ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - April, 23, 2024

TONIGHT, SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES. THE TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP, TODAY'S MAIN TESTIMONY. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND "THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER". HOW ALL THIS WORKED. CAMPUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT TONIGHT. STUDENTS AND RIOT POLICE. THE IMAGES THAT COME IN. AND THE VINTAGE PLANE THAT JUST DROPPED. IMAGES OF THE ACCIDENT ONLY TONIGHT. FIRST, THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP. FORMER EDITOR OF "THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER" ON THE STAND, WITNESSING HOW THIS WORKED BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION. BUYING STORIES AND THEN KILLING THEM TO PROTECT TRUMP. AND THE STORY THAT THE FORMER EDITOR ADMITTED TODAY WAS INVENTED. TONIGHT, DRAMATIC IMAGES ARRIVE, STUDENT PROTESTERS FACE TO FACE WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR.

CHAIRS AND BOTTLES THROUGHT AT POLICE DURING PROTEST AT NYU. PROTESTERS OCCUPYING BUILDINGS Clash With RIOT POLICE AT CAL POLY. OFFICIALS RETURNING TO THE CAMPUS, HUNDREDS ARRESTED DURING PROPALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS. BREAKING NEWS JUST ARRIVED TONIGHT as we head west in this urgent search for a former police officer suspected of killing two people, including his ex-wife and another victim, who is believed to be on the run with his 1 -YEAR OLD SON. THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC LATE TWIST IN THIS CASE. TREVOR AULT WAITING WITH THE LATEST NEWS. TONIGHT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AGREES TO A MASSIVE SETTLEMENT WITH THE VICTIMS OF DISGRACED GYM DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR, AFTER THE FBI MISHANDLED ALLEGATIONS FROM DOZENS OF WOMEN.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HOPES TO PUT FLORIDA IN PLAY THIS NOVEMBER. BIDEN'S TOP ABORTION RIGHTS THAT STATE NEW SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN COMES INTO EFFECT. BIDEN ARGUES THIS ALL HAPPENS AFTER DONALD TRUMP'S ELECTION TO THE SUPREME COURT HELPED OVERLOOK ROE AND WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE. TONIGHT, THE ARREST AFTER THE HEARTBREAKING VIDEO. A WOMAN BEGGS FOR HELP WHILE SHE WAS KIDNAPPED. PLEASE HELP ME! David: TONIGHT, THE VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT PICKING UP HER AND TAKING HER AWAY. ALSO, THOSE PICTURES JUST ARRIVED, THE BURNING PLANE CRASH AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED. AND HERE TONIGHT, WE TAKE YOU TO THE DEEP OF THE SEA.

THE SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS. HOW THEY SURVIVE, HOW THEY COMMUNICATE, EVEN WITH HUMANS. Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT," WITH DAVID MUIR. David: GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US ON A BUSY TUESDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE SEVERAL STORIES DEVELOPING AS WE COME TONIGHT. PROTESTS ON CAMPUS NOW TURN VIOLENT TONIGHT. STUDENTS WILL MEET FACE TO FACE WITH POLICE IN RIOT GEAR AND YOU WILL SEE IT. ALSO, THIS VINTAGE PLANE THAT JUST FELL DOWN TONIGHT. THE IMAGES THAT ARRIVE TOO. BUT WE START TONIGHT WITH THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF DONALD TRUMP.

JURIES LISTEN CAREFULLY TODAY AS THE FORMER EDITOR OF "THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER" WITNESSED ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIAL ARRANGEMENT MADE WITH TRUMP IN 2015 TO HELP HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. PUBLISH HAPPY STORIES ABOUT TRUMP AND BEAT JOBS HIS OPPONENTS. AGREE TO BE TRUMP'S APPOINTMENT, EYES AND EARS FOR POTENTIALLY HARMFUL STORIES. ONE OF THEM INVOLVED A FORMER "PLAYBOY" MODEL, KAREN McDOUGAL, WHO CLAIMED SHE HAD A YEAR-LONG AFFAIR WITH TRUMP. A TRIUMPHED CLAIM DENIED. BUT HIS STORY WAS BOUGHT AND NEVER PRINTED. AARON KA TERSEKY, ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATION CORRESPONDENT, AGAIN IN COURT TONIGHT. Reporter: TODAY, WHILE DONALD TRUMP LISTENED CAREFULLY, THE FORMER EDITOR OF "THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER," EXPRESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANDIDATE TRUMP AND THE SORDID SUPERMARKET TABLOID, DESCRIBING WHAT HE CALLED THE CONFIDENTIAL ARRANGEMENT HE MADE WITH TRUMP AND FORMER TRUMP FIXER MICHAEL COHEN TO PROTECT TRUMP DURING THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.

DAVID PECKER WITH A BIG SMILE AS HE POINTS AT TRUMP IN THE COURT ROOM, THE FORMER PRESIDENT SMILES BACK. THE TWO MEN HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS. BUT PECKER TOLD THE JURY THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP CHANGED IN 2015, AFTER TRUMP LAUNCHED HIS PRESIDENT. PECKER WAS CALLED TO TRUMP TOWER THAT AUGUST AND IN A 20 MINUTE MEETING HE SAID THAT TRUMP AND COHEN "ASKED ME, WHAT CAN I DO AND WHAT MY MAGAZINES CAN DO TO HELP THE CAMPAIGN." PECKER WITNESSED THAT HE COMMITTED TO PUBLISH FLATTERING STORIES ABOUT TRUMP AND BEATING HIS OPPONENTS, AND OFFERED TO BE THE EYES AND EARS OF THE CAMPAIGN TO ALERT COHEN IF HE HEARD OF ANY POTENTIALLY HARMFUL STORIES.

PECKER SAID HE TOLD TRUMP HE WOULD TRY TO KILL THOSE STORIES SO THEY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. AS PECKER DESCRIBED THAT TRUMP TOWER MEETING, THE JURIES WERE EXTRACTED, TAKING CONSTANT NOTES. PECKER THEN EXPLAINED HOW HE WORKED WITH TRUMP AND COHEN TO PUBLISH ATTACKS ON RIVAL REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. COHEN WOULD TELL WHO TO GO THROUGH, AND THE TABLOID WOULD DO IT. A TARGET, SENATOR TED CRUZ. IN THE WITNESS STATEMENT, PECKER ADMITTED THAT "THE INVESTIGATOR" FABRICATED A STORY THAT FALSELY LINKED CRUZ'S FATHER, RAFAEL, TO THE KENNEDY MURDER. THEY EVEN FAKED A PHOTO. PECKER WITNESSED THAT THEY TOOK A PHOTO OF RAFAEL CRUZ AND A PHOTO OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD, AND MATCHED THE TWO, ADDING "THIS IS HOW IT WAS PREPARED, HOW THE STORY WAS CREATED, I WOULD SAY." TRUMP, WHO HAD PLANT THE SEED, AND THEN RUNNING WITH THE FALSE STORY ABOUT FATHER DE CRUZ.

WHAT WAS LEE HARVEY OSWALD DOING WITH SHORTLY BEFORE THE DEATH, BEFORE THE SHOT? IT IS AWFUL. Reporter: PECKER TOLD THE JURY HE WAS CONVINCED THAT WOMEN WOULD PRESENT SALTY STORIES TO SELL BECAUSE TRUMP WAS THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR AND DATED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. TRUMP IS ENCOURAGED BY THAT DESCRIPTION. AND THEN VISIBLY DISTURBED, PULLING HIS LIPS AND CROSSING HIS ARMS AND PECKER BEGAN TO DETAIL AN EXAMPLE. THE STORY OF FORMER "PLAYBOY" MODEL KAREN McDOUGAL, WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD A YEAR-LONG AFFAIR WITH TRUMP, WHICH HE DENIES. WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT McDOUGAL WAS TRYING TO SELL HIS STORY IN JUNE 2016, PECKER SAID HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED COHEN.

He said he and Cohen already spoke a couple of times a week, but after PECKER brought up McDOUGAL, his calls became much more frequent. HE SAID TO THE JURY. "It seemed like he was getting a lot of pressure. He kept calling and seemed more and more anxious." PECKER SAID HE ASSUMED TRUMP WAS ASKING COHEN: ARE WE HEARING ANYTHING YET? FINALLY, PECKER WITNESSED THAT HE AND TRUMP SPOKE ON THE PHONE. HE SAID HE TOLD TRUMP HE BUYED THE RIGHTS TO McDOUGAL'S STORY. TRUMP'S RESPONSE: "I DON'T BUY STORIES. EVERY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT ALWAYS GETS OUT." IN THE END, PECKER'S COMPANY PAID KAREN McDOUGAL $150,000 FOR THE RIGHTS TO HER STORY FROM HIM, BUT NEVER PUBLISHED IT, ALL TO PROTECT TRUMP.

PECKER'S TESTIMONY RESUMES ON THURSDAY. TRUMP COMPLAINS TODAY THAT HE IS STUCK IN COURT WHILE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS ON THE CAMPAIGN ROAD. THEY KEEP ME IN A ROOM THAT IS FREEZING, BY THE WAY. HE'S CAMPAIGNING, AND I'M HERE IN A COURT, SITTING HERE, GIVING... SITTING AS STRAIGHT AS I CAN ALL DAY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? IT IS A VERY UNFAIR SITUATION. Reporter: PRIOR TO TODAY'S TESTIMONY, PROSECUTORS ACCUSED TRUMP OF REPEATEDLY VIOLATING THE JUDGE'S GAG ORDER, ATTACKING WITNESSES AND EVEN POTENTIAL JURORS. AND THEY SAID IT'S PRESENTING A VERY REAL THREAT TO THE TRIAL. THE DEFENSE INSIST THAT TRUMP IS COMPLIANT, BUT THE JUDGE INTERJECTED "YOU ARE LOSING CREDIBILITY." NO IMMEDIATE STATEMENT FROM THE JUDGE BUT THE PROSECUTORS SAID, DAVID, IT'S ALMOST AS IF TRUMP CHALLENGES THE JUDGE TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT AND CHARGE HIM.

AND TONIGHT, SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS THAT THE SECRET SERVICE IS PREPARING FOR THAT POSSIBILITY. DAVID? David: AARON KATERSKY LEADS US HERE TONIGHT. AARON, THANK YOU. WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE VIOLENT SCENES EXPLODING IN CAMPUS PROTESTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY OVER THE WAR IN GAZA. TONIGHT'S DRAMATIC IMAGES. MASSIVE PROTESTS NOW IN COLUMBIA, NYU, MIT, YALE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, BERKELEY AND SEVERAL MORE CAMPUS. AT NYU, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BLAMES OUTSIDE AGITATORS FOR THINGING BOTTLES AND CHAIRS AT OFFICIALS. AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, PROTESTERS Clash With POLICE IN RIOT GEAR TRYING TO MAKE THEM LEAVE.

ABC'S STEPHANIE RAMOS IN COLUMBIA TONIGHT IN SCENES TAKING PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY. Reporter: TONIGHT, THESE IMAGES SHOW PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT, AS POLICE FIGHT TO CONTROL STUDENTS AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. THE DEMONSTRATIONS SPREAD FROM COAST TO COAST. PROTESTERS FACING POLICE IN RIOT EQUIPMENT. USING FURNITURE TO BARRICATE INSIDE THIS ACADEMIC BUILDING, WHILE OFFICERS WITH SHIELDS TRY TO MOVE. A PROTESTER HITS THE POLICE WITH AN EMPTY WATER JUG. IT COMES AFTER MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS AND FACULTY WERE ARRESTED AT NYU overnight, when police intervened to remove pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to move. ♪ WE WILL FREE PALESTINE ♪ THE CROWD THEN MARCHES TOWARDS THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BLAMES EXTERNAL AGITATORS FOR VIOLENT TURN IN CAMPUS PROTESTS. POINTING TO THIS VIDEO HE SAYS IT SHOWS BOTTLES AND CHAIRS THROWN AT THE OFFICERS. PEOPLE PEACEFULLY PROTESTING AN ISSUE ARE NOT THROWING BOTTLES AND CHAIRS. THE CHAIR DENT THE HELMET. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE HELMET ON? Reporter: TODAY, NYU INCREASES SECURITY WITH A NEW BARRICADE. PROTESTERS ARE NOW DIGGING FROM BERKELEY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, WHERE POLICE TODAY REMOVED TENTS AND MADE ARRESTS. UNIVERSITIES FIGHTING UNDER A NEW WAVE OF SOLIDARITY PROTESTS INSPIRED BY THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MOVEMENT.

THE CAMPUS HERE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS CAMPUS. THE PROTESTERS ARE STUDYING AND SLEEPING HERE, WHILE THE WORKERS TRY TO PREPARE ALL OF THIS FOR THE GRADUATION WHICH IS ONLY THREE WEEKS LEFT. PROTESTERS ARE DEMANDING THAT UNIVERSITIES DIVESTATE FROM COMPANIES THEY SAY PROFIT FROM THEIR LINKS TO ISRAEL. WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO PACK UP AND GO HOME. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE IN PALESTINE ARE GOING THROUGH MUCH WORSE. Reporter: COLUMBIA OFFERS VIRTUAL LEARNING DURING LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL, AFTER SOME JEWISH STUDENTS SAID THEY FELT UNSAFE ON CAMPUS. LIKE AIDEN HUNTER, WHO TELLS US HE UNDERSTANDS WHY PEOPLE ARE PROTESTING.

I DON'T WANT TO REDUCE THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY that most of my friends, especially Jewish ones, are feeling a sense of insecurity right now. Reporter: BUT AMONG THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HERE THERE ALSO ARE SOME AMERICAN JEWS LIKE PROFESSOR ALEX WOLF. ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM ARE NOT THE SAME. AND IT IS ONE THING TO HAVE BELIEFS, BELIEFS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, AND ANOTHER THING IS TO SUPPORT THE POLICIES AND ACTIONS OF THE ISRAELI STATE. Reporter: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY ARE STILL IN TALKS WITH PROTESTERS, AND ADD THAT WORK CONTINUES IN GOOD FAITH. DAVID? David: STEPHANIE RAMOS WITH US AGAIN TONIGHT.

ESTEFANIA, THANK YOU. NOW ON TO THE BREAKING NEWS AS WE ARE ON THE AIR HERE IN THE WEST. THE URGENT SEARCH FOR A FORMER POLICE OFFICER SUSPECTED OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIS EX-WIFE AND ANOTHER VICTIM, AND THEN KIDNAPPING HIS 1-YEAR-OLD SON. There has been a dramatic turn in this case, and here is Trevor Ault with the latest developments

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. Reporter: TONIGHT A DESPERATE HUNT AND A NATIONWIDE AMBER ALERT ENDED AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY A FORMER SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME ATTACK. SMASH. TEAMS RUSHING TO WILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SOUTH WASHINGTON ON MONDAY WHERE THEY SAY ELÍAS HUIZAR, 39, SHOT AND KILLED HIS EX-WIFE, AMBER RODRIGUEZ, 31.

THIS VERY DAY THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER HAD TO APPEAR IN COURT ON A CHARGE OF CHILD RAPE TO WHICH HE HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY. INVESTIGATORS THEN SEARCHED HUIZAR'S HOUSE ON MONDAY, SAYING THEY THEN DISCOVERED A SECOND BODY. INFORMATION CANNOT BE PUBLISHED REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF THE SECOND VICTIM AT THIS TIME AS THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. Reporter: HUIZAR FLEES WITH HIS 1-YEAR-OLD SON, HE BELIEVES ARMED AND CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AND LIKELY TO COMMIT MORE CRIMES. THEN AFTERNOON TODAY THE OREGON STATE PATROL REPORTED THAT THEY HAD LOCATED HUIZAR HEADING SOUTH ON I-5 NEAR EUGENE, OREGON SAYING THEIR SEARCH ENDED WITH HUIZAR DYING FROM A SELF-GUNSHOT WOUND.

CHILD TAKEN SAFELY INTO CUSTODY BY STATE POLICE. HUIZAR PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN YAKIMA, WASHINGTON. PHOTOS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHOWING HIS FIRST DAY AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER. TONIGHT THE DEPARTMENT SAYING HUIZAR RESIGNED IN 2021 AFTER, QUOTE, RECEIVING DISCIPLINE. DAVID, HUIZAR HAD BEEN IN CUSTODY FOR THOSE PREVIOUS RAPE CHARGES, BUT WAS RELEASED ON $250,000 BAIL. AND OFFICIALS FEARED HE WOULD TRY TO FLEE TO MEXICO. DAVID? TREVOR AULT WITH US TONIGHT. TREVOR, THANK YOU. TONIGHT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO A MASSIVE SETTLEMENT WITH THE VICTIMS OF UNGRATTABLE GYMNASTICS DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR. HERE IS PIERRE THOMAS. Reporter: TONIGHT, A MEASURE OF JUSTICE FOR SOME OF THE BEST KNOWN OLYMPIC GYMNASTS IN THE UNITED STATES ANDOTHER YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS, AS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AGREES TO PAY OVER $138 MILLION TO VICTIMS AFTER THE FBI FAILED TO PROTECT THEM FROM DR.

LARRY NASSAR. DOJ AGREES WITH 139 VICTIMS WHO BLAME THE FBI FOR UNFORTUNATELY HANDLING SEXUAL ASSAULT COMPLAINTS AGAINST NOW DISGRACED AND CONVICTED FORMER USA GYMNASTICS DOCTOR, STILL SAYING, "THESE ALLEGATIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN SERIOUSLY SINCE THE PRINCIPLE THE AGREEMENT COMES MORE THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE COUNTRY'S TOP GYMNASTS TESTIFIED IN FRONT OF CONGRESS, BEATING THE FBI. WHAT'S THE POINT OF REPORTING ABUSE IF OUR OWN FBI AGENTS ARE GOING TO BURY THAT REPORT IN A DRAWER Reporter: A DOJ REPORT FOUND AFTER THE FIRST HEARING OF THE ALLEGATIONS IN 2015, FBI AGENTS FAILED TO IDENTIFY LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO COULD HAVE TAKEN ACTION, EFFECTIVELY ALLOWING NASSAR TO CONTINUE HIS ABUSE FOR MORE THAN ONE YEAR NASSAR FOUND MORE THAN 100 NEW VICTIMS TO ANNOY HIM, IT WAS LIKE INNOCENT SERVANTS TO A PEDOPHILE Reporter: THE FAILURE, SO DEEP, LED TO AN EXTRAORDINARY APOLOGY FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FBI.

THIS WAS A DARK CHAPTER FOR THE FBI, DAVID, A TRULY DARK CHAPTER. David: PIERRE THOMAS LIVES IN WASHINGTON. PIERRE, THANK YOU. NOW WE PAY PRESIDENT BIDEN TONIGHT, WITH THE HOPE OF BRINGING THE STATE OF FLORIDA BACK INTO PLAY THIS NOVEMBER. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT'S MAJOR SPEECH ON ABORTION RIGHTS IN FLORIDA, AS THAT STATE'S NEW SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN IS JUST DAYS AWAY FROM GOING INTO EFFECT. MARÍA BRUCE IN FLORIDA. Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN TRAVELS TO FLORIDA TODAY, JUST DAYS BEFORE THE STATE'S STRICT NEW ABORTION LAW TAKES EFFECT. PROHIBITING THE PROCEDURE AT ONLY SIX WEEKS, WHEN MANY WOMEN DO NOT EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT.

THERE IS A ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NIGHTMARE, AND HE RECOGNIZES IT AND SHOWS ABOUT IT, DONALD TRUMP. Reporter: THIS IS BIDEN'S FIRST MAJOR CAMPAIGN SPEECH ON ABORTION, AN ISSUE HE IS PUTTING AT THE CENTER OF HIS RE-ELECTION BID. FLORIDA IS ONE OF 21 STATES THAT BAN OR SEVERELY RESTRICT ABORTION SINCE THE SUPREME COURT OVERLOOKED ROE VERSUS WADE. TRUMP BREAKS ABOUT NAMED THREE OF THE JUSTICES WHO OVERTHROWN ROE. WE BROKE ROE V. WADE AND DID SOMETHING NO ONE THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE. WE RETURNED IT TO THE STATES. AND THE STATES ARE WORKING VERY BRILLIANTLY. Reporter: TODAY, BIDEN CALLS TRUMP.

INDIVIDUAL STATE LAWS ARE WORKING, IN THEIR WORDS, BRILLIANTLY. BRIGHTLY. IT'S A SIX WEEK BAN IN FLORIDA. IT'S REALLY BRILLIANT, ISN'T IT? EVEN BEFORE WOMEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. IS THAT BRILLIANT? Reporter: BIDEN IS COUNTING ON THE ISSUE TO ENERGIZE VOTERS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN. IT WAS PRESENTED TODAY BY KAITLYN JOSHUA FROM LOUISIANA. SHE WAS ALMOST 12 WEEKS PREGNANT WHEN SHE SUFFERED AN ABIRATION. WHEN SHE SHOWED UP AT THE HOSPITAL BLEEDING, THE DOCTORS REFUSED TO TREAT HER, FEARING TO ENTER LOUISIANA'S ALMOST TOTAL ABORTION BAN. ANOTHER HOSPITAL BASICALLY JUST TOLD ME THEY WOULD SEND ME HOME WITH PRAYERS, BUT THEY COULD NOT MEDICALLY DIAGNOSE A MISCARRIAGE.

Reporter: THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND YOU HOME WITH PRAYERS, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVE YOU MEDICAL ADVICE? THAT'S CORRECT. Reporter: YOUR MESSAGE TO WOMEN TONIGHT -- SO ABORTION IS ABSOLUTELY ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR. IF THIS IS NOT A TOPIC THAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO APPLY TO YOU OR DOES NOT CURRENTLY APPLY TO YOU, IT ABSOLUTELY DOES. Reporter: AND FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE 14 STATES WHERE ABORTION COULD BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HOPES THEY CAN PUT THIS STATE AT PLAY FOR THEM. THEY KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THE ISSUE HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT, EVEN IN THE RED STATES, THE RIGHT TO ABORTION HAS WON.

DAVID? David: MARY BRUCE TRAVELS WITH THE PRESIDENT IN FLORIDA. MARY, THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE HEARTBREAKING VIDEO SHOWING A WOMAN IN DESPERATE NEED. POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT IN OREGON. THE DOORBELL VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT PICKING UP THE VICTIM AND CARRYING HER AWAY. HERE'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS TERRIFYING DOOR CAMERA SHOWS THE MOMENT POLICE SAY A MAN KIDNAPPED A WOMAN IN OREGON. PLEASE HELP ME! Reporter: AROUND 10:45 P.M. ON SUNDAY NIGHT, A WOMAN PANICED, RINGED THE DOORBELL IN A PORTLAND SUBURB AND SCREAMED FOR HELP, WHEN A MAN RUNS BEHIND AND GRAB HER, THROWING THE WOMAN BACK INTO THE STREET AND OUT OF THE FRAME.

A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE SAY THEY SAW THE WOMAN'S FEAR CAPTURED ON THEIR CAMERA. SHE LOOKED SCARED, AND FROM HER VOICE, YOU COULD TELL SHE WAS FRANTIC AND NEEDED HELP. The way I see it, I thought, THIS IS BAD, WE HAVE TO CALL 911. SEE THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO, BUT AUTHORITIES TONIGHT SAY THE WOMAN IN EXTREME NEED KNEW THE MAN WHO WAS AFTER HER. AND TONIGHT SHE IS WELL. AUTHORITIES TAKE MARK ANTHONY FREDRICKSON INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGE HIM WITH KIDNAPPING AND HARASSMENT. HILLSBORO POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOT RELEASING THE WOMAN'S IDENTITY OR THEIR RELATIONSHIP, BUT SHE IS SAFE NOW.

AND DAVID, AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM KNEW EACH OTHER, THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ATTACK AND THERE IS NO ONGOING THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. DAVID? David: WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE WELL. KAYNA, THANK YOU. OVERSEAS TONIGHT, WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS ORDERED TO REMAIN IMPAILED IN MOSCOW UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF JUNE AFTER LOSING AN APPEAL OF HIS PRETRIAL DETENTION. HE WAS ARRESTED OVER A YEAR AGO ON CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE WHICH HE AND THE US, OF COURSE, DENY. WHEN WE RETURN HERE TONIGHT, THE PICTURES JUST ARRIVED, THE BURNING PLANE CRASHES.

A VINTAGE PLANE GOING DOWN. WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING SEVERE STORMS IN SEVERAL STATES, AT A TIME. TONIGHT, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE NOW ON THE SCENE OF A PLANE CRASH IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. THE VINTAGE DOUGLAS C-54 GOES DOWN JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. THE FAA TONIGHT SAYING TWO PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD. SO FAR THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF SURVIVORS. THE NTSB HAS ALREADY DEPLOYED A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS TO THE SCENE. WHEN WE RETURN HERE TONIGHT, FOLLOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, POSSIBLE TORNADOES IN SEVERAL STATES. AND TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU UNDER THE SEA. HOW AN OCTOPUS COMMUNICATES WITH A HUMAN.

TO THE INDEX, AND SEVERE STORMS ARE TARGETING THE MIDWEST. POSSIBLE TORNADOES, DAMAGED WINDS AND HAIL FROM TEXAS TO IOWA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DALLAS, KANSAS CITY, DES MOINES, ALL ON THE ROAD. TEMPERATURES WARMING IN MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. 80'S AND 90'S FROM ARIZONA TO FLORIDA. 50 AND 60 F IN THE NORTHEAST. WHEN WE RETURN HERE TONIGHT, AN EXTRAORDINARY VIEW UNDER THE SEA. THE SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS TONIGHT. FINALLY TONIGHT, THE SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS. TONIGHT, AN EXTRAORDINARY AND NEVER SEEN BEFORE VIEW OF THE LIFE OF AN OCTOPUS. A NEW NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY SERIES “SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS” SPENT TWO YEARS AND 1,500 HOURS UNDERWATER DOCUMENTING OCTOPIS FROM FIVE COUNTRIES.

MARINE BIOLOGIST DR. ALEX SCHNEL FOLLOWS THIS OCTOPUS IN AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER CURRENT FOR WEEKS. INCREDIBLY, EARN THE OCTOPUS'S TRUST AND FORGE A BOND. WHEN HE EXTENDED HER ARM AND PUT HER SUCKERS INTO MY HAND, IT FELT LIKE A LIFE-CHANGING MOMENT. David: DOCUMENT BEHAVIOR NEVER CAUGHT BEFORE. THE OCTOPUS GRABING A SHELL TO PROTECT HIMSELF. GRABING THAT SHELL TO USE IT AS A SHIELD, IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF REALLY COMPLEX INTELLIGENCE. David: COVER YOURSELF IN A COCONUT. THE THREE-PART SERIES FROM OUR NAT GEO PARTNERS SHOWS HOW THE OCTOPUS SURVIVES, CAMOUFLING FROM PREDATORS, THE SHARKS. YOUR BRAIN IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE MUSCLES IN YOUR SKIN.

THE OCTOPUS CAN PRODUCE AN INFINITE VARIETY OF PATTERNS AND COLORS. David: TONIGHT, DR. SCHNEL SAYS THEY HOPE THE SERIES AND ITS INNOVATIVE DISCOVERIES WILL HELP CONSERVATION EFFORTS, REVEALING THAT THE OCTOPUS EVEN COMMUNICATES WITH HUMANS. TO MY SURPRISE, HE RESPONDED. SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT I WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO HER. IT JUST FELT MAGIC. David: "SECRETS OF THE OCTOPUS" NOW STREAMING ON HULU AND DISNEY+. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWS.