ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 2, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. JUST MOMENTS AGO, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ORDERING SWEEPING NEW. TARIFFS, MAJOR TARIFFS ON OUR. TRADING PARTNERS. ECONOMISTS ALREADY WARNING THAT. AMERICANS WILL SEE HIGHER. PRICES. AND THE MARKETS RESPONDING. ALREADY TONIGHT. >>> ALSO BREAKING AT THIS HOUR, THE HIGHEST LEVEL WARNING FOR. TORNADOES AND FLOODS IN THE. HOURS AHEAD. THOSE STORMS MOVING IN RIGHT. NOW. >>> AND YOU'LL SEE THE IMAGES. TONIGHT, PASSENGERS EVACUATING. ON THE WING OF A PLANE. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IMPOSING THOSE MAJOR. TARIFFS ON AMERICA'S TRADING. PARTNERS. ECONOMISTS SAY THE HIGHEST. TARIFFS ON GOODS COMING INTO THE.

U.S. IN MORE THAN A CENTURY. AND THAT AMERICANS WILL BE. PAYING HIGHER PRICES. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT ARGUING. IT'S NECESSARY TO BRING. MANUFACTURING BACK. IN ADDITION, A 25% TARIFF ON ALL. IMPORTED VEHICLES, GOING INTO. EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT. WHAT THIS NOW MEANS FOR ANYONE. PLANNING ON BUYING A CAR. TONIGHT, THE MARKETS RESPONDING. WHAT THE FUTURES ARE INDICATING. ALREADY. >>> ALSO AT THIS HOUR, WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A. MULTI-DAY, LIFE-THREATENING. STORM FROM TEXAS UP TO MICHIGAN. THEN MOVING EAST. THE HIGHEST THREAT LEVEL AT THIS.

HOUR FOR TORNADOES AND FLASH. FLOODING. ONE TWISTER ON THE GROUND FOR 17. MILES. GINGER ZEE IN THE STORM ZONE. SHE'LL TIME THIS OUT. >>> TONIGHT, PASSENGERS. EVACUATING ON THE WING OF A. PLANE. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. EVACUATED JUST MOMENTS AFTER. LANDING. AND THE REASON BEHIND IT. >>> TONIGHT, HOW MUCH LONGER. WILL ELON MUSK HAVE HIS ROLE. ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP? WHAT SOURCES ARE NOW TELLING ABC. NEWS. >>> THE DEADLY SCENE. THE SUSPECT OPENING FIRE INSIDE. A WALGREENS. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES REVEALING. THE POSSIBLE MOTIVE. >>> THE TRAGEDY FOR A FAMILY ON.

SPRING BREAK. A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED BY A. FALLING BOULDER. >>> FACING A SATURDAY DEADLINE, THE MAJOR U.S. COMPANY TONIGHT. NOW MAKING A LAST-MINUTE BID TO. BUY TIKTOK. >>> AND TONIGHT, CELEBRATING. ACTOR VAL KILMER. >> YOU CAN BE MY WINGMAN ANY. TIME. >> TONIGHT HERE, THIS. QUESTION --. DO YOU KNOW HOW HE GOT THAT. NICKNAME IN "TOP GUN?". AS WE ALSO REMEMBER HIS ROLES IN. "BATMAN FOREVER," "THE DOORS,". AND "TOMBSTONE.". >>> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT.

TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE LIFE-THREATENING STORMS. MOVING IN. THE HIGHEST THREAT LEVEL FOR. TORNADOES AND STORMS, MULTIPLE. STATES. WE'RE GOING TO GO LIVE TO GINGER. ZEE IN THE STORM ZONE IN JUST A. MOMENT. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SWEEPING. NEW TARIFFS ANNOUNCED JUST A. SHORT TIME AGO ON GOODS COMING. INTO THE U.S. ECONOMISTS SAY THESE ARE THE. HIGHEST TARIFFS ON AMERICA'S. TRADING PARTNERS AND OUR ALLIES. IN MORE THAN A CENTURY, AND THEY. WARN THAT AMERICANS WILL SEE.

HIGHER PRICES. PRESIDENT TRUMP LATE TODAY. IN THE ROSE GARDEN CALLING THIS. LIBERATION DAY, TO FREE AMERICA. FROM DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN. GOODS. HOLDING UP A CHART AND REVEALING. THE SWEEPING NEW TARIFFS, A. BASELINE 10% TARIFF ON ALL. COUNTRIES AND EVEN HIGHER IN. SOME CASES. 20% TARIFFS ON THE EU. 34% ON CHINA. 24% ON JAPAN. 26% ON INDIA. THE PRESIDENT SAYING THESE ARE. RECIPROCAL TARIFFS, ARGUING, YOU. DO IT TO US, WE'LL DO IT TO YOU. BUT ECONOMISTS WARN THE TARIFFS. ON THESE GOODS COMING INTO THE. U.S. WILL BE PAID FOR BY.

BUSINESSES AND STORES BRINGING. THEM IN, AND THEN PASSING THAT. COST ONTO CONSUMERS. NOW, JUST BEFORE THE. ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE ROSE GARDEN, THE DOW CLOSING UP 235 POINTS. BUT SOON AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S. SWEEPING TARIFFS WERE ANNOUNCED, TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUTURES. TONIGHT. THE DOW FUTURES, S&P 500, NASDAQ. FUTURES, ALL TURNING NEGATIVE ON. THE NEWS. THE FORECAST, OF COURSE, OF WHAT. COULD BE COMING TOMORROW. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ACKNOWLEDGED. AMERICANS COULD FEEL SHORT-TERM. PAIN HERE, BUT HE ARGUES IT'S. NECESSARY TO BRING MANUFACTURING. BACK.

ABC SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT WAS. IN THE ROSE GARDEN. SHE LEADS US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH THE. WHOLE WORLD WATCHING, PRESIDENT. TRUMP IN THE ROSE GARDEN, ANNOUNCING A SET OF TARIFFS ON. ALL GOODS IMPORTED INTO THE. UNITED STATES, SPIKING THE COST. OF LIVING FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES. THE PRESIDENT INSISTS IT'S. NECESSARY TO BRING JOBS AND. MANUFACTURING BACK TO AMERICA. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST. IMPORTANT DAYS, IN MY OPINION, IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IT'S OUR DECLARATION OF ECONOMIC. INDEPENDENCE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT TODAY. DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, IMPOSING A 10% TARIFF ON ALL. FOREIGN IMPORTS. ROUGHLY 60 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING. SOME OF AMERICA'S CLOSEST. TRADING PARTNERS, WILL FACE EVEN. STEEPER TARIFFS. A 34% TARIFF ON ALL IMPORTS FROM. CHINA. A 25% TARIFF ON PRODUCTS FROM. SOUTH KOREA. A 20% TARIFF ON GOODS FROM THE. EUROPEAN UNION. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE HIGHER. PENALTIES COME IN RESPONSE TO.

TARIFFS THOSE COUNTRIES IMPOSE. ON AMERICAN PRODUCTS THEY. IMPORT. >> EUROPEAN UNION, THEY'RE VERY. TOUGH. VERY, VERY TOUGH TRADERS. YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF EUROPEAN. UNION, VERY FRIENDLY, THEY RIP. US OFF. IT'S SO SAD. >> Reporter: BUT ECONOMISTS. POINT OUT TARIFFS ON FOREIGN. GOODS COMING INTO THE U.S. ARE. ACTUALLY TAXES PAID BY AMERICAN. BUSINESSES, WHO PASS ON THE COST. TO CONSUMERS BY RAISING PRICES. ECONOMISTS SAY THESE ARE THE. HIGHEST TARIFFS AMERICA HAS SEEN. SINCE THE EARLY 1900s.

>> THE TRADE WARS THAT WE SAW. LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR II ARE. PART OF WHAT GOT US INTO WORLD. WAR II, AND SO, THAT'S WHY WE'VE. BEEN TRADING MORE WITH EACH. OTHER AND TRYING TO BRING DOWN. TRADE BARRIERS OVER TIME TO. AVOID SOME OF THE KIND OF PAIN. THAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE. GREAT DEPRESSION. >> Reporter: IN THE PAST, THE. PRESIDENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED. AMERICANS COULD FEEL SOME. SHORT-TERM PAIN FROM HIS. TARIFFS, BUT TODAY, NO MENTION. OF THE BURDEN FAMILIES COULD. SOON FACE. WITH PRICES EXPECTED TO RISE ON. EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHING TO.

GROCERIES, iPHONES TO CARS. >> THESE TARIFFS ARE ACROSS THE. BOARD, THEY'RE GOING TO TOUCH. EVERYTHING FROM GOING TO THE. GROCERY STORE TO GOING OUT TO. RESTAURANTS TO EVEN HAVING TO GO. TO PLACES LIKE THE MOVIE. THEATER, AND TRYING TO HAVE A. LITTLE TIME OFF, BECAUSE. EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THERE'S SOME. ASPECT THEY HAVE TO IMPORT TO DO. THAT. >> Reporter: TAKE CARS, FOR. EXAMPLE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS IMPOSING A. 25% TARIFF ON ALL CARS AND PARTS. COMING INTO THE COUNTRY. IN WISCONSIN, I ASKED PATRICK.

WHAT IT WILL MEAN FOR HIS CAR. REPAIR BUSINESS. WILL YOU HAVE TO RAISE PRICES. FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS? >> ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: BY HOW MUCH? >> THE -- I GUESS THE MINIMUM IS. GOING TO BE 25% ON ALL PARTS. >> Reporter: PATRICK WORRIES HIS. BUSINESS WILL SUFFER IF TARIFFS. FORCE HIM TO RAISE PRICES ON HIS. CUSTOMERS. >> THEIR BILL ULTIMATELY IS. GOING TO BE HIGHER, AND IT'S NOT. GIVING US ANYMORE MONEY, IT'S. JUST TAKING FROM THE CUSTOMER. AND, YOU KNOW, PASSING IT.

THROUGH. >> Reporter: BUT AT THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY, RETIRED AUTO WORKER. BRIAN PANABAKER SAYS EVEN IF IT. TAKES SOME TIME, THIS WILL LEAD. TO MORE MANUFACTURING JOBS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO. BE THAT LONG. BUT WE HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND. LET IT HAPPEN, SO -- WE'RE. HAPPY. THE AUTO WORKERS SUPPORT WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING. >> Reporter: BUT ON CAPITOL. HILL, DEMOCRATS AWARE THEY LOST. THE ELECTION IN LARGE PART ON. GROCERY PRICES, TONIGHT, DECLARING TRUMP'S POLICIES ARE. ABOUT TO MAKE THINGS A LOT. WORSE. >> THIS IS NOT LIBERATION DAY,

IT'S RECESSION DAY IN THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA. THAT'S WHAT THE TRUMP TARIFFS. ARE GOING TO DO. CRASH THE ECONOMY. >> David: LET'S BRING IN RACHEL. SCOTT, LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT. RACHEL, ON THAT POINT RIGHT. THERE, THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID IN. RECENT DAYS THAT THESE TARIFFS. COULD CAUSE SHORT-TERM PAIN FOR. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE ARGUES IT'S NECESSARY. AND HE'S ALSO SAID AT DIFFERENT. POINTS THAT AMERICANS WILL. UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE TALKED. ABOUT TODAY. BOTH PARTIES HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED. HERE THAT ONE OF THE KEY REASONS. PRESIDENT TRUMP WON IN NOVEMBER.

WAS ON HIS PROMISE TO BRING DOWN. PRICES. HE OFTEN SAID ON DAY ONE. >> Reporter: YES, DAVID. THE PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNED ON THAT. PROMISE, TO BRING DOWN PRICES. FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES, BUT EVEN. THE PRESIDENT AND REPUBLICANS ON. CAPITOL HILL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED. THAT THIS COULD CAUSE SOME. SHORT-TERM PAIN. THAT THINGS COULD BE A LITTLE. ROCKY FOR AWHILE, WITH HIGHER. PRICES. THE WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING. AMERICANS TO TRUST THEM, SAYING. THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE. MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE UNITED. STATES. THE QUESTION TONIGHT, HOW LONG. WILL THAT TAKE? AND HOW HIGH WILL THESE PRICES.

RISE, DAVID? >> David: A LOT OF THE MAJOR. QUESTIONS RIGHT THERE LAID OUT. THANK YOU, RACHEL. RACHEL SCOTT LEADING US OFF. >>> THE SWEEPING NATURE OF THESE. TARIFFS ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP, AND FOR MANY AT HOME, THE. PRESIDENT'S ARGUMENT MIGHT MAKE. A LOT OF ESSENTIAL. THE PRESIDENT ESSENTIALLY. ARGUING THAT IF THESE OTHER. COUNTRIES ARE DOING IT TO US, WE. SHOULD DO IT TO THEM, WITH THESE. RECIPROCAL TARIFFS. BUT WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THIS. MOVE ON AMERICAN CONSUMERS, WITH. TARIFFS UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE. SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY IN MORE. THAN A CENTURY? LET'S BRING IN OUR CHIEF. BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS. CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD FROM. ECONOMISTS ACROSS THE BOARD, ALL. AFTERNOON, SINCE THIS. ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, THAT.

AMERICAN CONSUMERS WILL FEEL. THIS, IMPACT FROM TARIFFS THAT. WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE EARLY. 1900s. >> RIGHT. AND THESE ARE VERY HIGH TARIFFS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM THIS HIGH. AND THE REACTION ON WALL STREET. WAS IMMEDIATE. WE CERTAINLY SAW IT REFLECTED, AS YOU SHOWED, IN FUTURES. THE MINUTE THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT. OUT THAT CHART OF RECIPROCAL. TARIFFS, THE FUTURES MARKET, WHICH IS WHAT TELLS US WHERE THE. STOCK MARKET OPENS TOMORROW, SWUNG LOWER. THE S&P 500, THAT'S WHAT'S IN. MOST RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS, RIGHT. NOW, IT'S DOWN ABOUT 3.7%.

AND THE DOW IS DOWN MORE THAN. 1,100 POINTS. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. HERE BEHIND THE SCENES, HOW. FOREIGN COUNTRIES MIGHT. RETALIATE. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW, DAVID, IS. HOW COMPANIES HANDLE TARIFFS. THEY PAY A HIGHER PRICE AT THE. BORDER, AND THEY PASS THAT OFF. TO CONSUMERS. IT'S WHAT YOU HEARD FROM RACHEL. TONIGHT. AND IT'S WHAT I HEAR EVERY DAY, WHEN I TALK TO BUSINESSES WHO. ARE STRUGGLING WITH THESE. QUESTIONS. EVERYONE FROM FARMERS TO. RESTAURANT OWNERS, TO MECHANICS, DAVID. >> David: WE'VE COVERED MADE IN. AMERICA ON THIS BROADCAST FOR. ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW.

WE LOVE WHEN JOBS COME BACK TO. THE U.S. BUT GETTING THE FACTORIES UP AND. RUNNING TAKES YEARS. >> IT'S A LONG ROAD. THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS IN INVESTMENT, DAVID. >> David: REBECCA JARVIS ALSO ON. THIS TONIGHT. REBECCA, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN TO THE OTHER MAJOR. NEWS THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A. MULTI-DAY, LIFE-THREATENING. STORM ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES, FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP TO. MICHIGAN, AND THEN MOVING EAST. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TONIGHT WARNING MILLIONS TO. PREPARE FOR THIS. THIS SYSTEM ALREADY TRIGGERING. VIOLENT WEATHER. BUT THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS, POTENTIAL TORNADOES HIT AFTER. DARK TONIGHT, AND THEN DAYS OF. HEAVY RAIN AND LIFE-THREATENING.

FLOODING. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE. IS LIVE WITH THE FORECAST IN A. MOMENT, BUT ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO. HERE WITH THE IMAGES ALREADY. HE'S IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A. DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY. MULTI-DAY SEVERE WEATHER. OUTBREAK IS UNDER WAY. FAMILIES IN THE HEARTLAND. BRACING FOR DANGEROUS TORNADOES. AND FLOODING SO EXTREME THE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS. CALLING IT A ONCE IN A. GENERATION WEATHER EVENT. >> PLEASE TAKE SHELTER. >> Reporter: THIS MASSIVE FUNNEL.

SPOTTED SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS THIS. AFTERNOON. THIS DOORBELL CAMERA CATCHING A. PREDAWN TRANSFORMER EXPLOSION, AS TORNADO-WARNED STORMS MOVED. INTO OKLAHOMA, JUST OUTSIDE. TULSA. TORRENTS OF RAIN INUNDATING. DRIVERS. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HIT HARD. TREES, FENCES, AND MULTIPLE. HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED. THIS ROOF PEELED BACK. SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY, THIS. 360-DEGREE VIEW OF THE. DEVASTATION, AFTER A CONFIRMED.

EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS NEAR 100. MILES AN HOUR. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 17. MILES. AND TO THE EAST, IN PILOT GROVE, A SEVEN-MILE-LONG TRAIL OF. DESTRUCTION THROUGH TOWN. KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR. WARNING FAMILIES TO BE READY. >> WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT. PEOPLE'S SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN. THE OVERNIGHT. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THE. GOVERNOR DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY AHEAD OF THE STORMS. HERE IN PADUCAH, WE ARE UNDER A.

PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO WATCH. AND THAT'S FOLLOWED WITH THE. STRONG POSSIBILITY OF FLASH. FLOODING. THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE. CRITICAL. DAVID? >> David: MILLIONS ON THE WATCH. TONIGHT. VICTOR, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, SHE'S. LIVE IN MEMPHIS TONIGHT, WHERE. THEY'RE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. AND A FLOOD WATCH. AND GINGER, AS VICTOR JUST. POINTED OUT, THIS IS WIDESPREAD, MULTIPLE STATES. SO, TAKE US THROUGH IT. WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONCERNED. ABOUT TONIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, THIS IS A. LAYERED EVENT, FOR WHERE THE. MISSISSIPPI MEETS THE OHIO. THAT'S WHO IS IN THE CROSSHAIRS. TONIGHT AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE.

OF DAYS. WE'RE IN A PARTICULARLY. DANGEROUS SITUATION TORNADO. WATCH. ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE. SURROUNDED BY WARNINGS. WARNINGS MEAN IT IS IMMINENT. THERE ARE TORNADO WARNINGS. SOME RADAR INDICATED, OTHERS. HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. AND THEN, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WARNINGS WITHIN TEN MILES OF US. HERE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP WATCHING. THESE CELLS. OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN SYSTEM, OUR MAIN CONCERN THE NEXT COUPLE. OF HOURS, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE. PERFECT ENVIRONMENT TO START TO. TWIST AND MAKE LONG-TRACK. TORNADOES. THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN A PDS. TORNADO WATCH FROM EVANSVILLE. DOWN TO GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. TIME IT OUT, WE TAKE THAT MAIN.

LINE THROUGH HERE LATER TONIGHT, SAY 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 P.M. IN. MEMPHIS, BUT THEN WE'RE CLEAR OF. IT, FOR A BIT, BEFORE IT STARTS. BUBBLING BACK UP. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO. RIDE ALONG IT, AND THAT'S WHEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG-TIME. PROBLEM AND WHY WE HAVE THAT PDS. FLOOD WATCH. YOU KNOW, DAVID, HIGH RISK DAYS. FOR FLOODING DON'T HAPPEN OFTEN. TOMORROW, WE WILL HAVE ONE. THAT'S WHEN WE SEE ONE-THIRD OF. THE DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING. IT'S ALSO WHERE 80% OF THE. DAMAGE COMES FROM. AND I WILL JUST LEAVE YOU WITH. THIS. NEARLY HALF OF FLASH FLOOD.

DEATHS IN THE NEXT FOUR DAYS. WILL COME FROM WITHIN VEHICLES, SO, PLEASE, TURN AROUND, DON'T. DROWN. >> David: YEAH, PEOPLE IN THEIR. CARS. WE HAVE TO HEED THE WARNING. TONIGHT. GINGER, STAY SAFE, YOU'RE THERE. WITH THE TEAM. AND WE'LL SEE YOU FIRST THING IN. THE MORNING ON "GMA.". >>> IN THE MEANTIME TONIGHT, TO. THE EMERGENCY AT THE AIRPORT IN. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. PASSENGERS EVACUATING ON THE. WING OF A PLANE JUST MOMENTS. AFTER LANDING. GIO BENITEZ COVERS AVIATION. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, EVACUATION. ON THE TARMAC. PASSENGERS SEEN STANDING ON THE. WING OF AN AMERICAN AIRLINES. PLIGHT IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AFTER THE CABIN FILLED WITH. LIGHT SMOKE. >> WE'VE EVACUATED AND CLIMBED.

OUT ON THE WING. >> Reporter: SEAN O'CONNOR. FILMING SOON AFTER HE EXITED. >> THERE WAS A HAZE, NOT A. HEAVY, DARK SMOKE, BUT YOU COULD. SEE IT, YOU COULD SMELL IT, AND. IMMEDIATELY I KNEW THERE WAS A. PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE REGIONAL JET. LANDING FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH. CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING. BUT AFTER LANDING, AMERICAN. AIRLINES SAYS THERE WAS A. MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THE FLIGHT CREW THEN REPORTING. THAT HAZE AND STOPPING THE. PLANE. >> THE CAPTAIN CAME ON AND SAID, EVACUATE NOW.

AND WE WERE HORRIFIED, IT WAS. VERY SCARY, EVERYBODY JUMPED OUT. OF THEIR SEAT. >> Reporter: FIRE TRUCKS MEETING. THE CRJ-900 ON THE AIRPLANE. THE SMALL PLANE NOT EQUIPPED. WITH SLIDES. SOME PASSENGERS USING THE. STAIRS. OTHER SEEN EXITING TOWARDS THE. BACK AND JUMPING DOWN FROM THE. WING. EVERYONE MAKING IT OUT SAFELY. AND DAVID, AMERICAN AIRLINES. SAYING TONIGHT THAT SAFETY IS A. TOP PRIORITY, AND APOLOGIZING. FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. THE FAA IS NOW INVESTIGATING. DAVID? >> David: GIO BENITEZ WITH US. TONIGHT. GIO, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT HERE TONIGHT, HOW MUCH. LONGER WILL ELON MUSK HAVE HIS.

ROLE ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT TRUMP? WHAT SOURCES ARE TELLING ABC. NEWS TONIGHT, AND IT COMES AFTER. TWO ELECTION WINS IN FLORIDA. LAST NIGHT, BUT A MAJOR LOSS IN. WISCONSIN, WHERE ELON MUSK SPENT. MILLIONS OF HIS OWN MONEY. HERE'S OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, SOURCES. TELL ABC NEWS ELON MUSK'S DAYS. AT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RIGHT HAND. IN THE WHITE HOUSE COULD SOON BE. COMING TO AN END. AS A, QUOTE, SPECIAL GOVERNMENT. EMPLOYEE, MUSK'S APPOINTMENT WAS. ONLY SUPPOSED TO LAST 130 DAYS, BUT THERE WERE HINTS TRUMP. WANTED TO KEEP HIM ON LONGER.

THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN AND HIS. DOGE TEAM HAVE DOMINATED THE. EARLY DAYS OF THE. ADMINISTRATION. >> THIS IS THE CHAIN SAW FOR. BUREAUCRACY. >> Reporter: BUT MUSK'S CHAIN. SAW APPROACH TO SLASHING JOBS. AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SPARKING. ANGER AT TOWN MEETINGS. >> ELON WAS GOING TO BE THE MAIN. TOPIC TONIGHT, AND HE'S GOING TO. CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN TOPIC. TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL. FREAKING PISSED OFF ABOUT THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT AND FEEL. IT. >> Reporter: AND CAUSING. FRUSTRATION AMONG CABINET. SECRETARIES.

>> HI, EVERYBODY! >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, VOTERS. IN WISCONSIN DELIVERED MUSK A. FIRM REBUKE, REJECTING HIS. CHOICE FOR A STATE SUPREME COURT. SEAT, AFTER THE BILLIONAIRE. CAMPAIGNED AGGRESSIVELY IN THE. STATE AND POURED MILLIONS INTO. THE RACE. AND NOW, THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. HAS BEEN INDICATING MUSK'S TIME. MAY BE UP. >> I THINK HE'S BEEN AMAZING, BUT I ALSO THINK HE'S GOT A BIG. COMPANY TO RUN. SO, AT SOME POINT, HE'S GOING TO. BE GOING BACK. HE WANTS TO. >> Reporter: NOW, MUSK'S TERM. WOULD COME TO AN END AROUND THE. END OF MAY, AND DESPITE THOSE. EARLIER SUGGESTIONS THAT THE. PRESIDENT MIGHT WANT TO KEEP HIM.

ON LONGER, THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT INSISTS THE PRESIDENT. STILL SUPPORTS MUSK AND THE WORK. HE'S DOING. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE, WHO WAS ON. THE AIR WITH US THIS AFTERNOON, AS WELL. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE TRAGEDY FOR A FAMILY ON. SPRING BREAK. A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED BY A. FALLING BOULDER. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, REMEMBERING. VAL KILMER, THE ACTOR, AND WHERE. THAT NICKNAME CAME FROM IN "TOP. GUN.". >>> AND LOOK AT THE DEADLY SCENE. TONIGHT, THE SUSPECT OPENING. FIRE INSIDE A WALGREENS, AND. AUTHORITIES THIS EVENING NOW. REVEALING THE POSSIBLE MOTIVE, >>> TONIGHT, THE DEADLY PHARMACY. SHOOTING, THE SUSPECT NOW.

CHARGED WITH MURDER, PLEADING. NOT GUILTY. IT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA. PROSECUTORS SAY NARCISO. FERNANDEZ OPENED FIRE IN A. WALGREENS, KILLING AN EMPLOYEE. PROSECUTORS BELIEVE HE HAD A. GRUDGE AGAINST LARGE PHARMACIES, DRIVING MORE THAN 80 MILES TO. GET TO THAT STORE. >>> TONIGHT, A FAMILY TRAGEDY AT. A SKI RESORT IN LAKE TAHOE, NEVADA. AUTHORITIES SAY A 7-YEAR-OLD. GIRL WAS KILLED BY A FALLING. BOULDER AT DIAMOND PEAK. SHE WAS ON A HILLSIDE NEAR THE. BASE LODGE WHEN THE LARGE ROCK. BROKE LOOSE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE MAJOR U.S. COMPANY NOW. TRYING TO BUY TIKTOK. >>> AND REMEMBERING ACTOR VAL.

KILMER TONIGHT, AND HOW HE GOT. THAT NICKNAME. TO THE INDEX, THE NEW YORK TIMES TONIGHT REPORTING AMAZON HAS. NOW PLACED A BID TO BUY TIKTOK, THE POPULAR APP IN DANGER OF. BEING BANNED ACROSS THE U.S. IF IT'S CHINESE OWNER, BITE DANCE DOESN'T SELL TO A BUYER. APPROVED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. STAY TUNED. WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT FROM TOP GUN TO BATMAN FOREVER TO. AN UNFORGETTABLE DOC HOLIDAY, VAL KILMER TONIGHT. IN HIS OWN WORDS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, REMEMBERING ACTOR VAL KILMER. HIS WORK, HIS PERSONAL BATTLE, HIS HUMANITY.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON TOP GUN. >> David: VAL KILMER WAS ONE OF. HOLLYWOOD'S MOST MAGNETIC STARS. IN THE 1980s AND '90s. ICEMAN IN "TOP GUN.". >> YOU GUYS REALLY ARE COWBOYS. >> WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? >> David: A LEADING MAN THAT. COULD PLAY A WIDE RANGE OF. ROLES. >> YOU'RE EVERYONE'S PROBLEM. THAT'S BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GO. UP IN THE AIR, YOU'RE UNSAFE. >> David: HIS BIG BREAK CAME IN. 1984 WITH THE COMEDY "TOP. SECRET.". >> MY NAME'S NICK. >> NICK. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> NOTHING, MY DAD THOUGHT OF IT. WHILE HE WAS SHAVING. >> OH.

>> David: TWO YEARS LATER, PLAYING OPPOSITE TOM CRUISE IN. "TOP GUN.". >> YOU CAN BE MY WING MAN ANY. TIME. >> David: THERE WAS A LINE IN. THE MOVIE THAT REVEALED THE. REASON BEHIND THE NICKNAME. ICEMAN. >> IT'S THE WAY HE FLIES, ICE. COLD, NO MISTAKES. >> David: HE'D GO ON TO PLAY. ROCK STAR JIM MORRISON IN THE. BIOPICK "THE DOORS" IN 1991. ♪ COME ON BABY ♪. ♪ LIGHT MY FIRE ♪. I LIKE IT. >> David: DOC HOLLIDAY IN. "TOMBSTONE.". >> WE STARTED A GAME WE NEVER.

GOT TO FINISH. >> David: "BATMAN FOREVER" IN. 1995. >> A MAN'S GOT TO GO HIS OWN. WAY. MY NAME IS AUGUST CHRISTOPHER. >> David: AND A DOZEN DIFFERENT. CHARACTERS AS A MASTER OF. DISGUISE IN "THE SAINT.". >> WHAT YOU ARE STARING AT? >> David: HE WOULD MARRY HIS. COSTAR, ACTRESS JOANNE WHALLEY, ON THE SET OF "WILLOW.". IN 2014, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH. THROAT CANCER. HE WOULD CONTINUE TO ACT, INCLUDING REPRISING HIS ROLE IN. "TOP GUN: MAVERICK.". >> ONE LAST THING.

WHO'S THE BETTER PILOT? YOU OR ME? >> THIS IS A NICE MOMENT. LET'S NOT RUIN IT. >> David: VAL KILMER DIED. OVERNIGHT AT THE AGE OF 65. SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND. FRIENDS. IN A 2021 DOCUMENTARY, HIS SON. JACK NARRATING FOR HIS FATHER, WHO HAD LOST HIS VOICE TO. CANCER. >> IN ORDER TO FIND EACH. CHARACTER, I'VE HAD TO PUT A. LITTLE BIT OF ME IN THEM, AND. FIND A LITTLE BIT OF THEM IN ME.

I HAVE BEHAVED POORLY. I HAVE BEHAVED BRAVELY. I HAVE NO REGRETS, BECAUSE I'VE. LOST AND FOUND PARTS OF MYSELF. THAT I NEVER KNEW EXISTED. AND I AM BLESSED. >> David: WHAT A BODY OF WORK. AND SO BRAVE IN THE END.