ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 1, 2024

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE

COME ON THE AIR.

A DRIVER RAMMING INTO THE FBI

OFFICE IN ATLANTA.

>>> AND SEVERE STORMS SWEEPING

EAST, TORNADO WATCHES UP RIGHT

NOW.

MULTIPLE STATES.

AND IN THE EAST, BRACING FOR

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW.

>>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE IMAGES

COMING IN.

A DRIVER CRASHING THROUGH THE

ENTRANCE GATE OF THE FBI FIELD

OFFICE IN ATLANTA.

THE DRIVER IN CUSTODY AT THIS

HOUR, AND WHAT WE KNOW.

STEVE OSUNSAMI AT THE SCENE.

>>> SEVERE STORMS, TORNADO

WATCHES UP AS WE COME ON TONIGHT

IN SEVERAL STATES, FROM TEXAS

NORTH, THEN HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW

UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST.

WASHINGTON, D.C. TO NEW YORK

CITY TO BOSTON.

AND WHERE THEY'RE COULD BE

SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW.

ROB MARCIANO TIMING IT OUT.

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS

INVOLVING ABORTION RIGHTS IN

THIS COUNTRY.

SOON FRONT AND CENTER IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN

FLORIDA.

THE STATE'S HIGHEST COURT THERE

ALLOWING FLORIDA'S SIX-WEEK

ABORTION BAN TO NOW TAKE EFFECT.

BUT TONIGHT, THE COURT SAYING

VOTERS THERE WILL HAVE THE FINAL

SAY.

SO, WILL ABORTION RIGHTS BE ON

THE BALLOT IN FLORIDA THIS

NOVEMBER, AND HOW COULD IT

EFFECT THE BIDEN/TRUMP REMATCH?

RACHEL SCOTT REPORTING.

>>> REMOVING THE BRIDGE.

TONIGHT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP,

YOU WILL SEE HOW CREWS ARE

CARVING UP THAT BALTIMORE

BRIDGE, PIECE BY PIECE, AND WHAT

THEY HAVE NOW DONE TONIGHT TO

CREATE A TEMPORARY CHANNEL.

>>> TONIGHT, THE SEARCH IN

DALLAS FOR A SUPER BOWL STAR.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PLAYER RASHEE

RICE REPORTEDLY WANTED BY POLICE

FOR QUESTIONING.

POLICE SAY DASH CAM VIDEO

APPEARS TO SHOW HIS CORVETTE

SPEEDING WITH A LAMBORGHINI,

TMZ OBTAINING IMAGES APPEARING

TO SHOW RICE AND SEVERAL OTHERS

WALKING AWAY FROM THE SCENE.

>>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, ISRAEL

NOW ACCUSED OF LAUNCHING A

DEADLY STRIKE ON THE IRANIAN

CONSULATE IN SYRIA.

IRAN CLAIMING TWO GENERALS AND

MULTIPLE SOLDIERS KILLED, SAYING

THEY WILL RESPOND.

>>> TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP'S

MEDIA COMPANY LOSING $2 BILLION

IN VALUE, AFTER IT WAS REVEALED

HOW MUCH THE COMPANY LOST LAST

YEAR.

AND THE WARNING NOW ABOUT HIS

FUTURE.

>>> TONIGHT, THE URGENT SEARCH

FOR TWO MISSING MOTHERS,

VANISHING ON THE WAY TO PICK UP

ONE OF THE MOTHER'S CHILDREN.

THEIR CAR FOUND ON THE SIDE OF

THE ROAD.

>>> TONIGHT, THE 35-YEAR-OLD

FORMER NFL STAR FOUND DEAD IN

HIS HOME IN FLORIDA.

WHAT WE'RE NOW LEARNING.

>>> ALSO T

>>> AND DOLLY PARTON TONIGHT,

AND WHAT SHE'S SAYING ABOUT

BEYONCE'S "JOLENE."

>>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT

TO BE BACK WITH ALL OF YOU AT

HOME.

WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL

BREAKING HEADLINES.

THE STORMS SWEEPING EAST.

TORNADO WATCHES UP RIGHT NOW,

HEAVY RAIN, SEVERAL INCHES OF

SNOW IN SOME PLACES.

>>> BUT WE START WITH THE

ALARMING SCENE IN ATLANTA TODAY.

A DRIVER SMASHING INTO THE GATE

AT ATLANTA'S FBI FIELD OFFICE.

THE INCIDENT, OF COURSE, RAISING

ALARM AMID HEIGHTENED VIGILANCE

FOR POSSIBLE THREATS NATIONWIDE

AGAINST THE FBI AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE VEHICLE

APPROACHED AND REFUSED TO STOP.

SECURITY UNLEASHING THAT

PHYSICAL BARRIER TO BLOCK THE

VEHICLE.

AGENTS AND BOMB TECHNICIANS

SEARCHING THE VEHICLE.

THE DRIVER ARRESTED, TAKEN TO

THE HOSPITAL.

ABC'S STEVE OSUNSAMI LEADING US

OFF FROM THE SCENE OUTSIDE

ATLANTA.

>> Reporter: THE DRIVER OF THIS

ORANGE SUV IS IN A WORLD OF

TROUBLE TONIGHT, AFTER TRYING TO

FOLLOW A VEHICLE INTO THE GATES

OF ATLANTA'S FBI MAIN OFFICE,

NORTH OF THE CITY.

IT WAS JUST AFTER NOON, AND

AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRIVER WITH

SOUTH CAROLINA PLATES WOULD NOT

STOP, AND SECURITY HAD TO USE A

POP-UP PHYSICAL BARRIER TO BLOCK

THE SUV, SMASHING THE VEHICLE.

GUARDS SAY THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF

THE CAR AND WAS QUICKLY ARRESTED

WITHOUT INCIDENT.

HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL

DOWNTOWN.

>> SEVERAL OF OUR SPECIAL

AGENTS WHO WERE PASSING BY

APPREHENDED HIM.

THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH

STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES.

>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES AT THIS

POINT DON'T THINK THAT THIS WAS

TERRORISM, BUT THE INVESTIGATION

IS EARLY AND THEY'RE STILL

DIGGING.

THE FBI HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY

CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE THREATS

TO THE AGENCY IN THE LAST FEW

YEARS.

>> SO, IT SORT OF OPENS THE DOOR

AS TO, WHAT IS THIS, REALLY?

IS THIS AN ATTEMPT TO HARM THE

FBI OR SOMEONE AT THE FBI?

IS THIS A PERSON WHO HAS MENTAL

HEALTH CHALLENGES?

PERHAPS HAS SUBSTANCE ABUSE

ISSUES?

GOT DISORIENTED?

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS SORTS

OUT.

>> Reporter: THEY SAY THE

AGENTS WITH THEIR ROBOT, WHO ARE

SEEN HERE LOOKING THROUGH THE

VEHICLE, AND A TRUNK THAT WAS

INSIDE THE SUV, DID SO AS A

PRECAUTION, AND FOUND NO WEAPONS

AND NO EXPLOSIVES.

THEY SAY NO ONE WAS HURT.

AUTHORITIES HERE ARE CONFIRMING

TONIGHT THAT THE ARRESTING

OFFICER SENT THE DRIVER TO GRADY

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DOWNTOWN FOR,

QUOTE, AN EVALUATION.

DAVID?

>> David: ALL OF THIS AMID

HEIGHTENED CONCERNS.

STEVE OSUNSAMI LEADING US OFF

TONIGHT.

STEVE, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THAT MAJOR

SPRING STORM ON THE MOVE AT THIS

HOUR.

TORNADO WATCHES UP AS WE'RE ON

TONIGHT ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES,

AND THEN THE NORTHEAST BRACING

FOR HEAVY RAIN AND LATE SEASON

SNOW.

TONIGHT, 40 MILLION AMERICANS ON

ALERT AT THIS HOUR, FROM TEXAS

TO WEST VIRGINIA.

THE TORNADO THREAT.

AND THEN, THE HEAVY RAIN FOR THE

MID-ATLANTIC AND THE NORTHEAST.

WASHINGTON, D.C., PHILADELPHIA,

NEW YORK CITY, ALL STARTING

TOMORROW.

POTENTIALLY SEVERAL INCHES OF

SNOW FURTHER INLAND.

SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB

MARCIANO TRACKING IT ALL FOR US

RIGHT HERE WITH US ON A MONDAY

NIGHT, HEY, ROB.

>> HI, DAVID.

A DANGEROUS 48 HOURS TO COME

TONIGHT.

WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE TORNADO

WATCHES THAT ARE POSTED, AND

FLOOD WATCHES.

ALREADY BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL IN

TEXAS.

AND THERE YOU SEE THE THREAT IS

GOING TO INCREASE AS THE LOW

LEVEL JET GETS CRANKING, THIS

SYSTEM BEGINS TO INTENSIFY.

OKLAHOMA CITY TO KANSAS CITY TO

ST. LOUIS, IN THROUGH CENTRAL

ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

THEN TOMORROW, A NORTHERN JET

DIPS DOWN AND AMPLIFIES

EVERYTHING.

IT'S GOING TO PUSH THE RAIN TO

THE EAST, GOING TO STRETCH OUT

THE SEVERE WEATHER TO THE SOUTH

AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE THE

TORNADO POSSIBILITIES, RIGHT

OVER OHIO, STRONG, LONG TRACK

TORNADOES POSSIBLE, THEN ON

WEDNESDAY, IT ALL BECOMES A

MASSIVE COLD CORE SYSTEM WITH

MORE RAIN IN THE EAST AND SNOW

WRAPPING AROUND THROUGH CHICAGO

AND IN THROUGH UPSTATE NEW YORK

AND NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

COULD SEE ONE TO TWO FEET OF

SNOW COME FRIDAY MORNING.

ALL EYES ON THE MIDWEST TONIGHT,

WE'RE HOPING FOR A SAFE 12 TO 24

HOURS TO COME.

DAVID?

>> David: TRACKING IT RIGHT INTO

THE EVENING HOURS FOR US.

ROB, THANK YOU.

>>> WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING

BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FLORIDA,

INVOLVING ABORTION RIGHTS.

THAT STATE'S HIGHEST COURT IN A

MAJOR RULING LATE TODAY ALLOWING

FLORIDA'S NEW SIX-WEEK ABORTION

BAN TO GO INTO EFFECT.

IT WILL BE ONE OF THE STRICTEST

ABORTION LAWS IN THE NATION.

BUT THE COURT ALSO SIGNALING

THAT VOTERS WILL GET THE FINAL

SAY ON THIS IN NOVEMBER.

THEY'LL VOTE ON THIS ISSUE OF

ABORTION RIGHTS AT THE SAME TIME

THEY'RE VOTING IN THE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

SO, LET'S GET RIGHT TO RACHEL

SCOTT TONIGHT.

RACHEL, FLORIDA VOTERS WILL

DECIDE ON ABORTION RIGHTS THERE,

AND THIS COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS

IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

>> Reporter: IT CERTAINLY COULD,

DAVID.

THESE WERE TWO SEPARATE

DECISIONS.

THE FLORIDA STATE SUPREME COURT

HAS CLEARED THE WAY FOR ONE OF

THE STRICTEST ABORTION BANS IN

THE COUNTRY TO GO INTO EFFECT.

BANNING ABORTION AT JUST SIX

WEEKS INTO A WOMAN'S PREGNANCY.

THAT IS BEFORE MOST WOMEN EVEN

KNOW THAT THEY ARE PREGNANT.

AND THEN, IN A SEPARATE

DECISION, THAT SAME COURT

ALLOWING THIS ISSUE TO BE PUT ON

THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

ALLOWING VOTERS TO DECIDE

WHETHER THEY WANT TO PROTECT

ACCESS TO ABORTION UP UNTIL

VIABILITY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED

TO BE AROUND 24 WEEKS INTO A

WOMAN'S PREGNANCY.

EITHER WAY, THIS WILL HAVE MAJOR

POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS.

WE KNOW THAT ABORTION RIGHTS HAS

WON IN ALL SIX STATES WHERE IT

HAS APPEARED ON THE BALLOT, EVEN

IN CONSERVATIVE STATES LIKE

KANSAS, OHIO, AND KENTUCKY.

AND THAT RAISES REAL QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHETHER FLORIDA COULD NOT

BE IN PLAY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN,

DAVID.

>> David: BOTH CAMPAIGNS

CERTAINLY LOOKING AT THIS

TONIGHT.

RACHEL SCOTT.

RACHEL, THANK YOU.

>>> TONIGHT, MEANWHILE, DONALD

TRUMP'S MEDIA COMPANY, WHICH

JUST WENT PUBLIC LAST WEEK, HAS

LOST $2 BILLION IN VALUE.

THE STOCK PRICE PLUNGING AFTER

IT WAS REVEALED HOW MUCH THE

COMPANY LOST LAST YEAR.

THE STOCK DOWN 21% IN A SINGLE

DAY TODAY, AND NOW THE WARNING

ABOUT ITS FUTURE.

HERE'S AARON KATERSKY.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, STOCK IN

DONALD TRUMP'S MEDIA COMPANY

TANKING AFTER TRUMP'S SOCIAL

MEDIA PLATFORM, TRUTH SOCIAL,

REPORTED LOSING $58 MILLION LAST

YEAR.

THE COMPANY WAS VALUED AT NEARLY

$10 BILLION AFTER IT WENT PUBLIC

LAST WEEK AS TRUMP SUPPORTERS

RUSHED TO SCOOP UP SHARES.

>> THE STOCK HAS GONE THROUGH

THE ROOF.

AND -- AND REALLY THIS IS, I

THINK IN THE TRUE SENSE, THIS IS

REALLY A GREAT SIGN OF WHERE THE

PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE

STANDING.

>> Reporter: TRUMP'S OWN

MAJORITY STAKE THEN WORTH CLOSE

TO $6 BILLION.

>> TRUTH SOCIAL IS DOING VERY

WELL, IT'S HOT AS A PISTOL AND

DOING GREAT.

>> Reporter: BUT TODAY, THAT

RUDE AWAKENING.

THE REVELATION OF LAST YEAR'S

LOSSES SENT THE STOCK PLUNGING

MORE THAN 20%.

AND THE VALUE OF TRUMP'S OWN

STAKE LOSING MORE THAN A BILLION

DOLLARS.

AND TONIGHT, THERE'S A REAL

QUESTION WHETHER TRUTH SOCIAL

CAN EVEN SURVIVE, DAVID.

AN AUDITOR IS QUOTED IN A

REGULATORY FILING SAYING THE $58

MILLION NET OPERATING LOSS LAST

YEAR RAISES SUBSTANTIAL LOSS

THAT TRUMP MEADEDIA CAN BE A VIE

COMPANY GOING FORWARD.

DAVID?

>> David: AARON KATERSKY, THANK

YOU.

>>> NEXT TONIGHT, TO THE SEARCH

IN DALLAS FOR A SUPER BOWL STAR,

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS PLAYER RASHEE

RICE, REPORTEDLY WANTED BY

POLICE FOR QUESTIONING AFTER A

CHAIN REACTION CRASH CAUGHT ON

POLICE CAMERA.

THE CORVETTE AND LAMBORGHINI

SPEEDING ON A DALLAS HIGHWAY.

THE LAMBORGHINI LOSING CONTROL,

HITTING SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES.

ONE WITH A MOTHER AND A

4-YEAR-OLD INSIDE.

SOURCES SAY THE CORVETTE WAS

REGISTERED TO RICE.

THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS IN

BOTH VEHICLES THEN LEAVING THE

SCENE.

ABC'S MIREYA VILLARREAL FROM

DALLAS TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, DASH

CAMERA VIDEO CAPTURING THIS

HIGH-SPEED CRASH ON A DALLAS

HIGHWAY.

>> WE HAVE TWO SUBJECTS THAT

FLED FROM THE SCENE.

>> Reporter: NOW, KANSAS CITY

CHIEFS WIDE RECEIVER RASHEE RICE

IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION

WITH THE ACCIDENT, ACCORDING TO

DALLAS ABC STATION WFAA SOURCES.

THE 23-YEAR-OLD RECENTLY WON THE

SUPER BOWL, AND WAS A SECOND

ROUND DRAFT PICK LAST YEAR.

TWO DRIVERS, ONE IN A CORVETTE

AND ONE IN A LAMBORGHINI, SEEN

SPEEDING, HITTING THE CENTER

MEDIAN AND LOSING CONTROL

SATURDAY EVENING.

A CASCADE OF HITS INVOLVING SIX

VEHICLES, FOUR PEOPLE TREATED

FOR MINOR INJURIES, INCLUDING

KAYLA QUINN AND HER 4-YEAR-OLD

SON.

>> THE IMPACT WAS PRETTY HARD.

I GOT HIT ON MY DRIVER SIDE.

MY SON, HE'S VERY SCARED, HE'S

SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY.

>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY THE

OCCUPANTS OF THE CORVETTE AND

LAMBORGHINI ALL RAN FROM THE

SCENE WITHOUT STOPPING TO

DETERMINE IF ANYONE NEEDED

MEDICAL HELP.

TMZ SPORTS SHARING THIS PHOTO AS

THEY WALKED DOWN THE BUSY

HIGHWAY SHOULDER.

SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THE

CORVETTE IS REGISTERED UNDER

RICE'S NAME, AND SOME OF HIS NFL

GEAR WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUND INSIDE.

ACCORDING TO TEXAS LAW, LEAVING

THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT

INVOLVING INJURY COULD BE A

CRIME.

>> THEY ALL WALKED OFF TOGETHER,

WHICH MEANS THERE WAS A

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO

CARS, SO, THAT MAY ALSO ADD TO

THE ELEMENT OR SERIOUSNESS OF

THE CHARGES.

>> Reporter: DAVID, LATE TODAY,

AN ATTORNEY FOR RICE SAID HE IS

WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES

TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION

RESPONSIBLY, AND WE ALSO KNOW

THAT THE CHIEFS PRESIDENT

COMMENTED ON A LOCAL RADIO

STATION, SAYING THEY ARE

GATHERING INFORMATION AND FACTS,

AND THEY WILL RESPOND

ACCORDINGLY.

DAVID?

>> David: ALL RIGHT, MIREYA, OUR

THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT.

>>> THERE IS ALSO AN YOURURGENT

SEARCH THIS EVENING FOR TWO

MOTHERS WHO ARE MISSING, ONE OF

THEM, A PASTOR'S WIFE.

THEY VANISHED ON THE WAY TO PICK

UP ONE OF THE MOTHER'S CHILDREN.

THE CAR THEY WERE IN HAS BEEN

FOUND IN OKLAHOMA.

HERE'S ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE URGENT

SEARCH ALONG THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA

BORDER FOR TWO MISSING MOTHERS

WHO VANISHED THE DAY BEFORE

EASTER WHILE DRIVING TO PICK UP

CHILDREN.

>> THEY'RE GONE.

AND NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY

EXACTLY WENT.

>> Reporter: 39-YEAR-OLD

JILIAN KELLEY, THE WIFE OF A

PASTOR AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

IN HUGOTON, KANSAS, WAS

TRAVELING WITH 27-YEAR-OLD

VERONICA BUTLER.

ACCORDING TO BUTLER'S CHURCH,

THE TWO WOMEN WERE ON THEIR WAY

TO GET BUTLER'S CHILDREN FOR A

BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT THEY NEVER

MADE THE PICKUP.

>> IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAS NOT

A WILLING INCIDENT ON THEIR OWN

TO HAVE TAKEN OFF.

IT LOOKS TO BE THAT THERE IS

SOMETHING MORE INVOLVED.

>> Reporter: BUTLER'S BLUE KIA

FOUND ABANDONED ON THE SIDE OF

THE ROAD ABOUT 40 MILES AWAY IN

RURAL TEXAS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA.

>> THERE IS EVERY REASON TO

BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD BE IN

DANGER.

>> Reporter: AT AN EASTER

SERVICE, PRAYERS FOR THEIR SAFE

RETURN.

>> WE'RE GOING TO WRAP OUR ARMS

AROUND THE KELLEY FAMILY, WE'RE

GOING TO LOVE THEM.

LORD WE LIFT UP JILIAN, WE LIFT

UP VERONICA, WE PRAY FOR THEIR

SAFETY.

>> Reporter: THE PASTOR AT

BUTLER'S CHURCH DESCRIBES THE

WOMEN MORE AS ACQUAINTANCES THAN

FRIENDS.

TONIGHT, THEIR COMMUNITY WILL

GATHER FOR A VIGIL.

DAVID?

>> David: VICTOR, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN TO BALTIMORE

TONIGHT, AND THE FIRST MAJOR

STEP, AS WORKERS THERE TRY TO

CAREFULLY REMOVE WHAT'S LEFT OF

THAT MASSIVE BRIDGE THAT CAME

DOWN.

A 200-TON PIECE OF THAT BRIDGE

HAS NOW BEEN CUT AWAY AND LIFTED

OFF.

AND WHAT THEY'VE NOW DONE

TONIGHT TO TRY TO OPEN THAT

WATERWAY.

TERRY MORAN IS ON THE SCENE FOR

US.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, PERCHED ON

GIANT CRANES ABOVE THE COLLAPSED

BRIDGE, AND USING POWERFUL

THERMAL SAWS, DEMOLITION CREWS

CUT AND REMOVED THE FIRST MAJOR

PIECE OF DEBRIS -- MORE THAN

200 TONS, 440,000 POUNDS.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING

THAT IS ALMOST THE SIZE OF THE

STATUE OF LIBERTY.

>> Reporter: THE CREWS MUST

PAINSTAKINGLY CLEAR THE ENTIRE

SPAN OF THE DESTROYED

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE PIECE

BY PIECE.

BUT OFFICIALS ARE NOW SAYING

THAT UNDER THOSE MURKY WATERS,

DIVERS CAN'T SEE A FOOT IN FRONT

OF THEM.

AND WITH THE CHAOTIC WRECKAGE --

ALL THAT MANGLED INTERTWINED

STEEL ABOVE AND BELOW THE

WATERLINE -- THE SITE IS A

SAFETY NIGHTMARE.

>> EVERY TIME SOMEONE GOES IN

THE WATER, THEY ARE TAKING A

RISK.

EVERY TIME WE MOVE A PIECE OF

THE STRUCTURE, THE SITUATION

COULD BECOME EVEN MORE

DANGEROUS.

WE HAVE TO MOVE FAST, BUT WE

CANNOT BE CARELESS.

>> Reporter: AND THAT'S ACTUALLY

JUST A SMALL STEP FORWARD IN

THIS MONUMENTAL OPERATION.

ANOTHER MILESTONE -- WORKERS

OPENED A TEMPORARY 11-FOOT-DEEP

SHIPPING CHANNEL, CLEARING A

PATH FOR EMERGENCY AND SOME

SMALL COMMERCIAL VESSELS TO USE

THE HARBOR AGAIN.

OFFICIALS HERE MADE CLEAR TODAY

THAT THAT WORK OUT THERE IS

GOING TO BE HARDER, MORE

DANGEROUS, AND TAKE LONGER THAN

EVEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

MONTHS, PROBABLY, BEFORE THE

PART OF BALTIMORE IS FULLY OPEN,

MAYBE LONGER.

ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN COMES

HERE TO SEE IT FOR HIMSELF.

DAVID?

>> David: THAT IS STILL AN

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE RIGHT THERE

BEHIND YOU.

TERRY MORAN STILL ON THE SCENE

FOR US.

TERRY, THANK YOU.

>>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, THE

SMOLDERING DEBRIS, WITH IRAN NOW

ACCUSING ISRAEL OF LAUNCHING A

DEADLY STRIKE ON THE IRANIAN

CONSULATE IN SYRIA.

IRAN TONIGHT CLAIMING TWO

GENERALS AND MULTIPLE SOLDIERS

HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND SAYING

THEY WILL RESPOND.

BRITT CLENNETT TONIGHT FROM

ISRAEL.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, IRAN

CLAIMING IT WAS AN ISRAELI AIR

STRIKE THAT REDUCED ITS

CONSULATE BUILDING TO RUBBLE IN

DAMASCUS, SYRIA, KILLING TWO TOP

IRANIAN MILITARY COMMANDERS.

OFFICIALS SAY AT LEAST SEVEN

PEOPLE DIED, AS EMERGENCY

RESPONDERS SIFTED THROUGH THE

TWISTED METAL LOOKING FOR

SURVIVORS.

THE MULTI-STORY BUILDING NEXT TO

THE EMBASSY LEFT IN SMOKING

RUINS, REPORTEDLY HIT BY SIX

MISSILES FROM ISRAELI WARPLANES.

IRAN VOWING TO RESPOND TONIGHT,

AS TENSIONS WITH ISRAEL

ESCALATE.

THIS, AS ISRAELI LEADER BENJAMIN

NETANYAHU FACES THE LARGEST

PROTESTS SINCE THE START OF THE

WAR.

PASSIONATE CRIES FROM THE

PROTESTERS CALLING FOR AN

ELECTION AND FOR NETANYAHU TO

STEP DOWN.

THE DEMONSTRATIONS AT TIMES

TENSE.

PROTESTERS CLASHING WITH

OFFICERS.

SOME HOSTAGE FAMILIES, LIKE THE

GRANDSON OF GHAIM PERI, TAKING

PART TO VOICE THEIR FRUSTRATION

AT NETANYAHU.

DO YOU THINK HE WILL STEP DOWN?

>> NO, OF COURSE NOT.

HE'S CLUTCHING THE SEAT, HIS

THRONE.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE FIGHTING

HERE.

BECAUSE HE'S NOT WILLING TO GO

DOWN.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, DAVID,

AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING

FOREIGNERS, WERE KILLED IN A CAR

EXPLOSION WHILE DELIVERING AID

IN NORTHERN GAZA.

AND WE'RE ALSZ LEARNING IN TALKS

BETWEEN U.S. AND ISRAELI

NEGOTIATORS OVER A PLANNED

INVASION OF RAFAH, THAT ISRAEL

AGREED TO TAKE CIVILIAN

CASUALTIES INTO ACCOUNT.

DAVID?