ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 23, 2025

TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON IN THE WEST, DANGEROUS. STORMS BEARING DOWN ON BOTH. COASTS, AND AN EXPLOSION AND. MASSIVE FIRE AT A NURSING HOME. TURNS DEADLY. THE URGENT SEARCH. EFFORTS HAPPENING IN. PENNSYLVANIA AT THIS HOUR. FIRST RESPONDERS RACING TO THE. SCENE OF A NURSING HOME. ENGULFED IN FLAMES. PEOPLE.

TRAPPED INSIDE. AARON KATERSKY. WITH THE LATE DETAILS AND THE. IMAGES JUST COMING IN. THE. DANGEROUS WEATHER THREATS AS. MILLIONS HIT THE ROADS AND THE. SKIES FOR THE HOLIDAY. SLICK. ROADS, SLOWING TRAVEL, GROUND. STOPS AT SOME MAJOR AIRPORTS. AND IN THE WEST, ALARMING. WARNINGS FOR POTENTIALLY LIFE. THREATENING FLOODING. MORE THAN. 40 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. OFFICIALS URGING PEOPLE TO STAY. HOME AND NOT TRAVEL. OUR. WEATHER TEAM TRACKING IT ALL. THE GRIM DISCOVERY IN UTAH AND. THE CASE OF THE NINE YEAR OLD. CALIFORNIA GIRL MISSING FOR.

MONTHS. MELODY BUZZER ABC NEWS. HAS LEARNED THAT HER REMAINS. HAVE BEEN FOUND, HER MOTHER NOW. UNDER ARREST. THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE RELEASES 30,000 MORE. FILES RELATED TO CONVICTED SEX. OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN. THE. INFORMATION ABOUT PRESIDENT. TRUMP, HOW MANY TIMES HE. ALLEGEDLY FLEW ON EPSTEIN'S JET. IN THE 1990S, TRIPS HE HAS. DENIED. THE NEWLY REVEALED. EMAILS, APPARENTLY LINKED TO. FORMER PRINCE ANDREW AND THE. WARNING SIGNS MISSED THAT COULD. HAVE PROTECTED OTHER WOMEN. FORMER NEBRASKA SENATOR AND ONE.

TIME COLLEGE PRESIDENT BEN. SASSE, THE HUSBAND AND FATHER. REVEALING HIS TERMINAL CANCER. DIAGNOSIS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAILS THE SURPRISING EXPANSION. IN THE ECONOMY, THE LARGEST GDP. GROWTH IN TWO YEARS. BUT ARE. AMERICANS FEELING IT? THE. WEIGHT LOSS GAME CHANGER. THE. FDA APPROVES A NEW ONCE A DAY. WEGOVY PILL. HOW MUCH WILL IT. COST? SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT. AND WHAT SHE JUST DID TO HELP. SPREAD HOLIDAY CHEER. AND. AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. ONE. LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER TURNING. HER OWN LOSS INTO A PERSONAL.

HOLIDAY GIFT FOR HER COMMUNITY. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. I'M WITH. JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID TONIGHT. WE'RE TRACKING THE DANGEROUS. STORMS ON BOTH COASTS, JUST AS. MILLIONS TRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAY. BUT WE BEGIN WITH LATE BREAKING. NEWS AS WE COME ON IN THE WEST. THE URGENT RESCUE EFFORT AFTER. A DEADLY EXPLOSION ROCKED A. NURSING HOME OUTSIDE.

PHILADELPHIA. THE IMAGES JUST. COMING IN. A MASSIVE FIRE. ERUPTING AT THE FACILITY IN. BRISTOL TOWNSHIP. REPORTS OF. MULTIPLE PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE. FIRST RESPONDERS FROM. NEIGHBORING TOWNS PHILADELPHIA. AND PARTS OF NEW JERSEY RACING. TO THE SCENE. AUTHORITIES. WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY. BECAUSE OF THE HUGE RESPONSE. ABC'S AARON KATERSKY LEADS US. OFF TONIGHT. >> THIS ROARING FIRE AFTER A. GAS EXPLOSION LEVELED PART OF A. PENNSYLVANIA NURSING HOME, TRAPPING VICTIMS UNDER THE. RUBBLE AND TURNING DEADLY. >> THE EXPLOSION WAS REALLY.

QUITE CATASTROPHIC. WE KNOW. THAT AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE AT. LEAST TWO FATALITIES. WE KNOW. THAT THERE ARE SOME NUMBER OF. INDIVIDUALS STILL MISSING. >> FIRST RESPONDERS RACING INTO. SILVER LAKE NURSING HOME. OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA. >> THERE WAS A BIG BOOM. PEOPLE. WERE RUNNING OFF THE FACILITY. IT WAS LIKE A DYNAMITE. EXPLOSION. >> CREWS SEARCHING FLOOR BY. FLOOR DECLARING A MASS CASUALTY. INCIDENT. >> NEITHER PATIENT WATER TURNED. OFF URGENTLY. WE'VE GOT PEOPLE.

DROWNING DOWN HERE. >> FLAMES AND SMOKE POURING OUT. OF THE WRECKED BUILDING THAT. HAS SPACE FOR MORE THAN 170. BEDS, ACCORDING TO A STATE. REPORT. >> THIS BUILDING LITERALLY JUST. EXPLODED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY. EYES. >> WITNESSES CONSOLING ONE. ANOTHER, STARING AT THE BLOWN. OUT SLABS OF BRICK AND DEBRIS. >> IT'S SO DEVASTATING. AND WE. ALL IT'S LIKE A BIG FAMILY IN. THERE. >> TONIGHT, EMERGENCY CREWS AND. CANINE TEAMS ARE TRYING TO. ACCOUNT FOR EVERYONE WHO WAS. INSIDE. >> FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL. IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A RESCUE. MODE. THEY PULLED MANY.

RESIDENTS OUT OF THE BUILDING. VIA WINDOWS, DOORS STUCK IN. STAIRWELLS, STUCK IN ELEVATOR. SHAFTS. >> LATE TODAY, THE UTILITY. COMPANY SAID IT RESPONDED TO A. CALL FOR A GAS ODOR WHEN THE. BLAST OCCURRED AND EVACUATED. RESIDENTS ARE BEING TAKEN TO. LOCAL SCHOOLS. CREWS ARE. BRINGING HEAVY MACHINERY TO THE. DEVASTATED SITE AND THEY NEED. TO FIND BEDS FOR THE DISPLACED. TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS WITH. >> JUST AN AWFUL SCENE, AARON. KATERSKY, THANKS SO MUCH. NOW. TO THE DANGEROUS WEATHER THREAT.

SLAMMING BOTH COASTS RIGHT NOW. DURING THE PEAK OF HOLIDAY. TRAVEL, THE STORMS FORCING. GROUND DELAYS AT NEWARK AIRPORT. IN THE NORTHEAST AND SAN. FRANCISCO IN THE WEST, PEOPLE. PACKING AIRPORTS NATIONWIDE. LARGE CROWDS AT LAX THIS. MORNING, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BRACING FOR DANGEROUS FLOODING. UP TO A FOOT OF RAIN. OVER THE. NEXT FEW DAYS, OFFICIALS ARE. WARNING RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME. AND OFF THE ROADS. WE'LL HAVE. THE FORECAST IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, HERE'S ABC'S MATT. RIVERS AT NEWARK AIRPORT.

TONIGHT. >> MILLIONS ON THE MOVE FOR THE. HOLIDAYS ON ROADS AND AIRPORTS. COAST TO COAST. WITH MORE THAN. 45,000 FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO. LIFT OFF TODAY ALONE. LAX WAS. PACKED THIS MORNING TRYING TO. GET HOME TO VERMONT. >> I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, MY MOM. TOLD ME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP. CHECKING YOUR FLIGHT BECAUSE I. GUESS AS I'M LANDING IN BOSTON, THERE'S A SNOWSTORM THAT'S. GOING TO START. >> THAT SNOWSTORM BLANKETING. THE NORTHEAST WITH SNOW AND. RAIN FROM ROCHESTER TO PHILLY. TO UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NEW. YORK CITY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.

SHOWING A GARBAGE TRUCK. SLAMMING INTO SEVERAL VEHICLES. AND A SCAFFOLDING KILLING A. WOMAN UNDERNEATH. ROADS WERE. SLICK AT THE TIME. >> IT'S GETTING PRETTY BAD. >> NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SLAMMED. WITH MORE THAN A HALF FOOT OF. RAIN SINCE SUNDAY IN HUMBOLDT. COUNTY. COAST GUARD RESCUERS. SMASHING THE SUNROOF OF THIS. VEHICLE, HOISTING A 72 YEAR OLD. WOMAN TRAPPED INSIDE TO SAFETY. AND AS THE WATERS SUBSIDE IN. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS. ISSUED THEIR HIGHEST ALERT FOR.

FLOODING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. OUR MELISSA ARDON. IN FIRE RAVAGED ALTADENA. >> YOU SEE THESE BLUE TARPS. HERE ON THE GROUND TRYING TO. PREVENT A MUDSLIDE. THIS AS. HOMES HERE ARE JUST FRAMES. UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT ARE NOW. THREATENED BY THESE HILLSIDES. THAT COULD COLLAPSE FROM THE. RAIN. >> WITH NEARLY A FOOT OF RAIN. FORECAST OFFICIALS BEGGING. EVERYONE TO HEED EVACUATION. WARNINGS AND ORDERS. >> WHAT WORSE TIME, RIGHT, FOR. SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN. CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY. >> AND WE'RE BACK HERE AT. NEWARK AIRPORT. LOOK AT THAT. CROWD BEHIND ME. THIS ISN'T.

EVEN THE SECURITY LINE. THESE. PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO GO UP TO. GET TO THE SECURITY AREA. GROUND DELAYS RIGHT NOW. AVERAGING ABOUT 45 MINUTES. THE. NEXT BUSIEST DAY TO FLY JUST. AFTER CHRISTMAS ON DECEMBER. 28TH. >> THOSE CROWDS NOT LETTING UP. MATT RIVERS FOR US. THANKS SO. MUCH. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG WITH. OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. AND. LEE ONE STORM MOVING OUT, BUT. ANOTHER DANGEROUS THREAT MOVING. IN. >> INDEED. WE SOUND THE ALL. CLEAR SIGN HERE IN NEW YORK, BUT STILL LINGERING EFFECTS. UPSTATE NEW YORK, NORTHERN NEW. ENGLAND. THERE'S A RAIN SNOW.

MIX IN BOSTON, SNOW IN THE. INTERIOR. THERE WILL BE. ENHANCED SNOW IN MAINE TOMORROW. MORNING, 6 TO 12IN IN SPOTS. PORTLAND IS UNDER A WINTER. STORM WARNING. AND THEN THE. MAJOR FLOOD EVENT THAT'S. UNFOLDING OVER SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. SEE THAT RARE HIGH. RISK. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IT FOR. DAYS. ON THOSE DAYS, YOU HAVE. THE MOST FLOOD FATALITIES AND. DAMAGE. THAT AREA INCLUDES PART. OF LA AND BURBANK AND GLENDALE. LET'S SEE HOW IT ALL UNFOLDS. TONIGHT. RAIN BECOMES MORE. WIDESPREAD. THE BRUNT TOMORROW. MORNING ABOUT SEVEN IN THE. MORNING, LOCAL TIME TO THREE IN. THE AFTERNOON, THEN LIGHTER. RAINS AFTER THAT, BUT AN INCH. AN HOUR. MUDSLIDES AND BURN.

SCARS. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED. ABOUT THIS FLOODING THROUGH. TOMORROW NIGHT. WE COULD SEE A. HALF FOOT OF RAIN IN THE HIGH. ELEVATIONS NORTH OF LA, MAYBE. UP TO TEN INCHES OF RAIN, 2 TO. 6FT OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA. MORE. RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL. BE LIGHTER. WHILE THAT'S. HAPPENING, THE REST OF THE. COUNTRY QUIETER, WITH RECORD. WARMTH OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE. COUNTRY FOR CHRISTMAS EVE AND. CHRISTMAS DAY. WHIT. >> WE KNOW YOU'LL BE TRACKING. IT ALL. LEE, WE APPRECIATE IT. NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE. EPSTEIN FILES, THE DEPARTMENT. OF JUSTICE RELEASING THOUSANDS. OF MORE DOCUMENTS, SOME OF THEM. MAKING REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE.

MEN. AND TONIGHT, GROWING ANGER. FROM SOME OF EPSTEIN'S. SURVIVORS SUGGESTING. AUTHORITIES SHOULD HAVE STOPPED. HIS CRIMES YEARS EARLIER. ABC'S. JAY O'BRIEN REPORTS FROM. WASHINGTON TONIGHT. >> THE NEW DETAILS IN MORE THAN. 30,000 PAGES OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN. FILES RELEASED IN THE MIDDLE OF. THE NIGHT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE, SOME MENTIONING. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. IN ONE. EMAIL WRITTEN DURING TRUMP'S. FIRST TERM, A FEDERAL. PROSECUTOR HANDLING THE CASE OF. EPSTEIN'S ACCOMPLICE GHISLAINE. MAXWELL, ALERTING HIS. COLLEAGUES THAT FLIGHT RECORDS.

REFLECT THAT DONALD TRUMP. TRAVELED ON EPSTEIN'S PRIVATE. JET MANY MORE TIMES THAN. PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN REPORTED, OR THAT WE WERE AWARE DIDN'T. WANT ANY OF THIS TO BE A. SURPRISE. DOWN THE ROAD. A. TOTAL OF EIGHT FLIGHTS IN THE. MID 1990S, PROSECUTORS SAID. MOST LATER MADE PUBLIC. BUT. JUST LAST YEAR, TRUMP, WHO HAD. A DECADES LONG FRIENDSHIP WITH. EPSTEIN, CLAIMED HE WAS NEVER. ON EPSTEIN'S PLANE. ANOTHER NEW. EMAIL SHOWS THE FBI PURSUING. POSSIBLE EPSTEIN ACCOMPLICES. THE DAY AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED. IN 2019, ASKING FOR AN UPDATE.

ON THE STATUS OF THE TEN. COCONSPIRATORS. BUT THIS SUMMER, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE. TO WARRANT PROSECUTING ANYONE. ELSE IN CONNECTION TO EPSTEIN. MAXWELL IS THE ONLY. COCONSPIRATOR EVER CHARGED, THE. RECORDS SHOW. PROSECUTORS. REPEATEDLY TRIED TO INTERVIEW. OTHERS IN EPSTEIN'S ORBIT, INCLUDING FORMER PRINCE ANDREW, SEEN HERE IN A NEWLY RELEASED. PHOTO WITH MAXWELL AND OTHERS. WHO ARE UNIDENTIFIED. VIRGINIA. GIUFFRE LONG CLAIMED EPSTEIN. TRAFFICKED HER FOR SEX WITH.

ANDREW THREE TIMES IN 2001 WHEN. SHE WAS A TEENAGER, WHICH. ANDREW DENIES. >> HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S. DONE. >> AND NEWLY RELEASED EMAILS. FROM THAT SAME YEAR SHOW A. MESSAGE TO GHISLAINE MAXWELL. FROM SOMEONE GOING BY THE. LETTER A SAYING THEY'RE WRITING. FROM BALMORAL CASTLE, CALLING. IT SUMMER CAMP FOR THE ROYAL. FAMILY AND ASKING HAVE YOU. FOUND ME SOME NEW INAPPROPRIATE. FRIENDS? MAXWELL WRITING BACK. SO SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU. I. HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND. APPROPRIATE FRIENDS. THE. RECORDS RAISE SERIOUS QUESTIONS.

ABOUT WHY EPSTEIN WASN'T. STOPPED YEARS AGO. THIS PALM. BEACH POLICE REPORT SHOWS. AUTHORITIES LOOKED INTO MAXWELL. IN 2001 FOR ALLEGEDLY. RECRUITING COLLEGE STUDENTS TO. WORK FOR EPSTEIN, SAYING AT. LEAST TWO GIRLS COMPLAINED. ABOUT EPSTEIN TOUCHING THEM. INAPPROPRIATELY. AND TONIGHT, TOP DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL. CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION. INTO HOW THIS 1996 FBI TIP WAS. IGNORED. A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. COMPLAINT ACCUSING EPSTEIN OF. STEALING PHOTOS OF 12 AND 16. YEAR OLD GIRLS, POSSIBLY TO BE. SOLD. EPSTEIN WOULDN'T FACE.

CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR ANOTHER. DECADE. >> HOW CAN A WOMAN BE MAKING. SUCH A SERIOUS ACCUSATION? NOT. BE TRUE, AND NOBODY LOOKED AT. IT. SO WE DO ASK THE DOJ TO DO. THEIR JOB. >> WITH MANY OF THOSE EPSTEIN. SURVIVORS ANGRY TONIGHT, STILL. WAITING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF. JUSTICE TO RELEASE ALL OF THE. FILES IT HAS DAYS AFTER THE. LEGAL DEADLINE TO DO SO. MORE. THAN 100,000 PAGES HAVE COME. OUT SO FAR, JUST A FRACTION OF. WHAT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS. COULD BE UPWARDS OF 1 MILLION. PAGES. THE DEPARTMENT HAS QUIT. >> ALL RIGHT, JAY O'BRIEN,

THANK YOU FOR THAT. TONIGHT, A. GRIM DISCOVERY, ENDING THE. SEARCH FOR A CALIFORNIA NINE. YEAR OLD MELODY BUZZARD. ABC. NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT HER. REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN UTAH, AND NOW HER MOTHER IS IN. CUSTODY. HERE'S ABC'S STEPHANIE. RAMOS TONIGHT. >> ASHLEY BUZZARD, MOTHER OF. NINE YEAR OLD MELODY. MISSING. SINCE OCTOBER. TAKEN INTO. CUSTODY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ON SUSPICION OF FIRST DEGREE. MURDER. AUTHORITIES REVEALING. THEY FOUND HUMAN REMAINS WITH. GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE HEAD IN. UTAH EARLIER THIS MONTH. DNA. TESTING CONFIRMING A MATCH FOR.

MELODY. >> AND ARRESTED ASHLEY LYNN. BUZZARD FOR THE MURDER OF. MELODY BUZZARD. >> THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. LEAVING THEIR HOME IN LOMPOC ON. OCTOBER 7TH FOR A THREE DAY. ROAD TRIP TO NEBRASKA. ASHLEY, RENTING A WHITE 2024 CHEVY. MALIBU AND TRAVELING MORE THAN. 3000 MILES ROUND TRIP, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. THIS. IS THE ROUTE INVESTIGATORS. BELIEVE SHE TOOK AUTHORITIES. CLAIMING ASHLEY WORE WIGS AND. SWITCHED LICENSE PLATES ALONG. THE WAY. ASHLEY RETURNING HOME. ON OCTOBER 10TH. BUT MELODY NO.

LONGER WITH HER. A SCHOOL. ADMINISTRATOR REPORTED HER. DISAPPEARANCE SEVERAL DAYS. LATER. >> MATERNAL FILICIDE IS RARE. AND ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO. COMPREHEND, BUT THIS LEVEL OF. CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS. PARTICULARLY SHOCKING. >> ASHLEY BUZZARD IS BEING HELD. WITHOUT BAIL AT THE SANTA. BARBARA COUNTY JAIL. SHE DOES. NOT YET HAVE A COURT DATE WITH. >> STEPHANIE RAMOS FOR US. THANK YOU. WE'RE FOLLOWING MORE. BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. A. DELAWARE STATE TROOPER WAS.

KILLED IN A SHOOTING AT A DMV. FACILITY IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, NEAR WILMINGTON. POLICE SAY. SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WERE HURT. THEY SAY THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. WAS ALSO KILLED. STATE POLICE. NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE A. MOTIVE. NOW TO THE DEVASTATING. DIAGNOSIS FROM A FORMER SENATOR. AND FORMER UNIVERSITY OF. FLORIDA PRESIDENT BEN SASSE, THE 53 YEAR OLD HUSBAND AND. FATHER REVEALING THAT HE HAS. STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER. HERE'S ABC'S MOLA LENGHI. TONIGHT. >> FORMER U.S. SENATOR FROM. NEBRASKA BEN SASSE, REVEALING A.

SUDDEN AND DEVASTATING. DIAGNOSIS. HE HAS STAGE FOUR. PANCREATIC CANCER. THE 53 YEAR. OLD POSTING A HEARTFELT MESSAGE. SAYING THIS IS A TOUGH NOTE TO. WRITE. LAST WEEK, I WAS. DIAGNOSED WITH METASTASIZED. STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER. AND I'M GOING TO DIE. SASSE. SERVED IN THE SENATE FOR EIGHT. YEARS. A STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE. YET A SHARP CRITIC OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP, PARTICULARLY AFTER. JANUARY 6TH. >> DONALD TRUMP HAS ACTED. SHAMEFULLY. HE HAS BEEN IN. FLAGRANT DERELICTION OF HIS. DUTY.

>> SASSE WAS ONE OF SEVEN. REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED TO. CONVICT TRUMP DURING THE. PRESIDENT'S SECOND IMPEACHMENT. TRIAL IN 2021, WHICH ENDED WITH. AN ACQUITTAL. HE RESIGNED FROM. THE SENATE IN 2023 AND BRIEFLY. SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. TONIGHT, THE MARRIED FATHER OF THREE. SAYING, THIS IS HARD FOR. SOMEONE WIRED TO WORK AND BUILD, BUT HARDER STILL AS A HUSBAND. AND A DAD, ADDING, HE'S NOT. GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT WITH. MEDICAL EXPERTS SAY SASSE'S. DIAGNOSIS IS THE MOST ADVANCED. FORM OF PANCREATIC CANCER.

PATIENTS AT THAT STAGE MAY ONLY. HAVE MONTHS TO LIVE WITH. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR THANKS TO YOU. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. CELEBRATING THE BETTER THAN. EXPECTED NEWS ON THE ECONOMY, THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. GROWING 4.3% THROUGH THE END OF. SEPTEMBER. THE DATA DELAYED BY. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THE. STRONGEST GROWTH IN TWO YEARS. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THE. NUMBERS ARE BLOWING PAST. EXPECTATIONS. BUT ARE AMERICANS. FEELING IT? HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. SELENA WANG. >> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP.

TAKING CREDIT FOR A SURGING. ECONOMY AFTER A NEW REPORT. SHOWED GROWTH AT ITS FASTEST. PACE IN TWO YEARS. THE. PRESIDENT POSTING THE TRUMP. ECONOMIC GOLDEN AGE IS FULL. STEAM AHEAD. THE U.S. ECONOMY. GREW AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 4.3%. FROM JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, BEATING ANALYSTS EXPECTATIONS. AND DRIVEN BY CONSUMER SPENDING. BUT POLLS SHOW 57% OF. REGISTERED VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF. TRUMP'S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY. >> PEOPLE FEEL THAT EVEN IF. THEY'RE WORKING AND EVEN IF.

THEY GET A RAISE, IF IT'S JUST. GOING TOWARDS HIGHER PRICES, ARE WE REALLY GETTING AHEAD? >> TRUMP CLAIMING THE TARIFFS. ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT. USA ECONOMIC NUMBERS JUST. ANNOUNCE. BUT WHILE SOME. GROCERY PRICES, LIKE EGGS HAVE. COME DOWN, AMERICANS ARE PAYING. HIGHER PRICES ON EVERYTHING. FROM BANANAS TO BEEF TO COFFEE. GOODS IMPACTED BY TRUMP'S. TARIFFS. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. IN THE PROCESS OF CHOOSING THE. NEXT CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL. RESERVE. TRUMP ANNOUNCING THAT.

ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WITH HIM. IS NEVER GETTING THE JOB. HE IS. CALLING ON THE NEXT LEADER TO. LOWER INTEREST RATES. EVEN IF. FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE DOING. WELL WITH. >> SELINA WANG. THANK YOU. NEXT. TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT. REFUSING TO ALLOW PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S BID TO DEPLOY NATIONAL. GUARD TROOPS IN THE CHICAGO. AREA. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE. HIGH COURT HAS WEIGHED IN ON. THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S USE OF THE GUARD TO. SUPPORT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND FIGHT CRIME. THE DECISION, WHILE TEMPORARY, IS A. SIGNIFICANT SETBACK FOR THE.

WHITE HOUSE, WHICH IS ACTIVATED. TROOPS IN FOUR STATES PLUS. WASHINGTON, D.C. THE WHITE. HOUSE RESPONDING TONIGHT SAYING. IT DOES NOT DISTRACT FROM THE. PRESIDENT'S CORE AGENDA, PROTECTING FEDERAL PERSONNEL. AND ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS. WHEN WE COME BACK, HE HELPED. SHAPE A GENERATION OF GAMING. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. DEADLY CAR CRASH THAT TOOK THE. LIFE OF CO-CREATOR OF THE. POPULAR VIDEO GAME CALL OF DUTY, HUNDREDS OF DONATED HOLIDAY. TOYS STOLEN FROM A NEW YORK. CHARITY. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE. SAYING TONIGHT, AND A POTENTIAL. WEIGHT LOSS GAME CHANGER. THE.

DRUG WEGOVY, SOON TO BE. AVAILABLE IN PILL FORM. COMING. UP, THE PRICE YOU CAN. EXPECT TO PAY. >> NEXT TONIGHT. >>> THE CO-CREATOR OF THE. POPULAR VIDEO GAME "CALL OF. DUTY" HAS DIED. VINCE ZAMPELLA DIED IN A. SINGLE-CAR ACCIDENT SUNDAY NEAR. LOS ANGELES. ZAMPELLA IS BEING REMEMBERED AS. A PIONEER IN THE GAMING. INDUSTRY. THE FORCE BEHIND SEVERAL. BEST-SELLING VIDEO GAMES. "CALL OF DUTY" IS ONE OF THE. MOST SEVERAL GAME SERIES OF ALL.

TIME, MORE THAN HALF A BILL. GAMES HAVE BEEN SOLD. GRAND SLAM WAS 55. >>> THE PLEA TONIGHT TO RETURN. HUNDREDS OF TOYS STOLEN FROM A. NEW YORK CHARITY. THE TOYS WERE FOR HOMELESS AND. NEEDY CHILDREN IN LONG ISLAND. $50,000 IN TOYS WERE STOLEN OVER. THE WEEKEND, TOYS THAT WEREN'T. STOLEN WERE DAMAGED. PEOPLE ARE ALSO NOW MAKING. DONATIONS TO REPLACE THE. MISSING TOYS. POLICE ARE. SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS. WHEN WE COME BACK, BIG NEWS. TONIGHT FROM TAYLOR SWIFT AND. HOW SHE'S SPREADING. SOME HOLIDAY CHEER.

>>> TO THE INDEX NOW. AN ERA FOR WEIGHT LOSS. MEDICATIONS IS HERE. THE FDA APPROVED A PILL. ONCE DAILY PILL IS AS EFFECTIVE. AS THEVO NORDISK CLAIMS IT'S AS. EFFECTIVE AS THE INJECTABLE. IT COULD HIT PHARMACIES IN. JANUARY. WITHOUT INSURANCE IT'S EXPECTED. TO COST ABOUT $150 A MONTH. WITH INSURANCE THAT DROPS TO AS. LOW AS $25. >>> TAYLOR SWIFT IS SPREADING. SOME HOLIDAY CHEER.

SWIFT DONATED $1 MILLION TO. FEEDING AMERICA, A NONPROFIT. NETWORK OF 200 FOOD BANKS. FIGHTING HUNGER IN THE U.S. ALSO DONATED $1 MILLION TO THE. AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION IN. HONOR OF HER FATHER. HE UNDERWENT HEART SURGERY. EAARLIER THIS YEAR. STILL AHEAD. THE LOCAL TOY STORE AND THE. MASSIVE HOLIDAY GIFT BEFORE. CLOSING IT'S DOORS. >> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA. STRONG. THE REMARKABLE GIFT. THE CLOSING TOY STORE. DETERMINED TO SPREAD HOLIDAY. CHEER TONIGHT IN TUCSON,

ARIZONA. ONE TOY STORE IS. GIVING ONE FINAL GIFT TO ITS. COMMUNITY. AFTER FIVE YEARS IN. BUSINESS, ASTRO TOYS FACED THE. HARD DECISION TO CLOSE ITS. STOREFRONT. >> IT WAS JUST REALLY HARD TO. STAY OPEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE. WEREN'T SHOPPING. >> BUT OWNER LORENA FIERROS. DECIDED TO TURN HER PAIN INTO. PURPOSE, PLANNING FOR A SPECIAL. TOY DELIVERY RIGHT BEFORE. CHRISTMAS. >> WE STARTED THINKING, WE HAVE. SO MANY TOYS HERE, YOU KNOW WE. DON'T. WHY ARE WE GOING TO PACK. ALL THESE UP? >> LORENA DONATING ALL OF HER.

INVENTORY TO THE SALVATION ARMY. MORE THAN 2000 TOYS IN ALL FOR. THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO. NEED IT MOST. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOT US TO. THIS POINT, BUT IF IT WAS MEANT. TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME PEOPLE. A GOOD CHRISTMAS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, THEN IT WAS ALL. WORTH IT. >> FOR LORENA. THESE DONATIONS. ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL. HERE SHE. IS AS A BABY, A RECIPIENT OF. THE SALVATION ARMY'S CHRISTMAS. GIFTS HERSELF. >> MY MOM WAS A SINGLE MOTHER, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF. THOSE CHILDREN THAT USED TO GO. TO THOSE EVENTS AND PICK UP.

TOYS. >> THE SALVATION ARMY SHARES. GIFTS WITH HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ACROSS. THE COUNTRY EVERY YEAR. THEIR. TEAM GRATEFUL. >> THEY SUPPORT US. THIS IS A. BEAUTIFUL TIME. >> LORENA HOPES HER BUSINESS. AMBITIONS CAN BEGIN A NEW. CHAPTER IN THE NEW YEAR, BUT. FOR NOW, SHE'S EMBRACING THIS. FULL CIRCLE MOMENT, DELIVERING. SOME HOLIDAY MAGIC. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS. >> MERRY CHRISTMAS, TRULY A. SPECIAL GIFT. I'M WHIT JOHNSON. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.