ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 2, 2026

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0:15 Tonight, breaking news.

0:17 President Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi.

0:20 It's the second major cabinet shakeup in just weeks.

0:22 The two spotted together 24 hours ago.

0:25 What sources say was behind Bondi's ousting?

0:27 Failed political prosecutions and the Jeffrey Epstein files.

0:31 Tonight, who will replace her at the Justice Department?

0:34 Pierre Thomas is standing by.

0:36 Booster ignition and lift off.

0:38 Breaking news in the historic mission to the moon.

0:40 The critical next step for the Artemis 2 astronauts blasting toward the moon.

0:45 Gio Benitez with late reporting.

0:47 Tonight, oil prices are surging after President Trump's first

0:50 primetime speech to the nation on the war in Iran.

0:53 The president vowing to escalate the attacks,

0:55 posting video of the bombing on the tallest bridge in the Middle East.

0:58 Trump warning Iran to make a deal before it's too late.

1:01 Iran firing back at Israel and the Gulf states,

1:03 and the critical Strait of Hormuz essentially shut down.

1:07 So, how much higher could energy prices go?

1:09 Rachel Scott reports from the White House.

1:11 Just in tonight, the Army's top officer forced to step down.

1:15 We'll go live to Martha Raddatz.

1:17 The dramatic new body camera video of the arrest of Tiger Woods accused of DUI.

1:22 The moment officers realized it was the golfing great who'd

1:24 rolled over his Range Rover and taking a field sobriety test.

1:28 So, at this time you're under arrest for DUI.

1:30 Yes, sir.

1:31 The stunning testimony from the doctor accused of trying

1:34 to kill his wife on a hiking trail in Hawaii.

1:37 The intense scrutiny by prosecutors.

1:39 The dangerous back-to-back storms, tornadoes, destructive winds,

1:42 and ice just as millions travel for the holidays.

1:46 The chilling new video just coming in.

1:47 A suspect shoving a man in front of a moving train.

1:51 And a new development late today,

1:52 a judge throws out most of actress Blake Lively's claims against Justin Baldoni.

1:57 And America Strong tonight, the 8-year-old whose stuffed creation is now

2:01 part of America's mission to the moon.

2:07 From ABC News World Headquarters in New York,

2:10 this is World News Tonight with David Muir.

2:15 Good evening, everyone.

2:16 Thanks so much for joining us.

2:17 I'm Lindsey Davis in for David.

2:19 A short time ago, a critical next step in the historic Artemis II moon mission.

2:23 24 hours after lifting off, the four astronauts on board triggered an engine

2:28 that set them on a course to the moon.

2:30 More on this in a moment, but we do begin with that breaking news.

2:33 President Trump's firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi,

2:36 his second cabinet shakeup in a month.

2:38 Bondi is a long-time Trump loyalist who

2:40 helped defend him in his first impeachment trial.

2:43 she was seen accompanying him to the Supreme

2:45 Court for arguments on ending birthright citizenship.

2:48 But, the president was reported to have grown impatient with Bondi's lack

2:52 of success in prosecuting his enemies and her PR blunders on the Epstein case,

2:56 including a combative hearing on Capitol Hill.

2:59 But, Pam Bondi does leave the Department

3:01 of Justice more firmly under his control.

3:03 ABC's Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas leads us off tonight.

3:08 Despite being perhaps the most loyal Attorney

3:10 General in recent history, Pam Bondi is out.

3:14 President Trump, the greatest president in American history.

3:17 President Trump is the most transparent president in American history.

3:21 Today, President Trump posting on social media that Bondi,

3:24 whom he called a friend and an American patriot,

3:27 will be transitioning to a much-needed

3:29 and important new job in the private sector.

3:31 Bondi and Trump seen as recently as yesterday outside the Supreme Court.

3:36 But, sources telling ABC News Trump had been frustrated

3:39 for months about Bondi's inability to bring successful prosecutions

3:44 against some of his enemies like former FBI Director

3:47 James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

3:50 We have to act fast.

3:52 If they're not guilty, that's fine.

3:54 If they are guilty or if they should be charged, they should be charged.

3:57 And he was not happy with the way

3:59 Bondi and DOJ handled the Jeffrey Epstein files,

4:02 at times frustrated over repeated questions about the case.

4:06 Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein?

4:08 This guy's been talked about for years.

4:11 Are people still talking about this guy, this creep?

4:14 That is unbelievable.

4:16 Bondi had gone to the White House promising transparency,

4:20 but handing out mostly old Epstein files,

4:23 leaving many of Trump's MAGA supporters underwhelmed.

4:26 And there was this moment on Fox News.

4:29 The DOJ may be releasing the list of Jeffrey Epstein's clients.

4:33 Will that really happen?

4:35 It's sitting on my desk right now to review.

4:38 But DOJ later trying to shut down the release

4:40 of the Epstein files and acknowledging there was no list.

4:43 White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said on the record

4:46 in a Vanity Fair interview that Bondi quote completely whiffed on Epstein.

4:52 Democrats celebrating her departure with Senate

4:55 Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying good riddance,

4:58 claiming that DOJ had been turned into a political weapon.

5:01 But Republican Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee,

5:04 thanking Bondi for her work and telling that she

5:07 had helped bring violent crime down to historic lows.

5:10 Bondi becomes the second major cabinet official to lose her job in less

5:13 than a month after Homeland Security Secretary

5:16 Kristi Noem was removed from her post.

5:19 The AG is being replaced by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche,

5:23 respected attorney but also a former defense counsel for President Trump.

5:27 Just days ago, Blanche telling DOJ's removal of agents

5:31 and prosecutors who worked on criminal cases involving Trump.

5:35 There is not a single man or woman at the Department

5:39 of Justice who had anything to do with those prosecutions.

5:45 Pierre Thomas joins us now.

5:46 So, Pierre, is the president likely to get different results

5:49 with Blanche or whomever he appoints permanently as US Attorney General?

5:53 Well, it's hard to imagine anyone more loyal than Bondi.

5:56 And there's no guarantee that judges, grand juries,

5:58 and juries will give DOJ the results that it wants.

6:01 Today, Bondi posting that she's eternally grateful for the trust Trump placed

6:05 in her and that she will continue

6:07 fighting for Trump and the administration, Lindsey.

6:10 Pierre, thank you.

6:11 Next tonight, that big event for Artemis 2, firing up an engine,

6:14 putting the spacecraft on a path toward the moon.

6:17 24 hours after their spectacular launch,

6:19 the crew is working out the bugs on their brand new spacecraft.

6:22 Among them, a problem with the toilet.

6:25 Here's ABC's Gio Benitez.

6:27 And lift off.

6:28 Tonight, after that picture-perfect lift off and a full day orbiting Earth,

6:32 Welcome on board the Integrity spacecraft.

6:34 the crew of Integrity taking the next

6:36 critical step on their mission to the moon.

6:39 We have the start of the translunar injection

6:40 burn that will send the crew around the moon,

6:42 the first humans to do so in over 50 years.

6:45 Starting what's called the translunar injection burn or TLI,

6:49 firing up the final engine that will push the crew out

6:52 of Earth's orbit and on a 4-day trip to the moon.

6:55 Getting ready for rendezvous approach top demonstration.

6:58 Overnight, teams testing everything on board the 330-sq-ft spacecraft.

7:03 Pilot Victor Glover steering the Integrity, getting a feel of what it would be

7:06 like to dock with a spacecraft on future missions.

7:10 Here comes two left.

7:11 One, two, left.

7:14 Just before they went to sleep,

7:15 they had to troubleshoot a problem with the ship's toilet.

7:18 Hours later, mission control waking them up

7:20 with the song Green Light by John Legend.

7:23 Give me the green light.

7:26 And messages from their team back on Earth.

7:28 We're so proud to support the journey to the moon.

7:31 Go Artemis!

7:33 That was awesome.

7:34 Thank you for all of those messages.

7:37 Artemis 2 launched into space at 6:35 p.m.

7:40 Wednesday.

7:42 The ground trembling and crowds cheering as it tore across the sky.

7:46 The crew blown away by their breathtaking view of planet Earth.

7:50 From about 38,000 nautical miles the entire

7:55 entire half of the Earth is spectacular.

7:58 Can actually make out the coastline of a continent.

8:01 It is just absolutely phenomenal.

8:03 You guys look great.

8:06 And Lindsey, if everything goes as planned,

8:08 those Artemis astronauts will reach the moon by Monday.

8:12 Lindsey, super exciting, Gio.

8:14 Thank you.

8:14 Next tonight, oil prices soaring after President Trump's

8:17 first primetime speech about the war in Iran.

8:20 The president telling Americans the war is already a success while urging

8:23 Iran to make a deal or be bombed back to the Stone Ages.

8:27 Hours later, the US and Israel destroyed a bridge near Tehran,

8:31 a key piece of Iran's infrastructure.

8:33 While here at home, concern over the economic fallout grows.

8:36 Here's ABC's Rachel Scott.

8:39 Tonight, oil prices soaring just hours after President

8:42 Trump threatened to step up attacks on Iran.

8:44 The US and Israel carrying out an airstrike near

8:47 Tehran on the tallest bridge in the Middle East.

8:50 In this video circulating online,

8:52 people seen standing nearby seconds before an explosion.

8:57 President Trump warning much more to follow,

9:00 saying it is time for Iran to make a deal

9:02 before it is too late and there is nothing left.

9:05 We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.

9:09 We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.

9:14 Iran showing no signs of backing down and Iranian missile slamming

9:18 into this neighborhood east of Tel Aviv seen in video posted on social media.

9:24 And tonight, Iranian media reports the regime has executed Amir Hossein Hatami

9:29 seen here in a photo shared on X by Iran Human Rights.

9:32 The 18-year-old sentenced to death for participating

9:35 in nationwide protests against the government.

9:38 Thousands have been killed in the crackdown.

9:41 Five weeks into this war, President Trump has not laid out an exit strategy

9:45 or a concrete plan to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz,

9:48 which today sent oil prices spiking.

9:51 The price for a gallon of gas here at home now tops

9:53 $4 a gallon and could reach $4.45 in the next 2 weeks.

9:59 Diesel could reach a record $6 a gallon.

10:02 The extra cost already adding up quickly

10:04 for truck drivers like Corey Reese in Missouri.

10:07 I mean literally, I mean it's it's crazy.

10:09 These trucks, you know, they carry 200, 300 gallons at a time.

10:13 In Virginia, Thomas Walker says he's making tough choices.

10:16 I would do grocery shopping at the Dollar General because it's food and gas.

10:21 So, I'm splitting it up between gas and food.

10:23 But as Americans are feeling the pinch at home,

10:26 the president says it's not possible for the US to fund

10:28 some domestic programs in this video obtained by Business Insider.

10:32 It's not possible for us to take care of daycare,

10:35 Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.

10:39 They can do it on a state basis.

10:41 You can't do it on a federal.

10:42 We have to take care of one thing, military protection.

10:46 The president is once again urging our allies

10:48 to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

10:50 But tonight, French President Emmanuel Macron saying the United

10:53 States could deplore the fact that they're not getting help,

10:55 but he insists this is not our operation, Lindsey.

10:58 Rachel Scott from the White House, thank you.

11:00 Also developing tonight,

11:01 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousting the Army's top officer,

11:05 ordering Chief of Staff General Randy George to immediately retire.

11:09 It's the latest clash between Hegseth and the military's senior

11:12 leadership and it comes in the middle of a war.

11:15 ABC's Martha Raddatz joins us now.

11:16 Martha.

11:18 Lindsey, General Randy George is a decorated Army General,

11:21 but he was formerly a senior aide to Joe Biden's Secretary of Defense Lloyd

11:26 Austin and his name was rumored to be on the chopping block for many months.

11:30 Pete Hegseth made it official tonight

11:32 saying George will be retiring effective immediately.

11:35 His vice chief of staff Christopher Lena will

11:38 be taking over a general close to Hegseth.

11:41 Hegseth has purged the Pentagon of numerous

11:44 senior officers since he became secretary.

11:47 This one of course now happening in the middle of a war.

11:50 Lindsey?

11:51 Martha Raddatz for us.

11:52 Thank you.

11:53 Now to that newly released body camera video showing golfer

11:55 Tiger Woods after he crashed his Range Rover last week.

11:58 How he performed on a sobriety test and what

12:01 he said when deputies found pills in his pocket.

12:03 Here's ABC's Victor Oquendo.

12:06 Tonight for the first time we're seeing the police

12:08 body camera video moments after Tiger Woods crash.

12:11 I put down my phone and all of a sudden boom.

12:16 The accident happened almost a week ago in Jupiter Island, Florida.

12:19 You can see the trailer Woods clipped before flipping his Land Rover.

12:23 Is anybody in the car?

12:24 No, he's out.

12:26 So I pulled up after it happened and stopped.

12:28 Who's involved?

12:29 Who's involved?

12:30 Tiger Woods.

12:32 Woods had to crawl out of the passenger side window.

12:35 Martin County Sheriff's deputies checking on the golf legend first.

12:38 Is this comfortable for you?

12:39 Yeah, yeah.

12:40 You all right, Tiger?

12:41 Yeah, I'm cool.

12:41 Okay.

12:42 Thank you so much.

12:43 Woods seen on the phone apparently speaking with President Trump.

12:46 I'll just keep you down here with us, please.

12:48 Yeah, I was just talking to the president.

12:51 Deputies then bringing Woods to their cruiser

12:53 where they perform field sobriety test.

12:56 And how much have you had to drink today?

12:58 None.

12:59 None?

12:59 Do you take any medication?

13:01 Uh, I take a few, yes.

13:02 Then arresting Woods.

13:04 So at this time do you believe your normal faculties are impaired, okay?

13:08 And you're under the unknown substance, okay?

13:10 So at this time you're under arrest for DUI, yes, sir.

13:13 After going through his pockets, police finding these prescription pills.

13:17 Uh, that's a narco.

13:19 It's a narco?

13:19 Yeah.

13:20 Okay.

13:20 Woods taken to jail, charged with DUI.

13:24 He's since pled not guilty.

13:26 Woods pled not guilty to DUI.

13:28 A judge granted him permission to seek treatment outside the US.

13:32 Lindsey?

13:33 Victor, thank you.

13:34 Now to Hawaii where the doctor charged with attempting to murder his wife taking

13:37 the stand for a second day after

13:39 his emotional testimony claiming he acted in self-defense.

13:43 Tonight prosecutors are challenging him on that claim.

13:45 Here's ABC's Trevor Ault.

13:47 Tonight prosecutors grilling the Hawaii anesthesiologist accused of trying

13:51 to murder his wife on a birthday hike.

13:54 The prosecution suggesting he was motivated

13:56 by anger over his wife's alleged emotional affair.

14:00 And you're upset, right?

14:02 That's not the primary feeling at the time.

14:05 I was feeling a lot of other feelings, but I was also upset.

14:10 You're mad, right?

14:11 I was not mad.

14:12 You were not mad when you confronted your wife about these messages.

14:16 I was upset.

14:17 Officials say Dr.

14:18 Gerhard Koenig tried pushing his wife Ariel

14:21 off a cliff on this trail before attempting

14:23 to inject her with a syringe and repeatedly

14:26 striking her in the head with a rock.

14:28 He claims she attacked him and he acted in self-defense.

14:32 How fast is this all happening?

14:36 Pretty fast.

14:36 Pretty fast.

14:38 Dr.

14:38 Koenig claims after a pair of hikers stumbled upon them,

14:41 his wife covered in blood, he was stunned at what happened and became suicidal.

14:46 Did you ever want to hurt her that day?

14:48 No.

14:51 You reacted to defend yourself in the heat of that moment, you said, yes?

14:55 Yes.

14:56 And Lindsey, Dr.

14:57 Koenig's son testified his father called him and said he tried to kill his wife.

15:01 Dr.

15:02 Koenig says his son misunderstood him.

15:04 He denies ever confessing.

15:06 Lindsey?

15:06 Trevor, thank you.

15:08 At the Vatican, Pope Leo opening his first Holy Week service

15:11 with a warning against the abuse of power presenting a life

15:14 of unity and service as an antidote to what he called

15:17 the imperialist occupation of the world in this dark hour of history.

15:21 The pontiff then conducting a traditional rite of humility,

15:24 washing the feet of 12 priests.

15:26 When we come back, we're tracking dangerous storms

15:28 and tornadoes just as millions travel for the holidays.

15:31 The urgent manhunt here in New York for a suspect who fled

15:34 the scene of the deadly shooting of a baby girl in Brooklyn.

15:37 The close call on the tracks.

15:38 A man appears to shove another man into the path of an oncoming train.

15:42 The news just coming in.

15:44 A judge dismisses most of Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni.

15:48 And America strong tonight.

15:50 One young man's creation now on its way to the moon.

15:55 Next tonight, a federal judge in New York throwing

15:57 out most of Blake Lively's lawsuit against Justin Baldoni,

16:00 including sexual harassment claims.

16:02 The judge saying some of Baldoni's conduct was not so far beyond what might

16:06 be expected between two characters in a sexually

16:08 charged film like It Ends With Us.

16:10 Lively can proceed with her claims of a smear campaign by Baldoni's PR team.

16:15 An urgent search is underway tonight here in New York City

16:18 for a suspect in the deadly shooting of a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn.

16:22 The baby was riding in her stroller when she was hit.

16:24 Her 2-year-old brother was grazed by a bullet.

16:27 Police say two suspects fled on a moped and were hit by a car moments later.

16:31 The suspects are believed to be gang members.

16:33 When we come back, we're tracking dangerous storms happening right now.

16:36 And the close call on the tracks.

16:39 A man appearing to push another man into an oncoming train.

16:44 To the index, a harrowing scene on a train platform in Seattle.

16:48 A man appears to shove another man right into the path of a train.

16:52 The man was able to stay on his feet and was not hurt.

16:54 The suspect was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

16:58 The dangerous tornado threat for several states tonight part of the same

17:01 system that spawned this massive supercell in North Texas 24 hours ago.

17:05 The sweeping storm system now bringing snow,

17:08 ice, and severe weather to the upper Midwest.

17:10 A tornado watch is in effect through tonight.

17:13 When we come back, the proud 8-year-old

17:15 who's watching his creation head to the moon.

17:19 Finally tonight, America strong.

17:21 An 8-year-old dreamer eyes turn skyward watching imagination become ignition

17:26 as Artemis rises to the heavens with his creation on board.

17:31 Tonight, with this historic moon mission now underway,

17:35 take a closer look inside the Orion crew capsule.

17:37 The smiling plushy toy right there in the middle was the smart

17:41 and out of this world idea of an 8-year-old from Mountain View, California.

17:45 There is their zero G indicator.

17:48 A tradition now for decades of missions for astronauts to bring

17:51 toys into space calling them zero gravity indicators or ZGIs.

17:56 Artemis 2 mission specialist Christina Koch.

17:59 It's not a scientific instrument,

18:01 but it does tell everybody who's watching where everything

18:03 else might be strapped in, we really are in space.

18:06 NASA put out a call for ideas.

18:08 What toy should the Artemis astronauts fly up with?

18:11 Thousands sent in their designs.

18:13 Commander Reid Wiseman announcing the winner.

18:16 We are holding our our zero G indicator, Rise.

18:20 The team proudly holding it.

18:22 Our buddy here named Rise was submitted

18:25 by second grader Lucas Ye from California.

18:29 Yeah, Lucas.

18:31 Thank you, Lucas.

18:33 8-year-old Lucas Ye, the winner.

18:35 Hello, my name is Lucas.

18:37 Designing the toy he calls Rise based off that famous

18:40 1968 photo of the Earth from the Apollo 8 mission.

18:44 The cap is representing Earth and Earth rise.

18:49 The visor is representing the two past and future moon missions.

18:54 The team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

18:56 making the stuffed toy to their exacting safety standards.

18:59 My name is Paula Cain.

19:01 Paula, a thermal blanket technician sewing it up.

19:04 This is the Rise ZGI doll.

19:07 All I have left to do is to close the opening here

19:10 and hand sew the hat on, make sure it's stuffing is stuffed in there.

19:17 NASA inviting Lucas and his family to watch the launch.

19:22 The crowd and Lucas cheering as tonight we all applaud

19:25 Lucas and his big idea on its way to the moon.

19:32 Proud moment.

19:32 Thanks so much for watching.

19:33 I'm Lindsey Davis.

19:35 Have a great night.

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