ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 14, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. AS WE COME ON THE AIR. THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS UP. RIGHT NOW. THE THIRD MAJOR STORM OF THE. WEEK SET TO HIT THE MIDWEST AND. THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND. TOMORROW. 100 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. FOR HEAVY SNOW, ICE, FLOODING IN. THE NEXT 24 HOURS, BRINGING. TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS IN THE. WEST ALREADY. A FIREFIGHTER TRAPPED IN HIS. VEHICLE, WIPED OFF THE ROAD IN A. MUDSLIDE. HOW HE SURVIVED. THE STORM MOVING EAST RIGHT NOW. SOME AREAS, MORE THAN A FOOT OF. SNOW. READY TO HIT MANY OF THE SAME. AREAS ALREADY HIT THIS WEEK.

AT THIS HOUR, THERE ARE ALSO. TORNADO CONCERNS. THE STORMS SWEEPING FROM. MINNEAPOLIS TO DETROIT, FROM. PITTSBURGH UP THROUGH NEW YORK. CITY. MILLIONS BRACING. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST. HE'S TRACKING IT ALL. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF. AMERICAN WORKERS LAID OFF AT. MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES. TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE. CDC, VETERANS AFFAIRS. AND TONIGHT, ABC NEWS LEARNING. HUNDREDS WERE LAID OFF AT THE. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY. ADMINISTRATION. THE AGENCY THAT MAINTAINS. AMERICA'S NUCLEAR STOCKPILE.

THEN MULTIPLE SOURCES TELLING US. TODAY THEY WERE CALLED BACK, TOLD THEIR FIRINGS WERE ON HOLD. SO WHERE THIS STANDS TONIGHT. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY, ANGER OVER. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. PUSHING FOR THE CASE AGAINST NEW. YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS TO BE. DROPPED. TONIGHT, CALLS FROM SOME FOR. MAYOR ADAMS TO RESIGN. AT LEAST SEVEN FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS NOW QUITTING INSTEAD. OF GOING ALONG WITH THE DOJ ON. THIS. ONE PROSECUTOR WHO QUIT SAYING. THIS MOVE BY THE DOJ WOULD ONLY. BE CARRIED OUT BY A FOOL OR A. COWARD.

>>> WE HAVE NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT IN THE PLANE CRASH OVER. THE POTOMAC. THE COLLISION WITH A BLACK HAWK. HELICOPTER. WHAT WE'VE NOW LEARNED ABOUT. THAT NIGHT. >>> TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE OVERSEAS. HIS SPEECH TO AMERICA'S ALLIES, TELLING THEM THE BIGGEST THREAT. ISN'T RUSSIA, IT'S FROM WITHIN. THE VP ALSO MEETING WITH. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >>> TONIGHT, POPE FRANCIS HAS. NOW BEEN HOSPITALIZED AMID HIS. WORSENING CONDITION THIS WEEK.

JAMES LONGMAN IS LIVE AT THE. VATICAN FOR US. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, THE DARING RESCUE. A TEENAGE BOY TRAPPED ABOUT 50. FEET UNDERGROUND. YOU WILL SEE HOW THEY GOT HIM. OUT. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW CDC NUMBERS. JUST IN WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLU. IN THE U.S. RECORD LEVELS AND WHERE. AND THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT WHERE. CASES OF THE MEASLES HAVE. DOUBLED SINCE JUST TUESDAY. >>> AND ON THIS VALENTINE'S, THE. SUPER BOWL CHAMPS FEELING THE. LOVE IN PHILLY. BUT THE EAGLES' GENERAL MANAGER. HIT WITH A BEER CAN, A CUT TO. HIS HEAD.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PARTY. GOES ON. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE FINALLY MADE IT TO FRIDAY, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MORE STORM TO. GET THROUGH, THE THIRD MAJOR. WINTER STORM OF THE WEEK SET TO. HIT THE MIDWEST, THE SOUTH, AND. THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND. TOMORROW. 100 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. WITH THIS. TONIGHT, THE SYSTEM MOVING OUT. OF THE WEST NOW WITH HEAVY SNOW. NEXT FOR THE TWIN CITIES, THE. GREAT LAKES. FLOODING AND TORNADO THREATS. FROM LOUISIANA RIGHT UP TO. PENNSYLVANIA. AND THEN SNOW AND ICE IN THE. NORTHEAST TOMORROW.

BALTIMORE, PHILADELPHIA, NEW. YORK CITY. TONIGHT, THE DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS IN THE WEST. L.A. COUNTY GETTING A HALF A. FOOT OF RAIN FROM THIS. MUD AND ROCKS RUSHING ONTO THE. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, SWEEPING. AN L.A. FIREFIGHTER AND HIS. VEHICLE RIGHT OFF THE ROAD AND. INTO THE WATER THERE. THE FIREFIGHTER DID SURVIVE. LOOK AT HIM RIGHT THERE. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG HAS. THE FORECAST. HE'LL TIME IT OUT AS THE STORM. HITS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. AND ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN WITH. THE IMAGES ALREADY COMING IN. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THAT. POWERFUL WINTER STORM NOW. SWEEPING EAST AFTER UNLEASHING. FLOODING RAIN, DEVASTATING.

MUDSLIDES, EVEN A TORNADO ON. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MULTIPLE MUDSLIDES HITTING THE. SAME COMMUNITIES RAVAGED BY THE. DEADLY WILDFIRES. THIS WALL OF MUDDY WATER. BLASTING THROUGH MALIBU, TRAPPING A FIREFIGHTER INSIDE. HIS VEHICLE, SWEEPING IT OFF THE. ROAD AND INTO THE OCEAN. >> HEY, YOU ALL RIGHT? GET OUT, GET OUT! YOU ALL RIGHT? >> WAS HE IN THE VEHICLE? >> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE HE. MAKES IT OUT WITH ONLY MINOR. INJURIES. >> ARE YOU OKAY?

>> Reporter: IN HARD-HIT. ALTADENA, TORRENTS OF WATER AND. DEBRIS SHUTTING DOWN STREETS. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT. SURVIVED THE EATON FIRE, BUT. THAT MUD FLOW JUST RIPPED. THROUGH IT HERE. I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT MAILBOX. OVER THERE. THAT MEANS WE'RE STANDING IN. ABOUT THREE OR FOUR FEET OF. MUD. WITHIN MINUTES, RAY TINDALE'S. SIERRA MADRE HOME IS BESIEGED BY. FLOODS. TRASH CANS SWIRLING. THAT SUV SWAMPED. FROM THE FIRES TO THE MUD, DID. YOU ANTICIPATE THIS KIND OF. WHIPLASH? >> NO. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH -- I'VE BEEN. HERE ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND WE'VE.

HAD, LIKE, THREE FIRES. NOTHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS LIKE THE PERFECT STORM. >> Reporter: THAT SYSTEM EVEN. CHURNING UP A TORNADO IN OXNARD. HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING. THE MOMENT 60-MILE-PER-HOUR. WINDS RIPPED THROUGH THIS. NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS STORM NOW BARRELING EAST, ABOUT TO HIT SOME OF THE SAME. AREAS THAT HAD JUST SEEN TWO. STORMS ALREADY. SNOW AND ICE EXPECTED FROM. CHICAGO TO PHILADELPHIA TO NEW. YORK CITY THIS WEEKEND. DAVID, BEHIND ME IS THIS CATCH. BASIN WHICH WAS COMPLETELY.

OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF MUD. AND DEBRIS FLOWING THROUGH HERE. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THOSE. WORKERS IN BOATS STILL TRYING TO. UNCLOG THAT DEBRIS TOWER. THE CLEANUP HERE ALONG THE FIRE. SCAR AREAS IS GOING TO BE. MONUMENTAL. THAT AS THAT SAME SYSTEM. CONTINUES TO TARGET THE EASTERN. HALF OF THE COUNTRY NOW. DAVID? >> David: THAT SYSTEM ON THE. MOVE, MATT, AS YOU SAID. THANK YOU, MATT. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM. WABC. LEE, THE STORM MOVING QUICKLY. WHAT DO YOU SEE TONIGHT AND. TOMORROW? >> WEEKEND PLANS INTERRUPTED FOR. SURE, DAVID. THE STORM IS TAKING SHAPE OVER. THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT.

NOW. WE HAVE WINTER WEATHER ALERTS. FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE. NORTHEAST. FLOOD WATCHES PITTSBURGH TO. LITTLE ROCK. IT'S NOT JUST FLOODING RAIN, IT'S A SEVERE THREAT, AN. ENHANCED RISK FOR STRONG. TORNADOS LOUISIANA TO ALABAMA. THAT INCLUDES JACKSON AND. MEMPHIS. LET'S TIME IT. WE'LL HAVE SOME LIGHT SNOWS. TONIGHT. TWIN CITIES, CHICAGO, TO DETROIT. MIGHT HAVE 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS. PARTS OF CHICAGO. THAT SNOW WILL THEN MOVE INTO. THE NORTHEAST. BY TOMORROW, IT'S HEAVY RAIN. FROM THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE. VALLEYS. AND SNOW IS MOVING INTO NEW YORK. CITY AND PHILLY IN THE. AFTERNOON, BOSTON BY NIGHTFALL.

NOW, BY SUNDAY WE'VE GOT ICING. NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY INTO. CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. IT'S HEAVY SNOW IN NORTHERN NEW. ENGLAND, BACK TO THE EASTERN. GREAT LAKES. HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTH. WE COULD HAVE UPWARDS OF A FOOT. OF SNOW LOCALLY IN NORTHERN NEW. ENGLAND. NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY TO. BOSTON, ABOUT 2 TO 6 INCHES. AFTER THAT, FRIGID AIR COMING IN. FOR NEXT WEEK. BACK TO YOU. >> David: LEE GOLDBERG BACK WITH. US TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING. THE MAYOR. AND THERE'S BEEN ANGER OVER THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ORDERING. PROSECUTORS TO DROP THE CASE. AGAINST MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. TONIGHT, AT LEAST SEVEN. PROSECUTORS HAVE NOW QUIT.

INSTEAD OF GOING ALONG WITH THE. DOJ ON THIS. ONE PROSECUTOR WHO RESIGNED. SAYING THIS MOVE BY THE DOJ. WOULD ONLY BE CARRIED OUT BY A. FOOL OR A COWARD. TONIGHT, THE NEWS COMING IN. MOMENTS AGO. THE DOJ HAS OFFICIALLY MOVED TO. DISMISS THE CASE AGAINST THE. MAYOR. HERE'S OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, GROWING. CALLS FOR THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. TO RESIGN AS THE FEDERAL. CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST HIM. SPARKS MUTINY AT THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. SEVEN PROSECUTORS HAVE NOW.

RESIGNED, REFUSING AN ORDER TO. DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST ERIC. ADAMS, ONE SAYING DISMISSING THE. CASE WOULD ONLY BE CARRIED OUT. BY A FOOL OR A COWARD. THE STUNNING PROTEST STARTING. WITH DANIELLE SASSOON, THE U.S. ATTORNEY IN MANHATTAN WHO. ACCUSED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AND ADAMS OF NEGOTIATING A QUID. PRO QUO, DUMPING THE CASE IN. EXCHANGE FOR THE MAYOR'S HELP. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. TODAY ADAMS DENIED IT. >> I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ORDEAL I. SAID ONE THING. MY ATTORNEY WILL HANDLE THE. LEGAL PART. I'M GOING TO HANDLE RUNNING THE. CITY. >> Reporter: ADAMS APPEARED WITH.

TRUMP'S BORDER CZAR, TOM HOLMAN, CLEARING FEDERAL IMMIGRATION. AGENTS TO ONCE AGAIN OPERATE IN. THE CITY'S JAIL COMPLEX AT. RIKERS ISLAND. HOLMAN LEANING ON THE MAYOR TO. FOLLOW THROUGH. >> IF HE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I'LL BE BACK IN NEW YORK CITY. AND WE WON'T BE SITTING ON A. COUCH. I'LL BE IN HIS OFFICE, UP HIS. BUTT, SAYING, WHERE THE HELL IS. THE AGREEMENT WE CAME TO? >> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC. MAYOR CAMPAIGNED FOR A REPRIEVE, FLYING TO FLORIDA TO MEET WITH. TRUMP, ATTENDING HIS. INAUGURATION, TELLING DEPUTIES. NOT TO CRITICIZE TRUMP. WHETHER ADAMS WAS GUILTY WAS. BESIDE THE POINT.

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT. DECIDED THE CASE SHOULD BE. DISMISSED WITHOUT ASSESSING THE. STRENGTH OF THE EVIDENCE. INSTEAD, OFFICIALS SAID THEY. WANTED ADAMS FOCUSED ON. ACCOMPLISHING THE IMMIGRATION. OBJECTIVES ESTABLISHED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP. THAT U.S. ATTORNEY APPOINTED BY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION A. CONSERVATIVE WHO CLERKED FOR THE. LATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. ANTONIN SCALIA, WARNED THE DOJ. WAS SETTING A BREATHTAKING AND. DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. AND JUST AS WE CAME ON THE AIR. TONIGHT, DAVID, THE JUSTICE.

DEPARTMENT DID FILE ITS MOTION. TO DISMISS THE ADAMS CASE, CALLING IT NECESSARY AND. APPROPRIATE. A FEDERAL JUDGE WILL STILL NEED. TO SIGN OFF. DAVID? >> David: AARON KATERSKY WITH US. TONIGHT. AARON, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN IN THE MEANTIME TO. THE MASSIVE LAYOFFS PLAYING OUT. TODAY OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS. THOUSANDS OF THEM AT MULTIPLE. FEDERAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE. CDC, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS. AND TONIGHT, ABC NEWS LEARNING. THAT HUNDREDS WERE LAID OFF AT. THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT ACROSS THE.

COUNTRY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. FEDERAL WORKERS FROM THE. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, FROM. VETERANS AFFAIRS TO THE. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, SUDDENLY. TOLD THEY ARE OUT OF A JOB. >> LAST NIGHT, I GOT AN EMAIL. AROUND 9:00 P.M. SAYING THAT. THAT MY POSITION WAS TERMINATED. >> Reporter: IN GREENSBORO, GEORGIA, CARLY WORKED AT THE. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. >> I SAW THE SUBJECT OF IT, AND.

I KIND OF SCREAMED. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS REAL AT. FIRST, SO I REREAD IT LIKE THREE. TIMES. AND THEN KIND OF STARTED CRYING. BECAUSE -- YEAH, I WAS RELYING. ON THIS JOB. MY HUSBAND AND I JUST PURCHASED. THIS HOUSE IN DECEMBER. AND NOW WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> Reporter: IN A MEETING AT THE. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SOME EMPLOYEES WERE TOLD TO, QUOTE, GATHER YOUR PERSONAL. BELONGINGS AND EXIT THE.

PREMISES. ABC NEWS OBTAINING THIS AUDIO. >> YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR. TERMINATION NOTICE VIA EMAIL. SHORTLY, AND IT WILL INCLUDE THE. REASON FOR TERMINATION. AS A RESULT, YOUR EMPLOYMENT. WITH THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL. MANAGEMENT WILL END TODAY. >> Reporter: THE LAYOFFS ACROSS. AT LEAST A DOZEN DEPARTMENTS AND. AGENCIES ALL PART OF AN EFFORT. TO CUT GOVERNMENT COSTS. SPEARHEADED BY ELON MUSK, WHO. TOLD AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. THAT WHOLE AGENCIES WOULD HAVE. TO GO.

>> WE DO NEED TO DELETE ENTIRE. AGENCIES, AS OPPOSED TO LEAVE. PART OF THEM BEHIND. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION. FIRST TARGETING THE ROUGHLY. 200,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO. HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB LESS THAN A. YEAR. AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AT. LEAST 2,000 WORKERS LET GO. MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE FIRED. FROM VETERANS AFFAIRS AND. ANOTHER 1,000 FROM THE CDC. AMONG THEM, HALF OF THE AGENCY'S. SO-CALLED DISEASE DETECTIVES. DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS WHO FAN. OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE. WORLD TO RESPOND TO OUTBREAKS.

BUT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN FAR. FROM SMOOTH. SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS, YESTERDAY. ROUGHLY 300 EMPLOYEES AT THE. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY. ADMINISTRATION, THE AGENCY THAT. MAINTAINS AMERICA'S NUCLEAR. STOCKPILE, WERE FIRED. BUT TODAY, MULTIPLE SOURCES TELL. US THOSE FIRINGS WERE PUT ON. HOLD. MANAGERS FRANTICALLY CALLING THE. FIRED EMPLOYEES BACK, TELLING. THEM AS OF NOW, THEY'RE NOT. FIRED AFTER ALL. THEIR SECURITY BADGES TURNED. BACK ON AND THEIR ACCESS TO. FEDERAL SYSTEMS RESTORED, AT. LEAST TEMPORARILY.

THE FIRINGS SENDING SHOCKWAVES. THROUGH THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING. THIS DRAMATIC WORKFORCE. REDUCTION IS ALL PART OF THE. PLAN. >> WE WANT TO DOWNSIZE. GOVERNMENT, BUT MAKE IT BETTER. RUN IT BETTER BUT DOWNSIZE. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THIS IS. ONLY THE BEGINNING. ALL DAY LONG WE'VE BEEN LEARNING. OF MORE AND MORE CUTS AT THESE. AGENCIES. TONIGHT, WORD THAT HOMELAND. SECURITY IS CUTTING OVER 400. EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING 200 FROM. FEMA. AND WORKERS WE'VE TALKED TO SAY. IT JUST FEELS SO HAPHAZARD.

NO TWO WEEKS' NOTICE, NO. GUIDANCE ON BENEFITS, JUST TOLD. TO PICK UP AND LEAVE. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WE HAVE NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT INVOLVING THE PLANE. CRASH INTO THE POTOMAC. THE COLLISION WITH THE BLACK. HAWK HELICOPTER. TONIGHT, WHAT WE'VE NOW LEARNED. ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. PLAYING OUT INSIDE THE COCKPIT. OF THAT BLACK HAWK THAT NIGHT. HERE'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, EYE-OPENING NEW DETAILS OF WHAT. MAY HAVE LED TO JANUARY'S DEADLY. CRASH BETWEEN AN AMERICAN. AIRLINES PLANE AND A BLACK HAWK. HELICOPTER.

THE NTSB INVESTIGATION REVEALING. THAT HELICOPTER WAS TOO HIGH, 278 FEET AT THE TIME OF THE. COLLISION, WHEN THE ALLOWED. ALTITUDE NEAR THE AIRPORT IS. JUST 200 FEET. BUT THE NTSB ALSO SAYS IT'S. POSSIBLE THE COCKPIT COMPUTERS. MAY HAVE GIVEN THEM BAD DATA. ABOUT HOW HIGH THEY WERE FLYING, POINTING TO COMMENTS MINUTES. BEFORE THE CRASH. >> THE PILOT FLYING INDICATED. THEY WERE AT 300 FEET. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT INDICATED. THEY WERE AT 400 FEET. NEITHER PILOT MADE A COMMENT.

DISCUSSING AN ALTITUDE. DISCREPANCY. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ALSO. SAY THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A. CRITICAL MISCOMMUNICATION, THAT. THE PILOTS MAY NOT HAVE HEARD. THIS AUDIO OF THE AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLER TELLING THEM TO AVOID. THE INCOMING PLANE, A CRJ. >> PAT 25, PASS BEHIND. >> Reporter: THE BLACK BOXES. REVEAL THE HELICOPTER PILOTS. WERE TRYING TO SPEAK TO THE AIR.

TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AT THE SAME. TIME, STEPPING ON THE AUDIO OF. THAT CRUCIAL WARNING. DAVID, THE NTSB SAYS THESE BLACK. HAWK PILOTS WERE IN THE MIDST OF. A NIGHT VISION GOGGLES TEST. NOW THE AGENCY IS CONDUCTING A. VISIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE IF. THAT MAY HAVE HINDERED THEIR. SIGHT. DAVID? >> David: TREVOR AULT WITH US. TONIGHT AS WELL. TREVOR, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT. J.D. VANCE'S OVERSEAS SPEECH TO. A GLOBAL AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICA'S. ALLIES ISN'T RUSSIA, THAT IT'S. FROM WITHIN. HERE'S JONATHAN KARL. >> Reporter: TODAY IN MUNICH, VICE PRESIDENT VANCE STUNNED. AMERICA'S EUROPEAN ALLIES, SUGGESTING THEY, NOT RUSSIA OR.

CHINA, REPRESENT THE BIGGEST. THREAT TO STABILITY IN THE. REGION. >> THE THREAT THAT I WORRY THE. MOST ABOUT VIS-A-VIS EUROPE IS. NOT RUSSIA, IT'S NOT CHINA, IT'S. NOT ANY OTHER EXTERNAL ACTOR. AND WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS THE. THREAT FROM WITHIN. THE RETREAT OF EUROPE FROM SOME. OF ITS MOST FUNDAMENTAL VALUES. >> Reporter: VANCE ACCUSED. EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS OF PUSHING. ASIDE AND CENSORING NATIONALIST. RIGHT-WING GROUPS.

AFTERWARDS, HE MET WITH ONE OF. THOSE GROUPS, THE HARD-RIGHT. POPULIST ALTERNATIVES FOR. GERMANY PARTY. ONE OF ITS LEADERS HAS ECHOED. SLOGANS USED BY THE NAZIS. IT'S A GROUP ELON MUSK IS. SUPPORTING IN ADVANCE OF GERMAN. ELECTIONS LATER THIS MONTH. IN HIS SPEECH, VANCE MADE NO. MENTION OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF. UKRAINE, BUT LATER HE DID MEET. WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY. >> WE WANT THE WAR TO COME TO A. CLOSE. WE WANT THE KILLING TO STOP. BUT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE A. DURABLE, LASTING PEACE, NOT THE. KIND OF PEACE THAT'S GOING TO.

HAVE EASTERN EUROPE IN CONFLICT. JUST A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE. ROAD. >> Reporter: FOR HIS PART, ZELENSKYY MADE IT CLEAR UKRAINE. IS COUNTING ON THE UNITED. STATES. >> WE WANT -- REALLY, WE WANT. PEACE VERY MUCH. BUT WE NEED REAL SECURITY. GUARANTEES. AND WE WILL CONTINUE OUR. MEETINGS AND OUR WORK. >> Reporter: IT'S UNCLEAR WHERE. THE EFFORT TO GET A. RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE DEAL GOES. NEXT. TODAY, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAID. HE WILL ONLY MEET WITH VLADIMIR. PUTIN, QUOTE, WHEN UKRAINE IS IN.

A STRONG POSITION AND HAS CLEAR. AND DEFINITE SECURITY. GUARANTEES. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT. JON CARLTON NIGHT, JON, THANK. YOU. >>> NOW TO POPE FRANCIS, WHO IS. NOW IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT WITH. HIS CONDITION WORSENING THIS. WEEK. ABC'S CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN LIVE. FROM THE VATICAN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: YEAH, DAVID, POPE. FRANCIS HAS BEEN BATTLING THIS. INFECTION ACTUALLY FOR MORE THAN. A WEEK, AND HE'S TRIED TO WORK. HIS WAY THROUGH IT UNTIL RIGHT. UP UNTIL THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: POPE FRANCIS HAS. BEEN BATTLING THIS INFECTION. FORETHAN A WEEK, AND HE'S TRIED.

TO WORK THROUGH IT RIGHT UP. UNTIL THIS MORNING. BUT NOW DOCTORS SAY HIS. CONDITION HAS WORSENED, SO HE. HAS NEEDED TO BE HOSPITALIZED. WE UNDERSTAND HIS CONDITION IS. FAIR. HE'S DESCRIBED AS HAVING MILD. FEVER. AND NOW ON TWO OCCASIONS THIS. WEEK, HE DID ACTUALLY HAVE TO. STOP FOR BREATH AT PUBLIC. EVENTS. SO THAT CAUSED SOME CONCERN. REMEMBER, HE DID HAVE TO HAVE. PART OF HIS LUNG REMOVED WHEN HE. WAS YOUNGER. HE IS 88 YEARS OLD. SO EVERY PRECAUTION IS BEING. MADE. BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT HIS. PARTICIPATION IN CELEBRATORY. EVENTS THIS WEEKEND TO MARK THE. CHURCH'S JUBILEE YEAR, THEY HAVE. BEEN CANCELED UNTIL AT LEAST. MONDAY. DAVID? >> David: A LOT OF PRAYERS FOR. THE POPE TONIGHT AROUND THE.

WORLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF. THE VATICAN THERE BEHIND YOU. JAMES, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NEW CDC NUMBERS. JUST IN WHEN IT COMES TO FLU. HERE IN THE U.S. RECORD LEVELS AND WHERE. >>> ALSO, THE REGION TONIGHT. WHERE CASES OF THE MEASLES HAVE. DOUBLED SINCE JUST TUESDAY. >>> THE PHILLY CELEBRATION. TONIGHT FOR THE CHAMPS. >>> AND LOOK AT THIS THE DARING. RESCUE TONIGHT. THE. >> David: TONIGHT, DRAMATIC. IMAGES SHOWING THE DARING RESCUE. OF A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY TRAPPED IN. A MINE IN PLACER COUNTY,

CALIFORNIA. RESCUERS RAPPELLING INTO THE. MINE SHAFT HERE. THE TEEN TRAPPED ABOUT 50 FEET. UNDERGROUND AFTER HIS OWN ROPE. BROKE. FIREFIGHTERS NAVIGATING THROUGH. THE NARROW TUNNEL. THE BOY WAS PULLED BACK ABOVE. GROUND AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. TO BE CHECKED OUT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NUMBERS JUST IN ON. THE FLU, AND WHERE MEASLES HAVE. DOUBLED JUST SINCE TUESDAY IN. THE U.S. >> David: TO THE INDEX OF OTHER. NEWS.

NEW NUMBERS FROM THE CDC ON THE. FLU TONIGHT. 32 STATES NOW REPORTING VERY. HIGH IN RED THERE OR HIGH LEVELS. OF FLU. NEARLY 30 MILLION CASES, THE. HIGHEST LEVEL OF FLU IN 15. YEARS. >>> TONIGHT, TEXAS REPORTING ONE. OF ITS WORST MEASLES OUTBREAKS. IN NEARLY THREE DECADES. AT LEAST 48 CHILDREN AND ADULTS. INFECTED IN THE WESTERN PART OF. THE STATE, DOUBLING SINCE JUST. TUESDAY. AUTHORITIES TONIGHT SAYING MOST, UNVACCINATED OR VACCINATION. STATUS UNKNOWN. >>> THE SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION. IN PHILLY ON THIS VALENTINE'S. MORE THAN 1 MILLION FANS AT THE. EAGLES PARADE TODAY. WIDE RECEIVER A.J. BROWN WITH.

THE LOMBARDI TROPHY THERE. GENERAL MANAGER HOWIE ROSEMAN. ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD. WITH A BEER CAN. A CUT TO HIS FOREHEAD THERE. PROUDLY JOKING, "I BLEED FOR. THIS CITY.". >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE VALENTINE'S DAY. DILEMMA AND WHAT ONE GRANDFATHER. HAS DONE TONIGHT. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT ON. THIS VALENTINE'S, GRANDPA GARY. TO THE RESCUE. TONIGHT IN BOISE, IDAHO, 7-YEAR-OLD DAISY AND 5-YEAR-OLD. DOTTIE WERE SO EXCITED FOR THEIR. COMMUNITY'S VALENTINE'S DAY. FATHER-DAUGHTER DANCE.

SO WHEN THEIR MOM, KENZIE, LEARNED THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD. BE OUT OF TOWN FOR WORK, SHE HAD. TO ASK THE GIRLS, WHO WOULD YOU. LIKE TO BRING INSTEAD? GRANDPA GARY, THEY SAID. SO LITTLE DAISY GOING TO HIS. OFFICE, ASKING HIM IF HE WOULD. GO TO THE DANCE WITH THEM. HIS ANSWER IN JUST FOUR WORDS, "WE HAVE A DATE.". AND WHEN THE TIME CAME --. >> HOWDY, PARTNER! >> HI, MRS. McCALLISTER, I'M. HERE TO PICK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS. FOR A DATE. >> David: GRANDPA GARY AT THE. DOOR. >> ARE YOU READY? >> David: AND BEFORE THEY. LEFT --. ♪.

♪. PRACTICING THEIR MOVES AT HOME. >> NICE! >> David: THERE THEY GO. >> HAVE A GREAT TIME, TOODLES! >> David: DAISY, DOTTIE, AND. GRANDPA GARY ON THE DANCE FLOOR. RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HI, DAVID, I'M KENZIE. >> I'M DOTTIE. >> I'M DAISY. >> MOM, KENZIE, DAISY, DOTTIE, ON THEIR DATE WITH GRANDPA. >> WHY DID YOU WANT TO ASK. GRANDPA TO BE YOUR DATE? >> I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO MUCH. FUN. >> WAS HE A FUN DATE? >> YEAH, YEAH. >> HI, DAVID.

>> David: AND GRANDPA GARY RIGHT. HERE, TOO. >> I WAS HONORED. IT BROUGHT BACK SOME MEMORIES OF. WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE AT HOME. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, AND WE HAD. AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LET LOOSE. AND LET THE MOVE AND THE GROOVE. TAKE US. AND WE HAD JUST A WONDERFUL. EXPERIENCE. THIS WILL BE A FOND MEMORY FOR. THE REST OF MY LIFE. >> THANKS, DAVID. >> BYE! >> David: HAPPY VALENTINE'S.