ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 14, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. AUTHORITIES IN LOS ANGELES AT. THIS HOUR WARNING OF. LIFE-THREATENING WINDS STARTING. IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. 12 MILLION PEOPLE NOW UNDER. EXTREME FIRE RISK IN L.A. >>> ALSO, THE TENSE MOMENTS ON. CAPITOL HILL. AND YOU'LL SEE IT. >>> AND CAITLIN CLARK'S ALLEGED. STALKER IN COURT. THE BIZARRE OUTBURST. WHAT HE TOLD THE JUDGE. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, RED FLAG. WARNINGS OVERNIGHT FOR L.A. AND. VENTURA COUNTY. SANTA ANA WINDS GUSTING UP TO 70. MILES PER HOUR, STARTING IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BUT. EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RIGHT. THROUGH TOMORROW.

ALSO, THE NEW FIRE OVERNIGHT. THREE MAJOR FIRES NOW BURNING. OUR TEAM ACROSS THE FIRE ZONE, AND GINGER ZEE STANDING BY ON. THE WINDS NOW COMING TONIGHT AND. HOW LONG THEY LAST. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THIS DANGEROUS. AND BRUTAL COLD FROM MINNESOTA. ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST COAST. IT WILL FEEL LIKE 9 BELOW IN. CHICAGO. AND WHAT'S COMING ACROSS THE. NORTHEAST TOMORROW. >>> THE TENSE QUESTIONING ON THE. HILL. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S PICK FOR. DEFENSE SECRETARY, FORMER FOX. HOST PETE HEGSETH, PRESSED ON. WHAT HE HAS SAID ABOUT WOMEN IN. THE MILITARY.

ON ALLEGATIONS OF INFIDELITY, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND FINANCIAL. MISMANAGEMENT. HOW HEGSETH RESPONDED TODAY. AND DOES HE HAVE THE SUPPORT HE. NEEDS TONIGHT? >>> LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. TAKES OFFICE, THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT TONIGHT RELEASING. JACK SMITH'S FINAL REPORT ON. TRUMP AND JANUARY 6th. SMITH SAYING HE BELIEVES THERE. WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT. TRUMP. BUT THAT VOTERS RE-ELECTED HIM. TO THE WHITE HOUSE INSTEAD. >>> THE DEVELOPING HEADLINE AT. THIS HOUR. THERE BE A CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN. ISRAEL AND HAMAS, AND IS IT.

CLOSE? IAN PANNELL AND WHAT HE'S. LEARNING RIGHT NOW. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S., THAT. OUTBURST IN COURT WITH CAITLIN. CLARK'S ALLEGED STALKER. WHAT HE SAID TO THE JUDGE. WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING. >>> PRINCESS CATHERINE'S NEW. MESSAGE ABOUT HER CANCER BATTLE, DECLARING SHE'S IN REMISSION. THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS USED THAT. WORD. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT. THE FIREFIGHTERS AND WHAT THEY. HAVE FOUND BURIED IN THE ASH. THERE WERE TEARS, AND THIS IS. REALLY SOMETHING.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR. >> David: GOOD EVENING. WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH TWO. BREAKING STORIES. THE TENSE MOMENTS ON CAPITOL. HILL. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S PICK FOR. DEFENSE SECRETARY GRILLED. >>> BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. THE WARNING FROM LOS ANGELES. AUTHORITIES OF LIFE-THREATENING. WINDS NOW COMING TONIGHT, IN. FACT, 12 MILLION PEOPLE IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE ON HUGH. ALERT RIGHT NOW, AN EXTREME FIRE. RISK. WINDS UP TO 70 MILES PER HOUR. EXPECTED TO START RIGHT IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THROUGH.

TOMORROW. ALREADY OVERNIGHT, A NEW FIRE. BREAKING OUT IN VENTURA, JUST. NORTH OF L.A., THE OTTO FIRE, THEY'RE CALLING IT, PROMPTING. EVACUATIONS. FIREFIGHTERS JUMPING INTO. ACTION, KEEPING IT AWAY FROM. HOMES. TONIGHT, THE PALISADES AND EATON. FIRES ARE STILL BURNING. HOT SPOTS FLARING UP. CREWS BATTLING THE FLAMES ON THE. GROUND. AND IN THE AIR TONIGHT, PLANES. DROPPING FIRE RETARDANT. PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, LEAVING THEM COATED IN WHAT'S. BECOME THAT ALL TOO FAMILIAR. COLOR FROM THE RETARDANT. AND TONIGHT A NEW LOOK AT THE. DAMAGE IN MALIBU. THE ICONIC NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG. THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

HOME AFTER HOME NOW GONE. AND ACROSS THE FIRE ZONE, FOR. FAMILIES TRYING TO RENT OR FIND. ANOTHER HOME FOR THEIR FAMILY, THE REALITY OF WHAT THEY'RE NOW. FACING. THE BIDDING WARS, AND. COMPETITION TO RENT A PLACE TO. LIVE. GINGER ZEE STANDING BY ON THESE. WINDS NOW COMING. THEY START RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. OF THE NIGHT. AND ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. LEADING US OFF FROM CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WITH. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. WIND STORM BATTERING THROUGH, WEARY AND ANXIOUS FAMILIES. ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON A. KNIFE'S EDGE. >> I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO START. THINKING EVERYTHING'S OKAY NOW.

EVERYTHING'S NOT OKAY YET. >> Reporter: THOSE WINDS. SPARKING A NEW WILDFIRE IN. VENTURA COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE OTTO FIRE STARTING IN A DRY. RIVER BED. HEAVY BRUSH FUELING THE NAMES. MEANWHILE, CREWS RACING TO SNUFF. OUT HOT SPOTS IN THE EATON FIRE. BEFORE THIS NEW ROUND OF WINDS. CAN STOKE ANOTHER INFERNO. WE WERE THERE WITH CREWS ON THE. FRONT LINES. AND DOWN BELOW, THERE ARE. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS WHO. HAVE CARVED THIS FIRE BREAK. THROUGH THIS CANYON DOWN TO THE. OTHER SIDE, ALL THE WAY UP. THERE. THE PALISADES FIRE STILL JUST.

17% CONTAINED. FIRE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN. THROWING TREMENDOUS RESOURCES AT. THIS FIRE. FIRE ENGINE IN THIS DRIVEWAY, TWO IN THAT DRIVEWAY. AND CHECK THAT ROOF. THIS ENTIRE HOUSE AND THAT ROOF. HAVE BEEN PLASTERED WITH THAT. PINK PHOS-CHEK. IN FACT, THE ENTIRE CANYON HAS. AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO. LOST THEIR HOMES FACING AN. UNCERTAIN FUTURE. OUTSIDE THE POST OFFICE IN. PASADENA, EVERYONE WITH A NEED. AND A STORY.

OUR KAYNA WHITWORTH WITH D.J. ACEVEDO, HOPING TO GIVE HIS SON. A SENSE OF NORMALCY. >> PICK UP SOME STUFF. FUNNY ENOUGH, WE HAD ORDERED MY. SON SOME SHOES. SO I'M HOPING THAT THOSE ARE IN. THERE. >> THAT WILL MAKE HIM HAPPY. NEW SHOES FOR A 4-YEAR-OLD GOES. A LONG WAY. >> FOR SURE. FOR SURE. >> Reporter: LOS ANGELES MAYOR. KAREN BASS ANNOUNCING EXECUTIVE. ORDERS TO SPEED UP THE RECOVERY. PROCESS, AND ALLOWING FAMILIES. TO REBUILD THEIR HOMES AS THEY. WERE. SAYING THE CITY CAN HANDLE THE. REBUILDING PROCESS. >> I AM COMPLETELY CONFIDENT. THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS,

BECAUSE WE WILL BE CORRECTING. DEFICIENCIES IN OUR BUREAUCRACY. IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THE. BUILDING. >> Reporter: ZAYIER CALVIN, WHO. HAS LIVED IN THIS ALTADENA. NEIGHBORHOOD HIS ENTIRE LIFE, TELLING ME ABOUT THE NIGHT THE. EATON FIRE HURTLED TOWARD THEM. >> IT WAS LITERALLY SHOOTING. LIKE FAIRBALLS. IT LOOKED LIKE A VOLCANO. >> Reporter: GETTING YOUR. MOTHER --. >> GETTING MY MOTHER, WE'RE. GOING. I GO TO THE LEFT, AND -- MY.

SISTER'S CAR IS STILL THERE. >> Reporter: BUT HIS SISTER, 59-YEAR-OLD EVELYN McCLENDON, GOT SEPARATED. HE FOUND HER THE NEXT DAY. >> ME AND MY COUSIN CAME BACK. AND CLIMBED OVER THERE AND. CHECKED AND GOT A SHOVEL AND. THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND HER --. FOUND HER REMAINS. AND -- JUST -- I DON'T KNOW WHY. SHE DIDN'T LEAVE. IT'S JUST SO MUCH. IT'S JUST SO MUCH. >> Reporter: AND IT FEELS LIKE.

WITH THE LOSS OF THIS COMMUNITY, LIKE, THE OXYGEN HAS BEEN TAKEN. AWAY FROM YOU, THE AIR IS TAKEN. RIGHT OUT. >> THE AIR'S BEEN SUCKED, THE. LIFE HAS BEEN SUCKED OUT OF US. AS A COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, FOLKS. LIKE ZAYIER CALVIN SAY THEY WANT. TO REBUILD, THEY JUST NEED THE. FINANCIAL SUPPORT. AND FEMA IS HERE ON THE GROUND. THEY SAY THEY'VE RECEIVED 40,000. APPLICATIONS, HAVE DISBURSED. $8 MILLION, AND ARE ENCOURAGING. EVERY HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD TO. APPLY. DAVID? >> David: WE'RE THINKING OF. ZAYIER CALVIN AND HIS LOSS, AND. ALL OF THESE FAMILIES IN THE. MIDDLE OF THIS NIGHTMARE. MATT, THANK YOU.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, SHE'S. TRACKING THESE WINDS. AND YOU KNOW THOSE WORDS, THE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH. THIS WARNING AGAIN, PARTICULARLY. DANGEROUS SITUATION. THEY SAY IT STARTS RIGHT IN THE. MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHEN IT'S. MOST DANGEROUS? >> THOSE PDS RED FLAG WARNINGS, DAVID, GO INTO EFFECT AGAIN FOR. THE NEXT WAVE, AT 3:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. SO IN THAT OVERNIGHT CRITICAL. TIME, AND THEY'VE EXTENDED THEM. UNTIL 3:00 P.M. PACIFIC TIME. TOMORROW. THEN, THINGS RELAX, BUT THOSE. RED FLAG WARNINGS GO ALL THE WAY. DOWN TO THE MEXICAN BORDER. WE SAW A COUPLE OF SPOT FIRES IN.

THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON ALL. OF IT. BUT THIS AREA, WHERE YOU HAVE. EXTREME FIRE RISK, SAN FERNANDO. VALLEY, BACK TO THOUSAND OAKS, THE WESTERN SANTA MONICA. MOUNTAINS, WE'RE WATCHING REALLY. CLOSELY FOR WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO. EVEN 70 MILES PER HOUR. IT WON'T BE CONSISTENT, IT WILL. COME THROUGH CANYONS, BUT WHEN. IT COMES, IT CAN MAKE EXPLOSIVE. FIRE GROWTH. WE EVEN STOPPED IT THERE, 9:00. A.M. PACIFIC TIME. YOU SEE FILLMORE AT. 50-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. OXNARD AT 47. THAT IS BIG-TIME PROBLEMS TO TRY. TO FIGHT FIRES. LET'S GO TO THE COLD. WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 20 BELOW.

IN APPALACHIA EARLY TOMORROW. MORNING WITH EXTREME COLD. WARNINGS. 1 BELOW DETROIT. DAVID, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS. PATTERN STICKS, EVEN COLDER NEXT. WEEK DOWN TO TEXAS, AND THAT. MEANS MORE OFFSHORE FLOW AND. SANTA ANA WINDS FOR SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. DAVID? >> David: WE ARE STUCK IN THIS. PATTERN. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE LATE. REPORTING ON THE WINDS FIRST. THING IN THE MORNING ON "GMA.". THANKS, GINGER. >>> NOW, TO THE TENSE. QUESTIONING ON CAPITOL HILL. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP'S. NOMINEE FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY. FORMER FOX HOST PETE HEGSETH. GRILLED ON WHAT HE HAS SAID.

ABOUT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY, ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND FINANCIAL. MISMANAGEMENT. HOW HE ANSWERED THESE QUESTIONS, AND WHERE HIS SUPPORT NOW STANDS. TONIGHT. RACHEL SCOTT ON THE HILL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN A. TENSE, OFTEN EXPLOSIVE HEARING, DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE PETE. HEGSETH, A VETERAN AND FORMER. FOX NEWS HOST, DEFENDING HIS. QUALIFICATIONS TO LEAD THE. WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FIGHTING. FORCE. >> WE WILL RE-ESTABLISH TRUST IN. OUR MILITARY. ADDRESSING THE RECRUITING. CRISIS, THE RETENTION CRISIS, AND READINESS CRISIS IN OUR. RANKS. >> Reporter: FROM THE OUTSET, DEMOCRATS MAKING THEIR. OBJECTIONS CLEAR.

>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE. QUALIFIED TO MEET THE. OVERWHELMING DEMANDS OF THIS. JOB. >> Reporter: HEGSETH CASTING. HIMSELF AS THE VICTIM OF FALSE. AND ANONYMOUS SMEARS, BUT OFTEN. FINDING HIMSELF ON THE. DEFENSIVE, PARTICULARLY. CONCERNING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN. THE MILITARY. >> IN WAYS DIRECT, INDIRECT, OVERT, AND SUBTLE, STANDARDS. HAVE BEEN CHANGED INSIDE. INFANTRY TRAINING UNITS, RANGER. SCHOOL, INFANTRY BATTALIONS TO. ENSURE THAT --. >> GIVE ME ONE EXAMPLE. PLEASE GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

I GET YOU'RE MAKING THESE. GENERALIZED STATEMENTS. >> COMMANDERS MEET QUOTAS TO. HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF FEMALE. INFANTRY OFFICERS OR INFANTRY. ENLISTED AND THAT DISPARAGES. THOSE WOMEN --. >> COMMANDERS DO NOT HAVE TO. MEET QUOTAS. COMMANDERS DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A. QUOTA FOR WOMEN IN THE INFANTRY. THAT DOES NOT EXIST. IT DOES NOT EXIST. >> Reporter: LAST YEAR, HEGSETH. SAID POINT BLANK, WOMEN SHOULD. NOT BE ALLOWED TO SERVE IN. COMBAT. TODAY, HE SEEMED TO HAVE. ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS OF ONE. KEY REPUBLICAN SENATOR, JONI.

ERNST, HERSELF A COMBAT VETERAN. >> AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, WILL. YOU SUPPORT WOMEN CONTINUING TO. HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN. COMBAT ROLES? >> YES, WOMEN WILL HAVE ACCESS. TO GROUND COMBAT ROLES, GIVEN. THE STANDARDS REMAIN HIGH AND. WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW TO ENSURE. THE STANDARDS HAVE NOT BEEN. ERODED. >> Reporter: BUT DEMOCRAT. ELIZABETH WARREN ACCUSED HEGSETH. OF CHANGING HIS POSITION. >> THIS ISSUE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. ABOUT STANDARDS, AND. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF SOME. OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN. POLITICAL POWER FOR THE LAST. FOUR YEARS --.

>> EXCUSE ME, MR. HEGSETH, LET'S. JUST STOP RIGHT THERE. LET'S JUST STOP RIGHT THERE. >> PRIORITIES OTHER THAN --. >> MR. HEGSETH, I'M QUOTING. YOU -- I'M QUOTING YOU FROM THE. PODCAST. "WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE IN COMBAT AT. ALL.". WHERE IS THE REFERENCE TO. STANDARDS? THAT THEY SHOULD BE THERE IF. THEY CAN CARRY, IF THEY CAN RUN? I DON'T SEE THAT AT ALL, MR. HEGSETH. >> Reporter: HEGSETH ALSO. PRESSED ABOUT AN ACCUSATION HE. SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN IN. 2017, A CHARGE HE DENIES.

CLAIMING THE ENCOUNTER WAS. CONSENSUAL. SENATOR TIM KAINE POINTING OUT. THAT AT THE TIME HEGSETH WAS. MARRIED, AND HAD RECENTLY HAD A. BABY WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. >> YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU. CHEATED ON YOUR WIFE AND THAT. YOU CHEATED ON THE WOMAN WHO --. BY WHOM YOU HAD JUST FATHERED A. CHILD? YOU HAVE ADMITTED THAT? >> I WILL ALLOW YOUR WORDS TO. SPEAK --. >> YOU'RE NOT RETRACTING THAT. TODAY? >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS. CHALLENGING HIM ON REPORTS OF. EXCESSIVE DRINKING. HE HAS PROMISED HE WOULD NOT. DRINK ALCOHOL IF HE'S CONFIRMED. >> A CBA STAFFER STATED THAT YOU.

PASSED OUT IN THE BACK OF A. PARTY BUS. IS THAT TRUE OR FALSE? >> ANONYMOUS SMEARS. >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ON THE. COMMITTEE MAKING IT CLEAR. THEY'VE GOT HEGSETH'S BACK. >> HE IS A DECORATED POST-9/11. COMBAT VETERAN. HE WILL INJECT A NEW WARRIOR. ETHOS INTO THE PENTAGON, A. SPIRIT THAT CAN CASCADE FROM THE. TOP DOWN. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, THAT KEY. REPUBLICAN SENATOR JONI ERNST. ANNOUNCED JUST MOMENTS AGO SHE. WILL BE SUPPORTING PETE HEGSETH. FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY.

IT NOW APPEARS HE DOES HAVE THE. FULL SUPPORT OF REPUBLICANS ON. THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. WE COULD SEE THE FULL SENATE. TAKE UP HIS CONFIRMATION AS. EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, DAVID. >> David: ALL RIGHT, RACHEL. SCOTT WITH THE LATE REPORTING. FOR US. THANK YOU. >>> WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING WHAT. COULD BE A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. INVOLVING ISRAEL AND HAMAS. INVOLVING THE HOSTAGES INCLUDING. AMERICANS STILL BEING HELD. WILL THERE BE A CEASE-FIRE, AND. IS IT CLOSE? IAN PANNELL FROM ISRAEL TONIGHT. >> Reporter: AFTER 15 MONTHS OF. WAR IN GAZA, TONIGHT, TWO U.S. OFFICIALS SAY ISRAEL AND HAMAS. HAVE AGREED ON CORE ELEMENTS OF.

A CEASE-FIRE AND THE RELEASE OF. DOZENS OF HOSTAGES KIDNAPPED IN. THE OCTOBER 7th ATTACK. ACCORDING TO PEOPLE FAMILIAR. WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS, BOTH. SIDES ARE WORKING TO OVERCOME. MINOR DETAILS, BUT DON'T BELIEVE. ANY STICKING POINTS WILL DERAIL. PROGRESS. ABC NEWS LEARNING THE DETAILS OF. A POTENTIAL DEAL ARE BROKEN UP. INTO THREE MAIN PHASES, STARTING. WITH THE RELEASE OF 33 HOSTAGES. INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO. AMERICANS. OVER THE NEXT 42 DAYS, ISRAELI. FORCES WOULD WITHDRAW FROM PARTS. OF GAZA AND ALLOW MUCH-NEEDED. AID IN.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, QATAR, EGYPT, AND THE INCOMING TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION ALL INVOLVED. >> IT'S RIGHT ON THE BRINK. IT'S CLOSER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. BEFORE. BUT RIGHT NOW, AS WE SIT HERE, WE AWAIT FINAL WORD FROM HAMAS. >> Reporter: DAVID, THIS DEAL. APPEARS CLOSE, BUT A REMINDER. THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU. STILL HAS TO GET IT THROUGH HIS. SECURITY CABINET AND GOVERNMENT. TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT. DAVID? >> David: SO MANY FAMILIES. WAITING ON THIS NEWS. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT RELEASING SPECIAL. COUNSEL JACK SMITH'S FINAL. REPORT ON DONALD TRUMP AND.

JANUARY 6th. SMITH SAYING HE BELIEVES THERE. WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT. TRUMP, BUT THAT VOTERS. RE-ELECTED HIM TO THE WHITE. HOUSE INSTEAD. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. >> Reporter: JUST DAYS BEFORE. THE INAUGURATION OF. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, SPECIAL. COUNSEL JACK SMITH RELEASING A. BLISTERING REPORT ON TRUMP'S. EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE 2020. ELECTION. SAYING TRUMP WOULD LIKELY HAVE. BEEN CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE. FELONIES HAD VOTERS NOT DECIDED. TO SEND HIM BACK TO THE WHITE. HOUSE. SMITH, WHO RESIGNED LAST WEEK,

STANDING BEHIND HIS DECISION TO. CHARGE TRUMP, STATING TRUMP. ENGAGED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED. CRIMINAL EFFORT TO OVERTURN THE. LEGITIMATE RESULTS OF THE. ELECTION IN ORDER TO RETAIN. POWER. SUGGESTING HIS EVIDENCE WAS. OVERWHELMING, THE SPECIAL. COUNSEL STATING, "TRUMP DIRECTED. THE ANGRY MOB TO THE UNITED. STATES CAPITOL TO OBSTRUCT THE. CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATION OF. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.". >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK DOWN, AND. I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU. >> Reporter: TRUMP'S SUPPORTERS. STORMING THE CAPITOL. SOME CHANTING "HANG MIKE PENCE.".

>> HANG MIKE PENCE! >> Reporter: BUT TRUMP HAS. MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE. THROUGHOUT AND STATED HE NEVER. INTENDED FOR HIS SUPPORTERS TO. COMMIT VIOLENCE. SMITH SAYS HE DECIDED NOT TO. CHARGE TRUMP WITH INCITING AN. INSURRECTION BECAUSE THE OFFICE. DID NOT DEVELOP DIRECT EVIDENCE. OF MR. TRUMP'S SUBJECTIVE INTENT. TO CAUSE THE FULL SCOPE OF THE. VIOLENCE THAT OCCURRED ON. JANUARY 6th. TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM OVERNIGHT. MADE A LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO. BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THE REPORT, ARGUING, "NEVER BEFORE IN OUR. NATION'S HISTORY HAS THE. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTEMPTED.

TO INTERFERE WITH AN INCOMING. PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION.". BUT JUDGE AILEEN CANNON, WHO WAS. NOMINATED BY TRUMP, REJECTED. THEIR REQUEST. DAVID, TONIGHT, TRUMP IS MOCKING. JACK SMITH, SAYING FLATLY, THE. VOTERS HAVE SPOKEN, ELECTING HIM. AGAIN. HE'S WELL AWARE OF THE DOJ. POLICY THAT A SITTING PRESIDENT. CANNOT BE PROSECUTED, DAVID. >> David: PIERRE THOMAS, THANK. YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, AND TO WNBA. STAR CAITLIN CLARK'S ALLEGED. STALKER. THE SUSPECT IN COURT TODAY. AND THE BIZARRE OUTBURST. WHAT HE SAID TO THE JUDGE. HERE'S ERIELLE RESHEF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE MAN.

ACCUSED OF TERRORIZING WNBA. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR CAITLIN CLARK. FOR WEEKS WITH THREATENING AND. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ONLINE. MESSAGES APPEARING IN COURT. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. LEWIS. >> GUILTY AS CHARGED. >> NO. >> Reporter: 55-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL. LEWIS CHARGED WITH STALKING FOR. ALLEGEDLY SENDING THE. 22-YEAR-OLD INDIANA FEVER STAR. MULTIPLE MESSAGES AND POSTS VIA. THE PLATFORM X, STARTING IN. MID-DECEMBER. IN ONE MESSAGE, LEWIS ALLEGEDLY. TELLING CLARK THAT HE DROVE.

AROUND HER HOUSE THREE TIMES A. DAY AND IN ANOTHER, HE ALLEGEDLY. STATED HIS PLAN TO GO TO A GAME. AND SIT BEHIND HER TEAM'S BENCH. POLICE SAY LEWIS EVEN TRAVELED. FROM HIS HOME IN TEXAS TO. INDIANAPOLIS TO BE CLOSER TO. CLARK. INVESTIGATORS TRACKING HIM TO A. HOTEL NEAR THE TEAM'S HOME. ARENA, AND QUESTIONING HIM ABOUT. THE MESSAGES. LEWIS ALLEGEDLY CLAIMING, "IT'S. AN IMAGINATION, FANTASY TYPE. THING. IT'S A JOKE.". POLICE WARNING LEWIS TO CEASE.

CONTACT WITH CLARK, LATER. ARRESTING HIM ON SUNDAY AFTER. THEY SAY THE MESSAGES CONTINUED. DAVID, THE COURT ENTERED A NOT. GUILTY PLEA ON LEWIS'S BEHALF. THE JUDGE QUESTIONING HIS MENTAL. STATE. HE'S NOW BEING HELD ON $50,000. BAIL. HE'S BEEN ORDERED TO STAY AWAY. FROM CLARK AND THE ARENA SHE. PLAYS IN. DAVID? >> David: ERIELLE RESHEF. ERIELLE, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, WE. ARE LEARNING OF AT LEAST 50. VEHICLES IN A CHAIN REACTION. CRASH. THE IMAGES ARE COMING IN, WE'LL. HAVE THEM IN A MOMENT. >>> PRINCESS CATHERINE TONIGHT, AND WHAT SHE HAS SAID FOR THE. FIRST TIME. >>> AND THE DISCOVERY TONIGHT IN.

THE ASH, AND THIS IS REALLY. MOVING. AMERICA STRONG, IN A MOMENT. >>> TONIGHT, SNOW AND ICE IS. BEING BLAMED FOR A MASSIVE. PILEUP NEAR SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. AT LEAST 15 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN. A CHAIN REACTION CRASH, CLOSING. PART OF THE U.S.-20 BYPASS. THERE. DRIVERS FACING SLICK ROADS AND. LOW VISIBILITY. DOZENS OF CRASHES IN THE AREA. NO MAJOR INJURIES REPORTED SO. FAR. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, WHAT PRINCESS CATHERINE. TONIGHT IS SAYING FOR THE FIRST. TIME. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG. THE DISCOVERY IN THE ASHES. THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. IS. >>> TO THE INDEX.

PRINCESS CATHERINE FOR THE FIRST. TIME SAYING HER CANCER IS IN. REMISSION, RETURNING TO THE. LONDON HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS. TREATED, THANKING THE STAFF, SHARING PERSONAL STORIES WITH. CANCER PATIENTS. SAYING, "IT IS A RELIEF TO NOW. BE IN REMISSION AND I REMAIN. FOCUSED ON RECOVERY.". GREAT TO HEAR IT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, AMERICA STRONG. THE FIREFIGHTER WHO SUDDENLY. CALLED OUT, "I FOUND SOMETHING". THAT BROUGHT TEARS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, THE. DISCOVERY IN THE ASHES. TONIGHT, IN ALTADENA, CALIFORNIA, THE DISCOVERY IN THE. RUBBLE.

VICTORIA DeSANTIS AND HER. FAMILY, AMONG THOUSANDS WHO LOST. EVERYTHING. THEY LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE. NIGHT. HER WEDDING BAND AND ENGAGEMENT. RING BY THE FRONT DOOR. SHE DIDN'T GET TO TAKE THEM WITH. HER. SHE WOULD SPEND 18 YEARS RAISING. HER FAMILY IN THAT HOME, BIRTHDAYS, GRADUATIONS, CHRISTMAS TREES, BACKYARD. GATHERINGS. VICTORIA BACK SIFTING THROUGH. THE DEBRIS, HOPING TO AT LEAST. FIND THOSE RINGS. FINDING THE MELTED REMAINS OF. HER ENGAGEMENT RING BY WHAT HAD. BEEN HER FRONT DOOR. FEARING THE WEDDING BAND WAS. GONE. FIREFIGHTERS NEARBY OFFERING TO.

HELP. AND SUDDENLY, A FIREFIGHTER. CALLING OUT THAT HE HAD FOUND. SOMETHING. IT TURNED OUT IT WAS VICTORIA'S. WEDDING BAND. FIGHTING BACK TEARS, VICTORIA. HOLDING THAT RING ONCE MORE. TONIGHT, GRATEFUL TO THOSE. FIREFIGHTERS AND HER HUSBAND, MARCO, JOKING IF THE RING. SURVIVED THE FIRE, SHE WAS. FOREVER STUCK WITH HIM, TOO. AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HI, DAVID. >> David: VICTORIA ON HER MOMENT. OF JOY IN THE MIDST OF SO MUCH. SADNESS.

>> GETTING MY RING BACK IS JUST. SUCH A SYMBOL OF LOVE AND FAMILY. THAT, YOU KNOW, A FIRE MAY TEAR. DOWN OUR HOUSE, BUT OUR LITTLE. FAMILY STILL EXISTS, AND THE. LOVE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. ALTADENA IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL. COMMUNITY. IT'S TREES AS FAR AS YOU CAN. SEE. MOUNTAINS. IT'S LOS ANGELES, BUT IT'S JUST. ITS OWN LITTLE PIECE OF NATURE. AND COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW WE'RE. GOING TO REBUILD AND IT'S GOING. TO BE AMAZING.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE ALL MY. NEIGHBORS IN OUR BACKYARD AGAIN, TOASTING TO THE NEXT CHAPTER. >> David: VICTORIA, WE JUST LOVE. THAT MESSAGE. WE LOVE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR RING. BACK. AND WE LOVE YOUR HUSBAND'S SENSE. OF HUMOR, SAYING IF YOU'VE GOT. THE RING, YOU'VE GOT US ALL. FOREVER. I'M DAVID MUIR. THANKS FOR WATCHING. I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE TOMORROW. NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.