ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 26th 2025

tonight we're following several. developing stories as we come on the air. president Trump orders tariffs against. Colombia in a dispute over migrants La. braces for rain and possible mudslides. in the burn Zone and late word on the. ceasefire in Gaza we begin with. President Trump lashing out at. Colombia's president he says he's. ordering 25% tariffs and financial. sanctions after Colombia blocked two US. military flights that were carrying. migrants could this lead to higher. prices for coffee and bananas plus the. new immigration Crackdown including an.

ice raid in Chicago the military is now. stepping up operations at the southern. border the new borders are warns it's a. bad time to be undocumented the flood. watch in the burn Zone as Los Angeles. sees its first significant rain in. months Cru are putting up barriers to. protect property with the prospect of. destructive mudslides our weather team. times it all out the dire situation in. Gaza cars are lined up for miles with. Israel refusing to allow Palestinians to. return home the news just coming in.

president Trump suggests Gaza should be. cleaned out and demands that Jordan and. Egypt take in more Palestinian refugees. frightening moments on a United Airlines. flight from Nigeria Bound for Washington. DC at least 38 people were injured the. flight forced to turn back Fly Eagles. Fly the Philadelphia Eagles soar past. the commanders to earn a spot in Super. Bowl 59 as for their opponent can the. bills halt the Chiefs who are vying for. a three Peak a Brazen Heist overseas.

thieves blow up the entrance to a museum. and get away with gold masterpieces one. of them dating back to the 5th Century. BC and America strong tonight total. strangers answer the call to make a. little girl's birthday extra. special from ABC News world headquarters. in New York this is World News Tonight. good evening everyone thanks so much for. joining us on this busy sunay I'm lindsy.

Davis president Trump's Whirlwind first. week is ending with another bang earlier. today the president announced he's. slapping a 25% tariff on All Imports. from Colombia that includes crude oil. coffee bananas and cut flowers the move. is in retaliation for Colombia's. decision to resend permission for two US. Air Force deportation flights to land. president Trump now says Colombia's. actions threaten US National Security. today borders are Tom homman joined ice. and DEA agents in Chicago where.

officials say they conducted targeted. operations the US military flew several. deportation flights this week with. troops and border patrol agents. escorting Shackled migrants onto massive. c17 cargo planes and more troops. continue to arrive at the southern. border and additional 1500 active duty. Personnel have been deployed all of this. comes as the Trump cabinet takes shape. with several of his picks facing. potentially contentious hearings This. Week ABC senior White House. correspondent Selena Wang leads us off.

tonight president Donald Trump. retaliating against Colombian president. Gustavo Petro with a blitz of tariffs. and sanctions after he says the country. refused to accept two US military planes. carrying recently deported migrants. Trump announcing the US will impose 25%. tariffs on all Colombian Imports. threatening to raise them to 50% in a. week A Move That Could raise consumer. costs for the billions of dollars worth. of goods that the US reports from.

Colombia each year including crude oil. coffee and bananas Trump also imposing. travel bans and visa restrictions on. Colombian government officials and their. supporters vowing these measures are. just the beginning president Pedro. responding on social media saying. Colombia will impose reciprocal 50%. tariffs on us Goods telling Trump I. resist you the international dispute. capping a whirlwind first week in office. for Trump that featured a torrent of. executive orders and presidential.

proclamations I took nearly. 350 executive actions to. [Applause]. reverse the horrible failures and. betrayals that we inherited many of them. aimed at dramatically reshaping America. our message could not be more clear. America's decline is over overnight. seven Democrats joining Republicans in. the Senate to confirm Christy gome as. Homeland Security secretary putting the. former South Dakota governor in charge. of the department at the center of.

Trump's immigration Crackdown the vice. president votes in the affirmative and. the nomination is confirmed and in a. dramatic moment on the senate floor vice. president JD Vance casting the deciding. vote to confirm Pete hegseth as. Secretary of Defense Mr Vice. President thank you for uh breaking the. tie three Republican Senators voting. against Trump's controversial choice to. run the Pentagon the military veteran. and former Fox News host fending off Al. Alle ation of sexual misconduct.

financial mismanagement and alcohol. abuse allegations that he's denied this. as Democratic lawmakers and even some. Republicans are blasting Trump for. purging independent government watchdogs. on Friday night sources tell ABC news. that Trump fired at least 17 inspectors. General officials tasked with rooting. out waste Fraud and Abuse across the. government this is a chilling. Purge and Lindsay next week will be a. crucial test for Donald Trump's other.

cabinet nominees the Senate will hold. confirmation hearings for Tulsi Gabbert. for Director of National Intelligence. RFK Jr to lead Health and Human Services. and cash Patel for FBI director now they. all face an uphill battle which is why. next week we'll be makeer break Lindsay. we'll be watching Selena thank you both. Columbia and Mexico are refusing to. allow US military deportation flights to. land as migrant Advocates here are. pushing back against the immigration. Crackdown here's ABC's Melissa.

Dawn tonight an ice Crackdown in Chicago. the law enforcement agency and its. Partners conducting an operation to. preserve Public Safety and National. Security president Trump's bordar Tom. homman and acting attorney general Amil. Bo on hand to personally observe the. action part of a mass deportation effort. targeting undocumented migrants living. in the United States the Trump. Administration enlisting the US military. to the cause this week sending an. additional 1,500 troops to the US Mexico.

border and using military planes to. transport migrants back to their home. countries the Department of Defense. sharing these images from across the. southwestern United States this week. armed soldiers arriving at Fort Bliss in. Texas Marines awaiting deployment at a. base in California and a plane filled. with migrants facing deportation. awaiting takeoff in Arizona Trump's new. borders are Tom homman telling ABC News. as Martha Raditz that he's just getting. started warning the undocumented in this.

country you should be afraid and start. packing now it's it's sending a strong. signal to the world our bord is closed. if you're in the country illegally. you're on the table you violated a crime. this weekend Immigration and Customs. Enforcement making nearly 300 arrests. Saturday and detaining more than 400. following nearly 600 arrests on Friday. along the US Mexico border US Marine and. army Personnel patrolling and enhancing. physical barriers meanwhile a legal. battle is brewing bre the American civil.

liberties Union is suing the Trump. Administration over its plan to expand. FastTrack deportations they say deprives. people of a fair legal. process Lindsay immigrant rights groups. across the country say people are scared. but they're providing resources like. hotlines and Community meetings to help. those who may fear deportation Lindsay. Melissa Don reporting tonight thank you. now to the disaster in Southern. California where firefighters are. getting a welcome reprieve in the form.

of much needed rain but that's also. bringing other immediate concerns. especially to the worst hit fire damaged. areas these images just coming in of. mudslides ABC's Alex Stone reports from. Los Angeles. County tonight the powerful winter storm. striking Southern. California and worries any heavy rain in. burnscar areas could trigger mudslides. Crews deploying concrete barriers to. protect homes Ki Vons lost his home in. the eaten fire he and his dad getting.

sandbags to protect his grandmother's. house if we have water damage that just. adds another situation on top of already. what we're going through at the. Palisades fire teams at the ready so we. brought in extra Crews to help with the. debris flow or the the the the risk of. uh flooding during President Donald. Trump's visit on Friday residents. pressing Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass. about being able to get back to their. homes but you know that you will be able. to go back soon when Mr President we.

think within a week that's a long time a. week I'll be honest to me everyone. standing in front of their house they. want to go to work and they're not. allowed to do it and the most people to. be safe making neighborhood safe a. painstaking process including removing. hazardous waste and danger is posed by. damaged utility. infrastructure together the Palisades. fire and the eaten fire claiming at. least 28 lives burning over 58 square. miles damaging or destroying over 18,000. structures.

Lindsay it's areas like this that are of. concern tonight they're trying to clear. this road where this mud slide just came. down thick mud it is this worry tonight. as the rains are falling all the way up. these Canyon roads Lindsay adding insult. to injury there Alex thank you and as he. just explained parts of Southern. California are under a flash flood watch. tonight authorities are warning about. the potential for those mudslides let's. bring in ABC News meteorologist Samara. Theodore Samara when are we expecting. the heaviest rain.

well Lindsay we're actually anticipating. the heaviest rain tonight taking a look. at the radar rain has been moving. through Southern California and it will. continue to pick up as we head through. the overnight hours warnings and watches. already being put in place a flash flood. watch in effect until 400 p.m. tomorrow. it's there where we could see that. mudslide and debris flow starting Santa. Clarita places like Altadena 8:00 p.m. tonight heaviest of the rain hitting Los. Angeles California as we move through. the overnight hours by 7: a.m. we're. starting to see that move further Inland. where there will be snow in higher. elevations this all tapering off by.

tomorrow evening by the end of it all. they could see over an inch of rain in. some areas Lindsay blessing and a curse. Samara thank you overseas now threats to. the delicate ceasefire deal between. Hamas and Israel appear to have been. averted at least for now just before. coming on the air we learned that Israel. has agreed to allow tens of thousands of. Palestinians back into Northern Gaza in. exchange Hamas is agreeing to release a. civilian hostage ABC's brick clanet. reports from. Israel tonight after a over the hostage.

release Israel and Hamas reaching a deal. to allow Palestinians to finally return. to their homes in North Gaza and. maintain the Seas fire lines of cars. backed up today for over 4 miles Israel. says Palestinians will be able to return. to Northern Gaza on Monday after Hamas. agreed to release civilian Abel Hood as. well as female Soldier hostage agen. berer and one other hostage this coming. Thursday tens of thousands are now. packed into the corridor that cuts off. North Gaza from the south waiting to. enter Abdullah is one of those desperate.

to go back to his home in North. Gaza everyone here is like me he says I. have been here since yesterday and left. everything behind these scenes in. contrast to president Trump's comments. on Air Force 1 this weekend pushing. Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians. from the Gaza Strip you're talking. about probably a million and a half. people and we just clean out that whole. thing the president adding that the move. could be temporary or could be long-term.

Hamas saying they strongly condemn. Trump's statements Egypt and Jordan both. us allies and key Partners For Peace in. the region are pushing back Jordan's. foreign minister saying our rejection of. displacement is fixed and unchangeable. Lindsay we saw emotional reunions for. those four hostages finally back with. their loved ones this weekend and we. anticipate another hostage prisoner. exchange on Saturday on top of. Thursday's hostage release but this deal. is extremely precarious Lindsay Brit.

clinet in Jerusalem thank you back here. at home the future of Tik Tok remains. uncertain president Trump says there are. several potential buyers and a decision. will be made within 90 days ABC's Alex. bashet joins us now from Washington Alex. what are you learning Lindsay tonight. president Trump says he's in talks with. multiple people about buying Tik Tok and. that a decision about the popular social. media app could be made within the next. 30 days now despite once calling for Tik. Tok to be banned over National Security.

concerns and a subsequent bipartisan law. that briefly prompted the app to go dark. in the US Trump has pivoted spending. much of his second term working on a. deal that keeps its 170 million monthly. us users online the president dismissing. reports at software company oracles and. talks to buy Tik Tok two sources close. to Tik Tok the Tik Tok side of the. negotiation tell ABC news that there is. a path forward to a deal that allows the. app to stay in business consistent with. the law and Lindsay tonight one of those. sources tells ABC news that Trump's.

approach to this is a bit like an. episode of Shark Tank Alex pret for us. thanks Alex tonight terrifying moments. on board a United Airlines flight to. Washington from Nigeria the Boeing 787. forced to turn around after an incident. on board that injured dozens details now. from ABC's AA Jai tonight new video. showing the frightening moments on board. a United flight Bound for Washington DC. after what officials are calling a tech. technical issue and an unexpected.

aircraft movement occurred food and. other items littering the cabin you can. see what appears to be liquid splattered. on the ceiling a passenger telling ABC. News we all started shouting fear. gripping all the passengers on board the. plane a Boeing 7878 Dreamliner taking. off from Lagos Nigeria early Friday. morning with 256 people on board. Nigerian authorities say the pilots. reported distress about an hour into the. flight soon turning around and returning. to Lagos 38 people were injured was it.

human error or was it a problem with the. airplane was it just this 787 or could. it be affecting all 787s this is what. the FAA will quickly want to understand. Lindsay United says it's working with. Aviation authorities in the US and. Nigeria to determine the cause of this. incident Lindsay AA Jai for us thank you. now to the countdown a Super Bowl 59. four teams in action today the Eagles. soaring high Philly fans now wait to see. if they'll face off off against the. bills of the Chiefs in New Orleans ABC's.

Morgan Norwood has the. latest they going to go tonight the. Philadelphia Eagles are flying high and. headed to the Super Bowl here's Barkley. a little sh the Eagles and Squan Barkley. running past the Washington commanders. and their rookie quarterback chasing. history Jaden Daniels way oh it's a fake. the Eagles jumping out to an early lead. but this fake punt by the commanders and. long touchdown pass kept it close jayen. Herz and Barkley eyeing their first. Super able.

win fans lining up hours before the game. despite the loss the commanders are. celebrating a Cinderella run the Eagles. will face off against the winners of the. AFC Championship Game the Kansas City. Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes looking for. the NFL's first repeat standing in their. way the Buffalo Bills looking to end a. 30-year Super Bowl drought the bills. quest for Redemption hanging heavy with. fans remembering the Heartbreak of four. consecutive Super Bowl losses in the 9s.

and Lindsay the stage is almost set the. Eagles delivering a dominating. performance even with several of their. key players including jayen Herz pushing. through recent injuries now with a big. game just two weeks away rest and. Recovery will be crucial Lindy lots of. excitement Morgan thank you the spread. of bird flu and livestock is hitting. consumers in their wallets with egg. prices soaring while there's no evidence. of human- to human spread of the virus. the federal government says they are. watching the situation carefully here's. ABC's Ariel.

RF tonight the country's bird flu. outbreak is creating egg shortages and. sending prices soaring I couldn't. believe it we just bought eggs and they. were like 11 $12 at least 36 million. eggl chickens have been killed in recent. months to prevent the spread of the. virus workers on this Long Island New. York Farm are euthanizing nearly 100,000. Ducks after bird flu was detected there. we need better surveillance uh on farms. we need better surveillance in the.

livestock because we need to know where. this virus is spreading there has been. no evidence of personto person spread. but at least 67 people have been. infected and one person has died and. jaah is urging more testing and. vigilance in communities where livestock. has tested positive for bird flu to. ensure it's not spreading more widely. Lindsay Ariel thank you there's still. much more ahead on World News Tonight. this Sunday including the dramatic. Rescue of two skiers and how they. alerted First Responders and Priceless.

works of art stolen after thieves blow. up the door to a. museum next tonight there was a Brazen. art heist in the Netherlands and it was. all caught on video Three Robbers all. wearing hoods gathered at the door of a. museum suddenly there's an explosion. blowing the door wide open several. artifacts were stolen including a helmet. made of gold that's 2500 years old still. ahead how technology helped Rescuers. find two SK ears were trapped after a.

thot. fall to the index now on a dramatic. rescue in the mountains east of Seattle. this happened Wednesday near Steven's. Pass just after Sunset Rescuers got an. SOS alert from a skier's Apple watch. turns out there were two skiers who'd. Fallen a thousand feet and were unable. to walk both were hoisted to safety when. we come back America strong a little. girl's dream comes true with an. avalanche of birthday wishes. [Music].

finally tonight mom put out the word and. the whole Community came through two. months ago 6-year-old Katie Robinson was. fighting for her life born with Down. Syndrome she went to the hospital for a. minor surgical procedure but Days Later. went into sepsis we started begging God. to save her life six surgeries later her. condition improved after missing being. at home with her family for Thanksgiving. and Christmas her parents shared a. request over social media to help make.

her and her twin sister's birthday. special we just said hey we would love. to plaster her room full of cards and. their request was answered last week. after 58 days little Katie went home. just in time to celebrate her sixth. birthday W more than 400 birthday cards. from all around the world oh this is one. from Australia happy birthday we hope. you have the best day ever Katie is now. healing at home with an abundance of.

cake well wishes and an extra helping of. Love birthday she won't forget thanks. for watching I'm Lindsay Davis good. night thank you for making World News. Tonight with David mure America's most. watched newscast.