ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 12, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. AS WE COME ON. THIS MAJOR STORM HITTING RIGHT. NOW. TREACHEROUS DRIVING AND NOW. TORNADO WATCHES UP. SNOW AND RAIN ABOUT TO HIT THE. NORTHEAST. 125 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. FOR THIS SECOND WINTER STORM, AND A THIRD STORM NOW RIGHT. BEHIND IT. TONIGHT, DANGEROUS DRIVING. ALREADY. SNOW, FLOODING, AND POSSIBLE. TORNADOES NOW. THE STORM STRETCHING FROM THE. MIDWEST TO THE SOUTH, RIGHT INTO. THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST. HE'LL TIME IT ALL OUT. >>> THE BREAKING HEADLINE. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON HIS 90-MINUTE.

PHONE CALL WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, TALKING ABOUT ENDING THE WAR. WITH UKRAINE. THE PRESIDENT THEN SPEAKING WITH. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AFTER. AND WHEN ASKED TODAY IF RUSSIA. AND UKRAINE ARE EQUALS IN THIS. PEACE EFFORT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAID, THAT'S AN INTERESTING. QUESTION. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ABOUT. THE FUTURE OF UKRAINE. >>> THE IMAGES COMING IN, THE. U.S. MILITARY JET CRASHING, PLUNGING INTO THE WATER RIGHT. NEAR A NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PILOTS RESCUED BY BOAT. >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. ECONOMY, THE NEW REPORT. INFLATION RISING. FAMILIES PAYING MORE FOR.

GROCERIES, USED CARS, MEDICAL. BILLS. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO. PROMISED TO LOWER PRICES ON DAY. ONE, BLAMING FORMER PRESIDENT. BIDEN, AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO. BRING THE PRICES DOWN. >>> TONIGHT, THE SENATE. CONFIRMING ONE OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL. NOMINEES, TULSI GABBARD, NOW. SWORN IN TONIGHT AS DIRECTOR OF. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. AND RFK JR. CROSSING A MAJOR. HURDLE TONIGHT ON THE EVE OF HIS. CONFIRMATION VOTE. >>> TONIGHT, THE ALARMING SCENE. 20 CHILDREN AND ADULTS SICKENED.

WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. >>> TWO MAJOR TRAIN DERAILMENTS. IN ONE OF THEM, 19 CARS JUMPING. THE TRACKS. >>> TONIGHT HERE, WHY MARIAH. CAREY, CYNDI LAUPER, AND CHUBBY. CHECKER ARE ALL MAKING NEWS. >>> AND THE WINNER OF THE. WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW, RIGHT. HERE.

>> David: GOOD EVENING. WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THIS. DANGEROUS STORM HITTING RIGHT. NOW. THE SECOND MAJOR STORM THIS. WEEK, AND NOW, A THIRD STORM. RIGHT BEHIND IT. 125 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. FOR HEAVY SNOW AND FLASH. FLOODING NOW. THERE IS ALSO A TORNADO WATCH AS. WE COME ON TONIGHT. MULTIPLE STATES IN THE SOUTH. SNOW AND ICE PUSHING THEIR WAY. FROM CHICAGO TO NEW YORK AT THIS. HOUR. CHICAGO GETTING THE MOST SNOW OF. THE SEASON SO FAR. LOOK AT THIS TONIGHT. DRIVERS STRUGGLING TO STAY ON. THE ROADS. VIRGINIA WITH A STATE OF. EMERGENCY IN PLACE AT THIS HOUR. MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW FALLING. THERE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. HUNDREDS OF ACCIDENTS NOW. REPORTED. NEARLY 200,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT. POWER TONIGHT.

HEAVY ICE TAKING DOWN POWER. LINES. SOME OF THOSE LINES YOU CAN SEE. SMOKING WHEN HITTING THE ICE AND. SNOW ON THE GROUND. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST, WHERE THIS HITS TONIGHT INTO. TOMORROW. AND NOW, THIS THIRD STORM RIGHT. BEHIND IT. ABC'S ALEX PEREZ LEADING US OFF. WITH THE IMAGES ALREADY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SECOND. OF THREE POWERFUL CROSS-COUNTRY. STORMS IS WREAKING HAVOC IN THE. HEARTLAND. THE BIGGEST SNOWFALL OF THE. SEASON SO FAR FOR CHICAGO. NORTH OF THE CITY IN LAKE. COUNTY, TRAFFIC CRAWLING ON. INTERSTATE 94.

MAIL TRUCKS STUCK IN DRIFTS. CARS LITTERING DITCHES ALL OVER. THE PLACE. OUR KANSAS CITY STATION KMBC OUT. ON SNOWY INTERSTATE 70 BEFORE. DAWN. >> DEFINITELY A SITUATION WHERE. YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS. >> Reporter: THE SYSTEM SET TO. SLAM THE EAST, JUST AS MILLIONS. ARE DIGGING OUT FROM THE LAST. ONE. OVERNIGHT, WHITE-KNUCKLE DRIVING. AROUND BALTIMORE. MULTIPLE VEHICLES SLIDING ON AND. OFF THE ROAD.

D.C. DIGGING OUT FROM HALF A. FOOT. DRIVERS IN ATLANTIC CITY DEALING. WITH A HIDDEN DANGER. >> POTHOLES. YOU CAN'T SEE WHEN THEY'RE. COVERED WITH SNOW, SO, THAT'S. WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. DANGEROUS. >> Reporter: VIRGINIA WITH THAT. STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PLACE HIT. HARD. HUGE TREES CRASHING DOWN ONTO. HOMES. NEARLY 200,000 LOSING POWER. STATE POLICE REPORTING NEARLY. 900 CRASHES AND NEARLY 90 HURT. THANKFULLY, NO FATALITIES. AND DAVID, WE'RE NOT IN THE. CLEAR JUST YET. NOW, A THIRD WINTER STORM IS.

EXPECTED TO HIT FRIDAY NIGHT. BEFORE THE RETURN OF SUB-ZERO. TEMPERATURES. DAVID? >> David: ALEX PEREZ IN CHICAGO. TONIGHT. ALEX, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION WABC. HI, LEE. >> Reporter: HEY, DAVID. A DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING. ACROSS THE SOUTH. WE HAVE TORNADO WATCHES OUT FROM. LOUISIANA TO MISSISSIPPI TO. ALABAMA. ACTIVE TORNADO WARNING WEST OF. HATTIESBURG. PLACES LIKE MERIDIAN ALL IN LINE. FOR THIS. THE WATCH GOES THROUGH THIS. EVENING. TO THE NORTH, IT'S A FLOOD. THREAT INTO KENTUCKY.

SNOW FLYING FROM CHICAGO TO. DETROIT. ICING IN THE BLUE RIDGE WHERE. THEY SAW A FOOT OF SNOW. YESTERDAY. IT WILL BE RAIN FROM D.C. TO. PHILLY, BUT A MIX FROM NEW YORK. TO BOSTON THAT GOES OVER TO. RAIN, SNOW FOR NORTHERN NEW. ENGLAND. OUT WEST, THE THIRD MAJOR STORM. OF THE WEEK. IT'S COMING ONSHORE INTO. CALIFORNIA. THERE ARE FLOOD WATCHES OUT FROM. SAN FRANCISCO TO L.A. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL GET INTO. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY TOMORROW. UP TO 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN, OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE. MUDSLIDES POTENTIALLY NEAR THE. BURN SCARS. WE COULD HAVE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF. RAIN AND MAYBE UP TO 8 FEET.

OF SNOW IN THE SIERRA. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT WILL. CROSS THE COUNTRY AND BRING SNOW. AND RAIN TO THE MIDWEST AND. NORTHEAST BY THE WEEKEND. DAVID? >> David: ANOTHER FAST-MOVING. STORM. LEE GOLDBERG WITH US TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE TURN NOW. TO THE OTHER MAJOR NEWS THIS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP REVEALING HE HAD. A 90-MINUTE PHONE CALL WITH. VLADIMIR PUTIN TODAY, TALKING. ABOUT ENDING THE WAR WITH. UKRAINE. THE PRESIDENT THEN SPEAKING WITH. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AFTER THAT. CALL. AND WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS. ASKED TODAY IF RUSSIA AND. UKRAINE ARE EQUALS IN THIS PEACE. EFFORT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, "THAT'S AN INTERESTING. QUESTION.". THE PRESIDENT WAS ALSO ASKED IF.

UKRAINE SHOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP. TERRITORY TO RUSSIA. HERE'S OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP ON. THE PHONE TODAY WITH RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR 90 MINUTES, AGREEING TO START NEGOTIATIONS. IMMEDIATELY TO END THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. TRUMP CHOOSING TO TALK WITH. PUTIN FIRST. >> WE HAD A GREAT CALL, AND IT. LASTED FOR A LONG TIME. OVER AN HOUR. THIS MORNING. I ALSO HAD WITH PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY A VERY GOOD CALL, AFTER THAT.

AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE WAY TO. GETTING PEACE. I THINK PRESIDENT PUTIN WANTS. PEACE, AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. WANTS PEACE. AND I WANT PEACE. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. AGREEING TO MEET WITH PUTIN, SAYING THEIR FIRST SITDOWN COULD. BE IN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE NEAR. FUTURE. BUT TRUMP ALSO SUGGESTING HE MAY. GO TO RUSSIA AND THAT PUTIN. MIGHT COME HERE. >> I'LL BE DEALING WITH. PRESIDENT PUTIN, LARGELY ON THE. PHONE, AND WE ULTIMATELY EXPECT. TO MEET. IN FACT, WE EXPECT THAT.

HE'LL COME HERE AND I'LL GO. THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET. >> Reporter: TRUMP SAYING THE. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT WOULD LIKELY. BE INVOLVED IN A SECOND MEETING. ZELENSKYY POSTING THIS PHOTO OF. THEIR PHONE CALL TODAY, SAYING, "TOGETHER WITH THE U.S., WE ARE. CHARTING OUR NEXT STEPS TO STOP. RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AND ENSURE A. LASTING, RELIABLE PEACE. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, LET'S. GET IT DONE.". TRUMP PRESSED IF HE WOULD. SUPPORT THE IDEA OF UKRAINE. HAVING TO GIVE UP TERRITORY. >> WELL, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO. DO WHAT HE HAS TO DO, BUT YOU. KNOW, HIS POLL NUMBERS AREN'T. PARTICULARLY GREAT, TO PUT IT. MILDLY.

>> Reporter: AND THE PRESIDENT. WAS ASKED IF HE VIEWS UKRAINE AS. AN EQUAL IN THESE TALKS. DO YOU VIEW UKRAINE AS AN EQUAL. MEMBER OF THIS PEACE PROCESS? >> UM -- THAT'S AN INTERESTING. QUESTION. I THINK THEY HAVE TO MAKE PEACE. THEIR PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED, AND I THINK THEY HAVE TO MAKE. PEACE. I SAID THAT WAS NOT A GOOD WAR. TO GO INTO, AND I THINK THEY. HAVE TO MAKE PEACE. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. >> Reporter: BEFORE TAKING. OFFICE, TRUMP LONG SAID HE WOULD. END THE WAR IN 24 HOURS.

AND TONIGHT, HIS NEW DEFENSE. SECRETARY, PETE HEGSETH, STANDING AT NATO HEADQUARTERS ON. HIS FIRST TRIP TO EUROPE, ANNOUNCING A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN. U.S. POLICY. SAYING IT'S SIMPLY NOT REALISTIC. TO THINK UKRAINE CAN REGAIN ALL. OF THE TERRITORY RUSSIA HAS. SEIZED. >> WE MUST START BY RECOGNIZING. THAT RETURNING TO UKRAINE'S. PRE-2014 BORDERS IS AN. UNREALISTIC OBJECTIVE. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS. OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. WELCOMED HOME PENNSYLVANIA. TEACHER MARC FOGEL, BACK ON U.S. SOIL AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

IN RUSSIAN CAPTIVITY, IMPRISONED. FOR CARRYING A SMALL AMOUNT OF. MEDICALLY PRESCRIBED MARIJUANA. >> I FEEL LIKE THE LUCKIEST MAN. ON EARTH RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: IN EXCHANGE, THE. U.S. RELEASING RUSSIAN CYBER. CRIMINAL ALEXANDER VINNIK. WE ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE IF THE. TEACHER COMING HOME AND THIS. PUSH NOW TO END THE WAR, TALKING. WITH PUTIN FIRST, IS ALL LINKED. THE TIMING OF THAT IS HARD TO. IGNORE. WAS UKRAINE DISCUSSED AS PART OF. THIS PRISONER SWAP? >> I CAN'T COMMENT ON WHETHER. THAT CAME UP OR NOT. WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THIS WAS.

A VERY GOOD DEAL FOR THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA AND FOR THE. REST OF THE WORLD. >> Reporter: NOW, IN ADDITION TO. THAT AMERICAN TEACHER, THREE. MORE PRISONERS WERE RELEASED. TODAY FROM BELARUS, INCLUDING AN. AMERICAN, THOUGH THEY HAVE ASKED. TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE LIVE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE AGAIN TONIGHT, MARY, THANK YOU. >>> A U.S. MILITARY JET. CRASHING, PLUNGING INTO THE SAN. DIEGO BAY. THE PILOTS RESCUED BY BOAT. HERE'S OUR CHIEF NATIONAL. AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MATT. GUTMAN.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS IS. THE MOMENT A NAVY JET FALLS OUT. OF THE SKY OFF THE COAST OF. CALIFORNIA. NARROWLY MISSING A RESIDENTIAL. NEIGHBORHOOD. CRASHING INTO THE SAN DIEGO BAY. WATCH AGAIN AS THIS VIDEO. CAPTURES THE JET BARRELLING. TOWARDS THE WATER. AROUND 10:15 A.M., THE NAVY'S. SOPHISTICATED EA-18 GROWLER WAS. CLOSE TO LANDING AT THE NAVAL. BASE WHEN THE PLANE STARTED TO. GO DOWN. >> THEY ADVISE THAT IT DID LAND. IN THE WATER. THERE'S NAVY BOATS SEARCHING THE. WATER. >> SHIFT COMMANDER IS REQUESTING. A DIVE TEAM RESPONSE. >> Reporter: BOTH PILOTS. EJECTING SAFELY. THE COAST GUARD, NAVY, AND.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. DISPATCHING BOATS TO LOOK FOR. THE CREW. BUT IT WAS A LOCAL FISHING. VESSEL THAT RESCUED THE PILOTS, WHO WERE IN THE WATER FOR ONLY. ABOUT A MINUTE. >> YOU COULD HEAR IT, WHEN IT. WENT OVER THE MOTEL AND THEN IT. WAS KIND OF QUIET AND THEN IT. KICKED UP AGAIN, AND ALL OF A. SUDDEN, A FEW SECONDS LATER, JUST -- I JUST SAW THE PLANE. JUST STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE. WATER. >> Reporter: THE TWO PILOTS. TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. THEY'RE IN STABLE CONDITION. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS NOW. UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE PILOTS MAKING A SPLIT-SECOND. DECISION TO EJECT FROM THAT. AIRCRAFT, JUST A SHORT DISTANCE. FROM A DENSELY POPULATED. NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IF THIS AIRCRAFT HAD. CONTINUED ON, EVEN A SECOND. MORE, IT COULD HAVE HIT SHELTER. ISLAND OR FLOWN INTO A POPULATED. NEIGHBORHOOD IN POINT LOMA. VERY, VERY CLOSE TO A TRAGEDY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, CREWS SEEN. WORKING TO CONTAIN THE DEBRIS. FIELD, LINING THE CRASH SITE. WITH THOSE ORANGE BOOMS. >> ANY TIME THERE'S AN AIRCRAFT. ACCIDENT LIKE THIS, THERE IS A. LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN ABOUT. THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL. IMPACT.

>> Reporter: AND DAVID, WE'RE. TOLD THE WEATHER, WITH POOR. VISIBILITY AND RAIN AT THE TIME, WILL CERTAINLY BE A FACTOR. THAT'S INVESTIGATED. AND AVIATION EXPERTS SAY THEY. CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THE. IMPORTANCE OF, HAD THOSE PILOTS. PULLED THAT EJECTION JUST A. FRACTION OF A SECOND LATER, THAT. PLANE MIGHT HAVE CONTINUED INTO. THAT DENSELY POPULATED. NEIGHBORHOOD, POSSIBLY CAUSING A. HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. DAVID? >> David: YEAH, THE TIMING OF. THAT WAS EVERYTHING. MATT GUTMAN LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. THANKS, MATT. >>> NOW TO THE U.S. ECONOMY.

TONIGHT. THE NEW REPORT SHOWING INFLATION. RISING IN THIS COUNTRY. FAMILIES PAYING MORE FOR. GROCERIES, USED CARS, AND. MEDICAL BILLS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT BLAMING. PRESIDENT BIDEN. THESE NEW NUMBERS SHOW THIS. INFLATION CHALLENGE WILL BE. FRONT AND CENTER FOR THIS. PRESIDENT, TOO. HERE'S OUR CHIEF ECONOMICS. CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, INFLATION. GOING UP. AMERICAN FAMILIES SPENDING MORE. AT THE GROCERY STORE. >> IT'S SO EXPENSIVE. >> Reporter: IT COMES AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON. LOWERING PRICES AND ENDING. INFLATION ON DAY ONE. >> STARTING ON DAY ONE, WE WILL.

END INFLATION. WE WILL END INFLATION AND WE. WILL MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE. AGAIN. >> Reporter: TODAY, THE. PRESIDENT BLAMING JANUARY'S. INFLATION ON HIS PREDECESSOR, WRITING, "BIDEN INFLATION UP.". THE NEW RATE NOW 3% SHOWS. LOWERING PRICES WON'T BE AN EASY. TASK. AMERICANS ARE PAYING MORE FOR. FOOD, ENERGY, MEDICAL BILLS, CAR. INSURANCE, AND REPAIRS. >> FOOD AND GAS, IT ALL COMES. OUT OF THE SAME POCKET. >> I HAVE TO CUT BACK. I CUT BACK ON A LOT OF STUFF.

>> Reporter: THOSE GROCERY BILLS. DRIVEN UP IN LARGE PART BY THE. BIRD FLU. THE COST OF EGGS SOARING 15% IN. JUST A MONTH. >> I'M VERY CONCERNED. I'M ALREADY SEEING PRICE. DIFFERENCES IN THERE, THINGS. LIKE COFFEE AND EGGS, PET FOOD, EVEN. >> Reporter: TODAY'S SNAPSHOT OF. PRICES TAKEN BEFORE THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S TARIFFS ON. CHINA, STEEL, AND ALUMINUM. IMPORTS TOOK EFFECT. TOM MAOLI OWNS A CAR DEALERSHIP. IN NEW JERSEY. HE SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE. PRESIDENT, BUT TOLD OUR. ELIZABETH SCHULZE, TARIFFS MEAN.

HIGHER PRICES. IF THOSE TARIFFS GO UP --. >> YES. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU. AS A BUSINESS? >> WELL, LISTEN, AT THE END OF. THE DAY, WE HAVE TO PASS THAT. ALONG TO A CONSUMER. WE HAVE AN OVERHEAD, WE HAVE TO. COVER OUR EXPENSES. WE HAVE EMPLOYEES, HEALTH. INSURANCE PLANS. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT ALSO. CALLING ON THE FED TODAY TO CUT. INTEREST RATES, BUT THAT'S. UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN ANY TIME. SOON. FED CHAIR POWELL TELLING. CONGRESS TODAY HE'S NOT IN A. HURRY TO DO THAT, AS CUTTING. INTEREST RATES CAN ACTUALLY. DRIVE PRICES HIGHER. TODAY'S REPORT REINFORCING JUST.

WHAT A CHALLENGE IT WILL BE, DAVID, TO GET INFLATION BACK TO. NORMAL. DAVID? >> David: REBECCA JARVIS RIGHT. HERE IN NEW YORK. REBECCA, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE SENATE. CONFIRMING ONE OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL. NOMINEES. TULSI GABBARD HAS NOW BEEN SWORN. IN AS DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE. AND TONIGHT, NEWS ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. HAS PASSED A CRUCIAL. HURDLE ON THE EVE OF HIS. CONFIRMATION VOTE. RACHEL SCOTT UP ON THE HILL. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SENATE. VOTING TO CONFIRM ONE OF THE. PRESIDENT'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL. NOMINEES. FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN TULSI.

GABBARD AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA'S TOP SPY. >> YEAS ARE 52, NAYS ARE 48, NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED. >> Reporter: ALL DEMOCRATS. VOTING AGAINST GABBARD. AND THERE WAS ONE REPUBLICAN. HOLDOUT -- SENATOR MITCH. McCONNELL, THE FORMER REPUBLICAN. LEADER. McCONNELL SAYING GABBARD'S. RECORD MAKES HER UNWORTHY OF THE. HIGHEST PUBLIC TRUST, CITING. WHAT HE CALLS A HISTORY OF. ALARMING LAPSES IN JUDGMENT. INCLUDING HER REFUSAL TO. DENOUNCE EDWARD SNOWDEN AS A. TRAITOR. SNOWDEN LEAKED GOVERNMENT. SECRETS AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN.

RUSSIA. GABBARD ALSO FACED CRITICISM FOR. VISITING FORMER SYRIAN DICTATOR. BASHAR AL ASSAD. AND ACCUSATIONS OF APPEARING. SYMPATHETIC TO VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> I, TULSI GABBARD --. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT, SHE. WAS SWORN IN IN THE OVAL OFFICE. THIS, AS TRUMP'S PICK FOR HEALTH. SECRETARY, ROBERT F. KENNEDY. JR., MOVES A BIG STEP CLOSER TO. HIS OWN CONFIRMATION. >> DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND. HUMAN SERVICES, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE. SECRETARY.

>> Reporter: THE SENATE VOTING. ALONG PARTY LINES TO ADVANCE HIS. NOMINATION TO A FULL VOTE. TOMORROW. AND ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. DOES. APPEAR TO HAVE THE SUPPORT HE. NEEDS TO BE CONFIRMED TOMORROW. ONE REPUBLICAN, SENATOR, BILL. CASSIDY, WHO IS ALSO A DOCTOR, WAS ON THE FENCE. HE EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT. THE MISINFORMATION THAT KENNEDY. HAS PUSHED SURROUNDING VACCINES. BUT CASSIDY IS UP FOR. RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. HE HAS NOW SAID THAT HE WILL, IN. FACT, BE SUPPORTING KENNEDY, KEENLY AWARE OF THE PRESSURE HE. COULD FACE, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT LIVE UP. ON THE HILL FOR US. THANK YOU, RACHEL. >>> LATE TODAY, NEW ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI REVEALING A.

NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST NEW YORK. STATE AND ITS ATTORNEY GENERAL, LETITIA JAMES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCUSING. NEW YORK OF RESISTING FEDERAL. EFFORTS TO ENFORCE THE NATION'S. IMMIGRATION LAWS. >>> NOW TO A POLICE CASE THAT. MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES. OFFICIALS IN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. HAVE NOW FINALIZED A $10 MILLION. SETTLEMENT FOR THE DEADLY POLICE. SHOOTING OF SONYA MASSEY. A BLACK WOMAN KILLED IN HER HOME. LAST YEAR. BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS A DEPUTY. OPENING FIRE IN HER KITCHEN. WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING A POT OF. BOILING WATER. HER FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS HAVING A. MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

THAT DEPUTY NOW BEHIND BARS. AFTER PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO. MURDER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, TWO MAJOR TRAIN. DERAILMENTS, AND ONE OF THEM, 19. CARS JUMPING THE TRACKS. YOU'LL SEE THE IMAGES. >>> ALSO AHEAD, WHY CYNDI. LAUPER, MARIAH CAREY, AND CHUBBY. CHECKER ARE ALL MAKING NEWS. TONIGHT. >>> AND THE IMAGES THIS EVENING, THE ALARMING SCENE. 20 CHILDREN AND ADULTS SUFFERING. FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. SOME RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, IN. A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT IN MAINE, ABOUT 20. PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN, WERE SICKENED BY A CARBON.

MONOXIDE LEAK AT A DAY CARE. FACILE SI. AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN PATIENTS. WERE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WERE 27 CHILDREN AND TEN. ADULTS AT THAT DAY CARE. >>> TONIGHT, TWO TRAIN. DERAILMENTS. CREWS IN NORTHERN OHIO WORKING. TO CLEAN UP DAMAGE AFTER 19. TRAIN CARS DERAILED. TWO CARS WERE LEAKING, ONE. CARRYING ETHANOL. NO ONE WAS HURT. AND IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, 15. CARS OFF THE TRACKS. NO ONE HURT THERE, AND NO RISK. TO THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, WHAT. DO MARIAH CAREY, CYNDI LAUPER, AND CHUBBY CHECKER ALL HAVE IN. COMMON TONIGHT? >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. THE NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S.

ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME. ♪ IF YOU'RE LOST ♪. ♪ YOU CAN LOOK ♪. ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND IT ♪. ♪ TIME AFTER TIME ♪. >> David: NOT THE FIRST TIME. CYNDI LAUPER HAS BEEN NOMINATED. "TIME AFTER TIME," "TRUE. COLORS," OF COURSE "GIRLS JUST. WANT TO HAVE FUN.". MARIAH CAREY, THE BLACK CROWS, JOE COCKER, AND CHUBBY CHECKER. ALL NOMINATED TOO. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, TOP DOG. HIS NAME IS MONTY THE. MAGNIFICENT, BUT TONIGHT, YOU. CAN JUST CALL HIM THE WINNER. >> I CHOOSE THE GIANT SCHNAUZER. >> OH! MONTY! HE DID IT! THREE YEARS AND HE FINALLY WINS. BEST IN SHOW. >> David: 5-YEAR-OLD MONTY, A. GIANT SCHNAUZER FROM OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY, CROWNED THE CHAMPION. OF THE 149th WESTMINSTER KENNEL. CLUB BEST IN SHOW.

AND IT WAS A VICTORY A LONG TIME. COMING. >> PUPPY DID THE DAMN THING. I'M SO PROUD OF HIM. >> David: MONTY AND HIS HANDLER. MAKING IT TO THE FINALS LAST. YEAR, AND THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT. GOING HOME WITHOUT THE CROWN. >> BEEN AWHILE SINCE A WORKING. DOG HAS WON BEST IN SHOW. >> David: BUT AS THEY SAY, THE. THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM. >> MONTY THE MAGNIFICENT, YOUR. 2025 BEST IN SHOW. THE GIANT SCHNAUZER. >> David: MAKING HISTORY, TOO. THE FIRST GIANT SCHNAUZER TO. EVER BE CROWNED TOP DOG.

BEATING MORE THAN 2,500 DOGS. FROM ALL 50 STATES. MORE THAN 200 BREEDS. >> GRACEFUL AS EVER OUT THERE. >> David: THERE WAS BOURBON THE. WHIPPET COMING OUT OF. RETIREMENT. MERCEDES, THE GERMAN SHEPHERD. AND, OF COURSE, COME MET. AND, OF COURSE, COME MT, THE SH. TZU, AND JUST LIKE AT THAT HAIR. THIS YEAR, IT WAS MONTY'S TURN, AND HIS OWNER, KATIE, ALWAYS. KNEW HE COULD DO IT. >> HE ALWAYS TRIES SO HARD. AND I'M JUST PROUD OF HIM. >> David: AND RIGHT HERE. TONIGHT --. >> HEY, DAVID. I'M KATIE, AND THIS IS MONTY.

>> David: KATIE AND MONTY --. THEY NEVER GAVE UP. >> THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING. EXPERIENCE, AND I'M SO THANKFUL, AND IT'S GREAT TO BE BEST IN. SHOW. >> David: MONTY THE MAGNIFICENT, THE GIANT SCHNAUZER. THE CHAMPION AT LAST. THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM.