ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 14, 2025

BREAKING NEWS JUST AS WE COME ON. THE AIR. THE SUSPECT IN COURT. RIGHT NOW ACCUSED OF FIREBOMBING. THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S HOME. WITH THE FAMILY INSIDE, UNLEASHING A MASSIVE FIRE. PARTS. OF THE HOME UP IN FLAMES. TONIGHT. HE'S NOW FACING. ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES AND. TERRORISM CHARGES AS WELL. THE. GOVERNOR AND HIS FAMILY SLEEPING. UPSTAIRS. PART OF THE DINING. ROOM DESTROYED. AUTHORITIES SAY. THERE WAS ONE DOOR THAT WAS. SECURED THAT MADE THE. DIFFERENCE. AND WHAT WE'VE. LEARNED TONIGHT ABOUT THE. SUSPECT, WHAT HE PLANNED TO DO. IF HE FOUND GOVERNOR SHAPIRO. ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT. THE.

IMAGES COMING IN. THE EARTHQUAKE. IN CALIFORNIA, STRIKING SAN. DIEGO. THE WARNINGS IN LOS. ANGELES, THE CELL PHONE WARNING. THAT WENT OUT MOMENTS BEFORE. TONIGHT, THE IMMIGRATION. STANDOFF OVER A MARYLAND MAN, A. HUSBAND AND FATHER WRONGLY SENT. TO A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. THE. U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING THE. U.S. MUST FACILITATE HIS RETURN. BUT TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. THE PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR IN. THE OVAL OFFICE. EL SALVADOR'S. PRESIDENT, WHEN ASKED IF HE WILL. RETURN THE MAN, HE SAID, THAT'S. A PREPOSTEROUS QUESTION. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF.

WHIPLASH, EXEMPTING IPHONES, COMPUTERS AND MANY HIGH TECH. ITEMS NOW. ONLY TO NOW SAY. THAT'S JUST TEMPORARY AND THAT. THOSE TARIFFS WILL SOON RETURN. IN A NEW BUCKET, SAYING TARIFFS. ON PHARMACEUTICALS ARE COMING. TOO. AND WHERE PRESIDENT XI OF. CHINA IS TONIGHT. THE TRAGIC. PLANE CRASH IN A FIELD IN. UPSTATE NEW YORK KILLING A. FORMER NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR, HER PARENTS, HER BROTHER AND TWO. OTHERS ALSO KILLED. HISTORY MADE. TONIGHT THE STAR STUDDED, ALL. FEMALE BLUE ORIGIN FLIGHT CREW, INCLUDING KATY PERRY AND GAYLE.

KING BLASTING OFF, HEADED TO THE. EDGE OF SPACE. OPRAH CRYING AT. LIFTOFF. AND THEN THE. PARACHUTES, BRINGING THE CAPSULE. DOWN FOR A GENTLE LANDING. AND. WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAID RIGHT. AFTERWARD. YOU'LL HEAR IT. TONIGHT. THE REMARKABLE RESCUE. HERE, THE WOMAN CLINGING TO THE. SIDE OF A CLIFF FOR MORE THAN AN. HOUR, A RESCUER DROPPING FROM A. HELICOPTER IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE. HER. AND GOLFER RORY MCILROY'S. EMOTIONAL WIN AT THE MASTERS, HIS 17TH TRY. AND TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR THE MESSAGE TO HIS.

FOUR YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. AND IT'S GREAT. TO START ANOTHER WEEK WITH ALL. OF YOU AT HOME. WE DO BEGIN. TONIGHT WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE. SUSPECT IN COURT JUST MOMENTS. AGO FACING ATTEMPTED MURDER AND. TERRORISM CHARGES AFTER. AUTHORITIES SAY HE FIREBOMBED. THE HOME OF PENNSYLVANIA. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO, SETTING. IT ON FIRE WHILE THE GOVERNOR, HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN WERE. ALL SLEEPING UPSTAIRS. THE. CHARRED REMAINS OF THE MANSION'S.

PIANO ROOM AND PART OF THE. DINING ROOM TONIGHT, BROKEN. WINDOWS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF. THE HOME AND EVIDENCE OF THE. FIRE UNLEASHED ON THAT FLOOR. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT USED. TWO HOMEMADE MOLOTOV COCKTAILS. WITH GASOLINE FROM HIS LAWN. MOWER. JUST HOURS BEFORE THE. GOVERNOR POSTED THIS PHOTO ON. SOCIAL MEDIA OF A TABLE SET FOR. THE PASSOVER SEDER. AUTHORITIES. SAY THE SUSPECT, CODY PALMER, FLED THE SCENE AND WHAT HE TOLD. POLICE HE PLANNED TO DO IF HE. FOUND THE GOVERNOR AGAIN JUST. MOMENTS AGO. THE SUSPECT BEFORE. THE JUDGE TONIGHT. AND ABC'S. CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY.

LEADING US OFF. HE'S IN. HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, SIR. WHAT WERE YOU. THINKING? THIS IS THE SUSPECT. POLICE ARE CALLING A DOMESTIC. TERRORIST. THEY SAY CODY PALMER. SCALED A FENCE AND FIREBOMBED. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO'S. RESIDENCE. WHILE THE GOVERNOR. AND HIS FAMILY WERE SLEEPING. UPSTAIRS. THESE IMAGES SHOW THE. DAMAGE FROM TWO MOLOTOV. COCKTAILS MADE FROM BEER BOTTLES. AND GASOLINE THAT PROSECUTORS. SAY PALMER TOOK FROM HIS LAWN. MOWER. THE PIANO ROOM AND PART. OF THE DINING ROOM DESTROYED. CHAIRS AND TABLES CHARRED. OTHER. OBJECTS MELTED IN THE SAME SPOT. HOURS EARLIER, THE SHAPIRO.

CELEBRATING THE FIRST NIGHT OF. PASSOVER. >> LORI AND I ARE OVERWHELMED BY. THE PRAYERS. AND THE MESSAGES OF. SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM. ALL ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA AND ALL. ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. >> A SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING. WHETHER THIS ATTACK COULD HAVE. BEEN MOTIVATED BY THE GOVERNOR'S. JEWISH FAITH. SHAPIRO AND HIS. FAMILY WERE GATHERED SATURDAY. EVENING WITH TWO DOZEN OTHERS. HE SHARED THIS PHOTO OF HIS.

SEDER PLATE. HOURS LATER, STATE. TROOPERS BANGING ON THE DOOR TO. GET EVERYONE OUT. CHIEF, HAD THE. DOOR NOT BEEN CLOSED, COULD THE. FIRE HAVE SPREAD FURTHER AND. DEEPER INSIDE THE MANSION, PUTTING THE GOVERNOR AND HIS. FAMILY AT RISK? >> IF THAT DOOR WASN'T CLOSED, THE FIRE WOULD HAVE SPREAD AND. WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY PUT THE. GOVERNOR AT EVEN GREATER RISK. >> THIS IS THE PART OF THE FENCE. THE SUSPECT BREACHED TO MAKE HIS. WAY INSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S. RESIDENCE, WHERE HE SET THE FIRE. WITH AN INCENDIARY DEVICE. INVESTIGATORS CUT AWAY THIS PART.

OF THE FENCE SO THEY COULD DO. DNA TESTING. TODAY, THE GOVERNOR. SURVEYED THE DAMAGE. POLICE SAY. BALMER FLED THE SCENE AND LATER. TURNED HIMSELF IN. AUTHORITIES. SAY THE 38 YEAR OLD MECHANIC HAD. A PLAN, WALKING FOR. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR FROM HIS. RESIDENCE TO THE GOVERNOR'S. RESIDENCE. ALLEGEDLY WHILE. HARBORING HATRED TOWARDS. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO. ASKED BY. POLICE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE. IF THE GOVERNOR FOUND HIM. INSIDE. BALMER ALLEGEDLY. REPLIED, I WOULD HAVE BEATEN HIM. WITH HIS HAMMER IN THE OVAL. OFFICE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON THE. INCIDENT TODAY. >> THE ATTACKER WAS NOT A FAN OF.

TRUMP. I UNDERSTAND JUST FROM. WHAT I READ AND FROM WHAT I'VE. BEEN TOLD, THE ATTACKER. BASICALLY WASN'T A FAN OF. ANYBODY. HE'S PROBABLY JUST A. WHACK JOB, AND CERTAINLY A THING. LIKE THAT CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO. HAPPEN. >> JUST MOMENTS AGO, BALMER, SEEN HERE HANDCUFFED AND. SHACKLED AT THE WAIST, ESCORTED. BY POLICE ON HIS WAY INTO A. PENNSYLVANIA COURTROOM TO FACE. CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND. TERRORISM. WE JUST CAME FROM. COURT. DAVID BALMER WAS DENIED. BAIL. HE TOLD THE JUDGE HE HAD. NO MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. BUT.

INVESTIGATORS ARE RULING OUT. NOTHING WHEN IT COMES TO MOTIVE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT FINANCIAL AND. MEDICAL HISTORY, SOCIAL MEDIA. POSTS ABOUT POLITICIANS AND. WHETHER GOVERNOR SHAPIRO'S. JEWISH FAITH PLAYED ANY ROLE. DAVID. >> WHAT A HORRIFIC SCENE THAT. WAS. AARON KATERSKY LEADING US. OFF TONIGHT. AARON. THANK YOU. ALSO TONIGHT, THE IMAGES STILL. COMING IN AFTER THAT STRONG. EARTHQUAKE HIT SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. A 5.2 MAGNITUDE. QUAKE NEAR SAN DIEGO. WARNINGS. ALL THE WAY TO LOS ANGELES. A. HOME CAMERA CAPTURING THE. SHAKING IN A LIVING ROOM IN EL. CAJON. A NANNY CAM SHOWING A. SLEEPING BABY WAKENED BY THE. EARTHQUAKE. FOR MANY, A CELL.

PHONE WARNING GOING OUT JUST. BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE HIT. AND. TONIGHT, THERE'S OBVIOUS CONCERN. ABOUT POSSIBLE AFTERSHOCKS NOW. STEPHANIE RAMOS IS IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA FOR US TONIGHT. >> FAMILIES IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA BRACING FOR. AFTERSHOCKS AFTER A 5.2. MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NEAR. SAN DIEGO. >> BREAKING NEWS. >> OUR AFFILIATE KGTV BREAKING. INTO PROGRAMING. >> WE ARE BRINGING YOU BREAKING. NEWS HERE AT 1016. YOU MAY HAVE. FELT IT A PRETTY STRONG. EARTHQUAKE. >> HOME SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. CATCHING THE TREMOR. WATCH AS IT.

SHAKES THIS BABY AWAKE. EVERYONE. IS OKAY. >> WE'RE SWAYING LIKE THIS IN. THE ELEVATOR. >> IT WAS 35 FLOORS UP WORKING. ON THIS DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO. SKYSCRAPER. >> WERE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR. LIFE? >> YEAH. YEAH. AS EVERYBODY WAS. THE GUYS ON TOP THERE ON THE. SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AND THEY. COULD FALL OFF. >> THE 5.2 QUAKE'S EPICENTER. NEAR JULIAN, CALIFORNIA, A. MOUNTAIN TOWN ABOUT 60 MILES. NORTHEAST OF SAN DIEGO AT THE. SAN DIEGO ZOO SAFARI PARK. FRIGHTENED ELEPHANTS.

INSTINCTIVELY FORMING WHAT'S. KNOWN AS AN ALERT CIRCLE TO. PROTECT THE HERD. THE QUAKE. SENDING BOULDERS ONTO ROADS. AUTHORITIES STILL ASSESSING. DAMAGE TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE. SOME AFTERSHOCKS AFTER THIS. QUAKE. AND, DAVID, PEOPLE GOT AN. EARLY WARNING. SCIENTISTS AT. CALTECH SAY THE MYSHAKE APP. ALERTED PEOPLE THIS QUAKE WAS. COMING JUST SECONDS BEFORE IT. HIT. DAVID. >> STEPHANIE RAMOS IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. STEPH. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE IMMIGRATION STANDOFF. OVER THE MARYLAND HUSBAND AND. FATHER WRONGLY DEPORTED TO A. NOTORIOUS PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUST DAYS.

AGO, RULING THE U.S. MUST. FACILITATE HIS RETURN. BUT. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE. PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR IN THE. OVAL OFFICE. EL SALVADOR'S. PRESIDENT, WHEN ASKED IF HE'LL. RETURN, THE MAN SAID THAT WAS A. PREPOSTEROUS QUESTION. HERE'S. TERRY MORAN TONIGHT. >> AT THE WHITE HOUSE. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE. PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR. AND AT. THE CENTER OF THEIR AGENDA, ONE. MAN, KILMER ABREGO GARCIA. THE. MARYLAND MAN, A SALVADORAN. IMMIGRANT HUSBAND AND FATHER. WHOM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ADMITS WAS MISTAKENLY DEPORTED.

TO THAT NOTORIOUS PRISON IN EL. SALVADOR. >> HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. TODAY. >> SALVADORAN PRESIDENT NAYIB. BUKELE SAID HE'S GOT NO PLANS TO. SEND ABREGO GARCIA BACK HOME TO. THE U.S. AND HIS FAMILY. >> HOW CAN I RETURN HIM TO THE. UNITED STATES LIKE I SMUGGLE HIM. INTO THE UNITED STATES? OR WHAT. DO I DO? OF COURSE I'M NOT GOING. TO DO IT. IT'S LIKE, I MEAN, THE. QUESTION IS PREPOSTEROUS. >> THE SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY. RULED LATE LAST WEEK THAT ABREGO. GARCIA'S REMOVAL TO EL SALVADOR. WAS, QUOTE, ILLEGAL AND ORDERED.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO. FACILITATE HIS RETURN. THE. ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS ABREGO. GARCIA IS A MEMBER OF THE MS. 13. GANG, BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE SAID. LAST WEEK THEY HAVE OFFERED, QUOTE, NO EVIDENCE TO BACK THAT. UP. AND HE HAS NO CRIMINAL. RECORD HERE OR IN EL SALVADOR. AFTER THAT RULING, PRESIDENT. TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS THIS. >> I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE. SUPREME COURT. IF THEY SAID TO. BRING HIM BACK, I WOULD TELL. THEM TO BRING HIM BACK. >> BUT NOW THE ADMINISTRATION. ARGUES THAT FEDERAL COURTS HAVE. NO AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH ON HOW TO. CONDUCT FOREIGN RELATIONS. AND. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI SAID. TODAY THAT BRINGING ABREGO. GARCIA BACK WOULD BE UP TO EL. SALVADOR. >> THAT'S UP TO EL SALVADOR. IF. THEY WANT TO RETURN HIM, THAT'S. NOT UP TO US. >> AND OVER THE WEEKEND, TEN. MORE MIGRANTS WERE SENT TO THAT. PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. TRUMP. SAID HE LIKES IT EVEN FOR U.S. CITIZENS, SUGGESTING AMERICANS. COULD BE NEXT. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAWS. ARE. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO OBEY THE. LAWS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HOMEGROWN.

CRIMINALS. I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE. THEM IN THE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO. GET THEM OUT OF THE COUNTRY. BUT. YOU'LL HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE. LAWS ON THAT. >> THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE TRUMP'S. JUST JOKING, TRYING TO RILE UP. HIS OPPONENTS. BUT BEFORE. REPORTERS AND CAMERAS WERE IN. THE OVAL OFFICE, A MEMBER OF THE. SALVADORAN DELEGATION WAS LIVE. STREAMING. AND TRUMP CAN BE. HEARD SAYING TO KELLY, QUOTE, HOMEGROWNS ARE NEXT. THE. HOMEGROWNS SUGGESTING THE NEEDS. TO BUILD ABOUT FIVE MORE. PRISONS. KELLY LAUGHED AND TRUMP. CAN BE HEARD SAYING, QUOTE, IT'S. NOT BIG ENOUGH. DAVID. >> TERRY MORAN AT THE WHITE. HOUSE FOR US. TERRY. THANK YOU.

WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF. WHIPLASH, THE PRESIDENT. EXEMPTING IPHONES, COMPUTERS AND. MANY HIGH TECH ITEMS ONLY TO NOW. SAY THAT'S JUST TEMPORARY AND. THAT THOSE TARIFFS WILL SOON. RETURN IN A NEW BUCKET SAYING. TARIFFS ON PHARMACEUTICALS ARE. COMING TOO. MEANTIME, AMID THIS. TRADE WAR WITH CHINA, WHERE. PRESIDENT XI OF CHINA IS. TONIGHT. HERE'S RACHEL SCOTT. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SIGNALING EVEN MORE TARIFFS ARE. NOW ON THE HORIZON, SAYING HE. PLANS TO INVOKE NATIONAL. SECURITY TO IMPOSE NEW TAXES ON. IMPORTED PHARMACEUTICALS AND ON.

COMPUTER CHIPS ESSENTIAL TO. POWERING EVERYTHING FROM CELL. PHONES TO CARS. HE INSISTS IT'S. THE ONLY WAY TO CONVINCE. COMPANIES TO MOVE MANUFACTURING. BACK TO THE U.S. >> ALL I HAVE TO DO IS IMPOSE A. TARIFF. THE HIGHER THE TARIFF, THE FASTER THEY COME. >> BUT IT COMES AFTER A WEEKEND. OF SWERVES AND CONTRADICTIONS. TRUMP HAS ALSO AGREED TO A. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR. SMARTPHONES, COMPUTERS AND OTHER. ELECTRONICS FROM MOST OF THE. STAGGERING 145% TARIFFS HE HAS.

PUT ON PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM. CHINA. THOUGH THESE ARE THE VERY. PRODUCTS THE PRESIDENT ARGUES. SHOULD BE MANUFACTURED IN THE. U.S. HE HAS NOT SAID HOW LONG. THAT EXEMPTION WILL LAST. ALREADY, THE TARIFFS HAVE CAUSED. COMPANIES LIKE APPLE BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS IN MARKET VALUE. >> I'M A VERY FLEXIBLE PERSON. I. DON'T CHANGE MY MIND, BUT I'M. FLEXIBLE. AND YOU HAVE TO BE. I. SPEAK TO TIM COOK. I HELPED TIM. COOK RECENTLY, AND THAT WHOLE. BUSINESS. I'M NOT. I DON'T WANT. TO HURT ANYBODY. >> BUT THAT'S NO COMFORT FOR. SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE LINDA.

SCHLESINGER WAGNER OF. BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN, WHO. FOUNDED HER CLOTHING LINE SKINNY. TEES IN 2009. >> LITTLE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING. TO SURVIVE THIS. WE'RE A LITTLE. PERSON. >> SHE SAYS SHE HAS A LARGE. SHIPMENT OF CLOTHING ARRIVING. FROM CHINA, AND SHUDDERS AT THE. THOUGHT OF PAYING A 145% TARIFF. >> PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE IT IN THE. UNITED STATES? WE DON'T HAVE THE. CAPACITY IN THE UNITED STATES. IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO TOOL UP. THESE FACTORIES. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN. URGING CHINA'S PRESIDENT, XI.

JINPING, TO COME TO THE TABLE. AND MAKE A DEAL. INSTEAD, PRESIDENT XI IS IN VIETNAM. TONIGHT, BUILDING ALLIANCES WITH. OTHER COUNTRIES HIT BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S TARIFFS. XI, WRITING IN. VIETNAMS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER. THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN A TRADE. WAR. SENSING AN OPENING TO. EXPAND CHINA'S INFLUENCE, XI. WRITING HIS COUNTRY IS NOW. TRYING TO ENSURE MORE STABILITY. FOR A CHANGING AND TURBULENT. WORLD AND INJECT MORE POSITIVE. ENERGY IN IT. THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT IS. NEGOTIATING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.

ON TRADE DEALS AND HAS RECEIVED. AT LEAST TEN GOOD OFFERS MEETING. WITH JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA THIS. WEEK. BUT SO FAR NO DEALS YET. AND ONE COUNTRY THAT'S NOT AT. THAT NEGOTIATING TABLE CHINA. AS. THIS TRADE WAR ONLY ESCALATES, DAVID. >> WITH PRESIDENT XI NOW IN. VIETNAM, AS YOU POINTED OUT. THERE, RACHEL. THANK YOU. WE. TURN NEXT TONIGHT HERE TO THE. TRAGIC PLANE CRASH IN A FIELD IN. UPSTATE NEW YORK, KILLING A. FORMER NCAA WOMAN OF THE YEAR, HER PARENTS, HER BROTHER AND TWO. OTHERS ON THAT PLANE JUST TEN. MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. AND. HERE'S GIO BENITEZ. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, NTSB INVESTIGATORS.

ARE WORKING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. OF A PRIVATE PLANE THAT PLUNGED. INTO THIS FIELD IN UPSTATE NEW. YORK, JUST TEN MILES FROM THE. AIRPORT, KILLING ALL SIX ON. BOARD. >> WHAT WE CAN SAY IS WEATHER. WAS, AT THAT TIME WHAT WE. CONSIDER TO BE DETERIORATING. >> THE MITSUBISHI MU TWO WAS. HEADING FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY. TO COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK, WHEN THE PLANE'S OWNER AND. PILOT, DOCTOR MICHAEL GROFF, REPORTED A MISSED APPROACH AND. ASKED FOR GUIDANCE FOR A SECOND. APPROACH. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. TRIED WARNING THE PILOT THREE. TIMES THAT HE WAS FLYING TOO.

LOW, BUT COULD NOT REACH HIM. THE CRASH, INVESTIGATORS SAY, WAS CAPTURED ON A NEARBY CAMERA. >> THE VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW. THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS INTACT AND. CRASHED AT A HIGH RATE OF. DESCENT INTO THE GROUND. >> DOCTOR MICHAEL GROFF, A. NEUROSURGEON, WAS KILLED ALONG. WITH HIS WIFE, DOCTOR JOYCE. SWEENEY, WHO WAS ALSO A SURGEON, ALONG WITH TWO ADULT CHILDREN. AND THEIR PARTNERS. >> CORINNA GROFF. >> THEIR DAUGHTER CORINNA GROFF, WHO HAD PLAYED SOCCER FOR MIT, WAS NAMED THE NCAA WOMAN OF THE.

YEAR IN 2022, HONORED FOR HER. WORK DESIGNING MASKS FOR. ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE. PANDEMIC. AND DAVID, ALL OF THE. FAMILIES INVOLVED SAY THEY ARE. DEVASTATED AND THAT THEY WILL. REMEMBER THEM AS THE SIX. BRILLIANT, DYNAMIC AND LOVING. PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE. DAVID. >> WHAT A LOSS. GIO BENITEZ. TONIGHT GIO THANK YOU. THERE'S. ALSO NEWS TONIGHT AFTER THAT. DEADLY TOURIST HELICOPTER CRASH. RIGHT INTO NEW YORK'S HUDSON. RIVER. THIS AFTERNOON DIVERS. RECOVERING WHAT APPEARS TO BE. THE CHOPPER'S MAIN ROTOR. OF. COURSE, CRITICAL TO THE SEARCH.

FOR CLUES. WE'RE ALSO LEARNING. THE CHOPPER WAS NOT EQUIPPED. WITH A BLACK BOX. THE FAA. TONIGHT ALSO SAYING THE. SIGHTSEEING HELICOPTER COMPANY. IS SHUTTING DOWN. THAT CRASH. KILLING A FAMILY OF FIVE. VISITING FROM SPAIN. AND THE. PILOT. NOW TO THE HISTORY MADE. TONIGHT. THE STAR STUDDED, ALL. FEMALE BLUE ORIGIN FLIGHT CREW, INCLUDING SINGER KATY PERRY AND. TV JOURNALIST GAYLE KING, BLASTING OFF FROM WEST TEXAS, HEADING TO THE EDGE OF SPACE. GAYLE KING'S BEST FRIEND. OPRAH. CRYING AT LIFTOFF, PARACHUTES. BRINGING THE CAPSULE DOWN AND. WHAT THE PASSENGERS SAID RIGHT. AFTER LANDING. ABC'S MARIA.

VILLARREAL RIGHT THERE IN WEST. TEXAS FOR US. TWO ONE IGNITION. >> TONIGHT, A STAR STUDDED ALL. FEMALE CREW BLASTING OFF INTO. SPACE. >> LIFTOFF! NEW SHEPARD HAS. CLEARED THE TOWER. >> SIX WOMEN, INCLUDING POP STAR. KATY PERRY AND JOURNALIST GAYLE. KING, LAUNCHING FROM TEXAS. ON. BOARD BILLIONAIRE JEFF BEZOS. BLUE ORIGIN NEW SHEPARD ROCKET. GAYLE KING'S BEST FRIEND. OPRAH. CRYING AS SHE WATCHED THE. SPACESHIP SOAR.

>> OPRAH WATCHING HER BEST. FRIEND GO TO SPACE. >> THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT THE. WOMEN EXPERIENCING FOUR MINUTES. IN ZERO GRAVITY. FLOATING. >> LOOK AT THE MOON. THAT'S. AMAZING. >> THEN THE CAPSULE SAFELY. PARACHUTING BACK HOME, TOUCHING. DOWN IN A CLOUD OF DUST. >> CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME BACK. TO EARTH. >> GAYLE KING KISSING THE. GROUND, TOO, AFTER EMERGING. >> I FEEL SUPER CONNECTED TO. LOVE.

>> HOW ARE YOU HOPING THAT THIS. MOMENT AFFECTS CHANGE FOR OTHER. PEOPLE MOVING FORWARD? >> I HOPE THEY CAN SEE THE UNITY. THAT WE MODELED AND REPLICATE. THAT, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE. WEREN'T JUST TAKING UP SPACE, WE. WERE MAKING SPACE FOR THE. FUTURE. >> DAVID, THIS WAS A SERIOUS. MISSION WHERE DATA AND RESEARCH. WERE COLLECTED. BUT FOR THOSE. PEOPLE WONDERING IF KATY PERRY. SAYING SHE DID ON DESCENT AND. SHE CHOSE A CLASSIC, WHAT A.

WONDERFUL WORLD. DAVID. >> IT WAS QUITE A VOYAGE WE. WITNESSED TODAY. MARIA. VILLARREAL THERE IN TEXAS. TONIGHT. MARIA. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, HARVARD REJECTING. DEMANDS FROM THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. THE UNIVERSITY. REJECTING SEVERAL DEMANDS, INCLUDING DISMANTLING DIVERSITY. INITIATIVES AND SCREENING. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR. ANTI-SEMITISM AND OTHER BELIEFS. THE MOVE PUTTING $9 BILLION IN. FEDERAL FUNDING AT RISK. THE. SCHOOL'S PRESIDENT WRITING NO. GOVERNMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHICH. PARTY IS IN POWER, SHOULD. DICTATE WHAT PRIVATE. UNIVERSITIES CAN TEACH, WHOM. THEY CAN ADMIT AND HIRE, AND. WHICH AREAS OF STUDY THEY CAN. PURSUE. WHEN WE COME BACK HERE.

TONIGHT, THE STORMS HITTING THIS. EVENING, THE OHIO VALLEY, THE. MID-ATLANTIC PARTS OF THE EAST. AND WE'LL TIME IT OUT FOR YOU. AND LOOK AT THIS. THE WOMAN. CLINGING TO A SIDE OF A CLIFF. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, WE'RE TRAGING. THOSE STORMS MOVING IN THIS. EVENING. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH. THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC. FROM LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ALL. THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. DANGEROUS WINDS, LARGE HAIL, AND. POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES. TONIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THAT.

REMARKABLE RESCUE. THE WOMAN CLINGING TO THE SIDE. OF A CLIFF FOR MORE THAN AN. HOUR. THE RESCUER DROPPING DOWN FROM A. HELICOPTER, AND YOU'LL SEE IT. >>> AND TONIGHT, MILLIONS. WATCHING. >>> TO THE INDEX. A DARING CLIFF RESCUE SOUTH OF. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. A HIKER, EXHAUSTED, DESPERATELY. GRIPPING THE SIDE OF A CLIFF FOR. MORE THAN AN HOUR. A RESCUER USING A BEAR HUG TO. ATTACH A STRAP. HE THEN LIFTED THE WOMAN UP TO. THE HELICOPTER AND TO SAFETY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, GOLFER RORY McILROY.

WINS THE MASTERS, FINALLY, AND. TONIGHT, HIS MESSAGE FOR HIS. PARENTS AND DAUGHTER. HE TRIED 17 TIMES FOR THIS. MOMENT. >> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE 17TH. TIME IS A CHARM. TRIED 17 TIMES FOR THIS MOMENT. >> THE LONG JOURNEY IS OVER! McILROY HAS HIS MASTERPIECE! >> David: RORY McILROY, 35 YEARS.

OLD, EMOTIONAL. WINNING THE MASTERS FOR THE. FIRST TIME. >> RORY! RORY! >> David: THE CROWD CHANTING HIS. NAME. HUGGING HIS WIFE AND HIS. 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, POPPY. >> CONGRATULATIONS, RORY. >> THANK YOU. >> David: HE'D WON EVERY MAJOR. GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP EXCEPT THE. MASTERS. WITHIN REACH BEFORE HE MISSED. THIS PUTT ON THE LAST HOLE. LEADING TO A SUDDEN DEATH. PLAYOFF ROUND. AND THEN THE SHOT THAT WON IT.

ALL. >> THE LONG JOURNEY IS OVER! >> I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MY MOM. AND DAD, THEY ARE BACK HOME IN. NORTHERN IRELAND --. >> THEY MADE A LOT OF SACRIFICES. FOR YOU. >> THEY DID. >> David: TONIGHT, RORY McILROY. IS NOW ONE OF ONLY SIX GOLFERS. TO WIN ALL FOUR MAJOR GOLF. CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND PERHAPS THE GOOD LUCK CHARM. THIS TIME -- HIS 4-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER, POPPY, AND THAT.

25-FOOT PUTT RIGHT BEFORE THE. MASTERS STARTED. AFTER HIS WIN, HIS MESSAGE FOR. HIS LITTLE GIRL. >> THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY TO. MY DAUGHTER, POPPY, THAT'S. SITTING OVER THERE, NEVER GIVE. UP ON YOUR DREAMS. NEVER, EVER GIVE UP ON YOUR. DREAMS. >> David: IT WAS THRILLING.