ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - February 16, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, WE'RE FOLLOWING. SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE ARE DEAD, INCLUDING A MOTHER AND CHILD, AFTER HISTORIC FLOODING IN. KENTUCKY. >> PLUS, THE HIGH-LEVEL TALKS. THAT COULD RESHAPE EUROPE AND. THE MIDDLE EAST. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THAT DEADLY. FLOODING. KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR IS CALLING. IT ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS. WEATHER EVENTS IN A DECADE. MANY DEATHS ARE ATTRIBUTED TO. PEOPLE BEING TRAPPED IN FLOODED. CARS. OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE MADE. MORE THAN 1,000 WATER RESCUES. UP TO A HALF FOOT OF RAIN HAS. WASHED OUT ROADS AND SENT CARS. INTO DITCHES.

THERE IS WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. ACROSS THE SOUTH. A TREE CRASHED THROUGH A ROOF IN. GEORGIA. HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN. CANCELED. THOUSANDS MORE DELAYED. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS FOLLOWING IT. ALL, INCLUDING HIGH WINDS IN THE. EAST AND A BITTER COLD BLAST IN. THE WEEK AHEAD. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES IN THE. DAYTONA 500 WHILE OVERSEAS. CRUCIAL TALKS BEGIN. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER PRAISES. WHAT HE CALLS A BOLD VISION TO. REBUILD GAZA AND RESETTLE ITS. POPULATION. SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. CALLS FOR HAMAS TO BE. ERADICATED.

NEGOTIATIONS ON UKRAINE'S FUTURE. EXPECTED SOON. RUSSIA'S INVITED AND UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT IS ALSO DEMANDING A. SEAT AT THE TABLE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A DEADLY. ATTACK IN AUSTRIA IS NOW BEING. CALLED AN ACT OF TERROR. SIX PEOPLE WERE STABBED, A. TEENAGER KILLED. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT FROM. SYRIA WAS INSPIRED BY ISIS. >>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRES. MORE THAN A DOZEN IMMIGRATION. JUDGES AS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION MOVES TO SHRINK. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE FIRINGS COME DESPITE GROWING. BACKLOG OF MILLIONS OF PENDING. IMMIGRATION CASES.

>>> FIVE ARRESTS ARE MADE IN A. SHOCKING AND BRUTAL MURDER. THE VICTIM WAS A TRANSGENDER MAN. WHO POLICE SAY WAS TORTURED FOR. MONTHS. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING IT A. HORRIFIC CRIME. >>> FLU ACTIVITY IS NOW AT A. RECORD LEVEL IN THE U.S. WITH. NEARLY 30 MILLION CASES THIS. SEASON. WHY EXPERTS SAY THERE'S STILL. TIME TO GET VACCINATED. >> PLUS, THE BITTER RIVALRY ON. THE ICE. THREE FIGHTS IN NINE SECONDS AS. THE U.S. BATTLED CANADA. >> ON THE ROAD TO THE OSCARS, WHO TOOK TOP HONORS AT THE BAFTA.

AWARDS, AND THE EMOTIONAL HOME. RUN, WHY THE COACH CALLED IT ONE. OF THE MOST INSPIRING THINGS. HE'S EVER SEEN. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SUNDAY. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A MASSIVE. STORM SYSTEM SWEEPING ACROSS. MUCH OF THE EAST. AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE KILLED, MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. ARE UNDER ALERTS FOR COLD AND. SNOW.

EIGHT PEOPLE WERE KILLED AFTER. HISTORIC FLOODING IN KENTUCKY, INCLUDING A MOTHER AND HER. 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD. THE GOVERNOR IS CALLING IT ONE. OF THE MOST SERIOUS WEATHER. EVENTS IN A DECADE. THIS DRONE VIDEO CAPTURED THE. DEVASTATION, ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. SUBMERGED UNDER WATER. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALREADY. APPROVED AN EMERGENCY DISASTER. DECLARATION. SEVERE STORMS RIMMED THROUGH. CENTRAL ALABAMA. LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. AT LEAST ONE CONFIRMED TORNADO, AND MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST. INCLUDING WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, IS GETTING A.

WINTRY MIX OF SNOW, ICE, AND. RAIN. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE. WITHOUT POWER AS FRIGID. TEMPERATURES MOVE IN. OUR WEATHER TEAM IS STANDING BY. WITH THE FORECAST, BUT FIRST, FAITH ABUBEY LEADS US OFF FROM. ATLANTA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A FATAL. BLAST OF SEVERE WEATHER. PUMMELING THE EASTERN U.S. AS. DANGEROUS FLOODING, POWERFUL. WINDS, AND WINTRY CONDITIONS. WREAK HAVOC FROM THE GULF COAST. TO NEW ENGLAND. AT LEAST EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN. KENTUCKY, INCLUDING A CHILD. AFTER MORE THAN SIX INCHES OF. RAIN BATTERED PARTS OF THE. STATE.

PROMPTING MORE THAN 1,000 WATER. RESCUES OVER THE WEEKEND, NEARLY. THE ENTIRE STATE UNDER FLOOD. WARNINGS. >> LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE ALREADY LOST AND THE. DAMAGE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS. WEATHER EVENTS WE HAVE DEALT. >> OH, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO. GET FIXED. >> Reporter: THIS ROAD IN. PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY, BADLY. DAMAGED. NEARBY, AN SUV WASHED OFF THE. ROAD INTO A DITCH. THE TORRENTIAL RAIN TURNING TO. HEAVY SNOW IN PARTS OF THE. STATE. OFFICIALS URGING RESIDENTS TO.

AVOID THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. >> RIGHT NOW, WE NEED EVERYBODY. HOME AND NOT ON THE ROADS, AS. WE'RE IN A SEARCH AND RESCUE. PHASE. WE NEED OUR VEHICLES OUT ON THE. ROAD, AND IT'S DANGEROUS FOR YOU. TO BE OUT ON THE ROAD. >> HOW BIG WAS THE TREE? >> ABOUT 100 FOOT. IT WAS A TALL TREE. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, IN. FLORENCE, MISSISSIPPI, JIMMY. ARMOR SHOWING US THE DAMAGE. INSIDE HIS GRANDPARENTS' HOME. AFTER HIGH WINDS CRASHED A LARGE. PINE TREE THROUGH THE ROOF. >> WE WERE ALL SITTING HERE IN. THE LIVING ROOM.

THE RAIN STARTED AND IT ALMOST. SOUNDED LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. COMING THROUGH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE SYSTEM. NOW SWEEPING EAST. FLOODING THREATENING BUILDINGS. IN HURLEY, VIRGINIA. CREWS AND RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF. BOSTON DIGGING OUT, UP TO SIX. INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING IN. PARTS OF THE STATE. AND LINSEY, PARTS OF KENTUCKY. BRACING FOR A SECOND GUT PUNCH. ANOTHER FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY. THURSDAY ON TOP OF THE FLOODING. EMERGENCY. MEANTIME HERE IN GEORGIA, TENS.

OF THOUSANDS STILL IN THE DARK. A MAN KILLED HERE OVERNIGHT. AFTER POWERFUL WINDS TOPPLED A. TREE ON TO THE HOUSE BEHIND ME. LINSEY. >> Linsey: FAITH, THANK YOU. THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO. CAUSING HEADACHES FOR THOSE. FLYING OVER THE PRESIDENTS' DAY. HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LET'S BRING IN PERRY RUSSOM IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. TONIGHT. HOW MUCH OF A DISRUPTION ARE. THESE STORMS CAUSING FOR AIR. TRAVEL? >> Reporter: STRONG WINDS ARE. CAUSING ISSUES. AT DCA, ABOUT 150 FLIGHTS HAVE.

BEEN DELAYED AND DOZENS MORE. HAVE BEEN CANCELED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO. FLIGHT AWARE, MORE THAN 1300. FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AND. MORE THAN 8,000 HAVE BEEN. DELAYED. MAJOR HUBS IN CHICAGO AND. ATLANTA HIT WITH THE MOST. DELAYS, AND TONIGHT, WE'RE. LOOKING AT MAJOR CITIES IN THE. NORTHEAST AS THE STORMS PASS. THROUGH. BOSTON AND NEW YORK AFFECTED. NEARLY HALF OF THE FLIGHTS OUT. OF LaGUARDIA AIRPORT HAVE BEEN. DELAYED. A BUSY TIME IN THE SKIES WITH. PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW LONG THE. WEATHER LASTS. AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW AS. PEOPLE RETURN HOME. >> Linsey: THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET TO ABC.

METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THE NEXT. ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER? >> Reporter: WELL, LINSEY, THE. COLD AIR MOVING IN AT THE TOP OF. THE WEEK AND THE NEXT SNOW STORM. MOVING IN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE STORM WE HAVE BEEN DEALING. WITH IS NOW BEGINNING TO EXIT. IN ITS WAKE LEAVING BEHIND. EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS. HIGH WIND ALERTS STRETCHING FROM. BOSTON TO THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH. GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR. POSSIBLE. ALSO, EXTREME COLD ALERTS.

FROM BISMARCK TO DALLAS AND SAN. ANGELO, TEXAS. THIS BITTER COLD DIVING DEEP. 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN. BISMARCK MONDAY MORNING. SINGLE DIGITS IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AS FAR AS THE SNOW GOES, WE'LL. START TO SEE THE SNOW TRACK. ACROSS PLACES LIKE KENTUCKY ON. WEDNESDAY. ARRIVING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC AND. NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY. JUST IN TIME FOR THAT CRITICAL. THURSDAY MORNING, MORNING. COMMUTE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SUCH AN ONSLAUGHT OF. THE WINTER WEATHER THESE DAYS. SOMARA, THANK YOU. >>> SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO. RUBIO IS OVERSEAS ON A MISSION. THAT COULD CHANGE EUROPE AND THE.

MIDDLE EAST. IN A MEETING BETWEEN RUBIO AND. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU, NETANYAHU PRAISED. WHAT HE CALLS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. BOLD VISION FOR GAZA. BOTH AGREE THAT HAMAS MUST BE. ELIMINATED. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP VISITING THE RACE TRACK, GREETING NASCAR FANS AT THE. DAYTONA 500 IN FLORIDA. AS SENIOR MEMBERS OF HIS. ADMINISTRATION ARE OVERSEAS. PUSHING AN AGENDA THAT AIMS TO. REDRAW THE MAP IN THE MIDDLE. EAST.

SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. MEETING WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME. MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SEEMINGLY ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT. WHAT'S NEXT FOR WAR-TORN GAZA. >> SECRETARY RUBIO AND I. DISCUSSED PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOLD. VISION FOR GAZA. >> Reporter: TRUMP INSISTING THE. U.S. TAKE OVER GAZA, FORCE OUT. PALESTINIANS, AND DEVELOP THE. REMAINING REAL ESTATE. PROMISING TO BUILD THE RIVIERA. OF THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PLAN SPARKING OUTRAGE BOTH. AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD. RUBIO DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT'S.

POSITION. >> IT MAY HAVE SHOCKED AND. SURPRISED MANY, BUT WHAT CANNOT. CONTINUE IS THE SAME CYCLE. >> Reporter: WHILE ALSO CALLING. FOR THE COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF. HAMAS. >> HAMAS CANNOT CONTINUE AS A. MILITARY OR GOVERNMENT FORCE. THEY MUST BE ELIMINATED. THEY MUST BE ERADICATED. >> Reporter: THOSE COMMENTS. POTENTIALLY COMPLICATING AN. ALREADY DELICATE SITUATION. AS ISRAEL AND HAMAS FACE. MOUNTING PRESSURE TO MOVE TO. PHASE TWO OF THEIR CEASE-FIRE. DEAL WHICH WOULD BRING ALL OF. THE REMAINING HOSTAGES HOME. TONIGHT, THE TRUMP.

ADMINISTRATION TURNING TO. ANOTHER CRISIS WITH MORE SENIOR. OFFICIALS HEADING TO SAUDI. ARABIA TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS TO. END THE WAR IN UKRAINE. MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP TEAM. EXPECTED TO MEET WITH RUSSIAN. OFFICIALS THERE, BUT UKRAINIAN. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS HE. WASN'T INVITED. ZELENSKYY ADAMANT HIS COUNTRY. MUST HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. >> I WILL NEVER ACCEPT ANY. DECISIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED. STATES AND RUSSIA ABOUT UKRAINE. NEVER. >> Linsey: JOINING US NOW IS OUR. SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT. SELINA WANG.

HOW ARE OUR ALLIES IN EUROPE. ADVANCING TO THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ADVANCING THESE. NEGOTIATIONS WITHOUT THEM? >> Reporter: THEY'RE CONCERNED. THEY'LL BE LEFT OUT OF THE PEACE. MAKING PROCESS AND THEY FEAR THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COULD REACH. A DEAL THAT FAILS TO DETER. RUSSIA AND SECURE LASTING PEACE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SELINA WANG FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. >>> NOW TO THAT DEADLY TERROR. ATTACK IN AUSTRIA. 14-YEAR-OLD WAS KILLED AND FIVE. OTHERS WERE INJURED DURING A. STABBING RAMPAGE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT, A. 23-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN NATIONAL, WAS. INSPIRED BY ISIS.

EARLIER TODAY, THE GRIEVING. COMMUNITY HELD A VIGIL FOR THE. VICTIMS. MORE NOW FROM ABC'S LAMA HASAN. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES TONIGHT. SAYING THE SUSPECT BEHIND A. HORRIFIC KNIFE ATTACK IN AUSTRIA. NEAR THE MAIN SQUARE WAS. INSPIRED BY ISIS. OFFICIALS SAY A 23-YEAR-OLD. SYRIAN MAN USING A FOLDING KNIFE. BEGAN STABBING PEOPLE. INDISCRIMINATELY, KILLING A. 14-YEAR-OLD BOY AND WOUNDING. FIVE OTHERS. THREE OF THEM ARE IN INTENSIVE. CARE.

MANY PRAISING A FOOD DELIVERY. DRIVER, ALSO SYRIAN, FOR. STOPPING THE ATTACKER BY RAMMING. HIS CAR INTO HIM. ALLOWING POLICE TO MAKE AN. ARREST. INTERIOR MINISTER SAYING THE. SUSPECT HAS LINKS TO ISIS AND. RADICALIZED HIMSELF ONLINE AND. IS NOW CHARGED WITH MURDER AND. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTED MURDERS. THIS INCIDENT IS THE SECOND. SUSPECTED ISIS INSPIRED ATTACK. IN AUSTRIA IN RECENT YEARS. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES IN. 2020, A MAN CARRIED OUT A DEADLY. ATTACK IN VIENNA ARMED WITH AN. AUTOMATIC RIFLE AND FAKE.

EXPLOSIVES. TONIGHT IN AUSTRIA, MANY. GATHERING AT A MAKESHIFT. MEMORIAL IN THE MAIN SQUARE. A MEMORIAL IN MUNICH DAYS AFTER. A CAR WAS DRIVEN INTO A CROWD. INJURING DOZENS AND KILLING A. MOTHER AND HER 2-YEAR-OLD. DAUGHTER. GERMAN OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING. WHETHER THE DRIVER HAD TIES TO. ANY EXTREMIST NETWORKS. LINSEY, THIS LATEST ATTACK IN. AUSTRIA IS TRIGGERING A STRONG. RESPONSE FROM THE COUNTRY'S FAR. RIGHT PARTY. THEY'RE CALLING FOR A RIGOROUS. CRACKDOWN ON ASYLUM. LINSEY.

>> Linsey: LAMA, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., OVER. THE WEEKEND, MORE THAN A DOZEN. IMMIGRATION JUDGES WERE FIRED. IT'S PART OF A SWEEPING ATTEMPT. TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT COMES. AMID AN IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN. AND A BACKLOG OF NEARLY 4. MILLION CASES. MORE NOW FROM ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK. RESHAPE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WITH MASS LAYOFFS TRIGGERING. ANGER AND CONFUSION AMONG. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, ABC NEWS. LEARNING THE DOJ QUIETLY FIRED. MORE THAN A DOZEN NEW. IMMIGRATION JUDGES WITHOUT.

CAUSE. JUST DAYS BEFORE THEY WERE SET. TO BE SWORN IN. ACCORDING TO THE UNION. REPRESENTING THEM. THE SWEEPING SHAKEUP DISMISSED. 13 IMMIGRATION JUDGES IN. TRAINING, TWO JUDGES ALREADY ON. THE BENCH, AND FIVE OTHER. MIDLEVEL MANAGERS THAT ALSO HEAR. IMMIGRATION CASES. THEIR UNION SAYING IN A. STATEMENT, THE FIRING OF. IMMIGRATION JUDGES WHEN WE NEED. MORE JUDGES TO ENFORCE OUR. IMMIGRATION LAWS BY THIS. ADMINISTRATION IS A PERFECT. EXAMPLE OF HYPOCRISY. THE MOVE COMES AMID A MASSIVE.

BACKLOG OF 3.7 MILLION CASES AND. IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN COAST TO COAST. FOR SEVEN DAYS, ABC NEWS WAS ON. THE FRONT LINES FROM COMMUNITY. GROUPS PATROLLING THE STREETS. FOR SIGNS OF I.C.E. IN L.A., TO. D.C., WHERE IMMIGRATION LAWYERS. ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, AND SAN DIEGO, WHERE THE COAST. GUARD IS RAMPING UP HELICOPTER. PATROLS. I.C.E. SAYS IT ARRESTED MORE. THAN 8200 PEOPLE BETWEEN JANUARY. 22nd AND JANUARY 31st, BUT. I.C.E. HAS STOPPED RELEASING. UPDATED NUMBERS AND A FRACTION. OF THOSE DETAINED WERE RELEASED.

BACK INTO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF A. LACK OF RESOURCES. DAYS AGO, TRUMP'S BORDER CZAR. EXPRESSING FRUSTRATION WITH THE. NUMBER OF I.C.E. ARRESTS. >> WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE. TARGETING AND PRODUCTION. SO WE'RE DOING THAT NOW. >> Reporter: HOMAN MEETING WITH. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. CAN SAYS HE'S AGREED TO WORK. WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. WHILE THEY INCREASE TEAMS. CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN THE. CITY. >> IF HE DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I'LL BE BACK IN NEW YORK CITY. AND I'LL BE IN HIS OFFICE, UP. HIS BUTT SAYING WHERE THE HELL.

IS THE AGREEMENT WE CAME TO? >> Reporter: AND LINSEY, BACK TO. THOSE FIRED JUDGES, THERE'S. GROWING CONCERN THIS MOVE WILL. ONLY DEEPEN THE DELAYS WITHIN. THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. FOR PERSPECTIVE, EACH OF THOSE. JUDGES PROCESSING ANYWHERE. BETWEEN 500 TO 700 CASES PER. YEAR. LINSEY. >> Linsey: MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE BRUTAL AND TRAGIC. DEATH OF A TRANSGENDER MAN IN. UPSTATE NEW YORK. POLICE SAY THE 24-YEAR-OLD SAM. NORDQUIST WAS TORTURED FOR WEEKS. BEFORE HIS REMAINS WERE. DISCOVERED IN A FIELD. HE HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING BY. HIS FAMILY.

FIVE PEOPLE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH. HIS MURDER. HERE'S ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIVE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND. CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE. DISAPPEARANCE AND BRUTAL MURDER. OF A 24-YEAR-OLD TRANSGENDER MAN. FROM MINNESOTA. A CRIME POLICE ARE CALLING. BEYOND DEPRAVED. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST. HORRIFIC CRIMES I HAVE EVER. INVESTIGATED. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY SAM. NORDQUIST ARRIVED IN THE FINGER. LAKE REGIONS OF NEW YORK STATE. IN SEPTEMBER, STAYING AT A MOTEL. WITH A 38-YEAR-OLD AND OTHERS. ON FEBRUARY 9th, NEW YORK STATE.

POLICE LAUNCHING A MISSING. PERSONS INVESTIGATION FOR. NORDQUIST FOLLOWING A WELFARE. REQUEST FROM FAMILY. ON FEBRUARY 13th, POLICE. EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT AT. THE MOTEL ROOM, LATER FINDING. HUMAN REMAINS BELIEVED TO BE. THOSE OF NORDQUIST 15 MILES AWAY. IN A FIELD. INVESTIGATORS FINDING EVIDENCE. SUGGESTING NORDQUIST WAS. TORTURED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED. FOR MONTHS. >> SAM WAS SUBJECTED TO REPEATED. ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND TORTURE. IN A MANNER THAT ULTIMATELY LED.

TO HIS DEATH. >> Reporter: POLICE ARRESTING. AND CHARGING A WOMAN AS WELL AS. KYLE SAGE, PATRICK GOODWIN, AND. 19-YEAR-OLD EMILY MOTYKA WITH. SECOND DEGREE MURDER. TONIGHT, SAM'S FAMILY. HEARTBROKEN. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. SOMEONE WOULD DO THAT TO ANOTHER. PERSON. SAM WAS AMAZING AND WOULD GIVE. THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK TO. ANYONE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS ARE. WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THE. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FIVE. SUSPECTS AND NORDQUIST, AND. PROSECUTORS HAVE YET TO RULE OUT.

CLASSIFYING THE MURDER AS A HATE. CRIME. LINSEY. >> Linsey: IKE, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE RECORD-SETTING. FLU SEASON. THE CDC IS REPORTING MORE THAN. 30 MILLION CASES AND MORE THAN. 370,000 HOSPITALIZATIONS. 32 STATES ARE REPORTING HIGH OR. VERY HIGH ACTIVITY. LET'S BRING IN ABC'S REENA ROY. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING TONIGHT? >> Reporter: WELL, LINSEY, RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES ARE AT A. HIGH LEVEL REALLY ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. IN FACT, THE RATE OF PEOPLE. GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR FLU-LIKE. SYMPTOMS IS THE HIGHEST SINCE.

THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK IN 2009. THE CDC ESTIMATING 16,000 DEATHS. FROM THE FLU SO FAR THIS SEASON. NEARLY 70 OF THOSE IN CHILDREN. FATAL FLU CASES SURPASSING COVID. DEATHS THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST. TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED. WALGREENS SAYING THEY HAVE SEEN. A MORE THAN 200% JUMP IN FLU. ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION. PRESCRIPTIONS COMPARED TO THE. SAME TIME LAST YEAR. AND FLU SEASON LIKELY CONTINUED. FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS. PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALISTS. REMINDING PEOPLE IT'S NOT TOO.

LATE TO GET THE ANNUAL VACCINE. WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE. SEVERITY AND DURATION OF AN. ILLNESS. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SO MANY UNDER THE. WEATHER LATELY. REENA, THANK YOU. >> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD. ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS. SUNDAY. WHY SHAKIRA WAS FORCED TO CANCEL. A CONCERT ON SHORT NOTICE, AND. HOW A HOCKEY GAME TURNED INTO. FIGHT NIGHT. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, SHAKIRA WAS. FORCED TO CANCEL A CONCERT IN. PERU TONIGHT AFTER BEING.

HOSPITALIZED WITH AN ABDOMINAL. CONDITION. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN. RELEASED BUT THE SINGER POSTED. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT DOCTORS. TOLD HER SHE'S IN NO CONDITION. TO PERFORM. SHE WAS JUST KICKING OFF A LONG. CONCERT TOUR SCHEDULED TO TAKE. HER TO THE U.S. IN MAY. >>> IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 6 1/2. HOURS TO FLY FROM NEWARK, NEW. JERSEY, TO DUBLIN, IRELAND, BUT. FOR HUNDREDS OF UNITED AIRLINES. PASSENGERS, THE TRIP SPANNED. FOUR DAYS. FLIGHT 23 WAS DIVERTED TO. NEWFOUNDLAND IN CANADA, THURSDAY. NIGHT BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL. EMERGENCY ON BOARD. THE PASSENGERS WERE STUCK THERE. PARTLY BECAUSE OF BLIZZARD. CONDITIONS.

A HOTEL PUT THEM UP AND FED. THEM. THEY FINALLY GOT OFF THE GROUND. THIS MORNING. >>> STILL AHEAD, IS IT A PREVIEW. FOR THE OSCARS? WHO WON THE TOP PRIZES IN. BRITAIN'S MOVIE AWARDS. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. HOCKEY FANS EXPECTED FIREWORKS. WHEN THE U.S. TOOK ON CANADA IN. THE FOUR NATIONS FACE OFF. SATURDAY NIGHT, AND BOY, DID. THEY GET THEM. A FIGHT BROKE OUT ON THE OPENING. DRAW. AS SOON AS THAT WAS OVER, ANOTHER ONE STARTED, AND ONE. MORE MOMENTS LATER. THREE FIGHTS IN THE FIRST NINE. SECONDS OF PLAY.

ONCE THINGS FINALLY SETTLED. DOWN, THE U.S. WENT ON TO WIN. 3-1. >>> NEXT, AWARDS SEASON ROLLS ON. WITH THE BAFTAS IN LONDON. NEWCOMER MIKEY MADISON WON BEST. ACTRESS FOR "ANORA.". THE STORY OF AN EXOTIC DANCER'S. ROMANCE WITH A RUSSIAN HEIR. ADRIAN BRODY WON BEST ACTOR FOR. "THE BRUTALIST.". THE BEST PICTURE AWARD WENT TO. "CONCLAVE," THE THRILLER ABOUT. THE SELECTION OF A NEW POPE. THEY'RE ALL NOMINATED FOR THE. OSCARS, AND YOU CAN WATCH THE. 97th ACADEMY AWARDS SUNDAY, MARCH 2nd, RIGHT HERE ON ABC. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHY.

HITTING THIS HOME RUN MEANT THE. WORLD TO A YOUNG PLAYER. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A FLOOD OF. EMOTION AFTER ONE SWING OF THE. BAT. OPENING NIGHT FOR THE AUBURN. TIGERS ON FRIDAY WAS ESPECIALLY. EMOTIONAL FOR OUTFIELDER CADE. BULIEU. BEFORE THE GAME STARTED, HE RAN. OUT ONTO THE FIELD, DROPPED TO. HIS KNEES, AND REMOVED HIS HAT. TO OFFER A PRAYER FOR HIS MOTHER. STACEY, WHO DIED ONLY HOURS. EARLIER.

>> STACEY PASSED AWAY THIS. MORNING AFTER A BATTLE WITH. CANCER. OUR HEARTS AND ALL OF BASEBALL. ARE WITH THE BULIEU FAMILY. DURING THIS TIME. CALLS FOLLOWING HER PASSING WAS. TO HIS COACH TO TELL HIM HE WAS. STILL PLANNING TO PLAY THAT. NIGHT. JUST AS HIS MOTHER WOULD HAVE. WANTED. SO THAT EVENING IN FRONT OF A. RECORD CROWD IN TIGERS HOME. FIELD IN THE SIXTH INNING, HE. WENT UP TO THE PLATE AND THIS. HAPPENED. >> RIGHT CENTER.

IT'S DEEP. IT'S GONE. HE HIT IT OUT OF HERE. >> YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS JUST. TRANSCEND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. AND HOW SPORTS CAN BRING. EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THAT'S ONE OF THEM. >> Reporter: UPLIFTED BY HIS. TEAMMATES ON WHAT OTHERWISE. WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LOWEST DAY. OF HIS LIFE, CADE AND HIS. COURAGE ARE AN INSPIRATION TO US. ALL. WHAT A MOMENT NO DOUBT IN MEMORY. OF MOM. THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M LINSEY DAVIS.

I'LL SEE YOU ON "GMA" IN THE. MORNING. DAVID MUIR BACK HERE TOMORROW. UNTIL THEN, GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEW TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.