ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 20, 2026

>>> TONIGHT, THE BREAKING NEWS. THE SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. THE PRESIDENT RESPONDING. TONIGHT. AND THE NORTHEAST BRACING FOR A. MAJOR STORM NOW. THIS NOR'EASTER MOVING IN. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE NATION'S. HIGHEST COURT SAYING PRESIDENT. TRUMP EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY.

WHEN IT COMES TO HIS TARIFFS. PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. LAUNCHING A SCATHING ATTACK ON. THE JUSTICES, SAYING HE'S. ASHAMED OF SOME OF THEM, CALLING. THEM FOOLS AND DISLOYAL. ECONOMISTS SAY THESE TARIFFS ARE. ESSENTIALLY A TAX ON AMERICANS, ON BUSINESSES BUYING GOODS FROM. OVERSEAS AND MUCH OF THAT COST. PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS. THE COURT TONIGHT SAYING THE. POWER OF TAXATION BELONGS TO. CONGRESS. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT. HE SAYS HE NOW PLANS TO DO. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THIS. NOR'EASTER MOVING IN. THE NEW FORECAST JUST IN. TONIGHT.

BRINGING A HALF FOOT OF SNOW OR. MORE TO MANY PLACES. NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS GOES RIGHT UP INTO BOSTON. AND NEW ENGLAND. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY TO TIME. THIS OUT. >>> TONIGHT, HERE, THE ROYAL. FALLOUT. THE FORMER PRINCE ANDREW AND HIS. ARREST. CONNECTED TO THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN. CASE. TONIGHT, HERE, NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WHERE POLICE ARE SEARCHING NOW. >>> HERE IN THE U.S., THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF NANCY GUTHRIE. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE'S MOTHER, AND. TONIGHT, WHY INVESTIGATORS NOW. SAY THEY ARE OPEN TO THE. POSSIBILITY THAT THAT MASKED.

SUSPECT AT HER FRONT DOOR MIGHT. HAVE HAD AN ACCOMPLICE. AARON KATERSKY STANDING BY WITH. WHAT HE'S LEARNED. >>> THE U.S. MILITARY BUILD-UP. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT NOW. ACKNOWLEDGING HE IS CONSIDERING. A POSSIBLE LIMITED U.S. MILITARY. STRIKE ON IRAN. >>> AND ABC NEWS HAS NOW LEARNED. A LIMITED NUMBER OF AMERICAN. TROOPS MAY BE MOVED OUT OF THEIR. BASES IN THE REGION. IAN PANNELL STANDING BY WITH. LATE REPORTING HERE. >>> BACK HOME TONIGHT, THE. TRIBUTES POURING IN FOR ACTOR. ERIC DANE. THE GREY'S ANATOMY STAR AND.

LATER IN EUPHORIA, HIS HEROIC. BATTLE AGAINST A.L.S. WHAT HE TOLD DIANE SAWYER NOT. LONG AFTER HIS DIAGNOSIS. HIS WORDS EVEN MORE MOVING. TONIGHT. HIS FINAL HOPE. >>> THERE ARE DRAMATIC IMAGES. COMING IN TONIGHT. A MAN RAMMING INTO A POWER. FACILITY. POLICE TONIGHT TREATING THIS AS. AN ACT OF TERRORISM. >>> NEWS TONIGHT ON THE FLU AND. THE ALARMING NUMBER INVOLVING. THE MEASLES IN THE U.S. NEARLY 1,000 CASES. FAR MORE THAN WHAT THEY NORMALLY. SEE IN AN ENTIRE YEAR. >>> ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, WE.

CELEBRATE THE U.S. MEN'S HOCKEY. TEAM ON THEIR WAY NOW FOR A GOLD. MEDAL SHOWDOWN AGAINST CANADA. WE'LL GO RIGHT TO ITALY RIGHT. HERE. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH THE. SUPREME COURT STRIKING DOWN. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SCATHING. RESPONSE RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. THE NATION'S HIGHEST SUPREME. COURT SAYING THE PRESIDENT. EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY WHEN IT.

COMES TO MOST OF HIS TARIFFS. THE PRESIDENT RAILING AGAINST. THE JUSTICES TONIGHT, CALLING. THE DECISION A DISGRACE AND. RIDICULOUS. SAYING HE'S ASHAMED OF SOME OF. THE JUSTICES, CALLING THEM. FOOLS, AND QUOTE, DISLOYAL. ECONOMISTS SAY THESE TARIFFS END. UP BEING A TAX ON AMERICANS. THAT AMERICAN BUSINESSES BUYING. THOSE OVERSEA PRODUCTS PAY THE. HIGHER COST BECAUSE OF THE. TARIFFS AND THEN THE COST IS. PASSED ON TO THE AMERICAN. CONSUMER. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT VOWS TO. WORK AROUND THE COURT'S RULING. ALSO, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MORE.

THAN $140 BILLION COLLECTED IN. TARIFFS? WILL THAT MONEY BE REFUNDED? AND THE PRESIDENT WHO WILL COME. FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE JUSTICES. AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. TUESDAY NIGHT. HE SAID TODAY THAT HE COULD CARE. LESS IF THEY SHOW UP. RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. HIGHEST COURT IN THE LAND. STRIKING AT THE HEART OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ECONOMIC. AGENDA. DECLARING MOST OF HIS SWEEPING. TARIFFS ILLEGAL. A MASSIVE SETBACK FOR THE WHITE. HOUSE. THE 6-3 DECISION HAD THE COURT'S. LIBERAL JUSTICES JOINING WITH. THREE STAUNCH CONSERVATIVES.

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND. TWO JUSTICES APPOINTED BY. PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF. NEIL GORSUCH AND AMY CONEY. BARRETT. >> I'M ASHAMED OF CERTAIN. MEMBERS OF THE COURT, ABSOLUTELY. ASHAMED FOR NOT HAVING THE. COURAGE DO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR. OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: A FURIOUS TRUMP. CALLING THE JUSTICES FOOLS AND. LAP DOGS. UNPATRIOTIC AND DISLOYAL, HEAPING SCORN ON JUSTICES. GORSUCH AND BARRETT. >> I THINK IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT. TO THEIR FAMILIES. YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH. THE TWO OF THEM. >> Reporter: THE TARIFFS.

LAUNCHED WITH GREAT FANFARE, FORMED THE BACKBONE TO THE. PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLANS. AND A WEAPON IN HIS FOREIGN. POLICY. HE IMPOSED THEM BY INVOKING. EMERGENCY POWERS, BUT THE HIGH. COURT FOUND THE PRESIDENT. EXCEEDED HIS AUTHORITY, SAYING. ONLY CONGRESS HAS THE POWER TO. IMPOSE TAXES. JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WRITING THE. PRESIDENT EXERTS THE. EXTRAORDINARY POWER TO. UNILATERALLY IMPOSE TARIFFS OF. UNLIMITED AMOUNT, DURATION, AND. SCOPE. IN LIGHT OF THAT AUTHORITY, HE. MUST IDENTIFY CLEAR.

CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION TO. EXERCISE IT. ECONOMISTS SAY TARIFFS ON. IMPORTS ARE ACTUALLY TAXES ON. AMERICANS BUSINESSES. THEY PASS THE COST TO CONSUMERS. BY RAIDING PRICES. TODAY, JUSTICE GORSUCH WRITING, MOST MAJOR DECISIONS AFFECTING. THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE DUTY TO PAY TAXES. AND TARIFFS ARE FUNNELED THROUGH. THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS FOR A. REASON. THE PRESIDENT FUMING THE COURT. IS TRYING TO TIE HIS HANDS, COMPLAINING HE DOESN'T SEE WHY. HE CAN'T USE TARIFFS IN TRADE. NEGOTIATIONS WITH OTHER.

COUNTRIES. >> I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT TO. DO TO THEM, BUT I CAN'T CHARGE. ANY MONEY. SO I'M ALLOWED TO DESTROY THE. COUNTRY, BUT I CAN'T CHARGE THEM. A LITTLE FEE. >> Reporter: BUT ECONOMISTS WITH. THAT WARNING. TARIFFS TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM. AMERICAN BUSINESSES WHO THEN. RAISE PRICES ON CONSUMERS. THAT MONEY, SOME $142 BILLION, PUMPED INTO THE TREASURY. DEPARTMENT. THE BIG QUESTION TONIGHT, WHAT. HAPPENS TO IT NOW. IN A DISSENTING OPINION, JUSTICE. KAVANAUGH SAYS THE COURT SAYS.

NOTHING TODAY ABOUT WHETHER AND. IF SO HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD. GO ABOUT RETURNING THE BILLIONS. OF DOLLARS IT HAS COLLECTED FROM. IMPORTERS, BUT THAT PROCESS IS. LIKELY TO BE A MESS. >> WOULDN'T YOU THINK THEY WOULD. PUT ONE SENTENCE IN THERE, KEEP. THE MONEY OR DON'T KEEP THE. MONEY. I GUESS IT HAS TO GET LITIGATED. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT SAYS. HE PLANS TO USE OTHER EXECUTIVE. POWERS AND EXISTING LAWS TO GET. AROUND THE COURT'S DECISION AND. REINSTATE SOME OF HIS TARIFFS. BUT HE SAYS HE'S NOT PLANNING TO. GO TO CONGRESS.

TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE. WILL SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO. IMPOSE A 10% TARIFF ON AMERICA'S. TRADING PARTNERS BUT UNDER THE. LAW, THAT CAN ONLY LAST 150. DAYS. TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT. MAKING IT CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT'S. POWER DOES IN FACT HAVE LIMITS. AS FOR THE JUSTICES, THEY'RE. EXPECTED TO BE SEATED IN FRONT. OF THE PRESIDENT IN TUESDAY'S. STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. AND TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. SAYING HE COULDN'T CARE LESS IF. THEY COME, DAVID. >> David: AND WE'LL CARRY THAT. STATE OF THE UNION LIVE ON ABC. LIVE. RACHEL, YOU'LL BE RIGHT THERE. WITH ME. THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE TRACKING THIS MAJOR.

NOR'EASTER MOVING IN TONIGHT. YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM SET TO. HIT NEW YORK CITY AND MUCH OF. THE NORTHEAST, BRINGING A HALF. FOOT OF SNOW AND MORE IN SOME. PLACES. THIS WILL STRETCH FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK CITY, RIGHT UP TO BOSTON. LET'S GET RIGHT TO WABC CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG WHO. HAS BEEN TRACKING THESE MODELS. ALL WEEK. WHAT DO THEY SHOW TONIGHT, LEE? >> Reporter: THERE'S BEEN A. MAJOR FORECAST DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT. EVERYTHING ALIGNING IN THE. ATMOSPHERE FOR A MAJOR EAST. COAST SNOW STORM COME SUNDAY. INTO MONDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE NOW.

OUT, BALTIMORE, NEW YORK, ALL TO. WAY TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM. SUNDAY MORNING TO MONDAY. AFTERNOON. LET'S TIME IT. THE STORM STARTS TO DEVELOP OFF. THE MID-ATLANTIC. AS WE GO TO THE MORNING HOURS ON. SUNDAY, HEAVY RAIN IN VIRGINIA. SNOW BREAKING OUT, D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILLY. LIGHTER SNOWS AND RAIN MIX IN. THE NEW YORK CITY AREA BUT. GETTING STEADIER SUNDAY. AFTERNOON. THE STORM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES. INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT'S WHEN THIS HITS A HIGH. GEAR WITH HEAVY SNOW BANDS, GUSTY WINDS, COASTAL FLOODING. AND BEACH EROSION. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. FROM LONG ISLAND TO CAPE COD. THE AMOUNTS. A WIDESPREAD SWATH OF 6 TO.

12-INCH SNOWS UP THE I-95. CORRIDOR. COULD EVEN BE A LITTLE MORE. A LOT OF VOLATILITY WITH THIS, SO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US FOR. SNOW TOTALS. DAVID. >> David: WE'LL STAY TUNED. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE ROYAL FALLOUT. INVOLVING FORMER PRINCE ANDREW, HIS ARREST CONNECTED TO THE. JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE, AND THIS. EVENING, WHERE POLICE ARE NOW. SEARCHING. JAMES LONGMAN FROM LONDON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 24 HOURS. AFTER HIS SHOCK ARREST, THE. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE. FORMER PRINCE ANDREW AND HIS. RELATIONSHIP WITH SEX OFFENDER. JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS NOW. EXPANDING.

LONDON'S METROPOLITAN POLICE. ANNOUNCING IT WILL INTERVIEW. ANDREW'S BODYGUARDS BOTH PAST. AND PRESENT, ASKING THEME. CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHETHER. ANYTHING THEY SAW OR HEARD. DURING THAT PERIOD OF SERVICE. MAY BE RELEVANT TO ONGOING. REVIEWS. OFFICERS TODAY SCOURING ANDREW'S. FORMER HOME, ROYAL LODGE, BELIEVING TO LOOK FOR PROOF THAT. HE PASSED ON CONFIDENTIAL. INFORMATION TO EPSTEIN WE SERVED. AS BRITAIN'S ENVOY. AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO SAYING. THEY'RE IN CONTACT WITH U.S. LAW. ENFORCEMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER. UK AIRPORTS WERE USED TO TRAFFIC.

YOUNG WOMEN FOR SEX. VIRGINIA GIUFFRE SAID AS A. TEENAGER, SHE WAS TRAFFICKED TO. THE FORMER PRINCE BY EPSTEIN. A CLAIM ANDREW HAS DENIED. >> I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF. EVER MEETING THIS LADY. NONE WHATSOEVER. >> YOU DON'T REMEMBER MEETING. HER? >> NO. >> SHE SAYS SHE MET YOU IN 2001. SHE DINED WITH YOU. SHE DANCED WITH YOU. YOU BOUGHT HER DRINKS. YOU'RE IN TRUMP NIGHTCLUB IN. LONDON. AND SHE WENT ON TO HAVE SEX WITH.

YOU IN A HOUSE IN BELGRAVIA. BELONGING TO GHISLAINE MAXWELL. >> DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> Reporter: ANDREW ULTIMATELY. PAID GIUFFRE A SIZABLE. SETTLEMENT. SHE DIED BY SUICIDE LAST YEAR. BRITISH AUTHORITIES HAVE GIVEN. NO INDICATION HIS ARREST WAS. TIED TO ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL. MISCONDUCT. REGARDLESS, WITH THIS IMAGE OF. ANDREW PLASTERED ON EVERY FRONT. PAGE, NO MEMBER OF THE ROYAL. FAMILY CAN GO OUT IN PUBLIC. WITHOUT FACING EMBARRASSING. QUESTIONS. TODAY, IT WAS HIS SISTER.

PRINCESS ANNE'S TURN. >> Reporter: ANDREW HAS ADMITTED. MAINTAINING HIS RELATIONSHIP. WITH EPSTEIN DAMAGED THE ROYAL. FAMILY. >> IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS. BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL. FAMILY. AND WE TRY AND UNHOLD THE. HIGHEST STANDARDS AND PRACTICES, AND I LET THE SIDE DOWN. SIMPLE AS THAT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE BIG. QUESTION HERE IN LONDON, WHAT. DID THE FORMER PRINCE TELL HIS. LATE MOTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH, OR. BROTHER CHARLES, ABOUT HIS. FRIENDSHIP WITH EPSTEIN.

>> THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED A LOT I. THINK ONTO THIS WIDER QUESTION. FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY ABOUT WHO. KNEW WHAT. QUESTIONS WHICH ARE VERY. DANGEROUS FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY. RIGHT NOW ABOUT PRIVILEGE AND. ABOUT THIS SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE. OF INHERITED PRIVILEGE. >> Reporter: ROYAL SCANDAL IS. NOTHING NEW IN BRITAIN, BUT. TONIGHT IN LONDON, THE. IMPRESSION THAT ANDREW WAS. PROTECTED IS CUTTING THROUGH. >> I THINK IT WILL AFFECT THE. FUTURE OF THE CROWN. I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN PROTECTED. ALL THEIR LIVES AND I WOULDN'T.

BE SURPRISED IF THIS IS ONLY THE. BEGINNING. >> Reporter: DAVID, SUCH IS THE. PUBLIC OUTCRY THAT THE. GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING. REMOVING ANDREW FROM THE LINE OF. SUCCESSION. HE'S CURRENTLY EIGHTH BEHIND. PRINCE HARRY'S CHILDREN. DAVID. >> David: JAMES LONGMAN, THANKS. >>> BACK HERE TO THE U.S. TO THE. DISAPPEARANCE OF NANCY GUTHRIE. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW. SIGNALING THEY'RE OPEN TO THE. POSSIBILITY THAT THAT MASKED. SUSPECT AT HER FRONT DOOR MIGHT. HAVE HAD AN ACCOMPLICE. HERE'S AARON KATERSKY WITH WHAT. HE'S LEARNED TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEARLY. THREE WEEKS AFTER NANCY GUTHRIE.

WAS TAKEN FROM HER HOME IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE MASKED MAN. ON HER DOORSTEP MAY HAVE HAD AN. ACCOMPLICE. THOUGH THEY'RE POINTING TO NO. NEW EVIDENCE. THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYING. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT RULING OUT. THE POSSIBILITY THAT MORE THAN. ONE PERSON MAY BE INVOLVED. >> SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CAN YOU. HOLD? >> IS THIS IN REGARDS TO THE. NANCY GUTHRIE CASE? >> Reporter: WITH HUNDREDS OF. TIPS POURING IN EVERY DAY, INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW URGING THE. PUBLIC NOT TO WASTE THEIR TIME. >> WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO. ENTERTAIN THOUGHTS AND THEORIES. THAT'S WHY THE DIRECT.

QUESTIONING COMES INTO PLAY. DO YOU HAVE VIABLE SUSPECT. INFORMATION? >> Reporter: A TIP COULD BREAK. THE CASE OPEN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS ARE FINDING THEIR. BEST LEADS ARE COMING UP EMPTY. PARTIAL DNA RECOVERED FROM. INSIDE THE HOUSE IS STILL BEING. ANALYZED. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL VIDEO. FROM HER HOME SECURITY SYSTEM, AND NO VEHICLE OF INTEREST, BUT. THERE ARE STILL CRITICAL. SEARCHES THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD. CAMERAS, COMPUTER SERVERS, AND. SALES RECORDS AT WALMART, WHICH. SELLS THE SUSPECT'S BACKPACK. >> IT'S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED. WE ALL WANT THE SUCCESSFUL. RESOLUTION OF THE CASE.

BUT PRIVATELY, THE AGENTS AND. DEPUTIES BEHIND THE SCENES ARE. WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN. I GUARANTEE YOU THERE'S A LOT. MORE HAPPENING. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS SAVANNAH GUTHRIE AND HER. SUBLINGS ARE AWARE CERTAIN LEADS. HAVE NOT BEEN PANNING OUT AND. EVENTUALLY RESOURCES MAY HAVE TO. SCALE BACK. >> WE'RE AT AN HOUR OF. DESPERATION, AND WE NEED YOUR. HELP. >> Reporter: SAVANNAH HAS. REPEATEDLY PLEADED FOR HELP FROM. THE PUBLIC, KNOWING IT COULD BE. A VIEWER ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. WHO SPOTS SOMETHING IN THIS. VIDEO. >> THIS IS EVERYBODY'S.

GRANDMOTHER WE'RE LOOKING FOR. HERE, AND I THINK THE VAST. MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WANT TO DO. THE RIGHT THING. >> Reporter: 20 DAYS ON, DAVID, THE FBI STILL TRYING TO FIGURE. OUT WHO WROTE THOSE RANSOM NOTES. AND WHETHER THEY WERE EVEN REAL, ANY PATH THAT COULD LEAD THEM TO. NANCY GUTHRIE. DAVID. >> David: AARON KATERSKY FROM. TUCSON AGAIN TONIGHT. WE SURE DO APPRECIATE IT. >>> NOW TO IRAN TONIGHT AND TO. THE U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP. PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. ACKNOWLEDGING HE IS CONSIDERING. A POSSIBLE LIMITED U.S. MILITARY. STRIKE ON IRAN.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO IAN PANNELL. IN THE REGION. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TONIGHT? >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, DAVID. WE HAD RUMOR, WE HAD LEAKS, BUT. THE PRESIDENT NOW CONFIRMING IT. IRAN WARNING IF IT IS ATTACKED. IT WILL RESPOND DECISIVELY. SAYING ALL U.S. BASES WOULD BE. LEGITIMATE TARGETS. U.S. OFFICIALS CONFIRMING A. LIMITED NUMBER OF U.S. TROOPS. MAY BE MOVED OUT OF THEIR BASES. IN THE REGION AS FEARS GROW OF. AN ATTACK. HUNDREDS ALREADY RELOCATING IN. PREPARATION FOR EXERCISES. MEANWHILE, NEW SATELLITE IMAGES.

SHOW THE USS GERALD FORD CARRIER. SAILING TOWARD THE. MEDITERRANEAN. THIS IS NOW THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE REGION. IN YEARS. DAVID. >> David: IAN PANNELL, THANK. YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., THE. TRIBUTES POURING IN TONIGHT FOR. ACTOR ERIC DANE, WHO HAS DIED OF. A.L.S. AT THE AGE OF 53. THE "GREY'S ANATOMY" STAR. BRAVELY BATTLED THE DISEASE IN. PUBLIC. HE OPENED UP ABOUT THE DIAGNOSIS. WITH OUR DIANE SAWYER. HIS WORDS EVEN MORE MOVING NOW. HERE'S DEBORAH ROBERTS. >> YOU SEE THAT, NOT A DROP OF.

SWEAT. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE I'M THAT GOOD. >> Reporter: ACTOR ERIC DANE. SOARING TO STARDOM IN HIS. BREAKOUT ROLE AS THE CHARMING. HANDSOME DOCTOR NICKNAMED. DR. McSTEAMY ON "GREY'S. ANATOMY.". >> IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL ME NOW? >> Reporter: ORIGINALLY CAST FOR. JUST ONE EPISODE, HE STAYED FOR. SIX MORE SEASONS. >> OH. THIS IS AWKWARD. >> Reporter: YEARS OF OTHER TV. AND MOVIE ROLES WOULD FOLLOW. >> I'M NOT ALLOWED TO FORM AN. EMOTIONAL CONNECTION.

AND I'M AN EMOTIONAL GUY. >> I'M ERIC. >> Reporter: BUT IT WAS JUST. LAST YEAR AFTER REVEALING HE WAS. BATTLING A.L.S., LOU GEHRIG'S. DISEASE, THAT HIS BIGGEST ROLE. WOULD BECOME ADVOCATE. >> WE'RE DONE ACCEPTING THE. STATUS QUO. >> Reporter: RAISING AWARENESS. AND MONEY FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST. THE CONDITION. SITTING DOWN WITH OUR DIANE. SAWYER NOT LONG AFTER. >> I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE.

THREE LETTERS. IT'S ON ME THE SECOND I WAKE UP. >> IT'S NOT A DREAM. >> IT'S NOT A DREAM. >> Reporter: DESCRIBING HIS NEW. LIFE CHALLENGES. >> I HAVE ONE FUNCTIONING ARM. MY DOMINANT SIDE --. >> IS YOUR RIGHT SIDE. >> MY LEFT SIDE IS FUNCTIONING. MY RIGHT SIDE IS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. >> AND THEN YOUR LEFT ARM IS. FINE? >> NO, IT'S GOING.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, JUST TEN. MONTHS AFTER ANNOUNCING HIS. DIAGNOSIS, ERIC DANE HAS DIED AT. THE AGE OF 53. HIS FAMILY SHARING, HE SPENT HIS. FINAL DAYS SURROUNDED BY DEAR. FRIENDS, HIS DEVOTED WIFE, AND. HIS TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO. WERE THE CENTER OF HIS WORLD. ERIC DANE WOULD BRAVELY WORK. THROUGH HIS A.L.S. BATTLE, SHOOTING SCENES FOR THE UPCOMING. NEW SEASON OF "EUPHORIA.". >> I REALLY AT THE END OF THE. DAY JUST ALL I WANT TO DO IS.

SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY AND. WORK A LITTLE BIT IF I CAN. >> AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU TELL. THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM. >> EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. THEY'RE LOVED. THEY KNOW IT. >> David: OUR THANKS TO DEBORAH. ROBERTS AND TO DIANE FOR THAT. INTERVIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW. WITH ACTOR ERIC DANE ON HULU. A BRAVE FIGHT FOR SURE.

>>> WE CONTINUE WITH THE NEWS. HERE AND TO THE U.S. ECONOMY. TONIGHT. THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT THIS. EVENING REPORTED THE ECONOMY. SLOWED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR. THE GDP GROWING JUST 1.4% IN THE. FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025. THAT WAS WELL BELOW. EXPECTATIONS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. DRAMATIC IMAGES COMING IN NOW. TONIGHT, A MAN RAMMING INTO A. POWER FACILITY. POLICE ARE NOW TREATING THIS AS. AN ACT OF TERRORISM. >>> AND WE CELEBRATE THE U.S. MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM, NOW ON THEIR. WAY TO THIS GOLD MEDAL SHOWDOWN. WITH CANADA. WE'LL GO RIGHT TO ITALY IN A. MOMENT HERE, DON'T GO AWAY.

>>> TONIGHT, A MAN RAMMING HIS. CAR INTO A POWER FACILITY. OUTSIDE OF LAS VEGAS. AUTHORITIES TREATING IT AS AN. ACT OF TERRORISM. DAWSON MELONI PLOWED HIS CAR. THROUGH THE GATES OF A. SUBSTATION. INVESTIGATORS SAYING IT'S. UNCLEAR IF HE WAS TRYING TO. KNOCK OUT POWER OR WHAT HIS. MOTIVE WAS. NO DEVELOPMENT WAS DAMAGED. AUTHORITIES SAY HE TOOK HIS LIFE. AFTER THE CRASH. THEY ALSO FOUND EXPLOSIVES AND. EXTREMIST BOOKS IN HIS HOTEL. ROOM. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON THE. BROADCAST, NEWS ON THE FLU AND. ON MEASLES TONIGHT. >>> AND WHAT A GAME.

NOW IT'S THE U.S. VERSUS CANADA. FOR THE GOLD. WE'LL GO RIGHT TO ITALY IN A MOMENT. >>> TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. THE CDC NOW REPORTING 20,000. DEATHS FROM FLU THIS SEASON. INCLUDING 71 PEDIATRIC DEATHS. FLU ACTIVITY REMAINS ELEVATED IN. THIS COUNTRY. MEANTIME, MEASLES CASES IN THE. U.S. NEARING 1,000 ACROSS 26. STATES. A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK IN SOUTH. CAROLINA, THAT STATE ALONE. REPORTING 962 CASES SINCE. OCTOBER. THE CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR. OUTPACING THE NUMBER THE U.S. TYPICALLY SEES IN A FULL YEAR.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE GAME LATE TODAY. THE U.S. MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM. WINNING. THEY WILL NOW GO FOR GOLD. AGAINST CANADA. OUR REPORTER STANDING BY IN ITALY IN A MOMENT. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, HERE, THE. U.S. MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM WINNING. LATE TODAY, WHICH OF COURSE. MEANS THEY GO FOR GOLD AGAINST. CANADA. MARCUS MOORE IS IN ITALY FOR US. MARCUS. >> Reporter: DAVID, A THRILLING. NIGHT HERE IN ITALY FOR TEAM.

USA. THE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM BEATING. SLOVAKIA. THEY WILL NOW FACE OFF AGAINST. THEIR OLD OLYMPIC RIVAL, CANADA, FOR GOLD ON SUNDAY. U.S. SKIER ALEX FERREIRA WINNING. GOLD IN THE FREESTYLE HALF-PIPE. COMPETITION, AND NICK GOPPER. SUFFERING A HEART STOPPING FALL, DURING THE EVENT, ATTEMPTING A. TRICK NO FREE SKIER HAS EVER. LANDED IN MEN'S HALF-PIPE. COMPETITION. AFTERWARDS WALKING OFF AND. WAVING TO THE CROWD. DAVID, TONIGHT, WE HAVE LEARNED. WHO WILL BE THE FLAG BEARERS FOR. TEAM USA IN THE CLOSING. CEREMONY. TWO GOLD MEDAL WINNERS. EVAN BATES AND HILARY KNIGHT.

SHE MADE RECORDS WITH THAT 15th. OLYMPIC GOAL, AND TEAM USA HAS. MATCHED THEIR RECORD FOR GOLD. MEDALS DURING THE WINTER GAMES. WITH TEN. AS WE GET DOWN TO THE FINAL. DAYS, DAVID, THERE'S HOPE THEY. CAN SET A NEW RECORD. LET'S HOPE SO, MARCUS. OUR THANKS TO YOU. WE'LL BE CHEERING ON THE MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM, AND OF COURSE, I'LL. SEE YOU LATER TONIGHT FOR AN ALL-NEW 20/20, 9 P.M. EASTERN, RIGHT HERE WITH DEB ROBERTS. UNTIL THEN, HAVE A GOOD EVENING. GOODNIGHT.