ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 28, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, THE BREAKING NEWS. JUST AS WE COME ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO OFFER NEARLY. ALL FEDERAL WORKERS BUYOUTS TO. RESIGN. WHAT THEY GET IN RETURN. >>> ALSO BREAKING, IN NEW YORK. CITY, THE IMAGES TONIGHT. THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS. >>> THE MYSTERY DRONES OVER THE. NORTHEAST, FINALLY AN ANSWER. TONIGHT. >>> AND 176 PASSENGERS RACING TO. ESCAPE A BURPING PLANE. >>> FIRST TONIGHT, JUST IN, SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO. OFFER BUYOUTS TO ROUGHLY 2. MILLION FEDERAL WORKERS. HOW THIS WOULD WORK. ALSO TONIGHT, A FEDERAL JUDGE. HAS JUST BLOCKED THE PRESIDENT'S.

FREEZE ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. FUNDING. THE FREEZE COULD EFFECT MILLIONS. OF SENIORS AND CHILDREN ACROSS. THE COUNTRY. >>> THE IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND. THE IMAGES IN NEW YORK CITY. WHAT PLAYED OUT IN THE BRONX. AND FROM NEW YORK TO BALTIMORE. TO TALLAHASSEE. AND WHAT AARON KATERSKY HAS. LEARNED TONIGHT. WHAT'S COMING NEXT. >>> TONIGHT, ON THE EVE OF RFK. JR.'S CONFIRMATION HEARING, HIS. COUSIN AND FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR CAROLINE KENNEDY WITH. A SCATHING LETTER, CALLING RFK. JR. A PREDATOR. WHAT SHE CLAIMS. AND TONIGHT, OUR REPORTER ASKING. RFK JR. TO RESPOND.

>>> THE HARROWING IMAGES COMING. IN. THE PASSENGERS AND CREW RACING. TO ESCAPE THAT BURNING PASSENGER. JET JUST BEFORE TAKEOFF. >>> THE MAJOR UPDATE ON THE. DRONES IN THE NORTHEAST. THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE NEW. EXPLANATION TONIGHT. >>> THE VIDEO EMERGING WHAT MAY. SHOW WHAT SOME BELIEVE IS THE. POSSIBLE START OF THAT. DEVASTATING AND DEADLY EATON. FIRE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO APPEARING. TO SHOW SMALL SPARKS COMING FROM. POWER LINES. THE UTILITY TONIGHT RESPONDING. >>> TONIGHT, ONE OF THE WORST.

TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAKS IN THE. U.S. IN DECADES. THE TOLL SO FAR. AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED. >>> THE POWERFUL CROSS-COUNTRY. STORM MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. DAMAGING WINDS, AND ALREADY. TONIGHT, THE IMAGES. THE COLLAPSE OF A HOME UNDER. CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE BOSTON. MULTIPLE INJURIES REPORTED. TONIGHT. AND FOUR-STORY SCAFFOLDING. ALSO COMING DOWN IN THE WINDS. >>> AND TONIGHT, MOVING THE MONA. LISA? SHOULD THE FAMOUS PAINTING BE. BROUGHT TO ITALY? FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON. TONIGHT AND HIS OWN MESSAGE ON. THE MONA LISA'S FUTURE.

>>> GOOD EVENING AND IT'S GREAT. TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON A. VERY BUSY TUESDAY NIGHT. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE. BREAKING HEADLINE. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO. OFFER BUYOUTS TO NEARLY ALL. FEDERAL WORKERS. MORE THAN 2 MILLION AMERICANS. SO, HOW WOULD THIS WORK, AND. WHAT'S DRIVING THIS? AND IT COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE. AIMED TO PUT A FREEZE ON. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL.

AID EFFECTIVE AT 5:00 TODAY, BUT. THEN, WITH MINUTES TO SPARE, A. FEDERAL JUDGE TEMPORARILY. BLOCKING THE MOVE. THAT FREEZE COULD IMPACT. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, FROM. SENIORS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN. QUESTIONS WHETHER THIS COULD. EFFECT HEAD START, SCHOOL. LUNCHES, MEALS ON WHEELS FOR. SENIORS. WE HAVE IT ALL COVERED TONIGHT, BEGINNING WITH THE PLAN TO OFFER. BUYOUTS TO MILLIONS OF THOSE. FEDERAL WORKERS. HERE'S OUR CHIEF WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP CONTINUING HIS. OVERHAUL OF THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT. ABC NEWS LEARNING THE. ADMINISTRATION IS OFFERING ALL.

WELL OVER 2 MILLION FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES A BUYOUT TO RESIGN, AS. LONG AS THEY DO IT BY FEBRUARY. 6th, JUST NINE DAYS FROM NOW. IN AN EMAIL BLASTED TO FEDERAL. EMPLOYEES TONIGHT, THOSE. INTERESTED IN TAKING THE BUYOUT. TOLD TO REPLY WITH ONE WORD --. RESIGN. THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT SAYING. "AMERICAN TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THE. SALARIES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. EMPLOYEES, AND THEREFORE DESERVE. EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THEIR. BEHALF WHO ACTUALLY SHOW UP TO. WORK IN OUR WONDERFUL FEDERAL. BUILDINGS, ALSO PAID FOR BY. TAXPAYERS.".

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THEY. WOULD BE PAID OUT UNTIL. SEPTEMBER. ALL OF THIS COMING AS TRUMP. TRIES TO ROOT OUT FEDERAL. SPENDING THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH. HIS PRIORITIES. TONIGHT, JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE. WHITE HOUSE PUT IN PLACE A. SWEEPING FREEZE ON POTENTIALLY. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL. GRANTS AND LOANS, POSSIBLY. IMPACTING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, SENIORS, AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE. COUNTRY, A FEDERAL JUDGE. TEMPORARILY BLOCKING IT. SAYING, "IT SEEMS LIKE THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY. DOESN'T ACTUALLY KNOW THE FULL. SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE.

GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THE. PAUSE.". THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY SPARKING. MAJOR QUESTIONS AFTER IT. ANNOUNCED PLANS TO PAUSE AND. REVIEW FUNDING FOR FEDERAL. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, FOR. EVERYTHING FROM FREE SCHOOL. BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES, HEAD. START FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF CHRN, AND MEALS ON WHEELS FOR. MILLIONS OF SENIORS. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: THE NEW WHITE HOUSE. PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE. LEAVITT, IN HER FIRST BRIEFING, DEFENDING THE MOVE, SAYING IT'S. NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THESE. PROGRAMS DON'T RUN COUNTER TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA. >> WHAT DOES THIS PAUSE MEAN?

IT MEANS NO MORE FUNDING FOR. ILLEGAL DEI PROGRAMS. IT MEANS NO MORE FUNDING FOR THE. GREEN NEW SCAM THAT HAS COST. AMERICAN TAXPAYERS TENS OF. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. IT MEANS NO MORE FUNDING FOR. TRANSGENDERISM AND WOKENESS. ACROSS OUR FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY. AND AGENCIES. >> Reporter: THE BROAD DIRECTIVE. IMMEDIATELY PROMPTING CONFUSION, EVEN AT MUCH BIGGER PROGRAMS. LIKE MEDICAID, WHICH PROVIDES. HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 72 MILLION. LOW INCOME AMERICANS. STATES REPORTING THE ONLINE. PORTALS DOWN.

MEDICAID WARNING OF POSSIBLE. PAYMENT DELAYS DUE TO EXECUTIVE. ORDERS REGARDING POTENTIALLY. UNALLOWABLE GRANT PAYMENTS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY EXPECT. THE PORTAL WILL BE BACK ONLINE. SHORTLY, AND PAYMENTS ARE STILL. BEING PROCESSED AND SENT. TONIGHT, THE ADMINISTRATION IS. ADAMANT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE. DIRECT BENEFITS TO AMERICANS, LIKE MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND FEDERAL FOOD. ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE. IMPACTED. BUT FEDERAL DOLLARS ALSO FLOW TO. ORGANIZATIONS THAT PASS ALONG. BENEFITS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,

LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. TO AMERICANS OUT THERE, MANY OF. WHOM SUPPORTED HIM AND VOTED FOR. HIM, WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS. IS GOING TO IMPACT THEM. DIRECTLY? >> AGAIN, DIRECT ASSISTANCE WILL. NOT BE IMPACTED. >> Reporter: IF IT'S GOING TO. ANOTHER ORGANIZATION AND. TRICKLING DOWN? >> DIRECT ASSISTANCE THAT IS IN. THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. >> Reporter: MEALS ON WHEELS. TELLING ABC NEWS THE LACK OF. CLARITY AND UNCERTAINTY. UNFORTUNATELY MEANS SENIORS WILL. PANIC, NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY. NEXT MEAL WILL COME FROM.

TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS IN BOTH. PARTIES ARE ACCUSING THE. PRESIDENT OF OVERSTEPPING HIS. POWER, BLOCKING FUNDING THAT WAS. ALREADY ALLOCATED BY CONGRESS. AND ON THIS BREAKING NEWS OF. THESE BUYOUTS, THE UNION THAT. REPRESENTS FEDERAL WORKERS IS. NOW BLASTING THE MOVE, SAYING, QUOTE, PURGING THE FEDERAL. GOVERNMENT OF DEDICATED CAREER. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE. VAST, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. THAT WILL CAUSE CHAOS FOR THE. AMERICANS WHO DEPEND ON A. FUNCTIONING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MARY BRUCE. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> MEANTIME, THE IMAGES IN NEW. YORK CITY TODAY. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SWEEPING MASS.

DEPORTATIONS. THE OPERATION HERE IN NEW YORK. AND THE BRONX. FEDERAL AGENTS JOINING THE NYPD. THERE. AN ALLEGED VENEZUELAN GANG. MEMBER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. RIGHT THERE OBSERVING THE. ARREST, THE NEWLY SWORN IN. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY, KRISTI NOEM. NEAR MIAMI, POLICE STOPPING TWO. VANS, 26 SUSPECTED UNDOCUMENTED. CHINESE MIGRANTS BELIEVED TO BE. INSIDE. TONIGHT, WHAT COURT TEAM HAS. LEARNED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING. NEXT. HERE'S OUR SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S VOW TO CARRY. OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION.

OPERATION IN U.S. HISTORY. EXPANDING TO THE NATION'S. LARGEST CITY. FEDERAL AGENTS MARCHING INTO. THIS APARTMENT IN THE BRONX, LEADING A SUSPECT OUT TO A. WAITING CAR. LIGHTS FLASHES. NEWLY SWORN IN SECRETARY OF. HOMELAND SECURITY KRISTI NOEM ON. THE SCENE, POSTING VIDEO OF THE. OPERATION ONLINE AND THIS. MESSAGE. >> HERE IN NEW YORK CITY THIS. MORNING, WE ARE GETTING THE DIRT. BAGS OFF THESE STREETS. >> Reporter: ONE OF THE TARGETS, THIS MAN, ANDERSON ZAMBRANO. PACHECO, A 25-YEAR-OLD. PURPORTED VENEZUELAN GANG MEMBER. WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN. ARMED HOME INVASION AND. KIDNAPPING IN AURORA, COLORADO. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS.

ENFORCEMENT SAYS AGENTS HAVE. MADE MORE THAN 1,000 ARRESTS IN. THE PAST 24 HOURS. IN BALTIMORE, I.C.E. APPREHENDING 12 PEOPLE, KNOCKING. ON DOORS AND LEADING DETAINEES. TO CARS. IN TALLAHASSEE, 12 PEOPLE. BELIEVED TO BE IN THE COUNTRY. ILLEGALLY HANDCUFFED AND. DETAINED BY HOMELAND SECURITY. AND STATE TROOPERS. AND NEAR MIAMI, 13 CHINESE. MIGRANTS WERE APPREHENDED, PATTED DOWN, AND ARRESTED. WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF. STAFF STEPHEN MILLER TONIGHT. SAYING THE GOAL IS TO ARREST AT. LEAST 1,875 PEOPLE EVERY DAY.

AUTHORITIES INSIST THEY'RE. ZEROING IN ON VIOLENT CRIMINALS, BUT THE DEA SPECIAL AGENT WHO. HELPED OVERSEE THE NEW YORK. OPERATION TODAY TELLING ME OTHER. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WILL. LIKELY BE SWEPT UP IN THESE. EFFORTS. >> DEA HAS PRIORITIZED ITS MOST. VIOLENT CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS. IN OUR INVESTIGATIONS. THOSE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE VIOLENCE AND THE DRUG. TRAFFICKING IN OUR COMMUNITIES. ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GOING. AFTER. >> Reporter: AND IF OTHERS GET. SWEPT UP IN AN OPERATION? THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE?

>> I THINK THAT IS VERY LIKELY. TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S MAKING A BIG. PUBLIC SHOW OF THESE ARRESTS, PUBLICIZING THE DAILY NUMBERS, BUT THEY'VE NOT SAID WHAT. PERCENTAGE OF THOSE ARRESTED. HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT CRIMES. THEIR OWN DATA INDICATES JUST. OVER HALF OF THOSE ARRESTED HAVE. A VIOLENT CRIMINAL HISTORY. ABC'S MARY BRUCE PRESSING THE. WHITE HOUSE. >> HOW MANY HAVE A CRIMINAL. RECORD VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE JUST. IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY? >> ALL OF THEM. BECAUSE THEY ILLEGALLY BROKE OUR. NATION'S LAWS AND THEY ARE. CRIMINALS AS FAR AS THIS. ADMINISTRATION GOES. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE SCENE.

IN THE BRONX OF THIS MORNING'S. BIG ARREST, ONE OF THREE DOZEN. AROUND THE CITY. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS DO NOT. WANT TO BE SHY. THEY WANT TO MAKE A SPLASH WITH. THESE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, AND WE'RE TOLD THAT THE PLAN IS. FOR I.C.E. TO HIT THREE MAJOR. CITIES EACH WEEK. DAVID? >> David: AARON KATERSKY IN THE. BRONX TONIGHT. AARON, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, CAROLINE KENNEDY, JFK'S DAUGHTER AND FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR, AND HER. BLISTERING LETTER ABOUT HER. COUSIN, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., ON THE EVE OF HIS CONFIRMATION. HEARING TO BE THE NEXT SECRETARY. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. CAROLINE KENNEDY WITH A WARNING. TONIGHT FOR SENATORS, CALLING.

RFK JR. A PREDATOR. TONIGHT, RACHEL SCOTT ASKING RFK. JR. IF HE HAS A RESPONSE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN A. SCATHING LETTER, CAROLINE. KENNEDY, DAUGHTER OF PRESIDENT. JOHN F. KENNEDY, AND FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR, URGING THE. SENATE TO REJECT HER COUSIN. ROBERT KENNEDY JR. AS THE NEXT. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN. SERVICES. CALLING HIM A PREDATOR. >> I'VE KNOWN BOBBY MY WHOLE. LIFE, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT HE KEEPS. BIRDS OF PREY AS PETS, BECAUSE. BOBBY HIMSELF IS A PREDATOR.

>> Reporter: CAROLINE KENNEDY. CALLS HER COUSIN UNQUALIFIED, WITH DANGEROUS AND MISINFORMED. VIEWS ON VACCINES. BUT SAYS HIS PERSONAL QUALITIES. POSE EVEN GREATER CONCERN. >> I WATCHED HIS YOUNGER. BROTHERS AND COUSINS FOLLOW HIM. DOWN THE PATH OF DRUG ADDICTION. HIS BASEMENT, HIS GARAGE, HIS. DORM ROOM, WERE ALWAYS THE. CENTER OF THE ACTION. WHERE DRUGS WERE AVAILABLE, AND. HE ENJOYED SHOWING OFF HOW HE. PUT BABY CHICKENS AND MICE IN A. BLENDER TO FEED TO HIS HAWKS. >> Reporter: SHE CALLED IT A. PERVERSE SCENE OF DESPAIR AND.

VIOLENCE. >> SIBLINGS AND COUSINS WHO. BOBBY ENCOURAGED DOWN THE PATH. OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUFFERED. ADDICTION, ILLNESS, AND DEATH. WHILE BOBBY HAS GONE ON TO. MISREPRESENT, LIE, AND CHEAT HIS. WAY THROUGH LIFE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID HER COUSIN. IS ADDICTED TO ATTENTION AND. POWER. >> BOBBY PREYS ON THE. DESPERATION OF PARENTS OF SICK. CHILDREN, VACCINATING HIS OWN. KIDS, WHILE BUILDING A FOLLOWING. HYPOCRITICALLY DISCOURAGING. OTHER PARENTS FROM VACCINATING.

THEIRS. >> Reporter: CAROLINE KENNEDY, WHO HAS BEEN RELUCTANT TO SPEAK. OUT ABOUT HER COUSIN, INSISTS HE. IS DISTORTING HER FATHER'S. LEGACY. >> BOBBY CONTINUES TO GRANDSTAND. OFF MY FATHER'S ASSASSINATION, AND THAT OF HIS OWN FATHER. IT'S INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME THAT. SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO. EXPLOIT THEIR OWN PAINFUL FAMILY. TRAGEDIES FOR PUBLICITY WOULD BE. PUT IN CHARGE OF AMERICA'S LIFE. AND DEATH SITUATIONS. >> Reporter: LATE TONIGHT, I. CAUGHT UP WITH ROBERT KENNEDY. JR. AS HE MADE THE ROUNDS ON.

CAPITOL HILL. ANY RESPONSE TO ANY OF THOSE. ALLEGATIONS FROM YOUR COUSIN. SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT FIT TO. SERVE? HE WOULD NOT ANSWER. AND DAVID, IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. FOR CAROLINE KENNEDY TO SPEAK. OUT LIKE THIS, BUT SHE'S DOING. IT AT A TIME WHERE SHE COULD. HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. TOMORROW, THE SENATE. CONFIRMATION HEARINGS BEGIN FOR. ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AND HE. WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. ADDRESS THE ALLEGATIONS HIMSELF. DAVID? >> David: RACHEL SCOTT LIVE ON. THE HILL AGAIN TONIGHT. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE HARROWING. IMAGES COMING IN FROM SOUTH. KOREA TONIGHT. SMOKE FILLING THE CABIN OF A.

PASSENGER PLANE JUST BEFORE. TAKEOFF. 176 PASSENGERS AND CREW RACING. TO ESCAPE THE FOREIGN PLANE. HERE'S OUR CHIEF FOREIGN. CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL NOW. >> Reporter: TERRIFYING MOMENTS. NOW AS THIS PACKED PASSENGER. PLANE CATCHES FIRE ON THE TARMAC. BEFORE TAKEOFF. THE BLAZE STRETCHING ACROSS THE. AIRBUS OPERATED BY SOUTH KOREAN. CARRIER AIR BUSAN. SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWING SMOKE. RISING. FIRE CREWS DESPERATELY TRYING TO. DOSE THE FLAMES. 169 PASSENGERS AND SEVEN CREW. EVACUATED JUST AS SMOKE STARTS.

TO FILL THE CABIN. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE FIRE BEGAN. IN THE TAIL. MIRACULOUSLY, ONLY THREE PEOPLE. SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES. THIS, JUST A MONTH AFTER THE. DEADLIEST AVIATION DISASTER IN. SOUTH KOREA. WHEN A JEJU AIR BOEING 737. LANDED ON ITS BELLY BEFORE. SKIDDING INTO A WALL AND. BURSTING INTO FLAMES, KILLING. 179. DAVID, THE CAUSE OF THIS LATEST. INCIDENT IS NOW UNDER. INVESTIGATION, BUT THIS WAS. ANOTHER BUDGET AIRLINE, AND. THEY'VE BEEN TOLD TO TIGHTEN. THEIR SAFETY MEASURES.

DAVID? >> David: IAN PANNELL WITH US. FROM LONDON. IAN, THANK YOU. >>> BACK HERE IN THE U.S. NOW, AND TO THOSE MYSTERIOUS DRONES. OVER THE NORTHEAST. WELL TONIGHT HERE, A NEW. EXPLANATION FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE. HERE'S GIO BENITEZ. >> Reporter: FOR WEEKS, THOSE. MYSTERIOUS DRONE SIGHTINGS. SPREAD PANIC AND FEAR, CLOSED AN. AIRPORT, AND RAISED CONCERNS. ABOUT AVIATION SAFETY, BUT. TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING. THOSE DRONES WERE AUTHORIZED BY. THE FAA. >> AFTER RESEARCH AND STUDY, THE. DRONES THAT WERE FLYING OVER NEW. JERSEY IN LARGE NUMBERS WERE. AUTHORIZED TO BE FLOWN BY THE.

FAA FOR RESEARCH AND VARIOUS. OTHER REASONS. >> Reporter: AT THE TIME, THE. FAA WAS SAYING THEY WERE LAWFUL. COMMERCIAL DRONES, BUT WITH THE. NATION ASKING QUESTIONS, SOME. EVEN CALLING TO SHOOT THEM DOWN, THE FAA DID NOT EXPLICITLY SAY. THEY WERE RESEARCH DRONES. IT'S UNCLEAR WHEN THE FAA. LEARNED THAT THEY WERE. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. KAROLINE LEAVITT TODAY READING A. STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP, ADDING, SOME OF THE DRONES ALSO. BELONGS TO HOBBYISTS AND PRIVATE. INDIVIDUALS, BUT INSISTING THEY. WERE NOT NEFARIOUS.

>> IN TIME, IT GOT WORSE DUE TO. CURIOSITY. THIS WAS NOT THE ENEMY. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, TONIGHT, NEITHER THE FAA, NOR THE WHITE. HOUSE, HAVE SAID WHAT KIND OF. RESEARCH THOSE DRONES WERE BEING. USED FOR. DAVID? >> David: GIO BACK ON THIS. TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE NEW IMAGES, THE. SURVEILLANCE. DOES IT OFFER A MAJOR NEW CLUE. INTO WHAT MIGHT HAVE STARTED. CALIFORNIA'S DEADLY EATON FIRE? YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE VIDEO. APPEARING TO SHOW SMALL SPARKS. COMING FROM POWER LINES. TONIGHT, THE UTILITY NOW. RESPONDING. HERE'S TREVOR AULT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEW. POSSIBLE CLUES AS TO WHAT MAY. HAVE SPARKED THE EATON FIRE THAT. RAVAGED ALTADENA, DESTROYING. MORE THAN 9,000 STRUCTURES AND. KILLING AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE. LAWYERS FOR AN ALTADENA RESIDENT. SUING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. EDISON, POINTING TO THIS GAS. STATION SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THEY. BELIEVE SHOWS SPARKS FROM A SO. CAL EDISON POWER LINE. WATCH CLOSELY, AND YOU CAN SEE. THE FLASH, TEN MINUTES LATER, THAT SAME CAMERA SHOWING THE. FIRE SPREADING FAST. >> THIS EQUIPMENT, WE BELIEVE, IT SHOWS THE ARCING AND A FIRE.

BLAZING JUST MINUTES AFTERWARD. >> Reporter: THAT VIDEO. TIMESTAMPED AT 6:11 P.M. JANUARY. 7th. MULTIPLE RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED. VIDEOS WITH ABC NEWS FROM AROUND. THE SAME TIME, INCLUDING JEFFREY. AND CHERYL KU WHO TOLD OUR MATT. GUTMAN --. >> IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. >> Reporter: SO CAL EDISON. DENIES THEIR POWER LINES WERE. FAULTY. THE POWER COMPANY DID REPORT. AROUND THAT SAME TIME FOUR OF. THEIR POWER LINES DID SEE A. MOMENTARILY AND EXPECTED. INCREASE IN CURRENT, BUT THEY. SAY THAT INCIDENT HAPPENED ON.

LEANS AT LEAST FIVE MILES AWAY. FROM THE SUSPECTED START OF THE. FIRE. >> WHAT WE DID IS A DEEPER DIVE. AND WE FOUND SOME DISTANT LINES. THAT DID HAVE SOME FAULTS, BUT. THEY DON'T SERVE THE CANYON. >> Reporter: AND DAVID, A JUDGE. HAS ORDERED SO CAL EDISON. PRESERVE ALL EVIDENCE RELATED TO. THIS LAWSUIT, AND THAT INCLUDES. THOSE POWER LINES ALLEGED TO. HAVE SPARKED THIS FIRE, DAVID. >> David: TREVOR AULT IN. ALTADENA, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE. GOING TO STAY ON THE. INVESTIGATION OF WHAT CAUSED. THESE FIRES. TREVOR, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE. ALARMING OUTBREAK IN THE U.S. ONE OF THE BIGGEST TUBERCULOSIS.

OUTBREAKS IN HISTORY. THE TOLL SO FAR. AND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING. >>> AND THEN THIS POWERFUL STORM. MOVE RIGHT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. TONIGHT. AND ALREADY TONIGHT, DAMAGING. WINDS. THE COLLAPSE OF A HOME UNDER. CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE BOSTON. MULTIPLE INJURIES HAVE BEEN. REPORTED. WE'LL HAVE MORE IN A MOMENT. HERE. >>> TONIGHT, HEALTH OFFICIALS. ARE RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT A. TUBERCULOSIS OUTBREAK IN KANSAS. ONE OF THE WORST IN U.S. HISTORY. AT LEAST TWO DEATHS NOW AMID THE. 67 CASES REPORTED IN JUST THE. LAST YEAR. THE CDC IS NOW SENDING A TEAM TO. THE STATE TO HELP WITH TESTING.

AND CONTACT TRACING. HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE NOT SAID. WHAT CAUSED THE OUTBREAK. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE POWERFUL WINTER. STORM MOVING RIGHT INTO THE. NORTHEAST. THE DAMAGING WINDS ALREADY. THE HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION. COLLAPSING. WORD OF MULTIPLE INJURIES. TONIGHT. >>> AND A LOT OF TALK THIS. EVENING, SHOULD THE MONA LISA. STAY IN PARIS, OR BE BROUGHT TO. ITALY? >>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS. TONIGHT. WE'RE TRACKING A CROSS-COUNTRY. STORM MOVING FROM TEXAS TO THE. NORTHEAST THIS WEEK. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45. MILES AN HOUR. IN PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND ALREADY, A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, A HOUSE.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSING. FIVE PEOPLE INJURED, AT LEAST. ONE PERSON IN CRITICAL. CONDITION. ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION, FOUR. STORIES OF SCAFFOLDING ALSO. COMING DOWN IN QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS. THERE COULD BE MORE COMING. SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS. THE SOUTH ON THURSDAY, THEN. HEAVY RAIN FROM D.C. TO. PHILADELPHIA, ALL THE WAY TO NEW. YORK AND NEW ENGLAND, POTENTIALLY. >>> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A. CIVILIAN JET BREAKING THE SOUND. BARRIER OVER THE CONTINENTAL. U.S. BOOM SUPERSONIC'S XB-1 JET. TAKING OFF IN CALIFORNIA'S. MOJAVE DESERT. THE TEST PLANE FLYING OVER MACH. 1 AT 35,000 FEET.

THE PILOT GOING SUPERSONIC TWO. MORE TIMES DURING THAT FLIGHT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, IS THE MONA LISA. MOVING? WHAT THE FRENCH PRESIDENT CAME. OUT AND SAID TODAY ABOUT ALL. THIS TALK. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, MOVING. THE MONA LISA? TONIGHT, THE MONA LISA, PERHAPS. THE MOST FAMOUS PAINTING IN THE. WORLD, AND HER FUTURE. THE MASTERPIECE BY LEONARDO. VINCI, PAINTED IN THE EARLY. 1500s, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS. ATTRACTIONS IN PARIS. >> THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.

OF MONA LISA. >> David: FEW REMEMBER THE. PAINTING TRAVELED TO THE U.S. IN. 1962, WHEN JFK WAS PRESIDENT. >> WE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE. GRATEFUL FOR THIS LOAN. >> David: AT THE NATIONAL. GALLERY OF ART. >> NEARLY 10,000 PEOPLE FILED BY. MONA LISA THE FIRST DAY. >> David: TONIGHT, AMID WORD OF. DETERIORATING CONDITIONS INSIDE. THE LOUVRE, THERE IS TALK BY. SOME IN ITALY THAT THE MONA LISA. SHOULD BE BROUGHT THERE. IT ALL STARTED WITH AN INTERNAL. MEMO FROM THE LOUVRE'S. PRESIDENT, LEAKED TO A FRENCH. NEWSPAPER, CONCERNED ABOUT THE.

CONDITIONS AT THE CENTURIES OLD. MUSEUM. SOME ITALIAN AUTHORITIES THEN. CALLING ON THE MONA LISA TO BE. BROUGHT TO ITALY, SAYING, QUOTE, WE ARE READY TO HOST THE MONA. LISA. BUT TODAY, FRENCH PRESIDENT. EMMANUEL MACRON WITH A DIFFERENT. PLAN. GOING BEFORE CAMERAS RIGHT IN. FRONT OF THE MONA LISA, ANNOUNCING A MASSIVE RENOVATION. AND A NEW ENTRANCE INSIDE THE. LOUVRE TO A NEW HOME, JUST FOR. THE MONA LISA, SAYING VISITORS. WILL NEED A SPECIAL TICKET, AND. THAT THE MONA LISA WILL BE IN A, QUOTE, SPECIAL PLACE, THAT WILL.

BE QUIETER. HE SAYS THIS IS WHAT THE MONA. LISA DESERVES. THE RENOVATION EXPECTED TO BE. COMPLETED BY 2031. THE FRENCH PRESIDENT HOPING TO. STOP THE TALK OF ANY MOVE FOR. THE MONA LISA. MAKING IT CLEAR, HE WANTS THE. MONA LISA TO STAY RIGHT THERE AT. THE LOUVRE IN PARIS. I'M DAVID MUIR. THANKS FOR WATCHING. I'LL SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE. TOMORROW NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST-WATCHED NEWSCAST.