ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 28, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. THE SOARING DEATH TOLL IN THE. MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE ACROSS. SOUTHEAST ASIA. BUILDINGS COLLAPSING. THE FRANTIC SEARCH FOR THE. MISSING. >>> HERE AT HOME, DEADLY FLOODS. AND WILDFIRES, AND THE MAJOR. CROSS-COUNTRY STORM. >>> FIRST, THE QUAKE DEVASTATION. THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA. STRETCHING HUNDREDS OF MILES. AN ENTIRE 34-STORY BUILDING IN. BANGKOK CRASHING TO THE GROUND. PEOPLE FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES. AS A CLOUD OF DUST AND DEBRIS. FILLS THE AIR. MORE THAN 100 CONSTRUCTION. WORKERS BELIEVED TRAPPED.

THE SHEER FORCE OF THIS MASSIVE. QUAKE REACHING AS FAR AWAY AS. SOUTHERN CHINA. DEBRIS FROM A BUILDING RAINING. DOWN. THE DESPERATE EFFORT TO FIND. SURVIVORS. A YOUNG BOY PULLED FROM THE. RUBBLE. WATER FROM A ROOFTOP POOL. SPILLING DOWN HUNDREDS OF FEET. TO THE STREETS. OUR BRITT CLENNETT ON THE SCENE. IN BANGKOK TONIGHT. >>> HERE AT HOME, THE DEADLY. FLOODS IN TEXAS. UP TO 18 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME. PLACES. HUNDREDS OF WATER RESCUES. AND IN THE CAROLINAS, THE. COMPLETE OPPOSITE. RED FLAG WARNINGS AS WILDFIRES. EXPLODE.

AND OUR WEATHER TEAM TIMING OUT. THIS WEEKEND'S MASSIVE. CROSS-COUNTRY STORM. >>> THE FRIGID RESPONSE IN. GREENLAND AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. DECLARES, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE. ISLAND. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE TRAVELING. THERE TO MAKE THE CASE. WHAT HE SAID WHEN ASKED IF THE. U.S. MILITARY WILL TAKE. GREENLAND BY FORCE. TERRY MORAN FROM GREENLAND AND. WHAT HE'S HEARING FROM THE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. >>> STOCKS PLUNGE ON WALL STREET. OVER UNCERTAINTY OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S TARIFFS AS THE PRESIDENT. AND CANADA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER. HOLD A HIGH-STAKES PHONE CALL.

>>> THE URGENT MANHUNT HERE IN. NEW YORK TONIGHT FOR TWO MEN WHO. POLICE SAY CARVED A SWASTIKA. INTO A CYBER TRUCK. ELON MUSK VOWING TO TARGET THOSE. RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS ON TESLA. AND OF CALLS FOR A NATIONWIDE. DAY OF PROTESTS AGAINST THE CAR. COMPANY. >>> KING CHARLES APPEARS IN. PUBLIC ONE DAY AFTER A BRIEF. HOSPITAL STAY. THE LATEST ON HIS CONDITION. >>> "AMERICA STRONG" TONIGHT. THE HEARTWARMING STORY BEHIND. THIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND A. NOW-VIRAL MOMENT OF JOY.

>> Whit: GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS. FRIDAY NIGHT. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN WITH THAT BREAKING. NEWS. DESPERATE RESCUE EFFORTS. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ACROSS. SOUTHEAST ASIA AFTER THAT. MASSIVE 7.7 MAGNITUDE. EARTHQUAKE. THE EPICENTER IN THE WAR-TORN. COUNTRY OF MYANMAR, BUT THE. IMPACT REACHING AS FAR AWAY AS. SOUTHERN CHINA. THIS IS THE MOMENT A.

34-STORY BUILDING UNDER. CONSTRUCTION CAME CRASHING DOWN. IN BANGKOK. WORKERS RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES. CLOUDS OF DUST AND DEBRIS. FILLING THE AIR. MORE THAN 100 WORKERS BELIEVED. TRAPPED INSIDE. ROOFTOP POOLS SPILLING OUT WAVES. OF WATER HUNDREDS OF FEET DOWN. BUILDINGS TOPPLING OVER. MANY THAT DIDN'T COLLAPSE. LEANING PRECARIOUSLY. IN SOUTHERN CHINA, DEBRIS. RAINING DOWN ONTO A CITY STREET. THE DESPERATE RESCUE EFFORTS NOW. AROUND THE CLOCK. THIS MOMENT SHOWING CREWS SAVING. A YOUNG BOY FROM THE RUBBLE.

THE EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION IS. YET TO BE FULLY REVEALED, BUT. THE DEATH TOLL IS EXPECTED TO. SURGE. ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT LEADS US. OFF FROM THE SCENE IN BANGKOK. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE MOMENT. THAT CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE. ROCKED SOUTHEAST ASIA, TOPPLING. BUILDINGS, SENDING PANICKED. CROWDS FLEEING, AND CAUSING. WIDESPREAD DEATH AND. DESTRUCTION. THIS BRIDGE FALLING INTO A MUDDY. RIVER. MYANMAR TAKING A DIRECT HIT.

MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE KILLED. ACROSS THE REGION, HUNDREDS MORE. INJURED. IN BANGKOK, THAILAND, THAT. ENTIRE 34-STORY SKYSCRAPER, STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CRASHES DOWN TO THE GROUND AS. WORKERS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES. CLOUDS OF DUST AND DEBRIS. FILLING THE AIR. JACK BROWN ON A NEARBY HIGHWAY. WATCHING AS THE BUILDING FELL. >> IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING TO SEE. THAT DESTRUCTION. >> Reporter: DESPERATE SEARCH. FOR SURVIVORS TONIGHT.

RESCUERS CARRYING OUT THE. INJURED. DIGGING THROUGH THE RUBBLE, SHOUTING TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE. TRAPPED. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE STILL. MISSING HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS A MASSIVE SEARCH. OPERATION. CREWS HERE ARE WORKING ALL. THROUGH THE NIGHT, SEARCHING FOR. ANY SIGNS OF LIFE IN THAT GIANT. PIECE OF RUBBLE. THE EPICENTER MORE THAN 600. MILES FROM BANGKOK IN CENTRAL. MYANMAR, A NATION TORN BY YEARS. OF CIVIL WAR, NOW DEVASTATED BY. A MONSTER 7.7-MAGNITUDE QUAKE.

BUILDINGS LEFT LEANING ON THEIR. FOUNDATIONS. RESCUERS CHEERING THE INCREDIBLE. MOMENT A CHILD IS PULLED FROM A. FLATTENED BUILDING ALIVE. HISTORIC TEMPLES DESTROYED. THIS MAN NARROWLY ESCAPING. DEATH. >> I WAS PRAYING IN MONASTERY. SUDDENLY, THE GROUND START. SHAKING. I WAS SO SHOCKED AT THE TIME. THE MONASTERY SUDDENLY FELL. DOWN. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 450 MILES. FROM THE EPICENTER OF THAT.

QUAKE, PEOPLE IN YUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA, FEELING THE TREMORS. HORRIFIC VIDEO SHOWING THE. MOMENT FALLING DEBRIS RAINED. DOWN ON PEOPLE BELOW THIS. 31-STORY BUILDING. BACK HERE IN BANGKOK, THE. VIOLENT SHAKING SENDING WATER. SPILLING OUT OF ROOFTOP POOLS, CASCADING DOWN HIGHRISES. AMERICAN EXPAT DEBORAH HAS BEEN. LIVING IN THAILAND FOR 28 YEARS. >> I WAS IN MY LA-Z-BOY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT MOVED BACK. AND FORTH. THEN IT TOPPLED OVER.

>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES NOW. WARNING MILLIONS TO BE ALERT, THE REGION ALREADY HIT BY A. POWERFUL 6.4-MAGNITUDE. AFTERSHOCK. >> Whit: THOSE AFTERSHOCKS OF. MAJOR CONCERN. BRITT CLENNETT LIVE ON THE SCENE. OF THAT DEADLY BUILDING COLLAPSE. IN BANGKOK. AND BRITT, THE TRUE SCOPE AND. TOLL FROM THIS MASSIVE QUAKE. STILL UNCLEAR TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, WHIT. YOU CAN SEE THIS MASSIVE PILE OF. DEBRIS BEHIND ME. THERE'S STILL VERY MUCH AN. ACTIVE SEARCH GOING ON. WHAT WE DON'T KNOW, THE TRUE. EXTENT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF.

THIS QUAKE ACROSS THE REGION. TO HELP, WHIT. >> Whit: DESPERATE RESCUE. EFFORTS THERE. BRITT CLENNETT FOR US TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> MEANTIME, BACK HERE AT HOME, THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN TEXAS HAS. TURNED DEADLY. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED. PARTS OF THE STATE RECEIVING. MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN. FLOODING ROADS, SUBMERGING CARS. FIRST RESPONDERS PERFORMING. HUNDREDS OF WATER RESCUES. MEANTIME, TO THE EAST, THE. CAROLINA WILDFIRES EXPLODING IN. SIZE AS HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS. RACE TO GET THE UPPER HAND. ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY IN NORTH.

CAROLINA AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MORE. DANGER FOR THE DEEP SOUTH AFTER. A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. OVERNIGHT. BUCKETS OF RAIN IN SOUTH TEXAS. MORE THAN A FOOT OF RAIN IN. SPOTS, KILLING AT LEAST THREE. PEOPLE. FIRST RESPONDERS IN BOATS. RESCUING DOZENS OF PEOPLE FROM. THEIR VEHICLES IN McCALLAN, VEHICLES BOBBING IN THE WATER. IN THE CAROLINAS, NEW RED FLAG. WARNINGS AND DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS ON. THE FRONT LINES BATTLING THE.

BLACK COVE COMPLEX FIRE IN NORTH. CAROLINA. CREWS INTENTIONALLY SET THIS. FIRE JUST FEET AWAY FROM THIS. HOUSE, BURNING UP ALL THE DEBRIS. THAT A WILDFIRE COULD USE TO. DESTROY IT. THE FIRE IS STILL JUST 17%. CONTAINED. IS THERE A PHYSICAL IMPACT ON. YOUR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY'RE OUT. THERE WORKING HOURS ON END? >> FATIGUE. THIS IS MY LOCAL DISTRICT HERE. WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FIRE FOR. OVER A MONTH NOW. >> Reporter: IN SOUTH CAROLINA, THE TABLE ROCK COMPLEX FIRE. EXPLODING AND EXPANDING IN SIZE. OVERNIGHT, NOW NEARLY 17 SQUARE.

MILES. >> WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. TO GET THIS CONTAINED. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY. CHARGES FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE. FOR SETTING THE TABLE ROCK FIRE. ARE COMING. BUT THE PRIORITY NOW IS FIGHTING. THE FLAMES. AND WHIT, THOSE GUSTING WINDS. ARE PICKING UP AGAIN, BUT IT'S. THE DRY CONDITIONS THAT HAVE. FIREFIGHTERS THE MOST CONCERNED. THAT'S BECAUSE ANY FIRES THAT. BREAK OUT CAN SPREAD QUICKLY, BUT THERE IS RAIN IN THE. FORECAST ON SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON.

MONDAY AND CAN'T COME SOON. ENOUGH. WHIT? >> Whit: YEAH, A SILVER LINING. FAITH, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET RIGHT TO. METEOROLOGIST DANI BECKSTROM. FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. DANI, THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ON THE MOVE TONIGHT? >> YES. TONIGHT, WHIT, EAST TEXAS INTO. PARTS OF LOUISIANA UNDER TORNADO. WATCH UNTIL 7:00 P.M. LOCAL. TIME. AS THAT HEAVY RAIN THAT WE JUST. SAW CONTINUES FROM LAKE CHARLES. THIS EVENING INTO NEW ORLEANS. TOMORROW. THEN OUR ATTENTION TURNS TO THAT. NEXT MAJOR STORM SYSTEM CROSSING. THE COUNTRY SET TO BRING A. DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER RISK TO.

MILLIONS THIS WEEKEND. THE THREAT BEGINS TOMORROW NIGHT. ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS, BUT SUNDAY BRINGS GREATER. CONCERN WITH A SEVERE OUTBREAK. LOOKING MORE LIKELY. DAMAGING WIND, LARGE HAIL, TORNADOS ALL POSSIBLE FOR MANY. MAJOR METRO AREAS, LITTLE ROCK. TO INDIANAPOLIS. THIS WEEKEND'S THREAT CONTINUES. EAST INTO MONDAY, BRINGING THE. CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WIND, LARGE. HAIL, AND LIGHTNING FROM THE. SOUTHEAST UP THE I-95 CORRIDOR. SO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY DEALING. WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF DANGEROUS. IMPACTS. WHIT? >> Whit: A DIFFICULT WEEKEND. AHEAD. DANI BECKSTROM, IT'S GREAT TO. HAVE YOU. THANKS SO MUCH.

>>> TURNING NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S TARIFF THREATS AND THE. NOSEDIVE ON WALL STREET. THE DOW PLUNGING HUNDREDS OF. POINTS TO CLOSE THE WEEK. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER SPEAKING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY AND. HOW HE'S NOW PROMISING TO. RETALIATE FOR THE TARIFFS THE. U.S. HAS IMPOSED ON CANADIAN. GOODS. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ANXIETY. OVER INFLATION. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ESCALATING. TRADE WAR SENDING MARKETS INTO. FREEFALL. THE DOW PLUNGING MORE THAN 700.

POINTS. THE PRESIDENT BEGAN THE DAY. TOUTING A, QUOTE, EXTREMELY. PRODUCTIVE CALL WITH CANADA'S. NEW PRIME MINISTER, MARK CARNEY, SAYING WE, QUOTE, AGREE ON MANY. THINGS. WHAT HE DIDN'T MENTION IS CARNEY. TOLD HIM CANADA WOULD SOON. RETALIATE FOR THE TARIFFS TRUMP. IMPOSED ON CANADIAN PRODUCTS. YOU SAID IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, YOU WOULD BE RESPONDING WITH. LARGE-SCALE TARIFFS. WILL YOU BE FOLLOWING THROUGH. WITH THAT PROMISE? >> WELL, ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE HAD A VERY GOOD. CONVERSATION. WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A. VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH. CANADA.

>> Reporter: BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT. RELATIONSHIP IS THE ROCKIEST. IT'S BEEN IN DECADES. >> THE OLD RELATIONSHIP WE HAD. WITH THE UNITED STATES BASED ON. DEEPENING INTEGRATION OF OUR. ECONOMIES AND TIGHT SECURITY AND. MILITARY COOPERATIONS -- IS. OVER. >> Reporter: TRUMP'S STEEP NEW. TARIFFS ARE SET TO KICK IN NEXT. THURSDAY, INCLUDING 25% TARIFFS. ON ALL CARS AND AUTO PARTS MADE. OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. ECONOMISTS WARN AMERICAN. BUSINESSES PAY THOSE TARIFFS AND. THEN RAISE PRICES FOR CONSUMERS. BY ONE ESTIMATE, THE PRICE OF A.

NEW CAR COULD SHOOT UP MORE THAN. $6,000 BY NEXT YEAR. AHMAN SINGH, THE GENERAL MANAGER. AT A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP IN NEW. YORK, SAYS HE'S BEEN FLOODED. WITH CALLS FROM SHOPPERS. CONCERNED PRICES ARE GOING TO. RISE. >> WE'VE BEEN TELLING THEM, HEY, LISTEN, WE HAVE CARS HERE. IF YOU PICK SOMETHING I HAVE. HERE, IT'S THAT PRICE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. TELLING THOSE AMERICANS NOT TO. WORRY. MR. PRESIDENT, SHOULD AMERICANS. BUY CARS NOW IF THEY WANT TO. AVOID HIGHER PRICES? >> NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A. COUNTRY THAT'S GOING TO BOOM. >> Reporter: AND DESPITE THE.

MARKETS TUMBLING, THE PRESIDENT. SHOWING NO SIGNS OF BACKING AWAY. FROM THOSE TARIFFS. HE SAYS THEY WILL GO INTO EFFECT. ON THURSDAY. 25% ON ALL CARS AND AUTO PARTS. MADE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED. STATES. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THEY WILL BE. PERMANENT, WHIT. >> Whit: AS YOU NOTED, JUST DAYS. AWAY. RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE SECOND COUPLE. MAKING THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL TRIP. ABROAD, VISITING U.S. TROOPS. STATIONED IN GREENLAND. THE PLAN SCALED BACK AMID. PUSHBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO LIVE. THERE IN EUROPE OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S STATED DESIRE TO ANNEX. THE ISLAND.

ABC'S SENIOR NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN. REPORTS FROM GREENLAND. >> Reporter: VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE ARRIVING IN GREENLAND'S. FAR NORTH TODAY, VISITING THE. SPACE FORCE BASE DUBBED THE TOP. OF THE WORLD. BUT VANCE'S REAL MISSION HERE. WAS MUCH BIGGER. >> AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE HAVE SOME. INTEREST IN GREENLAND FROM THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. >> Reporter: TRUMP AGAIN TODAY. DECLARING IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, THIS IS A TOP U.S. PRIORITY NOW. >> WE NEED GREENLAND, VERY. IMPORTANTLY, FOR INTERNATIONAL.

SECURITY. WE HAVE TO HAVE GREENLAND. >> Reporter: ALL THIS COMES AS A. SHOCK TO GREENLANDERS, MANY. RESENTFUL OF TRUMP'S DEMANDS. >> IT'S A BIG JOKE FOR HIM. HE CAN JUST TAKE IT. >> Reporter: SO VANCE SOUGHT TO. GLOSS OVER TRUMP'S HIGH-HANDED. APPROACH AND DRIVE A WEDGE. BETWEEN GREENLAND, WHICH IS PART. OF DENMARK, AND THE DANISH. GOVERNMENT, A U.S. ALLY. >> MY ARGUMENT AGAIN TO THEM IS, I THINK THAT YOU'D BE A LOT. BETTER HAVING -- COMING UNDER. THE UNITED STATES' SECURITY. UMBRELLA THAN YOU HAVE BEEN. UNDER DENMARK'S SECURITY. UMBRELLA. >> Reporter: VANCE SAID. SOMETHING TRUMP HAS NOT, THAT.

THIS ISSUE WILL BE DECIDED BY. GREENLANDERS THEMSELVES. >> THE GREENLANDERS ARE GOING TO. CHOOSE, THROUGH. SELF-DETERMINATION, TO BECOME. INDEPENDENT OF DENMARK AND THEN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE OF. GREENLAND FROM THERE. >> Reporter: HERE IN NUUK, GREENLAND'S CAPITAL, THE. ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS SEEM TO. BE BACKFIRING. HOW WOULD YOU SAY PEOPLE ARE. RESPONDING TO THE VICE. PRESIDENT'S VISIT? >> WELL, QUITE NEGATIVELY. TO BE HONEST. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID HERE IN. GREENLAND, AND AS I TALK TO. PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY.

SLEEPLESS ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE NOT KNOWING WHAT THE. FUTURE HOLDS. IS HE GOING TO STRANGLE US. ECONOMICALLY? IS HE GOING TO PUT TROOPS ON THE. GROUND? EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN FEAR. RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: VANCE ALSO SAID, QUOTE, WE DO NOT THINK THAT. MILITARY FORCE WILL EVER BE. NECESSARY. THE PRESIDENT HAS NOT SAID THAT. MEANWHILE, THE DANISH PRIME. MINISTER DECLARED SIMPLY, GREENLAND BELONGS TO THE. GREENLANDERS, AND GREENLAND IS A. PART OF THE DANISH KINGDOM AND. THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

WHIT? >> Whit: TERRY MORAN, THANK YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING THE. SUPREME COURT TO ALLOW THEM TO. RESUME DEPORTING VENEZUELAN. MIGRANTS TO A PRISON IN EL. SALVADOR, INVOKING THE RARELY. USED ALIEN ENEMIES ACT. HUNDREDS OF VENEZUELANS FLOWN TO. EL SALVADOR WITHOUT DUE PROCESS. THE ADMINISTRATION CLAIMING THEY. ARE GANG MEMBERS BUT WITHOUT. PROVIDING EVIDENCE. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILING. AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION TO THE. HIGH COURT AFTER A DISTRICT. COURT JUDGE BARRED THE. ADMINISTRATION FROM SENDING MORE.

FLIGHTS. THE DOJ SAYING THE LOWER COURT. REBUFFED THE PRESIDENT'S. THE NATION. >>> NOW TO THAT URGENT MANHUNT. UNDER WAY IN NEW YORK FOR. VANDALS WHO POLICE SAY CARVED A. SWASTIKA INTO A CYBER TRUCK. ELON MUSK VOWING TO CRACK DOWN. ON TESLA ATTACKS AS PROTESTS. AGAINST THE CAR COMPANY ARE. EXPECTED WORLDWIDE TOMORROW. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, POLICE IN. NEW YORK CITY ARE LOOKING FOR. THE TWO MEN IN THIS VIDEO. POLICE SAID THE PAIR CARVED THE. WORD "NAZIS" AND A SWASTIKA ONTO.

THE DOORS OF A TESLA CYBER TRUCK. PARKED IN BROOKLYN BEFORE. FLEEING ON FOOT. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THESE TWO. MASKED INDIVIDUALS IN CONNECTION. WITH A RED SWASTIKA PAINTED ON A. DIFFERENT CYBER TRUCK IN. MANHATTAN. IT'S NOT ONLY VANDALISM, POLICE. SAY, IT'S A POSSIBLE HATE CRIME. THEY'RE ALL PART OF A GROWING. NUMBER OF ATTACKS AGAINST TESLA. ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM LAS. VEGAS TO SEATTLE TO FARGO, NORTH. DAKOTA. AND THEY COME AS TESLA CHIEF. ELON MUSK LEADS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S CUTS TO THE. FEDERAL WORKFORCE.

SCORES OF PROTESTS OUTSIDE. DEALERSHIPS. A TESLA OWNER SAYS HE WAS. DRIVING IN CHERRY HILL, NEW. JERSEY, WHEN HIS CAR'S CAMERAS. CAPTURED A RED ACURA PASSING. HIM, MAKING A U-TURN, THEN. ATTEMPTING TO BLOCK THE ROAD. THE DRIVER ASKING NOT TO BE. IDENTIFIED. >> HE PULLED OVER SUPER CLOSE TO. MY CAR AND JUST STARTED. SCREAMING THE F-WORD TOWARDS ME. AND MY CHILD. >> Reporter: THE FBI HAS. ANNOUNCED A NEW TASK FORCE TO. INVESTIGATE THESE INCIDENTS, AND. MUSK TELLING FOX NEWS --. >> WE'RE GOING TO GO THEM, AND.

THE PRESIDENT'S MADE IT CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THEM. >> Reporter: FOR ADDED SECURITY, WHIT, TESLA ACTIVATED THE. CAMERAS IN EVERY VEHICLE PARKED. AT DEALERSHIPS. TOMORROW, ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING. FOR A DAY OF ACTION AT EVERY. TESLA SHOWROOM IN THE COUNTRY. WHIT? >> Whit: AARON KATERSKY, OUR. THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, KING. CHARLES SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME. SINCE HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. >>> SHOCKING NEW DETAILS ABOUT A. DOCTOR ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO. KILL HIS WIFE ON A TRAIL IN. HAWAII. >>> PLUS "AMERICA STRONG.". THE STORY BEHIND THIS VIRAL.

MOMENT OF JOY ON A SCHOOL BUS. >> Whit: NEXT TONIGHT, DISTURBING NEW DETAILS ABOUT A. DOCTOR ACCUSED OF ATTACKING HIS. WIFE IN HAWAII. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, THE WIFE SAYING SHE WAS. CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING A PHOTO. WITH GERHART KOENIG TOO CLOSE TO. THE EDGE OF A TRAIL. AFTER SHE REFUSED, SHE SAYS. KOENIG PUSHED HER INTO THE. BUSHES AND STRUCK HER IN THE. HEAD WITH A ROCK. SHE CRAWLED FOR HELP AND WAS. ABLE TO CRAWL TO WITNESSES. THAT'S WHEN THE WIFE CLAIMS HE. TOOK OUT TWO SYRINGES AND TRIED. TO USE THEM ON HER.

KOENIG RAN OFF AND WAS LATER. CAUGHT BY OFFICERS. HE'S NOW CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED. MURDER. >>> OVERSEAS IN LONDON WHERE. KING CHARLES WAS SEEN IN PUBLIC. FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS. HOSPITAL VISIT. HE WAVED TO WELL-WISHER AS HE. WAS HEADED TO HIS COUNTRY HOME, WHERE THE KING IS EXPECTED TO. SPEND THE WEEKEND. THE PALACE SAYING HE EXPERIENCED. TEMPORARY SIDE EFFECTS FOLLOWING. ONGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER. YESTERDAY. HIS EVENTS CANCELED TODAY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE FIRST. STATE TO BAN FLUORIDE IN PUBLIC. DRINKING WATER. WILL OTHERS FOLLOW?

>> Whit: TO "THE INDEX" NOW. UTAH IS THE FIRST STATE TO BAN. FLUORIDE IN PUBLIC DRINKING. WATER. THE GOVERNOR SIGNING A LAW THAT. GOES INTO EFFECT IN MAY. SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE. RECENTLY BANNED FLUORIDE OVER. CONCERNS FROM INCONCLUSIVE. STUDIES THAT LINK THE METAL TO. LOWER INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. IN CHILDREN. OTHER STATES ARE CONSIDERING. SIMILAR BANS. MANY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY. FLUORIDE STRENGTHENS TEETH AND. REDUCES CAVITIES AND IS. CONSIDERED SAFE AT LOW LEVELS. >>> THE TIDAL BASIN IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. IS SWIMMING IN.

PINK TONIGHT. THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE IN PEAK. BLOOM. THAT MEANS 70% OF THE TREES ARE. FULLY BLOSSOMED. THEY DRAW MILLIONS OF VISITORS. EVERY YEAR. JAPAN GAVE THE TREES TO THE U.S. IN 1912 AS A GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP. WHAT A SIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, "AMERICA. STRONG.". THE INCREDIBLE SURPRISE FOR. STUDENTS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. >> Whit: FINALLY TONIGHT, "AMERICA STRONG.". A SURPRISE FOR STUDENT BAND. MEMBERS AND THE VIRAL. CELEBRATION. ♪. ♪.

THE GREEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. CONCERT BAND IN SNOW HILL, NORTH. CAROLINA. ♪. ♪. ABOUT 40 STUDENT MUSICIANS. RECENTLY PERFORMING IN A. STATEWIDE COMPETITION FOR THE. FIRST TIME SINCE 1987. THEY'VE NEVER WON THE TOP HONOR. AFTERWARDS, BAND DIRECTOR ANDREW. HELL DELIVERING THE RESULTS. >> SO --. >> OH, GOD. >> LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A. GROWING EXPERIENCE. >> OH. >> AW. >> Whit: THE STUDENTS APPEARING. DISAPPOINTED AT FIRST.

HEADS DOWN, EXPECTING THE WORST. >> AND JUST COMING AND BEING A. PART OF THIS WAS A REALLY. IMPORTANT THING. >> Whit: BUT ANDREW HAD A. SURPRISE. >> BUT -- WE'RE ALSO THE FIRST. IN SCHOOL HISTORY --. [ CHEERING ]. >> Whit: A ROAR OF CHEERS FROM. THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE. BUS. THE CELEBRATION VIDEO GOING. VIRAL. MORE THAN 13 MILLION VIEWS ON.

TIKTOK. BAND MEMBER HALEY KINSLOW. >> I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO END. UP SEEING THIS. I HOPE WHEN THEY SEE THIS, THEY. CAN FEEL AS EMOTIONAL AS WE FELT. AND THEY CAN, LIKE, FEEL AS. ACCOMPLISHED AS WE FELT. FOR US, FOR THEMSELVES. >> Whit: AND TONIGHT THAT BAND. DIRECTOR HOPING THIS MOMENT CAN. HELP SHINE A LIGHT ON THE VALUE. OF MUSIC IN SCHOOLS. >> IT'S JUST AS BIG OF A. SURPRISE TO ME AS TO THE. STUDENTS WHEN WE DID GET IT. BUT ONE THING I'VE SEEN ON THE. COMMENTS A LOT IS THIS IS WHY.

MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS IS SO. IMPORTANT. SO IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN THEY. GET THE RECOGNITION LIKE MY. STUDENTS HAVE AS WELL. >> Whit: RECOGNITION WELL. DESERVED. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD. NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.