Mola Lenghi has the latest on a horrific collision between a pickup truck and a van filled with tourists near Yellowstone National Park that left at least seven people dead; Morgan Norwood reports on the two passenger jets that were forced to abort their landings at Reagan National Airport after an Army helicopter deviated from its planned route; Mary Bruce details the Trump administration’s plan to hold a historic parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the Army’s 250th birthday as well as Pres. Trump's 79th birthday; Whit Johnson reports on the life and legacy of comedian Ruth Buzzi, best known for her role as Gladys Ormphby in the classic variety show "Laugh-In"; and more on World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, the horrific deadly collision just outside Yellowstone National Park.
00:04Multiple people dead tonight.
00:06The image is coming in the fiery head-on collision near Yellowstone,
00:09a truck crashing into a packed tour van.
00:12Smoke and flames across the highway, what we know.
00:15Also tonight, two passenger jets forced to abort landings
00:18at Washington's Reagan National Airport.
00:21An Army helicopter deviating from its planned route.
00:24And it all comes after that Army Blackhawk collided with the passenger jet
00:28crashing into the Potomac, approaching at the same airport.
00:32Tonight, the Trump administration's plans for a massive military celebration
00:35through the streets of Washington.
00:37The Army tonight saying it will mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army
00:42and coincide with President Trump's 79th birthday.
00:46The news of this celebration comes amid the president's new budget tonight,
00:49proposing massive cuts to the CDC, health and human services, education and climate.
00:55Members of the president's own party sounding the alarm tonight,
00:57over military spending.
00:59The storms this Friday night and right into the weekend,
01:02the system moving in that will last right through next week.
01:05Millions on alert right now for dangerous storms starting tonight.
01:08Washington, Philadelphia, New York to Boston.
01:11Lee Goldberg has the weekend forecast.
01:13Tonight, the new Prince Harry interview right here.
01:16It is emotional.
01:17And what he reveals about his father, King Charles.
01:20The bodies found at Bryce Canyon.
01:22They fell 380 feet.
01:24Tonight, what authorities are saying about the popular lookout.
01:26A groundbreaking singer-songwriter killed in a fire.
01:30What authorities are now saying.
01:31Tonight, what former First Lady Michelle Obama is now saying
01:34about the talk involving her marriage and what she declares.
01:38The images tonight from atop the Sistine Chapel,
01:41the famous chimney being installed,
01:42and what we already know tonight about the secret conclave set to begin
01:47to choose the next pope.
01:49And tonight here, we remember a beloved comedian from the iconic show, Laugh-In.
01:57From ABC News World Headquarters in New York,
02:01this is World News Tonight with David Muir.
02:05Good evening, and it's great to have you with us
02:06as we near the end of another week together here.
02:08We do have a lot to get to tonight.
02:09We begin this evening with a horrific, deadly accident
02:12just outside Yellowstone National Park.
02:14What appears to be a head-on collision between a truck and a packed tour van.
02:18At least seven dead tonight.
02:19The image is just coming in.
02:20The accident on Highway 20.
02:22You see the medical helicopter arriving there
02:24to take the injured to hospitals in the region
02:26as the smoke and flames rage below.
02:28Fourteen people were on that tour bus.
02:30At least six of them have died tonight.
02:32The other eight injured.
02:33The driver of the truck did not survive.
02:36Tonight, the investigation is now underway
02:37into how this accident happened
02:39and so close to the entrance to that famous national park.
02:42ABC's Mola Lungi leading us off tonight.
02:45Tonight, the deadly inferno on an Idaho highway.
02:49A Dodge Ram pickup colliding with a van filled with tourists.
02:53Both vehicles engulfed in flames.
02:56Emergency crews racing to the scene on Highway 20
02:59along with a medical chopper.
03:01Fourteen tourists, who authorities say are foreign nationals,
03:04were on board a Mercedes tour van at the time.
03:06It happened just over the Montana border,
03:0920 miles from the main entrance to Yellowstone National Park.
03:12At least six of the 14 members of the tour group were killed.
03:18Both vehicles were broadside across the highway.
03:20It had appeared they had maybe hit head on.
03:23Roger Merrill says by the time he got to the scene,
03:25multiple drivers were already helping survivors.
03:28Other travelers that had stopped, apparently,
03:31were also foreign nationals.
03:33So they were assisting them with blankets and interpreting for them
03:36alongside the highway.
03:38The 25-year-old driver of the pickup also killed.
03:41That highway closed for nearly seven hours.
03:44Well, tonight, authorities are investigating exactly how this happened.
03:47Meanwhile, the identities of those killed will be released
03:49once their families are notified.
03:51And, David, because of the complexity of that crash scene,
03:53that may take some time.
03:55David.
03:55All right, Mola Lungi leading us off here tonight.
03:57Mola, thank you.
03:58Tonight, there are serious questions after two passenger jets
04:01were forced to abort landings at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport
04:04because an Army helicopter had deviated from its route.
04:08Of course, this is the same airport where that Black Hawk
04:10and a passenger jet collided, crashing into the Potomac.
04:13Tonight, the images of the Army helicopter in this newest scare
04:16waved off of its own landing after deviating from that planned route.
04:19Then the other passenger jets were forced to abort their landings.
04:22Here's ABC's Morgan Norwood tonight.
04:24Tonight, the FAA and NTSB are investigating why two passenger jets
04:29were forced to abort landings at D.C.'s Reagan National Airport
04:33after an Army helicopter was waved off its own landing
04:36and deviated from its planned route.
04:39Delta 1671 is upon maintain 3,000.
04:41Go around 3,000.
04:42Going around 3,000, Delta 1671.
04:45Flight data showing the two jets approximately half a mile
04:47from the helicopter at different points Thursday afternoon.
04:51That Black Hawk chopper headed for the Pentagon.
04:53Stay in tight, so are you trying to land on Pentagon?
04:55April, we were just landing at the Pentagon.
04:57Officials say the aircraft were never on a collision course
05:00and that the incidents are not being investigated as close calls.
05:04It was only in January, though, that another Black Hawk
05:06crashed into an American Airlines flight,
05:09approaching its landing at that same airport, killing 67 people.
05:13It comes as officials warn the travel headache
05:15causing hours-long flight delays at another Northeast hub,
05:19New Jersey's Newark Airport, is set to worsen.
05:21Multiple shifts of air traffic controllers monitoring Newark airspace
05:25now on weeks-long medical leave following an equipment outage on Wednesday.
05:30The controllers calling it a traumatic experience.
05:32The FAA had already warned that runway construction
05:35and a shortage of controllers could cause significant delays at the airport for months.
05:40More than 350 flights delayed today.
05:43Arrivals delayed more than two hours on average.
05:45Those staffing issues, part of a nationwide shortage of air controllers
05:49that the FAA is urgently seeking to address.
05:52You're starting to see cracks in the system, and you can see them in different locations.
05:57And it's our job, all of us working together, to not wait until there's a disaster.
06:03And David, the Army is looking into that incident at Reagan.
06:06Meanwhile, here at Newark, United Airlines saying 20% of air traffic controllers walked off the job,
06:12forcing the airline to cut 35 flights per day, starting as soon as this weekend.
06:17David?
06:18Morgan Norwood with us here tonight.
06:19Morgan, thank you.
06:20Tonight there's news coming in.
06:21The Trump administration is now planning a massive military celebration
06:25through the streets of Washington.
06:27The Pentagon tonight saying it will mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army,
06:31and it will coincide with President Trump's 79th birthday.
06:35And news of this military celebration comes amid the president's proposed budget
06:38that involves deep cuts tonight to the CDC, health and human services, education, and climate.
06:43Members of the president's own party sounding the alarm tonight over the level of military spending.
06:48Here's Mary Bruce.
06:50Tonight, the Trump administration planning a massive military celebration
06:54through the streets of Washington, D.C. to mark the Army's 250th anniversary,
06:59coinciding with the president's 79th birthday.
07:02Tonight, the military says the Army is exploring options to make the celebration even bigger.
07:07The June 14th parade could involve nearly 7,000 soldiers, tanks and infantry vehicles,
07:13helicopter flyovers, and even parachute jumpers.
07:16How much it would cost, unclear.
07:18News of the possible parade comes as the president is proposing historic cuts to domestic spending.
07:24$163 billion on the chopping block.
07:28Trump's $1.7 trillion budget proposal for next year slashing half of the CDC budget,
07:34from $9 billion down to $4 billion, including eliminating the office that works to reduce
07:39gun violence and drug overdoses.
07:41Education funding cut by $12 billion, including programs that help high-poverty schools.
07:48Energy programs also gutted, including an initiative to help low-income Americans
07:52pay for their energy bills.
07:54Even some Republicans sounding the alarm.
07:57Mike Lawler of New York calling those energy cuts reckless,
08:01saying it will leave his constituents out in the cold.
08:04What the president is hoping to boost?
08:06Border security and defense spending.
08:08The White House touting a 13 percent increase in military spending,
08:12bringing the defense budget to over a trillion dollars.
08:15But tonight, hawkish Republicans say it doesn't go far enough.
08:19The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Mike Rogers,
08:23saying he's very concerned the requested base budget for defense
08:26does not reflect a realistic path to building the military capability
08:30we need to achieve President Trump's peace through strength agenda.
08:35But despite those cuts and the economic turmoil,
08:38the administration's still hoping to ramp up the Army's anniversary with that lavish parade.
08:43Now, there were always plans to mark the Army's milestone,
08:46but the decision to add on this parade and the fact that it happens to coincide
08:50with the president's birthday is sparking speculation.
08:53And recall, Trump tried to throw a similar grand parade during his first term,
08:57but it was scrapped when estimates topped 90 million dollars.
09:00And all this news coming on the same day that the president's budget cuts were proposed.
09:04David.
09:04Mary Bruce live at the White House on a Friday night.
09:06Mary, thank you.
09:07We're also tracking severe storms this Friday from Texas all the way up to the northeast yet again.
09:11Tonight, 55 million Americans are on alert at this hour.
09:14The system moving east, and it's going to cause problems all weekend
09:17and will last right into early next week.
09:20So let's get right to Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg of our New York station,
09:23WABC, back with us again tonight.
09:25Hi, Lee.
09:27Hi, David.
09:28It's been day after day of this disruptive and, in some cases, dangerous weather
09:32from the deep south all the way to the Ohio Valley.
09:34Tonight, it's severe thunderstorm watches from Texas all the way to Pennsylvania.
09:38These storms, in some cases, could produce 70-mile-per-hour winds and some large hail.
09:42Now, there is a shift in the focus of these rains.
09:44It's headed toward the east coast.
09:46So by later tomorrow and tomorrow evening, we're seeing strong storms in the Carolinas,
09:50up to D.C., even into Baltimore, even here in New York City by evening.
09:53So it's D.C., New York, and Boston tomorrow night and into Sunday.
09:57And there will be rounds of rain in early next week.
09:59Could help the drought and some flooding is possible as well.
10:02We go back to the southern plains in the lower Mississippi Valley, a renewed threat
10:06for flooding and severe weather, unfortunately, in a Monday and Tuesday of next week.
10:10David?
10:10We'll track it right into next week with you, Lee.
10:12We turn next tonight to the new Prince Harry interview.
10:15It is emotional.
10:16And what he reveals about his father, King Charles, saying his father won't speak to him.
10:20Prince Harry had fought in court for security protection when he visits the U.K.
10:24The interview coming out tonight, just hours after Harry lost that lawsuit,
10:28with a plea now to his father and the royal family.
10:30Here's our chief foreign correspondent, Ian Pannell, now.
10:34Tonight, an emotional Prince Harry revealing he's ready to put the deep rift with the royal
10:39family behind him.
10:40In an interview from his home in California, the former working royal telling the BBC
10:45there's no point in continuing to fight.
10:47I would love reconciliation with my family.
10:50I've always, I've, you know, there's no point in continuing to fight anymore.
10:54As I said, life is precious.
10:55Um, I don't know how much longer my father has, um, you know.
11:01Harry saying the king, who's battling cancer, won't even speak to him because of his legal
11:06battle to restore full police protection when he visits the U.K.
11:10Harry devastated at losing his legal appeal today, claiming his father could easily change
11:16it.
11:16I thought with all the disagreements and all of the chaos that's happening, the one thing
11:21that I could rely on is my family keeping me safe.
11:25And not only did they decide to remove my security in the U.K., but they also signaled
11:29to every single government around the world not to protect us.
11:33Harry, who's fifth in line to the throne, hasn't brought Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet,
11:38King Charles' grandchildren, to the U.K. since 2022.
11:41His security downgraded in 2020 when he and his wife, Meghan, stepped down from their
11:47official roles and left the country.
11:49David, Harry says there are ongoing threats to him and the royal family from extremists,
11:54including al-Qaeda.
11:56And without full police protection, it isn't safe for him to come back to the U.K. with
12:01his family.
12:02David.
12:02Ian, panel with us tonight, Ian.
12:04We have learned tonight that comedian Ruth Buzzi has died after a long battle with Alzheimer's,
12:08best known for her work on the classic sketch show Laugh-In.
12:10She appeared in every episode, former castmate Goldie Hawn tonight, calling her a one-of-a-kind
12:15soul.
12:16Here's Whit Johnson.
12:18Her sharp wit in physical comedy made Americans laugh during her decades-long career.
12:23Ruth Buzzi was best known for her run in the sketch comedy series Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,
12:28which aired in the late 60s and early 70s, earning her two Emmy nominations and a Golden
12:33Globe.
12:34Buzzi appearing on several celebrity roasts hosted by Dean Martin as her iconic character
12:41Gladys Ormsby sparring with Muhammad Ali.
12:44And we'll have an old man-to-man!
12:48Tonight, Buzzi's family sharing in a statement on social media, the beloved actress died peacefully
12:53in her sleep at her home in Texas, adding that she had been in hospice care for several
12:58years with Alzheimer's disease.
12:59And tonight, Ruth Buzzi in her own words.
13:03If I make myself laugh, I know that was funny.
13:07I'm my worst critic.
13:08And I can laugh the hardest in the room.
13:11If I'm funny, you will hear me laugh the hardest, which is kind of embarrassing at times,
13:15but I don't care.
13:16Either something's funny or it isn't.
13:18That was funny, folks.
13:19I was funny.
13:20And David, Ruth Buzzi's agent tells ABC News that she was making people laugh just a few
13:26days ago.
13:27She was 88 years old.
13:30David Johnson with us live tonight with thanks so much.
13:32We turn now to news on the flu tonight.
13:34It has killed more children in the U.S. this season than at any other time in the past 15
13:38years.
13:39The CDC reporting 216 children have died of flu so far, and the season is still underway.
13:44That's the most since the swine flu pandemic in 2009.
13:47Flu vaccination rates in children have fallen to just 49 percent from 62 percent five years
13:52ago.
13:53The reassuring news tonight is that the flu activity in this country is now slowing down.
13:58We turn to the U.S. economy tonight.
13:59Stocks surging on a stronger than expected jobs report today.
14:02Employers adding 177,000 new jobs in April.
14:06The unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2 percent.
14:09President Trump on social media saying, just like I said, we're only in a transition stage,
14:13just getting started.
14:14The markets rallying the Dow up 564 points, reversing the losses since the president announced
14:19his sweeping tariffs on April 2nd.
14:21Investors also cheered by a potential softening in the tariff standoff between the U.S. and
14:26China.
14:26China saying it is, quote, evaluating ways to start negotiations, claiming U.S. officials
14:31have now reached out to them.
14:33When we come back on this Friday night, the bodies found at Bryce Canyon falling 380 feet.
14:37What authorities are saying about the popular lookout, a groundbreaking singer-songwriter
14:41killed in a house fire and what we've learned.
14:44And tonight, what former First Lady Michelle Obama is now saying about all of the talk involving
14:48her marriage and what she's declared tonight.
14:53Tonight, authorities are investigating the deaths of two visitors at Utah's Bryce Canyon
14:57National Park.
14:58Authorities say tourists spotted the bodies of a man and woman at the bottom of Inspiration
15:02Point, a popular lookout spot.
15:04The two falling 380 feet.
15:06Authorities say slippery conditions may have led to their fall.
15:09Tonight, police making a second arrest in the massive wildfire in Ocean County, New Jersey.
15:13Authorities say the 17-year-old suspect faces multiple charges, including arson.
15:17Prosecutors say the two suspects set wooden pallets on fire before leaving the area nearly two weeks
15:22ago.
15:22The fire is still burning, destroying more than 15,000 acres.
15:27Overseas tonight, actor and comedian Russell Brand making his first court appearance since being
15:30charged with rape and sexual assault in London.
15:32Brand pushing his way through a mob of photographers outside the courthouse.
15:36Four women accusing him in separate alleged attacks between 1999 and 2005.
15:41The judge releasing him on conditional bail.
15:43Brand denies the allegations.
15:45When we come back on this Friday night, Michelle Obama, what the former First Lady is now saying
15:49about all of this talk involving her marriage and what she declares tonight.
15:53And a groundbreaking singer-songwriter has been killed in a house fire.
15:56And what authorities are now saying about it.
15:59To the index of other news tonight, former First Lady Michelle Obama.
16:02Addressing the talk, the speculation about her marriage.
16:05Appearing on the podcast, The Diary of a CEO.
16:07The former First Lady now saying if she and former President Obama were getting divorced,
16:11it wouldn't be a secret.
16:12Everyone would know about it.
16:13I'm not a martyr.
16:14She says, when I met Barack Obama, he showed up in my life as the opposite of a box checker,
16:19but somebody that I've described in my book as the ultimate swerver.
16:22He did nothing by the book.
16:23He was brilliant and interesting.
16:26Groundbreaking singer-songwriter Jill Sobule was killed in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota.
16:29She recorded a dozen albums over three decades, making history with her best-known song,
16:34I Kissed a Girl.
16:36I kissed a girl.
16:38It was the first openly gay-themed song to become a Billboard Top 20 hit.
16:42Her manager says she was staying with friends when the fire broke out.
16:45The cause is under investigation.
16:47She was scheduled to perform in Denver tonight.
16:49Jill Sobule was just 66 years old.
16:51Tonight, the end of a remarkable era in the NBA.
16:54San Antonio Spurs head coach Greg Popovich stepping down.
16:57He will now become the team's president of operations.
16:59He's won more games than any coach in the league history.
17:02He has not coached a game since suffering a stroke in November.
17:05He says he still has a love and passion for the game.
17:08No one questions that.
17:09When we come back tonight, the images coming in tonight from atop the Sistine Chapel.
17:13You want to see this, the famous chimney being installed,
17:15and what we already know tonight about the secret conclave set to begin.
17:19We'll go live to the Vatican right after the break.
17:21Finally tonight here, the new images from atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
17:27The famous chimney now being installed, and what we already know tonight
17:30about the secret conclave set to begin next week to choose the next pope.
17:35Maggie Rooley tonight at the Vatican.
17:37Tonight, the striking new images on top of the Sistine Chapel.
17:41Vatican firefighters on the roof installing a chimney.
17:45More than a billion Catholics will watch for white smoke signaling a new pope has been chosen
17:50by the cardinals inside.
17:53135 cardinals are under the age of 80 and therefore eligible to vote.
17:57At 82, Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez of El Salvador will not be voting.
18:02But he's been a part of mere daily general congregations where cardinals debate the future
18:06of the Catholic Church, and frontrunners for the pope often emerge.
18:10Do you think it will be a long conclave?
18:13No.
18:14Two or same days?
18:16Nothing.
18:17Three soon.
18:18The consensus is another pope like Pope Francis?
18:22Three.
18:23Many telling him they're looking for a new pope similar to Francis.
18:27Sister Rosalia, an Italian nun, saying, I feel good.
18:32I am hopeful that the Holy Spirit will illuminate the cardinals, adding, the good always wins.
18:39At 133 cardinals, the conclave, beginning Wednesday, will have the most number of cardinals
18:45ever to take part in the election.
18:47108 were appointed by Pope Francis.
18:5010 are American.
18:51Swearing an oath of secrecy, they'll vote twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon
18:56until they reach a two-thirds majority.
18:58The old saying is, if you go into the conclave, papabile, or like a pope, you come out a cardinal.
19:04So, the Holy Spirit tends to surprise us.
19:07Let's be open to the Holy Spirit and to the cardinal electors.
19:12And David, the conclave is steeped in tradition and secrecy.
19:16The cardinals are locked in.
19:17They have no contact with the outside world.
19:19It all starts in five days.
19:21And David, I know you'll be right here for it.
19:23Can't wait.
19:23We'll see you then, Maggie.
19:24And as the cardinal said to you, two to three days, we might have to hold him to it.
19:27Thanks, Maggie.
19:28We'll be live from the Vatican beginning Tuesday night for World News Tonight.
19:31And I'll see you on Monday right here.
19:32Good night.
19:34Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Muir, America's most watched newscast.
19:39Good night.