ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 31, 2025

TONIGHT. SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. THE DANGEROUS AIR QUALITY. CONCERNS IN PARTS OF THE U.S. AS. DOZENS OF WILDFIRES BURN OUT OF. CONTROL IN CANADA. THE TARIFF. TRADE WAR. WHY THE EUROPEAN. UNION AND CHINA ARE NOW PUSHING. BACK. AND THE NEW TRAVEL WARNING. FROM THE CDC ABOUT THE MEASLES. FIRST, THE AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN. THE MIDWEST, SMOKE CRAWLING OVER. THE BORDER FROM THOSE MASSIVE. WILDFIRES. MAJOR CITIES LIKE. MINNEAPOLIS COULD BE IMPACTED. MORE THAN 180 FIRES BURNING.

ACROSS CANADA. MORE THAN 90 OUT. OF CONTROL. AND ANOTHER SEVERE. WEATHER THREAT DAYS AFTER DEADLY. TORNADOES SWEPT THROUGH PARTS OF. THE SOUTH. OUR WEATHER TEAM. STANDING BY. THE NEW FALLOUT. FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROMISE. TO RAISE TARIFFS ON ALL IMPORTED. STEEL AND ALUMINUM TO 50%. THE. EU THREATENING ACTION AMID THE. WORLDWIDE TARIFF WHIPLASH. AND. DEMOCRATS DEMANDING ANSWERS. ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RECENT. SPATE OF PARDONS. MANY CAN BE. TRACED TO MAJOR DONORS AND. SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING THE. CHRISLEYS OF REALITY TV FAME.

AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID WHEN. ASKED ABOUT MUSIC MOGUL SEAN. DIDDY COMBS. THE NEW MEASLES. WARNING FROM THE CDC FOR. TRAVELERS AHEAD OF THE BUSY. SUMMER SEASON. GUNFIRE IN. CHICAGO LEAVING SEVERAL TEENS. WOUNDED IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. ACROSS THE STREET FROM A. CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL. WHAT. POLICE ARE SAYING? DRAMATIC. RESCUE. A HIKER PINNED FOR HOURS. UNDER A 700 POUND BOULDER. HOW. HE SURVIVED THE STINGING. OPERATION TO CAPTURE 14 MILLION. BEES THAT ESCAPED FROM AN. OVERTURNED TRAILER. TONIGHT, THE.

GROWING SALMONELLA OUTBREAK. LINKED TO CUCUMBERS. 18 STATES. NOW REPORTING CASES. THE PACERS. HOPE TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO. THE NBA FINALS. BUT CAN THEY GET. PAST THE SURGING NEW YORK. KNICKS? AND AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT, THE COLLEGE BASEBALL. TEAM THAT MADE HISTORY BY BEING. PERFECT. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR. JOINING US ON THIS SATURDAY I'M.

WHIT JOHNSON. SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORIES AS WE COME ON TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE LATEST TARIFF. WHIPLASH IN THE TRADE WAR. AND A. NEW CDC TRAVEL WARNING. BUT WE. BEGIN WITH THE DANGEROUS AIR. QUALITY THREAT IN THE MIDWEST. FROM THE RAGING WILDFIRES ACROSS. CANADA. THESE SATELLITE IMAGES. SHOWING SOME OF THE 180. WILDFIRES BURNING IN CANADA. DOZENS ARE OUT OF CONTROL. AND A. NEW SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR. THE SOUTH AND THE PLAINS AFTER A. DEADLY TORNADO ALREADY. DEVASTATED PARTS OF KENTUCKY. AND THIS TWISTER SLAMMING INTO. ATHENS, TENNESSEE, ON FRIDAY.

AFTERNOON. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE. INJURED. LET'S GET RIGHT TO. METEOROLOGIST DANI BECKSTROM. FROM OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. AND DANI, LET'S START WITH THE. AIR QUALITY ALERTS AND WHERE. WE'LL SEE THE BIGGEST IMPACT. >> WITH MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE. FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES CONTINUE. TO SPILL SOUTH INTO THE UPPER. MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND. TODAY, THE. WORST OF THE SMOKE OVER THE. DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA, WHERE AN. AIR QUALITY ALERT IS STILL IN. EFFECT FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. TOMORROW. ANOTHER PLUME OF SMOKE. PUSHES SOUTH, FOCUSING FROM. MINNESOTA TO MISSOURI. WE'RE. ALSO WATCHING A NEW SEVERE.

WEATHER THREAT IN THE SOUTHERN. PLAINS TONIGHT. MUCH OF OKLAHOMA. IN THE BULLSEYE WITH STRONG. STORMS UNFOLDING INTO THE NIGHT. TOMORROW, THE THREAT SHIFTS. SOUTH INTO TEXAS WITH DAMAGING. WIND, LARGE HAIL, AND ISOLATED. TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE SYSTEM. THAT BROUGHT THE SEVERE WEATHER. TO THE EAST COAST, SLOWLY. CLEARING OUT SCATTERED SHOWERS. AND STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE. NORTHEAST TONIGHT, BUT BIG. CHANGES ARE ON THE WAY. AFTER A. LONG STRETCH OF UNSETTLED. WEATHER, THE HEAT IN THE WEST. FINALLY MAKES ITS WAY EAST NEXT. WEEK. WHIT. >> ALL RIGHT, DANNY, THANK YOU. NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE TRADE. WAR. THE EUROPEAN UNION. PREPARING COUNTERMEASURES AFTER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DOUBLED TARIFFS. ON STEEL IMPORTS TO 50%. AN EU. SPOKESPERSON SAYING THE. PRESIDENT'S MOVE, QUOTE, ADDS. FURTHER UNCERTAINTY TO THE. GLOBAL ECONOMY AND INCREASES. COSTS. AND TONIGHT, TENSIONS. ESCALATING AGAIN WITH CHINA. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> FROM DETROIT DOWN TO HOUSTON. >> TONIGHT, GLOBAL BACKLASH. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWS TO. DOUBLE TARIFFS ON FOREIGN STEEL. DURING A RALLY AT A STEEL MILL. IN PITTSBURGH. >> WE'RE BRINGING IT UP FROM.

25%. WE'RE DOUBLING IT TO 50%. THAT MEANS THAT NOBODY IS GOING. TO BE ABLE TO STEAL YOUR. INDUSTRY. >> THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. REPORTEDLY SLAMMING THE MOVE, SAYING THEY STRONGLY REGRET THE. INCREASE BECAUSE IT UNDERMINES. ONGOING EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE A. TRADE DEAL. WARNING OF. COUNTERMEASURES. THE UNITED. STEELWORKERS UNION IN CANADA. BLASTED THE TARIFFS AS A DIRECT. ATTACK ON CANADIAN JOBS, SAYING. IT WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT US OUT. OF THE U.S. MARKET AND CALLED. FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND FORCEFUL.

RESPONSE FROM THE CANADIAN. GOVERNMENT. THESE NEW TARIFF. PROMISES COME AFTER A WEEK OF. LEGAL BACK AND FORTH. ON. WEDNESDAY, THE U.S. COURT OF. INTERNATIONAL TRADE BROUGHT THE. TRADE WAR TO A SCREECHING HALT, RULING TRUMP HAD EXCEEDED HIS. PRESIDENTIAL POWERS BECAUSE ONLY. CONGRESS CAN LEVY TARIFFS. BUT A. DAY LATER, ANOTHER REVERSAL, AT. LEAST FOR NOW, WHEN AN APPEALS. COURT RULED THE TARIFFS COULD. CONTINUE AS THE APPEALS PROCESS. PLAYS OUT. ALL OF THIS AMID. ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH CHINA, WHICH TRUMP INITIALLY TARIFFED.

AT A STAGGERING 145% BEFORE THE. TWO COUNTRIES STRUCK A DEAL TO. LOWER LEVIES DURING TRADE TALKS. THE ADMINISTRATION, NOW. ACKNOWLEDGING TALKS HAVE STALLED. THE PATH FORWARD. UNCLEAR. >> I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE. HAVING MORE TALKS WITH THEM IN. THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND I. BELIEVE WE MAY AT SOME POINT. HAVE A CALL BETWEEN THE. PRESIDENT AND PARTY CHAIR XI. >> AND WITH THIS LEGAL BATTLE. AROUND TARIFFS IS EXPECTED TO.

END UP IN THE SUPREME COURT. THE. PRESIDENT CLAIMS THIS IS. JUDICIAL OVERREACH AND THAT IT. HARMS HIS AGENDA AND HIS ABILITY. TO NEGOTIATE WITH OTHER. COUNTRIES. BUT MEANWHILE, AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND. CONSUMERS ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE. MIDDLE OF ALL OF THIS. >> WHIT AND SELENA. THERE'S ALSO. SOME BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF. THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT A NASA. NOMINEE. >> YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE IS ANNOUNCING. THAT THEY'VE JUST JUST WITHDRAWN. JARED ISAACMAN'S NOMINATION, JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS SCHEDULED. CONFIRMATION VOTES IN THE. SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS. THEY'LL ANNOUNCE A REPLACEMENT. SOON. AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT.

THIS PERSON IS IN COMPLETE. ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S. AGENDA. >> WITH SELINA WANG FOR US. TONIGHT. THANK YOU. AND TUNE IN. TO THIS WEEK. TOMORROW MORNING. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS SPEAKS. WITH TOP WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC. ADVISOR KEVIN HASSETT ABOUT THE. LEGAL BATTLES FACING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S SWEEPING. TARIFFS. NEXT TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ALSO FACING SCRUTINY OVER. A FLURRY OF PARDONS. AT LEAST. ONE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN IS. ACCUSING THE WHITE HOUSE OF. DOLING OUT PARDONS AS FAVORS. THIS WEEK, TRUMP PARDONED A. POPULAR RAPPER AND REALITY TV.

STARS TODD AND JULIE CHRISLEY. ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN. WASHINGTON TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, DEMOCRATIC. CONGRESSMAN JAMIE RASKIN. ACCUSING THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION OF GIVING PARDONS. AS FAVORS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. LOYAL POLITICAL FOLLOWERS AND. MOST GENEROUS DONORS. IN A. LETTER TO PARDON ATTORNEY ED. MARTIN, RASKIN SAYS HE WANTS TO. KNOW THE FORMAL CRITERIA AND. PROCESS OF EVALUATING PARDON. APPLICATIONS. RASKIN SAYS THOSE. CRITERIA APPEAR TO INCLUDE. SHOWING ABSOLUTE PERSONAL AND. POLITICAL LOYALTY TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP, THE CONGRESSMAN, POINTING.

TO THE PARDONS AND COMMUTATIONS. GIVEN TO JANUARY 6TH DEFENDANTS, MANY OF THEM CONVICTED OF. PERPETRATING VIOLENCE AGAINST. LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING THE. CAPITOL RIOT, AND JULIE AND TODD. CHRISLEY, REALITY TV. PERSONALITIES WHO SERVED TWO AND. A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON. AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF BANK. FRAUD AND TAX EVASION. >> THANK GOD FOR A PRESIDENT. LIKE DONALD J. TRUMP. >> THE COUPLE'S DAUGHTER, SAVANNAH, FIERCELY LOBBYING FOR. HER PARENTS AT THE REPUBLICAN. NATIONAL CONVENTION LAST YEAR. >> DUE TO OUR PUBLIC PROFILE AND. CONSERVATIVE BELIEFS, THEY. ACCUSED MY PARENTS OF FRAUD.

>> ACCORDING TO THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION, OTHER THAN THE. NEARLY 1600 JANUARY 6TH. DEFENDANTS WHO RECEIVED PARDONS. AND COMMUTATIONS, TRUMP HAS. PARDONED OR COMMUTED THE. SENTENCES OF MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE. SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN JANUARY. WHEN ASKED, TRUMP LEFT OPEN THE. POSSIBILITY OF PARDONING SEAN. DIDDY COMBS IF HE'S CONVICTED. >> I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. I HAVEN'T. SPOKEN TO HIM IN YEARS. >> THE MUSIC MOGUL ON TRIAL IN. NEW YORK CITY ACCUSED OF SEX. TRAFFICKING AND RACKETEERING. COMBS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. >> IF I THINK SOMEBODY WAS. MISTREATED, WHETHER THEY LIKE ME.

OR DON'T LIKE ME, IT WOULDN'T. HAVE ANY IMPACT ON ME. >> AND WITH THE WHITE HOUSE. RESPONDING TONIGHT, CALLING. CONGRESSMAN RASKIN A CAREER. BLOWHARD WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY, AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST. PARTIZAN BATTLE OVER PARDONS. BACK IN JANUARY, REPUBLICANS. WERE UPSET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. WHEN HE PARDONED HIS SON, HUNTER. JUST HOURS BEFORE. LEAVING OFFICE. HUNTER WAS. WAITING TO BE SENTENCED ON. FELONY CHARGES. >> WHIT PERRY RUSSOM. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE CDC IS STEPPING UP. THE WARNING ABOUT MEASLES JUST. AS THE SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON. KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR, URGING.

TRAVELERS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. BECAUSE MEASLES CASES ARE RISING. IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE. WORLD. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD. >> TONIGHT, AS THE BUSY SUMMER. TRAVEL SEASON TAKES OFF A FRESH. WARNING FROM THE CDC. THE AGENCY. NOW SAYS MEASLES REMAINS AN. ONGOING GLOBAL THREAT. AND MORE. INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS ARE. GETTING INFECTED. THEY'RE ALSO. URGING ALL INTERNATIONAL. TRAVELERS TO ENSURE THEY'RE. FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. BEFORE THEIR TRIP. JUST THIS. WEEK, 42 NEW CASES REPORTED.

NATIONWIDE, BRINGING THE TOTAL. TO MORE THAN 1000 ACROSS 32. STATES, MOSTLY AMONG PEOPLE WHO. ARE UNVACCINATED OR WHOSE. VACCINATION STATUS IS UNKNOWN. IN COLORADO, OFFICIALS. CONFIRMING THE STATE'S SECOND. OUTBREAK OF THE YEAR AFTER THREE. PASSENGERS ON A TURKISH AIRLINES. FLIGHT TESTED POSITIVE, INCLUDING ONE FULLY VACCINATED. ADULT. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY. WHILE BREAKTHROUGH CASES AMONG. THOSE VACCINATED ARE RARE, MEASLES IS EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS. AND CAN LINGER IN THE AIR FOR UP. TO TWO HOURS. >> MEASLES IS ONE OF THE MOST.

INFECTIOUS VIRUSES THAT WE KNOW. MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE VACCINATED. AND YOUR RISK FOR MEASLES GOES. WAY DOWN. >> AND AS THE CDC GRAPPLES WITH. THE GROWING NUMBER OF MEASLES. CASES, THE AGENCY QUIETLY. REVISING ITS COVID VACCINE. GUIDANCE JUST DAYS AFTER HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY. ROBERT F KENNEDY JR SAID. VACCINES WOULD NO LONGER BE. RECOMMENDED FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN. AND PREGNANT WOMEN. TONIGHT, THE. CDC SAYS ALL CHILDREN MAY. RECEIVE THE SHOT WITH GUIDANCE. FROM THEIR DOCTOR, SOFTENING. EARLIER LANGUAGE THAT HAD.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED VACCINATION. FOR EVERYONE OVER SIX MONTHS OF. AGE. PREGNANT WOMEN NOW LEFT. WITH NO RECOMMENDATION ON. WHETHER TO VACCINATE. AND. TONIGHT, MEDICAL GROUPS WE SPOKE. WITH EMPHASIZE THE SCIENCE AND. BENEFIT OF THESE VACCINES HASN'T. CHANGED, BUT THEY WORRY THE. SHIFTING MESSAGING FROM FEDERAL. OFFICIALS COULD LEAVE SOME. PATIENTS CONFUSED WITH. >> MORGAN NORWOOD. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE URGENT SEARCH FOR. SUSPECTS AFTER SEVEN TEENAGERS. WERE INJURED IN WHAT POLICE ARE. CALLING A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. OVERNIGHT IN CHICAGO. AUTHORITIES SAY POLICE WERE.

TRYING TO DISPERSE A LARGE GROUP. OF PEOPLE WHEN SOMEONE FIRED. SHOTS INTO THE CROWD. HERE'S. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI TONIGHT. >> A DRIVE BY SHOOTING IN. CHICAGO HAS LEFT SEVEN TEENAGERS. INJURED. AUTHORITIES ARE NOW. INVESTIGATING. >> THEY HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SHOT. OVER THERE. AND THERE'S A CROWD. NOW. >> OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO. DISPERSE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. IN FRONT OF SAINT SABINA CHURCH. AROUND 1:55 A.M, ACCORDING TO. POLICE. AUTHORITIES SAY A. VEHICLE DRIVING BY OPENED FIRE.

INTO THE CROWD. THAT CAR. IMMEDIATELY FLEEING THE SCENE. POLICE SAY AN 18 YEAR OLD WAS. CRITICALLY INJURED WITH GUNSHOT. WOUNDS TO THE LEG AND CHEST. THE. OTHER VICTIMS, WITH INJURIES TO. THEIR LEGS, ARMS, BACK OR. BUTTOCKS ARE EXPECTED TO. RECOVER. FATHER MICHAEL PFLEGER, AN ANTI-VIOLENCE ACTIVIST IN. CHICAGO, SAYS THE VIOLENCE IN. THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS PERSONAL. >> WE WORK TOO HARD IN THIS AREA. FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN HERE AND. SHOOT UP A BUNCH OF KIDS. SO,

YEAH, THIS IS PERSONAL TO ME. >> ALL SEVEN WERE HOSPITALIZED. ONE IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. FATHER PFLEGER IS OFFERING. $10,000 FOR ANY INFORMATION. LEADING TO AN ARREST. >> WITH IKE EJIOCHI. THANK YOU. OVERSEAS NOW IN HAMAS PUSHING. BACK AGAINST THE LATEST CEASE. FIRE PROPOSAL FROM THE U.S, BACKED BY ISRAEL. IT COMES AS. ISRAEL LAUNCHES DAILY ASSAULTS. INTO GAZA AMID STARVATION AND. GROWING DESPERATION. A TOP U.S. NEGOTIATOR CALLING THE LATEST. DEMANDS FROM HAMAS COMPLETELY.

UNACCEPTABLE. ABC'S CHIEF. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IAN. PANNELL IS IN TEL AVIV. >> TONIGHT. HOPES FOR A. BREAKTHROUGH CEASEFIRE IN GAZA. FADING. THE U.S. ENVOY TO THE. MIDDLE EAST CALLING A PROPOSAL. BY HAMAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THE MILITANTS PUSHING BACK. AGAINST A CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE. DEAL FIRST PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND BACKED BY ISRAEL. THE. ORIGINAL PLAN WOULD INVOLVE A 60. DAY CEASEFIRE AND THE RELEASE OF. SOME HOSTAGES. IN EXCHANGE,

ISRAEL WOULD RELEASE SOME. PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND. WITHDRAW ITS FORCES TO A BUFFER. ZONE AND ALLOW MORE AID IN. HAMAS, SAYING IT WANTS A. PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, A COMPLETE. ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL AND THE. CONTINUOUS FLOW OF HUMANITARIAN. AID. BUT TONIGHT, THE U.S, REJECTING HAMAS'S COUNTER, SAYING HAMAS SHOULD ACCEPT THE. FRAMEWORK PROPOSAL WE PUT. FORWARD AS THE BASIS FOR. PROXIMITY TALKS ON THE GROUND. ISRAEL POUNDING GAZA ONCE AGAIN. IT'S LAUNCHED ALMOST DAILY.

ATTACKS SINCE IT BROKE THE. CEASEFIRE IN MID-MARCH. NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT INSISTING. IT'S TARGETING TERRORIST. INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEATH AND. DESPERATION FOR FOOD. THEY'RE. ONLY GROWING. AND FOR NOW, THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT TO THE. SUFFERING, WITH ISRAELI PRIME. MINISTER NETANYAHU ALSO CALLING. THE HAMAS RESPONSE A REJECTION. AND TONIGHT, ISRAELI FORCES. URGING A LARGE SCALE EVACUATION. OF PARTS OF SOUTHERN GAZA AMID. FEARS OF ANOTHER NIGHT OF HEAVY.

BOMBING. WHIT. >> IAN PANNELL IN ISRAEL AGAIN. TONIGHT. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. DEADLY AND DEVASTATING FLOODING. IN NIGERIA. MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE. HAVE DIED AND THAT TOLL IS. EXPECTED TO CLIMB. THOUSANDS. HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. THE. FLOODING HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY. DEADLY IN A FARMING REGION. BACK. HERE IN THE U.S, AND A DRAMATIC. RESCUE OF A HIKER TRAPPED FOR. THREE HOURS UNDER A 700 POUND. BOULDER IN ALASKA. HIS WIFE, A. FORMER STATE TROOPER, HELPING TO. SAVE HIS LIFE. HERE'S ABC'S.

MELISSA ADAN TONIGHT. >> A TERRIFYING ORDEAL AFTER A. 61 YEAR-OLD HIKER WAS TRAPPED. UNDER A 700 POUND BOULDER FOR. THREE HOURS. CAL MORRIS WAS. HIKING NEAR A GLACIER SOUTH OF. ANCHORAGE WITH HIS WIFE OVER. MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WHEN. SUDDENLY THE ROCKY TERRAIN SLID. OUT FROM UNDER HIM. >> I ENDED UP FACE DOWN IN THE. WATER, AND THE BOULDER THAT. PINNED ME ROLLED DOWN AND ROLLED. ON TOP OF ME. THERE WAS A SPACE. TO KEEP ME FROM BEING JUST. COMPLETELY CRUSHED FLAT.

>> HIS WIFE, JO RUPE, A RETIRED. ALASKA STATE TROOPER HOLDING HER. HUSBAND'S HEAD ABOVE THE RISING. GLACIAL WATERS, THEN RUSHING TO. GET CELL SIGNAL TO CALL FOR. HELP. >> SOMEHOW I'VE GOT TO FIGURE. OUT THE BEST WAY TO SAVE HIS. LIFE. >> THE SEWARD FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND A PRIVATE HELICOPTER COMPANY. JUMPING IN TO SAVE MORRIS CREWS. USING AIRBAGS, ROPES AND BRUTE. FORCE TO LIFT THE BOULDER OFF. MORRIS. >> IT TOOK EVERYBODY AND GOD TO. SAVE HIM.

>> MORRIS WAS FOUND FACE DOWN ON. THAT CREEK, HYPOTHERMIC AND IN. AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS. HOWEVER, HE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE. A FULL RECOVERY. WHIT. >> WOW, WHAT A STORY, MELISSA. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE NBA. PLAYOFFS AND THE BIG BATTLE. TONIGHT. THE INDIANA PACERS. FIGHTING TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET. TO THE FINALS RYAN FIELD FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC JOINS. US FROM INDIANAPOLIS. AND RYAN. IT'S WIN OR GO HOME FOR THE. KNICKS. >> WHIT THIS IS THE PROVERBIAL. CALM BEFORE THE STORM HERE AT. GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE IN WHAT. WILL SURELY BE THE BIGGEST GAME.

OF THE SEASON FOR BOTH OF THESE. TEAMS. MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT. THAT. THE KNICKS NEEDING A WIN. TONIGHT TO FORCE A GAME SEVEN. BACK IN NEW YORK MONDAY NIGHT. AND THAT'S A PROPOSITION THE. PACERS WANT. NO PART OF THAT. YOU CAN BE SURE OF INDIANA. NEEDING JUST ONE MORE WIN TO. PUNCH ITS TICKET TO THE NBA. FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 25. YEARS. THE QUESTION IS WHICH. PACERS TEAM WILL SHOW UP? WILL. IT BE THE ONE WHO SCORED 130. POINTS IN GAME FOUR? OR THE ONE. WHO WAS HELD TO JUST 94 POINTS. IN GAME FIVE, WHICH WAS THE.

PACERS LOWEST SCORING OUTPUT. SINCE EARLY FEBRUARY? FOR THE. KNICKS, IT'S SIMPLE. THEY NEED. TO LIMIT TURNOVERS AND GET BIG. GAMES FROM JALEN BRUNSON AND. KARL ANTHONY TOWNS. THAT'S BEEN. THEIR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN. THESE PLAYOFFS, AS THEY'RE. LOOKING TO BECOME JUST THE FIFTH. TEAM IN NBA HISTORY TO WIN A. SERIES THIS LATE IN THE. POSTSEASON. AFTER TRAILING THREE. GAMES TO ONE. WE'RE EXPECTING. THIS TO BE THE BEST GAME OF THE. SERIES, AND WE DO KNOW THIS. MUCH. THE WINNER WILL FACE THE. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER IN GAME.

ONE OF THE NBA FINALS THURSDAY. NIGHT, RIGHT HERE ON ABC. WHIT. >> IT'S ALL ON THE LINE TONIGHT. WE'LL BE WATCHING RYAN. THANK. YOU. THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON WORLD NEWS TONIGHT THIS. SATURDAY. A SALMONELLA OUTBREAK. LINKED TO CUCUMBERS EXPANDS. WE'LL HAVE THE LATEST. AND 14. MILLION BEES SET LOOSE AFTER A. TRAILER OVERTURNS IN WASHINGTON, STATE, AN UPDATE ON THE OPERATION. TO RECOVER THEM. STAY WITH US. NEXT TONIGHT. >>> FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE. SCENE OF A DEADLY HOUSE.

EXPLOSION OUTSIDE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. AUTHORITIES SAY GAS WAS NOT THE. CAUSE. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. THE BLAST LEVELING THE. SINGLE-FAMILY HOME. CREWS EVACUATING NEARBY. BUILDINGS AS A PRECAUTION. >>> THE HUNT IS OVER FOR 14. MILLION ESCAPED BEES IN. WASHINGTON STATE. A TRACTOR TRAILER CARRYING TONS. OF HIVES CRASHING IN A RURAL. AREA. SEVERAL FIRST RESPONDERS WERE. STUNG. OFFICIALS ARE NOW REOPENING THE. ROAD TO TRAFFIC AND THANKING. EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE. BEEKEEPERS WHO HELPED.

>>> STILL AHEAD, THE GROWING. SALMONELLA OUTBREAK LINKED TO. CUCUMBERS. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. THE MULTISTATE SALMONELLA. OUTBREAK LINKED TO CUCUMBERS IS. EXPANDING. 45 PEOPLE AFFECTED ACROSS 18. STATES. THEY'RE FROM BEDNER GROWERS AND. DISTRIBUTED TO RESTAURANTS AND. FOOD PRODUCERS. >>> TRIBUTES TO VALERIE. MEHAFFEY, BEST KNOWN FOR HER. ROLES IN NORTHERN EXPOSURE, BIG. SKY, AND DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.

SHE BEGAN HER CAREER ON THE. STAGE AND CONTINUED TO APPEAR ON. BROADWAY AND REGIONAL. PRODUCTIONS. SHE WAS 71. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. HISTORYMAKING BASEBALL TEAM. THEY AREN'T JUST GOOD. THEY'RE PERFECT. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, BASEBALL. PERFECTION. A WINNING STREAK NEVER SEEN. BEFORE IN COLLEGE BASEBALL. >> PERFECTION WEARS PURPLE IN. LEWISTON, IDAHO.

>> THE SHREVEPORT PILOTS WINNING. THE FIRST NAIA NATIONAL WORLD. SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL. HISTORY. THE PILOTS COMING BACK FROM FOUR. RUNS BEHIND TO BEAT SOUTHEASTERN. UNIVERSITY 13-7. THAT WIN CAPPING OFF AN ALREADY. HISTORIC PERFECT SEASON. ON THURSDAY NIGHT, THE PILOTS. SECURED THEIR 58th WIN IN A ROW. ZERO LOSSES. >> 1-1 PITCH BOUNDED UP THE. MIDDLE, CROSS THE DIAMOND, A. STRETCH AT FIRST.

>> THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK. FOR ANY FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE. BASEBALL PROGRAM AT ALL LEVELS. THEIR COACH OF SIX YEARS, PROUD. OF THE REMARKABLE. ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> IT'S AWESOME. IT'S THE FIRST NATIONAL TITLE. APPEARANCE AND THE FIRST. NATIONAL TITLE IN SCHOOL. HISTORY. >> AND THE PILOTS ATHLETICS. DEPARTMENT SUMMING IT UP THIS. WAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 59-0. PERFECTION RESIDES IN. SHREVEPORT. >> 59-0 IS AN UNREAL FEELING. GOT GOOSE BUMPS JUST THINKING. ABOUT IT.

>> NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING. LIKE THIS. IT'S BEEN A CRAZY RIDE. I DON'T HAVE WORDS. >> WAY TO GO, PILOTS. CONGRATULATIONS. iI'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK, GOODNIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.