WILLING TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

DIRECTLY. WHY DOESN'T THE. PRESIDENT JUST PICK UP THE PHONE. AND GET THIS BALL GOING? >> THE PRESIDENT, AS I SAID FROM. THE PODIUM JUST A FEW DAYS AGO. WHEN I WAS UP HERE, WOULD BE. GRACIOUS IF CHINA INTENDS TO. MAKE A DEAL WITH THE UNITED. STATES. >> SO IS HE WAITING FOR CHINA TO. MAKE THE FIRST MOVE HERE? >> I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON. COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE. HAPPENING OR MAY NOT BE. HAPPENING. >> PRICES ALREADY RISING ON. EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES TO TOYS. TO ELECTRONICS. AND CHINA'S. RETALIATORY TARIFFS ARE ALREADY. TAKING A TOLL. FROM ILLINOIS TO.

OHIO TO IOWA, ABC NEWS SPEAKING. WITH AMERICAN FARMERS WHO RELY. ON CHINA TO PURCHASE THEIR CROPS. LIKE SOYBEANS. CHINA BUYS MORE. AMERICAN SOYBEANS THAN ANY OTHER. COUNTRY, PAYING U.S. FARMERS. NEARLY $13 BILLION LAST YEAR. FARMERS LIKE CHRIS GOULD IN. MAPLE PARK, ILLINOIS, TELLING. OUR ALEX PEREZ HE'S BRACING FOR. A BIG HIT. >> WHEN WE LOSE OUR BIGGEST. CUSTOMER. THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT. IMPACT ON US. >> IN WILLIAMSPORT, OHIO, SCOTT. METZGER, A SIXTH GENERATION. FARMER, WORRIES CHINA WILL NOW.

GET THEIR SOYBEANS FROM OTHER. COUNTRIES. >> IT COULD HAVE LONG TERM. CONSEQUENCES THAT WE MAY WE MAY. NEVER GAIN BACK FROM IT. >> AND DAVE WALTON FROM WILTON, IOWA, WARNS WHEN FARMERS SUFFER, ALL OF RURAL AMERICA SUFFERS, TOO. >> IN IOWA, AG IS THE BASIS OF. OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY OF THE STATE. SO YOU TAKE THAT KIND OF REVENUE. OUT AND IT HURTS EVERYONE. >> NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE. U.S. FARMERS A $23 BILLION. BAILOUT IN HIS FIRST TERM, WHEN. CHINA PUT TARIFFS ON U.S. AGRICULTURE. AND THEY'RE TALKING.

ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING IT AGAIN. U.S. TAXPAYERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY. FOR THAT THOUGH. AND IT'S NOT. JUST FARMERS WHO ARE WORRIED. WE. ARE SEEING THIS TRADE WAR TAKE A. REAL TOLL ON AMERICAN CONSUMER. CONFIDENCE. THAT NUMBER PLUNGING. DOWN 11% JUST IN THE LAST MONTH. DAVID, IT IS NOW AT ITS SECOND. LOWEST LEVEL ON RECORD. DAVID. >> MARY BRUCE LIVE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. MARY. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, A FEDERAL. JUDGE SAYING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION CAN DEPORT A. FORMER COLUMBIA GRAD STUDENT AND. ACTIVIST. A RULING THAT COULD. POTENTIALLY AFFECT MANY OTHERS. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS.

>> WE MADE A PROGRESS. >> TONIGHT, A FEDERAL. IMMIGRATION JUDGE SAYING FORMER. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRAD STUDENT. MAHMOUD KHALIL CAN BE DEPORTED. THE JUDGE EMBRACING SECRETARY OF. STATE MARCO RUBIO'S ASSERTION. THAT KHALIL'S PRESENCE IN THE. U.S. POSES AN ADVERSE FOREIGN. POLICY CONSEQUENCE. >> A STUDENT VISA LIKE ME, INVITING YOU INTO MY HOME. IF. YOU COME INTO MY HOME AND PUT. ALL KINDS OF CRAP ON MY COUCH, I'M GOING TO KICK YOU OUT OF MY. HOUSE. >> KHALIL WAS A STUDENT ACTIVIST. AND ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE. PROTESTS ON BEHALF OF.

PALESTINIANS DURING THE EARLY. DAYS OF THE ISRAELI-HAMAS WAR. THE RULING COULD HAVE BROAD. RAMIFICATIONS, SUGGESTING THAT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE COULD. POTENTIALLY REMOVE HUNDREDS OF. OTHER INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WHO. WERE PART OF SIMILAR PROTESTS. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> HE'S NOT RESISTING. >> LEAL, WHO WAS DETAINED IN NEW. YORK AND FLOWN MORE THAN 1000. MILES AWAY TO LOUISIANA, ADDRESSED THE COURT TODAY. DEFIANT. YOU SAID LAST TIME THAT. THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S MORE. IMPORTANT TO THIS COURT THAN DUE. PROCESS RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL.

FAIRNESS. CLEARLY, WHAT WE. WITNESSED TODAY, NEITHER OF. THOSE PRINCIPLES WERE PRESENT. MEANWHILE, BACK IN A FEDERAL. COURTROOM JUST OUTSIDE OF. WASHINGTON, D.C, IMMIGRATION. ACTIVISTS WERE FIGHTING FOR THE. RETURN OF KILMER ABREGO GARCIA, A HUSBAND AND FATHER MISTAKENLY. TAKEN TO EL SALVADOR'S MOST. NOTORIOUS PRISON LAST MONTH. TENSIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH THAT. THE JUDGE. CLEARLY FRUSTRATED. THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. HAD ZERO INFORMATION ABOUT. ABREGO, GARCIA'S LIVING. CONDITIONS OR STATUS. JUDGE. PAULA REPEATEDLY ASKING, WHERE.

IS HE? AND UNDER WHOSE. AUTHORITY? THE GOVERNMENT'S. LAWYER RESPONDING, YOUR HONOR, I. DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT HIS. CONDITION? >> VERY MUCH SO. IT'S REALLY. DISTRESSING TO ME. >> TODAY, ARMED WITH A SUPREME. COURT RULING FROM LAST NIGHT. CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO. FACILITATE ABREGO GARCIA'S. RETURN, THE JUDGE DEMANDED TO. KNOW HOW THE GOVERNMENT PLANNED. TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. DAVID, SITTING IN THAT COURTROOM, I. COULD PLAINLY SEE THE JUDGE WAS.

EXASPERATED. SHE ORDERED DAILY. UPDATES THAT MUST BE PROVIDED BY. SOMEONE WITH DIRECT KNOWLEDGE. DAVID. >> PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON. PIERRE. THANK YOU. NOW TO ANOTHER COURT. IN A. DRAMATIC HEARING PLAYING OUT. TODAY IN LOS ANGELES, A PACKED. COURTROOM, THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. PART OF THE HEARING MAKING A BID. FOR FREEDOM. AND WHAT WAS SHOWN. IN COURT. AND TONIGHT, THE. FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS NOT SAT. DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW IN DECADES. AND WHAT SHE TELLS OUR MATT. GUTMAN. >> TODAY, CROWDS DESCENDING ON. THIS L.A. COURTHOUSE FOR A. COVETED SEAT AT THAT. RESENTENCING HEARING FOR ERIC. AND LYLE MENENDEZ, WITH THE.

BROTHERS JOINING BY ZOOM. PROSECUTORS DISPLAYED GRAPHIC. PHOTOS LIKE THESE FROM THE CRIME. SCENE, TAKING HOURS TO PAINT. ERIC AND LYLE AS SERIAL LIARS. BEFORE THE HEARING, I SPOKE WITH. EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE MENENDEZ. FAMILY ABOUT DA NATHAN HOFFMAN'S. OPPOSITION TO THEIR RELEASE. HE. SAYS THOSE TWO BROTHERS, THEY. SHOT GUNNED KATIE AND JOSE. MERCILESSLY AND RELENTLESSLY IN. THE KNEECAPS, IN THE HEAD. >> THEY ARE. >> TRULY, DEEPLY SORRY FOR WHAT. THEY DID. THEY ARE FILLED WITH. REMORSE OVER WHAT THEY DID. AND.

THROUGH THAT, THEY HAVE BECOME. PRETTY REMARKABLE PEOPLE. >> JOSE'S 85 YEAR OLD SISTER, TERI, SITTING DOWN FOR HER FIRST. INTERVIEW IN DECADES. YOU'VE. HELD YOUR SILENCE FOR 35 YEARS. >> IT'S TIME. 35 YEARS IS A LONG. TIME. IT'S A WHOLE BRANCH OF MY. FAMILY. ERASED. THE ONES THAT. ARE GONE AND THE ONES THAT ARE. STILL PAYING FOR IT. >> TERI, WHO'S BATTLING COLON. CANCER, HAS JOINED KATIE'S 93. YEAR OLD SISTER, PLEADING WITH.

THE JUDGE FOR ERIC AND LYLE'S. RELEASE, POINTING TO YEARS OF. ALLEGED SEX ABUSE BY THEIR. FATHER. ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT. YOU MIGHT NOT LIVE TO SEE THE. BROTHERS RELEASED FROM PRISON? >> IT IS A CONCERN. I'M 85. I. DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME. I. CAN'T HELP THEM. THERE'S NOTHING. I CAN DO. JUST GO VISIT THEM AND. CRY WHEN I LEAVE. IT'S HARD. >> YOU'RE SUCH A STRONG WOMAN. AND JUST MOMENTS AGO. DAVID. FIREWORKS IN THAT COURTROOM, THE.

MENENDEZ BROTHERS ATTORNEY, MARK. GERAGOS CALLING D.A. NATHAN. HOFFMAN A 90S NEANDERTHAL FOR. HIS DISMISSAL OF THE ALLEGATIONS. OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN THIS CASE, DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. MATT GUTMAN HAS. BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE SO. CLOSELY. MATT. THANK YOU. NOW TO. THE NEW MEASLES NUMBERS. TONIGHT, IN JUST 24 HOURS AFTER. HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY. JR SAID MEASLES HAD PLATEAUED IN. THIS COUNTRY. THE CDC NOW. REPORTING TONIGHT THE HIGHEST. NUMBER OF MEASLES CASES IN SIX. YEARS, MORE THAN 700 CASES IN. TWO DOZEN STATES, AN INCREASE OF. 105 CASES IN JUST THE LAST WEEK.

THE MAJORITY OF THOSE INFECTED. UNDER THE AGE OF 19, MOST OF. THEM UNVACCINATED OR VACCINATION. STATUS UNKNOWN. TEXAS, THE. EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN HALF OF. THE CASES NATIONWIDE AND TWO. DEATHS SO FAR. WHEN WE COME BACK. TONIGHT, THE GRAY'S ANATOMY STAR. REVEALING HE HAS ALS, LOU. GEHRIG'S DISEASE AND WHAT HE'S. SAYING. ALSO THE DRIVER ESCAPING. A TRAIN WITH JUST MOMENTS TO. SPARE IN THE NORTHEAST. YOU WILL. SEE THE STUNNING IMAGES HERE. AND LOOK AT THIS SURPRISE. TONIGHT THEY WERE ON A WHALE. WATCHING TRIP, AFTER.

>> David: NEXT TONIGHT HERE, A. DRIVER BARELY ESCAPING A TRAIN. IN NEW JERSEY IN GALLOWAY. TOWNSHIP. THE MAN FLEEING SECONDS BEFORE A. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT TRAIN SLAMMED. INTO HIS CAR. NO ONE WAS INJURED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER. MADE A WRONG TURN AND GOT STUCK. ON THE TRACKS. >>> TONIGHT, A ROCKY START TO. THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL IN. CALIFORNIA. THE TRAFFIC. MANY SAYING THEY WERE IN LINE. FOR HOURS WITH NO ACCESS TO. WATER OR RESTROOMS. OTHERS DEMANDING REFUNDS AND. BRANDING THIS THE WORST IN. HISTORY. COACHELLA KICKING OFF TODAY.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE. >> David: TO THE INDEX. "GREY'S ANATOMY" STAR ERIC DANE. AND HIS PERSONAL BATTLE. REVEALED. THE 52-YEAR-OLD ACTOR REVEALING. HE'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALS, LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE. HE'S GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIS FAMILY. IN THIS FIGHT AND FORTUNATE TO. CONTINUE WORKING, RETURNING TO. WORK ON "EUPHORIA" NEXT WEEK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. FAMILIES SITTING ON THE EDGE OF. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT, A. WHALE OF A TALE.

TONIGHT, JUST OFF THE COAST OF. NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ONE. INCREDIBLE SIGHT. >> OH, OH, MY GOSH! >> WHAT THE HECK ALIVE? >> WOW. >> David: FAMILIES ON A WHALE. WATCHING EXPEDITION GETTING. THEIR MONEY'S WORTH AND THEN. SOME. >> WOW. >> OH, MY GOD. >> MOMMY, I SAW IT! >> David: A HUMPBACK WHALE. RISING OUT OF THE WATER. JUST A FEW FEET FROM THEIR FEET. THE HUMPBACK WHALE ESTIMATED TO. BE NEARLY 50 FEET LONG AND.

60,000 POUNDS, THEN DISAPPEARING. UNDER THE BOAT. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HEY, DAVID. >> David: CREW MEMBER AND MARINE. EDUCATOR JILL LEMON ON THE. MOMENT. >> IT IS LIFE-CHANGING. THESE ANIMALS ARE MASSIVE. AND WHEN THEY ARE THAT CLOSE TO. THE BOAT, YOU REALLY GET A. FEELING FOR HOW BIG THEY ARE, HOW SMALL YOU ARE, AND HOW WE. ALL FIT TOGETHER. >> David: TONIGHT, ONE. UNFORGETTABLE CLOSE ENCOUNTER. WITH A HUMPBACK WHALE. INCREDIBLE FOR THOSE FAMILIES. I'LL SEE YOU HERE ON MONDAY. I'M DAVID MUIR. GOOD NIGHT.