ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 20, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, WE DO HAVE. BREAKING NEWS AS WE COME ON THE. AIR IN THE WEST. THERE'S BEEN A SUSPECTED TERROR. ATTACK IN ISRAEL. SEVERAL BUS EXPLOSIONS. HERE IN THE U.S., THE. RECORD-BREAKING BRUTAL COLD. ACROSS THE NATION AND FOR HOW. LONG. >>> DESPERATE FOR FREEDOM. THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS TONIGHT. CALLING IN TO A PODCAST FROM. PRISON. WHAT THEY REVEAL. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE. LIFE-THREATENING, RECORD-BREAKING COLD ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, FROM TEXAS TO THE EAST. COAST. IT WAS MINUS 15 DEGREES IN. OMAHA. IN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, WIND. CHILLS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. TOMORROW. AND THEN THE MAJOR CHANGE. COMING. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST.

>>> ALSO JUST IN TONIGHT, THE. BREAKING NEWS. THE VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE OF. A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK IN. ISRAEL. REPORTS OF MULTIPLE EXPLOSIONS. TARGETING BUSES AT DIFFERENT. LOCATIONS. THEY WERE EMPTY, BUT ISRAELI. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS WAS MEANT. FOR THE MORNING RUSH. MARTHA RADDATZ ON WHAT WE NOW. KNOW. >>> MOMENTS AGO, ELON MUSK. CENTER STAGE, WIELDING A CHAIN. SAW AMID THE MASS LAYOFFS. TARGETING THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL. WORKERS ACROSS THE U.S. THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM TODAY. DEFENDING HIS FIRST 30 DAYS IN. OFFICE.

AND THE NEW POLL IN TONIGHT, WHAT AMERICANS THINK OF THE. FIRST 30 DAYS, OF THE MASS. FIRINGS, OF ELON MUSK'S ROLE. WHAT THE POLLING REVEALS. >>> TONIGHT, AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP CALLED PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. A DICTATOR AND SAID THAT UKRAINE. SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED THE WAR. WITH RUSSIA, THE WHITE HOUSE. TODAY SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. VERY FRUSTRATED WITH ZELENSKYY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. PRESSURING HIM TO SIGN A DEAL. THAT ALLEGEDLY INCLUDES HANDING. OVER 50% OF UKRAINE'S MINERAL. RIGHTS TO THE U.S. EUROPEAN LEADERS ALARMED BY THIS. SUDDEN SHIFT ON UKRAINE. >>> THE PRISON INMATE BROUGHT TO.

A NEW PRISON IN UPSTATE NEW. YORK. THE DISTURBING POLICE VIDEO. AND AUTHORITIES SAY WITHIN A. HALF AN HOUR OF ARRIVING AT THAT. PRISON, THE INMATE WAS. CLINICALLY DEAD. >>> TONIGHT, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY. MOVE, THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS. CALLING IN TO A PODCAST FROM. PRISON, HOPING TO BE SET FREE. ERIK AND LYLE MENENDEZ. DESCRIBING THEIR 35 YEARS IN. PRISON, AND WHAT THEY REVEAL. >>> THE DRAMATIC SCENE ON THE. HIGHWAY. A MOTHER DRIVING AN SUV. SLAMMED BY A CEMENT TRUCK. THE SUV BURSTS INTO FLAMES. THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO SAVE. THE MOTHER.

>>> AND THE SHOWDOWN ON THE ICE. USA VERSUS CANADA, AMID. POLITICAL TENSION BETWEEN BOTH. COUNTRIES BOILING OVER. EVEN BEFORE THE HOCKEY GAME. TONIGHT. >> David: GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US ON A. VERY BUSY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK IN. ISRAEL. MULTIPLE BUS EXPLOSIONS. THE IMAGES COMING IN NOW, AND. MARTHA RADDATZ ON THIS IN A.

MOMENT. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. THE LIFE-THREATENING, DANGEROUS. COLD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS RECORD-BREAKING. TONIGHT, 70 MILLION AMERICANS. BRACING FROM TEXAS RIGHT OVER TO. THE EAST COAST. TAKE A LOOK AT THE WIND CHILLS. TOMORROW MORNING. THE FEEL-LIKE TEMPERATURES BELOW. FREEZING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WIND CHILLS MINUS 13 IN. MINNEAPOLIS. 14 IN SHREVEPORT, 3 IN. NASHVILLE, 13 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 11 IN NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW. MORNING. NEW IMAGES TONIGHT OF A WATER. MAIN BREAK, CARS ENCASED IN ICE. IN DETROIT. SEVERAL FEET DEEP.

THEY'RE WORKING TO CLEAR THE. ICE. AN HISTORIC SNOWSTORM IN. VIRGINIA BEACH, UP TO 13 INCHES. OF SNOW. TREACHEROUS DRIVING ON THE. ROADS. THREE PEOPLE RESCUED FROM A. SUBMERGED CAR IN BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY. THE DEATH TOLL FROM DAYS OF. FLOODING, SNOW, AND ICE THERE. NOW RISING TO 15 TONIGHT. CRASHES ON HIGHWAY 321 IN. LINCOLN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. WHAT YOU'LL FACE TOMORROW. AND THE BIG CHANGE THEN COMING. AND ABC'S FAITH ABUBEY WITH THE. IMAGES COMING IN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER.

POWERFUL STORMS PUMMELED THE. EAST COAST WITH UP TO A FOOT OF. SNOW, NOW, THE DEEP FREEZE. MORE THAN A DOZEN RECORD LOWS. BROKEN THIS MORNING. MINUS 15 IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THE COLDEST ON THIS DATE IN MORE. THAN 100 YEARS.

>> IT'S EXTREMELY HARD WHEN IT'S. THIS COLD. OUR HANDS ARE OUR BEST TOOLS. AND IF YOU CAN'T FEEL YOUR. FINGERS, THEN IT'S REALLY NOT. EASY TO DO YOUR JOB. >> Reporter: IN DETROIT, AN. ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ENCASED IN. ICE EARLIER THIS WEEK. WXYZ'S RANDY WEMBLEY ON THE. SCENE. >> CITY CREWS HAVE BEEN BREAKING.

UP AND REMOVING ICE SURROUNDING. DOZENS OF VEHICLES HERE AFTER A. MASSIVE WATER MAIN BREAK THAT. FLOODED BLOCKS IN THIS. NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM THE STREETS, ALL THE WAY INTO BASEMENTS. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS SAY IT. WILL BE AT LEAST TWO WEEKS. BEFORE EVERYTHING IS FIXED. AND IN KENTUCKY, THE DEATH TOLL. FROM THE DEVASTATING FLOODING. RISING TO 15. THEY'RE STILL MAKING WATER. RESCUES. IN BOONE COUNTY OVERNIGHT, FIRST. RESPONDERS PULLING THREE PEOPLE. OUT OF THEIR SUBMERGED VEHICLE. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.

AND DAVID, BEHIND ME, THE. MISSOURI AND THE KANSAS RIVERS. COVERED IN A SHEET OF ICE. ONE MORE NIGHT OF BRUTALLY COLD. TEMPERATURES AROUND NEGATIVE 3. DEGREES, AND THEN THE WARMUP, APPROACHING 60 DEGREES BY. MONDAY. DAVID? >> David: WHAT A SWING THERE IN. KANSAS CITY FOR SURE. FAITH, THANK YOU AGAIN TONIGHT. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG OF. WABC HERE IN NEW YORK. LEE, QUITE A CHANGE, BUT ANOTHER. 24 HOURS OF COLD. >> Reporter: DAVID, WE'RE ALMOST. TO THE FINISH LINE OF THIS. FRIGID BLAST. A WICKED WIND HERE IN NEW YORK. RIGHT NOW AND THE FLAKES ARE. FLYING THROUGH THE EVENING. HOURS. THE CORE OF THE COLD STILL IN. THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. LOOK AT THE WAKEUP TEMPERATURES. TOMORROW.

TEENS AND 20s ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO THE DEEP SOUTH. ALL THOSE CIRCLES SAY THESE ARE. POSSIBLE RECORD LOWS. 21 IN DALLAS, 17 IN BIRMINGHAM. YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND, FEELS. LIKE 20 TO 30 BELOW IN THE. MIDWEST AND THE PLAINS. SINGLE DIGITS FROM LUBBOCK TO. HUNTSVILLE. WHAT A CHANGE OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES SPIKE, AS YOU HEARD. IN KANSAS CITY, SOME 36 DEGREES. BY MONDAY. WE'LL BE IN THE LOW 60s, PUSHING. 70 IN DALLAS. 50s IN NEW YORK WILL FEEL GREAT. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAVID? >> David: LEE GOLDBERG WITH THE. FORECAST FOR US AGAIN TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU.

>>> NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS AS. WE'RE ON THE AIR TONIGHT. EXPLOSIONS ROCKING TEL AVIV. A SUSPECTED TERROR ATTACK IN. ISRAEL. BOMBS PLANTED ON SEVERAL BUSES. THEY WERE EMPTY, BUT ISRAELI. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY WERE MEANT. FOR THE MORNING RUSH. MARTHA RADDATZ ON WHAT WE KNOW. SO FAR. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A STRING. OF EXPLOSIONS ROCKING CENTRAL. ISRAEL. IN WHAT ISRAELI AUTHORITIES SAY. IS A SUSPECTED TERRORIST ACT. HIGHLY COORDINATED AND BRAZEN. MULTIPLE CITY BUSES UP IN. FLAMES. AUTHORITIES SAY FOUR DEVICES. WERE PLANTED ON BUSES, THREE. EXPLODED.

AND THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR. SUSPECTS. INVESTIGATORS COMBING THROUGH. THE BURNT-OUT WRECKAGE. THEY SAY THE ATTACK WAS BELIEVED. TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR FRIDAY. MORNING, MEANT TO DETONATE. DURING THE PRE-SABBATH RUSH WHEN. BUSES IN ISRAEL ARE CROWDED WITH. COMMUTERS. BUT FORTUNATELY, THE BUSES WERE. EMPTY. STILL IN A PARKING LOT. U.S. INTELLIGENCE SOURCES SAY. THE SIZE AND NUMBER OF DEVICES. INDICATES THIS WAS. WELL-RESOURCED, SAYING THEY ARE. MILITARY-GRADE, SIZABLE.

EXPLOSIVES, AND SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS INVESTIGATORS FOUND A NOTE. INDICATING THE ATTACKERS WERE. SEEKING REVENGE FOR ISRAEL'S. ONGOING OPERATIONS IN THE WEST. BANK. PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU INSTRUCTING THE IDF TO. NOW CARRY OUT MASSIVE OPERATIONS. IN AREAS HE BELIEVES ARE. TERRORIST HOT SPOTS. AND DAVID, WHILE ISRAELIS HAVE. GOTTEN ACCUSTOMED TO ROCKET AND. MISSILE ATTACKS LAUNCHED FROM. OUTSIDE ISRAEL, THIS APPEARS TO.

BE ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST. COORDINATED INCIDENTS INSIDE. ISRAEL PROPER SINCE THE OCTOBER. 7th MASSACRE IN 2023. DAVID? >> David: I KNOW YOU'LL BE. CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS INTO. THE EVENING HOURS. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, AS PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S SWEEPING JOB CUTS NOW. TARGET THE IRS NEXT, AND. THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS. ALREADY IN SEVERAL AGENCIES. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ELON MUSK LATE TODAY CENTER. STAGE, WIELDING A CHAINSAW, BOASTING ABOUT SLASHING THE. FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY. THE PRESIDENT'S TEAM TODAY. DEFENDING HIS FIRST 30 DAYS IN.

OFFICE, AND TONIGHT HERE, THE. NEW POLL. WHAT AMERICANS THINK OF THIS. FIRST 30 DAYS. HERE'S MARY BRUCE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BEFORE A. CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE IN. WASHINGTON, ELON MUSK, CHAINSAW. IN HAND, BOASTING OF SLASHING. THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. >> THIS IS THE CHAINSAW FOR. BUREAUCRACY. CHAINSAW! >> Reporter: WITH TAX SEASON IN. FULL SWING, THE IRS TONIGHT. BEGINNING TO LAY OFF MORE THAN. 6,000 EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, ROUGHLY 6% OF ITS. WORKFORCE.

EMPLOYEES, LIKE KIA, INFORMED BY. EMAIL. >> I WAS, LIKE, THE FIRST PERSON. ON MY TEAM THAT GOT THE EMAIL. AND I JUST BROKE DOWN INTO. TEARS. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL US NO. ONE BEING LAID OFF PLAYS A. DIRECT ROLE IN PROCESSING. AMERICANS' TAX RETURNS, BUT THAT. THERE ARE STILL WIDESPREAD. CONCERNS WITHIN THE IRS THAT THE. LAYOFFS COULD ULTIMATELY CAUSE. DELAYS. THE FIRINGS PART OF THE. ADMINISTRATION'S SWEEPING EFFORT. LED BY MUSK TO DRAMATICALLY. DOWNSIZE THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE. SPREAD OUT ACROSS ALL 50 STATES, WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER IN D.C., VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, FLORIDA,

TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA. THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTS. THEY'RE FIRING PEOPLE FOR CAUSE, BUT MANY OF THESE FIRED WORKERS, WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB. FOR LESS THAN TWO YEARS, SAY. THEY'VE NEVER EVEN HAD A. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. FROM NICHOLAS BERARTI, WHO WORKS. FOR THE IRS IN PHILADELPHIA --. >> IT EVEN SAYS HERE IN THE. EMAIL THAT THEY'RE CITING THE. REASON WHY I'M FIRED IS BECAUSE. OF MY PERFORMANCE. BUT UNTIL TODAY, I HADN'T GOTTEN. A PERFORMANCE REVIEW. >> Reporter: TO EMMA FREERKS, WHO WORKS FOR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN IOWA. >> THE THING IS, I NEVER HAD A.

MEETING IMPLYING OR EVEN. OFFICIAL, LIKE, SITDOWN, LETTER. SAYING, HERE'S YOUR PERFORMANCE. REVIEW, YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD. JOB. >> Reporter: STILL, TODAY AT A. PRESS BRIEFING MARKING ONE MONTH. OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, THE. PRESIDENT'S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER. INSISTING THE THOUSANDS OF. WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN FIRED. DESERVE TO GO. SO, YOU'RE SAYING EVERYBODY WHO. IS BEING LET GO WAS DOING A BAD. JOB? >> I'M SAYING THAT WE'RE. STUDYING EVERY AGENCY IN. DECIDING WHO TO LET GO AND WHY.

AND WE'RE DOING SO VERY. RATIONALLY, WITH A LOT OF. SUPPORT FROM ANALYSIS. >> BECAUSE WE'RE BEING TOLD BY A. LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LET. GO AT OTHER AGENCIES THAT THEY. WERE TOLD THEY WERE BEING. DISMISSED BECAUSE OF POOR. PERFORMANCE, WHEN IN SOME CASES, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A. PERFORMANCE REVIEW YET. BECAUSE THEY'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE. JOB A COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> YEAH, I'VE NEVER SEEN A. PERSON WHO WAS LAID OFF FOR POOR. PERFORMANCE SAY THAT THEY WERE. PERFORMING POORLY. >> Reporter: BUT AS THE. PRESIDENT'S TEAM STOOD IN THE. BRIEFING ROOM DEFENDING HIS. FIRST 30 DAYS, TONIGHT, A NEW. "WASHINGTON POST"/IPSOS POLL HAS.

TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING AT 45%, WITH 53% OF AMERICANS. DISAPPROVING. 57% SAY THE PRESIDENT HAS. EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY SINCE. TAKING OFFICE. ONLY 34% APPROVE OF HOW MUSK IS. HANDLING HIS ROLE, WITH 49%. DISAPPROVING. THE PRESIDENT GETS HIS STRONGEST. NUMBERS ON HIS TOP ISSUE, IMMIGRATION, BUT EVEN THERE, THE. PUBLIC IS SPLIT. 50% APPROVING OF HIS. PERFORMANCE, AND 48%. DISAPPROVING. AND ON THE ISSUE OF THE ECONOMY,

THE PRESIDENT KEENLY AWARE THAT. INFLATION IS RISING, AND NOW. FLOATING THE IDEA OF GIVING. MONEY SAVED THROUGH THE WORK OF. MUSK'S TEAM DIRECTLY TO THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE SENATE. TODAY CONFIRMING TRUMP'S PICK. FOR FBI DIRECTOR, HIS STAUNCH. SUPPORTER KASH PATEL. THIS WAS A TIGHT VOTE, TWO. REPUBLICANS VOTING AGAINST HIM, BUT TONIGHT, PATEL WILL NOW LEAD. THE NATION'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGENCY. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP CALLED PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. A DICTATOR, THE WHITE HOUSE NOW. SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VERY. FRUSTRATED WITH ZELENSKYY.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. ALLEGEDLY PRESSURING ZELENSKYY. TO SIGN A DEAL THAT INCLUDES. UKRAINE HANDING OVER 50% OF. UKRAINE'S MINERAL RIGHTS TO THE. U.S. IAN PANNELL FROM KYIV AGAIN. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN THE. FACE OF RELENTLESS RUSSIAN DRONE. ATTACKS ON THE CAPITAL HERE IN. KYIV, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY ALSO. FENDING OFF POLITICAL ATTACKS. FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND NOW. TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL. SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ, DECLINING TO BLAME RUSSIA FOR. STARTING THE WAR. WALTZ, WHO WAS ONCE VOCAL ABOUT. STANDING UP FOR UKRAINE, SAYING.

THIS TODAY --. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS OBVIOUSLY. VERY FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW WITH. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, THE FACT. THAT -- THAT HE HASN'T COME TO. THE TABLE, THAT HE HASN'T BEEN. WILLING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. THAT WE HAVE OFFERED. >> Reporter: THIS WAS THE DEAL. FROM TRUMP THAT ZELENSKYY WAS. ASKED TO SIGN, ACCORDING TO. UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS. HAND OVER HALF OF THE REVENUE. FROM ITS MINERAL RESOURCES TO. THE U.S. FOREVER. BUT WITHOUT ANY PROMISE OF. SECURITY GOING FORWARD. A SENIOR UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL.

TELLING ABC NEWS THEY WERE GIVEN. ALMOST NO TIME TO READ THE. DOCUMENT. THE SOURCE CLAIMING WHEN. ZELENSKYY PRESENTED AN. ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO THE U.S., AT THE MUNICH SECURITY. CONFERENCE, THEY THREATENED TO. CANCEL PLANNED MEETINGS WITH. VICE PRESIDENT VANCE AND. SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO. A U.S. OFFICIAL CALLING THIS. INACCURATE. TODAY, U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY KEITH. KELLOGG MEETING WITH ZELENSKYY. AMID THIS BLISTERING PUBLIC. FEUD. UKRAINE INSISTING THE MEETING. WENT WELL, AND A NEW DEAL OVER. MINERAL RESOURCES IS ON THE. TABLE.

BUT A PLANNED JOINT PRESS. CONFERENCE WAS CANCELED AT THE. REQUEST OF THE AMERICAN. DELEGATION, ACCORDING TO. ZELENSKYY'S OFFICE. ZELENSKYY SAYING UKRAINE IS. READY FOR A JUST AND LASTING. PEACE. AND HERE'S WHY. OLEXANDER LOST BOTH OF HIS LEGS. IN A RUSSIAN ATTACK. IT'S A MIRACLE HE'S ALIVE. HIS BODY IS BROKEN, BUT HIS. SPIRIT STRONG. "WE CAN'T STOP THE FIGHTING," HE. SAYS, "IT'S THE RUSSIANS WHO. CAME HERE, NOT US.". DAVID, EU LEADERS ARE ALARMED BY. WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM TRUMP.

BRITAIN AND FRANCE SENDING. DELEGATIONS TO MEET HIM NEXT. WEEK TO TRY AND RESOLVE THIS. CRISIS. DAVID? >> David: IAN PANNELL LIVE IN. KYIV AGAIN TONIGHT. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., MEANWHILE, THE PRISON INMATE. BROUGHT TO A NEW PRISON IN. UPSTATE NEW YORK. AUTHORITIES SAY WITHIN A HALF AN. HOUR OF ARRIVING THERE, THE. INMATE WAS CLINICALLY DEAD. TONIGHT HERE, THE DISTURBING. POLICE VIDEO. AND NOW NINE FORMER CORRECTIONS. OFFICERS ARE CHARGED. HERE'S STEPHANIE RAMOS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MULTIPLE. CORRECTIONS OFFICERS SEEN IN. THIS DISTURBING BODY CAMERA. VIDEO BEATING ROBERT BROOKS AT A.

NEW YORK STATE PRISON, NOW. CHARGED IN HIS DEATH. BROOKS HAD JUST BEEN TRANSFERRED. TO THE MARCY DIRECTIONAL. FACILITY NEAR UTICA. >> ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LATER, HE WAS CLINICALLY DEAD. >> Reporter: SIX FORMER OFFICERS. CHARGED WITH MURDER. ALL SIX, PLUS THREE OTHERS, CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER. LAST DECEMBER, THE OFFICERS SEEN. CHOKING, PUNCHING, AND KICKING. THE 43-YEAR-OLD IN THE FACE, TORSO, AND GENITALS. >> I THINK ANY SENTIENT HUMAN. BEING LOOKING AT THE TAPES. NATURALLY COMES TO THE. CONCLUSION THAT HE MUST HAVE.

SAID SOMETHING, HE MUST HAVE. SPIT AT THE OFFICERS, HE MUST. HAVE RESISTED IN SOME WAY -- AND. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, HE. DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. >> Reporter: AN AUTOPSY FINDING. BROOKS DIED FROM HOMICIDE CAUSED. BY ASPHYXIA DUE TO NECK. COMPRESSION AND MULTIPLE BLUNT. FORCE INJURIES. TONIGHT, BROOKS' FAMILY CALLING. THE CHARGES A STEP TOWARD. ACCOUNTABLE. >> THESE MEN MURDERED MY FATHER. IT WAS ON VIDEO. THESE MEN NEED TO BE PROSECUTED. AND CONVICTED OF THE CRIMES THEY. MADE. >> Reporter: BROOKS HAD BEEN. SERVING A 12-YEAR PRISON. SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT.

ALL OF THE CHARGED OFFICERS. PLEAD NOT GUILTY AND SOME HAVE. BEEN RELEASED ON BOND. DAVID? >> David: STEPHANIE RAMOS WITH. US HERE. STEPH, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS, IN AN EXTRAORDINARY. MOVE, CALLING IN TO A PODCAST. FROM PRISON, JUST ONE MONTH FROM. THEIR SENTENCING HEARING. AND WHAT THEY REVEAL. HERE'S MATT GUTMAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN AN. EXTRAORDINARY MOVE, THE MENENDEZ. BROTHERS CALLING INTO A PODCAST, TMZ'S TWO ANGRY MEN PODCAST,

WITH HARVEY LEVIN AND MARK. GERAGOS, THEIR DEFENSE ATTORNEY. ERIK DESCRIBING THE TERROR. BEHIND BARS. >> I'VE FACED A LOT OF BULLYING. AND TRAUMA. THERE WAS -- IT WAS A DANGEROUS. ENVIRONMENT. >> WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? >> I WAS PICKED ON, BULLIED. VIOLENTLY, AND IT WAS TRAUMATIC. AND IT WAS CONTINUAL. AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS. THAT A LOT OF INMATES IN PRISON. GO THROUGH, WHEN THEY'RE NOT. PART OF A GANG STRUCTURE. >> Reporter: AND ERIK SAYS HE. DIDN'T FIGHT BACK. >> I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT BACK.

I'M NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE, AND I HAD NO ONE TO. REALLY TURN TO FOR HELP. >> Reporter: THE BROTHERS SERVED. 21 YEARS OF THEIR SENTENCE IN. SEPARATE PRISONS. ERIK DESCRIBING HOW HE FELT WHEN. HE LEARNED HIS BROTHER LYLE HAD. BEEN ATTACKED. >> I WAS TOLD, LYLE JUST GOT. ASSAULTED AND GOT HIS JAW. BROKEN, AND IT WAS -- I'M. THINKING, HE'S OVER THERE, I'M. GOING THROUGH THIS OVER HERE, AND AT LEAST WE COULD PROTECT. EACH OTHER, MAYBE, IF WE WERE. TOGETHER. >> Reporter: NEXT MONTH, THE. BROTHERS FACE A CRITICAL HEARING. WHEN A JUDGE WILL DECIDE WHETHER.

THEY SHOULD BE RESENTENCED FOR. THE GRUESOME MURDERS OF THEIR. PARENTS, KITTY AND JOSE. THE 2024 NETFLIX SERIES SHINING. A SPOTLIGHT ON THEIR CASE AND. THE ALLEGED SEX ABUSE BY THEIR. FATHER. >> THIS IS DONE. THIS IS DONE. YOU UNDERSTAND? >> Reporter: LYLE BELIEVES THAT. THE TV SHOW HELPED PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND THE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. HE AND ERIK ENDURED. NOW, DAVID, RESENTENCING IS THE. MOST LIKELY LEGAL AVENUE FOR THE. BROTHERS' RELEASE.

AND L.A.'S NEW D.A. NATHAN HOFFMAN TELLING ME HE. AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN CLOSELY. EXAMINING THE MOUNTAINOUS CASE. FILE, BUT NO DECISION HAS BEEN. MADE YET. DAVID? >> David: MATT GUTMAN HERE ON. THE CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THIS. SHOWDOWN ON THE ICE. THE U.S. VERSUS CANADA TONIGHT, AMID THIS POLITICAL TENSION. ALREADY. AND THE TENSIONS ALREADY BEFORE. THE BIG GAME. >>> AND THEN LOOK AT THIS. TONIGHT. A DRAMATIC SCENE ON THE HIGHWAY. A MOTHER DRIVING AN SUV, SLAMMED. BY THAT CEMENT TRUCK, THE SUV. BURSTING INTO FLAMES.

>>> TONIGHT, THE HARROWING. >> David: TONIGHT, THE HARROWING. RESCUE OF A MOTHER TRAPPED IN. HER BURNING SUV. IT HAPPENED IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA, OUTSIDE PHOENIX. VIDEO SHOWING THE SUV REAR-ENDED. BY A CEMENT TRUCK, ROLLING OVER, CATCHING FIRE ON U.S. 60. A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER SMASHING. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. AN OFFDUTY FIREFIGHTER PULLING. HER TO SAFETY. THE MOTHER SAYS A SECOND LONGER, AND THE FLAMES WOULD HAVE. REACHED HER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, A LOT OF EYES ON THIS. TENSE MATCH-UP, THE USA VERSUS. CANADA TONIGHT, WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING CANADA SHOULD BE. THE 51st STATE, AND THE TENSION. ALREADY.

>> David: TO THE INDEX. IT'S USA VERSUS CANADA IN BOSTON. TONIGHT. THE FINAL GAME OF THE FOUR. NATIONS FACEOFF ON ESPN. MONDAY'S GAME MARKED BY THREE. FIGHTS IN THE FIRST NINE. SECONDS. THE U.S. WINNING 3-1. EMOTIONS RUNNING HIGH BEFORE THE. GAME TONIGHT, WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING CANADA WILL BECOME. OUR CHERISHED 51st STATE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST. MOVING MOMENTS FOR ANY PARENT, AND THE WOMAN DETERMINED TO MAKE. SURE MOM SAW IT. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, A BABY'S FIRST STEPS.

TONIGHT, IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER. OF LOUISIANA, THE REMARKABLE. MILESTONE CAUGHT ON A. PRESCHOOL'S VIDEO CAMERA. A CHILD'S FIRST STEPS. WATCH THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. CLOSELY THERE. THAT'S 12-MONTH-OLD LILY KATE. PONTIFFE. STANDING UP, HOLDING ONTO THE. TABLE LEG, AND THEN BRAVELY. LETTING GO. SLOWLY, CAREFULLY PUTTING ONE. FOOT RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE. OTHER. LILY KATE TAKING HER VERY FIRST. STEPS. HER TEACHER, YOU CAN SEE, SHAKIRA SHORT, NOTICING AND.

CHEERING LILY KATE ON. CLAPPING HER HANDS AND TELLING. LILY KATE TO WALK TOWARD HER. ANOTHER STEP, HER PROUD TEACHER. ROCKING BACK AND FORTH. A TEACHER OVERJOYED. AFTERWARD, THAT TEACHER CALLING. UP MOM, LAUREN, WHO WAS AT WORK, AND TELLING HER SHE'S NOT GOING. TO BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HI, DAVID. >> David: THAT PROUD TEACHER, SHAKIRA. >> WHEN I LOOKED UP AND SAW HER. TAKING HER FIRST STEPS, IT WAS. EXCITING. >> David: AND JOINING US, TOO --. >> HEY, DAVID.

>> David: MOM LAUREN AND LILY. KATE. AND HER BIG SISTER, SAILOR, PROUD OF LILY KATE'S FIRST. STEPS. >> I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT. FIGHT BACK TEARS SEEING HOW. EXCITED AND HAPPY AND SUPPORTIVE. SHAKIRA WAS. >> David: LILY KATE ON HER WAY. I'M DAVID MUIR. I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE. TOMORROW. GOODNIGHT.