ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 27, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. STATES OF EMERGENCY AS HUNDREDS. FLEE AHEAD OF OUT OF CONTROL. WILDFIRES ON THE EAST COAST. >>> THE MASSIVE NEW JOB CUTS BY. RFK JR. AT AMERICA'S HEALTH. AGENCIES. >>> AND KING CHARLES SENT TO THE. HOSPITAL. WHAT THE PALACE IS SAYING. TONIGHT. >>> FIRST, NEW EVACUATIONS AS. DRY CONDITIONS HELP FUEL RAGING. FIRES. ONE BLAZE IN THE CAROLINAS NOW. THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FIRE IN THE. U.S. AS FIREFIGHTERS FROM AS FAR AWAY. AS OREGON RUSH IN TO HELP, USING. BULLDOZERS AND CHAIN SAWS TO. MAKE CONTAINMENT LINES. SOME RESIDENTS WATCHING.

HELPLESSLY AS THEIR HOMES ARE. THREATENED. FAITH ABUBEY FROM THE FIRE ZONE. >>> HHS SECRETARY ROBERT KENNEDY. JR. PROMISING TO SLASH 10,000. MORE JOBS FROM THE NATION'S. HEALTH AGENCIES. ON TOP OF THE 10,000 ALREADY. LOST THROUGH BUYOUTS AND. PREVIOUS CUTS. HOW THIS COULD IMPACT THE. COUNTRY'S HEALTH SYSTEM. RACHEL SCOTT REPORTING. >>> THE WHITE HOUSE. ACKNOWLEDGING A MISTAKE WAS MADE. IN THE LEAKED SIGNAL GROUP CHAT. WITH TOP NATIONAL SECURITY. OFFICIALS.

THE FALLOUT GROWING AMID. BIPARTISAN CALLS FOR AN. INVESTIGATION. >>> THE DEATH TOLL RISING IN A. HORRIFIC TOURIST SUBMARINE. ACCIDENT. CHILDREN AMONG THOSE KILLED. THE DESPERATE RESCUE OPERATION. >>> THE NEWS JUST COMING IN. KING CHARLES SENT TO THE. HOSPITAL. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. >>> VICE PRESIDENT VANCE FACING. A CHILLY RECEPTION IN GREENLAND, AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWED TO. GO AS FAR AS WE HAVE TO GO TO. TAKE OVER THE WORLD'S LARGEST. ISLAND. >>> MASS FEDERAL AGENTS IN PLAIN. CLOTHES DETAIN A TUFTS. UNIVERSITY Ph.D STUDENT OUTSIDE. HER HOME. THE STUDENT'S VISA NOW. TERMINATED AND THE.

ADMINISTRATION'S THREAT ABOUT. MORE ARRESTS. >>> THE FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. FOR A DOCTOR ACCUSED OF TRYING. TO KILL HIS WIFE IN HAWAII, BY. PUSHING HER OFF A CLIFF. AND WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY HE. ATTEMPTED NEXT. >>> AN ARREST IN A MOLOTOV. COCKTAIL ATTACK ON A TESLA. DEALERSHIP. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. SUSPECT. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT'S TIME TO.

PLAY BALL. >>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR. JOINING US ON THIS THURSDAY. NIGHT. I'M WHIT JOHNSON, IN FOR DAVID. SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR, INCLUDING. THOUSANDS OF JOBS SLASHED FROM. AMERICA'S HEALTH AGENCIES. >>> AND NEWS ON KING CHARLES, SENT TO THE HOSPITAL. >>> BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. THE WILDFIRE THREAT RAGING. ACROSS PARTS OF THE EAST COAST. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, NEW. EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. AT LEAST 1,400 HOMES AND. BUSINESSES IMPACTED. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS FROM. ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLED IN TO. ASSIST.

CREWS ATTACKING THE FLAMES FROM. THE AIR, A D.C. TEN SPREADING. FIRE RETARDANT. ON THE GROUND, HEAVY EQUIPMENT. USED TO BUILD CONTAINMENT LINES. TO PROTECT HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THE FIRES IN THE CAROLINAS STILL. BURNING OUT OF CONTROL. SCORCHING NEARLY 10 SQUARE. MILES. THE ENTIRE REGION SO DRY, AND. WITH MANY DOWNED TREES FROM LAST. YEAR'S HURRICANE HELENE, PROVIDING FUEL FOR THE FLAMES. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY LEADS US OFF. IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, D.C. 10s.

DROPPING RETARDANT FROM THE AIR. FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE. U.S. BATTLING THE BLACK COVE. COMPLEX FIRE, NOW CONSIDERED THE. HIGHEST PRIORITY WILDFIRE IN THE. ENTIRE COUNTRY. >> A LOT OF THIS FIRE HAS BEEN. TERRAIN-DRIVEN, AND IT'S REALLY. STEEP, IT'S REALLY RUGGED. TERRAIN, INACCESSIBLE IN MANY. PLACES. >> Reporter: AT LEAST 11 HOMES. HAVE BURNED. THE ENTIRE REGION ESSENTIALLY A. TINDERBOX. >> THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY DO. HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING, BECAUSE OF. ALL THAT BLOW DOWN FROM HELENE.

AND WE'RE LOSING CONTAINMENT. LINES THAT NORMALLY WE'RE ABLE. TO HOLD. >> Reporter: ANY GUST OF WIND. CAN FUEL THE SPREAD OF A NEW. FIRE. >> WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE. GOING TO COME HOME TO LOSING. EVERYTHING WE HAD. >> Reporter: LATE WEDNESDAY, DONNA BRYANT RUSHING HOME FROM. WORK TO GRAB WHAT SHE COULD. AFTER A NEW FIRE BROKE OUT JUST. FEET FROM HER HOUSE. >> ON MY WAY HOME, I'M LIKE, IS. THE CLOTHES ON MY BACK GOING TO. BE ALL THAT I HAVE AT THE END OF. THE DAY? >> Reporter: IN SOUTH CAROLINA, EVACUATIONS CONTINUING FOR THE. TABLE ROCK COMPLEX FIRE, AFFECTING MORE THAN 1,400 HOMES. AND BUSINESSES.

FIREFIGHTERS USING BULLDOZERS. AND CHAIN SAWS IN ROUGH TERRAIN. TO MAKE CONTAINMENT LINES. THE BATTLE THERE FAR FROM OVER. AND WHIT, YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE. ALREADY BURNED THROUGH THIS. AREA. SCENES LIKE THIS ALL OVER. THE WINDS EXPECTED TO PICK UP. AGAIN TOMORROW. AND MANY HOMEOWNERS ALREADY TOLD. THEY COULD BE NEXT ON THE. EVACUATION LIST. WHIT? >> Whit: THE THREAT STILL A. MAJOR CONCERN. FAITH ABUBEY, THANK YOU. >>> NOW, TO THOSE MASSIVE CUTS. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND. HUMAN SERVICES.

10,000 PEOPLE AT THE NATION'S. HEALTH AGENCIES BEING LAID OFF, AND THAT'S ON TOP OF THE NEARLY. 10,000 STAFF ALREADY CUT THROUGH. BUYOUTS AND PREVIOUS LAYOFFS. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SECRETARY ROBERT KENNEDY JR. SAYING IT WILL BE A PAINFUL. PERIOD, BUT PROMISING HIS. DEPARTMENT WILL DO MORE WITH. LESS. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. ANNOUNCING A MASSIVE OVERHAUL OF. THE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES. AMERICA'S HEALTH, SUPERVISES. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, AND.

MONITORS FOOD AND DRUG SAFETY. IT INCLUDES CUTTING 20,000. PEOPLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT. A QUARTER OF ITS WORK FORCE. >> THIS WILL BE A PAINFUL PERIOD. FOR HHS, AS WE DOWNSIZE FROM. 82,000 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO. AROUND 62,000. I WANT TO PROMISE YOU NOW THAT. WE'RE GOING TO DO MORE WITH. LESS. >> Reporter: BUT EXPERTS, INCLUDING DR. RICHARD BESSER, FORMER ACTING DIRECTOR OF. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND. PREVENTION, INSISTS YOU CAN'T. CUT THAT MANY JOBS WITHOUT. PEOPLE IN AMERICA, QUOTE,

SUFFERING. >> I WORRY THAT IN THIS DRIVE TO. CUT POSITIONS AND SAVE MONEY, CRITICAL PROGRAMS THAT IMPACT ON. PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE GOING TO BE. CUT, AS WELL. >> Reporter: KENNEDY ALSO PLANS. TO CONSOLIDATE AGENCIES WITHIN. HHS. >> WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE AN. ENTIRE ALPHABET SOUP OF. DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, WHILE. PRESERVING THEIR CORE FUNCTIONS, BY MERGING THEM INTO A NEW. ORGANIZATION CALLED THE. ADMINISTRATION FOR HEALTHY. AMERICA, OR AHA. >> Reporter: THE FDA WILL LOSE. 3,500 EMPLOYEES.

AND THE CDC WILL LOSE 2,400. THAT AGENCY ALSO NARROWING ITS. SCOPE, TO FOCUS ON PREPARING FOR. AND RESPONDING TO EPIDEMICS AND. OUTBREAKS. FOR DECADES, THE AGENCY HAS. HANDLED SO MUCH MORE. MONITORING NATIONWIDE HEALTH. TRENDS, INCLUDING CHRONIC. DISEASES, FIREARM INJURIES, AND. OVERDOSE DEATHS. >> THE CDC HAS INCREDIBLE. EXPERTISE IN HEART DISEASE, IN.

CANCER, IN SMOKING PREVENTION. IF CDC LOSES IS ABILITY TO WORK. ON THOSE, SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING. TO HAVE TO PICK THAT UP, AND NO. ONE'S GOING TO DO IT AS WELL AS. CDC. >> Reporter: AND IT'S STILL. UNCLEAR HOW THOSE SWEEPING. CHANGES WILL IMPACT THE CDC, BUT. TONIGHT, THERE IS OTHER BREAKING. NEWS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING THAT HE. IS PULLING THE NOMINATION OF. CONGRESSWOMAN ELISE STEFANIK OF. NEW YORK TO BECOME THE NEXT. AMBASSADOR OF THE U.N. THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT WITH A. VERY TIGHT MAJORITY IN THE. HOUSE, HE DOESN'T WANT TO TAKE. ANY CHANCES OF REPUBLICANS. LOSING THAT HOUSE SEAT, SO NOW, STEFANIK WILL REMAIN IN. CONGRESS. WHIT? >> Whit: ALL RIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT.

WITH THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, A TUFTS UNIVERSITY. GRAD STUDENT IS IN I.C.E. DETENTION. FEDERAL AGENTS SWARMING IN TO. ARREST THE WOMAN OUTSIDE HER. MASSACHUSETTS HOME WEARING MASKS. AND PLAIN CLOTHES. AND LATE TODAY, WHAT SECRETARY. OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAID WHEN. ASKED ABOUT HER ARREST. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE MOMENT. FEDERAL AGENTS IN MASKS AND. HOODIES DETAINED TUFTS. UNIVERSITY DOCTORAL STUDENT RUE. MESA OZTURK. >> WE'RE THE POLICE. >> Reporter: THE TURKISH.

NATIONAL HANDCUFFED AND LED. AWAY. ONE OF AT LEAST A HALF DOZEN. INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TARGETED. IN RECENT WEEKS AFTER VOICING. SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS. >> IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR. DOOR --. >> KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED! >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, MORE. THAN 1,000 DEMONSTRATORS. PROTESTING HER ARREST AT TUFTS. HER ATTORNEY SAYS IT APPEARS THE. ONLY THING SHE'S BEING TARGETED. FOR IS HER RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. SECURITY ACCUSED HER OF ENGAGING. IN ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF. HAMAS. >> EVERY TIME I FIND ONE OF. THESE LUNATICS, I TAKE AWAY. THEIR VISA. >> Reporter: OZTURK COWROTE THIS.

OP-ED CRITICIZING TUFTS FOR. FAILING TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN. GENOCIDE. HAMAS IS NOT MENTIONED. >> SHE MADE SURE THAT SHE. DOESN'T OFFEND ANYONE, LET. ALONE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY. INCITE VIOLENCE. SHE'S NOT THAT, SHE'S NOT. AGGRESSIVE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SAYS ONE. OF ITS DOCTORAL STUDENTS HAVE. BEEN DETAINED. DETAINING THESE STUDENTS IS PART. OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S. HARDLINE ADMINISTRATION POLICY. THAT CRACKDOWN IS ALSO SENDING. SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS TO A.

PRISON IN EL SALVADOR. VISITED BY THE HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY. >> IF YOU COME TO OUR COUNTRY. ILLEGALLY, THIS IS ONE OF THE. CONSEQUENCE. CONSEQU. CONSEQUENCES FACED. >> Reporter: NO CHARGES HAVE. BEEN FILED AGAINST ANY OF THE. DETAINED STUDENTS. THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS. PROTECTED. THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEIR. RIGHT TO BE IN THE COUNTRY IS. NOT. AND IT WILL LIKELY BE UP TO THE. COURTS TO DECIDE. WHIT? >> Whit: AARON KATERSKY FOR US. TONIGHT. AARON, THANK YOU. >>> WE HEAD OVERSEAS NOW, AND. THAT DEADLY TOURIST SUBMARINE. TRAGEDY IN EGYPT.

AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE KILLED, INCLUDING CHILDREN. NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT IN THE. URGENT INVESTIGATION INTO HOW. THIS HAPPENED. HERE'S ABC'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE. ARE DEAD TONIGHT, INCLUDING TWO. CHILDREN, AFTER A TOURIST. SUBMARINE SANK OFF THE COAST OF. EGYPT. 50 PEOPLE WERE ONBOARD WHEN THE. UNDERWATER SIGHTSEEING BOAT. CRASHED INTO A CORAL REEF. ACCORDING TO AN EARLY. INVESTIGATION. THE URGENT RESCUE OPERATION. UNFOLDING IN THE RED SEA NEAR. THE POPULAR RESORT OF HURGHADA. DOZENS PULLED FROM THE WATER. LOCAL OFFICIALS VISITING. SURVIVORS IN THE HOSPITAL.

AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE INJURED. AUTHORITIES SAY ALL THOSE KILLED. WERE RUSSIAN NATIONALS. THE SUBMARINE, SEEN IN THIS. PROMOTIONAL VIDEO, IT CAN DIVE. UP TO 80 FEET UNDER WATER. IT'S NOT CLEAR IF THE VESSEL. THAT SANK TODAY WAS FULLY. SUBMERGED AT THE TIME. VIDEOS TAKEN ON PREVIOUS TRIPS. SHOW HOW TOURISTS WOULD CLIMB. DOWN THE HATCH AND THE TIGHT. QUARTERS ONCE INSIDE. AND AS THE INVESTIGATION IS. ONGOING, NOW ALL THE CREW. MEMBERS ARE BEING INTERVIEWED, WHIT. >> Whit: TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. >>> TWO AMERICANS INJURED IN A. STABBING RAMPAGE IN AMSTERDAM.

A 67-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND. 69-YEAR-OLD MAN, ACCORDING TO. POLICE. THE TWO AMONG FIVE TOTAL VICTIMS. ATTACKED AROUND THE CITY CENTER. NO WORD ON HOW SERIOUS THE. INJURIES ARE. A SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED. A MOTIVE HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. >>> THERE IS NEWS JUST COMING IN. TONIGHT, KING CHARLES WAS SENT. TO THE HOSPITAL TODAY. THE PALACE SAYING THIS FOLLOWED. HIS ONGOING TREATMENT FOR. CANCER. CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN. JOINS US NOW FROM LONDON. AND JAMES, WHAT MORE ARE YOU.

LEARNING? >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, THE. PALACE ANNOUNCED LATE TONIGHT. THAT KING CHARLES WAS TAKEN TO. THE HOSPITAL BRIEFLY TODAY AFTER. HE EXPERIENCED SIDE EFFECTS FROM. HIS ONGOING CANCER TREATMENT. NOW, THEY CALLED THESE SIDE. EFFECTS TEMPORARY, BUT THEY WERE. SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT THE KING. REQUIRED A SHORT PERIOD OF. OBSERVATION IN THE HOSPITAL. HE IS NOW BACK HOME, BUT AS A. PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, ALL HIS. ENGAGEMENTS TOMORROW HAVE BEEN. CANCELED. THE KING'S CANCER DIAGNOSIS WAS. MADE PUBLIC IN FEBRUARY LAST. YEAR, BUT HE HAS BEEN BACK TO. FULL OFFICIAL DUTIES FOR SOME. TIME. THE PALACE SAYS THEY DO NOT. ANTICIPATE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE.

SCHEDULE. A STATE VISIT BY ITALY SHOULD GO. AHEAD IN JUST OVER A WEEK'S. TIME. WHIT? >> Whit: MANY THINKING ABOUT THE. KING'S HEALTH TONIGHT. JAMES, THANK YOU. >>> A HIGH LEVEL AMERICAN. DELEGATION LED BY VICE PRESIDENT. JD VANCE IS HEADING TO. GREENLAND. PRESIDENT TRUMP INSISTING THE. U.S. WILL, QUOTE, GO AS FAR AS. WE HAVE TO GO, TO GAIN CONTROL. OF THE ISLAND. ABC'S SENIOR NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN IS. THERE, AND TERRY, THIS HAS. REALLY BECOME A HIGH STAKES. VISIT. >> Reporter: YEAH, WHIT, THIS IS. A DRAMATIC MOMENT IN THE.

STRUGGLE FOR GREENLAND. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE IS GOING TO. BE VISITING A U.S. SPACE FORCE. BASE IN THE FAR NORTH OF. GREENLAND, BUT HIS MESSAGE IS. MUCH BIGGER. THE ADMINISTRATION IS ARGUING. THAT GREENLAND, WHICH IS PART OF. DENMARK, HAS BEEN NEGLECTED BY. THE DANES AND BY PREVIOUS U.S. ADMINISTRATIONS AND GREENLANDERS. WOULD BE BETTER OFF UNDER U.S. OWNERSHIP. THIS IS A WILD LAND, IT'S RICH. IN AIR EARTH MATERIALS AND IT. SITS ALONG STRATEGIC SEA LANES. THAT ARE OPENING UP FROM CLIMATE. CHANGE. AND RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE THAT, TOO. RIGHT NOW, MOST GREENLANDERS. REJECT TRUMP'S GOALS. THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THAT.

WITH IF IF THE VICE PRESIDENT. VISITS A TOWN HERE, HE WILL BE. GREETED WITH CHANTS OF "YANKEE. GO HOME.". WHIT? >> Whit: TERRY, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE WHITE. HOUSE IS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A. MISTAKE WAS MADE WHEN TOP. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS USED A. SIGNAL APP GROUP CHAT TO DISCUSS. DETAILS AHEAD OF MILITARY. STRIKES IN YEMEN. THAT CHAT MISTAKENLY INCLUDING A. REPORTER FROM THE ATLANTIC MAG. SEEN. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TODAY. DOWNPLAYING THE SEVERITY OF THE. INCIDENT, IMPLYING THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE.

INVESTIGATING. BUT THERE ARE BIPARTISAN CALLS. IN CONGRESS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. HERE'S ABC'S NEWS CHIEF GLOBAL. AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA. RADDATZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE TOP. REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT ON THE. SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. INTO THE GROUP CHAT ON THE. SIGNAL APP WHERE DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH REVEALED. DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE. MILITARY STRIKE ON YEMEN. A REPORTER MISTAKENLY ADDED TO. THE CHAT. THE SENATORS SAY THE EPISODE. RAISES QUESTIONS AS TO THE USE. OF UNCLASSIFIED NETWORKS TO.

DISCUSS SENSITIVE AND CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN'T. KNOW WHETHER OR NOT CLASSIFIED. INFORMATION WAS SHARED. >> I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THE VARIOUS. PEOPLE INVOLVED. I REALLY DON'T KNOW. >> Reporter: SECRETARY HEGSETH. INSISTS IT WASN'T. >> NOBODY'S TEXTING WAR PLANS. >> Reporter: WHAT'S NOT IN. DISPUTE IS THAT HOURS BEFORE. U.S. AIR AND MISSILE STRIKES. WERE LAUNCHED, HEGSETH TOLD THE. GROUP, INCLUDING THAT REPORTER, DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING. WHICH AIRCRAFT WOULD BE. INVOLVED, WHAT TIME THEY WOULD.

BE LAUNCHED, AND EXACTLY WHEN. THE BOMBS WOULD DROP. FOR DAYS, THE WHITE HOUSE. DOWNPLAYED THE SECURITY BREACH, BUT TODAY, PRESS SECRETARY. KAROLINE LEAVITT ACKNOWLEDGING A. MISTAKE WAS MADE, POINTING THE. FINGER AT NATIONAL SECURITY. ADVISER MIKE WALTZ, WHO CREATED. THE GROUP CHAT AND ADDED THE. REPORTER INADVERTENTLY. >> WELL, WE HAVE NEVER DENIED. THAT THIS WAS A MISTAKE, AND THE. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TOOK. RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE SAID, WE ARE MAKING. CHANGES. >> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY.

GENERAL DID MAKE IT CLEAR TODAY. THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL. NOT BE INVESTIGATING, BUT. MILITARY OFFICERS WE HAVE SPOKEN. TO REMAIN DUMBFOUNDED THAT. HEGSETH SHARED DETAILS OF THE. ATTACK HOURS BEFORE IT HAPPENED, AND PILOTS TELLING US IT COULD. HAVE PUT CREWS FLYING THOSE. MISSIONS AT FAR GREATER RISK. WHIT? >> Whit: MARTHA RADDATZ ON THIS. STORY AGAIN TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >>> AN URGENT RECOVERY MISSION. IS UNDER WAY. FOUR SOLDIERS FROM FORT STEWART, GEORGIA, MISSING FROM A TRAINING. EXERCISE IN LITHUANIA.

THEIR 70-TON VEHICLE LOCATED. SUBMERGED IN A POND. THICK FOREST AND CHALLENGING. TERRAIN ARE HAMPERING EFFORTS. HUNDREDS OF U.S. AND LITHUANIAN. SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN HELPING IN. THOSE EFFORTS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, AN ARREST AFTER A FIERY. ATTACK AT A TESLA DEALERSHIP. WHAT POLICE SAY THEY FOUND IN. THE SUSPECT'S HOME, AND THE. CHARGES HE'S NOW FACING. >>> PLUS, THE TOP DOCTOR ACCUSED. OF TRYING TO PUSH HIS WIFE OVER. A CLIFF IN HAWAII. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE COURTROOM. TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. MATT GUTMAN REPORTS, COMING UP.

>>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE CHILLING. STORY FROM HAWAII. A PROMINENT DOCTOR NOW CHARGED. WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS. WIFE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE TRIED TO PUSH. HER DOWN A HILL WHILE THEY WERE. ON A HIKE, THEN HITTING HER IN. THE HEAD WITH A ROCK. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A MAUI. DOCTOR WHO AUTHORITIES SAY TRIED. TO PUSH HIS WIFE OFF A CLIFF AND. BEAT HER WITH A ROCK CHARGED. WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER, APPEARING. IN COURT. THE COUPLE HIKING A TRAIL NEAR.

HONOLULU MONDAY MORNING WHEN. POLICE SAY GERHARDT KONIG, AN. ENTHESOLOGIST, BECAME ENRAGED, TRYING TO PUSH HIS WIFE. OFF THE TRAIL AND STRIKING HER. MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE HEAD. SHE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN. CRITICAL CONDITION WITH INJURIES. TO HER FACE AND HEAD. POLICE SAY KONIG THEN FLED INTO. THE PARK. POLICE ISSUING THIS LOOKOUT FOR. THE 46-YEAR-OLD. AND AFTER A SIX-HOUR MANHUNT AND. A BRIEF FOOT CHASE, KONIG. FINALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE DOCTOR HAD WORKED AS AN. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AT MAUI. HEALTH UNTIL THIS WEEK. MAUI HEALTH SAYING IN A. STATEMENT, DR. KONIG'S MEDICAL.

STAFF PRIVILEGES AT MAUI. MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER HAVE. BEEN SUSPENDED, PENDING. INVESTIGATION. WHIT, KONIG IS BEING HELD ON A. $5 MILLION BAIL. HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SET. FOR MONDAY, AT WHICH HE'S. EXPECTED TO MAKE A PLEA. WHIT? >> Whit: AN ALARMING CASE. MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, POLICE. MAKING AN ARREST AFTER A FIERY. TESLA ATTACK. >>> AND. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. AN ARREST IN THAT FIERY ATTACK.

ON A LAS VEGAS TESLA DEALERSHIP. 36-YEAR-OLD PAUL KIM FACING. CHARGES INCLUDING ARSON AND. DISCHARGING A FIREARM INTO A. VEHICLE. VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MONTH. SHOWING FLAMES AND EXPLOSIONS. POLICE RAIDING KIM'S HOME, SAYING THEY FOUND FIREARMS AND A. GUN BELT. THEY DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE ELSE. WAS INVOLVED, BUT THEY ARE. TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER KIM. IS PART OF AN ORGANIZED GROUP. TARGETING TESLA. >>> AND A NEW TRIBUTE TONIGHT TO. HONOR COMEDY LEGEND BETTY WHITE. THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ISSUING. THE POSTAL STAMP FEATURING WHITE. TODAY. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT HER.

EARRING, IT'S A PAW PRINT, HONORING HER ADVOCACY FOR. ANIMALS. YOU CAN BUY THE FOREVER STAMP AT. THE POST OFFICE OR ONLINE. >>> AND TONIGHT, ASHEVILLE. RISING. "GMA" RETURNING SIX MONTHS AFTER. HURRICANE HELENE HIT, SEEING. STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE IN NORTH. CAROLINA. GENEROUS DONATIONS OF SUPPLIES, PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME TO HELP. STORM VICTIMS REBUILD, AND SO. MUCH HELP FROM YOU AT HOME. DONATIONS POURING IN FROM. VIEWERS, TOTALING MORE THAN $2.7. MILLION. AND THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TO. HELP, EVEN MORE.

YOU CAN JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE. DAY MILLIONS OF BASEBALL FANS. HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, MILLIONS OF. HAPPY FANS CELEBRATING OPENING. DAY. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS BACK. TONIGHT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO. MANY CHEERING FOR MAJOR LEAGUE. BASEBALL'S OPENING DAY, FROM NEW. YORK TO ST. LOUIS TO CHICAGO. NEARLY EVERY TEAM TAKING THE. FIELD. IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, THIS YOUNG. FAN, 10-YEAR-OLD EVERETT. JAMISON, WAITING FOR AN.

AUTOGRAPH BEFORE HIS ASTROS TAKE. ON THE NEW YORK METS. IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, FATHER AND. SON SHAWN AND JAKE TAYLOR. SITTING TOGETHER MANY MATCHING. PADRES JERSEYS. AND INSIDE, SISTERS CRUZ AND. CAMERON, ALSO WEARING THOSE. PADRES JERSEYS. THEIR TEAM PLAYING AGAINST THE. ATLANTA BRAVES. AND EVEN BEFORE THE GAMES, THE. CELEBRATIONS. THE ASTROS CAM SMITH WILL MAKE. HIS MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT TONIGHT. THE TEAM SURPRISING HIM WITH THE. NEWS BY BRINGING HIS FAMILY INTO.

THE LOCKER ROOM TO TELL HIM. >> YOU MADE THE ROSTER! >> Whit: AND THIS IS THE MOMENT. 29-YEAR-OLD JC ASCARA CALLED HIS. MOM TO TELL HER HE'S GOING TO. PLAY FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES. >> I MADE THE TEAM. >> YOU MADE THE TEAM? >> WE DID IT. >> Reporter: TELLING HIS MOM, "WE DID IT.". AND AS THE DODGERS PREPARE TO. TAKE THE FIELD, WATCH OUT BEFORE.

THE GAME TO HONOR THE. FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST. RESPONDERS WHO HELPED BATTLE THE. L.A. WILDFIRES. THEY WILL INTRODUCE A FRONT LINE. HERO OF THE GAME THROUGHOUT THE. SEASON. DODGERS STAR SHOW. DODGERS STAR SHOHEI OHTANI AND. HIS TEAMMATES VISITED A PACIFIC. PALISADES FIRE STATION EARLIER. THIS YEAR. AND HERE WE GO. THE SEASON JUST GETTING STARTED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.