ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Sept. 4, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. RFK JR. AND THE FIREWORKS ON. CAPITOL HILL. THE HHS SECRETARY GRILLED BY. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS OVER. HIS MOVES ALREADY ON VACCINES. THE CONFUSION, THEY SAY, FOR. PARENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. AND, THEY SAY, THE DANGER FOR. THEIR CHILDREN. >> I WOULD SAY EFFECTIVELY WE'RE. DENYING PEOPLE VACCINE. >> SENATOR CANTWELL? >> YOU'RE WRONG. >> TONIGHT, THE FIERY EXCHANGES. WE'LL GO LIVE TO THE HILL. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, AN AMERICAN. AMONG THE DEAD.

THE HORRIFIC STREETCAR ACCIDENT, LOSING CONTROL. THE VIDEO NOW TONIGHT. THE SCREAMS AT A POPULAR TOURIST. DESTINATION. THE DEATH TOLL NOW RISING, AND. WE'RE ON THE SCENE. >>> TONIGHT, THE FIRES AND SMOKE. ALERTS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES AS. WE COME ON THE AIR. THE MAJOR FIRE BURNING NEAR. YOSEMITE, DESTROYING AN HISTORIC. TOWN, TONIGHT GROWING IN SIZE. AND THE TOPICS. THE THREAT TO THE WEST AND THE. POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE EAST. COAST OF THE U.S. WHAT LEE GOLDBERG IS TRACKING. ALREADY. >>> THE PASSENGER PLANE, THE. TURNAROUND TO HOUSTON. THE CABIN FILLING WITH SMOKE. >>> TONIGHT, THE WOMAN WHO. POLICE SAY GAVE A HAND SIGNAL. THAT SHE WAS IN TROUBLE. AND THEN THE POLICE TAKEDOWN OF.

THE SUSPECT. >>> TONIGHT, NEWS ON THE. 8-YEAR-OLD BOY ATTACKED BY A. SHARK AND WHAT WE DID NOT KNOW. THE GOOD SAMARITAN HELPING WITH. TURN KITS. TOURNIQUETS. IT MADE A DIFFERENCE. >>> FASHION LEGEND GIORGIO. ARMANI HAS DIED. THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN DESIGNER. CALLED THE GODFATHER OF ITALIAN. FASHION. TONIGHT, FROM JULIA ROBERTS TO. RICHARD GERE, SOPHIA LOREN TO. BEYONCE, WHAT HE OVERCAME TO. BUILD A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR. EMPIRE. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW IMAGE OF. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN, A LARGE.

SCAR SEEN ACROSS THE TOP OF HIS. HEAD. AND WHAT WE'VE NOW LEARNED. >>> AND THIS EVENING, OUR. CORRESPONDENT TAKING YOU TO. SALZBURG, AUSTRIA. THE AMERICANS WHO TRAVELED ALL. THAT WAY TO MARK THE 60th. ANNIVERSARY OF "THE SOUND OF. MUSIC.". ♪ THE HILLS ARE ALIVE ♪. ♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪. >> AND WHAT YOU LIKELY DID NOT. KNOW ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST. POPULAR MUSICALS OF ALL TIME.

>>> GOOD EVENING. AND WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH. THE BRUTAL HEARING ON CAPITOL. HILL. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. UNDER FIRE FROM BOTH PARTIES. OVER HIS HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL. VACCINE POLICIES, HIS CHANGES. ALREADY, AND THE FIRING OF THE. CDC DIRECTOR, AND THE CHAOS. INSIDE THE CDC. RFK JR. WAS GRILLED FOR NEARLY. THREE HOURS ABOUT VACCINES AND. THE TURMOIL, INCLUDING HIS. FIRING OF THE CDC DIRECTOR, WHO. HAD BEEN ON THE JOB FOR LESS. THAN A MONTH.

TONIGHT, A GROWING NUMBER OF. LAWMAKERS AND MEDICAL GROUPS. ACCUSING KENNEDY OF PUTTING. AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK. SOME CALLING FOR HIM TO RESIGN. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN LEADING US OFF. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HEALTH AND. HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ROBERT. F. KENNEDY JR. ANGRILY DEFENDING. HIMSELF AS FRUSTRATED SENATORS. FROM BOTH PARTIES DEMANDED. ANSWERS ON WHETHER HE'S TRYING. TO LIMIT AMERICANS' ACCESS TO. VACCINES. AND FIRING TOP HEALTH OFFICIALS. WHO STAND IN HIS WAY.

JUST LAST WEEK, KENNEDY OUSTING. CDC CHIEF SUSAN MONAREZ LESS. THAN A MONTH AFTER SWEARING HER. IN. OTHER TOP CDC OFFICIALS. RESIGNING IN PROTEST. >> THESE CHANGES WERE ABSOLUTELY. NECESSARY TO RESTORE THE AGENCY. TO ITS ROLE AS THE WORLD'S GOLD. STANDARD PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY. >> Reporter: TODAY, MONAREZ. WRITING IN "THE WALL STREET. JOURNAL" SHE WAS FIRED FOR. REFUSING KENNEDY'S QUOTE, TROUBLING DIRECTIVE THAT SHE.

RUBBERSTAMP THE UNWRITTEN. RECOMMENDATIONS OF A VACCINE. ADVISORY PANEL FILLED WITH. PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUBLICLY. EXPRESSED ANTI-VACCINE RHETORIC. KENNEDY SAYING SHE'S LYING. >> I TOLD HER THAT SHE HAD TO. RESIGN BECAUSE I ASKED HER, ARE. YOU A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON, AND. SHE SAID NO. >> WHAT? >> IF YOU HAD AN EMPLOYEE --. >> SO, YOU'RE SAYING SHE'S. LYING? >> YES. EVERY CONVERSATION I HAD WITH. HER, THERE WERE WITNESSES. >> LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THIS IS THE SAME PERSON THAT. LESS THAN A MONTH EARLIER, YOU.

STOOD NEXT TO HER AND DESCRIBED. HER AS UNIMPEACHABLE, AND IN A. MONTH, SHE BECAME A LIAR? >> Reporter: KENNEDY, A LONGTIME. VACCINE SKEPTIC, REPEATEDLY. PRESSED ON THE COVID VACCINE. THE FDA NOW ONLY APPROVING IT. FOR SENIORS AND ADULTS AND. CHILDREN WITH UNDERLYING. CONDITIONS. NO LONGER RECOMMENDING IT FOR. EVERYONE LIKE THE FLU SHOT. >> DO YOU ACCEPT THE FACT THAT A. MILLION AMERICANS DIED FROM. COVID? >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DIED. >> DO YOU THINK THE VACCINE DID. ANYTHING TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL. DEATHS?

>> AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. THE DATA AND TALK ABOUT THE. DATA. I'M NOT --. >> YOU HAVE HAD THIS JOB FOR. EIGHT MONTHS AND YOU DON'T KNOW. THE DATA ABOUT WHETHER THE. VACCINE --. >> NO, AND THAT'S --. >> Reporter: TWO REPUBLICAN. SENATORS, BOTH DOCTORS, WHO. VOTED TO CONFIRM KENNEDY, NOW. SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> I SUPPORT VACCINES, I'M A. DOCTOR. >> Reporter: JOHN BARRASSO OF. WYOMING. >> I'VE GROWN DEEPLY CONCERNED. THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN MEASLES. OUTBREAKS, LEADERSHIP OF THE. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. QUESTIONING THE USE OF MRNA. VACCINES, THE RECENTLY CONFIRMED. DIRECTOR OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE.

CONTROL AND PREVENTION FIRED. AMERICANS DON'T KNOW WHO TO RELY. ON. >> Reporter: REPUBLICAN SENATOR. BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA GOING. EVEN FURTHER. SAYING THE FDA IS NOW. EFFECTIVELY DENYING AMERICANS. VACCINES. THE SENATOR READING A LETTER HE. RECEIVED FROM A DOCTOR. >> WE'RE ALL CONFUSED AND. CONCERNED ABOUT WHO CAN GET THE. COVID VACCINE. PHARMACISTS ARE REQUIRING A. PRESCRIPTION NOW EVEN FOR. PATIENTS OVER 65, CREATING A. HUGE HEADACHE. I SUBMIT THESE FOR THE RECORD. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> I WOULD SAY EFFECTIVELY WE'RE. DENYING PEOPLE VACCINE.

>> SENATOR CANTWELL? >> YOU'RE WRONG. >> IT'S VERY CONFUSING. >> Reporter: TODAY, AMERICANS WE. SPOKE WITH SAY THEY'RE AT A. LOSS. >> I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED WHAT I'M. ALLOWED TO HAVE AND WHAT I'M NOT. ALLOWED TO HAVE IN TERMS OF THE. INJECTIONS. I HAVE NO IDEA. >> WE SHOULD BE TRUSTED TO MAKE. OUR OWN DECISIONS. >> Reporter: AND IN DALLAS, TEXAS, JEREMY HAYES, A FATHER OF. TWO, SAYS THAT CONFUSION IS. MAKING US LESS SAFE. >> WE DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE DO. NOT VACCINATE, THERE IS HARM, AND IT'S -- IT'S COMMON SENSE, IT'S MEDICAL SCIENCE.

>> Reporter: AND AFTER THE. HEARING, THOSE REPUBLICAN. SENATORS, BILL CASSIDY AND JOHN. BARRASSO, REFUSING TO SAY THEY. STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. SECRETARY KENNEDY. DO YOU STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. HIM, SENATOR? HIS ABILITY TO LEAD HHS? >> DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN. HIM, SENATOR? >> Reporter: IS THERE A REASON. YOU'RE NOT ANSWERING? >> THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF. THE UNITED STATES IS DOING AND I. WILL NOT SECOND-GUESS IT. >> Reporter: AND EXTRAORDINARY. HEARING, DAVID. IN TOTAL, THREE REPUBLICAN. SENATORS OPENINGLY QUESTIONING.

WHETHER ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. IS. THE RIGHT PERSON TO OVERSEE. PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT JUST MONTHS AGO, THOSE SAME. THREE REPUBLICANS ALL VOTED TO. CONFIRM HIM. DAVID? >> David: JAY O'BRIEN LIVE UP ON. THE HILL FOR US. JAY, THANK YOU. >>> WE HAVE LEARNED TONIGHT AN. AMERICAN IS NOW AMONG THE DEAD. AFTER THAT HORRIFIC STREETCAR. ACCIDENT, BARRELLING OUT OF. CONTROL. THE DEATH TOLL NOW RISING. AND TONIGHT, THE VIDEO HERE. YOU CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS, AND. THE 3-YEAR-OLD BOY PULLED OUT OF. THE WRECKAGE ALIVE. ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE ON THE. SCENE IN LISBON, PORTUGAL,

TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TERRIFYING. NEW VIDEO OF THAT HORRIFIC. STREETCAR DISASTER IN PORTUGAL. ONE AMERICAN AMONGST AT LEAST 16. PEOPLE KILLED. SCREAMS OF HORROR FROM INSIDE A. SECOND STREETCAR JUST DOWNHILL. FROM THE CAR THAT DERAILED AND. SLAMMED INTO A BUILDING. THIS WOMAN ON BOARD WITH HER.

HUSBAND AND 3-YEAR-OLD SON. >> JUST GOING UP AND SOME. SECONDS, AND THEN WE FELT NO. BRAKES. THE CABLE CARS WAS GOING DOWN. WITH ACCELERATION. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THEY WERE. TOSSED OUT OF THEIR SEATS AND. HEARD A TERRIFYING SOUND. THAT DOOMED STREETCAR THUNDERING. TOWARDS THEM. YOU COULD HEAR THE CABLE CAR, THE TOP OF THE HILL, JUST FLYING. DOWN TOWARDS YOU? >> YES, YES. SO, WE THOUGHT IT'S GOING TO HIT. US. MY HUSBAND JUMPED FROM THE. WINDOW, I GIVE HIM MY SON AND I. WAS ABOUT TO JUMP WHEN THEY TOLD. ME, DON'T JUMP, IT'S ALREADY. CRASHED. >> Reporter: PEOPLE SEEN. CLIMBING OUT OF WINDOWS. SMOKE FILLING THE ALLEYWAY.

BYSTANDERS RUSHING IN, SEARCHING. FOR SURVIVORS, IN VIDEOS POSTED. ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> IT WAS BLURRY, FULL OF DUST. WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAYING A. 3-YEAR-OLD GERMAN BOY WAS PULLED. OUT ALIVE, ALONG WITH HIS BADLY. INJURED MOTHER. BUT TRAGICALLY, THAT BOY'S. FATHER DID NOT SURVIVE. SO FAR, AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT. IDENTIFIED THE AMERICAN KILLED. THESE VIDEOS FROM JUST LAST YEAR. SHOWING HOW THAT STREETCAR. NORMALLY CARRIED PASSENGERS UP. AND DOWN THAT SCENIC HILL. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO. FIGURE OUT HOW THIS HAPPENED.

DAVID, HEAVY MACHINERY NOW. WORKING AT THE SCENE OF THE. TRAGEDY TO REMOVE SOME OF THE. WRECKAGE. WE'RE EXPECTING THE RESULTS OF A. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION IN THE. MORNING, DAVID. >> David: TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE, IN LISBON FOR US. TOM, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, AND TO THE FIRES AND. SMOKE ALERTS NOW ACROSS MULTIPLE. STATES AS WE'RE ON THE AIR. WE'RE ALSO WATCHING THE TROPICS. TONIGHT. POTENTIAL THREATS TO THE EAST D. THE WEST COAST. LEGAL BURGERS. HERE. AND ABC'S TREVOR AULT. TRAVELING TO THE FIRE ZONE. TONIGHT. >> THE MASSIVE WILDFIRE BURNING.

WEST OF YOSEMITE SINCE TUESDAY. IS NOW MORE THAN 21MI■. IS NOW MORE THAN 21MI S AND STIL. OUT OF CONTROL OVERNIGHT. CAL. FIRE REPORTING ONE OF THE. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS. WORKING THE TCU SEPTEMBER. LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRE WAS HURT. WHEN A FIRE ENGINE ROLLED OVER. PETE TAMAYO AND HIS WIFE. GRABBED WHAT THEY COULD AND. FLED THE FLAMES TUESDAY. >> BY THE TIME WE GOT ONTO THE. ROAD, THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME. AND NEXT TO ME WERE ON FIRE TO. WATCH IT COME OVER THE RIDGE. THE WAY IT DID. AND AS FAST AS.

IT DID, THAT IS ABSOLUTE FEAR. >> THEIR HOME IS THANKFULLY. STILL STANDING, BUT SO MANY IN. THE HISTORIC TOWN OF CHINESE. CAMP LOST EVERYTHING. THIS IS. ONE OF SO MANY HISTORICAL SITES. HERE THAT HAD STOOD FOR MORE. THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. AND LOOK. AT THE INSIDE. ABSOLUTELY. GUTTED BY THE SIX FIVE FIRE, AND WITH MORE THAN 60 LARGE. FIRES BURNING IN THE WEST, AND. EVEN MORE IN CANADA, THE SMOKE. IS TRIGGERING AIR QUALITY. ALERTS IN SIX STATES. IN. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SCHOOL. OFFICIALS MOVING ALL. THE AIR QUALITY THERE DANGEROUS.

FOR EVERYONE. AND DAVID, BACK HERE IN LOS. ANGELES, A MAJOR HEADLINE. TONIGHT INVOLVING THAT. DEVASTATING WILDFIRE FROM BACK. IN JANUARY. THE EATON FIRE, WHICH KILLED 19. PEOPLE AND DESTROYED THOUSANDS. OF HOMES. WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. TONIGHT HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S SUING. SO-CAL EDISON, ALLEGING THAT. FIRE WAS SPARKED BY THE POWER. COMPANY'S FAULTY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO-CAL EDISON SAYS IT'S. REVIEWING THIS LAWSUIT AND IT. WILL RESPOND IN COURT. DAVID? >> David: YES, WE CONTINUE TO. FOLLOW THE INVESTIGATION INTO. THE EATON FIRE. TREVOR, THANK YOU. >>> BACK TO THE POORS OF THESE.

LAST 24 HOURS. LET'S GET TO LEE GOLDBERG FROM. WABC HERE IN NEW YORK TRACKING. THAT AND THE TROPICS. HI, LEE. >> Reporter: ALL RIGHT, HI, DAVID. THE LATE SEASON HEAT IN THE. PACIFIC NORTHWEST WINDING DOWN. THE TROPICS ACTIVE, THOUGH. KIKO STILL A CAT 4 MAJOR. HURRICANE. IT WEAKENS, MAKES A MOVE TOWARDS. HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. POSSIBLY NEXT WEEK. LORENA IS GOING TO SOAK PARTS OF. THE SOUTHWEST. COULD BE FLOODING ACROSS ARIZONA. AND CALIFORNIA. DISTURBANCE IN THE ATLANTIC, LIKELY GETTING MORE ORGANIZED. AND BECOMING GABRIELLE OVER THE. WEEKEND. TRACKING TOWARDS THE LEEWARD. ISLANDS NEXT WEEK.

AND ONE OTHER NOTE, A LINE OF. SHOWERS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS, PHILLY TO NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT. A GOOD SOAKING OVER THE WILDFIRE. IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. DAVID? >> David: LEE GOLDBERG BACK WITH. US. LEE, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT HERE TO. THE WOMAN WHO POLICE SAY GAVE A. HAND SIGNAL, WARNING THAT SHE. WAS IN TROUBLE, AND THEN THE. DRAMATIC TAKEDOWN OF THE SUSPECT. OUTSIDE LOS ANGELES. HERE'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC. BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF OFFICERS. NEAR LOS ANGELES CHASING DOWN. AND ARRESTING A MAN SUSPECTED OF. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE CHASE SPURRED BY A WOMAN WHO.

USED A HAND SIGNAL BEHIND HER. BACK ASKING FOR HELP WHILE IN A. 7-ELEVEN. >> ARE YOU OKAY? >> YEAH. >> Reporter: IF POLICE. DEPARTMENT SAYS THEIR. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED A. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT HAD. OCCURRED. IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT HAND. SIGNALS WERE USED, BUT THE. SIGNAL FOR HELP HAS BEEN PRAISED. FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF DOMESTIC. VIOLENCE VICTIMS. >> KNOWING THIS SIGNAL CAN SAVE. A LIFE. >> Reporter: VIDEOS LIKE THIS. ONE POSTED TO TIKTOK RAISING. AWARENESS. SOMEONE AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE. ALERTING AUTHORITIES WHO QUICKLY. RESPONDED. >> YOU WANT TO SIT DOWN?

>> Reporter: THEY BEGAN TO. QUESTION AND THEN TRIED TO PAT. DOWN 38-YEAR-OLD JOHN PALOMBI. >> CAN YOU STAND UP FOR ME, PLEASE? >> Reporter: HE THEN TOOK OFF ON. FOOT AND WAS ARRESTED BY. OFFICERS IN THE PARKING LOT. AND DAVID, AUTHORITIES TELLING. US THAT SUSPECT HAD A WARRANT. AND WAS CARRYING A STUN GUN WHEN. HE WAS ARRESTED. AND AGAIN, DAVID, THEY POINT TO. THAT SUBTLE HAND GESTURE USED BY. THE VICTIM, AND THE BYSTANDER. WHO NOTICED IT, FOR THEIR. ABILITY TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY. DAVID? >> David: THANK GOODNESS FOR. THAT HAND SIGNAL.

KAYNA, THANKS. >>> TONIGHT, THE 8-YEAR-OLD BOY. ATTACKED BY A SHARK, HIS LEG, PUNCTURE WOUNDS NEAR HIS. SHOULDER. TONIGHT, THE GOOD SAMARI SAMARIO. HELPED TIE TWO TOURNIQUETS. AND. NOW DOCTORS SAY IT MADE THE. DIFFERENCE. VICTOR OQUENDO IN. FLORIDA. >> TONIGHT, DOCTORS ARE SHARING. NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE RACE TO. SAVE EIGHT YEAR OLD RICHARD. BURROWS AFTER A BLACKTIP SHARK. BIT HIM WHILE HE WAS SNORKELING. WITH HIS FAMILY ON LABOR DAY. OFF KEY LARGO, FLORIDA. >> HOW BAD IS THE BITE? IT'S. ABOUT. >> I GOTTA I GOTTA STOP THE. BLEEDING. >> AS RICHARD WAS RUSHED TO. SHORE, A GOOD SAMARITAN HELPED.

HIS DAD TIE TWO TOURNIQUETS. AROUND HIS LEG BEFORE HE WAS. AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL. SURGEONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF. MIAMI SAY THAT MADE ALL THE. DIFFERENCE. >> HE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD, AND. HE WOULD HAVE LOST A LOT MORE. IF SOMEBODY THAT WASN'T THERE. TO QUICKLY APPLY A TOURNIQUET. THESE WERE 100% EFFECTIVE. AND. BECAUSE OF THAT, HE CAME IN IN. A MUCH DIFFERENT CONDITION THAN. THAN HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE. >> RICHARD ALSO SUFFERED TWO. PUNCTURE WOUNDS RIGHT BELOW HIS. LEFT SHOULDER, REQUIRING. SURGERY AND HUNDREDS OF. STITCHES. TONIGHT HE IS.

RECOVERING AT HOME, HIS LEG. SAVED, LIKELY HELPED BY THOSE. TOURNIQUETS. RICHARD'S FAMILY. THANKING EVERYONE WHO HELPED. AND PRAISING HIS TEN YEAR OLD. SISTER ROSE, SAYING SHE WAS. INSTRUMENTAL IN HER BROTHER'S. RESCUE. DAVID DOCTORS SAY. RICHARD STILL NEEDS TO HEAL, BUT WITH HIS CAN DO ATTITUDE, HE. HE. >> David: WE'RE GLAD RICHARD'S. OKAY. VICTOR, THANKS. >>> TONIGHT, FASHION LEGEND. GIORGIO ARMANI HAS DIED. KNOWN AS THE GODFATHER OF. ITALIAN FASHION. WHAT HE OVERCAME AS A BOY TO. BUILD A MULTIBIL A BOY TO. BUILD A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR.

EMPIRE. HERE'S MATT GUTMAN. >> HE IS THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN. DESIGNER GIORGIO ARMANI. AND. THAT NAME ALONE, SYNONYMOUS. WITH MODERN ELEGANCE, QUIET. LUXURY, EFFORTLESS GLAMOR. AND. FOR HALF A CENTURY, HE. REIMAGINED THE BUSINESS SUIT. FOR MEN AND WOMEN AND BECAME. ONE OF THE FIRST DESIGNERS TO. TETHER HIS BUSINESS TO. CELEBRITIES. FROM HOLLYWOOD. STARS TO WORLD LEADERS. ARMANI. DRESSED THEM ALL. JULIA ROBERTS.

TURNING HEADS AT THE 1990. GOLDEN GLOBES IN A MEN'S ARMANI. PANTSUIT. AND THEN THERE WERE. THE GOWNS. CATE BLANCHETT, ANNE. HATHAWAY, LADY GAGA, HIS. FREQUENT MUSES, HIS HOLLYWOOD. DEBUT IN THE CLASSIC AMERICAN. GIGOLO, RICHARD GERE SELECTING. A SUPPLE ARMANI. GIORGIO ARMANI. WAS MADE FOR HOLLYWOOD. THOSE. ICY BLUES, THE SHOCK OF WHITE. HAIR, ALWAYS TAN AND FIT. FREQUENTLY ON THE RED CARPET. HERE, ENJOYING A LAUGH WITH. ROBERTS AND GEORGE CLOONEY. GETTING A HUG FROM ITALIAN.

ROYALTY SOPHIA LOREN, AND AT. THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WITH. FAMED DIRECTOR AND FRIEND. MARTIN SCORSESE. HE SAID HE'D. ALWAYS WANTED TO DIRECT MOVIES, AND EVENTUALLY HE'D RACK UP. CREDITS IN MORE THAN 200 FILMS. HE DRESSED ROBERT DE NIRO, JOE. PESCI AND RAY LIOTTA IN. GOODFELLAS AND CREATED LEONARDO. DICAPRIO'S TAILORED WARDROBE IN. THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, ARMANI. EVEN MAKING A COSTUME FOR. BEYONCE FOR HER PERFORMANCE AT. THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. ARMANI WAS BORN IN 1934, IN A. SMALL TOWN SOUTH OF MILAN, AND.

WAS BADLY WOUNDED BY A WORLD. WAR TWO MINE AS A CHILD, BUT. RECOVERED AND LAUNCHED HIS. LABEL IN 1975. HIS WORK ETHIC. HELPED HIM BUILD A MULTIBILLION. DOLLAR EMPIRE, WHICH INCLUDED. EVERYTHING FROM PERFUME TO A. BASKETBALL TEAM. AND JUST DAYS. BEFORE HIS DEATH, THE 91 YEAR. OLD OPENING UP IN A CANDID. INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS REPUTATION. AS A WORKAHOLIC. HE SAID MY. ONLY REGRET IN LIFE WAS. SPENDING ENOUGH TIME WITH. FRIENDS AND FAMILY.". DAVID, A STATEMENT ON HIS. OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM SAID THAT. GIORGIO ARMANI WORKED UNTIL HIS.

VERY LAST DAYS, AND THAT HE DIED. AT HOME PEACEFULLY IN HIS. BELOVED MILAN, SURROUNDED BY HIS. FAMILY. DAVID? >> David: A REMARKABLE LEGACY. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, ANYONE WHO HAS EVER WATCHED "THE. SOUND OF MUSIC" WILL WANT TO SEE. THIS. WE TAKE YOU TO SALZBURG, AUSTRIA, TONIGHT, AND WHAT WE. LEARNED. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, MORE NEWS. AHEAD. THE PASSENGER PLANE, THE QUICK. TURNAROUND TO HOUSTON. THE CABIN FILLING WITH SMOKE. >>> AND THE NEW IMAGE IN TONIGHT. OF FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN. A LARGE SCAR ACROSS THE TOP OF. HIS HEAD. AND WHAT THEY'RE NOW SAYING, IN. A MOMENT.

>>> TONIGHT, THE NEW CONCERN FOR. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN AFTER A. NEW IMAGE OF THE 82-YEAR-OLD. WITH A LARGE SCAR ON HIS HEAD. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S OFFICE TONIGHT. SAYING HE RECENTLY UNDERWENT. MOHS SURGERY FOR SKIN CANCER. IN MAY, HE ANNOUNCED HE HAD BEEN. DIAGNOSED WITH AN AGGRESSIVE. FORM OF PROSTATE CANCER. WE WISH HIM WELL. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE PASSENGER PLANE. FORCED TO LAND IN HOUSTON. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. >>> AND THEN, "THE SOUND OF. MUSIC.". THE MAJOR MILESTONE TONIGHT. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE TOP OF. THAT HILL IN SALZBURG.

>>> TO THE INDEX. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. A SCARE FOR PASSENGERS ON A. UNITED FLIGHT. THE PLANE WITH 49 PEOPLE ONBOARD. RETURNING TO HOUSTON SHORTLY. AFTER TAKEOFF. THE CREW REPORTING ELECTRICAL. ISSUES AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THAT PLANE LANDED SAFELY. THESE IMAGES FROM CITIZEN APP. THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING. TONIGHT. >>> OKAY, SO, NO WINNER AGAIN. LAST NIGHT. THE JACKPOT FOR POWERBALL NOW. THE THIRD LARGEST IN HISTORY. I CAN BARELY TALK ABOUT IT. WE JUST CHECKED, $1.7 BILLION. FOR YOU. THE NEXT DRAWING SATURDAY. GOOD LUCK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE.

TONIGHT, YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. HAVE WATCHED "THE SOUND OF. MUSIC.". TONIGHT, WE TAKE YOU TO AUSTRIA, TO THE TOP OF THAT HILL. AND WHAT JULIE ANDREWS SAID. ABOUT THAT FAMOUS SCENE. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE 60th. ANNIVERSARY OF "THE SOUND OF. MUSIC.". JULIE ANDREWS HAS SAID IT TOOK. HER SIX OR SEVEN TAKES TO GET. THAT TWIRL ATOP THE MOUNTAIN. JUST RIGHT. OUR MAGGIE RULLI TAKES US TO. AUSTRIA. ♪ GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES ♪. >> Reporter: IT WAS AN INSTANT. HIT WHEN IT PREMIERED IN 1965. "THE SOUND OF MUSIC.".

♪ THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE. THINGS ♪. >> Reporter: WINNING FIVE. OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE. ♪ A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN ♪. >> Reporter: A YOUNG JULIE. ANDREWS CHARMING THE WORLD FOR. DECADES AS MARIA, THE NANNY. WHOSE SPIRIT AND LOVE STOLE THE. HEARTS OF THE VON TRAPP. CHILDREN. ♪ A NEEDLE PULLING THREAD ♪. >> Reporter: AND THEIR FATHER, THE CAPTAIN, PLAYED BY. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER. 60 YEARS LATER, GENERATIONS OF. FANS ARE STILL CAPTIVATED.

♪. MAKING THE PILGRIMAGE TO. SALZBURG, AND WE'RE RIGHT THERE. WITH THEM. ♪ RAY A DROP OF GOLDEN SUN ♪. >> Reporter: SINGING ALONG WITH. A BUS LOAD OF AMERICANS ON THE. ORIGINAL "SOUND OF MUSIC" BUS. TOUR. VISITING ALL OF THE MOVIE'S. ICONIC SPOTS. YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT. FAMOUS SCENE WHERE MARIA AND THE. SEVEN KIDS ARE OUT ON THE BOAT, THEY SPLASH, THEY FALL INTO THE. LAKE. THAT ALL HAPPENED RIGHT THERE. ♪ DO ♪. ♪ A DEER ♪. ♪ A FEMALE DEER ♪. >> Reporter: THIS FOUNTAIN IS.

WHERE WE MEET MIKE AND BARB, TRAVELING FOR THEIR 47th WEDDING. ANNIVERSARY. >> HE SAID, THIS IS ALL FOR YOU. TODAY. >> IT'S A TIMELESS CLASSIC. CAN'T PUT A DATE ON IT. JUST RESONATES WITH EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL ONE MORE MOMENT. THAT WE HAD TO RECREATE FOR. OURSELVES. ♪ THE HILLS ARE ALIVE ♪. ♪ WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC ♪. ♪ AND I'LL SING ONCE MORE ♪.

>> David: 60 YEARS LATER, AND. STILL MAGICAL. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.