ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 23, 2026

ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, NEARLY. 200 MILLION AMERICANS BRACING. FOR THIS MAJOR STORM HEAVY SNOW, DANGEROUS ICE, FREEZING RAIN. AND BRUTAL COLD. AT LEAST 17. STATES ALREADY DECLARING. EMERGENCIES TONIGHT. THE.

MASSIVE STORM BUILDING IN TEXAS. AND OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING 2000. MILES ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO THE. CAROLINAS, RIGHT UP INTO THE. NORTHEAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA. UP TO A FOOT OF. SNOW POSSIBLE IN NEW YORK CITY. AND BOSTON. AND BECAUSE OF THE. ICE, MILLIONS TOLD TO PREPARE. FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. THEN THE DANGEROUS, LIFE. THREATENING COLD COMING IN. ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. RIGHT AFTER THIS STORM. LEE. GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST. THE. POTENTIAL ICE AND SNOW TOTALS, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH IT ALSO. BREAKING AS WE'RE ON THE AIR.

TONIGHT. A MASSIVE PROTEST NOW. UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR AGAINST. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA. TENS OF. THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS, HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES SHUTTING. DOWN, CLOSING IN PROTEST OVER. ICE. TONIGHT, ONE OF THE FBI'S. MOST WANTED NOW UNDER ARREST. ALLEGED DRUG KINGPIN AND FORMER. CANADIAN OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER. RYAN WEDDING CAPTURED. SURRENDERING TO AUTHORITIES. ACCUSED OF SHIPPING TONS OF. COCAINE INTO THE U.S. MORE THAN. A DECADE IN HIDING AND WHERE HE. WAS FINALLY CAUGHT TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IGNITING A. FIRESTORM WITH AMERICA'S.

CLOSEST ALLIES AFTER THE. PRESIDENT SAID THE U.S. HAS. NEVER NEEDED NATO, SAYING OF. THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER. NINE OVER 11 THAT THEY STAYED, QUOTE, A LITTLE OFF THE FRONT. LINES. MORE THAN 450 BRITISH. SOLDIERS DIED IN AFGHANISTAN. WHAT THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. IS NOW SAYING TONIGHT. THIS. EVENING, THE ARREST AFTER A. JUDGE AND HIS WIFE ARE SHOT. THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. NOW WE. LEARN ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS. ALLEGEDLY AT THEIR DOOR DAYS. EARLIER SAYING HE HAD A FOOD. DELIVERY. THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T. ORDER ANY. AUTHORITIES SAY HE. CAME BACK DAYS LATER AND THEN.

SHOT RIGHT THROUGH THE DOOR. POLICE INVESTIGATING THE. KILLING OF A FORMER NFL PLAYER. FOUND DEAD AT A HOMELESS. ENCAMPMENT. ALARMING VIDEO. TONIGHT SHOWING A UFC FIGHTER. COLLAPSING. FALLING FACE FIRST, JUST SECONDS AFTER HIS WEIGH IN. AND TONIGHT, FOUR DAYS AFTER. WINNING THE NATIONAL. CHAMPIONSHIP. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. STAR FERNANDO MENDOZA AND WHAT. HE'S REVEALED. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS.

IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH. DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING. WE BEGIN. TONIGHT HERE WITH THE BREAKING. NEWS GOVERNORS IN MULTIPLE. STATES AT THIS HOUR WARNING. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS OF A. CATASTROPHIC WINTER STORM JUST. NOW STARTING TO HIT AT LEAST 17. STATES DECLARING STATES OF. EMERGENCY ALREADY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW, DANGEROUS ICE, FREEZING RAIN, AND THEN LIFE. THREATENING. BRUTAL COLD MOVING. IN. MORE THAN 180 MILLION. PEOPLE UNDER ALERTS THE MASSIVE. STORM BUILDING IN TEXAS AND. OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING 2000 MILES. ACROSS THE SOUTH INTO THE. CAROLINAS AND THEN UP THE COAST.

INTO THE NORTHEAST. WASHINGTON, D.C. PHILADELPHIA IN NEW YORK. CITY. CITY OFFICIALS TONIGHT. ARE PREPARING FOR UP TO A FOOT. OF SNOW. AUTHORITIES WARNING OF. DANGEROUS DRIVING EVEN BEFORE. THE STORM. DASH CAM VIDEO. SHOWING A DRIVER LOSING CONTROL. CRASHING ON I-70 IN BELMONT. COUNTY, OHIO. PHILADELPHIA. LOADING PLOWS AND SANDERS WITH. SALT TONIGHT. THE CITY. DECLARING A SNOW EMERGENCY. DRIVERS URGED TO STAY OFF THE. ROADS. IT'S GOING TO BE A. DANGEROUS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, ICE AND SNOW. THOUSANDS OF. FLIGHTS ALREADY CANCELED. TONIGHT, RIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW. THEY ARE EXPECTING SOME. AIRPORTS TO CLOSE DOWN ENTIRELY.

FOR HOURS ON SUNDAY FROM NEW. YORK TO TEXAS. TONIGHT, A. FAMILIAR SCENE PLAYING OUT. CUSTOMERS LINING UP AT GROCERY. STORES. THIS IMAGE HERE IN NEW. YORK. STOCKING UP ON SUPPLIES. TONIGHT. STORES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, NOW WITH BARE SHELVES. LEE GOLDBERG STANDING BY TO. TIME THIS OUT. THE POTENTIAL. ICE AND SNOW TOTALS DEPENDING. ON WHERE YOU ARE. AND WE'LL. TAKE YOU RIGHT THROUGH IT. AND. ABC'S MORGAN NORWOOD LEADING US. OFF TONIGHT FROM DALLAS WHERE. THE SYSTEM IS JUST GETTING. STARTED TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT THAT POWERFUL WINTER. STORM THREATENING MORE THAN. HALF THE COUNTRY SET TO SLAM.

MILLIONS WITH HEAVY SNOW AND. CRIPPLING ICE. AUTHORITIES. WARNING FAMILIES TO TAKE THIS. SERIOUSLY FROM NEW YORK ALL THE. WAY DOWN TO TEXAS. NEW YORK. GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL TONIGHT. >> THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS. COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND. EXTREME, EXTREME COLD. TEMPERATURES. >> NEW YORK CITY BRACING FOR. WHAT COULD BE ITS BIGGEST. SNOWSTORM IN NEARLY FIVE YEARS. UP TO A FOOT POSSIBLE. EPIC. LINES AT GROCERY STORES. PARTS. OF THE SOUTH BRACING FOR. POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC. IMPACTS UP TO AN INCH OF ICE.

POSSIBLE FEARS OF MORE CRASHES. LIKE THESE IN BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO, THIS WEEK. TENNESSEE. GOVERNOR BILL LEE SOUNDING THE. ALARM. >> WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A. VERY SERIOUS WINTER STORM. COMING. SNOW, SLEET, ICE, FREEZING RAIN, VERY DANGEROUS. CONDITIONS. >> IN TEXAS, ROAD CREWS OUT IN. FORCE. AND HERE IN DALLAS, BRINE TRUCKS, SAND CONES. STRATEGICALLY PLACED UNDER. MAJOR OVERPASSES SO ROAD CREWS. CAN QUICKLY RESPOND AS. CONDITIONS WORSEN. OFFICIALS. WARNING THE ICE COULD KNOCK OUT.

POWER FOR DAYS. >> WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR ALL. OF THE IMPACTS TO THE ELECTRIC. GRID. >> UTILITY TEAMS RACING INTO. THE STORM ZONE AHEAD OF. EXPECTED WIDESPREAD POWER. OUTAGES. AND RIGHT AFTER THIS. STORM, BRUTALLY COLD. TEMPERATURES SWEEPING IN FROM. THE NORTH ACROSS MOST OF THIS. COUNTRY EXPECTED TO LAST FOR. DAYS. OUR ALEX PEREZ IS IN. CHICAGO. >> HERE NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN AND. CHICAGO. YOU CAN SEE THE WATER. IS COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER THE. MIDWEST IN A DEEP FREEZE. THE. FEEL LIKE TEMPERATURE IN SOME. SPOTS 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

>> THAT BRUTAL COLD WILL SOON. SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND. DAVID, WITH THIS NEARLY 2000. MILE WIDE STORM ALREADY. DEVELOPING, THE RAIN IS HERE IN. DALLAS. AND THE BIG CONCERN AS. TEMPERATURES PLUNGE OVERNIGHT. EVERYTHING. THESE ROADS WILL. TURN TO ICE DAVID. >> AND VERY QUICKLY MORGAN. NORWOOD LEADING US OFF HERE. MORGAN THANK YOU. LET'S GET. RIGHT TO WABC. CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG BACK. WITH US TONIGHT HERE. HI, LEE. >> HI, DAVID. THIS IS NO LONGER. A POTENTIAL STORM IN A COMPUTER.

MODEL. WE ARE NOW UNDERWAY WITH. ICING ACROSS TEXAS. MORE. AMERICANS THAN NOT UNDER SOME. TYPE OF WEATHER ALERT. COLD. WEATHER ALERT TO ICE STORM. WARNINGS. LOOK AT THE WINTER. STORM WARNINGS ALL THE WAY FROM. TEXAS OVER TO NEW ENGLAND. WE'RE GETTING SNOW IN LUBBOCK. IT'S FREEZING RAIN WEST OF. ABILENE. RAIN IN DALLAS GOING. TO WINTRY MIX OVER THE NEXT 24. HOURS. WE'RE GOING TO WATCH. THIS GO FROM THE SOUTHERN. PLAINS THROUGH THE MID SOUTH. DANGEROUS ICING TO DALLAS, OVER. TO TUPELO, THEN INTO THE. CAROLINAS. SNOW TO THE NORTH. LOUISVILLE. YOU CAN SEE AS WE. GO INTO SUNDAY MORNING, HEAVY. SNOWS IN D.C. KNOCKING ON THE.

DOOR IN NEW YORK, HEAVY SNOWS. IN THE INTERIOR NORTH NORTHEAST. AND THEN UP TO BOSTON. AND THEN. THAT MIXING THAT COULD CUT DOWN. TOTALS ALONG THE COAST. LET'S. GET TO THE TOTALS. HALF INCH OF. ICE COULD BE VERY DAMAGING FROM. PLACES LIKE DALLAS ALL THE WAY. TO NASHVILLE, CRIPPLING. POTENTIALLY. AND THEN THE. SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO A FOOT OF. SNOW FROM THE DEEP SOUTH ALL. THE WAY INTO INTERIOR PARTS OF. THE NORTHEAST, D.C. AND PHILLY, 8 TO 12IN UP TO POSSIBLY NEW. YORK AS WELL. BOSTON GETS OVER. A FOOT, AND THEN WE SEE THE. BITTER COLD THAT LASTS FOR DAYS. AND DAYS AFTER. >> DAVID LEE GOLDBERG WITH US.

ALL WEEK LONG HERE, LEE, THANK. YOU. AND AS I MENTIONED OFF THE. TOP, MANY AIRLINES ARE ALREADY. CANCELING FLIGHTS TONIGHT. SOME. AIRPORTS, IN FACT, COULD CLOSE. ENTIRELY FOR HOURS BY SUNDAY. HERE'S WHIT JOHNSON ON THAT. PART OF THE STORY TONIGHT. >> TONIGHT, U.S. AIRLINES. BRACING FOR WHAT COULD BE THE. WORST WEATHER RELATED TRAVEL. NIGHTMARE IN YEARS. MORE THAN. 2000 FLIGHTS ALREADY CANCELED. FOR SATURDAY. THIS MAP, SHOWING. MORE THAN TWO DOZEN AIRPORTS. ACROSS NEARLY 20 STATES, WILL. BE IMPACTED BY THE MONSTER. STORM AND DANGEROUS ICE, AND.

OFFICIALS EXPECT COMPLETE. AIRPORT CLOSURES ON SUNDAY, LASTING FOR HOURS. THIS EVENING, ALL MAJOR AIRLINES AT. OKLAHOMA'S WILL ROGERS. INTERNATIONAL CANCELING FLIGHTS. MOST AIRLINES OFFERING TO WAIVE. REBOOKING FEES, URGING. PASSENGERS TO CHANGE TRAVEL. PLANS DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY. CHANCES. >> EXACTLY. >> KAREN CUMMINS GRABBING AN. EARLIER FLIGHT TO ORLANDO. RUSHING TO BEAT THE STORM. >> I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE. THE ANXIETY OF, LIKE, WONDERING. IF I'M GOING TO GET OUT. TOMORROW. SO I JUST TOOK THAT. OUT OF THE EQUATION. I BOOKED.

MY FLIGHT TODAY. >> AND WHEN THE SNOW DOES START. TO FALL, IT'S ESTIMATED MAJOR. AIRPORTS WILL SPEND MORE THAN. $30,000 AN HOUR TO KEEP THE. RUNWAYS PLOWED. AND DAVID, AFTER THIS MASSIVE BACKLOG OF. FLIGHTS, EXPERTS SAY IT COULD. TAKE DAYS FOR THE AIRLINES TO. RECOVER, WITH ROLLING. CANCELLATIONS POTENTIALLY. THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. DAVID. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL BE WATCHING. HERE THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU. ALSO BREAKING AT THIS HOUR A. MASSIVE PROTEST AGAINST. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA. TENS OF.

THOUSANDS IN THE STREETS AT. THIS HOUR, HUNDREDS OF. BUSINESSES SHUTTING DOWN IN. PROTEST OVER ICE. MATT RIVERS. IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT. >> WHEN WE WANT IT. >> TONIGHT, A CITYWIDE PROTEST. AGAINST ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS. >> IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE. >> BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS. CLOSING AS MORE THAN 20,000. PEOPLE BRAVED THE BRUTAL COLD. TO FILL DOWNTOWN, THE LARGEST. MARCH SINCE PROTESTS BEGAN. HUNDREDS DESCENDED ON THE.

MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT DEMANDING. ICE LEAVE THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE. HERE PROTESTERS BEING ARRESTED. HERE AT THE MINNEAPOLIS AIRPORT, ROUGHLY 100 PEOPLE BEING TAKEN. INTO CUSTODY FOR BLOCKING THIS. AIRPORT ROAD. IT'S -40 DEGREES. WITH THE WIND CHILL OUT HERE. RIGHT NOW. AND YET STILL. PROTESTERS OUT AND ABOUT WITH A. MESSAGE ICE OUT. >> I WASN'T SO IMPORTANT FOR. YOU TO BE OUT HERE TODAY. >> THIS ISN'T THE WORLD I WANT. TO LIVE IN. >> AFTER THREE PROTESTERS WERE. ARRESTED FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION. INSIDE A CHURCH WHERE ONE OF. THE PASTORS IS ALSO THE.

DIRECTOR OF AN ICE FIELD OFFICE, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOW SAYS. THEY WILL FACE FEDERAL CHARGES. FOR ATTACKING THE RELIGIOUS. FREEDOM OF CHURCHGOERS. AND. TONIGHT, ICE TACTICS UNDER THE. MICROSCOPE. IN MINNEAPOLIS, A. FEDERAL AGENT SEEN CHASING DOWN. THIS 19 YEAR OLD. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? DO YOU. HAVE A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST? DO YOU HAVE DHS? >> SAYS THE YOUNG MAN WAS HERE. ILLEGALLY AND FLED FROM. OFFICERS.

>> YOU'RE SCARING THE KID. >> JUST LET US TALK TO THE KID, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF. HERE. >> AND NEW TONIGHT. ICE. DEFENDING ITS OWN AGENTS AFTER. TAKING THIS FIVE YEAR OLD BOY. INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE LOCAL. SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID THE. FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD BEEN. DETAINED, ICE SAYING THEY CARED. FOR THE BOY WHILE OTHER AGENTS. APPREHENDED HIS FATHER. >> MY OFFICERS DID EVERYTHING. THEY COULD TO REUNITE HIM WITH. HIS FAMILY. TRAGICALLY, WHEN WE. APPROACHED THE DOOR OF HIS. RESIDENCE, THE PEOPLE INSIDE. REFUSED TO TAKE HIM IN AND OPEN. THE DOOR.

>> THE FAMILY LAWYER CALLS THAT. A LIE, SAYING THE FATHER AND. SON, NOW BEING HELD TOGETHER AT. A DETENTION CENTER IN TEXAS. AND TONIGHT, GROWING CONCERN. OVER A NEW IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN IN MAINE. >> I'M. >> FEDERAL AGENTS YANKING A. DRIVER OUT OF HIS CAR AS HE. TELLS THEM HE WORKS WITH THE. CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT. THE. LOCAL SHERIFF BLASTING ICE. >> FOLKS, THAT'S BUSH LEAGUE. POLICING. >> INSIDE ONE HOME IN MAINE, A. RESIDENT CAPTURING THIS THREAT. FROM AN ICE AGENT AT HIS DOOR.

>> WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR. YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, OKAY? NO, NO. OKAY. NO PROBLEM. >> AND, DAVID, TONIGHT, TOP ICE. OFFICIALS ARE DEFENDING THEIR. ACTIONS AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF. DETAINING THAT FIVE YEAR OLD. BOY, CLAIMING, QUOTE, WE ARE. EXPERTS IN DEALING WITH. CHILDREN. DAVID. >> MATT RIVERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. TONIGHT. MATT. THANK YOU. TONIGHT, ONE OF THE FBI'S MOST. WANTED NOW UNDER ARREST, FORMER. OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER RYAN. WEDDING CAPTURED. SURRENDERING. TO AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF. SHIPPING TONS OF COCAINE INTO. THE U.S. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. NOW. >> TONIGHT, THE FORMER OLYMPIAN.

TURNED ALLEGED DRUG KINGPIN WHO. ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE FBI'S. MOST WANTED LIST, NOW IN U.S. CUSTODY, SURROUNDED BY TOP DEA. AND FBI OFFICIALS, INCLUDING. DIRECTOR KASH PATEL. >> THIS INDIVIDUAL AND HIS. ORGANIZATION, THE SINALOA. CARTEL, POURED NARCOTICS INTO. THE STREETS OF NORTH AMERICA. >> SOURCES SAY THAT 44 YEAR OLD. RYAN WEDDING, WHO COMPETED IN. THE 2002 WINTER GAMES IN SALT. LAKE CITY AS A SNOWBOARDER, TURNED HIMSELF IN AFTER DAYS OF. INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS WITH.

MEXICAN AND U.S. OFFICIALS. SURRENDERING OVERNIGHT IN. MEXICO CITY. THE FBI CLAIMS. THAT WEDDING, WHOSE ALIASES. INCLUDE EL JEFE, GIANT AND. PUBLIC ENEMY, RAN A MASSIVE. DRUG TRAFFICKING ENTERPRISE. THAT ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLED COCAINE. TO THE U.S. AND CANADA. >> MR. WEDDING IS ALSO WANTED. FOR ORCHESTRATING MULTIPLE. MURDERS OF VICTIMS AND. GOVERNMENT WITNESSES. >> ACCORDING TO A 2025 GRAND. JURY INDICTMENT. WEDDING ISSUED. AN ORDER TO KILL A FEDERAL. WITNESS WHO WAS SET TO TESTIFY.

AGAINST HIM. THAT WITNESS SHOT. FIVE TIMES IN THE HEAD WHILE HE. WAS EATING AT A RESTAURANT. AUTHORITIES SOUGHT WEDDING. WHO'S CANADIAN FOR YEARS, LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAYING. THEY SEIZED DRUGS, CASH, WEAPONS AND $40 MILLION WORTH. OF MOTORCYCLES IN THIS CAR, WHICH THEY SAY IS VALUED AT $15. MILLION. DAVID, LAW ENFORCEMENT. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN HUNTING FOR. WEDDING FOR YEARS, AND THERE. WAS A $15 MILLION REWARD FOR. HIS CAPTURE. THAT TELLS YOU. WHAT A HIGH VALUE TARGET HE WAS.

>> DAVID THOMAS ON THIS TONIGHT. PIERRE THANKS SO MUCH. TONIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IGNITING A. FIRESTORM AFTER WHAT HE SAID. ABOUT NATO, SAYING THE U.S. HAS, QUOTE, NEVER NEEDED NATO, SAYING OF THE WAR IN. AFGHANISTAN AFTER NINE OVER 11, THEY STAYED, QUOTE, A LITTLE. OFF THE FRONT LINES. HERE'S. MARY BRUCE TONIGHT. >> ANGUISH AND OUTRAGE FROM. AMERICA'S CLOSEST NATO ALLIES. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED. THEY NEVER REALLY SACRIFICED ON. THE BATTLEFIELD TO DEFEND THE. UNITED STATES. >> WE'VE NEVER NEEDED THEM. WE. HAVE NEVER REALLY ASKED.

ANYTHING OF THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY'LL SAY THEY SENT SOME. TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN OR THIS. OR THAT, AND THEY DID. THEY. STAYED A LITTLE BACK, A LITTLE. OFF THE FRONT LINES. >> THE ONLY TIME NATO COUNTRIES. HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DEFEND ONE. OF THEIR OWN WAS WHEN THE. UNITED STATES ASKED FOR HELP. AFTER NINE OVER 11. TODAY, U.K. PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER. PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MORE THAN. 450 BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO LOST. THEIR LIVES IN AFGHANISTAN. >> I CONSIDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. REMARKS TO BE INSULTING AND, FRANKLY, APPALLING. >> AND A RARE STATEMENT FROM. PRINCE HARRY, WHO SERVED TWO.

TOURS OF DUTY IN AFGHANISTAN. THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE CHANGED. FOREVER, HE WROTE. MOTHERS AND. FATHERS BURIED SONS AND. DAUGHTERS. CHILDREN WERE LEFT. WITHOUT A PARENT. FAMILIES ARE. LEFT CARRYING THE COST. THOSE. SACRIFICES DESERVE TO BE SPOKEN. ABOUT TRUTHFULLY AND WITH. RESPECT. RETIRED CORPORAL BRUCE. MONCURE WAS AMONG THE 40,000. CANADIAN TROOPS WHO FOUGHT. ALONGSIDE THE U.S. >> I KNOW 13 PEOPLE THAT WERE. KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING. I KNOW ANOTHER 13 THAT HAVE. KILLED THEMSELVES FROM THEIR.

TIME FIGHTING THERE. >> MONCURE HIMSELF SUFFERED A. BRAIN INJURY TONIGHT. HE SAYS. HE'S, QUOTE, ENRAGED BY THE. PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS. THE WHITE. HOUSE NOW RESPONDING TO THIS. OUTCRY, SAYING THE U.S. QUOTE, HAS DONE MORE FOR NATO THAN ANY. OTHER COUNTRY IN THE ALLIANCE. HAS DONE COMBINED. DAVID. >> MARY BRUCE AGAIN TONIGHT. MARY. THANKS. TONIGHT THE. ARRESTS AFTER A JUDGE AND HIS. WIFE WERE SHOT THROUGH THE. FRONT DOOR OF THEIR HOME IN. INDIANA. AND NOW WE LEARN ONE. OF THE SUSPECTS WAS ALLEGEDLY. AT THEIR FRONT DOOR JUST DAYS. EARLIER. HERE'S AARON KATERSKY.

TONIGHT. >> FIVE DAYS AFTER AN INDIANA. JUDGE AND HIS WIFE WERE SHOT IN. THEIR HOME, THESE FIVE PEOPLE. ARE UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF. PLOTTING TO KILL JUDGE STEVEN. MEYER TO DELAY THE TRIAL OF ONE. OF THE SUSPECTS, WHICH WAS TO. TAKE PLACE IN JUDGE MEYER'S. COURTROOM THIS WEEK. MEYER AND. HIS WIFE, KIMBERLY, ARE. RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE SHOT. THROUGH THE DOOR SUNDAY. AFTERNOON BY A MAN STANDING ON. THEIR FRONT PORCH WITH A. SHOTGUN. >> KNOCK ON THE DOOR, SOMEONE. ADVISED, WE HAVE YOUR DOG, AND. A SHOT CAME THROUGH THE DOOR. >> PROSECUTORS SAY. HOME. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE. ALLEGED GUNMAN, 38 YEAR OLD. RAYMOND FERGUSON, FIRING.

MULTIPLE SHOTS NEARBY. POLICE. SAY THEY RECOVERED THE GUN AND. THE SUSPECT'S CLOTHES. PROSECUTORS SAY THE SAME MAN. APPROACHED MEYER'S HOME DAYS. EARLIER, CLAIMING HE WAS THERE. TO DELIVER FOOD BEFORE MEYER. SAID THROUGH A CLOSED DOOR HE. HADN'T ORDERED ANY. THAT. ALLEGED SHOOTER IS NOW FACING. ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES. SO IS. 43 YEAR OLD THOMAS MOSS, WHO. WAS SUPPOSED TO STAND TRIAL. BEFORE JUDGE MEYER THIS WEEK. FOR A SERIES OF VIOLENT. FELONIES. PROSECUTORS SAY THE. SUSPECTS TEAMED UP TO TARGET. THE JUDGE AS PART OF A. CONCERTED EFFORT TO IMPEDE THE. PROCEEDINGS. DAVID, THIS.

SHOOTING RAISED ALARMS ABOUT. JUDICIAL SECURITY, AND TONIGHT, INDIANA'S CHIEF JUDGE IS. CALLING IT AN ATTACK ON FREE. SOCIETY. DAVID. >> AARON KATERSKY TONIGHT. AARON. THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME. BACK HERE, THE FORMER NFL STAR. FOUND STABBED TO DEATH. ALSO, THE ALARMING VIDEO RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT THIS A UFC FIGHTER. COLLAPSING. FALLING FACE FIRST. JUST SECONDS AFTER HIS WEIGH IN. ALSO, A SURGEON IN COURT. CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS. EX-WIFE AND HER DENTIST HUSBAND. YOU KNOW THE STORY. HIS PLEA IN. COURT TONIGHT AND FOUR DAYS. AFTER WINNING THE NATIONAL. CHAMPIONSHIP. COLLEGE FOOTBALL. STAR FERNANDO MENDOZA AND WHAT.

HE'S REVEALED WHAT HE SAID. RIGHT HERE. >> David: TONIGHT, THE ALARMING. MOMENT HERE A UFC FIGHTER. COLLAPSING ON STAGE AFTER HIS. WEIGH-IN IN LAS VEGAS. CAMERON SMOTHERMAN STEPPING OFF. THE SCALE, FALLING TO THE FLOOR. RIGHT THERE. HIS COACH AND MEDICS RUSHING TO. HIS SIDE. HE WAS ALERT, CARRIED OFF THE. STAGE. NO WORD OF A CAUSE, HIS MATCH. NOW CANCELED. >>> FORMER NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMAN. KEVIN JOHNSON WAS FOUND DEAD AT. A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN LOS. ANGELES. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER NOW SAYING.

HE SUFFERED STAB WOUNDS AND. BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA. A MURDER INVESTIGATION UNDER. WAY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, HE WON THE HEISMAN, THEN THE. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WHAT FERNANDO MENDOZA HAS. REVEALED TONIGHT, AND WHAT HE. SAID RIGHT HERE ON "GMA" TODAY. >> David: TO THE INDEX. A SURGEON PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TONIGHT IN THE MURDERS OF HIS. EX-WIFE AND HER DENTIST HUSBAND. IN COLUMBUS, OHIO. AUTHORITIES SAY MICHAEL McKEE. KILLED MONIQUE AND SPENCER TEPE. INSIDE THEIR HOME LAST MONTH. HE COULD FACE LIFE IN PRISON IF. CONVICTED. >>> OKAY, SO WHO IS OUR "PERSON. OF THE WEEK"?

ANY GUESSES? IN A MOMENT HERE. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT, IT'S. PROBABLY PRETTY OBVIOUS, OUR. "PERSONS OF THE WEEK.". TONIGHT, WHAT A WEEK FOR. 22-YEAR-OLD FERNANDO MENDOZA. >> TAKE OFF AND RUN, MENDOZA! >> David: THAT INCREDIBLE. PIVOTAL PLAY, THAT TOUCHDOWN. LATE IN THE GAME. THE INDIANA HOOSIERS QUARTERBACK. LEADING HIS TEAM THROUGH AN. UNDEFEATED SEASON AND MAKING.

HISTORY, WINNING THE NATIONAL. COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. >> INDIANA'S FIRST NATIONAL. CHAMPIONSHIP! >> David: ON "GMA" THIS MORNING, A MODEST MENDOZA. >> IT HAS NOT SUNK IN YET. WE NEVER EXPECTED TO WIN A. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SO HAVING THE BELIEF IN. OURSELVES AND FINALLY WINNING. IT, WE MADE SURE TO CELEBRATE. ACCORDINGLY. >> David: HIS PARENTS. CELEBRATING TOO, A CONSTANT AT. HIS GAMES. FERNANDO'S DEVOTION TO HIS TEAM.

INSPIRED IN LARGE PART BY HIS. OWN MOTHER, WHO IS ALWAYS THERE. IN THE STANDS IN HER WHEELCHAIR, BATTLING MS. HIS FATHER BY HIS MOTHER'S SIDE, STAYING SEATED SO THEY CAN CHEER. TOGETHER. AND IT WAS AFTER ACCEPTING THE. HEISMAN TROPHY THIS SEASON, FERNANDO SAYING HIS DRIVE COMES. FROM WATCHING HIS MOTHER. >> MOMMY, THIS IS YOUR TROPHY AS. MUCH AS IT IS MINE. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGEST. FAN. YOU'RE MY LIGHT, YOU'RE MY WHY, YOU'RE MY BIGGEST SUPPORTER. TOGETHER, YOU AND I ARE WRITING. WHAT PEOPLE THINK IS POSSIBLE.

I LOVE YOU. >> David: WITH HIS WORDS AND HIS. SPORTSMANSHIP THIS WEEK, FERNANDO ALREADY INSPIRING THE. NEXT GENERATION. TONIGHT, MENDOZA POSTING THIS. MESSAGE, SAYING HE'S UPDATING. HIS LINKEDIN. >> MY LINKEDIN STATUS IS NOW, OPEN TO WORK. I AM OFFICIALLY DECLARING FOR. THE 2026 NFL DRAFT. >> David: JOKING ABOUT IT THIS. MORNING, BUT SAYING HE'S READY. >> DECLARE FOR THE DRAFT, AND. I'M OPEN TO WORK ON LINKEDIN. >> YES. >> SO -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE.

HOW MANY NFL TEAMS HAVE THEIR. LINKEDIN PROFILE UPDATED, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SEARCH MY. RESUME THERE. TO BE DRAFTED BY ANY TEAM, I'D. BE SO GRATEFUL. I CAN ONLY DO THIS THROUGH THE. GLORY OF GOD. IT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE. >> David: GOOD PLACE TO FIND A. JOB. GLAD HE UPDATED HIS.