ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 30, 2026

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's. most watched newscast. Now streaming same day with all the breaking news of. the day on Disney Plus. Most watched, most trusted. Now on Disney Plus every night. Tonight, the breaking news, the war in Iran, gas prices in the U.S. hitting an all-time high since this war began. Also tonight, the NYPD officers thrown by an explosion. And there's an emergency unfolding at a high school. First, gas prices in the U.S.

soaring now $4.40 a gallon higher in some. parts of the country. Diesel prices soaring even more. Oil now at a wartime high, with President Trump is now saying. about the war and about gas prices here at home tonight. Also breaking the images coming in right now, there's been. a stabbing spree at a high school, multiple people injured, Several students and a security guard, authorities. racing to the scene. In New York City, NYPD officers thrown as they respond to a. call and then an explosion. Officers at the front door, several injured,

authorities say an estranged husband intentionally. blowing up the family home. Tonight, was there a suicide note? The New York Times now reporting Jeffrey Epstein. may have written a suicide note before hanging. himself in jail. The note reportedly under seal for the last seven years. Tonight, the new reporting on that Secret Service officer. hit with gunfire at the Washington Hilton. Did that bullet come from the suspect in the. attempted assassination of the president? What Pierre Thomas has learned? King Charles and Queen Camilla, the moving.

moment today at Arlington National Cemetery. Tonight, there is news of a frightening close call. between two passenger jets, one plane attempting to. land, the other taking off. How close did those two jets come to each other? And the Delta flight, taxiing to take off, suddenly. turned back to the gate. What a passenger refused to do. The harrowing video tonight, a driver nearly hitting a child, getting onto a school bus. Tonight the cause of death revealed for a famous daytime. star who began as a football player.

And tonight, remembering the singer who famously said, "Take this job and shove it.". From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World. News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening. We have several breaking stories. There is an emergency unfolding at a high school, a stabbing. spree, multiple students and a security guard hurt. We'll have more in just a moment. Also in New York City, NYPD officers responding to a call. suddenly thrown by an explosion that they believe was.

set off intentionally. But we begin with the war in Iran tonight, what President. Trump is now saying tonight as gas prices here in. the U.S. hit a new high since this war began. Now $4.40 a gallon, even higher in some parts of the country. Elizabeth Schulze leading us off. Tonight, the cost of the war with Iran surging. fast and straining the budgets of American. families and businesses. Drivers are now paying an average of $4.40 a gallon, up. 35 cents in just the last week, and $1.46 since the start.

of the war, the highest price in four years. Having to choose between gas and food, that's. a very hard decision. President Trump today asked about gas prices. The average price of a gallon of gas is now $4.30. All right, yeah. In this country. And you know what? And we're not gonna have a nuclear weapon. in the hands of Iran. The gas will go down. As soon as the war's over, it'll drop like a rock. But tonight, gas prices are climbing in every state,

surging fastest in the Great Lakes, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan. These drivers protesting outside Detroit. I have family members who are ill. and I can't go visit them across the state or up. north because it's too expensive right now to drive. It couldn't come at a worse time for consumers who are gearing. up for the summer travel season. The nation's highest price is in California, where gas. now averages $6 a gallon, even more at some stations. It's kind of shocking at this point how much. we're paying for this. Our Jaclyn Lee is in Los Angeles outside a Costco gas station.

Drivers here are on the hunt for the cheapest gas, willing. to wait in long lines like these to save money. The cost of diesel, which powers trucks and tractors carrying. goods across the country, is up by almost $2 a gallon. Jessica Woods co-owns a grocery store in Washington, D.C. She says fuel surcharges on her food deliveries have more than. doubled, forcing her to raise prices. How hard is that decision for you to say, "We're going to. have to pass down the costs to shoppers"?

David, the president says gas prices will drop like a. rock, but even if the strait reopens tomorrow, analysts. say it could take a year for gas to get back to its pre-war. levels. David? Infecting a lot of people. Elizabeth Schulze leading us off here. Thank you. Here in New York City tonight, the dramatic images. NYPD officers responding to a call suddenly thrown to. the ground by an explosion.

The officers at the front door of a home, several injured. Authorities say an estranged husband intentionally. blowing up the family home. Here's Whit Johnson tonight. These NYPD officers are lucky to be alive tonight. They were responding to a domestic violence. call at an apartment in Queens when it exploded. It happened around 3 this morning after a. woman called 911, saying her estranged husband. came to the home drunk and forced his way inside.

They said he threatened them with a knife and was carrying. two garbage bags containing. The woman, her daughter and three grandchildren managing. to escape the multifamily home. With an odor of natural gas in the air, cops using the woman's. keys to unlock the apartment door when suddenly... Police officers jumping right back to their feet, racing to.

save anyone who may have been trapped inside. Come here, come here, come here. Run for the lead. Run for the lead. It was just a lot of commotion of yelling. I heard a blood-curling scream. Flames engulfed the house. Authorities say the suspect's body is believed. to be under the rubble. Last night's incident could have been a lot worse, and we are. grateful that all the officers are going to be okay. And David, officers had been called to that. house for domestic violence issues multiple.

times over the past several years. incredible images with thank you. There are also images coming in right now. There's been a stabbing spree at a high school. in Washington state. Authorities say multiple people injured, including. several students and a security guard. Authorities racing to the scene. The school put on lockdown. and here's Trevor all tonight. Tonight, five people injured four seriously after. a horrific stabbing in a Washington state high. school. We have a total of five reported patients. One.

Authorities racing to Foss High School in Tacoma. around 140 this afternoon. The school put on lockdown. The Tacoma Fire Department says they found four students. and a security guard hurt. Authorities searching the school for additional victims. The call indicated there was some type of an altercation, a stabbing that occurred at the school. Tonight, officials say a suspect is in custody, and. that suspect is a student. Triage from engine 16 driver. Suspect is in custody. Police requesting permission to transport him.

Hey, David, this incident sparked a. massive police response, and they do say now the scene. at the school is secure. David. Trevor Rolfe on the breaking news tonight. Trevor, thank you. This evening, the Justice Department releasing new images. from the Washington Hilton. We also have new reporting on that Secret Service. officer hit with gunfire. Did that bullet come from the suspect in the attempted. assassination of the president? Let's get right to Pierre Thomas with us live tonight. Pierre, what have you learned? - David, for the first time, we're seeing. close-up surveillance video of what took place at the White. House Correspondents' Dinner.

You see the assailant enter a set of double. doors just feet away from the security checkpoint, wearing an overcoat, only to burst out seconds later and. run past the magnetometers. Secret Service agents taking a shooting. stance as he sprints by. The head of the Secret Service, Sean Kern, says the suspect, Cole Allen, shot his officer at point blank range with. a shotgun as he raced toward the ballroom. He says the officer then fell back, firing. five shots in response. Authorities say the officer was hit by the suspect's.

bullets, but that his ballistics. All right, Pierre Thomas with new reporting for us, Pierre.

Thank you as always. There's news tonight involving Jeffrey Epstein. Was there a suicide note? The New York Times now reporting that Jeffrey Epstein. may have written a suicide note before hanging himself in jail. The note reportedly under seal for the last seven years. Here's Aaron Katursky. Tonight, the intriguing possibility. Jeffrey Epstein left a suicide note. before he hanged himself in jail that has been under seal. for the last seven years. His former cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, The New York Times, the note was written on a yellow legal.

pad tucked inside a book and is now part of his criminal. case hidden from public view. Tartaglione, a convicted quadruple murderer, said he discovered the note in July 2019 after. Epstein's first suicide attempt, when the Bureau of Prisons. said Epstein was found with a homemade noose. fashioned around his neck. Sources told ABC News federal prosecutors in New. York who charged Epstein with sex trafficking. minors did not know about the note, but it. appears to be referenced in a two-page timeline. contained in the Epstein files.

The timeline says sometime between July 23rd and July 27th, NT found the note and claims his lawyer authenticated. it in January 2020. It does not say how. Today that lawyer declined to comment to ABC News. because the record is sealed. Epstein denied he was suicidal, telling a jail psychologist, "I have no interest in killing myself.". But less than a month later, Epstein was found dead in his. cell with an orange rope around his neck. If Epstein did leave a suicide note, David, that would be.

a critical piece of evidence investigators never saw. Aaron Katursky with us tonight as well. Thank you. - The White House, according to Capitol Hill tonight, heeded testimony over the war in Iran, while at the White House, President Trump again said. that Iran wants a deal very badly. But the president's saying the US is still unclear. who's running Iran. And Secretary Hegseth arguing the president. doesn't need to come to Congress on this. because the clock has stopped. Here's Rachel Scott. - Tonight, with gas prices at their highest point. since the war began, and the straight of her. moves essentially shut down, Frustrated lawmakers grilling.

Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth, asking him if President Trump. will ever seek congressional approval for the war he. launched two months ago. The hearing is in order. Tomorrow, a new milestone. It will be 60 days since the president notified Congress. he was starting this war. The War Powers Act holds that Congress must authorize any. war that lasts more than 60 days. But today, Hegseth saying he believes the ceasefire stops. the clock on those 60 days. We are in a ceasefire right now, which our understanding.

means the 60 day clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire. So you're not in. It's our understanding, just so you know. OK, well, I do not believe the statute would support that. Today in the Oval Office, the president again claiming. Iran wants to make a deal. Nobody knows where the talks are except myself and. a couple of other people. They want to make a deal badly. We have a problem because nobody knows for sure. who the leaders are. It's a little bit of a problem. Tonight for the seventh time, Republicans on Capitol.

Hill blocking a resolution that would have required the. president to get congressional approval for this war in Iran. But there was one key difference, Republican. Senator Susan Collins breaking from her party to. support this resolution. She's locked in a tight re-election battle, and tonight she says the president's authority. as commander-in-chief is not without limits, David. - All right, Rachel Scott, following developments. from the White House. Thank you. Next tonight, King Charles and Queen Camilla. now on their way home tonight after a moving moment. at Arlington National Cemetery today. And did the king accomplish what he wanted to.

during his visit to the US? Here's James Longman again tonight. - Mission accomplished for King Charles tonight. He and Queen Camilla have left the United States. after a charm offensive on President Trump that. seems to have worked. He's a great king. What was great business? He's the greatest king. My book. Relations with the UK, badly damaged by the President's. repeated attacks on Britain for not joining the war with Iran, I said you keep your mouth shut. Seem to be mended. Great people. We need more people like that in our country.

And tonight the King has already scored a win for Britain, President Trump posting that And he's dropped his. tariff on Scottish whisky. On their last day, their majesties paid their respects at. the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. And they celebrated America's 250th birthday at a block party. in Virginia, where once more Americans came out to thank him. for his congressional address. And after urging Congress and Americans to protect this.

nation's natural wonders, Charles was visibly. thrilled by his visit to Shenandoah National Park. And aboard the Royal Aircraft, one last goodbye. from King Charles to a trip that even he may not have. thought could have gone so well. David, controversy could easily have derailed this trip, but instead Charles has managed to endear himself. to the American people And restore the UK-US alliance. For now, David. Our chief international correspondent, James Longman. Great to have you stateside this week, James. Thanks. Tonight, House lawmakers.

voting to fund Department of Homeland Security, ending the 76-day partial government shutdown, the. longest in US history. The House passing the Senate-approved bill. funding most of Homeland Security's operations, including the Secret Service, FEMA and TSA. The bill does not give additional funding to ICE. President Trump is expected to sign the bill. The stock market tonight, a new report showing the GDP. remaining resilient in the face of rising energy costs. in this country. The Dow Jones jumping 790 points today. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 closing out their best month. since 2020, both finishing with record highs.

When we come back, a lot more news ahead tonight. News of a frightening close call between two passenger jets. One plane attempting to land, the other taking off. How close did these two jets come? More in a moment. Also the harrowing video tonight, a driver nearly hitting a child, getting onto a school bus. We've also learned the cause of death tonight, revealed for a famous daytime star. who began as a football player, and what we've now learned. And America strong tonight, three young friends, one unbelievable bond, all three of them receiving. new hearts within 10 days of each other.

This is really incredible in a moment. Tonight, a frightening close call. between two passenger jets in Sao Paulo, Brazil. one plane attempting to land, the other taking off. According to flight radar, they were just 450 feet apart. Authorities in Brazil are investigating this tonight. Meantime, Delta Airlines tonight saying an unruly passenger. refused to get off the phone, forcing a flight. from Miami to Atlanta to turn back to the gate just. as it was taxiing for takeoff. Other passengers shouting at the person.

The incident happened on Monday. The flight did eventually depart an hour late. because that passenger wouldn't get off the phone. in Texas tonight after outrage from families. and lawmakers there. The owners of Camp Mystic are withdrawing their application. to reopen this summer. Twenty seven young girls and counselors. were killed last year. Horrific floodwaters, you'll remember, sweeping through the. camp in the middle of the night. Well, after weeks of emotional hearings, camp officials now. deciding the season should not move forward this year. A very close call outside Tampa. Police say a driver ignoring a stopped school.

bus and nearly hitting a child crossing the road. The Department of Transportation is reporting that the. Department of Transportation is issuing a notice of violation. to the driver and authorities are urging drivers to pay close. attention to school buses after a number of incidents in recent. weeks across this country. When we come back here tonight, the cause of death revealed. for a famous daytime star who began as a football player. And tonight, remembering the singer who famously said, "Take this job and shove it.". To the Index of Other News tonight, we are learning the. cause of death for Days of Our Lives and Melrose Place. actor Patrick Muldoon. Published reports say he died of a heart.

attack at the age of 57. Muldoon played football at USC before turning to acting. Scientist and entrepreneur Craig Venter has died. helped pioneer the decoding of the human genome. In the 1990s, he assembled a team of researchers. that helped to revolutionize microbiology. and DNA sequencing. Craig Venter was 79. Country music legend David Allen Coe has died. ♪ Take this job and shove it ♪. Coe wrote the classic "Take This Job and Shove It". and "The Ride" and for years was an in-demand songwriter.

with an outlaw persona. David Allen Coe was 86. We'll be singing that in our heads all night long. Tonight, two co-stars from "The Devil Wears Prada 2,". Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt, with a new honor, receiving their stars together on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The two unveiling their plaques, surrounded by other stars, including Meryl Streep, The Rock, Matt Damon. It was also something of a family affair today. Tucci is married to Emily Blunt's sister, Felicity. When we come back here tonight, America Strong. Three young boys, all in the hospital, all waiting for the same thing, a new heart,

And then it all happened at once. Finally, tonight here, America Strong, the story of three young. boys all at the same hospital, all waiting and hoping for. the same thing, a new heart. And then the call came for each one of them all at once. Tonight in Houston, Texas, one unbelievable bond. Three young friends, all just six and seven. years old, receiving life-saving new hearts, all within just days of each other. Tonight, all three are now going home.

The boys, all in elementary school, all in need of a heart, all treated on the same floor at Texas Children's Hospital. Six-year-old Preston spending 331 days in the hospital. Seven-year-old Ahmed, their 351 days. And six-year-old Nasir spending more than a year, 423 days in the hospital. They would eat together, walk the halls together. They would laugh together, and they would all wait. for their new hearts. Just this month, all three getting the news. that it was time for their life-saving heart transplants.

within just 10 days of each other. And look at this, Nasir with his family, his care. team lining the hospital walls, cheering for him. Nasir going home. And right there at the end of the hallway, the other. two boys, Preston and Ahmed, waiting for Nasir, giving. him a hug, saying goodbye. And right here tonight, all three boys saying hi to us. Hi David. Hi David. Hey David. Naseer now home, Preston and Ahmed going home.

too in the next few days. And joining us too... Hi David! Their care teams, Dr. Joseph Spinner. Each of these boys, the first thing that they asked was, "Well, when was their friend getting a heart?". And, "How is their friend doing?". Alright, hi David. And Dr. Ikki Adachi, on their remarkable friendship. The three boys, their three new hearts, And the care teams there every step of the way. Their friendship continued even after a successful. transplantation. That's really amazing to see.

Forever bond. Three boys with new hearts. We are cheering them on. Their families, their care teams, their doctors. A lot of heart out there. You just got to find it. I'll see you tomorrow. Good night. David Muir, the most trusted anchor in America, the most. watched anchor in America. Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, the. number one newscast in America.