ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Feb. 6, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR. ACCIDENTS, MULTIPLE CRASHES ON. HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATES HERE IN. THE NORTHEAST. THE IMAGES COMING IN NOW. >>> ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, WHAT'S NOW BEING REPORTED ABOUT. THAT BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER OVER. THE POTOMAC. WE HAD NOT HEARD THIS. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. BUYOUT OFFER FOR MILLIONS OF. FEDERAL WORKERS, TAKE THE BUYOUT. OR RISK BEING FIRED, NOW PUT ON. HOLD BY A JUDGE AMID QUESTIONS. IF IT'S LEGAL. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE ICE AND. SNOW, MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS ACROSS. THE NORTHEAST. PENNSYLVANIA, UP THROUGH NEW. YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS. A POLICE OFFICER JUMPING OUT OF. THE WAY, HEAVY ICE TAKING DOWN. TREES.

HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED. AND TONIGHT, A NEW STORM RIGHT. BEHIND IT SET TO HIT ALL OVER. AGAIN. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST. >>> NEW REPORTING TONIGHT ON THE. PLANE CRASH, THE COLLISION OVER. THE POTOMAC, AS THE BLACK HAWK. IS NOW PULLED FROM THE WATER. WHAT THEY'RE NOW REPORTING. TONIGHT ABOUT A WARNING SYSTEM. ON THE BLACK HAWK. WAS IT TURNED OFF? MARTHA RADDATZ AND WHAT SHE'S. LEARNED. >>> TONIGHT, JUST HOURS BEFORE. THAT MIDNIGHT DEADLINE FOR. MILLIONS OF FEDERAL WORKERS WHO. WERE SENT AN EMAIL TITLED "FORK. IN THE ROAD," TAKE A BUYOUT OR. RISK BEING FIRED, TONIGHT, A.

FEDERAL JUDGE PUTTING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S BUYOUT OFFER ON HOLD, AMID QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER. IT'S LAWFUL. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEFENDING HIS PROPOSAL AFTER. DECLARING THE U.S. WOULD OWN. GAZA, SAYING THE PALESTINIANS. WOULD LEAVE, SUGGESTING EGYPT. AND JORDAN WOULD TAKE THEM. WELL TONIGHT, WHAT EGYPT IS NOW. SAYING ABOUT THIS. THE WHITE HOUSE NOW SAYING THIS. WOULD BE TEMPORARY. AND ABC NEWS LEARNING SOME OF. THE PRESIDENT'S TOP ADVISERS. WERE CAUGHT OFFGUARD BY ALL OF. THIS.

>>> TONIGHT, THE PLANE CRASH. KILLING A U.S. MARINE AND THREE. CONTRACTORS. MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE. ON AN INTELLIGENCE FLIGHT. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, A HARROWING. VIEW NOW OF THOSE DEADLY FIRES. IN CALIFORNIA. YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST RESPONDERS. RESCUING SENIORS IN THE MIDDLE. OF THE EMERGENCY. WHAT THEY DID WITH THE FLAMES. CLOSING IN. >>> THE DISTURBING SCENE IN. CHURCH. A PRIEST ATTACKED DURING A. PRAYER SERVICE, THE ACCUSED. ATTACKER CHARGING THE ALTAR, ATTACKING THE PRIEST. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY. WHAT WAS FOUND IN A SUITCASE IN. THE EAST RIVER.

>>> TONIGHT HERE, WE REMEMBER. THE 102-YEAR-OLD OWNER OF ONE OF. THE MOST FAMOUS FOOTBALL TEAMS. IN AMERICA. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE GIFT FOR A MOTHER WHO LEAVES. FOR WORK BEFORE THE SUN COMES. UP. WHAT THEY DID, THE MESSAGES FROM. HER TODDLER. AND YOU'LL SEE IT RIGHT HERE. >>> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. TREACHEROUS DRIVING, MULTIPLE.

ACCIDENTS ACROSS SEVERAL STATES. A DANGEROUS MIX OF SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. CARS AND TRUCKS COLLIDING. MANY RIGHT OFF THE ROADS, FROM. THE MIDWEST RIGHT INTO THE. NORTHEAST. AND TONIGHT, A NEW STORM COMING. RIGHT BEHIND THIS. THE IMAGES TONIGHT, AN ICY CRASH. SLOWING TRAFFIC ON I-70 TO A. CRAWL. ONE OF DOZENS OF ACCIDENTS THIS. IS THE KANSAS CITY AREA. IN OHIO, A CAR SLIDING OFF THE. ROAD, RIGHT UP AN EMBANKMENT. THERE. THE SNOW REACHING THE NORTHEAST. THIS IS HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT. MANY SCHOOLS ACROSS THE. NORTHEAST WERE CLOSED FOR THE.

DAY. DE-ICING PLANES DURING WHITEOUT. AT PORTSMOUTH INTERNATIONAL. AIRPORT. THE SYSTEM SPAWNING AN EF-1. TORNADO, AS WELL, IN KENTUCKY. 95-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS. TONIGHT, A NEW FAST-MOVING STORM. WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HITTING ALL OVER AGAIN. THESE IMAGES FROM BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON, WHERE IT STARTED. ALREADY. THE ACCIDENTS ON THE 405. AND NOW HEADED EAST. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG HAS. THE TIMING FOR THIS, WHEN IT. HITS THE MIDWEST AND THE. NORTHEAST AGAIN. BUT FIRST, TREVOR AULT TONIGHT. WITH THE IMAGES COMING IN NOW. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A. TREACHEROUS MIX OF SNOW, SLEET,

AND FREEZING RAIN MAKING FOR A. WHITE-KNUCKLE DRIVE HOME FOR. MILLIONS. ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH, THIS. TRACTOR TRAILER STRANDED. ICE COVERING TREES AND WEIGHING. DOWN POWER LINES. ROAD CREWS HAVE BEEN WORKING. THROUGH THE NIGHT HERE OUTSIDE. PHILADELPHIA. THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF. TRANSPORTATION SAYS THEY'VE HAD. 400 TRUCKS PUTTING DOWN SALT. JUST IN THIS AREA. CRASHES LITTERING THE. MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE NEAR. BOSTON. AND NEAR CUMBERLAND, MAINE, CARS. ON THAT CRITICAL ARTERY, I-95, AT A STANDSTILL AFTER MULTIPLE. ACCIDENTS.

OVERNIGHT, AT LEAST 20 CRASHES. ON I-94 SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE. THIS OFFICER DIVING OUT OF THE. WAY. >> YOU'RE SAFE IN YOUR CAR. OPEN YOUR WINDOW. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES. SHUTTING THE INTERSTATE FOR. HOURS. TWO OFFICERS HURT. AND ACROSS THE CHICAGO AREA, MULTIPLE MULTI-VEHICLE CRASHES. CARS INTO TREES AND FENCES. EVEN A FIRE TRUCK HAD TROUBLE ON. THE ICY ROADS. PEDESTRIANS STRUGGLING TO KEEP. THEIR FOOTING. THE STORM SYSTEM, A CLASH OF.

COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM THE NORTH. AND RECORD WARMTH FROM THE SOUTH. THAT'S SPAWNING POWERFUL. THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A. CONFIRMED EF-1 TORNADO WITH. 95-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS TEARING UP. A FARM IN HART COUNTY. AND DAVID, JUST AS TEMPERATURES. ARE STARTING TO WARM, NOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING. IN RIGHT BEHIND THIS ONE. IT'S GOING TO IMPACT MANY OF THE. SAME AREAS THIS WEEKEND. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, TREVOR. AULT, THANK YOU. AND ON THAT POINT, TREVOR, THIS. NEW STORM SYSTEM ON THE WAY.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE. GOLDBERG OF WABC. WELL, LEE, TAKE US THROUGH IT. >> Reporter: DAVID, YOU CAN'T. SLEEP ON THIS PATTERN. IT'S AN ASSEMBLY LINE OF STORMS. IN THE WEST AND THEY'RE RACING. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO, THE ICY MIX THAT'S LEAVING. THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. THERE'S ALREADY WINTER STORM. WATCHES FOR THE WEEKEND STORM. FROM NEW YORK CITY TO HARTFORD. TO BOSTON. NOW, THAT STORM IS SLAMMING THE. WEST COAST RIGHT NOW. THERE'S HEAVY RAIN NORTH OF SAN. FRANCISCO, FLOOD WATCHES, SOME. OF THAT RAIN IS CREEPING DOWN. THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THERE COULD BE SEVERAL FEET OF. SNOW IN THE SIERRA AND THE. ROCKIES. SO, THAT MOVES OUT, AND TRACKS. TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST.

AND THAT WILL BE THERE BY LATE. FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY. SATURDAY MORNING, COULD BE. UPWARDS OF SIX INCHES IN THE. TWIN CITIES. AND THEN TO THE NORTHEAST. COME LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY. NIGHT, SNOW MOVES IN, COULD BE. SEVERAL INCHES ON THE I-95. CORRIDOR. DAVID, THERE ARE TWO MORE STORMS. NEXT WEEK. >> David: ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GET. TO THOSE NEXT WEEK. LEE GOLDBERG WITH US AGAIN. TONIGHT. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> IN THE MEANTIME, WE TURN TO. THE OTHER NEWS THIS THURSDAY. NIGHT. WE DO HAVE NEW REPORTING AT THIS. HOUR INVOLVING THAT BLACK HAWK. HELICOPTER, OF COURSE INVOLVED. IN THE HORRIFIC MIDAIR COLLISION. ON THE POTOMAC. THE FAA AND NTSB BRIEFED.

LAWMAKERS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. TODAY, AND THE SENATOR AFTER. THAT MEETING WHO SAID THE BLACK. HAWK HELICOPTER WAS EQUIPPED. WITH A KEY NAVIGATION SAFETY. TOOL, BUT THAT IT WAS TURNED. OFF. HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ TONIGHT. >> Reporter: CREWS TONIGHT. LIFTING THE MANGLED WRECKAGE OF. THAT ARMY BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER. FROM THE FRIGID POTOMAC RIVER, EIGHT DAYS AFTER IT COLLIDED. INTO AN AMERICAN AIRLINES JET. MIDAIR, LEAVING 67 PEOPLE DEAD. THE NTSB BRIEFING LAWMAKERS. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TODAY.

SENATOR TED CRUZ SAYING THAT. HELICOPTER HAD TURNED OFF A. CRUCIAL SAFETY SYSTEM. >> THIS WAS A TRAINING MISSION, SO, THERE WAS NO COMPELLING. NATIONAL SECURITY REASON FOR. ADS-B TO BE TURNED ON. THE BLACK HAWK HAD A. TRANSPONDER, SO, IT WOULD APPEAR. ON RADAR, BUT ADS-B OUT IS. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCURATE. >> Reporter: THAT SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE. BROADCAST, OR ADS-B, TRACKS THE. LOCATION OF AIRCRAFT BY GPS, SHOWING ALTITUDE AND GROUND.

SPEED, AS WELL AS WHERE OTHER. AIRCRAFT ARE AROUND THEM. EXPERTS SAY IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY. MORE ACCURATE THAN RADAR. >> IF IT GOT V.I.P.s ONBOARD, THEY'LL TURN THE ADS-B OFF, SO. PEOPLE WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL. WHERE THEY ARE FOR SECURITY. REASONS. ADS-B ON FOR REGULAR TRAINING. MISSIONS WHERE SECURITY MAY NOT. BE AS NECESSARY. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY. THAT ARMY HELICOPTER WAS FLYING. ABOVE THE MAXIMUM 200-FOOT.

ALTITUDE WHEN IT SLAMMED INTO. THE PLANE AS IT MADE ITS FINAL. APPROACH TO REAGAN NATIONAL. AIRPORT. AND TONIGHT, THE NTSB SAYING. PRELIMINARY DATA CONFIRMS THE. PILOTS OF THAT BLACK HAWK WERE. WEARING NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AT. THE TIME OF THE CRASH, WHICH. EXPERTS SAY CAN MAKE FLYING OVER. CITY LIGHTS CHALLENGING. THE ADS-B AND THE NIGHT VISION. GOGGLES ARE ALL PART OF THE. INVESTIGATION, BUT A KEY. QUESTION IS WHY THE BLACK HAWK. PILOTS SAID THEY HAD THE. PASSENGER PLANE IN SIGHT, VISUALLY, WHEN CLEARLY THEY DID. NOT. THE FAA NOW REVIEWING ALL.

AIRPORTS WITH HIGH VOLUME OF. HELICOPTER AND AIRPLANE TRAFFIC. DAVID? >> David: MARTHA RADDATZ WITH. THE LATE REPORTING FOR US. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW. DEVELOPMENTS JUST HOURS BEFORE. THIS MIDNIGHT DEADLINE FOR. MILLIONS OF FEDERAL WORKERS TO. TAKE A BUYOUT OR RISK BEING. FIRED. A FEDERAL JUDGE NOW PUTTING. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLAN ON HOLD. UNTIL AT LEAST MONDAY. UNIONS FILING TO STOP IT, CALLING IT UNLAWFUL. TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISING. ELON MUSK, WHO HELPED ENGINEER. THE PLAN. THE PRESIDENT SAYING MUSK IS. VERY GOOD AT HELPING THE. GOVERNMENT CUT COSTS. THAT EMAIL SENT TO FEDERAL.

WORKERS TITLED "FORK IN THE. ROAD," SUGGESTING TAKE THE. BUYOUT OR RISK BEING CUT. HERE'S OUR SENIOR POLITICAL. CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, JUST HOURS. FROM THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE, A. FEDERAL JUDGE PUTTING PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S BUYOUT OFFER FOR 2. MILLION FEDERAL WORKERS ON HOLD, AFTER UNIONS CALLED IT ARBITRARY. AND UNLAWFUL. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE RULING. JUST GIVES WORKERS MORE TIME TO. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT THEY CALL. A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OFFER. >> IT'S GOING TO SAVE THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE TENS OF MILLIONS.

OF DOLLARS AND WE ENCOURAGE. FEDERAL WORKERS IN THIS CITY TO. ACCEPT THE VERY GENEROUS OFFER. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN NINE DAYS. SINCE FEDERAL WORKERS RECEIVED. THIS EMAIL, WITH A STARK CHOICE. RESIGN NOW AND BE PAID THROUGH. SEPTEMBER, OR RUN THE RISK OF. BEING LAID OFF. THE EMAIL'S TITLED, "FORK IN THE. ROAD.". THE SAME ONE BILLIONAIRE ELON. MUSK USED WHEN HE SLASHED THE. WORKFORCE AT TWITTER. SHERIA SMITH, A CIVIL RIGHTS. ATTORNEY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF. EDUCATION AND A UNION OFFICIAL, CALLS THE OFFER INSULTING.

>> MEMBERS OF THIS. ADMINISTRATION THINK SO LITTLE. OF US AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THE. PUBLIC THAT WE WOULD TAKE AN. OFFER LIKE THIS. AND END OUR CAREERS WITH THE. PUBLIC. >> Reporter: BUT THE. ADMINISTRATION SAYS MORE THAN. 60,000 GOVERNMENT WORKERS HAVE. TAKEN THE BUYOUT DEAL. WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THEM, WHO. DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. >> I KIND OF DEBATED IT FOR THE. NIGHT, AND I WAS LIKE, SHOULD I. DO IT, SHOULD I NOT DO IT? AND THEN I FINALLY RESPOND FOR. RESIGN, AND THEN I JUST WAITED. >> Reporter: HIS EMAIL WAS. ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT SINCE THEN,

CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION. >> I THOUGHT, WELL, OKAY, I'LL. WAIT MAYBE A DAY OR TWO, I'LL. HEAR FROM SOMEBODY, AND THEN. NOTHING. DEAD SILENCE. I WOULD GO TO MY COMPUTER AND. CHECK, THINKING, WELL, MAYBE. IT'S LATE AT NIGHT AND THEY'RE. WORKING, AND NOTHING WOULD COME. AND NOTHING WOULD COMMENT AND. THEN I WAS, LIKE, NERVOUS. >> Reporter: SHERIA SMITH SAYS. WORKERS SHOULD NOT COUNT ON THIS. DEAL. >> I DO NOT TRUST IT AT ALL. >> Reporter: TODAY PRESIDENT. TRUMP HEAPING PRAISE ON MUSK AND. HIS OVERALL MISSION TO CUT. COSTS.

>> ELON MUSK IS HELPING US ON. IT. AND HE'S PRETTY GOOD. HE'S PRETTY GOOD. PRETTY GOOD AT IT. >> Reporter: MUSK AND HIS TEAM. DIGGING INTO FEDERAL AGENCIES. OVER THE WEEKEND. TAKING OVER USAID, THE RELIEF. AGENCY THAT HELPED AN ESTIMATED. 32 MILLION CHILDREN SUFFERING. MALNUTRITION, AND BROUGHT FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND HEALTH CARE. TO VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS. TONIGHT, SOURCES TELL US USAID'S. GLOBAL WORKFORCE WILL SOON BE. REDUCED FROM ROUGHLY 14,000. PEOPLE TO FEWER THAN 300. EMPLOYEES. AN INTERNAL EMAIL SHARED WITH.

ABC NEWS SHOWS JUST 12 EMPLOYEES. TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE ENTIRE. CONTINENT OF AFRICA. AND ONLY 21 TO THE WHOLE MIDDLE. EAST. AND DAVID, BACK TO THOSE. BUYOUTS. THE JUDGE WILL HOLD ANOTHER. HEARING ON MONDAY. THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTING. TONIGHT THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS. NOT BEEN BLOCKED OR CANCELED, BUT LAYOFFS ARE ON THE HORIZON. HEALTH AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE. CDC, HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RANK. THEIR NEWEST EMPLOYEES, DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEFENDING HIS PROPOSAL FOR GAZA,

AFTER DECLARING THE U.S. WOULD. OWN IT. THE PRESIDENT SAYING THE. PALESTINIANS WOULD LEAVE, AND. THAT EGYPT AND JORDAN WOULD TAKE. THEM IN. TONIGHT, WHAT EGYPT IS NOW. SAYING ABOUT THIS. THE PRESIDENT SAYING OF THE. PLAN, PEOPLE LOVE IT. AND TONIGHT, ABC NEWS LEARNING. SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP. ADVISERS WERE CAUGHT OFFGUARD BY. THIS. HERE'S OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AMID. GROWING QUESTIONS AND OUTRAGE, PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDING HIS. ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S. WOULD, QUOTE, OWN GAZA. >> I HOPE MY GREATEST LEGACY.

WHEN IT'S ALL FINISHED WILL BE. KNOWN AS A PEACEMAKER. >> Reporter: TRUMP WRITING ON. SOCIAL MEDIA, "THE GAZA STRIP. WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO THE. UNITED STATES BY ISRAEL AT THE. CONCLUSION OF THE FIGHTING. AFTER PALESTINIANS ARE RESETTLED. IN FAR SAFER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL. COMMUNITIES, WITH NEW AND MODERN. HOMES IN THE REGION.". WHAT TRUMP HASN'T SAID -- WHAT. AUTHORITY DOES THE U.S. HAVE TO. TAKE OVER THIS SOVEREIGN. TERRITORY? WHO WOULD PAY FOR REBUILDING? THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS IT WON'T. BE THE U.S. AND WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY GOVERN. GAZA AND LIVE THERE?

TRUMP INITIALLY SAID IT WAS HIS. INTENTION TO REMOVE PALESTINIANS. FROM GAZA PERMANENTLY. THE WHITE HOUSE THEN WALKING. THAT BACK, SAYING IT WOULD BE. TEMPORARY. THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING JORDAN. AND EGYPT WOULD TAKE THE. PALESTINIANS. BUT EGYPT TODAY COMPLETELY. REJECTING THAT IDEA, CALLING. TRUMP'S PLAN "A BLATANT. VIOLATION" OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, SAYING EGYPT "WILL NOT BE PART. OF IT.".

THE FORMER REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. ADAMANT THAT HE CAN TURN GAZA. INTO ONE OF THE GREATEST AND. MOST SPECTACULAR DEVELOPMENTS OF. ITS KIND ON EARTH, WITHOUT THE. U.S. MILITARY GETTING INVOLVED. DECLARING, "NO SOLDIERS BY THE. U.S. WOULD BE NEEDED.". MAKING THE ROUNDS ON CAPITOL. HILL, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, BACKING. TRUMP'S PLAN, WHICH HE'S CALLED. THE FIRST GOOD IDEA HE'S HEARD. >> MR. NETANYAHU, DO YOU THINK. U.S. TROOPS ARE NEEDED IN GAZA? TO MAKE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLAN. FEASIBLE? >> NO. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. SUGGESTED THE PLAN WAS LONG IN. THE WORKS. >> EVERYBODY I'VE SPOKEN TO. LOVES THE IDEA OF THE UNITED. STATES OWNING THAT PIECE OF.

LAND. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT, WE'VE. LEARNED MANY OF HIS TOP ADVISERS. WERE CAUGHT OFFGUARD. OFFICIALS AT THE PENTAGON. UNAWARE. SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S TOP. ALLIES ON THE HILL BLINDSIDED. >> OBVIOUSLY GAZA'S NOT OURS, IT'S SOVEREIGN, IT'S PART OF. ANOTHER COUNTRY, RIGHT? AND ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED. OUT. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE. PRESIDENT IS LEANING INTO THIS. PLAN, BUT HIS ADMINISTRATION IS. STILL STRUGGLING TO EXPLAIN HOW. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS WAS. NOT WELL BRIEFED TO OFFICIALS AT. THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OR HERE.

AT THE WHITE HOUSE, LEAVING THEM. SCRAMBLING TO RESPOND. DAVID? >> David: MARY BRUCE WITH US. AGAIN TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO A DEADLY. PLANE CRASH OVERSEAS. A U.S. MARINE AND THREE. CONTRACTORS ONBOARD HAVE BEEN. KILLED. THE PLANE CONTRACTED BY THE. PENTAGON FLYING AN INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE. MISSION WHEN IT WENT DOWN IN THE. PHILIPPINES. WITNESSES REPORTEDLY SAW SMOKE. COMING FROM THE PLANE AND AN. EXPLOSION RIGHT HERE BEFORE THE. CRASH. EXPLOSION. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, WE HAVE DISTURBING. VIDEO SHOWING THE ATTACK OF A. PIECE DURING A MASS IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CHARGING. THE ALTAR. HERE'S KAYNA WHITWORTH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FRIGHTENING MOMENTS DURING A. MASS INSIDE THIS SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, CATHEDRAL. WITH HUNDREDS OF WORSHIPPERS. GATHERED, A MAN SUDDENLY. STANDING UP AND CHARGING THE. ALTAR, THEN ATTACKING ONE OF THE. PRIESTS. TRYING TO PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE. >> AH. >> IT'S ALL RIGHT, JUST CALL. DOWN. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT. >> SOMEONE GET THE SECURITY. GUARD. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF THAT. SITUATION WHERE THE GUY WAS JUST.

RUNNING INTO THE SANCTUARY, BUT. CLEARLY, IT WAS POTENTIALLY MUCH. MORE VIOLENT. >> Reporter: PARISHIONERS AND A. SECURITY GUARD ARE SEEN RUSHING. TO THE ALTAR WHERE THEY HOLD THE. MAN DOWN UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED. THE PRIEST UNHARMED. >> ALL OF US WERE PRETTY SHAKEN. YOU DON'T EXPECT TO SEE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE. JUST GATHERING TOGETHER TO PRAY. AND TO WORSHIP. >> Reporter: POLICE ARRESTING. 40-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA SUMMERS AND. LATER CHARGING HIM WITH ASSAULT. HE WAS SEEN IN COURT TODAY. >> WE ALL PRAYED FOR HIM. WE JUST STOPPED THE SERVICE AND. PRAYED FOR HIM. BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHATEVER --.

WHATEVER DEMONS HE WAS. STRUGGLING WITH NEEDED TO BE. HEALED. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, TONIGHT, SUMMERS IS BEHIND BARS. POLICE SAY HE WAS ALSO WANTED. FOR AN ALLEGED ATTACK ON A. WORKER AT A MENTAL HEALTH. FACILITY IN 2023, AND, DAVID, HE'LL BE BACK IN COURT LATER. THIS MONTH. >> David: REALLY DIFFICULT. IMAGES. KAYNA WHITWORTH TONIGHT. KAYNA, THANK YOU. >>> THERE ARE ALSO NEW IMAGES. EMERGING OF THE HARROWING. RESCUES DURING THE DEVASTATING. WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. TAKE A LOOK. FIRST RESPONDERS RACING THROUGH. THE SMOKE, FLAMES, AND FLYING. EMBERS OF THE DEADLY EATON FIRE. 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.

BUT POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS. EVACUATING THE TWO PALMS CARE. CENTER. SOME SENIORS THERE TAKEN OUT IN. THEIR WHEELCHAIRS. RESCUERS MOVING THROUGH THE. BUILDING, CAREFULLY TAKING. SENIORS OUT OF THEIR BEDS, GETTING THEM TO SAFETY AS THE. OUT OF CONTROL FIRE CLOSED IN. THE NURSING HOME, WITH DOZENS OF. PATIENTS, WAS THEN DESTROYED BY. THAT FIRE. JUST INCREDIBLE, THOSE. FIREFIGHTERS ARE HEROES. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, WE REMEMBER THE. 102-YEAR-OLD OWNER OF ONE OF THE. NFL'S MOST FAMOUS TEAMS. >>> AND HERE IN NEW YORK CITY.

TONIGHT, THE GRUESOME DISCOVERY. WHAT WAS FOUND IN A SUITCASE. FLOATING IN THE EAST RIVER. THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. IN A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK. CITY, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN A. SUITCASE FLOATING IN THE EAST. RIVER. A POLICE HARBOR UNIT RETRIEVING. THE SUITCASE NEAR GOVERNOR'S. ISLAND. AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET. IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS NOW. TRYING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF. DEATH. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE SENTENCING JUST.

MOMENTS AGO, SHOHEI OHTANI'S. FORMER INTERPRETER AND THE. GAMBLING. WELL, THE SENTENCE JUST GIVEN. >>> AND REMEMBERING THE. 102-YEAR-OLD OWNER TONIGHT OF. ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS TEAMS IN. AMERICA. >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. TONIGHT, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE. FORMER INTERPRETER FOR DODGERS. STAR SHOHEI OHTANI WAS SENTENCED. TO NEARLY FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. FOR STEALING $17 MILLION FROM. OHTANI TO PAY OFF HIS GAMBLING. DEBITS. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO BANK FRAUD. HE SAYS HE IMPERSONATED OHTANI.

DURING TWO DOZEN CALLS TO THE. BANK. >>> WE DO HAVE A PASSING TO NOTE. TONIGHT. WE LEARNED TODAY THAT VIRGINIA. HALAS McCASKEY HAS DIED. THE LONGTIME OWNER OF THE. CHICAGO BEARS. SHE TOOK OVER THE TEAM IN 1983, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER. FATHER, BEARS FOUNDER GEORGE. HALAS. THE TEAM SAYING EVERY DECISION. SHE MADE WAS BASED ON WHAT WAS. BEST FOR THE PLAYERS AND THE. FANS. VIRGINIA McCASKEY WAS 102. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE MOTHER WHO HAS TO. LEAVE BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP. FOR WORK. WHAT HER HUSBAND AND 2-YEAR-OLD. STARTED DOING FOR HER. YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, THE. SURPRISE FOR THE MOTHER WHEN SHE.

WENT BACK TO WORK. TONIGHT, IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH. CAROLINA, THE SURPRISE GIFT FOR. A MOTHER ALREADY AT WORK. SHE HAS TO LEAVE BEFORE THE SUN. COMES UP. AND SUDDENLY, THE MESSAGE ON HER. PHONE THROUGH THE DOORBELL. CAMERA. >> BYE, MAMA. SAY BYE, MAMA. LOVE YOU, MAMA. >> LOVE YOU, MAMA. >> David: IT TURNS OUT THE. MESSAGES BEGAN A FEW MONTHS AGO. WHEN MOM, HANNAH BELL, STARTED. GOING BACK TO WORK, BEFORE HER. SON LANDON, WHO IS NEARLY 2, WAKES UP. SO DAD GEORGE HAD AN IDEA. A WAY FOR MOM TO SEE HER LITTLE.

BOY EVERY MORNING. >> GO AHEAD, RING IT. SAY BYE-BYE, MOM. >> BYE, MAMA. >> LOVE YOU. >> David: LANDON BLOWING MOM A. KISS. >> SAY, I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT. >> NIGHT. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY AT WORK. >> MA. >> David: WISHING MOM A GOOD. MORNING EVERY MORNING. >> BLOW HER KISS? >> David: AND RIGHT HERE. TONIGHT --. >> HI. >> SAY DING DONG. HEY, DAVID, AND WELCOME TO NORTH. CAROLINA.

>> David: THE BELL FAMILY. HANNAH, GEORGE, AND LITTLE. LANDON. >> MAMA. >> HI, MAMA. >> I DON'T GET TO SEE THEM EVERY. MORNING, SO, IT BRIGHTENS MY. DAY. >> HE ALWAYS ASKS FOR MAMA IN. THE MORNING, AND A LOT OF TIMES. SHE'S GONE FOR WORK. AND I JUST THOUGHT ONE WAY WE. COULD CONNECT IS PUSH THE. DOORBELL BUTTON, AND HE COULD. LEAVE HER A SWEET LITTLE. MESSAGE. >> David: AND TONIGHT HERE, THEIR MESSAGE TO EVERY PARENT. OUT THERE WHO HAS TO LEAVE FOR. WORK IN THE MORNING. >> IF YOU HAVE TO BE AWAY FROM. YOUR FAMILY FOR A LITTLE WHILE, JUST KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS. THINKING ABOUT YOU, AND. HOPEFULLY THAT GETS YOU THROUGH.

THE DAY. BYE! >> BYE! >> David: THE MESSAGES HELPING A. MOM AND HELPING US GET THROUGH. OUR DAY, TOO. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.