ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 27, 2026

>> David: TONIGHT, WE HAVE. SEVERAL BREAKING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST SAID. ABOUT IRAN AMID POSSIBLE U.S. MILITARY ACTION. >>> ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON. THE QUESTIONING TODAY LASTING. HOURS ABOUT JEFFREY EPSTEIN. PRESIDENT CLINTON SAYING, I SAW.

NOTHING AND I DID NOTHING WRONG. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. SAYING OF BILL CLINTON, I LIKE. HIM, I DON'T LIKE SEEING HIM. DEPOSED. TONIGHT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT. WHAT PLAYED OUT INSIDE THE. HEARING. >>> ALSO, THE BREAKING NEWS ON. IRAN TONIGHT. IS THE U.S. PREPARING TO TAKE. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN? WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID JUST A. SHORT TIME AGO. >>> ALSO JUST IN TONIGHT, THE. EXTRAORDINARY SHOWDOWN BETWEEN. THE PENTAGON AND ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE GIANT ANTHROPIC. THE COMPANY REFUSING TO GIVE THE.

PENTAGON UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO. ITS AI TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S CONCERNED. ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF FULLY. AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS WITHOUT HUMAN. INVOLVEMENT. PRESIDENT TRUMP LATE TODAY NOW. BANNING ANTHROPIC FROM ALL. FEDERAL AGENCIES. >>> TONIGHT, THE NANCY GUTHRIE. DISAPPEARANCE. THE VEHICLES IN THOSE. EARLY-MORNING HOURS. ONE CAR SEEN ON A RING CAM. WITHIN MINUTES OF GUTHRIE'S. APPEARANCE. AUTHORITIES SAYING IT'S THIS. KIND OF VIDEO THEY STILL NEED. WITH SAVANNAH GUTHRIE TONIGHT. POSTING ABOUT THE FAMILY'S $1.

MILLION REWARD AND THE ABILITY. TO STAY ANONYMOUS. >>> TONIGHT, THE U.S. MILITARY. MISTAKENLY SHOOTING DOWN A. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. DRONE NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. USING A HIGH-POWERED LASER. THE CONFUSION BETWEEN AGENCIES. LEADING TO POTENTIAL DANGER IN. THE SKIES. TONIGHT, THE FAA HAS RESTRICTED. SOME OF THAT AIR SPACE UNTIL. JUNE. WHAT'S GOING ON? >>> THE FATHER WHOSE SON IS. ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO TEACHERS. AND TWO STUDENTS TAKING THE. STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE TODAY, BREAKING DOWN DURING HIS.

TESTIMONY, ACCUSED OF BUYING HIS. SON THE GUN EVEN WHEN THERE WERE. WARNINGS. WHAT THAT FATHER SAID ABOUT. THAT. >>> THE DEADLY TRAIN DERAILMENT. AT RUSH HOUR. THE TRAIN JUMPING THE TRACKS, SLAMMING INTO A BUILDING. >>> WE ARE TRACKING A NEW. SNOWSTORM HITTING THIS WEEKEND. WE'LL HAVE THE FORECAST. >>> THE SCARE ON THE FIELD FOR. LIONEL MESSI, WHO WAS TACKLED TO. THE GROUND. >>> REMEMBERING A LEGENDARY. SINGER/SONGWRITER TONIGHT. ♪ BREAKING UP IS HARD ♪. >> David: HE FAMOUSLY SANG, "BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO.". >>> AND WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF.

YOU AT HOME RESPONDING TO OUR. STORY ON PUNCH THE MONKEY. ABANDONED BY HIS MOTHER, SHUNNED. BY THE OTHER MONKEYS. YOU WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE. WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN US TONIGHT. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT HERE WITH. SEVERAL BREAKING HEADLINES. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID LATE. TODAY ABOUT IRAN. IS THE U.S. PREPARING TO TAKE. MILITARY ACTION?

WHAT HE SAID IN A MOMENT. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, JUST MOMENTS. AGO, FORMER PRESIDENT BILL. CLINTON FINISHING MORE THAN SIX. HOURS OF QUESTIONING ABOUT. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT. COMMITTEE, THE FORMER PRESIDENT. TELLING THE COMMITTEE, "I SAW. NOTHING, AND I DID NOTHING. WRONG.". LAWMAKERS TONIGHT SAYING HE. ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION, NEVER. TAKING THE FIFTH. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WHEN. ASKED ABOUT BILL CLINTON. TESTIFYING TODAY SAYING, "I LIKE. HIM, I DON'T LIKE SEEING HIM. DEPOSED.". RACHEL SCOTT LEADING US OFF FROM. CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK, TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FORMER. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON BECOMING. THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN. HISTORY FORCED TO TESTIFY BEFORE. CONGRESS. GRILLED FOR SEVERAL HOURS BY THE. REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT. COMMITTEE ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP. WITH SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY. EPSTEIN. >> I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: IN HIS OPENING. STATEMENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT. DECLARING, "I SAW NOTHING, AND I. DID NOTHING WRONG.". INSISTING, "I HAD NO IDEA OF THE. CRIMES EPSTEIN WAS COMMITTING. ADDING, "EVEN WITH 2020. HINDSIGHT, I SAW NOTHING THAT. EVER GAVE ME PAUSE.". CLINTON HAS NOT BEEN ACCUSED OF.

ANY WRONGDOING. HE DID HAVE A FRIENDLY. RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN. HE'S PICTURED HERE IN A POOL. ALONGSIDE EPSTEIN'S ACCOMPLICE, CONVICTED SEX TRAFFICKER. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, AND HERE IN A. JACUZZI WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED. WOMAN. SOURCES TELL US THE FORMER. PRESIDENT TOLD LAWMAKERS HE DID. NOT KNOW WHO THAT WOMAN WAS, AND. WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD SEX WITH. HER, HE TESTIFIED HE DID NOT. THE TESTIMONY COMES AFTER HIS. WIFE, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE. HILLARY CLINTON, SPENT NEARLY. SEVEN HOURS WITH THE COMMITTEE.

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I. HAD TO SAY I DID NOT KNOW. JEFFREY EPSTEIN. >> Reporter: BILL CLINTON TODAY. SAYING, BRINGING HIS WIFE IN TO. TESTIFY WAS SIMPLY NOT RIGHT. DEMOCRATS TODAY SAYING SINCE. REPUBLICANS SUBPOENAED HILLARY. CLINTON, THEY SHOULD ALSO SPEAK. TO THE CURRENT FIRST LADY, MELANIA TRUMP, SINCE SHE. ACTUALLY DID KNOW EPSTEIN. BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEY. WANT TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP WHO HAD A LONG FRIENDSHIP. WITH EPSTEIN. >> REPUBLICANS HAVE NOW SET A. NEW PRECEDENT WHICH IS, TO BRING. IN PRESIDENTS AND FORMER. PRESIDENTS TO TESTIFY. WE ARE NOW ASKING AND DEMANDING.

THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP OFFICIALLY. COME IN AND TESTIFY IN FRONT OF. THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS REFUSED. TO CALL THE PRESIDENT IN. >> RANKING MEMBER GARCIA ASKED. PRESIDENT CLINTON, QUOTE, SHOULD. PRESIDENT TRUMP BE CALLED TO. ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THIS. COMMITTEE? AND PRESIDENT CLINTON SAID, THAT'S FOR YOU TO DECIDE. AND THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO SAY. THAT THE PRESIDENT, TRUMP, HAS. NEVER SAID ANYTHING TO ME TO.

MAKE ME THINK HE WAS INVOLVED, AND HE MEANT WITH EPSTEIN. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF. CURIOSITY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN. INTERESTING THING THAT PRESIDENT. CLINTON SAID. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS DIRECTED THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE BILL. CLINTON'S EPSTEIN TIES, TODAY. SAID THIS. >> I LIKE HIM. AND I DON'T LIKE SEEING HIM. DEPOSED. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS HAVE A. DIFFERENT TAKE ABOUT WHAT FORMER. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON HAD TO. SAY ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT. SOON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL BE. ABLE TO SEE IT ALL FOR.

THEMSELVES. THE COMMITTEE IS NOW WORKING TO. MAKE THE VIDEO OF THESE. DEPOSITIONS AS WELL AS THE. TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE AS QUICKLY. AS POSSIBLE, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT FROM. CHAPPAQUA AGAIN TONIGHT. >>> THERE ARE ALSO BREAKING. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S. AND. IRAN NEGOTIATIONS. IS THE U.S. NOW PREPARING TO. TAKE MILITARY ACTION AGAINST. IRAN? WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID A. SHORT TIME AGO AMID THESE. NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT HE SAYS. IRAN REFUSES TO AGREE TO. WITH A MASSIVE U.S. MILITARY. BUILDUP TONIGHT ACROSS THE. REGION. HERE'S OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL NOW. WITH LATE REPORTING FOR US. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT.

TRUMP MAKING IT CLEAR, CRUCIAL. TALKS WITH IRAN AREN'T GOING. WELL. >> WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE. NEGOTIATION. THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO -- THEY. DON'T WANT TO SAY THE KEY WORDS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A. NUCLEAR WEAPON. THEY HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE NOT. GOING TO HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, AND THEY JUST CAN'T QUITE GET. THERE. >> Reporter: BUT IRAN'S. REPEATEDLY SAID IT DOESN'T WANT. A NUCLEAR WEAPON. ALSO AT ISSUE, NUCLEAR. ENRICHMENT WHICH IRAN CLAIMS. THEY WANT FOR CIVILIAN PURPOSES. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. RULING IT OUT. >> I SAY NO ENRICHMENT.

NOT 20%, 30%. THEY ALWAYS WANT 20%, 30%. THEY WANT IT FOR CIVILIAN -- YOU. KNOW, FOR CIVIL -- CIVIL -- I. THINK IT'S UNCIVIL. SO I'M NOT HAPPY WITH IT, NO. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. SAYING NO FINAL DECISION'S BEEN. MADE ON MILITARY ACTION, BUT ALL. THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE FOR A. STRIKE. NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWED THE. MASSIVE MILITARY BUILDUP IN THE. REGION. NEARLY A DOZEN F-22 FIGHTER JETS. AT A BASE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL. ROWS OF REFUELLING AND. RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IN SAUDI.

ARABIA. AND TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKE. GROUPS NOW MOVING INTO POSITION. IT COMES AFTER A 12-DAY WAR. BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN LAST. JUNE. THE U.S. JOINING, BOMBING IRAN'S. NUCLEAR SITES. PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEATEDLY. SAYING THOSE FACILITIES WERE. OBLITERATED. CRITICS QUESTIONING IF THAT'S. THE CASE, WHY TRUMP, WHO VOWED. NOT TO DRAG AMERICA INTO FOREIGN. WARS, MAY SOON STRIKE IRAN. AGAIN? DAVID, THE PRESIDENT ADMITTING. HE HAS A VERY BIG DECISION TO. MAKE, SAYING HE'D RATHER DO IT.

THE PEACEFUL WAY, BUT THAT ANY. DEAL MUST BE MEANINGFUL. DAVID? >> David: IAN PANNELL BACK WITH. US TONIGHT, IAN, THANK YOU. >>> ALSO INVOLVING THE PENTAGON. TONIGHT, A REMARKABLE SHOWDOWN. BETWEEN THE PENTAGON AND. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GIANT. ANTHROPIC. THE COMPANY REFUSING TO GIVE THE. PENTAGON UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO. ITS AI TECHNOLOGY. THE COMPANY SAYS IT'S CONCERNED. ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF FULLY. AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS WITHOUT HUMAN. INVOLVEMENT. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. BANNING ANTHROPIC FROM ALL. FEDERAL AGENCIES. HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AN. EXTRAORDINARY SHOWDOWN BETWEEN. THE PENTAGON AND TECH GIANT. ANTHROPIC OVER THEIR ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE CURRENTLY USED BY. THE PENTAGON. AT ISSUE, ANTHROPIC WANTS TO. PREVENT THE PENTAGON FROM HAVING. UNFETTERED ACCESS TO THEIR. MOST-ADVANCED AI. THE COMPANY CONCERNED ABOUT THE. POSSIBILITY OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS. WEAPONS, WHERE AI MAKES THE. FINAL DECISIONS ON WHEN TO FIRE. AND WHEN TO KILL, WITHOUT HUMANS.

IN CONTROL. THE COMPANY ALSO SAYING IT DOES. NOT WANT ITS TECHNOLOGY TO BE. USED FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE OF. AMERICAN CITIZENS. TONIGHT, WITH A SHOWDOWN AT AN. IMPASSE, PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW. ORDERING ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TO. IMMEDIATELY STOP USING. ANTHROPIC'S TECHNOLOGY. SAYING, THE U.S. WILL NEVER. ALLOW A RADICAL-LEFT, WOKE. COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT. MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS. THAT DECISION BELONGS TO YOUR. COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND THE.

TREMENDOUS LEADERS I APPOINT TO. RUN OUR MILITARY. AND MOMENTS AGO, SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH MOVING TO DESIGNATE. ANTHROPIC A SUPPLY CHAIN RISK, ESSENTIALLY BLACKLISTING THE. AMERICAN COMPANY FROM GOVERNMENT. WORK. HEGSETH SAYING, AMERICA'S WAR. FIGHTERS WILL NEVER BE HELD. HOSTAGE BY THE IDEALOGICAL WHIMS. OF BIG TECH. THIS DECISION IS FINAL. ANTHROPIC IS THE FIRST AI. COMPANY TO USE CLASSIFIED.

NETWORKS AND IS CONSIDERED THE. MOST SOPHISTICATED, WHICH WILL. MAKE IT HARD TO REPLACE. AND THE CEO OF OpenAI, ANTHROPIC'S COMPETITOR, SAID. EARLIER THAT HIS COMPANY AND. SOME OTHERS SHARE THE SAME RED. LINES AS ANTHROPIC. DAVID? >> David: SHARING THE SAME. CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT, MARTHA RADDATZ. WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE NANCY. GUTHRIE DISAPPEARANCE AND THE. VIDEO FROM DOORBELL CAMERAS. THE VEHICLES IN THOSE. EARLY-MORNING HOURS. ONE CAR SEEN ON A RING CAM. WITHIN MINUTES OF GUTHRIE'S. DISAPPEARANCE.

AUTHORITIES TONIGHT SAY IT'S. THIS KIND OF VIDEO THEY STILL. NEED, WITH SAVANNAH GUTHRIE. POSTING TONIGHT ABOUT THE. FAMILY'S $1 MILLION REWARD AND. THE ABILITY TO STAY ANONYMOUS. HERE'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: NEARLY ONE MONTH. AFTER NANCY GUTHRIE WAS ABDUCTED. FROM HER HOME, TONIGHT SAVANNAH. GUTHRIE IS RENEWING HER PLEA FOR. THE CRITICAL TIP THAT COULD LEAD. TO HER MOTHER, POSTING, PLEASE. BE THE ONE THAT BRINGS HER HOME. >> WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS. WE NEED HER TO COME HOME. >> Reporter: SAVANNAH TELLING.

ANY POTENTIAL TIPSTER, THEY CAN. STAY ANONYMOUS AND STILL GET HER. FAMILY'S $1 MILLION REWARD. >> YOU CAN BE ANONYMOUS IF YOU. WANT. SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS. SOMETHING THAT CAN BRING HER. HOME. SOMEBODY KNOWS. AND WE ARE BEGGING YOU TO PLEASE. COME FORWARD NOW. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE. STILL HOPING SOMEONE CAN. IDENTIFY THE MASKED MAN WITH A. GUN AT NANCY GUTHRIE'S DOORSTEP. THE NIGHT SHE WAS TAKEN. IF YOUR TIP QUALIFIES FOR THE.

REWARD, YOU CAN BE PAID IN CASH. WHEN YOU MAKE A TIP, THEY. PROVIDE A PIN NUMBER YOU'D. PRESENT WHEN PICKING UP THE. MONEY AT A NEUTRAL LOCATION, NO. I.D. REQUIRED, AND IT'S NOT. TRACEABLE, WITH NO QUESTIONS. ASKED. >> PIMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S. DEPARTMENT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING. INTO VIDEOS LIKE THIS ONE FROM. NANCY GUTHRIE'S NEIGHBORHOOD. A RING VIDEO OBTAINED BY FOX. NEWS SHOWING A CAR 2 1/2 MILES. FROM THE HOME AT 2:36 A.M. AROUND THE TIME NANCY WAS TAKEN. NANCY GUTHRIE'S PACEMAKER. DISCONNECTED FROM HER PHONE.

EIGHT MINUTES EARLIER, 2:28 A.M. THAT CAR IS ONE OF 12 CAPTURED. ON THAT CAMERA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT. AND 6:00 A.M. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IT HAS ANY. CONNECTION TO THE ABDUCTION, BUT. IT'S THE KIND OF VIDEO. INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING. RESIDENTS TO SEND THEM AS THEY. WORK THROUGH THOUSANDS OF HOURS. OF FOOTAGE. AND DAVID, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. STRESSES THIS IS AN ONGOING. INVESTIGATION. THEY ALSO SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE. TO KEEP A PATROL IN NANCY. GUTHRIE'S NEIGHBORHOOD. DAVID? >> David: TREVOR AULT ON THIS. CASE AGAIN TONIGHT. TREVOR, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE FATHER. WHOSE SON IS ACCUSED OF KILLING. TWO TEACHERS AND TWO STUDENTS IN. GEORGIA. THE FATHER TAKING THE STAND IN. HIS OWN DEFENSE TODAY, ACCUSED. OF BUYING HIS SON THE GUN EVEN. WHEN THERE WERE WARNINGS. WHAT THE FATHER SAID ABOUT THAT, TEARFUL ON THE STAND. HERE'S STEVE OSUNSAMI. >> Reporter: THE FATHER OF THE. TEENAGER ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO. STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AT THE. SUBURBAN ATLANTA HIGH SCHOOL IS. TEARFULLY DEFENDING HIMSELF ON. THE WITNESS STAND, SAYING HE. DIDN'T SEE WARNING SIGNS THAT. HIS SON COULD KILL. >> YOU KNOW, HE'S A -- HE'S A.

GOOD KID. I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY COULD. EVER SEE THAT KIND OF EVIL. >> Reporter: BUT PROSECUTORS SAY. THAT COLIN GRAY IGNORED TOO. MUCH, CHARGING HIM WITH. SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, SAYING. THAT HE BOUGHT HIS SON THIS. AR-15 STYLE RIFLE USED IN THE. KILLINGS AT APPALACHA HIGH. SCHOOL AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER GETTING. A VISIT FROM THE SHERIFF'S. OFFICE, SAYING THE FBI HAD. FLAGGED HIS SON FOR ALLEGEDLY.

THREATENING ONLINE TO SHOOT UP A. DIFFERENT SCHOOL. THE FATHER ADMITTED TO JURORS HE. KEPT GUNS IN THE HOME UNLOCKED. EVEN AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH. HIS SON ABOUT PANIC ATTACKS AND. DEPRESSION. >> THE GUN WAS A -- WAS A THING. THAT HIM AND I USED TO BOND. WITH, AND I WAS VERY CLEAR ON. THE RULES. >> Reporter: HIS SON IS NOW 16. YEARS OLD. HE'S IN CUSTODY TONIGHT, AND. HE'S WAITING ON HIS TRIAL. HE'S PLEADING NOT GUILTY TO. MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES. HIS FATHER IS PLEADING NOT. GUILTY TO SECOND-DEGREE MURDER,

AND HIS PROSECUTION IS PART OF A. LARGER EFFORT TO HOLD PARENTS. RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SCHOOL. SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DAVID? >> David: STEVE OSUNSAMI. REPORTING FROM GEORGIA TONIGHT. STEVE, THANKS. >>> TONIGHT, TO TEXAS NOW WHERE. THE U.S. MILITARY MISTAKENLY. SHOT DOWN A CUSTOMS AND BORDER. PROTECTION DRONE RIGHT NEAR THE. BORDER USING A HIGH-POWERED. LASER. THE CONFUSION BETWEEN AGENCIES. LEADING TO POTENTIAL DANGER IN. THE SKIES, AND TONIGHT THE FAA. HAS NOW RESTRICTED SOME OF THAT. AIR SPACE FOR MONTHS. HERE'S WHIT JOHNSON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FAA.

NOW RESTRICTING AIR SPACE NEAR. EL PASO, TEXAS, THROUGH JUNE. AFTER YET ANOTHER CONFUSING AND. DANGEROUS MOMENT IN THE SKIES. THE U.S. MILITARY USING A. HIGH-POWERED LASER TO SHOOT DOWN. A DRONE THEY THOUGHT WAS A. THREAT NEAR THE U.S./MEXICO. BORDER, BUT IT WAS A DRONE BEING. USED BY CUSTOMS AND BORDER. PROTECTION, ANOTHER U.S. AGENCY. THE INCIDENT TROUBLING AS THOSE. LASERS COULD POSE A THREAT TO. COMMERCIAL AVIATION WITHOUT. COORDINATION BETWEEN AGENCIES. IN A STATEMENT, THE PENTAGON AND. OTHER AGENCIES SAYING, THE LASER. WAS USED TO MITIGATE A SEEMINGLY.

THREATENING UNMANNED AERIAL. SYSTEM OPERATING WITHIN MILITARY. AIR SPACE. >> FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. TO SHOOT DOWN A CUSTOMS AND. BORDER PROTECTION DRONE WOULD. DEMONSTRATE A SHOCKING BREAKDOWN. IN AIR DOMAIN AWARENESS. >> Reporter: IT'S THE SECOND. TIME THIS MONTH AIR SPACE IN THE. AREA HAS BEEN RESTRICTED AFTER. THE LASER TECHNOLOGY WAS. DEPLOYED. JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THE FAA. ISSUED AN URGENT TEMPORARY. CLOSURE AFTER CVP USED IT TO. SHOOT DOWN WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO. BE A THREATENING DRONE, BUT WHAT.

TURNED OUT TO BE A MYLAR. BALLOON, BOTH OF WHICH ARE USED. BY MEXICAN CARTELS. >> IF THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN. LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE GOING TO. CONTINUE OPERATING TOGETHER. ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER, THERE. NEEDS TO BE DRAMATIC. IMPROVEMENTS IN COORDINATION. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE PENTAGON. AND CVP INSIST THEY WILL WORK TO. INCREASE COMMUNICATION TO. PREVENT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS IN. THE FUTURE. DAVID? >> David: WHIT JOHNSON HERE WITH. US TONIGHT, WHIT, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, REMEMBERING A FAMOUS SINGER WHO. FAMOUSLY DECLARED, BREAKING UP.

IS HARD TO DO. >>> ALSO, MORE NEWS AHEAD. TONIGHT. THE HORRIFIC IMAGES. THE DEADLY TRAM DERAILMENT AT. RUSH HOUR. THE TRAM JUMPING THE TRACKS. SLAMMING INTO A BUILDING. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THIS IN A. MOMENT. >>> ALSO, THE WORKER TRAPPED IN. THE MUD. THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALLY GET. THE HOURS-LONG RESCUE, AND HOW. THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALLY GET. HIM OUT. >>> YOU'LL WANT TO STAY TUNED. FOR THIS TONIGHT. WE HEARD FROM SO MANY OF YOU AT. HOME AFTER OUR STORY ON PUNCH. THE MONKEY, ABANDONED BY HIS. MOTHER, SHUNNED BY OTHER. MONKEYS. YOU WILL DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE. WHAT THEY HAVE SENT TO US. TONIGHT. >> David: TONIGHT, A TRAM GOING.

OFF THE TRACKS, CRASHING INTO A. BUILDING, KILLING TWO PEOPLE IN. MILAN, ITALY. A DRIVER CAPTURING THIS VIDEO. RIGHT HERE. THE TRAIN SWERVING SUDDENLY, JUMPING THE TRACKS RIGHT THERE. A PASSENGER AND A PEDESTRIAN. WERE KILLED. NEARLY 40 OTHERS INJURED. THAT CRASH UNDER INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT. >>> BACK IN THE U.S. IN FLORIDA, A RACE TO RESCUE A MAN STUCK IN. A MUD BIT. FIREFIGHTERS FOUND ANDREW. GITTINS SHOULDER-DEEP IN THE. MUD. THIS IS NEAR A SAND PLANT. OUTSIDE GAINESVILLE. HE'D BEEN REPORTED MISSING AND. WAS STUCK FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BEFORE HE WAS FOUND. RESCUERS USING ROPES, LADDERS, SHOVELS TO FREE HIM.

HE'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION, BUT. HE IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE SCARE ON. THE FIELD FOR LIONEL MESSI, WHO. WAS TACKLED. >>> AND WE REMEMBER A FAMOUS. SINGER TONIGHT WHO SAID, BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO. >> David: TO THE INDEX OF OTHER. NEWS TONIGHT. MORE WINTER WEATHER FOR THE. MIDWEST AND THE NORTHEAST THIS. WEEKEND. SEVERAL STATES BRACING FOR SNOW. ON SATURDAY A QUICK BLAST ON THE. MOVE FROM THE PLAINS TO THE. MIDWEST. UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME. AREAS. THEN THEY TELL US, ON. SUNDAY, LIGHT SNOW PUSHING. THROUGH FROM PHILADELPHIA, NEW. YORK CITY, BOSTON.

FORECAST MODELS SO FAR. PREDICTING LESS THAN 2 INCHES. >>> WE DO HAVE A PASSING TO NOTE. TONIGHT. LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER NEIL. SEDAKA HAS DIED. ♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT BREAKING UP. IS HARD TO DO ♪. >> David: SEDAKA FAMOUS FOR. "BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO,". "LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER.". HIS WORK EARNING HIM FIVE GRAMMY. NOMINATIONS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE. SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME. SEDAKA WAS 86. >>> SOCCER STAR LIONEL MESSI WAS. TACKLED AS FANS STORMED THE. FIELD IN PUERTO RICO. THREE PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS THE. FIELD.

ONE MAN WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND. MESSI, PULLING HIM TO THE. GROUND. SECURITY GUARDS THERE RUSHING. IN. MESSI GETTING UP VERY QUICKLY. HE WAS UNHURT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS. FRIDAY NIGHT, WE HEARD FROM SO. MANY OF YOU AT HOME ABOUT PUNCH. THE MONKEY THIS WEEK, SO YOU. HAVE TO STAY TUNED HERE. THE NEW VIDEO THEY HAVE JUST. SENT TO US. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, OUR "PERSONS OF THE WEEK.". WE HAD TO CHOOSE THE TEAM. HELPING PUNCH, THE MONKEY. TONIGHT, THE MONKEY THE WORLD IS. NOW CHEERING ON. THE VIRAL STAR, PUNCH THE. MONKEY. WE REPORTED ON HIM THIS WEEK.

HERE, AND SO MANY OF YOU. RESPONDED. THE 7-MONTH-OLD MONKEY ABANDONED. BY HIS MOTHER, SHUNNED BY OTHER. MONKEYS AT THE ZOO OUTSIDE. TOKYO. ZOOKEEPERS GIVING THE LONELY. MONKEY A STUFFED ORANGUTAN FROM. IKEA IN HOPES OF COMFORTING HIM. AND TO HELP HIM BUILD HIS. CONFIDENCE. THE IMAGES OF PUNCH THEN. CUDDLING AND DRAGGING THAT. STUFFED ANIMAL EVERYWHERE GOING. VIRAL. THIS WEEK, THE ZOO SO ENCOURAGED. BY HIS PROGRESS, PUNCH GOING. FROM CLINGING ON TO HIS CARE. TEAM DURING MEALTIME TO THIS. THE PROMISING SIGNS OF BONDING.

AS FELLOW PRIMATES GROOMING HIM. SITTING WITH THE ADULT MONKEYS. SIDE BY SIDE ON THE ROCKS. AND TONIGHT HERE, THE NEW IMAGES. OF PUNCH. THERE HE IS ON THE LEFT, EMBRACING, HUGGING AN ADULT. MONKEY BEFORE STANDING UP, CLIMBING ONTO ITS BACK, AND. HITCHING A RIDE. AND TONIGHT HERE, PUNCH'S. ZOOKEEPERS SAYING HE'S BEEN. SPENDING LESS TIME WITH THE. STUFFED ANIMAL AND MORE TIME. INTERACTING WITH THE OTHER. MONKEYS, SAYING HE'S BLENDING. INTO THE TROUPE LITTLE BY LITTLE. AND THEY THINK THERE WILL COME A. DAY WHEN HE NO LONGER NEEDS HIS.

STUFFED TOY. TONIGHT, HIS CARE TEAM ROOTING. HIM ON, AND SO ARE WE. AND SO WE CHOOSE THE TEAM AT THE. ICHIKAWA CITY ZOO AND PUNCH THE. MONKEY. GOOD NIGHT.