ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - January 5th 2025

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. DANGEROUS WEATHER ON THE MOVE. WITH MORE THAN 60 MILLION. AMERICANS UNDER WINTER WEATHER. ALERTS. PLUS, NEW INFORMATION ON THE. SUSPECT IN THE NEW YEAR'S TERROR. ATTACK, INCLUDING WHAT HE DID. DURING PRIOR TRIPS TO NEW. ORLEANS. >> BUT WE BEGIN WITH THAT. MASSIVE BONE-CHILLING WINTER. STORM IMPACTING THE POST HOLIDAY. RUSH, CAUSING SPIN-OUTS AND. PILE-UPS ON HIGHWAYS. JACKKNIFED TRUCKS AND CRASHING. INVOLVING FIRST RESPONDERS. A SWATH OF SNOW AND FREEZING. RAIN FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO. THE MID-ATLANTIC COVERING 18.

STATES IN ALL. PLUS TORNADO WARNINGS IN THE. SOUTH. OUR WEATHER TEAM TIMES IT ALL. OUT. >> THE NEWS JUST IN FROM NEW. ORLEANS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT IN. THE NEW YEAR'S TRUCK ATTACK MADE. TWO PRIOR TRIPS TO THE CITY. USING META GLASSES TO RECORD. VIDEO OF THE FRENCH QUARTER. NEW VIDEO SHOWING HIM PLACING. COOLERS FILLED WITH EXPLOSIVES. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THE. CHILLING MESSAGE HE LEFT FOR HIS. OWN FAMILY. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARES TO. JOIN THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES THIS. WEEK AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO.

TIGHTEN SECURITY IN THE NATION'S. CAPITAL WITH TWO MAJOR EVENTS IN. THE COMING DAYS. >> ALSO, UKRAINE LAUNCHES A NEW. OFFENSIVE INSIDE RUSSIA WITH. GROWING CONCERN OVER WHAT WILL. HAPPEN AFTER DONALD TRUMP. RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. ONE TOP REPUBLICAN WARNS THE. U.S. WOULD BE MAKING A BIG. MISTAKE IF IT ALLOWS UKRAINE TO. FALL. >> POLICE WRESTLE AN OLYMPIC. MEDALIST TO THE GROUND AND THEN. TURN A STUN GUN ON HIM. WHAT LED TO HIS VIOLENT ARREST. >> NEW VIDEO CAPTURES THE. TERRIFYING MOMENTS ONBOARD A. COMMUTER PLANE WITH FLAMES. ERUPTING FROM ONE OF THE.

WINGS AS IT CAREENED DOWN A. RUNWAY. >> LONG LINES AND SHORT TEMPERS. MEMBERS OF THE SKI PATROL GO ON. STRIKE AGAINST ONE OF THE. BIGGEST RESORTS AT THE HEIGHT OF. THE SEASON. >> REMEMBERING JIMMY CARTER. AMERICANS PAY RESPECTS TO THE. 39th PRESIDENT AND EMOTIONAL. TRIBUTES FROM HIS FAMILY. >>> AND AMERICA STRONG TONIGHT, FROM ROCK STARS TO ATHLETES, POLITICIANS TO PHILANTHROPISTS, THE RECIPIENTS OF THE MEDAL OF. FREEDOM, THE NATION'S HIGHEST. CIVILIAN AWARD.

>> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.". >> Linsey: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SUNDAY. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. MORE THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS. IN 18 STATES ARE ON ALERT FOR A. MASSIVE WINTER STORM SWEEPING. ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM KANSAS. TO THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WASHINGTON, D.C. BRACING FOR UP. TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW. THAT WOULD BE THE MOST SNOW THE. CAPITAL HAS SEEN IN THREE YEARS. OFFICIALS IN TOPEKA, KANSAS, ARE.

WARNING RESIDENTS TO STAY HOME. DUE TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THERE. THE STORM IS TO BLAME FOR THIS. MASSIVE PILE-UP ON AN INTERSTATE. IN KANSAS CITY. THE ROADWAY COVERED IN ICE, CAUSING MULTIPLE TRACTOR. TRAILERS TO JACKKNIFE. METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE. TIMES IT OUT. ALEX PRESHA REPORTS FROM. WASHINGTON, AND VICTOR OQUENDO. LEADS US OFF FROM CINCINNATI. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MORE THAN. 60 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNDER. ALERT FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF. KANSAS AND MISSOURI. THE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO STRIKE 18. STATES WITH HEAVY SNOW, FREEZING. RAIN, AND DANGEROUS ICY. CONDITIONS. PARTS OF KANSAS ALREADY SEEING. OVER A FOOT OF SNOW. >> SO THE INTENSITIES MAY COME. AND GO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE WORST IS YET TO COME. >> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT OF. TRANSPORTATION IN KANSAS TELLING. RESIDENTS THE MAJORITY OF ROADS. THERE ARE COVERED IN SNOW OR. ICE. URGING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.

FIRST RESPONDERS STRUGGLING WITH. THESE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS HIGHWAY. PATROL, THIS TROOPER SHOWING HOW. QUICKLY THE SNOW IS FALLING. >> WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DRIFTING. THIS IS MY PATROL CAR. WE GET RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN SEE. HOW BAD THIS IS BUILDING UP. AROUND THE VEHICLE. >> Reporter: IN MISSOURI, THIS. MASSIVE PILE-UP ON I-470. TRUCKS JACKKNIFED, BLOCKING. TRAFFIC. MULTIPLE CARS SPINNING OUT ON. THE HIGHWAY, SOME DRIVERS STUCK. THERE FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS.

OHIO, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY NOW. ALSO SEEING SNOW. ONE CAR FLIPPED OVER IN. KENTUCKY, SEVERAL OTHERS. STRANDED IN SNOW DRIFTS. ONE OFFICER'S VEHICLE STRUCK. THERE. THAT OFFICER RECEIVING MEDICAL. TREATMENT WITH NON-LIFE. THREATENING INJURIES. UP TO TWO INCHES FALLING AN HOUR. IN SOME AREAS. INDIANA AND KENTUCKY ALREADY. SEEING MORE THAN SIX INCHES OF. SNOW WITH MORE TO COME AS THE. STORM HEADS EAST. IN CINCINNATI, SNOW PLOWS AND.

SALT HITTING I-75. SOME CARS ALREADY DISABLED BY. THE EXTREME CONDITIONS. IN UTAH, THIS CONTROLLED. AVALANCHE CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THE. STATE SEEING HEAVY SNOW FROM THE. SYSTEM LAST WEEK. LINSEY, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON. THE ROAD HERE IN CINCINNATI AS. WELL. OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED TRAVEL AND. SNOW ADVISORIES. AND TONIGHT, THIS STORM HAS. BECOME DEADLY. AUTHORITIES IN KANSAS SAY A. 27-YEAR-OLD MAN DIED IN A CAR. ACCIDENT. LINSEY. >> Linsey: HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN. HEED THOSE WARNINGS TO STAY OFF.

THE ROADS. VICTOR, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >> THE STORM IS ALSO CAUSING. MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO AIR TRAVEL. MORE THAN 6,000 FLIGHTS CANCELED. OR DELAYED, AND TOMORROW COULD. BE EVEN WORSE. ABC'S ALEX PRESHA JOINS US FROM. THE NATION'S CAPITAL. WHAT CAN TRAVELERS EXPECT? >> Reporter: HEY, LINSEY. IT IS GOING TO BE ROUGH. TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. MORNING AT AIRPORTS ACROSS THE. MIDWEST AND THE MID-ATLANTIC, ALREADY MORE THAN 1500 FLIGHT. CANCELLATIONS ACROSS THE.

COUNTRY, AND THAT NUMBER IS. GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING AIRLINES. CANCEL FLIGHTS FOR TOMORROW, BUT. MANY ARE ALSO OFFERING AID FOR. AFFECTED FLYERS. FOR THOSE STATES IN THE PATH OF. THE STORM, THEY COULD SEE MORE. SNOW THAN THEY HAVE SEEN IN A. DECADE. A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN. DECLARED IN A NUMBER OF PLACES. INCLUDING KENTUCKY, ARKANSAS, MISSOURI, KANSAS, WEST VIRGINIA, AND VIRGINIA. MARYLAND HAS DECLARED A STATE OF. PREPAREDNESS, AND THE GOVERNOR. OF VIRGINIA OUT WITH A MESSAGE. TO TRAVELERS SAYING STAY ALERT.

AND PREPARE NOW FOR ANY. POTENTIAL IMPACTS. LINSEY. >> Linsey: A NUMBER OF WARNINGS. THERE IN THE MID-ATLANTIC IN. PARTICULAR. LET'S BRING IN SOMARA THEODORE. WE TALKED ABOUT SNOW AND ICE, BUT IT'S ALSO BRINGING SEVERE. WEATHER TO THE SOUTH. WHAT CAN RESIDENTS THERE EXPECT? >> Reporter: YES, IN FACT, A. TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN. ARKANSAS AND A TORNADO WATCH IS. IN EFFECT FROM EASTERN TEXAS. THROUGH LOUISIANA INTO. MISSISSIPPI. ON THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE. STORM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE. DEALING WITH THE SNOWFALL. TONIGHT ALONG I-70.

BY TOMORROW MORNING, THIS COULD. BE A COMMUTING MESS FOR THE. MID-ATLANTIC, SPECIFICALLY THE. WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA, ALONG. I-95, IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA IS. WHERE WE COULD SEE ICING. AND THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL. LINGER THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. BY THE TIME IT'S SAID AND DONE, UP TO A HALF INCH OF SIGNIFICANT. ICING COULD BE OCCURRING IN. NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND. WASHINGTON, D.C. IS IN FOR. POTENTIALLY THEIR BIGGEST SNOW. STORM IN THREE YEARS. AFTER THIS IS DONE ON THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES IN D.C. WILL FEEL.

LIKE 2 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, AND. THAT'S THE DAY OF THE FINAL. PROCESSION FOR PRESIDENT JIMMY. CARTER. LINSEY. >> Linsey: WE'LL SEE IF THAT. WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT THERE. THANK YOU. >>> NOW DETAILS TONIGHT IN THE. DEADLY NEW YEAR'S ATTACK IN NEW. ORLEANS. AUTHORITIES RELEASES IMAGES THEY. SAY WERE TAKEN BY THE SUSPECT. WHEN HE VISITED NEW ORLEANS. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AS WELL AS. FOOTAGE OF WHAT THEY SAY IS THE. SUSPECT WITH AN IED THE NIGHT OF. THE ATTACK. THEY SAY HE VISITED THE CITY. TWICE BEFORE KILLING 14 PEOPLE. THERE. TREVOR ALT REPORTS FROM NEW. ORLEANS TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE FBI.

UNVEILING A DETAILED TIMELINE OF. THE NEW YEAR'S ATTACK IN NEW. ORLEANS. >> WE HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE. TODAY THAN WE DID EVEN TWO DAYS. AGO. >> Reporter: THEY SAY THE. SUSPECT, A 42-YEAR-OLD ARMY. VETERAN, SHAMSUD-DIN JABBAR, DROVE TO LOUISIANA FROM TEXAS, ARRIVING IN THE CITY AROUND. 10:00 P.M. NEW YEAR'S EVE. JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AT 12:15, INVESTIGATORS SAY HE SET A FIRE. INSIDE A HOUSE HE RENTED IN THE. CITY AND HEADED FOR THE FRENCH. QUARTER. AT 1:53 A.M., HE CAN BE SEEN.

PLACING A COOLER WHICH. AUTHORITIES SAY CONTAINED AN IED. ON BOURBON STREET AND ST. PETER. A HALF HOUR LATER, HE PLACED A. SECOND COOLER ON BOURBON AND. TOULOUSE. LESS THAN AN HOUR AFTER THAT, AT. 3:15, HE RACED HIS RENTED FORD. F-150 DOWN BOURBON STREET, KILLING 14 PEOPLE AND INJURING. DOZENS MORE. >> DURING THESE PAST FEW YEARS, LONE ACTORS OR SMALL CELLS OF. INDIVIDUALS WHO TYPICALLY. RADICALIZE TO VIOLENCE ONLINE.

AND PRIMARILY USE EASILY. ACCESSIBLE WEAPONS HAVE POSED. THE GREATEST TERRORISM THREAT TO. OUR HOMELAND. >> Reporter: AND AUTHORITIES SAY. THE CASUALTIES COULD HAVE BEEN. MUCH HIGHER. THE FIRE INSIDE THE RENTAL HOME. BURNED OUT BEFORE IT COULD. SPREAD TO THE ACCELERANTS HE HAD. PLACED INSIDE, AND THE DETONATOR. JABBAR TRIED TO USE TO SET OFF. THOSE IEDs INSIDE THE COOLERS. FAILED BEFORE HE WAS KILLED IN A. SHOOTOUT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> HE DIDN'T USE THE DIRECT. DEVICE TO SET IT OFF. THAT IS JUST INDICATIVE OF HIS. INEXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS.

REVEALING JABBAR TRAVELED TO NEW. ORLEANS TWICE IN THE MONTHS. BEFORE THE ATTACK, FILMING THIS. VIDEO AS HE RODE AROUND THE. FRENCH QUARTER ON A BICYCLE. HE ALSO TRAVELED TO EGYPT AND. ONTARIO, CANADA, IN 2023, AUTHORITIES NOW INVESTIGATING. WHETHER THOSE TRIPS COULD BE. RELATED TO HIS RADICALIZATION. SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS HE. RECORDED SEVERAL VIDEOS WHILE EN. ROUTE TO LOUISIANA IN WHICH HE. CLAIMED HE JOINED ISIS EARLIER. THIS YEAR AND TOLD HIS FAMILY HE. CONTEMPLATED HARMING THEM,

SAYING I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK. I SPARED YOU WILLINGLY. OVERNIGHT, A NEW ORLEANS. COMMUNITY HOLDING A CANDLELIGHT. VIGIL TO REMEMBER THE LIVES. TAKEN. TODAY, THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. PLAYING THE TAMPA BAY. BUCCANEERS, A MOMENT OF SILENCE. BEFORE KICKOFF. >> IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES. >> Reporter: MANY GATHERING FOR. SUNDAY MASS AT ST. LOUIS. CATHEDRAL JUST BLOCKS FROM THE. ATTACK. >> LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER. >> Reporter: AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. WILL BE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.

TOMORROW. THE MAYOR SAYS SHE'LL BE ASKING. HIM FOR FEDERAL SECURITY. ASSISTANCE AS WE HEAD TOWARD. MARDI GRAS. LINSEY. >> Linsey: TREVOR ALT FOR US, THANKS SO MUCH. >>> ON THE HEELS OF THE NEW. ORLEANS ATTACK, OFFICIALS IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. ARE BOOSTING. ALREADY TIGHT SECURITY AHEAD OF. MAJOR EVENTS THIS MONTH, INCLUDING THE CARTER FUNERAL AND. THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION, AND TOMORROW, THE CERTIFICATION. OF THE ELECTION. LET'S BRING IN MARYALICE PARKS. WHAT MAJOR CHANGES ARE WE. EXPECTING TO SEE THIS WEEK? >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME, JANUARY 6th HAS BEEN DESIGNATED. A NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY.

EVENT AT THE REQUEST OF D.C.'S. MAYOR AFTER THE VIOLENT ATTACK. ON THE CAPITOL FOUR YEARS AGO. THAT MEANS SECRET SERVICE HAS. BEEN PLANNING FOR MONTHS, BRINGING IN MORE RESOURCES TO. GUARD THE CAPITOL FOR THE. COUNTING OF THE ELECTORAL. COLLEGE VOTES TOMORROW. SO FAR, NO GROUPS HAVE ANNOUNCED. PLANS TO PROTEST AND CAPITOL. POLICE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT. CHANGES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. ON THURSDAY, FORMER PRESIDENTS, CABINET MEMBERS, AND DIGNITARIES. ARE ALL EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE. STATE FUNERAL FOR FORMER. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER AS WELL. WE KNOW ABOUT 4,000 ADDITIONAL.

POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE. COUNTRY ARE HERE TO HELP D.C. POLICE. THEY'LL BE USING DRONES, LARGE. FENCING, AND THE NATIONAL GUARD. HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AS WELL. LINSEY. >> Linsey: NOT TAKING ANY. CHANCES. MARYALICE, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT, THE NATION IS. REMEMBERING ITS 39th PRESIDENT. FROM PEANUT FARMER TO PRESIDENT. JIMMY CARTER BEGAN HIS FINAL. JOURNEY FROM RURAL GEORGIA THIS. WEEKEND. VETERANS OF HIS SECRET SERVICE. DETAIL ESCORTED HIS REMAINS. IN ATLANTA, THOUSANDS ARE LINING. UP TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. CARTER WILL LIE IN REPOSE AT THE.

CARTER PRESIDENTIAL CENTER UNTIL. TUESDAY. ABC'S SENIOR NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT STEVE OSUNSAMI. REPORTS FROM ATLANTA. >> Reporter: FOR THE FAMILY OF. JIMMY CARTER, WHO HAS HAD TO. SHARE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WITH. THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR SO. LONG, IT WAS DEEPLY MOVING TO. SEE PEOPLE LINED UP ON ROADSIDES. AND ABOVE HIGHWAYS SAYING. GOOD-BYE. >> MAN, AND THAT MOTORCADE, THERE WAS A LOT OF LOVE ON THE. SIDE OF THE ROAD. EVERY OVERPASS HAD PEOPLE ON IT.

IT WAS AMAZING. >> Reporter: SOME OF THEM WERE. CHILDREN WHO WERE NOWHERE NEAR. BORN WHEN THE 39th PRESIDENT RAN. THE COUNTRY. ONE WOMAN HELD A SIGN SAYING. WHAT SO MANY FELT, PRESIDENT. CARTER, A MAN OF HONOR. THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS, RURAL, URBAN, DEMOCRAT, AND. REPUBLICAN ALIKE. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. WITH PHOTOS OF THEMSELVES AND. THE CARTERS. >> I'M A CADET AT THE MILITARY. ACADEMY HERE AT THE CARTER. CENTER. TO PAY MY LAST TRIBUTES TO MY. HERO. >> Reporter: ON THE WAY TO.

ATLANTA, THEY STOPPED OUTSIDE. HIS FAMILY'S OLD FARM IN FRONT. OF A BELL THEY USED TO RING. EVERY MORNING WHEN HE WAS A. CHILD, TELLING THEM IT WAS TIME. TO WORK. ON THIS DAY, THEY RANG IT 39. TIMES. BEFORE HE DIED, THE FORMER. PRESIDENT TOLD HIS CHILDREN HE. WANTED THE FIRST SERVICE TO TAKE. PLACE AT THE CARTER CENTER. WITH THE STAFF, SCIENTISTS, AND. PEACEMAKERS WHO WORKED WITH THE. CARTERS FOR SO LONG. >> HE WAS AN AMAZING MAN.

AND HE WAS HELD UP AND PROPPED. UP AND SOOTHED BY AN AMAZING. WOMAN. AND THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. CHANGED THE WORLD. BECAUSE IT WAS AN AMAZING THING. TO WATCH FROM SO CLOSE. >> WE WILL SPEND THIS WEEK. CELEBRATING THIS INCREDIBLE LIFE. AND A LIFE THAT I THINK WE CAN. ALL AGREE IS AS FULL AND. POWERFUL AS ANY LIFE CAN BE. AS SOMEONE SAID, IT'S AMAZING. WHAT YOU CAN CRAM INTO 100. YEARS.

>> Reporter: THIS IS VERY MUCH A. CELEBRATION FOR A LONG AND. REMARKABLE LIFE WELL LIVED. THE PUBLIC VISITATION HERE. CONTINUES UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING, AND THEN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S. REMAINS WILL BE MOVED TO. WASHINGTON WHERE THERE IS. ANOTHER PUBLIC VISITATION AND. THEN THE STATE FUNERAL ON. THURSDAY, WHERE PRESIDENT BIDEN. IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER THE. EULOGY. THEN, HE WILL COME BACK HOME FOR. A PRIVATE CEREMONY WHERE HE'LL. BE BURIED ALONGSIDE HIS WIFE.

IT'S A SPOT NEAR THEIR HOUSE. THAT THEY PICKED TOGETHER BEFORE. SHE PASSED. LINSEY. >> Linsey: A MAN WHOSE WORK. TOUCHED SO MANY. STEVE, THANK YOU. >> OVERSEAS NOW, UKRAINE APPEARS. TO BEING GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE, ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE MORE. TERRITORY IN THE KURSK REGION. THE SAME AREA WHERE UKRAINE. MOUNTED A MAJOR OFFENSIVE IN. AUGUST. WHAT'S BEHIND THE SUDDEN MOVE? DETAILS NOW FROM PATRICK. REEVELL. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, UKRAINIAN. FORCES SUDDENLY ON THE OFFENSIVE. ONCE AGAIN INSIDE RUSSIA.

UKRAINIAN TANKS SEEN ADVANCING. INTO THE RUSSIAN BORDER REGION. OF KURSK, FILMED FROM A RUSSIAN. DRONE CLOSING IN. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA SHOWING. RUSSIAN TROOPS DIRECTING FIRE. ONTO UKRAINIAN COLUMNS AS THEY. ATTACK. UKRAINE SEIZED A FOOTHOLD IN. KURSK WITH A SURPRISE OFFENSIVE. BACK IN AUGUST. CAPTURING HUNDREDS OF SQUARE. MILES OF RUSSIAN TERRITORY. BUT SINCE THEN, RUSSIA HAS. SLOWLY DRIVEN UKRAINE BACK. RECENTLY, ALSO HELPED BY. THOUSANDS OF NORTH KOREAN. TROOPS.

UKRAINE'S MOVE COMES AS IT TRIES. TO STRENGTHEN ITS HAND FOR. EXPECTED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ONCE. PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP. ENTERS OFFICE. JUST OVER TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES WANT TO. END THE WAR. HAVE A PEACEFUL NEGOTIATION. WE'RE ALL FOR THAT. BUT IT'S GOT TO BE ON TERMS THAT. DO NOT THROW UKRAINE UNDER THE. BUS. >> Reporter: IT'S STILL UNCLEAR. HOW SIGNIFICANT THIS OFFENSIVE. IS, BUT IT APPEARS THAT UKRAINE. MAY BE TRYING TO SHORE UP ITS. HOLD ON RUSSIAN TERRITORY IN.

ORDER TO USE IT AS A BARGAINING. CHIP IN ANY TALKS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S INAUGURATION. LINSEY. >> Linsey: PATRICK, THANK YOU. >>> HERE IN NEW YORK, CONGESTION. PRICING HAS GONE INTO EFFECT. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE. NATION. DRIVERS CROSSING INTO MIDTOWN. BELOW 60th STREET WILL BE HIT. WITH A TOLL. ABC'S IKE EJIOCHI REPORTS FROM. MANHATTAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW YORK. CITY'S HIGHLY DEBATED CONGESTION. PRICING IS NOW IN EFFECT. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE. UNITED STATES. THE PLAN CHARGING DRIVERS $9 TO.

ENTER WHAT THE MTA CALLS THE. CONGESTION RELIEF ZONE. THE BUSIEST PART OF MANHATTAN, HOME TO ICONIC LANDMARKS. >> 1400 CAMERAS, OVER 110. DETECTION POINTS, SEPARATE. DETECTION POINTS ON THE BORDERS. OF THE CONGESTION ZONE. >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A. TRAFFIC ANALYTICS COMPANY, NEW. YORK CITY HAS THE WORST TRAFFIC. IN THE U.S., FOLLOWED BY. CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, AND. BOSTON. FOLLOWING MONTHS OF DELAY FROM. LAWSUITS, ADMINISTRATORS SAY THE. PLAN AIMS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC.

GRIDLOCK FOR THE ALMOST 5. MILLION PEOPLE COMMUTING INTO. THE CITY FOR WORK. ALL WHILE RAISING BILLIONS OF. DOLLARS TO HELP FIX THE CITY'S. AILING PUBLIC TRANSIT. INFRASTRUCTURE. OPPONENT SAY THE PLAN WILL DO. LITTLE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC, ALL. WHILE PUNISHING DRIVERS FROM. OUTSIDE MANHATTAN. >> YOU GOT CHARGED $9. HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> JUST ANOTHER TACTIC. >> Reporter: OTHER CITIES LIKE. WASHINGTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. HAVE LOOKED INTO THE PLAN AND. CITIES OVERSEAS ALREADY ON. BOARD. LONDON, MILAN, STOCKHOLM ALREADY. HAVE SIMILAR PLANS IN PLACE.

SINGAPORE HAS CHARGED DRIVERS. SINCE THE MID-'70s. LINSEY, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP. WHOSE MANHATTAN TOWER LIES. WITHIN THE ZONE SAYS HE STRONGLY. DISAGREES WITH GHVER'S DECISION, VOWING TO REPEAL THE MEASURE. ONCE IN OFFICE. LINSEY. >> Linsey: A LOT OF MIXED. FEELINGS FROM DRIVER. IKE, THANK YOU. >> THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD. ON "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT" THIS. SUNDAY INCLUDING THE VIOLENT. ALTERCATION BETWEEN AN AMERICAN. OLYMPIAN AND POLICE. WHAT LED TO HIS ARREST. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, NEW VIDEO OF.

AN OLYMPIC MEDALIST BEING. ARRESTED IN MIAMI BEACH. BODY CAM FOOTAGE SHOWS SPRINTER. FRED KERLEY ARGUING WITH. OFFICERS THURSDAY. THEY CLAIM HE WAS INTERFERING. WITH AN INVESTIGATION. HE WAS THEN WRESTLED TO THE. GROUND AND HIT WITH A STUN GUN. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND SATURDAY. NIGHT. KERLEY TOOK BRONZE IN THE 100. METERS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT. CAUSED THE BIG DISRUPTION AT ONE. OF AMERICA'S LARGEST SKI. RESORTS. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW, AND THE. FRIGHTENING MOMENTS CAPTURED ON.

VIDEO WHEN A PLANE CAUGHT FIRE. WHILE LANDING. THIS WAS THE SCENE INSIDE THE. AIR CANADA EXPRESS FLIGHT. FLAMES ERUPTED FROM THE LEFT. WING AFTER A HARD LANDING. IN HALIFAX ON DECEMBER 28th. AIR CANADA SAYS THERE MAY HAVE. BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE LANDING. GEAR. >> A NUMBER OF SKIERS SAY THEIR. VACATIONS WERE RUINED BY THE. ONGOING SKI PATROL STRIKE. AT UTAH'S PARK CITY MOUNTAIN. RESORT. THERE WERE LONG LINES AT LIFTS. FEWER THAN A THIRD OF THE TRAILS. WERE OPEN THIS WEEKEND ON WHAT. IS TRADITIONALLY ONE OF ITS. BUSIEST TIMES.

200 SKI PATROLLERS ARE DEMANDING. HIGHER PAY. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, AMERICA. STRONG. THE NEW RECIPIENTS OF THE. COUNTRY'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN. HONOR. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, A SPECIAL. AWARD FOR A SPECIAL GROUP. IN HIS FINAL DAYS IN THE WHITE. HOUSE, OUR NATION'S HIGHEST. CIVILIAN HONOR BESTOWED UPON 19. PEOPLE ON SATURDAY. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL. YOU HAVE DONE TO HELP THIS. COUNTRY. >> HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON. >> Reporter: ROUSING STANDING. OVATION FOR FORMER SECRETARY OF. STATE HILLARY CLINTON.

HER NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT. BROKE BARRIERS. AND INSPIRED GENERATIONS. MIKEM J. FOX. >> Linsey: BELOVED ACTOR MICHAEL. J. FOX REVERED FOR HIS. PARKINSON'S DISEASE RESEARCH AND. ADVOCACY. >> CHANNELING HIS ENDEARING. PERSONALITY TO ADVANCE. TREATMENTS, MOVE US CLOSER TO A. CURE. FANNIE LOU HAMER. >> Linsey: SOME MEDALS AWARDED. POSTHUMOUSLY. THE NIECE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER. ACCEPTED THE AWARD ON HER. BEHALF. >> SHE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER TO.

EXPAND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR ALL. AMERICANS. IRVING MAGIC JOHNSON. >> Linsey: IRVING MAGIC JOHNSON. FLASHING THAT MEGA WATT STYLE. >> HIS HONESTY ABOUT HIS HIV. STATUS SHATTERED STIGMA. AND SAVED LIVES. >> Linsey: THE PRESIDENT WITH. ONE FINAL MESSAGE FOR US ALL. >> STAY ENGAGED, TO NEVER GIVE. UP. TO ALWAYS KEEP THE FAITH. >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. I'M LINSEY DAVIS. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR MAKING WORLD NEWS. TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR AMERICAS. MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.