ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 29, 2025

Tonight, the ABC News exclusive, one-on-one with President. Trump in the Yovol office. President Trump's first 100 days in office, Terry Moran, with. the president tonight, facing an historically low approval. rating, Terry asks the president about his tariffs and higher. prices about the U.S. economy as a whole, immigration, the war. in Ukraine, and how President Trump responded when Terry. asks if he still has confidence in his defense secretary, heat, hegseth. Also tonight for tracking life threatening. storms at this hour since and adding to Syracuse from.

Texas all the way up to New York. 45 million Americans on alert for possible tornadoes. thunderstorms and dangerous winds tonight, gusting up to. 90 miles per hour. Ginger Z standing by with the forecast. Tonight the horrific crash, a car driving through a field. and then smashing through a building with an after-school. program. The car coming out the other side. Four girls killed what authorities are. now saying about the driver. Tonight, Amazon's idea for customers to post how much more. items are costing you because of the president's tariffs,

the president and the White House furious, the president. getting on the phone with Jeff Bezos how this ended. And do customers have a right to know why prices are going up? North of the border tonight, the election victory in Canada. After President Trump's tariffs and talk of making Canada. America's 51st state, Canadians rejecting it all, fueling. the liberal candidate Mark Carnay to victory. The Prime Minister's warning after the election, we are over the shock of the American betrayal, he said, but we should not forget the lessons.

Here in the U.S. tonight, the construction workers killed. when the scaffolding collapses. The one-away boat speeding up to 40 miles per hour, the. driver says he was thrown off the boat, the famous painting. and the child scratching it that damage to the $50 million. piece of art. At America Strong tonight celebrating America's. only female unit to serve in Europe during. World War II in honor long overdue tonight. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News.

Tonight with David New York. Good evening and it's great to have you with. us here at A2 tonight. We begin tonight with the ABC News exclusive today marks. President Trump's 100th day in office and tonight are Terry. Moran sitting down with the president in the Oval Office. Terry asking the president about his tariffs, the economy, immigration, the war in Ukraine, and how the president answered. when Terry asked if the president still has confidence. in his defense secretary Pete Hegseth after those two group.

chats using the signal app, military plans involving. Yemen, U.S. military jets, and their timing. One of those chats included his wife. The president facing an historically low approval. rating at the 100-day mark amid concern in. this country over the president's tariffs and higher. prices, fears of inflation. Tonight our first look at the prime time interview. that heirs tonight, Terry asking the president. about his advice to Americans to hang tough and what that meant. when it comes to the economy. Well, you said something a couple weeks ago that struck me.

You said concerning the terrorists, which economists. say are going to raise prices, you said, quote, hang tough. It won't be easy. You said that to the American people. Is that what Americans should expect in hard times? Well, I said that to the American people. We won a campaign by a lot. We won all seven swing states. We won the popular vote by a lot. You know, we had a tremendous campaign. I said, "Oh, these things during my campaign.". I said, "You're going to have a transition period.". We've been ripped off by every country all over the world.

They're laughing at us. They thought we were stupid people and we were. And I said, "That's not going to happen.". When the hardest times are ahead? I don't think so. I think three times are ahead. Look, since I came in gasoline is down, groceries are down, egg prices are down, many things are down just about everything. You know, you don't have the drop in fuel and energy. and oil like we did. I took it from maybe $3.20, maybe more than that, down into a much lower number.

When you have that kind of a drop, you're not gonna have inflation. - Not now, but it's the tariffs, right? We still have 145% tariffs on China. - Why is it? - Your treasure secretary said we'd basically. have an embargo on China. - Look, you had to say something's gonna happen to her. - No, no, okay, well, - That's not things. you're gonna have. You know business, I wanna ask you. - I do know business. - Yes. - And so, 145% tariffs on China. And that is-- - That's good. - Basically, an embargo. - They deserve it. - It'll raise prices on everything from electronics. to clothing, to building houses.

- You don't know that. You don't know whether or not China's gonna make use. - That's mathematics. China probably will eat those tariffs, but at 145 they. basically can't do much business with the United States. And they were making from us a trillion dollars a year. They were ripping us off like nobody's ever ripped us off. And by the way, we have other countries that were just as bad. If you look at the European Union, it was terrible. what they've done to us. Every country, almost every country in the. world was ripping us off. They're not doing that anymore. The president there on his tariffs during this wide-ranging.

prime time interview tonight. Terry also asking the president about his defense secretary. Pete Hegsett, and whether he still has confidence in him, here's what the president said. I want to ask one question about defense secretary Pete Hegsett. There's a lot of turmoil at the Pentagon right now. There's the signal chat with his wife on a way, is. discussing that attack in Yemen. There's another signal chat discussing the attack on Yemen. a reporter accidentally involved. He said the other day that you had a. talk with the secretary.

Did you take him to the woodshed? I had a talk with him and whatever I. said, I probably wouldn't be inclined to tell you. But we had a good talk. He's a talented guy. He's young. He's smart, highly educated and I. think he's going to be a very good defense. Hopefully a great defense secretary, but it'll be a. very good defense secretary. You have 100 percent confidence in --. I don't have 100 percent confidence in anything. Okay? Anything.

Do I have 100 percent? It's a stupid question. Look, it's pretty important to --. I have -- No, no. You don't have 100 percent. Only a liar would say I have 100 percent confidence. I don't have 100% confidence that we're going to. finish this interview. We will. Of course, the interview did continue. You did finish it. The president was and we should point this out. Willing to answer a multitude of questions here. Let's bring in Terry Marani's live at the White House tonight. Terry, of course, I read through the entire transcript. You asked about the economy, immigration, the war in Ukraine. You asked about Elon Musk and Doge, the federal cuts.

This is a wide-ranging conversation tonight. It sure was, David. We covered a lot of ground. the president was really eager to talk about immigration. His efforts on the border, that's something that he. considers a big success. We also talked about Vladimir Putin and whether or not. President Trump still trusts him and we got a rare look. inside the Oval Office that he has really transformed. It was fascinating. We look forward to it, Terry Maranlay with the White House. Terry, thank you.

Tonight, the full ABC News exclusive interview, a prime time special. President Trump, the first 100 days, the interview. in the overall office, tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern right here, 7 p.m. Central, right here on ABC, or thanks to the president. and to Terry Moran. In the meantime, we turn to the other news. This Tuesday night, more than 45 million Americans. on alert for dangerous storms from Texas, really. all the way up to New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Buffalo to Syracuse, all bracing tonight. Strong winds and rain amid tornado warnings and. potosi Missouri damaged to planes and buildings. This is the Springfield airport and storms ripping off the roof.

of a business in Nixon, Missouri. Chief meteorologist Ginger Z with the images. coming in at this hour and the forecast. (air whooshing). - Tonight, powerful storms targeting multiple states. across hundreds of miles from Western New York. to the Ozarks. Families anxiously watching the skies. in Springfield, Missouri. - Is that rotation up there? - You can hear the roar of that downpour. (air whooshing). There's like branches coming down. Winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour.

South of there, heavy damage and nicks of Missouri, the roof of this business splintered. Outside Columbus, Ohio, children running. when the storms erupted just as classes let out. All right, we're in it. Take a look. And Monday night, south of Minneapolis, KSTP meteorologist Jonathan Ujas tracking storms. near Faribault, Minnesota. This is the tornado-roaring part. of the storm. We're driving right through it. If there's a tornado, it's right here. That tornado shredding this barn.

confirmed as an EF-1 wins at least 86 miles per hour. And we know this continues into the. evening hour. So let's bring back in Ginger Z tonight as. you look forward. Ginger, what do you see? So Pittsburgh got slammed just hours ago with. 71 mile per hour gust. That line is now moving through. Altoona State College. And you see that's just the northeast. in the western part of it. We got a brand new severe thunderstorm watch, David, in. Kentucky. That includes West Liberty. London. It's close to Lexington there. That's all moving east. It will die out overnight.

But we've got to focus on the southwest and the plains. Because it's not just the severe thunderstorms yet. tonight, but it's the flash flood threat. Oklahoma City, for example, has had their second. wetest April on record already. And they are in the significant risk for flash flooding. That is three to seven inches. If they got more than two, they would be in the. top. When is Dave Ron record? It's not just tomorrow, but we see tomorrow night flash flood. threats. Sticks around damaging wind will. come with those storms. David tomorrow as well. We can see the winds right there. Ginger Z has been traveling with this line.

of storms. Ginger, thank you. We'll see you on GMA. We continue tonight into the. horrific crash, a car driving through a. field and then smashing through a building. with an after school program inside the. car then coming out the other side. Four girls were killed and what authorities. are now saying about the driver tonight. ABC's Alex Perez is on the scene in Chatham Illinois. Tonight this tight knit community in Illinois. devastated after a car drove through a child care facility. killing four, including three young children and. a teenager.

Police say a woman drove a vehicle through the Why. Not after school camp in Chatham Illinois just out the. Springfield yesterday afternoon. Officials say the vehicle raised through this 78 acre. fire field before plowing right into the building and. out the other side. Witnesses watching in horror. Kill some here. Those are sick. Oh no. Four girls killed six other children. rushed to local hospitals. The driver uninjured in the crash.

Today police identifying her as 44 year old. Marianne acres stating she's not in custody at this time. as the cause of the crash remains under investigation. The coroner identifying the victims among them. seven-year-old Alma Bunner camp. Yay! Her family calling her a ray. of sunshine who loved playing soccer, basketball, and doing. gymnastics. Also killed eight-year-old. Ainsley Johnson, seven-year-old Katherine Corley, an 18-year-old. Riley Britain.

right. He was about to graduate and those little kids they. don't go get to live out their joy. Yaks and like their parents don't get to. wake up to them anymore and like they don't get to. get them ready for school anymore. Like that's just really heartbreaking. And David authorities say they. are evaluating that driver and awaiting toxicology. reports. But at this point they do not believe this was a. targeted attack. David, we're with X-seem there Alex. Pres for Alex. Thank you next tonight to the prices. of Americans are paying for everything and Amazon's idea for. customers to post how much more you're paying for these items.

because of the president's tariffs. The president and the White House furious about. this idea. The president been getting on the phone with. Jeff Bezos. So let's bring in ABC's Rachel Scotch. She's live at a rally with the. president there in Michigan underway as we're on the. air tonight and Rachel, what more have you learned about. this plan floated by Amazon to show customers how much. more they're paying? And then this call from the president. to Jeff Bezos, how did this. >> Well, David Amazon admits that they were considering. this proposal for one of their smaller divisions. Amazon Hall to show customers just how much more they.

would be paying because of the president's tariffs. But amid pressure from the president himself, Amazon. backing away from this idea. I'm told when the president got word of the idea, the. president was frustrated so much so that he called Amazon. founder Jeff Bezos directly to complain about it within hours. of their home call. Amazon putting out this statement making a clear quote. This was never approved and is not going to happen. Today, before departing from Michigan, the president saying. that Bezos made the right call and that he saw the.

problem very quickly. The president on stage here in Michigan tonight announcing a. little relief for auto makers. White House says that they will still have to pay those. 25 percent tariffs on all cars and auto parts that are not made. inside of the United States, but no additional tariffs. on steel and aluminum. Rachel Scott live there in Michigan tonight as the. president marks 100 days. We turn now north of the border tonight into the election. victory being watched by the world after President Trump's. tariffs and talk of making Canada America's 51st state.

Canadians appearing to reject it all, fueling the liberal candidate Mark. Carney to victory. And the Prime Minister's warning after the election, we are over the shock of the American. betrayal, he said, but we should not. forget the lessons. Matt Gupin is just back from Canada tonight. Fueled by an anti-Trump movement at anger over. relentless pressure from the U.S. to make Canada the 51st state, the liberal candidate Mark Carney won, capping an extraordinary comeback victory. And tonight he's taking the fight to President Donald Trump.

President Trump is trying to break us so. that America can own us. That will never, that will never ever happen. Carney is a former central banker but political. rookie telling Canadians they need to brace. for new reality. We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we. should never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves. It was just a few months ago that Justin Trudeau. had resigned in disgrace and the Liberal Party.

was down 24 points. But then President Trump slapped those steep tariffs on. Canadian goods and suggested he'd annex Canada as the 51st. state, igniting the Liberal Party's unprecedented comeback. Even as voters headed to the polls just 24 hours ago, Trump. posting online, seeming to they should instead elect him. And David, I just landed from Canada and it almost. every campaign stopped. Carnie's mantra was something like President. Trump is going to break Canada so we can own Canada.

and we're not going to let that happen. We understand the two men did speak today but now the. hard part begins for Carnie. He's going to have to work with the Trump administration. for the next four years. David. Matt Gubbin from Los Angeles. tonight, Matt, thank you. also from California at this hour more than. 55,000 Los Angeles County Union workers walking. off the job as part of a two-day strike there. SEIU workers at hospitals, libraries, parks and county. offices marched into streets of downtown Los Angeles. demanding higher pay. The county pushing back tonight, saying they are facing, quote,

"unprecedented stresses," including recovering from. the devastating fires there. The Walthoughans at 7pm tomorrow. When we come back here tonight, the construction. workers killed after a deadly scaffold collapse. You'll see the images. Also here, a major change the way people can buy a popular. drug used for weight loss. And then the dramatic video tonight, and Mr. Wattaway, both. speeding up to 40 miles per hour, the police officer. jumping from one boat to the other, trying to stop it. The driver of the boat thrown off. Where this played out at most.

Tonight authorities are investigating a deadly scaffold. collapse at a massive industrial construction site in. Port Arthur, Texas. Three construction workers were killed two injured when their. scaffolding came down overnight. Work has been halted at the Port Arthur LNG site while. the investigation is underway. The huge project has hundreds of workers on location. around the clock there. Tonight the dramatic images showing police racing to stop. an unmanned runaway boat this is in Sarasota, Florida. Boat's tweeting in circles at about 40 miles per hour, the boater says he fell overboard. after being cut off by a larger vessel.

A police boat pulling up alongside body. camera video showing the police lieutenant right. there jumping from his boat onto the other one, finally getting it to stop. The boater who was thrown treated. for minor injuries of applause, indeed. When we come back tonight, the major price change. for a popular drug used for weight loss. and the new way to get it. Also, the famous $50 million painting. and the child who scratched it, you'll see this in a moment. To the index of other news tonight, a potential. game-changer involving the popular weight-loss drug.

wagovie, Novo Nordic, says it's making the drug available to. several telehealth companies, including hymns in hers'. health, row, and life MD. The drug company also plans to make it more affordable for. customers who are paying out of pocket. The late Pete Rose could finally get a chance at baseball's. Hall of Fame without setting a deadline, Major League. Baseball Commissioner Rob Banford, says he. will issue a ruling on the family's request. He was banned for life for gambling on games, including. his own team, while a player and a manager. The commissioner says he's discussed this issue. with President Trump. In February, Trump has said he would posthumously pardon.

Rose who died in September. Tonight the child at the museum scratching a $56. million painting in Rotterdam. Museum workers having to remove the famous painting. by artist Mark Rothko. They say it was scratched in several places. The museum tonight believes it can be restored. No word on whether the family will heavy. help responsible in any sort of way. When we come back here tonight, an honor long overdue, celebrating America's only female unit to serve in. Europe during World War II. And you'll see it in a moment. ABC World News Tonight with David Muir,

sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance. - Folly tonight here, the honor eight decades in the making, only all-female unit to serve overseas during World War II. And tonight here, the families watching as their loved. ones were finally honored. America's strong. Tonight, the quiet American heroes from World War II and. the new honor long overdue. They were known as the 6th Triple-8 Central. Postal Battalion, the first and only. all-black, all-female battalion deployed overseas.

More than 850 volunteers sent to Europe in 1945. to sort through millions of undelivered pieces of mail, soldiers anxiously waiting for letters from home. The battalion working three separate eight-hour shifts, seven days a week, processing 65,000 pieces of mail. every shift, clearing a two-year backlog, their motto, no mail, low morale, guiding them. And tonight, 80 years later, the battalion honored with. the Congressional Gold Medal. The two surviving members of the unit,

Anna May Robertson and retired Air Force Major. Fanny McClendon, watching with their families at home. More than 300 descendants of the six triple eight. there today at the US Capitol, including Stanley Early III. and his sister Judith Early. Their mother, Major Charity Adams, commanding the battalion, and here she is. welcoming the first service women arriving overseas. tonight her proud son and his message. They serve as an inspiring moral model for young soldiers.

entering service today. And they're two examples of American excellence. And we thank them for their service and honor long overdue. Reminder President Trump in the Oval Office, the exclusive ABC News interview APM Eastern right here. I'll see you tomorrow. Good night. Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Newer, America's most-watched newscast.