ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 22, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE LAST. WORDS OF POPE FRANCIS. WHAT HE ASKED ABOUT, AND WHAT. PLAYED OUT DURING THE FINAL. MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE. TONIGHT, THE GLOBAL OUTPOURING. FOR POPE FRANCIS, NOW LYING IN. THE OPEN WOODEN CASKET. THE SIMPLE CASKET HE ASKED FOR. THE SWISS GUARD STANDING WATCH. IN HIS CHAPEL, IN HIS MODEST. RESIDENCE. THE VATICAN DESCRIBING HIS FINAL. MOMENTS, WHAT HE ASKED ABOUT. BEFORE THAT LAST SURPRISE. APPEARANCE IN ST. PETER'S. SQUARE. THE QUESTION TO HIS NURSE, JUST. BEFORE GREETING THOUSANDS OF. FOLLOWERS.

THEN HOURS LATER, HIS LAST. WORDS, AND HIS PARTING GESTURE. TO HIS NURSE. ALSO TONIGHT HERE, WHAT WE'RE. NOW LEARNING ABOUT THE CONCLAVE, THE CARDINALS, AND THAT SECRET. RITUAL TO ELECT A NEW POPE. HOW LONG COULD IT TAKE? AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE WHO. WILL VOTE ALREADY. JAMES LONGMAN STANDING BY LIVE.

AT THE VATICAN TONIGHT. >>> THE OTHER NEWS THIS TUESDAY. NIGHT, DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH DISMISSING REPORTS THAT. HE DISCUSSED SENSITIVE DETAILS. IN YET ANOTHER GROUP CHAT. THIS SECOND CHAT INCLUDED HIS. WIFE, BROTHER, AND PERSONAL. ATTORNEY. AND TONIGHT, HOW THE SECRETARY. IS EXPLAINING THIS. >>> TONIGHT, THE STARK WARNING. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. AND THE U.S. ECONOMY. THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. AND THEIR WARNING TONIGHT. WHAT THEY'RE NOW FORECASTING. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMY. AND LATE TODAY, THE HUGE BLOW TO. ELON MUSK'S TESLA PROFITS IN THE. FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, DOWN 71%. AND WHAT ELON MUSK SAID JUST. MOMENTS AGO TO INVESTORS, AND.

WHAT HE'S ALSO SAYING ABOUT. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. >>> TONIGHT, THE CASE MAKING. NATIONAL HEADLINES IN BOSTON. THE SECOND MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN. READ NOW UNDER WAY, ACCUSED OF. RUNNING DOWN HER BOYFRIEND IN. HER SUV, A BOSTON POLICE. OFFICER. HER DEFENSE TEAM SAYS SHE'S. BEING FRAMED. AND IN A RARE MOVE, KAREN READ. HAS BROUGHT ON AN ALTERNATE. JUROR FROM HER FIRST TRIAL TO. SERVE AS PART OF HER DEFENSE. TEAM. >>> TONIGHT, THE DYES THAT COLOR. SO MUCH OF THE FOOD ON THE. SHELVES AT YOUR GROCERY STORE. TONIGHT, HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT.

F. KENNEDY JR. NOW PLANNING TO. PHASE OUT EIGHT ARTIFICIAL FOOD. DYES. WHAT'S IN THAT DYE? AND TONIGHT, FROM SOME CHEETOS. TO SKITTLES TO M&Ms, WHAT WILL. THEY LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE DYE, AND WILL THEY FIND ANOTHER WAY? >>> TONIGHT, IN THE NORTHEAST, THE IMAGES COMING IN NOW. THE LARGE WILDFIRE EXPLODING IN. SIZE. EVACUATIONS UNDER WAY AT THIS. HOUR. >>> THE SUPER BOWL CHAMP AND HIS. PLEA TO THE PERSON WHO STOLE HIS. CAR. WHAT'S HAPPENED NOW, AND HOW. THIS PLAYED OUT. YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT HERE. >>> AND ON THIS EARTH DAY, THE. EXTRAORDINARY NEW IMAGES. THE EMPEROR PENGUINS AND THEIR. FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.

WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED. ABOUT THE ONE EGG THEY LAY A. YEAR, AND WHY IT'S AT RISK. >>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY TUESDAY NIGHT. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. LAST WORDS OF POPE FRANCIS. WHAT HE ASKED ABOUT, AND WHAT. PLAYED OUT DURING THE FINAL. MOMENTS OF HIS LIFE.

TONIGHT, POPE FRANCIS LYING IN. THE OPEN WOODEN CASKET, THE. SIMPLE CASKET HE ASKED FOR. THE FUNERAL WILL BE ON SATURDAY. MORNING, 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME. THERE AT THE VATICAN, 4:00 A.M. HERE IN THE U.S. I'LL BE AT THE VATICAN WITH OUR. TEAM, AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL. CARRY IT LIVE FOR YOU RIGHT HERE. IN THE UNITED STATES. POPE FRANCIS SEEN FOR THE FIRST. TIME SINCE HIS DEATH MONDAY. MORNING, LYING IN THIS SIMPLE. COFFIN, THE ONE THAT HE CHOSE. AT THE CHAPEL OF THE SANTA MARIA. RESIDENCE WHERE HE LIVED. THE SWISS GUARD STANDING GUARD. TOMORROW, THE PONTIFF WILL BE. CARRIED TO ST. PETER'S BASILICA. AT THE VATICAN, WHERE HE WILL. LAY FOR THREE DAYS FOR THE.

PUBLIC TO NOW PAY THEIR. RESPECTS. CARDINALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ARE NOW GATHERING AT THE VATICAN. TO PLAN THE FUNERAL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE CONCLAVE, THE. SECRET, ANCIENT RITUAL WHERE. THE POPE'S SUCCESSOR WILL BE. NAMED. THE VATICAN DESCRIBING TONIGHT. THE POPE'S FINAL MOMENTS, WHAT. THE POPE ASKED ABOUT RIGHT. BEFORE THIS LAST SURPRISE. APPEARANCE RIGHT HERE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. THE QUESTION TO HIS NURSE JUST. BEFORE GREETING THE THOUSANDS OF. FOLLOWERS RIGHT THERE. AND THEN HOURS LATER, HIS LAST. WORDS, AND HIS PARTING GESTURE.

TO THAT NURSE. AND TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE NOW. LEARNING ABOUT THE CONCLAVE, THE. CARDINALS WHO WILL CHOOSE THE. NEXT POPE. HOW LONG IT COULD TAKE. AND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE WHO. WILL VOTE ALREADY. ABC'S CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN. LEADING US OFF FROM THE VATICAN. AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: THESE ARE THE FIRST. IMAGES TONIGHT OF POPE FRANCIS. JUST HOURS AFTER HIS SHOCKING. DEATH. WE LAST SAW HIM ON EASTER. SUNDAY, HIS LAST MAJOR ACT AS. POPE. HOURS LATER, THE WORLD WOULD. LEARN HE WAS DEAD. YOU CAN SEE THE CARDINALS.

SURROUNDING FRANCIS IN PRAYER. SOME OF THE VERY SAME MEN WHO. MUST NOW CHOOSE A NEW POPE, PERFORMING THEIR SOLEMN DUTY FOR. FRANCIS AT THE SMALL CEREMONY TO. CERTIFY HIS DEATH. THE 88-YEAR-OLD IN THE SIMPLE. WOODEN COFFIN HE ASKED FOR. A ROSARY IN HIS HANDS. A QUIET MOMENT INSIDE THE CHAPEL. IN HIS MODEST RESIDENCE BEFORE. THE FAITHFUL GET THEIR CHANCE TO. SAY GOOD-BYE. AND TONIGHT, NEW DETAILS ABOUT. HIS FINAL HOURS, INCLUDING HIS. LAST WORDS. BEFORE THIS EXTRAORDINARY. MOMENT, WHEN HE TOOK ONE FINAL.

RIDE IN THE POPEMOBILE ON EASTER. SUNDAY IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, THE VATICAN SAYS THE POPE. HESITATED AND ASKED HIS PERSONAL. NURSE, "DO YOU THINK I CAN. MANAGE IT?". FRANCIS CLEARLY MOVED BY THE. LOVE IN THE CROWDS. MOMENTS LIKE THESE, A BABY. LIFTED UP TO HIM. THE POPE THEN OFFERING A. BLESSING. WHEN IT WAS OVER, FRANCIS. THANKED HIS NURSE FOR REASSURING. HIM THAT HE COULD DO IT. FILLED WITH GRATITUDE, HE SAID, "THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME BACK. TO THE SQUARE.". THE VATICAN SAYS FRANCIS THEN. RESTED AND HAD A QUIET DINNER.

AND WENT TO BED. IT WAS JUST HOURS LATER AT 5:30. IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY THAT. HIS HEALTH TOOK A TRAGIC TURN. ONE HOUR LATER, 6:30 A.M., FRANCIS GESTURED FAREWELL WITH. HIS HAND TO HIS NURSE, AND IN. THE END, HE SUFFERED A STROKE. AND HEART FAILURE. AND BY 7:35, HE WAS DEAD. FROM THE VATICAN TO HIS HOMELAND. IN ARGENTINA TO CATHOLICS BACK. IN THE UNITED STATES, THE. TRIBUTES ACROSS THE WORLD FOR A. LEADER WHOSE APPEAL WENT WAY. BEYOND THE CHURCH.

ABOUT 60 CARDINALS HAVE HELD THE. FIRST GENERAL CONGREGATION. THEY'VE ANNOUNCED THE POPE'S. BODY WILL LIE IN STATE IN ST. PETER'S BASILICA FOR THREE DAYS. STARTING TOMORROW. HUGE LINES ARE EXPECTED TO WIND. THROUGH THE VATICAN AND BEYOND. INTO ROME. ALL BEFORE HIS FUNERAL SATURDAY. AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME, 4:00. A.M. FOR THOSE WATCHING BACK IN. THE STATES. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY. MELANIA JOINING DIG TEARS FROM. WILL LAND. AROUND THE WORLD. AND TONIGHT, POPE FRANCIS' FINAL. WISHES REVEALED IN HIS WILL NOW. BEING PREPARED. FRANCIS DID NOT CHOOSE THE. VAULTED SERENITY OF ST. PETER'S. BASILICA.

INSTEAD, TO BE BURIED IN, HE. CHOSE THIS CHURCH. ST. MARY MAJOR, A STUNNING. BUILDING. BUT THIS IS RIGHT IN. THE MIDDLE OF BUSY, NOISY ROME. AND THAT'S WHAT FRANCIS WAS ALL. ABOUT. BEING CLOSE TO REGULAR PEOPLE. WE MET THIS FAMILY FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. WHAT DO YOU THINK MADE FRANCIS. DIFFERENT, FOR YOU? >> I FEEL LIKE HE LIKED TO TALK. TO THE PEOPLE A LOT MORE. I FEEL LIKE HE WAS A LOT MORE. OPEN. >> I'M HOPING THAT THE NEXT --. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE A LITTLE.

MORE CONSERVATIVE, TO BE HONEST. >> Reporter: OH REALLY? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH. FUNERAL PLANS NOW SET, THE. WORLD'S ATTENTION WILL SOON BE. FOCUSED ON THE CARDINALS AND THE. SECRET RITUAL OF CHOOSING THE. NEXT POPE, THE CONCLAVE. THEY WILL CONVENE INSIDE THE. SISTINE CHAPEL, SWORN TO SECRECY. SISTINE CHAPEL, SWORN TO SEC. SECRECY. NO ONE CAN LEAVE UNTIL A NEW. POPE IS CHOSEN. FRANCIS HAS APPOINTED SOME 80%. OF THOSE WHO WILL CHOOSE THE. NEXT POPE, BUT THERE'S NO. GUARANTEE THEY WILL CHOOSE. SOMEONE LIKE HIM. USING PRIVATE BALLOTS,

MORE THAN 100 CARDINALS WILL. VOTE TO CHOOSE POPE FRANCIS'. SUCCESSOR. THE CANDIDATE MUST WIN. TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY, WHICH COULD. TAKE MULTIPLE VOTES. TWICE A DAY, BALLOTS WILL BE. BURNED, AND SMOKE RELEASED FROM. THE VATICAN'S CHIMNEY. BLACK MEANING NO WINNER, WHITE. SIGNALS A NEW POPE. AND A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE. CHURCH. >> THEY ARE SEEKING TO REALLY. DETERMINE THE SIGNS OF THE. TIMES. WHAT IS IT THAT THE CHURCH NEEDS. NOW? WHAT IS IT THAT THE WORLD NEEDS. NOW? >> Reporter: AND AFTER FRANCIS, HIS HUMILITY AND TOLERANCE, THE. CARDINALS MUST DECIDE WHAT KIND. OF MAN DOES THE CHURCH NEED NOW? >> David: LET'S BRING IN JAMES.

LONGMAN BACK IN LIVE FROM THE. VATICAN TONIGHT. AND JAMES, OF COURSE, POPE. FRANCIS' FUNERAL SET FOR. SATURDAY. ABC NEWS, OF COURSE, AS YOU. KNOW, WILL CARRY THE FUNERAL. LIVE, STARTING AT 3:30 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING. YOU'LL BE PART OF THIS TEAM. AND AS THE WORLD MOURNS POPE. FRANCIS, AS YOU POINT OUT, THE. ATTENTION WILL SOON TURN TO THAT. SECRET RITUAL, THE CONCLAVE, AFTER FRANCIS IS LAID TO REST. AND THE WORLD WILL, OF COURSE, WAIT FOR THAT WHITE SMOKE YOU. SHOWED US, SIGNALING A NEW POPE. HAS BEEN CHOSEN. SO, JAMES, JUST REMIND OUR. AUDIENCE WATCHING HERE, HOW SOON. DOES THE CONCLAVE ACTUALLY BEGIN.

AFTER THE FUNERAL, AND HOW LONG. AFTER WE SEE THAT ACTUAL WHITE. SMOKE, THAT SIGNAL, DOES THE. VATICAN ANNOUNCE WHO THE NEW. POPE IS? >> Reporter: WELL, DAVID, THE. CONCLAVE WILL BEGIN PROBABLY A. MATTER OF DAYS AFTER THE. FUNERAL. THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN. CARDINALS WHO ARE IN THE. RUNNING. THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE. WORLD, FROM EUROPE, ASIA, AND. THE AMERICAS. THIS IS THE MOST DIVERSE. CONCLAVE IN THE CHURCH'S. HISTORY, AND THAT IS BECAUSE. FRANCIS CHOSE CARDINALS FROM ALL. FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. AS FOR THE APPEARANCE ON THE. BALCONY, WELL, FRANCIS CAME OUT.

WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR OF THAT. WHITE SMOKE APPEARING. SO, IT'S LIKELY THAT WE WILL SEE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TOO, BUT. THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT MILLIONS. AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE. WATCHING FOR. DAVID? >> David: JAMES LONGMAN, WE'LL. SEE YOU LATER THIS WEEK RIGHT. THERE. AND TONIGHT IN PRIME TIME, AN. ABC NEWS SPECIAL. "FRANCIS: THE PEOPLE'S POPE.". THAT'S 10:00 P.M. EASTERN. THEN STREAMING ON HULU AND. DISNEY+. DISN. DISNEY+. LATER IN THE WEEK, I'LL BE. TRAVELING TO ROME FOR THE. FUNERAL AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR. THE CONCLAVE, AS WELL. BUT WE'LL SEE YOU SATURDAY. MORNING FROM THE VATICAN FOR THE. FUNERAL. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE TURN TO. THE OTHER NEWS THIS TUESDAY. NIGHT. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. FIERCELY DISMISSING REPORTS THAT.

HE DISCUSSED SENSITIVE DETAILS, THE IMMINENT LAUNCH OF F-18. FIGHTER JETS TO YEMEN IN YET A. SECOND GROUP CHAT ON THE SIGNAL. APP. THIS SECOND CHAT THAT INCLUDED. HIS WIFE, BROTHER, AND PERSONAL. ATTORNEY. TONIGHT HERE, HOW SECRETARY. HEGSETH IS NOW EXPLAINING THIS. HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. DISMISSING REPORTS THAT HE. SHARED HIGHLY SENSITIVE U.S. MILITARY ATTACK PLANS WITH HIS.

WIFE, BROTHER, AND OTHERS IN A. GROUP CHAT HE CREATED ON THE. COMMERCIAL APP SIGNAL. >> I SAID REPEATEDLY, NO ONE'S. TEXTING WAR PLANS. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS THE INFORMATION HEGSETH. SENT TO HIS WIFE AND THE OTHERS. INCLUDED DETAILS OF THE IMMINENT. LAUNCH OF F-18 FIGHTER JETS TO. YEMEN LAST MONTH, ESSENTIALLY. THE SAME INFORMATION THAT HE. SHARED IN A SEPARATE SIGNAL CHAT. WITH TOP ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS. >> WHAT WAS SHARED OVER SIGNAL. THEN AND NOW, HOWEVER YOU. CHARACTERIZE IT, WAS INFORMAL,

UNCLASSIFIED COORDINATIONS FOR. MEDIA COORDINATION, OTHER. THINGS. THAT'S WHAT I'VE SAID FROM THE. BEGINNING. >> Reporter: BUT AT THE. PENTAGON, THERE IS GROWING. ALARM. THREE OF HEGSETH'S HAND-PICKED. SENIOR AIDES ESCORTED OUT OF THE. BUILDING, ACCUSED OF LEAKING, AND A FORMER SPOKESMAN SAYING. THE BUILDING IS IN TOTAL. DISARRAY. >> DISGRUNTLED FORMER EMPLOYEES. ARE PEDDLING THINGS TRY TO SAVE. THEIR ASS. >> Reporter: BUT THOSE AIDES ALL. DENY LEAKING, AND ONE OF THEM, DAN CALDWELL, A FORMER MARINE. WHO CAME TO THE PENTAGON WITH. HEGSETH AFTER WORKING FOR HIM AT.

A VETERANS' ORGANIZATION, SAYS. HE'S DISMAYED BY THE WHOLE. SITUATION. >> I'VE BEEN A FRIEND AND. SUPPORTER OF PETE HEGSETH FOR A. LONG TIME, AND I'M JUST. PERSONALLY DEVASTATED BY THIS. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, TONIGHT, OFFICIALS TELLING US THAT THOSE. ATTACK PLANS HEGSETH SHARED WERE. SENT TO HIM BY THE CENTCOM. COMMANDER OVERSEEING THE. OPERATION IN YEMEN, BUT THE. GENERAL SENT THE PLANS TO. HEGSETH THROUGH A HIGHLY SECURE. COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AS HE. SHOULD. DAVID? >> David: MARTHA RADDATZ LIVE IN.

WASHINGTON. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE STARK WARNING. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. AND THE U.S. ECONOMY FROM THE. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. WHAT THEY'RE NOW SAYING ABOUT. WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AND GROWTH. AND TONIGHT, THE HUGE BLOW TO. ELON MUSK'S TESLA PROFITS, DOWN. 71%. AND WHAT MUSK SAID LATE TODAY. JUST MOMENTS AGO, IN FACT, TO. INVESTORS, AND WHAT HE SAID. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. HERE'S MARY BRUCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A STARK. WARNING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL. MONETARY FUND. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS WILL.

SLOW DOWN ECONOMIC GROWTH AROUND. THE WORLD, WITH THE UNITED. STATES TAKING A SIGNIFICANT HIT. IT COMES AS WALL STREET IS. HEADING TOWARDS ITS WORST APRIL. SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN. 1936, AND AS THE WHITE HOUSE. TRIES TO REASSURE ANXIOUS. INVESTORS. SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAYING. HE EXPECTS A, QUOTE, DE-ESCALATION OF THE TRADE WAR. WITH CHINA, SAYING THE CURRENT. SITUATION IS UNSUSTAINABLE. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION SENDING. MIXED SIGNALS ABOUT THE STATE OF. THE TALKS WITH CHINA. THE PRESIDENT TODAY PAINTING A. ROSY PICTURE. >> WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY NICE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY NICE.

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. BUT ULTIMATELY, THEY HAVE TO. MAKE A DEAL. I THINK IT'S A PROCESS THAT'S. GOING TO GO QUICKLY. >> Reporter: BUT BEHIND CLOSED. DOORS, THE TREASURY SECRETARY. TELLING JPMORGAN SOMETHING VERY. DIFFERENT, ACKNOWLEDGING CHINA. IS GOING TO BE A SLOG IN TERMS. OF NEGOTIATIONS. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU'VE SAID. YOU'RE ULTIMATELY GOING TO MAKE. A DEAL WITH CHINA, BUT WHERE DO. THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW? HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM? THE SECRETARY SAID THESE. NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING TO BE A. SLOG. >> MY RELATIONSHIP WITH. PRESIDENT XI IS GREAT. >> Reporter: SO YOU'VE TALKED? >> IT'S BEEN GREAT FOR A LONG. TIME. WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD.

RELATIONSHIP. AND I THINK WE'LL MAKE A DEAL. WITH CHINA. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT TODAY. ALSO MAKING A POINT OF SAYING HE. HAS NO INTENTION OF FIRING. FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN JEROME. POWELL. YESTERDAY, THE DOW TAKING A DIVE. AFTER TRUMP ATTACKED POWELL ON. SOCIAL MEDIA, CALLING HIM A, QUOTE, MAJOR LOSER. THE PRESIDENT NOW SEEMING AWARE. HIS KNOCKS ON THE FED CHIEF CAN. RATTLE GLOBAL MARKETS. >> I HAVE NO INTENTION OF FIRING. HIM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM BE A.

LITTLE MORE ACTIVE IN TERMS OF. HIS IDEA TO LOWER INTEREST. RATES. >> Reporter: STOCKS HAVE BEEN ON. A ROLLER COASTER RIDE SINCE. TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS TARIFFS, WITH ONE COMPANY SEEING A. NOTABLE PLUNGE IN PROFITS. TESLA TONIGHT ANNOUNCING ITS. PROFITS HAVE PLUNGED A. STAGGERING 71% IN THE FIRST. QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, SINCE CEO. ELON MUSK TOOK A MAJOR ROLE IN. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGING, QUOTE, POLITICAL SENTIMENT. LIKELY PLAYED A ROLE. MUSK, WHO HAS TAKEN A CHAIN SAW. APPROACH TO SLASHING TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL JOBS, TONIGHT TELLING TESLA INVESTORS. HE WILL SOON BE SPENDING A LOT.

MORE OF HIS TIME FOCUSED ON HIS. BUSINESS. >> I THINK I'LL CONTINUE TO. SPEND, YOU KNOW, A DAY OR TWO. PER WEEK ON GOVERNMENT MATTERS, OR AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENT. WOULD LIKE ME TO DO SO. AND AS LONG AS IT IS USEFUL. BUT STARTING NEXT MONTH, I WILL. BE ALLOCATING FAR MORE OF MY. TIME TO TESLA, AND NOW THAT THE.

MAJOR WORK IN ESTABLISHING THE. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY IS DONE. >> Reporter: AND MUSK TOLD HIS. INVESTORS THAT HE'S BEEN. ADVOCATING TO TRUMP FOR LOWER. TARIFFS, BUT SAYING ULTIMATELY, THIS IS UP TO THE PRESIDENT. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO BOSTON TONIGHT. THE SECOND MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN. READ NOW UNDER WAY. SHE'S ACCUSED OF RUNNING DOWN. HER BOYFRIEND IN HER SUV, A. BOSTON POLICE OFFICER. HER DEFENSE TEAM SAYS SHE'S. BEING FRAMED. AND TONIGHT, THE RARE MOVE. THE ALTERNATE JUROR FROM THE. FIRST TRIAL NOW ON KAREN READ'S. DEFENSE TEAM. HERE'S MATT GUTMAN. >> Reporter: IT'S THE CASE THAT.

HAS CAPTIVATED MILLIONS ACROSS. THE COUNTRY, AND DEEPLY DIVIDED. A BOSTON SUBURB. >> FREE KAREN READ! >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEARLY A. YEAR AFTER THE LAST JURY FOUND. THEMSELVES HOPELESSLY. DEADLOCKED, KAREN READ'S SECOND. MURDER TRIAL FOR KILLING HER. POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND IS. UNDER WAY. >> I HIT HIM. I HIT HIM. OH, MY GOD, I HIT HIM. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION. DOUBLING DOWN, ALLEGING KAREN. READ, DRUNK AND ANGRY THAT. NIGHT, KNEW SHE SLAMMED HER SUV. INTO O'KEEFE OUTSIDE A.

GET-TOGETHER AT ANOTHER COP'S. HOME, LEAVING HIM TO DIE IN A. BLIZZARD. >> SHE CLIPPED JOHN O'KEEFE, WHO. FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HIS HEAD. >> Reporter: BUT THE DEFENSE. CONTINUES TO CLAIM READ DIDN'T. KILL O'KEEFE, AND THAT SHE WAS. FRAMED. THEY SAY O'KEEFE WAS BEATEN. INSIDE THAT OTHER COP'S HOUSE. AND THEN DUMPED OUTSIDE TO DIE. >> A RUSH TO JUDGMENT, CONFLICTED AND CORRUPTED FROM. THE START. CORRUPTED BY BIAS, CORRUPTED BY. INCOMPETENCE, AND CORRUPTED BY. DECEIT. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTION.

SIGNALING THEY'LL PROVE THEIR. CASE BY USING KAREN'S OWN WORDS. SHOWING WHAT THEY CALL HER. SHIFTING NARRATIVE IN HER MANY. INTERVIEWS. >> I MEAN, I DIDN'T THINK I HIT. HIM, HIT HIM, BUT COULD I HAVE. CLIPPED HIM, TAGGED HIM IN THE. KNEE AND INCAPACITATED HIM? HE DIDN'T LOOK MORTALLY WOUNDED. >> Reporter: BUT READ TELLING ME. IN 2023 SHE COULD NEVER HAVE. CLIPPED O'KEEFE. COULD YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY ENOUGH. AND SLIGHTLY DRUNK BECAUSE HE. HAD ANNOYED YOU, THAT IN A FIT.

OF RAGE YOU JUST BACKED UP --. JUST TO TAP HIM. >> NEVER. I WOULD NEVER. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THAT. FIRST JURY, OF COURSE, HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED. THE DEFENSE FOR KAREN READ. BRINGING ON A FORMER ALTERNATE. JUROR FROM THAT FIRST JURY, VICTOR JA GEORGE. VICTORIA GEORGE, HOPING TO TAKE. THEM FROM A HUNG JURY TO AN. ACQUITTAL, DAVID. >> David: MATT GUTMAN, THANK. YOU. >>> TONIGHT, HEALTH SECRETARY. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. REVEALING. A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WHEN IT. COMES TO FOOD DYES. HE'S NOW PLANNING TO PHASE OUT. EIGHT ARTIFICIAL FOOD DYES THAT. COLOR SO MUCH OF THE FOOD AT. YOUR GROCERY STORE.

THEY'RE FOUND IN POPULAR. PRODUCTS, EVERYTHING FROM. CHEETOS TO M&Ms. SKITTLES. HE HAS LONG ARGUED THE DYES. COULD BE HARMFUL. HE WANTS THEM REMOVED BY THE END. OF 2026. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE SUPER BOWL CHAMP. AND HIS VIDEO PLEA, YOU'LL SEE. IT, TO THE PERSON WHO STOLE HIS. CAR. WELL, WHAT'S HAPPENED NOW? AND YOU'LL SEE THE MOMENT POLICE. MOVE IN ON THIS. >>> AND THEN THE IMAGES COMING. IN AT THIS HOUR. THIS IS LARGE FIRE EXPLODING IN. SIZE RIGHT HERE IN THE. NORTHEAST. EVACUATIONS AT THIS HOUR. PART OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY HAS BEEN.

>>> TONIGHT, WE'RE TRACKING. THESE IMAGES. A LARGE WILDFIRE BURNING OUT OF. CONTROL. THIS IS OCEAN COUNTY, NEW. JERSEY. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS UNDER WAY. IN PARTS OF OCEAN TOWNSHIP. TONIGHT. MORE THAN 1,200 ACRES ALREADY. BURNED. AUTHORITIES HAVE CLOSED DOWN. PARTS OF THE GARDEN STATE. PARKWAY AT THIS HOUR. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE SUPER BOWL CHAMP, HIS VIDEO. PLEA TO THE PERSON WHO STOLE HIS. CAR. HE SAID HE WOULDN'T PRESS. CHARGES. BUT THEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. >>> TO THE INDEX.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES STAR A.J. BROWN AND HIS PLEA TO THE PERSON. WHO STOLE HIS CAR, SAYING, I'LL. MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU. THIS IS THE VIDEO, HE SAYS, JUST. BRING IT BACK. CAMDEN COUNTY POLICE HAD OTHER. PLANS, FINDING THE VEHICLE IN. CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED. TONIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK. >>> ON THIS EARTH DAY, WHAT THE. EMPEROR PENGUINS NOW FACE. IN THE NEW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. DOCUSERIES, "SECRETS OF THE. PENGUINS," FROM ABC'S PARENT. COMPANY DISNEY, NAT GEO EXPLORER.

AND CINEMATOGRAPHER. BERNIE GREGORY FOLLOWING. COLONIES OF PENGUINS FOR MONTHS. AT A TIME. >> THIS WIND IS STARTING TO. CRANK UP. >> Reporter: IN ANTARCTICA, EMPEROR PENGUINS ONLY LAY ONE. EGG A YEAR. AND THEY KEEP IT WARM BY PASSING. IT FROM MOTHER TO FATHER. THE EGG SO FRAGILE AND THE. CONDITIONS SO BRUTAL, EGGS. CANNOT TOUCH THE ICE FOR MUCH. MORE THAN A MINUTE. THE DOCUSERIES CAPTURING. BEHAVIORS FOR THE FIRST TIME. EVER ON CAMERA. MOTHER AND FATHER PRACTICING. PASSING THE EGG WITH SMALL. PIECES OF ICE. AND IN THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND.

FOOTAGE, THE CHICKS MAKING THEIR. WAY TO A 50-FOOT CLIFF BEFORE. DIVING IN FOR FOOD. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! SHE'S MADE IT! >> David: ONE AFTER ANOTHER. SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S A SIGN OF. THE PENGUINS' RESILIENT. TONIGHT, THE PENGUINS, AND THOSE. DEFINING MILESTONES NOW CAPTURED. ON CAMERA, ON THIS EARTH DAY. THE PENGUINS AND THEIR. DETERMINATION. GOODNIGHT.