ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 3, 2025

BREAKING NEWS AS WE COME ON THE. AIR. U.S. STOCKS PLUNGE AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. THE. WORST DAY IN YEARS SINCE THE. BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. ALSO. TONIGHT, AT LEAST 30 TORNADOES. IN THE WARNING AND WATCHES RIGHT. NOW, THE DANGEROUS STORMS COMING. TONIGHT AND THE MASSIVE AND. DEADLY HOME EXPLOSION. FIRST. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TARIFFS SENDING U.S. STOCKS. PLUMMETING. THE DOW CLOSING DOWN. NEARLY 1700 POINTS TODAY ALONE, ONE OF ITS WORST DAYS EVER. THE. NASDAQ AND S&P 500 SEEING THEIR. WORST DAY IN YEARS. MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS SEEING THEIR 401 S.

SHRINK AS FAMILIES NOW BRACE FOR. HIGHER PRICES. THE THIRD LARGEST. U.S. AUTOMAKER, STELLANTIS. LAYING OFF 900 WORKERS TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING LATE. TODAY, QUOTE, I THINK IT'S GOING. VERY WELL. AND TONIGHT WE'RE ON. THE AUTO LOT. WE'RE AT THE. APPLIANCE STORE, THE SUPERMARKET. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WITH PRICES. SET TO SPIKE. ALSO BREAKING. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES WARNING OF. POTENTIAL TORNADOES AND. DANGEROUS STORMS MOVING IN. TONIGHT. MULTIPLE STATES. AT. LEAST 30 TORNADOES ALREADY. AT. LEAST TWO EF. THREE TORNADOES.

TOUCHING DOWN WINDS BETWEEN 150. AND 160MPH. FAMILIES TAKING. SHELTER UNDERGROUND. THE HOME. EXPLOSION TONIGHT. TURNING. DEADLY. THE MASSIVE INFERNO. A. WOMAN INSIDE THE HOME KILLED A. MAN BLOWN RIGHT INTO THE FRONT. YARD. HE SURVIVES IT. THERE IS. NEWS COMING IN FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. AT THIS HOUR. THE STABBING. SPREE IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING. SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL. SECURITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING AN. OVAL OFFICE MEETING WITH A FAR. RIGHT ACTIVIST. ALSO BREAKING. HERE TONIGHT WHAT HHS SECRETARY.

ROBERT F KENNEDY JR TOLD OUR. REPORTER. HE NOW ACKNOWLEDGES. MISTAKES MADE AMID THE MASSIVE. FIRINGS IN HIS DEPARTMENT. THE. PARENTS CHARGED AFTER DISTURBING. IMAGES. THE BRAWL DURING A YOUTH. HOCKEY GAME. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. OPENING THE VAULT IN. THE BOSS, ABOUT TO RELEASE SEVEN LOST. ALBUMS. AND AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO SEE THE. REMARKABLE IMAGES FROM THE. PHILADELPHIA ZOO. SHE'S A FIRST. TIME MOM AT 97 YEARS OLD.

>> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. THURSDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT. WITH THE U.S. STOCK MARKETS IN A. FREEFALL. AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF SWEEPING. TARIFFS, THE WORST SINGLE DAY. LOSSES IN YEARS SINCE THE. BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. AMERICANS AND THEIR 401 S TAKING. IMMEDIATE HITS, AND FAMILIES NOW. BRACING FOR HIGHER PRICES, FROM. GROCERIES TO CARS TO APPLIANCES.

THE DOW, FALLING NEARLY 1700. POINTS TODAY ALONE, NEARLY 4%. THE S&P 500 DOWN NEARLY 5%, AND. THE TECH HEAVY NASDAQ INDEX. FALLING NEARLY 6%, THEIR WORST. DAY IN FIVE YEARS. PRESIDENT. TRUMP ANNOUNCING A BASELINE 10%. TARIFF ON GOODS COMING INTO THE. U.S. EVEN STEEPER TARIFFS FOR. MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING CHINA, THE EU, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING, QUOTE, I THINK IT'S. GOING VERY WELL. IN ADDITION, OVERNIGHT, A 25% TARIFF ON ALL. IMPORTED CARS AND AUTO PARTS. KICKED IN. AND TONIGHT, THE.

THIRD LARGEST U.S. AUTOMAKER, STELLANTIS, THE MAKER OF. CHRYSLER, DODGE AND JEEP, NOW. LAYING OFF 900 WORKERS IN. INDIANA AND MICHIGAN. NIKE SAW. ITS STOCK FALL MORE THAN 14%. TODAY. APPLE STOCK FALLING MORE. THAN 9%, AND ANALYSTS SAY. BRINGING BACK PRODUCTION TO THE. U.S, EVEN IF JUST 10% OF IPHONES. WERE MADE HERE, IT WOULD MORE. THAN TRIPLE THE COST OF AN. IPHONE. SO HOW WILL THIS ALL. WORK? HOW LONG WILL THIS PAIN. LAST? AND WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAID TODAY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC. PAIN ALREADY. ABC'S CHIEF. BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS. CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS, LEADING US OFF TONIGHT FROM WALL.

STREET. >> TONIGHT, U.S. STOCKS IN. FREEFALL. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SWEEPING NEW TARIFFS, SENDING. STOCKS PLUMMETING, LEADING TO. THE MARKET'S WORST DAY SINCE THE. START OF THE PANDEMIC FIVE YEARS. AGO. THE DOW PLUNGING NEARLY. 1700 POINTS, OR 4%. THE S&P 500. DOWN MORE THAN 4.8%. THE TECH. HEAVY NASDAQ DOWN NEARLY SIX. AMONG THE HARDEST HIT CARMAKERS, INCLUDING U.S. COMPANIES FORD,

TESLA AND GENERAL MOTORS. AND. ALREADY TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. SWEEPING TARIFFS TAKING A TOLL. ON AMERICAN JOBS. THE THIRD. LARGEST AUTOMAKER IN THE U.S, STELLANTIS, WHICH MAKES JEEP, CHRYSLER AND DODGE TEMPORARILY. LAYING OFF 900 WORKERS IN. INDIANA AND MICHIGAN AS IT. PAUSES PRODUCTION AND FACTORIES. IN CANADA AND MEXICO. AFTER THE. PRESIDENT'S NEW 25% TARIFF ON. FOREIGN MADE AUTOS. AND FOR. AMERICANS WATCHING THEIR 401 K. SHRINK AND BRACING NOW FOR.

HIGHER PRICES, FROM GROCERIES TO. CARS. ECONOMISTS ACROSS THE. BOARD ARGUING THIS IS NOT A. SURPRISE WITH TARIFFS SO STEEP. >> TARIFFS ARE A TAX ON IMPORTS. AND THAT TAX HAS TO BE BORNE BY. SOMEBODY. AND HISTORY SUGGESTS. IT'S GOING TO BE THE AMERICAN. CONSUMER. >> OTHER AMERICAN COMPANIES. SEEING THEIR STOCKS PLUNGE TO. NIKE, WHICH PRODUCES ABOUT HALF. ITS SHOES, AT FACTORIES IN. VIETNAM, DOWN 14.4%. APPLE, WHICH DESIGNS ITS IPHONE IN. CALIFORNIA BUT RELIES ON.

MANUFACTURING IN CHINA, INDIA, VIETNAM AND MALAYSIA, DOWN 9.2%. AND EVEN IF APPLE MADE JUST 10%. OF ITS PHONES BACK HERE IN THE. U.S, ANALYSTS ESTIMATE THE COST. OF AN IPHONE WOULD SURGE FROM. $1000 TO $3500 BECAUSE OF THE. COST OF LABOR HERE, HOME. BUILDING AND FURNITURE HURT TO. RESTORATION HARDWARE STOCKS. SINKING 40% AS THE PRESIDENT. ANNOUNCED HIS TARIFFS. THE CEO,

REACTING IN REAL TIME. >> OH, REALLY? OH, OKAY. I JUST. LOOKED AT THE SCREEN. I HADN'T. LOOKED AT IT. YOU KNOW, IT GOT. HIT WHEN I THINK THE TARIFFS. CAME OUT. >> AND TONIGHT ON WALL STREET. INVESTORS TELLING ME THE PAIN IS. FAR FROM OVER. >> LIVING THROUGH A DAY LIKE. TODAY, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT. FEW DAYS ARE GOING TO BRING OR. THE NEXT QUARTER, THAT'S WHERE. IT GETS A LITTLE TROUBLING. >> AND DAVID, WE ARE JUST IN DAY. ONE, JUST 24 HOURS SINCE THE. PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. IT'S. STILL UNCLEAR HOW COMPANY.

COUNTRIES WILL RESPOND, HOW. THEY'LL REACT, WHETHER THEY'LL. NEGOTIATE OR RETALIATE. JPMORGAN. TONIGHT SAYING THAT IF THESE. TARIFFS ARE SUSTAINED, IT WILL. LIKELY PLUNGE THE U.S. AND THE. WORLD INTO RECESSION. DAVID. >> REBECCA JARVIS LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. REBECCA. THANK YOU. THE. PRESIDENT LATE TODAY LEAVING THE. WHITE HOUSE AMID THE MARKETS. PLUNGING, SAYING I THINK IT'S. GOING VERY WELL SIGNALING HE. WILL STAY THE COURSE. HERE'S. MARY BRUCE. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SOUNDING UNBOTHERED BY THE. PLUNGE ON WALL STREET AFTER HIS.

SWEEPING TARIFFS UPENDED THE. WORLD ECONOMY. >> I THINK IT'S GOING VERY WELL. IT WAS AN OPERATION, LIKE WHEN A. PATIENT GETS OPERATED ON AND. IT'S A BIG THING. >> IN THE PAST, THE PRESIDENT. HAS ACKNOWLEDGED HIS TARIFFS. COULD CAUSE SHORT TERM PAIN TO. AMERICAN CONSUMERS AND. BUSINESSES. BUT TODAY, HE ONLY. SPOKE OF ROSY TIMES AHEAD. >> THE MARKETS ARE GOING TO. BOOM. THE STOCK IS GOING TO. BOOM. THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO. BOOM. AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. WANTS TO SEE IS THERE ANY WAY. THEY CAN MAKE A DEAL?

>> BUT WATCHING THE MARKETS DIVE. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY, STEVE. MNUCHIN, SAYING HE HOPES THERE. CAN BE A DEAL TO LIFT SOME OF. THESE TARIFFS. ACKNOWLEDGING THE. REALITY THAT FULFILLING TRUMP'S. PLEDGE TO RETURN MANUFACTURING. TO THE U.S. WILL TAKE YEARS. >> I'M HOPEFUL THAT THOSE WILL. BE NEGOTIATED DOWN, THAT THOSE. ARE TARIFFS THAT WILL BRING. PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, AND WE'LL. NEGOTIATE THEM DOWN. NOW, FOR. MANY BUSINESSES, IT TAKES A. WHILE TO MOVE THE MANUFACTURING. BASE. >> TONIGHT ON AIR FORCE ONE, THE. PRESIDENT LAYING OUT A.

TIMETABLE. >> HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET. MANUFACTURING AMERICAN. MANUFACTURING TO WHERE YOU WOULD. LIKE TO SEE IT? >> WELL, LET'S SAY IT'S A TWO. YEAR PROCESS. THEY CAN BUILD IT. FAST, BUT THEY'RE STILL VERY BIG. PLANTS. SO I'D ALWAYS SAY IT. WOULD TAKE A YEAR AND A HALF TO. TWO YEARS. >> BUT HE DID NOT EXPLAIN WHAT. WOULD HAPPEN TO ALLEVIATE PAIN. IN THE INTERIM, OR ACKNOWLEDGE. THAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES WILL. LIKELY PAY MORE TO BUILD. PRODUCTS HERE THAN OVERSEAS. COSTS THAT ECONOMISTS WARN WILL. BE PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS. THE. PRESIDENT TODAY, NOT. ACKNOWLEDGING THE ECONOMIC PAIN.

HIS TARIFFS MAY CAUSE. AND WHEN. PRESSED ON THIS ALL DAY. WHITE. HOUSE OFFICIALS REITERATING THE. SAME MESSAGE. HAVE FAITH. TRUST. THE PRESIDENT. DAVID. >> MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. MARY. THANK YOU. IN THE. LAST 24 HOURS, THE PRESIDENT DID. ACKNOWLEDGE HE CAMPAIGNED ON. GROCERIES, BUT MILLIONS OF. FAMILIES ARE NOW BRACING FOR. HIGHER PRICES. TONIGHT, WHAT WE. FOUND AT THE GROCERY STORE, THE. APPLIANCE STORE AND AT THE AUTO. LOT. MATT GUTMAN ON HOW THIS. COULD AFFECT SO MANY OF YOU AT. HOME. >> TONIGHT, AMERICANS ARE. BRACING AFTER VOTERS MADE IT. CLEAR IN NOVEMBER, INFLATION AND.

HIGH PRICES WERE THE TOP ISSUE. NOW THEY'RE FEARFUL PRICES ARE. GOING TO GET WORSE, NOT BETTER. ON EVERYTHING FROM CARS TO. CLOTHES, ELECTRONICS TO. GROCERIES. AND LIKE MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS, SUSAN LINDNER IS. RETIRED AND ON A FIXED INCOME. >> WE'RE TERRIFIED, REALLY. AND. IT MAKES NO SENSE. I MEAN, LOOK. AT THE STOCK MARKET TODAY. IT. MAKES NO SENSE THAT THESE. TARIFFS HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT. >> THOSE TARIFFS WILL MEAN. HIGHER COSTS AT THE SUPERMARKET. ON PRODUCE NOT GROWN HERE AND ON. COFFEE, CHOCOLATE AND OTHER.

ITEMS. SOMETHING ELSE TO LOOK. OUT FOR. SEAFOOD. THE USDA SAYS. 80% OF SEAFOOD CONSUMED IN THE. U.S. COMES FROM HIGH TARIFF. COUNTRIES. PLACES LIKE VIETNAM, INDONESIA, INDIA, CANADA, CHILE. SO THAT COULD RISE. TONIGHT, ANALYSTS SAY THESE NEW TARIFFS. COULD COST AN AVERAGE AMERICAN. FAMILY OF FOUR UP TO 7200 EXTRA. A YEAR. IT WAS JUST 24 HOURS. AGO. THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGING. HE CAMPAIGNED BY TALKING ABOUT. GROCERIES. >> IT'S SUCH AN OLD FASHIONED. TERM, BUT A BEAUTIFUL TERM. GROCERIES. IT SORT OF SAYS A BAG.

WITH DIFFERENT THINGS IN IT. GROCERIES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. AND I CAMPAIGNED ON THAT. >> FOR THIS FATHER OF THREE. IT'S NOT OLD FASHIONED. IT'S A. REAL CONCERN WITH PRICES SET TO. GO HIGHER. WE'RE GOING TO START. FEELING THE PINCH PRETTY SOON, RIGHT? >> WE'RE FEELING IT NOW. YOU. KNOW I GO IN THERE, I SEE THE. PRICES. I TRY TO ACT LIKE THEY. DON'T EXIST AND I JUST TRY TO. WORK HARDER. >> ALMOST EVERY INDUSTRY IS. FEELING THE PINCH. THIS. APPLIANCE STORE IN NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, HOPES TO ABSORB. SOME OF THE COSTS. >> IF THERE ARE INCREASES IN.

PRICE. YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SEE IF. THE MANUFACTURER CAN ABSORB SOME. OF THEM TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY. JUST TO KEEP THE COST DOWN FOR. THE CONSUMER. >> AND THIS TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN. PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, IS TRYING. TO HOLD OUT TOO. >> THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ABSORB. SUSTAIN A PERIOD OF TIME, YOU. KNOW, WITH THESE WITHOUT REALLY. PASSING IT ALONG TO CONSUMERS. >> BUT AT DAVIDIAN'S FURNITURE. STORE IN LA, HE SAYS HE'LL HAVE. TO PASS ON AT LEAST SOME OF THE. COSTS TO THE CONSUMER. IF YOU. HAD TO ABSORB MORE OF THE TARIFF.

AND NOT PASS IT ON TO CONSUMERS, COULD YOU STAY IN BUSINESS? >> NO, I WOULD GET OUT OF. BUSINESS. THERE IS NO WAY I CAN. ABSORB THIS KIND OF COST. >> AND DAVID, AS WE JUST SAW, SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES WILL. TRY TO ABSORB THE COST. BUT THE. REALITY IS, FROM FURNITURE TO. APPLIANCES, FROM CARS TO. GROCERIES, IT'S CONSUMERS WHO. WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF. THOSE TARIFFS. DAVID. >> WE'RE JUST 24 HOURS IN AND. WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON THIS. MATT GUTMAN WITH US TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. TO THE OTHER. MAJOR NEWS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT. AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING OF. POTENTIAL TORNADOES AGAIN. TONIGHT. DANGEROUS STORMS MOVING.

IN ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES. THERE. HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 30 TORNADOES. ALREADY. AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE ARE. DEAD. THIS EF3 WITH 150 MILE AN. HOUR WINDS NEAR LAKE CITY, ARKANSAS. FAMILIES SHELTERING. UNDERGROUND. SO LEE GOLDBERG IS. STANDING BY WITH THE FORECAST. AND VICTOR OQUENDO FROM THE. STORM ZONE. >> TONIGHT. FAMILIES IN FEAR. BRACING FOR POWERFUL STORMS AMID. A DEVASTATING AND DEADLY TORNADO. OUTBREAK. MORE THAN 30 TORNADOES. REPORTED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. >> ALL I SEE IS A PIECE OF.

PLYWOOD. >> EAST OF MEMPHIS. LIGHTNING. FLASHING AS FIRST RESPONDERS. SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AFTER AN. EF3 TORNADO WITH 160 MILE AN. HOUR WINDS SLAMMED SELMER, TENNESSEE, AND NORTHWEST OF. MEMPHIS. IN LAKE CITY, ARKANSAS, A TORNADO EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR. THIS EF3 MONSTER. >> PLEASE, GOD, KEEP IT GOING. AWAY. >> YOU CAN HEAR BRITTON TYNER. PRAYING AS THAT MASSIVE TORNADO. BORE DOWN ON HIS FAMILY TAKING. SHELTER UNDERGROUND. MORGAN. EARNEST TELLING OUR GINGER ZEE. SHE RODE OUT THE TORNADO IN THE.

CELLAR WITH HER TWO TODDLERS, HUSBAND AND MOTHER. >> YOU COULD FEEL JUST IN THAT. STORM CELLAR. JUST IT SHAKING. YEAH. AND THE DEBRIS FALLING. DOWN. >> THIS SUV LANDING ON TOP OF. THE SHELTER. THANKFULLY, THEY. WERE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ROUND. UP THE FAMILY DOG AND HER FIVE. PUPPIES. THE TORNADO TEARING A. PATH OF DESTRUCTION ACROSS TOWN. THIS WAS SUPER BODY AUTO IN. PAINT IN LAKE CITY. YOU CAN SEE. THAT PICKUP TRUCK FLIPPED UPSIDE. DOWN. THE OWNER AND HIS WIFE. WERE HERE WHEN THE TORNADO HIT.

FAMILY TELLS ME THEY WERE STUCK. UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS RUBBLE. FOR THREE HOURS. FIREFIGHTERS. RUSHING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. WHAT DID THEY SAY WHEN THEY. CALLED YOU. >> EL EDIFICIO? >> THAT THE BUILDING HAD FALLEN. ON THEM? AUTHORITIES IN LAKE. CITY SAY GIVEN THE SIZE OF THAT. TORNADO, IT'S A MIRACLE NO ONE. WAS KILLED HERE. DAVID, THIS. WILL TAKE A MASSIVE CLEANUP. EFFORT. THEY JUST CAN'T WORK. FAST ENOUGH, AS THERE ARE REAL. CONCERNS ABOUT MORE STORMS THAT. COULD BRING CATASTROPHIC. FLOODING. DAVID. >> IN THAT SAME REGION. VICTOR.

THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG. FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. TRACKING ANOTHER DANGEROUS NIGHT. AHEAD. HI, LEE. >> DAVID. FLASH FLOODING IN. LITTLE ROCK RIGHT NOW. 4 TO 5IN. AN HOUR WITH RAINFALL RATES, VEHICLES BEING RESCUED. THERE. ARE TORNADO WARNINGS WEST OF. NASHVILLE. THE TORNADO THREAT. COULD EVEN BE HIGHER IN. TEXARKANA AND LITTLE ROCK. TOMORROW. MAYBE SOME EF THREES. IT'S DAY THREE OF THE HIGH RISK. FOR LIFE THREATENING FLOODING. WE COULD HAVE 6 TO 10IN OF. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT COULD. SEND LOCAL STREAMS, CREEKS AND. RIVERS INTO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY FOR.

RELIEF. >> DAVID LEE GOLDBERG, BACK WITH. US. LEE. THANK YOU. WE TURN NOW. TO THE DEADLY HOME EXPLOSION AND. THE MASSIVE INFERNO NEAR. DETROIT. AND HERE'S TREVOR AULT. >> TONIGHT, A DEADLY HOUSE. EXPLOSION ROCKING THIS MICHIGAN. NEIGHBORHOOD. CHARRED WRECKAGE. AND A MASSIVE HOLE LEFT IN ITS. WAKE. FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE. SCENE SOUTH OF DETROIT JUST. BEFORE SIX THIS MORNING, BATTLING THE INFERNO. >> IT WAS ALL JUST FLAMES. IT. WAS A BIG BOOM. EXACTLY. WHEN I. WOKE UP, I HEARD THAT BIG BOOM. >> THE FORCE OF THE BLAST. LAUNCHING A COUCH INTO A WINDOW. ACROSS THE STREET. A SECOND HOME.

ALSO CATCHING FIRE. DEBRIS. STREWN ACROSS MULTIPLE YARDS. LITTERING TREES AND ROOFTOPS. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE WERE. INSIDE AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST. >> UPON ARRIVAL, THE OFFICERS. LOCATED A 37 YEAR OLD FEMALE. TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE UNDER. RUBBLE AND A 38 YEAR OLD MALE. WHO HAD ACTUALLY BEEN BLOWN OUT. OF THE HOUSE INTO THE FRONT. YARD. >> BOTH VICTIMS WERE. HOSPITALIZED FOR EXTENSIVE BURNS. AND OTHER INJURIES. AUTHORITIES. SAY THE WOMAN LATER DIED. AND. DAVID, THIS MORNING'S BLAST IS. UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT.

OFFICIALS SAY THEY DO BELIEVE. IT'S GAS RELATED. DAVID. >> TREVOR AULT WITH US TONIGHT. TREVOR. THANK YOU. A MAJOR. HEADLINE IN WASHINGTON. PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING SEVERAL. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY. COUNCIL FOLLOWING AN OVAL OFFICE. MEETING WITH A FAR RIGHT. ACTIVIST. ALSO TONIGHT, WHAT HHS. SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR. TOLD OUR REPORTER HE NOW. ACKNOWLEDGES MISTAKES WERE MADE. AMID THE MASSIVE FIRINGS IN HIS. DEPARTMENT. HERE'S RACHEL SCOTT. TONIGHT. >> SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRED SIX. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY. COUNCIL AT THE URGING OF LAURA.

LOOMER, A FAR RIGHT CONSPIRACY. THEORIST WHO MET WITH THE. PRESIDENT IN THE OVAL OFFICE. YESTERDAY AS HE WAS PREPARING TO. ANNOUNCE HIS SWEEPING TARIFFS. >> ALWAYS WILLING TO LET GO OF. PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T. LIKE OR PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T. THINK CAN DO THE JOB, OR PEOPLE. THAT MAY HAVE LOYALTIES TO. SOMEBODY ELSE. >> LOOMER, WHO HAS PROMOTED. FRINGE THEORIES LIKE THAT THE. NINE OVER 11 ATTACKS WERE, QUOTE, AN INSIDE JOB HAS LONG. BEEN CLOSE TO TRUMP. >> SHE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS OF. THINGS AND PEOPLE. AND SOMETIMES.

I LISTEN TO THOSE. RECOMMENDATIONS. >> THE PRESIDENT SAYS LOOMER WAS. RECOMMENDING PEOPLE FOR JOBS. >> DID SHE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO. WITH THE NSC AIDES WHO WERE. OUSTED? >> NO. NO. >> NOT AT ALL. BUT SOURCES TELL. ABC NEWS LOOMER NAMED SEVERAL. TOP SECURITY AIDES SHE. CONSIDERED DISLOYAL. AND TODAY, AT LEAST SIX SENIOR NATIONAL. SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIALS WERE. REMOVED. IT COMES AS ABC NEWS. LEARNS OF A MAJOR REVERSAL AT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND. HUMAN SERVICES MONDAY. THE. AGENCY BEGAN LAYING OFF 10,000. WORKERS AND SHUTTERING WHOLE.

DIVISIONS. THE TOP SCIENTIST. MONITORING BIRD FLU IS GONE. THE. OFFICIAL WHO LED THE PROGRAM. THAT CUT TEEN TOBACCO USE IN. HALF GONE TOO. BUT TONIGHT, HEALTH SECRETARY RFK JR. TELLING. ABC NEWS SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. ELIMINATED WERE CUT BY MISTAKE. KENNEDY MAKING THOSE COMMENTS. AFTER ABC'S CHEYENNE HASLETT. ASKED HIM WHY THE DEPARTMENT HAD. CUT A CDC PROGRAM THAT MONITORS. LEAD LEVELS IN CHILDREN. IT WAS. THIS PROGRAM THAT UNCOVERED THE. LEAD AND APPLESAUCE POUCHES IN. 2023. >> EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR.

CUTTING A PROGRAM LIKE THAT AND. WHY THAT'S NOT AN ESSENTIAL. SERVICE. >> HE. THERE WERE SOME PROGRAMS. THAT WERE CUTS THAT ARE BEING. REINSTATED, AND I BELIEVE THAT. THAT'S ONE. >> OF THEM. KENNEDY THEN. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IN THE COURSE. OF THE MASS LAYOFFS AND. RESTRUCTURING, SEVERAL MISTAKES. WERE MADE, PROGRAMS CUT THAT. SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN, AND PEOPLE. FIRED WHO SHOULD STILL BE IN. THEIR JOBS. >> THERE WERE A NUMBER OF. INSTANCES WHERE STUDIES THAT. SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN CUT. WERE CUT, AND WE'VE REINSTATED. THEM. PERSONNEL THAT SHOULD NOT. HAVE BEEN CUT WERE CUT OR.

REINSTATING THEM. >> SECRETARY KENNEDY INSISTS THE. CUTS ARE NECESSARY TO STREAMLINE. THE DEPARTMENT, BUT HE STILL HAS. NOT SAID WHICH PROGRAMS ARE. COMING BACK OR HOW MANY PEOPLE. WILL BE REHIRED. DAVID. >> AND ACKNOWLEDGING MISTAKES TO. ABC NEWS RACHEL SCOTT THERE AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU. WHEN. WE COME BACK TONIGHT, WE ARE. LEARNING OF A STABBING SPREE IN. THE NATION'S CAPITAL. WHAT WE. KNOW SO FAR. ALSO, FROM. PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT, YOU HAVE. TO SEE THE IMAGES COMING OUT OF. THE ZOO. THE FIRST TIME, MOTHER, AT 97 YEARS OLD. AND THEN THE. DISTURBING STORY TONIGHT. THE. PARENTS NOW CHARGED THE.

>>> TONIGHT, WE HAVE LEARNED OF. POLICE SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE. STABBED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD IN. NORTHEAST WASHINGTON, INCLUDING. A GRANDMOTHER AND HER TWO. GRANDDAUGHTERS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. WE'RE TOLD THE SUSPECT IS IN. CUSTODY TONIGHT. >>> THIS EVENING, SEVERAL. PARENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED. FOLLOWING A BRAWL DURING A YOUTH. HOCKEY TOURNAMENT IN NEW JERSEY. COACHES AND PARENTS COMING ONTO. THE COURT, JOINING THE FIGHT. THREE PARENTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED. WITH ASSAULT AND DISORDERLY.

CONDUCT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S. LOST ALBUMS ABOUT TO BE. REVEALED. >>> AND YOU HAVE TO SEE THOSE. REMARKABLE IMAGES FROM THE. PHILADELPHIA ZOO. >>> TO THE INDEX. BRUCING STRING. BRUCING STE ING. BRUCING STE IING SPRINGSTEEN RE. TREASURE OF NEVER BEFORE HEARD. SONGS. THE BOSS WILL RELEASE SEVEN. SO-CALLED LOST ALBUMS IN JUNE. IT INCLUDES 83 SONGS HE WROTE. BETWEEN 1983 AND 2018. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE ENDANGERED TORTOISE.

A FIRST-TIME MOM AT. >> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE. THE. FIRST TIME, MOM AT 97. AND ONE. OF HER BABIES RIGHT HERE AT THE. TEAM AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOO. AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT AT THE. PHILADELPHIA ZOO. A NEW, INCREDIBLE WORLD RECORD. A FIRST. TIME MOM AT 97 YEARS OLD. AND. HER BABIES. FOUR CRITICALLY. ENDANGERED WESTERN SANTA CRUZ. GALAPAGOS TORTOISE HATCHLINGS. HAVE JUST HATCHED. LESS THAN 50. ARE KNOWN TO EXIST IN AMERICA.

>> HI, DAVID. >> THEIR CARE TEAM INTRODUCING. US. >> THEY REPRESENT A NEW GENETIC. LINEAGE OF THIS SPECIES IN HUMAN. CARE, AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE. THEM. >> TONIGHT, THE ZOO TELLING US. THEY ARE PROUD TO PROTECT THE. ENDANGERED POPULATION AND PROUD. OF THAT NEW MOM THEY CALL HER. MOMMY. AND THEY SAY, REMARKABLY, SHE IS A FIRST TIME MOTHER AT 97. YEARS OLD, NOW THE OLDEST KNOWN. FIRST TIME MOTHER EVER OF HER. SPECIES. >> HI, DAVID. >> ZOOKEEPER JASON ALFANDARY. >> SHE IS OUR OLDEST AND LONGEST. TENURED RESIDENT. ESTIMATED. HATCHING IN 1928 AND HAS BEEN.

HERE SINCE 1932. SO SHE'S ABOUT. AS PHILLY AS IT GETS. >> TONIGHT THE ZOO SAYING THE. BABIES ARE HEALTHY. THEY'LL BE. READY TO MAKE THEIR BIG PUBLIC. DEBUT ON APRIL 23RD. ABOUT THREE. WEEKS FROM TONIGHT. >> CONGRATULATIONS, MOMMY. >> CONGRATS TO YOU, AND MOM. AND MOM LOOKS GREAT. I'M DAVID MUIR. GOODNIGHT.