ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - February 28, 2026

>>> TONIGHT BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR, U.S. AND. ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN AND LATE. TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFIRMING. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD. THE U.S. AND ISRAEL LAUNCHING AN. ASSAULT IN DAYLIGHT, TARGETING.

TEHRAN, THE SUPREME LEADER. COMPOUND AND OTHER SITES. FROM IRAN TONIGHT, REPORTS OF A. GIRLS SCHOOL BEING HIT. TONIGHT PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING A LOT OF THE. LEADERSHIP IS GONE. TELLING OUR RACHEL SCOTT, WE BELIEVE THE SUPREME LEADER IS. DEAD AND MUCH OF THE LEADERS ARE. GONE. NOT ONLY FROM ONE SITE BUT TWO. OTHER SITES THE. U.S. ATTACKED. THE PRESIDENT TELLING ABC NEWS. MUCH OF THEIR IMPORTANT AREAS. MILITARILY AND OTHERWISE HAVE. BEEN ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED. SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM THE.

CAPITAL, IRANIAN TV REPORTING. MORE THAN 100 KILLED AND. HUNDREDS WOUNDED. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STARK WARNING. TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. ONCE THE ATTACK WAS UNDER WAY. >> THE LIVES OF COURAGEOUS. AMERICAN HEROES MAY BE LOST AND. WE MAY HAVE CASUALTIES. THAT OFTEN HAPPENS IN WAR. >> THE PRESIDENT NOW CALLING ON. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO SEIZE. CONTROL OF. THEIR GOVERNMENT. IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE. U.S., ISRAEL AND MULTIPLE. NATIONS. A MISSILE HITTING NEAR A U.S.

BAY IN BAHRAIN. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE. SIZE OF THE OPERATION FOLLOWING. A MASSIVE U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP. ACROSS THE REGION. THE U.S. FORCES INVOLVED AND THE. MISSION'S END GOAL. WHEN RACHEL ASKED THE PRESIDENT. WHO LEADS IRAN NEXT, HE SAID I. DON'T WANT TO EXPLAIN. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLAN. IAN PANNELL IS LIVE IN THE. REGION, MARTHA RADDATZ IS LIVE. IN WASHINGTON, AND RACHEL SCOTT. IS LIVE HERE ON. HER CONVERSATION WITH THE. PRESIDENT. ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWING THE. MASSIVE CAMPAIGN WILL DEVASTATE.

IRAN'S MILITARY AND NUCLEAR. PROGRAM. TONIGHT BACK IN THE U.S., LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES. QUESTIONING THE U.S. MILITARY. ATTACK. WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. MARY BRUCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. >>> ACROSS THE U.S., POLICE ON. HEIGHTENED ALERT, CONCERNS ABOUT. POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ATTACKS. POLICE DEPLOYED TO CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUES AND TRAIN STATIONS. IRAN'S WARNING TO OIL TANKERS. SAILING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, ROUGHLY 20% OF THE OIL.

OF THE WORLD PASSING THROUGH. WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR OIL AND. GAS PRICES IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, HOW LONG WILL THE OPERATION. LAST? WHAT THE PRESIDENT TOLD ABC NEWS. ABOUT THAT. A SPECIAL EDITION OF "WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT" BEGINS NOW. >> ANNOUNCER: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR. >>> GOOD EVENING ON THIS. SATURDAY NIGHT, WE BEGIN WITH. THE U.S./ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN.

A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFIRMING. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD, CALLING HIM ONE OF THE MOST EVIL. PEOPLE IN HISTORY. PRESIDENT TRUMP. URGING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO. TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR GOVERNMENT. NOW. IMAGES COMING IN FOR HOURS OF A. U.S./ISRAEL JOINT ASSAULT ON AT. LEAST NINE CITIES IN IRAN. LAUNCHING FIGHTER JETS AND. MISSILES AND DRONES. AFTER A MASSIVE U.S. MILITARY. BUILDUP CROSS THE REGION. SMOKE AND FLAMES ACROSS TEHRAN. AIR STRIKES HITTING MULTIPLE. TARGETS INCLUDING THE SUPREME.

LEADER'S COMPOUND. IRAN CLAIMING A GIRLS SCHOOL WAS. HIT AND THE U.S. IS. INVESTIGATING THOSE CLAIMS TONIGHT. THE 86-YEAR-OLD. AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI HAS BEEN. SUPREME LEADER SINCE 1989, THE. LEADER FOR 35 YEARS. IN IRAN, THE SUPREME SECURITY. COUNCIL. WARNING THAT THE SHAMELESS. AMERICANS WILL REGRET THEIR. ACTIONS. IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST ISRAEL. AND MULTIPLE ARAB NATIONS. AN IRANIAN MISSILE HITTING NEAR THE US NAVY BASE IN BAHRAIN. AN IRANIAN DRONE STRIKING A HOTEL IN DUBAI.

LARGE FIRE BURNING AT THE ENTRANCE. THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. REPORTING ONE DEAD BY FALLING DEBRIS. THIS HOUR. THEY REPORT ONE. PERSON DEAD FROM IRANIAN. ATTACKS, MORE THAN 20 INJURED. SEVERAL IRANIAN MISSILES HAVE. BEEN INTERCEPTED. TONIGHT, THE. WHITE HOUSE NOW RELEASING. PHOTOS SHOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND HIS TEAM MONITORING THE. OPERATION AT MAR A LAGO. THE. PRESIDENT LATE TODAY SAYING, QUOTE, A LOT OF THE LEADERSHIP. IS LARGELY GONE, END QUOTE, MUCH OF THEIR IMPORTANT AREAS, MILITARILY AND OTHERWISE, HAVE. BEEN ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED. OUR.

RACHEL SCOTT WAS ON THE PHONE. WITH THE PRESIDENT AS HE WAS. MEETING WITH HIS GENERALS, AND. SHE ASKED, WHO LEADS IRAN NEXT? HOW? THE PRESIDENT ANSWERED. WE. HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. ABC'S CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL, LEADING US OFF FROM THE REGION. TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, THE STUNNING. ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT. TRUMP. IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER. AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI IS DEAD, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN. THAT MASSIVE US AND ISRAELI. ATTACK ON IRAN TODAY. PRESIDENT. TRUMP POSTING LATE TODAY. HARMONY, ONE OF THE MOST EVIL. PEOPLE IN HISTORY, IS DEAD.

THIS IS NOT ONLY JUSTICE FOR. THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, BUT FOR ALL. GREAT AMERICANS AND THOSE. PEOPLE FROM MANY COUNTRIES. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT HAVE. BEEN KILLED OR MUTILATED BY. KHAMENEI AND HIS GANG OF. BLOODTHIRSTY THUGS. SATELLITE. IMAGERY SHOWING EXTENSIVE. DAMAGE TO THE SUPREME LEADER'S. COMPOUND BUILDINGS LEVELED, SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE SCENE. VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SHOWING. CELEBRATIONS IN IRAN AFTER NEWS. KHAMENEI HAD BEEN KILLED. THE.

86 YEAR OLD CLERIC HAD SERVED. AS IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SINCE. 1989. PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLING. OUR RACHEL SCOTT HE BELIEVES. MANY OF IRAN'S TOP LEADERS WERE. ALSO KILLED. ISRAEL SAYING JUST. HOURS AGO THAT IT WOULD. CONTINUE TO TARGET THE REGIME. UNTIL IT'S BEEN ELIMINATED IN. THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASING THIS. EIGHT MINUTE PRERECORDED. MESSAGE LAYING OUT HIS CASE FOR. WAR. >> A SHORT TIME AGO, THE UNITED. STATES MILITARY BEGAN MAJOR. COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN. OUR.

OBJECTIVE IS TO DEFEND THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE BY ELIMINATING. IMMINENT THREATS FROM THE. IRANIAN REGIME. A VICIOUS GROUP. OF VERY HARD, TERRIBLE PEOPLE. >> WAVES OF EXPLOSIONS ROCKING. TEHRAN FOR HOURS. SCREAMS OF. HORROR IN THE STREET. CARS AND. BUILDINGS IN FLAMES. THE WHITE. HOUSE RELEASING IMAGES OF THE. PRESIDENT. MONITORING THE.

STRIKES IN REAL TIME. A SOURCE. TELLING ABC NEWS THE JOINT. US-ISRAELI STRIKE WAS. METICULOUSLY PLANNED FOR MONTHS. AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST DAYS. THE BRAZEN DAYLIGHT ASSAULT, DUBBED OPERATION EPIC FURY, BEGINNING AT 9:45 A.M. LOCAL. TIME, US AND ISRAELI FIGHTER. JETS INVOLVED AS NAVY WARSHIPS. FIRED TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES. AT LEAST NINE CITIES IN IRAN.

TARGETED THE PENTAGON, LAUNCHING NEW US ONE WAY DRONES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COMBAT, STRIKING COMMAND AND CONTROL. FACILITIES OF IRAN'S. REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DEFENSE. SYSTEMS, MISSILE LAUNCHERS AND. NAVAL BASES. IRAN'S RETALIATION. SWIFT AND SWEEPING ISRAELI AIR. DEFENSE, INTERCEPTING A BARRAGE. OF IRANIAN MISSILES OVER TEL. AVIV, SOME STILL GETTING. THROUGH. WE WERE PREPARING TO.

GO ON AIR WHEN ANOTHER ATTACK. CAME IN. THE AIR RAID SIREN HAS. JUST GONE OFF ONCE AGAIN. IT'S. BEEN GOING ALL DAY ALREADY. WE'RE SEEING THE SIGNS OF WHAT. LOOKS LIKE AIR DEFENSE GOING UP. INTO THE SKY TO TRY AND. INTERCEPT INCOMING IRANIAN. MISSILES. ALL DAY LONG THEY. HAVEN'T STOPPED COMING. IRAN. ALSO TARGETING AT LEAST FOUR US. BASES IN THE REGION. DRAMATIC. VERIFIED VIDEO CIRCULATING. ONLINE SHOWING THOSE STRIKES.

FROM JORDAN. TO THIS US NAVAL. BASE IN BAHRAIN, WHERE 3200. AMERICANS ARE STATIONED. NOT. FAR FROM THERE, A DRONE. BLASTING THIS RESIDENTIAL. BUILDING IN BAHRAIN. HARROWING. VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT THAT. DRONE CAME CRASHING IN. PEOPLE. INSIDE TAKING COVER. IRAN. TARGETING DUBAI TO THIS LUXURY. HOTEL UP IN FLAMES. AND IN.

QATAR, PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THEIR. LIVES. OUR MARCUS MOORE IN DOHA. >> YOU CAN SEE THE AIR DEFENSE. INTERCEPTORS GOING INTO THE. AREA AND THOSE BRIGHT FLASHES. OF ORANGE. AND YOU CAN ALSO. HEAR THE LOUD BOOMS. THIS IS. WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING IN DOHA. ALL DAY TODAY. >> THE PRESIDENT WITH A. SOBERING WARNING TO THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES MAY. BE LOST. >> THE LIVES OF COURAGEOUS. AMERICAN HEROES MAY BE LOST, AND WE MAY HAVE CASUALTIES.

THAT OFTEN HAPPENS IN WAR, BUT. WE'RE DOING THIS NOT FOR NOW. WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE FUTURE. >> TONIGHT, IRAN SAYING MORE. THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE. KILLED OR WOUNDED. IRANIAN. STATE MEDIA CLAIMING AN. AIRSTRIKE ON A GIRLS SCHOOL IN. THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MINAB LEFT. DOZENS DEAD. THE US, NOW. INVESTIGATING, WORKING TO. VERIFY THAT REPORT, SAYING IT. WOULD NEVER DELIBERATELY ATTACK. CIVILIANS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. TONIGHT MAKING A DIRECT APPEAL. TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE, SEIZE.

THIS MOMENT AND TOPPLE THE. REGIME. >> DO THE GREAT PROUD PEOPLE OF. IRAN, I SAY TONIGHT THAT THE. HOUR OF YOUR FREEDOM IS AT HAND. STAY SHELTERED. DON'T LEAVE. YOUR HOME. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. OUTSIDE. BOMBS WILL BE DROPPING. EVERYWHERE. WHEN WE ARE. FINISHED, TAKE OVER YOUR. GOVERNMENT. IT WILL BE YOURS TO. TAKE. THIS WILL BE PROBABLY. YOUR ONLY CHANCE FOR. GENERATIONS. >> SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IAN. PANNELL WITH US LIVE TONIGHT. FROM TEL AVIV. IAN, YOU AND I. WERE ON THE AIR EARLIER WHEN IT.

WAS CONFIRMED THE SUPREME. LEADER WAS DEAD. YOU WERE IN AN. AIR RAID BUNKER EARLIER. NOW, BACK ON THE ROOF. I SEE TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP OBVIOUSLY. CONFIRMING IRAN'S SUPREME. LEADER KILLED IN THIS U.S. ISRAELI ATTACK. BUT TO BE CLEAR. TONIGHT, THE U.S. SAYING THIS. OPERATION IS ONGOING. AND SO. FAR, NO WORD OF ANY U.S. CASUALTIES. >> YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, I THINK FOR IRAN, ITS FUTURE. PLUNGED INTO UNCERTAINTY. AS. YOU SAY, THE U.S. HAS NO U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN. INJURED. BUT THIS ASSAULT IS. STILL UNDERWAY TONIGHT, WITH.

IRAN CONTINUING TO RETALIATE. AND OFFICIALS WARNING THIS WAR. COULD LAST FOR DAYS. DAVID. >> IAN PANNELL LEADING US OFF. FROM THE REGION TONIGHT. IAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORTING. ALL DAY LONG HERE. OUR RACHEL. SCOTT WAS ON THE PHONE WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP LATE TODAY. WHILE HE WAS WITH THE GENERALS, REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE FROM THE. SUPREME LEADER'S COMPOUND. SO. LET'S BRING IN RACHEL TONIGHT, BECAUSE, RACHEL, I KNOW YOU. ASKED THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME. ON THAT PHONE CALL IF HE. BELIEVED THE SUPREME LEADER WAS. DEAD. HE SAID, I BELIEVE SO, BUT CAN'T CONFIRM TO YOU IN. THIS MOMENT. BUT THAT. CONFIRMATION CAME JUST A SHORT.

TIME LATER. >> IT DID. DAVID, I WAS ON THE. PHONE WITH THE PRESIDENT. HE. TOLD ME THAT HE WAS MEETING. WITH HIS MILITARY GENERALS, THAT THEY WERE PORING OVER THE. EVIDENCE. AND SO I ASKED IF. THAT INTELLIGENCE SHOWED THAT. THE SUPREME LEADER WAS IN FACT, DEAD. THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME HE. BELIEVED THAT HE WAS, BUT HE. WANTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. OF THE INTELLIGENCE. AND. OBVIOUSLY HE DID GET THAT, BECAUSE THEN MOMENTS LATER, HE. DID INFORM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER HAD. BEEN KILLED IN THESE STRIKES ON. THE PHONE, THE PRESIDENT ALSO. TELLING ME THAT MUCH OF IRAN'S. LEADERSHIP IS DEAD ALSO, AND. THAT MUCH OF THEIR IMPORTANT. AREAS, MILITARILY AND OTHERWISE,

HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED. DAVID. >> I PORED THROUGH THE. TRANSCRIPT OF YOUR CALL. ONE OF. THE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED IS. SOMETHING OUR VIEWERS AT HOME. CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE. WORLD WANTS TO KNOW, WHICH IS. WHAT COMES NEXT IN IRAN. WHO. LEADS IRAN NEXT? YOU ASKED HIM. THAT QUESTION. HOW DID HE. ANSWER THAT? >> IT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION TO. THE PRESIDENT, DAVID, AND HE. TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A QUOTE, VERY BEAUTIFUL PLAN FOR WHAT. COMES NEXT IN IRAN. WHEN I. ASKED HIM WHO EXACTLY TAKES. OVER NOW, HE TOLD ME, I DON'T. WANT TO EXPLAIN, ADDING, YOU. HAVEN'T SEEN US, MISS YET. THE. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INSISTING. FOR WEEKS NOW THAT IRAN'S.

NUCLEAR PROGRAM WAS COMPLETELY. OBLITERATED BY OPERATION. MIDNIGHT HAMMER BACK IN JUNE. SO I ASKED THE PRESIDENT, WHY. NOW? WHY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. OPERATION? WAS THERE AN. IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED. STATES? THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME. HE BELIEVES THERE WAS, IN FACT, A THREAT. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. RACHEL SCOTT WITH. US HERE TONIGHT. RACHEL. THANK. YOU. MEANTIME, TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNALING THAT. THIS MISSION IS NOT OVER. THE. SUPREME LEADER, OF COURSE, IS. DEAD. HIS COMPOUND NOW. DESTROYED. AND TONIGHT MARTHA. RADDATZ IS HERE ON HOW THIS. PLAYED OUT, THIS SURPRISE. DAYTIME ATTACK THAT APPEARED TO. CATCH THE SUPREME LEADER AND. SENIOR LEADERS OFF GUARD.

>> TONIGHT. WITH IRAN'S SUPREME. LEADER NOW DEAD, HIS COMPOUND. IN RUINS. ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS. OF THE JOINT US-ISRAELI MISSION. HAS BEEN MET. THE ISRAELIS HAVE. LONG TRACKED THE MOVEMENTS OF. THE AYATOLLAH, DESPITE WHAT. OFFICIALS SAY ARE HIS EFFORTS. TO EVADE THEM. BUT THE. AYATOLLAH AND OTHER SENIOR. LEADERS WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, GIVEN THE ATTACK WAS, DURING. THE DAY, AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE. BUT THIS US-ISRAELI MISSION IS. FAR FROM OVER AND THE RISKS.

REMAIN HIGH. >> EVEN THOUGH THE SUPREME. LEADER IN MUCH OF THE SENIOR. LEADERSHIP IS DEAD AND THE US. AND ISRAEL CONTROL THE SKIES. OVER IRAN, THERE ARE THOUSANDS. OF MISSILES THAT CAN RANGE ALL. THE WAY TO ISRAEL. AND SO THE. RISK REMAINS HIGH. >> THE U.S. HAS 35,000 FORCES. IN THE REGION, TWO MASSIVE. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, GUIDED. MISSILE DESTROYERS AND DOZENS. OF WARPLANES AT THE READY, A. MASSIVE OFFENSIVE FORCE, BUT. ALSO A TARGET FOR IRANIAN. MISSILES, ESPECIALLY THOSE.

BASES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. TONIGHT, THAT THREAT FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE IRANIAN. REVOLUTIONARY GUARD TO LAY DOWN. THEIR WEAPONS OR FACE CERTAIN. DEATH REMAINS, AND THAT. CHALLENGE TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE. TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE, SOMETHING. THAT HAS GOTTEN TENS OF. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED OVER. THE YEARS. PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING, HOPEFULLY THE IRGC AND. POLICE WILL PEACEFULLY MERGE. WITH THE IRANIAN PATRIOTS AND. WORK TOGETHER AS A UNIT TO. BRING BACK THE COUNTRY TO THE. GREATNESS IT DESERVES.

>> AND MARTHA RADDATZ WITH US. HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. MARTHA, YOU AND I HAVE BOTH REPORTED. FROM INSIDE IRAN AND HAVE SEEN. FIRSTHAND THE WAY OF LIFE THERE. UNDER THE SUPREME LEADER AND. THE EFFECTS OF THESE US LED. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS FOR SO MANY. YEARS. >> DAVID, YOU'RE SO RIGHT. WE. HAVE WITNESSED THE SUFFERING, THE REPRESSION, THE FEAR. BUT. WE'VE ALSO SEEN SUCH COURAGE IN. THOSE FIGHTING AGAINST THE. REGIME. SO, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAID, THIS COULD BE AN. OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER CHANGE, BUT NOT WITHOUT FACING. SIGNIFICANT DANGER. DAVID.

>> MARTHA RADDATZ WITH US HERE. ON THIS MAJOR NEWS NIGHT. MARTHA. THANK YOU. IN. WASHINGTON, MEANWHILE, LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES. WITH SERIOUS QUESTIONS TONIGHT. OVER THIS U.S. ISRAELI ATTACK. WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. HERE'S MARY BRUCE. >> TONIGHT, THOSE IMAGES OF. PRESIDENT TRUMP MONITORING THE. AIRSTRIKES FROM MAR A LAGO. BEFORE ADDRESSING THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE. >> WE'RE DOING THIS NOT FOR NOW. WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE FUTURE. AND IT IS A NOBLE MISSION. >> JUST FOUR DAYS AGO, THE. PRESIDENT TOLD THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE THE U.S. HAD ALREADY. WIPED OUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR.

PROGRAM. >> THE UNITED STATES MILITARY. OBLITERATED IRAN'S NUCLEAR. WEAPONS PROGRAM. >> BUT THE PRESIDENT NOW. INSISTS, WITHOUT PROVIDING. EVIDENCE, THAT IRAN WAS SWIFTLY. REBUILDING AND THAT. NEGOTIATIONS LED BY HIS SON IN. LAW, JARED KUSHNER AND MIDEAST. ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF, HAD FAILED. >> THEY REJECTED EVERY. OPPORTUNITY TO RENOUNCE THEIR. NUCLEAR AMBITIONS. AND WE CAN'T. TAKE IT ANYMORE. >> TRUMP DID NOT SEEK. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR. THIS CAMPAIGN. STILL, TOP.

REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS GIVING. THEIR SEAL OF APPROVAL. >> GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT FOR. EXECUTING THIS MISSION, BECAUSE. THIS IS NOT JUST CHANGING FOR. TODAY. THIS IS WORLD CHANGING. FOR YEARS TO COME. >> BUT OTHER REPUBLICANS. VOICING CONCERNS. CONGRESSMAN. THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY. SAYING, THIS IS NOT AMERICA. FIRST. THE CONSTITUTION. REQUIRES A VOTE, AND YOUR. REPRESENTATIVE NEEDS TO BE ON. RECORD AS OPPOSING OR. SUPPORTING THIS WAR. DEMOCRATS.

SOUNDING THE ALARM. >> AS AN IRAQ WAR VETERAN, SOMEONE THAT HAD TO GO INTO. SOME VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. SAW WAY TOO MANY OF MY FRIENDS. DIE IN THE WAR. IT REALLY IS. SCARY HOW QUICKLY WE JUST. LURCHED TO WAR WITHOUT ANY. PLANS. >> THE TOP DEMOCRAT ON THE. SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, MARK WARNER, WARNING THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THIS. PLAYBOOK BEFORE. CLAIMS OF. URGENCY MISREPRESENTED. INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY. ACTION THAT PULLS THE UNITED. STATES INTO REGIME CHANGE AND. PROLONGED, COSTLY NATION. BUILDING. THE PRESIDENT OWES.

THE COUNTRY CLEAR ANSWERS. WHAT. IS THE OBJECTIVE AND HOW DOES. THIS MAKE AMERICANS SAFER? AS. THE PRESIDENT HUDDLED IN. FLORIDA WITH TOP ADVISERS. INCLUDING RUBIO, CHIEF OF STAFF. SIOUXSIE WILES, CIA DIRECTOR. JOHN RATCLIFFE AND JOINT CHIEFS. CHAIRMAN GENERAL DAN CANE. WATCHING FROM WASHINGTON VICE. PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE AND. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL. INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD, WHO. IN THE PAST BOTH STRONGLY. OPPOSED MORE FOREIGN WARS. IN. OCTOBER, VANCE SAYING THIS. >> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE DONE. WITH AMERICAN TROOPS DYING IN.

UNNECESSARY FOREIGN CONFLICTS. >> BUT TONIGHT, THE U.S. HAS. ATTACKED IRAN, THE PRESIDENT. ANNOUNCING THE SUPREME LEADER. IS DEAD AND THE OPERATION. CONTINUES. BUT NOT SAYING. WHETHER IT WILL TAKE DAYS OR. WEEKS. AND, DAVID, THE. ADMINISTRATION IS SUPPOSED TO. BRIEF CONGRESS THIS COMING WEEK, BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS YET TO. FULLY MAKE THE CASE FOR WAR. DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. AND, DAVID, WE WERE TOGETHER. JUST A FEW DAYS AGO FOR THE. STATE OF THE UNION, THE. PRESIDENT NOT MENTIONING. POSSIBLE STRIKES ON IRAN UNTIL. AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES INTO.

THOSE REMARKS. >> MARY BRUCE, LIVE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. MARY. THANK YOU. ACROSS THE U.S. AT. THIS HOUR. POLICE ON HEIGHTENED. ALERT. THE CONCERNS OVER ANY. POTENTIAL RETALIATION, ANY. POSSIBLE LONE WOLF ATTACKS. HERE'S OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT, AARON KATERSKY. TONIGHT. >> WITH THAT DAY'S LONG. MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAN. UNDERWAY TONIGHT, POLICE. DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES, ARE RAMPING UP, INCREASING. THEIR SECURITY PRESENCE AND. PATROLS AT SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES. AND OTHER LOCATIONS SIGNIFICANT.

TO JEWISH, ISRAELI AND IRANIAN. COMMUNITIES. WHILE AUTHORITIES. SAY THERE IS NO SPECIFIC OR. KNOWN PLOT, IRAN'S ALLIES AND. PROXIES ARE ALREADY CALLING FOR. RETALIATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ALSO FEAR. THE STRIKES ON IRAN COULD. INSPIRE AN ACT OF VIOLENCE HERE. >> SO THE THE RESOURCES THAT. WE'RE DEPLOYING, AGAIN, THIS IS. TO DETER ANY WOULD BE BAD ACTOR, WHETHER IT'S A LONE WOLF TYPE. OF PERSON WHO'S INSPIRED BY. WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS AND. WANTS TO TAKE ACTION HERE, OR. SOMETHING THAT'S MORE CONCERTED.

OR PLANNED. >> AND TONIGHT, POLICE ARE ALSO. MONITORING PROTESTS OVER THE. STRIKES. HUNDREDS OF. DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING THROUGH. TIMES SQUARE IN NEW YORK AND. AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE. THERE. IS PARTICULAR CONCERN TONIGHT, DAVID, ABOUT HIGH PROFILE. PUBLIC GATHERINGS, WHETHER. THAT'S HERE AT A SYNAGOGUE FOR. THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF PURIM ON. MONDAY OR SAINT PATRICK'S DAY. PARADES THAT STEP OFF THIS. MONTH. DAVID. >> REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS. AARON KATERSKY. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, THE FBI AND SECRET. SERVICE ALSO ON HIGH ALERT, INCREASED SECURITY SURROUNDING. THE PRESIDENT AND MAR A LAGO.

AND THE WHITE HOUSE, A. POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE. TARGETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO. LET'S GET RIGHT TO PIERRE. THOMAS ON THAT TONIGHT. >> PIERRE DAVID, THE SECRET. SERVICE IS INCREASING SECURITY. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, VICE. PRESIDENT VANCE AND ALL THE. LIVING FORMER PRESIDENTS. AND. THE FBI HAS PUT ALL. COUNTERTERRORISM AND ALL. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE TEAMS ON. HIGH ALERT. SOURCES TELL ME THE. FBI IS PLANNING TO STEP UP. SURVEILLANCE OF SUSPECTED. IRANIAN OPERATIVES LIVING HERE. IN THE U.S. AND U.S. DEFENSE. OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD NATIONAL. GUARD TROOPS STATIONED HERE IN. WASHINGTON TO MAINTAIN A HIGH.

STATE OF VIGILANCE. WHY THE. CONCERN? U.S. OFFICIALS SAY. THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A NUMBER. OF RECENT IRAN INSPIRED PLOTS, INCLUDING AN ALLEGED PLAN TO. KILL PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS WELL. AS OTHERS THAT HAVE TARGETED. JOURNALISTS AND OTHERS LIVING. HERE OPPOSING THE REGIME. DAVID, IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS. ENVIRONMENT. >> OUR CHIEF JUSTICE. CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS, TONIGHT, PIERRE, THANK YOU. AND. TONIGHT, IRAN IS NOW WARNING. SHIPS TO STAY OUT OF THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ. AT LEAST FOUR LARGE. OIL TANKERS HAVE TURNED AROUND. AS A PRECAUTION. ROUGHLY 20% OF. THE WORLD'S OIL PASSES THROUGH. THAT STRAIT. GASBUDDY.

PREDICTING OIL PRICES COULD. JUMP BY UP TO 10% IN THE NEXT. COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHEN WE COME. BACK, THE OTHER NEWS TONIGHT, WE'RE TRACKING THE SYSTEM, BRINGING SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST. FROM THE GREAT LAKES ALL THE. WAY TO THE EAST COAST. SEVERAL. INCHES IN SOME PLACES WILL TIME. IT OUT FOR YOUR SUNDAY AND. BEYOND. ALSO TONIGHT, THE FAA. REDUCING FLIGHTS AT ONE OF. AMERICA'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS. WHAT'S BEHIND THIS DECISION? IN. A MOMENT HERE. AND THE. INSURANCE COMPANY SAYING. MILLIONS OF CAR OWNERS IN THIS. COUNTRY MAY SOON BE GETTING A. $100 CHECK. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? IN A MOMENT HERE.

TONIGHT. HERE WE'RE TRACKING A NEW SYSTEM BRINGING MORE SNOW. THIS IS TO MOVING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW. SEVERAL INCHES EXPECTED IN THE MIDWEST. SMALLER AMOUNTS WERE TOLD HERE ON. THE EAST COAST, LESS THAN TWO INCHES. THEY SAY WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM TO IT. SINGLE DIGIT WIND CHILLS RETURNED TO THE NORTHEAST. ON MONDAY. A DIFFERENT SCENE. MEANTIME IN THE WEST TONIGHT, AN EARLY SEASON. HEAT WAVE PHOENIX LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DAYS ABOVE. 90 DEGREES TONIGHT. THE F. A. A. IS ASKING AIRLINES TO REDUCE FLIGHTS. AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BEGINNING. THIS SUMMER. REGULATORS SAY FLIGHT SCHEDULES. COULD EXCEED THE AIRPORT'S CAPACITY, STRESSING THE.

SAFETY SYSTEMS. THEY WANT TO REDUCE DEPARTURES, REDUCE. THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS BY HUNDREDS. THEY ALSO WANT TO PREVENT DELAYS AT ONE OF THE. NATION'S BUSIEST AIRPORTS. WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, THE. INSURANCE COMPANY IS SAYING MILLIONS OF CAR OWNERS HERE. IN THIS COUNTRY MAY SOON BE GETTING A $100 CHECK. ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? WE'LL EXPLAIN HERE IN A MOMENT. TO THE INDEX, MILLIONS OF DRIVERS MAY SOON BE. GETTING A $100 CHECK. STATE FARM INSURANCE SAYS IT HAD A MUCH BETTER. YEAR THAN EXPECTED, ANNOUNCING PLANS TO SHARE. A $5 BILLION DIVIDEND WITH CUSTOMERS. PAID OUT IN $100 CHECKS, THIS SUMMER.

WHEN WE COME BACK, LATE WORD COMING IN AFTER THE US. ATTACK ON IRAN, IN A MOMENT. TONIGHT, THE MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAN STILL UNDERWAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP CONFIRMING THE. SUPREME LEADER IS DEAD, MONITORING THE OPERATION WITH. HIS TEAM, CALLING ON IRANIANS TO. TAKE OVER THEIR GOVERNMENT. I'M DAVID MUIR IN NEW YORK, GOOD NIGHT.