ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 7, 2025

BREAKING NEWS AS WE COME ON THE. AIR. JUST IN THIS EVENING. THE. CAUSE OF DEATH NOW REVEALED FOR. ACTOR GENE HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE. TONIGHT, THE CHIEF MEDICAL. EXAMINER REVEALING OSCAR WINNING. ACTOR GENE HACKMAN DIED OF HEART. DISEASE AND ALZHEIMER'S, AND. THAT HIS WIFE HAD DIED A WEEK. EARLIER IN THE HOME FROM A RARE. VIRUS TRANSMITTED BY MICE. DROPPINGS IN URINE. AUTHORITIES. TELLING OUR CORRESPONDENT THEY. BELIEVE GENE HACKMAN WAS IN THE. HOME FOR A WEEK WITH HIS DEAD. WIFE. TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC. IMAGES THE EXPLOSION OF ELON. MUSK'S SPACEX STARSHIP. THE FAA.

NOW ORDERING AN INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT, THE ROCKET BREAKING UP. NINE MINUTES INTO ITS TEST. FLIGHT. DEBRIS STREAKING ACROSS. THE SKY. MULTIPLE AIRPORTS. ORDERING GROUND STOPS. PILOTS IN. THE AIR WARNED TO LOOK OUT FOR. DEBRIS. A PASSENGER RECORDING. IMAGES THROUGH THIS AIRPLANE. WINDOW. TONIGHT THE NEW TURN IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ON AGAIN, OFF. AGAIN TARIFFS. 24 HOURS AFTER. PAUSING 25% TARIFFS AGAINST. CANADA AND MEXICO, SAYING IT'S. JUST A PAUSE FOR ONE MORE MONTH. NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS.

THREATENING CANADA WITH A TARIFF. UP TO 250% ON DAIRY AND LUMBER. WHAT BUILDERS IN THE U.S. SAY. THAT COULD DO IMMEDIATELY TO THE. COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND HOMES. HERE? AT THIS HOUR, WE'RE. FOLLOWING A CASE MAKING NATIONAL. HEADLINES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN. 15 YEARS, A DEATH ROW INMATE SET. TO FACE A FIRING SQUAD INSTEAD. OF LETHAL INJECTION OR THE. ELECTRIC CHAIR. HE CHOSE THE. FIRING SQUAD. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED TWO. ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS AND AN ARMY.

VETERAN ACCUSED IN A PLOT TO. SELL SECRETS TO CHINA. AND. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAY THEY. HAVE VIDEO. TONIGHT, THE 20 YEAR. OLD COLLEGE STUDENT. AN. ENGINEERING STUDENT WHO DIED. AUTHORITIES WERE AT FIRST TOLD. HE WAS HIT IN THE CHEST WHILE. PLAYING BASKETBALL. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS NOT. BASKETBALL. IT WAS HAZING THAT. HE WAS REPEATEDLY PUNCHED IN THE. CHEST. TONIGHT, DANGEROUSLY HIGH. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 65MPH IN THE. NORTHEAST. PLANES ROCKING BACK. AND FORTH AS THEY WERE COMING IN. FOR LANDING. TONIGHT, THE CDC.

NOW REPORTING MEASLES IN AT. LEAST A DOZEN STATES WHERE IT'S. NOW SPREADING MORE THAN 200. CASES NOW IN TEXAS AND NEW. MEXICO COMBINED. TONIGHT HERE, DOLLY PARTON DEDICATING THIS. SONG TO HER HUSBAND, WHO SHE. LOST THIS WEEK. >> IF YOU HADN'T BEEN YOU. WELL, WHO WOULD I BE? >> THE EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE. AND. WE'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU. AND. TONIGHT, SO MANY EYES TRAINED ON. THIS EAGLE'S NEST. ARE WE JUST. MOMENTS AWAY FROM ANOTHER EAGLET.

HATCHING? >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. AND WE HAVE. SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR TONIGHT. WE. BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF ACTOR GENE. HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE. TONIGHT, THE CAUSE OF DEATH JUST. REVEALED. GENE HACKMAN DYING OF. HEART DISEASE AND COMPLICATIONS. FROM ALZHEIMER'S. HIS WIFE, BETSY HACKMAN DYING IN THE HOME. THEY NOW BELIEVE A WEEK EARLIER. FROM A RARE VIRUS TRACED TO MICE.

DROPPINGS AND URINE. THE TWO. WERE FOUND IN DIFFERENT ROOMS IN. THEIR SANTA FE HOME. TONIGHT, THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER. REVEALING THEY DIED OF DIFFERENT. CAUSES, BUT THEY WERE NATURAL. CAUSES SEVERAL DAYS APART. NO. FOUL PLAY. GENE HACKMAN'S. PACEMAKER RECORDED THE DAY HE. DIED, AUTHORITIES TELLING OUR. CORRESPONDENT TODAY THEY DO. BELIEVE GENE HACKMAN WAS IN THE. HOME FOR A WEEK WITH HIS DEAD. WIFE. ABC'S TREVOR AULT LEADING. US OFF IN SANTA FE TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, NEW MEXICO. AUTHORITIES WITH TRAGIC. REVELATIONS TO A WEEK LONG. MYSTERY SAYING GENE HACKMAN DIED. OF HEART DISEASE AND.

COMPLICATIONS FROM ALZHEIMER'S, LIKELY A WEEK AFTER HIS WIFE. BETSY DIED OF THE RARE DEADLY. DISEASE HANTAVIRUS. >> THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MR. GENE HACKMAN, AGED 95 YEARS, IS. HYPERTENSIVE AND ATHEROSCLEROTIC. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AS A. SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR. THE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MISS. BETSY HACKMAN, AGED 65 YEARS, IS. HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME.

>> HANTAVIRUS IS TRANSMITTED TO. HUMANS BY MICE. THERE'S BEEN. LESS THAN 900 CASES SINCE THE. CDC STARTED TRACKING IT IN 1993. >> HANTAVIRUS CAN BE TRANSMITTED. TO PEOPLE THROUGH RODENT URINE, DROPPINGS OR SALIVA. >> THE COUPLE, MARRIED FOR 30. YEARS, WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE. THEIR SANTA FE HOME BY A. NEIGHBORHOOD CARETAKER FEBRUARY. 26TH. HACKMAN FOUND IN THE. MUDROOM, APPEARING TO HAVE. SUDDENLY FALLEN BETSY IN THE. BATHROOM WITH PILLS SCATTERED ON. THE COUNTER. HER BODY FURTHER. DECOMPOSED THAN HER HUSBAND'S.

>> BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS REASONABLE TO CONCLUDE. THAT MISS HACKMAN PASSED AWAY. FIRST, WITH FEBRUARY 11TH BEING. THE LAST TIME THAT SHE WAS KNOWN. TO BE ALIVE. >> OFFICIALS SAY PACEMAKER DATA. INDICATES HACKMAN LIKELY DIED. FEBRUARY 18TH. DOES THIS MEAN. GENE HACKMAN WAS LIKELY HOME. WITH HIS DECEASED WIFE FOR A. WEEK BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. HIMSELF? >> YES, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT. IS THE CASE. >> INVESTIGATORS ALSO REVEALED. TRAGIC DETAILS OF WHY ONE OF THE.

COUPLE'S DOGS ALSO DIED IN A. CRATE AT THE HOME. >> THERE WAS A PROCEDURE THAT. WAS DONE WITH THE WITH THE DOG, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN WHY THE DOG. WAS IN A CRATE. >> IT MARKS A HEARTBREAKING END. TO A LEGENDARY LIFE FOR TWO TIME. OSCAR WINNER GENE HACKMAN. >> IF YOU PUT YOUR EFFORT AND. CONCENTRATION INTO PLAYING TO. YOUR POTENTIAL TO BE THE BEST. THAT YOU CAN BE, I DON'T CARE. WHAT THE SCOREBOARD SAYS AT THE. END OF THE GAME. IN MY BOOK, WE'RE GOING TO BE WINNERS. >> OFFICIALS VOWING TO CONTINUE. THEIR INVESTIGATION, BUT. CONSIDER THE MYSTERY SOLVED.

>> SO LET'S BRING IN TREVOR AULT. TONIGHT. AND TREVOR, SO MANY. PEOPLE FOLLOWING THIS BOTTOM. LINE HERE TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES. BELIEVE BETSY HACKMAN DIED OF. THAT RARE VIRUS HANTAVIRUS. AND. THEY BELIEVE THAT GENE HACKMAN. DIED OF HEART DISEASE AND. COMPLICATIONS OF ALZHEIMER'S, AND THAT HE WAS ALIVE IN THE. HOME FOR A WEEK AFTER HIS WIFE. DIED. >> THAT'S RIGHT, DAVID. AND WITH. HIS ADVANCED ALZHEIMER'S. OFFICIALS SAY IT'S POSSIBLE THAT. GENE HACKMAN WAS NOT FULLY AWARE. OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WEEK. AFTER HIS WIFE DIED. THEY SAY. THEY FOUND NO OUTSIDE. COMMUNICATIONS HE HAD HAD IN. THAT TIME FRAME. BUT GIVEN THE.

FACT THAT HACKMAN WAS FOUND NEAR. THE DOOR WITH HIS CANE, OFFICIALS SAY IT'S POSSIBLE THAT. HE DIED WHILE TRYING TO GO GET. HELP. >> DAVID TREVOR LEADING US OFF. HERE TONIGHT. TREVOR. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING, THE DRAMATIC. IMAGES HERE. ELON MUSK'S SPACEX. STARSHIP BLOWING UP ABOUT NINE. MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. GROUND. STOPS ORDERED AT MULTIPLE. AIRPORTS OVERNIGHT. AND PILOTS. IN THE AIR WERE WARNED TO LOOK. OUT FOR DEBRIS. IMAGES OF THE. FLAMING DEBRIS FALLING BACK TO. EARTH. ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO FROM. FLORIDA TONIGHT. >> REPORTER STUNNING NEW VIDEOS.

TONIGHT SHOWING THAT MASSIVE. STARSHIP EXPLOSION AS THE FAA. ORDERS. ELON MUSK'S SPACEX TO. INVESTIGATE WHAT WENT WRONG THE. MOMENT IT BLEW UP. SEEN NINE. MINUTES INTO THE MISSION. FLAMING WRECKAGE STREAKING. ACROSS THE SKY OVER THE. CARIBBEAN AFTER THE STARSHIP. BROKE UP, PIECES FALLING BACK. DOWN TO EARTH. PASSENGERS ON. THIS PLANE WATCHED AS THE DEBRIS. APPEARED TO FLY CLOSE TO THEM. MIDAIR. THE INCIDENT FORCING. GROUND STOPS AT SEVERAL MAJOR. AIRPORTS IN FLORIDA. PILOTS. WARNED TO LOOK OUT FOR SPACE.

DEBRIS. >> VEHICLE MISHAP A DEBRIS. RESPONSE AREA HAS BEEN. ACTIVATED. YOU'LL BE CROSSING. THE DEBRIS FIELD AT YOUR OWN. RISK. >> IT WAS THE EIGHTH TEST FLIGHT. OF THE STARSHIP ROCKET, WHICH. MUSK HOPES WILL ONE DAY TAKE. HUMANS TO THE MOON AND MARS. >> STAGE SEPARATION. >> THE GIANT REUSABLE BOOSTER. THAT POWERED THE UNCREWED. STARSHIP, SEPARATED AND RETURNED. SUCCESSFULLY. CAUGHT BY THOSE. SO-CALLED CHOPSTICKS. >> IT WAS RIGHT ABOVE US. LIT UP. THE WHOLE SKY. >> THIS THING IS EXPLODING.

>> IT'S THE SECOND STRAIGHT TIME. THIS YEAR A STARSHIP LAUNCH. ENDED IN DISASTER. MUSK POSTING. ON X ROCKETS ARE HARD. AND. DAVID, IT HAS BEEN LESS THAN TWO. MONTHS SINCE THE LAST TEST. FLIGHT EXPLODED, ALSO DISRUPTING. TRAVEL. SPACEX SAYS THEY ARE. GOING TO LEARN AND MAKE. IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUTURE STARSHIP. FLIGHTS. DAVID. >> VICTOR OQUENDO LIVE FROM. FLORIDA TONIGHT. VICTOR THANK. YOU. AT THIS HOUR THERE'S ALSO. BREAKING NEWS COMING IN FROM. SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT IN A. DEATH PENALTY CASE MAKING. NATIONAL HEADLINES FOR THE FIRST. TIME IN 15 YEARS A DEATH ROW.

INMATE HAS NOW BEEN EXECUTED. MOMENTS AGO BY FIRING SQUAD. INSTEAD OF THE ELECTRIC CHAIR OR. LETHAL INJECTION. HERE'S STEVE. OSUNSAMI. >> PRISON OFFICIALS IN SOUTH. CAROLINA TONIGHT ARE MAKING. HISTORY ON DEATH ROW, USING. THREE EXECUTIONERS WITH RIFLES. FIRING FROM 15FT AWAY AT THE. SAME TIME TO SHOOT THIS DOUBLE. MURDERER IN THE HEART. 67 YEAR. OLD BRAD SIGMON CHOSE TO DIE. THIS WAY OVER THE ELECTRIC CHAIR. AND LETHAL INJECTION. AFTER A. NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS USING.

INJECTIONS HAVE GONE WRONG. STATES HAVE HAD TROUBLE GETTING. THE RIGHT CHEMICALS, AND PRISON. OFFICIALS IN THE DEATH CHAMBER. HAVE STRUGGLED USING NEEDLES AND. FINDING VEINS. SIGMAN'S ATTORNEY. SAYS A FIRING SQUAD FELT MORE. HUMANE. >> KNOWING THAT. >> THE BULLETS ARE GOING TO. BREAK THE BONES IN HIS CHEST AND. DESTROY HIS HEART, OR RISK A 20. MINUTE LONG EXECUTION STRAPPED. TO A GURNEY WITH YOUR LUNGS. FILLING WITH BLOOD AND FLUID. THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. >> ACROSS AMERICA, NEARLY TWO. DOZEN STATES HAVE A DEATH.

PENALTY, AND MOST OF THEM ARE. STILL BY LETHAL INJECTION. BUT. NOW FIVE STATES ALLOW FIRING. SQUADS. IN IDAHO LAST YEAR, THEY. TRIED EIGHT TIMES TO KILL THIS. SERIAL KILLER BY LETHAL. INJECTION AND FAILED. ON. WEDNESDAY, LAWMAKERS, IN. RESPONSE, PASSED A BILL TO MAKE. A FIRING SQUAD THE STATE'S. PRIMARY DEATH PENALTY. AND SOUTH. CAROLINA TONIGHT, BRAD SIGMUND'S. EX-GIRLFRIEND TOLD USA TODAY TO. REMEMBER HER PARENTS, WHO HE. BEAT TO DEATH WITH A BASEBALL. BAT, SAYING THAT I DIDN'T GET TO. SEE THEM GROW OLD. EXECUTIONS BY.

LETHAL INJECTION CAN SOMETIMES. TAKE HOURS. BY COMPARISON, A. FIRING SQUAD IS JUST MINUTES. IT'S AMERICA'S OLDEST METHOD OF. STATE EXECUTION. SOME WOULD SAY. MORE EFFICIENT AND LATE. WORD. FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS DEATH SENTENCE HAS BEEN. CARRIED OUT. THE FIRST TIME A. PRISONER IN AMERICA HAS BEEN. KILLED BY FIRING SQUAD IN THE. LAST 15 YEARS. DAVID. >> YES? THAT EXECUTION JUST A. SHORT TIME AGO. STEVE. OSUNSAMI. TONIGHT. STEVE. THANK YOU. NOW. TO THE NEW TURN TONIGHT. AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ON AGAIN OFF. AGAIN TARIFFS. JUST 24 HOURS.

AFTER PAUSING THE 25% TARIFFS HE. IMPOSED ON MEXICO AND CANADA, SAYING HE WOULD PAUSE THEM FOR A. MONTH. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT IS. NOW THREATENING CANADA WITH A. TARIFF UP TO 250% ON DAIRY AND. LUMBER. AND TONIGHT, WHAT. AMERICAN BUILDERS SAY THIS COULD. DO IMMEDIATELY TO THE COST OF. CONSTRUCTION AND HOMES HERE IN. THE U.S. RACHEL SCOTT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. >> REPORTER. JUST 24 HOURS AFTER. DECLARING A TEMPORARY TRUCE IN. HIS TRADE WAR WITH CANADA AND. MEXICO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY. WITH A NEW TARIFF THREAT,

ANNOUNCING PLANS TO IMPOSE A. HEFTY NEW TARIFFS OF UP TO 250%. ON ALL LUMBER AND DAIRY COMING. INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM. CANADA. >> CANADA HAS BEEN RIPPING US. OFF FOR YEARS ON TARIFFS, FOR. LUMBER AND FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS. >> THIS IS CANADIAN. >> TRUMP SAYS THE NEW TARIFF. COULD TAKE EFFECT AS SOON AS. TODAY, AND COMES IN RESPONSE TO. THE UP TO 250% TAX. CANADA PUTS. ON IMPORTS OF AMERICAN DAIRY AND. LUMBER. >> THEY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR. US TO SELL LUMBER OR DAIRY.

PRODUCTS INTO CANADA. >> ECONOMISTS WARN THAT TRUMP'S. HIGHER TARIFFS, PARTICULARLY ON. LUMBER, COULD CAUSE REAL PAIN. HERE IN THE U.S, THAT 30% OF THE. LUMBER WE USE COMES FROM CANADA, AND HOME BUILDERS AND. CONSTRUCTION FIRMS WOULD BEAR. THE COST, PASSING IT ALONG TO. CONSUMERS BY RAISING HOME. PRICES. ELI CLIFFORD OWNS A. LUMBER YARD IN MILWAUKEE. >> IT'S HARD ON HOMEBUILDERS. IT'S HARD ON PROSPECTIVE HOME. BUYERS. IT ISN'T GOOD FOR. ANYBODY. >> THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF. HOME BUILDERS SAYS EVEN A 25%.

TARIFF ON CANADIAN LUMBER WOULD. ADD UP TO $10,000 TO THE COST OF. BUILDING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY. HOME. TRUMP'S NEW THREATENED. TARIFF COULD BE MANY TIMES. LARGER. EXPERTS SAY IT WILL. LIKELY RESULT IN HIGHER HOME. PRICES. IT ALL COMES AT THE END. OF A WHIPLASH WEEK THAT BEGAN. WITH THE PRESIDENT IMPLEMENTING. A 25% TARIFF ON ALL GOODS FROM. CANADA AND MEXICO. THE MARKETS. TANKED AND TRUMP RESPONDED. FIRST, AGREEING TO ALLOW THE BIG. THREE AMERICAN AUTOMAKERS A ONE. MONTH EXEMPTION FROM PAYING. THOSE TARIFFS, THEN PUTTING MANY.

OF THE TARIFFS ON PAUSE. TODAY, HE WAS ASKED IF THE ROLLER. COASTER RIDE IS OVER. >> RIGHT NOW, THE MARKETS, AS. YOU KNOW WELL, PREFER STABILITY. ARE YOU DONE GOING FORWARD WITH. THE PAUSES AND THE CARVE OUTS? IS THAT IT FOR THOSE? >> THERE'LL ALWAYS BE CHANGES. AND ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THERE WILL. ALWAYS BE SOME MODIFICATIONS. I. MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A WALL IN. FRONT OF YOU, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE. TO GO AROUND THE WALL INSTEAD OF. THROUGH IT. >> AND DAVID, IT HAS BEEN A WEEK. OF WHIPLASH. FIRST, THE. PRESIDENT IMPOSING THOSE. TARIFFS, THEN PROVIDING. EXEMPTIONS FOR TARIFFS, THEN.

PAUSING THEM. AND NOW THAT NEW. THREAT OF ADDITIONAL TARIFFS ON. CANADA IMPORTS. NOW OF COURSE. IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN OR IF THOSE. ARE GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT. DAVID. >> AND OF COURSE TRACKING THE. WILD SWINGS IN THE MARKET ALL. WEEK LONG RACHEL SCOTT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE. RACHEL. THANK YOU. WE TURN TONIGHT TO TWO ACTIVE. DUTY SOLDIERS AND AN ARMY. VETERAN NOW UNDER ARREST. TONIGHT, ACCUSED IN AN ALLEGED. PLOT TO SELL U.S. MILITARY. SECRETS TO CHINA. AND. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE VIDEO. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. >> THE FBI CLAIMS THIS. SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS AN. ACTIVE DUTY ARMY SOLDIER.

SECRETLY USING HIS PHONE TO TAKE. PICTURES OF SENSITIVE MILITARY. INFORMATION, WITH THE GOAL OF. SENDING IT TO CHINA. TONIGHT, JIN ZHAO IS ACCUSED, ALONG WITH. ANOTHER ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIER AT A. MILITARY BASE IN WASHINGTON. STATE AND AN ARMY VETERAN OF. ENGAGING IN A CONSPIRACY TO. BETRAY THEIR COUNTRY AND PROFIT. FROM SELLING SECRETS TO THE. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. >> THE INFORMATION THAT THAT IS. AT RISK HERE IS INFORMATION THAT. IDENTIFIES THE UNITED STATES.

MILITARY'S CAPABILITIES, PLANS. AND INTENTIONS. >> THE FBI SUSPECTS THE MEN. PILFERED AN ENCRYPTED MILITARY. COMPUTER, 20 HARD DRIVES, SOME. CLASSIFIED AS SECRET AND TOP. SECRET, AND SHARED DETAILS ABOUT. U.S. ARMORED VEHICLES AND A. SOPHISTICATED LONG RANGE MISSILE. SYSTEM KNOWN AS HIMARS, NOW. BEING USED IN UKRAINE. THE MEN. WHO WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY. REFLECTIVE OF A DISTURBING NEW. PATTERN SINCE 2021, AT LEAST 13. U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND CURRENT. AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE U.S.

MILITARY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH. TRYING TO SELL SECRETS TO CHINA. THE FBI RECENTLY SAID IT HAS. MORE THAN 2000 ONGOING CASES. INVOLVING CHINA'S EFFORTS TO. STEAL U.S. TECHNOLOGY. DAVID. >> PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON. PIERRE. THANK YOU. NEXT TONIGHT, THE 20 YEAR OLD. COLLEGE STUDENT AND ENGINEERING. STUDENT WHO DIED. AUTHORITIES. SAY THEY WERE FIRST TOLD HE WAS. HIT IN THE CHEST WHILE PLAYING. BASKETBALL. BUT TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS NOT. BASKETBALL. IT WAS HAZING AND. THAT HE WAS REPEATEDLY PUNCHED. IN THE CHEST. HERE'S WHIT.

JOHNSON TONIGHT. >> A RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE. UNDER ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH. A HORRIFIC ALLEGED HAZING DEATH. IN LOUISIANA. 23 YEAR OLD CALEB. MCCRAY FACING MANSLAUGHTER AND. CRIMINAL HAZING CHARGES AS. AUTHORITIES SEARCHED FOR AT. LEAST TWO MORE SUSPECTS LAST. MONTH, 20 YEAR OLD SOUTHERN. UNIVERSITY JUNIOR CALEB WILSON. WAS UNRESPONSIVE WHEN A GROUP OF. MEN DROPPED HIM OFF AT A BATON. ROUGE EMERGENCY ROOM. COURT. DOCUMENTS STATE THE MEN. ALLEGEDLY TOLD HOSPITAL STAFF. THAT WILSON COLLAPSED AFTER. BEING STRUCK IN THE CHEST WHILE.

PLAYING BASKETBALL. BUT TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT WAS A. LIE. >> CALEB WILSON DIED AS A DIRECT. RESULT OF A HAZING INCIDENT. WHERE HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE. CHEST MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE. PLEDGING TO OMEGA PSI PHI. FRATERNITY. >> WILSON WAS AN ENGINEERING. STUDENT AND AVID MEMBER OF THE. SCHOOL'S BAND CALLED HUMAN. JUKEBOX. HIS GRIEVING FATHER, COREY, REMEMBERING HIS SON'S. LOVE FOR THAT BAND AT A RECENT. VIGIL. >> THANK YOU ALL. THE HUMAN. JUKEBOX, THIS IS CALEB'S LIFE.

HE REALLY LOVED THE JUKEBOX. >> AND, DAVID, WE'VE JUST. LEARNED THE SUSPECT, CALEB. MCCRAY, IS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY. NATIONAL GUARD. HIS ATTORNEY. SAYS HE MAINTAINS HIS CLIENT'S. INNOCENCE. >> DAVID JOHNSON, BACK WITH US. TONIGHT. WHIT. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS CANCELED $400. MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, ACCUSING. THEM OF FAILING TO PROTECT. JEWISH STUDENTS FROM HARASSMENT. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, HERE IN NEW. YORK CITY, WAS A HOTBED OF. PROTESTS AFTER THE OCTOBER 7TH. HAMAS TERROR ATTACK AND ISRAEL'S.

RESPONSE THE UNIVERSITY TONIGHT. SAYING IT IS COMMITTED TO. COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM. UC. BERKELEY, THE UNIVERSITY OF. MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN, AMONG OTHER UNIVERSITIES NOW. UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER A. POTENTIAL LACK OF EFFORTS TO. PROTECT STUDENTS FROM. ANTI-SEMITISM. WHEN WE COME BACK. HERE TONIGHT, THE MEASLES. OUTBREAK WIDENING IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THE MAP FOR. YOU AND WHERE THESE CASES ARE. SPREADING. ALSO, WHY SO MANY. EYES TONIGHT ARE CLOSELY. WATCHING A LIVE NEST CAM AT THIS. HOUR. WE'LL SHOW YOU. WILL THE. EAGLET COME IN JUST THE NEXT FEW. HOURS. AND LOOK AT THIS TONIGHT.

WINDS GUSTING TO 65MPH IN THE. EAST PLAINS, ROCKING BACK AND. >> David: TONIGHT, DANGEROUSLY. HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE EAST FROM. DC UP THROUGH NEW YORK CITY AND. BOSTON. PASSENGER PLANES ROCKED BY. STRONG WINDS AT REAGAN NATIONAL. AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON. AN AMERICAN REGIONAL FLIGHT SEEN. ABORTING ITS LANDING, GOING. AROUND FOR ANOTHER ATTEMPT. >>> TONIGHT THE CDC REPORTING. NEW CASES OF MEASLES IN AT LEAST. A DOZEN STATES, MEASLES DETECTED. FROM TEXAS TO ALASKA TO.

NEW YORK. THERE ARE AT LEAST 198 CASES. LINKED TO THE OUTBREAK IN WEST. TEXAS, 30 CASES IN NEW MEXICO. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, DOLLY PARTON AND THE SONG SHE'S. NOW DEDICATING TO THE HUSBAND. SHE LOST HERE THIS WEEK AND THE. >> David: TO THE INDEX. TONIGHT AFTER THANKING FANS. ACROSS THIS COUNTRY FOR THEIR. SUPPORT, DOLLY PARTON DEDICATING. THIS SONG TO THE HUSBAND SHE. LOST. ♪ I WOULDN'T BE HERE ♪. ♪ IF YOU HADN'T BEEN THERE ♪.

>> David: THE SONG "IF YOU. HADN'T BEEN THERE" PAYING. TRIBUTE TO HER HUSBAND OF NEARLY. 60 YEARS, CARL DEAN. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT, AIL. EYES ON ONE EELS. EYES ON ONE EEAGLES' NEST. TONIGHT. TONIGHT A FAMILY OF BALD EAGLES. IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S. SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS. CAPTURING THE WORLD'S ATTENTION, SO MANY WATCHING THIS NEST. ONLINE. THE NEW PARENTS HAVE THREE.

BABIES HATCHING AT THE SAME. TIME, VERY RARE FOR BALD EAGLES. THE NONPROFIT, FRIENDS OF BIG. BEAR VALLEY, TRACKING THEM WITH. A 24-HOUR SOLAR-POWERED CAMERA. NAMING THE MOM AND DAD JACKIE. AND SHADOW. THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT FIVE. WEEKS AGO WHEN JACKIE LAID THE. THREE EGGS. THE TWO TAKING TURNS KEEPING THE. EGGS WARM. DAD SITTING ON THEM AND THEN MOM. FLYING IN TO TAKE OVER. JUST THIS WEEK ON SUNDAY, THE. FIRST CRACK IN AN EGG ON THE FAR. RIGHT. BY MONDAY, TWO OF THE EGGS. BEGINNING TO HATCH. THE BEAKS POKING THROUGH.

YOU COULD HEAR THEM CHIRPING AS. WE REPORTED RIGHT HERE. OUR KABC STATION IN LOS ANGELES. LIVE ON THE AIR AS THEY BEGAN TO. HATCH. >> AH, THERE IT IS. THERE IT IS! HEY, WE'VE GOT AN EAGLE, LADIES. AND GENTLEMEN. AN EAGLET HAS JUST COME OUT OF. THE EGG. >> David: JUST YESTERDAY THE. THIRD AND FINAL EGG BEGINNING TO. CRACK. SO ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE. BABY EAGLET WATCH CONTINUES,

WAITING FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL. EAGLET TO HATCH. WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. I'LL SEE YOU A SHORT TIME FROM. NOW FOR A SPECIAL "20/20" AT. 9:00 P.M. EASTERN. ARE COLD CASES ABOUT TO.