BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT A HORRIFIC BUS CRASH IN VIRGINIA.

AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.

MORE THAN 40 INJURED. A BUS PLOWING INTO MULTIPLE VEHICLES NEAR A WORK ZONE ON INTERSTATE 95 SOUTH OF WASHINGTON, D.C, AND IN NEW YORK. A FIERY SCENE WHEN TWO AMTRAK WORK TRAINS COLLIDED, ONE OF THEM BURSTING INTO FLAMES. MULTIPLE INJURIES.

COMMUTERS LEFT SCRAMBLING. THE DRAMATIC FIRST RESCUE OF A MINOR FROM A FLOODED CAVE. NOW THE RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE FOUR OTHERS STILL TRAPPED IN A MAZE OF NARROW TUNNELS, SOMETIMES LESS THAN TWO FEET WIDE. TONIGHT WE HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE MINERS STUCK IN THAT CAVE. BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ROCKET EXPLODING INTO A MASSIVE FIREBALL, DAMAGING THE LAUNCH PAD DURING A TEST IN FLORIDA.

JEFF BEZOS CALLING IT A, QUOTE, VERY ROUGH DAY AND THE WARNING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT DEBRIS FROM THAT EXPLOSION. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME STRIPPED FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND ANOTHER JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKING HIS ADMINISTRATION'S NEARLY $2 BILLION PAYOUT FUND. WHAT TRUMP IS SAYING TONIGHT AND THE PRESIDENT WEIGHING A FINAL DECISION ON A DEAL WITH IRAN, MEETING FOR HOURS WITH HIS ADVISERS IN THE SITUATION ROOM.

HOW IRAN IS NOW RESPONDING.

FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ON CAPITOL HILL TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WHAT SHE TOLD LAWMAKERS ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES TRAGEDY ON ALASKA'S MOUNT MCKINLEY. THREE CLIMBERS ARE FOUND DEAD, BUT ONE SAFELY BROUGHT DOWN FROM AMERICA'S TALLEST MOUNTAIN. THE DARING RESCUE OF STUDENTS STUCK AT THE TOP OF A ROLLER COASTER, DANGLING NEARLY 100FT IN THE AIR FOR HOURS. TERRIFYING MOMENTS AS A CAR CRASHES INTO A TERMINAL AT DETROIT METRO AIRPORT, THE SECOND TIME IN FOUR MONTHS. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT AND THE WINNER OF THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. WHAT HE TOLD US ABOUT THAT NAIL BITING SPELL OFF AND THE RECORD FINISH.

FROM ABC.

NEWS WORLD.

HEADQUARTERS IN.

NEW YORK. THIS IS WORLD.

NEWS TONIGHT.

WITH DAVID MUIR.

GOOD EVENING. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. DAVID IS ON ASSIGNMENT TRAVELING THE COUNTRY FOR AMERICA'S 250TH MIDDLE OF THE NE PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY, AND FOUR OF THOSE FATALITIES WERE IN ONE VEHICLE. MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE INJURED. DOZENS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY THE BUS FAILED TO SLOW DOWN, PLOWING INTO SIX VEHICLES. AND IN NEW YORK, THIS FIERY SCENE WHEN TWO AMTRAK WORK TRAINS COLLIDED, ONE OF THEM BURSTING INTO FLAMES. TONIGHT, MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN LEADS US OFF FROM STAFFORD VIRGINIA.

TONIGHT. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN, ARE DEAD AND DOZENS ARE HURT AFTER THIS BUS SLAMMED INTO MULTIPLE CARS ON SOUTHBOUND I-95 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

MULTIPLE PEOPLE JUMPING OUT OF WINDOWS, MULTIPLE VEHICLES ON FIRE.

FIRST RESPONDERS WEAVING THROUGH HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SCENE NEAR QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, JUST AFTER 230 THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY THE COMMERCIAL BUS BOUND FOR CHARLOTTE FROM NEW YORK CITY, WITH 34 PASSENGERS ON BOARD, FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FOR A WORK ZONE. PASSENGERS ON THE BUS TELLING ABC NEWS THE DRIVER WAS FLYING. JUDY WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND THE DRIVER.

WHEN THE BUS FLIPPED. IT FLIPPED ME OVER, THREW ME UP OUT MY SEAT AND THREW ME ON TOP OF MAN AND GLASS.

THE CAB OF THE BUS IS MANGLED AS IF IT HIT SOMETHING HEAD ON, AND WORKERS HERE ARE GOING ON AND OFF, GETTING PERSONAL ITEMS AND SUITCASES FOR PEOPLE IN ONE VEHICLE AND ONE IN ANOTHER WERE KILLED. THE YOUNGEST VICTIM, A SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY. AND IN NEW YORK, A FIERY SCENE OUT THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN AS IT PULLED INTO PENN STATION. AUTHORITIES SAY TWO AMTRAK WORK TRAINS COLLIDED IN ONE BURST INTO FLAMES. FIVE WORKERS HURT. THE CRASH HALTED NEARLY ALL TRAIN TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF NEW YORK CITY. DURING THE MORNING RUSH, COMMUTERS LEFT SCRAMBLING WENT BACK HERE TO THAT CRASH ALONG I-95. WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, THE BUS IS OWNED BY A COMPANY BASED IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE DRIVER WAS ALSO INJURED. POLICE SAYING TONIGHT THEY'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CHARGES. AND THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION POSTING THAT FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE ALSO EXAMINING HIS TRAINING AND HIS LICENSING WITH.

ALL RIGHT. JAY O'BRIEN FOR US TONIGHT OVERSEAS NOW TO THE DRAMATIC RESCUE OF A MINER TRAPPED FOR MORE THAN A WEEK IN A FLOODED CAVE IN LAOS, RESCUE TEAMS STILL TRYING TO FREE THE FOUR OTHER MINERS. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN IS COMPLICATING THEIR EFFORTS. ONE OF THOSE MEN SAYING TONIGHT THEY ARE WEAK AND STARVING. HERE'S ABC'S BRITT CLINTON.

GOING OUT TONIGHT.

YOU'RE WATCHING THE HARROWING RESCUE OF THE FIRST OF FIVE VILLAGERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAPPED IN A FLOODED CAVE IN LAOS FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.

DIVERS PAINSTAKINGLY GUIDING THE MAN ON AN 800 FOOT JOURNEY, WINDING THROUGH NARROW TUNNELS, AT TIMES LESS THAN TWO FEET WIDE IN CHEST HIGH WATER. HE'S SEEN CRAWLING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES THROUGH TINY PASSENGERS.

AS RESCUERS EXPLAIN, THE MAN'S HANDS ARE WOUNDED, BUT WITH THEIR HELP, HE FINALLY EMERGES OUTSIDE, WEAKENED BUT FINDING THE STRENGTH TO MAKE HIS WAY UP ONE LAST HILL, WHERE HE LET OUT A LOUD CRY. THAT SURVIVOR THEN WRAPPED IN A HEAT BLANKET.

IMAGES CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOW A MEDICAL TEAM GIVING HIM OXYGEN AND AN IV. BUT WITH THE THREAT OF FRESH RAIN AND FLOODS AT ANY MOMENT, IT IS A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO RESCUE FOUR MEN WHO ARE STILL DESPERATELY WAITING UNDERGROUND.

THEY WERE OUT SEARCHING FOR GOLD WHEN THEY BECAME TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS. TWO MORE PEOPLE ARE STILL MISSING. IN A HEARTBREAKING EXCHANGE TODAY, ONE OF THE STRANDED MEN ASKED RESCUERS WHY THEY JUST CAN'T SWIM OUT NOW. HE SAYS THEY ARE WEAK, STARVING AND CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE AND ARE RUNNING OUT OF BATTERIES FOR THEIR LIGHTS.

THE DIVER LEAVING THE GROUP WITH FOOD AND WATER, TRYING TO REASSURE THEM THEY ARE PUMPING WATER OUT OF THE CAVE SO THEY CAN RESCUE THEM.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE PEOPLE UNDERGROUND TOO LONG WITHOUT MEDICAL SUPPORT, WITHOUT PROPER FOOD, SUSTENANCE, CLEAN WATER, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS BEFORE THEIR CONDITION IS GOING TO DETERIORATE.

WITH THESE, RESCUE DIVERS WERE GRATEFUL TO REACH THAT FIRST SURVIVOR AND GET THAT MAN OUT ALIVE. MONSOON RAINS. THEY ARE STILL A REAL THREAT, BUT THIS BRAVE TEAM SAYS THEY WILL TRY AGAIN IN A MATTER OF HOURS.

ALL RIGHT, FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. NEXT TONIGHT, BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ROCKET EXPLODING INTO A MASSIVE FIREBALL. THE BLAST SCORCHING THE LAUNCH PAD DURING A TEST IN FLORIDA. NO INJURIES REPORTED, BUT IT'S A MAJOR SETBACK FOR THE SPACE COMPANY FOUNDED BY JEFF BEZOS AND NASA'S MOON MISSION. PLUS THE WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT DEBRIS FROM THAT ROCKET. HERE'S ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO.

TONIGHT. JEFF BEZOS COMMERCIAL SPACE COMPANY BLUE ORIGIN IS WARNING FLORIDA RESIDENTS NOT TO TOUCH ANY DEBRIS FROM THIS CATASTROPHIC EXPLOSION THAT INCINERATED ONE OF ITS LARGEST ROCKETS DURING AN UNMANNED ENGINE TEST THURSDAY NIGHT. THE ENORMOUS FIREBALL LIGHTING UP THE CAPE CANAVERAL SKY, PRODUCING A MUSHROOM CLOUD VISIBLE FOR DOZENS OF MILES. INCREDIBLY, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FRANTIC WITNESSES INUNDATING FIRST RESPONDERS WITH 911 CALLS.

THERE WAS A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT BLUE ORIGIN. A BIG MUSHROOM CLOUD JUST WENT INTO THE SKY LIKE AN ATOMIC BOMB.

THERE WAS A HUGE FIREBALL IN THE SKY, BUT IT'S STILL RAGING FIRE IN.

DAYLIGHT, REVEALING MUCH OF THE LAUNCH PAD REDUCED TO CHARRED RUBBLE. BLUE ORIGIN SAYING AN ANOMALY TOOK PLACE DURING A STATIC FIRE TEST OF ITS 320 FOOT TALL NEW GLENN ROCKET. WHEN THE ROCKET'S ENGINES ARE FIRED WHILE THE CRAFT REMAINS ATTACHED TO THE LAUNCH SITE, THE EXPLOSION A SIGNIFICANT SETBACK FOR BLUE ORIGIN AND NASA, WHICH IS DEPENDING ON REUSABLE ROCKETS FROM BLUE ORIGIN TO SEND LANDERS TO THE MOON.

BLUE ORIGIN HAD EMERGED AS REALLY A KEY PLAYER IN NASA'S EFFORTS TO RETURN TO THE MOON, AND SO THIS IS PRETTY DEVASTATING TO THAT EFFECT.

BLUE ORIGIN SAYS IT INVESTED MORE THAN $1 BILLION INTO THAT LAUNCH SITE. IN A STATEMENT, JEFF BEZOS CALLING IT A VERY ROUGH DAY BUT VOWING TO REBUILD WITH.

VICTOR OQUENDO. THANK YOU.

NOW TO THE NEW LEGAL SETBACKS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME TO BE STRIPPED FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER. AND ANOTHER JUDGE TEMPORARILY PAUSING HIS ADMINISTRATION FROM MOVING AHEAD WITH A NEARLY $2 BILLION PAYOUT FUND. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS TONIGHT.

A DAY OF POTENTIAL SETBACKS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY THAT HIS NAME COULD BE STRIPPED FROM THE KENNEDY CENTER.

BEHIND THE STORM OF DAILY CONFLICT AND CRISIS. THE POET, THE ARTIST, THE MUSICIAN CONTINUES THE QUIET WORK OF CENTURIES, BUILDING BRIDGES OF EXPERIENCE BETWEEN PEOPLES.

THIS 1962 SPEECH BY JFK AND AN AMERICAN PAGEANT OF THE ARTS, CITED BY A FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY RULING THAT CONGRESS CREATED THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS TO HONOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY AFTER HE WAS ASSASSINATED, AND THAT ONLY CONGRESS CAN CHANGE ITS NAME. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE CHRISTOPHER COOPER, WRITING CONGRESS GAVE THE KENNEDY CENTER ITS NAME, AND ONLY CONGRESS CAN CHANGE IT. OUR MARY BRUCE WAS THERE IN DECEMBER WHEN THE CHANGE WAS MADE.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

HIS NAME, DONALD J. TRUMP GOING UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS ICONIC BUILDING.

BUT TODAY, THE JUDGE ORDERING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NAME BE REMOVED FROM THE INSTITUTION'S TITLE AS REPRESENTED ON THE FACADE OF THE CENTER AND ANY OTHER PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL SIGNAGE AND OFFICIAL MATERIALS. AND TODAY, ANOTHER CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE PERFORMING ARTS GAINING HEADLINES AS SEVERAL ARTISTS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE PULLING OUT OF THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR, CELEBRATING THE COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, CITING CONCERNS THAT THE EVENT, WHICH HAS TIES TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, HAVE BECOME TOO POLITICAL. BUT THE EVENT'S ORGANIZERS TODAY PUSHING BACK, SAYING THE FAIR IS A CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN FREEDOM, CULTURE AND UNITY, NOT POLITICS.

AND TONIGHT, THE CONTROVERSY OVER TRUMP'S SO-CALLED WEAPONIZATION FUND STILL MAKING HEADLINES, BUT A FEDERAL JUDGE SAYING THAT NO TRANSACTION SHOULD TAKE PLACE UNTIL SHE RESOLVES WHETHER THE FUND IS LEGAL. CRITICS HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING THAT THE FUND COULD RESULT IN PAYOUTS TO MANY OF TRUMP'S ALLIES, INCLUDING SOME OF THE JANUARY 6TH RIOTERS WHO ATTACKED POLICE. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT SHARPLY CRITICIZING THE JUDGE'S RULING ON THE KENNEDY CENTER, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUILDING STRUCTURE AND NEED FOR RENOVATION. HE APPEARED TO WASH HIS HANDS OF THE MATTER, SAYING HE WOULD TURN IT OVER TO CONGRESS TO DEAL WITH WIT.

ALL RIGHT, PIERRE THOMAS, OUR THANKS TO YOU. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WEIGHING A DECISION ON A DEAL WITH IRAN, MEETING WITH ADVISORS FOR TWO HOURS IN THE SITUATION ROOM, BUT STILL NO FINAL DECISION.

AND THE KEY STICKING POINTS THAT TRUMP SAYS MUST BE PART OF THE DEAL. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY HUDDLING IN THE SITUATION ROOM FOR OVER TWO HOURS WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM TO MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION ABOUT A POSSIBLE DEAL WITH IRAN TO EXTEND THE CEASE FIRE AND REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

BUT TONIGHT, TRUMP STILL NOT ANNOUNCING ANY DECISION.

EARLIER, THE PRESIDENT LAYING OUT HIS DEMANDS, SAYING IRAN MUST AGREE TO REOPEN THE CRITICAL WATERWAY. PLEDGE NEVER TO DEVELOP A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND ALLOW THE U.S. TO REMOVE IRAN'S HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM. BUT IRAN SAYS THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

THE KEY ISSUE AT THE CENTER OF THIS CONFLICT IS NOT A PART OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS. IRAN ALSO INSISTING THE U.S. RELEASE $12 BILLION IN FROZEN IRANIAN ASSETS. BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYING NO MONEY WILL BE EXCHANGED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

AN IRANIAN SPOKESMAN SAYING MESSAGE EXCHANGES ARE CONTINUING BUT NO FINAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED. AND WE ARE NOW IN WEEK 13 OF THIS CONFLICT. AMERICANS ARE FEELING THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT. ACCORDING TO ONE NEW ANALYSIS, THIS WAR HAS COST THE AVERAGE AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD AN EXTRA $450 IN GAS AND ENERGY. AND TONIGHT, THESE TALKS CONTINUE WITH NO CLEAR END IN SIGHT. WITH.

ALL RIGHT, MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. NEXT TONIGHT, AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER AN EXPLOSION AND MASSIVE FIRE AT AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN DALLAS. THE SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL VICTIMS NOW OVER.

THE NTSB IS INVESTIGATING. A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE EXPLOSION, FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE SCENE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES FOR A REPORTED GAS LEAK. NOW TO A ROLLER COASTER GETTING STUCK NEARLY 100FT IN THE AIR, TRAPPING EIGHT STUDENTS AT PLEASURE PIER IN GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE RESCUE TAKING HOURS.

AND TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC IMAGES COMING IN. HERE'S TREVOR AULT.

TONIGHT, THE HARROWING RESCUE ON A TEXAS ROLLER COASTER. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STRANDED FOR HOURS, NEARLY 100FT IN THE AIR.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PRAY THAT ALL GOES WELL AND THEIR EXTRACTION AND GET DOWN TO THE GROUND HERE.

THOSE EIGHT HOUSTON STUDENTS WERE THERE YESTERDAY AT GALVESTON ISLAND HISTORIC PLEASURE PIER, RIDING THE IRON SHARK ROLLER COASTER, GETTING STUCK NEAR THE PEAK OF ITS COMPLETELY VERTICAL ASCENT.

WE JUST FELT SCARY. I FELT I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO FALL.

THOSE STUDENTS HANGING BACKWARD FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS.

ANY SMALL MISTAKE CAN BE CATASTROPHIC.

THE AMUSEMENT PARK SHUTTING DOWN AS RESCUE TEAMS RACED IN.

RESCUE WORKERS USING A LADDER, CAREFULLY PULLING THEM OUT ONE BY ONE.

IMAGINE THAT.

TONIGHT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS ALL THOSE STUDENTS ARE SAFE.

THE HEAT WAS PRETTY BRUTAL UP THERE. THEY WERE PRETTY FRIGHTENED, BUT THEY WERE PRETTY BRAVE.

AND WITH THE AMUSEMENT PARK SAYS THAT RIDE EXPERIENCED A MALFUNCTION AND STOPPED AS ITS INTENDED. IT WILL NOW BE INSPECTED AND TESTED BEFORE IT GOES BACK INTO SERVICE WITH.

AND THANKFULLY EVERYONE IS OKAY. TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU.

FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY FOR A CLOSED DOOR INTERVIEW ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES. BONDI ADMITTING TO REDACTING ERRORS BUT SAYING THE DEPARTMENT WAS COMMITTED TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS. WHEN ASKED ABOUT A POSSIBLE PARDON FOR GHISLAINE MAXWELL, EPSTEIN'S CONVICTED ACCOMPLICE, BONDI SAID MAXWELL, QUOTE, HOPEFULLY WILL DIE IN PRISON. AN ICE AGENT WAS ARRESTED FOR THE NON FATAL SHOOTING OF A VENEZUELAN MAN IN MINNEAPOLIS EARLIER THIS YEAR. CRISTIAN CASTRO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN TEXAS FACING CHARGES INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT. PROSECUTORS SAYING HE SHOT THROUGH A FRONT DOOR, HITTING ONE PERSON IN THE LEG.

THE BULLET LANDING IN THE WALL OF A CHILD'S ROOM. MEANWHILE, NINE PROTESTERS ARRESTED OUTSIDE AN ICE FACILITY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. IT'S THE LATEST ESCALATION FROM DEMONSTRATIONS OVER CONDITIONS AT DELANEY HALL. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN SAYING THE ARRESTS CAME AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE BEATEN, KICKED AND PUNCHED.

WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE RACE TO RESCUE CLIMBERS ON THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN NORTH AMERICA, ENDING IN TRAGEDY AND A CAR SLAMMING THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS OF AN AMERICAN AIRPORT. AND IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. PLUS, THE NERVE WRACKING MOMENTS AND THE RECORDOS.

NEXT NIGHT. THE RESCUE EFFORTS FOR HIKERS ON MOUNT MCKINLEY IN ALASKA COMING TO A TRAGIC END. THREE CLIMBERS FOUND DEAD, BUT ONE WAS BROUGHT TO SAFETY. THAT HIKER'S CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THEY FELL ONTO A BASIN AT THE TALLEST PEAK IN NORTH AMERICA, NEAR THE FAMED DENALI PASS. THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR TEAM RETURNED TO CAMP SAFELY. A CAR CRASHES THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS OF DETROIT METRO AIRPORT FOR THE SECOND TIME IN MONTHS. THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING INTO THE BUILDING, PEOPLE INSIDE SCRAMBLING TO GET AWAY.

AMAZINGLY, NO SERIOUS INJURIES.

THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY. ANOTHER CAR DROVE INTO A TERMINAL AT THE SAME AIRPORT BACK IN JANUARY. WHEN WE COME BACK, THE MYSTERY BEHIND A SONIC BOOM TO THE INDEX. NOW. A MYSTERIOUS SONIC BOOM IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE COMMUNITY AROUND COLUMBIA AND NEARBY COUNTIES SHAKEN AND STARTLED FROM THE NOISE. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONFIRMING THIS WAS NOT AN EARTHQUAKE, BUT NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED IT. NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE. WELL, SNOW IS IN THE FORECAST THIS WEEKEND FOR ONE PART OF THE NORTHEAST NEW ENGLAND BRACING FOR STORMS.

UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED THERE AND IN SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, A FEW INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL. A SUCCESSFUL C-SECTION FOR A GORILLA. THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO IN SEATTLE, ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF A 5 POUND, FOUR OUNCE BABY BOY. THE C-SECTION WAS AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF LOW AMNIOTIC FLUID.

IT'S A RARE PROCEDURE. THE NEWBORN AND HIS MOTHER, OLYMPIA, ARE RECOVERING WELL TONIGHT.

WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA'S FINALLY TONIGHT, THE DRAMATIC END TO THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, A NEW RECORD AND NEW CHAMPION. NEARLY 300 SPELLERS COMPETING AT THIS WEEK'S SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. AFTER NINE EXCITING ROUNDS.

CAN YOU PLEASE SAY THE WORD FIVE TIMES?

TWO CONTESTANTS LEFT STANDING ON THE STAGE LAST NIGHT.

FILL UP HERE TO.

THE LEFT. HERE TO.

P H. I L. E P I T T A PHILOPATOR.

THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. AIR TABLA E R T E. B O L L E R TABLA.

THAT IS CORRECT.

JUDGES DECLARING A TIE, PROMPTING A DRAMATIC SPELL OFF A LIGHTNING ROUND. 90S TO SPELL AS MANY WORDS AS POSSIBLE.

THE NEBULA.

THE NEBULAE.

THEY DON'T DO.

I THINK AS THE AUDIO.

COVER THOUGHT QUOTE I.

SEE WHY. WHY DO YOU.

JUST LARGELY.

A TOY? MEANT MEDIOCRE.

RISKY ARIAS.

RTI ARIAS.

THEN THE ANXIOUS WAIT FOR THE WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED.

THIS FELL OFF. RESULTS ARE IN SRA. DURING THE SPELL OF YOU CORRECTLY SPELLED A TOTAL OF 32 WORDS. ON EACH SIDE. YOU CORRECTLY SPELLED A TOTAL OF 25 WORDS, AND THAT MEANS THAT SRA.

YOU ARE THE TWO TIME.

14 YEAR OLD SRA. PAREKH, AN EIGHTH GRADER FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARED CHAMPION, CORRECTLY SPELLING 32 WORDS IN THE FINAL ROUND, A NEW RECORD. TRES PROUD FAMILY JOINING HIM ON STAGE. WOW. AND THEN AN EARLY WAKE-UP CALL.

SPEAKING WITH GMA THIS MORNING.

IT'S BEEN SOMETHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.

AFTER COMING IN THIRD IN 2024 AND THEN MISSING OUT ON THE B LAST YEAR, SHRI TELLING US HE NEVER GAVE UP.

IT HONESTLY FEELS AMAZING.

I'M GLAD I SAW IT THROUGH TO THE END AND HAD PERSEVERANCE AND KEPT GOING.

AND IT ALL PAID OFF. WELL DONE. THANKS