ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 24, 2025

tonight breaking news just hours left. millions of federal workers told by Elon. Musk to list what they've accomplished. in the last week by midnight tonight or. risk getting fired at president Trump. today suggesting what happens if you. don't respond also tonight the. frightening moments on a Delta flight. filling with smoke passengers horrified. and tonight here remembering Roberta. Flack first tonight millions of. government workers facing that midnight. deadline to respond to Elon musk's. government-wide email employees told to. list five accomplishments or risk losing.

their jobs tonight confusion over. whether this is mandatory but president. Trump today suggesting what happens if. you do not respond also tonight the. image is coming in here the Delta flight. smoke filling the cabin passengers using. slides to escape tonight the future of. Ukraine and the high stakes meeting at. the White House president Trump side by. side with French president Emanuel. macron mone's warning that peace must. not mean a surrender of Ukraine and our. Ian panel with President zilinski would.

you be willing to give up the presidency. if it meant peace for Ukraine zelinsky's. answer making news tonight this evening. the new message of caution from the. Vatican on Pope Francis what they're now. saying as Cardinals and the faithful. Gather in St Peter Square back in the US. police say the man opening fire inside a. hospital shooting a doctor a nurse a. custodian and then shooting several. officers when they arrived authorities. say killing one of them tonight here. word now on a motive.

the price of eggs soaring tonight and. now Denny's the newest restaurant saying. they will charge extra for meals with. eggs a new strain of Corona virus. discovered in China what the CDC is now. saying about this. tonight and she was the soundtrack to. the 70s tonight here tributes to a. legend Roberta. Flack her poetic Grace as a singer and. Flawless Style at the.

piano from ABC News world headquarters. in New York this is World News Tonight. with David mure good evening we begin. tonight with this midnight deadline. millions of federal workers have just. hours left to answer an email Elon Musk. telling the federal workers to list five. things you did in the last week at work. or risk losing your job tonight. confusion over whether this is mandatory. but Elon Musk on X saying failure to do. so quote will be taken as a resignation.

and today president Trump calling the. proposal ingenious saying if people. don't respond they would be semi fired. or fired ABC's chief White House. correspondent Mary Bruce leading us off. I'll come back to you okay I promise. tonight growing backlash after Elon Musk. gave more than 2 million federal workers. until midnight tonight to send an email. listing what they'd done in the last. week or lose their jobs in belon. Missouri long lines of people waiting to. get into a town meeting for Republican.

Congressman Mark. Alfred Elon Musk has contracts with the. federal. government but he is also I think doing. an effective job. conflict show there are a lot of people. who don't want uh to see waste abuse and. fraud weed out some of them here today I. don't want him in charge of it over the. weekend musk posting on X all federal. employees will shortly receive an email. requesting to under understand what they.

got done last week failure to respond. will be taken as a resignation soon. after the office of personnel management. emailing workers please reply to this. email with approximately five bullets of. what you accomplished last week deadline. is this Monday at 11:59 p.m. then the. confusion began newly installed FBI. director cash Patel quickly telling his. team the FBI through the office of the. director is in charge of all of our. review processes for now please pause.

any responses at least three agencies. including the justice department the. state department and the Department of. Defense also instructing their employees. not to respond to musk's directive but. other agencies sending the opposite. message the treasury Department telling. its employees you are required to. respond before the deadline. Transportation secretary Shawn Duffy. sending similar signals I have no. problem with the employees here saying. what did you do last week and if you. can't come up with five things that you. did you know maybe you shouldn't be.

employed here the Department of Health. and Human Services sending competing. messages to its own workers first. telling them to respond to the email. then 6 hours later telling them not to. respond and tonight telling workers they. can respond if they want to but. instructing assume what you write will. be read by malign foreign actors and. tailor your response accordingly still. other agencies insisting the email was. optional the Department of Agriculture. telling workers there's no penalty for. not responding today in the Oval Office.

the president himself saying if you. don't respond you're semi- fired or. fired we have people that don't show up. to work and nobody even knows if they. work for the government so by asking the. question tell us what you did this week. what he's doing is saying are you. actually working and then if you don't. answer like you're sort of semi fired or. you're fired the president calling. musk's idea ingenious but tonight the. head of the largest Union of federal. employees says the workforce is on edge. and very frustrated adding the.

administration's goal is clear they want. uh to um confuse the workforce they want. to put fear in the minds of the. workforce that they'll just quit and now. tonight's sources tell us that the. office of personnel management is now. telling agencies that this directive is. voluntary but we all heard what the. president said that if you don't respond. you will be fired or semi fired the. bottom line here tonight there is still. a lot of confusion around all of this. and in the meantime the president is now. announcing far-right podcaster Dan.

Bonino to be the second in command at. the FBI he is a loyal Trump supporter he. stoked conspiracy theories about January. 6th and David has been deeply critical. of the FBI all right Mary Bruce leading. us off at the White House Mary thank you. we turn out of the harrowing Delta. flight out of Atlanta flying to Columbia. South Carolina they had just taken off. when the cabin filled with thick smoke. you can see it right there in the images. the pilots immediately turning back to. Atlanta but passengers rushing to cover. their faces then using SL lies to escape.

once they landed Gio Bonas covers. Aviation tonight Thick Smoke seen. filling the cabin of this Delta Airlines. flight passengers covering their noses. the plane forced to return to Atlanta. smoke in the cabin and uh need to uh. plan a return back the 25-year-old. Boeing 717 Bound for Columbia South. Carolina this morning with 99 passengers. and crew on board but just minutes into. the flight the cabin filling with that. thick Haze Delta saying the flight crew. followed procedures making an emergency.

landing Atlanta fire rescue helping to. evacuate the plane passengers seen going. down slides and standing on one of the. Wings when we went out of one of the. exits we were actually on the wing and. we kept saying well how are we going to. get down um and we had to go back in the. plane and during more smoke and then go. to the other exit and then fly down the. shoot and it comes after these. incredible images over the weekend an. American Airlines flight from New York's.

JFK escorted by Italian Air Force. fighter jets the plane headed for New. Delhi India Landing in Rome after it was. diverted because of a security threat. the captain came on and said that there. was diversion due to a security issue a. senior official telling ABC News the. flight was rerouted due to a bomb threat. received over email passengers bust to. the terminal for screening Italian. authorities conducting a security sweep. of the aircraft the threat later found.

to be. non-credible meanwhile David back in. Atlanta on that smoke incident the FAA. says it is investigating and trying to. figure out where that smoke came from. David I'm settling a couple of months. for Flyers across the country Gio thank. you again tonight we do have new. reporting this evening the deadly. hostage standoff in Pennsylvania police. say a man shooting a doctor a nurse a. custodian at a hospital and then. shooting several officers when they. arrived authorities say killing one of. them tonight here word on a motive and. here's Aaron.

kki tonight a senior law enforcement. official tells ABC News anguish and. anger over the recent death of a loved. one motivated a deadly attack at this. Hospital police in West York. Pennsylvania say diogenes Archangel. Ortiz burst into the Intensive Care Unit. at UPMC Memorial Saturday morning with a. semi-automatic handgun wounding a doctor. a nurse and a custodian then zip tying a. staff member taking her hostage holding. her at gunpoint coming out into the. hallway the officers left with no rec. course did open fire Ortiz killing West.

York police officer Andrew dwarte and. wounding two more officers before he was. killed by police DTE had just turned 30. and was one of only 13 officers on the. west York Force his mother Nancy telling. our affiliate wtm the Lord used him to. save the lives of others even though it. took Andrew's. life which I can't even believe when I. say it out loud the attack follows the. caught on camera assassination of. Healthcare Executive Brian Thompson.

alleged killer Luigi Manion who was. pleaded not guilty has become a folk. hero for some who see the crime as. Vengeance violence at hospitals is. rising David in recent years healthc. care workers have come under attack more. than any other employee in the private. sector David Aon kki tonight Aaron thank. you tonight the future of Ukraine in the. high stakes meeting at the White House. president Trump side by side with French. president Emanuel macron macron offering. some praise for Trump but warning when. it comes to Ukraine peace must not mean. a surrender of Ukraine president Trump.

who has called president zalinsky a. dictator was asked today if Putin is a. dictator how he answer an our Ian panel. with president zinski in Ukraine. tonight three years since Russia. launched a massive invasion of. Ukraine today at the White House. president Trump and French president. Emanuel macron pressed about their deep. divisions when it comes to the future of. Ukraine I've spoken to President Putin. and and uh my people are dealing with.

him constantly and they want to they. want to end this war with allies in. Europe who've been left out of recent. negotiations between the US and Russia. watching closely macron making it clear. this war can't end in Russia's. favor saying peace must not mean a. surrender of Ukraine and that peace must. allow for Ukrainian sovereignty the. difference is extending to Putin too. when pressed Trump again refusing to. call Vladimir Putin a dictator instead. saying he might visit Moscow soon a trip.

that would be a huge boost to Putin. who's been isolated from the West since. the start of the war Mr President zinski. a dictator would you use the same words. regarding. Putin uh I don't use those words lightly. I think that we're going to see how it. all works out Ukrainian president. zilinski who Trump has called a dictator. under intense pressure from the White. House to sign a deal giving the US. permission to mine critical minerals and. resources inside Ukraine president. zilinski has stood strong and defiant.

fighting for security guarantees Ukraine. needs to ensure Russia doesn't invade. again telling me over the weekend he's. ready to resign if it means peace 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 even offering to stand down if. it meant membership of NATO saying I'll. do it immediately without a long. conversation about it David there have. been large scale rallies across Europe.

tonight expressing solidarity with. Ukraine in Paris the Eiffel Tower lit up. in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. highlighting I think the very real. differences now between the US and its. allies on the war David Ian panel and. keev again tonight for us Ian thank you. tonight the new message of caution from. the Vatican on the health of Pope. Francis his 11th night in the hospital. now at 88 but they're now saying about. the pope as Cardinals and the faithful. Gather in St Peter Square our Marcus. Moore at the.

Tonight Tonight Cardinals and the. faithful gathering in St Peter Square as. Pope Francis spends an 11th day in the. hospital my prayer is I will be done. really I don't know what to pray for I. hope he's not suffering the Vatican. today saying the 88-year-old pope showed. slight Improvement but remains in. critical condition after suffering a. prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis. over the weekend the pope requiring both. oxygen and blood transfusions to. increase red blood cells and platelet.

count the mother of the church Cardinal. Timothy Dolan of New York making. headlines suggesting the pope was near. death we of the Catholic. Family and so many of our friends and. neighbors find ourselves this morning at. the bedside of a dying. father as our Holy Father Pope Francis. is in very very fragile health and. probably close to death on Sunday. doctors said the pope showed slight. signs of decreased kidney function but. insist it's under control as he battles.

pneumonia in both lungs the Vatican. saying today he's responding well to. treatments you can't really expect much. when you're managing critical patients. because every day uh things can change. sometimes by the. hour and David the Vatican also says the. pope returned to some work today. including making his routine call to the. parish in Gaza still doctors remain. cautious about his prognosis David. people around the world pulling for the. pope Marcus thank you back here in us. the CDC is investigating A leria.

outbreak linked to Frozen supplemental. shakes served to people at long-term. care facilities and hospitals the. outbreak has been linked to Lion's ready. care and Cisco Imperial Frozen. supplemental shakes made by Prairie. farms in Fort Wayne Indiana all have. been recalled 38 people from 21 states. have been infected with this particular. strain Al hissteria at least 12 people. have now died when we come back here. tonight what the CDC is now saying after. a new strain of Corona virus has now. been discovered in China also the price. of eggs in the US soaring again and.

Denny's now saying some restaurants will. be charging extra for meals with eggs we. remember Roberta Flack tonight how Clint. Eastwood helped make her famous and look. at this the close call the race to. escape a large Avalanche trying to. outrun the wall of snow in a moment. here tonight the CDC is tracking this. new strain of Corona virus discovered in. bats in China this new strain discovered. by researchers at the Wuhan Institute. they say lab studies show it may have.

the potential to infect humans the CDC. tonight saying there is currently no. reason to believe the virus currently. poses a concern to Public Health and. there are no known human infections as. of yet back here in the us tonight bird. flu leading to egg prices saring even. more the average price for a dozen eggs. $4.95 in January more expensive as some. parts of the country nearly double the. cost from a year ago customers even. paying more this month and tonight. Denny's now becoming the latest. restaurant chain to say it will charge. more for meals with eggs the company. says the sirar charge will vary from.

City to City when we come back here. tonight we remember the man who jumped. in to protect Jackie Kennedy and we. celebrate Roberta Flack tonight and the. song that Clint Eastwood asked. for to the index of other news that. terrifying close call near toride. Colorado a large Avalanche barreling. down the mountain snowers are racing to. escape the wall of snow with just. seconds to spare one snowmobile coring. down the mountain without a rider. everyone survived this we learn today. former secret service agent Clint Hill.

has died he was assigned to President. Kennedy's protection detail the day he. was assassinated in Dallas Agent Hill. was seen leaping out of the back of the. president's limousine forcing Jacqueline. Kennedy back into her seat protecting. her he had said he was still haunted by. that day Clint Hill was 93 longtime. Sports cter Al Trot wig has died well. known to the Knicks and Rangers fans in. New York the voice of the MSG Network. for more than 30 years he covered 16. Olympic Games for ABC CBS NBC Al twig. was 68 when we come back here tonight.

the song Clint Eastwood asked for it won. Roberto flacka. Grammy ABC World News Tonight with David. M sponsored by Claritin powerful 24-hour. non-drowsy allergy. relief fonny tonight here she was the. soundtrack to the 70s a piano Prodigy. and her voice was Flawless tonight. remembering Roberta Flack Roberta. flack's voice was unmistakable. his.

fingers singing my life with his. words killing me soft with. [Music]. Silling with per version of Killing Me. Softly with his song winning two Grammys. in. [Music]. 1973 when I first heard the words.

killing me softly with his song just the. the the sound of those words together. had had such magic for me her smooth. vocal style her poetic Soulful ballads. her grace on the piano one of the top. recording artists of the. [Music]. 1970s Roberta Flack was born outside. Asheville North Carolina in 1937 she was. a classically trained pianist so gifted.

she received a full scholarship at 15. years old to Howard University first. musical memory is Jesus loves me this I. know for the Bible tells me so and that. was a very strong memory for me because. that's where my Sunday school. superintendent discovered that I had. extra musical Talent she became a School. music teacher and she would perform at. night before pursuing her dream the. transition from the classroom to the.

stage was a very easy smooth one for me. personally I rather think that um uh the. facility was the direct result of my. being prepared first. [Music]. time ever I saw your. face her version the first time ever I. saw your face becoming her first hit. after Clin would asked to use it in his. 1971 movie Play Misty For Me it would go.

on to Wi a. Grammy she would win four Grammys in all. a fifth Grammy for Lifetime. Achievement Roberto FL died today at the. age of 88 surrounded by family after a. battle with ALS love is a song and um an. honest giving of feelings and emotions. as a performer if you can connect to. that thought. than Whatever the song is it's success.

I'm happy to be Roberta Flack I'm happy. to sound like I do I mean I'm very. satisfied with that yeah takes you right. back doesn't it her music Timeless and. what gifts she had the piano and the. voice I'll see you tomorrow good. night thank you for making World News. Tonight with David mure America's most. watched newscast.