ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 18, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. YOU'LL SEE THE INCREDIBLE NEW. VIDEO OF THAT DELTA FLIGHT. CRASHING IN TORONTO. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THIS MAJOR NEW. WINTER STORM SET TO HIT. AND BRUTAL RECORD-BREAKING COLD. >>> OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA, THE. MASSIVE WAREHOUSE FIRE CLOSING. SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, SHELTERING IN PLACE TONIGHT. >>> AND NEWS COMING IN NOW OF A. BREAK-IN AT NICOLE KIDMAN'S. HOME. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, CHILLING. NEW IMAGES OF THE DELTA FLIGHT. BURSTING INTO FLAMES AS IT HITS. THE RUNWAY AT TORONTO PEARSON. AIRPORT.

ON FIRE, ROLLING OVER. INSIDE THE CABIN, 80 PASSENGERS. AND CREW UPSIDE DOWN, STILL. BUCKLED IN THEIR SEATS. FOUR CREW MEMBERS QUICKLY. GETTING EVERYONE OUT. 21 PASSENGERS HURT. SOME STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT. AND WHAT WE'RE NOW LEARNING. ABOUT THIS CRASH. WHAT MIGHT HAVE LED TO IT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE NEW WINTER. STORM SWEEPING ACROSS THE U.S. 25 STATES NOW UNDER ALERTS. TONIGHT FOR SNOW AND ICE, FROM. MONTANA, DOWN TO TEXAS, ALL THE. WAY TO THE EAST COAST. THEN BRUTAL COLD ACROSS MOST OF. THE COUNTRY. IT FELT LIKE 21 BELOW IN. CHICAGO, IT WILL FEEL LIKE 1. DEGREE IN DALLAS. GINGER ZEE IS HERE.

>>> ALSO, THE IMAGES COMING IN. TONIGHT OUTSIDE PHILADELPHIA. THE MASSIVE FIRE FORCING ENTIRE. NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHELTER IN. PLACE. SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN. CLOSED, AND WHY AUTHORITIES ARE. SO CONCERNED. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEFENDING THE MASS FIRING OF. THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS. WHAT HE SAID JUST BEFORE WE CAME. ON. THE PRESIDENT WAS ALSO ASKED. ABOUT LAYOFFS AT THE NATIONAL. NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO HELP. MAINTAIN AMERICA'S NUCLEAR. ARSENAL. THOSE WORKERS THEN SUDDENLY. HIRED BACK. THE PRESIDENT PRESSED TO EXPLAIN. WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>>> TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN NEARLY THREE YEARS, U.S. AND. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS MEETING. FACE-TO-FACE ABOUT THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. UKRAINE NOT IN THE MEETING. AND LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING OF UKRAINE, YOU SHOULD. HAVE NEVER STARTED IT. YOU COULD HAVE MADE A DEAL. AFTER THE WORLD WITNESSED RUSSIA. INVADING UKRAINE. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEWS COMING IN. FROM THE VATICAN, INITIALLY. HOSPITALIZED WITH BRONCHITIS, WHAT THEY'RE NOW SAYING ABOUT. THE POPE'S CONDITION. INFECTIONS IN BTH LUNGS. JAMES LONGMAN STANDING BY. OUTSIDE THE VATICAN.

>>> THE NEWS COMING IN LATE. TODAY, AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING. IN LOS ANGELES, A BREAK-IN AT. THE HOME OF NICOLE KIDMAN AND. KEITH URBAN. SMASHING THROUGH A GLASS DOOR. RANSACKING THE HOME. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE MOST DECORATED DOG IN U.S. HISTORY HAS DIED. 16 YEARS OLD, WHAT HE DID, AND. WHAT THEY'RE NOW DOING IN HIS. NAME. >>> GOOD EVENING.

WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH. SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES. WE ARE TRACKING THIS NEW MAJOR. WINTER STORM SET TO HIT, AND THE. BRUTAL RECORD-BREAKING COLD. COMING WITH IT. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THESE. HARROWING NEW IMAGES TONIGHT OF. THAT DELTA JET CRASH IN TORONTO. INVESTIGATORS ARE REVIEWING THIS. NEW VIDEO OF DELTA FLIGHT 4819. MAKING A HARD LANDING RIGHT. THERE, ERUPTING IN FLAMES AND. THEN THICK BLACK SMOKE. THE PLANE THEN BEGINNING TO. ROLL. THOSE 80 PASSENGERS AND CREW. INSIDE. THOSE PASSENGERS HANGING UPSIDE. DOWN BY THEIR SEAT BELTS. THE HEROIC FLIGHT CREW HELPING.

THEM TO GET OFF THAT PLANE. ALL 80 PEOPLE SURVIVED. AT LEAST 21 INJURED. TWO REMAINING HOSPITALIZED. TONIGHT. BUT WITH CAREFUL GUIDANCE FROM. THAT FOUR-MEMBER FLIGHT CREW, THIS WAS A MIRACLE THAT EVERYONE. SURVIVED. TONIGHT HERE, WHAT THIS NEW. VIDEO REVEALS ABOUT THE FINAL. MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH. WHAT INVESTIGATORS WILL NOW BE. STUDYING. ABC'S GIO BENITEZ COVERS. AVIATION, HE LEADS US OFF FROM. TORONTO TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. STUNNING NEW VIDEO SHOWING THE. MOMENT THAT DELTA AIRLINES. FLIGHT CRASH-LANDED IN TORONTO.

INVESTIGATORS NOW REVIEWING THE. IMAGES. ITS LANDING GEAR APPEARING TO. COLLAPSE. THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE. GROUND, SPARKING FLAMES. THE PLANE FLIPPING ONTO ITS. BACK. A CLOUD OF BLACK SMOKE RISING. INTO THE AIR. >> WE HIT THE RUNWAY EXTREMELY. HARD AND WE KIND OF POPPED UP. AND IT FELT LIKE WE WERE LEANING. TO THE LEFT. THERE WAS A GIANT FIRE BALL DOWN. THE SIDE, I COULD ACTUALLY FEEL. THE HEAT THROUGH THE GLASS. AND THEN WE WERE GOING SIDEWAYS. I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW MANY TIMES. WE, LIKE, TUMBLED.

BUT WE ENDED UPSIDE DOWN. I WAS HANGING THERE IN MY SEAT. BELT UPSIDE DOWN. >> Reporter: THE FOOTAGE. OBTAINED BY TMZ SHOWING THE. DELTA REGIONAL FLIGHT TOUCHING. DOWN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. PASSENGER JOHN NELSON DESCRIBING. THE HARROWING MOMENTS INSIDE, SUSPENDED BY HIS SEAT BELT. AT THIS POINT NOW, YOU'RE. LITERALLY HANGING UPSIDE DOWN ON. THIS PLANE. >> I DIDN'T WANT TO HIT MY HEAD. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU. KNOW -- I COULD STAY SAFE AS. MUCH AS I COULD. AND JUST HOLD ON AND HOPE THAT. WE MADE IT THROUGH THAT. >> DROP EVERYTHING, DROP IT.

>> Reporter: FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. SEEN STANDING ON THE CEILING OF. THE PLANE, HELPING PASSENGERS. SCRAMBLING TO ESCAPE. 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: AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE. INJURED, INCLUDING A CHILD. PATIENTS TREATED FOR HEAD.

INJURIES, HEADACHES, AND NAUSEA. BUT MIRACULOUSLY, ALL 80. PASSENGERS AND CREW WERE ALIVE. FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE SURVIVED. THIS --. >> YEAH. >> Reporter: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. TO YOU? >> I -- I THINK I'M STILL. PROCESSING IT. IT'S -- WHEN YOU SEE THE VIDEOS. AND YOU LIVE THROUGH IT, LIKE, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH. THAT. IT'S CRAZY. >> Reporter: AT THE TIME OF. LANDING, WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40. MILES PER HOUR. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH, THOUGH, STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE PLANE'S CHARRED FUSELAGE NOW. SITTING FROZEN ON THE RUNWAY FOR. EXAMINATION. AND TONIGHT, THAT FLIGHT CREW.

AND THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO. ESCORTED EVERYONE TO SAFETY. HAILED AS HEROES. >> EVERY TIME YOU BOARD A. FLIGHT, YOU ARE GREETED BY. FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AND BY FLIGHT. CREW. WE SAW THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE. THAT THEY PLAY IN ACTION. YESTERDAY. THE CREW OF DELTA FLIGHT 4819. HEROICALLY LED PASSENGERS TO. SAFETY. I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF. THOSE HEROES. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, TONIGHT, SO MANY FOCUSING ON WHAT THOSE. PASSENGERS DID RIGHT. WEARING THOSE SEAT BELTS, LISTENING TO THE FLIGHT.

ATTENDANTS, GETTING OUT OF THAT. PLANE FAST, AND LEAVING THAT. LUGGAGE BEHIND. ALL OF IT LIKELY SAVING LIVES. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, GIO BENITEZ. LEADING US OFF HERE TONIGHT. GIO, THANK YOU. AND AS GIO POINTED OUT THERE, INVESTIGATORS WILL BE LOOKING. VERY CLOSELY AT THIS NEW VIDEO. THAT'S EMERGED OF THE PLANE JUST. MOMENTS BEFORE IT CRASHED. ABC NEWS CONSULTANT, RETIRED. COLONEL AND PILOT STEVE GANYARD. HAS STUDIED THE VIDEO. AND STEVE, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AGAIN TONIGHT. WE SEE IN THIS VIDEO THE DELTA. JET APPROACHING THE RUNWAY. THE APPROACH APPEARS SOMEWHAT. NORMAL UNTIL THOSE FINAL. MOMENTS. WHAT DO YOU SEE, AND WHAT DO YOU.

MAKE OF THE LANDING GEAR? >> YEAH, DAVID, IN THIS. EXTRAORDINARY VIDEO, IN THE LAST. 50 FEET OR SO, IT LOOKS LIKE. THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE IS STABLE, THEY'RE. NOT FIGHTING IT. EVEN THOUGH THE WINDS ARE HIGH. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A. GREAT LANDING. WE WATCH UNTIL IT GETS TO 10 OR. 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. IT STILL A VERY NORMAL LANDING. SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THOSE LAST. 10 OR 20 FEET WHERE A BIG RATE. OF DESCENT DEVELOPED FOR SOME. REASON. COULD HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF.

FACTORS, COULD HAVE BEEN PILOT. ERROR, MAYBE THE CREW DIDN'T. PULL BACK ON THE STICK AND. CUSHION THE LANDING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN WIND SHEAR. OR MAYBE THEY JUST TOUCHED DOWN. HARD AND THERE WAS SOME SORT OF. A MECHANICAL FAILURE OR A DEFECT. IN THE LANDING GEAR. BUT AT THAT POINT, IT'S THAT 20. FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHERE THIS. MISHAP BEGAN TO OCCUR. >> David: AND STEVE, I KNOW YOU. ALSO STUDIED THE PLANE WHEN IT. CRASHED INTO THE RUNWAY AND. ROLLS. WHAT STOOD OUT THERE? >> YEAH, WHAT'S REALLY. INTERESTING, DAVID, AS IT. CRASHED, WE SEE THE RIGHT MAIN. LANDING GEAR GIVES WAY.

YOU SEE THE SNOW GETTING KICKED. UP. IT LEANS ON THE RIGHT WING, IT. PUNCTURES THE FUEL TANK AND. IT BEGINS TO BURN. AND AS IT BEGINS TO BURN, IT. SKIDS TO THE RIGHT. AT THAT POINT, THE LEFT WING IS. GETTING ENOUGH AIR OVER IT THAT. IT FLIPS THE AIRPLANE UP ONTO. ITS BACK. BUT AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED. ABOUT, THE GOOD THING HERE IS. THAT THE WINGS HELD MOST OF THE. FUEL. AND AS THOSE WINGS GOT RIPPED. OFF, THAT FIRE BALL STAYED. BEHIND THE CABIN, SO, TWO PARTS. OF THE MIRACLE HERE. ONE IS THAT THE CABIN REMAINED. INTACT, DIDN'T BREAK UP, AND THE. SECOND WAS THAT THE FIRE BALL.

DID NOT GET BURNED OR WAS NOT. ABLE TO BURN THE CABIN. >> David: YEAH, THAT WAS. CERTAINLY PART OF THIS MIRACLE. AND SO, BOTTOM LINE HERE. TONIGHT, STEVE, WE KNOW PILOTS. MIGHT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH. CROSS WINDS, WHICH CAN BE VERY. CHALLENGING, BUT PILOTS DO. ENCOUNTER THESE WIND GUSTS. AND ADDITION TO THE PILOTS, THE. LANDING GEAR, TOO. SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS TONIGHT. >> YEAH, DAVID, I THINK THE KEY. HERE IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN. THOSE LAST 20 SECONDS. THIS CERTAINLY WAS VARSITY. WEATHER, BUT CREWS SHOULD HAVE. BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE IT. SO, FWHAPD THE LAST 20 SECONDS?

WHY DID THAT RATE OF DESCENT. OCCUR AND WHY DID THE AIRPLANE. HIT THE RUNWAY SO HARD? THAT WILL BE WHAT THE. INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING TO LOOK. AT FIRST. >> David: COLONEL STEVE GANYARD. BACK WITH US HERE TONIGHT. STEVE, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THIS. NEW WINTER STORM AND THE BRUTAL. COLD. 100 MILLION AMERICANS ACROSS 25. STATES NOW ON ALERT TONIGHT. THIS NEW STORM, SNOW AND ICE. FROM MONTANA, DOWN TO TEXAS, ALL. THE WAY TO THE EAST TO THE. MID-ATLANTIC. AND THE WIND CHILLS THAT FELT. LIKE 21 BELOW IN CHICAGO, IT. WILL FEEL LIKE 1 DEGREE IN. DALLAS. ICE-COVERED ROADS IN OKLAHOMA. CITY.

A SEMITRUCK SIDEWAYS ON. INTERSTATE 40. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK. GINGER ZEE TIMING IT OUT IN A. MOMENT, BUT FIRST, ABC'S FAITH. ABUBEY WITH THE IMAGES, AS THIS. BARRELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ICY WRECKS. ALL OVER THE HEARTLAND, AS A. MASSIVE WINTER STORM SLAMS THE. COUNTRY. IN OKLAHOMA CITY THIS MORNING, FREEZING RAIN TURNED ROADS TO. ICE RINKS. WATCH AS THIS LOWE'S TRUCK SPINS. ALL THE WAY AROUND, FISHTAILING. BEFORE REGAINING TRACTION. THIS ON-RAMP, JUST TOO ICY FOR. THAT TRUCK TO GET UP. A BIG RIG BLOCKING TRAFFIC ON.

INTERSTATE 40. >> YOU CAN SEE THE BACKUP BEHIND. HIM, I MEAN, THAT HAS GOT I-40. DOWN TO ONE LANE. IT LOOKS LIKE. >> Reporter: THIS DASH CAM VIDEO. SHOWS AN OKLAHOMA TURNPIKE. AUTHORITY PLOW TRUCK GETTING. SIDESWIPED INTO THE GUARDRAIL BY. AN 18-WHEELER. PARTS OF KANSAS COULD GET MORE. THAN A FOOT OF SNOW. THE SAME SYSTEM DUMPING UP TO. TWO FEET IN THE ROCKIES. THIS AVALANCHE SPOTTED BY. DRIVERS ALONG I-70 IN FRISCO, COLORADO, MONDAY. AND IT'S ALL FUELED BY THE. COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON. CHICAGO THIS MORNING FELT LIKE.

21 BELOW ZERO. AND THE DEATH TOLL RISING IN. KENTUCKY TO AT LEAST 14. THE HARD-HIT REGION NOW BRACING. FOR UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW. AND HERE IN WICHITA, OFFICIALS. ARE URGING DRIVERS TO STAY OFF. THE ROADS BECAUSE OF BLOWING. SNOW. UP TO EIGHT INCHES IN TOTAL. EXPECTED, AND DAVID, IT IS. BRUTALLY COLD. BY MORNING, WE'RE EXPECTING WIND. CHILLS TO FEEL LIKE 20 DEGREES. BELOW ZERO. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, FAITH, WE. SURE DO APPRECIATE IT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF.

METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, TRACKING IT ALL AGAIN TONIGHT. HI, GINGER. >> Reporter: DAVID, WINTER STORM. WARNINGS UP FROM OKLAHOMA CITY. TO VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO THE. TIMING. WE'VE SEEN 4 TO 5 INCHES IN THE. OZARKS ALL RIGHT, NORTHEASTERN. OKLAHOMA, NEAR TULSA, TO ROGERS, ARKANSAS, BUT IT'S GOING TO MOVE. ACROSS I-40 TONIGHT. NASHVILLE GETS IT THROUGH THE. EARLY MORNING HOURS. GOING TO BE A ROUGH COMMUTE. THERE. AND IT WILL BLAST EAST THROUGH. THE AFTERNOON. AND THAT'S WHERE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA BEACH, JUST NORTH AND. EAST OF RALEIGH, GOING TO GET. SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. MESSY, TOO, WITH THE SLEET AND. FREEZING RAIN, SOUTH OF THERE. ALONG I-95.

WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LITTLE. BURSTS OF SNOW THAT COME THROUGH. BURSTS OF SNOW THAT COME THR. THROUGH, BUT A MAJORITY IS GONE. ON THURSDAY. THEN THE COLD. RECORD COLD FROM BATON ROUGE UP. TO OMAHA, DAVID. >> David: ALL RIGHT, GINGER ZEE, WE'LL SEE YOU FIRST THING IN THE. MORNING ON "GMA.". GINGER, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO PRESIDENT. TRUMP LATE TODAY, DEFENDING THE. MASS FIRINGS OF THOUSANDS OF. FEDERAL WORKERS. WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE EFFORT. TODAY. HE WAS ALSO PRESSED ABOUT THE. HUNDREDS OF WORKERS FROM THE. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY. ADMINISTRATION THAT MONITORS THE.

COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR STOCKPILE. THE ADMINISTRATION SCRAMBLING TO. REHIRE SOME OF THOSE WORKERS WHO. WERE FIRED. THE PRESIDENT WAS PRESSED TO. EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IN. WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP DEFENDING THE SPEED AND. SCOPE OF THE LAYOFFS IN THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AMID THE PUSH TO PURGE THE. WORKFORCE, MISTAKES BEING MADE. HUNDREDS OF WORKERS AT THE.

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY. ADMINISTRATION WERE FIRED. SOURCES SAY OFFICIALS UNAWARE. THE AGENCY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. MANAGING THE NATION'S NUCLEAR. STOCKPILE. THEN SCRAMBLING TO HIRE THOSE. WORKERS BACK. >> SOME OF THESE WORKERS FOCUSED. ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY WERE. IMMEDIATELY REHIRED. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT. HOW THESE TERMINATIONS --. >> NO, NOT AT ALL. I THINK WE HAVE TO JUST DO WHAT. WE HAVE TO DO. IN SOME CASES, THEY'LL FIRE. PEOPLE, THEN THEY'LL PUT SOME. PEOPLE BACK. NOT ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE A LOT. OF PEOPLE WERE LET GO. DON'T FORGET, I GOT ELECTED ON. THE BASIS OF MAKING OUR. GOVERNMENT STRONGER AND SMALLER. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF. WORKERS FIRED AT THE DEPARTMENT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHERE TODAY, THE NEW SECRETARY,

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., ADDRESSED. THOSE REMAIN. HIS TEAM TELLING THEM, SELFIES. ARE WELCOME. KENNEDY DECLARING HHS WILL NOW. STUDY POSSIBLE CAUSES OF CHRONIC. DISEASES. >> SOME OF THE POSSIBLE FACTORS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE WERE. FORMERLY TABOO OR INSUFFICIENTLY. SCRUTINIZED. A CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. PESTICIDES. ULTRA PROCESSED FOODS. ARTIFICIAL FOOD --.

SSRIs AND OTHER PSYCHIATRIC. DRUGS. PFAs. MICROPLASTICS. NOTHING IS GOING TO BE. OFF-LIMITS. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT, THE. HEAD OF THE FDA'S FOOD DIVISION. UNDER KENNEDY IS STEPPING DOWN. JIM JONES SAYING THE FIRINGS AT. THE AGENCY DEMONSTRATE THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DISDAIN. FOR THE VERY PEOPLE NECESSARY TO. IMPLEMENT THE DEPARTMENT'S. AGENDA OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH. OF AMERICANS. AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY TOP LEVEL.

OFFICIAL TO LEAVE IN PROTEST. THE HEAD OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY. ADMINISTRATION RESIGNING AFTER. ELON MUSK'S STAFF DEMANDED. ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL DATA. SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES SENSITIVE. INFORMATION OF MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS. AND DAVID, THE ADMINISTRATION. HAS NOT SAID HOW LONG THESE. FIRINGS WILL LAST, OR JUST HOW. MANY PEOPLE WILL BE IMPACTED. EVERY DAY SEEMS TO BE A NEW. AGENCY. SOURCES SAY THAT TOMORROW, LAYOFFS COULD START AT THE IRS, DAVID. >> David: ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT. FROM FLORIDA TONIGHT. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE HIGH PROFILE.

MEETING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND. RUSSIA. THE FIRST IN NEARLY THREE YEARS. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. DISCUSSING THE WAR WITH UKRAINE. WITH RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER. UKRAINE WAS NOT IN THE MEETING. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING OF UKRAINE, YOU SHOULD. HAVE NEVER STARTED IT, YOU COULD. HAVE MADE A DEAL. EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD WITNESSED. RUSSIA INVADE UKRAINE. HERE'S OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL FROM. INSIDE UKRAINE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN A. RADICAL BREAK WITH THE PAST, THE. U.S. AND RUSSIA AGREEING TO WORK. TOGETHER. FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN ALMOST. THREE YEARS.

THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSING HOW TO. END RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE, BUT. DOING SO WITHOUT ANY UKRAINIAN. OFFICIALS PRESENT. >> WE COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED A. BETTER RESULT AFTER THIS. SESSION. >> TODAY IS THE FIRST STEP OF A. LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY, BUT. AN IMPORTANT ONE. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. JUST MOMENTS AGO CLAIMING HE HAS. THE POWER TO END THIS WAR, AND. FALSELY BLAMING UKRAINE FOR. RUSSIA'S INVASION. >> AND I THINK I HAVE THE POWER. TO END THIS WAR. AND I THINK IT'S GOING VERY. WELL. BUT TODAY, I HEARD, OH, WELL, WE. WEREN'T INVITED. WELL, YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR. THREE YEARS.

YOU SHOULD HAVE ENDED IT THREE. YEARS --. YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED. IT, YOU COULD HAVE MADE A DEAL. >> Reporter: THIS IS A MAJOR WIN. FOR THE KREMLIN, AFTER BEING. ISOLATED FROM THE WEST. DIPLOMATICALLY AND FINANCIALLY. RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY. LAVROV ALREADY TAKING A VICTORY. LAP, SAYING THE U.S. IS FINALLY. STARTING TO LISTEN TO MOSCOW. BUT THIS THAW IN RELATIONS IS. SENDING A SHIVER DOWN THE SPINE. OF EUROPE AND ABOVE ALL, UKRAINE. NEITHER INVITED TO THIS MEETING. NOW EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE SET TO. GATHER IN PARIS FOR A SECOND DAY.

OF AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT. THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER SAYING. TODAY, WE'RE WITNESSING AN. UNTHINKABLE ALLIANCE BETWEEN. PUTIN AND TRUMP THAT'S. MARGINALIZING EUROPE ON ITS OWN. SOIL. DAVID, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIM. THAT UKRAINE IS TO BLAME FOR THE. WAR IS JUST TOTALLY FALSE. IT WAS RUSSIA THAT INVADED. UKRAINE, AND EVEN TONIGHT, UKRAINIAN CITIES ARE YET AGAIN. BEING BOMBED BY RUSSIA. DAVID? >> David: IAN PANNELL REPORTING. FROM INSIDE UKRAINE TONIGHT. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS ALSO NEWS TONIGHT. FROM THE VATICAN. LATE WORD COMING IN ON POPE. FRANCIS' HEALTH. ABC'S CHIEF INTERNATIONAL.

CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN IS. AT THE VATICAN. JAMES, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? >> Reporter: DAVID, A CONCERNING. DEVELOPMENT HERE TONIGHT. POPE FRANCIS IS NOW FIGHTING. PNEUMONIA. THE 88-YEAR-OLD HAD A CT SCAN, WHICH SHOWED THAT HE HAS NOW GOT. AN INFECTION IN BOTH OF HIS. LUNGS, CERTAINLY MORE SERIOUS. THAN THE BRONCHITIS HE'D BEEN. EARLIER DIAGNOSED WITH. REMEMBER, HE HAD PART OF A LUNG. REMOVED WHEN HE WAS A YOUNGER. MAN. DESPITE ALL THIS, WE ARE TOLD HE. IS IN GOOD SPIRITS. AND HE THANKS ALL THOSE WHO HAVE.

BEEN SENDING HIM MESSAGES OF. SUPPORT. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, JAMES. LONGMAN AT THE VATICAN AGAIN. TONIGHT FOR US. JAMES, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE. NEWS COMING IN TONIGHT. A BREAK-IN AT THE HOME OF NICOLE. KIDMAN AND KEITH URBAN. SMASHING THROUGH A GLASS DOOR. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SAYING. ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE INSIDE. >> AND IN PHILADELPHIA AT THIS. HOUR, THE MASSIVE WAREHOUSE. FIRE, FORCING ENTIRE. NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHELTER IN. PLACE TONIGHT. SOME URGED TO EVACUATE. SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES IN THE. AREA HAVE BEEN CLOSED. AND WHY AUTHORITIES ARE SO. CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, IN A. MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT, OUTSIDE.

PHILADELPHIA, A MASSIVE. WAREHOUSE FIRE FORCING RESIDENTS. TO SHELTER IN PLACE. THIS IS IN ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, NORTH OF. PHILADELPHIA. SCHOOLS CLOSED THERE, THE FIRE. BREAKING OUT AT SPS. TECHNOLOGIES. VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ISSUED FOR. NEARLY 250 HOMES SO FAR. AUTHORITIES ARE VERY CONCERNED. ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY THERE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, WHAT WE'VE JUST. >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. TONIGHT. LOS ANGELES POLICE ARE. INVESTIGATING A BREAK-IN AT THE. HOME OF NICOLE KIDMAN AND KEITH. URBAN.

POLICE SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. TONIGHT SUSPECTS SMASHED THROUGH. A GLASS DOOR AND RANSACKED THEIR. THEIR HOME ON VALENTINE'S DAY. SECURITY TELLING POLICE THEY. SMASHED THEIR WAY INTO THE. BEVERLY HILLS HOME. NO WORD ON WHETHER ANYTHING WAS. TAKEN. THE COUPLE WAS NOT THERE AT THE. TIME. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE THE MOST.

>>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, THE. MOST DECORATED K-9 IN U.S. HISTORY. AMERICA STRONG. TONIGHT, HONORING A FORMER. SPECIAL OPERATIONS K-9 WITH THE. U.S. SECRET SERVICE. HIS NAME, HURRICANE. A BELGIAN MALINOIS. HE'S THE MOST DECORATED DOG IN. U.S. HISTORY. YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM FROM A. DECADE AGO, FROM 2014, WHEN HE TOOK DOWN AN INTRUDER ON. THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN WHILE.

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS FAMILY. WERE INSIDE. FOR HIS HEROIC ACT, HURRICANE. WAS HONORED WITH MULTIPLE. AWARDS, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARD FOR. VALOR. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, HIS. HANDLER, FORMER SECRET SERVICE. OFFICER MARSHALL MIRARCHI FROM. THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS. DIVISION, STARTED THE NONPROFIT. K-9 HURRICANE'S HEROES, TO HELP. PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS AND. RETIREMENT COSTS FOR OTHER. RETIRED MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT. SERVICE DOGS LIKE HURRICANE. TONIGHT, THAT RETIRED SECRET. SERVICE OFFICER TELLING US. THEY'VE HELPED MORE THAN 150. DOGS. HURRICANE HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE.

AGE OF 16. AN HONOR FLIGHT FLEW HIM BACK. HOME TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TONIGHT, MARSHALL, HIS HANDLER, TELLING US, "HURRICANE WOKE UP. EVERY DAY WITH SO MUCH PASSION. AND MOTIVATION THAT IT INSPIRED. ME TO DO THE SAME THING. HURRICANE WAS PART OF MY SOUL.". HURRICANE, AMERICA STRONG. WE CELEBRATE HURRICANE, AND ALL. OF THE SERVICE DOGS OUT THERE. I'M DAVID MUIR. GOODNIGHT.