ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - February 15th 2025

>>> TONIGHT, SEVERAL DEVELOPING. STORIES AS WE COME ON THE AIR. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IN. VIRGINIA. MORE THAN 90 MILLION AMERICANS. COULD BE IMPACTED BY WINTER. WEATHER. >>> BREAKING NEWS, TALKS BETWEEN. THE U.S. AND RUSSIA TO END THE. WAR. IN UKRAINE. >>> THOUSANDS OF IRS WORKERS. COULD BE LAID OFF IN THE MIDDLE. OF TAX SEASON. >>> STORMY NIGHT AHEAD, SEVERE. STORMS, POSSIBLY TORNADOES IN. THE SOUTH, LIFE-THREATENING. FLOODS IN KENTUCKY AND.

TENNESSEE AND MUD SLIDES IN THE. WEST. >>> TALKS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TO END THE WAR. IN UKRAINE SET TO BEGIN. >>> IRS IN THE CROSS HAIRS, UP. TO 15,000 COULD BE OUT OF WORK. JUST AS THE. AGENCY GEARS UP FOR TAX SEASON. CONFUSION IN MULTIPLE AGENCIES. DEALING WITH MASS CUTBACKS UNDER. ELON MUSK AND THE DEPARTMENT OF. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. SCIENTISTS AND DOCTORS FEELING. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO. A HEALTH CRISIS. >>> HAMAS RELEASES THREE MORE.

HOSTAGES, INCLUDING AN AMERICAN. HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN. PRISONERS ALSO RELEASED. THE LARGER QUESTION, WILL THE. FRAGILE CEASEFIRE DEAL HOLD? >>> POPE FRANCIS SAID TO BE. SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT. SPENDING A SECOND NIGHT IN THE. HOSPITAL WITH BRONCHITIS. THE VATICAN CANCELLING SEVERAL. APPEARANCES. >>> THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF. MURDERING A TOP INSURANCE. EXECUTIVE. MAKING A STATEMENT TO THE. PUBLIC.

THANKING THEM FOR DONATIONS TO. HIS LEGAL DEFENSE. >>> RUNNING FOR SAFETY AFTER A. DEADLY CRASH. FIRE DEEP UNDER A MOUNTAIN, INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY. >>> EGG PRICES SKYROCKETING. NATIONWIDE BECAUSE OF THE BIRD. FLU, RESTAURANTS AND. SUPERMARKETS TAKING ACTION. WHAT SOME ARE USING FOR. SUBSTITUTES. >>> AMERICA STRONG, AT 96 YEARS. OLD, HE STILL DELIVERS THE. GOODS. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.".

>> GOOD EVENING, THANKS SO MUCH. FOR JOINING US THIS SATURDAY, I'M RACHEL SCOTT IN FOR WHIT. JOHNSON. A MAJOR STORM IS BRINGING WINTER. WEATHER, MORE THAN 90 MILLION. BRACING FOR SNOW, ICE, HEAVY. RAIN AND TORNADOES. DANGEROUS FLOODING ACROSS PARTS. OF VIRGINIA, THE GOVERNOR. DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD, WEIS COUNTY DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ISSUING WARNINGS OF FLOODING.

MUD SLIDES CAUSING EVACUATIONS. AND THE. CLOSURE OF A MAJOR INTERSTATE. AND MISSISSIPPI ARE BRACING FOR. ANOTHER ROUND OF TORNADOES AFTER. A TWISTER BATTERED WAYNE COUNTY. LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. HIGH WIND ALERTS ARE IN EFFECT. FOR 86 MILLION IN 22 STATES. SUNDAY TO MONDAY. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE, AND START. IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SNOW, RAIN AND TORNADO THREAT ACROSS. THE COUNTRY, 90 MILLION PEOPLE. NOW BRACING FOR EXTREME WEATHER.

>> WE HAVE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. WIDESPREAD. >> Reporter: VIRGINIA'S GOVERNOR. DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD. TONIGHT AS THE STATE IS ALSO. IMPACTED. SOME ROADS THERE BECOMING. IMPASSABLE. WISE COUNTY DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY DUE TO ONGOING FLASH. FLOODING, PARTS OF BUCHANAN. COUNTY THERE UNDER WAY. THIS BUILDING. ALMOST COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. IN THE SOUTH, TENNESSEE AND. KENTUCKY ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. A RARE WARNING BY NATIONAL. WEATHER SERVICE. KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR SAYING THERE. HAVE BEEN LANDSLIDES IN THE. STATE. THIS HOUSE IN KNOX COUNTY, KENTUCKY, SURROUNDED BY RUSHING. FLOOD WATERS. TENNESSEE ALSO UNDER FLASH FLOOD. WARNINGS, HEAVY RAIN CAUSING THE. STREAM TO SURGE OVER ITS BANKS, SPILLING ONTO ROADS. ALSO A THREAT OF TORNADOES. IN MISSISSIPPI, THE REGION JUST. RECOVERING AFTER A DAMAGING EF-1. TORNADO TORE THROUGH WAYNE. COUNTY THIS WEEK. THE DAYTONA 500 IS STARTING THE. RACE AN HOUR EARLY TOMORROW, ANTICIPATING IMPACTS FROM SEVERE.

WEATHER. IN THE NORTHEAST, AUTHORITIES. ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT THEY. EXPECT TO BE SIGNIFICANT. SNOWFALL. SNOW CAUSING TREACHEROUS ROAD. CONDITIONS IN FULTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CAUSING ACCIDENTS. ON THE ROAD. BACK IN THE WEST, PARTS OF. CALIFORNIA DIGGING OUT OF THE. MUDDY MESS. SOME OF THE AREAS HIT BY THE. DEVASTATING EATON AND PALISADES. FIRE. >> WE GET FIRE AND ALSO THIS. BIBLICAL 40 DAYS AND NIGHTS. FLOOD, AND. IT'S INUNDATED ANY KIND OF.

SYSTEM. >> Reporter: RACHEL, THERE IS AN. ENHANCED RISK FOR TORNADOS. HANGING OVER THIS AREA INTO THE. LATE NIGHT HOURS. IT COULD BE A SLEEPLESS NIGHT. WE'RE EXPECTING SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS AND DAMAGING WINDS. GUSTING UP TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. RACHEL. >> FAITH, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO METEOROLOGIST. SOMARA THEODORE FOR THE TIMING. THIS OUT.

>> Reporter: WE'RE EXPECTING. THIS SOUTH STORM TO STICK. AROUND. AND ARKANSAS AND EASTERN. TENNESSEE WILL BE SEEING HEAVY. RAIN FROM THE SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT. RAINFALL THAT COULD LEAD TO. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. IN PARTS OF KENTUCKY. NORTHERN TIER OF THE STORM, SNOW. FALLING FOR PARTS OF UPSTATE. NEW YORK, TRANSITIONING FROM. WINTRY WEATHER TO RAIN IN NEW. YORK CITY. TIMING IT ALL OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE. THIS STORM SYSTEM.

WILL LINGER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND. VERMONT THROUGH SUNDAY. AFTERNOON. BY SUNDAY NIGHT, STILL TAPERING. OFF FOR PLACES LIKE BOSTON. HIGH WIND ALERTS ARE ALSO IN. PLACE LINING THE EAST COAST. RACHEL. >> SOMARA, THANK YOU. >>> BREAKING NEWS, TOP U.S. OFFICIALS HEAD TO SAUDI ARABIA. FOR TALKS TO END THE WAR IN. UKRAINE. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. AND OTHERS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH. TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIALS. IT'S UNCLEAR IF UKRAINE WILL. JOIN THEM.

ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN. >> Reporter: NEARLY THREE YEARS. AFTER RUSSIA'S BRUTAL INVASION. OF UKRAINE, SOURCES TELLING ABC. NEWS TOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS ARE TRAVELING TO SAUDI. ARABIA TO JUMP START PEACE TALKS. BETWEEN MOSCOW AND KYIV. THE TRIP EXPECTED THIS WEEK. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO. RUBIO, WALTZ AND WITTKOV ARE. EXPECTED TO MEET WITH RUSSIAN.

OFFICIALS. UKRAINIAN NEGOTIATORS NOT. EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE AT THIS. POINT. PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY. SAYING TODAY. >> MAYBE BRING SOMETHING TO THE. TABLE BUT NOT OUR TABLE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY INVITATIONS. >> Reporter: DAYS AGO, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SPEAKING BY PHONE WITH. ZELENSKYY AFTER A 90-MINUTE. PHONE CALL WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN. >> WE HAD A GREAT CALL, LASTED A. LONG TIME. THINK PRESIDENT PUTIN WANTS. PEACE, PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY WANTS. PEACE. I WANT PEACE.

>> Reporter: TRUMP, WHO LONG. PROMISED TO END THE WAR WAS. ASKED IF HE VIEWED UKRAINE AS AN. EQUAL IN THESE TALKS. >> DO YOU VIEW UKRAINE AS AN. EQUAL MEMBER OF THIS PEACE. PROCESS? >> INTERESTING QUESTION. I THINK. THEY HAVE TO MAKE PEACE, THEIR. PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION REITERATING ALL. OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE, INCLUDING THE UKRAINE GOAL OF. JOINING NATO. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY POSTING HE'S.

HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH U.S. OFFICIALS AND REAL PEACE IS. POSSIBLE. RACHEL. >> TALKS WITH BOTH SIDES, JAY. O'BRIEN, THANK YOU. >>> THE LATEST MOVES TO SHRINK. THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT, TENS OF THOUSANDS. OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES SUDDENLY. FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS. WORD TONIGHT THAT THE. PROBATIONARY WORKERS IN THE. MIDDLE OF TAX SEASON. ABC SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG.

>> Reporter: 15,000 IRS WORKERS. FACING POTENTIAL TERMINATION IN. THE MIDDLE OF TAX SEASON. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THAT. CUTS COULD COME AS EARLY AS NEXT. WEEK. THE POTENTIAL IMPACT IS UNCLEAR. SOURCES SAY THE EMPLOYEES DO NOT. WORK DIRECTLY ON PROCESSING TAX. FILINGS, BUT SO MUCH OF THE WORK. IS CONNECTED TO THAT CENTRAL. MISSION. IT'S THE LATEST MOVE IN THE. ONGOING AND UNPRECEDENTED PURGE. OF THE FEDERAL WORK FORCE. PRESIDENT TRUMP EMPOWERING ELON.

MUSK TO DRAMATICALLY SLASH THE. GOVERNMENT BUDGET. >> WE WANT TO DOWNSIZE AND MAKE. IT BETTER. >> Reporter: TARGETING THOUSANDS. FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN AGENCIES. MORE THAN A THOUSAND FROM. VETERANS AFFAIRS, INCLUDING. FIRST SERGEANT PHIL IZ WHO FEELS. BETRAYED, FIRED JUST TWO YEARS. >> TAKING CARE OF TROOPS, MAKING. SURE WE'RE PAID, FED AND SLEPT. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO US? NO. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS FIRED. FROM CENTERS FOR DISEASE.

CONTROL, HALF OF THE DOCTORS AND. SCIENTISTS WHO ARE SENT ACROSS. THE COUNTRY AND WORLD TO RESPOND. TO OUTBREAKS. >> THIS IS A DECAPITATION OF THE. NATION'S MOST IMPORTANT HEALTH. AGENCIES THAT HAVE LED THE WORLD. IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND. INNOVATION. THIS IS GOING TO COST MORE IN. THE END THAN IT SAVES. >> Reporter: MASS FIRINGS. SPEARHEADED BY ELON MUSK'S. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT. EFFICIENCY. HANNA HICKMAN, ANOTHER RECENTLY FIRED WORKER.

HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR MUSK. >> WE'RE UNDER ATTACK FROM. BILLIONAIRES BUT I'M NOT A. BILLIONAIRE, THE NEXT STEPS ARE. SCARY. >> Reporter: ELON MUSK IS ALSO. SPARKING CONCERNS WITHIN THE. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, DOGE. POSTING DETAILS ON THE WEBSITE. ABOUT THE HEAD COUNT AND BUDGET. FOR AN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY THAT. MAINTAINS U.S. SATELLITES. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SECURITY. BREACH. >> SOME CONCERNS THERE. SELINA WANG, GREAT TO HAVE YOU.

WITH US IN NEW YORK. >>> TOMORROW MORNING, HOUSE. MINORITY LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES. SPEAKS WITH. JONATHAN KARL. >>> THE MIDDLE EAST, HAMAS. RELEASING THREE MORE HOSTAGES AS. PART OF THE CEASEFIRE DEAL. THIS AMERICAN HAVING AN. EMOTIONAL REUNION AFTER. 497 DAYS IN. CAPTIVITY. MORE THAN 350 PALESTINIANS ALSO. FREED. FROM ISRAEL, REPORTS THAT SOME. ARE IN POOR HEALTH. THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS. EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER TOMORROW.

ABC'S MARCUS MOORE IN TEL AVIV. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: RELIEF AND. HAPPINESS IN ISRAEL AS THE. FAMILIES AND NATION WATCHED. THREE HOSTAGES EMERGE FROM. CAPTIVITY IN GAZA. AMONG THEM THIS AMERICAN, A 36. NOW FATHER OF THREE WAS TAKEN. OCTOBER 7th. THESE MOVING IMAGES SHOW THE. REUNION WITH HIS WIFE WHO GAVE. BIRTHDAY TO THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER.

WHILE HE WAS HELD HOSTAGE. THERE WERE MANY HEARTFELT. REUNIONS BROADCAST FOR THE WORLD. TO SEE. FAMILIES GATHERED AROUND A. SCREEN AT HOSTAGE SQUARE IN TEL. AVIV. EMOTIONS QUICKLY SHIFTING TO. CONCERN FOR THE REMAINING 70. HOSTAGES, INCLUDING VICKY'S. 20-YEAR-OLD SON, NIMROD. >> I WAS VERY GLAD FOR THEM, BUT. WORRIED FOR MY SON. THIS IS OUR NATION, BRING HIM. BACK HOME. >> Reporter: FAMILIES ARE. IMPLORING BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO. MOVE TO PHASE TWO TO BRING ALL.

HOSTAGES HOME. WHILE IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK, MORE REUNIONS. OVER 300 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS. WERE RELEASED FOR THE HOSTAGES. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. HAS ARRIVED IN TEL AVIV, AND. HE'S EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE. PRIME MINISTER TOMORROW MORNING. AS PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ISRAEL AND. HAMAS TO MOVE TO PHASE TWO IN. THE CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT. RACHEL. >> MARCUS, THANK YOU. >>> THE LATEST ON POPE FRANCIS, THE 88-YEAR-OLD IS HOSPITALIZED.

WITH BRONCHITIS BUT SHOWING. SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. ABC'S CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT. JAMES LONGMAN IS IN ROME. WHAT IS THE LATEST? >> Reporter: THE POPE IS. SPENDING A SECOND NIGHT IN THE. HOSPITAL, TREATED FOR. BRONCHITIS. HE IS GETTING BETTER. BUT HIS DOCTORS SAY THE FEVER IS. GONE, TESTS IMPROVING. SPENT THE DAY RESTING, READING. AND IN PRAYER. BUT THEY'VE PRESCRIBED ABSOLUTE. REST.

SO HE WILL NOT LEAD PRAYER FROM. VATICAN CITY TOMORROW. BUT HE. WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO THE. FAITHFUL. HE'S SAID TO BE PLEASED WITH THE. MESSAGES OF SUPPORT AND HE'S. THANKED THOSE WHO PRAY FOR HIS. RECOVERY. >> SO MANY ARE WISHING HIM WELL. JAMES THANK YOU. >>> MEASLES OUTBREAK IN RURAL. WEST TEXAS, DOUBLING IN SIZE TO. 48, MOSTLY CHILDREN AND TEENS. MANY ARE UNVACCINATED OR THE. STATUS IS UNKNOWN. IT'S THE STATE'S WORST OUTBREAK. IN 30 YEARS.

ABC'S MORGAN. >> Reporter: A DISEASE ONCE. DECLARED ELIMINATED IN THE U.S. IS SPREADING RAPIDLY THROUGH. RURAL WEST TEXAS. 48 CASES, MOSTLY CHILDREN AND. TEENS. 13 HOSPITALIZED. ALL INFECTED UNVACCINATED OR. STATUS UNKNOWN. THIS MOM TAKING NO CHANCES WHEN. HER SON CAME DOWN WITH. MYSTERIOUS RASHES. >> JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF. IT IS MEASLES, WE GET IT. TREATED. >> Reporter: MEASLES IS A HIGHLY. CONTAGIOUS VIRUS THAT CAN LEAD. TO SERIOUS HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.

IF UNTREATED. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE VACCINE. IS SAFE AND. EFFECTIVE, AND A TWO-SHOT SERIES. IS REQUIRED FOR MOST. KINDERGARTENERS ENTERING PUBLIC. SCHOOLS. BUT IN GAINES COUNTY, SOME OF. THE CASES APPEAR TO BE LINKED TO. PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS. TEXAS ALLOWS VACCINE EXEMPTIONS, INCLUDING FOR RELIGIOUS. BELIEFS. THIS COUNTY HAVING ONE OF THE. HIGHEST OPT OUT RATES IN THE. STATE.

WITH VACCINE HESITANCY ON. THE RISE, WE COULD SEE MORE OF. THESE OUTBREAKS. RACHEL. >> MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> DRIVERS SCRAMBLING FOR. SAFETY AFTER A FIERY EXPLORATION. INSIDE AN. INTERSTATE TUNNEL. MASSIVE PILEUP, DRIVERS AND. PASSENGERS FORCED TO FLEE THE. FLAMES AND BLACK SMOKE. WHAT WE ARE LEARNING TONIGHT. JACLYN LEE. >> EXPLOSION.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE NTSB IS. INVESTIGATING A DEADLY PILEUP ON. A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN WYOMING. STUNNING IMAGES SHOWING THICK. BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF. GREEN RIVER TUNNEL ON I-80 AFTER. A MULTIVEHICLE CRASH SHUT DOWN. THE HIGHWAY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. >> UNIQUENESS IS IT WAS IN THE. TUNNEL AND FIRE STARTED THERE, PREVENTED OUR RESPONSE INTO THE. TUNNEL. >> Reporter: THE ACCIDENT. OCCURRING FRIDAY MORNING AROUND. 11:30. MULTIPLE FIRES ON SITE MAKING IT. SO HOT THAT. TIRES WERE EXPLODING.

FIRST RESPONDERS RACING TO THE. SCENE, ANNOUNCING. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE. CRASH, MULTIPLE INJURED. >> FEEL BAD FOR THE PEOPLE. BURNING ALIVE IN THERE, MAN. I COULDN'T EVEN TRY TO HELP. THEM. >> Reporter: GEOLOGISTS AND. ENGINEERS ARE INSPECTING THE. INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CAUSE OF. THE CRASH IS UNDER. INVESTIGATION. RACHEL. >> JACLYN, THANK YOU. >>> EGG PRICES HITTING A RECORD. HIGH AS THE U.S. STRUGGLES WITH. AN OUTBREAK OF THE BIRD FLU. SOME GROCERY STORES HAVING A. PROBLEM KEEPS THE EGGS ON THEIR. SHELVES.

AND THE CDC IS REPORTING ANOTHER. HUMAN CASE OF THE VIRUS. ABC'S ALEXIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AS THE CDC. CONFIRMS ANOTHER HUMAN CASE OF. THE BIRD FLU, THE ONGOING. OUTBREAK WREAKING HAVOC ON THE. EGG SUPPLY, SENDING PRICES TO. RECORD LEVELS ACROSS THE U.S. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR. STATISTICS, THE PRICE OF EGGS IS. UP 53% OVER THE PAST YEAR. $4.95 A DOZEN. SHORTAGES COAST-TO-COAST, FROM.

LONG LINES FOR FRESH EGGS IN. CALIFORNIA TO EMPTY SHELVES IN. NEW YORK. >> $10 A CARTON, WHAT? >> Reporter: LAWMAKERS IN NEVADA. SUSPENDING A CAGE-FREE LAW TO. MEET DEMAND. STORES INCLUDING. COSTCO, WALMART, TRADER JOE'S, WHOLE FOODS AND KROGER NOW. LIMITING HOW MANY CARTONS OF. EGGS CUSTOMERS CAN BUY. ALL THIS AT A TIME THAT. BREAKFAST IS BOOMING.

WHILE SOME USE SUBSTITUTES, OTHERS USE REAL EGGS, INCLUDING McDONALD'S, TACO BELL, WENDY'S, PANERA'S AND WAFFLE. HOUSE. ADDED A 50 CENT SURCHARGE FOR. EGGS. OTHERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO COME UP. WITH ALTERNATIVES, LIKE TAPIOCA. STARCH OR INCREASING NONEGG ITEM. PORTION SIZES. SOME FLOCKING TO SUBSTITUTES. LIKE JUST EGG. JANUARY SALES JUMPED FIVE TIMES. FROM A YEAR AGO. THE COMPANY TELLING ABC NEWS. IT'S RAMPING UP PRODUCTION OF.

ITS VEGAN-BASED EGGS TO MEET. GROWING DEMAND. OFFICIALS SAY. DON'T EXPECT RELIEF SOON. WITH EASTER WEEKS AWAY, DEMAND. IS EXPECTED TO RISE AND THE. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. PREDICTS PRICES WILL GO UP. ANOTHER 20% THIS YEAR. >> PRICES AND DEMAND SOARING. ALEXIS, THANK YOU. >>> SO MUCH MORE AHEAD ON "WORLD. NEWS TONIGHT" THIS SATURDAY. LAWYERS SPEAK OUT AFTER AN. ACCUSER DROPS HER CHARGES.

>>> AND A MESSAGE FOR. SUPPORTERS. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE WOMAN WHO. CLAIMED SHE WAS RAPED BY JAY-Z. AND SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS HAS. DROPPED HER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE. HIP-HOP ARTISTS. JAY-Z DENIED HER CLAIM AND. LAWYERS SAID THERE ARE. GLARG INCONSISTENCIES IN HER. STORY. COMBS REMAINS IN A NEW YORK JAIL. ON RACKETEERING AND SEX. TRAFFICKING CHARGES. >>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING.

A TOP INSURANCE EXECUTIVE IS. SPEAKING OUT. >>> THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING. A TOP INSURANCE EXECUTIVE HAS. ISSUED HIS FIRST STATEMENT FROM. BEHIND BARS. LUIGI MANGIONE SAYS HE'S. GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT HE'S. RECEIVED. HE'S CHARGED IN THE SHOOTING. DEATH OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO. BRIAN. THOMPSON IN NEW YORK. >>> AMERICA STRONG, 96, STILL. MAKING SPECIAL DELIVERIES. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, MEET THE. MAN STILL SPREADING KINDNESS AT. 96.

BILL HAS A SPECIAL WAY TO START. EACH DAY, ROLLING OUT HIS BIKE, FILLING HIS BASKET WITH GOODIES. AND HEADING OUT ON HIS ROUTE. THAT'S BILL AT 96 YEARS OLD ON. WHEELS. STOPPING TO PASS OUT TREATS TO. ALL THE PETS IN HIS COMMUNITY IN. MESA, ARIZONA. THREE CATS AND 30 DOGS. >> NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT TO. HIM THAN SEEING BILL. >> Reporter: EVERY DAY, RAIN OR. SHINE THE LAST 23 YEARS. >> THE DOGS ALL KNOW AND LOVE.

HIM. JUST LOVE HIM. >> SEVERAL DOGS AND CATS, STARTED GIVING THEM TREATS. DOING SO EVER SINCE. >> Reporter: KNOWS MOST OF THE. PETS BY NAME. >> YOUR NEXT CUSTOMER IS WAITING. FOR YOU. >> Reporter: ALWAYS ON TIME. >> ALL KINDS OF WEATHER, CHILLY, RAINY, BILL IS OUT DELIVERING. THE TREATS. >> Reporter: IF THEY'RE NOT. THERE, HE LEAVES SOMETHING. ANYWAY. >> INSPIRATION, 96 AND ACTIVE, ON THE BIKE. >> AND HAS NO PLANS OF SLOWING.

DOWN. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M RACHEL SCOTT. GOOD NIGHT.