ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - Feb. 22

♪. >>> TONIGHT, SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORY AS WE COME ON THE AIR. ONE OFFICER IS DEAD, SEVERAL. STAFF MEMBERS SHOT AFTER A. GUNMAN OPENS FIRE INSIDE A. PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. >>> NEW CONCERNS FOR POPE. FRANCIS. HIS CONDITION WORSENING AS HE. STRUGGLES WITH A RESPIRATORY. INFECTION. >>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. MILITARY PURGE, TOP LEADERS. FORCED OUT. >>> FIRST, THAT CHAOTIC SCENE. INSIDE A PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES SAYING A GUNMAN. OPENED FIRE IN THE ICU, SHOOTING. THREE STAFF MEMBERS AND THREE. OFFICERS, ONE OF WHOM WAS. KILLED.

THE SUSPECT THEN HOLDING A. PERSON HOSTAGE BEFORE HE WAS. SHOT AND KILLED. WHAT INVESTIGATORS ARE TELLING. US TONIGHT. >>> POPE FRANCIS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING A NEW. RESPIRATORY CRISIS. FRANCIS GIVEN OXYGEN AND A BLOOD. TRANSFUSION AS HIS CONDITION. WORSENS. THE VATICAN NOW SAYING THE POPE. IS NOT OUT OF DANGER. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTING THE. UNPRECEDENTED SHAKEUP AT THE. PENTAGON. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS. OF STAFF OUT, THE NAVY'S TOP. ADMIRAL FIRED TOO.

THE PRESIDENT ALSO PRAISING ELON. MUSK AND DOGE, URGING MUSK TO BE. EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE IN. SHRINKING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >>> UKRAINE'S COUNTER OFFER. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED UKRAINE IS. OPEN TO GIVING SOME OF ITS. MINERAL WEALTH TO THE U.S., BUT. ONLY A FRACTION OF THE $500. BILLION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. SEEKING AS PART OF A PEACE DEAL. WITH RUSSIA. >>> HAMAS RELEASES SIX MORE. ISRAELI HOSTAGES AS THE. CEASE-FIRE NEARS THE END OF. PHASE ONE. BUT WILL THERE BE A SECOND. PHASE?

>>> UNITEDHEALTHCARE REPORTEDLY. BEING INVESTIGATED FOR. QUESTIONABLE BILLING, THE STOCK. FALLING, EMPLOYEE BUYOUTS BEING. OFFERED AFTER THE CEO WAS GUNNED. DOWN IN NEW YORK CITY. THE SUSPECT MAKING A NEW COURT. APPEARANCE. >>> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE U.S. ECONOMY. HOME SALES ARE DOWN AND HOW. CONSUMERS ARE FEELING ABOUT. INFLATION. >>> PLUS, THE WINTER WARMUP. COMING TO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, SPRINGLIKE TEMPERATURES MOVING. IN. >>> AND THE ROAD TO THE OSCARS, 13 ACTORS NOMINATED FOR THE. FIRST TIME. WE'LL SPEAK WITH TWO OF THEM. ABOUT THEIR LIFE-CHANGING ROLES. ♪.

♪. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >>> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US ON THIS. SATURDAY. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WE'RE FOLLOWING SEVERAL. DEVELOPING STORIES TONIGHT. POPE FRANCIS IS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION AFTER WHAT THE VATICAN. IS DESCRIBING AS A RESPIRATORY. CRISIS. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE DEADLY. SHOOTING AT A HOSPITAL IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, WEST OF. PHILADELPHIA. ONE POLICE O THE DEADLY. SHOOTING AT A HOSPITAL IN.

PENNSYLVANIA. ONE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN. KILLED. A SUSPECT ENTERED THE INTENSIVE. CARE UNIT AT UPMC MEMORIAL. HOSPITAL TAKING SEVERAL STAFF. MEMBERS HOSTAGE, OPENED FIRE. STRIKING A DOCTOR, NURSE AND. CUSTODIAN. THE SUSPECT WAS HOLDING A STAFF. MEMBER AT GUN POINT AND HAD. ANOTHER IN ZIP TIES WHEN POLICE. SAY HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY. OFFICERS. ANDREW DUARTE DIED ON THE SCENE. TWO OTHERS WERE SHOT BUT ARE IN.

STABLE CONDITION. TONIGHT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT. SHARED A MOTIVE FOR THE. SHOOTING. WE LEAD OFF FROM THE SCENE IN. YORK, PENN. >> Reporter: ONE POLICE OFFICER. IS DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS ARE. INJURED. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE. GUNMAN ENTERED UPMC HOSPITAL IN. YORK, PENNSYLVANIA ARMED WITH A. HANDGUN AND ZIP TIES.

>> HE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE ICU. IN THE ICU THIS INDIVIDUAL WENT. AND HELD HOSTAGE MEMBERS OF THE. UPMC STAFF. >> Reporter: ORTIZ TIED THE. HANDS OF ONE STAFF MEMBER BEHIND. HER BACK AS POLICE RESPONDED TO. THE SCENE. >> THE INDIVIDUAL WAS HOLDING AT. GUN POINT A MEMBER OF THE UPMC. STAFF AND ORDERED THE POLICE TO. GET BACK BEHIND THE DOORS.

>> Reporter: ORTIZ FIRED HIS GUN. STRIKING A DOCTOR, NURSE AND. CUSTODIAN. AS POLICE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO. APPROACH ORTIZ, AN INTENSE. FIREFIGHT ENSUED AND ONE OFFICER. WAS SHOT AND KILLED. THE SHOOTING SENDING SHOCK WAYS. THROUGH THE QUIET COMMUNITY. >> THE ACT OF EXTRAORDINARY. BRAVERY AND COURAGE BY THE. HEALTH CARE WORKERS HERE AND BY.

THE LAW ENFORCEMENT. PROFESSIONALS. I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR. WORK LIVES WERE SAVED TODAY HERE. AT UPMC MEMORIAL. >> Reporter: WHIT, AUTHORITIES. SAY NO PATIENTS WERE INJURED AND. CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CARE AT THE. >> THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS NOW AND WORD. TONIGHT FROM THE VATICAN THAT. POPE FRANCIS IS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION AFTER A RESPIRATORY. CRISIS.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO MARCUS MOORE. IN ROME TONIGHT. MARCUS, WHAT MORE ARE YOU. LEARNING ABOUT THE POPE'S. CONDITION? >> Reporter: WELL, WHIT, THE. VATICAN SAYS THE POPE SUFFERED A. SERIOUS ASTHMA ATTACK. HE NEEDED EXTENSIVE OXYGEN. TREATMENT TODAY. HE ALSO UNDERWENT A BLOOD. TRANSFUSION TO INCREASE THE. LEVEL OF RED BLOOD CELL. PLATELETS IN HIS SYSTEM. TONIGHT'S STATEMENT IS MUCH MORE. CONCERNING THAN THE ONE THE. VATICAN PUT OUT YESTERDAY. INDICATING THE POPE'S CONDITION. HAD SLIGHTLY IMPROVED.

TONIGHT, THE POPE IS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION, ACCORDING TO THE. VATICAN, BUT HE IS ALERT AND WAS. ABLE TO SPEND PART OF THE DAY IN. AN ARMCHAIR. STILL, DOCTORS SAY HIS PROGNOSIS. IS RESERVED AS CATHOLICS AROUND. THE GLOBE PRAY FOR HIS RECOVERY. WHIT. >>> WE MOVE TO POLITICS NOW AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING. PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME. SINCE THAT PENTAGON PURGE. THE PRESIDENT APPEARING AT THE. CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL ACTION. CONFERENCE A SHORT TIME AGO, TOUTING HIS EFFORTS TO CUT WASTE. FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. DURING HIS FIRST MONTH BACK IN. OFFICE.

HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP TAKING A VICTORY LAP, TOUTING HIS FEDERAL FIRING SPREE. TO A CROWD OF SUPPORTERS. GATHERED AT THE CONSERVATIVE. POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE. >> I'VE ENDED ALL OF THE. SO-CALLED DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND. INCLUSION PROGRAMS ACROSS THE. ENTIRE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND. THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NOTIFIED. EVERY SINGLE GOVERNMENT DEI. OFFICER THAT THEIR JOB HAS BEEN. DELETED. THEY'RE GONE. THEY'RE FIRED.

YOU'RE FIRED, GET OUT. YOU'RE FIRED. >> Reporter: PRAISING ELON. MUSK'S CAMPAIGN TO SLASH. GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AN ONGOING. PURGE ELIMINATING THOUSANDS OF. JOBS ACROSS MORE THAN A DOZEN. FEDERAL AGENCIES. >> ELON IS DOING A GREAT JOB. HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. WE LOVE ELON, DON'T WE? >> Reporter: TONIGHT ELON MUSK. POSING A NEW ULTIMATUM TO. FEDERAL WORKERS, EXPLAIN WHAT.

YOU'VE DONE OR RESIGN, POSTING. ON X ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WILL. SHORTLY RECEIVE AN E-MAIL. REQUESTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT. THEY GOT DONE LAST WEEK. FAILURE TO RESPOND WILL BE TAKEN. AS A RESIGNATION. MUSK GIVING NO DETAILS ABOUT THE. CRITERIA OR WHO WILL JUDGE THE. RESPONSES. ABC NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO THE. WHITE HOUSE FOR CLARIFICATION. TRUMP BELIEVES HIS ACTIONS ARE. POPULAR. >> WE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING. RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE. HIGHEST POLL NUMBERS THAT I'VE. EVER HAD. >> Reporter: BUT POLLS SHOW. VOTERS ARE CONCERNED.

A "WASHINGTON POST" IPSOS POLL. SHOWS 53% OF AMERICANS. DISAPPROVE OF WHAT TRUMP HAS. DONE SINCE TAKING OFFICE. 57% SAID TRUMP HAS GONE BEYOND. HIS AUTHORITY AS PRESIDENT. AND ONLY 34% APPROVE OF HOW MUSK. HAS HANDLED HIS ROLE. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS STARTING TO. FEEL THE HEAT. ANGRY AMERICANS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY FROM GEORGIA TO KANSAS. ARE PUSHING BACK. >> WE ARE ALL FREAKING PISSED. OFF ABOUT THIS. YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IT AND FEEL. IT.

>> Reporter: IN A DISTRICT NEAR. ATLANTA, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN. RICH McCORMICK FACING TOUGH. QUESTIONS. >> THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT. YOU, CONGRESSMAN, AND YOUR. FELLOW CONGRESSMEN ARE GOING TO. DO TO REIGN IN THE MEGALOMANIAC. IN THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. FIRING THE NATION'S TOP MILITARY. LEADERSHIP OUSTING CQ BROWN AS. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS. OF STAFF, THE NATION'S TOP. MILITARY OFFICER, ALONGSIDE.

SEVERAL OTHER LEADERS. BROWN HAS COME UNDER FIRE AS. TRUMP AIMS TO RID THE MILITARY. OF LEADERS WHO SUPPORT DIVERSITY. EQUITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS. >> SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELENA WANG. JOINING US NOW. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE STARTING. TO RECEIVE THOSE E-MAILS THAT. ELON MUSK REFERENCED. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, WHIT. SOURCES TILL US THAT THE E-MAIL. ASKS EMPLOYEES TO LIST FIVE. BULLET POINTS OF WHAT THEY'VE. ACCOMPLISHED IN THE LAST WEEK. IT SAYS THE DEADLINE TO RESPOND. IS MONDAY NIGHT.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE. AGENCIES WILL DETERMINE THE NEXT. STEPS, BUT STILL NO ANSWERS ON. WHO WILL BE READING AND JUDGING. THOSE E-MAILS. WHIT. >> MAJOR SHAKEUP CONTINUES. SELENA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE TENSE. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND UKRAINE OVER ITS WAR WITH. RUSSIA. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. DEMANDING ACCESS TO UKRAINE'S. VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCES AS. PAYMENT FOR MILITARY AID. TONIGHT NEW DETAILS ABOUT A. COUNTER PROPOSAL FROM UKRAINE. ABC'S PATRICK REEVELL REPORTS. FROM KYIV TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE. NOT JUST FROM VLADIMIR PUTIN, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. AS THE WAR IN UKRAINE APPROACHES. ITS THIRD ANNIVERSARY, UKRAINE. AND THE U.S. ARE LOCKED IN TENSE. NEGOTIATIONS OVER A DEAL THAT. WOULD GIVE THE U.S. ACCESS TO. UKRAINE'S VALUABLE RESOURCES. THE LATEST DRAFT WOULD REQUIRE. UKRAINE TO PAY $500 BILLION TO. THE U.S., PAID FOR BY TAKING 50%. OF REVENUES FROM MUCH OF. UKRAINE'S NATURAL RESOURCES.

FOREVER, INCLUDING OIL AND GAS. AS WELL AS PORTS AND OTHER. INFRASTRUCTURE. ♪ PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN ♪. >> Reporter: TRUMP SAYING IT'S. BACK PAY FOR THE BILLIONS IN. MILITARY AID SENT TO UKRAINE. >> WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR MONEY. BACK. IT'S NOT FAIR. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. >> Reporter: THE U.S. SENT AN. ESTIMATED $119 BILLION IN AID TO. UKRAINE SINCE 2022, THE AMOUNT. TRUMP IS ASKING FOR IS FIVE. TIMES MORE. ZELENSKYY FIRST SUGGESTED A RARE.

EARTH DEAL, BUT SO FAR HE IS. REFUSING TO SIGN BECAUSE THE. AGREEMENT PROMISES NO SECURITY. GUARANTEES IN RETURN. MANY UKRAINIANS OUTRAGED BY THE. DEAL, FEELING IT EXTORTS THEIR. STRICKEN COUNTRY. A SENIOR UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL HAS. TOLD US TONIGHT THAT UKRAINE HAS. PROPOSED TO PAY THE U.S. $100. BILLION, BUT THAT SAME OFFICIAL. TELLING US THAT PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY WILL NEVER SIGN A DEAL. THAT, QUOTE, ROBS THE COUNTRY. WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY SECURITY. GUARANTEES. WHIT.

>> PATRICK REEVELL, THANK YOU. TUNE INTO THIS WEEK TOMORROW. MORNING. MARTHA RADDATZ TALKS WITH SENATE. DEMOCRAT JACK RIDE AND MIKE. LAWLOR ABOUT THE PUSH ON UKRAINE. AND DRAMATIC CUTS TO THE. GOVERNMENT WORKFORCE. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE MIDDLE. EAST AND HAMAS RELEASING SIX. ISRAELI HOSTAGES. FOUR WERE KIDNAPPED DURING THE. OCTOBER 7th ATTACK AND TWO HAVE. BEEN IN CAPTIVITY FOR MORE THAN. A DECADE. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S i. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S INES DE LA.

CUETARA. LET'S GET MORE ON THESE. EMOTIONAL REUNIONS. THERE'S ALSO NEWS ON THE RELEASE. OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. >> Reporter: SIX HOSTAGES. RELEASED TODAY. THEY ARE ELIYA COHEN, OMER SHEM. TOV, OMER WENKERT, TAL SHOHAM, AVERA MENGISTU, AND HISHAM. AL-SAYED. FOUR WERE KIDNAPPED ON OCTOBER. 7th. TWO HAVE BEEN HELD BY THE TERROR. GROUP FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THEY ARE THE LAST GROUP OF. LIVING HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED. AS PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE. CEASE-FIRE DEAL. ISRAEL DELAYING THE RELEASE OF. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN.

PRISONERS SET TO BE FREED TODAY, THAT DECISION REPORTEDLY. COMING IN RESPONSE TO THE. DELAYED RETURN OF SHIRI BIBAS'. BODY AND THE MURDER OF HER TWO. YOUNG CHILDREN SHORTLY AFTER. THEY WERE KIDNAPPED. NEGOTIATIONS FOR PHASE TWO ARE. SET TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK. >> INES DE LA CUETARA. THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., A. REPORT THAT THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING. UNITEDHEALTHCARE'S BILLING. PRACTICES FOR MEDICARE. IT COMES DURING A TUMULTUOUS. PERIOD FOR ONE OF THE NATION'S.

LARGEST HEALTH INSURERS, INCLUDING THE MURDER OF ITS CEO. THE SUSPECT IN THAT CASE, LUIGI. MANGIONE APPEARING IN COURT ON. FRIDAY. UNITEDHEALTHCARE IS NOW OFFERING. BUYOUTS AND FACING POTENTIAL. LAYOFFS, AND STOCK SHARES HAVE. FALLEN MORE THAN 20% OVER THE. LAST THREE MONTHS. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AS LUIGI.

MANGIONE'S MURDER CASE MOVES. FORWARD, REPORTS. THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS. INVESTIGATING UNITED HEALTH. GROUP'S BILLING PRACTICES. ACCORDING TO THE "WALL STREET. JOURNAL," THE NEW CIVIL PROBE IS. LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS THE. COMPANY PROFITED OFF FALSE. DIAGNOSES. LAST SUMMER, THE JOURNAL. REPORTED UNITEDHEALTHCARE ADDED. DIAGNOSES TO. PATIENT RECORDS FOR CONDITIONS. THEY WEREN'T TREATED FOR, TRIGGERING AN EXTRA $8.7 BILLION.

IN PAYOUTS TO INSURERS. STOCKS PLUNGING 7% YESTERDAY, A. $30 BILLION LOSS IN MARKET. VALUE. THE COMPANY CALLING REPORTS OF. FRAUD MISINFORMATION. ALL OF THIS AS LUIGI MANGIONE, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING. UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO BRIAN. THOMPSON APPEARING IN COURT, SHACKLED AND WEARING A. BULLETPROOF VEST. SUPPORTERS CHANTING, SIGNS. READING "FREE LUIGI," OTHERS. DEMANDING A FIX TO THE HEALTH. CARE SYSTEM. AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN. DECEMBER, PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR. JOSH SHAPIRO DWRAES. JOSH SHAPIRO DWRADDRESSING. SUPPORTERS OF MANGIONE. >> IN SOME DARK CORNERS, THIS. KILLER IS BEING HAILED AS A. HERO. HEAR ME ON THIS. HE IS NO HERO.

>> Reporter: MANGIONE PLEADED. NOT GUILTY TO ALL CHARGES IN. CONNECTION TO ALLEGATIONS HE. GUNNED DOWN THOMPSON AT THE. HILTON HOTEL IN MIDTOWN. MANHATTAN. HIS ATTORNEYS CLAIMING SERIES. SEARCH AND SEIZURE ISSUES DURING. HIS ARREST IN PENNSYLVANIA. FOLLOWING A MULTISTATE MANHUNT. MANGIONE FACING LIFE IN PRISON. THE STATE CHARGES, BUT. HIS FEDERAL CASE CARRIES. POTENTIAL FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. THAT ARRAIGNMENT SET FOR MID. MARCH. AND AS FOR THAT FEDERAL. INVESTIGATION INTO UNITED HEALTH. GROUP, TONIGHT THE DOJ DECLINING. TO COMMENT.

WHIT. >> MORGAN NORWOOD, THANK YOU SO. MUCH. >>> TO THE ECONOMY NOW AND HOME. SALES DROPPING NEARLY 5% LAST. MONTH AS RISING MORTGAGE RATES. AND RECORD HIGH PRICES ARE. PUTTING OFF POTENTIAL HOME. BUYERS. CONSUMERS ARE ALSO EXPRESSING. OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE. ECONOMY, INCLUDING HIGH FOOD. PRICES AND INFLATION. HERE'S ABC'S FILL. HERE'S ABC'S FIPHIL LIPOF. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF. REALTORS, SALES OF PREVIOUSLY. OWNED HOMES FELL NEARLY 5%. THE AVERAGE HOME FOR SALE IN THE. LAST MONTH SPENT 41 DAYS ON THE. MARKET. THAT'S THE LONGEST PERIOD SINCE. JANUARY OF 2020. INVENTORY SO LEAN, IT'S PUTTING. PRESSURE ON MANY AMERICANS'. WALLET WITH THE AVERAGE PRICE OF. A HOME AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH FOR. JANUARY. THIS SLUMP IN THE HOUSING MARKET. COMES AS CONFIDENCE IN THE AND. ECONOMY IS FADING. >> I DON'T DO IMPULSE BUYS. ANYMORE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IMPULSE. BUYS. I JUST COME OUT AND GET WHAT I. NEED. >> Reporter: IN THE LATEST. CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX REPORT,

IT SHOWED MANY BUSINESSES AND. FAMILIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT. CONTINUED INFLATION AND TARIFFS. ON ITEMS LIKE GROCERIES, CARS. AND GAS. THE REPORT SAYING CONSUMER. SENTIMENT DROPPED 10%, MARKING. ITS SECOND STRAIGHT DECLINE. AND MAJOR RETAILERS ARE. NOTICING. JUST THIS WEEK WALMART, THE. NATION'S LARGEST, ADMITTING. THERE ARE UNCERTAINTIES AHEAD. >> WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ARE. IN AN UNCERTAIN TIME.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OVER. OUR SKIS HERE. THERE IS A LOT OF THE YEAR TO. PLAY OUT. >> Reporter: THERE IS A NEW POLL. TONIGHT WHICH SAYS 62% OF. AMERICANS FEEL PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS NOT GONE FAR ENOUGH YET TO. REDUCE THE COST OF EVERYDAY. GOODS. WHIT. >>> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". THIS SATURDAY, INCLUDING THE. INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO HELP. EASE AMERICA'S EGG SHORTAGE. >>> AND CONCRETE FALLS FROM THE. CEILING OF A TUNNEL IN BOSTON. HOW THE WEATHER MAY HAVE PLAYED. A ROLE. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, IN BOSTON.

TEAMS OF. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, IN BOSTON. TEAMS OF INSPECTORS ARE. OUT LOOKING FOR CRACKS IN. TUNNELS. THAT'S AFTER A TRAFFIC CAMERA. CAPTURED THE MOMENT CONCRETE. FELL FROM THE CEILING OF THE. PRUDENTIAL TUNNEL ON FRIDAY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. OFFICIALS BLAME THE FREEZE/THAW. CYCLE FOR LOOSENING THE. CONCRETE. >>> FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTRY, THE. BIG CHILL IS FOLLOWED BY A BIG. THAW. THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL FEEL LIKE. SPRING IN SOME PLACES. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, EASING. THE EGG SHORTAGE. HELP IS ON THE WAY FROM. OVERSEAS.

>>> TO THE INDEX NOW. IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING. EGGS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY. AFFORD, SOME HELP IS ON THE WAY. THE COUNTRY OF TURKEY HAS BEGUN. SHIPPING EGGS TO THE U.S. TO. EASE THE SHORTAGE CAUSED BY THE. BIRD FLU OUTBREAK. TURKEY EXPECTS TO SEND ABOUT 33. MILLION POUNDS OF EGGS BETWEEN. NOW AND JULY. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT KEEP. IN MIND THE U.S. PRODUCED NEARLY. 93 BILLION EGGS IN 2022. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, COUNTDOWN. TO THE OSCARS. TWO YOUNG ACTORS ON THE ROLES. THAT GOT THE.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, COUNTDOWN. TO THE OSCARS. ONLY EIGHT DAYS AWAY, WHAT TO. EXPECT AND THE NEW RISING STARS. ♪. ♪. >> Reporter: THE 97th ACADEMY. AWARDS ARE JUST OVER A WEEK. AWAY. ♪. ♪. >> Reporter: BLOCKBUSTER HIT. "WICKED" AMONG THREE FILMS. NOMINATED FOR MORE THAN TEN. OSCARS. THIS WILL MARK CONAN O'BRIEN'S. FIRST TIME HOSTING.

SOME BIG NAME STARS AMONG THE. NOMINEES. ♪ POPULAR, YOU'RE GONNA BE. POPULAR ♪. >> Reporter: AND 13 FIRST-TIME. OSCAR NOMINEES IN THE ACTING. CATEGORIES ALONE, INCLUDING. MIKEY MADISON WHO SAT DOWN WITH. OUR LINSEY DAVIS DISCUSSING HER. ROLE IN "ANORA.". >> YOU LEARN RUSSIAN, YOU. IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO THIS WORLD. OF EROTIC DANCING. WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT. ASPECT OF ALL OF THIS? >> I THINK THEY WERE DIFFICULT. FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, LEARNING HOW TO.

DANCE AS REALISTICALLY AS I. POSSIBLY COULD, IT WAS VERY. PHYSICALLY DEMANDING. ♪. ♪. >> Reporter: AND MONICA BARBARO. WHO SPOKE WITH ME ABOUT HER. FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION. PORTRAYING JOAN BAEZ IN "A. COMPLETE UNKNOWN". >> JOAN BUY YEZ. >> AN ICONIC FOLK SINGER. HOW WORRIED WERE YOU ABOUT HOW. THE FANS MIGHT SEE YOU AND HOW. JOAN HERSELF MIGHT INTERPRET. YOUR PERFORMANCE? >> I WAS TERRIFIED. I WANTED TO DO HER JUSTICE. I ALSO WANTED TO PERFECT HER.

SOUND AND MAKE IT AS CLOSE AS I. POSSIBLY COULD TO BEING HER, SO. SHE WAS ACCURATELY REPRESENTED. >> THE 97 ACADEMY AWARDS A WEEK. FROM TOMORROW. LINDSEY AND I WILL BOTH BE. COHOSTING THE OSCARS PRESHOW. BEGINNING AT 3:30 P.M. EASTERN. TIME. >>> I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW. YORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING. US. HOPE YOU'LL TUNE BACK IN. TOMORROW MORNING ON "GMA.". GOOD NIGHT.