ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast – March 1

>>> TONIGHT, BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY NOW IN. LONDON MEETING WITH EUROPEAN. LEADERS AS THE FALLOUT. FROM HIS CONFRONTATION. IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP. INTENSIFIES. >>> ANDREW CUOMO JUMPS BACK INTO. POLITICS IN THE RACE FOR NEW. YORK CITY MAYOR. AND WE'RE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. WITH LESS THAN 24 HOURS UNTIL. OSCARS BIG NIGHT. >>> SOURCES SAYING PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS CONSIDERING ENDING. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AFTER THE. BLOW UP IN THE OVAL OFFICE AS.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS WELCOMED. BY U.K.'S PRIME MINISTER AHEAD. OF A MEETING WITH EUROPEAN. LEADERS PREPARING TO DISCUSS THE. FUTURE OF UKRAINE. NEARLY ALL SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT. FOR ZELENSKYY. EUROPE'S TOP DIPLOMATS SAYING. THE FREE WORLD NEEDS A NEW. LEADER AS RUSSIA CARRIES OUT. MORE STRIKES ON UKRAINE. TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. >>> THREE YEARS AFTER SCANDAL. FORCED HIM OUT OF OFFICE, ANDREW. CUOMO IS BACK RUNNING FOR MAYOR. OF NEW YORK CITY.

SAYING THE CITY IS IN CRISIS. >>> THE WHITE HOUSE ORDERS 3,000. MORE ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS TO THE. SOUTHERN BORDER TO JOIN THE. THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS AND. MARINES ALREADY THERE. ENHANCING A NATIONAL CRACKDOWN. ON IMMIGRATION. >>> THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS IN. THE SKY NEAR A NEW YORK AIRPORT. FLAMES BURSTING FROM THE ENGINE. OF A FEDEX CARGO JET. >>> AND THE LATEST ON POPE. FRANCIS, TWO WEEKS INTO HIS. HOSPITAL STAY. AS HE BATTLES PNEUMONIA. >>> THE NEW TWIST IN DRAKE'S.

LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE SONG, NOT. LIKE US. >>> AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE. OSCARS IS ON. WE'RE LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES. BEHIND THE SCENES. A PREVIEW OF THE TIGHT RACES AND. MUSICAL ACTS SET TO PERFORM. >>> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS WORLD. NEWS TONIGHT. REPORTING TONIGHT FROM LOS. ANGELES. >>> WE BEGIN WITH THE FALLOUT. FROM THE OVAL OFFICE, SAYING. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSIDERING. PAUSING ALL MILITARY AID TO.

UKRAINE. THIS AFTER THE HEATING, INTENSE. EXCHANGE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BETWEEN TRUMP AND UKRAINE'S. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, LEAVING. ABRUPTLY AFTER THE MEETING. UNRAVELLED. ZELENSKYY IS NOW IN LONDON. WELCOMED BY THE BRITISH PRIME. MINISTER. HE'S THERE FOR A SUMMIT WITH. EUROPEAN LEADERS ON SUNDAY AND. IS EXPECTED TO MEET WITH KING. CHARLES TOMORROW. ALL THIS AS UKRAINE IS LOCKED IN. A BITTER THREE-YEAR WAR IN. RUSSIA AND MANY IN THE. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ARE. DESPERATELY SEEKING A PATHWAY TO.

PEACE. TONIGHT, THE REACTION FROM THE. U.S. AND OVERSEAS. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT LEADS US OFF FROM. WASHINGTON. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, BILLIONS. OF DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID FOR. UKRAINE IN JEOPARDY AFTER THE. SHOCKING OVAL OFFICE BLOW UP. BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. >> YOU'RE GAMBLING WITH THE. LIVES OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. YOU'RE GAMBLING WITH WORLD WAR. III. >> Reporter: SOURCING TELL ABC. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

CONSIDERING CUTTING OFF ITS. MILITARY SUPPORT FOR AMERICA'S. LONG TIME ALLY AS IT FIGHTS FOR. SURVIVAL THREE YEARS AFTER. RUSSIA'S INVASION. TRUMP DELIVERING THIS ULTIMATUM. A DEAL FOR UKRAINE TO SHARE ITS. MINERAL RESOURCES LEFT ON THE. TABLE LEFT UNSIGNED. >> LET HIM END IT OR FIGHT IT. OUT AND IF HE FIGHTS IT OUT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PRETTY. BECAUSE WITHOUT US, HE DOESN'T. WIN. >> Reporter: THE HEATED CHANGE. COMING AFTER TRUMP FALSELY.

CALLED ZELENSKYY A DICTATOR. WHILE EXPRESSING SYMPATHY FOR. PUTIN. TODAY, ZELENSKYY POSTING ON. SOCIAL MEDIA, NO ONE WANTS PEACE. MORE THAN WE DO. IT'S A FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM, FOR OUR VERY SURVIVAL, BUT WE. CAN'T JUST STOP FIGHTING AND. HAVE GUARANTEES THAT PUTIN WILL. NOT RETURN TOMORROW. THE WHITE HOUSE BLAMING. ZELENSKYY FOR THE SOURING. RELATIONSHIP. MANY REPUBLICANS SIDING WITH. THAT VIEW. >> WHAT I SAW IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WAS DISRESPECTFUL AND I DON'T.

KNOW IF WE CAN EVER DO BUSINESS. WITH ZELENSKYY EVER AGAIN. >> Reporter: BUT OTHERS PUSHING. BACK. TONIGHT, LISA MURKOWSKI SAYING I. AM SICK TO MY STOMACH AS THE. ADMINISTRATION APPEARS TO BE. WALKING AWAY FROM OUR ALLIES AND. EMBRACING PUTIN. A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND U.S. VALUES AROUND THE WORLD. DEMOCRATS MEANWHILE OUTRAGED BY. THE SCENE. >> IT WAS A PLANNED AMBUSH. DESIGNED TO EMBARRASS PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY IN ORDER TO BENEFIT. PUTIN.

THAT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT. THAT WAS AN ABOMINATION. >> Reporter: AND ZELENSKYY SAYS. AMERICA'S HELP HAS BEEN VITAL TO. ITS SURVIVAL, BUT IF PRESIDENT. TRUMP WERE TO CUT OFF MILITARY. AID TO UKRAINE, THE IMPACT ON. THE BATTLEFIELD IS CLEAR SINCE. FORMER PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD. RUSHED TO SEND AS MUCH EQUIPMENT. AS POSSIBLE TO THE COUNTRY. BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE. BUT EITHER WAY, IT IS A SIGN OF. A SHOCKING RUPTURE BETWEEN. WARTIME ALLIES. >> THANK YOU.

AFTER THAT DISASTROUS MEETING. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, EUROPEAN. LEADERS ALL RALLYING BEHIND. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY. THE U.K. CONVENING AN EMERGENCY. SUMMIT OF OFFICIALS FROM. EUROPEAN AND OTHER WESTERN. NATIONS TOMORROW. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. REPORTING FROM LONDON TONIGHT. >> YOU'RE RIGHT NOW, NOT IN A. VERY GOOD POSITION. YOU'VE ALLOWED YOURSELF TO BE IN. A VERY BAD POSITION AND THIS. HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT ABOUT. >> FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF. THE WAR --.

>> YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD. POSITION. YOU DON'T HAVE THE CARDS RIGHT. NOW. >> I'M NOT PLAYING CARDS. >> Reporter: JUST 24 HOURS AFTER. THAT BREATHTAKING CHANGE IN THE. OVAL OFFICE, TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY WELCOMED LIKE A HERO. IN LONDON. THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. PUTTING HIS ARM AROUND. ZELENSKYY, THEN REITERATING. UKRAINE'S KEY ARGUMENT. THEY CAN ONLY ACCEPT A POTENTIAL. PEACE DEAL IF THERE IS SECURITY. GUARANTEES WHICH PREVENT RUSSIA. FROM REATTACKING UKRAINE. >> TO ACHIEVE A LASTING PEACE.

FOR UKRAINE BASED ON SOVEREIGNTY. AND SECURITY FOR UKRAINE. >> Reporter: THE U.K. CONVENING. AN EMERGENCY SUMMIT IN LONDON. TOMORROW. AFTER A TOP EUROPEAN OFFICIAL. SUGGESTED AMERICA CAN NO LONGER. BE CONSIDERED AS THE LEADER OF. THE FREE WORLD. MEANWHILE IN UKRAINE, RUSSIAN. FORCES STRIKING THIS RESIDENTIAL. BUILDING IN ZAPORIZHZHIA IN THE. SOUTH. AND ANOTHER BALLISTIC MISSILE. ATTACK, ACCORDING TO UKRAINIAN. OFFICIALS. THE KREMLIN TODAY CELEBRATING, MOCKING EUROPE AND UKRAINE, SAYING TRUMP GAVE A QUOTE.

BEATING TO ZELENSKYY. AND TOMORROW, PRESIDENT. ZELENSKYY WILL MEET WITH KING. CHARLES. ZELENSKYY WILL ALSO GATHER WITH. EUROPEAN LEADERS AMID A GROWING. RIFT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH. THE U.S. >> TOM, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, ANDREW CUOMO. LAUNCHING A POLITICAL COMEBACK. THE FORMER GOVERNOR ANNOUNCING. TODAY HE'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF. NEW YORK CITY. UPENDING A CROWDED RACE TO. UNSEAT MAYOR ADAMS. THIS THREE YEARS AFTER CUOMO. RESIGNED FACING MULTIPLE. CONTROVERSIES.

HERE'S MORGAN NORWOOD. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW YORK'S. FORMER GOVERNOR, WHO RESIGNED. AMID SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS, SAYS HE'S RUNNING FOR NEW YORK. CITY MAYOR. >> I BELIEVE I CAN HELP. AND THAT IS WHY I ANNOUNCED MY. CANDIDACY TODAY FOR MAYOR OF NEW. YORK CITY. >> Reporter: ENDING WEEKS OF. SPECULATION, MAKING HIS COMEBACK. OFFICIAL WITH A NEARLY 20 MINUTE. VIDEO TOUTING HIS DECADES OF. EXPERIENCE IN POLITICS. SAYING HE'S THE ONE WHO CAN. QUOTE, FIX THIS CITY.

THE END OF HIS TENURE AS. GOVERNOR WAS SULLIED BY SCANDAL. AT LEAST 11 WOMEN, SOME STATE. EMPLOYEES, ACCUSING HIM OF. SEXUAL HARASSMENT. CUOMO, WHO WAS THE FACE OF NEW. YORK'S RESPONSE TO COVID, CAME. UNDER FIRE FOR HIS HANDLING OF. THE VIRUS WHEN IT WAS SPREADING. THROUGH NURSING HOMES. TONIGHT, ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT HE. CALLED PAST MISTAKES. >> DID I ALWAYS DO EVERYTHING. RIGHT IN MY YEARS OF GOVERNMENT. SERVICE? OF COURSE NOT.

DID I MAKE MISTAKES? SOME PAINFULLY? DEFINITELY. AND I BELIEVE I LEARNED FROM. THEM. AND THAT I AM A BETTER PERSON. FOR IT. AND I HOPE TO SHOW YOU THAT. EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: HE NOW ENTERS A. CROWDED RACE. ONE THAT INCLUDES FELLOW. DEMOCRAT, MAYOR ERIC ADAMS. CUOMO NOT MENTIONING HIM BY. NAME, BUT BLAMES DEMOCRATIC. LEADERSHIP FOR A FAILING TRANSIT. SYSTEM, CRIME, AND THE ECONOMY. CUOMO JUMPING INTO THE RACE JUST. AS MAYOR ADAMS IS AWAITING A.

FINAL WORD FROM A JUDGE ON. WHETHER TO DISMISS SWEEPING. FEDERAL CORRUPTION CHARGES AFTER. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. RECOMMENDED THE CASE BE THROWN. OUT. CRITICS HAVE BLASTED THE DOJ'S. MOVE AS QUID PRO QUO. CUOMO LARGELY AVOIDING CRITICISM. OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING HE'S WORKED. WITH HIM IN THE PAST AND HOPES. TRUMP WOULD WORK WITH HIM AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE PENTAGON SENDING. ABOUT 3,000 MORE ACTIVE DUTY.

TROOPS TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OVER. THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. ALL PART OF THE IMMIGRATION. CRACKDOWN. THIS COMES IN ADDITION TO THE. SEVERAL THOUSAND U.S. SOLDIERS. AND MARINES AT THE BORDER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE U.S. ON THE BRINK OF THE LARGEST. ACTIVE DUTY TROOP PRESENCE AT. THE SOUTHERN BORDER IN YEARS. A NEW WAVE OF TROOPS GEARING UP. TO DEPLOY, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO. AROUND 9,000. AMONG THE FORCES BEING SENT,

STRIKER ARMORED PERSONNEL. CARRIERS AND AVIATION. AUTHORITIES INSISTING THE TROOPS. ARE ONLY THERE TO ASSIST BORDER. PATROL. THESE DEPLOYMENTS, PART OF. TRUMP'S BORDER POLICY. THEY COME AS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN. TRENDING DOWNWARDS. ROUGHLY 61,000 IN JANUARY. THE LOWEST NUMBER OF ENCOUNTER. THERE IS SINCE 2020. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S. TARGETING OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. AND DRUGS POISED TO GO FURTHER. "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL". REPORTING, PETE HEGSETH. REPORTEDLY TELLING MEXICAN. OFFICIALS THE U.S. WOULD TAKE. UNILATERAL ACTION IF THEY WERE.

UNABLE TO SECURE THE BORDER. THEMSELVES. ACCORDING TO PEOPLE BRIEFED ON. THE CALL, MEXICAN OFFICIALS. INTERPRETING THAT TO MEAN INSIDE. OF MEXICO. MARCO RUBIO DID NOT RULE OUT. MILITARY ACTION BY THE U.S. >> MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FROM. THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S. PERSPECTIVE, THAT WE CAN WORK. WITH THE MEXICANS ON THE ISSUE. COOPERATIVELY. >> Reporter: TRUMP'S TARIFF. THREAT STARTING TUESDAY UNLESS. THEY GIVE IN TO HIS DEMANDS, WRITING WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS.

SCOURGE TO CONTINUE TO HARM THE. U.S. MEXICO AND CANADA HAVE MADE. EFFORTS TO APPEASE THE. PRESIDENT. MEXICO SENDING 10,000 TROOPS TO. THE BORDER AND THIS WEEK, 29. ALLEGED DRUG LORDS WERE. EXTRADITED TO THE U.S. INCLUDING. RAFAEL CONTERA, THE MAN. CONVICTED IN MEXICO FOR THE 1985. TORTURE AND MURDER OF A DEA. AGENT. >> WE HAVE WAITED 40 YEARS FOR. THIS DAY. THIS DAY WHEN JUSTICE WOULD BE. SERVED. >> Reporter: AN IMMIGRATION AND.

CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN. FEUDING WITH BOSTON OFFICIALS. TOM HOMAN CRITICAL OF THE. POLICIES. HOMAN VOWING TO VISIT BOSTON AND. TO BRING HELL WITH HIM. >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS IN. THE GLOBAL OUTAGE IMPACTING. MICROSOFT. SOCIAL MEDIA FLOODED WITH. COMPLAINTS. LET'S BRING IN PERRY RUSS NOW. WHAT MORE ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT. THIS OUTAGE? >> Reporter: MICROSOFT SAYS THEY. ARE NOW INVESTIGATING. THIS LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR. INCLUDING 365.

THAT INCLUDES OUTLOOK. MILLIONS USE THAT FROM THEIR. E-MAIL. DATA SHOWS THERE WERE AT LEAST. 25,000 REPORTS OF OUTAGES AND. MICROSOFT SAYS THEY HAVE. IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL CAUSE AND. IN THEIR WORDS, REVERTED THE. SUSPECTED CODE. SO EXPERTS SAY IT APPEARS THIS. IS TIE TODAY A SOFTWARE UPDATE. THE COMPANY DEALT WITH A. DIFFERENT OUTAGE LAST SUMMER. WHEN COMPUTERS STOPPED WORKING. THAT CASE WAS ALSO BLAMED ON A. SOFTWARE ISSUE. >> SO MANY OF US DEALING WITH.

THIS TODAY. PERRY, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT, YET ANOTHER CLOSE CALL. IN THE SKY. A FEDEX CARGO PLANE FORCED TO. MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT. NEWARK. THE FLAMES COMING OUT OF AN. ENGINE AFTER A BIRD STRIKE. AND NEW DETAILS COMING IN. TONIGHT. HERE'S PHIL LIPOFF. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A FIERY, MIDAIR SCARE. A FEDEX CARGO JET JUST MOMENTS. AFTER TAKEOFF IN NEW JERSEY. >> WE'RE DECLINING. >> Reporter: THE BOEING 767. STRIKING A BIRD AROUND 8:00 A.M.

BEFORE TURNING BACK TO NEWARK. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> I WAS IN SHOCK, YOU KNOW, LIKE SEEING A PLANE ON FIRE. WITH YOUR OWN EYES. >> Reporter: HE WITNESSES IT. WHILE DRIVING. >> SOMETHING WAS FALLING FROM. THE SKY, WHICH I BELIEVED WAS A. BIRD. LIKE A BIG, BLACKBIRD. AFTER THAT, THE FIRE STARTS. >> Reporter: THE PILOTS SAFELY. RETURNING BACK TO THE AIRPORT, MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. NOBODY WAS HARMED.

FEDEX RELEASING A STATEMENT. COMMENDING THE FLIGHT CREW. SAYING THE TRAINING, EXPERTISE. AND PROFESSIONALISM DEMONSTRATED. BY THE PILOTS WAS EXEMPLARY. WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE QUICK. ACTIONS OF OUR CREW AND FIRST. RESPONDERS. AIR TRAFFIC WAS BRIEFLY PAUSED. AT NEWARK JUST AS A PRECAUTION. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOW UNDERWAY. BY THE FAA. >> THANKS SO MUCH. >>> NOW TO THE INVESTIGATION. INTO THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF. LEGENDARY ACTOR, GENE HACKMAN. AND HIS WIFE, BETSY. THE COUPLE FOUND DEAD INSIDE.

THEIR SANTA FE HOME ALONG WITH. ONE OF THEIR DOGS. THE POSSIBLE CLUE ABOUT THE. TIMING OF HACKMAN'S DEATH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. INVESTIGATION INTO THE. SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF LEGENDARY. ACTOR, GENE HACKMAN, AND HIS. WIFE, INTENSIFYING AFTER THEY. WERE FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THEIR. WOODED NEW MEXICO HOME. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM SAYING HE WAS. DRAWN TO THE AREA OF STARDOM. >> I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT. FOR HIM BEING OUT IN THE WILD,

IF YOU WILL. AS OPPOSED TO HOLLYWOOD. >> Reporter: THE 95-YEAR-OLD. ACTOR, HIS WIFE, AND ONE OF. THEIR DOGS FOUND DEAD INSIDE. THEIR HOME ON WEDNESDAY AFTER A. CARETAKER CALLED 911. >> NOT MOVING, JUST SEND. SOMEBODY OUT HERE REALLY QUICK. >> Reporter: POLICE SHARING. POTENTIAL CLUES INTO WHEN THE. COUPLE MAY HAVE DIED. HACKMAN'S PACEMAKER LAST. REGISTERING AN EVENT FEBRUARY. 17th. >> I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD. ASSUMPTION THAT THAT WAS HIS.

LAST DAY OF LIFE. >> Reporter: INVESTIGATORS SAY. THEY FOUND HACKMAN IN THE MUD. ROOM APPEARING TO HAVE SUDDENLY. FALLEN. HIS WIFE FOUND ON A BATHROOM. FLOOR. A SPACE HEATER NEAR HER HEAD, AND AN OPENED ORANGE. PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE WITH PILLS. SCATTERED ON THE COUNTER TOP. ONE OF THEIR DOGS FOUND DECEASED. IN A CRATE. >> IT'S REALLY KEY TO DO. BASICALLY A TIMELINE OF AT LEAST. 48 HOURS BEFORE THEY DIED TO SEE.

IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION IN. THERE. >> Reporter: WHILE AUTHORITIES. AWAIT THE TOXICOLOGY AND AUTOPSY. REPORTS, INVESTIGATORS HAVE ALSO. FOUND TWO CELL PHONES, EVEN. BLOOD PRESSURE AND THYROID. MEDICATION AS WELL AS A MEDICAL. RECORD INSIDE THE HOME AS THEY. HUNT FOR MORE CLUES. >> STILL SO MANY UNANSWERED. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. TO THE OSCARS JUST 24 HOURS. AWAY. THE STARS PREPARING TO WALK THE. HOTTEST RED CARPET OF THE YEAR.

I WAS THERE JUST A FEW HOURS. AGO. LET'S BRING IN JACQUELINE LEE IN. HOLLYWOOD. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE. LINEUP FOR THE BIG SHOW? >> IT IS A RACE TO THE FINISH. LINE AND YOU CAN FEEL THE. ENERGY. IT IS BUSY, BUT VERY EXCITED. DOWN THERE, THEY ARE PREPARING. WHAT THEY CALL THE STEP AND. REPEAT. THAT IS WHEN CELEBRITIES WALK. OUT OF THE LIMOS AND POSE IN. FRONT OF THE PAPARAZZI, SHOWING.

OFF THEIR GORGEOUS OUTFITS. THEN THEY WALK DOWN THE RED. CARPET. THEY'RE GOING TO PASS DOZENS OF. HAND PICKED FANS. THEN ROUNDING THE CORNER, WALKING UP THE FAMOUS RED CARPET. STEPS. THEY'LL FIND OUT THE WINNERS IN. THOSE 23 CATEGORIES. WE'LL HAVE FULL COVERAGE. STARTING TOMORROW AT THE OSCARS. ON THE RED CARPET STARTING AT. 3:30 EASTERN. >> YES, WE WILL. I'LL BE THERE WITH YOU. THERE'S STILL MUCH MORE AHEAD ON.

WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. LATER, WE'LL HEAD BACK TO THE. RED CARPET AS EXCITEMENT BUILDS. AND SOME OF THE TOP NOMINEES. LOCKED IN WIDE OPEN RACES. PLUS, THE LATEST IN DRAKE'S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE SONG, NOT. LIKE US. >>> NEXT, THE VATICAN SAYS POPE. FRANCIS IS RESTING COMFORTABLY. AFTER A RESPIRATORY CRISIS ON. FRIDAY. THE 88-YEAR-OLD REMAINS ALERT. AND ORIENTED. FRANCIS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

SINCE FEBRUARY 14th. HE'S SAID TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS. >>> STILL AHEAD, MORE ON DRAKE'S. LEGAL BATTLE OVER KENDRICK. LAMAR'S SONG, NOT LIKE US. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, RAPPER DRAKE. IS SETTLING HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST. I HEART MEDIA. PART OF HIS LEGAL DISPUTE OVER. KENDRICK LAMAR'S SINGLE, NOT. LIKE US. HE HAS ALLEGED I HEART RECEIVED. ILLEGAL PAYMENTS FROM THE GROUP. TO BOOST AIR PLAY FOR THE DISS. TRACK AGAINST DRAKE.

DRAKE IS ALSO SUING UNIVERSAL. MUSIC GROUP. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE RETURN TO. THE RED CARPET AS ANTICIPATION. BUILDS FOR TOMORROW'S OSCARS. >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, THE 97th. OSCARS JUST ABOUT 24 HOURS AWAY. TONIGHT ON THE EVE OF. HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT, THE. RED CARPET HAS BEEN ROLLED OUT. AND CREWS ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY. TO GET EVERYTHING OSCAR READY. WITH CONAN O'BRIEN HOSTING FOR. THE FIRST TIME, EXPECT THE. UNEXPECTED. >> I DON'T CARE IF MY IDEAS ARE.

BAD IDEAS. I CARE THAT THEY'RE NEW AND YOU. HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE. >> I GOT A SNEAK PEEK BEHIND THE. SCENES, WALKING ALL 900 FEET OF. THAT FAMOUS CARPET AND THIS IS. ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE. AREAS. THIS IS KNOWN AS STEP AND. REPEAT. IT LOOKS DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS IS WHERE THE STARS COME. OUT, THEY POSE FOR THE CAMERAS, THEY STEP, DO IT AGAIN AND WORK. THEIR WAY TO THE DOLBY THEATRE. SEVERAL OF THE TOP CATEGORIES.

REMAIN WIDE OPEN AND THE RACE. FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING. ROLE, DEMI MOORE CONSIDERED A. FAVORITE, TAKING HOME A GOLDEN. GLOBE AND SAG AWARD FOR HER ROLE. IN THE HORROR THRILLER, THE. SUBSTANCE. ♪. >> CARROTS. >> BUT 25-YEAR-OLD MIKEY MADISON. WHO WON THE BAFAA AWARD IS. GENERATING LOTS OF BUZZ FOR HER. BREAKOUT ROLE. >> I KIND OF WENT OFF AND SPENT. FIVE MONTHS REALLY JUST TRYING. TO CULTIVATE THE CHARACTER AND. JUST BRING THIS CHARACTER TO.

LIFE. >> DEVISED TO ENDURE SUCH. EROSION. >> FOR BEST ACTOR, ADRIAN BRODEY. RECEIVED HIS FIRST OSCAR WHEN HE. WAS ONLY 29, BECOMING THE. YOUNGEST EVER TO WIN THAT AWARD. >> YOU EVER LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. YOU'RE TELLING ME NOT TO PLAY? NOW, HE'S UP AGAINST 29-YEAR-OLD. TIMOTHEE CHALAMET, PLAYING BOB. DYLAN. IF HE TAKES HOME THE OSCAR, HE'LL BECOME THE YOUNGEST EDGING. OUT BRODEY'S WIN BY A FEW. MONTHS. AND THE 97TH ACADEMY AWARDS.

TOMORROW. LINDSEY DAVIS AND I. WILL BE CO-HOSTING THE. PRE SHOW BEGINNING AT. 3:30 EASTERN. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. THANK YOU FOR MAKING. WOLRD NEWS TONIGHT. WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED. MEWSCAST.