ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 24, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, THE DEEPLY MOVING. IMAGES. MORE THAN 90,000 MOURNERS FROM. AROUND THE WORLD LINING UP, PAYING THEIR RESPECTS TO POPE. FRANCIS. WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE ST. PETER'S BASILICA TONIGHT. >>> ALSO BREAKING, NEWS OF AN. ARREST COMING IN. THE MASSIVE FIRE IN THE. NORTHEAST, CAUSING AIR QUALITY. CONCERNS IN NEGLIGENT NEW JERSEY. AND NEW YORK CITY. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS DESCENDING. ON THE VATICAN, WAITING AROUND. THE CLOCK TO OFFER A PRAYER, IN. MANY CASES, AN EMOTIONAL. FAREWELL TO POPE FRANCIS. OUR TERRY MORAN TAKES US INSIDE.

THE BASILICA TONIGHT. AND WE HEAR FROM NEW YORK. CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN ON THE. SECRET CONCLAVE TO ELECT A NEW. POPE. >>> ALSO ON THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, THE ARREST, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED. OF STARTING ONE OF THE LARGEST. WILDFIRES IN NEW JERSEY 20. YEARS. CONCERNS ABOUT AIR QUALITY IN. NEW YORK CITY. >>> TONIGHT, RUSSIA'S DEADLIEST. ATTACK IN UKRAINE IN NEARLY A. YEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDING A DIRECT. MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. TELLING HIM, QUOTE, VLADIMIR, STOP! IT ALL COMES AFTER THE U.S. PROPOSED TO UKRAINE THAT THEY. GAVE UP THE LAND TAKEN BY RUSSIA.

SINCE THE INVASION. NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BEING. ASKED, WHAT IS RUSSIA GIVING UP? >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. AND CHINA. SENDING CONFLICTING MESSAGES. OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS, UPENDING THE GLOBAL MARKETS AND. THE U.S. ECONOMY. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTED. THE TWO SIDES WERE ACTIVELY. DISCUSSING TARIFFS, CHINA. CALLING IT FAKE NEWS. A CHINESE OFFICIAL SAYING THERE. HAVE BEEN NO TALKS. >>> HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE TOXIC SCARE KILLING DOZENS. OF DOLPHINS, SEA LIONS, AND NOW. THE WHALES BEING AFFECTED, TOO, RIGHT ALONG THE U.S. COAST.

>>> POLICE SAY CHILLING VIDEO. SHOWS A TEENAGE GIRL BEING. FOLLOWED BY A STRANGER, AND. AUTHORITIES SAY HER QUICK. THINKING, WHAT SHE SAID TO. STRANGERS THAT HELPED SAVE HER. >>> AND TONIGHT, NIGHT ONE OF. THE NFL DRAFT, LIVE RIGHT HERE. ON ABC. THE NEXT GENERATION OF STARS. READY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT. WHO WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PICK? >>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT.

TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY THURSDAY NIGHT. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. DEEPLY MOVING IMAGES FROM THE. VATICAN. MORE THAN 90,000 MOURNERS FROM. AROUND THE WORLD PAYING THEIR. RESPECTS TO POPE FRANCIS, AND. TONIGHT, OUR TERRY MORAN WILL. TAKE US INSIDE ST. PETER'S. BASILICA. SO YOU CAN SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING TO SEE. POPE FRANCIS. THE VATICAN KEEPING THE DOORS. OPEN OVERNIGHT UNTIL 5:30 IN THE. MORNING, AND EVEN THEN, THOUSANDS WERE STILL WAITING. THE LINES STRETCHING UP TO A. MILE AT TIMES. TERRY INSIDE THE BASILICA TODAY, WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE.

GLOBE. AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. AND WHAT HE HEARD FROM AMERICANS. WHO WERE IN THAT LINE, AND HOW. IT MOVED THEM. SECURITY IS TIGHT IN ST. PETER'S. SQUARE, WHERE THE FUNERAL MASS. WILL BE OBSERVED EARLY SATURDAY. MORNING. WE'LL CARRY IT LIVE RIGHT HERE. ON ABC, STARTING SATURDAY. MORNING AT 3:30 A.M. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE, INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, AND. BRITAIN'S PRINCE WILLIAM. TONIGHT, THE FIRST IMAGE OF WHAT. POPE FRANCIS'S TOMABLE. POPE FRANCIS'S TOMABB AT ST. MA.

MAJOR BASILICA WILL LOOK. LIKE, BEARING THE SIMPLE. INSCRIPTION "FRANCISCUS.". TONIGHT, A MOVING LOOK NOW. INSIDE ST. PETER'S BASILICA, AND. WHAT OUR OWN TERRY MORAN. WITNESSED HIMSELF IN THAT LINE. TODAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MORE THAN. 90,000 PEOPLE HAVE STREAMED UP. ROME'S STREETS AND AVENUES TO. THE VATICAN, WAITING FOR HOURS. FOR THOSE FEW UNFORGETTABLE. MOMENTS TO SAY FAREWELL TO POPE. FRANCIS. LET'S SEE THE POPE. AND I JOINED THEM THROUGH THE. GREAT DOORS INTO ST. PETER'S. BASILICA, UP THE CENTER AISLE, UNDER THE SOARING DOME. EVERYTHING HUSHED AND.

RESPECTFUL. AND THERE HE WAS. FRANCIS. IN THAT SIMPLE WOODEN COFFIN. THE PEOPLE'S POPE UNTIL THE END. IT'S JUST AFTER NIGHTFALL AND. STILL, THEY'RE COMING, AND THE. FEELING HERE IS EXTRAORDINARY, AS IT IS INSIDE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN. TEARS, PEOPLE VERY PRAYERFUL, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THERE'S. A SENSE OF HISTORY AND OF. GRATITUDE. >> IF IT WASN'T FOR POPE. FRANCIS --. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ROSIE FROM. LONG ISLAND OVERWHELMED BY THE. MOMENT. >> WE CAME FROM NEW YORK, THINKING WE'RE GOING ON A TOUR,

NEVER THINKING WE'RE GOING TO. SEE THE POPE IN HIS PASSING. AND FEEL THE FAITH IN THE. CHURCH, FEEL THE FAITH, IT'S. JUST IN YOU, IT'S IN YOUR HEART. >> Reporter: ROSIE, FEELS LIKE. YOU WERE REALLY TOUCHED. >> I'M TOUCHED. I WAS. I WAS REALLY TOUCHED. I -- TOOK YOUR BREATH AWAY. JUST TO BE THERE, JUST TO SEE. IT. >> Reporter: SHELLY TRAVELING. WITH HER FAMILY FROM VIRGINIA. >> JUST A VERY SURREAL. EXPERIENCE, TO BRING MY CHILDREN.

TO THIS, I -- JUST THINK IT'S. INCREDIBLE TO BE HERE AND TO. EXPERIENCE IT WITH THEM. >> Reporter: SECURITY IS TIGHT. ARMED SOLDIERS KEEPING WATCH. WITH ANTI-DRONE WEAPONS. POLICE K-9s ON PATROL. WORLD LEADERS WILL BE MAKING. THEIR WAY HERE, INCLUDING. PRESIDENT TRUMP, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY, AND PRINCE WILLIAM, AMONG 50 HEADS OF STATE, ALONG. WITH A BEVY OF INTERNATIONAL. ROYALS. NEW YORK'S CARDINAL TIMOTHY. DOLAN JOINING MORE THAN 100. CARDINALS MEETING HERE TODAY. MORE ON THEIR WAY. ALREADY DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF.

THE CHURCH, AND THE CONCLAVE TO. CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE. >> THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE GET. TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER. WE LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER. EACH OF THE CARDINALS WILL HAVE. A CHANCE TO SPEAK. THEY SPEAK ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND. THE CHALLENGES OF THE CHURCH IN. THEIR DIOCESE. >> Reporter: AND TONIGHT, THE. VATICAN RELEASING A FIRST LOOK. AT THE PLAN FOR THE MARBLE TOMB. WHERE FRANCIS WILL BE LAID TO. REST IN THE ST. MARY. REST IN THE ST. MAR RI. REST IN THE ST. MAR Y MAJOR. BASILICA IN ROME. ON THE STONE, ONE WORD --. FRANCISCUS. HIS NAME IN LATIN. IN THE STREETS AROUND ST. PETER'S, MEMORIES OF FRANCIS. ABOUND.

FOR DECADES, THIS FAMILY TAILORS. HAVE STRESSED BISHOPS, CARDINALS, AND POPES. THIS IS FOR THE NEXT POPE. HE REMEMBERS FONDLY FRANCIS. TEASING HIM ABOUT THE HIGH. PRICES HERE, AND SAYS THAT. FRANCIS CHANGED CHURCH FASHION. SUDDENLY, A SIMPLER WAY WAS IN. VOGUE. "WITH POPE FRANCIS" HE SAYS, "NOT ONLY HIS STYLE WAS. PERSONAL, BUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS. CHANGED, BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T. COME ANYMORE TO GET A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS TO PUT. ON.". WAIT. THIS IS AMAZING.

SO, FRANCIS, BECAUSE HE WAS. SIMPLE, HE WAS KIND OF A STYLE. ICON FOR THE OTHER BISHOPS AND. CARDINALS, EVERYBODY GOT MORE. SIMPLE? "YES," HE TELLS ME. BUT THE FASHION AND THE CHURCH. MAY BE CHANGING AGAIN SOON. ONE CARDINAL WE MET TODAY TOLD. US THAT THE FIRST ORDER OF. BUSINESS WILL BE TO GET TO KNOW. EACH OTHER. THIS IS THE MOST GLOBAL CONCLAVE. EVER, AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE. AREN'T GOING TO SEE THAT WHITE. SMOKE, THAT SIGNAL THAT A NEW. POPE HAS BEEN CHOSEN, ANY TIME. SOON. NO DATE SET YET, BUT IT LOOKS.

LIKE THE EARLIEST THE CONCLAVE. COULD BEGIN IS THE WEEK OF MAY. 5th. DAVID? >> David: TERRY MORAN, TERRY, THAT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY VIEW. INSIDE ST. PETER'S BASILICA. TONIGHT. OUR THANKS TO YOU. AND I'LL BE TRAVELING TO THE. VATICAN, JOINING TERRY, JAMES. LONGMAN, DEBORAH ROBERTS AND OUR. ENTIRE TEAM FOR THE CLOSING OF. THE POPE'S COFFIN TOMORROW. NIGHT. AND THEN THE FUNERAL EARLY. SATURDAY MORNING. ABC NEWS LIVE COVERAGE OF THE. FUNERAL BEGINS AT 3:30 A.M. SATURDAY MORNING, OF COURSE, WE. HOPE YOU'LL GET UP WITH US, AND. WE'LL BE THERE FOR THE ANCIENT. RITUAL, THE CONCLAVE, SEVERAL. DAYS LATER, AS WELL. AND I'LL SEE YOU FOR THE NEWS. TOMORROW NIGHT FROM THE VATICAN, RIGHT HERE. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE MOVE ON.

TO THE OTHER NEWS THIS THURSDAY. NIGHT. AN ARREST IN THE NEW JERSEY. WILDFIRE, ONE OF THE LARGEST. FIRES IN NEW JERSEY IN 20 YEARS. TRIGGERING AIR QUALITY ALERTS. ALL THE WAY TO NEW YORK CITY. THESE ARE NEW IMAGES TONIGHT OF. THE FLAMES LATE TODAY. MORE THAN 23 SQUARE MILES BURNED. SO FAR. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD IS ON THE. SCENE FOR US. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES IN SOUTHERN NEW. JERSEY SAY THE JONES ROAD FIRE. THAT'S BURNED MORE THAN 23. SQUARE MILES OF PINE FOREST, WAS INTENTIONALLY STARTED BY A. TEENAGER.

19-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH CLING. APPEARING VIA ZOOM FROM THE. OCEAN COUNTY JAIL TODAY. >> SIR, DID YOU HAVE THE. OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THE. ADVISEMENT OF RIGHTS VIDEO? >> YES, YOUR HONOR. >> Reporter: HE'S FACING. MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING. AGGRAVATED ARSON. FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY HE MADE A. BONFIRE OUT OF WOODEN PALETTES. AND LEFT THE SCENE WHILE THE. FIRE WAS STILL BURNING. MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE HAD TO. EVACUATE. THE FIRE DESTROYING THIS. COMMERCIAL BUILDING. THIS MAN'S FAMILY BUSINESS. >> IT'S COMPLETELY GONE. THERE'S ABOUT $5 MILLION OF. PRODUCT INSIDE -- LOST.

EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: WE'RE JUST YARDS. AWAY FROM WHERE THAT WAREHOUSE. BURNED AND THE GROUND STILL. SMOLDERING. YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES. IT'S HOT SPOTS LIKE THIS THAT. HAVE FIREFIGHTERS WORKING AROUND. THE CLOCK. AND THE TOWERING CLOUDS OF SMOKE. TRIGGERING AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN. NEW YORK CITY FOR SENSITIVE. GROUPS. PEOPLE WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS. URGED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. AND DAVID, THE ONE THING THIS. AREA REALLY NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS. RAIN, BUT LOOK, WITH NONE IN THE. FORECAST UNTIL AT LEAST. SATURDAY, THE BIG FEAR TONIGHT. IS THAT THOUSANDS MORE ACRES. COULD BURN IN THE MEANTIME.

DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MORGAN. NORWOOD ON THE SCENE FOR US, MORGAN, THANK YOU. LET'S GET TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. LEE GOLDBERG FROM OUR NEW YORK. STATION WABC, AND, OF COURSE, LEE, THE QUESTION, WHEN WILL THE. SMOKE CLEAR OUT, THE AIR QUALITY. IMPROVE? AND SOME RAIN ON THE WAY WILL. HELP? >> Reporter: DAVID, HAZY HERE IN. NEW YORK. AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN EFFECT. HERE. THAT WILL GO THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THEN, THE SMOKE WILL THIN OUT. LATER TONIGHT. TIMING THAT SMOKE, IT'S MOST. WIDESPREAD DURING THE EVENING. HOURS, CLEARS OUT TOMORROW, AND. THEN LATE DAY, COULD BE A. RESURGENCE IN EASTERN NEW JERSEY. AND NEW YORK CITY BEFORE THE. RAIN COMES IN.

THAT RAIN IS WITH A STORM OVER. THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. FOURTH DAY OF SEVERE WEATHER, ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH OVER THE. OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. MORE SEVERE WEATHER IN EAST. TEXAS. THIS RAIN MOVES INTO THE MIDWEST. AND OHIO VALLEY ON FRIDAY, AND. ULTIMATELY, IT'S A SOAKING RAIN. HERE IN THE NORTHEAST ON. SATURDAY. WELCOME NEWS FOR THE FIRE FIGHT. AND THE DRYNESS. DAVID? >> David: LEE, THANK YOU, AS. ALWAYS. >>> IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, RUSSIA'S DEADLIEST ATTACK ON. UKRAINE IN NEARLY A YEAR. PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDING A DIRECT. MESSAGE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN, TELLING HIM, QUOTE, VLADIMIR, STOP! BUT IT ALL COMES AFTER THE U.S.

PROPOSED TO UKRAINE TO GIVE UP. THE LAND TAKEN BY RUSSIA SINCE. THE INVASION. AND TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. NOW BEING ASKED, WHAT IS RUSSIA. GIVING UP? HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, UKRAINIANS. REELING AFTER THE LARGEST. RUSSIAN ATTACK ON THE COUNTRY IN. NEARLY A YEAR. MISSILES AND DRONES STRIKING THE. CAPITAL KYIV, LEAVING AT LEAST A. DOZEN DEAD AND MORE THAN 100. WOUNDED. AN ATTACK THAT PROMPTED. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHOSE.

ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO. BROKER A PEACE AGREEMENT, TO. DIRECTLY CALL OUT RUSSIA'S. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, WRITING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, "VLADIMIR STOP!". AND THEN, FROM THE OVAL. OFFICE --. >> I DIDN'T LIKE LAST NIGHT. I WASN'T HAPPY WITH IT. AND WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF. TALKING PEACE AND MISSILES WERE. FIRED. >> Reporter: THE STRIKES COMING.

JUST HOURS AFTER THE TRUMP. LASHED OUT AT UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, FOR REJECTING THE U.S. PEACE. PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT. NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR UKRAINE AND. WOULD FORCE UKRAINE TO GIVE UP. LAND THAT RUSSIA HAS SEIZED. SINCE ITS INVASION. IN ADDITION TO GIVING UP CRIMEA. ZELENSKYY SAYING, WE WILL. NEGOTIATE, WE WILL NOT. SURRENDER. TODAY, IN A MEETING WITH NATO. ALLY NORWAY, TRUMP WAS ASKED. WHAT CONCESSIONS HE IS ASKING OF. RUSSIA, THE COUNTRY THAT INVADED. UKRAINE? >> STOPPING THE WAR. STOPPING TAKING THE WHOLE. COUNTRY. PRETTY BIG CONCESSION. >> Reporter: CERTAINLY NOT A BIG. CONCESSION IN THE EYES OF.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, WHO WOULD. HAVE TO ALLOW RUSSIA TO KEEP. LAND IT SEIZED ILLEGALLY. ZELENSKYY SAYING, "THERE MUST BE. REAL PRESSURE ON RUSSIA TO STOP. THIS. RUSSIA CONTINUES KILLING. CIVILIANS. THAT MEANS PUTIN IS NOT AFRAID.". PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED TODAY. IF THERE WAS A DEADLINE TO REACH. A DEAL, AFTER HIS VICE PRESIDENT. SAID THE U.S. WOULD WALK AWAY IF. THERE WAS NOT A DEAL SOON. TRUMP SAID HE HAS HIS OWN. DEADLINE, AND AFTER THAT, HE. SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MUCH. DIFFERENT ATTITUDE. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MARTHA. RADDATZ IN WASHINGTON FOR US. TONIGHT.

MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S TARIFFS, AND TONIGHT, THE U.S. AND CHINA SENDING. CONFLICTING MES SACK. CONFLICTING MES ING. CONFLICTING MES IING MESSAGES. TARIFFS, UPENDING GLOBAL MARKETS. AND THE U.S. ECONOMY. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTED. THE TWO SIDES WERE ACTIVELY. DISCUSSING TARIFFS, CHINA. CALLING IT FAKE NEWS. A CHINESE OFFICIAL SAYING THERE. HAVE BEEN NO TALKS. RACHEL SCOTT IS AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CHINA. PUSHING BACK HARD ON A CLAIM. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN MAKING. FOR DAYS, THAT NEGOTIATIONS TO. END THE TRADE WAR ARE WELL UNDER. WAY.

>> ARE YOU TALKING TO THEM. ACTIVELY NOW? >> ACTIVELY. EVERYTHING'S ACTIVE. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT, CHINA. CALLING THAT, QUOTE, FAKE NEWS. A TOP CHINESE OFFICIAL SAYING, QUOTE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, CHINA. AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE NOT. HELD CONSULTATIONS OR. NEGOTIATIONS ON THE TARIFF. ISSUE, LET ALONE REACHED AN. AGREEMENT. TODAY, REPORTERS PRESSING THE. PRESIDENT. >> CAN YOU CLARIFY WITH WHOM THE. U.S. IS SPEAKING WITH CHINA? THEY'RE SAYING IT'S FAKE NEWS. THAT TRADE TALKS ARE HAPPENING. >> WELL, THEY HAD A MEETING THIS. MORNING, SO --. >> WHO IS THEY?

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU, IT DOESN'T. MATTER WHO THEY IS. WE MAY REVEAL IT LATER, BUT --. THEY HAD MEETINGS THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: HE NEVER DID REVEAL. THAT INFORMATION. IT COMES WITH THE PRESIDENT. UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO. BRING THE TRADE WAR HE STARTED. TO A CLOSE. MAJOR RETAILERS LIKE TARGET AND. WALMART HAVE WARNED HIM SHELVES. COULD GO EMPTY IN A MATTER OF. WEEKS IF HE KEEPS IN PLACE HIS. STAGGERING 145% TARIFFS ON GOODS. FROM CHINA. HIS OWN TREASURY SECRETARY.

ACKNOWLEDGES THE TARIFFS AMOUNT. TO AN EMBARGO. ALREADY SHIPMENTS FROM CHINA. STARTING TO DRY UP. THE NUMBER OF CARGO SHIPS. ARRIVING FROM CHINA INTO THE. PORTS OF LOS ANGELES AND LONG. BEACH NEXT WEEK WILL BE DOWN. 29%. AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. APPROACHES 100 DAYS IN OFFICE, A. NEW AP POLL OUT TONIGHT SHOWS. ONLY 37% OF AMERICANS APPROVE OF. HOW HE'S HANDLING THE ECONOMY, A. KEY FACTOR IN HIS ELECTION. VICTORY. AND THE SAME NUMBER, JUST 37%, APPROVE OF HOW HE'S HANDLING. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY HAVE. HAD SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS WITH. OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING SOUTH. KOREA, BUT SO FAR, NO DEALS HAVE.

BEEN ANNOUNCED. AND IT'S STILL UNCLEAR IF THERE. ARE EVEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH. CHINA, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT REPORTING. FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT, RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO THE PRESIDENT'S. IMMIGRATION EFFORTS. TONIGHT, A SECOND FEDERAL JUDGE. HAS NOW ORDERED THE RETURN OF. ANOTHER MIGRANT DEPORTED TO EL. SALVADOR. JUDGE STEPHANIE GALLAGHER, A. TRUMP APPOINTEE, RULING THAT THE. MIGRANT, NAMED ONLY AS. CHRISTIAN, A 20-YEAR-OLD. FROM VENEZUELA, WAS DEPORTED. DESPITE BEING PROTECTED BY A. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS AN. ASYLUM SEEKER WHO CAME TO THE. U.S. AS AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR. AS IN THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO.

GARCIA, THE JUDGE ORDERING THE. GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE. CHRISTIAN'S RETURN. >>> TONIGHT, TWO SEPARATE COURTS. BLOCKING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO BAN. DEI, DIVERSITY EFFORTS IN PUBLIC. SCHOOLS, IN RULINGS JUST HOURS. APART. THE BROADER OF THE TWO RULINGS. BY A FEDERAL JUDGE IN MARYLAND. FINDING THAT THE WITHHOLDING OF. FEDERAL FUNDS FROM ALL K THROUGH. 12 SCHOOLS THAT PARTICIPATE IN. DIVERSITY AND EQUITY INITIATIVES. WAS ENACTED UNLAWFULLY. THE POLICY IS NOW ON HOLD. NATIONWIDE. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE TOXIC.

SCARE KILLING DOZENS OF. DOLPHINS, SEA LIONS, AND NOW. WHALES HAVE DIED, AS WELL. THE SHORELINE BEING CALLED AN. EXTREME DANGER ZONE IN PARTS OF. CALIFORNIA. ABC'S MATT GUTMAN ON THE SCENE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THOSE. DISTRESSING SCENES UP AND DOWN. THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. COASTLINE. HUNDREDS OF MARINE ANIMALS. SICKENED AND DYING FROM A TOXIC. ALGAE BLOOM, STRETCHING ALL THE. WAY FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN LUIS. OBISPO. IN JUST THE PAST WEEK, RESEARCHER SAYS THEY'VE. RECOVERED MORE THAN 50 DEAD OR. DYING DOLPHINS IN LOS ANGELES. COUNTY.

>> IT'S THE WORST WE'VE EVER. SEEN HERE IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. >> Reporter: THE BLOOM PRODUCES. A NEUROLOGICAL TOXIN CALLED. DOMOIC ACID, WHICH SCIENTISTS. SAY CAN CAUSE AFFECTED ANIMAL S. SAY CAN CAUSE AFFECTED ANIMALS. SAY CAN CAUSE AFFECTED ANIMALS. TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND SUFFER. FROM SEIZURES AND. DISORIENTATION. EXPERTS SAY SEE LIONS AND. DOLPHINS ARE ESPECIALLY. VULNERABLE. >> THE FISH ARE EATING THE SMALL. PLANKTON THAT INCLUDES THE. ALGAE, UNFORTUNATELY, COLLECTING. THAT IN THEIR BODIES, AND THEN.

THE SEA LIONS AND DOLPHINS, AND. NOW WE'VE ALSO SEEN WHALES BEING. AFFECTED. >> Reporter: DAVID, THESE BLOOMS. ARE NATURAL OCCURRENCES, BUT. SCIENTISTS TELL US THAT THE. DEBRIS FROM THOSE DEVASTATING. WILDFIRES AND FERTILIZER RUNOFF. AFTER THOSE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS. THIS WINTER HAVE EXACERBATED THE. PROBLEM, HITTING MARINE ANIMALS. ESPECIALLY HARD. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MATT GUTMAN. REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE. SENTENCE TONIGHT, AFTER THE. DEADLY PARADE SHOOTING ON THE. FOURTH OF JULY. WHAT THE JUDGE SAID TO THE. CONVICTED MURDERER. >>> ALSO LATER HERE, THE NFL. DRAFT HERE ON ABC.

WHO WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE PICK? WE'RE THERE TONIGHT. >>> AND THEN, THE CHILLING VIDEO. TONIGHT, POLICE SAY IT SHOWS A. TEENAGE GIRL BEING FOLLOWED BY A. STRANGER. AUTHORITIES SAY HER QUICK. THINKING, AND WHAT SHE SAID TO. OTHER STRANGERS THAT HELPED SAVE. HER LIFE. >>> TONIGHT, THE GUNMAN. CONVICTED OF A DEADLY MASS. SHOOTING AT A JULY 4th PARADE. OUTSIDE CHICAGO HAS BEEN. SENTENCED TO SEVEN LIFE. SENTENCES, ONE FOR EACH PERSON. HE KILLED. ROBERT CRIMO III PLEADED GUILTY.

SURVIVORS GIVING EMOTIONAL. TESTIMONY AT HIS SENTENCING. THE JUDGE SAYING HE SHOWED A, QUOTE, COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR. HUMAN LIFE. >>> POLICE SAY A GIRL'S QUICK. THINKING HELPED SAVE HER LIFE. AND GET AWAY FROM POTENTIALLY A. DANGEROUS STRANGER IN DELAWARE. COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. THE SUSPECT SEEN ON VIDEO. ALLEGEDLY FOLLOWING THE GIRL, YELLING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS. SHE RAN TO A STORE OWNER, POINTED TO HIS WIFE, WHO SHE. DIDN'T KNOW, BUT PRETENDED SHE. WAS HER AUNT, SAYING, IS THAT MY. AUNT RACHEL? THE COUPLE TAKING HER INSIDE, LOCKING THE DOOR. THE SUSPECT THEN ARRESTED. THE MOTHER NOW THANKING THAT. COUPLE FOR HELPING TO SAVE HER. DAUGHTER.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE POPULAR NEW DEVICE. CRASHING MAJOR WEBSITES. INCLUDING TARGET AND WALMART. TONIGHT. WHAT'S BEHIND THIS? >>> AND THE NFL DRAFT LIVE HERE. ON ABC. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. EXCITED CUSTOMERS CRASHING. MULTIPLE WEBSITES SIGNING UP FOR. PRESALE ORDERS OF THE POPULAR. GAMING DEVICE, THE NINTENDO. SWITCH 2. TARGET, BEST BUY, WALMART, AND. GAMESTOP ALL OVERWHELMED BY THE. DEMAND. NINTENDO HAD DELAYED ORDERS IN. THE U.S. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. REVEALED HIS TARIFFS. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT IT. TODAY.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, NIGHT ONE OF THE NFL DRAFT, LIVE. RIGHT HERE. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, NIGHT. ONE OF THE NFL DRAFT, RIGHT HERE. ON ABC, AND ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI IN. GREEN BAY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ALL EYES. ON GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, HOSTING. THE NFL DRAFT FOR THE FIRST. TIME. MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION. VISITORS EXPECTED, AND AT. LAMBEAU FIELD, WATCH OUT FOR. FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. QUARTERBACK CAM WORLD. >> HOW ABOUT CAM WARD AND THAT. ARM TALENT?

>> Reporter: EXPECTED TO BE THE. NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK, GOING TO. THE TENNESSEE TITANS. WARD FINISHING HIS DIVISION I. CAREER WITH THE MOST TOTAL. TOUCHDOWNS IN COLLEGE HISTORY. REMARKABLE, GIVEN HIS IMPROBABLE. JOURNEY, AFTER RECEIVING JUST. ONE SCHOLARSHIP OFFER OUT OF. HIGH SCHOOL. >> WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS. BE A WINNING QUARTERBACK. AND IT'S ALSO JUST HOW I WAS. RAISED, TO BE CONFIDENT IN. YOURSELF. IF YOU DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. YOURSELF, NOBODY'S GOING TO BE. CONFIDENT IN YOU. >> Reporter: NEXT UP, THE. CLEVELAND BROWNS.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SELECT. TRAVIS HUNTER. >> TRAVIS HUNTER, TURNING ON THE. JETS. >> Reporter: HUNTER MAKING. HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. COLORADO BY STARTING AT BOTH. OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE. POSITIONS, COACHED BY NFL HALL. OF FAMER DEION SANDERS. AND WATCH OUT FOR ANOTHER. SANDERS TONIGHT, SHEDEUR. SANDERS. >> SHEDEUR SANDERS. WHAT A MOVE. TOUCHDOWN! >> Reporter: DEION SANDERS' SON. ALSO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. COLORADO. HIS DAD COACHING HIM HIS WHOLE. LIFE IN PREPARATION FOR THIS. MOMENT. DAVID, IT'S ALL ABOUT TO HAPPEN. JUST BEHIND ME HERE.

32 PLAYERS WILL HAVE THEIR NAMES. ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, 257 OVER THE. NEXT THREE DAYS. SO MANY LIFE ALTERING MOMENTS, AND WE'LL BE HERE FOR EVERY LAST. ONE OF THEM. DAVID? >> David: IKE, THANK YOU SO. MUCH. THE NFL DRAFT AIRS LIVE ON ABC. AT 8:00 P.M. EASTERN. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE. FROM THE VATICAN. GOODNIGHT.