ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April 21, 2024

Linsey: TONIGHT, WE FOLLOW SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES. SECURITY CONCERNS AND A WARNING TO JEWISH STUDENTS IN THE EVE OF PASSOVER. THE APRIL FREEZE THAT COULD IMPACT MILLIONS. AND MORE TURBO IN CONGRESS. WHY THE HOUSE SPEAKER'S JOB MAY BE AT STAKE ONCE AGAIN. FIRST, NEW YORK POLICE ARE INCREASING SECURITY AHEAD OF PESCU, WARNING THAT PEOPLE AND JEWISH INSTITUTIONS ARE POSSIBLE TARGETS. NOW A PROMINENT RABBI AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS ADVISING JEWISH STUDENTS TO STAY OFF CAMPUS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE CALLS EXTREME ANTISEMITISM. THE UNIVERSITY IS UNDER MAJOR CLOSURE AMID GROWING PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS. 65 MILLION AMERICANS IN 20 STATES ARE UNDER FREEZE WARNINGS TONIGHT.

FARMERS CLOSELY WATCH THEIR CROPS. THE GREAT CHANGE ON THE HORIZON AFTER THIS APRIL ICE CREAM. OUR WEATHER TEAM DOES IT ALL WEATHER. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON FACES ANOTHER BATTLE TO KEEP HIS POSITION AFTER THE HOUSE APPROVED NEW AID TO UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. SOME REPUBLICANS ARE VOWING TO ACTIVATE A VOTE TO REMOVE JOHNSON WHILE OTHERS CALL HIM A PROFILE OF VALUE, AND WITH AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS VERY CLOSELY, WILL DEMOCRATS COME TO JOHNSON'S RESCUE? WHAT'S NEXT FOR TIKTOK? HOUSE VOTES ASK FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT TO BE SOLD TO A US COMPANY OR FACE A POSSIBLE BAN.

WILL THE SENATE DO THE SAME? THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMPANY, AT THE SAME TIME, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AND A REALITY CHECK, WOULD CONGRESS REALLY BAN AN APP USED BY 170 MILLION AMERICANS? TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN. A CAR CRASHES INTO A BUILDING, INSIDE A BIRTHDAY PARTY. THEY MURDERED A 5 YEAR OLD BOY AND HIS 8 YEAR OLD SISTER. THE DRIVER ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF DRIVING WHILE DRUNK. A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER IS KILLED, SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE WALKING HOME FROM WORK. THE PROCESSION OF FELLOW OFFICERS AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE RESEARCH. SPECTATORS COME INTO ACTION. THEIR HEROIC EFFORT, RISKING THEIR OWN LIVES TO RESCUE A DRIVER FROM A BURNING CAR.

COUNTRY STAR MORGAN WALLEN APOLOGIZES AFTER BEING HIT WITH CRIME CHARGES FOR THROWING CHAIR OFF ROOF OF SIX-STORY BUILDING, POLICE OFFICERS ALMOST MISSING. AND AS WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY, WE HONOR THE VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED TO CLEANING UP THE GREAT LAKES. Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "TONIGHT'S WORLD NEWS." Linsey: GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS SUNDAY. I'm Linsey Davis. AS WE GO ON THE AIR, NEW YORK AUTHORITIES ARE ISSUING A WARNING AHEAD OF EASTER. OFFICIALS SAY THE HOLIDAY, WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW, MAY SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR EXTREMIST GROUPS TO COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF FAITH.

THIS HAPPENS WHEN TENSIONS ARE GROWING AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HERE IN NEW YORK DUE TO THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE RECENT DAYS. A SCHOOL RABBI CONFIRMS TO ABC NEWS THAT HE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED JEWISH STUDENTS TO COME HOME AND NOT RETURN TO CAMPUS DUE TO WHAT HE CALLED EXTREME ANTISEMITISM AT THE SCHOOL. A NEW YORK CONGRESS CALLS FOR THE RESIGNATION OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT. THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK SAYS HE IS HORRIFIED AND DISGUSTED BY ANTISEMITISM. AND TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE CONDEMNS CALLS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWISH STUDENTS. ABC'S REENA ROY GUIDES US.

Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW YORK POLICE ISSUED AN ALARMING WARNING IN THE EVE OF EASTER, saying in a bulletin obtained by ABC News that extremist groups may view the holiday as an opportunity to perpetrate violence or intimidation against communities Jewish religious. ALTHOUGH THE DOCUMENT DOES NOT QUOTE SPECIFIC THREATS, IT ADDS THAT JEWISH PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS CONTINUE TO BE THE TARGET OF VIOLENT ATTACKS, TARGETED HARASSMENT, HATE CRIMES, AND THREATS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE START OF THE ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR." AS THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CITY TOLD JEWISH STUDENTS TO COME HOME THIS WEEK AFTER PROPALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS ON CAMPUS, WRITING IN AN EMAIL TODAY, THE PROTESTS BEGAN AFTER THE SCHOOL PRESIDENT WAS QUESTIONED IN CAPITOL HILL ABOUT.

ANTISEMITISM ON CAMPUS IS THERE EVIDENCE OF ANTISEMITISM AMONG THE PROFESSORS OF YOUR FACULTY? WE HAVE SEEN SOME CASES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN CONSEQUENCES Reporter: MORE THAN 100 PROTESTERS ARRESTED ON THE WHITE HOUSE. THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS INITIATED AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INCIDENT WHEN STUDENTS ARE SUBJECTED TO HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS DUE TO THEIR FAITH OR ETHNICITY, SCHOOLS MUST ACT. STUDENTS MUST BE SAFE TO LEARN. Reporter: AND, LINSEY, TONIGHT COLUMBIA RESPONDS, SAYING THEY ARE LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF JEWISH STUDENTS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, ADDING THAT STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST BUT NOT TO DISRUPT CAMPUS LIFE OR INTIMIDATE OTHERS.

LINSEY. Linsey: AND STUDENTS AT SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW PLANNING DEMONSTRATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE COLUMBIA PROTESTERS. QUEEN, THANK YOU. MORE THAN 65 MILLION PEOPLE IN 20 STATES ARE UNDER ICE AND FREEZE WARNINGS TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN SOME PLACES FEEL MORE LIKE FEBRUARY THAN LATE APRIL. ABC METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE JOINS NOW. SOMARA, HOW LONG IS THIS COLD WAVE EXPECTED TO LAST? Reporter: WELL, THE WORST OF THE COLD WAVE, LINSEY, IS HITTING THOSE IN THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. HAVE A LOOK. THIS MAP SHOWS THE FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR OHIO, MICHIGAN, UP TO TENNESSEE, AND WE EVEN HAVE A FREEZE WARNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WHICH WILL WAKE UP TO TEMPERATURES TOMORROW IN THE 20S AND 30S.

MEANWHILE, ANOTHER DIFFERENT STORY TO THE WEST WHERE WE SAW SNOW IN DENVER RECENTLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT RAPID WARMING. MONDAY TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S. WEDNESDAY IS APPROACHING 80 DEGREES, AND A LOT OF THIS HEAT IS HELPING FUEL THE STORMS WE ARE PREPARING FOR AT THE END OF THE WEEK. LINSEY. Linsey: WAITING FOR THOSE NEAR 80 DEGREE DAYS. SOMARA, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER THE HOUSE APPROVED THAT MASSIVE FOREIGN AID PACKAGE, THE FATE OF PRESIDENT MIKE JOHNSON REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THREE REPUBLICANS HAVE RAISED IN FAVOR OF A MOTION TO REMOVAL THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE $95 BILLION MEASURE, WHICH INCLUDES AID FOR UKRAINE.

JOHNSON NOW NEEDS DEMOCRATS TO HELP KEEP HIS JOB. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN REPORTS TONIGHT FROM CAPITOL HILL. Reporter: TONIGHT, MIKE JOHNSON'S FUTURE AS HOUSE SPEAKER IN DANGER. INDUSTRIAL LINE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY ARE DEDICATED TO REMOVING HIM AFTER ONLY SIX MONTHS ON THE JOB. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS DONE. Reporter: AFTER SATURDAY'S DRAMATIC VOTE, IN WHICH DEMOCRATS HELPED THE PRESIDENT APPROVE $95 BILLION IN AID, INCLUDING LONG STALLED AID FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. JOHNSON TELLS ME HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL STILL BE THE SPEAKER IN NOVEMBER? YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTIONS? YES. Reporter: TWO OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE NOW JOINING CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE IN HER CAMPAIGN TO OVERTOW THE SPEAKER.

THE HOUSE IS IN CHAOS. PART OF THE REASON WE DO THIS IS TO GET OUT OF THE CHAOS. Reporter: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL McCAUL SAID THE SPEAKER TOLD HIS CONFIDANTS HE WANTED TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. I THINK THE RESPECT FOR HIM HAS INCREASED A LOT, BECAUSE HE DID THE RIGHT THING REGARDLESS OF HIS JOB. Reporter: ANGRY FAR-RIGHT REPUBLICANS THE SPEAKER DIDN'T FOCUS ON PASSING STRICT BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION, BUT THOSE SAME GOP LEGISLATORS REJECTED A BIPARTISAN SENATE BILL TWO MONTHS AGO AT THE DIRECTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IN A RARE MOVE, MODERATE DEMOCRATS PRAISE THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER.

I, FRANKLY, DO NOT BELIEVE YOUR SPEAKER IS AT RISK. Reporter: BUT PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE HARASSED CONSERVATIVE SPEAKER. DOING THE DECENT THING AS ALLIES AND FRIENDS OF VARIOUS NATIONS AND COUNTRIES IS ONLY DOING THE MINIMUM. Reporter: AND, LINSEY, CONGRESS GREENE HAS NOT EVEN FULLY COMMITTED TO CALLING A VOTE TO DISPLACE JOHNSON, SAYING SHE MEANT TO WANT HIM TO RESIGN, BUT THE SPEAKER HAS MADE CLEAR SHE WON'T. LINSEY. Linsey: JOHNSON SOUNDS CONFIDENT. JAY, THANK YOU. A POSSIBLE TIKTOK BAN IS PART OF THAT LEGISLATION WHICH THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ON TUESDAY.

WE BRING ON MARYALICE PARKS FROM ABC, WHO NOW JOINS US AT THE WHITE HOUSE. MARYALICE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FOREIGN AID PACKAGE IF TIKTOK IS REMOVED? Reporter: YES LINSEY, REMOVING TIKTOK FROM THIS PACKAGE COULD FORCE PART OF THE LEGISLATION TO GO BACK TO THE HOUSE TO START THIS PROCESS AGAIN. NOW, THE LATEST VERSION GIVES BYTEDANCE, TIKTOK'S PARENT COMPANY, ONE YEAR TO SELL INSTEAD OF SIX MONTHS. AFTER THAT POINT, HE COULD FACE A BAN IN THE US, AND SOME KEY DEMOCRATS, LIKE SENATE TRADE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MARIA CANTWELL, SAY WITH THOSE CHANGES, THEY NOW BACK HIM. NOW, TIKTOK HAS NEARLY 170 MILLION USERS IN THE US, SOME WHO WROTE TO THE WHITE HOUSE SEEN PROTESTING AGAINST ANY POSSIBLE BAN, BUT WHITE HOUSE STAFF TOLD ME ON FRIDAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL SIGN THE BILL IF HE COMES TO HIS DESK, EVEN THOUGH THEY MADE HIM REJECT THE IDEA OF JUST CALLING IT A BAN.

NOW, THE EXPECTATION NOW IS THAT THE FIGHT WILL GO TO THE COURTS. THEIR OPPONENTS SAY THAT A LAW LIKE THIS IS SIMPLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THOSE PROMOTING IT, LINSEY, SAY TIKTOK IS A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED. LINSEY. Linsey: A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS. MARÍALICA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL RETURN TO A MANHATTAN COURT TOMORROW TO BEGIN HIS STATEMENTS IN HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL. TRUMP SPENT MOST OF LAST WEEK AT THE DEFENSE TABLE WHILE A JURY OF 12 PLUS 6 ALTERNATIVES WAS ELECTED. THE PRESUMED REPUBLICAN NOMINEE CANNOT CAMPAIGN, BUT IS TRYING TO USE THE TRIAL TO HIS POLITICAL ADVANTAGE.

HERE'S AARON KATERSKY, ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATION CORRESPONDENT. Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH THE BEGINNING OF STATEMENTS IN HIS HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FACES THE REALITY OF BEING A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT. IN AN EMAIL TO HIS FOLLOWERS, TRUMP COMPLAINS, HE IS STUCK IN COURT, WHERE FROM TOMORROW HE WILL HAVE TO SIT IN SILENCE WHILE PROSECUTORS SET TO PROVE THAT FALSIFYING BUSINESS FILES TO PREVENT A PORN STAR'S CLAIM FROM A EXTRA-MARITAL RELATIONSHIP, DENIED FOR A LONG TIME, WILL DAMAGE YOUR ELECTORAL PROSPECTS. AMONG THE FIRST WITNESSES, FORMER "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" EDITOR DAVID PECKER, WHO AGREED TO BE THE EYES AND EARS OF TRUMP'S 2016 CAMPAIGN BY ATTORNEYS, IDENTIFYING HARMFUL STORIES ABOUT TRUMP AND KEEPING THEM OUT OF PRINT.

THE JURY OF SEVEN MEN AND FIVE WOMEN WAS SELECTED FROM A GROUP OF 200 NEW YORK. THERE IS A WOMAN IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WHO SAID SHE DOESN'T LIKE TRUMP AND A RETIRED WEALTH MANAGER WHO SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT TRUMP, BECAUSE HE'S MORE INTERESTED IN HIS HOBBIES. BEFORE THE OPENING STATEMENTS, TRUMP'S ALLIES TODAY REALIZED THEIR CLAIM THAT THE TRIAL IS POLITICAL. I HOPE THIS JUDGE MAKES THE RIGHT DECISION, I HOPE THESE JURS CAN COME IN AND BE IMPARTIAL AND LET THIS CASE PROVIDE IN A QUICK WAY THAT ALLOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRACK.

AMERICANS DESERVE TO LISTEN TO THEIR CANDIDATES. Linsey: AARON KATERSKY JOINS US NOW. OF COURSE, THE TRIAL WILL START TOMORROW. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST ABOUT SIX WEEKS, MORE OR TAKE. OF COURSE, DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID HE PLANS TO WITNESS. How likely do you think it is? Let's see what their lawyers think about that, and one of the deciding factors, Linsey, may be how far prosecutors can go in their cross-examination. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE JUDGE TO DECIDE ON THAT. EVEN IF I DON'T WITNESS, TRUMP NEEDS TO BE IN COURT EVERY DAY OF THE TRIAL. So, that takes him out of the campaign four days a week.

HE CAN TALK IN THE HALLWAY, AS HE OFTEN DOES, BUT ONCE SITTING AT THE DEFENSE TABLE, TRUMP IS LARGELY RELEGATED TO SILENCE. Linsey: AND, OF COURSE, HE TAKES THE STAND. SURE THEY DO. Linsey: MICHIGAN AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER A HORRIBLE TRAGIC AT A CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. A BROTHER AND SISTER, ONLY 5 AND 8 YEARS OLD, DIED AFTER A CAR DRIVEN BY A WOMAN SUSPECTED TO BE INTUXIZED CRASHED INTO THE PLACE WHERE THE PARTY WAS HELD. HERE'S IKE EJIOCHI FROM ABC. Reporter: TONIGHT, A DEADLY TRAGEDY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVING A DRINKED DRIVER IN MICHIGAN. WE HAVE A BLACK LEAK THAT WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING.

Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY A 66-YEAR-OLD WOMAN DRIVE HER CAR INTO A BUILDING DURING A CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT A YACHT CLUB SOUTH OF DETROIT. THESE SECURITY IMAGES CAPTURE THE HORRIBLE FINAL MOMENTS AS THE VEHICLE SPEED BY, CAUSING ASTRONG ACCIDENT. TWO CHILDREN DIE ON STAGE. AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL AND A 5 YEAR OLD BOY, ARE SIBLINGS OF EACH OTHER. Reporter: MANY OTHERS INJURED. THREE CHILDREN AND SIX ADULTS ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THE SCENE WAS DESCRIBED BY THE FIRST RESPONDERS AS EXTREMELY CHAOTIC, WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF EMOTIONS OF THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED AND THOSE WHO WITNESSED THIS HORRIFIC INCIDENT.

Reporter: 66-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT, SHERIFF SAYS, COOPERATING AT SCENE, ARRESTED FOR OPERATING WHILE DRUNK, CAUSING DEATH. LINSEY, AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE BEEN AT A NEARBY TAVERN BEFORE THE INCIDENT. POLICE SAY THEY CLOSED THAT ESTABLISHMENT AND ARE WORKING TO EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT. THEY ADD THAT THE SUSPECT WILL LIKELY FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES. LINSEY. Linsey: OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THAT FAMILY. IKE, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, CHICAGO POLICE ARE CRYING OVER THE LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN. AUTHORITIES SAY AN OFF-DUTY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER, JUST TWO DAYS AWAY FROM HIS 31ST BIRTHDAY, WAS SHOT WHILE HEADING HOME AFTER HIS SHIFT.

POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT AND A MOTIVE. HERE'S ABC'S ZOHREEN SHAH. Reporter: TONIGHT, A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED IN CHICAGO AFTER A POLICE OFFICER WAS SHOT ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK. THE CALLER HEARD GUNS GUNS. HE LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SEE A MALE LYING ON THE FLOOR. Reporter: MAYOR OF THE CITY IDENTIFIES THE OFFICIAL AS 30-YEAR-OLD LUIS HUESCA. POLICE SAY THE SIX-YEAR VETERAN WAS SHOT SEVERALLY BEFORE 3:00 A.M. THE FIRST LIFEGUARDS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DECLARED DEAD. THESE ARE SENSELESS CRIMES THAT ARE TAKING THE LIVES OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. Reporter: OFFICIALS GREETING TO HUESCA IN PROCESSION THEY TOOK HIS BODY TO THE FORENSIC PHYSICIAN.

AS OF LAST FRIDAY, THERE HAVE BEEN 645 SHOOTING VICTIMS, INCLUDING FATAL AND NON-FATAL INCIDENTS, IN THE CITY SO FAR THIS YEAR, ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER AS DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, AND, LINSEY, NO ONE ARRESTED YET THE MAYOR SAYS HE IS PUTTING ALL RESOURCES AVAILABLE INTO THIS INVESTIGATION. LINSEY. Linsey: ZOHREEN, THANK YOU. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HOMELESS CASE IN DECADES COMES BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT'S NINE JUDGE TOMORROW. THE ISSUE IS WHETHER CITIES AND TOWNS CAN FINE OR ARREST PEOPLE FOR SLEEPING OUTSIDE WHEN THERE IS A LACK OF SPACE IN THE SHELTERS. ABC'S JACLYN LEE JOINS US FROM LOS ANGELES NOW.

JACLYN, A LOWER COURT DETERMINED THE PRACTICE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WHAT IS AT STAKE HERE FOR THE HOMELESS? Reporter: LINSEY, THE SUPREME COURT WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT TO PENALIZE THE HOMELESS POPULATION FOR SLEEPING OUTSIDE, EVEN IF THEY HAVE NO OTHER PLACE TO GO. THIS DECISION WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, BUT PARTICULARLY HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE OFFICIALS ARE FIGHTING HOMELESS CAMPS. 50% OF THE NATION'S UNSHELTERED POPULATION IS RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE, AND DUE TO THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND UNAFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS GOVERNMENTS NEED FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THREATS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

LINSEY. Linsey: JACYLN, THANK YOU. AND THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS SUNDAY. AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROY A HOUSE IN MARYLAND, AND THERE IS NO MOMENT TO WASTE. GOOD SAMARITANS JOIN TO REMOVE A DRIVER FROM A BURNING CAR. Linsey: NEXT NIGHT, AN INVESTIGATION IS BEING CONDUCTED INTO WHAT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AT A HOME IN BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND. THE PROPERTY WAS COMPLETELY ENVOLOPED IN FLAMES WHEN THE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON SATURDAY NIGHT. CREWS WERE AT THE SCENE FOR HOURS TRYING TO TURN OFF THE HOT SPOTS. FIREFIGHTERS SAY A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

AND WHAT A FINISH TODAY IN THE LONDON MARATHON. FOUR WOMEN FIGHTED AT A WORLD RECORD PACE IN THE LAST MILE OF THE RACE, BUT OLYMPIC CHAMPION PERES JEPCHIRCHIR WALKED AWAY FINISHING FIRST IN 2:16:16. THAT'S A NEW WORLD RECORD FOR A WOMEN-ONLY MARATHON. LOOKING TO DEFEND HIS GOLD MEDAL THIS SUMMER IN PARIS. WHEN WE RETURN, COUNTRY STAR MORGAN WALLEN BREAKS THE SILENCE AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF THROWING A CHAIR FROM THE ROOF OF A SIX-STORY BUILDING. TO THE INDEX NOW AND TO A RESCUE STOPPED OUTSIDE MINNEAPOLIS WHERE GOOD SAMARITANS RISKED THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE A MAN TRAPPED IN HIS CAR.

LOOK AT THIS. THE FIRE ENVELOPES THE VEHICLE, EVERYONE IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET IT OUT IN TIME. THEY FINALLY WERE ABLE TO BREAK A WINDOW AND DRAG HIM TO A SAFE PLACE. THE DRIVER ONLY SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR MORGAN WALLEN IS BREAKING SILENCE OVER HER ARREST FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING A CHAIR FROM THE ROOF OF A SIX-STORY BAR IN NASHVILLE. IN A POST ON "X", WALLEN WROTE: I AM NOT PROUD OF MY BEHAVIOR AND I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. AN ARREST AFFIDAVIT SAYS THE CHAIR LANDED JUST THREE FEET FROM THE OFFICERS. WALLEN FACE CHARGES INCLUDING THREE COUNTS OF RECKLESS ENDANGERING.

WHEN WE RETURN, AS WE CELEBRATE EARTH DAY, AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS EMBARKS ON AN URGENT MISSION. FINALLY TONIGHT, AS WE PREPARE TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY, WE MEET SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP CLEAN OUR PLANET. 10 MILLION MILES OF AMERICAN COAST, A PRECIOUS AND IN DANGER RESOURCE. US WATERWAYS ARE FULL OF BILLION PIECES OF GARBAGE. THANKS TO THESE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, THIS GREAT LAKESHORE IS GETTING A LOT OF BUTTS. BEER BOTTLES, SOME PLASTIC. A LOT OF PLASTIC. Reporter: JOIN THE ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES, A 30-YEAR-OLD ORGANIZATION THAT TRAINS AND ORGANIZES VOLUNTEERS TO HELP CLEAN UP THAT GARBAGE WITH ITS ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM.

THE ALLIANCE WELCOMES 9,000 VOLUNTEERS, WHO ARE DEPLOYED TO CARRY OUT 900 CLEANUPS A YEAR ALONG THE GREAT LAKES, AND UNITE TO COLLECT TRASH AND RECORD DATA. THIS IS THE KIND OF DATA NO INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIST COULD OBTAIN, BUT SINCE THIS IS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO LEARN FROM. Reporter: ONE THING THEY HAVE LEARNED IS THE PREVALENCE OF PLASTICS. 86% OF THE PIECES OF TRASH REMOVED BY VOLUNTEERS ARE COMPOSED PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY OF PLASTICS. Reporter: UNLIKE AMERICA'S ROADS, OUR STUFF IS NOT REGULARLY CLEANED OF GARBAGE. IT IS ALSO DIFFICULT TO ACCESS, SO ITS CLEANING DEPENDS ON VOLUNTEERS LIKE THESE STUDENTS.

LAST YEAR, GREAT LAKES VOLUNTEERS COLLECTED MORE THAN 500,000 PIECES OF TRASH, AND THE GROUP EXPECTS TO COLLECT AT LEAST THAT MUCH AGAIN THIS YEAR. I THINK BEING IN THESE CLEANUPS AND AROUND THESE VOLUNTEERS DEFINITELY GIVES ME A SENSE OF HOPE, BEING AROUND THAT ENERGY GIVES ME HOPE THAT THERE IS HOPE FOR SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM. Linsey: SOME MUCH NEEDED SOLUTIONS AND WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL FOR THE HOPE. AND THIS WEEK, WE STARTED A NEW SERIES FOR EARTH WEEK CALLED "THE POWER OF US: PEOPLE, THE CLIMATE AND OUR FUTURE." WE WILL HAVE SPECIAL REPORTING ON ALL OUR ABC NEWS PLATFORMS ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHALLENGES WE FACE AND EMPOWERING STORIES ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

WE DISCUSSE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE SOLAR ENERGY TO NATIVE AMERICANS AND HOW THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS WORKING TO RESTORE THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO SEE. I'm Linsey Davis. DAVID MUIR IS BACK HERE TOMORROW. ON PART OF EVERYONE HERE, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.