ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 12, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. THE TRUMP TRUCE. BACKING DOWN FROM HIS 145%. TARIFFS, AT LEAST FOR NOW, WITH. CHINA. THE MARKETS SOARING TODAY. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE AMERICAN. HOSTAGE RELEASED BY HAMAS. YOU'LL SEE IT, AFTER 584 DAYS. THE EMOTIONAL MOMENT THE. 21-YEAR-OLD REUNITES WITH HIS. MOM. >>> AND THE AMERICAN POPE AND. THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT TONIGHT. OUR JAMES LONGMAN AND TERRY. MORAN MET POPE LEO TODAY. AND WHAT HE TOLD THEM ABOUT HIS. BROTHERS BACK HERE IN THE U.S. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, PRESIDENT.

TRUMP'S MAJOR TURN ON HIS TARIFF. SHOWDOWN WITH CHINA. AMID CONCERNS OVER INFLATION AND. STORE SHELVES GOING EMPTY IN THE. U.S. THE TRUMP TRUCE TONIGHT. 90 DAYS, AT LEAST FOR NOW. OUR RACHEL SCOTT ASKING WHAT. HAPPENS, THOUGH, IF THERE IS NO. DEAL? DO THE TARIFFS GO BACK UP? THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER TONIGHT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND THE $400 MILLION GIFT. FROM QATAR. THE BOEING 747 THEY'RE GIVING. HIM TO REPLACE AIR FORCE ONE FOR. A TIME. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HOW. HE ANSWERS, WITH SO MANY ASKING, IS THIS ETHICAL?

IS IT LEGAL? AND HOW SAFE IS IT FOR AN. AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO BE FLYING. IN A JET GIVEN TO HIM BY A. FOREIGN NATION? >>> ALSO BREAKING HERE IN NEW. YORK CITY, THE EXPLOSIVE. TESTIMONY TODAY IN THE SEAN. "DIDDY" COMBS CASE. THE JURY SEEING THE VIDEO, THE. ALARMING SCENES IN THAT HOTEL. HALLWAY. THE OFFICER WHO WAS AT THAT. HOTEL TAKING THE STAND, WHAT HE. SAYS COMBS ASKED HIM NOT TO DO. AND THE MALE ESCORT ALSO TAKING. THE STAND. HE SAYS HE WAS HIRED BY COMBS.

AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHAT THE ESCORT SAID ON THE. STAND ABOUT THE VIOLENCE HE. ALLEGEDLY WITNESSED. >>> TONIGHT, THE AMERICAN. RELEASED BY HAMAS AFTER 584. DAYS. >> AHH! >> David: 21-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN. ISRAELI EDAN ALEXANDER RELEASED. BY HAMAS. HE MARKED TWO BIRTHDAYS IN. CAPTIVITY. YOU'LL SEE THE EMOTIONAL MOMENT. TONIGHT, THE REUNION WITH HIS. MOTHER. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, OUR JAMES. LONGMAN AND TERRY MORAN MEETING. THE AMERICAN POPE. AND WHAT POPE LEO TOLD THEM. ABOUT HIS BROTHERS. >>> THE ALARMING SIGHT IN THE. NORTHEAST, WITH MEMORIAL DAY.

STILL TWO WEEKS AWAY, THE. SIGHTING ALREADY TONIGHT, THE. GREAT WHITE SHARK SPOTTED OFF. THE EAST COAST AND VERY EARLY. >>> TONIGHT HERE, THE. BLOCKBUSTER NEW STUDY ON TWO. POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS. WHICH ONE HELPED PEOPLE LOSE. MORE WEIGHT? >>> ALSO TONIGHT HERE, WE HEAR. FROM THE CHILDREN WHO SAY POPE. LEO IS LIKE FAMILY TO THEM. AND THEIR MESSAGE FOR THE. AMERICAN POPE THEY KNOW.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT. TO BE BACK FROM THE VATICAN, AND. WHAT A STORY IT WAS LAST WEEK. TONIGHT HERE, OUR JAMES LONGMAN. AND TERRY MORAN MEETING THE POPE. TODAY, AND YOU'LL SEE IT. AND WHAT THE AMERICAN POPE TOLD. THEM ABOUT HIS BROTHERS WHO WE. ALL KNOW BACK HERE IN THE U.S. >>> BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CHINA. THE TRUMP TRUCE, AT LEAST FOR. NOW. THE PRESIDENT BACKING DOWN ON. HIS 145% TARIFFS. STOCKS TODAY SOARING ON THE. MOVE. THE DOW GAINING MORE THAN 1,100. POINTS.

THE S&P UP 184 POINTS, MORE THAN. 3%. AND THE TECH-HEAVY NASDAQ. GAINING MORE THAN 4%. THE PRESIDENT AGREEING TO CUT. TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS COMING. INTO THE U.S. AT 145% DOWN TO. 30% FOR 90 DAYS. CHINA AGREEING TO LOWER TARIFFS. FROM 125% DOWN TO 10%. OUR RACHEL SCOTT TONIGHT ASKING. THE PRESIDENT, IF THERE IS NO. DEAL IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS, WILL. THE TARIFFS SHOOT BACK UP? RACHEL LEADING US OFF. >> Reporter: ONE MONTH AFTER HE.

LAUNCHED A TRADE WAR WITH CHINA, THAT ECONOMISTS WARN COULD LEAD. TO SOARING INFLATION AND EMPTY. STORE SHELVES, ONTO, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ANNOUNCING A TEMPORARY. TRUCE. CHINA AND THE U.S. AGREEING TO. DRAW DOWN THEIR TARIFFS FOR 90. DAYS TO ALLOW TIME TO NEGOTIATE. A TRADE DEAL. >> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. FANTASTIC FOR CHINA, I THINK. IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC FOR. US, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE. GREAT FOR UNIFICATION AND PEACE. >> Reporter: TRUMP NOW SLASHING. HIS TARIFFS ON CHINESE GOODS. COMING INTO THE U.S. FROM A. STAGGERING 145% TO 30%.

CHINA LOWERING THE RETALIATORY. TARIFFS ON AMERICAN PRODUCTS. FROM 125% TO 10%. IT'S QUITE AN ABOUT-FACE FROM. JUST LAST WEEK, WHEN PRESIDENT. TRUMP INSISTED HE WOULD NOT. LOWER TARIFFS TO JUMP-START. TALKS. >> ARE YOU OPEN TO PULLING BACK. YOUR TARIFFS IN ORDER TO GET. CHINA TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE? >> NO. >> Reporter: BUT WALL STREET AND. BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE WARNED THE. TRADE WAR WAS UNSUSTAINABLE. LAST WEEK, CARGO SHIPMENTS INTO. THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES DOWN. 32%. AMERICAN FAMILIES STARTING TO. FEEL THE PINCH ALREADY.

TODAY, THE DOW SURGING MORE THAN. 1,100 POINTS ON NEWS OF THE. TRADE TRUCE. BUT TONIGHT, THE BIG QUESTION --. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE U.S. AND. CHINA DON'T CUT A DEAL BY THE. END OF THE 90-DAY PAUSE? IF A LONGER TERM DEAL IS NOT. REACHED WITH CHINA AT THE END OF. THESE 90 DAYS, CAN THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE EXPECT THOSE TARIFFS TO. GO BACK UP TO 145%? >> NO, BUT THEY WOULD GO UP. SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER. I THINK YOU WILL HAVE A DEAL, HOWEVER. >> Reporter: SO, WE'LL HAVE TO. SEE IF CHINA AND THE U.S. CAN. MAKE A DEAL IN 90 DAYS. MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT SIGNING. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, DEMANDING.

THAT PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION. DRUGS. HE'S GIVEN THEM 90 DAYS TO DO. THAT. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT POWER THE. PRESIDENT HAS TO ENFORCE THAT. AND IF ANY OF THOSE COMPANIES. WILL COMPLY. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT, WHO DID. THE NEWS HERE LAST NIGHT, IN. WASHINGTON TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, AND BACK HERE TONIGHT. GOOD TO HAVE YOU, RACHEL. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE TURN TO. THE UPROAR OVER THE $400 MILLION. GIFT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF. QATAR TONIGHT. A LUXURY 747 JUMBO JET TO BE. USED AS AIR FORCE ONE UNTIL THE. END OF TRUMP'S TERM.

WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT. WOULD BE DECOMMISSIONED AND. DONATED TO THE TRUMP LIBRARY. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THIS, AND. THERE ARE MANY. CRITICS ASKING, IS THIS ETHICAL, IS IT LEGAL? AND HOW SAFE IS IT FOR AN. AMERICAN PRESIDENT TO BE FLYING. ON A JET GIVEN TO HIM BY A. FOREIGN NATION? PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WOULD. BE A STUPID PERSON TO TURN THE. OFFER DOWN. JONATHAN KARL BROKE THE STORY, AND JON'S BACK ON THIS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. TODAY DEFENDED THE $400 MILLION. GIFT HE WANTS TO ACCEPT FROM THE. GOVERNMENT OF QATAR. A MASSIVE 747-8 LUXURY JET.

THAT'S BEEN CALLED A FLYING. PALACE. >> I THINK IT'S A GREAT GESTURE. FROM QATAR. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. >> Reporter: THE JET, WHICH IS. BIGGER AND MORE LUXURIOUS THAN. AIR FORCE ONE, WOULD ALMOST. CERTAINLY BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE. GIFT EVER FROM A FOREIGN POWER. IT HAS TWO FULLY FURNISHED. FLOORS, PLUSH CARPET, LEATHER. COACHES, AND TWO BEDROOMS. UNDER THE ENTIRELY UNPRECEDENTED. ARRANGEMENT, THE QATARI ROYAL. FAMILY WOULD GIVE THE PLANE TO. THE PENTAGON TO BE USED AS AIR. FORCE ONE, BUT SHORTLY BEFORE.

TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE, OWNERSHIP. WOULD TRANSFER TO THE TRUMP. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION. >> I WOULD NEVER BE ONE TO TURN. DOWN THAT KIND OF AN OFFER. I MEAN, I COULD BE A STUPID. PERSON, SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT A. FREE, VERY EXPENSIVE AIRPLANE. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY. ACCEPTING THE JET WOULD BE. CLEARLY ILLEGAL, VIOLATING THE. CONSTITUTION'S BAN ON GIFTS FROM. FOREIGN HEADS OF STATE. >> HIS SHAMELESS SELF-ENRICHMENT. IS WITHOUT EQUAL IN AMERICAN. HISTORY. >> Reporter: HILLARY CLINTON. POINTED TO THE PRESIDENT'S. COMMENTS THAT CHILDREN MIGHT.

HAVE TO SETTLE FOR JUST TWO. DOLLS BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF. HIS TARIFFS. CLINTON POSTING, "SO, AMERICAN. CHILDREN SHOULD MAKE DO WITH TWO. DOLLS, WHILE DONALD TRUMP GETS A. FREE SKY PALACE FROM THE QATARI. GOVERNMENT. OKAY.". AND THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE. SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, JACK REED, FLAGGED ALARMING. NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS, WARNING USING THE QATARI JET AS. THE NEW AIR FORCE ONE WOULD, QUOTE, POSE IMMENSE.

COUNTERINTELLIGENCE RISKS BY. GRANTING A FOREIGN NATION. POTENTIAL ACCESS TO SENSITIVE. SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS. TRUMP TODAY ANGRILY DISMISSED. THE CRITICISM. >> THEY'RE GIVING AS FREE JET. I COULD SAY NO, NO, DON'T GIVE. US -- I WANT TO PAY YOU A. BILLION OR 400 MILLION OR. WHATEVER IT IS. OR I COULD SAY THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. >> Reporter: ATTORNEY GENERAL. PAM BONDI ARGUES THE ARRANGEMENT. WITH QATAR IS LEGAL, INSISTING. THE PLANE IS NOT A BRIBE BECAUSE. THE QATARI ROYAL FAMILY IS. GETTING NOTHING IN RETURN. OUR RACHEL SCOTT ASKED TRUMP. TODAY IF HE WOULD CONTINUE TO.

USE THE JET HIMSELF ONCE HE. LEAVES OFFICE AND ITS OWNERSHIP. TRANSFERS TO HIS PRESIDENTIAL. LIBRARY. >> DO YOU PLAN TO USE THE PLANE. AFTER YOU LEAVE OFFICE? >> NO, I DON'T. NO. IT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE. LIBRARY AFTER I LEAVE OFFICE. I WOULDN'T BE USING IT, NO. >> David: JON KARL, YOU LAID OUT. THERE MANY OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE, AND A BIG. ONE. FOLKS ARE ASKING, HOW SAFE WOULD. THIS BE FOR AN AMERICAN. PRESIDENT TO BE FLYING AROUND ON. A JET GIVEN BY A FOREIGN. GOVERNMENT.

AND WOULDN'T THIS JET HAVE TO BE. SIGNIFICANTLY TAKEN APART TO. MAKE SURE IT'S SECURE FROM. SURVEILLANCE, FROM SPYING? AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? >> Reporter: DAVID, IT WOULD. REQUIRE EXTENSIVE MODIFICATIONS. THE AIR FORCE HAS STRICT. REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY. PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT IN TERMS. OF THE SECURITY AND. COMMUNICATIONS FEATURES. PRESIDENTIAL PLANE MUST BE ABLE. TO OPERATE EVEN IN THE EVENT OF. A NUCLEAR BLAST. AND, OF COURSE, AS YOU. MENTIONED, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO. THROUGH A SECURITY SWEEP TO. SEARCH FOR LISTENING DEVICES AND. TRACKING DEVICES. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE? THE WHITE HOUSE, WHITE HOUSE. OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED IT.

COULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THE. YEAR, BUT MANY EXPERTS SAY IT. COULD ACTUALLY TAKE YEARS TO. ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT. >> David: ALL RIGHT, JON KARL, WHO BROKE THE STORY ON "THIS. WEEK.". JON, THANK YOU. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. TONIGHT, THE EXPLOSIVE TESTIMONY. IN THE SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS CASE. THE JURY SEEING THE VIDEO, THE. ALARMING SCENES IN THAT HOTEL. HALLWAY. THE OFFICER WHO WAS AT THAT. HOTEL TAKING THE STAND TODAY, AND WHAT HE SAID COMBS ASKED HIM. NOT TO DO. AND THE MALE ESCORT TAKING THE. STAND, AS WELL. HE SAYS HE WAS HIRED BY COMBS. AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHAT THE ESCORT SAID ON THAT.

STAND ABOUT WHAT HE WITNESSED. AND WHAT HE SAID TO COMBS'. GIRLFRIEND. AARON KATERSKY AT THE COURTHOUSE. TONIGHT, AND A WARNING HERE, SOME OF THIS IS DIFFICULT. >> Reporter: RIGHT FROM THE. START OF HIS RACKETEERING AND. SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL, SEAN. COMBS WAS PORTRAYED AS A JEKYLL. AND HYDE. TO THE PUBLIC, PROSECUTORS SAY. HE WAS PUFF DADDY OR DIDDY, A. CULTURAL ICON, A. BUSINESSMAN, LARGER THAN LIFE. BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER. SIDE TO HIM. DESCRIBING HOW COMBS USED LIES, DRUGS, THREATS, AND VIOLENCE TO. THREATEN AND COERCE WOMEN TO. HAVE SEX WITH HIM IN FRONT OF. MALE ESCORTS, AND HOW THE SEX. PERFORMANCES FUELED BY DRUGS.

THAT COMBS CALLED FREAKOFFS. COULD LAST FOR DAYS. AND TODAY, THE JURY OF EIGHT. MEMBER AND FOUR WOMEN SAW VIDEO. LIKE THIS ONE, SHOWING COMBS. CHASING THEN GIRLFRIEND CASSIE. VENTURA DOWN A HOTEL HALLWAY, KNOCKING HER TO THE FLOOR AND. STOMPING ON HER. PROSECUTORS SAY IT WAS AFTER. VENTURA TRIED TO ESCAPE ONE. OF THE SEX PERFORMANCES. THE DEFENSE SAYS IT SHOWS A. FIGHT OVER A CELL PHONE. THE FIRST WITNESS, ISRAEL. FLORES, AN LAPD OFFICER.

WORKING SECURITY AT THAT HOTEL, SAID HE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF A. WOMAN IN DISTRESS. THE OFFICER TESTIFYING COMBS. GAVE HIM A DEVILISH STARE AND. TRIED TO BRIBE HIM WITH A SACK. OF MONEY, SAYING, HEE, TAKE CARE. OF THIS FOR ME, DON'T TELL. ANYONE. HE SAYS HE REFUSED THE CASH. A MALE ESCORT, DANIEL PHILLIP, TESTIFIED HE WAS PAID TO HAVE. SEX WITH CASSIE VENTURA SEVERAL. TIMES IN FRONT OF COMBS, AND. CLAIMS HE SAW COMBS GET VIOLENT. TOWARDS VENTURA. IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, HE TOLD. THE JURY, I WAS TERRIFIED. EVEN HIS OWN LAWYERS ACKNOWLEDGE. COMBS WAS VIOLENT, BUT ARGUING. THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIM A SEX.

TRAFFICKER OR PART OF A. RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY. AND THE DEFENSE DESCRIBING THE. FREAKOFFS AS CONSENSUAL. TREESOMES BY A CELEBRITY WHO LED. A SWINGERS LIFESTYLE. COMBS DENIES ALL OF THE. ALLEGATIONS. DAVID, INSIDE, WE WATCHED HIM. BLOW KISSES TO HIS MOTHER AND. CHILDREN SEATED IN THE SECOND. ROW, ALTHOUGH HIS DAUGHTERS. WALKED OUT WHEN THE TESTIMONY. TURNED GRAPHIC. EXPECT CASSIE VENTURA ON THE. STAND TOMORROW, DAVID. >> David: AARON KATERSKY AT THE. COURTHOUSE FOR US. AARON, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, AND TO. RELEASE OF THE LAST LIVING. AMERICAN HOSTAGE HELD CAPTIVE BY. HAMAS IN GAZA.

TONIGHT, 21-YEAR-OLD EDAN. ALEXANDER, WHO GREW UP IN NEW. JERSEY, BACK WITH HIS FAMILY. THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE MOMENT. HIS MOTHER WAITED 584 DAYS TO. SEE. EDAN ESCORTED BY THE MILITARY. RIGHT INTO HIS MOTHER'S ARMS, IT. WAS SOMETHING TO SEE. WHEN HE SAW HIS LITTLE BROTHER, HE SAID, I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW. MUCH YOU'VE GROWN. ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN. ISRAEL TONIGHT. >> AHH! >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. EMOTIONAL MOMENT OF PURE JOY. EDAN ALEXANDER REUNITED WITH HIS.

FAMILY, THE LAST LIVING AMERICAN. HOSTAGE HELD BY HAMAS, FINALLY. FREE. AFTER 584 DAYS OF AGONY, EDAN. BACK IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER. AND FATHER. THE 21-YEAR-OLD SPENDING TWO OF. HIS BIRTHDAYS IN CAPTIVITY, HUGGING HIS SISTER AND YOUNGER. BROTHER. AMAZED AS HOW MUCH HE'S GROWN. THEN, EMBRACING HIS GRANDMOTHER. AND FRIENDS. EARLIER, EDAN SEEN HERE, SURROUNDED BY HAMAS GUNMEN. BEFORE HE WAS HANDED OVER TO THE.

RED CROSS IN GAZA. THE IDF SHARING THIS VIDEO OF. THE MOMENT HE SET FOOT BACK ON. ISRAELI SOIL. >> OH, MY GOD, EDAN? EDAN? >> Reporter: AND JUST AFTER HIS. RELEASE, HIS MOTHER SPEAKING TO. HER SON BY PHONE FOR THE FIRST. TIME IN 19 MONTHS.

>> THEY JUST RELEASED A PHOTO OF. YOU. YOU LOOK UNBELIEVABLE. WOW. YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. >> Reporter: EDAN WAS RAISED IN. NEW JERSEY. HE JOINED THE ISRAELI MILITARY. RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND AT. JUST 19 YEARS OLD, WAS KIDNAPPED. BY HAMAS DURING THE OCTOBER 7th. MASSACRE. TODAY, SCENES OF CELEBRATION IN. HIS HOMETOWN. HUNDREDS WATCHING IT LIVE ON A. GIANT SCREEN. TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE POSTING. THIS IMAGE OF EDAN, HOLDING A. SIGN THANKING PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND DAVID, EDAN'S FAMILY. PRAISING TRUMP'S TEAM FOR. BRINGING HIM HOME. THE PRESIDENT JUST DEPARTING ON. HIS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP TO THE. MIDDLE EAST, SAYING TONIGHT, HE. WANTS MORE HOSTAGES RELEASED. THERE ARE 58 HOSTAGES STILL.

BEING HELD IN GAZA. DAVID? >> David: WE ARE JUST GLAD HE IS. BACK WITH HIS FAMILY. 21 YEARS OLD AND TOLD HIS LITTLE. BROTHER, WOW, YOU'VE GROWN UP. TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE WITH US. TONIGHT. TOM, THANK YOU. >>> ALSO TONIGHT HERE, THE. AMERICAN POPE, AND THIS EVENING, THE REMARKABLE MOMENT. OUR JAMES LONGMAN AND TERRY. MORAN MEETING POPE LEO TODAY. AND WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS. BROTHERS BACK HOME HERE IN THE. U.S. JAMES LONGMAN ON THE MOMENT. >> Reporter: THE REMARKABLE. OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT, TERRY MORAN. AND I AMONG THE LUCKY FEW TO. MEET POPE LEO.

HE SHOOK OUR HANDS IN A ROOM. PACKED WITH THOUSANDS OF. JOURNALISTS. HE SAID, "ABC NEWS! YOU GUYS TRACKED DOWN BY. BROTHERS! THEY'VE BEEN ON TV MORE THAN. ME.". THOSE BROTHERS NEARLY AS FAMOUS. AS LEO. OLDER BROTHER JOHN, WHO HE PLAYS. WORDLE WITH, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN. INTERVIEW WITH THE A.P. WHEN THE. PHONE RINGS. >> OH, HE'S CALLED FOR TWO HOURS. ALREADY. >> WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER YOUR. PHONE? >> WELL, FIRST, YOU NEED TO. KNOW, YOU'RE ON THE AIR RIGHT.

NOW. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE. 11:00 THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M. HEARING THAT THIS THING RANG. AND WE ARE BEING FILMED AND. RECORDED. >> RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE. >> Reporter: SINCE THAT MOMENT, IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF FIRSTS. FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE. THE WHITE CASSOCK GIVING THIS. HUMBLE CHICAGOAN STAR POWER, INTRODUCING HIMSELF TO THE. WORLD'S PRESS TODAY WITH A JOKE.

IN ENGLISH. >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU. FOR THIS WONDERFUL RECEPTION. THEY SAY WHEN THEY CLAP AT THE. BEGINNING, IT DOESN'T MATTER. MUCH. IF YOU ARE STILL AWAKE AT THE. END AND YOU STILL WANT TO. APPLAUD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Reporter: A MUCH SMALLER. CROWD THAN THE 100,000 PEOPLE. WHO CAME TO SEE HIS FIRST SUNDAY. BLESSING FROM THE BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S.

"NO MORE WAR.". HIS WORDS ECHOED. ACROSS THE SQUARE TO HUGE. APPLAUSE. SAYING THE WAR IN GAZA HAD HURT. HIM DEEPLY, THAN A JUST PEACE. WAS NEEDED IN UKRAINE. AND TONIGHT, A SIGN THAT POPE. LEO IS SERIOUS ABOUT PEACE, HE. MADE A CALL TO PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY ABOUT THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. ZELENSKYY CALLED IT A WARM AND. SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION. DAVID? >> David: WE ARE ENVIOUS OF YOU. AND TERRY. WHAT A MOMENT TODAY. JAMES, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, FLASH FLOOD WATCHES ON. MUCH OF THE EAST COAST. THEY'RE SAYING TWO MONTHS WORTH. OF RAIN COULD BE COMING. WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE, WE'LL SHOW. YOU THE MAP. >>> AND THE NEW STUDY TONIGHT, TWO POPULAR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS.

WHICH ONE HELPED PEOPLE LOSE. MORE WEIGHT? WHAT THEY FOUND. >>> AND THEN WITH MEMORIAL DAY. STILL TWO WEEKS AWAY NOW, THE. ALARMING SIGHT ALREADY OFF THE. EAST COAST. >>> TONIGHT, MEMORIAL DAY STILL. TWO WEEKS OUT AND THE SHARK. SIGHTING ALREADY ON THE EAST. COAST. NEW DRONE VIDEO TONIGHT SHOWING. A GREAT WHITE, THIS IS OFF. MONTAUK, NEW YORK. THE SHARK GLIDING THROUGH THE. WATER THERE. VERY CLOSE TO SHORE. GREAT WHITES ARE KNOWN TO FEED. IN THE AREA. THE PHOTOGRAPHER SAYS THIS IS. HER EARLIEST SHARK SIGHTING IN. YEARS. LIFEGUARDS IN THE AREA GO ON.

DUTY LATER THIS MONTH. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, FLASH FLOOD WATCHES FROM THE. SOUTH TO THE MID-ATLANTIC. TONIGHT. A LOT OF RAIN COMING TO THE EAST. COAST. WELL MORE THAN A MONTH'S WORTH. POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. WE'LL HAVE THE FORECAST IN A. MOMENT. >>> AND WHICH WEIGHT LOSS DRUG. WA. WA. >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. TONIGHT. MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS. UNDER ALERT FOR A DANGEROUS. FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT FROM. FLORIDA RIGHT UP TO MARYLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAIN MOVING UP THE. EAST COAST, HITTING THE. MID-ATLANTIC TOMORROW MORNING, THEN INTO THE NORTHEAST LATE. TOMORROW NIGHT. SOME AREAS COULD SEE TWO MONTHS.

WORTH OF RAIN ALL AT ONCE. ALSO, THE OTHER EXTREME TONIGHT, RED FLAG WARNINGS FROM ARIZONA. TO MICHIGAN. LOW HUMIDITY, DRY CONDITIONS, AND WINDS.ING GUSTING UP TO 45. PER HOUR. RECORD HEAT IN TEXAS BEGINS. TOMORROW. >>> TONIGHT, A NEW STUDY. COMPARING TWO POPULAR DRUGS USED. FOR WEIGHT LOSS. RESEARCHERS STUDYING OBESE AND. OVERWEIGHT PATIENTS FOR 72. WEEKS, FINDING THOSE ON ZEPBOUND. LOST AN AVERAGE OF 50 POUNDS. WEGOVY PATIENT, LOSING AN. AVERAGE OF 33 POUNDS. BOTH GROUPS REPORTED SOME KNOWN. SIDE EFFECTS. BOTH DRUGS HELPED IMPROVE BLOOD. SUGAR AND CHOLESTEROL. THE STUDY IN THE NEW ENGLAND. JOURNAL OF MEDICINE.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN WHO SAY. THEY CONSIDER POPE LEO FAMILY, AND THEIR MESSAGE TO HIM. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, THE. AMERICAN POPE, AND THE CHILDREN. FROM PERU WHO CALL HIM ONE OF. THEIR OWN, TOO. WE SENT OUR MATT RIVERS TO MEET. THEM. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN.

CHICLAYO, PERU, IN THE CITY. WHERE POPE LEO SPENT DECADES AS. A MISSIONARY, A PRIEST, AND THEN. A BISHOP, THEY ARE CELEBRATING. THE AMERICAN POPE THEY CLAIM AS. THEIR OWN. THEY CONSIDER HIM FAMILY. AT THE CITY'S LARGEST SCHOOL, IMAGES OF POPE LEO ON THE WALL. THE CHILDREN COLORING IN. PICTURES OF HIM. INSIDE THIS ALL BOYS CLASS FULL. OF CHEERFUL 7-YEAR-OLDS, THEY. TELL US WHAT THE POPE MEANS TO.

THEM. 7-YEAR-OLD JOAQUIN TELLING ME. THE POPE HAS A PERUVIAN HEART. THE POPE VISITED THE SCHOOL. SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR WHEN HE. LIVED HERE, EVEN BLESSING ITS. CHAPEL. THERE IS ENORMOUS PRIDE IN A MAN. WHO SPENT SO MUCH TIME IN THIS. MODEST PART OF THE WORLD. I ASKED 7-YEAR-OLD EVAN IF HE IS. EXCITED ABOUT A POPE WHO SPENT. DECADES IN PERU. HIS ANSWER? "YES, BECAUSE HE'LL TAKE CARE OF.

CHICLAYO.". EVERY KID WE SPOKE TO, THRILLED. THE WORLD IS NOW HEARING ABOUT. THEIR TOWN. AND AS WE LEAVE, A SURPRISE IN. THE COURTYARD. SIGNS FOR THE POPE, KIDS EXCITED. OUR CAMERAS ARE THERE. HOPING THE POPE HIMSELF WILL SEE. THEM. DAVID, THE POPE'S IMAGE THERE. RIGHT ON THE FRONT OF THE. CATHEDRAL HERE. THERE IS SUCH PRIDE IN THE FACT. THAT THIS RELATIVELY OBSCURE. CITY HAS PLAYED SUCH AN ENORMOUS. ROLE IN THE ORIGIN STORY OF THIS. NEW POPE. DAVID? >> David: WE LOVED HEARING FROM. THE CHILDREN, MATT, THANK YOU. THE CHILDREN FROM PERU CHEERING.

ON POPE LEO, TOO. I'M DAVID MUIR, I'LL SEE YOU. TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.