ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 3, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, THE BREAKING NEWS. AS WE COME ON THE AIR INVOLVING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TRADE WAR WITH. CANADA AND MEXICO. AFTER TWO PHONE CALLS WITH. CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN. TRUDEAU, WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HAS NOW JUST AGREED TO. JUST HOURS AFTER PUTTING TARIFFS. ON HOLD FOR MEXICO, AFTER A CALL. WITH MEXICO'S PRESIDENT. MARKETS RATTLED OVERNIGHT AND. THIS MORNING. THE MARKET SWINGS. AND THE CONSERVATIVE "WALL. STREET JOURNAL" CALLING THIS THE. DUMBEST TRADE WAR IN HISTORY. WITH MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. BRACING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR. HIGHER PRICES. SO, WHAT THE PRESIDENT GOT FROM.

MEXICO AND CANADA TONIGHT. AND HE WAS ASKED IN THE OVAL. OFFICE, WERE YOU PAYING. ATTENTION TO THE MARKETS, DID. YOU BLINK? >>> ALSO TONIGHT, NEW QUESTIONS. SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, SO, WHAT IS THAT? AND DEMOCRATS TONIGHT ASKING, WHY WAS MUSK GIVEN ACCESS TO THE. PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS AT THE TREASURY. DEPARTMENT? TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, SAYING, MUSK WAS GIVEN ACCESS TO LET. PEOPLE GO THAT HE THINKS ARE NO. GOOD, IF WE AGREE WITH HIM. >>> TONIGHT, THE CHILLING FIRST. IMAGES OF THE FUSELAGE BEING. PULLED FROM THE POTOMAC.

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 5342. WE ALSO HAVE NEW REPORTING. TONIGHT ON THE BLACK HAWK AND. HOW HIGH IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. FLYING. THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS ON THIS. TONIGHT. >>> AND IN PHILADELPHIA THIS. EVENING, THE JET CRASH THAT. KILLED SEVEN, THE BLACK BOX HAS. BEEN FOUND INSIDE A CRATER EIGHT. FEET DEEP FROM THAT CRASH. THE PLANE IN THE AIR LESS THAN A.

MINUTE. AND THE BOY IN A CAR WHO HAD. METAL FROM THE PLANE IN HIS. HEAD, HE HAS SURVIVED SURGERY. WE HAVE NEWS ON HIS CONDITION. TONIGHT. >>> THE SCARE ONBOARD A UNITED. CITY. >>> THE HORRIFIC SCENE IN COURT. TODAY. A HEARING IN A MURDER CASE. ERUPTING INTO A COURTROOM BRAWL. >>> TONIGHT, THE PILEUP ON THE. HIGHWAY HERE IN THE NORTHEAST AS. WE TRACK TWO MAJOR STORMS. ONE HITTING NOW, THE OTHER A. POTENTIAL ICE STORM FROM THE. MIDWEST RIGHT INTO THE. NORTHEAST. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE NEW. FORECAST. >>> THE DRIVER PLUNGING 100 FEET. OFF THE HIGHWAY. THE RESCUE TONIGHT. >>> AND CALIFORNIA'S HEROES TAKE. CENTER STAGE AT THE GRAMMYS.

♪ CALIFORNIA DREAMIN ♪. ♪ ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAY ♪. >> David: THE TRIBUTES TO THE. FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRST. RESPONDERS, AND THE THOUSANDS. WHO LOST EVERYTHING. >>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT. TO START A NEW WEEK WITH ALL OF. YOU AT HOME. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. BREAKING NEWS, JUST A SHORT TIME. AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AFTER TWO. PHONE CALLS WITH CANADA'S PRIME.

MINISTER, PUTTING THOSE 25%. TARIFFS ON HOLD WITH CANADA. THEY WERE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT. AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ON HOLD NOW FOR 30 DAYS, AND. THIS COMES JUST HOURS AFTER A. PHONE CALL WITH MEXICO'S. PRESIDENT, PUTTING TARIFFS ON. HOLD WITH MEXICO, AS WELL, FOR. 30 DAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP ACCUSING BOTH. COUNTRIES OF ALLOWING FENTANYL. AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TO. FLOOD THE U.S. BORDER. MEXICO AND CANADA HAD PLANNED. RETALIATION, PREPARING TO IMPOSE. THEIR OWN TARIFFS ON U.S. GOODS, IN EXCHANGE. BUT IN A CALL WITH MEXICO'S. PRESIDENT, CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM, SHE AGREED TO SEND.

10,000 SOLDIERS TO THE MEXICAN. SIDE OF THE BORDER. THEN LATE TODAY, AFTER THEIR. SECOND PHONE CALL, CANADIAN. PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU. PROMISING TO APPOINT A FENTANYL. CZAR, AND TO IMPLEMENT A $1.3. BILLION PLAN THAT TRUDEAU HAD. ANNOUNCED WEEKS AGO TO REINFORCE. THE BORDER. THE THREAT OF TARIFFS AND THEN. THE THREATS OF RETALIATION. RATTLED THE MARKETS LAST NIGHT. AND INTO THIS MORNING. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" HAD. CALLED THIS THE DUMBEST TRADE. WAR IN HISTORY. WELL TONIGHT, IT APPEARS IT'S. BEEN AVERTED, AT LEAST FOR NOW. ABC'S SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT AT. THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, AFTER. FEVERISH LAST-MINUTE TALKS, A. TRUCE IN THE LOOMING TRADE WAR. LATE TONIGHT, AFTER TWO PHONE. CALLS WITH CANADIAN PRIME. MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE. HEFTY 25% TARIFFS HE THREATENED. ARE NOW ON PAUSE, JUST HOURS. BEFORE THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO GO. INTO EFFECT. IT CAME AFTER A MORNING CALL. WITH THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO. WHEN TRUMP AGREED TO PAUSE. TARIFFS ON THAT COUNTRY'S GOODS, AS WELL. FOR 30 DAYS. TRUMP'S THREATS SENT MARKETS. TUMBLING OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE.

MORNING, AS ECONOMISTS WARNED. THE TARIFFS WOULD SEND PRICES. SOARING FOR AMERICAN CONSUMERS. ON EVERYTHING FROM GROCERIES TO. CARS TO ELECTRONICS. >> I'M NOT CONCERNED. WE MAY HAVE SHORT-TERM -- SOME. LITTLE PAIN, AND PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT LONG-TERM, THE UNITED STATES. HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF BY VIRTUALLY. EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. >> Reporter: BOTH COUNTRIES HAD. VOWED TO RETALIATE. IN CANADA, AMERICAN SPORTS TEAMS. BOOED DURING THE NATIONAL.

ANTHEM. [ BOOING ]. CANADIAN LIQUOR STORES TAKING. AMERICAN WHISKEY OFF THE. SHELVES. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". EDITORIAL PAGE CALLING IT, QUOTE, THE DUMBEST TRADE WAR IN. HISTORY. OVERNIGHT, DOW FUTURES DOWN. HUNDREDS OF POINTS. >> HOW'S THE MARKET DOING TODAY? >> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. HOW IS THE MARKET DOING? >> IT'S UP AFTER THAT MEXICO. AGREEMENT. >> DID IT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: HOURS EARLIER, TRUMP CUT THAT DEAL WITH THE. MEXICAN PRESIDENT.

MEXICO WILL SEND 10,000 TROOPS. TO THE BORDER TO HELP TACKLE. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND TO. PREVENT FENTANYL FROM FLOWING. INTO THE U.S. >> DID YOU BLINK THIS MORNING? >> THERE WAS NO BLINKING. SHE'S A WONDERFUL WOMAN. SHE DID AGREE TO 10,000 SOLDIERS. ON THE BORDER. I WOULD SAY THAT'S A LOT. WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S PRETTY. GOOD? >> Reporter: NEGOTIATIONS WITH. CANADA TOOK A LITTLE LONGER. >> CANADA'S VERY TOUGH. THEY'RE VERY, VERY TOUGH TO DO. BUSINESS WITH. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN. TRUDEAU SAYING THEY HAVE REACHED.

AN AGREEMENT, THAT IN ADDITION. TO CANADA IMPLEMENTING ITS. EXISTING $1.3 BILLION BORDER. PLAN, CANADA WILL APPOINT A NEW. FENTANYL CZAR, LIST CARTELS. AS TERRORISTS, AND LAUNCH A. CANADA/U.S. JOINT STRIKE FORCE. TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME, FENTANYL, AND MONEY LAUNDERING. DAVID, TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT. EMPHASIZING THESE ARE ONLY. TEMPORARY PAUSES FOR THE NEXT 30. DAYS. AND HE'S STILL MOVING FORWARD. WITH TARIFFS ON CHINA. THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN PAUSED. THEY ARE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT. TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. 10% ON ALL IMPORTS, DAVID.

>> David: RACHEL SCOTT LEADING. US OFF FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THERE ARE NEW. QUESTIONS ABOUT ELON MUSK'S. ROLE. HE'S NOW BEEN CLASSIFIED A. SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. SO, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? ABC NEWS HAD ALREADY LEARNED. THAT MUSK HAS BEEN GIVEN ACCESS. TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S. PAYMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE. PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MILLIONS. OF AMERICAN WORKERS. AND TONIGHT, MUSK WORKING TO. SHUT DOWN THE HUMANITARIAN. AGENCY USAID, OR VASTLY. REIMAGINE THE AGENCY. WORKERS INFORMED TO STAY HOME. TODAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE,

PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ASKED, WHY. HAS MUSK BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO. THE TREASURY? THE PRESIDENT ANSWERING ON MUSK. TO LET PEOPLE GO THAT HE THINKS. ARE NO GOOD, IF WE AGREE WITH. HIM. HERE'S JONATHAN KARL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BACKLASH. AFTER ELON MUSK SEIZED CONTROL. OF USAID, THE AGENCY THAT. PROVIDES U.S. HUMANITARIAN. ASSISTANCE AROUND THE WORLD. LOCKING OUT EMPLOYEES, ESSENTIALLY SHUTTING IT DOWN. IT'S MUSK'S FIRST MAJOR MOVE TO. SLASH GOVERNMENT SPENDING. >> AS WE DUG INTO USAID, IT.

BECAME APPARENT THAT WHAT WE. HAVE HERE IS NOT AN APPLE WITH A. WORM IN IT, BUT WE HAVE ACTUALLY. JUST A BALL OF WORMS. >> Reporter: USAID'S $43 BILLION. BUDGET IS A TINY FRACTION OF. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS. ABOUT 1%. BUT ITS SUPPORT IS A CRITICAL. LIFELINE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED. AROUND THE WORLD. HELPING AN ESTIMATED 32 MILLION. CHILDREN SUFFERING MALNUTRITION, AND BRINGING FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND HEALTH CARE TO. VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS. BUT MUSK, THE WORLD'S RICHEST.

MAN, SAYS THE AGENCY IS. HOPELESS, POSTING ON X, QUOTE, WE SPENT THE WEEKEND FEEDING. USAID INTO THE WOOD CHIPPER. THIS COMES AS SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS MUSK'S TEAM AT THE. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY, KNOWN AS DOGE, NOW. HAS ACCESS TO THE TREASURY. DEPARTMENT'S PAYMENT SYSTEM. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE. GOVERNMENT'S CHECKBOOK. IT PROCESSES TRILLIONS OF. DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS AND INCLUDES. THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF. AMERICANS.

>> MR. PRESIDENT, WHY IS IT. IMPORTANT FOR ELON MUSK TO HAVE. ACCESS TO THE PAYMENT SYSTEMS AT. TREASURY? >> WELL, HE'S GOT ACCESS ONLY TO. LETTING PEOPLE GO THAT HE THINKS. ARE NO GOOD, IF WE AGREE WITH. HIM. AND IT'S ONLY IF WE AGREE WITH. HIM. HE'S A VERY TALENTED GUY FROM. THE STANDPOINT OF MANAGEMENT AND. COSTS. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS ARE. OUTRAGED. >> AN UNELECTED, UNACCOUNTABLE. BILLIONAIRE WITH EXPANSIVE. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, DEEP TIES.

TO CHINA, AND AN INDISCREET AXE. TO GRIND AGAINST PERCEIVED. ENEMIES IS HIGH HIJACKING OUR. NATION'S MOST SENSITIVE. FINANCIAL DATA SYSTEMS AND ITS. CHECKBOOK. >> Reporter: BUT ELON MUSK'S. INFLUENCE IS SWEEPING THROUGHOUT. THE ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS LATE LAST WEEK THAT THE. DOGE TEAM SHOWED UP AT USAID. OFFICES IN WASHINGTON AND. DEMANDED ACCESS. USAID EMPLOYEE KRISTINA DRYE. DESCRIBED THE SCENE. >> DOGE WAS IN THE BUILDING. WE STARTED -- WE TOOK DOWN OUR. PRIDE FLAGS, WE TOOK DOWN -- I. TOOK OUT ANY BOOKS THAT I FELT.

WOULD BE INCRIMINATING. NO ONE WAS TALKING. WE HEARD THEY STARTED TAKING. TRANSCRIPTS AUTOMATICALLY OF ALL. OF OUR GOOGLE MEETS. WE -- THEY UNPLUGGED THE NEWS IN. THE LITTLE KITCHEN GALLEYS. IT DIDN'T FEEL GOOD. AND THEN SATURDAY, ALL OF THE. WEBSITES WENT DOWN. AND THEN I LOST COMPLETE ACCESS. TO MY COMPUTER. >> Reporter: AND THIS MORNING, ALL THE AGENCY'S EMPLOYEES. RECEIVED A NOTICE, TELLING THEM. NOT TO COME TO WORK TODAY. NOW, WHAT IS LEFT OF USAID IS. GOING TO BE FOLDED INTO THE. STATEMENT DEPARTMENT UNDER THE. DIRECTION OF THE NEW SECRETARY.

OF STATE, MARCO RUBIO. >> David: ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN. KARL AND OUR TEAM FOLLOWING ALL. OF THIS FROM WASHINGTON. JON, ELON MUSK NOW CLASSIFIED, AS I MENTIONED, AS A SPECIAL. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. SO, TELL US EXACTLY WHAT THIS. MEANS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: A SPECIAL. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, DAVID, IS. BASICALLY SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE. JOB TEMPORARILY. A MAXIMUM OF 130 DAYS. THEY ARE NOT BOUND BY THE SAME. ETHICS REQUIREMENTS THAT. FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

ARE, BUT AGAIN, CAN ONLY BE ON. THE JOB FOR 130 DAYS. ELON MUSK IS NOT BEING PAID FOR. HIS WORK AT THE DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, BUT. DAVID, HIS COMPANIES HAVE TAKEN. IN NEARLY $19 BILLION IN FEDERAL. CONTRACTS OVER THE LAST TEN. YEARS. >> David: JON KARL IN WASHINGTON. TONIGHT. JON, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, NEW REPORTING. IN THOSE BACK-TO-BACK DEADLY. PLANE CRASHES. FROM WASHINGTON TONIGHT, THE. CHILLING IMAGES OF THE FUSELAGE. OF THAT AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE. BEING PULLED FROM THE POTOMAC. AND TONIGHT, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. ABOUT THE BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER, HOW HIGH IT WAS FLYING THAT. NIGHT.

THIS IS CONFLICTING INFORMATION. FROM THOSE EARLY DAYS. AND IN PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT, THE. BLACK BOX FROM THAT MEDICAL. TRANSPORT JET THAT CRASHED HAS. NOW BEEN FOUND INSIDE A CRATER. EIGHT FEET DEEP FROM THE CRASH. THE PLANE WAS IN THE AIR LESS. THAN A MINUTE, SEVEN PEOPLE. KILLED. AND AMONG THOSE INJURED ON THE. GROUND, A BOY IN A CAR, METAL. FROM THE PLANE LODGED IN HIS. HEAD. WE HAVE LEARNED HE HAS SURVIVED. SURGERY. AND AGAIN TONIGHT HERE, GIO BENITEZ. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. THE FUSELAGE OF THAT AMERICAN. AIRLINES FLIGHT PULLED OUT OF. THE POTOMAC RIVER. THE CABIN IN SHREDS.

THE CRASH WITH THAT BLACK HAWK. KILLING 67 PEOPLE. SO FAR, 55 OF THEIR BODIES HAVE. BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WORKING TO. IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL REMAINS. RECOVERED TODAY. >> IT IS MY BELIEF THAT WE'RE. GOING TO RECOVER EVERYONE. >> Reporter: DOZENS OF THE. VICTIM'S FAMILIES GATHERING. YESTERDAY FOR A SOLEMN MEMORIAL. ON THE RUNWAY AT REAGAN NATIONAL. AIRPORT. NOW TONIGHT, THE QUESTION, WAS. THERE A DISCREPANCY IN THE TOWER. RADAR SEEN BY AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROL, WHICH MAY HAVE SHOWN. THE HELICOPTER AT 200 FEET.

>> INITIAL DATA INDICATES THAT. HE MAY HAVE SEEN 200 FEET. THAT NEEDS TO BE VERIFIED. >> Reporter: 200 AND BELOW IS. WHERE THE HELICOPTER SHOULD HAVE. BEEN, BUT SOME OF THE MOST. TRUSTED LOCATION DATA SHOWS THE. CRASH HAPPENING AT JUST OVER 300. FEET. THE NTSB ALSO EVALUATING THE. JET'S FLIGHT DATA AND COCKPIT. VOICE RECORDERS. OVERNIGHT, IN PHILADELPHIA, INVESTIGATORS LOCATING THE BLACK. BOX OF THE MEDICAL TRANSPORT JET. THAT PLUNGED TO THE GROUND, KILLING SEVEN. THE VOICE RECORDER FOUND EIGHT. FEET DEEP INSIDE THAT CRATER. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT,

AND HOW DEEP THAT CRATER IS, IT. WAS A VERY STEEP ANGLE AT WHICH. THAT AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN. >> Reporter: DATA FROM FLIGHT. RADAR 24 SHOWS THE MEDEVAC. LEARJET EN ROUTE TO MEXICO WAS. IN THE AIR FOR UNDER A MINUTE. BEFORE THE CRASH. ALL SIX PEOPLE ONBOARD THAT JET. KILLED, INCLUDING A MOM AND HER. 11-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WHO HAD. JUST RECEIVED MEDICAL CARE AT. NEARBY SHRINERS CHILDREN'S. HOSPITAL. ANOTHER KILLED IN A CAR ON THE. GROUND. AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE INJURED, AMONG THEM, 10-YEAR-OLD TREY. HOWARD. HIS FATHER DESCRIBING THE.

HARROWING SCENE TO OUR STEPHANIE. RAMOS. >> WE'RE TURNING TO COTTMAN. AVENUE, AND JUST HEAR A LOUD. BANG, AND THEN A BALL OF FIRE, AND I TURN AROUND, HE HAS METAL. ON THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD. >> Reporter: TREY RUSHED TO THE. HOSPITAL, WHERE HE UNDERWENT. EMERGENCY BRAIN SURGERY. HE'S NOW IN RECOVERY. AND DAVID, THERE ARE STILL SO. MANY QUESTIONS. THE NTSB IS NOW WORKING ON A. DETAILED TIMELINE FOR BOTH OF. THESE CRASHES TO SEE EXACTLY. WHAT WENT WRONG. DAVID?

>> David: ALL RIGHT, GIO BENITEZ. AND THE TEAM, I THANK YOU FOR. YOUR REPORTING FOR DAYS NOW. THANK YOU. >>> AND MEANTIME, THIS SCARE. INVOLVING A UNITED AIRLINES. FLIGHT, FROM HOUSTON TO NEW. YORK. TERRIFYING MOMENTS CAUGHT ON. VIDEO JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF. THE CABIN FILLING UP WITH SMOKE, FLAMING BURSTING OUT OF ONE OF. THE ENGINES. 104 PASSENGERS AND CREW SAFELY. EVACUATING, SOME DOWN AN. EMERGENCY SLIDE. THE FAA TONIGHT SAYING THE. TAKEOFF WAS SAFELY ABORTED. BECAUSE OF A REPORTED ENGINE. ISSUE. AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDER WAY. >>> WE'RE GOING TO TURN NOW TO. THE HORRIFIC SCENE IN A NEW. MEXICO COURTROOM.

A MURDER SUSPECT STANDING BEFORE. A JUDGE, WHEN THE UNCLE OF HIS. ALLEGED VICTIM LUNGES FOR HIM. HERE'S MOLA LENGHI. >> Reporter: THE VIDEO SHOWS. ALEXANDER ORTIZ IN THE ORANGE. JUMPSUIT, ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS. EX-GIRLFRIEND, STANDING BEFORE A. DISTRICT JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE, WHEN HER UNCLE, CARLOS LUCERO, BARRELS OVER THE PARTITION, ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN, PETE. YSASI, ATTACKING ORTIZ.

THE DEFENDANT'S FATHER JOINING. THE MELEE, UNTIL, FINALLY, THE. CORRECTIONS OFFICER TRYING TO. SHIELD THE DEFENDANT DRAWS THEIR. TASER. HEAVILY ARMED DEPUTIES STORMING. THE COURTROOM, ARRESTING THE. ATTACKERS, A FULL MINUTE AFTER. THE ATTACK BEGAN. THE MEN WERE TREATED AT THE. HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. THEY'RE DUE BACK IN COURT NEXT. MONTH. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, AFTER THE ATTACK, LUCERO TOLD. DEPUTIES IT WAS WORTH EVERY. MOMENT, AND, "HE KILLED MY NIECE. LIKE A COWARD.". THE INCIDENT RAISING QUESTIONS. ABOUT COURTROOM SECURITY. AND REMINISCENT OF THIS MOMENT. IN A LAS VEGAS COURTROOM LAST. YEAR.

>> WHOA, WHOA. >> Reporter: WHEN A MAN FLEW. OVER THE BENCH AND ATTACKED A. JUDGE. THAT MAN WAS SENTENCED TO. DECADES IN PRISON. WELL, DAVID, THE HEARING FOR. ORTIZ WAS RESET FOR NEXT WEEK, AND THEY'VE ALREADY REQUESTED. EXTRA SECURITY FOR THAT ONE, DAVID. >> David: MOLA LENGHI WITH US. TONIGHT. MOLA, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. DRAMATIC RESCUE. THE DRIVER PLUNGING 100 FEET. RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. YOU'LL SEE THE IMAGES. >>> AND WE'RE TRACKING TWO. STORMS TONIGHT. ONE HITTING RIGHT NOW, BLINDING. SNOW, HEAVY RAIN. AND THEN AN ICE STORM FROM THE. MIDWEST RIGHT INTO THE EAST. D.C. TO NEW YORK TO BOSTON, AND. SO LEE GOLDBERG IS STANDING BY,

HE'LL TIME IT ALL OUT FOR US IN. A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT HERE, WE'RE TRACKING. TWO MAJOR SYSTEMS, THE FIRST. HITTING RIGHT NOW IN THE WEST. THE OTHER A POTENTIAL ICE STORM. FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE. NORTHEAST. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG. FROM OUR STATION WABC HERE IN. NEW YORK WITH US TONIGHT. HEY, LEE. >> Reporter: HEY, DAVID. AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER STILL. POUNDING THE WEST COAST. IN FACT, A NEW LOW IS MOVING. ONSHORE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. WE COULD SEE OVER FOUR INCHES OF. RAINFALL NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND THEN THERE WILL BE MOUNTAIN. SNOWS FROM THE SIERRA INTO THE. ROCKIES. WE COULD SEE UP TO FOUR FEET.

OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY THE WAY, SOME OF THAT RAIN. COULD GO TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. TOMORROW NIGHT. A PIECE OF THAT PACIFIC ENERGY, IT'S HEADED INTO THE MIDWEST. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT A. POSSIBLE ICE STORM ALONG AND. NORTH OF I-70. BLOSSOMING ON WEDNESDAY. AFTERNOON AND GOING INTO. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING, FROM THE. GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHEAST. A NASTY MORNING COMMUTE FROM. D.C. TO NEW YORK. SNOW TO BOSTON BY LATE MORNING. A SIMILAR STORM COULD EFFECT THE. SAME PLACES SATURDAY. DAVID? >> David: WOW, THURSDAY MORNING, WE'LL BE ON THE WATCH. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. DRIVER PLUNGING 100 FEET OFF THE. HIGHWAY. THE RESCUE IN A MOMENT. >>> AND THE INCREDIBLE MOMENT,

LADY GAGA, BRUNO MARS, AND THE. TRIBUTE TO THE FIREFIGHTERS AND. FIRST RESPONDERS. >>> TO THE INDEX. THE RESCUE OF A DRIVER WHO. PLUNGED 100 FEET OFF HIGHWAY 101. ALONG THE OREGON COAST. CANNON BEACH FIREFIGHTERS. RAPPELLING TO THE CAR, SECURING. THE VEHICLE, USING ROPES TO PULL. THE DRIVER TO SAFETY. THAT DRIVER IS OKAY TONIGHT. >>> TIGHT SECURITY FOR SUNDAY'S. SUPER BOWL. THE CHIEFS AND THE EAGLES. IT COMES WEEKS AFTER THE NEW. YEAR'S TERROR ATTACK THAT KILLED. 14 PEOPLE. LOCAL POLICE, ALONG WITH 200. STATE POLICE AND 300 NATIONAL. GUARD TROOPS IN PLACE.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, LADY GAGA, BRUNO MARS, HONORING THE HEROES, THE. FIREFIGHTERS, IN A MOMENT. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, BEYONCE, TAYLOR SWIFT, THAT. HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT FOR. BEYONCE. THERE WAS SO MUCH TALENT LAST. NIGHT. AND THE HEROES, THEY WERE. HONORED, TOO. THE 67th ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS, THE ARTISTS HONORED LAST NIGHT, THEIR MUSIC. BUT CALIFORNIA'S HEROES WERE. RIGHT THERE ON STAGE, TOO, BEING. HONORED ALL NIGHT. ♪ CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' ♪.

>> David: LADY GAGA AND BRUNO. MARS WITH A SURPRISE DUET OF. "CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'.". ♪ CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' ♪. ♪ ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAY ♪. >> David: THEY WOULD HONOR. CALIFORNIA'S HEROES THE WHOLE. EVENING. >> WE LOVE YOU, CALIFORNIA. >> David: AND THE NIGHT'S BIG. WINNER, BEYONCE. >> "COWBOY CARTER," BEYONCE. >> David: TAYLOR SWIFT.

PRESENTING THE AWARD, BEYONCE. BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN. TO WIN A GRAMMY FOR BEST COUNTRY. ALBUM WITH "COWBOY CARTER.". ALSO WINNING ALBUM OF THE YEAR. >> I THINK SOMETIMES GENRE IS A. CODE WORD TO KEEP US IN OUR. PLACE AS ARTISTS, AND I JUST. WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO. WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. AND -- TO STAY PERSISTENT. WOW. ♪♪.

>> David: FIRST TIME WINNER. SABRINA CARPENTER, WINNING TWO. GRAMMYS FOR BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM. AND BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE. ♪ PINK PONY CLUB ♪. ♪ I'M GONNA KEEP DANCING AT. THE ♪. ♪ PINK PONY CLUB ♪. >> David: CHAPPELL ROAN WINNING. ARTIST, AND SHE USED HER MOMENT. ON THE STAGE TO ASK RECORD. LABELS TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF. EMERGING ARTISTS, YOUNG ARTISTS, ASKING FOR HEALTH CARE FOR THEM. >> LABELS, WE GOT YOU, BUT DO. YOU GOT US?

>> David: FIRST-TIME NOMINEE. BENSON BOONE RECEIVING A. STANDING OVATION FOR HIS. HIGH-FLYING PERFORMANCE. ♪ THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT. I'VE GOT ♪. >> David: AND THE FINAL. PRECEPTORS OF THE NIGHT WOULD BE. THE HEROES ONCE AGAIN, THE L.A. COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT ON STAGE. TO PRESENT THAT AWARD, AND TO. SEND THIS MESSAGE. >> I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL. RECOVER AND REBUILD TOGETHER. BECAUSE WE ARE L.A. STRONG.

>> David: CALIFORNIA AND THE. COUNTRY GRATEFUL TO THOSE. HEROES. I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE. TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.