ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 3, 2025

>> Mary: BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. MOMENTS AGO, AUTHORITIES. REVEALING DISTURBING NEW DETAILS. BEHIND THE EXPLOSION OF THAT. CYBER TRUCK IN LAS VEGAS. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR. SENTENCING. AND THE MASSIVE WINTER STORM. MOVING EAST. >>> FIRST, LATE TODAY THE FBI. AND POLICE REVEALING NEW DETAILS. ABOUT THE SUSPECT THAT BLEW UP A. CYBER TRUCK OUTSIDE THE TRUMP. HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. NEW IMAGES OF THE DRIVER. THE HIGHLY DECORATED SOLDIER. LEAVING BEHIND A HAUNTING NOTE, CALLING HIS ACTIONS A WAKEUP.

CALL. MOLA LENGHI IN LAS VEGAS. >>> FOLLOWING THE DEADLY ATTACK. IN NEW ORLEANS, THE FBI ISSUING. A NATIONWIDE BULLETIN ABOUT. POSSIBLE COPYCATS. INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO. DETERMINE IF THE TERROR SUSPECT. WAS RADICALIZED BEFORE OR DURING. A TRIP TO EGYPT. WHAT HIS HALF-BROTHER IS NOW. SAYING TONIGHT. AND THE RARE EXPLOSIVE FOUND IN. THE IEDs. >>> PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. ORDERED BACK TO COURT TO FACE. SENTENCING FOR HIS CONVICTION IN. THE HUSH MONEY CASE HERE IN NEW. YORK.

THE JUDGE LAUNCHING A BLISTERING. ATTACK ON TRUMP FOR HIS, QUOTE, DISDAIN FOR THE THIRD BRANCH OF. GOVERNMENT. >>> ON CAPITOL HILL, THE 119th. CONGRESS BEGINNING WITH A. DRAMATIC FIRST DAY. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON PUTTING. DOWN A CONSERVATIVE REVOLT TO. RETAIN THE GAVEL, TAKING WHAT. APPEARED TO BE AN EMBARRASSING. LOSS, TURNING IT INTO A VICTORY. WITH HELP FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP. >>> TONIGHT, THE MAJOR WINTER. STORM MOVING FROM KANSAS TO THE. EAST. 1,500 MILES LONG, 50 MILLION. PEOPLE UNDER WINTER WEATHER.

ALERTS FOR SNOW, ICE, AND BRUTAL. COLD. >>> THE NEW WARNING FROM THE. SURGEON GENERAL ABOUT THE RISKS. OF ALCOHOL AND CANCER. HEALTH OFFICIALS CALLING FOR. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS TO CARRY A. WARNING LABEL SIMILAR TO. CIGARETTES. >>> NEW IMAGES OF THE FIERY. PLANE CRASH INTO A WAREHOUSE IN. CALIFORNIA. THE PLANE EXPLODING IN FLAMES. FIRE AND SMOKE INSIDE THE. BUILDING. >>> AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HONORING. ARMY VETERANS AND FIRST. RESPONDERS FOR THEIR COURAGE. UNDER FIRE AND FOR RISKING THEIR. LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS.

>> Mary: GOOD EVENING AND THANK. YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON A VERY. BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT. I'M MARY BRUCE IN FOR DAVID. >>> WE BEGIN WITH MAJOR. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE MAN. BEHIND THE CYBER TRUCK EXPLOSION. IN LAS VEGAS. LATE TODAY, POLICE SAYING THE. DRIVER LEFT BEHIND NOTES ON HIS. PHONE DETAILING HIS ACTIONS AND.

CLUES TO A POSSIBLE MOTIVE. NEWLY RELEASED SURVEILLANCE. VIDEO SHOWS ARMY GREEN BERET. MATTHEW LIVELSBERGER AT A TESLA. CHARGING STATION DURING HIS TRIP. TO LAS VEGAS. THAT CHILLING VIDEO OF HIS FINAL. DESTINATION, THE TRUMP HOTEL. AUTHORITIES SAY LIVELSBERGER. DIED BY SUICIDE JUST BEFORE THAT. BLAST. THEY SAY IN THE NOTES HE LEFT. BEHIND, HE RAILED AGAINST THE. UNITED STATES, BUT HE HELD NO. ANIMOSITY TOWARD THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT AND HE WROTE, QUOTE, THIS WAS NOT A TERRORIST. ATTACK, IT WAS A WAKEUP CALL.

ABC'S MOLA LENGHI LEADS US OFF. IN LAS VEGAS AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES SAYING THE HIGHLY. DECORATED GREEN BERET SUSPECTED. OF USING EXPLOSIVES TO BLOW UP. THAT CYBER TRUCK OUTSIDE OF THE. TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS LEFT. BEHIND NOTES FOUND ON HIS CELL. PHONE PROVIDING CLUES TO A. POSSIBLE MOTIVE. >> AND IN THERE, YOU CAN READ A. COUPLE OF THE EXCERPTS. "WE ARE THE UNITED STATES OF. AMERICA, THE BEST COUNTRY PEOPLE. EVER TO EXIST. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE TERMINALLY. ILL AND HEADED TOWARDS COLLAPSE.

THIS WAS NOT A TERRORIST. ATTACK, IT WAS A WAKEUP CALL. AMERICANS ONLY PAY ATTENTION TO. SPECTACLES AND VIOLENCE. WHAT BETTER WAY TO GET MY POINT. ACROSS THAN A STUNT WITH. FIREWORKS AND EXPLOSIVES? WHY DID I PERSONALLY DO IT NOW? I NEEDED TO CLEANSE MY MIND OF. THE BROTHERS I'VE LOST AND. RELIEVE MYSELF OF THE BURDEN OF. THE LIVES I TOOK.". >> Reporter: OFFICIALS. CONFIRMING 37-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW. LIVELSBERGER DIED BY SUICIDE. JUST BEFORE THE EXPLOSION. MASTER SERGEANT LIVELSBERGER WAS. ON APPROVED LEAVE FROM HIS BASE. IN GERMANY. A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL TELLING.

ABC NEWS THERE HAD BEEN NO RED. FLAGS. AUTHORITY RELEASING THESE NEW. SURVEILLANCE IMAGES SHOWING HIM. AT A TESLA CHARGING STATION AS. HE MADE HIS WAY FROM COLORADO TO. NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA. THAT CYBER TRUCK RENTED VIA THE. APP TURO. LIVELSBERGER PULLING INTO THE. HOTEL VALET AT 7:35 A.M. WEDNESDAY, BEFORE PULLING OUT, RETURNING AN HOUR LATER. THEN 17 SECONDS LATER, THE. EXPLOSION. SEVEN BYSTANDERS INJURED. SOURCES SAY LIVELSBERGER WAS.

DIVORCED AND HAD RECENTLY. REMARRIED. HIS WIFE REPORTEDLY TELLING. AUTHORITIES HE'D BEEN OUT OF THE. HOUSE IN COLORADO SPRINGS SINCE. CHRISTMAS FOLLOWING A DISPUTE. OVER INFIDELITY. WHILE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY. FOUND THOSE NOTES RAILING. AGAINST THE CONDITION OF THE. UNITED STATES, THEY SAY THE. SOLDIER HELD NO ANIMOSITY. TOWARDS PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. >> WE'VE FOUND THAT THE SUBJECT. HELD NO ANIMOSITY TOWARDS THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT. THE ARMY INDICATES THAT HE. LIKELY SUFFERED FROM PTSD, AND. WE ARE ALSO AWARE THERE WERE. POTENTIAL OTHER FAMILY ISSUES OR. PERSONAL GRIEVANCES IN HIS OWN. LIFE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS. SCOURING THE SUSPECT'S. BACKGROUND. FBI AND LOCAL POLICE SEARCHING. THIS TOWNHOME IN COLORADO. SPRINGS. NEIGHBORS STUNNED. >> HE SEEMED NORMAL. HIS WIFE IS VERY NICE. THEY JUST HAD A BABY. >> Reporter: MARY, LATE TODAY. THE SHERIFF HERE IN LAS VEGAS. SAYING THEY ARE AWARE OF A. PODCAST CLAIMING TO HAVE A. LETTER FROM MATTHEW LIVELSBERGER. MENTIONING RECENT DRONE. SIGHTINGS IN THE NORTHEAST AND. CLAIMING THAT HE WAS BEING. FOLLOWED BY FEDERAL.

INVESTIGATORS. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY'RE NOT 100%. CERTAIN IT CAME FROM HIM, BUT. THEY DO BELIEVE IT DID. MARY? >> Mary: MOLA LENGHI WITH THE. DISTURBING NEW DETAILS TONIGHT. MOLA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE NATIONWIDE. WARNING IN THE WAKE OF THE. DEADLY TRUCK ATTACK IN NEW. ORLEANS. THE FBI URGING LAW ENFORCEMENT. ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO BE. VIGILANT FOR POSSIBLE COPYCAT. CRIMES. INVESTIGATORS TODAY BACK AT THE. SUSPECT'S HOME IN HOUSTON. FINDING BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS. THERE AND A RARE EXPLOSIVE IN. THE HOMEMADE IEDs. AND TONIGHT, THE TRIP HE MADE TO. EGYPT IN 2023.

WAS HE RADICALIZED BEFORE HE. WENT OR WHILE HE WAS THERE? ABC'S TREVOR AULT WITH THE. LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE. INVESTIGATION INTO HOW. TRUCK-RAMMING TERRORIST SHAMSUD. DIN JABBAR BECAME RADICALIZED. HIS HALF-BROTHER ABDUR TELLS ABC. NEWS IN 2023 JABBAR TRAVELED TO. EGYPT ABOUT A MONTH, TELLING HIS. FAMILY HE WAS GOING BECAUSE IT. WAS CHEAP AND BEAUTIFUL. THESE PHOTOS SHOW JEWELRY, TEA, AND OTHER GIFTS JABBAR BROUGHT.

BACK WITH HIM. INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW TRYING TO. DETERMINE IF JABBAR HAD BEEN. RADICALIZED PRIOR TO THAT TRIP. OR IF IT MAY HAVE MARKED THE. START OF HIS DESCENT INTO. ISLAMIC TERROR. SOURCES CONFIRM TO ABC NEWS THE. FBI FOUND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. OF BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS INSIDE. THE SUSPECT'S NORTH HOUSTON. HOME. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THOSE. UNEXPLODED IEDs FOUND IN COOLERS. JABBAR PLACED BEFORE THE ATTACK. WERE MADE WITH A VERY RARE. EXPLOSIVE COMPOUND. AND ABC NEWS HAS NOW LEARNED OF.

A NEW FBI BULLETIN WARNING THE. NATION'S 18,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT. AGENCIES TO REMAIN VIGILANT OF. POTENTIAL COPYCAT OR RETALIATORY. ATTACKS INSPIRED BY THIS ATTACK. ON BOURBON STREET TODAY, OFFICERS SHOWING THAT HEIGHTENED. VIGILANCE, INVESTIGATING A. SUSPICIOUS BAG, TAKING IT AWAY. WITHOUT INCIDENT. TONIGHT, WE'RE LEARNING MORE OF. THE STORIES OF THE VICTIMS. KAREEM BADAWI, FRESHMAN AT. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. REMEMBERING HIM AS A TALENTED. ATHLETE KNOWN FOR HIS HARD WORK.

AND TEAM SPIRIT. AND FORMER PRINCETON FOOTBALL. PLAYER TIGER BECH. HIS LITTLE BROTHER JACK ON HIS. FINAL MOMENTS. >> HIS EYES WERE CLOSED. HE WAS ON A MACHINE. BUT I KNOW HE COULD HEAR US. GOD KEPT HIS HEART BEATING FOR A. REASON. I BELIEVE IT WAS SO ME AND MY. FAMILY COULD TELL HIM GOOD-BYE. GOD WAS CALLING HIM HOME. TO HEAVEN. >> Reporter: AND MARY, PRESIDENT.

BIDEN SAYS HE HAS SPOKEN WITH. MANY OF THE FAMILIES OF THOSE 14. PEOPLE KILLED, AND THE WHITE. HOUSE SAYS HE AND THE FIRST LADY. WILL BE TRAVELING HERE TO NEW. ORLEANS ON MONDAY TO GRIEVE WITH. THE COMMUNITY. MARY? >> Mary: OKAY, TREVOR, THANK. YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, THE FIRST. MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE NEW. YEAR IS NOW ON THE WAY JUST AS. THE LAST WAVE OF HOLIDAY. TRAVELERS RETURN HOME. AHEAD OF THAT STORM, A. FAST-MOVING ROUND OF LAKE-EFFECT. SNOW. MULTIPLE WRECKS ON I-81 NEAR. PULASKI, NEW YORK. NEIGHBORHOODS BURIED UNDER 2 TO. 3 FEET OF SNOW WITH MORE ON THE.

WAY. BUT THE BIGGER THREAT BEGINNING. TOMORROW EVENING ACROSS 1,500. MILES FROM KANSAS TO THE. ATLANTIC COAST. METEOROLOGIST JEFF SMITH OF OUR. NEW YORK STATION WABC IS. TRACKING IT ALL. JEFF? >> MARY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE. INTO THE WEEKEND, DEPOSITING 2. TO 3 FEET IN SPOTS. WE EVEN HAVE A COUPLE OF SNOW. SHOWERS FROM MARYLAND TO SOUTH. JERSEY THIS EVENING. IT'S ALL A PRECURSOR TO THIS. FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF 2025. THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE. PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND. STREAKING EAST ALONG THE I-70. CORRIDOR DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.

A WIDE SWATH OF 4 TO 10 INCHES. OF SNOW. KANSAS, MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, INTO. PARTS OF, SAY, INDIANA, KENTUCKY. SEVERE STORMS TO THE SOUTH ON. SUNDAY. HOUSTON, NEW ORLEANS, ALL THE. WAY UP TO MEMPHIS, THE. POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOS. THIS ALL REACHES THE EAST COAST. BY MONDAY MORNING. IT'S A TRICKY MORNING COMMUTE. WASHINGTON, D.C. UP TO BALTIMORE. UP TO PHILADELPHIA, POTENTIALLY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IN ALL OF. THOSE CITIES. ICY CONDITIONS VIRGINIA, NORTH. CAROLINA. BEHIND IT, WE'LL CALL IT A. POCKET OF THE POLAR VORTEX. DIVING OFF TO THE SOUTH. SUBZERO WINDCHILLS, AND THIS.

BITTER ARCTIC CHILL WILL. CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF. THE MONTH. MARY? >> Mary: JEFF SMITH FROM OUR NEW. YORK STATION WABC, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. ORDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT FOR. SENTENCING RELATED TO THE HUSH. MONEY PAYMENTS HE MADE AHEAD OF. THE 2016 ELECTION JUST TEN DAYS. BEFORE HE'S SET TO BE SWORN IN. AS PRESIDENT. THE JUDGE REFUSING TO THROW OUT. HIS FELONY CONVICTIONS BUT. SAYING, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE WOULD SPARE TRUMP TIME IN. JAIL. BUT THE JUDGE IS BLASTING TRUMP. FOR HIS LACK OF RESPECT FOR.

JUDGES, JURIES, AND, QUOTE, THE. JUSTICE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. ABC'S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE. CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, DONALD. TRUMP IS DUE IN A MANHATTAN. COURTROOM TO BE SENTENCED TEN. DAYS BEFORE HE IS SWORN IN AS. NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED. STATES. IN A SURPRISE ORDER, JUDGE JUAN. MERCHAN ORDERING TRUMP TO APPEAR. IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY JANUARY. 10th, ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. TRUMP WAS CONVICTED IN MAY OF 34. FELONY COUNTS OF FALSIFYING.

BUSINESS RECORDS RELATED TO A. 2016 HUSH PAYMENT TO PORN STAR. STORMY DANIELS. THE JUDGE CALLED IT PREMEDITATED. AND CONTINUOUS DECEPTION BY THE. LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. BUT TRUMP, WHO STOOD TRIAL. DURING THE CAMPAIGN, REPEATEDLY. TRASHED THE CASE. >> NOTHING LIKE THIS HAS EVER. HAPPENED BEFORE. THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE. IT. THIS IS AN OUTRAGE THAT THIS. CASE WAS BROUGHT. >> Reporter: THE JUDGE SHARPLY. CRITICIZING TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR. DURING THE TRIAL, CALLING OUT. HIS DISDAIN FOR THE THIRD BRANCH. OF GOVERNMENT AND HIS LACK OF. RESPECT FOR JUDGES, JURIES, GRAND JURIES, AND THE JUSTICE.

SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. TRUMP'S LAWYERS HAVE ARGUED. SENTENCING THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. WOULD POSE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. BURDENS ON HIS ABILITY TO RUN. THE COUNTRY, AND TONIGHT THEY'RE. PLEDGING TO ASK AN APPEALS COURT. TO STOP THE SENTENCING. TRUMP'S CRIMINAL CONVICTION. CARRIED THE POSSIBILITY OF FOUR. YEARS BEHIND BARS, BUT THE JUDGE. SAID THAT IS NO LONGER A. PRACTICABLE RECOMMENDATION. HE WILL SPARE TRUMP JAIL TIME. AND INSTEAD SENTENCE HIM TO AN. UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE. >> Mary: LET'S GET RIGHT TO. AARON KATERSKY AT THE COURTHOUSE. HERE IN NEW YORK. AARON, WHAT DOES THIS SENTENCE,

THIS UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE, MEAN FOR TRUMP? >> Reporter: IT WOULD. EFFECTIVELY BE A MARK ON HIS. RECORD, MARY. THE JUDGE SAID HE WANTED TO. BALANCE THE SANCTITY OF THE. JURY'S VERDICT WITH THE DUTIES. OF THE PRESIDENT. SO WHILE TRUMP WOULD FACE NO. REAL PUNISHMENT, THE STAIN OF A. CRIMINAL CONVICTION WOULD. REMAIN. MARY? >> Mary: OKAY, AARON, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO CAPITOL HILL AND THE. DRAMATIC FIRST DAY OF THE 119th. CONGRESS. MIKE JOHNSON APPEARING TO LOSE. THE FIRST VOTE TO REMAIN SPEAKER. OF THE HOUSE, BUT ULTIMATELY.

PUTTING DOWN A CONSERVATIVE. REVOLT WITH SOME. BEHIND-THE-SCENES HELP FROM THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT. ABC'S JAY O'BRIEN IS ON THE. HILL. >> THE HONORABLE MIKE JOHNSON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MIKE. JOHNSON RE-ELECTED SPEAKER OF. THE HOUSE IN DRAMATIC FASHION. HEADING INTO THE CHAMBER TODAY, JOHNSON COULD ONLY AFFORD TO. LOSE THE SUPPORT OF ONE. REPUBLICAN. THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY MAKING. IT CLEAR HE WAS A FIRM NO. WHAT DOES IT SAY IF YOU LOSE ON. THE FIRST BALLOT, MR. SPEAKER? >> IT SAYS NOTHING, IT'S PART OF.

THE PROCESS. >> Reporter: BUT THE SPEAKER DID. HAVE THE SUPPORT OF. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP, WHO SAID A WIN FOR JOHNSON WOULD. BE A BIG AFFIRMATION FOR HIS. PRESIDENCY AND A BIG WIN FOR THE. REPUBLICAN PARTY. AT LEAST 17 REPUBLICANS, THOUGH, ON THE FENCE DESPITE TRUMP'S. ENDORSEMENT. JUST BEFORE 1:00 P.M., THE CLERK. CALLING THE ROLL. MASSIE, AS EXPECTED, VOTING. AGAINST THE SPEAKER. REPUBLICANS RALPH NORMAN OF. SOUTH CAROLINA AND KEITH SELF. FOLLOWING SUIT.

JOHNSON APPEARING TO NOT HAVE. ENOUGH VOTES, HUDDLING WITH. SUPPORTERS. THE SPEAKER THEN MAKING A. PERSONAL APPEAL, TAKING KEITH. SELF TO A PRIVATE ROOM OFF THE. HOUSE FLOOR. OTHER REPUBLICANS WORKING THE. PHONES, INCLUDING. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, WHO WE'VE. LEARNED DIRECTLY SPOKE WITH THE. TWO KEY REPUBLICANS, URGING THEM. TO GET IN LINE AND BACK JOHNSON. SELF TELLING US THEY HAD A. LIVELY DISCUSSION. THE SPEAKER THEN RETURNING TO. THE FLOOR, SHAKING HANDS. THEN IN A REMARKABLE TURN OF. EVENTS --.

>> MR. NORMAN, JOHNSON. >> Reporter: THE HOLDOUTS. CHANGING THEIR VOTES, RE-ELECTING JOHNSON. >> MR. SELF, JOHNSON. >> Reporter: CONGRESSMAN NORMAN. SAYING TRUMP ASKED WHY HE VOTED. AGAINST JOHNSON. >> WE NEEDED TO IMPRESS ON MIKE. JOHNSON THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT. BUDGET, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THE. BORDER, WE'RE SERIOUS. IS HE GOING TO FIGHT? WAS TAKING ANOTHER HOUR HERE. WORTH IT? ABSOLUTELY. I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. >> Reporter: MARY, TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP CELEBRATING WHAT HE. SAID WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED SHOW. OF SUPPORT FOR JOHNSON.

BUT DESPITE HOLDING ON TO HIS. GAVEL, THE SPEAKER STILL HAS A. RAZOR-THIN HOUSE REPUBLICAN. MAJORITY, AND HARDLINERS IN HIS. OWN PARTY WATCHING CLOSELY AS HE. TRIES TO DELIVER ON TRUMP'S. AMBITIOUS AGENDA. MARY? >> Mary: YEAH, THOSE DIVISIONS. IN THE PARTY STILL REMAIN. JAY, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE NEW WARNING FROM. THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL ABOUT. THE LINK BETWEEN CANCER AND. ALCOHOL. HEALTH OFFICIALS CALLING FOR. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO CARRY NEW. WARNING LABELS LIKE THOSE ON. CIGARETTES. HERE'S ABC'S DIANE MACEDO. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL IS CALLING FOR. NEW LABELS ON ALCOHOLIC. BEVERAGES, WARNING EVERY. AMERICAN WHO DRINKS OF A. POTENTIAL CANCER RISK. >> THE EVIDENCE HAS BEEN. BUILDING FOR YEARS ABOUT THE. CONNECTION BETWEEN ALCOHOL AND. CANCER RISK. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN NEARLY. FOUR DECADES SINCE LABELS WERE. ADDED TO BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR. WARNING OF THE DANGER FOR. PREGNANT WOMEN AND DRIVERS. BUT MODERATE DRINKING, ONE DRINK. A DAY FOR WOMEN AND TWO FOR MEN, HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED SAFE. >> PEOPLE DID SAY, HEY, A COUPLE. GLASSES A DAY MIGHT BE OKAY,

ALCOHOL IN MODERATION, NO BIG. DEAL. BUT THE RESEARCH IS CHANGING. >> Reporter: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS. ALCOHOL RAISES THE RISK OF AT. LEAST SEVEN CANCERS, INCLUDING. LIVER, BREAST, AND ESOPHAGEAL. THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. DEPARTMENT SAYS ALCOHOL. CONTRIBUTES TO 100,000 CANCER. CASES AND 20,000 RELATED DEATHS. EVERY YEAR. >> THE MESSAGE TO INDIVIDUALS IS. JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN IT. COMES TO ALCOHOL AND CANCER. RISK, LESS DRINKING MEANS LESS. CANCER RISK. >> Reporter: STILL, SOME.

QUESTION WHETHER CHANGING THE. LABELS WOULD CHANGE DRINKING. HABITS. >> MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE STOP AND. TAKE A SECOND THOUGHT ABOUT IT. JUST LIKE CIGARETTES. IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP EVERYBODY. FROM SMOKING. IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP EVERYBODY. FROM DRINKING. >> Reporter: THE INCOMING TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT SAID. WHETHER A NEW SURGEON GENERAL. WOULD SUPPORT UPDATING THE. WARNING LABELS. ANY NEW LABEL WOULD REQUIRE. APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS, WHICH. COULD BE AN UPHILL BATTLE. THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY SPENDS. TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. EVERY YEAR LOBBYING CONGRESS, MARY. >> Mary: DIANE MACEDO WITH THE.

WAKEUP CALL FROM THE SURGEON. GENERAL TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> CEREMONIES TO HONOR FORMER. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER BEGIN. TOMORROW MORNING. A MOTORCADE WILL CARRY HIM. THROUGH HIS HOMETOWN OF PLAINS, GEORGIA, TO THE CARTER CENTER IN. ATLANTA WHERE HE WILL LIE IN. REPOSE. TUESDAY HE WILL LIE IN STATE AT. THE U.S. CAPITOL UNTIL HIS STATE. FUNERAL AT THE WASHINGTON. NATIONAL CATHEDRAL ON THURSDAY. FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER WILL BE. BURIED BACK IN PLAINS ALONGSIDE. ROSLYN, HIS WIFE OF 77 YEARS. ABC NEWS WILL CARRY LIVE. COVERAGE CELEBRATING JIMMY. CARTER'S LIFE AND LEGACY. JOIN US TOMORROW MORNING RIGHT. HERE ON ABC.

>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, APPLE'S. $95 MILLION SETTLEMENT. THE LAWSUIT ACCUSING SIRI OF. EAVESDROPPING. >>> NEW IMAGES OF THAT DEADLY. PLANE CRASH INTO A BUILDING. THE PLANE SLAMMING THROUGH THE. ROOF, ERUPTING INTO A FIREBALL. VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE. WHAT AUTHORITIES ARE NOW SAYING. >> Mary: TONIGHT, NEW IMAGES. EMERGING OF THAT DEADLY PLANE. CRASH INTO A FURNITURE WAREHOUSE. IN FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA. THE SMALL PLANE SEEN SECONDS. BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE. ROOF. IT EXPLODED INTO A FIREBALL. THE PILOT AND HIS 16-YEAR-OLD.

DAUGHTER KILLED. SMOKE AND FLAMES INSIDE THE. BUILDING. 19 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PLANE WENT. DOWN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT CALLING FOR AN. IMMEDIATE RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, APPLE. AGREEING TO A $95 MILLION. SETTLEMENT, SIRI ACCUSED OF. EAVESDROPPING. >> Mary: TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. APPLE SETTLING A $95 MILLION. LAWSUIT OVER CLAIMS THE. VOICE-ACTIVATED ASSISTANT SIRI.

VIOLATED USERS' PRIVACY. CUSTOMERS SAY CERTIFICATEI. RECORDED CONVERSATIONS AFTER. BEING UNINTENTIONALLY TURNED ON. THAT INFORMATION ALLEGEDLY. SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING ADVERTISERS. USERS COULD RECEIVE $20 FOR UP. TO FIVE SIRI-ENABLED DEVICES. APPLE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING IN. AGREEING TO THE SETTLEMENT. SETTLEMENT, WHICH IS AWAITING A. JUDGE'S APPROVAL. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, PRESIDENT. BIDEN HONORING AMERICAN VETERANS. AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOR THEIR. BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE. >> Mary: FINALLY TONIGHT, COURAGE AND SACRIFICE ON DISPLAY. AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.

"AMERICA STRONG.". AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN HONORING. CIVILIAN HEROES WHO PUT THEIR. OWN LIVES AT RISK TO SAVE OTHERS. WITH THE MEDAL OF VALOR. >> THEY SAVED CHILDREN, THEY. SAVED PEOPLE IN SERIOUS. DISTRESS, THEY JUMPED INTO. FREEZING WATER. THEY DID IT ALL. >> Mary: LIKE SERGEANT TU TRAN. OF THE LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, POLICE. DEPARTMENT, HONORED FOR SAVING A. WOMAN WHO WAS DROWNING BY. JUMPING INTO A FRIGID POND. >> THEY LITERALLY PUT THEIR. LIVES AT RISK.

SOME OF THEM AT THE POINT YOU. WONDER HOW THEY COULD HAVE HAD. THE NERVE TO DO IT. >> Mary: FIVE OFFICERS. OF THE NASHVILLE POLICE. RECOGNIZED FOR RUNNING TOWARD. GUNFIRE TO TAKE DOWN A SHOOTER. AT COVENANT ELEMENTARY LAST. MARCH. TONIGHT IN THE EAST ROOM OF THE. WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT ALSO. HONORING SEVEN U.S. ARMY. VETERANS WITH THE MEDAL OF. HONOR, THE NATION'S HIGHEST. MILITARY DECORATION. >> THESE ARE GENUINE TO THEIR. CORE HEROES. HEROES OF DIFFERENT RANKS, DIFFERENT POSITIONS, EVEN. DIFFERENT GENERATIONS. BUT HEROES WHO ALL WENT ABOVE. AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

HEROES WHO ALL DESERVE OUR. NATION'S HIGHEST AND OLDEST. MILITARY RECOGNITION, THE MEDAL. OF HONOR. >> Mary: PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. KENNETH DAVID RISKED HIS OWN. LIFE IN VIETNAM, DRAWING ENEMY. FIRE AWAY FROM THE WOUNDED AND. TOWARD HIMSELF. HE'S THE ONLY ONE OF TODAY'S. SEVEN MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. STILL LIVING. KOREAN WAR VETERAN RICHARD. KAVASOS, THEN A LIEUTENANT, WHO. WENT ON TO BECOME THE ARMY'S. FIRST HISPANIC FOUR-STAR.

GENERAL. >> IT'S UP TO US TO GIVE THIS. MEDAL MEANING. TO KEEP FIGHTING. TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR ONE. ANOTHER, FOR EACH OTHER, TO KEEP. DEFENDING EVERYTHING THESE. HEROES FOUGHT FOR AND MANY OF. THEM DIED FOR. >> Mary: AND WE THANK THEM FOR. THEIR SERVICE. I'M MARY BRUCE. GOOD NIGHT.