ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 7, 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. THE EMERGENCY UNFOLDING RIGHT. NOW. RACING TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. WINDS NOW GUSTING UP TO 100. MILES PER HOUR. UNLEASHING FIRES ACROSS SOUTHERN. CALIFORNIA. THE EVACUATIONS UNDER WAY AT. THIS HOUR. FAMILIES RACING TO GET OUT, AND. THE WELL-KNOWN ACTOR NOW SHARING. VIDEO OF THE FLAMES NEAR HIS. HOME. WE'RE ON THE SCENE. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE OTHER. MAJOR WEATHER CONCERN. THE ARCTIC BLAST SWEEPING IN. ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. AND NOW THE NEW STORM MOVING. FROM TEXAS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE. NORTHEAST.

GINGER ZEE STANDING BY WITH THE. FORECAST. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT. DONALD TRUMP NOT RULING OUT. MILITARY FORCE TO ACQUIRE. GREENLAND AND THE PANAMA CANAL, AND IS NOW THREATENING TO. PRESSURE CANADA TO BECOME PART. OF THE U.S. >>> TONIGHT, THE DISTURBING. DISCOVERY FOLLOWING A JETBLUE. FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK CITY TO. FORT LAUDERDALE. THE BODIES OF TWO MEN FOUND IN. THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO. FROM THE CYBERTRUCK BOMBING. OUTSIDE THE TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS. VEGAS. WHY INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE. THE SUSPECT USED ARTIFICIAL.

INTELLIGENCE IN HIS PLAN. >>> TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES ALSO. RELEASING THIS NEW IMAGE HERE OF. THE NEW ORLEANS TERROR SUSPECT. WHY THEY NEED YOUR HELP TONIGHT. WHEN THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN OF THE. SUSPECT RIDING A BIKE IN THE. FRENCH QUARTER. >>> THE PARENT COMPANY OF. FACEBOOK TONIGHT ISSUING A MAJOR. POLICY CHANGE. MARK ZUCKERBERG ELIMINATING. FACT-CHECKERS ON FACEBOOK. IT COMES AFTER A RECENT MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. >>> THE MOVING IMAGES LATE. TODAY, AS THE NATION REMEMBERS.

FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER. HIS CASKET CARRIED UP THE. CAPITOL STEPS. >>> AND LATER TONIGHT, REMEMBERING A KEY MEMBER OF. PETER, PAUL AND MARY, WHO HAS. DIED. ♪ I'M LEAVING ON A JET PLANE ♪. HELPED DEFINE AN ERA. ♪ DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE BACK. AGAIN ♪. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR. >> David: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AS WE COME ON THE AIR HERE IN.

THE WEST TONIGHT WE DO BEGIN. WITH BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR. 100-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND GUSTS, HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS UNLEASHING. FIRES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT THIS HOUR. THESE ARE THE IMAGES COMING IN. RIGHT NOW. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THIS A, QUOTE, PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. SITUATION. A FAST-MOVING WILDFIRE RACING. THROUGH PACIFIC PALISADES. TENS OF THOUSANDS RACING TO. EVACUATE. HOMES ALREADY LOST TONIGHT. THE FIRE BREAKING OUT ON THE. HILLTOP WEST OF LOS ANGELES. ALREADY BURNING ACROSS MORE THAN. 1,200 ACRES. FIREFIGHTERS RACING TO THE. SCENE. SOME DEPLOYED AHEAD OF TIME. THEY KNEW THE WINDS WERE GOING.

TO BE DANGEROUS. THE FIRE SPREADING QUICKLY, DESTROYING THIS TRUCK. SO MANY FAMILIES RACING TO GET. OUT TONIGHT. ACTOR JAMES WOODS POSTING THIS. VIDEO OF FLAMES NEAR HIS HOME. EVERYONE IN PACIFIC PALISADES. TOLD TO LEAVE. MANY CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC JAMS. SOME LEAVING ON FOOT TONIGHT, GRABBING ONLY WHAT THEY COULD. AND TONIGHT, THE WINDS ARE. EXPECTED TO ONLY STRENGTHEN. OVERNIGHT. A DANGEROUS NIGHT AHEAD. ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. LEADING US OFF. HE'S ON THE SCENE IN CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. PALISADES FIRE BURNING HOMES AND.

FORCING THOUSANDS TO RUN FOR. THEIR LIVES. THE FIRE ERUPTING IN THE PACIFIC. PALISADES FOOTHILLS WEST OF LOS. ANGELES AROUND 10:30 LOCAL TIME. FIRE TRUCKS RACING TO THE SCENE. AIRCRAFT ATTACKING IT FROM. ABOVE. >> WE THREW EVERYTHING WE HAD AT. IT REALLY QUICK. WE KNEW THAT IF WE DIDN'T GET IT. IN 20 MINUTES, IT WOULD GO TO. HUNDREDS OF ACRES. >> Reporter: BUT THOSE EFFORTS. NO MATCH FOR THOSE DEVASTATING. SANTA ANA WINDS. JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF. SECONDS SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE. THIS FIRE HAS CRESTED THIS.

LITTLE HILL WE'RE ON. THE ENTIRE BASIN HERE IS. ENGULFED IN FLAMES. YOU CAN SEE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO THE OCEAN BEHIND ME. THAT'S WHERE THAT LIGHT IS, YOU. CAN SEE THAT FIRE RIGHT NOW. TAKING OVER THAT PILE OF LEAVES. AND DEBRIS. AND BEHIND US, THE BULK OF THAT. MASSIVE FIRE NOW TAKING OVER. MOST OF THIS NORTHERN PART OF. PACIFIC PALISADES. THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF PACIFIC. PALISADES ORDERED TO EVACUATE. TRAFFIC GRIDLOCKED FOR MILES. DRIVERS STUCK BESIDE BURNING.

HILLSIDES. SOME SETTING OUT ON FOOT. VEHICLES CATCHING FIRE. WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE? >> HOUSES ON FIRE UP ON THE. CORNER AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THAT. STREET. >> Reporter: MEGAN GARMAN, HER. DAUGHTER, AND THEIR DOG. EVACUATING ON FOOT AFTER THEY. ABANDONED THEIR VEHICLE. >> WELL, THE SMOKE JUST GOT. REALLY BAD, SO I JUST STARTED. PACKING UP ALL OF OUR STUFF. AND WE GOT IN THE CAR TO GO AND. THEN ALL THE CARS WERE. ABANDONED, SO I HAD NOWHERE TO. GO, SO I JUST HAD TO GET OUT OF. MY CAR AND START WALKING, THE. SMOKE IS SO BAD. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES HELPING.

THE FAMILY TO SAFETY. ACTOR JAMES WOODS POSTING THIS. VIDEO OF FLAMES NEAR HIS HOME. >> GOT A LOT OF PLANES GOING. OVER, DROPPING WATER, BUT --. >> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE HOW. THAT WIND IS CASTING THE EMBERS, SENDING THAT FIRE RIGHT INTO. THAT HOUSE JUST ABOVE THAT STAND. OF TREES IN THERE. FIREFIGHTERS IN AN ALL-OUT. BATTLE TO SAVE THIS SHOPPING. CENTER, PULLING HOSES RIGHT. THROUGH BUSINESSES, AND EVEN. USING BUCKETS AT ONE POINT TO. STOP THE SPREAD. THE FIRE DANGER THROUGHOUT. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CRITICAL. BECAUSE OF A SANTA ANA WINDSTORM. THAT COULD BRING GUSTS OF 100.

MILES AN HOUR TO SOME AREAS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GOING AS FAR AS TO WARN PEOPLE. TO STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DAVID, THE FIRE BEHIND ME. BURNING SO HOT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY. HEAR IT HISSING. THE ENTIRE ROW OF HOUSES HERE IN. PACIFIC PALISADES ON THIS STREET. GOING DOWN IN THAT DIRECTION IS. NOW ON FIRE. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A FIREFIGHTER. HERE. AND MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE TENS. OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS HERE. IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES, THE. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE.

TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW ACROSS. MOST OF L.A. COUNTY. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO. BECOME AFFECTED. DAVID? >> David: THIS IS JUST AWFUL. ALL RIGHT, MATT, YOU AND THE. CREW STAY SAFE. MATT, THANK YOU. LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, TRACKING THESE FIRES OVERNIGHT. THE CONDITIONS WORSENING. ALSO THE OTHER MAJOR CONCERN AT. THIS HOUR THE DEEP FREEZE, THIS. NEW STORM MOVING INTO THE EAST. BUT GINGER, OF COURSE, LET'S. START WITH THESE FIRES, A. DANGEROUS NIGHT AHEAD? >> Reporter: OH, DAVID, TERRIFYING NIGHT AHEAD, WITH. WIND GUSTS THAT JUST CAME IN AT. MAGIC MOUNTAIN IN THE SAN. GABRIEL MOUNTAINS OF 86 MILES. PER HOUR.

THAT'S WHAT'S AHEAD FOR TONIGHT. THROUGH TOMORROW. IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. BECAUSE OF THE SQUEEZE OF THOSE. UPPER LEVEL WINDS COMING OVER. THE MOUNTAINS, AND THEN THEY CAN. KIND OF COLLAPSE AND EVEN CREATE. EDDIES. AT THIS POINT, WITH HOW DRY THEY. ARE, WITH THE RELATIVE. HUMIDITIES 5% TO 15%, THAT. PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. SITUATION, RED FLAG WARNING. EVENT UP. TREES AND POWER LINES COMING. DOWN. WE'RE WORRIED THAT ANY FIRE THAT. STARTS OR THAT HAS ALREADY. STARTED IS GOING TO BE ALMOST. UNFIGHTABLE BY TOMORROW MORNING. LOOK AT THOSE WIND GUSTS, 62, SANTA CLARITA.

THAT IS 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. THAT SAME LOW THAT WILL. EVENTUALLY EJECT AND REACH. DALLAS, LITTLE ROCK, NASHVILLE, ALL WITH WINTER STORM ALERTS. ALREADY UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEEP. SOUTH THAT DOESN'T GET THIS TYPE. OF SNOW OFTEN, NORTHERN. MISSISSIPPI, NORTHERN GEORGIA, AND ALABAMA. AND EVENTUALLY, DAVID, WE GET. THE SNOW AGAIN BY THE WEEKEND. >> David: GOING TO BE REALLY. DANGEROUS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. BUT WE ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT. THE MILLIONS IN CALIFORNIA. TONIGHT. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS STUFF. GINGER ZEE TONIGHT, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN TO THE OTHER NEWS. THIS EVENING, AND THIS EVENING. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. REFUSING TO RULE OUT USING THE. MILITARY TO TAKE CONTROL OF. GREENLAND AND THE PANAMA CANAL. AND ALSO SAYING THAT CANADA. SHOULD BECOME PART OF THE U.S. HERE'S SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT-ELECT. TRUMP TONIGHT DOUBLING DOWN ON. HIS PUSH TO TAKE OVER GREENLAND. AND THE PANAMA CANAL, REFUSING. TO RULE OUT USING THE MILITARY. TO DO IT. >> CAN YOU ASSURE THE WORLD THAT. AS YOU TRY TO GET CONTROL OF. THESE AREAS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO. USE MILITARY OR ECONOMIC.

COERCION? >> NO. NO, I CAN'T ASSURE YOU ON EITHER. OF THOSE TWO. BUT I CAN SAY THIS, WE NEED THEM. FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY. THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR. OUR MILITARY. >> YOU WILL NOT USE MILITARY --. >> I'M NOT GOING TO COMMIT TO. THAT. IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO. DO SOMETHING. LOOK, THE PANAMA CANAL IS VITAL. TO OUR COUNTRY. >> Reporter: TRUMP ALSO SAYING. HE WOULD USE, QUOTE, ECONOMIC. FORCE TO PRESSURE CANADA TO JOIN. THE UNITED STATES. AND ANNOUNCED HE WILL SOON. RENAME THE GULF OF MEXICO. >> THE GULF OF AMERICA, WHAT A.

BEAUTIFUL NAME. AND IT'S APPROPRIATE. IT'S APPROPRIATE. >> Reporter: IN THE WIDE-RANGING. PRESS CONFERENCE, I ASKED TRUMP. ABOUT HIS VOW TO PARDON THE. JANUARY 6th RIOTERS. >> MORE THAN 140 POLICE OFFICERS. WERE INJURED BY RIOTERS ON. JANUARY 6th. WILL YOU PARDON ANYONE WHO. ATTACKED A POLICE OFFICER? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY ONE. THAT WAS KILLED WAS A BEAUTIFUL. YOUNG LADY NAMED ASHLI BABBITT. SHE WAS KILLED. THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY. INSURRECTION IN HISTORY WHERE.

PEOPLE WENT IN AS. INSURRECTIONISTS WITH NOT ONE. GUN. OKAY? AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE PEOPLE. THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE A. LOT OF GUNS IN THEIR HOME, FOR. HUNTING AND FOR SHOOTING AND FOR. ENTERTAINMENT, A LOT OF GOOD. REASONS. BUT THERE WASN'T ONE GUN THAT. THEY FOUND. >> Reporter: ASHLI BABBITT WAS. SHOT BY CAPITOL POLICE AS THE. MOB TRIED TO STORM THE HOUSE. CHAMBER. BUT GUNS WERE FOUND ON SEVERAL. RIOTERS. TODAY, TRUMP WOULD NOT SAY IF HE. WOULD PARDON THOSE CONVICTED OF.

VIOLENT OFFENSES, INCLUDING. ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICERS. AND DAVID, BACK TO THE. PRESIDENT-ELECT'S DEMANDS TO. TAKE OVER THE PANAMA CANAL, GREENLAND, AND CANADA. TONIGHT, THE PRIME MINISTER OF. DENMARK, WHICH OWNS GREENLAND, IS DECLARING GREENLAND IS NOT. FOR SALE AND WILL NOT BE IN THE. FUTURE, EITHER. AND CANADA'S JUSTIN TRUDEAU IS. SAYING THERE ISN'T A SNOWBALL'S. CHANCE IN HELL THAT CANADA WOULD. BECOME PART OF THE UNITED. STATES. DAVID? >> David: SELINA WANG TONIGHT. SELINA, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NEXT TONIGHT TO THE. DISTURBING DISCOVERY FOLLOWING A. JETBLUE FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK.

CITY TO FORT LAUDERDALE. THE BODIES OF TWO MEN FOUND DEAD. IN THE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL. THE PLANE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM. JFK. VICTOR OQUENDO FROM FLORIDA. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING AFTER. TWO MEN WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE. THE LANDING GEAR COMPARTMENT OF. THIS JETBLUE AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT ARRIVING FROM NEW. YORK'S JFK AIRPORT TO FORT. LAUDERDALE OVERNIGHT. A GATE TECHNICIAN SOUNDING THE. ALARM DURING A POST-FLIGHT. INSPECTION. >> A GATE TECHNICIAN IN THE. LANDING GEAR AREA NOTICED TWO. MALES WHO APPEAR TO BE SIGNAL. SEVEN.

ADVISING THEY ARE NOT MOVING. >> Reporter: PARAMEDICS. PRONOUNCING THE MEN DEAD AT THE. SCENE. >> DETECTIVES WILL BE LOOKING AT. ALL ASPECTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE. CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS INCIDENT. >> Reporter: A NUMBER OF RECENT. INCIDENTS RAISING SECURITY. CONCERNS. ON CHRISTMAS EVE, A BODY FOUND. IN THE WHEEL WELL OF A UNITED. FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO MAUI. THAT SAME DAY, A STOWAWAY. DELAYING A DELTA FLIGHT FROM. SEATTLE TO HONOLULU. TSA STATING THE PASSENGER WAS. SCREENED AT A SECURITY.

CHECKPOINT, BUT BYPASSED THE. IDENTIFY VERIFICATION AND MADE. IT THROUGH WITHOUT SHOWING A. BOARDING PASS. >>> WE CAN'T HAVE EVEN ONE OR. TWO SLIP ON BOARD AN AIRPLANE, BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS SECURITY. RISK. SO THE QUESTION HERE IS, WHAT IN. THE WORLD IS GOING ON? WHERE IS THE LAPSE IN THE. PROCEDURES? >> Reporter: AND DAVID, AS FOR. WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN FORT. LAUDERDALE, JETBLUE CALLING THIS. HEARTBREAKING, SAYING THEY'LL. WORK CLOSELY WITH AUTHORITIES TO. UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, VICTOR. OQUENDO. VICTOR, THANK YOU. >>> THE NEW TURN TONIGHT AFTER. THAT TRUCK EXPLOSION OUTSIDE THE. TRUMP HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS. AUTHORITIES SAY NEW VIDEO SHOWS.

THE SUSPECT POURING RACING FUEL. IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK, AND. THAT HE USED A.I., ARTIFICIAL. INTELLIGENCE, TO PLOT THE. ATTACK. HERE'S MOLA LENGHI. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES IN LAS VEGAS. RELEASING NEW VIDEO THEY SAY. SHOWS MASTER SERGEANT MATTHEW. LIVELSBERGER PREPARING FOR THAT. CYBERTRUCK EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF. THE TRUMP HOTEL. POLICE SAY THIS IS LIVELSBERGER. AT A PARKING LOT, PULLING OUT A. WHITE CAN OF RACING FUEL FROM. THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, THEN. POURING THAT FUEL ONTO THE.

VEHICLE, WHERE THEY SAY HE HAD. STORED MORE THAN 60 POUNDS OF. EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS. >> ALMOST 20 GALLONS OF FUEL. WERE POURED OVER THE FIREWORKS. AND THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS THAT. WERE INSIDE THE CARGO. COMPARTMENTS OF THE CYBERTRUCK. >> Reporter: VIDEO SHOWING THAT. CYBERTRUCK LATER PULLING UP IN. FRONT OF THE HOTEL ON NEW YEAR'S. DAY. MOMENTS LATER, EXPLODING INTO A. FIREBALL. AND TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY. THE DECORATED GREEN BERET USED. CHATGPT TO PLOT THE ATTACK, INCLUDING WHERE TO BUY FIREWORKS. AND HOW MUCH TO BUY.

AUTHORITIES SAYING LIVELSBERGER. DYING BY SUICIDE IN THAT TRUCK. JUST BEFORE THAT BLAST. SEVEN OTHERS WERE INJURED. WELL, AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ALSO. FOUND A SIX-PAGE DOCUMENT ON. LIVELSBERGER'S CELL PHONE. DETAILING HIS STRUGGLES WITH. MENTAL HEALTH. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS WORKING. ON GETTING INTO ANOTHER ONE OF. HIS ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN THE. HOPES OF GETTING OUT EVEN MORE. INFORMATION. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MOLA LENGHI. BACK WITH US TONIGHT. MOLA, THANK YOU. >>> THIS EVENING THERE IS NEWS. THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK. HAS NOW ELIMINATED FACT-CHECKING. ON FACEBOOK. MARK ZUCKERBERG RECENTLY MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP.

AND WHAT FACEBOOK WILL NOW DO. INSTEAD. HERE'S REBECCA JARVIS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A SEISMIC. SHIFT IN STRATEGY. CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG ANNOUNCING. META WILL ELIMINATE ITS. THIRD-PARTY FACT-CHECKING. A PROGRAM ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO. COMBAT MISINFORMATION. >> AND WE'VE REACHED A POINT. WHERE IT'S JUST TOO MANY. MISTAKES AND TOO MUCH. CENSORSHIP. >> Reporter: THE CHANGE COMING. JUST DAYS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP. TAKES OFFICE. ZUCKERBERG ACKNOWLEDGING THE. MOVE WAS PROMPTED IN PART BY THE. ELECTION. >> THE RECENT ELECTIONS ALSO. FEEL LIKE A CULTURAL TIPPING.

POINT TOWARDS ONCE AGAIN. PRIORITIZING SPEECH. >> Reporter: BUT ZUCKERBERG SAYS. THE CHANGE ALSO ALIGNS WITH HIS. LONG-HELD PERSONAL VIEWS ON FREE. SPEECH. >> I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD. DECIDE WHAT IS CREDIBLE, NOT. TECH COMPANIES. >> Reporter: META WILL PHASE IN. A COMMUNITY NOTE SYSTEM, LETTING. USERS DECIDE WHICH POSTS ARE. MISLEADING. A MODEL SIMILAR TO X'S, THE. PLATFORM RUN BY ELON MUSK. THE MOVE, A KIND OF RESET FOR. ZUCKERBERG AND FACEBOOK, WHICH. PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP ONCE. CALLED A TRUE ENEMY OF THE. PEOPLE. ZUCKERBERG RECENTLY TRAVELING TO.

MAR-A-LAGO TO MEET TRUMP, AND. JUST YESTERDAY, META ADDING KEY. TRUMP ALLY DANA WHITE, CEO OF. THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING. CHAMPIONSHIP, TO ITS BOARD OF. DIRECTORS. AND IN FACT, DAVID, MARK. ZUCKERBERG AND DANA WHITE HAVE. RECENTLY BONDED OVER THEIR. SHARED PASSION FOR MIXED MARTIAL. ARTS. THE PRESIDENT-ELECT TODAY SAID. HE WELCOMED THE CHANGES FROM. META AND THAT THE COMPANY'S COME. A LONG WAY. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, REBECCA. JARVIS REPORTING. REBECCA, THANK YOU. >>> OVERSEAS TONIGHT, A POWERFUL. 7.1 EARTHQUAKE IN TIBET NEAR.

MOUNT EVEREST. SURVEILLANCE SHOWING VIOLENT. SHAKING. PEOPLE RUNNING INSIDE A STORE. DEBRIS CRASHING DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGES HERE. AT LEAST 126 DEAD TONIGHT. THAT NUMBER CLIMBING. BUILDINGS REDUCED TO RUBBLE. FIRST RESPONDERS RACING TO FIND. SURVIVORS NOW. >>> BACK HERE AT HOME TONIGHT, THE NATION HONORING OUR 39th. PRESIDENT. FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER IS. NOW LYING IN STATE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. HIS FUNERAL IS ON THURSDAY AT. THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL IN. WASHINGTON, AND WE'LL CARRY IT. TONIGHT, TERRY MORAN ON A.

PRESIDENT WHO LEFT WASHINGTON. DEFEATED AFTER ONE TERM, BUT WHO. RETURNED TODAY, REDEFINED BY HIS. DECADES OF SERVICE AFTER HIS. PRESIDENCY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, IN THE. SOMBER SILENCE UNDER THE CAPITOL. DOME, JIMMY CARTER, THE NATION'S. LONGEST-LIVED PRESIDENT, LIES IN. STATE. EARLIER TODAY, THE LATE. PRESIDENT'S REMAINS WERE BROUGHT. OUT FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER. THAT'S NAMED FOR HIM IN ATLANTA, WHERE THE FORMER GEORGIA.

GOVERNOR HAD LAIN IN STATE. AN AIR FORCE FLIGHT, SPECIAL AIR. MISSION 39, CARRIED THE 39th. PRESIDENT, WHO WAS BORN AND DIED. IN PLAINS, GEORGIA. TO A SUNNY AND SNOW-COVERED. WASHINGTON, D.C. THE MOTORCADE MAKING ITS WAY TO. THE U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL IN. DOWNTOWN WASHINGTON. CARTER AUTHORIZED ITS. CONSTRUCTION WHEN HE WAS. PRESIDENT. HE SERVED AS A NAVAL OFFICER. ONBOARD THE COUNTRY'S FIRST. EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR SUBMARINE. IT WAS HIS DREAM TO JOIN THE. NAVY, AND HE CHOSE THIS SPOT TO. PLAY A SPECIAL ROLE IN HIS OWN.

FUNERAL. ♪♪. CARTER'S FLAG-DRAPED CASKET WAS. THEN TRANSFERRED TO A. HORSE-DRAWN CAISSON. AND BEGAN ITS SLOW PROCESSION. DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THE FAREWELL ECHOING THIS. HISTORIC MOMENT FROM 1977, WHEN. THE CARTERS GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR. AND WALKED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON. HIS INAUGURATION DAY. TODAY AT THE CAPITOL, HIS CASKET. WAS CARRIED WITH CARE AND. PRECISION, STEP BY STEP.

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. REMEMBERING CARTER AS A. PRESIDENT AHEAD OF HIS TIME. >> JIMMY CARTER WAS THAT ALL TOO. RARE EXAMPLE OF A GIFTED MAN WHO. ALSO WALKS WITH HUMILITY, MODESTY, AND GRACE. >> Reporter: AS TONIGHT, THE. NATION PAUSES TO HONOR THIS SON. OF THE SOUTH AND HIS REMARKABLE. CENTURY OF SERVICE. DAVID, TONIGHT, JIMMY CARTER HAS.

RETURNED TO A VERY DIFFERENT. WASHINGTON THAN THE ONE HE LEFT. AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY, EVEN MORE. DIVIDED THAN BACK THEN. BUT IT SEEMS IF ONLY FOR JUST A. MOMENT THAT THERE'S SOME UNITY. HERE IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO A. REMARKABLE AMERICAN LIFE. DAVID? >> David: IT REALLY WAS QUITE. MOVING, TERRY. WE'LL SEE YOU THURSDAY FOR THE. FUNERAL. TERRY, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING. FOR THE PUBLIC'S HELP TONIGHT. THEY HAVE JUST RELEASED A NEW. IMAGE THIS EVENING OF THE TERROR. SUSPECT IN NEW ORLEANS. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU, AND WHY. THEY BELIEVE THIS IMAGE IS. SIGNIFICANT TONIGHT. >>> ALSO, WE REMEMBER A FAMOUS. SINGER, THEIR VOICE.

THAT TRIO DEFINED A GENERATION. >>> TONIGHT, THE FBI HAS. RELEASED A NEW IMAGE OF NEW. ORLEANS TERROR SUSPECT. SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR, ACCUSED OF. USING A PICKUP TRUCK TO RUN DOWN. VICTIMS IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, KILLING 14 PEOPLE. WELL, TONIGHT HERE AUTHORITIES. ARE REVEALING A NEW PHOTO OF HIM. RIDING A BIKE THROUGH THE FRENCH. QUARTER, THIS WAS ON HALLOWEEN, POSSIBLY THEY SAY MAPPING OUT. HIS DEADLY ATTACK ON NEW YEAR'S. THEY'RE ASKING ANYONE WHO SAW. HIM THAT DAY TO COME FORWARD. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE CLOSE CALL, THE. MASSIVE SINKHOLE OPENING UP IN.

PHILADELPHIA. >>> AND WE REMEMBER A FAMOUS. SINGER TONIGHT. YOU'LL REMEMBER THE SONGS. >>> TO THE INDEX. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TONIGHT, A. CLOSE CALL FOR A CITY BUS IN. PHILADELPHIA. A SINKHOLE OPENING MOMENTS AFTER. THE BUS DROVE OVER IT. THE STREET BUCKLING UNDER THE. BUS, WEAKENED BY A RUPTURED. WATER MAIN. MOMENTS LATER, A GIANT HOLE. THE STREET REMAINS CLOSED FOR. REPAIRS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, REMEMBERING A KEY. MEMBER OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY. THEIR MUSIC DEFINED AN ERA. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, REMEMBERING PETER YARROW, PART. OF THE FAMOUS FOLK TRIO PETER,

PAUL AND MARY. PETER YARROW OF PETER, PAUL AND. MARY, THE LEGENDARY 1960s FOLK. TRIO. ♪ LORD I'M 500 MILES FROM MY. HOME ♪. >> David: THEIR MUSIC, THEIR. DISTINCT HARMONIES, THEIR LYRICS. FULL OF MOVING STORIES. THEIR SONG "IF I HAD A HAMMER.". ♪ I'D SING OUT A WARNING ♪. ♪ I'D SING OUT LOVE BETWEEN THE. BROTHERS AND THE SISTERS ♪.

♪ ALL OVER THIS LAND ♪. >> David: THE TIMELESS "PUFF THE. MAGIC DRAGON.". ♪ PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON ♪. ♪ LIVED BY THE SEA ♪. >> SING IT WITH US. ♪ AND FROLICKED IN THE AUTUMN. MIST ♪. ♪ IN A LAND ♪. ♪ CALLED HONAH LEE ♪. >> David: THEY WOULD RECORD JOHN. DENVER'S "LEAVING ON A JET. PLANE.". ♪ I'M LEAVING ON A JET PLANE ♪. ♪ I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE BACK. AGAIN ♪.

>> David: PETER YARROW WRITING. OFTEN WITH PAUL STOOKEY, THE. LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE. GROUP. MARY TRAVERS DIED IN 2009. OFTEN LENDING THEIR VOICES FOR. CIVIL RIGHTS, AND AGAINST. VIETNAM. ♪ HOW MANY TIMES MUST THE CANNON. BALLS FLY ♪. ♪ BEFORE THEY'RE FOREVER. BANNED ♪. >> David: PETER YARROW DIED AT. THE AGE OF 86 EARLIER TODAY AT. HOME IN NEW YORK CITY, SURROUNDED BY LOVED ONES AFTER A. YEARS-LONG BATTLE WITH BLADDER. CANCER.

TONIGHT HERE, PETER YARROW IN. HIS OWN WORDS. >> AMERICA'S GENIUS IS THAT WE. CAN CHANGE, AND IT CAN COME FROM. THE PEOPLE. BUT WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT. WE BELIEVE IN. ♪ THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE. WIND ♪. >> David: THEIR MUSIC HELPED. DEFINE AN ERA. I'M DAVID MUIR. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.