Selina Wang reports on Pres. Trump’s now exempting smartphones, computers, and other electronics from the latest round of tariffs, a reprieve for tech companies; Meteorologist Jeff Smith with the timing and tack as a slow moving wintery storm hits the I-95 corridor; Chilling new details about a teen’s alleged plot to overthrow the government, including plans to assassinate the president; Ike Ejiochi on the highly trained divers scouring the Hudson for the main rotor and other wreckage after that sightseeing helicopter fell out of the sky plunged into New York's Hudson River and more on tonight’s broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.
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00:00Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air.
00:03Another reversal on the Trump tariffs, the popular products made in China, now exempt.
00:08The hunt for clues in that deadly chopper crash in New York,
00:11and a teenager accused in an alleged plot to assassinate the president.
00:15First, another tariff U-turn from the White House just days after the U.S. slapped 145% tariffs on goods from China.
00:23President Trump now saying that smartphones, chips, computers, and other electronics are exempt.
00:28So what made the president change his mind?
00:31And could other tariffs on China still impact prices?
00:34The trade war escalating as China's new tariffs on the U.S. go into effect today,
00:39with American farmers and businesses bracing for what happens next.
00:43The urgent search for key pieces of wreckage from the helicopter crash in New York that killed six people.
00:49Divers scouring the Hudson River.
00:51Investigators going through maintenance logs to find out why the main rotor separated from the chopper.
00:56The victim's family placing flowers at the water's edge.
01:00And in a separate deadly plane crash in Florida, three people killed now identify.
01:05Spring split personality.
01:07The wintry weather bringing snow to the northeast and summer-like heat in the west.
01:11Our weather team tracking it all.
01:13A Wisconsin teenager now in custody.
01:15The FBI saying he allegedly killed his parents to use money for a plot to assassinate President Trump.
01:21Agents say they recovered thousands in cash and documents detailing alleged neo-Nazi views.
01:27An American pastor kidnapped in South Africa, taken away in the middle of his sermon,
01:32his church back in Tennessee asking for prayers.
01:35Attorneys for Luigi Mangione are requesting that a judge take the death penalty off the table
01:41as he faces charges in the murder of a health care executive.
01:44A gaping hole and a growing mystery.
01:47What was it that crashed through a roof in New Jersey?
01:50And a long overdue honor at Augusta, teeing up a special tribute for some of the men who helped shape the masters.
02:00From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight.
02:07Good evening.
02:07Thanks for joining us on this Saturday.
02:09I'm Witt Johnson.
02:09We begin tonight with the trade war and President Trump's new reversal on tariffs,
02:14a major reprieve for big tech companies.
02:17The White House now exempting smartphones, computers, and other electronics from the latest round of tariffs.
02:23Shoppers have been rushing out to buy iPhones, most of which are assembled in China,
02:27before the 145 percent tariffs kicked in and were expected to cause prices to skyrocket.
02:33And China's 125 percent retaliatory tariffs on all American goods going into effect today.
02:40That has American farmers and some small businesses bracing for what comes next.
02:45And President Trump warning he could still impose targeted tariffs on some of those exempted items.
02:51ABC's senior White House correspondent, Selena Wang, leads us off from Washington.
02:55Tonight, President Trump making a major reversal.
02:58His administration exempting smartphones, computers, and other electronics from his latest round of tariffs.
03:06A massive reprieve for tech companies and consumers amid fears that Trump's 145 percent tariffs on all Chinese goods
03:14would send prices of key products skyrocketing.
03:18Many consumers had been rushing to buy new iPhones before this late-night Friday announcement.
03:24The majority of Apple iPhones are assembled in China.
03:27But just one week ago, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick claimed iPhones could be made in the USA.
03:33The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little, little screws to make iPhones,
03:40that kind of thing is going to come to America.
03:42But the relief may be short-lived.
03:44Trump has said he could still impose other targeted tariffs on some of these exempted products.
03:50And Trump's previous tariffs, including its 20 percent import taxes on Chinese goods as punishment for the U.S. fentanyl crisis, still apply.
03:59The White House saying tonight that America cannot rely on China to manufacture critical technologies such as semiconductors, chips, smartphones, and laptops.
04:09Trump's latest tariff U-turn coming amid warning signs in the bond markets.
04:14Traditionally a safe haven investment during stock market volatility.
04:18The escalating U.S.-China trade war putting investors on edge.
04:23The bond market is basically telling us that the world is now not confident in what we are doing and where we're going to be in the future.
04:33Trump dismissing those concerns.
04:35The bond market's going good.
04:38It had a little moment, but I solved that problem very quickly.
04:42China, meanwhile, retaliating with 125 percent tariffs on all American products, going into effect today.
04:50The move, a blow to American farmers.
04:53China imports more soybeans from the U.S. than any other country.
04:58All it's doing is hurting the U.S. farmer here.
05:00And American small businesses also feeling the squeeze.
05:04This definitely affects my bottom line.
05:06I mean, right now, I mean, we're going to make very little money.
05:09Selena Wang joining us now from the White House.
05:13And Selena, as we heard, there are so many people likely to be impacted by these tariffs.
05:17Where do talks stand right now between the U.S. and China?
05:20Well, Whit, at least for now, neither side is backing down.
05:24White House officials say that President Trump is optimistic they can reach a deal.
05:28But Beijing is defiant, slamming Trump's tariff policy as a joke.
05:32But earlier this week, President Trump did announce a pause on his sweeping tariffs for countries other than China, giving them 90 days to negotiate a deal.
05:41White House officials say that more than 75 countries have reached out so far.
05:45Whit.
05:46Selena, thank you.
05:48And tune in to This Week tomorrow morning.
05:49Jonathan Karl speaks with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Senator Elizabeth Warren on the fallout over President Trump's tariff policies.
05:57Now to that blast of winter in April in the northeast, heavy snow falling in parts of Vermont and western Massachusetts,
06:04and rain turning to snow as spring showers hit Albany, New York, and summer-like heat in the west.
06:10Let's bring in meteorologist Jeff Smith with our New York station WABC.
06:14Jeff, that northeast storm on the move tonight.
06:16And Whit, we're still feeling the cold wind on the backside of that departing storm,
06:20which was very impressive, dropping upwards of a half foot or more of snow from the northwestern hills of New Jersey up into the Worcester hills of Massachusetts.
06:27This will continue to spread rain along the New England coast right through the day tomorrow.
06:31Some snow over northern Maine could total up to a half a foot in those areas before it finally moves out to sea by later on tomorrow night.
06:38Quite the opposite weather going on on the opposite side of the country, the southwest.
06:42We're talking record heat in Phoenix, Arizona.
06:44Spreading east could be breaking records from Del Rio to Dallas during the day tomorrow.
06:48Also, red flag warnings in effect.
06:50High fire danger.
06:51Humidity as low as 3 percent portions of the southwest.
06:54Also, high fire danger over southeastern Florida.
06:57Next system of interest, diving through the Great Lakes by Monday.
07:00Some winter weather in northern Great Lakes.
07:02And then maybe some severe weather breaking out over the Ohio Valley by Monday afternoon.
07:06And not feeling like spring in many places.
07:08All right, Jeff, thanks so much.
07:10Next tonight, the chilling new details about a Wisconsin teen charged with killing his mother and stepfather.
07:15Newly unsealed court documents alleging a convoluted plot by the 17-year-old to overthrow the government, including the assassination of President Trump.
07:24And what investigators are saying about his alleged neo-Nazi views and motivation to kill his parents.
07:30Here's ABC's Christiane Cordero.
07:33Tonight, the FBI accusing this Wisconsin teen of murdering his parents as part of an extremist plot,
07:39alleging he was planning to assassinate President Trump and overthrow the U.S. government.
07:44Prosecutors say 17-year-old Nikita Kasap shot and killed his mother and stepfather inside their Waukesha home in February
07:52before stealing their car and leaving with the family dog.
07:56Officials later discovering the bodies during a welfare check.
07:59Victim B body was, appeared to have been deceased for some time, was unable to definitively identify who it was.
08:07Law enforcement eventually arresting Kasap during a traffic stop in Kansas, saying they found a handgun, pried open safe, jewelry, and $14,000 cash inside the vehicle,
08:19as well as documents on his phone calling for the assassination of the President of the United States in order to foment a political revolution.
08:27The FBI says Kasap was motivated by white supremacy with extremist neo-Nazi views.
08:33In newly released court documents, authorities allege Kasap wrote, quote,
08:37As to why specifically Trump, I think it's pretty obvious.
08:40By getting rid of the President and perhaps the Vice President, that is guaranteed to bring in some chaos.
08:46Officials go on to claim Kasap killed his parents as part of an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carry out his plan.
08:54Witt, authorities allege Kasap paid in part for a drone and explosives for an attack and that he appeared to have been in contact with others.
09:03Kasap is in custody on a $1 million bond.
09:06Witt?
09:07An alarming case.
09:08Christiane, thank you.
09:10Now to the urgent search for answers after that helicopter plunged into New York's Hudson River, killing six people.
09:16Divers scouring the river to recover the main rotor and other wreckage.
09:20That rotor is seen here spinning off and breaking away as the chopper falls out of the sky.
09:26Now some questioning whether chopper sightseeing tours should operate in busy areas like New York City.
09:31Here's ABC's Aika Jachi.
09:35As highly trained divers plunge into the waters of the Hudson River, searching for the reason why this sightseeing helicopter,
09:42with a family on board, tragically broke apart midair, tonight, family members emotional, remembering the lives lost.
09:49They left together, they left without suffering, and they left with a smile on their faces.
09:59And that's important for us.
10:01The victims, a family of five from Spain.
10:04Agustin Escobar and his wife Mercy, both executives at global tech company Siemens,
10:09along with their three children, ages four, eight and ten.
10:13The children's school back in Spain, offering a moment of silence.
10:16The tributes pouring in, as officials use sonar in those murky waters to try and locate that main rotor,
10:23seen here spinning off as the Bell 206 chopper falls out of the sky.
10:28New video, attained by ABC News, showing the aircraft flying along the New Jersey side of the Hudson River,
10:34before disappearing behind this high-rise.
10:37Moments later, pieces of the tail rotor flying off.
10:40Federal investigators already conducting wreckage exams on the engine,
10:43but now zeroing in on those rotor blades.
10:46If they're able to get the rotor blades back ashore,
10:49one of the things that they're going to be looking at very carefully is any potential for cracks,
10:53any deformation, anything that would indicate not only what happened, but how it happened.
10:58The sightseeing tour operated by New York Helicopter Tours touts an industry-leading safety record.
11:04Tonight, we're learning more about the pilot who also died,
11:0736-year-old Sean Johnson, a Navy veteran who had 788 hours of flight time.
11:13Investigators are still calculating how much of that time was spent in that particular helicopter.
11:18Whit, at least 38 people have died in helicopter crashes in New York City since 1977,
11:24and that's why we're seeing a renewed push for changes in the industry.
11:27Whit?
11:28And we're thinking about those families tonight.
11:30Ike, thank you.
11:32Now to the latest on the deadly small plane crash in Boca Raton, Florida.
11:36The three people killed identified as 17-year-old Brooke Stark and two adults, Robert Stark and Stephen Stark.
11:42That plane right there crashing near an overpass and bursting into flames about a mile from the airport.
11:48The FAA and NTSB are investigating.
11:52Overseas now to the first round of nuclear talks between Iran and the Trump administration.
11:56This coming as Tehran's nuclear program is rapidly advancing
12:00and on the heels of a meeting between White House officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
12:05Let's bring in ABC's Marcus Moore in London.
12:07And Marcus, the stakes are high for all sides in these talks.
12:12That's right.
12:13And the White House described the meeting, which took place in Oman today and lasted about two hours, as positive.
12:19And this was the first contact between the two nations since President Trump returned to office.
12:23The discussions, led by U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff, focused on Iran's nuclear program.
12:28The U.N. says Iran has been accelerating its uranium enrichment,
12:32and U.S. officials believe Iran is working to develop a nuclear weapon.
12:35Now, President Trump has repeatedly threatened military action
12:38if a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program is not reached.
12:41And in 2018, he withdrew the U.S. from the existing Iran nuclear deal,
12:46one that was brokered by the Obama administration.
12:49And as you mentioned, Wit, it comes just days after Witkoff met with another American adversary,
12:54this time Russian President Vladimir Putin, about a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.
12:59President Trump has grown increasingly restless with the Kremlin,
13:02saying in a social media post yesterday, quote, Russia has got to get moving.
13:06Wit.
13:07With those major discussions underway.
13:08All right, Marcus, thank you.
13:09Back here in the U.S., the police shooting of a teen with autism ending in tragedy.
13:14Victor Perez has died after being removed from life support a short time ago.
13:19The 17-year-old was wielding a knife when he was shot nine times by police.
13:24And tonight, why the neighbors who called 911 are now apologizing.
13:28Here's ABC's Zareen Shah.
13:30Tonight, a week after multiple Idaho police officers shot a teenager with autism,
13:36the controversial incident happening during a barbecue last week.
13:39A nearby witness making this call to police.
13:42As seen in this video, when police arrived, they commanded the boy to drop the knife.
13:54Seconds later, as Perez steps towards them, police open fire from the other side of the fence,
14:00leaving him hospitalized.
14:01I just want answers why with my nephew they used to kill because that's what they did.
14:07After that graphic video went viral, protests erupting in Pocatello,
14:11the father and son that made that 911 call apologizing to the Perez family.
14:17I had no idea this would happen.
14:18Sorry.
14:19Help us through this tragedy of Victor Perez.
14:27Earlier today, the Pocatello community holding this vigil in support of the family in front of the hospital,
14:32treating Perez, saying they hope the family gets justice.
14:36It could have been any one of our kids.
14:38And no kid should have had to go through what they went through.
14:43Idaho officials are now investigating this incident.
14:46Tonight, another vigil is taking place outside the Perez family home.
14:50Zorane Char, thanks to you tonight.
14:52Now to an update on that Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador.
14:58Just moments ago, the Trump administration filing their first status report to a federal judge,
15:03an official with the State Department declaring in a sworn statement that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is in that prison
15:09and that he is alive and secure.
15:11A federal judge ordering the White House to return Garcia back to the U.S.
15:16There is much more ahead on World News Tonight this Saturday.
15:19Luigi Mangione's lawyers blast calls for the death penalty,
15:23accusing the attorney general of playing politics.
15:25And the mystery object that tore through a roof, did it come from outer space?
15:33Next tonight, lawyers for Luigi Mangione have asked a federal judge to block the Justice Department
15:38from seeking the death penalty.
15:40Mangione is accused of murder and the killing of health care executive Brian Thompson in New York.
15:45Though he's not yet been indicted on federal charges,
15:48Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors to seek capital punishment
15:52as part of President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime.
15:56Mangione's attorneys called Bondi's decision, quote, political,
15:59saying she did it to have content for her Instagram account.
16:03When we come back here tonight, new video captures the moment.
16:06Something tore a hole through a roof in New Jersey.
16:08Where did it come from and what the experts are saying now?
16:14To the index now, an American missionary was reportedly abducted at gunpoint in South Africa
16:19while preaching a sermon.
16:21Police say four gunmen broke into the Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell Township on Thursday,
16:26stole two cell phones from the congregation,
16:29and fled with a pastor in his truck.
16:31The church, based in Tennessee, identifying the victim as Josh Sullivan,
16:35posting his photos in a Facebook post and asking for prayers.
16:40Next, a mystery in southern New Jersey.
16:42What caused a gaping hole in the roof of an auto body shop?
16:46The owner found it when he arrived for work on Wednesday.
16:48His security cameras captured a fireball as something crashed through the ceiling,
16:53leaving piles of debris.
16:55Other cameras caught the same thing.
16:56Astronomers say it's possible that whatever it was came from outer space.
17:01When we come back, an honor like no other at the Masters.
17:04Finally tonight, America Strong, the special honor for some legends of the Masters
17:13who never got to wear the green jacket.
17:16In the heart of golf country, Augusta is teeing up a special tribute.
17:20But this time, it's not for the players.
17:22This 25-foot monument honoring the black caddies,
17:26who carried more than just clubs, they carried history.
17:28I had to look for ways to tell these different stories.
17:33And the flowers is about giving the flowers.
17:36The black and white top is about showing the history and the past.
17:40And just want to know what those conversations are right there in that moment was precious to me.
17:46Artist Baruti Tucker painted the massive mural entirely by hand,
17:50using only his fingers, taking two months with help from a historian
17:53to research and identify the faces now etched in time.
17:57The mural includes both caddies and the golfers they assisted,
18:00highlighting the importance of their partnerships,
18:03recreating iconic moments like this one from the 1965 Masters Arnold Palmer
18:08with Nathaniel Ironman Avery alongside other caddies.
18:13PGA golfer Gareth Carpenter has a deep connection to the mural.
18:16His great uncle, Eddie McCoy, is one of the champion caddies immortalized in the art.
18:21To the young players coming up today,
18:23and to everyone who carries the love of this game in their heart,
18:28this is our history and it is our responsibility to keep it alive.
18:32The black caddies inspiring a new generation of golfers.
18:35And now this monument in Augusta's Sandhills community,
18:39finally preserving their legacy and recognition long overdue.
18:43A remarkable legacy, honored tonight.
18:47Thank you so much for watching.
18:48I'm Whit Johnson in New York.
18:50Have a great night.
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