ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 10, 2025

♪♪. >>> TONIGHT, THE ABC NEWS. EXCLUSIVE, YOU CAN SEE THE. AERIAL EFFORTS HERE OVER MY. SHOULDER, TOPANGA CANYON, THREE. DAYS INTO THE DISASTER, STILL. FIGHTING FIRES AND DROPPING. WATER FROM ABOVE. YOU CAN SEE THE LINE OF. RETARDANT. WE TAKE YOU INTO THE SKY WITH. CAL FIRE. THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO KNOCK. DOWN THESE FIRES. TONIGHT, EXTRAORDINARY IMAGES. FROM THE AIR, FIRST VIEW FROM.

ABOVE, FLYING WITH CAL FIRE, THE. FIREFIGHT AND. UNIMAGINABLE SCENE OF. DESTRUCTION. ABOVE PALISADES, SMOKE RISING IN. EVERY DIRECTION. NEIGHBORHOODS REDUCED TO ASHES. AND WE'RE IN THE AIR AS THEY. DROP WATER ON CANYONS TRYING TO. SAVE HOMES TONIGHT. IT'S BELIEVED MORE THAN 10,000. HOMES AND STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN. DESTROYED BY THE FIRES. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO. RETURN HAVE FOUND NOTHING LEFT. TONIGHT, A NEW FIRE BREAKING. OUT, AND THE KENNETH FIRE.

ERUPTING OVERNIGHT AND QUICKLY. BURNING ACROSS 1,000. ACRES NOW IN A MATTER OF HOURS. SOME 8,000 FIREFIGHTERS AND. EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ON THE FRONT. LINES. HEROES FIGHTING THESE FIRES. SOME LOSING THEIR OWN HOMES. WHILE THEY BATTLE THE FLAMES TO. SAVE OTHERS. A FIREFIGHTING PLANE COLLIDING. WITH A DRONE, PUTTING A HOLE IN. THE WING. 180,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED, ANOTHER 200,000 UNDER EVACUATION. WARNINGS, AND WHAT THE COMMANDER. TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED ABOUT.

DANGEROUS WINDS IN THE FORECAST. AGAIN. OUR TEAM TONIGHT ACROSS THE FIRE. ZONE. >>> OTHER NEWS, PLANE SCARE, A. DELTA FLIGHT FORCED TO ABORT. TAKEOFF, REPORTING AN ENGINE. PROBLEM. PASSENGERS EVACUATED ON THE. RUNWAY, MULTIPLE INJURED. >>> DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. MOVING FROM TEXAS TO THE EAST. COAST. >>> PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. SENTENCED AS A CONVICTED FELON, WHAT HE SAID APPEARING. VIRTUALLY.

THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY TO ENTER OFFICE A. CONVICTED FELON. >>> CHILLING NEW VIDEO FROM THE. STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS. POLICE RELEASING GRAPHIC BODY. CAMERA VIDEO OF THE DEADLY. SHOOTOUT WITH THE TERROR SUSPECT. IN THE FRENCH QUARTER HOURS INTO. THE NEW YEAR. >>> THE U.S. TIKTOK BAN IS NINE. DAYS AWAY, TIKTOK PLEADING ITS. CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT. WHAT THE JUSTICES ARE SIGNALING. TONIGHT.

A SPECIAL EDITION OF "WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT" BEGINS NOW. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS ABC "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR, REPORTING FROM. MALIBU. >>> GOOD EVENING FROM SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA, WE'RE LIVE FROM THE. WEST TONIGHT. JUST BACK ON THE GROUND AFTER. WITNESSING THE URGENT EFFORT IN. THE AIR. MORE THAN THREE DAYS AFTER THE. FIRES JUST BROKE OUT, I JUST FLEW OVER THE FIRES AND.

WITNESSED NOT ONLY THE. DEVASTATION ALONG THE PACIFIC. COAST HIGHWAY IN MALIBU AND. PACIFIC PALISADES, MILES OF. HOMES WIPED AWAY, BUT DAYS INTO. THE FIRE, WITNESSED THE WATER. BEING DROPPED ON THE ACTIVE. FIRES NOW. THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE ENTIRE. NEIGHBORHOODS DEEP IN THE. CANYONS AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE. IT. PEAK WINDS, GUSTING TO 81 MILES. PER HOUR, RED FLAG WARNINGS. REMAIN IN PLACE AND THEY'RE VERY. CONCERNED ABOUT WINDS IN THE. FORECAST AGAIN. IT'S BELIEVED SOME 12,000 HOMES. AND STRUCTURES.

HAVE BURNED TO THE GROUND, AT. LEAST 11 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. AND THE NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO. RISE. ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE TONIGHT, A. VIEW FROM ABOVE TRAVELING WITH. CAL FIRE. WE WERE IN THE AIR AS THEY. DROPPED WATER ON TOPANGA CANYON. BELOW, TRYING TO SAVE FERNWOOD. BIGGEST BY SIZE, PALISADES FIRE, MORE THAN 20,000 ACRES, HOME. AFTER HOME TURNED INTO ASHES. 8% CONTAINED. NEW FIRES FLARE UP, THIS. BREAKING OUT LATE TODAY.

AND EATON FIRE IN PASADENA AND. ALTADENA IS NOW THE MOST. DESTRUCTIVE IN L.A. HISTORY, BELIEVED TO HAVE DESTROYED MORE. THAN 7,000 STRUCTURES, HOMES AND. BUSINESSES, JUST 3% CONTAINED. 24 HOURS AGO, KENNETH FIRE. ERUPTING AND BURNING A THOUSAND. ACRES IN JUST MATTER OF HOURS. 8,000 PERSONNEL ARE NOW. DEPLOYED, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL. GUARD. FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE. COUNTRY ARE STEPPING IN, BUT. MOST LIVE HERE, WORKING AROUND.

THE CLOCK IN HORRIFIC. CONDITIONS, SOME LOSING. THEIR OWN HOMES. THEY ARE THE HEROES HERE. NOW THE QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT. DECISIONS MADE EARLY ON IN THE. FIRES. WE BEGIN WITH OUR FLIGHT WITH. CAL FIRE OVER THE DEVASTATION. AND FIRES STILL BURNING AS WE. COME ON THE AIR IN THE WEST ON. THIS THIRD NIGHT FROM. CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT THE ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE, WE TAKE FLIGHT WITH CAL FIRE UP. HEADED TO THE PACIFIC PALISADES.

THE FIRST IMAGES WE SEE, THE. COASTLINE, HOMES OF MALIBU THAT. ONCE LINED THE OCEAN ARE GONE. IT'S STUNNING TO LOOK AT THIS. STRETCH. YOU CAN SEE IT OVER THE. SHOULDER, HOME AFTER HOME. COMPLETELY GONE. THEY ARE TAKING US TO WHERE THEY. SAY THERE IS A FIREFIGHT NOW. FROM THE AIR, THEY'RE DROPPING. WATER. BEFORE WE GET THERE, OVER THIS. RIDGE, PACIFIC PALISADES, ENTIRE. COMMUNITIES WIPED AWAY, HOMES. BURNED TO THE GROUND.

THIS IS JUST A DEVASTATING VIEW. OVER THE PACIFIC PALISADES. YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY THE. FIRES SPREAD. CAL FIRE DEPUTY INCIDENT. COMMANDER McCOMB. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF. THE DEVASTATION, WHAT WINDS WERE. YOU DEALING WITH IN THE FIRST 24. HOURS? >> THE WINDS WE SAW WERE 70, 80, 90 MILES PER HOUR ALONG THE. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY. NOW WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THE.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE DEALING WITH, EMBERS WERE FLYING LATERALLY. DIFFICULT TO DO ANYTHING AS FAR. PERIMETER CONTROL. PUTTING THE EDGES OF THE FIRE. OUT, MAINLY WAS GOING HOUSE TO. HOUSE TO PROTECT AS MANY AS YOU. COULD. PRIORITY WAS LIFE SAFETY, GET. PEOPLE OUT OF THE FIRE. >> Reporter: THREE DAYS INTO THE. HISTORIC DISASTER, THEY'RE STILL. FIGHTING FIRES HERE. ON THIS RIDGE, BULLDOZERS HERE.

TRAPPING THE FIRE. FLAMES OVER OUR SHOULDER HERE, THIS IS THREE DAYS IN, ALMOST. IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO IT. THEN WE SEE IT, CHOPPERS. CROSSING THE CANYON, DROPPING. WATER AND TRYING TO PROTECT THE. HOMES WITH FLAMES MOVING IN. YOU CAN SEE THE URGENT EFFORT. RIGHT NOW. THIS IS TOPANGA CANYON, TRYING. TO SAVE HOMES FROM FERNWOOD. THAT HELICOPTER JUST DROPPED. WATER FROM THE AIR. THREE DAYS INTO THIS DISASTER, THEY'RE STILL FIGHTING FIRES. HERE. A TOOL NOW AT THEIR DISPOSAL IS.

WATER IN THE AIR. SO MANY FIRES ARE STILL BURNING. 72 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST BEGAN. TONIGHT, THE PALISADES, EATON, HURST, LIDIA, KENNETH FIRE AND. THE LATEST ARCHER FIRE ALL STILL. BURNING. BACK ON THE GROUND, FAMILIES. RETURNING HOME TO SEE WHAT IF. ANYTHING IS LEFT. THE FATHER WHO TOLD ME HIS WIFE. AND TWO BOYS ARE SAFE BUT THEY. LOST EVERYTHING. WHILE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE. LEARNED OF ANOTHER FAMILY NEARBY.

WHO HAD NOT BEEN BACK. ONE OF THE CHILDREN, 21-YEAR-OLD. JAKOB BROWN, GOING BACK TODAY, SHOWED ME WHAT HE FOUND. >> THE ENTIRE TOWN IS GONE, OUR. LIVES, HOMES, FRIENDS, EVERYONE. HAS LOST EVERYTHING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN. REBUILD AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WITHOUT SCHOOLS, ROADS AND. HOMES. DEVASTATION BEYOND THE. COMPREHENDIBLE.

>> Reporter: HIS CHILDHOOD HOME. NOTHING BUT ASHES. HE RINGS THE DOORBELL OF A. FRIEND'S HOME. HAUNTING BECAUSE IT STILL RINGS. BUT BEHIND IT, NOTHING LEFT. ALARMS STILL RINGING IN WHAT WAS. ONCE A CHURCH AND SCHOOL. >> STILL HOT SPOTS, ACTIVE FIRE. >> Reporter: DAVID IS STILL. WAITING TO GET BACK IN TO SEE. HIS MOTHER'S HOME. >> TOTAL HEROES, DOING A GREAT. JOB. >> Reporter: GIVING A THUMBS UP.

TO THE FIREFIGHTERS. HIS SENIOR MOTHER CAPTURING. VIDEO OUTSIDE HER HOME 30. MINUTES AFTER THE FIRE BROKE OUT. NEARBY. HER NEIGHBORS WERE TRYING TO USE. WATER FROM THEIR POOL TO PROTECT. THEIR HOME. TONIGHT ACROSS LOS ANGELES, AT. LEAST 11 LIVES NOW LOST. IT'S BELIEVED MORE THAN 12,000. STRUCTURES, HOMES AND BUSINESSES. WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. MORE THAN 55 SQUARE MILES.

BURNED, 150,000 UNDER EVACUATION. ORDERS. SINCE THE FIRST FIRES BROKE OUT. TUESDAY MORNING, AROUND THE. DENSELY POPULATED 25 MILE. EXPANSE NORTH OF DOWNTOWN L.A., STILL NO CAUSE HAS BEEN. IDENTIFIED FOR ANY OF THE. LARGEST FIRES. NORTH OF THE PALISADES FIRE, KENNETH FIRE ERUPTING LATE. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE. VENTURA COUNTY LINE. FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE BLAZE. FROM THE GROUND, HELICOPTERS. ABOVE. A LINE OF FIREFIGHTERS HEADING.

UP THE HILL TO TACKLE ANOTHER. FIRE HEAD-ON. THE ALL-OUT ASSAULT CONTINUING. THROUGH THE NIGHT, HEAD LAMPS. HELPING CREWS NAVIGATE THE. TERRAIN. THE BEFORE AND AFTER IMAGES ARE. STAGGERING. THIS IS AT SUNSET BOULEVARD, PACIFIC PALISADES, A CONDO. BUILDING, THIS IS WHAT IS LEFT. A CHEVRON GAS STATION IN. ALTADENA BEFORE, AND NOW. THIS CAFE IN ALTADENA, THE SIGN. IN FRONT CRASHING TO THE GROUND. TONIGHT, AN EERIE NEW LOOK AT.

THE WILDFIRES. A HOME SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURING. WHEN FLAMES CLOSED IN ON THEIR. ALTADENA HOME, EMBERS FLYING. THROUGH THE AIR. THE COUPLE HAD EVACUATED, AND. NOW THEY'RE BACK. >> IT'S OVERWHELMING. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO. GET THROUGH IT. BUT WE WILL. I KNOW WE WILL. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LONG. PROCESS. >> THEY AND THEIR TWO DOGS ARE. SAFE, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING. LIKE SO MANY HERE, THEY TELL US.

THEY WILL REBUILD. BACK IN THE AIR TONIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS DROPPING WATER FROM. ABOVE WHILE THEY CAN, KNOWING. DANGEROUS WINDS ARE AHEAD. THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVEN'T HAD A. BREAK SINCE THIS STARTED, AND. YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST AND SEE. WINDS COMING AGAIN, WHAT DO YOU. THINK? >> IT'S TOUGH BUT WE'VE. BOLSTERED OUR ASSETS, HAD NOT. ONLY SOME OF THE REGIONAL. RESOURCES FROM SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA, BUT WE'VE GOT. RESOURCES FROM NORTHERN.

CALIFORNIA, FROM NEVADA, COLORADO ON THE WAY. WE'VE GOT RESOURCES COMING IN TO. BACK US UP ON THIS. >> Reporter: WITH THE WINDS. RETURNING. >> CORRECT. >> SO MANY OF THESE FIREFIGHTERS. HAVE NOT HAD A BREAK. AND A DESPERATE BATTLE, THE ARMY. OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THE FRONT. LINES. HARROWING CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF HYDRANTS WITHOUT. WATER OR LITTLE PRESSURE. ONE RESERVOIR OFFLINE FOR. REPAIRS. MATT GUTMAN IS WITH FIREFIGHTERS.

AND ONE FIRE STATION IN PACIFIC. PALISADES THAT SURVIVED. >> Reporter: THE BACK-BREAKING, ROUND-THE-CLOCK RACE TO PUT OUT. HOT SPOTS LIKE THESE. STILL SEEING HOMES BURST INTO. FLAMES DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL. FIRE PASSED THROUGH. FIRE CREW JUST ARRIVED HERE FOR. THE FIRST TIME. TWIRLING AROUND THEM, CONTROVERSY WHETHER THE LOS. ANGELES OFFICIALS SUPPLIED. ENOUGH WATER AND EMPLOYED ENOUGH. FIREFIGHTERS. SUNSET BOULEVARD, THE HEART OF.

PACIFIC PALISADES. AMIDST THE SEA OF DEVASTATION, THERE'S ONE BUILDING LEFT. STANDING. THAT'S FIRE STATION 69. CAPTAIN JEFF BROWN HAS HEADED. THE STATION NEARLY EIGHT YEARS. LOTS OF TALK ABOUT WATER RUNNING. OUT. YOU WERE FIGHTING A FIRE WITHOUT. ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY. >> AS ALL THE HOMES DO BURN. DOWN, A LOT OF THEM HAVE THEIR. OWN FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, THOSE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS BECOME.

COMPROMISED AS THE HOUSE BURNS. DOWN AND WATER WILL FREE FLOW. OUR GAUGES WERE GOING DOWN AND. GETTING LOW ON WATER. >> Reporter: THOUSANDS OF. SIMULTANEOUS LEAKS SAPPED THE. TOWN'S WATER SUPPLY, BUT THAT'S. NOT ALL. ABC NEWS HAS CONFIRMED A NEARBY. 117 MILLION GALLON RESERVOIR. THAT FEEDS PACIFIC PALISADES WAS. TAKEN OFFLINE FOR REPAIRS BEFORE. THE FIRES BROKE OUT. THAT NIGHT, FIREFIGHTERS. BATTLING FLAMES OVER 100 FEET. TALL THAT DESTROYED MUCH OF THE.

TOWN IN A SPAN OF SIX HOURS. IF YOU HAD ALL THE RESOURCES AND. WATER, WOULD IT HAVE MADE A. DIFFERENCE HERE? >> I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB 36 YEARS. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN WEATHER LIKE. THAT. IT WAS HURRICANE-FORCE WIND WITH. FIRE INVOLVED. IT WAS INDESCRIBABLE. >> Reporter: THE LAPD EXPECTS TO. FIND ADDITIONAL BODIES IN THE. DEBRIS, PROMPTING A SWIRL OF. CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHETHER LIVES. COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.

IT'S ONE REASON GOVERNOR GAFEN. NEWSOME IS DEMANDING AN. INDEPENDENT. INVESTIGATION INTO THE WATER. ISSUES, CALLING IT DEEPLY. DISTURBING. >> QUESTIONS FOR WEEKS AND. MONTHS AHEAD. MATT, THANKS TO YOU. UP IN THE AIR WITH CAL FIRE. TODAY, WE HEARD THE CONCERN. ABOUT THE SANTA ANA WINDS IN THE. FORECAST AGAIN. METEOROLOGIST LESLIE LOPEZ FROM. OUR STATION IN LOS ANGELES, HER. FATHER A LONG TIME L.A. FIREFIGHTER, SHE'S BEEN. REPORTING FOR US FROM THE START. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT IN DAYS. AHEAD? >> Reporter: THANKS FOR. ACKNOWLEDGING MY FATHER AND ALL.

THE FIREFIGHTERS. IT'S CALM NOW IN ALTADENA, BUT. BIG CHANGES, A FIRE WEATHER. WATCH SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AND. THEN ANOTHER STRONG SANTA ANA. MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THAT LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS. MOVING ACROSS THE NATION, TALKING ABOUT WINTER STORM. WARNINGS AFFECTING TENNESSEE TO. THE OHIO VALLEY. SIX INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE AND. ICY CONDITIONS MAKING ROADS. TREACHEROUS FROM ATLANTA TO THE.

CAROLINAS TONIGHT. THAT SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW. SHOWERS TO THE MIDATLANTIC AND. NORTHEAST AS EARLY AS SATURDAY. DAVID. >> LESLIE LOPEZ AND TEAM, THANK. YOU, KABC, INCREDIBLE WORK ON. THE GROUND HERE. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY FOR A. LIVE, SPECIAL EDITION OF "20/20". TONIGHT, AMERICAN CATASTROPHE, L.A. BURNING. OUR TEAM LIVE ACROSS THE FIRE. ZONE AT. 9:00 P.M. EASTERN. NEW REPORTING ON THE FIRES AND. MAJOR QUESTIONS. HOW WERE SO MANY HOMES LOST?

LIVES FOREVER CHANGED, HERO. FIREFIGHTERS AND WHERE LOS. ANGELES GOES FROM HERE. WE'LL SEE YOU LATER FOR THAT. YOU HEARD LESLIE REPORT ON THE. WINTER STORM AS WELL, SWEEPING. ACROSS THE SOUTH, INTO THE EAST. AND NORTHEAST. 75 MILLION AMERICANS ARE ON. ALERT. TREACHEROUS TRAVEL. SOME 3,000 FLIGHTS CANCELED, AND. ATLANTA'S HARTFIELD JACKSON. AIRPORT, AN EMERGENCY ON THE. TARMAC. MORE THAN 200 PASSENGERS. ESCAPING DOWN SLIDES. IKE IS AT THE AIRPORT FOR US. TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, JUST. SECONDS AFTER A DELTA JET BOUND. FOR MINNEAPOLIS BEGAN ROLLING. DOWN THE SNOWY ATLANTA RUNWAY, AN EMERGENCY FORCED THE PILOT TO. ABORT. >> THERE WAS FLAMES OUT THE BACK. OF ENGINE TWO. >> Reporter: REPORTING ENGINE. FAILURE. >> OUT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE? >> THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING. >> EVACUATE ON THE RUNWAY. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 200. PASSENGERS FORCED TO EVACUATE BY. SLIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. STORM. >> THIS IS CRAZY, US OUT IN THE. SNOW. >> Reporter: FOUR PASSENGERS. SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, ONE.

TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE CAUSE NOW UNDER. INVESTIGATION. BUT THAT STORM FORCED GROUND. STOPS FOR HOURS AT THE AIRPORT, MORE THAN 1,000 CANCELED, 3,000. ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACROSS THE SOUTH, A STATE OF. EMERGENCY, SLICK ROADS, DANGEROUS DRIVING. >> IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON. THE ROAD, PLEASE DON'T GET ON. THE ROAD. >> Reporter: THERE ARE WARNINGS. FOR POTENTIAL OF ICY CONDITIONS. ACROSS THE SOUTH AS THE STORM.

STRETCHES FROM GEORGIA TO THE. CAROLINAS TONIGHT. DAVID. >> IKE, WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> TEN DAYS BEFORE. INAUGURATION, PRESIDENT-ELECT. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN SENTENCED. AS A CONVICTED FELON. WHAT TRUMP SAID TODAY, APPEARING. VIRTUALLY IN THE COURTROOM, WILL. BE THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY TO ENTER OFFICE AS A. CONVICTED FELON. AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP THE. FIRST EVER PRESIDENT SENTENCED. FOR COMMITTING A CRIME. >> NEVER BEFORE HAS THIS. COURTROOM BEEN PRESENTED WITH. SUCH A.

UNIQUE AND REMARKABLE. SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. >> Reporter: CHIEF AMONG THE. CIRCUMSTANCES, TRUMP'S WIN IN. NOVEMBER, WHY HE RECEIVED NO. REAL PUNISHMENT. >> THE ONLY LAWFUL SENTENCE THAT. PERMITS ENTRY OF A JUDGMENT OF. CONVICTION WITHOUT ENCROACHING. UPON THE HIGHEST OFFICE OF THE. LAND IS AN UNCONDITIONAL. DISCHARGE. >> Reporter: NO PRISON TIME, NO. FINE, NO PROBATION. BUT TRUMP, APPEARING VIRTUALLY, CALLED IT A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. >> I'M TOTALLY INNOCENT, DID. NOTHING WRONG.

>> Reporter: A JURY CONVICTED. HIM OF 34 FELONY COURTS OF. FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS TO. KEEP VOTERS FROM FINDING OUT. ABOUT HIS LONG DENIED AFFAIR. WITH PORN ACTRESS STORMY. DANIELS. TRUMP FACED UP TO FOUR YEARS IN. PRISON. INSTEAD, JUDGE MERCHAN SENT THE PRESIDENT. ON HIS WAY WITH THIS MESSAGE. >> I WISH YOU GODSPEED AS YOU. TAKE THE SECOND TERM OF OFFICE. >> Reporter: NOW TRUMP BECOMES. THE FIRST CONVICTED FELON TO. ASSUME THE PRESIDENCY. BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE CASE, HE. CANNOT ISSUE A PARDON TO.

HIMSELF. DAVID. >> AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, CHILLING. NEW VIDEO FROM NEW ORLEANS, FOR. THE FIRST TIME RIGHT HERE, GRAPHIC VIDEO OF THE DEADLY. SHOOTOUT WITH THE TERROR. SUSPECT. >>> THE TIKTOK BAN NINE DAYS. AWAY AND WHAT THE SUPREME COURT. IS NOW SIGNALING ABOUT IT. TONIGHT. >>> LATER, WE HAVE A MAJOR. ANNOUNCEMENT HOW YOU CAN HELP. THE FAMILIES HERE, TOO. >>> TONIGHT, NEW ORLEANS POLICE. HAVE RELEASED GRAPHIC BODY. CAMERA VIDEO OF THE SHOOTOUT. WITH SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR IN THE.

FRENCH QUARTER. POLICE SAY HE OPENED FIRE AS. OFFICERS CONFRONTED HIM. IN HIS RENTED WHITE PICKUP TRUCK. ON BOURBON STREET. MOMENTS EARLIER, JABBAR RAMMED. INTO CROWDS IN THE FRENCH. QUARTER, KILLING 14 PEOPLE, INJURING MORE THAN 30 OTHERS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, TIKTOK. PLEADS TO THE SUPREME COURT TO. SAVE TIKTOK IN THE U.S. AND WHAT THE JUSTICES ARE. SIGNALING TONIGHT. >>> SO MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN. ASKING HOW YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? WE'VE GOT ANSWERS IN A MOMENT.

>>> TONIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT. IS NOW SIGNALING IT WILL UPHOLD. THE LAW BANNING TIKTOK IN THE. U.S., SET TO TAKE EFFECT IN NINE. DAYS, BLOCKING TIKTOK IN. AMERICA, UNLESS BYTEDANCE SELLS. IT TO AN AMERICAN COMPANY. THE COMPANY SAYS THE BAN. VIOLATES FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, THE GOVERNMENT CALLING IT A. NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT. CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS. APPEARING TO SUPPORT CONCERNS OF. TIKTOK ACCESSING PERSONAL. INFORMATION OF AMERICANS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, A MAJOR.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON THIS BROADCAST. AND HOW YOU CAN HELP THE PEOPLE. IN CALIFORNIA, TOO. >>> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN NEED. ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES AREA. TONIGHT DISNEY, THE PARENT. COMPANY OF ABC ANNOUNCING IT'S. DONATED $15 MILLION TO WILDFIRE. RELIEF. OFFERING SUPPORT TO THE RED. CROSS, LOS ANGELES FIRE. DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION, AND THE. LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK, AMONG OTHERS.

OUR PARENT COMPANY SAYS. IT WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE. BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO FIND WAYS. TO SUPPORT REBUILDING EFFORTS. RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY ARE. HERE ON THE GROUND. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP, REDCROSS.ORG OR. SALVATIONARMYUSA.ORG. THANKS FOR WATCHING. A SPECIAL "20/20" AIRS TONIGHT, 9:00 P.M. EASTERN. I'M DAVID MUIR REPORTING FROM. CALIFORNIA. I'LL SEE YOU THEN, GOOD NIGHT. >> Announcer: THANK YOU FOR. MAKING "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" WITH. DAVID MUIR AMERICA'S MOST. WATCHED NEWSCAST.