ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 26, 2025

>> Linsey: TONIGHT, COAST-TO-COAST STORMS, HEAVY. SNOW AND ICE IN THE NORTHEAST, AND A DEADLY FLOODING IN. CALIFORNIA. THE MAJOR WINTER STORM ON THE. MOVE. STATES OF EMERGENCIES DECLARED. IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK. TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS AS THOUSANDS. OF FLIGHTS ARE CANCELED AND.

DELAYED DURING ONE OF THE. BUSIEST PERIODS IN THE HOLIDAY. SEASON. CATASTROPHIC FLOODING AND. MUDSLIDES IN CALIFORNIA AFTER. THAT RECORD RAINFALL. LEE GOLDBERG IS HERE WITH THE. FORECAST. >>> U.S. FORCES STRIKE ISIS. TARGETS ON NIGERIA ON CHRISTMAS. DAY. SEVERAL ALLEGED TERRORISTS. KILLED. THE U.S. NOW WARNS MORE STRIKES. ARE COMING. THE NEW DETAILS COMING IN. TONIGHT. >>> HIGH-STAKES MEETING. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. SAYS HE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP ON SUNDAY TO DISCUSS THE.

LATEST DRAFT OF THE PEACE PLAN. IS A DEAL TO END THE LONG WAR. CLOSE? >>> THE MOTHER NOW CHARGED WITH. MURDER IN WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE. CALLING THE CALCULATED KILLING. HER 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN COURT. TODAY, ENTERING A PLEA OF NOT. GUILTY. >>> THE STUDENTS BEING CALLED. HEROES FOR RESCUING THEIR BUS. DRIVER AFTER SHE HAD TROUBLE. BREATHING, POSSIBLY SAVING HER. LIFE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A MOTHER'S. HEARTBREAK. HER FAMILY IS IN THE HEADLINES. AND AT THE CENTER OF A POST-ROE. ABORTION LAW IN GEORGIA. A YOUNG NURSE IS PREGNANT BUT. LEGALLY DEAD ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR. MONTHS UNTIL THE BABY IS BORN.

RACHEL SCOTT'S EMOTIONAL. INTERVIEW WITH HER MOTHER. >>> DID TRAVIS KELCE PLAY HIS. FINAL HOME GAME IN KANSAS CITY? HIS EMOTIONAL MOMENTS WITH HIS. FANS. HIS FIANCE, TAYLOR SWIFT, ALSO. AT THE GAME. SOME ARE NOW WONDERING IF THE. NFL GREAT IS TO RETIRE. >>> THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE. JAZZ CONCERT AT THE KENNEDY. CENTER CANCELED AFTER TRUMP'S. NAME WAS ADDED TO THE BUILDING. THE LATEST FALLOUT FROM THE. RENAMING OF THE FAMED PERFORMING. ART CENTERS.

>>> AND "AMERICA STRONG". TONIGHT. THE GIFT OF SONG. THE BAND LIFTING THE SPIRITS OF. THOSE MOST IN NEED, SHARING ONE. HEART AND ONE NOTE AT A TIME. >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M LINSEY DAVIS IN FOR DAVID. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. DANGEROUS STORMS FROM COAST TO. COAST AS MILLIONS ARE SET TO. RETURN HOME OR HEADING OUT OF. TOWN TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR.

STATES OF EMERGENCIES DECLARED. IN NEW YORK AND ENGINE. THIS FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO FORCED. TO LAND IN SNOW AND ICY. CONDITIONS IN ROO CHESTER, NEW. YORK. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN. CANCELED OR DELAYED IN THE. NORTHEAST. THE LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS ALSO. CREATING SCENES LIKE THIS IN. UPSTATE NEW YORK. AN ICY COATING ON TREES, CARS, AND ROADS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THOUSANDS THERE ARE WITHOUT. POWER TONIGHT. AND A CATASTROPHIC SCENE IN. CALIFORNIA. COMMUNITIES OVERWHELMED WITH. FLOODING, MUD, AND DEBRIS AFTER.

DAYS OF RECORD-SETTING RAIN. LEE GOLDBERG IS STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. BUT FIRST, FAITH ABUBEY. >> Reporter: WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. >> MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD. TIRES. >> Reporter: UP TO A FOOT OF. SNOW FORECAST FOR PARTS OF NEW. YORK. THE STATE SUMMONING SOME 1,600. PLOW AND SALT TRUCKS. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. DECLARING STATES OF EMERGENCIES. THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED OR. DELAYED ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST. DAYS TO FLY. AND MORE ALREADY SCRAPPED FOR.

TOMORROW. IN THE WEST, RELENTLESS RAIN. FROM AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER. WASHING AWAY CARS AND ROADS. >> OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: L.A. COUNTY FIRE. SAYING THEY RESCUED OVER 100. PEOPLE FROM FLOODED VEHICLES ON. CHRISTMAS DAY ALONE. NORTH OF LOS ANGELES, MUDSLIDES. FAMILIES IN WRIGHTWOOD LEFT TO. PICK UP THE PIECES. KABC REPORTER LIZ NAGY FROM. HARD-HIT LIDEL CREEK.

>> FROM THIS LIDEL CREEK. NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S NOW NO WAY. OUT EXCEPT ON FOOT. THIS BRIDGE BUCKLED UNDER THE. INTENSITY OF RAGING FLOODWATERS. DAY THREE OF RELENTLESS POURING. RAIN HERE IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. >> Reporter: AND IN THE. MOUNTAINS, UP TO 5 FEET OF SNOW. INTERSTATE 80 OVER DONNER PASS. SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THURSDAY. AT THE MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN SKI AREA. TODAY, AUTHORITIES SAY TWO SKI. PATROL MEMBERS WERE INJURED. DURING AVALANCHE MITIGATION IN. THE AREA. LINSEY, HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, WE COULD SEE SNOWFALL RATES UP. TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.

AND ANOTHER SYSTEM SET TO IMPACT. THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY. LINSEY? >> Linsey: PEOPLE BEING URGED TO. STAY OFF THE ROADS IF THEY CAN. FAITH, THANK YOU. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. LEE, I KNOW YOU'RE TRACKING. THESE POWERFUL STORMS. SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ONE IS. ALREADY ON THE WAY? >> YES, WE ARE UNDER WAY. FIRST, FLAKES IN NEW YORK CITY. AND YOU HEARD FAITH SAY 2 INCHES. AN HOUR. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. BUILDING BEHIND ME ONCE WE START.

CRANKING WITH THE STORM IN THE. NEXT HOURS. WE HAVE WINTER STORM WARNINGS. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND IT'S. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FROM. CENTRAL NEW YORK DOWN INTO NEW. YORK CITY AND ALSO WESTERN NEW. ENGLAND. IT'S ICE STORM WARNINGS ACROSS. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SETTING. UP. YOU HAVE THE HEAVIER BANDS FROM. ABOUT SYRACUSE INTO THE HUDSON. VALLEY, DOWN TO LONG ISLAND. IT'S GOING TO BE NEAR NEW YORK. CITY OR JUST TO THE NORTH. THEN ALL THE ICING GOING ON. ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL. PENNSYLVANIA. LOOK AT THE TIMING. A LOT OF THIS IS COMING IN A. SHORT PROFIT TONIGHT INTO THE.

WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. THERE'S STILL SOME LINGERING. LIGHT SNOWS TOMORROW MORNING BUT. IT WINDS DOWN. TRAVEL CONDITIONS STILL REALLY. TOUGH. IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATIONS, DOUBLE-DIGIT TOTALS PROBABLY. JUST NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. IT'S CLOSE IN THE CITY, PROBABLY. A 7, 8-INCH STORM IN THE PARK, CENTRAL PARK. LONG ISLAND GETTING HIGH TOTALS. YOU GO SOUTH. PHILADELPHIA LESS, BOSTON LESS. TO THE NORTH, BUT SIGNIFICANT. ICING GOING ON AS YOU GO OVER. PENNSYLVANIA. POWER OUTAGES THERE POSSIBLE AS. WELL. THE REST OF THE WEEKEND, WE. START TO DRY OUT. A STORM WILL BE MOVING FROM THE. ROCKIES WITH SNOW INTO THE OHIO. VALLEY BY SUNDAY WITH SOME RAIN. COULD BE IN THE NORTHEAST BY. LATER SUNDAY.

STILL SOME ICING INLAND. THANKFULLY, WE WILL START TO DRY. OUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO NEW. YEAR'S EVE. LINSEY? >> Linsey: ALL RIGHT, WE LOOK. FORWARD TO THAT. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TO U.S. STRIKE. TARGETING TERRORISTS IN NIGERIA. ON CHRISTMAS DAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IT WAS TO. PROTECT CHRISTIANS IN THAT. COUNTRY. BUT NIGERIAN OFFICIALS SAY THE. STRIKES WERE AIMED AT PROTECTING. ALL RELIGIONS, NOT JUST. CHRISTIANS. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW. SCENES OF THE AFTERMATH OF A. U.S. MISSILE STRIKE IN NIGERIA. ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

THE PENTAGON RELEASING THIS. VIDEO, A U.S. WARSHIP FIRING A. TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILE FROM THE. GULF OF GUINEA. A U.S. OFFICIALS TELLING ABC. NEWS MORE THAN A DOZEN MISSILES. WERE LAUNCHED. IN A VILLAGE TARGETED BY THE. STRIKES IN NORTHWEST NIGERIA, RESIDENTS CARRYING A PIECE OF. METAL DEBRIS AS A FIRE RAGES IN. A FIELD. THE NEXT DAY, LOCALS GATHERING. AS POLICE SWEEP THE SITE OF A. MISSILE STRIKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE. ORDERED THE STRIKES AGAINST. TERRORISTS WHO, QUOTE, HAVE BEEN. TARGETING AND VICIOUSLY KILLING. PRIMARILY INNOCENT CHRISTIANS.

TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT SAYING HE. DELAYED THE STRIKES FOR SYMBOLIC. REASONS, TELLING POLITICO, "THEY. WERE GOING TO DO IT EARLIER, AND. I SAID NOPE, LET'S GIVE A. CHRISTMAS PRESENT.". THE PENTAGON SAYS MULTIPLE ISIS. TERRORISTS WERE KILLED. U.S. AND NIGERIAN OFFICIALS. CONFIRMING THEY WORKED TOGETHER. ON THIS OPERATION. ANALYSTS TELL ABC NEWS THE. REALITY ON THE GROUND IN. AFRICA'S MOST UPON HUSBAND. COUNTRY, HOME TO MILLIONS OF.

CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS, IS. COMPLEX. >> CHRISTIANS ARE NOT THE SOLE. TARGET OF ISIS. IN NIGERIA, THEY HAVE BEEN. INDISCRIMINATE IN THEIR. VIOLENCE. >> Reporter: NIGERIA'S. GOVERNMENT RESPONDING TO THE. STRIKES OVERNIGHT, SAYING. TERRORIST VIOLENCE IN ANY FORM, WHETHER DIRECTED AT CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, OR OTHER COMMUNITIES, REMAINS AN AFFRONT TO NIGERIA'S. VALUES AND TO INTERNATIONAL. PEACE AND SECURITY. THE CHRISTMAS STRIKES ARE THE. SECOND THIS WEEK. LAST FRIDAY, THE U.S. CARRYING. OUT DOZENS OF AIR STRIKES. AGAINST ISIS IN SYRIA IN. RESPONSE TO THE DEADLY ATTACK.

THAT KILLED THREE AMERICANS. >> Linsey: SELINA WANG JOINS US. NOW FROM PALM BEACH, WHERE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SPENDING THE. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY AND IS. PLANNING TO HOST SOME WORLD. LEADERS. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. WILL HOST ISRAEL'S PRIME. MINISTER, BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, AT. HIS MAR-A-LAGO CLUB IN THE. COMING DAYS AND THE AGENDA IS. EXPECTED TO BE WIDE-RANGING WITH. A FOCUS ON HOW TO ADVANCE THE. FRAGILE ISRAEL/HAMAS CEASE-FIRE. INTO THE NEXT PHASE. IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES ARE. ALSO EXPECTED TO BE FRONT AND.

CENTER IN THESE DISCUSSIONS. LINSEY? >> Linsey: SELINA, THANK YOU. >>> UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY ALSO SAYS HE'S MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP ON. MAR-A-LAGO SUNDAY TO FINALIZE A. DRAFT OF A PEACE DEAL WITH. RUSSIA. COULD RUSSIA THROW A WRENCH IN. THEIR PLANS? ABC'S PATRICK REEVELL JOINS US. NOW. PATRICK? >> Reporter: HI, LINSEY. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS THAT HE. WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. AT MAR-A-LAGO THIS SUNDAY IN. ANOTHER BID TO TRY TO PUSH A. PEACE DEAL FORWARD.

ZELENSKYY UPBEAT, FINALIZING THE. MOST SENSITIVE POINTS OF THE. LATEST DRAFT OF A 20-POINT PLAN. THAT'S BEEN WORKED OUT BETWEEN. UKRAINE AND U.S. NEGOTIATORS, INCLUDING SECURITY GUARANTEES. FOR UKRAINE. BUT TRUMP IN AN INTERVIEW WITH. POLITICO SAYING ZELENSKYY, QUOTE, DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. UNTIL I APPROVE IT. IT COMES JUST DAYS AFTER. ZELENSKYY SAID HE IS READY TO. WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM UKRAINE'S. DONBAS REGION AND MAKE THE AREAS. THAT IT STILL CONTROLS. DEMILITARIZED ZONES, OFFERING A. COMPROMISE ON A KEY DEMAND OF.

VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE PROBLEM IS, SO FAR THE. KREMLIN SHOWS NO SIGN OF. ACCEPTING THIS NEW PROPOSAL. TODAY, RUSSIA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN. MINISTER SAYING ZELENSKYY'S PLAN. IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT. RUSSIA HAS DISCUSSED WITH THE. U.S. RUSSIA OVER CHRISTMAS AGAIN. PUMMELING UKRAINE, KILLING TWO. TODAY AND INJURING EIGHT IN. KHARKIV. SO DESPITE THE POSITIVE SIGNALS. COMING FROM KYIV, IT'S STILL. VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE A DEAL. BEING REACHED YET. LINSEY? >> Linsey: PATRICK, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., NEW.

DAMES TONIGHT IN THE TRAGIC. DEATH OF 9-YEAR-OLD MELODY. BUZZARD. HER MOTHER IS CHARGED WITH. MURDER, PLEADING NOT GUILTY IN. COURT, AND ORDERED HELD WITHOUT. BAIL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ASHLEY. BUZZARD APPEARING IN COURT, CHARGED WITH MURDERING HER. 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MELODY. >> WE'RE ENTERING A NOT GUILTY. PLEA. >> Reporter: PROSECUTORS. ALLEGING ASHLEY INTENTIONALLY. KILLED HER DAUGHTER, MELODY, USING A 9-MILLIMETER FIREARM. MELODY MISSING FOR OVER TWO. MONTHS. AUTHORITIES SAY HER REMAINS WERE. EVENTUALLY LOCATED IN A RURAL.

AREA OUTSIDE CAINEVILLE, UTAH. THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER LEAVING. THEIR HOME IN LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA, ON OCTOBER 7th FOR A. THREE-DAY ROAD TRIP TO NEBRASKA. ACCORDING NO AUTHORITIES THE. MOTHER RENTED A CHEVY MALIBU AND. TRAVELED OVER 3,000 MILES FOR. THE ROAD TRIP. INVESTIGATORS SAYING THIS IS THE. ROUTE THEY BELIEVE SHE TOOK. AUTHORITIES CLAIM ASHLEY WORE. WIGS AND SWITCHED LICENSE PLATES. ALONG THE WAY. ASHLEY RETURNING HOME OCTOBER. 10th WITHOUT HER DAUGHTER. A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR LATER.

REPORTING MELODY'S. DISAPPEARANCE, SETTING OFF A. DESPERATE MULTISTATE SEARCH. LINSEY, THAT MOTHER IS BEING. HELD WITHOUT BAIL. SHE'S DUE BACK IN COURT JANUARY. 7th. LINSEY? >> Linsey: ANDREW DYMBURT FOR. US, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, TWO OHIO. SIBLINGS ARE BEING CALLED HEROES. AFTER THEY QUICKLY JUMPED INTO. ACTION WHEN THEIR SCHOOL BUS. DRIVER SUFFERED A MEDICAL. EMERGENCY, POSSIBLY SAVING HER. LIFE. HERE'S ABC'S MOLA LENGHI. >> ARE YOU OKAY? >> Reporter: TONIGHT, TWO OHIO. SIBLINGS ARE BEING HILLED AS. HERROS AFTER HELPING SAVE THE.

LIFE OF THEIR SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. >> WE NEED HELP. BUS 8. BUS DRIVER'S NOT BREATHING. >> Reporter: CRESTVIEW SCHOOL. DISTRICT IN ASHLAND SHARING THIS. VIDEO OF THE DRAMATIC INCIDENT. LAST FRIDAY MORNING. CHARLIE AND KATRINA THOMAS. RUSHING TO THE AID OF THEIR. DRIVER WHO WAS HAVING TROUBLE. BREATHING. >> I RAN UP THERE AND SAID, WHAT. IS WRONG? AND SHE POINTED AT HER THROAT. AND THEN I RAN BACK THERE AND. GOT THE OLDER KIDS. WE WERE ON A HILL GOING. DOWNWARDS.

SO I, LIKE, PULLED THE PARKING. BRAKE OUT. >> Reporter: 8-YEAR-OLD KATRINA. WAS THE FIRST TO SEE THE DRIVER. IN DISTRESS. >> HEY --. >> Reporter: HER BROTHER CHARLIE. BOLTING TO THE FRONT OF THE BUS. >> THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT. SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. WENT UP THERE AND GRABBED THE. RADIO AND THEN CALLED THE. SCHOOL. BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THAT WAS THE. QUICKEST WAY TO GET HELP. >> Reporter: THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. STATING THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED A. BREATHING-RELATED MEDICAL ISSUE, PRAISING THE STUDENTS AND STAFF. FOR THEIR QUICK THINKING AND. CALM RESPONSE. >> I WAS VERY PROUD.

I WAS JOYFUL THAT MY KIDS WERE. KNOWLEDGEABLE ENOUGH AND KNEW. ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO. ACTUALLY HELP SOMEBODY. >> PROUD AND HAPPY WITH MYSELF. AND HAPPY THAT WE GOT HER ALL, LIKE, BETTER NOW. >> Reporter: LINSEY, TONIGHT. THAT BUS DRIVER OUT OF THE. HOSPITAL. SHE TOLD ABC AFFILIATE WEWS THAT. SHE MAKES IT A POINT TO TEACH. STUDENTS HOW TO USE THE TWO-WAY. RADIO ON THE BUS. AND TONIGHT, SHE'S JUST GLAD. THEY WERE LISTENING, LINSEY.

>> Linsey: QUICK-THINKING KIDS. THERE, MOLA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO A GEORGIA FAMILY AT. THE CENTER OF A NATIONAL DEBATE. A PREGNANT NURSE DECLARED BRAIN. DEAD BUT KEPT ON LIFE SUPPORT. FOR MONTHS. THE FAMILY SAYS THE STATE LAW. LEFT THEM WITH NO INPUT AS. DOCTORS FOCUSED ON KEEPING THE. FETUS ALIVE. RACHEL SCOTT SAT DOWN WITH THE. MOTHER AS QUESTIONS GROW OVER. HOW GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAW IS. BEING APPLIED. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. HEARTBREAK FOR THE FAMILY OF A. PREGNANT WOMAN. A YOUNG NURSE, ADRIANA SMITH, EXPECTING HER SECOND CHILD. WHEN HER OWN HEALTH SUDDENLY. SPIRALED, SHE WAS SOON DECLARED.

DEAD. I SAT DOWN WITH ADRIANA'S MOM, APRIL NEWKIRK. WHEN DID YOU START TO REALIZE. SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH. ADRIANA? >> A DAY SHE WAS HAVING REALLY, REALLY BAD HEADACHES. REALLY, REALLY BAD. TO THE POINT THAT'S WHEN SHE. WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. CT SCAN SHOWED THERE WERE BLOOD. CLOTS EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. LATER, DOCTORS TOLD THE FAMILY. THAT YOUNG MOTHER HAD DIED. >> THEY DECLARED HER BRAIN. DEATH, FEBRUARY 19th.

THE FETUS AT THE TIME HAD A. HEARTBEAT. SO THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD. TREAT THE BABY AS A PATIENT, AND. SHE WAS NO LONGER THE PATIENT. BECAUSE OF THE LAW THEY HAD HERE. IN GEORGIA. >> Reporter: GEORGIA'S LAW, KNOWN AS THE LIFE ACT, WENT. INTO EFFECT AS ROE V. WADE WAS. OVERTURNED IN 2022. IT BANS ABORTIONS AS EARLY AS 6. WEEKS OF PREGNANCY AND CONSIDERS. FETUSES LIVING, DISTINCT. PERSONS. THE LAW ONLY ALLOWS NARROW. EXCEPTIONS FOR MEDICAL. EMERGENCIES, RAPE AND INCEST,

AND MEDICALLY FUTILE. PREGNANCIES. THOUGH ADRIANA WAS BRAIN DEAD, HER DEATH CERTIFICATE SAYING. FEBRUARY 19th, HER MOTHER SAYS. DOCTORS KEPT HER ON LIFE SUPPORT. FOR 16 MORE WEEKS IN AN EFFORT. TO SAVE HER PREGNANCY. IN JUNE, THE BABY WAS BORN. PREMATURE AT AROUND 26 WEEKS. HE'S BEEN IN THE NICU EVER. SINCE. >> HE'S NOT YOUR REGULAR. PREMATURE BABY. HE'S STRUGGLING. >> Reporter: IN INITIAL. STATEMENTS IN MAY, THE HOSPITAL, EMORY HEALTH CARE, SAID THEY. MAKE INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT.

RECOMMENDATIONS IN COMPLIANCE. WITH GEORGIA'S ABORTION LAWS AND. ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. IN A RECENT STATEMENT TO ABC. NEWS, THE HOSPITAL SAID IN PART, SOME OF OUR PATIENTS PRESENT. WITH THE MOST COMPLEX AND. DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WHERE THERE. MAY NOT BE CLINICAL, LEGAL, SOCIETAL, OR LEGAL AGREEMENT ON. THE BEST COURSE. SUZANNE GUY OPPOSES ABORTION. RIGHTS AND LOBBIED FOR THE. GEORGIA LAW. DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD HAVE. BEEN AN EXCEPTION IN ADRIANA'S. CASE? >> RACHEL, I DON'T. THAT LITTLE BOY IS VALUABLE AND. DESERVED TO BE PROTECTED AND.

FOUGHT FOR. >> Reporter: BUT ADRIANA'S. MOTHER SAYS WATCHING HER. DAUGHTER DETERIORATE FOR 16. WEEKS AFTER SHE WAS ALREADY. DECLARED DEAD IS NOT SOMETHING. ANY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO GO. THROUGH. >> I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE. HAD A CHOICE, BUT WE DIDN'T. HAD A CLOSE, BUT WE DIDN'T. I REALLY THINK IT SHOULD BE A. CHOICE, I JUST DO. I JUST DO. >> Reporter: LINSEY, THE. HOSPITAL TELLS US THEY CANNOT. RELEASE ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT. ADRIANA'S CASE BECAUSE THE. FAMILY HAS NOT GIVEN THEM. PERMISSION TO DO SO. BUT THIS CASE DOES HIGHLIGHT THE.

CONFUSION SURROUNDING GEORGIA'S. ABORTION LAWS. IN A STATEMENT, GEORGIA'S. ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS US THERE. IS NOTHING IN THE LIFE ACT THAT. REQUIRES MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. TO KEEP A WOMAN ON LIFE SUPPORT. AFTER BRAIN DEATH. LINSEY? >> Linsey: RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, TWO NORTH. CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS ARE IN. THE HOSPITAL AFTER A SHOOTING AT. AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT. >>> TRAVIS KELCE RETIREMENT. RUMORS SWIRL AFTER WHAT MAY HAVE. BEEN HIS FINAL HOME GAME. >>> AND "AMERICAN STRONG," SEE. HOW A BAND OF CAROLERS IS. SPREADING JOY TO INDIANA. FAMILIES IN NEED.

>> Linsey: TONIGHT, TWO POLICE. OFFICERS IN MINT HILL, NORTH. CAROLINA, HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO. STABLE CONDITION FOLLOWING A. SHOOT-OUT AT AN EDIBLE. ARRANGEMENTS. SHORTLY BEFORE 11:00 A.M. THIS. MORNING, POLICE RESPONDED TO AN. EMERGENCY CALL REGARDING A CHILD. CUSTODY EXCHANGE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT. WAS SHOT AND KILLED. >>> TONIGHT, WE HAVE WORD THAT A. 15th PERSON HAS NOW DIED AS A. RESULT OF THAT U.P.S. PLANE. CRASH IN KENTUCKY LAST MONTH.

THE MAN SUCCUMBED TO HIS. INJURIES CHRISTMAS DAY, SEVEN. WEEKS AFTER THE CRASH. A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE. NTSB FOUND THE HONOLULU-BOUND. CARGO PLANE'S LEFT ENGINE. SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND. BURST INTO FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER. TAKEOFF. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, SPECULATION SWIRLS ABOUT THE. >> Linsey: TO THE INDEX AND WHAT. WAS MEANT TO BE A CELEBRATION IS. NOW A CONTROVERSY. THE KENNEDY CENTER CANCELED ITS. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EVE JAZZ. CONCERT. THE SHOW'S HOST, MUSICIAN CHUCK.

RED. REDD, SAID HE CALLED OFF THE. PERFORMANCE IN THE WAKE OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDING HIS OWN. NAME TO THE ARTS INSTITUTION. MANY LEGAL SCHOLARS SAY TRUMP'S. MOVE VIOLATES THE LAW. >>> SPECULATE GROWING ABOUT. THREE-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMP. TRAVIS KELCE. TRAVIS KELCE APPEARED EMOTIONAL. DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AFTER. LAST NIGHT'S LOSS TO THE DENVER. BRONCOS. HIS FIANCEE, TAYLOR SWIFT, WATCHED ON FROM THE STANDS AS. KELCE PLAYED WOULD COULD BE HIS. FINAL HOME GAME IN KANSAS CITY. AS HE HEADED INTO THE TUNNEL,

FANS ERUPTED INTO CHEERS, SHOWERING HIM WITH ADULATION. SOME SAY IT FELT LIKE A. FAREWELL. KELCE HAS NOT MADE AN. ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS FUTURE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE HEAD. TO INDIANA AND A SPECIAL GROUP. OF MUSICIANS BRINGING HOPE TO. >> Linsey: FINALLY, "AMERICA. STRONG.". WE HEAD TO INDIANA FOR SOME. MUCH-NEEDED CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. IN THIS QUIET INDIANAPOLIS. NEIGHBORHOOD, SOMETHING. UNEXPECTED FILLS THE COLD. DECEMBER AIR. ON THIS SCHOOL BUS, A BIG BAND. WITH A SIMPLE MISSION -- TO MAKE.

SURE THIS SEASON, NO MATTER HOW. DIFFICULT, IS STILL JOYFUL. ♪ WE WISH YOU THE MERRIEST. MERRIEST ♪. >> THIS IS A GIANT BAND THAT. GOES AROUND TOWN, CAROLS FOR. THOSE IN NEED. IT'S TYPICAL CAROLING BUT ON. STEROIDS. ♪. ♪. >> Linsey: NOT A PARADE OR. CONCERT HALL, BUT A HOME IN NEED. OF SOME HOLIDAY CHEER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Linsey: AND THESE VOLUNTEERS. DELIVER. >> WE'VE HAD A ROUGH YEAR. MEDICALLY. >> IT'S BEEN TOUGH.

>> WE WERE VERY TAKEN ABACK THEY. WANTED TO COME AND SHARE ALL. THEIR TALENTS WITH US. >> Linsey: THEY DON'T SELL. TICKETS OR TAKE A STAGE. INSTEAD, THESE 50 BAND MEMBERS. SHOW UP WHEREVER THEY'RE NEEDED. >> THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD. A ROUGH YEAR, ARE IN NEED, ARE. SICK, HAD A RELATIVE PASS AWAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY NEED A LITTLE HAPPINESS, THEY NEED A LITTLE SPIRIT, SO WE. GO AND UPLIFT THEM. ♪. ♪. >> Linsey: IN DRIVEWAYS, BUNCHED. UP IN A LIVING ROOM, OR IN. BACKYARDS. ♪. ♪. THEY ALSO PAY VISITS TO LOCAL. FIRE STATIONS AND NURSING HOMES. ♪.

♪. >> Linsey: NOW IN ITS 12th YEAR, THEY HOPE TO TAKE THIS CHARITY. EFFORT NATIONWIDE. LINGERING SMILES AND JOYFUL. MEMORIES. PROOF THAT SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST. HOLIDAY MAGIC DOESN'T COME. WRAPPED UNDER A TREE, IT PULLS. UP WITH A TRUMPET OR A TROMBONE. AND A WHOLE LOT OF HEART. YOU CAN FEEL IT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. GOOD NIGHT.