ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 25, 2026

>>> TONIGHT, NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON. TWO MAJOR STORIES. THE DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WITH. NEARLY 200 MILLION AMERICANS IN. ITS GRIP SPRAWLING FROM NEW. MEXICO TO NEW ENGLAND, AND THE. MOUNTING OUTRAGE AFTER FEDERAL. AGENTS SHOT AND KILLED ANOTHER. AMERICAN CITIZEN IN MINNEAPOLIS.

WE BEGIN WITH THE POWERFUL STORM. SPANNING 2,000 MILES. AT LEAST 20 STATES DECLARING. STATES OF EMERGENCY. SOME BEARING UNDER A FOOT OF. SNOW. DRIVERS ARE BEING URGED TO STAY. OFF THE ROADS AS TRUCKED SPIN. OUT ON FROZEN HIGHWAYS. JANAI NORMAN REPORTS FROM. BOSTON. >>> POWER LINES AND TREES SNAP. UNDER ALL THAT ICE. MORE THAN A MILLION CUSTOMERS. ARE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY IN THE. SOUTH. AND TORNADO WARNINGS IN GEORGIA. MORGAN NORWOOD IS IN DALLAS. WHERE DRIVERS WERE LEFT STRANDED. ON A FREEWAY AFTER LEAVING AN. NBA GAME.

SNOW PLOWS FILL THE STREETS OF. AMERICA'S LARGEST CITY. WHIT JOHNSON REPORTS FROM HERE. IN NEW YORK WHERE AT LEAST FIVE. PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE COLD. >>> AND THERE'S MAJOR CONCERN. OVER THE RIDE TO WORK ON MONDAY. MORE THAN 10,000 FLIGHTS. CANCELED JUST TODAY. GIO BENITEZ ON WHEN AIR TRAFFIC. WILL RECOVER, AND NO RELIEF IN. THE FORECAST. OUR WEATHER TEAM ON WHAT COMES. NEXT. >>> ESCALATING TENSIONS IN. MINNEAPOLIS AFTER THE SECOND. SHOOTING DEATH OF AN I.C.E. PROTEST. TREVOR AULT REPORTS THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION FIRST CALLED ALEX.

PRETTI A DOMESTIC TERRORIST. WHO INTENDED TO ATTACK LAW. ENFORCEMENT. AARON KATERSKY ON THE VIDEOS. THAT APPEAR TO CONTRADICT THAT. ASSERTION. POLICE SAY HE HAD A GUN, BUT AN. AGENT IS SEEN APPARENTLY. REMOVING IT BEFORE MULTIPLE. SHOTS ARE FIRED. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE. PROTESTS ARE A COVER-UP FOR. FINANCIAL FRAUD IN MINNEAPOLIS. TONIGHT, SEVERAL REPUBLICANS. HAVE JOINED THE CALL FOR. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, AND. WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT. PRETTI. AN ICU NURSE AT A V.A. HOSPITAL. >> ALSO TONIGHT, WILD VIDEO.

SHOWS ROBBERY SUSPECTS BUSTING. INTO A JEWELRY STORE, SCOOPING. UP JEWELS AND FLEEING BY CAR. A POLICE CHASE ENDS WITH TWO. SERIOUS CRASHES AND MULTIPLE. ARRESTS. >>> A CLIMBER WHO REACHED NEW. HEIGHTS SCALING ONE OF THE. TALLEST BUILDINGS IN THE WORLD. WITHOUT ROPES OR A SAFETY NET. >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON.

THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. PROTESTS AND HEARTBREAK IN. MINNEAPOLIS AFTER ANOTHER DEADLY. SHOOTING OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. BY FEDERAL AGENTS. VIDEOS APPEAR TO CONTRADICT. STATEMENTS MADE BY THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION WHICH CLAIMS THE. SHOTS WERE FIRED DEFENSIVELY. THIS IS SPARKING CALLS FROM THE. MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR AND OTHER. OFFICIALS FOR IMMIGRATION AGENTS. TO LEAVE THE CITY IMMEDIATELY. >> HOW MANY MORE RESIDENTS, HOW. MANY MORE AMERICANS NEED TO DIE. OR GET BADLY HURT FOR THIS. OPERATION TO END?

>> Linsey: BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH. THAT MASSIVE AND DEADLY WINTER. STORM. MORE THAN 200 MILLION AMERICANS. ARE FACING HEAVY SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, AND DANGEROUSLY. COLD AIR. THE STORM IS CAUSING. UNPRECEDENTED TRAVEL. DISRUPTIONS. MORE THAN 11,000 FLIGHTS WERE. CANCELED TODAY ALONE. AND THIS KENTUCKY NEIGHBORHOOD, FREEZING RAIN IS COATING ROADS. WITH SHEETS OF ICE, AND ACROSS. THE SOUTH, MORE THAN A MILLION. AMERICANS ARE WITHOUT POWER. THIS WAS THE SCENE OF A PILE-UP. AFTER A CRASH ON A MISSOURI. STATE HIGHWAY. A TRUCK ON TOP OF A CAR.

WE'LL HAVE MORE ON MINNEAPOLIS. IN A MOMENT AND LEE GOLDBERG IS. STANDING BY WITH THE FORECAST, BUT FIRST, JANAI NORMAN LEADS US. OFF FROM BOSTON, A CITY THAT. COULD GET MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF. SNOW. >> Reporter: LINSEY, IT IS A. NASTY STORM. WE ARE HERE IN BOSTON ALONG THE. NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS NEARLY. 2,000-MILE-LONG MONSTER STORM. THE WIND IS BLOWING, THE SNOW IS. STILL COMING DOWN. AND IT IS FORECAST, LINSEY, TO. CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH. TOMORROW MORNING.

TONIGHT, A COLOSSAL WINTER STORM. STRETCHING FROM NEW MEXICO TO. MAINE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE. IMPACTED BY THE MONSTER STORM. AND FRIGID TEMPERATURES. AT LEAST 20 GOVERNORS DECLARING. A STATE OF EMERGENCY. >> WE'RE NEW ENGLANDERS, WE'RE. TOUGH. WE'RE USED TO SNOW, USED TO ICE. WE WEATHER IT ALL. VISIBILITY IS GOING TO BE. TERRIBLE. SO STAY OFF THE ROADS. >> Reporter: MORE THAN 11,000. FLIGHTS CANCELED TODAY, ALREADY. 2,000 FOR TOMORROW. WASHINGTON'S REAGAN NATIONAL.

REPORTING AIRLINES CANCELED ALL. TODAY'S SCHEDULED FLIGHTS. THE HISTORIC WINTER STORM. WREAKING HAVOC ON HIGHWAYS. ICY ROADS CAUSING MULTIPLE. SEMITRUCKS JACKKNIFE OFF ROADS. IN MISSISSIPPI. THIS DELIVERY TRUCK CAREENING. INTO THE MEDIAN ON INTERSTATE. 22. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. COATING POWER LINES IN THICK. ICE. MORE THAN 1 MILLION CUSTOMERS. WITHOUT POWER ACROSS THE SOUTH. OUR VICTOR OQUENDO IN NASHVILLE. >> THIS IS THE JAMES ROBERTSON. PARKWAY, A MAIN THOROUGHFARE IN. NASHVILLE.

THESE TREES THAT LINE THE. PARKWAY FROZEN. ALL OF THIS ICE WEIGHING DOWN. THESE LIMBS, BRINGING THEM. CRASHING ONTO THE ROAD. >> Reporter: UP AND DOWN THE. EAST COAST, AN URGENT EFFORT IS. UNDER WAY. MILLIONS OF MILES OF ROADWAYS. OUR ALEX PRESHA IS IN VIRGINIA. >> Reporter: HERE IN VIRGINIA, WE HAVE SEEN EMERGENCY CREWS. LIKE THIS WORKING AROUND THE. CLOCK TO KEEP THESE ROADS CLEAN. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. ROAD TO DEAL WITH. >> Reporter: IN THE NORTHEAST,

BOSTON AND PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. BRACING FOR CLOSE TO TWO FEET OF. SNOW. PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK. GETTING MORE SNOW THAN THEY HAVE. SEEN IN SEVERAL YEARS. SOME AREAS SEEING THAT SNOW NOW. TURNING TO SLEET. WINDS IN NEW YORK CITY GUSTING. OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR AT TIMES. MORE THAN 2500 CITY SANITATION. WORKERS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. TO CLEAR THE STREETS. THE MAYOR TELLING NEW YORKERS TO. STAY HOME. AND OFFERING HIS DEEPEST. CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF. THE FIVE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD.

OUTSIDE. MAMDANI SAYING THEIR DEATHS ARE. BEING INVESTIGATED. AND LINSEY, HERE IN BOSTON, THESE SNOW DRIFTS ALREADY PILING. UP AS THE STORM IS INTENSIFYING. SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL ABOUT 3. INCHES PER HOUR, LINSEY, THROUGH. THE NIGHT HERE. >> Linsey: SERIOUS SNOWFALL. THANK YOU. >>> AND NOW TO NEW YORK CITY, WHERE THE MAYOR IS URGING. RESIDENTS TO STAY INSIDE AND OFF. THE ROADS. PLUNGING TEMPERATURES MAY HAVE. CAUSED AT LEAST FIVE DEATHS IN. THE CITY SO FAR. LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S WHIT. JOHNSON.

GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT'S. HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: YES, AS YOU CAN. SEE, THE SNOW IS PILING UP, ACCUMULATING MORE THAN 8 INCHES. ALREADY ACROSS NEW YORK CITY. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM, IT WAS. FALLING AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2. INCHES PER HOUR. SANITATION OFFICIALS TELL ME. THAT EVERY SINGLE BLOCK ACROSS. NEW YORK CITY HAS ALREADY BEEN. PLOWED AT LEAST ONCE. STILL, IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP. UP. MORE THAN 2,000 SNOW PLOWS. WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO. CLEAR THE STREETS BEFORE THE. SNOW TURNS TO SLUSH AND THEN ICE.

OVERNIGHT. AND AS OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE. THOSE REPORTED DEATHS IN NEW. YORK CITY, MAYOR MAMDANI URGING. NEW YORKERS TO CONTINUE TO CALL. 911 IF THEY SEE SOMEONE OUT IN. THE COLD WHO MAY NEED HELP. MOST SCHOOLS ACROSS NEW YORK. TOMORROW ARE EITHER CLOSED OR. SWITCHING TO REMOTE LEARNING. AND AGAIN, OFFICIALS URGING. PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, STAY OFF. THE ROADS, TO ALLOW CREWS TO DO. THEIR WORK. LINSEY. >> Linsey: HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN. HEED THAT ADVICE. WHIT, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET TO ABC'S CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST, LEE GOLDBERG HOW.

LONG WILL THIS ICE AND SNOW. LAST? >> Reporter: WELL, WE'RE TRYING. TO CLEAN THAT UP RIGHT NOW, LINSEY. ON CUE, WE STILL HAVE TO GET RID. OF THIS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC AND. SOUTHEAST. GOING TO GO ALL NIGHT IN THE. PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. YOU CAN SEE IT'S STRETCHING FROM. THE NORTHEAST ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO THE GULF COAST. AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE SNOW AND. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, WE HAVE. SEVERE WEATHER. TORNADO WATCHES UP ACROSS PARTS. OF GEORGIA AND INTO PARTS OF THE. FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE. EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN TERMS OF TIMING, IT WILL BE.

WINDING DOWN IN NEW YORK CITY, LEFTOVER LIGHT SLOW, BUT MUCH OF. THE NIGHT, UPSTATE NEW YORK INTO. NEW ENGLAND. WE MIGHT PUT DOWN A COUPLE. INCHES IN NEW YORK CITY, BUT. IT'S MOSTLY I-90 AND ESPECIALLY. NEW ENGLAND WHERE WE COULD PUT. DOWN A FOOT OF SNOW. INCREDIBLE SNOWS, A LONG TERM. CLEANUP. ALSO ENHANCED BY THE EXTREME. CHILL. IT'S BORDER TO BORDER TOMORROW. WE HAVE SUBZERO TEMPERATURES. DES MOINES DOWN TO DALLAS, UP TO. DETROIT. WE ARE LOCKED INTO THIS ARCTIC. CHILL FOR DAYS TO COME, EVEN. INTO EARLY FEBRUARY. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SO STILL IN THE THICK.

OF IT. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, MINNESOTA IS. ON EDGE YET AGAIN AFTER THE. FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ICU NURSE. BY IMMIGRATION AGENTS. THE COMMUNITY GATHERED IN. MINNEAPOLIS EARLY TODAY FOR A. VIGIL TO HONOR ALEX PRETTI. A FRIEND AND MENTOR IS. DESCRIBING THE 37-YEAR-OLD AS A. GOOD CITIZEN WHOSE LIFE WAS JUST. STARTING. ABC'S TREVOR AULT IS ON THE. SCENE IN MINNEAPOLIS AGAIN. TONIGHT. WE WANT TO WARN YOU SOME VIEWERS. MAY FIND THE VIDEOS DISTURBING. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, HEARTBREAK. AND OUTRAGE IN MINNEAPOLIS AFTER.

ANOTHER PERSON WAS SHOT AND. KILLED BY FEDERAL AGENTS. >> HOW MANY MORE RESIDENTS, HOW. MANY MORE AMERICANS NEED TO DIE. OR GET BADLY HURT FOR THIS. OPERATION TO END? >> Reporter: POLICE IDENTIFYING. THE MAN SHOT AS 37-YEAR-OLD ALEX. PRETTI, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND. MINNEAPOLIS NATIVE WHO WORKED AS. AN ICU NURSE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SEEN HERE. READING THE FINAL SALUTE FOR A. FALLEN VETERAN. >> TODAY WE REMEMBER THAT. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. WE HAVE TO WORK AT IT. NURTURE IT, PROTECT IT, AND.

SACRIFICE FOR IT. >> Reporter: LOCAL AUTHORITIES. SAY PRETTI WAS A LAWFUL GUN. OWNER WITH A LICENSE TO CARRY. AND NO CRIMINAL RECORD. VIDEO SHOWS PRETTI TRYING TO. HELP A WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN. SURROUNDED BY AGENTS. HE APPEARS TO BE HOLDING A PHONE. BEFORE HE'S SHOVED BY A FEDERAL. OFFICER, PEPPER SPRAYED AND. PULLED INTO THE STREET. THREE OFFICERS APPEAR TO GRAPPLE. WITH PRETTI. >> POLICE BRUTALITY! THEY ARE KICKING HIM IN THE. FACE.

>> Reporter: ONE AGENT APPEARS. TO REPEATEDLY HIT HIM, AND. ANOTHER AGENT APPEARS TO REMOVE. A GUN FROM HIS WAISTBAND. GRAPHIC VIDEO THEN SHOWS AN. OFFICER FIRING AS PRETTI IS ON. THE GROUND. THE OFFICERS BACKING AWAY AND. CONTINUING TO FIRE. >> WHAT DID YOU JUST DO? >> Reporter: AN INDEPENDENT. AUDIO ANALYSIS FOUND TEN SHOTS. WERE FIRED IN LESS THAN FIVE. SECONDS. A DOCTOR WHO SAYS THEY TREATED. PRETTI AT THE SCENE SAYING IN AN. AFFIDAVIT THE VICTIM HAD AT.

LEAST THREE BULLET WOUNDS IN HIS. BACK AND ADDITIONAL GUNSHOT. WOUND IN THE UPPER LEFT CHEST. AND ANOTHER POSSIBLE GUNSHOT. WOUND ON HIS NECK. >> WE BELIEVE DONALD TRUMP NEEDS. TO PULL THESE 3,000 UNTRAINED. AGENTS OUT OF MINNESOTA BEFORE. THEY KILL ANOTHER PERSON. >> Reporter: BORDER PATROL. OFFICIALS SAY THE SHOOTING. HAPPENED WHILE THEY WERE. CONDUCTING A TARGETED OPERATION. FOR A PERSON IN THE COUNTRY. ILLEGALLY. >> THEY CLAIM PRETTI APPROACHED. BORDER PATROL AGENTS WITH A NINE. MILLIMETER SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN. SEEN HERE ALONG WITH TWO.

MAGAZINES AND AGENT ATTEMPTED TO. DISARM HIM, BUT HE VIOLENTLY. RESISTED. >> WHEN SOMEONE MAKES A CHOICE. TO COME INTO AN ACTIVE LAW. ENFORCEMENT SCENE, INTERFERE, OBSTRUCT, DELAY, OR ASSAULT LAW. ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND -- AND. THEY BRING A WEAPON TO DO THAT, THAT IS A CHOICE THAT THAT. INDIVIDUAL MADE. >> Reporter: SECRETARY OF. HOMELAND SECURITY KRISTI NOEM. INSISTS THE AGENT FIRED. DEFENSIVE SHOTS. >> THIS LOOKS LIKE A SITUATION. WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL ARRIVED AT.

THE SCENE TO INFLICT MAXIMUM. DAMAGE ON INDIVIDUALS AND TO. KILL LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> Reporter: SO FAR, THEY. PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING. THOSE CLAIMS. IN THE VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING, PRETTI DOES NOT APPEAR TO DRAW. HIS WEAPON AT ANY POINT. THE STATE OF MINNESOTA IS NOW. VOWING A FULL INVESTIGATION. >> THANK GOD WE HAVE VIDEO. BECAUSE ACCORDING TO DHS, THESE. SEVEN HEROIC GUYS TOOK AN. ONSLAUGHT OF A BATTALION AGAINST.

THEM. IT'S NONSENSE, PEOPLE. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, THE. MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY COMING. TOGETHER IN A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, CONTINUING TO PROTEST. >> DEMONSTRATORS OUT HERE SINCE. THE SHOOTING FIRST HAPPENED. SOMETIMES THOUSANDS AT A TIME. THE FIRES ARE TO STAY WARM IN. THE SUBZERO PROTESTS. WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN PROTESTS. HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN. MINNEAPOLIS SINCE RENEE GOOD WAS. SHOT 2 1/2 WEEKS AGO. >> Reporter: PRETTI'S PARENTS. SAYING THEIR SON WAS A KIND. HEARTED SOUL WHO WANTED TO MAKE. A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD AND. TELLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. THEY HAD SPOKEN WITH HIM ABOUT.

THE ONGOING PROTESTS. >> HE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE DEEPLY. AND HE WAS VERY UPSET WITH WHAT. WAS HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS AND. THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. WITH I.C.E. >> HE LOVED THIS COUNTRY. HE HATED WHAT PEOPLE WERE DOING. TO IT. >> Reporter: AND LINSEY, BORDER. PATROL COMMANDER AT LARGE GREG. BOVINO SAYS ALL OF THE AGENTS. INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING ARE. STILL WORKING BUT THEY HAVE BEEN. MOVED OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS. HE SAYS DHS IS GOING TO. INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING BUT HE. REPEATEDLY DEFENDED THE AGENTS.

SAYING THEY HAD TO MAKE A. SPLIT-SECOND DECISION. >> Linsey: THANK YOU. >>> THERE ARE GROWING CALLS FOR. AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. INTO THAT FATAL SHOOTING. LET'S GET TO AARON KATERSKY. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY'S OWN USE OF. FORCE POLICY DOES DICTATE HOW. VIDEOS COULD BE ANALYZED FRAME. BY FRAME IN AN INVESTIGATION. FIRST, A FEDERAL OFFICER MUST. HAVE A REASONABLE BELIEF THE. SUSPECT POSES AN IMMINENT. THREAT.

HERE IN A VIDEO OBTAINED BY DROP. SITE NEWS WE SEE ALEX PRETTI. HOLDING A PHONE AT A DISTANCE. FROM THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. OFFICERS. THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY SAYS A. FEDERAL OFFICER MAY FIRE ONLY. WITH THE INTENT OF PREVENTING OR. STOPPING THE THREATENING. BEHAVIOR. VIDEO SHOWS PRETTI WAS PINNED TO. THE GROUND AND IT APPEARS AN. AGENT EMERGED FROM THE SCRUM. WITH A GUN THAT SEEMS TO MATCH. THE ONE PRETTI WAS CARRYING ONE. SECOND BEFORE THE FIRST SHOT WAS. FIRED. THE USE OF FORCE POLICY ALSO. SAYS THE SHOOTING SHOULD STOP.

ONCE THE THREAT IS NEUTRALIZED, EVEN GRIPPING OR POINTING A GUN. ALONE DOES NOT JUSTIFY A FEDERAL. OFFICER FIRING HIS GUN, BUT. LINSEY, WITHIN FIVE SECONDS, PRETTI WAS SHOT NINE MORE TIMES. >> Linsey: SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT. TO HAPPEN AT THIS POINT? >> Reporter: DEPARTMENT OF. HOMELAND SECURITY SAYS THEY'RE. LEADING THE INVESTIGATION WITH. SUPPORT FROM THE FBI, BUT THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECLARED. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE SHOOTING. WAS JUSTIFIED. EMERGENCY ORDER BARRING FEDERAL. OFFICIALS FROM DESTROYING. EVIDENCE. LOCAL LEADERS WANT ANY EVIDENCE.

TURNED OVER TO THEM, BUT IT'S. NOT CLEAR WHO IF ANYONE WILL BE. HELD ACCOUNTABLE. >> Linsey: A LOT MORE TO THIS. STORY. AARON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> THE WHITE HOUSE IS LABELING. ALEX PRETTI AS A, QUOTE, WOULD-BE ASSASSIN AND BLAMING. DEMOCRATS FOR SIDING WITH, QUOTE, TERRORISTS. LET'S BRING IN SELINA WANG NOW. WHAT IS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING. TONIGHT? >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT IS. DIGGING IN, LINSEY. HE'S CONTINUING TO MAKE A SERIES. OF UNSUBSTANTIATED CLAIMS NOW. BLAMING LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR THE. DEADLY SHOOTING AS TOP WHITE.

HOUSE OFFICIALS ARE CLAIMING. WITHOUT PROVIDING EVIDENCE THAT. PRETTI WAS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST. EVEN A GROWING NUMBER OF. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE NOW. JOINING DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR AN. INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE THREATENING. AS WELL TO BLOCK A FUNDING BILL. NEEDED TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN THIS FRIDAY UNLESS. FUNDING FOR I.C.E. IS STRIPPED. OUT OF IT. THIS IS NOW THE THIRD SHOOTING. INVOLVING FEDERAL AGENTS IN. MINNEAPOLIS IN LESS THAN THREE. WEEKS. IN EACH CASE, WE HAVE SEEN THE. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RUSH TO.

CLAIM THAT THE AGENT WAS UNDER. THREAT, TO SAY THAT THE SHOOTING. WAS JUSTIFIED BEFORE AN. INVESTIGATION WAS EVEN COMPLETE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: SELINA, THANK YOU. >>> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE. AHEAD ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". THIS SUNDAY INCLUDING THE LATEST. ON ALL THOSE FLIGHT. CANCELLATIONS. WHEN WILL AIR TRAVEL GET BACK TO. NORMAL? >>> AND UP HE WENT TO THE TOP OF. ONE OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST. SKYSCRAPERS WITHOUT ANY SAFETY. EQUIPMENT. >>> THIS COULD BE A LONG NIGHT. FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE. SOUTH. MORE THAN A MILLION CUSTOMERS.

ARE IN THE DARK TONIGHT. IT CAN BE BLAMED IN PART ON THE. FREEZING RAIN. IT CAUSED POWER LINES TO SNAP. AND TURN HIGHWAYS IN TENNESSEE. INTO SHEETS OF ICE. IN MISSISSIPPI, SEVERAL TRUCKS. JACKKNIFED AND CRASHED ON. SLIPPERY ROADS. MORGAN NORWOOD IS MONITORING. CONDITIONS FROM DALLAS. >> Reporter: MILLIONS ARE. FEELING THE BITTER COLD ACROSS. THE SOUTH TONIGHT AS A GROWING. NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS ARE WITHOUT. POWER. HERE IN TEXAS WHERE AT LEAST. 70,000 CUSTOMERS ARE IN THE. DARK, WINDCHILLS IN PARTS OF THE. STATE IN SINGLE DIGITS OR BELOW.

ZERO. DESPITE GREG ABBOTT'S ASSURANCES. THE TEXAS POWER GRID WILL HOLD, ERCOT, WHO HANDLES THE STATE'S. ELECTRICITY, NOW ISSUING A. WEATHER WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY, CITING THE EXTREME COLD AND. SPIKING DEMAND. >> YOU DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. AND IT CAN BE A MESS. >> Reporter: HIGHWAYS COATED. WITH LAYERS OF ICE. DRIVERS IN DALLAS STRANDED AFTER. THE LAKERS/MAVERICKS GAME. NORTH OF DALLAS, A 14-INCH WATER. MAIN BURSTING, FLOODING STREETS.

AND FORCING OFFICIALS TO SHUT. OFF WATER TO HOMES. THE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. STRETCHING SOME 2,000 MILES. CARS LITTERED ON THIS HIGHWAY IN. MISSOURI. IN NASHVILLE, BRANCHES BOWING. UNDER THE ICE AND BREAKING. APART. ONE CRASHING INTO THE SIDE OF. THIS HOME. >> I JUST HEARD THE NEIGHBOR'S. TREE, I HEARD IT CRACKING AND I. WAS IN MY BEDROOM AND I THOUGHT, OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY HOUSE. I CAME OUT AND IT WASN'T MY. CARPORT OR MY CAR. IT WAS THIS TREE. >> Reporter: ICE TURNING THIS. TELEPHONE POLE INTO DEAD WEIGHT.

MORE THAN 300,000 CUSTOMERS IN. TENNESSEE WITHOUT POWER. IN NORTH CAROLINA. >> GOT MY SHOVEL. GOT MY POWER BANK. >> Reporter: ROADS TURNING INTO. ICE. OUR STATION WTBD IS THERE. >> THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF. HOW THIS WINTRY MIX HAS COATED. THE CITY STREETS AND THE DURHAM. FREEWAY AND THE HIGHWAY. IT'S ALL PAINTED WHITE. >> Reporter: FROM THE NATIONAL. GUARD MOVING VEHICLES OUT OF THE. SNOW IN ARKANSAS, TO MISSISSIPPI. CREWS CLEARING THE STREETS, THE. MESSAGE FROM OFFICIALS IS CLEAR.

STAY OFF THE ROADS. AND LINSEY, WITH ROADS STILL. TREACHEROUS IN DALLAS TONIGHT, IT COULD BE HOURS, EVEN DAYS, BEFORE POWER CREWS CAN SAFELY. GET THE LIGHTS BACK ON. >> Linsey: MORGAN, THANK YOU. >>> FROM THAT MESS ON THE ROADS. TO AN EVEN BIGGER MISS IN THE. NATION'S AIRPORTS. GIO BENITEZ IS AT NEW YORK'S JFK. AIRPORT. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE A RIPPLE. EFFECT FOR DAYS. >> Reporter: OH, ABSOLUTELY, LINSEY. JUST ABOUT EVERY FLIGHT IN THE. NORTHEAST IS CANCELED RIGHT NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT JFK BEHIND ME. THERE IS SO MUCH SNOW.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AT A STANDSTILL. NOW. THE NUMBERS ARE SIMPLY STUNNING. WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN. 11,000 CANCELLATIONS ACROSS THE. COUNTRY TODAY. THE NUMBERS, THEY'RE GROWING FOR. TOMORROW AS WELL. MORE THAN 2400 ALREADY CANCELED. FOR MONDAY. AND JUST TO PAINT A PICTURE. HERE, FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES. ALONE, MORE THAN HALF OF ALL OF. THEIR FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ARE CANCELED RIGHT NOW. THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A. HUGE TEST FOR THE AIRLINES ON. HOW THEY RECOVER FROM THIS IN. THE COMING DAYS. IT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE.

EVERYTHING GETS BACK TO NORMAL. BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS COULD ALL. TRIGGER A DOMINO EFFECT FOR. DAYS, LINSEY. >> Linsey: GIO, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, IT SEEMED. LIKE THE PERFECT ROBBERY UNTIL. POLICE SAY IT CAME TO A VIOLENT. END. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW AND VIDEO. OF A VIOLENT JEWEL HEIST IN. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WATCH AS A CAR SMASHES INTO THE. STORE IN ANAHEIM HILLS ON. FRIDAY. MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE SEEN. SMASHING CASES AND GRABBING. JEWELRY. TWO GETAWAY CARS SPED OFF BUT.

BOTH CRASHED INTO OTHER. VEHICLES. SEVEN ARRESTS WERE MADE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >>> FINALLY, AN AMERICAN CLIMBER. REACHED NEW HEIGHTS TODAY. NOT ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN BUT ONE. OF THE WORLD'S TALLEST. SKYSCRAPERS. IT'S 1600 FEET TALL. ALEX HONNOLD CLIMBED IT WITHOUT. ROPES OR A SAFETY NET. AND JUST 90 MINUTES. HE SAYS HE HOPES HIS CLIMB WILL. INSPIRE OTHERS TO CHASE THEIR. GOALS. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. GOOD NIGHT AND STAY SAFE.