ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 2, 2025

THE HORRIFIC, DEADLY COLLISION. JUST OUTSIDE YELLOWSTONE. NATIONAL PARK. MULTIPLE PEOPLE. DEAD TONIGHT. THE IMAGES COMING. IN. THE FIERY HEAD-ON COLLISION. NEAR YELLOWSTONE. A TRUCK. CRASHING INTO A PACKED TOUR VAN. SMOKE AND FLAMES ACROSS THE. HIGHWAY. WHAT WE KNOW ALSO. TONIGHT, TWO PASSENGER JETS. FORCED TO ABORT LANDINGS AT. WASHINGTON'S REAGAN NATIONAL. AIRPORT. AN ARMY HELICOPTER. DEVIATING FROM ITS PLANNED. ROUTE. AND IT ALL COMES AFTER. THAT ARMY BLACKHAWK COLLIDED. WITH A PASSENGER JET CRASHING. INTO THE POTOMAC. APPROACHING AT.

THE SAME AIRPORT TONIGHT, THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS FOR. A MASSIVE MILITARY CELEBRATION. THROUGH THE STREETS OF. WASHINGTON. THE ARMY TONIGHT. SAYING IT WILL MARK THE 250TH. ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. ARMY AND. COINCIDE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. 79TH BIRTHDAY. THE NEWS OF THIS. CELEBRATION COMES AMID THE. PRESIDENT'S NEW BUDGET TONIGHT, PROPOSING MASSIVE CUTS TO THE. CDC, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND CLIMATE. MEMBERS. OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY. SOUNDING THE ALARM TONIGHT OVER. MILITARY SPENDING. THE STORMS.

THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND RIGHT INTO. THE WEEKEND, THE SYSTEM MOVING. IN. THAT WILL LAST RIGHT THROUGH. NEXT WEEK. MILLIONS ON ALERT. RIGHT NOW FOR DANGEROUS STORMS. STARTING TONIGHT. WASHINGTON. PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK TO. BOSTON. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE. WEEKEND FORECAST. TONIGHT, THE. NEW PRINCE HARRY INTERVIEW RIGHT. HERE. IT IS EMOTIONAL AND WHAT. HE REVEALS ABOUT HIS FATHER, KING CHARLES. THE BODIES FOUND. AT BRYCE CANYON. THEY FELL. 380FT. BUT AUTHORITIES ARE. SAYING ABOUT THE POPULAR. LOOKOUT. A GROUNDBREAKING SINGER. SONGWRITER KILLED IN A FIRE. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SAYING.

TONIGHT WITH FORMER FIRST LADY. MICHELLE OBAMA IS NOW SAYING. ABOUT THE TALK INVOLVING HER. MARRIAGE AND WHAT SHE DECLARES. THE IMAGES TONIGHT FROM ATOP THE. SISTINE CHAPEL, THE FAMOUS. CHIMNEY BEING INSTALLED, AND. WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW TONIGHT. ABOUT THE SECRET CONCLAVE SET TO. BEGIN TO CHOOSE THE NEXT POPE. AND TONIGHT, HERE WE REMEMBER A. BELOVED COMEDIAN FROM THE ICONIC. SHOW LAUGH-IN. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS.

IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID. MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US AS WE NEAR. THE END OF ANOTHER WEEK TOGETHER. HERE. WE DO HAVE A LOT TO GET TO. TONIGHT. WE BEGIN THIS EVENING. WITH A HORRIFIC, DEADLY ACCIDENT. JUST OUTSIDE YELLOWSTONE. NATIONAL PARK. WHAT APPEARS TO. BE A HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN A. TRUCK AND A PACKED TOUR VAN. AT. LEAST SEVEN DEAD. TONIGHT. THE. IMAGES JUST COMING IN. THE. ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 20. YOU SEE. THE MEDICAL HELICOPTER ARRIVING. THERE TO TAKE THE INJURED TO. HOSPITALS IN THE REGION. AS THE. SMOKE AND FLAMES RAGE BELOW. 14. PEOPLE WERE ON THAT TOUR BUS. AT.

LEAST SIX OF THEM HAVE DIED. TONIGHT, THE OTHER EIGHT. INJURED. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK. DID NOT SURVIVE. TONIGHT. THE. INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. INTO HOW THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED. AND SO CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE TO. THAT FAMOUS NATIONAL PARK. ABC'S. MOLA LENGHI LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT? THE DEADLY INFERNO. ON AN IDAHO HIGHWAY. A DODGE RAM. PICKUP COLLIDING WITH A VAN. FILLED WITH TOURISTS. BOTH. VEHICLES ENGULFED IN FLAMES. EMERGENCY CREWS RACING TO THE. SCENE ON HIGHWAY 20 ALONG WITH A.

MEDICAL CHOPPER. 14 TOURISTS, WHO AUTHORITIES SAY ARE FOREIGN. NATIONALS, WERE ON BOARD A. MERCEDES TOUR VAN AT THE TIME. IT HAPPENED JUST OVER THE. MONTANA BORDER, 20 MILES FROM. THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO YELLOWSTONE. NATIONAL PARK. AT LEAST SIX OF. THE 14 MEMBERS OF THE TOUR GROUP. WERE KILLED. >> BOTH VEHICLES WERE BROADSIDE. ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. IT APPEARED. THEY HAD MAYBE HIT HEAD ON. >> ROGER MERRILL SAYS BY THE. TIME HE GOT TO THE SCENE, MULTIPLE DRIVERS WERE ALREADY. HELPING SURVIVORS. >> OTHER TRAVELERS THAT HAD.

STOPPED, APPARENTLY WERE ALSO. FOREIGN NATIONALS, SO THEY WERE. ASSISTING THEM WITH BLANKETS AND. INTERPRETING INTERPRETING FOR. THEM. ALONGSIDE THE HIGHWAY. >> THE 25 YEAR OLD DRIVER OF THE. PICKUP ALSO KILLED. THAT HIGHWAY. CLOSED FOR NEARLY SEVEN HOURS. WELL, TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES ARE. INVESTIGATING EXACTLY HOW THIS. HAPPENED. MEANWHILE, THE. IDENTITIES OF THOSE KILLED WILL. BE RELEASED ONCE THEIR FAMILIES. ARE NOTIFIED. AND, DAVID, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF. THAT CRASH SCENE, THAT MAY TAKE. SOME TIME. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. MOLA LENGHI. LEADING US OFF HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. TONIGHT THERE ARE. SERIOUS QUESTIONS AFTER TWO.

PASSENGER JETS WERE FORCED TO. ABORT LANDINGS AT WASHINGTON, D. C S REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. BECAUSE AN ARMY HELICOPTER HAD. DEVIATED FROM ITS ROUTE. OF. COURSE, THIS IS THE SAME AIRPORT. WHERE THAT BLACKHAWK AND A. PASSENGER JET COLLIDED, CRASHING. INTO THE POTOMAC TONIGHT, THE. IMAGES OF THE ARMY HELICOPTER IN. THIS NEWEST SCARE WAVED OFF ITS. OWN LANDING AFTER DEVIATING FROM. THE PLANNED ROUTE. THEN THE. OTHER PASSENGER JETS WERE FORCED. TO ABORT THEIR LANDINGS. HERE'S. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE FAA AND NTSB ARE. INVESTIGATING WHY TWO PASSENGER. JETS WERE FORCED TO ABORT.

LANDINGS AT DC'S REAGAN NATIONAL. AIRPORT AFTER AN ARMY HELICOPTER. WAS WAVED OFF ITS OWN LANDING. AND DEVIATED FROM ITS PLANNED. ROUTE. >> 1671 3000 GO AROUND 3000. >> GOING AROUND 3000 DELTA 1671. >> FLIGHT DATA SHOWING THE TWO. JETS APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE. FROM THE HELICOPTER AT DIFFERENT. POINTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, THAT. BLACKHAWK CHOPPER HEADED FOR THE. PENTAGON. >> ALREADY TRYING TO LAND ON. PENTAGON. >> WE WERE JUST LANDING AT. PENTAGON. >> OFFICIALS SAY THE AIRCRAFT. WERE NEVER ON A COLLISION.

COURSE, AND THAT THE INCIDENTS. ARE NOT BEING INVESTIGATED AS. CLOSE CALLS. IT WAS ONLY IN. JANUARY, THOUGH, THAT ANOTHER. BLACKHAWK CRASHED INTO AN. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. APPROACHING ITS LANDING AT THAT. SAME AIRPORT, KILLING 67 PEOPLE. IT COMES AS OFFICIALS WARN THE. TRAVEL HEADACHE CAUSING HOURS. LONG FLIGHT DELAYS AT ANOTHER. NORTHEAST HUB. NEW JERSEY'S. NEWARK AIRPORT, IS SET TO WORSEN. MULTIPLE SHIFTS OF AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLERS MONITORING NEWARK. AIRSPACE. NOW ON WEEKS LONG. MEDICAL LEAVE FOLLOWING AN. EQUIPMENT OUTAGE ON WEDNESDAY, THE CONTROLLERS CALLING IT A.

TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. THE FAA. HAD ALREADY WARNED THAT RUNWAY. CONSTRUCTION AND A SHORTAGE OF. CONTROLLERS COULD CAUSE. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS AT THE. AIRPORT. FOR MONTHS, MORE THAN. 350 FLIGHTS DELAYED. TODAY, ARRIVALS DELAYED MORE THAN TWO. HOURS ON AVERAGE, THOUGH. STAFFING ISSUES PART OF A. NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE OF AIR. CONTROLLERS THAT THE FAA IS. URGENTLY SEEKING TO ADDRESS. >> YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE CRACKS. IN THE SYSTEM, AND YOU CAN SEE. THEM IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND. IT'S OUR JOB, ALL OF US WORKING.

TOGETHER TO NOT WAIT UNTIL. THERE'S A DISASTER. >> AND DAVID, THE ARMY IS. LOOKING INTO THAT INCIDENT AT. REAGAN. MEANWHILE, HERE AT. NEWARK UNITED AIRLINES, SAYING. 20% OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. WALKED OFF THE JOB, FORCING THE. AIRLINE TO CUT 35 FLIGHTS PER. DAY STARTING AS SOON AS THIS. WEEKEND. >> DAVID MORGAN NORWOOD WITH US. HERE TONIGHT. MORGAN. THANK YOU. TONIGHT THERE'S NEWS COMING IN. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS NOW. PLANNING A MASSIVE MILITARY. CELEBRATION THROUGH THE STREETS. OF WASHINGTON. THE PENTAGON. TONIGHT SAYING IT WILL MARK THE. 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S.

ARMY. AND IT WILL COINCIDE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 79TH BIRTHDAY. AND NEWS OF THIS MILITARY. CELEBRATION COMES AMID THE. PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT. INVOLVES DEEP CUTS TONIGHT TO. THE CDC, HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES, EDUCATION AND CLIMATE. MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S OWN. PARTY ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM. TONIGHT OVER THE LEVEL OF. MILITARY SPENDING. HERE'S MARY. BRUCE. >> TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION PLANNING A. MASSIVE MILITARY CELEBRATION. THROUGH THE STREETS OF. WASHINGTON, D.C, TO MARK THE. ARMY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY,

COINCIDING WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. 79TH BIRTHDAY. TONIGHT, THE. MILITARY SAYS THE ARMY IS. EXPLORING OPTIONS TO MAKE THE. CELEBRATION EVEN BIGGER. THE. JUNE 14TH PARADE COULD INVOLVE. NEARLY 7000 SOLDIERS, TANKS AND. INFANTRY VEHICLES, HELICOPTER. FLYOVERS AND EVEN PARACHUTE. JUMPERS. HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST? UNCLEAR. NEWS OF THE POSSIBLE. PARADE COMES AS THE PRESIDENT IS. PROPOSING HISTORIC CUTS TO. DOMESTIC SPENDING. $163 BILLION. ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK TRUMP'S.

$1.7 TRILLION BUDGET PROPOSAL. FOR NEXT YEAR, SLASHING HALF OF. THE CDC BUDGET FROM $9 BILLION. DOWN TO $4 BILLION, INCLUDING. ELIMINATING THE OFFICE THAT. WORKS TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND. DRUG OVERDOSES. EDUCATION. FUNDING CUT BY $12 BILLION, INCLUDING PROGRAMS THAT HELP. HIGH POVERTY SCHOOLS. ENERGY. PROGRAMS ALSO GUTTED, INCLUDING. AN INITIATIVE TO HELP LOW INCOME. AMERICANS PAY FOR THEIR ENERGY. BILLS. EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS. SOUNDING THE ALARM. MIKE LAWLER. OF NEW YORK CALLING THOSE ENERGY.

CUTS RECKLESS, SAYING IT WILL. LEAVE HIS CONSTITUENTS OUT IN. THE COLD. WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. HOPING TO BOOST BORDER SECURITY. AND DEFENSE SPENDING. THE WHITE. HOUSE TOUTING A 13% INCREASE IN. MILITARY SPENDING, BRINGING THE. DEFENSE BUDGET TO OVER $1. TRILLION. BUT TONIGHT, HAWKISH. REPUBLICANS SAY IT DOESN'T GO. FAR ENOUGH. THE TOP REPUBLICAN. ON THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES. COMMITTEE, MIKE ROGERS, SAYING. HE'S VERY CONCERNED THE. REQUESTED BASE BUDGET FOR. DEFENSE DOES NOT REFLECT A. REALISTIC PATH TO BUILDING THE.

MILITARY CAPABILITY WE NEED TO. ACHIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PEACE. THROUGH STRENGTH AGENDA. BUT. DESPITE THOSE CUTS AND THE. ECONOMIC TURMOIL, THE. ADMINISTRATION STILL HOPING TO. RAMP UP THE ARMY'S ANNIVERSARY. WITH THAT LAVISH PARADE. NOW, THERE WERE ALWAYS PLANS TO MARK. THE ARMY'S MILESTONE, BUT THE. DECISION TO ADD ON THIS PARADE, AND THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENS TO. COINCIDE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. BIRTHDAY, IS SPARKING. SPECULATION AND RECALL. TRUMP. TRIED TO THROW A SIMILAR GRAND. PARADE DURING HIS FIRST TERM, BUT IT WAS SCRAPPED WHEN. ESTIMATES TOPPED $90 MILLION.

AND ALL THIS NEWS COMING ON THE. SAME DAY THAT THE PRESIDENT'S. BUDGET CUTS WERE PROPOSED. DAVID. >> MARY BRUCE LIVE AT THE WHITE. HOUSE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT MARY. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALSO TRACKING. SEVERE STORMS THIS FRIDAY FROM. TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE. NORTHEAST. YET AGAIN. TONIGHT, 55 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON. ALERT AT THIS HOUR. THE SYSTEM. MOVING EAST, AND IT'S GOING TO. CAUSE PROBLEMS ALL WEEKEND AND. WILL LAST RIGHT INTO EARLY NEXT. WEEK. SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG. OF OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. BACK WITH US AGAIN TONIGHT. HI, LEE. >> HI, DAVID. IT'S BEEN DAY. AFTER DAY OF THIS DISRUPTIVE AND.

IN SOME CASES, DANGEROUS WEATHER. FROM THE DEEP SOUTH ALL THE WAY. TO THE OHIO VALLEY. TONIGHT, IT'S SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES. FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY TO. PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS, IN. SOME CASES, COULD PRODUCE 70. MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND SOME. LARGE HAIL. NOW THERE IS A SHIFT. IN THE FOCUS OF THESE RAINS. IT'S HEADED TOWARD THE EAST. COAST. SO BY LATER TOMORROW AND. TOMORROW EVENING, WE'RE SEEING. STRONG STORMS IN THE CAROLINAS. UP TO D.C, EVEN INTO BALTIMORE, EVEN HERE IN NEW YORK CITY BY. EVENING. SO IT'S DC, NEW YORK. AND BOSTON TOMORROW NIGHT AND. INTO SUNDAY, AND THERE WILL BE. ROUNDS OF RAIN INTO EARLY NEXT. WEEK. COULD HELP THE DROUGHT AND.

SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS. WELL. WE GO BACK TO THE SOUTHERN. PLAINS AND THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI. VALLEY, A RENEWED THREAT FOR. FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER. UNFORTUNATELY, INTO MONDAY AND. TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. DAVID. >> WE'LL TRACK IT RIGHT INTO. NEXT WEEK WITH YOU. LEE. THANK. YOU. WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE. NEW PRINCE HARRY INTERVIEW. IT. IS EMOTIONAL AND WHAT HE REVEALS. ABOUT HIS FATHER, KING CHARLES, SAYING HIS FATHER WON'T SPEAK TO. HIM. PRINCE HARRY HAD FOUGHT IN. COURT FOR SECURITY PROTECTION. WHEN HE VISITS THE U.K. THE. INTERVIEW COMING OUT TONIGHT, JUST HOURS AFTER HARRY LOST THAT. LAWSUIT WITH A PLEA NOW TO HIS. FATHER AND THE ROYAL FAMILY.

HERE'S OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT, IAN PANNELL. NOW. >> TONIGHT, AN EMOTIONAL PRINCE. HARRY REVEALING HE'S READY TO. PUT THE DEEP RIFT WITH THE ROYAL. FAMILY BEHIND HIM. IN AN. INTERVIEW FROM HIS HOME IN. CALIFORNIA, THE FORMER WORKING. ROYAL TELLING THE BBC THERE'S NO. POINT IN CONTINUING TO FIGHT. >> I WOULD LOVE RECONCILIATION. WITH MY FAMILY. I'VE ALWAYS. I'VE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO POINT. IN CONTINUING TO FIGHT ANYMORE. AS I SAID, LIFE IS PRECIOUS. I. DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER MY. FATHER HAS. YOU KNOW.

>> HARRY SAYING THE KING WHO'S. BATTLING CANCER WON'T EVEN SPEAK. TO HIM BECAUSE OF HIS LEGAL. BATTLE TO RESTORE FULL POLICE. PROTECTION WHEN HE VISITS THE. UK. HARRY, DEVASTATED AT LOSING. HIS LEGAL APPEAL TODAY, CLAIMING. HIS FATHER COULD EASILY CHANGE. IT. >> I THOUGHT WITH ALL THE. DISAGREEMENTS AND ALL OF THE. CHAOS THAT'S HAPPENING, THE ONE. THING THAT I COULD RELY ON IS MY. FAMILY KEEPING ME SAFE. AND NOT. ONLY DID THEY DECIDE TO REMOVE. MY SECURITY IN THE UK, BUT THEY. ALSO SIGNALED TO EVERY SINGLE.

GOVERNMENT AROUND THE WORLD NOT. TO PROTECT US. >> HARRY, WHO'S FIFTH IN LINE TO. THE THRONE, HASN'T BROUGHT. PRINCE ARCHIE AND PRINCESS. LILIBET KING CHARLES. GRANDCHILDREN TO THE UK SINCE. 2022. HE SECURITY DOWNGRADED IN. 2020 WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE, MEGHAN, STEPPED DOWN FROM THEIR. OFFICIAL ROLES AND LEFT THE. COUNTRY. HARRY SAYS THERE ARE. ONGOING THREATS TO HIM AND THE. ROYAL FAMILY FROM EXTREMISTS. INCLUDING AL-QAIDA, AND WITHOUT. FULL POLICE PROTECTION, IT ISN'T. SAFE FOR HIM TO COME BACK TO THE.

UK WITH HIS FAMILY. DAVID. >> IAN PANNELL WITH US TONIGHT. IAN. THANK YOU. WE HAVE LEARNED. TONIGHT THAT COMEDIAN RUTH BUZZI. HAS DIED AFTER A LONG BATTLE. WITH ALZHEIMER'S. BEST KNOWN FOR. HER WORK ON THE CLASSIC SKETCH. SHOW LAUGH-IN, SHE APPEARED IN. EVERY EPISODE FORMER CASTMATE. GOLDIE HAWN TONIGHT, CALLING HER. A ONE OF A KIND SOUL. HERE'S. WHIT JOHNSON. >> HER SHARP WIT AND PHYSICAL. COMEDY MADE AMERICANS LAUGH. DURING HER DECADES LONG CAREER. RUTH BUZZI WAS BEST KNOWN FOR. HER RUN IN THE SKETCH COMEDY. SERIES ROWAN AND MARTIN'S. LAUGH-IN, WHICH AIRED IN THE. LATE 60S AND EARLY 70S, EARNING.

HER TWO EMMY NOMINATIONS AND A. GOLDEN GLOBE. BUZZI APPEARING ON. SEVERAL CELEBRITY ROASTS HOSTED. BY DEAN MARTIN AS HER ICONIC. CHARACTER, GLADYS ORMPHBY. SPARRING WITH MUHAMMAD ALI. >> WILL HAVE IT OUT MAN TO MAN. >> TONIGHT. BUZZY'S FAMILY. SHARING IN A STATEMENT ON SOCIAL. MEDIA, THE BELOVED ACTRESS DIED. PEACEFULLY IN HER SLEEP AT HER. HOME IN TEXAS, ADDING THAT SHE. HAD BEEN IN HOSPICE CARE FOR. SEVERAL YEARS WITH ALZHEIMER'S.

DISEASE. AND TONIGHT, RUTH. BUZZI, IN HER OWN WORDS. >> IF I MAKE MYSELF LAUGH, I. KNOW THAT WAS FUNNY. I'M MY. WORST CRITIC AND I CAN LAUGH THE. HARDEST IN THE ROOM IF I'M. FUNNY. YOU WILL HEAR ME LAUGH. THE HARDEST, WHICH IS KIND OF. EMBARRASSING AT TIMES, BUT I. DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW, EITHER. SOMETHING'S FUNNY OR IT IS. AND. THAT WAS FUNNY, FOLKS. I WAS. FUNNY. >> AND DAVID, RUTH, BUZZY'S. AGENT, TELLS ABC NEWS THAT SHE. WAS MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH JUST A. FEW DAYS AGO. SHE WAS 88 YEARS. OLD.

>> DAVID JOHNSON WITH US LIVE. TONIGHT WITH. THANKS SO MUCH. WE. TURN NOW TO NEWS ON THE FLU. TONIGHT. IT HAS KILLED MORE. CHILDREN IN THE U.S. THIS SEASON. THAN AT ANY OTHER TIME IN THE. PAST 15 YEARS. THE CDC REPORTING. 216 CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF FLU SO. FAR. AND THE SEASON IS STILL. UNDERWAY. THAT'S THE MOST SINCE. THE SWINE FLU PANDEMIC IN 2009. FLU VACCINATION RATES IN. CHILDREN HAVE FALLEN TO JUST 49%. FROM 62% FIVE YEARS AGO. THE. REASSURING NEWS TONIGHT IS THAT. FLU ACTIVITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS. NOW SLOWING DOWN. WE TURN TO THE. U.S. ECONOMY TONIGHT. STOCKS.

SURGING ON A STRONGER THAN. EXPECTED JOBS REPORT TODAY. EMPLOYERS ADDING 177,000 NEW. JOBS IN APRIL. THE UNEMPLOYMENT. RATE UNCHANGED AT 4.2%. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SAYING JUST LIKE I SAID, WE'RE. ONLY IN A TRANSITION STAGE. JUST. GETTING STARTED. THE MARKETS. RALLYING THE DOW UP 564 POINTS, REVERSING THE LOSSES SINCE THE. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HIS SWEEPING. TARIFFS ON APRIL 2ND. INVESTORS. ALSO CHEERED BY A POTENTIAL. SOFTENING IN THE TARIFF STANDOFF. BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA. CHINA SAYING IT IS, QUOTE, EVALUATING WAYS TO START.

NEGOTIATIONS, CLAIMING U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE NOW REACHED OUT. TO THEM. WHEN WE COME BACK ON. THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE BODIES. FOUND AT BRYCE CANYON FALLING. 380FT. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE. SAYING ABOUT THE POPULAR. LOOKOUT. A GROUNDBREAKING SINGER. SONGWRITER KILLED IN A HOUSE. FIRE. AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. AND TONIGHT, WHAT FORMER FIRST. LADY MICHELLE OBAMA IS NOW. SAYING ABOUT ALL OF THE. INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF TWO. VISITORS AT UTAH'S BRYCE CANYON. NATIONAL PARK. AUTHORITIES SAY. TOURISTS SPOTTED THE BODIES OF A.

MAN AND WOMAN AT THE BOTTOM OF. INSPIRATION POINT, A POPULAR. LOOKOUT SPOT. THE TWO FALLING. 380FT. AUTHORITIES SAY SLIPPERY. CONDITIONS MAY HAVE LED TO THEIR. FALL. TONIGHT, POLICE MAKING A. SECOND ARREST IN THE MASSIVE. WILDFIRE IN OCEAN COUNTY, NEW. JERSEY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 17. YEAR-OLD SUSPECT FACES MULTIPLE. CHARGES, INCLUDING ARSON. PROSECUTORS SAY THE TWO SUSPECTS. SET WOODEN PALLETS ON FIRE. BEFORE LEAVING THE AREA NEARLY. TWO WEEKS AGO. THE FIRE STILL. BURNING, DESTROYING MORE THAN. 15,000 ACRES. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, ACTOR AND COMEDIAN RUSSELL. BRAND, MAKING HIS FIRST COURT. APPEARANCE SINCE BEING CHARGED.

WITH RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN. LONDON. BRAND PUSHING HIS WAY. THROUGH A MOB OF PHOTOGRAPHERS. OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. FOUR. WOMEN ACCUSING HIM IN SEPARATE. ALLEGED ATTACKS BETWEEN 1999 AND. 2005. THE JUDGE RELEASED HIM ON. CONDITIONAL BAIL. BRAND DENIES. THE ALLEGATIONS. WHEN WE COME. BACK ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, MICHELLE OBAMA WITH THE FORMER. FIRST LADY IS NOW SAYING ABOUT. ALL OF THIS TALK INVOLVING HER. MARRIAGE AND WHAT SHE DECLARES. TONIGHT. AND A GROUNDBREAKING. SINGER SONGWRITER HAS BEEN.

>> David: TO THE INDEX OF OTHER. NEWS TONIGHT. FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA. ADDRESSING THE TALK, THE. SPECULATION ABOUT HER MARRIAGE, APPEARING ON THE PODCAST "THE. DIARY OF A CEO.". THE FORMER FIRST LADY SAYING IF. SHE AND FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA. WERE GETTING DIVORCED, IT. WOULDN'T BE A SECRET, EVERYONE. KNOW ABOUT IT, I'M NOT A MARTYR. SHE SAYS, WHEN I MET BARACK. OBAMA, HE SHOWED UP IN MY LIFE. AS THE OPPOSITE OF A BOX CHECKER. BUT SOMEBODY I DESCRIBE IN MY. BOOK AS THE ULTIMATE SWERVER. HE DID NOTHING BY THE BOOK. HE WAS BRILLIANT AND. INTERESTING. MR. >> GROUND-BREAKING. SINGER/SONGWRITER JILL SOCIAL. WAS KILLED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN.

WOODBURY, MACHINE. OOPS. MAKING HISTORY RITH HER. BEST-KNOWN SONG "I KISSED A. GIRL.". ♪ I KISSED A GIRL ♪. >> David: IT WAS THE FIRST. OPENLY-GAY THEME SONG TO BECOME. A BILLBOARD TOP 20 HIT. HER MANAGER SAYS SHE WAS STAYING. WITH FRIENDS WHEN THE FIRE BROKE. OUT. SHE WAS SCHEDULED TO PERFORM IN. DENVER TONIGHT. JILL SOBULE WAS JUST 66 YEARS. OLD. >>> TONIGHT, THE END OF A. REMARKABLE ERA IN THE NBA. SAN ANTONIO SPURS HEAD COACH. GREGG POPOVICH STEPPING DOWN. HE'S WON MORE GAMES THAN ANY.

COACH IN THE LEAGUE HISTORY. HE HAS NOT COACHED A GAME SINCE. SUFFERING A STROKE IN NOVEMBER. HE SAYS HE STILL HAS A LOVE AND. PASSION FOR THE GAME. NO ONE QUESTIONS THAT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE IMAGES COMING IN TONIGHT. FROM ATOP THE SISTINE CHAPEL. THE FAMOUS CHIMNEY BEING. INSTALLED AND WHAT WE ALREADY. KNOW TONIGHT ABOUT THE SECRET. CONCLAVE SET TO BEGIN. WE'LL GO LIVE TO THE VATICAN. RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT, THE. NEW IMAGES FROM ATOP THE SISTINE. CHAPEL AT THE VATICAN. THE FAMOUS CHIMNEY NOW BEING. INSTALLED. WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW TONIGHT. ABOUT THE SECRET CONCLAVE SET TO.

BEGIN NEXT WEEK TO CHOOSE THE. NEXT POPE. MAGGIE RULLI TONIGHT AT THE. VATICAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. STRIKING NEW IMAGES ON TOP OF. THE SISTINE CHAPEL. VATICAN FIREFIGHTERS ON THE ROOF. INSTALLING A CHIMNEY. MORE THAN A BILLION CATHOLICS. WILL WATCH FOR WHITE SMOKE, SIGNALLING A NEW POPE HAS BEEN. CHOSEN BY THE CARDINALS INSIDE. 135 CARDINALS ARE UNDER THE AGE. OF 80, AND THEREFORE ELIGIBLE TO. VOTE. AT 82, CARDINAL GREGORIO ROSA.

CHAVEZ OF EL SALVADOR WILL NOT. BE VOTING, BUT HE'S BEEN A PART. OF NEAR DAILY GENERAL. CONGREGATIONS WHERE CARDINALS. DEBATE THE FUTURE OF THE. CATHOLIC CHURCH AND. FRONT-RUNNERS FOR THE POPE OFTEN. EMERGE. DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE A LONG. CONCLAVE? >> NO. TWO OR THREE DAYS. >> Reporter: THE CONSENSUS IS. ANOTHER POPE LIKE POPE FRANCIS? >> SI. >> Reporter: MANY TELLING HIM. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW POPE. SIMILAR TO FRANCIS.

SISTER ROSALIA SAYING, "I'M. HOPEFUL THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL. ILLUMINATE THE CARD CARDINALS, THE GOOD ALWAYS WINS.". AT 133 CARDINALS, THE CONCLAVE, BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, WILL HAVE. THE MOST NUMBER OF CARDINALS. EVER TO TAKE PART IN THE. ELECTION. 108 WERE APPOINTED BY POPE. FRANCIS. TEN ARE AMERICAN. SWEARING AN OATH OF SECRECY, THEY'LL VOTE TWICE IN THE. MORNING AND TWICE IN THE. AFTERNOON UNTIL THEY REACH A. TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. >> THE OLD SAYING IS, IF YOU GO.

INTO THE CONCLAVE LIKE A POPE, YOU COME OUT A CARDINAL. SO, THE HOLY SPIRIT TENDS TO. SURPRISE US. LET'S BE OPEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND TO THE CARDINAL ELECTORS. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE CONCLAVE. IS STEEPED IN TRADITION AND. SECRECY. THE CARDINALS ARE LOCKED IN. THEY HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE. OUTSIDE WORLD. IT ALL STARTS IN FIVE DAYS. AND DAVID, I KNOW YOU'LL BE. RIGHT HERE FOR IT. >> David: CAN'T WAIT. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. AS THE CARDINAL SAID, TWO TO. THREE DAYS. WE MIGHT HAVE TO HOLD HIM TO IT. THANKS, MAGGIE. WE'LL BE LIVE FROM THE VATICAN.