ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 14, 2025

TONIGHT WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS. AS WE COME ON THE AIR. THE LIFE-THREATENING STORM. HITTING MULTIPLE STATES RIGHT. NOW. THERE ARE TORNADO WATCHES AS WE. COME ON. THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SEVERE. TORNADO RISK AT THIS HOUR. STATES OF EMERGENCY NOW IN. EFFECT. 120 MILLION AMERICANS ON ALERT. FOR POSSIBLE LONG-TRACK. TORNADOS, LARGE HAIL, AND. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING UP TO 100. MILES PER HOUR. A BLINDING STORM BLAMED FOR A. MASSIVE PILEUP. MORE THAN 40 VEHICLES. BIG RIGS BLOWING OVER IN THE. WIND. FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE MIDWEST. AND THE NORTHEAST, ALL BRACING. LEE GOLDBERG TIMING THIS OUT.

>>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE HARROWING. IMAGES HERE. THE ENGINE ON FIRE. PASSENGERS ON THE WING OF AN. AMERICAN AIRLINES JET. >> MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. >> David: THE ENGINE BEGAN TO. VIBRATE 30 MINUTES INTO THE. FLIGHT. THEY DIVERTED TO DENVER. THE FLAMES THEN ERUPTING WHILE. ON THE TARMAC. >>> THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT. THAT PITTSBURGH COLLEGE STUDENT. WHO DISAPPEARED ON SPRING BREAK. TONIGHT, THE LAST PERSON. BELIEVED TO SEE HER ALIVE AND. THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT IN. WHICH HE DESCRIBES SAVING HER IN.

THE OCEAN, MAKING IT TO SHORE, AND WHAT HE SAYS IS THE LAST. THING HE REMEMBERS. >>> JUST IN TONIGHT, FOR THE. FIRST TIME ABC NEWS OBTAINING. THE DRAMATIC 911 CALL FROM A. SURVIVING STUDENT IN THE IDAHO. COLLEGE MURDERS, CALLING FROM. THE HOME. >> SOMETHING'S HAPPENED IN OUR. HOUSE, BY DON'T KNOW WHAT. >> David: YOU WILL HEAR THE CALL. AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE. SCENE. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WITH. HIS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL. SUGGESTING HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. SHOULD BE IN JAIL. >>> TONIGHT, THE TENSE SENATE. VOTE TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN. WE'LL GO LIVE TO THE HILL.

>>> THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND JAMES. LONGMAN TONIGHT WITH. EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO THE VAST. UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL TREATING. INJURED UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AND. WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THIS U.S. PUSH FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND. WHETHER TO BELIEVE VLADIMIR. PUTIN. >>> TONIGHT HERE, THE BABY BOOM. THE BABY GIRAFFE AND THE BABY. LEOPARD. TWO AMERICAN ZOOS AND TWO TEAMS. TONIGHT CARING FOR THESE VERY. RARE BABIES, AND YOU'LL SEE. THEM. NEWS WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW.

YORK. THIS IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. WITH DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD David: GOOD EVENING, AN. BEGIN TONIGHT WITH WHAT. AUTHORITIES ARE WARNING IS A. LIFE-THREATENING STORM SWEEPING. ACROSS SEVERAL STATES TONIGHT. THERE ARE TORNADO WATCHES JUST. ISSUED. 120 MILLION AMERICANS IN 20. STATES ON ALERT FROM THE SOUTH. TO THE MIDWEST AND THE. NORTHEAST. TORNADOS AND DAMAGING WINDS WITH. THESE STORMS UP TO 100 MILES PER. HOUR. TONIGHT, THEY'RE EXPECTING. FIERCE WINDS AND POSSIBLE. LONG-TRACK TORNADOS ACROSS THE. SOUTH AND MIDWEST, AND TOMORROW. THIS CONTINUES. THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SEVERE. TORNADO RISK IN THE DEEP SOUTH.

AND BY SUNDAY, THE SEVERE STORMS. HIT THE EAST. ALREADY TONIGHT, WINDS IN TEXAS, LOOK AT THIS, UP TO 70 MILES AN. HOUR, TRIGGERING BLINDING DUST. STORMS AND FUELING A FIRE IN. LAKE TANGLEWOOD. A FAMILY ESCAPING A FIRE IN. ALANREED, TEXAS, FLAMES OUT THE. WINDOW AND TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON. THE HIGHWAY. TOPPLING OVER NORTH OF. INTERSTATE 40. SOUTH OF THERE, THE DUST STORMS. BLINDING DRIVERS, TRIGGERING A. MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON. INTERSTATE 27. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS. NIGHT AHEAD, AND THE POTENTIAL. FOR LONG-TRACK TORNADOS TOMORROW.

AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. LEE GOLDBERG HAS THE FORECAST, AND MATT RIVERS LEADING US OFF. IN ST. LOUIS AT THIS HOUR WHERE. THEY'RE UNDER A TORNADO WATCH. RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WIND GUSTS. UP TO 70 MILES AN HOUR FUELING. OUT-OF-CONTROL FIRES. WALLS OF DUST BLINDING DRIVERS. AND SENDING TRUCKS FLYING IN THE. TEXAS PANHANDLE. >> THERE IT GOES. THERE GOES ANOTHER ONE. >> Reporter: MULTIPLE. 18-WHEELERS NORTH OF INTERSTATE. 40 IN AMARILLO FALLING LIKE. DOMINOS. WATCH THIS MAN ALONG WITH A.

POLICE OFFICER RACE TO DETACH. THE TRAILER AND SAVE THE FRONT. END OF THE TRUCK. >> TRYING TO PUT THE JACKS DOWN. SO THEY CAN UNHOOK AND LET IT. FLIP OVER WITHOUT THE TRUCK ON. IT, SMART. >> Reporter: IT WAS NO MATCH FOR. THE WIND. >> THERE IT GOES. >> Reporter: STORM CHASER KIRK. MICHAELSON ON THE SCENE OF A. HORRIFIC CRASH ON INTERSTATE 27. SOUTH OF AMARILLO GUIDING. VICTIMS TO SAFETY IN HIS TRUCK. >> WE MADE IT. >> Reporter: GRASS FIRES FORCING. FAMILIES TO EVACUATE THE TINY. TOWN OF ALANREED.

>> EVERYONE COME TO THE CITY OF. ALANREED, PLEASE. CITY OF ALANREED. I'M HEARING IT'S ABOUT TO BURN. DOWN. I NEED TO GET UNITS THERE. >> FIRE JUMPED. >> Reporter: FLAMES EXPLODING IN. LAKE TANGLEWOOD. RAGING FLAMES INCINERATING. MULTIPLE HOMES. THE WINDS MARKING THE BEGINNING. OF A POTENT MULTI-DAY SEVERE. WEATHER OUTBREAK THAT HAS MORE. THAN HALF THE COUNTRY IN ITS. SIGHTS. >> THERE'S A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF. ALERTNESS ABOUT THIS TODAY. YEAH, WE ALWAYS TAKE IT. SERIOUSLY, BUT TODAY THERE'S. KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL PUSH ON.

IT. >> Reporter: MISSOURI'S GOVERNOR. DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. ST. LOUIS AND ITS NEARLY 300,000. RESIDENTS RIGHT IN THE. CROSSHAIRS TONIGHT. AND DAVID, TONIGHT RIGHT HERE IN. DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS, WE ARE UNDER. A TORNADO WATCH THROUGH THE REST. OF THE EVENING. DAVID? >> David: ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS. RIGHT THERE IN ST. LOUIS FOR US. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> LET'S GET RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM. OUR STATION WABC HERE IN NEW. YORK. LEE, YOU'RE TRACKING THE TORNADO. WATCHES UP RIGHT NOW? >> DAVID, THE SEVERE WEATHER.

OUTBREAK IS GETTING UNDER WAY. THIS EVENING, IT'S A DANGEROUS. COUPLE OF DAYS AHEAD. IF YOU'RE IN THE PATH, HAVE A. PLAN TO GET TO A PLACE OF. SAFETY, AND PLEASE BE WEATHER. AWARE. THE TORNADO WATCHES TO 11:00 ST. LOUIS TO SPRINGFIELD. AND ANOTHER ONE TO THE SOUTH. TILL 10:00 FROM GREENVILLE TO. BATON ROUGE. IT'S THE MIDWEST ALL THE WAY TO. THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT. THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE. BULL'S-EYE. ST. LOUIS BETWEEN ABOUT 9:00 AND. 11:00 TONIGHT. 100-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS. POSSIBLE. STRONG TORNADOS. EVEN BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL. THEN TOMORROW, A RARE AND URGENT. HIGH RISK FOR TORNADO OUTBREAK,

MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA, FROM. JACKSON TO BIRMINGHAM. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. WITH 80-MILE-PER-HOUR GUSTS AND. LONG-TRACK VIOLENT TORNADOS. THE STORMS MOVE INTO GEORGIA AND. INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AT. NIGHT. THEN EAST COAST BY SUNDAY. MAYBE SOME SEVERE WEATHER FROM. JACKSONVILLE TO THE CAROLINAS. HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NORTHEAST AND. GUSTY WINDS. DAVID? >> David: LEE GOLDBERG WITH US. TONIGHT. COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS. WEEKEND. EVERYONE, STAY TUNED TO THE. FORECAST. LEE, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE ENGINE. FIRE ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES. FLIGHT FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO. DALLAS.

THE FLIGHT REPORTING ENGINE. TROUBLE JUST 30 MINUTES INTO THE. FLIGHT. THE ENGINE VIBRATING. DIVERTED TO DENVER. THEN THE ENGINE ERUPTING IN. FLAMES AFTER LANDING. PASSENGERS AND CREW FORCED TO. EVACUATE. SOME DOWN SLIDES. OTHERS YOU CAN SEE STRANDED ON. THE WING OF THE PLANE. THIS TERRIFYING SCENE ON THE. TARMAC. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES JET. CATCHINGAT THE AIRPORT. IN DENVER TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS. TERRIFYING SCENE ON THE TARMAC. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES JET. CATCHING FIRE AFTER DIVERTING TO. DENVER. BLACK SMOKE POURING INTO THE. AIR. A DOZEN INJURED. >> MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY. >> Reporter: FLAMES AND SMOKE.

VISIBLE FROM INSIDE THE CABIN. THE BOEING 737 WAS TRAVELING. FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO. DALLAS-FORT WORTH YESTERDAY. AFTERNOON WHEN 30 MINUTES INTO. THE FLIGHT, THE CREW REPORTED. ENGINE VIBRATION. >> WE JUST HAVE A HIGH ENGINE. VIBRATION, SO WE ARE CRUISING. SLOWER THAN NORMAL. >> Reporter: THE ENGINE CATCHING. FIRE AT THE GATE, FORCING 178. PASSENGERS AND CREW TO EVACUATE. >> OH MY GOSH. >> Reporter: SOME SEEN ON THE. WING OF THE PLANE. OTHERS ESCAPING DOWN A SLIDE. 12 PASSENGERS TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES.

BURN MARKS LATER SEEN ON THE. FUSELAGE. >> THIS WAS A SITUATION. INVOLVING A MECHANICAL. MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE IN. FLIGHT THAT DID NOT REALLY ERUPT. INTO FLAMES UNTIL IT GOT ON THE. GROUND. FORTUNATELY, THE CREW DID. EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING AND GOT. THE AIRPLANE ON THE GROUND AS. RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. >> Reporter: DAVID, IN A. STATEMENT, AMERICAN AIRLINES. THANKING THEIR CREW AND FIRST. RESPONDERS FOR THEIR QUICK. ACTIONS HERE AT DENVER AIRPORT. THEY SAY EVERYONE HAS BEEN. RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND. TONIGHT, THE FAA AND NTSB ARE. INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, DAVID.

>> David: THEY'RE SO LUCKY THEY. GOT THAT PLANE ON THE GROUND. BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. MOLA, THANK YOU. >>> THERE IS NEWS IN THE SEARCH. FOR THE 20-YEAR-OLD PITTSBURGH. COLLEGE STUDENT WHO VANISHED ON. SPRING BREAK IN THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC. TONIGHT, THE LAST PERSON. BELIEVED TO SEE HER ALIVE, AND. THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT HERE IN. WHICH HE DESCRIBES SAVING HER IN. THE OCEAN, MAKING IT TO SHORE, AND WHAT HE SAYS IS THE LAST. THING HE THEN REMEMBERS. ERIELLE RESHEF IN THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, MORE THAN. A WEEK AFTER SHE VANISHED, NEW. DETAILS IN THE CASE OF MISSING. 20-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE STUDENT.

SUDIKSHA KONANKI FROM THE LAST. KNOWN PERSON TO SEE HER. ACCORDING TO A TRANSCRIPT. OBTAINED BY ABC NEWS, 22-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA RIIBE, WHO IS. NOT CONSIDERED A SUSPECT, TOLD. OFFICIALS HERE IN THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC HE AND KONANKI HAD JUST. MET THAT NIGHT AND STAYED BEHIND. TOGETHER ON THE BEACH AFTER A. NIGHT OF DRINKING WITH THEIR. FRIENDS. RIIBE ALLEGEDLY TOLD. INVESTIGATORS THEY WERE KISSING. IN THE OCEAN AND WERE SLAMMED BY. A LARGE WAVE, ADDING, THEY BOTH. STRUGGLED IN THE WATER AND HE. TRIED TO SAVE HER. "I WAS HOLDING HER UNDER MY ARM.

AND SWIMMING. IT WAS HARD. I WAS A POOL LIFEGUARD, NOT THE. OCEAN.". HE SAID HE GOT HER TO SHORE AND. LAST SAW HER WALKING AT AN ANGLE. IN KNEE-DEEP WATER. ACCORDING TO THE TRANSCRIPT, RIIBE TELLING OFFICIALS, "I. ASKED HER IF SHE WAS OKAY. I DIDN'T HEAR HER RESPONSE. BECAUSE I BEGAN TO VOMIT WITH. ALL THE SEAWATER I HAD. SWALLOWED. AFTER VOMITING, I LOOKED AROUND, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYONE.". THEN SAYING HE PASSED OUT ON THE. BEACH AND AWOKE THINKING SHE HAD. GONE INSIDE.

HOTEL CAMERAS CAPTURING HIM. RETURNING TO HIS ROOM LATER THAT. MORNING. DOMINICAN AUTHORITIES SAY THIS. IS NOT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. RIIBE INTERVIEWED AS A WITNESS. POLICE SOURCES HAVE TOLD ABC. NEWS FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY. BELIEVE KONANKI DROWNED. STILL, THE PAINSTAKING SEARCH. GOES ON, AND THEY AREN'T RULING. ANYTHING OUT. DAVID, THE RIIBE FAMILY ISSUING. A STATEMENT TONIGHT SAYING HE IS. DISMAYED BY SUDIKSHA'S. DISAPPEARANCE, AND THEY WANT TO.

CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE. SEARCH EFFORT, BUT THEY ALSO. WANT THEIR SON TO BE ALLOWED TO. RETURN BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. WHERE THEY SAY HE'S BEEN. DETAINED IN HIS HOTEL ROOM UNDER. POLICE SURVEILLANCE. DAVID? >> David: ERIELLE RESHEF, OUR. THANKS TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT. >>> ALSO JUST IN THIS EVENING, FOR THE FIRST TIME ABC NEWS. OBTAINING THE DRAMATIC 911 CALL. FROM A SURVIVING STUDENT IN THE. IDAHO COLLEGE MURDERS CALLING. FROM THE DRIVEWAY AND INSIDE THE. HOME. KAYNA WHITWORTH ON THE CASE. AGAIN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. FRANTIC CALL FOR HELP. >> 911, LOCATION OF YOUR. EMERGENCY?

>> SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. >> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE'RE HEARING THE 911 CALL FROM. A SURVIVING ROOMMATE NEARLY. EIGHT HOURS AFTER FOUR STUDENTS. WERE STABBED TO DEATH IN THIS. HOME NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF. IDAHO. >> SOMETHING'S HAPPENED IN OUR. HOUSE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT. >> WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF THE. EMERGENCY? ON THE. LINE, STANDING IN THE DRIVEWAY,

TERRIFIED AND SOBBING AS SHE. PASSES THE PHONE TO A NEIGHBOR. WHO JUST ARRIVED. >> ONE OF THE ROOMMATES IS. PASSED OUT, AND SHE WAS DRUNK. LAST NIGHT AND SHE'S NOT WAKING. UP. OH, AND THEY SAW SOME MAN IN. THEIR HOUSE LAST NIGHT. >> Reporter: THE ROOMMATE IS. THEN HEARD AGAIN PLEADING WITH. THE DISPATCHER. >> CAN I TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED? >> WHAT IS GOING ON CURRENTLY? IS SOMEONE PASSED OUT RIGHT NOW? >> I DON'T REALLY KNOW, BUT. PRETTY MUCH AT 4:00 A.M. --. >> OKAY, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S. GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IF SOMEONE. IS PASSED OUT. CAN YOU FIND THAT OUT? >> YEAH, I'LL COME -- WE'VE GOT. TO GO CHECK.

WE HAVE TO. >> Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR THE. YOUNG WOMAN COAXING THE ROOMMATE. TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE, AND. THEY DO. KNOW WHAT'S WRONG.THE. ANGUISH.

XANA YFRIKERNODLE, HER BOYFRIEN. ETHAN CHAPIN, KAYLEE GONCALVES, AND MADISON MOGEN WERE ALL GONE. NOW DAVID, THE ROOMMATE HEARD ON. THAT CALL LATER TOLD. INVESTIGATORS SHE SAW A MAN CLAD. IN BLACK IN THE HOUSE AT THE. TIME OF THE MURDERS, AND. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT MAN IS. BRYAN KOHBERGER. NOW, HIS LAWYERS SAY HE IS. INNOCENT, BUT DAVID, QUESTIONS. STILL REMAIN AS TO WHY IT TOOK. SO LONG FOR THAT 911 CALL TO BE. MADE. DAVID? >> David: CHILLING AUDIO. TONIGHT. KAYNA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AT. THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TODAY. WITH HIS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL,

PRAISING HIS NEW A.G., AND. SUGGESTING HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. SHOULD BE IN JAIL. OUR CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT, PIERRE THOMAS, WAS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, ATTORNEY. GENERAL PAM BONDI ESCORTING. PRESIDENT TRUMP INTO THE JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT. THE AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATED AND. PROSECUTED HIM. AN AGENCY MEANT TO BE LARGELY. INDEPENDENT BUT WHICH TRUMP HAS. NOW MADE CLEAR ANSWERS TO HIM. IN AN EXTRAORDINARILY POLITICAL. SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT LASHING. OUT AT THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. >> WE MUST BE HONEST ABOUT THE.

LIES AND ABUSES THAT HAVE. OCCURRED WITHIN THESE WALLS. >> Reporter: THE AT TIMES. MEANDERING ADDRESS LARGELY AN. ATTACK ON HIS ENEMIES AND AN. AIRING OF PERSONAL GRIEVANCES. >> THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, LAUNCHED ONE HOAX AND. DISINFORMATION OPERATION AFTER. ANOTHER, BROKE THE LAW ON A. COLOSSAL SCALE, PERSECUTED MY. FAMILY, STAFF, AND SUPPORTERS, RAIDED MY HOME, MAR-A-LAGO. >> Reporter: AS A CANDIDATE, TRUMP VOWED RETRIBUTION. AS PRESIDENT, THE OFFICIALS HE'S.

INSTALLED CARRYING IT OUT. FIRING DOZENS OF FBI AGENTS AND. TOP PROSECUTORS WHO WORKED ON. THE CASES AGAINST HIM. AND TONIGHT, HE IMPLIED HIS. PAYBACK CAMPAIGN IS NOT OVER. >> THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO US. SHOULD GO TO JAIL. THEY SHOULD GO TO JAIL. >> Reporter: ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN FEDERAL. COURT DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST. A SPECIAL COUNSEL APPOINTED BY. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE. PERSONAL LAWYERS WITH HIM THAT. DAY ARE NOW THE NUMBER TWO AND. NUMBER THREE RANKING OFFICIALS. AT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S A DOJ TRULY TRANSFORMED, DAVID. >> David: PIERRE THOMAS LIVE IN. WASHINGTON TONIGHT, PIERRE, THANK YOU. >>> THE OTHER BREAKING STORY IN. WASHINGTON, THE KEY VOTE ON. WHETHER TO AVERT A GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN. ALL EYES ON THE SENATE, OF. COURSE, AND DEMOCRATS UPSET WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK. OVER THE FIRINGS OF THOUSANDS OF. FEDERAL WORKERS AND ANGRY ABOUT. THE TARIFFS AND THEIR EFFECT ON. THE ECONOMY. BUT STILL NOT WANTING TO BE. BLAMED FOR ANY SHUTDOWN. SO MARY BRUCE IS LIVE UP ON THE. HILL TONIGHT. MARY, WHERE DOES THIS STAND? >> Reporter: DAVID, A SHUTDOWN. IS OFFICIALLY OFF THE TABLE HERE. TONIGHT AFTER TEN SENATE.

DEMOCRATS JOINED REPUBLICANS TO. ADVANCE THIS FUNDING BILL, BUT. IT HAS EXPOSED A RIFT IN THE. PARTY. MANY DEMOCRATS TONIGHT ARE. FURIOUS. THEY SAW THIS AS THEIR FIRST BIG. CHANCE TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AGAINST THE TARIFFS, AGAINST THE. MASS FIRINGS BEING LED BY ELON. MUSK. JUST DAYS AGO, SENATE DEMOCRATIC. LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAID HE. WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL. BUT HE QUICKLY CAVED, SAYING. DESPITE HIS OPPOSITION, A. SHUTDOWN WOULD BE FAR WORSE. HOUSE DEMOCRATS TONIGHT ARE. OUTRAGED. IN A TELLING MOMENT EARLIER,

HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HAKEEM. JEFFRIES NOTABLY REFUSED TO. ANSWER WHEN ASKED POINT BLANK. IF HE'D LOST CONFIDENCE IN. SCHUMER'S LEADERSHIP. THE BOTTOM LINE HERE TONIGHT, THIS BILL HAS NOW PASSED TO. AVOID A SHUTDOWN, THE GOVERNMENT. FUNDED THROUGH THE END OF. DECEMBER, DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE LIVE UP ON. THE HILL FOR US, MARY, THANK. YOU. >>> TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE, MEANWHILE, TONIGHT JAMES LONGMAN. WITH EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO THE. VAST UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL. TREATING INJURED UKRAINIAN. SOLDIERS AND WHAT THEY'RE NOW. SAYING ABOUT THIS U.S. PUSH FOR. A CEASE-FIRE AND WHETHER TO. BELIEVE VLADIMIR PUTIN. HERE'S JAMES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, WE WERE.

GIVEN EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO. UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS NEAR THE. FRONT LINE OF THE FIGHT AGAINST. RUSSIA. >> YOU SEE THEY'RE GETTING OUT. OF THE CAR NOW. >> Reporter: WE VISITED A VAST. UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL, THE ONLY. ONE OF ITS KIND, SPRINGING TO. ACTION TO HELP INJURED WARRIORS. WHILE PRESIDENTS TRUMP, PUTIN, AND ZELENSKYY DEBATE WHAT. HAPPENS IN THIS WAR, FOR THE MEN. AND THE WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE, THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT. THIS SOLDIER VISIBLY DISTRAUGHT. HE'S JUST LOST THREE OF HIS. BROTHERS IN ARMS TO RUSSIAN. ARTILLERY.

I ASK HIS COMMANDER IF ALL THIS. SACRIFICE IS WORTH IT IF. AMERICAN SUPPORT DRIES UP. "WE'LL FIGHT WITH OUR BARE. HANDS," HE SAYS. I ASK WHAT HE THINKS OF PUTIN'S. COMMITMENT TO PEACE. HE LAUGHS. "HE'S A KILLER WHO YOU CANNOT. TRUST. WHATEVER PUTIN SAYS, HE LIES.". ARE YOU WORRIED TRUMP BELIEVES. HIS LIES? "HE'S THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT,". THE COMMANDER TELLS ME. "HE WAS ELECTED. HE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.". PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED TALKS. WITH PUTIN GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY SAYS HE'S. JUST PLAYING FOR TIME.

DAVID? >> David: JAMES LONGMAN WITH. FROM US UKRAINE. JAMES, JUST EXTRAORDINARY. ACCESS, WE THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE HORRIFIC AND DEADLY SCENE ON. THE INTERSTATE. THE DRIVER OF A TRUCK HAS BEEN. ARRESTED AFTER A 17-VEHICLE. PILEUP, AND YOU'LL SEE IT HERE. >>> THE EFFORT TO GET THOSE TWO. ASTRONAUTS HOME. SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A. ROCKET AGAIN TO THE. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WE'LL GO LIVE RIGHT AFTER. >> TONIGHT THAT EFFORT TO GET TO. THOSE TWO ASTRONAUTS TO BRING. THEM HOME AFTER NEARLY A YEAR. LEFT IN SPACE. LET'S GET RIGHT.

TO FAITH ABUBEY AT THE KENNEDY. SPACE CENTER. FAITH. >> DAVID. THE SPACEX CAPSULE. LIFTING OFF BEHIND ME MOMENTS. AGO, HEADING TOWARDS THE. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. A. SUCCESSFUL SECOND ATTEMPT AFTER. A HYDRAULICS ISSUE FORCED NASA. AND SPACEX TO ABRUPTLY SCRAP. THAT LAUNCH ON WEDNESDAY. THIS. IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS BRINGING. HOME ASTRONAUT SUNI WILLIAMS AND. BUTCH WILMORE. NASA TELLS ME THE. PAIR WAS NEVER TECHNICALLY. STRANDED. THERE WAS ALWAYS A. VEHICLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL. SPACE STATION TO BRING THEM BACK. TO EARTH IN CASE OF AN. EMERGENCY, BUT NASA DECIDED TO.

LEAVE THEM THERE TO CONTINUE TO. DO RESEARCH. BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE. TOLD THE PAIR COULD BE BACK HERE. ON EARTH AS SOON AS NEXT. WEDNESDAY. DAVID. >> YEAH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. EIGHT DAYS. TURNED OUT TO BE. NEARLY A YEAR. LET'S HOPE THEY. COME HOME SOON. AND YOU TWO. FAITH. FAITH. THANK YOU. WHEN WE. COME BACK TONIGHT, THERE'S BEEN. A DEADLY CRASH ON THE. INTERSTATE. A 17 VEHICLE PILEUP. A TRUCK DRIVER HAS BEEN. ARRESTED. AND STAY TUNED HERE, BECAUSE LATER, THE BABY BOOM, THE RARE BABY GIRAFFE AND THE. VERY RARE BABY LEOPARD, BOTH IN. THE U.S. THE. CARETAKERS TONIGHT ASKING. FOR YOUR HELP. TO THE INDEX A TRUCK DRIVER.

CHARGED WITH DUI IN A DEADLY. 17-VEHICLE PILEUP IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE KILLED, 11. INJURED. WITNESSES SAY THE 18-WHEELER. PLOWED THROUGH VEHICLES FOR HALF. A MILE ON I-35. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE. TONIGHT, THE BABY BOOM. THE ENDANGERED BABY GIRAFFE AND. THE VERY RARE BABY LEOPARD, AND. YOU'LL SEE THEM BOTH RIGHT AFTER. THE BREAK. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT, THE. BABY BOOM AND THE CARETAKERS. GIVING A BABY GIRAFFE AND BABY. LEOPARD THEIR BEST CHANCE. OUR "PERSONS OF THE WEEK.". TONIGHT, THE BABY BOOM AT TWO.

AMERICAN ZOOS. THE TEAMS TAKING CARE OF THESE. RARE AND ENDANGERED BABIES. IN DENVER, COLORADO, AFTER 444. DAYS, A LONG-AWAITED, ENDANGERED, RETICULATED GIRAFFE. CALF BORN TO MOM, BB. MOTHER AND BABY TOGETHER, BONDING. >> HI, DAVID. >> REESE FALZER FROM THE DENVER. ZOO CONSERVATION ALLIANCE. >> OUR TEAM IS OVER THE MOON. ABOUT THIS NEWEST ARRIVAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE RETICULATED. GIRAFFES ARE ENDANGERED. SO THIS BIRTH IS INCREDIBLY. IMPORTANT FOR THE SPECIES AS A.

WHOLE. >> David: TONIGHT, SHE SAYS YOU. CAN HELP NAME THE BABY GIRAFFE. AND SUPPORT THEIR NONPROFIT. CONSERVATION EFFORTS. FOR A $5 DONATION, YOU CAN. CHOOSE FROM THREE NAMES. DAGG, IN HONOR OF DR. ANNE INNIS. DAGG. THORNE, A FAVORITE WOODY FOOD. FOR GIRAFFES, THEY SAY. OR KUJALI, MEANING "TO CARE" IN. SWAHILI. >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR HIS. PUBLIC DEBUT SOON. WE CAN'T WAIT FOR GUESTS TO MEET. HIM. >> David: TONIGHT IN TENNESSEE, THE NASHVILLE ZOO WOULD LIKE YOU. TO MEET THEIR NEWEST MEMBER TO.

THE FAMILY. >> HI, DAVID. >> David: DR. SCHWARTZ WELCOMING. THEIR RARE CLOUDED LEOPARD CLUB. >> SHE'S CRAWLING AROUND AND. REALLY ACTIVE NOW. YOU CAN SEE HER AT THE ZOO ANY. TIME DURING THE DAY. >> David: THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT. 10,000 OF THESE RARE CLOUDED. LEOPARD CUBS LEFT LIVING IN THE. WILD. TONIGHT, A $1 DONATION TO HELP. NAME THE NEWBORN AND TO HELP. CARE FOR THE CUB, TOO. THIS EVENING THE CARE TEAMS IN. TWO ZOOS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. WORKING TIRELESSLY TO SAVE THE. RARE AND ENDANGERED BABIES. AND SO WE CHOOSE THE CARETAKERS. AND THE BABIES. GOOD NIGHT.

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