ABC World News Tonight Full Broadcast - January 18, 2025

tonight several developing stories as we. come on the air Tik Tok could go dark in. a matter of hours some residents are. allowed to return home after the LA. wildfires and less than 48 hours before. Trump's inauguration his borders are. saying Mass immigration raids are. already being planned first the tug of. war over one of the world's most popular. apps Tik Tok could go dark at midnight. the Chinese owner is facing pressure to. sell the company over National Security. concerns president-elect Trump telling. ABC News he has a plan to extend the.

deadline at least for now Tik Tock users. including small businesses hoping for a. last minute deal the LA County Wildfire. some areas reopened allowing homeowners. to return as evacuation orders are. lifted but conditions expected to worsen. in the coming days with another round of. those dangerous Santa Ana winds our. weather team is timing it out along with. a winter storm and frigid temperatures. bearing down on the northeast Donald. Trump arrives in DC 2 days before his. inauguration his team promising.

extensive immigration enforcement and. deportation operations around the. country including Chicago new fears at. the border migrants worried about being. deported and tight security in the. nation's capital with thousands of. National Guard troops deployed the Gaza. ceasefire expected to take effect just. hours from now we have new reporting on. the hostages to be released but Israel's. prime minister now saying the truce may. not last the full 6 weeks what he's now. de Manning from Hamas also tonight new.

concerns as bird flu is detected in. commercial poultry in Georgia State. officials calling it a serious threat. poultry Sals now suspended in that state. accident on the slopes skiers toss from. a chairlift at least 30 people hurt some. seriously the NFL playoffs the Chiefs. seeking a Super Bowl 3p Detroit and. Washington try to create a new Legacy. and the coach of the LA Rams on what his. team's success means for the city plus.

America strong tonight with flames all. around he thought his house and his. neighborhood would soon be gone but a. retired fire captain refused to give up. and got some unexpected. help from ABC News world headquarters in. New York this is World News Tonight good. evening to our viewers in the west. thanks for joining us on this Saturday. I'm Whit Johnson We Begin tonight with. the countdown and the uncertain future. of Tik Tok owner of the wildly popular.

social media app threatening to cease. operations and go dark at midnight. unless the Biden Administration opts out. of a ban the White House calling that. threat a stunt President elect Trump. telling ABC News in a telephone. interview today that he will most likely. give the platform a 90-day extension to. keep operating in the US and find. another solution all this just one day. after unanimous decision by the Supreme. Court upholding a congressional law. Banning the app unless it breaks ties. with its Chinese parent company bite.

dance the justices agreeing with the. government's National Security concerns. but Tik Tock arguing that the law. violates free speech and tonight the. frustrations of millions of users some. relying on the platform as a source of. income now hoping for a lastminute deal. ABC's Alex ret leads us off in. Washington tonight with the clock. ticking on the future of Tik Tock. president-elect Trump signaling he could. step in to prevent a potential us ban on. the popular app after he takes office.

Monday Trump telling ABC News he will. most likely give Tik Tok a 90-day. extension adding I'll do that until we. figure something out after the Supreme. Court unanimously upheld a bipartisan. law Banning the app starting Sunday. unless it's severs ties with its Chinese. parent company bite dance the court had. cited well supported National Security. concerns regarding Tik tok's data. collection practices and relationship. with a foreign adversary oh you want to. take away Tik Tok but even if Trump. steps in on day there's uncertainty for.

tens of millions of users across the us. as Tik Tok says it will quote go dark at. midnight unless it gets assurances from. the Biden Administration that the ban. won't be enforced I'm very upset uh sad. angry many emotions I'm confused I'm. disappointed um it's a beautiful op just. hours after the Supreme Court ruling. President Biden saying any decision on. implementing the ban will be up to Trump. what's your take on the Tik Tok decision.

decision be made by the next anyway in a. statement today the Biden Administration. calling Tik tok's threat to go dark. quote a stunt saying we see no reason. for Tik Tok or other companies to take. actions in the next few days before the. Trump Administration takes office Tik. Tock CEO is among a number of notable. Tech leaders planning to attend Trump's. inauguration he posted this message. supporting the incoming president I want. to thank president Trump for his. commitment to work with us to find a.

solution that keeps Tik Tok available in. the United States we are grateful and. pleased to have the support of a. president who truly understands our. platform the back and forth around the. app's future leaving users many of whom. rely on the platform for income. frustrated it's my soul income it's. literally my sole income so it's. essentially getting fired from your. career you know they didn't ask small. businesses what was going to happen to. them and they didn't make a plan for. these families Alex Bret joins us now. from Washington so Alex tell us what.

this looks like and what Tik Tok users. could potentially see happen at. midnight well withit Tik Tok could. follow through on its threat to go dark. and completely shut down operations in. the US but if that doesn't happen the. law requires app stores remove it and so. existing users could still have access. but they wouldn't have downloads or. updates But ultimately even if. president-elect Trump does go through. with this 90-day extension which would.

raise its own legal questions the. company would still be subject to that. Federal ban in just a matter of months. wait and we'll see what happens just. hours from now Alex thank you now to. those deadly and devastating wildfires. in Southern California firefighters. appear to be making some major progress. to contain the fires let's get right to. ABC's Melissa Adon in aladina tonight. and Melissa some residents are returning. home for the first. time yes wi and thousands of National. Guard members are set deployed all.

across Southern California you see their. troops stationed right here they're. actually set up along this roadblock. here in Altadena this is one of the. hardest hit neighborhoods just down the. road past this checkpoint and it has. been more than a week since the eaten. and the Palisades fire broke out but. progress is being made as of yet so far. there have been now 73% contained the. eaten fire while the Palisades fire is. 43% contained but with this has been a. deadly Wildfire killing at least 27. people and leaving more than a dozen.

that are still missing but officials at. this time warning Los Angeles to be. prepared once again as the forecast is. showing a threat for more dangerous. winds on the way with Melissa thank you. and those dangerous winds expected to. impact more than 10 million people in. Southern California let's bring in ABC's. meteorologist Samara Theodore so Samara. when are these winds expected to pick. back. up well we're forecasting the worst of. these winds Monday into Tuesday in fact. parts of Southern California have.

already begun to issue red flag warnings. with wind gusts as high as 60 MPH and. extremely dry conditions humidity down. to 3% we're also monitoring the big. snowstorm moving into the Northeast. tomorrow through Monday morning it'll be. arriving along the I95 Corridor in the. morning moving from Washington DC into. New York City by lunchtime in New. England through the evening before. banking out of here at sunrise on Monday. morning totals could reach anywhere from. 3 to 6 in generally speaking higher. amounts the further Inland you go and. and this will be in reinforced by very.

cold air leading to the potential for. black ice making a dangerous situation. on the road for drivers and on Monday. during the inauguration temperatures. will feel like the single digits Whit. yeah that bitter cold expected cause a. lot of problems all right Samara thank. you turning now to politics and cities. across the country bracing for a large. immigration Crackdown after the. inauguration Trump officials calling. them targeted enforcement operations. which could begin in Chicago and then. include other major cities all this is. officials scramble to move Trump's.

inauguration ceremony indoors because of. subfreezing temperatures here's ABC's. White House correspondent Mary Alis. Parks tonight President elect Donald. Trump touching down in the nation's. capital ahead of his inauguration. promising he has big plans for his first. day in office telling our Rachel Scott. he will sign a number of executive. orders to roll back President Biden's. admission and pollution standards and on. immigration Trump's immigration borders. are saying on Fox News cities should. prepare for immigration raids as soon as.

this week there's going to be a big raid. all across the country Chicago is just. one of many places and we got 24 field. officers across the country on Tuesday. you going to expect Isis Isis is finally. going to go out and do their job at the. border new uncertainty for those seeking. Asylum it's hard we came here with the. dream of fleeing violence in Mexico this. mom says if obtaining Asylum is hard. we'll see what we can do in the nation's. Capital today thousands taking to the.

streets before Trump takes office. advocating for Environmental Protections. and lgbtq rights preparations underway. for Monday's inauguration a new platform. being built inside the capitol rotunda. after the last minute decision to move. the swearing in ceremony indoors. security already on high alert nearly. 8,000 National Guard troops from 40. States supporting local police the head. of the DC National Guard telling me that. they learned valuable lessons after the. January 6th attack on the capital that.

had the city still on lockdown for. President Biden's inauguration four. years ago and that they are ready for. Monday I have never felt more confident. about our security posture this is a. team that's been working together for. months and it's about R for any. contingency yeah the major general. they're assuring me that moving the. inauguration ceremonies inside will not. impact security he said they rehearsed. for all options now tonight. president-elect Trump kicking off the. weekend with an event at his golf club. in Virginia and then tomorrow he has a.

political rally planned in downtown DC. wh Mary Alice Parks thank you overseas. now and the new demands in the ceasefire. deal between Israel and Hamas Israeli. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. the deal is on hold until Hamas provides. the names of hostages to be released on. Sunday morning and Israel released. photos and videos of hospital rooms and. other preparations for the freed. hostages ABC's foreign correspondent Tom. Sufi burdge in Jerusalem tonight.

tonight with a ceasefire deal in Gaza. just hours away from taking effect. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin. Netanyahu casting doubt on whether the. initial six-week truce will turn into a. permanent. ceasefire Netanyahu is saying both. president-elect Trump and President. Biden agreed Israel could restart the. war if negotiations with Hamas for phase. two of the deal prove futile on Sunday. Hamas will free the first three female. civilian hostages in return Israel will.

release 95 mainly female Palestinian. detainees a further 30 Israeli hostages. including two Americans Keith seagull. and Sagi Deen should be set free by. Hamas in phases over the next 6 weeks in. total Israel will release around 1,800. Palestinian detainees a mixture of. convicts from Israeli prisons and. hundreds of gazans who were being held. by Israel without charge 8 4-year-old.

odad lifshitz is one of the oldest. Israeli hostages still believed to be. alive Ouran panel speaking to his. grandson Daniel absolutely my uh stomach. is flipping it's very difficult these. days were very. stressful um full with anxiety for each. you know piece of information that is. going out and wa on negotiations to. prolong the Ceasar Beyond 6 weeks an. Israeli officials saying Israel is. sending a delegation to Ciro for talks.

for now though all eyes on tomorrow and. the first hostage prisoner exchange as. part of this initial 6 we truce with and. so much at stake here Tom Sufi Bridge. thank you and tune in to this week. tomorrow morning for more coverage on. the ceasefire and hostage release and. Jonathan Carl sits down with former. white house chief strategist Steve. Bannon to discuss Donald Trump's plans. for his second term new concerns tonight. about the bird flu the virus now. detected at a commercial Pol facility in.

Georgia poultry activities suspended in. the state now and nearby facilities. under quarantine along with surveillance. and testing authorities calling it a. serious threat to the agriculture. industry but reassuring the public that. the products on store shelves are safe. here's ABC's Reena Roy tonight Health. authorities in Georgia on high alert. after confirming the state's first. commercial case of bird flu at a poultry. facility all poultry activities. suspended Statewide until further notice. from exhibitions to sales at flea.

markets and auctions on Wednesday a. facility in Elbert County noticing signs. of bird flu in their flock Emergency. Management deployed to dispose and. disinfect all commercial poultry. operations in a sixmile radius placed. under quarantine and will undergo. surveillance testing for the next few. weeks the state's agriculture. commissioner calling it a serious threat. to Georgia's number one industry but. reassuring the public that the products. available on store shelves are safe it's. just critical to know that no affected.

poultry products ever entered the food. supply chain um there are significant. protocols in place that prevent that. from happening it comes nearly two weeks. after the country's first death from. bird flu was reported in Louisiana. authorities say the patient over 65. years old with underlying health. conditions was exposed to the virus. through contact with domesticated birds. in a backyard the CDC analyzed the virus. in that patient and found concerning new. mutations which could help the virus. infect people more easily but so far.

there has been no evidence of human to. human spread with the federal government. is taking no chances as a precaution. there are already two bird flu vaccine. candidates in the nation's stockpile and. madna was recently awarded nearly $600. million dollar to help accelerate. development of an mRNA vaccine for. Americans Whit Reena Roy thank you now. to a big day in the NFL in the. divisional round of the playoffs the. Kansas City Chiefs keeping their quest. for a Super Bowl thre p alive after.

defeating the Houston Texans in a. thriller here's ABC's Phil. Lipoff tonight the Kansas City Chiefs. marching toward their third straight. appearance in the Super Bowl the Houston. Texans keeping the pressure on Patrick. Mahomes early but this long pass to. Travis Kelce set the defending champs up. for their first touchdown in the other. Marquee. matchup. Lions fans flooding Ford Field as their. top ranked Detroit Lions take on the. upstart Washington commanders led by.

rookie Phenom Jaden Daniels I go out. there and um stick to your routine stick. to who you are the process of what got. you there um and go out there and just. play football both cities rewriting. history the commanders haven't made it. this far in 20 years tonight they're. trying to upset a Lions team hunting for. the franchise's first trip to the Super. Bowl narrowly missing that chance last. year the 49ers are going to the Super. Bowl heartbreak in the divisional round. is a familiar feeling for both MVP Front.

Runners Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh. Allen and Baltimore Ravens quarterback. Lamar Jackson go head-to-head Sunday. night both looking to continue their. historic Seasons I think that's what uh. that's why you play this game is to be. in moments like these and is. firefighters race to fully contain those. wildfires in La the Los Angeles Rams. hope they can continue to be a bright. spot for families and First Responders. navigating this dark time you. represented exactly what we wanted to be.

about man a city that's going through a. lot of different stuff that can look to. you guys and say I'm proud of that group. the Chiefs are looking to be the first. team to win three consecutive Super. Bowls but they are going to have their. hands full next week when they face an. MVP front runner Whit yep a lot of. football left to play Phil Lipoff thank. you there's still much more ahead on. World News Tonight this Saturday. including the frightening crash on the. slopes dozens were tossed from the. chairlift.

nexton night a frightening accident on a. ski slope in Spain a chairlift. malfunction tossing skiers onto the. mountain at least 30 people were hurt. nine seriously and dozens more were left. trapped on the lift it's not known what. caused the accident but one witness says. a cable may have malfunctioned and we. have sad news to report tonight the. passing of former ABC News correspondant. Beth Nissen she reported for World News. Tonight and Nightline and was the anchor. on duty the in 1997 when Princess Diana.

was killed in a car crash Beth later. worked for CNN and NBC she died January. 7th 3 days after her 71st birthday and. we are thinking about her family tonight. when we come back there wasn't a moment. to lose a trooper rushes to a burning. car to save a man's. life to the index now a newly released. body camera and dash cam footage showing. a dramatic rescue in Texas trooper Cody. Durham came Came Upon a burning car in.

Plano on January 9th he ran straight. into danger opening the back passenger. door and reaching in to pull out the. driver who was trapped inside the driver. was taken to a hospital for treatment. Trooper Durham was also treated for. minor smoke inhalation overseas now and. fourth round play begins tonight at the. Australian Open for the women third seed. Coco goof meets Belinda bensik Goff has. yet to lose a set and she's one of three. Americans still competing along with. Emma Navaro and Madison Keys on the.

men's side defending champ yanic CER. beat American Marcos gon in straight. sets earlier today four other American. men have advanced to round four when we. come back it looked like the whole. neighborhood would burn down until. something remarkable. happened finally tonight America's. strong he prayed for a miracle and got. it oh my house when the eaten fire broke. out last week it came perilously close.

to the Pasadena home of retired fire. captain Rich Snyder Greg go get out of. here the 36-year-old veteran with the. Sierra Madre fire department jumped into. action to save his home and six others. this fire two doors away in this type of. wind I was going to lose my house I was. going to lose my whole. neighborhood all he and his nephew had. to fight the fast moving Flames were. garden hoses in a prayer Lord help us. help us save our homes most importantly. save us Lord my garage is on fire when.

he heard an elderly neighbor in distress. he raced to bring him to safety there's. nothing we can do we need to get him out. of here then just as the fire was. closing in a van containing 100 gallons. of fire retardant pulled up the fact. that uh the guys happened to be coming. down the 210 Freeway with that truck. full of the fast check I it was a. miracle I to turn around and see that I. thought I was dreaming working through. the night and into the next day Rich his.

nephew and two neighbors help save their. block from complete destruction people. keep coming up to me and saying it's a. it's a miracle thank you you did all. this you're a. hero it this is by the grace of God this. happened tonight rich and his neighbors. together again grateful we're Banning. together and going through it together. thanks so much for watching I'm with. Johnson in New York have a great night. thank you for making World News Tonight.

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