Trevor Ault has the latest on the investigation into the F/A-18 fighter jet that plunged off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and sank into the Red Sea; on the eve of Pres. Trump's first 100 days in office, Rachel Scott reports on the new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll showing him with the lowest 100-day approval rating of any president within the past 80 years; Victor Oquendo has details on the new video showing the moment authorities say a private boat slammed into the back of a crowded ferry in Clearwater, Florida, and left the scene before police arrived; and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight there is breaking news just as we come on the air. There are tornado watches across multiple states. Right now we'll go to Ginger Z. Also an F-18 fighter jet falls from a U.S. aircraft carrier right into the sea. First tonight, multiple tornado watches at this hour. Severe storm alerts from Texas all the way to the northeast. Possible tornadoes, dangerous thunderstorms. Ginger Z times us out into the evening hours.
00:24Also tonight, that U.S. F-18 falling into the sea. The Navy reporting the $70 million fighter jet plunged off the USS Harry Truman sinking into the Red Sea. How did this happen? Tonight, the deadly collision. New video showing the moment authorities say a boat slammed into a crowded passenger ferry in Clearwater, Florida. Mayday, mayday, mayday.
00:45The boat then leaving the scene. The horrific SUV attack in Vancouver plowing into a crowd. Tonight, the suspect now charged with murder for the deaths of 11 people, including a five-year-old girl.
00:56Tonight, President Trump's first 100 days in office. What Americans are now saying about the economy, inflation, and his promise to end the war in Ukraine on day one.
01:05The massive blackout across parts of Europe tonight. People rescued from elevators. Hundreds evacuated from halted trains. American tennis star Coco Gauff being interviewed when the power goes out, sharing an image in a dark locker room.
01:19Tonight, the Vatican preparing for the secret conclave to elect the new pope. When it starts and how long it could take. And what we know already tonight, James Longman standing by at the Vatican.
01:29Back here in the U.S., the historic church destroyed by fire. The church with strong ties to the civil rights movement and to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
01:37Tonight, Beyonce giving a sneak peek. The major tour that starts in the U.S. this evening. Also, Cindy Lauper making news tonight. And 45 years of helping to make wishes come true.
01:48From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Muir.
01:59Good evening. We are back from the Vatican tonight, and we thank you. I know many of you tuned in over the weekend, and it's great to start another week with all of you at home.
02:05We do begin tonight with this serious threat. The tornado watch is up at this hour. Multiple states and several major cities on alert tonight.
02:12It's all part of a dangerous system. Sixty million Americans on alert, stretching from Texas all the way up to the northeast.
02:18Tonight, the severe threat across the upper Midwest, then shifting east tomorrow. The greatest threat from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh to upstate New York.
02:26This same system spawning multiple tornadoes in the plains, this one in Hyannis, Nebraska. Powerful enough to derail this massive train nearby.
02:33ABC chief meteorologist Ginger Zee tracking it all. She's live in Minnesota tonight. She's south of Minneapolis. And Ginger, what are you most concerned about tonight?
02:40Most concerned about this tornado-worn storm that's about 35 miles to my north, David, because it is pointed at Interstate 35.
02:47The next half hour, it'll be crossing that interstate as so many people are hitting the road at the end of their day.
02:53Now, that's just one of the many issues in this ugly line. We just seconds ago got a severe thunderstorm warning, but we're all from Rice Lake in Eau Claire, Wisconsin,
03:00back down through Des Moines into Topeka, Kansas in a tornado watch for the next couple of hours, really till 11 p.m. tonight.
03:07Oklahoma City down to San Angelo. Also, this is a really wide-ranging system, so I wanted to time it out for you.
03:13The next few hours are the worst of it, in southeastern Minnesota at least, and then it moves into western Wisconsin.
03:18See how it gets to La Crosse? We stopped the clock there, 10, 11 p.m.
03:22But not until 1 a.m. does Green Bay, Wisconsin start to see these damaging winds come through.
03:26And you could have embedded tornadoes throughout the night, so well after the sun goes down.
03:30Quick look at tomorrow. Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Buffalo in the enhanced.
03:35Wichita falls up to Oklahoma City. Not only, David, will they have damaging wind, but they could also have flash flooding tomorrow and tomorrow night.
03:41Yes, spring always brings this unsettled weather. Ginger Z live south of Minneapolis tonight.
03:45Ginger, thank you. We'll see you on GMA.
03:47The other major story this Monday night, the U.S. Navy reporting an F-18 fighter jet plunged off the deck of the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier
03:54and then right into the Red Sea.
03:56The jet was reportedly being towed out of the hangar bay when the crew lost control.
04:00The $70 million fighter jet sinking into the sea, and tonight the question surrounding how this happened.
04:05Here's Trevor Ault.
04:07Tonight, the stunning fall from an aircraft carrier.
04:10A $70 million fighter jet going overboard in the Red Sea, crew members jumping to safety.
04:16The Navy says an F-18 fighter jet was being towed out of a hangar on the USS Truman when the crew lost control.
04:23The plane and the towing tractor both tumbling overboard, sinking to the bottom of the sea.
04:28One crew member was on the plane, a second on the tractor, both of them escaping at the last moment.
04:33One sailor suffering a minor injury.
04:36Officials say it's unclear whether enemy fire played a role or other factors like human error or mechanical malfunction.
04:42The Truman has been protecting commercial shipping in the Red Sea from ongoing attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen,
04:49the carrier coming under fire several times.
04:52A U.S. official tells ABC News initial reports suggest a sudden movement of the carrier because of Houthi fire
04:58might have contributed to the crew losing control of the F-18, but those reports remain unconfirmed.
05:05Earlier this year, the Truman collided with another ship.
05:08The commanding officer was then fired.
05:10And back in 2022, this video from a naval investigation shows the moment an F-35 crashed upon landing on the USS Carl Vinson.
05:18A fireball erupting, the jets sliding off the carrier and into the South China Sea.
05:24David, this is the decommissioned USS Intrepid.
05:27The Truman is a far larger aircraft carrier, and officials say the chances of recovering that $70 million fighter jet are quite low,
05:34as that is an active conflict area, David.
05:36Yes, so many questions about this tonight, Trevor.
05:38We turn now to President Trump, who marks 100 days in office tomorrow.
05:42Tonight here, the new ABC News poll.
05:43What Americans are saying about the economy, inflation, immigration, and President Trump's promise to end the war in Ukraine on day one.
05:50Here's Rachel Scott.
05:53Tonight, on the eve of marking his first 100 days in office, President Trump facing the reality that while he was elected,
06:00in large part because of the economy and inflation.
06:02Starting on day one, we will end inflation.
06:06We will end inflation and we will make America affordable again.
06:10He has now presided over the worst first 100 days in the stock market since Richard Nixon.
06:16Tonight, the new ABC News Washington Post Ipsos poll on the first 100 days shows the president's approval rating is 39 percent,
06:24the lowest 100-day approval rating of any president in 80 years.
06:2872 percent say that his economic policies will likely cause a recession in short term.
06:3373 percent say the economy is in bad shape.
06:36And 53 percent say it's gotten worse since he took office.
06:40President Trump's tariffs leading to global uncertainty.
06:43And his 145 percent tariffs on China remain in place.
06:48The president says he has a good relationship with President Xi of China, but that he hasn't reached out to him.
06:53Instead telling time, Xi has personally reached out to him, something China denies.
06:58I asked the president, when did you talk?
07:00You said that you have spoken to President Xi?
07:03When did that happen?
07:05And China says it hasn't happened.
07:07I spoke to him numerous times.
07:08Other reporters pressing, too.
07:10Have you spoken to him since the tariffs?
07:13When did you last week?
07:14I don't want to comment on that, but I've spoken to him many times.
07:18But China today once again insisting that hasn't happened.
07:21Today, a spokesperson saying,
07:22As far as I know, there have not been any calls between the two presidents recently.
07:26Adding, let me make it clear one more time that China and the U.S. are not engaged in any consultation or negotiations on tariffs.
07:34After already warning, the United States should not confuse the public.
07:38On immigration, the other major issue in the November election, President Trump getting his highest marks.
07:44But they come with new questions tonight.
07:46Forty-six percent of Americans approve of his immigration policies, but 48 percent say his actions deporting undocumented migrants have gone too far.
07:55Tonight, the White House defending how they've handled mass deportations.
07:59After three children who are U.S. citizens, ages two, four, and seven, were deported to Honduras, along with their mothers, after routine checks by ICE.
08:08The president's borders are Tom Homan claiming the parents were given a choice.
08:12What we did is remove children with their mothers who requested their children depart with them.
08:17This was a parental decision. Parenting 101.
08:21Having a U.S. citizen child does not make you immune from our laws.
08:26The ACLU says the four-year-old suffers from a rare form of cancer.
08:30On the two-year-old sent to Honduras, a federal judge appointed by Trump,
08:34saying he has a strong suspicion the administration deported the two-year-old,
08:38whose mother is currently pregnant, with no meaningful process.
08:41And the ACLU claiming the parents were never given a choice,
08:45that the parents did not have the opportunity to coordinate with caretakers or legal representatives.
08:51In a new interview with The Atlantic, the president was asked,
08:54what would happen if the administration accidentally deported the wrong person or an American citizen?
08:59The president saying, quote,
09:01let me tell you that nothing will ever be perfect in this world.
09:04And on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the promise from candidate Trump.
09:08Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, I will have the disastrous war between Russia and Ukraine settled.
09:15It will be settled. It will take me no longer than one day.
09:19Tonight, the war is still raging.
09:2146 percent of Americans said Trump's approach to Russia is too friendly.
09:25The president requesting this meeting with Ukraine's President Zelensky at the Vatican,
09:29ahead of Pope Francis's funeral this weekend.
09:31Though it's still unclear how and when this war will end and what concessions, if any, will come from Vladimir Putin.
09:38With so much focus on the president's interactions with our allies tonight,
09:42Canadians will be heading to the polls,
09:44an election that will decide how Canada responds to the president's ongoing tariff threat
09:49and its push to make Canada the 51st state.
09:51All of that could end up helping the liberal prime minister, Mark Carney,
09:55who took over after Justin Trudeau stepped down and has vowed to confront President Trump head on.
10:00David?
10:00A lot of eyes on that Canadian election tonight.
10:02Rachel Scott, thank you.
10:03And tomorrow night, a lot of eyes right here.
10:05The ABC News exclusive, our senior national correspondent Terry Moran
10:08with the exclusive interview with the president on his 100th day in office.
10:12The first look at the interview in the Oval Office tomorrow night right here on World News.
10:16And then the full interview in a primetime special 8 p.m. Eastern tomorrow night,
10:20of course, right here on ABC.
10:22In the meantime, we do have new video tonight after a deadly collision
10:24right into a passenger ferry full of people off Clearwater, Florida.
10:28The image is tonight right here showing the moment a boat slammed into the crowded ferry.
10:32Authorities say that boat then leaving the scene.
10:34Here's Victor Akendo.
10:36Tonight, the new video showing the moment authorities say a private boat
10:40slammed into the back of a crowded ferry in Clearwater, Florida
10:43and left the scene before police arrived.
10:47At least one person killed, 10 others injured.
10:51Listen as a crew member calls for help.
10:53Mayday, mayday, mayday.
10:54It happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday.
10:5845 people were on board the ferry, which taxis guests across Clearwater Bay
11:03from downtown Clearwater to Clearwater Beach.
11:06Brenda Alvarez, pregnant and on board with her two young children.
11:10It shattered the whole back of the boat.
11:12Yeah.
11:13We left a huge dump.
11:14The mangled vessel stopping on a sandbar.
11:17First responders racing in.
11:18They were faced with a just a very challenging job in the nighttime, in the water,
11:25trying to figure out who are our most injured.
11:29Less than four miles from the crash, that private boat authorities say was involved
11:33being towed out of the water, taken in as evidence.
11:38David, police say the operator of that private boat and the five others who were on board
11:42have all been accounted for.
11:43Tonight, the ferry company says they're heartbroken.
11:46David, Victor, Kendo live for us.
11:48Victor, thank you.
11:49We're also learning more tonight after a horrific SUV attack in Vancouver.
11:52The driver plowing into a crowd.
11:54Tonight, the suspect now charged with murder.
11:56Eleven people were killed, including a five-year-old girl.
12:00ABC's Matt Gutman in Vancouver tonight.
12:02Oh my gosh, Lord have mercy.
12:05Tonight, authorities searching for a motive after an SUV plowed through a crowd in Vancouver.
12:10A lively street festival suddenly filled with the screams of a wounded, at least 11 dead
12:15and more than two dozen injured.
12:17We've never experienced a crime to the scale of a crime this horrific.
12:22Authorities identifying the suspect as 30-year-old Kaiji Adam Lowe of Vancouver, charging him
12:28with eight counts of second-degree murder, and they say more charges are coming.
12:32Just after 8 p.m. Saturday, closing time for the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival, celebrating Filipino heritage,
12:39a black Audi SUV plowing through the crowd.
12:42We saw the body all over the place.
12:44How far did the car go?
12:45Did you see where it stopped?
12:48Disturbing video showing victims scattered all over the street.
12:51People rushing to save the wounded.
12:54Bjorn Villaruel shaken by what he saw.
12:56When you close your eyes, you see them?
12:58Yeah, I feel that they could do something.
13:01I need to save those people.
13:05My people.
13:08The 11 victims between the ages of 5 and 65.
13:12The youngest, just 5 years old, dying alongside her parents.
13:16That family leaving behind a 16-year-old son.
13:20And David, despite the rain here, this memorial has been growing by the hour.
13:24And those national elections taking place across Canada today,
13:28but still authorities here say they believe that this was not motivated by terrorism.
13:33David.
13:33All right, Matt Guttman in those heartbreaking interviews.
13:35Matt, thank you.
13:36We turned out of the Vatican tonight and we have learned that the secret conclave to elect a new pope
13:41will start a week from Wednesday on May 7th.
13:44ABC's chief international correspondent, James Longman, at the Vatican again tonight,
13:47where preparations are now underway in the Sistine Chapel.
13:50Just days after the world said goodbye to Pope Francis,
13:55tonight a date is set to choose his successor.
13:57The Vatican announcing Wednesday, May 7th, conclave will begin
14:01and the most powerful men of the Catholic Church will gather
14:04in the painted magnificence of the Sistine Chapel.
14:07Conclave, literally with key, means the cardinals will be shut off from the outside world.
14:12No communication, no news, no distractions from their sacred work.
14:16There are 252 cardinals, but only 135 of them are under 80 and therefore eligible to take part.
14:23Swedish cardinal Aborelius predicts a long election because they don't know each other.
14:28Francis chose cardinals for 29 countries that had never had a cardinal before.
14:32The oldest eligible is Spain's Carlos Osoros Sierra.
14:36He turns 80 in mid-May and told reporters he had already decided who he'd select.
14:40Their red robes, red to remember the blood of Christ, shone bright in the sun of Saturday's funeral,
14:46where thousands gathered to remember Francis.
14:49His simple wooden coffin, a contrast to the awesome splendor of Vatican City.
14:53His basic tomb, inscribed with one word, Franciscus.
14:57The cross he wore in life reproduced on the wall above.
15:00David, a special floor will be built inside the Sistine Chapel to protect that more than 500-year-old marble.
15:06A stove will be installed in order to burn those ballots.
15:09And that special chimney, which we'll all be watching for that famous white smoke.
15:13David.
15:14All right, James, I'll see you next week when the conclave begins.
15:16We'll be right there, too.
15:17Also from Europe tonight, the massive blackout causing chaos in Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France.
15:23Traffic jams when the lights went out.
15:24People rescued from elevators and buildings.
15:27Commuters evacuated from halted trains.
15:29Travelers stuck at the airports.
15:30The cause of the outage is still under investigation tonight.
15:33Also, American tennis star Coco Gauff, look at this, she was being interviewed when the power went out.
15:38She shared video then in a darkened locker room right after.
15:41When we come back here tonight, the major disruptions at Newark Airport here in the U.S., what's driving this.
15:45Also, why Cindy Lauper is in the news tonight.
15:49And then the images tonight, the historic church destroyed by fire with strong ties to the civil rights movement
15:53and to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a moment here.
15:58Tonight, major disruptions being reported at Newark Airport.
16:01The FAA is pointing to telecommunications and equipment issues at the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Center.
16:07That facility guides aircraft in and out of Newark.
16:09The issue is resolved after several hours, but leaving a backlog of flight delays.
16:13Tonight, a fire destroying an historic church in Memphis, Tennessee.
16:16The fire inside the 130-year-old Claiborne Temple.
16:19The church associated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.
16:23Authorities say it's too early to speculate on a cause.
16:26When we come back tonight, Cindy Lauper, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker all making news at this hour.
16:31And the video just released by Beyoncé.
16:33It all starts tonight.
16:35To the index of other news tonight, Beyoncé kicking off her long-awaited Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles tonight.
16:41She posted a video giving fans a sneak preview of the stage.
16:44This is her first tour since the Grammy-winning album was released more than a year ago.
16:48Also tonight, the new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
16:51Cindy Lauper leading the class of 2025.
16:53Take you back.
16:59Hit songs including Girls Just Want to Have Fun, True Colors, Time After Time.
17:02She says she's humbled tonight.
17:04Among the other inductees, Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Outkast, Soundgarden, The White Stripe, Salt-N-Pepa, and Warren Zevon.
17:11When we come back here tonight, Disney and 45 years of helping to make wishes come true.
17:16Let's keep it going.
17:17ABC World News Tonight with David Muir.
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17:29Make-A-Wish has been making wishes come true for 45 years.
17:33And Disney, ABC's parent company, has been helping to grant some of those wishes right from the start.
17:37And this year, Disney with a week of wishes for the children so deserving.
17:42Here's Will Reeve.
17:43Justice Brown's wish is coming true.
17:47I'm the wish queen.
17:48You're the wish queen.
17:49Yeah.
17:50The ebullient six-year-old recovering from a removed brain tumor, receiving the royal treatment with her family.
17:56We have a couple dresses to choose from, okay?
17:58Okay.
17:59In partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the cast members at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, are making Justice's wish come true.
18:06To become a Disney princess here at the Bibbidi-Bobbidi Boutique.
18:11I'm going to put this princess cape on you as well, okay?
18:14To protect that pretty, pretty dress of yours.
18:17Mom, it smells good.
18:18It smells good?
18:19I think we can do that.
18:21Next up, a photo shoot with her three-year-old sister, Maria.
18:26Rapunzel!
18:27Rapunzel!
18:29Later, the pair meeting up with Tangled's Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.
18:33The day culminating with a play for all of Disney's royalty to enjoy.
18:37Happy ever after, Raffy-Jay.
18:39Come on!
18:42Justice is now a part of the storied legacy of partnership between the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Disney.
18:48No one else has such a powerful connection with children and families, which is why we take this privilege and responsibility so seriously with Make-A-Wish.
18:57It all started in 1980 with seven-year-old Frank Bopsy Salazar diagnosed with leukemia.
19:04Bopsy becoming the first official Make-A-Wish kid, requesting a trip to Disneyland.
19:09And that was just the beginning.
19:11A Disney wish is granted every hour of every day.
19:15And we take pride in being the largest wish granter in the world.
19:18For Justice's mother, Kelly Jackson, this experience is one the family will cherish forever.
19:24This is just a dream come true.
19:26It's a dream come true.
19:27A wish granted every hour of every day from Disney.
19:30To learn how you can become a wish maker for Make-A-Wish, visit wish.org slash Disney.
19:35Good night.
19:35Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, America's most watched newscast.