ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - February 1, 2025

>> TONIGHT THE HARROWING SEARCH. FOR VICTIMS AND CLUES FROM THE. DEVASTATING AIR AMBULANCE CRASH. IN PHILADELPHIA AS PERTINENT. INFORMATION FROM THE DEADLY. PLANE AND HELICOPTER CRASH IN. WASHINGTON, D. C. AND CONSUMERS BRACE FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS. HOW WILL THEY IMPACT YOUR. WALLET? >. >> THAT EXPLOSION AND CRASH IN. A RESIDENTIAL PHILADELPHIA. NEIGHBORHOOD KILLING EVERYONE. ONBOARD AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON. ON THE GROUND. THE WRECKAGE STREWN THROUGHOUT. A SIX BLOCK AREA. CREWS CONDUCTING A GRID SEARCH.

FOR VICTIMS. THE NTSB IS ON THE GROUND. WHAT THEY'RE SAYING TONIGHT. STEPHANIE RAMOS REPORTS FROM. THE SCENE. >. >> THE GRIM OPERATION IN THE. POTOMAC. THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. INTO THE COLLISION OF AN. AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE AND. ARMY HELICOPTER AND WHAT WE CAN. EXPECT FROM THOSE BLACK BOXES. GIO BENITEZ IS AT THE CRASH. SITE. >. >> THREE FORMER HOSTAGES, INCLUDING AMERICAN ISRAELI. KEITH SIEGEL FREED BY HAMAS. THE REACTION FROM THE FAMILIES. AFTER FOUR 84 TERRIFYING DAYS.

HUNDREDS OF PHILADELPHIA. PRISONERS RELEASED. CROWDS CHEERING THEIR RETURN. WE ARE IN TEL AVIV. >. >> THE U. S. TARGETS ISIS MILITANTS IN SYRIA. THE FIRST OFFENSIVE STRIKE BY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. >. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SLAPS. TARIFFS ON THREE OF AMERICA'S. BIGGEST TRADING PARTNERS. THE IMPACT AT THE GROCERY. STORE, MALL, GAS PUMP AND YOUR. WALLET AS THE WHITE HOUSE. TARGETS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AND THE FBI ORDERING LISTS OF. ANYONE WHO WORKED ON THE. INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE JANUARY.

6th CAPITOL RIOT. >. >> THE WEST COAST BRACES FOR. DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW. WITH MOUNTING FEARS OF FLASH. FLOODING AND MOTHER'S DAY. ALERTS FROM CALIFORNIA TO. MONTANA. >. >> A CLOSE CALL FOR TRASH. COLLECTORS IN OHIO. WHAT EXPLODE IN THE BACK OF. THEIR TRUCK AND WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE URGING. RESIDENTS TO DO NOW. >. >> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. AMID SO MUCH TRAGEDY. THE PEOPLE STEPPING UP TO FEED. AND COMFORT FIRST RESPONDERS.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. ". >. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SATURDAY. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEADLY. MET VAC CRASH IN NORTH. PHILADELPHIA. SEVEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING A YOUNG BOY AND HIS. MOTHER. ONE PERSON ON THE GROUND WAS. ALSO KILLED. THE HORROR ALL CAPTURED ON A. DOORBELL CAMERA AS THE SMALL. MEDICAL TRANSPORT PLAIN CRASHED. IGNITING A HUGE FIREBALL.

AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. IT HAPPENED ABOUT 30 SECONDS. AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PLANE PLUMMET TO THE GROUND. THREE MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. SPARKING SEVERAL FIRES NEAR. HOMES AND A POPULAR SHOPPING. MALL. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE FALLOUT, PLUMES OF SMOKE BILLOWING ABOVE. VEHICLES AND DEBRIS LITTERING. THE STREETS. POLICE ARE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO. SHARE ANY VIDEO OF THE PLANE. CRASH. AREA ROADS REMAIN CLOSED AND. THE CITY'S MAYOR IS URGING. RESIDENTS TO STAY AWAY FROM THE.

SCENE. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. VICTIMS. STEPHANIE RAMOS LEADS US OFF. FROM PHILADELPHIA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT WE ARE. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE FIERY. PLANE CRASH IN NORTH. PHILADELPHIA. CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT SKY. BEFORE EXPLODING ON IMPACT. THE SIX ONBOARD KILLED. ONE PERSON IN A CAR ON THE. GROUND ALSO LOSING THEIR LIFE. THE SMALL LEARJET # 5 AN AIR. AMBULANCE HEADED TO TAIWAN WITH. A STOP IN MISSOURI WITH TWO.

PASSENGERS AND FOUR CREW. MEMBERS ONBOARD, ALL MEXICAN. NATIONALS. THE PASSENGER A MOTHER AND. CHILD, A PATIENT AT SHRINER'S. HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA. >> THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE. PLAZA. >> Reporter: FLIGHTRADAR24 DATA. SHOWS THE PLANE FLYING FOR 40. SECONDS, THEN A DASHBOARD. CAMERA CAPTURING IT SLAM OOG. INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD FRIDAY. EVENING. AT THE CRASH SITE FIRST. RESPONDERS EX TENG. EXTINGUISHING CARS.

>> PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. FIREMEN DOING WHAT THEY GOT TO. DO. IT WAS REALLY CHAOS EVERYWHERE. >> Reporter: FIVE NEARBY HOMES. CATCHING FIRE. 19 OTHERS INJURED. OFFICIALS SAY THAT NUMBER COULD. RISE. THAT MEDICAL JET CRASHED A FEW. FEET AWAY. THERE IS DEBRIS SCATTERED. ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES. YOU CAN SEE CHARRED VEHICLES, CHARRED BUILDINGS, PARTS OF THE. PLANE IN PIECES. POLICE HAVE PUT UP THIS. PERIMETER STRETCHING ABOUT FOUR. TO STICKS BLOCKS AS MULTIPLE. AGENCIES INVESTIGATE. >> WE HAVE TEAMS WHO ARE GOING.

LITERALLY HOUSE BY HOUSE, DOOR-TO-DOOR SO WE CAN BE SURE. THAT WE DON'T HAVE OTHER HIDDEN. DAMAGE OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS FROM. THE NTSB SEARCHING FOR CLUES ON. WHAT BROUGHT DOWN THE PLANE. >> INVESTIGATORS WILL LOOK AT. THINGS LIKE WEATHER. THEY WANT TO LOOK HOW WAS THE. AIRPLANE MAINTAINED. IT WAS OLD. THEY WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE. PAST HISTORY OF THE AIRCRAFT. >> WE HEARD FROM THE NTSB A FEW. MOMENTS AGO. THEY SAY THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE. AND DANGEROUS SCENE. THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE. DOCK PILT VOICE RECORDER, BUT.

GIVEN THE HIGH IMPACT OF THE. CRASH IT MAY BE IN PIECES. THE NTSB TELLING THE PUBLIC TO. ALERT THEM IF THEY COME ACROSS. THE DEBRIS THEMSELVES. LINSEY. >> SOME SCARY MOMENTS THERE. STEPHANIE, THANK YOU. >. >> NOW TO THE LATEST ON THE. RECOVERY EFFORTS IN THE POTOMAC. RIVER. GUSTY WINDS ARE LIMITING CREWS. FROM REMOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM. THE FRIGID WATERS. 67 PEOPLE DIED AFTER AN ARMY. BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER ON A. TRAINING MISSION COLLIDED WITH. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. COMING IN FOR LANDING AT REAGAN. NATIONAL AIRPORT.

ONE OF THE BUSIEST RUNWAYS IN. THE COUNTRY. GIO BENITEZ IS ON THE SCENE. TONIGHT AS WE HEAR FROM SOME OF. THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT CREWS ON. THE CHILI POTOMAC RIVER ARE. BATTLING GUSTY WINDS AS CLEANUP. AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ENTER A. SECOND DAY. U. S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE. RECOVERED THE BODIES OF BOTH. PILOTS FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE. BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER. THE NTSB WORKING TO ACCESS THAT. CHOPPER YESTERDAY. THREE PEOPLE DIED ABOARD THAT. HELICOPTER. 28-YEAR-OLD RYAN AUSTIN O'HARA,

39-YEAR-OLD ANDREW LLOYD EAVES. AND REBECCA LOBACH, HER FAMILY. REMEMBERING HER AS A BRIGHT. STAR. 67 LIVES LOST IN THE ACCIDENT. THE 64 PASSENGERS AND CREW. ABOARD THE AMERICAN AIRLINES. FLIGHT AND THE THREE SOLDIERS. IN THE BLACK HAWK. INVESTIGATORS RE-CREATING THE. FINAL MINUTES LEADING UP TO THE. MIDAIR CRASH BEFORE THAT. AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. STARTED ITS DESCENT AT AROUND. 8:43 P. M. THE JET PILOTS TOLD TO LAND ON. A SHORTER RUNWAY.

THAT BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER NOW. ALSO MAKING ITS WAY UP THE. POTOMAC RIVER. ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROL ALERTING THE. HELICOPTER TO THAT JET'S. APPROACH. 8:47 P. M. ASKING THE BLACK HAWK PILOTS TO. AGAIN CONFIRM THAT THEY SEE THE. JET. YOU CAN HEAR THE ALARM GO OFF. AS THEY ASK THE BLACK HAWK, DO. YOU SEE THAT JET?

>> Reporter: SECONDS LATER THE. COLLISION. THE NTSB SAYING THEY. INTERVIEWED AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLER LEADING UP TO THE. WORST PLANE CRASH IN DECADES. THE FAA SAYING THAT REAGAN. NATIONAL AIRPORT HAS 25 AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WITH THREE. MORE IN TRAINING WITH A FULL. STAFF OF 28. >> GO BACK AND LOOK AT ANY AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROLLER INVOLVED IN. THIS. WE WILL LOOK AT THEIR PAST. PROBABLY 72 HOURS, EVEN TWO OR. THREE WEEKS, LOOK AT THEIR.

TRAINING, HIRING, EVERYTHING. WHAT THEY PROBABLY ATE THAT DAY. >> Reporter: AND THIS VIDEO. FROM 2022, WJLA SPEAKING WITH. SISTERS 11-YEAR-OLD ALYDIA AND. 14-YEAR-OLD EVERLY LIVINGSTON. >> HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE WITH. YOUR SISTER? >> A LOT. REALLY FUN TO HAVE A SISTER TO. SKATE WITH. >> Reporter: BOTH OF THOSE. LITTLE GIRLS LOSING THEIR LIVES. WITH THEIR PARENTS DONNA AND. PETER. >> JUST SO HEARTBREAKING. AND GEO, WE KNOW THE BLACK.

BOXES FOR BOTH THE PLANE AND. HELICOPTER HAVE ALL BEEN. RECOVERED. WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS HOPING. THAT THEY REVEAL? >> Reporter: THE MOST CRITICAL. WILL BE THE VOICES. WHAT WERE THE FINAL. CONVERSATIONS LIKE IN BOTH. COCKPITS. IN THE AIRPLANE, FOR EXAMPLE, DID THEY KNOW THAT THE. HELICOPTER WAS HEADING RIGHT. TOWARDS THEM? AND IN THE HELICOPTER, DID THEY. KNOW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT. THE RIGHT PLANE OR WRONG PLANE? WAS THERE ANY CONFUSION AT ALL. THESE ARE THE CRITICAL. QUESTIONS TONIGHT, LINSEY. >> GEO, THANK YOU. >.

>> A NEW ROUND OF EXECUTIVE. ORDERS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT. TRUMP TODAY. THIS TIME FOR TARIFFS OP GOODS. FROM CANADA, MEXICO, AND CHINA. AMERICANS ARE BRACING FOR. PRICES TO RISE AT GROCERY. STORES AND GAS PUMPS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. AND THE MOVE IS STOKING FEARS. OF A TRADE WAR AS LEADERS IN. CANADA AND MEXICO ARE VOWING TO. HIT BACK. HERE IS SELENA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP IMPOSING SWEEPING TARIFFS. ON AMERICA'S BIGGEST TRADING. PARTNERS. COULD RAISE PRICES AT THE.

GROCERY STORE AND THE GAS PUMP. >> COULD BE SOME TEMPORARY. SHORT-TERM DISRUPTION AND. PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. SIGNING EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO HIT. CANADA AND MEXICO WITH 25%. TARIFFS WITH THE LOWER 10%. TARIFF ON CANADIAN OIL EXPERTS. AND CHINA WITH 10% TARIFFS. BLAMING THEM FOR ILLEGAL. IMMIGRATION AND DRUG. TRAFFICKING. >> TREATED US VERY UNFAIRLY. >> Reporter: SET TO TAKE EFFECT. FEBRUARY 4 AFTER MIDNIGHT. EXPERTS SAY AMERICAN FAMILIES. COULD PAY $830 MORE ON AVERAGE.

THIS YEAR WITH THOSE TARIFFS IN. PLACE. WITH HIGHER PRICES FOR FRESH. PRODUCE, ALCOHOL, CLOTHES, ELECTRONICS, CARS, AND MORE. THOSE TARIFFS ON OIL AND GAS. COULD HIKE PRICES AT THE PUMP. BY AS MUCH AS 70 CENTS PER. GALLON. MEXICAN PRESIDENT SAYS SHE. STILL IS WEIGHING HER NEXT MOVE. WHILE CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER. JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS THEY ARE. READY TO STRIKE BACK. >> IF TARIFFS ARE IMPLEMENTED. AGAINST CANADA, WE WILL RESPOND. WE WON'T RELENT UNTIL TARIFFS.

ARE REMOVED AND, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, TONIGHT. THE FBI IS BRACING FOR A. POTENTIAL PURGE OF EMPLOYEES. WHO WORKED ON INVESTIGATIONS OF. THE JANUARY 6th CAPITOL RIOT. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS. REQUESTED INFORMATION ON. THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES TO BE. SENT TO TRUMP'S ACTING DEPUTY. ATTORNEY GENERAL BY TUESDAY. AFTERNOON ACCORDING TO AN EMAIL. SENT TO THE FBI WORK FORCE. OVERNIGHT AND OBTAINED BY ABC. NEWS. HE WILL THEN DETERMINE WHETHER. ANY PERSONNEL ACTIONS WILL BE. TAKEN.

AND LINSEY, THE FBI AGENTS. ASSOCIATION IS CALLING THE MOVE. OUTRAGEOUS, SAYING THAT. POTENTIALLY DISMISSING HUNDREDS. OF FBI AGENTS WOULD SEVERELY. WEAKEN THE FBLT OF THE FBI TO. PROTECT THE COUNTRY FROM. NATIONAL SECURITY AND CRIMINAL. THREATS. LINSEY. >> THANK YOU. >. >> AND TUNE INTO THIS WEEK, TOMORROW GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. SPEAKS TO THE CANADIAN. AMBASSADOR TO THE U. S. ABOUT HOW HER GOVERNMENT WILL. RESPOND. >. >> OVERSEAS, AN EMOTIONAL. REUNION IN ISRAEL.

HOSTAGE KEITH SIEGEL EMBRACING. FAMILY MEMBERS FOR THE FIRST. TIME IN MORE THAN 15 MONTHS. HE WAS RELEASED BY HAMAS ALONG. WITH TWO OTHER ISRAELI HOSTAGES. HAMAS IS STILL HOLDING TWO MORE. AMERICANS. HERE IS ABC'S FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT BRIT CLENNEN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AFTER MORE. THAN 15 MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY, A. JOYFUL REUNION AS AMERICAN. ISRAELI HOSTAGE KEITH SIEGEL IS. FINALLY ABLE TO EMBRACE HIS. FAMILY. REUNITING WITH HIS DAUGHTERS.

AND BROTHER AT A TEL AVIV. HOSPITAL, HIS WIFE AT HIS SIDE. AFTER HE AND TWO OTHERS ISRAELI. HOSTAGES WERE RELEASED BY HAMAS. JUST HOURS EARLIER HAMAS. BRINGING SIEGEL ON TO A STAGE. IN GAZA CITY BEFORE RELEASING. HIM TO THE RED CROSS. A CONVOY TRANSFERRING HIM TO. THE IDF, THEN AIRLIFTED SIEGEL. TO THE TEL AVIV HOSPITAL. THERE IT IS, THE HOSPITAL. CARRYING AMERICAN ISRAELI. HOSTAGE NOW FREED AFTER 15. MONTHS IN CAPTIVITY. KEITH SEEING AM. IN A STATEMENT, SIEGEL'S FAMILY.

SAYING FINALLY AFTER 484 LONG, TERRIFYING DAYS AND NIGHTS FULL. OF IMMENSE WORRY FOR OUR. FATHER, WE CAN BREATHE AGAIN. AND THANKING PRESIDENT TRUMP. ISLAMOPHOBIC RELEASING 183. PALESTINIAN PRISONERS TO. CHEERING CROWDS IN GAZA AND THE. WEST BANK. THE PROMINENT PALESTINIAN NGO. SAYING THEY WERE SEVERELY. BEATEN BEFORE THEIR RELEASE. THE ISRAELI PRISON SERVICE. SAYING IN A STATEMENT, THEY. WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE. EVENTS DESCRIBED. WITH NEGOTIATIONS OVER A SECOND.

PHASE OF THE TRUCE ALREADY. UNDERWAY, A CLOSE FRIEND OF. AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE AIDAN. ALEXANDER SAYING HE FEELS. CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. DOES IT GIVE YOU HOPE? >> YEAH. HOPE. A CHANCE THAT WE WILL HAVE THEM. >> Reporter: BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. IS SET TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP ON TUESDAY WITH TALKS. FOCUSED ON PHASE TWO OF THE.

CEASEFIRE DEAL. LINSEY. >> BRIT, THANK YOU. >. >> WE TURN TO SOMALIA. AIRSTRIKES ON ISIS LEADERS, THE. FIRST IN THAT COUNTRY SINCE. TRUMP'S RETURN TO THE WHITE. HOUSE. ABC REPORT FROM THE LONDON. BUREAU. THIS WAS AN OFFENSIVE STRIKE. USING FIGHTERS JETS INSTEAD OF. DRONES. WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LEARNING? >> Reporter: TONIGHT WE ARE. LEARNING THAT THE U. S. LAUNCH PRECISION MILITARY. AIRSTRIKES IN SOMALIA TARGETING. ISIS MEMBERS, INCLUDING WHAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS A SENIOR. ATTACK. THE STRIKES WERE COORDINATED.

WITH THE SHOW MALI GOVERNMENT. THE PRESIDENT POSTING ON TRUTH. SOCIAL IT DESTROYED THE CAVES. THEY LIVE IN, KILLING MANY. TERRORISTS AND NOT HARMING ANY. CIVILIANS:U. S. GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE, USING. AIR FORCE FIGHTER JETS AND NAVY. FIGHTERS FROM THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN IN THE RED SEA. A RARE USE OF AMERICAN. FIREPOWER IN A COUNTRY WHERE. THE U. S. TYPICALLY USES DEFENSIVE DRONE. STRIKES TO PROTECT SOMALI.

TROOPS AGAINST THE AL SHABAAB. MILITANT GROUP. THE PRESIDENT SENDING A MESSAGE. WARNING ISIS AND OTHER GROUPS. WANTING TO ATTACK AMERICANS. TELLING THEM, WE WILL FIND YOU. AND WE WILL KILL YOU. LINSEY. >> THE DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS. IT SENDS A CLEAR SIGNAL. >. >> THE DANGEROUS WEATHER. TARGETING SEVERAL STATES IN THE. NORTHWEST FROM NORTHERN. CALIFORNIA TO MONTANA. RESIDENTS ARE ON ALERT FOR. HEAVY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW. THAT STORM SYSTEM IS ALREADY. UNLOADING HEAVY SNOW AND MAKING. ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE IN. PARTS OF WASHINGTON STATE.

LET'S GET TO ABC'S. METEOROLOGIST. IS THE EXPECTATION THAT THE. ATMOSPHERIC RIVER WON'T LET UP. FOR A FEW DAYS? >> THAT'S RIGHT. A MULTIDAY EVENT NOT JUST. IMPACTING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT INLAND IN PARTS OF THE. NORTHWEST AS WELL. RIGHT NOW FLOOD WATCHES IN. PLACE FROM REDDING TO SAN. FRANCISCO, AVALANCHE WARNING IN. THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, AND. WINTER STORM WARNINGS FAR. INLAND AS FAR AS PARK CITY, UTAH. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN, 5 TO. 10 INCHES OF RAIN POTENTIALLY.

THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, FOR. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FEET OF. SNOW IN PLACES LIKE LAKE TAHOE, MORE THAN FOUR FEET. TO THINK THAT SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA STILL REMAINS IN A. DEFICIT, THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY. WILL BE TAPPING INTO THIS. MOISTURE AS WELL BY THE MIDDLE. OF THE WEEK. >> THEY CAN USE THAT GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. >. >> NOW TO A HEARTBREAKING. TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN. A 5-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER. A HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CHAMBER. EXPLODED WHILE HE WITH WAS. INSIDE. HIS MOTHER WAS ALSO INJURED. DURING THE BLAST.

MORE THAN NOW FROM CHRISTIAN. CORDERO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT AN. INVESTIGATION INTO A DEADLY. EXPLOSION AT A MEDICAL FACILITY. IN TROY, MICHIGAN, KILLING A. 5-YEAR-OLD BOY INSIDE A. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN CHAMBER AND. INJURING HIS MOTHER. THE EXPLOSION HAPPENING BEFORE. 8:00 A. M. FRIDAY AT THE OXFORD CENTER, A. FACILITY OFFERING HYPERBARIC. OXYGEN THERAPY SESSIONS. >> THE PRESENCE OF A HIGH. AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN A.

PRESSURIZED ENVIRONMENT CAN. MAKE IT EXTREMELY COMBUSTIBLE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE. NOW WORKING TO DETERMINE WHAT. CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. NORMALLY THOSE CHAMBERS ARE. EQUIPPED WITH FIRE SUPPRESSION. SYSTEMS TO PREVENT AND. EXTINGUISH FIRES. IS UNCLEAR IF THIS ONE WAS. EQUIPPED WITH THAT SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO THE MICHIGAN. DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND. REGULATORY AFFAIRS, STATE LAW. DOES NOT REQUIRE THESE. TREATMENT FACILITIES TO BE. LICENSED OR REGULATED. IN A STATEMENT, THE OXFORD. CENTER SAYING, NOTHING LIKE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED IN OUR MORE. THAN 15 YEARS OF PROVIDING THIS. TYPE OF THERAPY. ADDING, WE WILL WE WILL. PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE. INVESTIGATIONS. AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE. FAMILY SAID THIS IS AN. UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. ASKED FOR PRIVACY, AND ADDED. THE FIRM IS INVESTIGATING EVERY. ASPECT OF WHAT HAPPENED. LINSEY. >> THANK YOU. >. >> THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. " THIS SATURDAY, THE CLOSE CALL. FOR A TRASH COLLECTION TEAM IN. OHIO. WHAT OFFICIALS ARE URGING.

RESIDENTS NOT TO DO. >> NEXT TONIGHT, A CLOSE CALL. FOR A TEAM OF TRASH COLLECTORS. IN OHIO. AN OXYGEN TANK EXPLODED AS THEY. WERE DOING THEIR ROUNDS. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT. AUTHORITIES ARE APPEALING FOR. INFORMATION AND REMINDING. RESIDENTS THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO. PLACE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN. TRASH. >. >> TONIGHT TWO OF CALIFORNIA'S. LARGEST WILDFIRES ARE FULLY. CONTAINED. THE PALISADES FIRE SCORCHED. 23,000 ACRES. THE EATON FIRE BURNED 15,000.

THIS WEEK'S STAR-STUDDED. BENEFIT CONCERT FIRE AID RAISED. MORE THAN $60 MILLION FOR FIRE. RELIEF. TOMORROW'S GRAMMYS SHIFTING THE. FOCUS TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE WHO. WERE IMPACTED. >. >> THE NFL'S BEST HIT THE. PRACTICE FIELD IN ORLANDO AHEAD. OF TOMORROW'S PRO BOWL GAMES. >. >> TO THE INDEX NOW. SOME OF THE NEW MEXICO'S BEST. GETTING READY FOR THE PRO BOWL. KICKOFF. STARS IN THE LEAGUE PRACTICED. IN ORLANDO TODAY FOR THE. ALL-STAR FLAG FOOTBALL. COMPETITION.

YOU CAN WATCH THE GAMES HERE ON. ABC AT 3:00 P. M. EASTERN TOMORROW. >. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. HEROES OF THE KITCHEN WHO. JUMPED IN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK. >> FINALLY, WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK. THEY FIGURED OUT A WAY TO. HELPFUL THE HEROES IN THE. KITCHEN WHO ARE CERTAINLY. AMERICA STRONG.

THE TRAGIC IMAGES OF THE MIDAIR. COLLISION OVERET POTOMAC. CONJURED NUMEROUS EMOTIONS FOR. MANY. FOR ONE D. C. RESTAURANT OWNER HE FELT. COMPELLED TO HELP. >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. PROVIDE MEALS TO FIRST. RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE OUT. THERE DIVING INTO THE FRIGID. TEMPERATURES AND COLD WATERS. SO IT WAS A FIRST INSTINCT. AMONG THE TEAM. >> Reporter: AS HUNDREDS RUSHED. TO HELP WITH THE VERY DIFFICULT.

TASK OF SEARCH AND RECOVERY, EMPLOYEES AT THE RESTAURANT. RASA TOOK ON A SUPPORT ROLE ON. BEHALF OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS. >> COOK ALL THE FOOD, PACKAGE. IT, MAKE SURE IT'S HOT SO WHEN. THE FIRST RESPONDERS GET THE. MEALS THEY ARE EATING A WARM. PLATE OF FOOD. >> Reporter: SO FAR, THEY. PREPARED 750 HOT MEALS TO. NOURISH THOSE WORKING. TIRELESSLY JUST A FEW BLOCKS. AWAY. AND TODAY THEY ARE STILL GOING. STRONG, PREPARING ANOTHER 150. DINNERS TO DELIVER TO THOSE.

FIRST RESPONDERS AGAIN TONIGHT. >> OUR TEAM IS JUST SO AMAZING. THEY ARE ALWAYS READY TO STEP. UP AND HELP THE COMMUNITY AND. MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD, FEEL LIKE. THEY HAVE A PURPOSE THAT WHAT. THEY ARE DOING IS NOT ONLY. SERVING A GOOD PLATE OF FOOD, BUT GIVING SOMETHING MORE. >> NOURISHING THOSE SOULS. THANKS FOR WATCHING. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. FOR ALL OF US HERE, HAVE A. GREAT NIGHT.