ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - March 30, 2024

>> Mary: TONIGHT, SEVERAL

DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE COME ON

THE AIR.

THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON BOARD

A UNITED JET HITTING SEVERE

TURBULENCE AS IT TRIED TO LAND.

THE INCIDENT COMING AS MILLIONS

PACK AIRPORTS FOR THE HOLIDAY

RUSH.

EFFORTS NOW UNDER WAY TO CLEAR

WRECKAGE FROM THE BRIDGE

COLLAPSE IN BALTIMORE.

CUTTING INTO THE TONS OF MANGLED

STEEL AND AUTHORITIES IN SEVERAL

STATES INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO

CRACK DOWN ON HOME SQUATTERS.

>>> FIRST, MILLIONS HIT THE

SKIES AND THE ROADS, THE TSA

ALREADY SEEING ITS BUSIEST

TRAVEL DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR.

TRAVEL NUMBERS REACHING LEVELS

SEEN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE

THANKSGIVING AND WINTER HOLIDAY

RUSH.

AMID THE CRUNCH, A FLIGHT FROM

TEL AVIV DIVERTED AS IT TRIED TO

LAND AT NEWARK AIRPORT HITTING

SEVERE TURBULENCE.

SEVERAL PASSENGERS TREATED FOR

MOTION SICKNESS.

THE ROADS PACKED DESPITE HIGHER

GAS PRICES.

OUR TEAM TRACKING IT ALL.

>>> THE WEATHER EXPECTED TO HAVE

AN IMPACT IN THE WEST.

MORE THAN 20 MILLION AMERICANS

ON ALERT FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING

AS A POWERFUL CROSS-COUNTRY

STORM HITS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WINTER WEATHER ALERTS FROM THE

CALIFORNIA MOUNTAINS INTO PARTS

OF THE ROCKIES.

CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING

CONDITIONS.

THAT SYSTEM SWEEPING EAST

EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE NORTHEAST

EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OUR WEATHER TEAM TIMING IT ALL

OUT.

>>> THE UNPRECEDENTED AROUND THE

CLOCK SALVAGE EFFORT GETS UNDER

WAY IN BALTIMORE.

OFFICIALS BRINGING IN HEAVY

EQUIPMENT BEGINNING THE PROCESS

TO MOVE MILLIONS OF TONS OF

WRECKAGE FROM THE KEY BRIDGE.

OUR TEAM TALKING TO ONE OF THE

LAST PEOPLE TO DRIVE OVER THAT

BRIDGE BEFORE IT CAME CRASHING

DOWN.

HIS FIRST TELEVISION INTERVIEW.

>>> OVERSEAS, THE URGENT EFFORT

TO BRING AID TO GAZA.

THREE SHIPS LOADED WITH 400 TONS

OF MUCH NEEDED FOOD SET OFF FROM

CYPRESS.

AMID DIRE WARNINGS OF FAMINE,

THAT'S FROM ISRAEL.

>>> A DETERMINED POPE FRANCIS

PREPARES FOR EASTER SUNDAY

RETURNING FOR SERVICES AMID

RENEWED CONCERNS ABOUT HIS

HEALTH.

>>> THE CRACKDOWN ON HOUSING

SQUATTERS, NEW YORK, GEORGIA,

ALABAMA TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER

FOR HOMEOWNERS TO GET THEIR

PROPERTY BACK HOPING TO JOIN

FLORIDA IN CHANGING THE LAW AND

CRIMINALIZE THE PRACTICE.

>>> THE OREGON MAN LUCKY TO BE

ALIVE.

A RUNAWAY SAW BLADE COMING TOO

CLOSE TO COMFORT.

>>> AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT.

THE YOUNG BASEBALL PLAYER, WHAT

IT TOOK FOR HIM TO REACH HIS

FIELD OF DREAMS.

HIS MESSAGE TO LIVE EVERY DAY TO

THE FULLEST.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS

WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,

THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT."

>> GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR

JOINING US.

I'M MARY BRUCE IN FOR WHIT

JOHNSON.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A

TERRIFYING AIR SQUARE JUST AS

MILLIONS HIT THE ROADS FOR THIS

BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

SEVERAL PEOPLE BECOMING ILL

AFTER A UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT

HEADED FROM TEL AVIV TO NEWARK,

NEW JERSEY, ENCOUNTERED HIGH

WINDS AND TURBULENCE.

THAT FLIGHT DIVERTED ABOUT 70

MILES NORTHWARD.

TO STEWART INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT.

SOME PASSENGERS COMPLAINING OF

NAUSEA, MOTION SICKNESS AND

CHEST PAIN AND IT ORIGINALLY

REACHED NEWARK INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT.

ALL THIS COMING AS THE TSA

SCREENS ITS LARGEST NUMBER OF

PASSENGERS OF THE YEAR SO FAR.

MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION ON

THURSDAY.

OUTPACING TRAVEL ON THE FRIDAY

BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THE DAY

BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

AND AIR TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO

GET EVEN BUSIER AS MILLIONS TAKE

TO THE SKIES AHEAD OF THE SOLAR

ECLIPSE.

ABC'S PHIL LIPOF LEADS US OFF

TONIGHT FROM NEWARK

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AIRPORTS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY PACKED WITH

PASSENGERS.

>> A LOT OF CONGESTION AT TIMES.

>> Reporter: THE TSA SCREENING

MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE

THURSDAY ALONE, HEADING INTO THE

HOLIDAY WEEKEND, MAKING IT THE

BUSIEST DAY THIS YEAR SO FAR.

MORE PASSENGERS THAN THE FRIDAY

BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND THE DAY

BEFORE THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE CROWDS?

A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAVELING WITH

YOU?

>> YEAH.

YEAH, OUR PLANE WAS MORE PACKED

THAN GOING OUT.

>> Reporter: BUT THE HOLIDAY

WEEKEND NOT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

A UNITED FLIGHT FROM TEL AVIV TO

NEWARK, MAKING AN UNSCHEDULED

STOP, DIVERTING LATE FRIDAY TO

ORANGE COUNTY,NEW YORK,AFTER

ENCOUNTERING HEAVY TURBULENCE.

>> YEAH, IT'S QUITE WINDY TODAY,

AND THEY SAID THE FLIGHT WAS

PRETTY ROUGH COMING INTO

NEWARK, BUT WE HAD AMBULANCES

HERE FROM NEW WINDSOR AND

MULTIPLE SURROUNDING AGENCIES.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT,

UNITED SAYING ONE PASSENGER

DEPLANED DUE TO A MEDICAL

INCIDENT AND OTHERS WERE SEEN

FOR MOTION SICKNESS.

>> THEY ADVISED OUR CREW THAT

THEY HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE ON THE

PLANE COMPLAINING OF NAUSEA,

SOME CHEST PAIN FROM THE

TURBULENCE.

>> Reporter: THE PLANE

EVENTUALLY MAKING IT TO NEWARK,

AND IF YOU ARE ON THE ROAD THIS

WEEKEND, YOU WILL SPEND MORE ON

GAS.

PRICES SLOWLY RISING THROUGHOUT

THE YEAR WITH THE AVERAGE

HOVERING AROUND $3.53 A GALLON.

THAT'S UP 19 CENTS FROM LAST

MONTH'S AVERAGE, AND UP

THREE CENTS FROM THIS TIME LAST

YEAR.

>> PHIL LIPOF JOINS US FROM

NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

PHIL, EVEN BEFORE THIS BUSY

WEEKEND IS OVER, THE FAA WITH A

HEADS-UP FOR NEXT WEEK, AS WELL.

>> Reporter: MARY, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE FAA PREDICTING NEXT WEEK

WILL BE THE BUSIEST OF THE

SPRING BREAK TRAVEL SEASON AND

A REMINDER, THERE IS A LOT OF

EXCITEMENT

SURROUNDING THE TOTAL SOLAR

ECLIPSE HAPPENING APRIL 8th AND

MANY MAKING TRIPS JUST FOR THAT.

THEY CAN EXPECT LIMITED PARKING

AND DELAYS

ALONG THE ECLIPSE'S PATH FROM

TEXAS TO MAINE.

MARY.

>> IT WILL BE SOMETHING TO SEE.

PHIL, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE WEATHER

AND MILLIONS ON ALERT IN THE

WEST AS A MAJOR STORM BRINGS

FLOODING AND HEAVY SNOW.

THIS VIDEO CAPTURING THE

SWIRLING STORM CLOSING IN ON THE

COAST AND HEAVY SNOW IS SLAMMING

THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS IN

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAUSING LOW

VISIBILITY AND STRANDING

DRIVERS.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO BRITTANY BELL

FROM NEW YORK STATION WABC

TRACKING IT ALL.

BRITTANY, TIME THIS OUT FOR US.

>> Reporter: PARTS OF CALIFORNIA

WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW FOR

THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

THE LATEST ALERTS.

A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ALSO WINTER

ALERTS STRETCHING FROM

CALIFORNIA ALL THE WAY TO THE

ROCKIES.

LOOK AT ARIZONA, THE ENTIRE

STATE UNDER A WIND ADVISORY.

GUSTS OVER 40 MILES PER HOUR ARE

POSSIBLE.

SO STILL PRETTY MESSY ON EASTER

SUNDAY OUT WEST BUT NICER THE

FARTHER EAST YOU GO.

SPOTS LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY AND

NASHVILLE, HIGHS AROUND 80 AND

MAINLY DRY BUT THE SEVERE THREAT

MOVES EAST ON MONDAY.

NUMEROUS SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE

STRETCHING FROM TEXAS ALL THE

WAY TO INDIANA.

THEY COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING

WINDS, VERY LARGE HAIL AND

TORNADOES.

MARY.

>> OKAY, BRITTANY, THANK YOU.

>>> WE MOVE ON TO THE URGENT

SALVAGE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS IN

BALTIMORE.

THESE MASSIVE CRANES ARE BEING

USED TO REMOVE WRECKAGE FROM THE

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE.

CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE

CLOCK AFTER THE DEADLY BRIDGE

DISASTER.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM A

MOTORIST WHO SAYS HE WAS ONE OF

THE LAST TO CROSS THE BRIDGE

BEFORE IT COLLAPSED.

HERE'S ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIVE DAYS

AFTER THE COLLAPSE, THE FIRST

PIECES OF DEBRIS OF THE

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE,

BLOCKING BALTIMORE HARBOR, NOW

IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REMOVED.

THE START OF A GRUELING PROCESS.

DIVERS AND OTHER CREW PREPARING

TO CUT UP PIECES OF THE TANGLED

STEEL TO BE LIFTED OUT OF THE

WATER.

THAT TASK MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY

DANGEROUS DEBRIS, SHARP METAL,

AND ELECTRICAL WIRES, SENT

FLYING WHEN THAT CONTAINER SHIP

LOST POWER, COLLIDING WITH THE

BRIDGE.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WRECKAGE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PIECES OF

THE KEY BRIDGE THAT ARE IN THE

WATER.

>> Reporter: STATE LEADERS

UNABLE TO SAY WHEN THE CLOSED

PORT, TIED TO 8,000 JOBS, WILL

REOPEN, SAYING THEIR FOCUS IS ON

RECOVERING THE BODIES OF

FOUR MISSING CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS, PRESUMED DEAD.

THAT BLOCKED OFF VITAL ROADWAY

LEAVING PEOPLE LIKE

LARRY DeSANTIS, THE HEAD BAKER

AT HERMAN'S BAKERY, IN THE

LURCH.

EVERY DAY FOR 16 YEARS, LARRY

TAKING THE KEY BRIDGE BACK AND

FORTH, COMMUTING IN THE

OVERNIGHT HOURS BETWEEN HIS

TWO JOBS.

LARRY TELLING US HE WAS ONE OF

THE LAST PEOPLE TO CROSS THAT

BRIDGE JUST BEFORE ITS COLLAPSE.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE SEEING THAT

VIDEO?

>> YEAH, IT WAS -- IT JUST --

YOU KNOW, IT MAKES ME THINK.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M -- I'M

REALLY LUCKY.

>> Reporter: YEAH.

YOU'RE LUCKY.

YOU'RE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.

>> NO, EXACTLY.

NO, EXACTLY.

I MEAN, IF I DID ONE MINUTE

LATER, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

>> Reporter: LOCALS HERE, STILL

REELING.

PAM RIGBY ONE OF SEVERAL

CATCHING THEIR FIRST GLIMPSES

TODAY OF THE BALTIMORE SKYLINE

WITHOUT THE KEY BRIDGE.

>> IT'S DIFFERENT THAN SEEING IT

ON TV THOUGH, SEEING IT IN REAL

LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FAR AWAY WE

STILL FEEL IT.

>> HAVING SUCH A HUGE IMPACT AND

JAY O'BRIEN JOINS US FROM THE

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE AND,

JAY, WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THE

SEARCH FOR THE MISSING WORKERS?

>> Reporter: MARY, THE REMAINS

OF TWO OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION

WORKERS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED BUT

DIVERS HAVE HAD TO TEMPORARILY

SUSPEND THE SEARCH FOR THE

OTHERS BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS

OFFICIALS SAY CONDITIONS HAVE

BEEN OUT HERE ON THE WATER RIGHT

NOW CLEARING ALL OF THIS

REMAINING DEBRIS IS ESSENTIAL TO

THAT ONGOING SEARCH EFFORT.

MARY.

>> WE, OF COURSE, ARE THINKING

OF THEIR FAMILIES TONIGHT, JAY,

THANK YOU.

>>> TUNE IN TO "THIS WEEK"

TOMORROW.

MARTHA RADDATZ SPEAKS TO CHRIS

VAN HOLLEN ABOUT THE RECOVERY

EFFORTS.

>>> OVERSEAS AND LATE WORD THAT

CEASE-FIRE TALKS ARE SET TO

RESUME TOMORROW BETWEEN HAMAS

AND ISRAEL AS PRESIDENT BIDEN

FACES CRITICISM FOR CONTINUING

TO SEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN

BOMBS AND FIGHTER JETS TO ISRAEL

AS PART OF A LONG-STANDING

AGREEMENT AND AS A THREE-SHIP

CONVOY HEADS TO GAZA TO DELIVER

FOOD AND OTHER SUPPLIES AMID

CONCERNS OF STARVATION IN THE

REGION.

ABC'S BRITT CLENNETT IN TEL AVIV

TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION SENDING A NEW

ROUND OF WEAPONS FOR ISRAEL

DESPITE A RIFT OVER AN

ANTICIPATED MILITARY OFFENSIVE

IN SOUTHERN GAZA.

PRESIDENT BIDEN REPORTEDLY

GREENLIGHTING

BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF

WEAPONS AS PART OF A

LONG-STANDING AGREEMENT.

"THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTING

THAT THE NEW ARMS TRANSFER

INCLUDE 2,000-POUND BOMBS LINKED

TO AIR ATTACKS IN GAZA CAUSING

MASS CASUALTIES.

SOME DEMOCRATS HAD BEEN URGING

BIDEN TO HALT U.S. MILITARY

SUPPORT UNTIL ISRAEL ALLOWS THE

DELIVERY OF DESPERATELY NEEDED

AID INTO GAZA WHERE THE U.N.

WARNS FAMINE IS IMMINENT.

IT COMES AS A CONVOY OF AID

SHIPS SET SAIL TODAY FOR GAZA,

CARRYING 400 TONS OF FOOD.

UNICEF SPOKESPERSON JAMES ELDER

SPEAKING TO ME BY PHONE SAYING

NOT NEARLY ENOUGH AID IS GETTING

IN.

>> AT A MALNUTRITION WARD,

CHILDREN THAT ARE PAPER THIN,

MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS, AND

THEY ARE STANDING OVER THESE

DESPERATELY EMACIATED CHILDREN,

YET THERE IS A CROSSING 10 TO 15

MINUTES AWAY, THIS IS WHAT'S SO

FRUSTRATING.

>> Reporter: ON THE STREETS OF

GAZA, CHILDREN SELL WHATEVER

THEY CAN TO STAVE OFF HUNGER.

MOHAMMED SAYING, HE'S TRYING TO

MAKE MONEY SO MY BROTHERS AND I

CAN EAT. SPEAKING FROM A

MAKESHIFT CAMP IN RAFAH, THIS

WOMAN'S FAMILY ARE AMONG THE

1.3 MILLION DISPLACED PEOPLE WHO

COULD BE EVACUATED IF THERE IS

AN ISRAELI LAND INVASION.

THE CITY ALREADY FACING DAILY

ISRAELI BOMBARDMENT.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU ARE

GOING TO BE ATTACKED.

OUR NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN KILLED.

THEY WERE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY,

AND THEY WERE KILLED, SO WE EACH

NIGHT WE THINK WE MIGHT BE THE

NEXT.

>> Reporter: MARY, ISRAEL SAYS

ITS GOAL IS TO DESTROY HAMAS'

CAPABLES.

AND WE'RE TOLD A

DELEGATION WILL LEAVE FOR CAIRO

TOMORROW FOR TALKS WITH HAMAS

AGAIN ABOUT RELEASING HOSTAGES

AND A CEASE-FIRE.

MARY.

>> ALL EYES WILL BE ON THOSE

TALKS, BRITT, THANK YOU.

>>> POPE FRANCIS IS BACK ON THE

JOB TODAY PRESIDING OVER THE

EASTER VIGIL.

THAT'S AFTER SKIPPING A GOOD

FRIDAY PROCESSION TO PRESERVE

HIS HEALTH AHEAD OF THE BUSY

EASTER SUNDAY.

THE 87-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF HAS

FACED MULTIPLE HEALTH ISSUES IN

RECENT MONTHS AND NOW NEEDS A

WHEELCHAIR OR CANE TO MOVE

AROUND.

HERE'S INES DE LA CUETARA.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

POPE FRANCIS PRESIDING OVER THE

SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL ON HOLY

NIGHT IN ROME.

CLOSE TO 6,000 PEOPLE PACKING

ST. PETER'S BASILICA.

THE POPE SITTING MOST OF THE

TIME, EARNESTLY DELIVERING A

TEN-MINUTE HOMILY.

AND IN THE DARKENED CATHEDRAL,

STEPPING BACK INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

AFTER SKIPPING THE WAY OF THE

CROSS PROCESSION AT THE LAST

MINUTE ON GOOD FRIDAY.

THE VATICAN SAYS, TO PRESERVE

HIS HEALTH AHEAD OF THE

WEEKEND'S EVENTS.

THE POPE SHAKING HANDS AND

LOOKING SPRIGHTLY AS HE LEFT

SATURDAY'S SERVICE.

THE PONTIFF IS 87 YEARS OLD.

AND SUFFERS FROM MOBILITY AND

RESPIRATORY ISSUES.

JUST LAST MONTH, HE CONTRACTED

THE FLU AND WAS TAKEN TO THE

HOSPITAL FOR TESTS, BUT THE POPE

MAINTAINS HE HAS NO SERIOUS

AILMENTS.

THIS WEEK HE APPEARED TO BE IN

GOOD HEALTH, READING HIS

PREPARED REMARKS IN FULL ON

WEDNESDAY AND WASHING THE FEET

OF WOMEN PRISONERS ON

HOLY THURSDAY, PERFORMING THE

RITUAL OF SERVICE FROM HIS

WHEELCHAIR.

AND EARLIER FRIDAY LEADING A

TWO-HOUR SERVICE AT ST PETER'S

BASILICA, AND WE'RE ALSO

EXPECTING TO SEE THE POPE

DELIVER A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND

PEACE AT MASS TOMORROW FOR

EASTER SUNDAY.

HE'S SET TO OFFER HIS BLESSINGS

TO A PACKED ST. PETER'S SQUARE,

AND TO OVER A BILLION CATHOLICS

AROUND THE WORLD.

MARY.

>> OKAY, INES, THANK YOU.

>>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., A

GROWING CRISIS IN AMERICA.

SQUATTERS VERSUS HOMEOWNERS.

IT'S PROMPTING SOME STATES TO

CRACK DOWN.

FLORIDA NOW THE FIRST STATE TO

CRIMINALIZE SQUATTING.

THE QUESTION, WILL OTHERS SOON

FOLLOW?

MORE NOW FROM ABC'S JACLYN LEE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE

GROWING CRACKDOWN ON SQUATTING.

NEW YORK, GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA

WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO JOIN

FLORIDA IN CRIMINALIZING THE

BRAZEN ACT THIS WEEK.

>> YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE

TO COMMANDEER SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE

PROPERTY AND EXPECT TO GET AWAY

WITH IT.

>> Reporter: NATIONWIDE,

SQUATTER LAWS VARY STATE TO

STATE WITH NO NATIONWIDE

ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE.

IF A HOMEOWNER DISCOVERS A

SQUATTER, LAW ENFORCEMENT'S

HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE IT'S

CONSIDERED A CIVIL MATTER.

>> IF YOU TOUCH ME AGAIN --

>> Reporter: TWO MOMS IN

LOS ANGELES FOUND THIS OUT THE

HARD WAY AFTER A SQUATTER

COMMANDEERED THIS

$3 MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY DOWN

THE STREET.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A CONSTANT

PROBLEM.

THEY'RE AROUND, THEY'RE HELPING

THEMSELVES TO NEIGHBORS'

PACKAGES.

>> Reporter: IN NEW YORK CITY,

UNDER STATE LAW A SQUATTER IS

CONSIDERED A TENANT AFTER

30 DAYS, AND BECAUSE IT'S A

LANDLORD-TENANT DISPUTE, THE

HOMEOWNER IS FORCED INTO A

LENGTHY COURT PROCESS TO EVICT

THEM.

ONE SQUATTING INCIDENT IN NEW

YORK TURNED INTO A MURDER

INVESTIGATION.

A 52-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FOUND IN A

DUFFEL BAG AFTER DISCOVERING

SQUATTERS IN HER LATE MOTHER'S

VACANT APARTMENT.

>> SQUATTERS ARE SELF-ENTITLED,

CRIMINAL TYPE.

>> Reporter: FLASH SHELTON, WHO

CALLS HIMSELF THE SQUATTER

HUNTER, SAYS HE HELPS HOMEOWNERS

ACROSS THE COUNTRY GET RID OF

SQUATTERS BY MOVING IN WITH THEM

AND OUTSQUATTING THE SQUATTER.

I OWN A HOME, AND YOU'RE TELLING

ME, SOMEONE CAN JUST COME IN AND

SET UP SHOP, AND THEY DON'T HAVE

TO LEAVE?

>> YEAH, I'VE HAD MANY CASES

WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE JUST ON

VACATION.

YOU CALL THE POLICE, AND THEY

JUST SAY, LOOK, I LIVE HERE, AND

YOU HAVE A CIVIL MATTER ON YOUR

HANDS.

>> Reporter: MARY, WHEN A

HOMEOWNER TAKES A SQUATTER TO

COURT IT CAN TAKE YEARS AND

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS JUST TO GET

THEM EVICTED.

WHAT THE NEW FLORIDA LAW DOES,

IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN A

TENANT AND A SQUATTER, ALLOWING

LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REMOVE THE

SQUATTER IMMEDIATELY.

IT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1st.

>> SUCH A CHALLENGE, JACLYN,

THANK YOU.

>>> NOW TO AN EMOTIONAL DAY HERE

IN NEW YORK.

THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS GATHERED

TO PAY THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO

FALLEN NYPD OFFICER JONATHAN

DILLER.

HE WAS GUNNED DOWN EARLIER THIS

WEEK DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC

STOP IN QUEENS.

NYPD OFFICERS JOINING THE

PROCESSION TO A CHURCH IN LONG

ISLAND.

DILLER, A THREE-YEAR NYPD

VETERAN LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE AND

1-YEAR-OLD SON.

>>> THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE

AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT"

THIS SATURDAY.

>>> THE DRAMATIC RESCUE IN THE

GULF OF MEXICO.

THE COAST GUARD PULLING A LONE

KAYAKER TO SAFETY.

>>> AND THE TERRIFYING NEAR-MISS

CAPTURED ON CAMERA.

WHY ONE OREGON MAN IS LUCKY TO

BE ALIVE.

>> Mary: NEXT TONIGHT A DRAMATIC

RESCUE IN NORTHERN FLORIDA.

THE COAST GUARD LOCATING A

MISSING KAYAKER IN THE GULF OF

MEXICO AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE

HOURS' LONG SEARCH.

CREW MEMBERS RAPPELLING FROM A

HELICOPTER TO REACH HIM.

FRIENDS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

AIDING IN THE SEARCH FOR CHRIS

SMELLYE

SMELLEY, A QUARTERBACK AND

IS

FATHER OF FOUR EXPECTED TO

RECOVER.

>>> STAYING IN FLORIDA, TEN

PEOPLE WERE RESCUED WHEN THEIR

AIRBOAT FLIPPED OVER IN

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK.

OFFICIALS SAY THE BOAT TURNED

SUDDENLY CAUSING THE PASSENGERS

TO FALL INTO THE WATER.

THE BOAT THEN LANDING ON ITS

SIDE.

ONE PERSON WAS TREATED AT THE

SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.

THE AIRBOAT OPERATOR WAS

ARRESTED.

OFFICIALS SAY HE LACKED THE

PROPER CERTIFICATION.

>>> AN OREGON MAN IS SHAKEN BUT