ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 17, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT AS WE COME ON. THE AIR IN THE WEST, WE DO HAVE. BREAKING NEWS, THAT DELTA FLIGHT. CRASHING WHILE LANDING IN. TORONTO. AND TONIGHT WHAT AUTHORITIES. HAVE REVEALED THIS EVENING. THE FLIGHT FROM MINNEAPOLIS. CRASHING, THE JET UPSIDE DOWN ON. THE TARMAC. THE WINGS SHEARED OFF. THE FLAMES, THE PASSENGERS, AND. THEIR ESCAPE. >> WE JUST LANDED. OUR PLANE CRASHED. IT'S UPSIDE DOWN. >> David: PASSENGERS RECORDING. THE MOMENTS JUST AFTER GETTING. OUT OF THE CABIN. FIREFIGHTERS RACING TO HOSE DOWN. THE FUSELAGE. 80 PASSENGERS AND CREW. UNBUCKLING THEIR SEAT BELTS.

WHILE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN. EVERYONE GETTING OUT, BUT THERE. IS WORD TONIGHT OF MULTIPLE. INJURIES, INCLUDING A CHILD. AUTHORITIES TONIGHT TRYING TO. DETERMINE IF WEATHER, GUSTING. WINDS, AND SNOW ON THE RUNWAY. WERE FACTORS. YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE. PASSENGERS RIGHT HERE. GIO BENITEZ AND RETIRED COLONEL. PILOT STEVE GANYARD ALSO HERE. TONIGHT ON THE EARLY SIGNS. WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THIS? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE STORM. HITTING THE EAST NOW. THE NEW STORM RIGHT BEHIND IT. 140 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. YET AGAIN. ALREADY THOSE HIGH WIND WARNINGS.

FROM NEW YORK UP TO BOSTON. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 75 MILES PER. HOUR. IN PHILADELPHIA, A WOMAN KILLED. WHEN A TREE FELL ON HER CAR. IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, TREES. CRASHING ON TOP OF HOMES IN. QUEENS AND THE BRONX. THE FLOOD EMERGENCY IN KENTUCKY. THE DEATH TOLL THERE EXPECTED TO. RISE. AND NOW THIS NEW STORM COMING. GINGER ZEE HAS THE FORECAST. SHE'LL TIME THIS OUT. >>> TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE. DEFENDING ELON MUSK'S TEAM OVER. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE. SYSTEM THAT CONTAINS THE TAX. FILINGS AND BANK STATEMENTS OF.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. WHAT DO THEY NEED IT FOR? AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOW. FIRES HUNDREDS FROM THE FAA, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE CDC. >>> TONIGHT, THE HIGH STAKES. TALKS. THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SET TO BEGIN. TO TRY TO END THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. UKRAINE NOT PART OF THESE TALKS. AND EUROPEAN LEADERS NOW HOLDING. EMERGENCY MEETINGS, AS WELL, CONCERNED BY WHAT THEY'RE. HEARING AND SEEING. >>> NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC.

ADAMS TONIGHT, THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT DROPPING THE. CORRUPTION CASE. BUT TONIGHT, FOUR OF THE MAYOR'S. TOP DEPUTIES NOW RESIGNING OVER. THIS AFTER SEVEN PROSECUTORS. RESIGNED, TOO, AGAINST THE MOVE. >>> TONIGHT, THE MEASLES. OUTBREAK IN PART OF THE U.S. RISING, AND NEW CASES RIGHT. ACROSS STATE LINES. >>> THE PRICE OF EGGS HITTING A. NEW RECORD HIGH. THE COST FOR A DOZEN EGGS. JUMPING 80 CENTS IN JUST A. MONTH. >>> AND THE IMAGES RIGHT HERE. TONIGHT, THE SEAL FOUND RIGHT IN. THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN THE. NORTHEAST. WHERE DID THE SEAL COME FROM? AND WHAT THEY DID TO SAVE THE. PUP.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS WORLD "WORLD NEWS TONIG. WITH DAVID MUIR. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH THE. BREAKING NEWS. THE DELTA JET CRASHING AT THE. TORONTO AIRPORT. THE REMARKABLE IMAGES. THE FLIGHT OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. CRASHING AND FLIPPING UPSIDE. DOWN WHILE LANDING AT TORONTO. PEARSON AIRPORT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMAGES. TONIGHT, SHOWING THE DELTA PLANE. UPSIDE-DOWN RIGHT THERE. THE LANDING GEAR POINTING TO THE. SKY. PASSENGERS THEN RECORD WHAT THEY. SAW, JUST MOMENTS AFTER THEY.

MADE THEIR ESCAPE FROM THE. PLANE. THEY'RE ON THE TARMAC RIGHT. HERE, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING BACK AT. THE PLANE, UPSIDE DOWN, AND. SEEING WHAT THEY JUST SURVIVED. FIREFIGHTERS RACING TO HOSE IT. DOWN. 80 PASSENGERS AND CREW ONBOARD. THEY HAD TO UNBUCKLE THEIR SEAT. BELTS WHILE HANGING UPSIDE-DOWN. TONIGHT, THE REMARKABLE NEWS, EVERYONE SURVIVED THIS, BUT. THERE IS WORD AT THIS HOUR AT. LEAST 15 PEOPLE ARE HURT, INCLUDING A CHILD. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE IN. CRITICAL CONDITION, INCLUDING. THAT CHILD TONIGHT. THIS EVENING, INVESTIGATORS. ALREADY ON THE SCENE. YOU CAN SEE THE ENGINE ON THE. PLANE STILL, BUT BOTH WINGS ARE.

GONE. THE RIGHT WING TORN OFF. COMPLETELY. AND WHAT OUR OWN AVIATION. EXPERT, PILOT STEVE GANYARD, SAID ABOUT THAT, THAT GOT OUR. ATTENTION TONIGHT. WHY THAT WING COMING OFF MIGHT. HAVE SAVED SOME OF THE. PASSENGERS ON THIS PLANE. TONIGHT, THE FAA AND THE NTSB. SENDING TEAMS TO TORONTO. AND OF COURSE, THE KEY QUESTION. AT THIS HOUR, WAS WEATHER A. FACTOR? THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE AND THE. WINDS, REPORTS OF GUSTS UP TO 40. MILES PER HOUR. THIS WAS A REGIONAL JET THAT. MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LAND. IN THESE WINDS. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ COVERS. AVIATION, AND HE LEADS US OFF. WITH THE IMAGES COMING IN.

TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THESE. DRAMATIC IMAGES SHOW A DELTA. PLANE FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, SMOKE. POURING OUT OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PLANE CRASH-LANDING AT. TORONTO PEARSON INTERNATIONAL. AIRPORT. PASSENGER JOHN NELSON SHOOTING. THIS VIDEO MOMENTS AFTER THE. CRASH. >> WE'RE IN TORONTO. WE JUST LANDED. OUR PLANE CRASHED. IT'S UPSIDE DOWN. FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ON SITE. >> Reporter: THE DELTA REGIONAL. CRJ-900, OPERATED BY ENDEAVOR.

AIR, TRAVELING FROM MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL WITH 80 PEOPLE ONBOARD, ARRIVING IN TORONTO AROUND 2:30. P.M. >> WE JUST HAD A CRASH ON RUNWAY. 2-3 HERE. >> Reporter: EMERGENCY CREWS. RACING TO THE SCENE. 15 PEOPLE TRANSPORTED TO AREA. HOSPITALS, ONE OF THEM, A. PEDIATRIC PATIENT. A MAN IN HIS 60s AND WOMAN IN. HER 40s CRITICALLY INJURED. REMARKABLY, NO ONE KILLED. >> WHEN IT CAME TO A HALT,

EVERYBODY IS UPSIDE DOWN, SO, THERE ARE GOING TO BE INJURIES. JUST GETTING THE SEAT BELTS OFF, FALLING TO THE CEILING AND. GETTING OFF THAT WAY. >> Reporter: PASSENGERS SEEN. ESCAPING THE AIRCRAFT. >> MOST PEOPLE APPEAR TO BE. OKAY. WE'RE ALL GETTING OFF. SOME SMOKE GOING ON. >> YEAH, WE'VE GOT IT. THE AIRCRAFT IS UPSIDE DOWN AND. BURNING. >> Reporter: RON JAMES. WITNESSING THE SMOKE FROM INSIDE. THE AIRPORT. >> SEEN A BUNCH OF SMOKE AND. THEN WE SEEN SOME FIRE TRUCKS GO. AND THEN I SEE A TROLLEY.

CARRYING A HELICOPTER AND. WONDERED WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND. I GOT TO THE DOOR OF MY PLANE, AND THEY JUST SAID, WE'RE NOT. GOING ANYWHERE. >> Reporter: FIRE DAMAGE SEEN. ALONG THE BACK OF THE PLANE. THE AIRPORT SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS. AND THERE ARE ALREADY QUESTIONS. ABOUT HOW WINDS AND WINTRY. WEATHER MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE. CRASH. THE TARMAC BLANKETED WITH SNOW. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MILES PER. HOUR AROUND THE TIME OF LANDING. AND IT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER 67. PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THAT. HORRIFIC CRASH OVER THE POTOMAC. BETWEEN A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER. AND AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE. AND THAT MEDICAL JET CRASH IN.

PHILADELPHIA THAT KILLED SIX. PEOPLE ONBOARD AND ONE PERSON ON. THE GROUND. WHILE BACK IN TORONTO TONIGHT, THIS MAJOR INVESTIGATION IS NOW. UNDERWAY. AND DAVID, THE TRANSPORTATION. SAFETY BOARD OF CANADA WILL BE. LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION. THE AMERICAN FAA AND NTSB ARE. SENDING CREWS TO TORONTO, BUT. AGAIN, DAVID, I'VE GOT TO GO. BACK TO THE BIGGEST HEADLINE OF. ALL HERE, THAT EVERYONE ONBOARD.

SURVIVED. AND THAT IS SIMPLY A MIRACLE. >> David: REALLY IS. EXTRAORDINARY TONIGHT. GIO BENITEZ LEADING US OFF. GIO, THANK YOU. OF COURSE, THE INVESTIGATION. ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR. I SPOKE WITH ABC NEWS. CONSULTANT, RETIRED COLONEL AND. PILOT STEVE GANYARD JUST BEFORE. WE CAME ON THE AIR HERE TONIGHT. STEVE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING. HERE. I KNOW FIRST OF ALL, WHEN YOU. LOOK AT THAT FUSELAGE, COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN ON THE. RUNWAY IN TORONTO, YOU CAN'T. HELP BUT THINK OF ALL THE. PASSENGERS DANGLING UPSIDE DOWN, THEIR SEAT BELTS STILL ATTACHED, JUST HANGING INSIDE THAT CABIN.

>> HORRIFYING, DAVID. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE HULL. ITSELF, IT'S INTACT. THAT SAVED LIVES. BUT INSIDE THE CABIN, DISORIENTATION, YOU END UP. UPSIDE DOWN, YOU'RE HANGING FROM. WHAT IS NOW THE CEILING. SO, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE. INJURIES CAME FROM, BUT MORE. THAN LIKELY, SOME OF THE. INJURIES OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE. RELEASED THEIR SEAT BELTS AND. DROPPED FROM THE CEILING INTO. WHAT IS NOW THE FLOOR. >> David: JUST HORRIFYING TO. IMAGINE WHAT THEY MUST HAVE SEEN. OUTSIDE THOSE WINDOWS AS THE. PLANE WAS MAKING THESE TURNS AND. TUMBLING. I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU'RE A.

PILOT YOURSELF, OBVIOUSLY, YOU. KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TRY TO LAND IN. THIS WINTER WEATHER. WE'RE DEALING WITH POTENTIAL. WIND GUSTS HERE, SNOW, POTENTIALLY ICE ON THE RUNWAY, AND ACTUALLY HAVING TO FACTOR IN. THOSE WIND GUSTS AS YOU'RE. COMING IN FOR LANDING. >> VERY CHALLENGING, DAVID. THE WEATHER IN TORONTO IS JUST. WHAT MOST OF THE EASTERN. SEABOARD ARE SEEING. BLOWING SNOW, HIGH WINDS, LOTS. OF TURBULENCE. THE WIND WAS ABOUT 30 OR 40. DEGREES OFF THE RUNWAY HEADING. AND SO, THE CREW HAD TO TAKE. THAT INTO ACCOUNT. THERE'S SNOW ON THE RUNWAY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT.

IT LIKELY HAPPENED AT TOUCHDOWN. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MAYDAY CALL. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. >> David: STEVE, YOU AND I WERE. TALKING, THE WINGS ARE GONE, THE. RIGHT WING GONE COMPLETELY. AND YOU ACTUALLY SAID THAT MIGHT. HAVE BEEN A REASON WHY ALL OF. THESE PASSENGERS SURVIVED THIS. >> IT COULD HAVE HELPED, DAVID. IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. HERE, THE AIRPLANE DIDN'T JUST. FLIP, IT ROLLED. YOU SEE THAT THE TAIL SNAPPED. OFF, THE RIGHT WING IS SNAPPED. OFF. MOST OF THE LEFT WING IS GONE. THE FUEL IN THIS AIRCRAFT, THE. MAJORITY OF THE FUEL, IS HELD IN. THE WINGS. WITH THE WINGS GONE, MOST OF.

WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR. EXPLOSION WAS GONE. WE DID SEE THE ONE SMALL BELLY. TANK FIRE. GREAT JOB BY THE CRASH FIRE. RESCUE FOLKS TO GET IN THERE. QUICKLY AND TO PUT THAT FIRE OUT. AND GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THE. CABIN. >> David: COLONEL STEVE GANYARD. WITH US HERE TONIGHT. STEVE, THANK YOU. STEVE GANYARD WITH US JUST. BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR. TONIGHT. AND IF WE GET MORE ON THIS. CRASH, WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU. RIGHT HERE DURING THIS NEWSCAST. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE MOVE TO. THE OTHER NEWS ON THIS MONDAY. NIGHT. THE STORM HITTING THE EAST RIGHT. NOW, AND THE NEXT MAJOR STORM. RIGHT BEHIND IT.

IN FACT, 140 MILLION AMERICANS. ON ALERT AGAIN. ALREADY THOSE HIGH WIND WARNINGS. FROM NEW YORK RIGHT UP TO BOSTON. TONIGHT. WINDS GUSTING UP TO 75 MILES PER. HOUR IN SOME PLACES. AND IN PHILADELPHIA, A WOMAN. KILLED WHEN A TREE FELL ON HER. CAR. IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, TREES. CRASHING ON TOP OF HOMES IN. QUEENS AND THE BRONX. AND, OF COURSE, THE FLOOD. EMERGENCY IN KENTUCKY WE'RE. WATCHING. THE DEATH TOLL THERE EXPECTED TO. RISE. GINGER ZEE STANDING BY WITH THE. FORECAST, AND ABC'S ALEX PEREZ. WITH THE IMAGES TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE DEATH.

TOLL RISING FROM A POWERFUL. SYSTEM THAT'S NOW WREAKING HAVOC. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MILES AN. HOUR IN SOME SPOTS. TAKING DOWN TELEPHONE POLES IN. SOUTH JERSEY AND HUGE TREES ALL. OVER NEW YORK CITY, THIS ONE. CRUSHING A HOME IN QUEENS. >> I THOUGHT A TORNADO CAME. THROUGH. >> Reporter: THIS MAN'S CAR IN. THE BRONX TOTALED. >> IT'S INSANE, YOU KNOW? >> Reporter: IN NORTHEAST. PHILADELPHIA, NEIGHBORS MOURNING. A WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED WHEN A. TREE CRUSHED HER CAR OVERNIGHT. >> GOOD, SWEET, KIND WOMAN.

CHURCHLY, CARED FOR EVERYONE, HAD A BIG HEART. >> Reporter: IN DETROIT, ICY. WATER INUNDATING HOMES AFTER A. 4 1/2-FOOT WATER MAIN BURST OPEN. ON THE CITY'S SOUTHWEST SIDE. THIS MORNING. MORE THAN 75 PEOPLE HAD TO BE. BROUGHT TO SAFETY, MANY OF THEM. CHILDREN. OVER THE WEEKEND, FIRST. RESPONDERS IN KENTUCKY RESCUING. MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE FROM. FLOOD WATERS, AFTER STORMS. DUMPED MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES OF. RAIN IN SOME SPOTS. KERRY GUY AND HER TWO TEENAGERS. EVACUATED HER FLOODED RIVERFRONT.

HOME SUNDAY BUT DOESN'T KNOW. WHEN SHE'LL BE BACK. >> MOVING EVERYTHING OUT IS ONE. THING. IT'S THE THREE INCHES OF MUD. THAT IS LEFT WHEN IT GOES OUT. CLEANUP IS THE WORST. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, IT MIGHT. BE A LITTLE HARD TO MAKE OUT. HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, THE WATER HAS COMPLETELY TAKEN. OVER THIS COMMUNITY, MAKING. MATTERS WORSE. BONE-CHILLING TEMPERATURES AND. SNOW EXPECTED TOMORROW. DAVID? >> David: YEAH, WE'RE THINKING. ABOUT THE FOLKS IN KENTUCKY. TONIGHT.

ALEX, THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, 140 MILLION NOW. ON ALERT FOR EXTREME COLD AND. HEAVY SNOW. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, BACK. WITH US ON A MONDAY NIGHT. HI, GINGER. >> Reporter: HI, DAVID. WE'VE SEEN WINDS GUSTING 60. MILES PER HOUR FROM NEWARK, NEW. JERSEY, UP TO BOSTON. AND THOSE WIND ALERTS ARE STILL. ON THE MAP FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT. COUPLE OF HOURS. THAT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING, THAT'S FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO. FEET OF SNOW. WE EVEN SAW A PILEUP ON I-90. EARLIER. THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY. ADVISORIES ON THE MAP. YOU GO DOWN TO NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA BEACH, ALL THE WAY BACK. TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA, AND. WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

THAT NEW STORM, WE'LL TRACK IT. RIGHT ACROSS THE NATION HERE. IT STARTS TOMORROW, WICHITA IS. GOING TO BE INVOLVED EARLY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW LOOKS LIKE IT. WILL FALL IN THE OZARKS IN. NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS, RIGHT. ALONG THE STATE LINE THERE OF. MISSOURI. YOU SEE HOW LITTLE ROCK IS IN. THAT PINK? I'M AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO SEE. SOME WINTERY MIX, MAYBE SOME. FREEZING RAIN AND A GLAZE OF. ICE. SO, THAT'S TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND. EVENING. ROUGH COMMUTE FOR NASHVILLE BY. WEDNESDAY MORNING, BECAUSE THAT. THING STOPS, WRAPS UP, AND GETS. SNOW IN THERE FOR RALEIGH, NORFOLK. AND DALLAS COULD FEEL SUB-ZERO. TEMPERATURES, WIND CHILLS, BY. THE MID-WEEK.

DAVID? >> David: QUITE A WEEK AHEAD, GINGER. THANKS. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING. >>> TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE. DEFENDING ELON MUSK AND HIS TEAM. OVER ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ACCESS. TO THE SYSTEM THAT CONTAINS THE. TAX FILINGS AND BANK STATEMENTS. OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. SO, WHAT DO THEY NEED IT FOR? AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOW. FIRES HUNDREDS FROM THE FAA AND. HOMELAND SECURITY, AMONG OTHER. AGENCIES. HERE'S RACHEL SCOTT TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE WHITE. HOUSE ON THE DEFENSIVE, AFTER. ELON MUSK'S TEAM REQUESTED. ACCESS TO AN IRS SYSTEM THAT. CONTAINS THE PERSONAL. INFORMATION OF MILLIONS OF.

AMERICANS, INCLUDING THEIR TAX. FILINGS AND BANK STATEMENTS. TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS. INSIST IT DOESN'T MEAN MUSK AND. HIS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY WILL GO SIFTING. THROUGH PRIVATE TAX RETURNS OF. INDIVIDUALS. >> I CAN GIVE ABSOLUTE 100%. ASSURANCE, I GIVE YOU COMPLETE. AND TOTAL ASSURANCE ON THAT. POINT. >> Reporter: THIS AS THE. PRESIDENT AND MUSK PROCEED WITH. SWEEPING LAYOFFS OF THOUSANDS OF. FEDERAL WORKERS. AT THE IRS, SOURCES TELL US. 15,000 WORKERS HAVE BEEN. IDENTIFIED FOR POSSIBLE.

TERMINATION, WITH TAX SEASON. JUST AROUND THE CORNER. AND WE'RE LEARNING TRUMP HAS. FIRED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AT THE. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, JUST WEEKS AFTER THAT DEADLY. CRASH AT WASHINGTON'S REAGAN. AIRPORT. THE FIRINGS TOUCHING MORE THAN A. DOZEN AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE. DEPARTMENTS OF HOMELAND. SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL. VICTORIA SAYS SHE WAS LAID OFF. FROM THE FOREST SERVICE IN. MONTANA. >> I WAS DEVASTATED. I BUILT MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND. THIS. I WORKED FOR TEN YEARS TO GET. THIS JOB. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE. LAYOFFS HAVE ROCKED HER WHOLE. COMMUNITY.

>> [ CROWD CHANTING ] DOWN WITH. PROJECT 2025! >> ELON MUSK DOESN'T EVEN KNOW. MY JOB EXISTS, RIGHT? BUT LIKE, WE DO A LOT. I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND I DO. THIS JOB BECAUSE I LOVE IT. SO, YEAH. I'M DEVASTATED. MY WHOLE COMMUNITY LOST THEIR. JOBS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M. GOING TO DO NOW. >> Reporter: OTHER GOVERNMENT. WORKERS LIKE ELIZABETH, WHO. WORKED FOR THE CONSUMER. FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, DESCRIBED A DISORGANIZED, CHAOTIC PROCESS THAT LEFT HER. WITH SO LITTLE INFORMATION, SHE. SAYS SHE CAN'T EVEN FILE FOR. UNEMPLOYMENT. >> WE WERE JUST BASICALLY TOSSED. OUT ON THE STREETS.

SO, THAT HAS BEEN ANGERING AND. HEARTBREAKING. AND OUR PAY STOPPED THE DAY WE. GOT THE TERMINATION LETTER, SO. WE'RE ALL WITHOUT A PAYCHECK AS. OF TUESDAY. >> Reporter: AND WE HAVE SEEN. SOME OF THAT CONFUSION SPREAD. ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT. HUNDREDS OF WORKERS HAVE BEEN. FIRED AT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR. SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. SOURCES SAY THAT SOME OFFICIALS. WERE UNAWARE THAT THOSE WORKERS. WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING. THE NATION'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

SYSTEM. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SCRAMBLING. TO HIRE THEM BACK, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT IN WEST. PALM BEACH TONIGHT. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE HIGH STAKES. TALKS OVERSEAS. THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SET TO. BEGIN, TRYING TO END THIS WAR IN. UKRAINE. UKRAINE NOT PART OF THESE TALKS, AT LEAST FOR NOW. AND TONIGHT, EUROPEAN LEADERS. ARE NOW HOLDING EMERGENCY. MEETINGS OF THEIR OWN, CONCERNED. BY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING. HERE'S OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: RUSSIA'S WAR IN. UKRAINE IS RAGING. NEARLY THREE LONG YEARS OF DEATH. AND DESTRUCTION.

BUT TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A HIGH STAKES MEETING TO DISCUSS. A POSSIBLE END TO THE WAR. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. TOUCHING DOWN IN SAUDI ARABIA, SET TO MEET WITH RUSSIAN. OFFICIALS TOMORROW. THESE TALKS, THE FIRST IN-PERSON. DISCUSSION BETWEEN SKPRUSH. RUSSIA AND THE U.S. SINCE THE. WAR STARTED. NOTABLY ABSENT, U.S. ALLIES IN. EUROPE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UKRAINE. RUBIO, ACCOMPANIED BY NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ, AND. SPECIAL ENJOY STEVE WITKOFF.

AS WELL AS DISCUSSING UKRAINE, THEY'RE TRYING TO LAY THE. GROUNDWORK FOR A FUTURE MEETING. BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. VLADIMIR PUTIN. THE TALKS COME JUST DAYS AFTER. THE TWO LEADERS SPOKE FOR MORE. THAN AN HOUR ON THE PHONE. >> WE'RE MOVING ALONG. WE'RE TRYING TO GET A PEACE WITH. RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND WE'RE. WORKING VERY HARD ON IT. IT'S A WAR THAT SHOULD HAVE. NEVER STARTED. >> Reporter: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY VISITING SAUDI ARABIA. WEDNESDAY, BUT HE'S NOT INVITED. TO THE MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA. TONIGHT, SAYING HE WON'T.

RECOGNIZE ANY AGREEMENTS MADE. WITHOUT UKRAINE AND WARNING. TRUMP IN A PHONE CALL LAST WEEK. THAT PUTIN CAN'T BE TRUSTED. THE DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA SENDING. SHOCKWAVES ACROSS EUROPE. LEADERS THERE GATHERING IN PARIS. TODAY FOR AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT TO. PLAN THEIR RESPONSE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. DETONATING DECADES OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, NOT JUST IN. EUROPE, BUT ALSO IN THE MIDDLE. EAST, WHERE HOURS AGO, RUBIO. MET WITH THE SAUDI CROWN PRINCE. IN AN EFFORT TO PUSH TRUMP'S. IDEA OF A U.S.-CONTROLLED GAZA. STRIP, PROMISING TO BUILD THE.

RIVIERA OF THE MIDDLE EAST. DAVID, WITH TALKS BETWEEN THE. U.S. AND RUSSIA SET TO TAKE. PLACE WITHOUT UKRAINE OR KEY. EUROPEAN PARTNERS, THEY'RE NOW. SCRAMBLING AND HOLDING EMERGENCY. MEETINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE. WHAT THEY'RE HEARING AND SEEING. FROM THE U.S. DAVID? >> David: IAN PANNELL IN POLAND. FOR US. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. AND IN. NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, MAYOR. ERIC ADAMS DEFYING GROWING CALLS. TO RESIGN. AND TONIGHT, FOUR OF HIS TOP. DEPUTIES, INCLUDING THOSE. OVERSEEING PUBLIC SAFETY AND.

PUBLIC HEALTH HERE IN NEW YORK. HAVE RESIGNED. IT COMES AFTER SEVEN FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS QUIT ALSO IN PROTEST. OVER THIS ORDER TO DISMISS. FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES. AGAINST THE MAYOR. ACCUSING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. OF LETTING ADAMS OFF THE HOOK IN. EXCHANGE FOR HELPING PRESIDENT. TRUMP WITH MASS DEPORTATIONS. MAYOR ADAMS AND THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION DENY THIS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NEWS COMING IN ON. POPE FRANCIS THIS EVENING. STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. WHAT THEY'RE NOW SAYING ABOUT. HIS CONDITION, AND THE WORDS. THEY'RE NOW USING TONIGHT. >>> AND THEN, HERE AT HOME, THE. PRICE OF EGGS HITTING A NEW. RECORD HIGH TONIGHT.REAMING ON .

>>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, POPE. FRANCIS REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL. IN ROME. VATICAN OFFICIALS SAY HE'S BEING. TREATED FOR WHAT THEY DESCRIBE. AS A COMPLEX CLINICAL CONDITION. THE 88-YEAR-OLD POPE WAS TAKEN. TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BRONCHITIS. LAST WEEK. HIS FEVER IS NOW GONE, BUT. DOCTORS HAVE PRESCRIBED COMPLETE. REST. HE IS READING THE PAPER, HE'S. EATING AND FOLLOWING DOCTOR'S. ORDERS TO REST. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, A MEASLES OUTBREAK IN. WEST TEXAS IS GROWING. THE LARGEST IN THAT STATE IN 30. YEARS.

AT LEAST 48 CASES NOW, THAT. NUMBER EXPECTED TO RISE. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ALL OF THE. PATIENTS ARE EITHER UNVACCINATED. OR THEIR STATUS IS UNKNOWN. 13 HOSPITALIZED. THREE UNRELATED CASES COME. FIRMED ACROSS STATE LINES IN NEW. MEXICO. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE IMAGES. THE SEAL FOUND RIGHT IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN THE. AND WHAT THEY DID TO SAVE. THE PUP. >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. THE SPREAD OF BIRD FLU HERE IN. THE U.S. SENDING EGG PRICES TO. NEW HIGHS TONIGHT. ON AVERAGE, A DOZEN EGGS NOW A.

RECORD $4.95. A 50% RISE FROM LAST YEAR, AND. UP 80 CENTS FROM JUST LAST. MONTH. OBVIOUSLY HIGHER IN SOME PLACES. NOW 68 CONFIRMED HUMAN CASES OF. BIRD FLU, BUT STILL, NO. HUMAN-TO-HUMAN INFECTION. >>> QUITE A SIGHT IN. CONNECTICUT. AUTHORITIES RESCUING A YOUNG. SEAL UP IN THE MIDDLE OF. DOWNTOWN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. OFFICIALS THINK IT WAS TRYING TO. ESCAPE FROM THE OCEAN AND OTHER. SEALS. THE PUP WAS TAKEN TO THE MYSTIC. AQUARIUM. GETTING BETTER TONIGHT. THEY HOPE TO RETURN THE SEAL TO. THE WILD. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE NEWS COMING IN ON.

THE PASSENGERS INVOLVED IN THIS. PLANE CRASH IN TORONTO. THAT PLANE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WHAT WE'VE JUST LEARNED. HERE, IN A MOMENT. >>> BEFORE WE GO HERE TONIGHT, THE NEWS COMING IN ON THAT DELTA. PLANE CRASH IN TORONTO. FLIGHT 4819 OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. TONIGHT, WE'VE LEARNED AT LEAST. 18 PEOPLE INJURED, TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. WE'RE ALSO TOLD ALL ARE EXPECTED. TO SURVIVE. 76 PASSENGERS, FOUR CREW MEMBERS. ONBOARD. WE'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT WIND. GUSTS WERE 40 MILES PER HOUR ON. THE GROUND.

THOSE PILOTS MIGHT HAVE. BEEN DEALING WITH THAT. AS THEY TRIED TO LAND. I"LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT! THANK YOU FOR MAKING. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED. NEWSCAST.