ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 15, 2026

>>> TONIGHT, WE'RE FOLLOWING. SEVERAL DEVELOPING STORIES AS WE. COME ON THE AIR. THE SEVERE WEATHER STRETCHING. FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE. GULF. PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING ON. ALLIES TO HELP REOPEN A KEY. WATERWAY FOR OIL SHIPMENTS. AND WE ARE ON THE RED CARPET FOR. THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS.

>>> WE BEGIN WITH THAT WILD. WINTER STORM, HUNDREDS OF. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IMPACTED. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BLIZZARD WARNINGS IN THE UPPER. MIDWEST, MORE THAN 100 ACCIDENTS. IN MINNESOTA. WILDFIRES TURNING DEADLY IN. NEBRASKA. FLASH FLOODS IN HAWAII CUTTING. OFF NEIGHBORHOODS. OUR WEATHER TEAM TRACKING IT. ALL. >>> PLUS TROUBLE IN THE SKIES. MORE THAN 2,000 FLIGHTS CANCELED. AHEAD OF THE STORM. TRAVELLERS TOLD TO ARRIVE THREE. HOURS EARLY FOR FLIGHTS AFTER. HUNDREDS OF TSA AGENTS QUIT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID. DURING THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. >>> DAY 16 OF THE WAR WITH IRAN. THE PRESIDENT ASKING ALLIES TO. HELP SECURE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. TO GET OIL FLOWING AGAIN. BUT NO PROMISES YET. AND GROWING CONCERN ABOUT RUSSIA. AND CHINA. BOTH HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH. IRAN. JAMES LONGMAN REPORTS FROM THE. REGION. >>> ECONOMIC SHOCKWAVES FROM. GASOLINE TO GROCERIES. THE PRICE OF GAS UP 75 CENTS AND. FOOD PRICES SET TO SPIKE. WHAT THE ENERGY SECRETARY TOLD.

OUR MARTHA RADDATZ ABOUT WHEN. OIL PRICES WILL COME DOWN. >>> MOVING TRIBUTES TO SIX. AIRMEN KILLED WHEN THEIR. REFUELING PLANE CRASHED IN IRAQ. ONE HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED AND. LEAVES BEHIND A YOUNG FAMILY. ANOTHER REMEMBERED AS BEING. EXCEPTIONAL. >>> THE VIOLENT OUTBURST AT AN. AIRPORT. WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY A TSA AGENT. WAS ATTACKED. THE SUSPECT COULD FACE DECADES. IN PRISON. >>> HEART STOPPING VIDEO. A TAXICAB SLAMS INTO TWO WOMEN. OUTSIDE A DELI.

REMARKABLY, NEITHER WAS. SERIOUSLY HURT. >>> SELECTION SUNDAY, THE DAY. BASKETBALL FANS HAVE BEEN. WAITING FOR, AS TICKETS ARE. PUNCHED FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT. >>> AND COUNTDOWN TO THE OSCARS. LINSEY DAVIS AND WHIT JOHNSON ON. THE FIERCE COMPETITION FOR BEST. PICTURE. WILL IT BE "SINNERS" OR "ONE. BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER" OR COULD. THERE BE AN UPSET? >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT.".

>>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON. THIS SUNDAY. I'M MARY BRUCE IN FOR LINSEY. DAVIS. THE 98th ACADEMY AWARDS NOW JUST. A FEW HOURS AWAY. WE'LL HAVE MORE FROM THE RED. CARPET IN JUST A MOMENT. >>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A. POWERFUL CROSS COUNTRY STORM. SLAMMING THE MIDWEST AND. BARRELLING TOWARD THE EAST. COAST. MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS. ON ALERT NOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORM POUNDING MINNESOTA. THE STATE PATROL REPORTING AT. LEAST 190 CRASHES ON SATURDAY. OFFICIALS HAVE ISSUED A NO. TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN.

PART OF THE STATE. WISCONSIN DECLARING A STATE OF. EMERGENCY AS IT'S BLANKETED WITH. SNOW IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AND DANGEROUS HIGH WINDS ARE. HEIGHTENING THE RISK OF. WILDFIRES LIKE THIS ONE IN. NEBRASKA, SCORCHING MORE THAN. 600,000 ACRES, KILLING AT LEAST. ONE PERSON. WABC'S METEOROLOGIST DANI. BECKSTROM LEADS US OFF. DANI, SO MUCH GOING ON TONIGHT. >> LET'S START WITH THE SNOW, MARY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN PARTS. OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT. LAKES WITH HEAVY SNOW, GUSTY. WIND CREATING THOSE WHITEOUT. CONDITIONS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIMING.

TONIGHT CHICAGO GOES FROM. THUNDERSTORMS TO SNOW IN A SNAP. RIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT, AS THE. HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. WE'LL TOTAL A FOOT OR TWO AROUND. LAKE MICHIGAN SHORES THROUGH. MONDAY. THIS IS THE NORTHERN TIER OF. THAT SYSTEM THAT BRINGS THE. SEVERE THREAT TO THE EASTERN. HALF OF THE COUNTRY. TONIGHT, A TORNADO WATCH FROM. ST. LOUIS DOWN THROUGH. SHREVEPORT, AS WE'RE STARTING TO. SEE THE FIRST OF THE STORMS FIRE. UP. THIS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, HEADS. TOWARDS THE MID-ATLANTIC AS WE. HEAD INTO TOMORROW. A WIDESPREAD THREAT FOR HEAVY. RAIN, HAIL, TORNADOS, AND. DESTRUCTIVE WIND.

TOMORROW IT INTENSIFIES FROM. WASHINGTON, D.C. DOWN THROUGH. SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A WIDESPREAD. THREAT FOR DESTRUCTIVE WIND. A LOT OF WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE. SYSTEM AS WELL, WIND ALERTS FROM. THE ROCKIES THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRE ALERTS FOR. THE SOUTH, EXTREME HEAT WATCHES. WITH ALL-TIME RECORDS POSSIBLE. FOR THE WEST, EXTREMES FROM. COAST TO COAST AS SEVERE WEATHER. SEASON RAMPS UP. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THAT. POWERFUL MARCH STORM SWEEPING. ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND HEADING. TO THE EAST COAST. MORE THAN 15 MILLION AMERICANS. ON ALERT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

WITH 100 MILLION MORE FACING A. SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. SETUP. THAT SAME SYSTEM STIRRING UP. GUSTY WIND, FUELING FAST-MOVING. WILDFIRES, LIKE THIS ONE IN. NEBRASKA. THE DEADLY FLAMES KILLING AT. LEAST ONE PERSON AND BURNING. THROUGH MORE THAN 600,000 ACRES. SO FAR. PARTS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST BEING. BATTERED WITH HEAVY SNOW AND. HIGH WIND, NEXT SET TO HAMMER. THE GREAT LAKES. WISCONSIN UNDER A STATE OF. EMERGENCY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND NEAR. ZERO VISIBILITY CREATING. HAZARDOUS ROAD TRAVEL. THIS SEMITRUCK SPINNING OUT IN.

THE MIDDLE OF I-35 IN THE TWIN. CITIES AREA. OTHER WEEKS SLIDING OFF THE. SNOW-. SNOW-COVERED ROADS AND INTO. DITCHES. THE STORM DISRUPTING AIR TRAVEL, MORE THAN 2,000 FLIGHTS. CANCELED, MOST AT MIDWEST. AIRPORTS. AND IN HAWAII, A SEPARATE STORM. SYSTEM TRIGGERING DANGEROUS. FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL OF. THE ISLANDS CLOSING ROADS AND. LEAVING THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER. >> THE DOWNPOURS IN HAWAII ARE. BROUGHT IN BY THE CONAL LOW. THAT'S A SEASONAL EVENT. THE HEAT IN THE WEST NOT ONLY. CONTINUES BUT RAMPS UP. ALL TIME MARCH RECORDS COULD.

COME THROUGHOUT THE WORKWEEK. WE'LL BE WATCHING THAT TOMORROW, SEVERE THREAT. >> THE EXTREMES ABOUND. DANI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU HEARD DANI MENTION THOSE. CANCELED FLIGHTS. LET'S GET TO FAITH ABUBEY FOR. MORE ON THE TROUBLED SKIES. FAITH, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US. TONIGHT? >> Reporter: WELL, MARY, AIRLINE. PASSENGERS ARE RIDING THROUGH A. BUMPY STRETCHED ROCKED BY. WEATHER DELAYS AND. CANCELLATIONS. SO FAR THIS WEEKEND MORE THAN. 2,000 FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN. CANCELED. THE MAJORITY OF THEM IN THE. MIDWEST, INCLUDING A DELTA HUB.

IN MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL. THUNDERSTORMS TRIGGERING HOURS. OF DELAYS IN THE CHICAGO AREA. DELTA IS NOW WARNING ITS. CUSTOMERS THAT THE RECOVERY. COULD TAKE A WHILE. A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS. ALSO ADDING TO THE TRAVEL WOES. TSA WORKERS RECEIVED THEIR FIRST. ZERO PAYCHECK THIS WEEKEND. MORE THAN 300 OF THEM HAVE QUIT. THE JOB. AND -- HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED. SINCE THE SHUTDOWN. THE TSA STAFFING ISSUES HAVE. BEEN SPILLING SECURITY LINES OUT. THE DOOR IN SOME AIRPORTS, INCLUDING AUSTIN, TEXAS.

EARLIER TODAY, WE SAW SECURITY. LINES HERE IN ATLANTA WINDING. THROUGH THE AIRPORT ALL THE WAY. THROUGH TO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM. CAROUSELS. AIRLINE CEOs, INCLUDING DELTA, UNITED, AMERICAN, AND SOUTHWEST, SAY FEDERAL WORKERS BEING. FORCED TO WORK WITHOUT PAY IS. SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE AND THEY. URGE CONGRESS TO REACH AN. AGREEMENT VERY SOON. IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, AIRPORT. OFFICIALS ARE URGING TRAVELLERS. TO ARRIVE THREE HOURS EARLY FOR. THEIR FLIGHT IN ORDER TO. NAVIGATE THE TSA LOG JAM.

MARY? >> YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT. EXTRA TIME AND EXTRA PATIENCE AT. THE AIRPORT. FAITH, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE WAR WITH. IRAN ENTERING ITS THIRD WEEK. THE U.S. AND ISRAEL BOMBARDING. IRAN. THE PENTAGON SAYS IT HAS REDUCED. THAT COUNTRY'S MISSILE CAPACITY. BY 90% AND ITS DRONE CAPABILITY. BY 95%. BUT IRAN NOT BACKING DOWN, LOBBYING RETALIATORY STRIKES. LIKE THIS ONE IN TEL AVIV. HERE'S ABC'S CHIEF INTERNATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT, JAMES LONGMAN. >> Reporter: NO END IN SIGHT ON. DAY 16 OF THE WAR IN IRAN.

ISRAEL AND THE U.S. EXPANDING. THE SCOPE OF THE OPERATION. DOZENS WERE REPORTED DEAD THIS. MORNING IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON. AN INDUSTRY SITE. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL. NEWS AGENCY. AND HERE THIS RESIDENTIAL. NEIGHBORHOOD IN TEHRAN. DEVASTATED. IRAN CONTINUES TO LASH OUT IN. RESPONSE. A STRIKE ON ISRAEL TODAY ESCAPED. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS OVER TEL. AVIV. THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER HAD. THIS TO SAY ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S. FAMED IRON DOME, REPORTEDLY. RUNNING SHORT ON AMMUNITION. >> CAN YOU COMMENT ON CONCERNS.

OVER THE WEEKEND THAT ISRAEL HAS. INFORMED THE UNITED STATES IT IS. RUNNING LOW ON MISSILE. INTERCEPTERS? IS THAT CORRECT? >> THE ANSWER IS NO. >> Reporter: THE GLOBAL IMPACT. IS PLAYING OUT AT THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. IRANIAN ATTACKS HAVE ESSENTIALLY. CLOSED THIS VITAL WATERWAY. THE LONGER SHIPS CAN'T GET. THROUGH, THE WIDER THE RIPPLE AFFECT. THE ADMINISTRATION ADAMANT, SAYING THE WAR MUST CONTINUE. >> HEY, THERE'S NO GUARANTEES IN. WARS AT ALL. I CAN GUARANTEE THE SITUATION. WOULD BE DRAMATICALLY WORSE. WITHOUT THIS MILITARY OPERATION.

TO -- THE IRANIAN REGIME. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP. CALLED ON WORLD POWERS TO KEEP. THE STRAIT OPEN, AS THE WHITE. HOUSE FACES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY. THEY DIDN'T TAKE STEPS TO. PROTECT THE CRITICAL SHIPPING. LANE AHEAD OF THE WAR. U.N. AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ SAYS. COUNTRIES WHO RELY ON THE OIL. COMING THROUGH THE STRAIT NEED. TO STEP UP. >> I'LL LEAVE THE CONVERSATIONS. TO HIM. THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING. I THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT. POINT THAT'S GETTING MISSED IN. THE CONVERSATION. >> Reporter: ISRAEL'S FRONT IN.

LEBANON IS EXPANDING TOO, AS. FEARS SPREAD AMONG THE LEBANESE. THAT ISRAEL WILL OCCUPY THE. SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY IN THEIR. CAMPAIGN AGAINST HEZBOLLAH. MORE THAN 800 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. KILLED HERE. AND MARY, AS PRESIDENT TRUMP. TRIES TO EXPAND A WESTERN. COALITION TO REOPEN THE STRAIT. OF HORMUZ, IRAN IS FINDING HELP. OF ITS OWN IN CHINA AND RUSSIA. IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAID. TODAY THE MILITARY COOPERATION. WITH BOTH COUNTRIES CONTINUES. MARY? >> AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT. THAT COOPERATION.

JAMES, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE ECONOMIC FALLOUT. FROM IRAN'S CHOKEHOLD ON THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ. GAS PRICES ARE RISING AND. EVERYTHING FROM FOOD TO THE COST. OF AIRLINE TICKETS COULD SOON. FOLLOW. HERE'S ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE. HISTORIC DISRUPTION TO SHIPPING. IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ SENDING. SHOCKWAVES ACROSS THE GLOBAL. ECONOMY AND PUTTING NEW STRAIN. ON AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND. CONSUMERS, FROM THE GAS PUMP --. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M. SEEING. >> Reporter: -- TO THE GROCERY. STORE. >> CUSTOMERS ARE SMART.

THEY REALIZE THAT NEARLY EVERY. PRODUCT ON THE SHELF GETS HERE. BY TRUCK. >> Reporter: OIL NOW TRADING. NEAR $100 A BARREL, UP MORE THAN. 50% SINCE THE WAR BEGAN, SENDING. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A. GALLON OF GAS UP 75 CENTS IN TWO. WEEKS TO $3.69 A GALLON. DIESEL NOW CLOSE TO $5 A GALLON. OUR MARTHA RADDATZ PRESSING. ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT ON. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLAIM THAT. PAIN WILL BE SHORT LIVED. >> HOW LONG SHOULD AMERICANS. EXPECT GAS PRICES TO BE HIGH?

>> THIS CONFLICT WILL CERTAINLY. COME TO THE END IN THE NEXT FEW. WEEKS, COULD BE SOONER THAN. THAT. >> Reporter: ANALYSTS WARN OIL. PRICES ARE UNLIKELY TO GO BACK. DOWN UNTIL SHIPPING STARTS. MOVING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, AND THEN IT COULD TAKE. MONTHS FOR COUNTRIES IN THE. MIDDLE EAST TO RAMP UP OIL. PRODUCTION AGAIN. >> WE EXPECT OIL PRICES TO HOVER. ABOVE $100 A BARREL AND MAYBE. EVEN SPIKE IN THE WEEKS TO COME. >> Reporter: AND IT'S NOT JUST. OIL SURPRISES SPIKING. MANY AMERICAN FARMERS RELY ON. CRITICAL FERTILIZER SUPPLIES.

THAT ARE SHIPPED THROUGH THE. STRAIT. >> FERTILIZER PRICES AVERAGE IS. UP $150 A TON ABOVE WHAT THEY. NORMALLY ARE. >> Reporter: FOURTH GENERATION. FARMER -- SAYS THE PRICE OF. NITROGEN FERTILIZER, ESSENTIAL. FOR CORN AND SOYBEANS, IS. SKYROCKETING. >> WE HAVE A LOT ON THE LINE. FROM DAY TO DAY. AT NIGHTTIME SOMETIMES IT CAN BE. HARD TO SLEEP. >> Reporter: JET FUEL PRICES ARE. ALSO SPIKING. CAFE PACIFIC -- HAVE ALREADY. ANNOUNCED HIGHER TICKET PRICES.

TO COVER THOSE COSTS. AND UNITED CEO WARNED THAT. AIRFARES COULD GO UP QUICKLY. MARY? >> THE RIPPLE EFFECTS CONTINUE. TO GROW. ELIZABETH, THANK YOU. >>> WE ARE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT. ABOUT THE SIX AMERICANS KILLED. THURSDAY WHEN THEIR REFUELING. AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN IRAQ. AT LEAST 13 AMERICAN SERVICE. MEMBERS HAVE NOW DIED DURING THE. WAR WITH IRAN. ABC'S TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE IN TEL. AVIV TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT MOVING. TRIBUTES TO SIX MORE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THE. WAR AGAINST IRAN WHEN THEIR.

REFUELING PLANE CRASHED IN IRAQ. THURSDAY. 33-YEAR-OLD MAJOR JOHN ALEX. KLINNER FROM AUBURN, ALABAMA, HAD JUST BEEN PROMOTED. A FATHER TO THREE YOUNG. CHILDREN. HIS BABY TWINS JUST SEVEN MONTHS. OLD. TWO OF HIS COLLEAGUES FROM THE. AIR REFUELING WING AT MacDILL. AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA, WERE. ALSO KILLED. 31-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN ARIANA. SAVINO OF WASHINGTON, A RETIRED. COLLEAGUE CALLING HER A GOOD. HUMAN WHO SMILED EVERY TIME SHE. CAME INTO HIS OFFICE.

AND 34-YEAR-OLD TECHNICAL. SERGEANT ASHLEY PRUITT OF. KENTUCKY. THE THREE OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS. KILLED WERE PART OF THE 121st. AIR REFUELING WING SEEN HERE IN. A TRAINING MISSION LAST YEAR ON. THE SAME TYPE OF AIRCRAFT, A. KC-135. THE YOUNGEST, 28-YEAR-OLD. TECHNICAL SERGEANT TYLER SIMMONS. OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ALSO AMONG. THE DEAD. HE CAN BE SEEN IN THAT TRAINING. EXERCISE JUST MONTHS AGO MAKING. CHECKS, AS HIS CREW CONDUCTS AIR.

TO AIR REFUELING IN THE SKIES. OVER MOROCCO. ALSO ON BOARD WAS 30-YEAR-OLD. CAPTAIN CURTIS ANGST OF. WILMINGTON, OHIO, AND. 38-YEAR-OLD CAPTAIN SETH KOVAL. OF INDIANA. HIS WIFE, HEATHER, PAYING. TRIBUTE IN A POST ON FACEBOOK, SAYING, HE WAS EXCEPTIONAL IN. EVERYTHING HE DID. AND MARY, THE PENTAGON NOW. INVESTIGATING SAYING THE CRASH. OF THAT KC-135 REFUELING. AIRCRAFT OVER IRAQ WAS NOT. CAUSED BY ENEMY OR FRIENDLY.

FIRE. MARY? >> AND OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THEIR. FAMILIES TONIGHT. TOM, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT HERE, PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS NOW FACING FIERCE BACKLASH. OVER THE ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN, FROM FUNDRAISING TO SOCIAL MEDIA. VIDEOS. THE ADMINISTRATION PUSHING BACK. AGAINST THE CRITICISM. HERE'S ABC'S SENIOR WHITE HOUSE. CORRESPONDENT SELINA WANG. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION LASHING OUT. AGAINST CRITICISM OF THE WAR IN. IRAN. THE PRESIDENT ACCUSING THE MEDIA. OF WANTING THE UNITED STATES TO. LOSE THE WAR.

THIS, AS THE COUNTRY REMAINS. DEEPLY DIVIDED. A NEW "WASHINGTON POST" POLL. FINDS AMERICANS SPLIT. 40% OPPOSE THE WAR IN IRAN. 42% SUPPORT IT. AND THE REST ARE UNSURE. TWO-THIRDS SAY THE PRESIDENT HAS. NOT CLEARLY EXPLAINED THE GOALS. OF THE U.S. MILITARY. THE LATEST IPSOS POLL FINDS SIX. IN TEN AMERICANS SAYING U.S. MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN IRAN. WILL GO ON FOR AN EXTENDED. PERIOD OF TIME. BUT THE PRESIDENT OFFERING NO. CLEAR TIMELINE WHEN ASKED WHEN. THE WAR WILL END.

>> WHEN I FEEL IT. >> OKAY. >> I FEEL IT IN MY BONES. >> Reporter: AND THE WHITE HOUSE. FACING BACKLASH FOR POSTING HYPE. VIDEOS ON THEIR OFFICIAL SOCIAL. MEDIA ACCOUNT, MIXING FOOTAGE OF. DEADLY AMERICAN ATTACKS WITH. CARTOONS, ACTION MOVIE CLIPS, AND VIDEO GAMES. AND NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE USING. AN IMAGE FROM THE DIGNIFIED. TRANSFER OF THE FIRST SIX U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN THE. WAR TO FUND RAISE AND OFFERING. DONORS ACCESS TO PRIVATE. NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFINGS.

>> THEY ARE TREATING THIS LIKE. SOME KIND OF VIDEO GAME, LIKE. SOME KIND OF THING THAT WE. SHOULD JUST BE PROUD OF THE FACT. THAT WE'RE BLOWING STUFF UP. AND USING IT FOR POLITICAL. ADVANTAGE. THAT IS NOT THE WAY THE UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA SHOULD GO TO. WAR. >> AND MARY, THE ENERGY. SECRETARY SAID TODAY THAT THIS. WAR COULD END WITHIN WEEKS. BUT AS THE FIGHTING DRAGS ON, IT'S DIVIDING THE PRESIDENT'S. OWN BASE. SOME INFLUENTIAL SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING JOE ROGAN, ARE NOW. SAYING MANY OF TRUMP'S OWN. BACKERS FEEL BETRAYED AFTER.

TRUMP CAMPAIGNED ON NO MORE. WARS. MARY? >> SELINA WANG AT THE WHITE. HOUSE TONIGHT. SELINA, THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. TO THE OSCARS. IT IS GOING TO BE A MOMENTOUS. AND HISTORIC NIGHT AND SURE TO. BE JAM PACKED WITH. ENTERTAINMENT. ABC'S WHIT JOHNSON AND LINSEY. DAVIS JOIN US NOW FROM THE RED. CARPET. WHIT, LINSEY? >> Reporter: HI, MARY. GOOD EVENING FROM THE RED. CARPET. THINGS ARE HEATING UP. PEOPLE ARE ARRIVING NOW BECAUSE. HOLLYWOOD'S BIGGEST NIGHT IS. JUST MOMENTS AWAY.

>> TEN FILMS ARE COMPETING FOR. BEST PICTURE. THE BIG QUESTION IS, WILL IT BE "SINNERS" OR "ONE. BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER"? BOTH FILMS HAVE MADE HISTORY. HEADING INTO TONIGHT. "SINNERS" LEADING THE WAY WITH A. TOTAL OF 16 NOMINATIONS, FOLLOWED BY "ONE BATTLE AFTER. ANOTHER" WITH 13. >> FRANKENSTEIN, SENTIMENTAL. VALUE, AND MARTY SUPREME ALL. BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS AS. WELL, EACH WITH NINE. NOMINATIONS. THERE ARE A LOT OF POTENTIAL. FIRSTS TONIGHT LIKE IN THE BEST. ACTRESS CATEGORY. JESSIE BUCKLEY COULD BECOME THE. FIRST EVER IRISH WOMAN TO WIN.

FOR HER ROLE IN "HAMNET.". HISTORY FOR THEM. HISTORY FOR THIMOTHEE CHALAMET. TOO. HE'S THE YOUNGEST MALE ACTOR TO. EARN THREE NOMINATIONS IN A. LEADING ROW SINCE MARLON BRANDO, SAYING HE TRAINED SIX YEARS TO. PERFORM GRAVITY DEFYING TENNIS. SHOTS. >> EMMA STONE BREAKING A RECORD. TONIGHT, THE YOUNGEST WOMAN EVER. TO REACH SEVEN OSCAR. NOMINATIONS, BEATING OUT MERYL. STREEP BY ONE YEAR. AND THE HOST FOR THE EVENING, CONAN O'BRIEN IS BACK AT IT. AGAIN. HE SAYS NOTHING IS OFF LIMITS.

AND TO EXPECT SURPRISES. MARY? >> AND WE CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT. SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO. TONIGHT. WHIT AND LINSEY, THANK YOU. >>> STILL AHEAD HERE, CHARGES. FILED AFTER A VIOLENT ENCOUNTER. AT THE AIRPORT. AND THE FRIGHTENING CRASH. REMARKABLY BOTH VICTIMS SURVIVING. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, TERRIFYING. VIDEO OF A RUNAWAY TAXI IN NEW. YORK CITY, THE CAB SLAMMING INTO. TWO WOMEN OUTSIDE A DELI ON. SATURDAY. ONE KNOCKED TO THE SIDEWALK. THE OTHER WAS THROWN INTO THE. DELI'S BASEMENT.

REMARKABLY FIRST RESPONDERS SAY. THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT. >>> IN DALLAS, A VIOLENT. ALTERCATION AT LOVE FIELD. AIRPORT. AUTHORITIES SAY A PASSENGER. BECAME AGGRESSIVE, PUNCHING TWO. TSA OFFICERS AND A DALLAS POLICE. OFFICER AFTER TRYING TO GET. THROUGH SECURITY WITHOUT. IDENTIFICATION. IDRIS SOLOMON IS CHARGED WITH. ASSAULTING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND. COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IF. CONVICTED. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, SELECTION. SUNDAY. WHICH BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE. HEADING TO THE BIG DANCE.

>>> AND IT'S ALMOST TIME TO FILL. OUT THOSE BRACKETS. TONIGHT WE'RE GETTING THE. SCHEDULES FOR MARCH MADNESS. BOTH THE MENS AND WOMENS TEAM. WILL HAVE 68 TEAMS. THE MEN'S TOURNAMENT BEGINS. TUESDAY, THE WOMEN'S ON. THURSDAY. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE WOMAN'S GAMES ON ESPN. AND WHEN WE COME BACK, WHY THIS YEARS OSCARS. COULD BE ONE FOR THE RECORDS BOOKS. >>> AND FINALLY, WILL IT BE A. NIGHT OF FIRSTS AT THE OSCARS? >> TONIGHT THE BATTLE FOR THE. BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT, ONE. OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN.

YEARS. COULD IT BE RYAN COOGLER'S JIM. CROW ERA VAMPIRE THRILLER, "SINNERS" OR PAUL THOMAS. ANDERSON'S ACTION PACKED. POLITICAL COMEDY THRILLER, "ONE. BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER"? >> LET'S ROCK AND ROLL. LET'S GO. >> THE "SINNERS" DIRECTOR IS. FAMILIAR TO THE ACADEMY. COOGLER KNOWN FOR CRITICALLY. ACCLAIMED MOVIES LIKE "CREED,". "JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH,". AND "BLACK PANTHER.".

>> I NEED YOU BROTHER. SENSEI, PLEASE. >> FOR PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON, KNOWN FOR "THERE WILL BE BLOOD,". "BOOGIE NIGHTS" AND "PHANTOM. THREAD," WINNING HAS LONG ELUDED. HIM. >> I NEED TO FIND MY DAUGHTER. >> WELL THEN CALL US BACK WHEN. YOU HAVE THE TIME. ♪ SOMEBODY TAKE ME ♪. >> "SINNERS" NOMINATED FOR 16. AWARDS TONIGHT. IF THE FILM SNAGS 12, IT WILL. BREAK A LONG-STANDING RECORD. FOR MOST OSCAR WINS IN A SINGLE. NIGHT, BESTING GREATS LIKE. "TITANIC.".

BUT "ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER". COULD ALSO BREAK THAT RECORD. >> NO FEAR. >> THE DRAMATIC FACEOFF NOW JUST. HOURS AWAY. I'M MARY BRUCE, THANKS FOR WATCHING, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.