ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 16, 2025

THE FEDERAL JUDGE THREATENS THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WITH. CONTEMPT OF COURT. THE STOCK. MARKET NOSEDIVE AFTER THE. ALARMING WARNING FROM THE FED, SENDING THE DOW PLUNGING NEARLY. 700 POINTS, AND THE MIDAIR SCARE. FOR PASSENGERS, RESULTING IN A. HARD LANDING AND A DAMAGED. PLANE. FIRST, THE FEDERAL JUDGE. BLASTING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, FINDING PROBABLE. CAUSE FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. AFTER THEY SENT MORE THAN 200. IMMIGRANTS TO A NOTORIOUS PRISON. IN EL SALVADOR. DESPITE HIS. ORDER TO TURN THE PLANES AROUND. THIS, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE UNDER. MOUNTING PRESSURE TO RETURN A.

MARYLAND HUSBAND AND FATHER WHO. WAS SENT TO THAT PRISON BY. MISTAKE. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI SAYING KILMER GARCIA WILL. NOT BE COMING BACK TO OUR. COUNTRY. RACHEL SCOTT REPORTS. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ALSO. TONIGHT, THE FED CHAIR STARK. WARNING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. SWEEPING TARIFF POLICY. HOW IT. COULD REIGNITE INFLATION IN THE. U.S. THE DOW, NASDAQ AND S&P 500. ALL POSTING BIG LOSSES. CHILLING. NEW IMAGES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. SHOOTING IN DALLAS. THE GUNMAN. FIRING AT RANDOM. AT LEAST FOUR.

STUDENTS WOUNDED. WHAT THE VIDEO. SHOWS AND WHAT POLICE ARE NOW. SAYING ABOUT HOW A GUN GOT INTO. THE SCHOOL UNDETECTED. FRIGHTENING MOMENTS ON BOARD A. FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM. ORLANDO TO SAN JUAN. PASSENGERS. SCARED BY WHAT THEY SAW OUT THE. WINDOW. THE PLANE MAKING A HARD. LANDING THEN HAD TO LAND AGAIN. THE PENTAGON SWEEPING LEAK. INVESTIGATION. MULTIPLE TOP. AIDES TO DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH SUSPENDED OVER THE LAST. 24 HOURS. ALL OF THIS COMES JUST. WEEKS AFTER HEGSETH REVEALED. DETAILS OF THE U.S. ATTACK ON.

YEMEN IN A SINGLE GROUP CHAT. MARTHA RADDATZ IS STANDING BY IN. WASHINGTON. NEW DETAILS INTO THE. ALLEGED MOTIVE BEHIND THE ARSON. ATTACK TARGETING PENNSYLVANIA. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT. CALLED 911 LESS THAN AN HOUR. AFTER FIREBOMBING THE GOVERNOR'S. MANSION, IDENTIFYING HIMSELF. WHAT HE DID AND WHY HE DID IT. A. CHAOTIC SCENE AT A SHOPPING. MALL. A BEAR SPRINTING THROUGH. THE PARKING LOT. SOME SHOPPERS. JUMPING OUT OF THE WAY. FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE IT WAS. DISCOVERED 100 YEARS AGO,

SCIENTISTS RECORDING IMAGES OF A. COLOSSAL SQUID IN ITS NATURAL. HABITAT AND TIME 100 THE MOST. INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2025. FROM. DEMI MOORE TO SERENA WILLIAMS TO. SNOOP DOGG AND ONE NAME ON THE. LIST WE'RE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK.

YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON. THIS BUSY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. I'M. LINSEY DAVIS IN FOR DAVID. WE. BEGIN WITH A FEDERAL JUDGE. BLASTING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION THREATENING A. CONTEMPT INVESTIGATION OVER WHAT. HE CALLED A WILLFUL DISREGARD OF. HIS ORDER TO HALT DEPORTATIONS. TO A NOTORIOUS PRISON IN EL. SALVADOR. JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG. IS ACCUSING THE ADMINISTRATION. OF A HURRIED REMOVAL OPERATION. THE PLANES LANDED IN EL SALVADO, EVEN THOUGH HE ORDERED THEM TO. TURN AROUND. THE JUDGE IS NOW. PREPARING TO LAUNCH AN OFFICIAL. CONTEMPT INVESTIGATION, WHICH.

COULD INCLUDE REQUIRING. TESTIMONY UNDER OATH AND. APPOINTING AN INDEPENDENT LAWYER. TO PROSECUTE THE GOVERNMENT FOR. CONTEMPT. CAUGHT IN THE CONFLIC, KILLMORE ABREGO GARCIA, THE. MARYLAND HUSBAND AND FATHER THE. ADMINISTRATION ADMITS WAS. WRONGFULLY SENT TO EL SALVADOR. A UNANIMOUS SUPREME COURT. ORDERED THE ADMINISTRATION TO. FACILITATE HIS RETURN. TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID HE WILL. NEVER LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES. AGAIN. IN HIS RULING ON. CONTEMPT, JUDGE BOASBERG WROTE. THE WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF. JUDICIAL ORDERS WITHOUT.

CONSEQUENCES WOULD MAKE A. MOCKERY OF THE CONSTITUTION. ITSELF. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT LEADS. US OFF FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. >> TONIGHT, A DRAMATIC. ESCALATION IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE COURTS. A FEDERAL JUDGE THREATENING A. CONTEMPT INVESTIGATION INTO THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR. DEPORTING MORE THAN 200. VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS TO A. NOTORIOUS PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. DESPITE HIS ORDER TO TURN THE. PLANES AROUND AND RETURN TO THE. UNITED STATES. JUDGE JAMES. BOASBERG, DECLARING THE.

ADMINISTRATION DISPLAYED A. WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR HIS ORDER, DETERMINING THERE WAS PROBABLE. CAUSE TO FIND THEM IN CONTEMPT. THE JUDGE NOW PREPARING TO. LAUNCH AN OFFICIAL. INVESTIGATION, WHICH COULD. INCLUDE OFFICIALS TESTIFYING. UNDER OATH. HE EVEN RAISES THE. REMARKABLE PROSPECT OF. APPOINTING AN INDEPENDENT LAWYER. TO PROSECUTE THE GOVERNMENT FOR. CONTEMPT. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS. PRAISED THE DEPORTATIONS, CLAIMING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THE. MEN ARE VIOLENT GANG MEMBERS. INVITING EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT. TO THE WHITE HOUSE. >> HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. >> BUT THE ADMINISTRATION. TONIGHT, FACING MOUNTING.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FATE OF THIS. MAN, KILMER ABREGO. GARCIA LAST. SEEN HEAD SHAVED IN THAT. SALVADORAN PRISON. ABREGO. GARCIA, AN UNDOCUMENTED. IMMIGRANT FROM EL SALVADOR, WAS. WORKING AND LIVING IN MARYLAND. WITH HIS AMERICAN WIFE AND. CHILDREN WHEN HE WAS PUT ON THAT. PLANE. BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT. MADE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR, A. MISTAKE, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE. TONIGHT, MARYLAND SENATOR CHRIS. VAN HOLLEN, TRAVELING TO EL. SALVADOR LOOKING FOR ANY. INFORMATION ABOUT ABREGO. GARCIA. >> I'M ASKING PRESIDENT UNDER.

HIS AUTHORITY AS PRESIDENT OF EL. SALVADOR, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND ALLOW MR. ABREGO GARCIA TO. WALK OUT OF A PRISON, A MAN. WHO'S CHARGED WITH NO CRIME, CONVICTED OF NO CRIME, AND WHO. WAS ILLEGALLY ABDUCTED FROM THE. UNITED STATES. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAS ORDERED. THE ADMINISTRATION TO FACILITATE. A GARCIA'S RETURN TO THE UNITED. STATES. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO. IS PAYING EL SALVADOR $6 MILLION. TO HOLD THE IMMIGRANTS, SAYS.

IT'S UP TO THAT COUNTRY TO SEND. HIM BACK. >> HE IS NOT COMING BACK TO OUR. COUNTRY. PRESIDENT KELLY SAID HE. WAS NOT SENDING HIM BACK. THAT'S. THE END OF THE STORY. IF HE. WANTED TO SEND HIM BACK, WE. WOULD GIVE HIM A PLANE RIDE. BACK. THERE WAS NO SITUATION. EVER WHERE HE WAS GOING TO STAY. IN THIS COUNTRY. NONE. NONE. >> THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTS. ABREGO GARCIA IS A VIOLENT GANG. MEMBER, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE A. CRIMINAL RECORD, EITHER HERE OR. IN EL SALVADOR. HIS FAMILY SAYS. HE FLED THAT COUNTRY AS A. TEENAGER IN 2011 TO ESCAPE GANG.

PERSECUTION. A JUDGE HAD ORDERED. THAT HE NOT BE RETURNED TO EL. SALVADOR BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL. DANGER, ACCORDING TO COURT. DOCUMENTS. IN 2019, A. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT NAMED HIM. AS A MEMBER OF THE GANG MS. 13. BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE THIS MONTH. FOUND THAT EVIDENCE. UNCONVINCING. TODAY, THE WHITE. HOUSE NOTING THAT IN 2021 HIS. WIFE JENNIFER OBTAINED A. TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDER. AGAINST HIM. BUT THAT CASE WAS. LATER CLOSED. AND NOW ABREGO, GARCIA'S WIFE, IS ON THE FRONT.

LINES, PLEADING FOR HER. HUSBAND'S RETURN. AND TONIGHT, EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT UPPING. THE ANTE, TELLING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HE PLANS TO. DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THAT PRISON. IN HIS COUNTRY THAT'S NOW. HOLDING ABREGO, GARCIA AND THOSE. OTHER MIGRANTS. LINSEY. >> RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. THANKS, RACHEL. NOW TO. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME. POWELL'S WARNING ABOUT PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SWEEPING TARIFF POLICY. HIS WORDS SPARKING LOSSES IN THE. STOCK MARKETS. THE DOW FALLING. NEARLY 700 POINTS, THE S&P 500. DOWN MORE THAN 2%, THE TECH. HEAVY NASDAQ LOSING MORE THAN.

3%. ABC'S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE JOINS. US NOW. MARY, IT SEEMS CHAIRMAN. POWELL'S WORDS WERE HIS STARKEST. WARNING YET. >> THEY CERTAINLY WERE. LINDSAY. THE FED CHAIRMAN, JEROME POWELL, WARNING THAT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. WOULD MOST LIKELY LEAD TO EVEN. HIGHER INFLATION AND SLOWER. GROWTH. STRESSING THAT THE. PRESIDENT'S TARIFFS ARE. SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN. ANTICIPATED AND COULD CREATE A, QUOTE, CHALLENGING SCENARIO FOR. THE CENTRAL BANK. IT COMES AS. THE PRESIDENT TODAY MET WITH. JAPANESE NEGOTIATORS, HIS FIRST. IN-PERSON TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS. THAT WE KNOW OF. THE PRESIDENT.

TONIGHT SAYING THERE WAS, QUOTE, BIG PROGRESS, BUT NO DEALS HAVE. BEEN MADE YET WITH ANY COUNTRY. AND OF COURSE, THE TRADE WAR. WITH CHINA IS ONLY GETTING. WORSE. BEIJING SO FAR SHOWING NO. WILLINGNESS TO COME TO THE. TABLE. LINDSAY. >> MARY. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. CHILLING NEW IMAGES OF THE HIGH. SCHOOL SHOOTING IN DALLAS. SURVEILLANCE SHOWS THE GUNMAN. FIRING AT RANDOM, INJURING AT. LEAST FOUR STUDENTS. AND WHAT. POLICE SAY ABOUT HOW THE SUSPECT. GOT A GUN INTO THE SCHOOL. UNDETECTED. ABC'S MARIA. VILLARREAL IS ON THE SCENE AGAIN. IN DALLAS.

>> CHILLING NEW VIDEO TONIGHT. SHOWING THAT HORRIFIC SHOOTING. INSIDE A DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL. SENDING CROWDS RUNNING. >> WE GOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL. >> YOU SEE THE SUSPECT WALKING. INTO THE PACKED HALLWAY AT. WILMER-HUTCHINS HIGH SCHOOL, PULLING A GUN, OPENING FIRE. INDISCRIMINATELY, ACCORDING TO. AN AFFIDAVIT. AT LEAST FOUR. STUDENTS SHOT. THE GUNMAN THEN. APPEARING TO TAKE A POINT BLANK. SHOT AT HIS STUDENT, WHO WAS NOT. ABLE TO RUN. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY.

THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER, 17 YEAR. OLD TRACY HAYNES, SEEN HERE. TURNING HIMSELF IN TO POLICE NOW. FACING A CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED. ASSAULT. MASS SHOOTING. >> I HEARD, LIKE, REALLY LOUD. SHOTS. I SEE OTHER STUDENTS. RUNNING TOWARDS THE OPPOSITE. DIRECTION. >> OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS. LET INTO THE SCHOOL THROUGH AN. UNSECURED DOOR BY ANOTHER. STUDENT. >> WE DO KNOW THAT THE GUN DID. NOT COME THROUGH DURING REGULAR. INTAKE TIME, SO IT WAS NOT A.

FAILURE OF OUR STAFF. >> LINDSAY, THOSE FOUR STUDENTS. THAT WERE SHOT, ALL SUFFERING. NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, AND THE SUSPECT IS NOW FACING A. $600,000 BOND. LINDSEY. >> MARIA. THANK YOU. NOW TO THAT. HARROWING FLIGHT ON BOARD A. FRONTIER AIRLINES PLANE FROM. ORLANDO TO SAN JUAN. PASSENGERS. LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, FRIGHTENED BY WHAT THEY SAW. THE. PLANE MAKING A HARD LANDING, THEN GOING AROUND AND LANDING. AGAIN. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ COVERS. AVIATION FOR US. >> TONIGHT, THE TERRIFYING.

MOMENTS BEFORE THIS FRONTIER. AIRLINES JET FINALLY TOUCHED. DOWN IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. EDWIN SOTO TELLING US INSIDE THE. DARK CABIN THEY WERE PRAYING, CALLING THEIR FAMILIES TO SAY. GOODBYE. >> IT WAS LANDING TOO FAST. OUT. OF A SUDDEN, IT JUST SLAMS IN. THE FLOOR. EVERYBODY STARTS. SCREAMING. >> THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO LAND, STRIKING THE RUNWAY SO HARD IT. DAMAGED THE PLANE, SENDING. PIECES OF THE LANDING GEAR. FLYING. >> THEY'RE CHECKING FOR DEBRIS. ON THE RUNWAY AS WE SPEAK. >> GOING AROUND AGAIN. THE PILOT.

TRYING TO LAND ON ANOTHER. RUNWAY. OOF! PASSENGERS GASPING, SOME APPLAUDING WHEN THEY. ARRIVED ON THE GROUND. FLIGHT. ATTENDANTS URGING. CALM, DIRECTING PASSENGERS DOWN THE. STAIRS ONTO THE RUNWAY. JEFFREY. SAID THE FILMING FROM THE. TARMAC. >> GRACIAS A DIOS. >> WE MADE IT. WE MADE IT. THANK. GOD, HE SAID. AND, LINDSAY, THAT. PLANE IS STILL ON THE GROUND IN. SAN JUAN, CLOSING THE ENTIRE. AIRPORT FOR A TIME LAST NIGHT.

ALL 230 PEOPLE ON BOARD ARE. OKAY. LINDSAY. >> SO MUCH RELIEF ABOUT THAT. GIO. THANK YOU. BACK HERE NOW TO. THE PENTAGON. SWEEPING LEAK. INVESTIGATION. MULTIPLE TOP. AIDES TO DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH SUSPENDED IN JUST THE. LAST 24 HOURS. AND IT COMES ONLY. WEEKS AFTER HEGSETH SHARED. DETAILS OF THE U.S. ATTACK ON. YEMEN IN A SINGLE GROUP CHAT. HERE'S ABC'S MARTHA RADDATZ. >> TONIGHT, THE NUMBER OF HIGH. LEVEL PENTAGON OFFICIALS NOW. BANNED FROM THE BUILDING.

GROWING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. PETE HEGSETH REFUSING QUESTIONS. WHILE AGAIN FINDING HIMSELF IN A. SWIRL OF CONTROVERSY WITH THREE. TOP AIDES AT THE PENTAGON. SUSPECTED OF LEAKING SENSITIVE. NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION. THE LATEST TO BE ESCORTED OUT OF. THE PENTAGON BY SECURITY. PERSONNEL. COLIN CARROLL, CHIEF. OF STAFF TO THE DEPUTY DEFENSE. SECRETARY, ALSO PUT ON. ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. DARREN. ZELNICK HEGSETH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF.

STAFF, AND DAN CALDWELL, ONE OF. HEGSETH CLOSEST ADVISORS, WHO. WAS IN THE ROOM WITH HEGSETH. WHEN HE MEETS WITH FOREIGN. DIGNITARIES. ZELNICK AND. CALDWELL BOTH WORKED WITH. HEGSETH LONG BEFORE HE TOOK THE. REINS AT THE PENTAGON. CALDWELL. WAS ON THE SIGNAL CHAT LAST. MONTH, WHERE HEGSETH HIMSELF WAS. IN HOT WATER FOR SHARING. SENSITIVE INFORMATION ON A. COMMERCIAL APP ABOUT ATTACK. PLANS IN YEMEN. THE LEAK. INVESTIGATION BEGAN IN LATE.

MARCH AFTER SEVERAL SENSITIVE. NATIONAL SECURITY STORIES WERE. LEAKED, INCLUDING A POSSIBLE TOP. SECRET BRIEFING SCHEDULED FOR. ELON MUSK WITH THE JOINT CHIEFS. HEGSETH HAS SAID FROM THE. BEGINNING HE WILL NOT TOLERATE. LEAKS, BUT IT REMAINS UNCLEAR. WHETHER THESE DISMISSALS ARE ALL. ROOTED IN THIS LEAK. INVESTIGATION OR, ACCORDING TO A. SOURCE, WHETHER THERE MAY BE A. LARGER PURGE GOING ON. LINSEY. >> MARTHA RADDATZ FOR US. THANK. YOU. AND THERE ARE NEW DETAILS. TONIGHT ABOUT THE ALLEGED MOTIVE. BEHIND THE ARSON ATTACK.

TARGETING PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR. JOSH SHAPIRO. AUTHORITIES SAY. THE SUSPECT CALLED 911 LESS THAN. AN HOUR AFTER FIREBOMBING THE. GOVERNOR'S MANSION, IDENTIFYING. HIMSELF AS THE ATTACKER, TELLING. THEM WHAT HE DID AND WHY HE DID. IT. HERE'S ABC'S AARON KATERSKY. >> TONIGHT, STATE POLICE SAY THE. MAN ACCUSED OF FIREBOMBING THE. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S MANSION. ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER. CALLED THEM, CONFESSED AND SAID. HE DID IT BECAUSE OF GOVERNOR. JOSH SHAPIRO'S SUPPORT FOR. ISRAEL IN ITS WAR AGAINST HAMAS. A NEWLY RELEASED SEARCH WARRANT.

APPLICATION SAID. CODY BALLMER. CALLED 911 LESS THAN AN HOUR. AFTER THE ARSON ATTACK, IDENTIFYING HIMSELF BY NAME AND. TELLING THE OPERATOR GOVERNOR. JOSH SHAPIRO NEEDS TO KNOW THAT. HE WILL NOT TAKE PART IN HIS. PLANS FOR WHAT HE WANTS TO DO TO. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THE. DOCUMENT SAID. BALLMER WENT ON. TO SAY HE NEEDS TO STOP HAVING. MY FRIENDS KILLED. OUR PEOPLE. HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH TOO MUCH. BY THAT MONSTER AND YOU KNOW. WHERE TO FIND ME. I'M NOT. HIDING, AND I WILL CONFESS TO. EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE. WHILE. IN CUSTODY, INVESTIGATORS SAY.

BALLMER TOLD THEM HAD HE. ENCOUNTERED SHAPIRO, HE WOULD. HAVE BEATEN HIM WITH HIS HAMMER. SHAPIRO, WHO IS JEWISH, WAS. ASKED TODAY IF HE WAS TARGETED. BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH. >> THE PROSECUTORS WILL. ULTIMATELY DETERMINE WHAT. MOTIVATED THIS. I THINK WHAT. WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS FIND. THE GOOD IN SOCIETY, NOT BE. DETERRED FROM OUR WORK, NOT BE. DETERRED FROM PRACTICING OUR. FAITH PROUDLY. >> TONIGHT, LINDSEY. THE. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE. ANNOUNCED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. OF SECURITY AROUND THE GOVERNOR. AFTER SUCH A STUNNING BREACH.

LINDSEY. >> AARON KATERSKY FOR US. THANK. YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, HEALTH. SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR, WEIGHING IN ON AUTISM AFTER THE. CDC RELEASED A NEW REPORT. SHOWING A RISE IN THE NUMBER OF. CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI IS AT THE. CDC FOR US TONIGHT. >> HEALTH SECRETARY R F KENNEDY. JR TONIGHT IS ARGUING AGAINST. EXPERTS IN MEDICINE WHO SAY THAT. THE INCREASING NUMBER OF. AMERICAN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM IS. MOSTLY BECAUSE PARENTS AND. DOCTORS ARE GETTING BETTER AT. RECOGNIZING THE DISORDER. >> ONLY A VERY, VERY SMALL.

PORTION OF IT CAN BE CHARGED A. BETTER RECOGNITION OR BETTER. DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. >> HIS COMMENTS COME AFTER THE. LATEST REPORT FROM THE CDC. SHOWING THAT ONE OUT OF EVERY 31. AMERICAN CHILDREN IS NOW BEING. DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM. IN. WASHINGTON TODAY, KENNEDY SAID. THAT MORE CASES OF AUTISM CAN'T. BE EXPLAINED BY GREATER. AWARENESS, AND HE DISAGREED WITH. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS WHO SAY. THAT RIGHT NOW, AUTISM CAN'T BE. PREVENTED. >> THIS IS A PREVENTABLE. DISEASE. WE KNOW IT'S AN. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE. IT HAS.

TO BE. GENES DO NOT CAUSE. EPIDEMICS. THEY CAN PROVIDE A. VULNERABILITY. YOU NEED AN. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN. >> IN AS MANY YEARS BEFORE. WASHINGTON. KENNEDY IS OFTEN. SUGGESTED THAT THIS. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXIN WAS LIKELY. ONE OF THE VACCINES THAT. AMERICANS GIVE THEIR CHILDREN, A. SKEPTICAL VIEW THAT MANY IN THE. MEDICAL WORLD FEEL IS A. DANGEROUS ONE. THE EXPERTS. BELIEVE AUTISM IS MOSTLY A. GENETIC DISORDER, AND THAT ANY. ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE IS NOT A. VACCINE. >> 60 TO 90% OF AUTISM RISK IS.

GENETIC, BUT WE ALSO THINK THAT. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MAY PLAY A. SMALL ROLE. >> KENNEDY SAYS HE WILL SOON. ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF STUDIES TO. TRY TO FIND ANY POSSIBLE. ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES OF AUTISM. AND WHEN ASKED. BY ABC NEWS IF. HE WILL ACCEPT THE RESULTS, HE. SAID YES. LINDSAY. >> STEVE OSUNSAMI FOR US. THANKS, STEVE. WHEN WE COME. BACK, THE MASSIVE BLACKOUT. ACROSS PUERTO RICO. MILLIONS. WITHOUT POWER. NEWS TONIGHT. ABOUT THE MAJOR EVENT KNOWN AS. FYRE FEST TWO. WHAT'S JUST BEEN.

REVEALED? AND A STARTLING SCENE. AT A SHOPPING MALL. A BEAR. RACING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. WILDLIFE OFFICER ON IT'S HEELS. >> AN EMERGENCY SITUATION ACROSS. PUERTO RICO. A MASSIVE ISLAND. WIDE BLACKOUT. MORE THAN 3. MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER. AUTHORITIES SAY EVERY GENERATING. FACILITY WENT OFFLINE TODAY. AT. LEAST ONE PLANT IS BACK UP AND. RUNNING. LUMA ENERGY SAYS IT. WILL TAKE UP TO 72 HOURS TO HAVE.

POWER RESTORED TO 90% OF THE. ISLAND. THE BLACKOUT COMES AS. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE PREPARE TO. CELEBRATE HOLY WEEK. A CHAOTIC. SCENE AT A SHOPPING MALL IN WEST. HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. A BEAR. SPOTTED CHARGING THROUGH THE. PARKING LOT AT A FULL SPRINT. SOME SHOPPERS RUSHING INSIDE. A. WILDLIFE OFFICER CHASING THE. BEAR INTO THE NEARBY WOODS. THEY. BELIEVE THE BEAR CAME OUT OF. HIBERNATION AND WAS LOOKING FOR. FOOD. WHEN WE COME BACK, THE NEW. HEADLINE TONIGHT ABOUT FYRE FEST. TWO WHAT'S HAPPENED NOW? AND FOR. THE FIRST T PLANNED, WELL INVES,

WELL PROTECTED. >> TO THE INDEX. ORGANIZERS NOW. SAY THE EVENT, KNOWN AS FYRE. FESTIVAL TWO, HAS BEEN POSTPONED. INDEFINITELY. THE EVENT HAD BEEN. SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN. MEXICO AT THE END OF MAY, JUST. SIX WEEKS FROM NOW. TICKET. HOLDERS HAVE BEEN TOLD THEIR. MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED. ORGANIZER BILLY MCFARLAND WAS. CONVICTED OF WIRE FRAUD WHEN THE. ORIGINAL FYRE FESTIVAL FAILED IN. 2017. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SCIENTISTS HAVE VIDEO OF A. COLOSSAL SQUID IN THE ATLANTIC.

OFF THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS, DISCOVERED A CENTURY AGO. THESE. ARE THE FIRST CONFIRMED IMAGES. OF A COLOSSAL SQUID IN ITS OWN. ENVIRONMENT. JUST A BABY. IT'S. LESS THAN A FOOT LONG. THEY GROW. UP TO BE ABOUT 23FT IN SIZE. WHEN WE COME BACK TIME 100. THE. MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2025. FROM DEMI MOORE TO SERENA. WILLIAMS. TO SOMEONE ELSE. >> TONIGHT ON ABC.

>> FINALLY TIME 100. THE MOST. INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2025, INCLUDING A VERY FAMILIAR FACE. TONIGHT TIME REVEALING THEIR 100. MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2025. THE HONOREES, LEADERS IN THE. WORLD OF BUSINESS AND. PHILANTHROPY, SCIENCE AND. RESEARCH, ACTRESSES, SINGERS AND. SONGWRITERS, AND ONE PERSON. WE'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF OUR. OWN DAVID MUIR MAKING THE LIST. TIME CALLING HIM ONE OF THE. ICONS, AND DIANE SAWYER WRITING.

A TRIBUTE FOR DAVID IN TIME, SAYING IN PART, LIKE PETER. JENNINGS BEFORE HIM, DAVID IS. AUTHORITATIVE AND DYNAMIC, THE. FIRST OUT THE DOOR TO THE STORY. IRAQ'S HUNT FOR ISIS, HURRICANES. AND FIRES. HE TRAVELED DAYS TO. HOLD THE HANDS OF STARVING. CHILDREN IN MADAGASCAR AND SOUTH. SUDAN, LEADING TO MILLIONS OF. DOLLARS IN DONATIONS TO THE. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM. DIANE GOING. ON TO WRITE I THINK I KNOW WHAT. DESTINY LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I'VE. SEEN A PHOTO OF A SERIOUS 13.

YEAR OLD BOY TALKING HIS WAY. INTO AN INTERNSHIP AT THE LOCAL. TV STATION. NOW HE'S THE ANCHOR. CHOSEN FOR INTERVIEWS BY POPES. AND PRESIDENTS. HE SHOWS UP. CALM, RESPECTFUL, AND FEARLESS. I'M LUCKY THAT MY SUCCESSOR IS. ALSO THE IRREVERENT FRIEND I. WANT TO HANG OUT WITH. WHEN THE. CAMERA SHUTS DOWN TONIGHT. THE. TIME 100, THE RARE HONOR AND OUR. CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVID FOR. MAKING THE LIST. WELL DESERVED. TIME 100 THE WORLD'S MOST.

INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AIRS MAY 4TH. HERE ON ABC.