ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 23

>>> TONIGHT, AN AMERICAN. AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM JFK TO. DELHI FORCED TO DIVERT. FIGHTER JETS ESCORTING IT TO. ROME. OFFICIALS TELL ABC NEWS THERE. WAS A BOMB THREAT AND THE FUTURE. OF MILLIONS OF FEDERAL WORKERS. IS IN LIMBO AMID MIXED MESSAGES. FROM ELON MUSK AND THE WHITE. HOUSE. >> FIRST, THE SCARE IN THE. SKIES. ITALIAN FIGHTER PLANES FOLLOWING. A PASSENGER JET WITH 214 PEOPLE. ONBOARD. OFFICIALS SAY A SECURITY THREAT. FORCED THE PLANE TO REVERSE. COURSE. THE VIEW FROM INSIDE ONE OF. THOSE FIGHTERS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING SAFELY, PASSENGERS AND CREW TAKEN OFF.

THE PLANE WHERE AUTHORITIES. PERFORM A COMPLETE SWEEP. THE DETAILS JUST COMING IN. >>> THE CHAOS AND CONFUSION OVER. ELON MUSK'S SOCIAL MEDIA. ULTIMATUM, TELLING MORE THAN 2. MILLION FEDERAL WORKERS TO. EXPLAIN THEIR RECENT. ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT WORK OR FACE. TERMINATION WITH A DEADLINE OF. TOMORROW AT MIDNIGHT. DOZENS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. INCLUDING THE STATE DEPARTMENT. AND FBI ARE TELLING THEIR. EMPLOYEES NOT TO RESPOND. THE WORKERS NOW CAUGHT IN THE. MIDDLE. NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. SELINA WANG REPORTS FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE.

>> NEW DETAILS IN THE DEADLY. SHOOTING AT A HOSPITAL ICU IN. PENNSYLVANIA. A GUNMAN TAKING STAFF HOSTAGE. WITH PATIENTS NEARBY. AND THE GROWING MEMORIAL FOR THE. OFFICER WHO DIED A HERO. OUR TEAM IS IN YORK COUNTY. >>> NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER THE. RUSSIAN INVASION, PRESSURE. MOUNTS ON UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY TO STRIKE A DEAL TO. END THE WAR. WHAT HE TELLS OUR IAN PANNELL. HE'S WILLING TO GIVE UP FOR. PEACE. >> THE UPDATE ON THE CONDITION. OF POPE FRANCIS, WHAT DOCTORS. ARE NOW SAYING MORE THAN A WEEK. AFTER HE WAS ADMITTED TO A ROME. HOSPITAL.

>> THE URGENT SEARCH FOR MORE. VICTIMS IN A DEADLY ROMANCE. SCAM. THE FBI ALLEGES THE SUSPECT. STOLE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FROM. UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE SHE MET. ONLINE. >> THE NAIL-BITING MOVE JUST IN. THE NICK OF TIME THAT PREVENTED. A CRASH ON THE TRAIN TRACKS. >> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT, HOW THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. LED TO ONE MAGICAL MOMENT ON THE. MOUND FOR A SPECIAL FAN. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK,

THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS BUSY SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR, BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH YET ANOTHER. HARROWING ORDEAL IN THE SKY. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. DIVERTED TO ROME AFTER A. SECURITY THREAT. THE VIDEO TELLS THE STORY. TWO ITALIAN FIGHTER JETS. ESCORTING THE PLANE WITH 199. PASSENGERS AND 15 CREW MEMBERS. ON BOARD. IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATER THAT. AUTHORITIES DETERMINED THE. THREAT RECEIVED IN AN EMAIL WAS.

NOT CREDIBLE. THIS WAS THE VIEW OF THOSE. FIGHTER JETS FROM INSIDE THE. PLANE. THE FLIGHT WHICH WAS HEADING TO. NEW DELHI, INDIA, FROM NEW. YORK'S JFK AIRPORT, ULTIMATELY. LANDED SAFELY IN ROME. AUTHORITIES SAY IT WAS INSPECTED. AND CLEARED TO DEPART AGAIN FOR. DELHI. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD LEADS US. OFF TONIGHT FROM JFK AIRPORT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS. AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE ESCORTED. BY ITALIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER. JETS, LANDING IN ROME AFTER. BEING DIVERTED DUE TO A SECURITY. THREAT.

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 292. DEPARTED NEW YORK'S JFK AIRPORT. SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 199. PASSENGERS AND 15 CREW ON BOARD. HEADED FOR NEW DELHI, INDIA, ABRUPTLY TURNING AROUND OVER THE. CASPIAN SEA AND FLYING TO ROME. WHERE AMERICAN HAS A BASE OF. OPERATIONS. >> THE CAPTAIN CAME ON AND SAID. THAT THERE WAS A DIVERSION DUE. TO A SECURITY ISSUE. THERE WAS NO OTHER CLARIFICATION. OR DETAILS GIVEN AT THAT TIME. >> Reporter: A SENIOR OFFICIAL. TELLING ABC NEWS THE FLIGHT WAS. DIVERTED DUE TO A BOMB THREAT.

RECEIVED OVER EMAIL, THOUGH THE. THREAT WAS DEEMED TO BE. NONCREDIBLE. INDIAN OFFICIALS INSISTING THE. AIRCRAFT BE INSPECTED PRIOR TO. ITS LANDING. VIDEO INSIDE CAPTURING THE. ITALIAN JETS TRAILING THE. AMERICAN FLIGHT. THAT PLANE TOUCHING DOWN IN. ROME, PASSENGERS BUSSED TO THE. TERMINAL FOR SCREENING AS. AUTHORITIES CONDUCTED A SECURITY. SWEEP OF THE AIRCRAFT. >> EVERYTHING WAS SURPRISINGLY. CALM. LIKE, IN YOUR MIND, TRYING TO. PLAY OUT SCENARIOS LIKE THAT, YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE IN A PANIC,

BUT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, AMERICAN SAYING THE FLIGHT WAS. DIVERTED DUE TO A POSSIBLE. ADDING SAFETY AND SECURITY ARE. OUR TOP PRIORITIES. AND WE APOLOGIZE TO OUR. CUSTOMERS FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. AND LATE TODAY, AMERICAN. AIRLINES GIVING AN UPDATE ON. THAT FLIGHT SAYING IT WILL. REMAIN IN ROME OVERNIGHT TO. ALLOW THE CREW TIME TO REST. BEFORE TAKING OFF FOR NEW DELHI. TOMORROW. LINSEY. >> Linsey: A LOT OF HIGH ANXIETY. IN THE SKIES LATELY. MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO ELON MUSK'S NEW. ATTEMPT TO SLASH THE FEDERAL.

GOVERNMENT. FEDERAL WORKERS WERE TOLD VIA. EMAIL TO LIST THEIR. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR FACE. TERMINATION. SOME UNIONS AND AGENCIES HAVE. INCLUDING THE NEW FBI DIRECTOR. KASH PATEL, HAVE TOLD WORKERS TO. PAUSE ON THE ORDER. AND LATE WORD TONIGHT THAT THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FIRING. 2,000 USAID WORKERS AND PLACING. THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ON LEAVE. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CABINET DEFYING ELON. MUSK'S ORDER TO FEDERAL WORKERS. TELLING THEIR AGENCY EMPLOYEES. TO HOLD OFF ON RESPONDING TO AN.

EMAIL FROM THE OFFICE OF. PERSONAL MANAGER ASKING FOR FIVE. BULLET POINTS DETAILING THEIR. PREVIOUS WEEK'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THE PUSHBACK AFTER MUSK POSTED. AN ULTIMATUM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. DEMANDING WORKERS JUSTIFY THEIR. JOBS BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY OR. FACE TERMINATION. MUSK WRITING ON X, FAILURE TO. RESPOND WILL BE TAKEN AS A. RESIGNATION. BUT SEVERAL AGENCIES TELLING. WORKERS TO WAIT. NEWLY INSTALLED FBI DIRECTOR. KASH PATEL ORDERING HIS.

WORKFORCE TO PAUSE ANY. RESPONSES. SENIOR LEADERS AT THE STATE. DEPARTMENT SAYING NO EMPLOYEES. OBLIGATED TO REPORT THEIR. ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR. DEPARTMENT CHAIN OF COMMAND. AND TONIGHT, THE DEPARTMENT OF. DEFENSE TELLING EMPLOYEES THAT. THE DEPARTMENT WILL RESPOND ON. THEIR BEHALF WHEN AND IF. REQUIRED. ACTING U.S. ATTORNEY IN D.C. ED. MARTIN WAS ONE OF THE FEW SENIOR. OFFICIALS TO ENCOURAGE HIS. EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY. CALLING IT A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO. HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR. WORK. THE LARGEST FEDERAL WORKERS.

UNION CALLING THE EMAIL UNLAWFUL. AND AN ATTEMPT TO BULLY. HARD-WORKING AMERICANS. SOURCES TELL ABC EVEN THOUGH. TRUMP PUBLICLY URGED MUSK TO GET. MORE AGGRESSIVE ON SATURDAY, TOP. WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS WERE. CAUGHT OFF GUARD. THE WHITE HOUSE REFUSING TO. COMMENT PUBLICLY. EVEN SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS. QUESTIONING MUSK'S TACTICS. >> IF I COULD SAY ONE THING TO. ELON MUSK, IT'S PLEASE PUT A. DOSE OF COMPASSION IN THIS. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE. THESE ARE REAL LIVES. >> Reporter: AND LINSEY, MORE. BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT.

USAID SAID IT'S FIRING 2,000. WORKERS AND PUTTING ALL BUT A. FEW REMAINING STAFFERS ON LEAVE. AROUND THE WORLD. THIS COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND ELON MUSK HAVE VOWED TO. DISMANTLE THE AGENCY THAT. PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN AID AROUND. THE WORLD. THEY CLAIM IT'S WASTEFUL. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SELINA WANG FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE, THANKS SO MUCH. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE NEW. DETAILS IN THE DEADLY HOSTAGE. SITUATION IN A HOSPITAL IN. PENNSYLVANIA. OFFICER ANDREW DUARTE WAS KILLED. IN A SHOOTOUT WITH A SUSPECT. THREE HOSPITAL WORKERS AND TWO.

POLICE OFFICERS WERE ALSO. INJURED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT. ARMED WITH ZIP TIES AND A. HANDGUN TARGETED THE HOSPITAL'S. ICU. LATE WORD TONIGHT ABOUT THE. MOTIVE. ABC'S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS AT. THE SCENE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FLAG. IS HALF STAFF WITH CANDLES AND. FLOWERS FLOODING THE ENTRANCE OF. A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WEST. YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. HONORING 30-YEAR-OLD OFFICER. ANDREW DUARTE SHOT AND KILLED IN. THE LINE OF DUTY SATURDAY AFTER. AUTHORITIES SAY A GUNMAN. TARGETED THE ICU OF UPMC.

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, CARRYING A. SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN AND ZIP. TIES, TAKING STAFF MEMBERS. HOSTAGE BEFORE GETTING INTO A. FIREFIGHT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS HIT BY. GUNFIRE. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE OFFICERS. AND THREE HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. INJURED. THE SUSPECT KILLED. THAT CHILLING SCENE UNFOLDING. WITH PATIENTS NEARBY. >> IT DID HAPPEN IN AN AREA. WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE BEING. TREATED. >> Reporter: THE BOROUGH MANAGER. TODAY TELLING US THIS SMALL. COMMUNITY AND ITS DEPARTMENT OF. A DOZEN OFFICERS ARE IN SHOCK. >> THE COMMUNITY LOVED HIM.

HE CERTAINLY HAD A DEDICATION TO. KEEPING EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE. SAFE. AND FOR THAT, WE WILL ALWAYS. HOLD HIM IN OUR HEARTS VERY. DEEPLY. >> Reporter: YOU WERE SAYING HE. CHOSE THIS COMMUNITY. SPECIFICALLY? >> HE DID, HE MOVED HERE FROM. OUT WEST. HE BELIEVED IN THIS DEPARTMENT, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL TO. HAVE HIM HERE. TIME WAS TOO SHORT. >> Reporter: LINSEY, A SENIOR. OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THE. SHOOTER APPEARS TO HAVE TARGETED. THAT ICU IN ANGER, SAYING THE. SUSPECT WAS UPSET OVER A. PERCEIVED LACK OF CARE FOR A.

FAMILY MEMBER WHO DIED IN THE. ICU WITHIN THE PAST WEEK. LINSEY. >> Linsey: THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS NOW TO THE LATEST. ABOUT POPE FRANCIS. THE 88-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF IS. CONSCIOUS AND RECEIVING OXYGEN. AFTER A RESPIRATORY CRISIS, BUT. REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. PRAYERS FOR FRANCIS ARE COMING. IN FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SOME. LEAVING TRIBUTES OUTSIDE HIS. HOSPITAL. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S MARCUS. MOORE REPORTING LIVE FOR US FROM. THE VATICAN. TELL US THE LATEST WITH REGARD. TO CONCERN ABOUT HIS KIDNEY. >> Reporter: LINSEY, THE NEW. UPDATE FROM THE VATICAN SAYS.

THAT POPE FRANCIS REMAINS IN. CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT ALSO. THAT HE IS SHOWING SIGNS OF A. DECREASE IN KIDNEY FUNCTION, BUT. THEY ADD IT'S MILD AND IS UNDER. CONTROL. THE VATICAN ALSO SAYS HE. CONTINUES TO NEED EXTENSIVE. OXYGEN TREATMENT BUT HE HAS NOT. HAD A PROLONGED ASTHMA ATTACK. LIKE THE ONE THEY REPORTED. YESTERDAY. NOW, IN A SIGN OF GOOD NEWS, THE. POPE ATTENDED MASS THIS MORNING. AT THE HOSPITAL. THE VATICAN SAYS MEMBERS OF HIS. MEDICAL STAFF JOINED HIM, AND. THE 88-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF HAS BEEN.

IN THE HOSPITAL NOW TEN DAYS AND. IN A WRITTEN GREETING TODAY, HE. THANKED PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. FOR THEIR PRAYERS. >> Linsey: THOSE PRAYERS. CONTINUE. MARCUS, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE. TOMORROW IS THE THIRD. ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S. INVASION. OVERNIGHT, RUSSIA LAUNCHED A. RECORD NUMBER OF DRONES, MORE. THAN 270 AGAINST UKRAINE. IT COMES AS A MAJOR SHIFT IN. U.S. POLICY IS UNFOLDING, AND. WHAT PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS. HE'S WILLING TO GIVE UP FOR. PEACE OR NATO MEMBERSHIP. OUR CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. IAN PANNELL REPORTS TONIGHT FROM. UKRAINE.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, RUSSIA. LAUNCHING ITS BIGGEST EVER DRONE. STRIKE ON UKRAINE. THE CAPITAL CITY OF KYIV UNDER. ATTACK. ANTIAIRCRAFT FIRE LIGHTING UP. THE NIGHT SKY. UKRAINE HAS WEATHERED ASSAULTS. LIKE THESE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR. ALMOST THREE YEARS. BUT NOW PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. UNDER POLITICAL ATTACK TOO, ENGAGED IN A BITTER WAR OF WORDS. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO CALLED. HIM A DICTATOR FOR NOT HOLDING. ELECTIONS. >> YOU'RE UNDER PRESSURE FROM. MOSCOW TO STEP ASIDE, AND. WASHINGTON TO HOLD ELECTIONS. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GIVE UP.

THE PRESIDENCY IF IT MEANT PEACE. FOR UKRAINE? THE UKRAINIAN LEADER TELLING ME. HE'S READY TO RESIGN IF IT MEANS. PEACE AND HE OFFERED TO STAND. DOWN IF IT MEANT MEMBERSHIP TO. NATO, SAYING I'LL DO IT. IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT A LONG. CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. WITH UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE. SAYING RUSSIA MAY DECLARE. VICTORY ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY. OF THEIR LARGE-SCALE INVASION. INTO UKRAINE MONDAY, U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. PUSHING BACK. >> VLADIMIR PUTIN CAN ATTEMPT TO. TAKE ALL THE VICTORY LAPS HE. WANTS.

THE REALITY IS THE PRESIDENT IS. FOCUSED ON ONE THING, STOPPING. THE KILLING AND DESTRUCTION. ACROSS UKRAINE AND INSURING AN. ENDURING PEACE. >> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC. SENATOR JACK REED SPEAKING TO. MARTHA RADDATZ, CONDEMNING WHAT. HE CALLS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ALIGNMENT WITH RUSSIA. >> THIS IS SOMEONE WHO ADMIRES. PUTIN, DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE. STRUGGLE OF THE UKRAINIANS AND. IS COMMITTED TO COZYING UP TO AN. AUTOCRAT. >> Reporter: IT COMES AS THE.

WHITE HOUSE PRESSES ZELENSKYY TO. ACCEPT A DEAL THAT WOULD REQUIRE. UKRAINE TO GIVE BILLIONS BACK TO. THE U.S. FOR THE MILITARY AID. ALREADY SENT TO UKRAINE. TODAY, ZELENSKYY INSISTING THE. MONEY WAS A GRANT, NOT A LOAN, BUT THAT HE'S READY TO WORK WITH. AMERICA ON JOINT INVESTMENTS. LINSEY, TOMORROW, FRENCH. PRESIDENT MACRON MEETS WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THEN THE. FOLLOWING DAY, THE BRITISH PRIME. MINISTER ALSO AT THE WHITE. HOUSE. THESE NEXT FEW DAYS COULD BE. CRITICAL IN DECIDING WHAT KIND. OF DEAL IF ANY IS POSSIBLE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: THANKS SO MUCH. >> THOSE TALKS IN WASHINGTON.

COULD POTENTIALLY INVOLVE. GERMANY'S NEW LEADER. GERMANS HEADED TO THE POLLS. TODAY IN A HIGH STAKES ELECTION. FOR A NEW CHANCELLOR. LET'S BRING IN INES. THIS WAS A HUGE WIN FOR THE. CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT WHICH. COULD HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT. ACROSS EUROPE. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LINSEY. EXIT POLLS SHOW THE. CONSERVATIVES LEADING WITH 29%. OF THE VOTE. THE FAR RIGHT AFD PARTY. MEANWHILE COMING IN SECOND WITH. A RECORD 20%, THE MOST VOTES FOR. A FAR RIGHT PARTY IN GERMANY. SINCE WORLD WAR II. THIS WAS THE PARTY THAT ELON. MUSK AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE.

SIGNALED SUPPORT FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAYING. IT'S A GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY. THIS ELECTION COMING AT A. PIVOTAL TIME FOR EUROPE AND. NATO. THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER IS NOW. POISED TO BECOME GERMANY'S NEXT. CHANCELLOR. HE'S PRO-UKRAINE, PRO-NATO AND. HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S OUTREACH TO RUSSIA AND. HE SAID THIS ADMINISTRATION. MOSTLY DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE. FATE OF EUROPE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: INES, THANK YOU. >> NOW TO A STUNNING DEVELOPMENT. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ISRAEL HAS DEPLOYED TANKS TO THE. NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WEST. BANK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE. THAN 20 YEARS.

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU ORDERED THE INTENSIVE. OPERATION AFTER SEVERAL BUS. EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV ON. THURSDAY. THIS ALSO COMES AS THE FRAGILE. CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN. ISRAEL AND HAMAS HANGS ON BY A. THREAD. >>> NOW TO A LAS VEGAS WOMAN. CHARGED WITH WHAT'S CALLED A. DEADLY ROMANCE SCAM. AURORA PHELPS IS NOW BEING HELD. IN MEXICO. INVESTIGATORS ALLEGE SHE. TARGETED OLDER MEN SHE MET. THROUGH ONLINE DATING. THE FBI IS NOW URGING POSSIBLE. VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD. HERE'S ABC'S ZOHREEN SHAH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FBI.

URGENTLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY. ADDITIONAL VICTIMS THEY BELIEVE. THIS LAS VEGAS WOMAN MAY HAVE. TARGETED IN A SERIES OF ROMANTIC. SCAMS. >> THIS IS A ROMANCE SCAM ON. STEROIDS. WE HAVE NOT SEEN ONE LIKE THIS. IN RECENT HISTORY. >> Reporter: 43-YEAR-OLD AURORA. PHELPS NOW IN CUSTODY IN MEXICO. U.S. AUTHORITIES ACCUSING HER OF. LURING OLDER MEN SHE MET THROUGH. ONLINE DATING SERVICES, DRUGGING. THEM, AND STEALING HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THEM. >> ONCE SHE INCAPACITATED HER.

VICTIMS, PHELPS STOLE THEIR. CARS, ACCESSED THEIR BANK AND. BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS TO WITHDRAW. CASH, USED THEIR CREDIT CARDS TO. MAKE A VARIETY OF PURCHASES. >> Reporter: THE 21-COUNT. INDICTMENT ALLEGING SHE SOLD ONE. VICTIM'S APPLE STOCK WORTH. APPROXIMATELY $3.3 MILLION AND. UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO. REMOVE THE $3.3 MILLION FROM HIS. ETRADE ACCOUNT. >> WE BELIEVE SHE KIDNAPPED ONE. OF THESE VICTIMS BY HEAVILY. SEDATING HIM AND PUSHED HIM. ACROSS THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER IN. A WHEELCHAIR DUE TO HIS.

INEBRIATED STATE. SHE THEN TOOK HIM TO A HOTEL. ROOM IN MEXICO CITY WHERE THE. VICTIM WAS FOUND DEAD A FEW. HOURS LATER. >> Reporter: THE FBI SAYS TWO. OTHER VICTIMS WERE FOUND DEAD. SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ALLEGED. ENCOUNTERS WITH HER. PHELPS FACES CHARGES INCLUDING. BANK FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT, AND. KIDNAPPING CHARGES RELATED TO. DEATH. IF CONVICTED SHE COULD FACE LIFE. IN PRISON. LINSEY. >> Linsey: ZOHREEN, THANK YOU. >>> THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN WEST. TEXAS IS GETTING WORSE WITH MORE. THAN 90 CASES AND MANY INFECTED.

ARE UNVACCINATED CHILDREN. THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK IS. IN GAINES COUNTY, TEXAS. HERE'S MARIA VILLARREAL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT IN TEXAS, THE WORST MEASLES OUTBREAK IN 30. YEARS IS GETTING WORSE. NOW REPORTING 90 CASES IN WEST. TEXAS ALONE. THAT'S 32 MORE CASES SINCE. TUESDAY. 16 PATIENTS HAD TO BE. HOSPITALIZED. NEARLY ALL OF THOSE INFECTED,

CHILDREN, AND IN ALMOST EVERY. CASE, THE PATIENT WAS UNVAITDED. >> WHEN YOU LAYER A VERY. INFECTIOUS VIRUS IN CLOSE. QUARTERS WITH MANY KIDS WHO ARE. UNVACCINATED, THAT IS A RECIPE. FOR A DISASTER. >> Reporter: DAY CARE CENTERS. WHERE SOME ARE TOO YOUNG TO BE. VACCINATED ON ALERT FOR FEVERS. AND RASHES. >> NEWBORN BABIES DON'T RECEIVE. THE VACCINE UNTIL THEY'RE 1 YEAR. OLD. >> Reporter: AND CHILDREN CAN'T. GET THE SECOND DOSE TO BE FULLY. VACCINATED UNTIL THEY'RE 4.

TEXAS REQUIRES VAXATIONS BUT. ALLOWS FOR PARENTAL AND. RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS. >>> NOW TO A SERIES OF DEADLY. AVALANCHES IN THE WEST. COLORADO HIT WITH MORE NAN 200. IN THE PAST WEEK. MORE NOW FROM JACLYN LEE. >>> AS MORE THAN 200 AVALANCHES.

OCCURRED ACROSS THE STATE IN THE. PAST WEEK. THIS COMES AS WE LEARN ONE. AVALANCHE CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A. SNOWBOARDER WEST OF DENVER. YESTERDAY. ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S., EIGHT. PEOPLE IN ALL KILLED THIS MONTH. ALONE. MORE THAN A DOZEN SINCE. DECEMBER. AND CAUGHT ON BODY CAMERA, THIS. EXTRAORDINARY RESCUE OF A SNOW. MOBILER BURIED ALIVE BY AN. AVALANCHE. SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO, LAST. MONDAY. RESCUERS FRANTICALLY DIGGING FOR. THE VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN TRAPPED. FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

AVALANCHE EXPERTS SAY SOMEONE. BURIED IS UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE. AFTER 15 MINUTES, BUT. MIRACULOUSLY --. >> JUST UNCOVERED HIM. HE IS BREATHING. >> Reporter: THE MAN WAS. CONSCIOUS, SPEAKING WITH. RESCUERS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE. HOSPITAL. LINSEY, AN AVALANCHE ADVISORY. REMAINS IN EFFECT IN PARTS OF. COLORADO. MEANWHILE, IN THE NORTHWEST, AN. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER HAS PROMPTED. AVALANCHE WARNINGS FROM MONTANA. ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON STATE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: JACYLN, THANK YOU. THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON. "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS. SUNDAY. WHAT SKIER MIKAELA SHIFFRIN DID. TODAY THAT NO ONE HAS DONE. BEFORE.

>> THE LAST-MINUTE MOVE THAT. CAME JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME. A CAR STUCK ON THE TRAIN TRACKS. >>> A DRAMATIC CLOSE CALL ON THE. TRACKS. SURVEILLANCE IMAGES SHOW A CAR. GETTING STUCK AT A RAILROAD. CROSSING IN POLAND. ANOTHER DRIVER RUSHES IN TO. HELP, ATTACHING A ROPE TO THE. STUCK VEHICLE JUST AS THE SIGNAL. LIGHTS WARN OF AN ONCOMING. TRAIN. THE ROPE WORKS, THE STUCK CAR. MOVES OFF THE TRACKS. YOU SEE IT THERE, JUST SECONDS.

BEFORE THE TRAIN ARRIVED. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, MORE. HISTORY FOR MIKAELA SHIFFRIN. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. AMERICAN SKIER MIKAELA SHIFFRIN. HAS CEMENTED HER PLACE IN THE. HISTORY BOOKS. TODAY IN ITALY, SHE TOOK HOME. HER 100th WORLD CUP SERIES WIN. SHE'S ALREADY THE MOST DECORATED. ALPINE SKIER OF ALL TIME AND. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST. ATHLETES EVER. HER LATEST ACHIEVEMENT COMES. FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHE SUFFERED A. SERIOUS INJURY IN COMPETITION. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA.

STRONG. THE FIRST PITCH AND WHAT IT. MEANT TO A YOUNG GIRL AND HER. FAMILY. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA. STRONG. THE LITTLE LEAGUERS, THE LITTLE. GIRL, AND THE LESSON FOR US ALL. AN EXTRAORDINARY ACT OF KINDNESS. RECENTLY PLAYED OUT IN AN. ARIZONA PARK. WHILE 6-YEAR-OLD OLIVIA'S OLDER. BROTHER WAS AT LITTLE LEAGUE. PRACTICE, HER MOTHER SAW HER. APPROACH THREE PLAYERS FROM. ANOTHER TEAM.

WHEN THE BOYS INCLUDED HER IN. THEIR CIRCLE WITHOUT HESITATION, HER MOTHER MANDY TOOK OUT HER. PHONE TO CAPTURE THE SPECIAL. MOMENT. >> THEY STARTED PROBABLY A. TEN-MINUTE-LONG RING AROUND THE. ROSY SESSION WITH HER, AND EVERY. TIME THEY WOULD CLAP FOR HER AND. TELL HER GOOD JOB AND HIGH FIVE. HER. >> OLIVIA WAS BORN WITH DOWN. SYNDROME AND IS MOSTLY. NONVERBAL. >> THEY WEREN'T AFRAID OF. DIFFERENT AND THEY JUST PUT DOWN. ANY NEED TO BE COOL AND JUST. PLAYED WITH HER. >> THOSE BOYS LATER SHARED THEIR. REACTION.

>> SHE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TALK. OR MAYBE NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO. PLAY SOMETIMES WITH US, BUT I. THINK THE WAY THAT MAKES HER. SPECIAL IS THAT SHE'S JUST A. GREAT PERSON INSIDE. >> WE LOVE HER. SHE HAS THE BIGGEST SMILE EVER. >> SHE WAS REALLY EASY TO BE. NICE TO AND FRIENDLY. >> AFTER THE QUEEN CREEK LITTLE. LEAGUE HEARD ABOUT OLIVIA, THEY. INVITED HER TO THROW OUT THE. FIRST PITCH AT FRIDAY NIGHT'S. OPENING GAME. A HOME RUN OF A DIFFERENT KIND.

NOT AFRAID OF DIFFERENT. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED. NEWSCAST.