ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 13, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. AS WE COME ON THE AIR. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS MASS. FIRINGS ARE NOW UNDER WAY AT. MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES. >>> ALSO AT THIS HOUR, THIS. THIRD MAJOR WINTER STORM THIS. WEEK ALREADY HITTING TONIGHT, FROM THE WEST, ALL THE WAY TO. THE NORTHEAST AGAIN. MASSIVE PILEUPS ALREADY IN. BLINDING SNOW. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THIS BREAKING. NEWS AS WE COME ON. REPORTS OF THOSE MASS LAYOFFS AT. MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT OFFICES. AND IT ALL COMES JUST HOURS. AFTER ELON MUSK SAID AT A GLOBAL. CONFERENCE, WE HAVE TO, QUOTE, DELETE ENTIRE AGENCIES. AND TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER NEW.

INFLATION NUMBERS SHOW PRICES ON. THE RISE IN THE U.S., PRESIDENT. TRUMP TONIGHT REVEALING HIS NEW. PLAN FOR TARIFFS. THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGING. PRICES COULD GO UP. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE IMAGES. COMING IN, THE MAJOR STORM. SLAMMING THE WEST, THEN RACING. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE MIDWEST, THE NORTHEAST IN. THE PATH. THE MAJOR PILEUPS ALREADY. DOZENS OF VEHICLES CRASHING IN. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THERE ARE REPORTS TONIGHT OF. MULTIPLE INJURIES. LEE GOLDBERG TIMES OUT THE. STORM. >>> TONIGHT, THE DRIVER RAMMING. HIS CAR INTO A CROWD IN MUNICH.

AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE INJURED. A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD AMONG THE. VICTIMS. IT HAPPENED JUST HOURS BEFORE. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE WAS TO. ARRIVE FOR A CONFERENCE. WHAT POLICE ARE SAYING TONIGHT. ABOUT THE SUSPECT. >>> HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE SENATE CONFIRMING ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AS THE NEW SECRETARY. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. WHAT ONE REPUBLICAN SENATOR SAID. RIGHT AFTER ABOUT HOLDING RFK. JR. ACCOUNTABLE ON VACCINES. >>> 24 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPENT 90 MINUTES ON THE. PHONE WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE. PRESIDENT TELLING REPORTERS.

TODAY THAT HE DOES TRUST PUTIN. WHEN IT COMES TO UKRAINE. >>> THE U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER. TONIGHT COLLIDING AT SEA WITH. ANOTHER SHIP. THE U.S. CARRIER WITH TWO. NUCLEAR REACTORS ONBOARD. >>> THE STUNNING NEW IMAGES. TONIGHT EMERGING OF THAT. MILITARY JET CRASH. THE JET IN A NOSE DIVE, PLUNGING. FROM THE SKY. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW REPORT, HAVE SOME AMERICANS HAD BIRD FLU. WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING? WHAT THIS REPORT REVEALS. TONIGHT. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY, THE. INCREDIBLE MOMENT ON THE NEW. YORK CITY SUBWAY. A MOTHER GIVING BIRTH, PASSENGERS HELPING TO DELIVER.

THE BABY GIRL. >>> AND TONIGHT, THE IMAGES NOW. BEING SEEN AROUND THE WORLD. A KAYAKER BRIEFLY SWALLOWED BY A. HUMPBACK WHALE. HOW HE ESCAPED UNHARMED. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. BREAKING NEWS. WE'RE TRACKING THIS FAST-MOVING. STORM. THE THIRD MAJOR WINTER STORM. THIS WEEK, FROM THE WEST, COMING. RIGHT TO THE NORTHEAST AGAIN. ALREADY TONIGHT, HORRIFIC.

ACCIDENTS, THE PILEUPS. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN HERE WITH. THE MASS FIRINGS AT MULTIPLE. FEDERAL AGENCIES AT THIS HOUR. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS TONIGHT. THAT THE LAYOFFS HAVE BEGUN. JUST HOURS AFTER THE OFFER FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDED. THAT OFFER TO TAKE A BUYOUT OR. RISK GETTING LAID OFF. TONIGHT, THE FIRINGS HAVE BEGUN. AND IT COMES JUST HOURS AFTER. ELON MUSK SAID AT A GLOBAL. CONFERENCE, WE HAVE TO, QUOTE, DELETE ENTIRE AGENCIES. AND TONIGHT, 24 HOURS AFTER NEW. INFLATION NUMBERS SHOW PRICES ON.

THE RISE HERE IN THE U.S., PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING A NEW. EXECUTIVE ACTION WARNING THAT HE. WILL PUT TARIFFS ON ANY COUNTRY. THAT PLACES TARIFFS ON AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED, WILL. THIS RAISE PRICES EVEN MORE? ABC'S CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE ON THE. TARIFFS AND THE FIRINGS NOW. UNDER WAY TONIGHT. >> Reporter: AFTER THREATENING. TARIFFS ON MEXICO AND CANADA, SLAPPING NEW TARIFFS ON CHINA, AND EXPANDING TARIFFS ON STEEL. AND ALUMINUM, TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP PUTTING THE WHOLE WORLD ON. NOTICE. THE PRESIDENT LAYING OUT A PLAN. FOR SWEEPING NEW TARIFFS ON.

COUNTRIES WHO TAX AMERICAN. GOODS. A MOVE THAT COULD UPEND GLOBAL. TRADE AND THREATENS TO SPIKE. INFLATION HERE AT HOME. >> WHATEVER THEY CHARGE US, WE'RE CHARGING THEM, SO IT WORKS. OUT VERY WELL. IT'S VERY -- IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, SIMPLE SYSTEM. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYS. IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS, DIRECTING HIS TEAM TO COME UP. WITH A SYSTEM OF TARIFFS, DECLARING, WHATEVER COUNTRIES. CHARGE THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA, WE WILL CHARGE THEM. NO MORE, NO LESS. BUT ECONOMISTS WARN HIGHER. TARIFFS ON IMPORTS ARE PAID BY. AMERICAN COMPANIES, WHO PASS THE.

COSTS ALONG TO CONSUMERS IN THE. FORM OF HIGHER PRICES. AND THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. COMES JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THAT. NEW REPORT SHOWING INFLATION ON. THE RISE, NOW UP 3%. AMERICANS PAYING MORE FOR FOOD, ENERGY, MEDICAL BILLS, AND CAR. INSURANCE. THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGING. PRICES COULD GO UP IN THE. SHORT-TERM. >> THERE COULD BE SOME. SHORT-TERM DISTURBANCE, BUT. LONG-TERM, IT'S GOING -- IT'S. GOING TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY A. FORTUNE. >> SO, AMERICANS SHOULD PREPARE. FOR SHORT-TERM PAIN? >> YOU SAID THAT, I DIDN'T SAY.

THAT. >> IF PRICES GO UP --. >> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. ADAMANT HIS NEW POLICIES WILL. LEAVE AMERICA FLOODED WITH JOBS, EVEN AS HE SLASHES THE FEDERAL. WORKFORCE. THE EFFORT SPEARHEADED BY ELON. MUSK, WHO TOLD AN INTERNATIONAL. CONFERENCE, ENTIRE FEDERAL. AGENCIES WILL BE ON THE CHOPPING. BLOCK. >> I THINK WE DO NEED TO DELETE. ENTIRE AGENCIES, AS OPPOSED TO. LEAVE PART OF THEM BEHIND, BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE PART OF.

THEM BEHIND, IT'S EASY, JUST. KIND OF LIKE LEAVING A WEED. IF YOU DON'T REMOVE THE ROOTS OF. THE WEED, THEN IT'S EASY FOR THE. WEED TO GROW BACK. BUT IF YOU REMOVE THE ROOTS OF. THE WEED, IT DOESN'T STOP WEEDS. FROM EVER GROWING BACK, BUT IT. MAKES IT HARDER. >> Reporter: 75,000 FEDERAL. WORKERS HAVE ACCEPTED THE. ADMINISTRATION'S BUYOUT OFFER TO. GET PAID UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR RISK. BEING LAID OFF. ABOUT 3% OF THE FEDERAL. WORKFORCE. LESS THAN THE 5% TO 10% THE. ADMINISTRATION WAS HOPING FOR. THAT OFFER NOW CLOSED, AND. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING MASS.

LAYOFFS FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T. TAKE THE OFFER HAVE BEGUN, WITH. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPECTED TO. BE LET GO. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. YESTERDAY FIRING 40 EMPLOYEES. HIRED OVER THE LAST YEAR. IN A LETTER TELLING THEM, THE. AGENCY FINDS BASED ON YOUR. PERFORMANCE, THAT YOU HAVE NOT. DEMONSTRATED THAT YOUR FURTHER. EMPLOYMENT AT THE AGENCY WOULD. BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. MEANWHILE, MUSK, WHO ALSO RUNS. SPACEX, TESLA, AND THE SOCIAL. MEDIA PLATFORM X, AND HAS. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL. CONTRACTS, TODAY SITTING DOWN.

WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MODI. AT BLAIR HOUSE, EVEN BEFORE HIS. VISIT WITH THE PRESIDENT. MUSK THERE WITH HIS YOUNG. CHILDREN, SITTING OPPOSITE. VISITING INDIAN DIPLOMATS. THE PRESIDENT ASKED, WAS MUSK. MEETING MODI AS A PRIVATE. CITIZEN OR AS A MEMBER OF THE. ADMINISTRATION? >> I WOULD IMAGINE HE MET. POSSIBLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S. RUNNING A COMPANY. >> DOES MODI KNOW WHETHER HE'S. MEETING WITH A CEO OR MEETING. WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR. GOVERNMENT? >> WELL, HE'S MEETING WITH ME IN. A LITTLE WHILE, SO, I'M GOING TO. ASK HIM THAT QUESTION. >> Reporter: NOW, DAVID, ELON.

MUSK SAID THAT ENTIRE AGENCIES. WILL NEED TO BE DELETED, AND. TONIGHT, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT. PEOPLE AT SEVERAL AGENCIES HAVE. NOW BEEN TOLD THEY'VE BEEN FIRED. AS PART OF THESE MASS LAYOFFS. PEOPLE THAT WORKED AT THE. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE EPA, THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL. MANAGEMENT, THE SMALL BUSINESS. ADMINISTRATION, AND OTHER. AGENCIES TONIGHT BEING TOLD THEY. NO LONGER HAVE A JOB. AND DAVID, THOUSANDS MORE ARE. EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED. >> David: MARY BRUCE ON THE. BREAKING NEWS, THE MASS FIRINGS. NOW UNDER WAY. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING THIS. THIRD MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE. WEEK HITTING AT THIS HOUR.

IT WILL MOVE FROM THE WEST ALL. THE WAY INTO THE NORTHEAST YET. AGAIN. AT THIS HOUR, WINTER STORM. WARNINGS IN THE WEST. UP TO EIGHT FEET OF MOUNTAIN. SNOW. FLOOD WATCHES FOR MUCH OF. CALIFORNIA. THE STORM SWEEPING EAST WITH. SEVERE WEATHER TO THE SOUTH, AND. SNOW, ICE, AND RAIN IN THE. NORTHEAST BY WEEK'S END. WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW. YORK CITY, ALL IN THE PATH. AGAIN. TONIGHT, DOZENS OF VEHICLES IN A. MASSIVE PILEUP IN WHITEOUT. CONDITIONS ALREADY. THIS IS I-84 NEAR PORTLAND, OREGON. PART OF THE INTERSTATE SHUT DOWN. TONIGHT, REPORTS OF MULTIPLE. INJURIES. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. AND MATT GUTMAN WITH THE. DANGEROUS PILEUPS ALREADY.

TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE THIRD. STORM TO RACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS WEEK ALREADY HAMMERING THE. WEST COAST, UNLEASHING HAVOC ON. THE HIGHWAYS. >> REQUESTING ASSISTANCE ON. AN 84 PILEUP. 28. I-84 EASTBOUND. >> Reporter: DOZENS OF VEHICLES. PILING UP ON SNOWPACKED. INTERSTATE 84 OUTSIDE PORTLAND, OREGON. MULTIPLE CRASH SCENES IN THE. AREA. THANKFULLY, SO FAR, NO REPORTS. OF FATALITIES. IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WEST OF.

LAKE TAHOE, WHEELS SPINNING IN. VAIN. OTHER DRIVERS STRANDED. THE AVALANCHE DANGER THERE. GROWING AS SOME AREAS COULD GET. UP TO EIGHT FEET OF SNOW. THAT SAME SYSTEM NOW SOAKING. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. FAMILIES BATTERED BY DEVASTATING. WILDFIRES NOW BRACING FOR. MUDSLIDES. IN L.A. COUNTY, MORE THAN 45,000. PEOPLE ARE NOW UNDER EVACUATION. WARNINGS OR ORDERS. POLICE OFFICERS GOING. DOOR-TO-DOOR, WARNING FAMILIES. WHOSE HOMES SURVIVED THE EATON.

FIRE THAT THEIR HOMES NOW COULD. BE DEMOLISHED BY MUD. THESE FIRES DON'T JUST BURN THE. VEGETATION, THEY ACTUALLY COOK. THE SOIL, MAKING IT WATER. REPELLANT. AS A RESULT, IF THERE'S ENOUGH. RAIN AND IT'S STEEP ENOUGH, THOSE MUDSLIDES CAN COME DOWN AT. 35 MILES PER HOUR, CARRYING. TRUCK-SIZED BOULDERS AND TREES. WITH THEM. THE SYSTEM BARRELLING EAST, RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF REPORTED. TORNADOES, CAUSING DAMAGE IN. MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA. AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW IN. PARTS OF VIRGINIA.

THE EAST COAST NOW BRACING FOR. MORE. DAVID, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S LEFT. OF THE HOMES THAT HAVE BURNED. HERE IN MALIBU, AND ACROSS THE. WAY, THAT MUD COURSING DOWN THE. HILLSIDE. THAT FRONT END LOADER AT WORK. AND THAT THREAT RIGHT ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. SNOWSTORMS AND MORE TREACHEROUS. DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST. COAST, DAVID. >> David: YEAH, REAL CONCERNS IN. CALIFORNIA, AND THE STORM AS YOU. SAY, MATT, RIPPING RIGHT ACROSS. THE COUNTRY, AS WELL. THANKS, MATT. LET'S GET TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. LEE GOLDBERG FROM OUR STATION. WABC HERE IN NEW YORK.

LEE, OF COURSE, THE THIRD STORM. THIS WEEK. SO, TIME IT OUT FOR US. >> Reporter: DAVID, THAT STORM. IS PUMMELING THE WEST COAST. TONIGHT. ICE AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS. FOR OREGON. IT'S HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THE MUDSLIDE THREAT WILL. CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT. NOW, THAT STORM MOVES EAST. TOWARD THE WEEKEND. WE'RE TALKING THE SECOND TIME IN. A WEEK A TORNADO THREAT FOR THE. DEEP SOUTH. IN FACT, ENHANCED THREAT FROM. LOUISIANA ALL THE WAY INTO PARTS. OF ALABAMA. TO THE NORTH, IT'S A FLOOD. THREAT FROM MEMPHIS ALL THE WAY. UP TO PITTSBURGH. WE'LL SEE SNOW INTO THE GREAT. LAKES. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, IT'S SNOW. IN NEW YORK. SATURDAY EVENING, SNOW IN.

BOSTON. IT GOES TO RAIN HERE IN NEW. YORK, BUT AN ICY MIX IN BOSTON. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT ICING FROM. THE HUDSON VALLEY INTO CENTRAL. NEW ENGLAND. GOING TO BE A ROUGH WEEKEND FOR. THE EAST, AND ALREADY BLUSTERY. HERE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY HERE IN. NEW YORK CITY. DAVID? >> David: NO QUESTION ABOUT. THAT. SO, TONIGHT, RIGHT THROUGH. SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THIS STORM. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, A HORRIFIC CAR. ATTACK IN MUNICH, GERMANY, JUST. HOURS BEFORE VICE PRESIDENT. VANCE ARRIVED FOR A MAJOR. SECURITY CONFERENCE THERE. A SUSPECT SPEEDING TOWARD A. CROWD IN THE STREET, INJURING AT. LEAST 30 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A. 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD. NOW, TONIGHT, THE DRIVER HAS. BEEN ARRESTED.

POLICE SAY HE WAS A 24-YEAR-OLD. ASYLUM SEEKER. ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE ON THE. SCENE IN MUNICH FOR US. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AT LEAST. 30 PEOPLE INJURED, INCLUDING. CHILDREN, AFTER A CAR SLAMMED. INTO A CROWD OF PROTESTERS IN. MUNICH. THE CARNAGE UNFOLDING IN BROAD. DAYLIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS TREATING. VICTIMS IN THE STREET, WHEELING. THEM AWAY ON STRETCHERS. A CRUSHED STROLLER, SHOES AND. DEBRIS LITTERING THE ROADWAY. OFFICIALS SAY A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD. AMONG THE VICTIMS.

POLICE SWARMING THE SCENE, OPENING FIRE ON THE DRIVER OF. THAT MANGLED MINI COOPER, ITS. WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE ROOF CAVED IN. A MAN SEEN GETTING ARRESTED IN. THIS VIDEO THAT AUTHORITIES SAY. IS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. GERMAN OFFICIALS SAY THEY'VE. TAKEN A 24-YEAR-OLD AFGHAN. ASYLUM SEEKER INTO CUSTODY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIVER. WENT AROUND ONE OF THEIR. VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN. PROTECTING A DEMONSTRATION OVER. WORKING CONDITIONS. THEN, IT ACCELERATED INTO THE. CROWD. IT HAPPENED LESS THAN A MILE.

AWAY, AND JUST HOURS BEFORE VICE. PRESIDENT VANCE ARRIVED HERE FOR. A MAJOR SECURITY CONFERENCE. AND IT COMES JUST TWO MONTHS. AFTER A CAR-RAMMING ATTACK AT A. CHRISTMAS MARKET IN MAGDEBURG, GERMANY THAT KILLED SIX AND. INJURED HUNDREDS MORE. DAVID, TODAY'S ATTACK COMES JUST. DAYS BEFORE NATIONAL ELECTIONS. HERE IN GERMANY. IMMIGRATION IS SAID TO BE A KEY. ISSUE. DAVID? >> David: TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN. MUNICH FOR US TONIGHT. TOM, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE SENATE NOW. CONFIRMING ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.

AS THE NEW SECRETARY OF HEALTH. AND HUMAN SERVICES. HE WAS SWORN IN AT A CEREMONY IN. THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, AND. TONIGHT, WHAT ONE REPUBLICAN. SENATOR SAID RIGHT AFTER THE. VOTE TO CONFIRM ABOUT HOLDING. RFK JR. ACCOUNTABLE ON VACCINES. HERE'S JONATHAN KARL. >> MR. KENNEDY, ARE YOU. PRO-CHOICE? >> Reporter: ROBERT F. KENNEDY. JR., A LIFELONG DEMOCRAT TURNED. FIERCE TRUMP SUPPORTER, WIDELY. ACCUSED OF SPREADING. MISINFORMATION ON VACCINES, WAS. CONFIRMED TODAY BY THE SENATE AS. THE NEXT SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND. HUMAN SERVICES.

>> THE YEAS ARE 52, THE NAYS ARE. 48, THE CONFIRMATION IS. CONFIRMED. >> Reporter: NOT A SINGLE. DEMOCRAT VOTED FOR KENNEDY, AND. ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN VOTED. AGAINST HIM. FORMER LEADER MITCH McCONNELL, WHO SAID KENNEDY HAS A, QUOTE, RECORD OF TRAFFICKING IN. DANGEROUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES. AND ERODING TRUST IN PUBLIC. HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. >> DO YOU TRUST HIM ON VACCINES? DO YOU TRUST HE'S GOING --. >> WE'RE GOING TO HOLD HIM. ACCOUNTABLE, AND THAT'S HOW WE. WILL GET THE TRUST. >> Reporter: KENNEDY'S RISE. MARKS A DEFEAT FOR MANY MEMBERS. OF HIS OWN FAMILY WHO PUBLICLY. DENOUNCED HIM, INCLUDING. CAROLINE KENNEDY, DAUGHTER OF.

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. >> I'VE KNOWN BOBBY MY WHOLE. LIFE, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT HE KEEPS. BIRDS OF PREY AS PETS, BECAUSE. BOBBY HIMSELF IS A PREDATOR. >> Reporter: KENNEDY WAS SWORN. IN TODAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE. AFTER KENNEDY ENDORSED HIM ON. THE CAMPAIGN, PRESIDENT TRUMP. PLEDGED TO LET HIM, QUOTE, GO. WILD ON HEALTH. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT. I COULDN'T TRUST PRESIDENT. TRUMP, I BETTER GET IT IN. WRITING. >> Reporter: TODAY, KENNEDY. PRAISED PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR.

DISMANTLING USAID, WHICH WAS. CREATED BY HIS UNCLE, PRESIDENT. JOHN F. KENNEDY. >> AND WE WANT TO DO THE SAME. THING WITH THE INSTITUTIONS THAT. ARE STEALING THE HEALTH OF OUR. CHILDREN. WE NEED A REVOLUTIONARY FIGURE, AND YOU ARE THAT FIGURE. >> Reporter: DURING HIS. CONFIRMATION HEARING, KENNEDY. REPEATEDLY REASSURED SENATORS IN. BOTH PARTIES THAT HE WOULD NOT. TAKE ANY ACTION TO OPPOSE THE. USE OF VACCINES. HE SAID HIS PRIMARY FOCUS WOULD. BE ON FIGHTING CHRONIC DISEASE. IN AMERICA. DAVID?

>> David: JON KARL BACK WITH US. TONIGHT. JON, THANKS AS ALWAYS. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. VLADIMIR PUTIN TONIGHT, 24 HOURS. AFTER THE PRESIDENT SPENT ABOUT. 90 MINUTES ON THE PHONE WITH. PUTIN. THE PRESIDENT TODAY TELLING. REPORTERS HE DOES TRUST PUTIN. WHEN IT COMES TO ENDING THE WAR. WITH UKRAINE. AND TONIGHT, THIS QUESTION, HOW. BIG A ROLE WILL UKRAINE PLAY IN. THESE PEACE TALKS? HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 24 HOURS. AFTER HIS 90-MINUTE PHONE CALL. WITH RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR. PUTIN, SUGGESTING THE TWO MEN. COULD NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE.

WAR IN UKRAINE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. INSISTING THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT. CAN BE TRUSTED. >> I KNOW HIM VERY WELL. YEAH, I THINK HE WANTS PEACE. I THINK HE WOULD TELL ME IF HE. DIDN'T. >> DO YOU TRUST HIM? >> I'D LIKE TO SEE PEACE. >> DO YOU TRUST PRESIDENT PUTIN? >> I BELIEVE THAT -- YEAH, I. BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO. SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN. I TRUST HIM ON THIS SUBJECT. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ALREADY SAYING. UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR. ZELENSKYY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP. SOME TERRITORY, AND JOINING NATO. IS LIKELY OUT OF THE QUESTION.

BUT ZELENSKYY, WHO PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPOKE TO AFTER HIS CALL. WITH PUTIN, SAYING TONIGHT --. "WE, AS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, SIMPLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO. ACCEPT ANY AGREEMENTS WITHOUT. US.". TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO. CALM ZELENSKYY AND U.S. ALLIES. IN EUROPE, INDICATING UKRAINE. WOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE. NEGOTIATING TABLE. >> OF COURSE THEY WOULD, I MEAN, THEY'RE PART OF IT. WE WOULD HAVE UKRAINE, WE WOULD. HAVE RUSSIA, AND WE'LL HAVE. OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, TOO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF -- A. LOT OF FORKS IN THE -- A LOT OF. FORKS IN THIS GAME. >> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS UKRAINE. WILL HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. FOR NEGOTIATIONS, THE PRESIDENT. HAS ALSO SAID THAT HE WILL MEET. ALONE WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN AT. SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MARTHA. RADDATZ RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. TONIGHT. GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN PERSON, MARTHA. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY, THE ACTING. U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN. DISTRICT OF NEW YORK RESIGNED. TODAY, JUST THREE DAYS AFTER THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ORDERED THE. BRIBERY CASE AGAINST NEW YORK. CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BE. DROPPED.

DANIELLE SASSOON RESIGNING. WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE ORDER. TO DISMISS. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAYING IT. PLANNED TO MOVE THE MAYOR'S CASE. TO WASHINGTON, TO THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT'S PUBLIC INTEGRITY. SECTION, BUT TONIGHT, THE TWO. TOP OFFICIALS OF THAT DEPARTMENT. HAVE ALSO RESIGNED. ALL AFTER THE DEPARTMENT'S PUSH. TO DROP THE CASE. >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. AIRCRAFT. CARRIER "HARRY S. TRUMAN,". CARRYING TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS, HAS COLLIDED WITH A LARGE. MERCHANT VESSEL NEAR EGYPT IN. THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE NAVY REPORTING THERE WERE NO. INJURIES TO ITS 5,000 SAILORS OR. TO THE TWO REACTORS ONBOARD.

THE INCIDENT, OF COURSE, NOW. UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE CARRIER AND ITS STRIKE GROUP. HAVE BEEN IN THE REGION TO HELP. THWART HOUTHI ATTACKS ON. SHIPPING VESSELS THERE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, IN NEW YORK CITY ON THE. SUBWAY, THE REMARKABLE MOMENT. A MOTHER GIVING BIRTH. PASSENGERS HELPING TO DELIVER. THE BABY GIRL. AND THE IMAGES ARE QUITE. SOMETHING, HERE IN A MOMENT. >>> AND THEN, THE VIDEO BEING. SEEN BY THE WORLD TONIGHT. A KAYAKER BRIEFLY SWALLOWED BY A. HUMPBACK WHALE, AND HOW HE. ESCAPED UNHARMED. THIS IS INCREDIBLE. >> David: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC NEW. IMAGES EMERGING OF THAT MILITARY.

JET CRASHING INTO SAN DIEGO BAY. SURVEILLANCE SHOWING THE GROWLER. IN A NOSE DIVE RIGHT THERE, PLUNGING INTO THE WATER. THE TWO PILOTS SAFELY EJECTING. RESCUED BY A FISHING BOAT THAT. WAS NEARBY, JUST MOMENTS LATER. >>> TONIGHT, A NEW CDC STUDY. FINDS SOME AMERICANS HAVE BEEN. INFECTED WITH BIRD FLU WITHOUT. EVEN KNOWING IT. RESEARCHERS TESTING ABOUT 150. VETERINARIANS. RESULTS SHOWED THREE OF THE VETS. SPECIALIZING IN CATTLE WERE. RECENTLY INFECTED. THEY NEVER HAD SYMPTOMS. TWO OF THE VETS WERE UNAWARE. THEY'D EVEN BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. INFECTED ANIMALS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE IMAGES RIGHT. HERE, THAT KAYAKER SWALLOWED BY.

A HUMPBACK WHALE. HOW HE SURVIVED THIS. >> David: TO "THE INDEX," AND A. MOTHER GIVING BIRTH ON A NEW. YORK CITY SUBWAY. A BABY GIRL BORN ON THE "W". TRAIN. SHE BEGAN HAVING CONTRACTIONS, SHE FELL TO THE FLOOR. PASSENGERS JUMPING IN TO HELP. DELIVER THE BABY, WRAPPING THE. BABY IN A BLANKET. >>> WELL, TONIGHT, THE KAYAKER. SWALLOWED BY A HUMPBACK WHALE. AND SURVIVING THIS. THE KAYAKER OFF CHILE SUDDENLY. SWALLOWED WHOLE BY THE WHALE. SECONDS LATER, THE WHALE LETTING. HIM GO. BY THE WAY, HIS FATHER IN A. NEARBY KAYAK TELLING HIS SON TO. STAY CALM AS THEY HEADED BACK TO.

SHORE. EASY FOR YOU TO SAY, DAD. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE BASKETBALL GAME, THE SUDDEN TIME-OUT. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, REFS TAKE A LOT OF HEAT, BUT NOT. THIS ONE. NOT AFTER 51 YEARS. TONIGHT, IN ALBION, PENNSYLVANIA, VARSITY REFEREE. BERNIE MACKOWSKY AT THE.

EISENHOWER SCHOOLGIRL'S. BASKETBALL GAME. WITH JUST SECONDS TO GO, NORTHWESTERN'S TEAM CALLING FOR. A TIME-OUT. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CAN I. HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE? >> David: IT WASN'T SOME PLAY. FOR THE LAST SHOT THEY HAD IN. MIND. >> MR. MACKOWSKI, WE DID NOT. NEED A TIME-OUT. >> David: IT TURNS OUT, AFTER 51. YEARS WEARING THOSE BLACK AND. WHITE STRIPES, THOUSANDS OF. GAMES, THIS IS MR. MACKOWSKI'S. LAST VARSITY GAME AS REFEREE. >> TONIGHT, MR. MACKOWSKI. OFFICIATES HIS LAST VARSITY GAME. AFTER 51 YEARS OF OFFICIATING. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]. >> David: THE CHEERS FROM THE. CROWD. AND THE PLAYERS ON THAT COURT. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR YEARS. OF SERVICE.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, SIR. >> David: BERNIE GRATEFUL, MOVED. AS THE OTHER REFS COME TO SHAKE. HIS HAND. NORTHWESTERN'S COACH STEPHEN. SULLEN BEHIND THAT SURPRISE. >> I'VE CALLED TIME-OUTS FOR. MANY REASONS. A TIME-OUT TO CELEBRATE SOMEONE. ELSE HAS NEVER BEEN ONE OF THEM. >> David: NORTHWESTERN HIGH. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL NATALIE HERON. HERE TONIGHT. TELLING US, MR. MACKOWSKI. DOESN'T LIKE CALLING ATTENTION. TO HIMSELF, AND HE WAS MOVED BY. THE HONOR. >> I HAD NO IDEA THAT OUR SMALL. IMPROMPTU GESTURE THAT UNFOLDED. IN UNDER THREE MINUTES WOULD. PROVIDE SUCH A BRIGHT SPOT TO SO. MANY.

>> David: TONIGHT THAT PRINCIPAL. WITH A MESSAGE TO THAT DEDICATED. REFEREE. >> WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS. YOU HANG UP YOUR WHISTLE. THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE. STUDENT ATHLETES IN ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR SO MANY YEARS. GO CATS. >> David: GO CATS. CONGRATULATIONS, BERNIE. 51 YEARS. I'M DAVID MUIR. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT.