ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Nov. 7, 2025

♪. >>> TONIGHT MORE THAN 1,000. FLIGHTS CANCELED ACROSS THE. COUNTRY. FALLOUT FROM THE GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN EXPECTED TO GET WORSE. THE FAA FORCING AIRLINES TO CUT. FLIGHTS AT 40 OF AMERICA'S. BUSIEST AIRPORTS FROM ATLANTA TO. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND LOS. ANGELES.

FOUR-HOUR DELAYS REPORTED IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. PASSENGERS SCRAMBLING TO REBOOK. FLIGHTS. THE SHUTDOWN RAISING SAFETY. CONCERNS AMID THE CRITICAL. SHORTAGE OF THOUSANDS OF AIR. TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. >>> THE SHUTDOWN, DAY 38, THE. LONGEST IN HISTORY. DEMOCRATS TONIGHT PROPOSING A. DEAL TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT. AND EXTEND OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES. REPUBLICANS CALLING IT A. NON-STARTER. AND 24 HOURS AFTER A JUDGE. ORDERED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. TO FULLY FUND S.N.A.P. FOOD. BENEFITS FOR MORE THAN 40. MILLION AMERICANS, TONIGHT AN.

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE USDA AND. WHAT A COURT JUST RULED MOMENTS. AGO. >>> THE HORRIFIC CRASH OF THAT. UPS PLANE IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. WHAT WE'RE NOW LEARNING ABOUT. THE FINAL SECONDS IN THE. COCKPIT, THE ALARM SOUNDING, AS. THE CREW STRUGGLED TO REGAIN. CONTROL OF THE PLANE. >>> NEW REPORTING ON THE DEADLY. SHOOTING OF A HOUSE CLEANER, A. WIFE AND MOTHER OF FOUR, SHOT. THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE. MISTAKENLY WENT TO THE WRONG. HOME. WILL CRIMINAL CHARGES BE FILED? >>> FORMER NFL STAR ANTONIO.

BROWN BACK IN THE U.S. AND. BEHIND BARS, FACING A CHARGE OF. ATTEMPTED MURDER. BROWN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. OVERSEAS AFTER POSTING VIDEOS OF. A HIGH-END HOTEL AND LUXURY. CARS. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUING NEW. PARDONS. FORMER BASEBALL GREAT DARYL. STRAWBERRY FOR HIS TAX EVASION. CONVICTION. AND A FORMER TENNESSEE. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER CONVICTED TO. CORRUPTION AND SENTENCED TO. PRISON LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. >>> THE MOTHER OF A MISSING. 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARRESTED IN AN. UNRELATED INVESTIGATION.

NEW SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER WEARING WIGS. JUST DAYS BEFORE THE YOUNG GIRL. WAS LAST SEEN. >>> TONIGHT MILLIONS BRACING FOR. THE FIRST ARCTIC BLAST OF THE. SEASON. TEMPERATURES PLUNGING BETWEEN. THE TEENS AND MID 30s. >>> AND MEGA MILLIONS CLOSING IN. ON $1 BILLION. TONIGHT'S JACKPOT AND WHERE IT. STANDS NOW. ♪. >> Announcer: FROM ABC NEWS. WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, THIS IS "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT". WITH DAVID MUIR. >>> GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR.

JOINING US. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN FOR DAVID. TONIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH THE AX FALLING ON. MORE THAN 1,000 FLIGHTS ACROSS. AMERICA. DELTA, UNITED, AMERICAN, AND. SOUTHWEST AMONG THE AIRLINES. FORCED TO CANCEL FLIGHTS DUE TO. THE STRAIN ON AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLERS DURING THE. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE FAA ORDERING AIRLINES TO. REDUCE FLIGHTS BY UP TO 10% IN. THE TOP 40 BUSIEST MARKETS. AT LEAST FOUR-HOUR DELAYS IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. MANY PASSENGERS RACING TO REBOOK. FLIGHTS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND. NEXT WEEK.

THOUSANDS OF AIR TRAFFIC. CONTROLLERS AND TSA AGENTS. WORKING WITHOUT PAY. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY SEAN. DUFFY WARNING THE NEXT STEP MAY. BE TO CLOSE AIRSPACE OVER PARTS. OF THE COUNTRY. ABC'S STEPHANIE RAMOS LEADS US. OFF FROM NEWARK AIRPORT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A TRAVEL. HEADACHE FOR PASSENGERS AS. AIRLINES CANCELED MORE THAN. 1,000 FLIGHTS TO EASE PRESSURE. ON THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. SYSTEM, TRIGGERING LONG LINES. AND NEARLY 5,000 DELAYS. >> TOTAL HEADACHE, DISASTER, NIGHTMARE.

>> ACTUALLY I'M FREAKED OUT. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO MISS A. FLIGHT AND IT'S A FAMILY REUNION. IN FLORIDA. AND IT WILL BE REALLY HORRIBLE. >> Reporter: AIRLINES SLASHED. FLIGHTS AT 40 MAJOR AIRPORTS. UNDER AN EMERGENCY ORDER FROM. THE FAA. THOSE CANCELLATIONS SET TO MORE. THAN DOUBLE TO 10% OF DAILY. FLIGHTS IN THE COMING DAYS. >> SO, I HAD A FLIGHT THIS. MORNING. >> Reporter: THIS WOMAN'S FLIGHT. WAS REBOOKED BUT SHE COULDN'T. MAKE IT FROM NEWARK TO JFK IN. TIME. >> ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?

THEY REBOOKED ME OUT OF JFK AN. HOUR EARLIER WITH AN 11-HOUR. LAYOVER IN SOME PLACE CALLED. PORT OF SPAIN. CRAZY, CRAZY. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, SEAN. DUFFY, INSISTS THE DRASTIC CUTS. ARE NEEDED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE, AS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WORK. WITHOUT PAY AND MORE CALL OUT. SICK. >> THE CONTROLLERS SEEM MORE. STRESSED. THOSE REPORTS FROM PILOTS HAVE. GONE UP. THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN LOSS. OF SEPARATION, SAFE DISTANCES TO. KEEP AIRPLANES APART IN THE SKY.

THOSE NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP. >> Reporter: TONIGHT DUFFY IS. DEFENDING THE DECISION TO CUT. AIR TRAFFIC. >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE SECOND. GUESSED WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE HAVE NOT POLITICIZED THE. AIRSPACE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING INCREDIBLY. HARD TO MAKE SURE THERE'S. MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE BEST. OF OUR ABILITY AND STILL KEEP IT. SAFE. >> Reporter: WITH THE HOLIDAY. RUSH RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, MANY PASSENGERS ARE WORRIED AIR. TRAVEL WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND. JUST WANT THE SHUTDOWN OVER. >> IT'S JUST ACTUALLY LUDICROUS. THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING, WITH. THANKSGIVING, THERE'S NO END IN. SIGHT.

>> Reporter: THE NUMBER OF. CANCELED FLIGHTS, WHIT, COULD BE. HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. PASSENGERS, THOUGH, WILL BE. ELIGIBLE FOR REFUNDS IF THEIR. FLIGHT IS CANCELED AND THEY. CHOOSE NOT TO FLY. MAJOR AIRLINES ARE ALSO WAVING. CHANGE FEES FOR PASSENGERS IF. THEY'RE LOOKING TO SWITCH THEIR. FLIGHTS. WHIT? >> WE'RE SEEING THAT GROWING. FRUSTRATION. STEPHANIE, THANK YOU. >>> LATE TODAY SENATE DEMOCRATS. FLOATING AN OFFER TO END THE. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, BUT. REPUBLICANS SO FAR REJECTING THE.

PLAN, EXTENDING THE STALEMATE. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO. PUSHING BACK AGAINST A JUDGE'S. ORDER TO FULLY FUND S.N.A.P. BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY FOR NEARLY. 40 MILLION AMERICANS, AS LINES. GROW AT FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE. U.S. THE USDA MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT. AND WHAT A COURT JUST RULED. MOMENTS AGO. ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT ON THE HILL. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT ON DAY 38. OF THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT. SHUTDOWN IN AMERICAN HISTORY, SENATE DEMOCRATS PUTTING AN. OFFER ON THE TABLE. >> DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING A VERY. SIMPLE COMPROMISE. >> Reporter: DEMOCRATS SAY THEY. WILL VOTE TO REOPEN THE. GOVERNMENT IF REPUBLICANS AGREE.

TO EXTEND OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES. FOR ONE YEAR SO HEALTH CARE. INSURANCE PREMIUMS WON'T. SKYROCKET FOR MORE THAN 20. MILLION AMERICANS. >> NOW THE BALL IS IN THE. REPUBLICANS' COURT. WE NEED REPUBLICANS TO JUST SAY. YES. >> Reporter: BUT TONIGHT. REPUBLICANS CALL SCHUMER'S OFFER. A NON-STARTER. >> I AM TIRED OF POLITICAL. GAMES. I REALLY AM. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, HUNDREDS. OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL WORKERS. MISSING ONE PAYCHECK AFTER. ANOTHER. AND 42 MILLION RECIPIENTS OF.

FOOD BENEFITS, KNOWN AS. S.N.A.P., WORRIED ABOUT GOING. HUNGRY. >> THANKSGIVING IS COMING UP. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST PRAYING. >> Reporter: IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, 75-YEAR-OLD DIANE HOWARD. RECEIVES JUST $63 A MONTH FROM. S.N.A.P. BUT SHE MAKES THAT MONEY. STRETCH. $3 BUYS HER FOUR CANS OF CORN. AT A DISCOUNT GROCERY STORE OR. TWO BOXES OF SPAGHETTI. WITHOUT IT, SHE DOESN'T KNOW. WHAT SHE'S GOING TO DO. >> I'M TRYING TO HOLD ON TO.

GOD'S HANDS AND HIS GRACE AND. HIS MERCY. BUT IT'S SO HARD! >> Reporter: THE TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION HAD REFUSED TO. DIP INTO EMERGENCY FUNDS TO PAY. OUT FULL S.N.A.P. BENEFITS, WAGING A LEGAL BATTLE IN COURT. OVERNIGHT A FEDERAL JUDGE. ORDERING THEM TO PAY UP. LATE TODAY THE DEPARTMENT OF. AGRICULTURE SAYING THEY WILL. COMPLY WITH THE JUDGE'S ORDER. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRIED. TO APPEAL THAT RULING, BUT JUST. MOMENTS AGO WE LEARNED IT WAS.

REJECTED BY A FEDERAL APPEALS. COURT. S.N.A.P. BENEFITS HAVE BEEN. FULLY FUNDED IN AT LEAST NINE. STATES. >> AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, NO. END IN SIGHT ON THIS SHUTDOWN. RACHEL SCOTT FOR US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> WE MOVE ON NOW TO THE NEW. CLUES EMERGING IN THAT FIERY. CRASH OF A UPS PLANE IN. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE FINAL. SECONDS IN THE COCKPIT, THE. ALARM SOUNDING AS THE CREW. STRUGGLED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF. THE PLANE, AS WE LEARN MORE. TONIGHT ABOUT THE VICTIMS, INCLUDING A GRANDFATHER AND. GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LOST THEIR. LIVES. HERE'S ABC'S MATT RIVERS. >> OH, MY GOODNESS!

>> Reporter: TONIGHT AFTER ONE. OF THE WORST CARGO PLANE CRASHES. IN HISTORY, WE'RE LEARNING MORE. ABOUT THE CREW'S FINAL MOMENTS. FROM THE PLANE'S COCKPIT VOICE. RECORDER. >> ABOUT 37 SECONDS AFTER THE. CREW CALLED FOR TAKEOFF THRUST, A REPEATING BELL WAS HEARD, WHICH PERSISTED UNTIL THE END OF. THE RECORDING 25 SECONDS LATER. >> Reporter: NTSB BOARD MEMBER. TODD INMAN SAID AS THAT ALARM. BLARED IN THOSE FINAL 25. SECONDS, THE CREW TRIED IN VAIN. TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THREE FULL DAYS AFTER THIS CRASH.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SCENE STILL. BLOCKED OFF BY AUTHORITIES, MULTIPLE FEDERAL AGENCIES STILL. ON SITE HERE TRYING TO THEIR. BEST TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT. HAPPENED. CREWS SEARCHING THE HALF-MILE. PILE OF DESTRUCTION STILL. PUTTING OUT SPOT FIRES, AS THE. COMMUNITY HONORS THE VICTIMS. UPS FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS CAPTAIN. RICHARD -- FIRST OFFICER LEE. TRUITT AND CAPTAIN DANA DIAMOND, AND -- THE FATHER OF FOUR WAS AT. THE SCRAP YARD WITH ONE OF HIS. THREE GRANDCHILDREN, 3-YEAR-OLD.

KIMBERLY ASA, WHEN THAT PLANE. TRAGICALLY ENDED THEIR LIVES. WHIT, AS THIS INVESTIGATION. CONTINUES TONIGHT, THE FIRST. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN. FILED AGAINST UPS, GENERAL. ELECTRIC, AND BOEING ON BEHALF. OF THE BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES. AFFECTED BY THIS DEADLY CRASH. WHIT? >> WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THOSE. FAMILIES TONIGHT. MATT RIVERS FOR US. >>> NOW TO THE NEW REPORTING ON. THE DEADLY SHOOTING OF A HOUSE. CLEANER IN INDIANA. THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF FOUR SHOT. THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR WHEN SHE. MISTAKENLY WENT TO THE WRONG. HOME. TONIGHT PROSECUTORS WEIGHING.

WHETHER TO FILE CHARGES. HERE'S ABC'S AARON KATERSKY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT A FAMILY IS. DEMANDING JUSTICE, AND. PROSECUTORS ARE WEIGHING CHARGES. AFTER THE HORRIFIC SHOOTING. DEATH OF A WOMAN WHO SHOWED UP. TO CLEAN THE WRONG HOUSE. THEY SAY MARIA FLOER RYME DA. RIOS PEREZ ARRIVED AT THE WRONG. HOUSE WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUTHORITIES SAY THE HOMEOWNER. SHOT HER THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. SHE DIED IN THE ARMS OF HER. HUSBAND. "I NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS A SHOT,".

HER HUSBAND SAYS. "I REALIZED WHEN MY WIFE TOOK. TWO STEPS BACK, SHE LOOKED LIKE. SHE'D BEEN HIT IN THE HEAD, SHE. FELL IN MY ARMS, AND I SAW THE. BLOOD EVERYWHERE.". POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE. SHOOTER. INDIANA HAS A STRONG STAND YOUR. GROUND LAW WHEN THERE'S A. REASONABLE BELIEF IT WOULD. PREVENT A HOME INVASION. BUT NEIGHBORS AREN'T SO SURE IT. APPLIES HERE. >> IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. YOU KNOW? DON'T SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS. LATER. >> Reporter: I TALKED TO THE. PROSECUTOR, TODAY, WHIT. HE CONCEDED HE HAS A DIFFICULT. DECISION TO MAKE. HE'S WEIGHING WHETHER THAT. HOMEOWNER WAS REASONABLE IN.

USING DEADLY FORCE, BELIEVING. THE CLEANER COULD HAVE BEEN AN. INTRUDER. WHIT? >> JUST AN AWFUL CASE. AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP ISSUING NEW PARDONS, FORMER BASEBALL GREAT DARYL. STRAWBERRY FOR A TAX EVASION. CONVICTION, AND A FORMER. TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER. GUILTY OF CORRUPTION. MARY, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: WHIT, PRESIDENT. TRUMP HAS PARDONED BASEBALL. LEGEND DARYL STRAWBERRY AFTER HE. PLEADED GUILTY TO TAX EVASION. CHARGES THREE DECADES AGO. THE FOUR-TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMP.

FOR THE METS AND YANKEES SERVED. TIME AND PAID BACK TAXES, ALSO. NOTING HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH AND. SOBRIETY. THE PRESIDENT IS ALSO PARDONING. THE FORMER SPEAKER OF THE. TENNESSEE HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES, REPUBLICAN. GLEN -- JUST WEEKS AFTER HE WAS. SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR. CORRUPTION CHARGES. BROUGHT UP ON CORRUPTION CHARGES. TO RECEIVE CLEMENCY FROM TRUMP. OR SEE THEIR CASES DISMISSED, INCLUDING FORMER CONGRESSMAN. GEORGE SANTOS AND NEW YORK CITY.

MAYOR, ERIC ADAMS. WHIT? >> MARY BRUCE. OUR THANKS TO YOU TONIGHT. >>> NOW TO FORMER NFL STAR. ANTONIO BROWN, ARRESTED OVERSEAS. AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. TO FACE. A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. HE'S ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE AND. WOUNDING A MAN AFTER A FIGHT. OUTSIDE A CELEBRITY BOXING EVENT. IN MIAMI. ABC'S VICTOR OQUENDO REPORTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FORMER NFL. STAR ANTONIO BROWN NOW BEHIND. BARS IN NEW JERSEY AWAITING. EXTRADITION TO MIAMI ON AN. ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE. OVERNIGHT AUTHORITIES SAYING. U.S. MARSHALS TOOK BROWN INTO. CUSTODY IN DUBAI, ENDING A. MONTHS-LONG MANHUNT.

>> HE WAS AT DUBAI. WE KNEW THIS BECAUSE OF HIS. VIDEOS. >> Reporter: BROWN RECENTLY. POSTING THIS VIDEO AT A HOTEL IN. DUBAI AS PART OF A BRAND. PARTNERSHIP WITH A CRYPTO. GAMBLING PLATFORM. THE VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT. BACK IN MAY WHEN POLICE SAY. BROWN WAS ARMED WITH A GUN AND. CHASED AFTER A MAN HE'D JUST. FOUGHT WITH OUTSIDE A BOXING. EVENT AND OPENED FIRE. [ BLEEP ]. THE MAN SUFFERING A GRAZE WOUND. IN THE NECK. A DAY AFTER THAT SHOOTING, BROWN.

CLAIMED SELF-DEFENSE, SAYING, REGARDING THE BOXING EVENT THAT. HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, I WAS. JUMPED BY MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS. WHO TRIED TO STEAL MY JEWELRY. AND CAUSE PHYSICAL HARM TO ME. I WILL BE TALKING TO MY LEGAL. COUNSEL AND ATTORNEYS ON. PRESSING CHARGES ON THE. INDIVIDUALS THAT JUMPED ME. AUTHORITIES SAY BROWN THEN LEFT. THE COUNTRY. BROWN RETIRED IN 2024. HIS NFL CAREER LARGELY. OVERSHADOWED BY HIS LEGAL. TROUBLES. IF CONVICTED A SECOND DEGREE. ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE CARRIES. A MAXIMUM 15-YEAR PRISON. SENTENCE IN FLORIDA.

WHIT? >> ALL RIGHT. VICTOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >>> NOW TO A CASE THAT'S MADE. NATIONAL HEADLINES. THE MOTHER OF A MISSING. 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS NOW UNDER. ARREST IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. AUTHORITIES SAY IT'S NOT. DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SEARCH. FOR HER DAUGHTER, BUT THE. SHERIFF ALSO RELEASING NEW. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWING THE. TWO WEARING WIGS AT A RENTAL CAR. AGENCY JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE HER. DAUGHTER WAS LAST SEEN. HERE'S ABC'S MATT GUTMAN. >> Reporter: TONIGHT NEARLY A. MONTH AFTER AUTHORITIES BEGAN A. FRANTIC MULTI-STATE SEARCH FOR.

MISSING 9-YEAR-OLD MELANIE. BUZZARD, LAST PICTURING IN THIS. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO APPEARING TO. BE WEARING A WIG, SANTA BARBARA. SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARRESTING HER. MOTHER FOR CHARGES INDIRECTLY. RELATED TO HER DAUGHTER'S. DISAPPEARANCE. THE ARREST COMES A DAY AFTER. AUTHORITIES RELEASED THAT VIDEO. SHOWING THE 9-YEAR-OLD ALONG. WITH HER MOTHER, ASHLEY, RENTING. A CAR ON OCTOBER 7th. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PAIR DROVE. NEARLY 1,500 MILES TO NEBRASKA. AND TURNED AROUND, AT ONE POINT,

ASHLEY EVEN CHANGING THE RENTAL. CAR'S LICENSE PLATES. >> THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE. LICENSE PLATE WAS SWITCHED TO. AVOID DETECTION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER. PLAUSIBLE REASON FOR WHY ASHLEY. WOULD HAVE SWITCHED THE PLATES. >> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE. MOTHER RETURNED THE RENTAL CAR. ON OCTOBER 10th WITH THE. ORIGINAL PLATES BACK ON BUT. WITHOUT MELODY. INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THAT SO. FAR ASHLEY, THE MOTHER, HAS BEEN. UNCOOPERATIVE. SHE'S BEING HELD ON A $100,000. BAIL. AND AUTHORITIES SAY AT THIS. POINT THEIR CHIEF GOAL IS TO. FIND MELODY SAFE. AND THEY'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC. FOR HELP, WHIT. >> SO MANY DESPERATE FOR. ANSWERS.

MATT GUTMAN, THANK YOU. >>> TONIGHT MILLIONS ARE BRACING. FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE IN. TEMPERATURE. A COLD BLAST FROM THE MIDWEST TO. THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES BETWEEN THE TEENS. AND MID 30s. LET'S GO RIGHT TO CHIEF. METEOROLOGIST LEE GOLDBERG FROM. OUR NEW YORK STATION, WABC. LEE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? >> WHIT, WE BEGIN WITH ROUGH. WEATHER IN NASHVILLE TONIGHT. THERE'S A TORNADO WATCH PARTS OF. TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, INTO PARTS. OF ALABAMA. THAT'S UNTIL 10:00. NOW TO THE EAST.

IT'S ACTUALLY A MILD WEEKEND, BUT ARCTIC AIR COMES IN ON. MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND WE COULD. HAVE RECORD COLD IN THE DEEP. SOUTH. 30s IN NEW YORK AND 20s IN. CHICAGO. WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WINDS. THAT WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE. TEENS FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO. THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST AND DOWN. INTO THE DEEP SOUTH, IT WILL. FEEL LIKE 20s. THERE'S SNOW TOO. WE TALKED ABOUT SNOW FROM. CHICAGO TO THE OHIO VALLEY AS WE. GO SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, MAYBE A. FEW INCHES, AND ON TO. SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO WITH LAKE. EFFECTS ON TUESDAY. WE WARM UP AFTER THAT. >> THANK YOU, LEE. APPRECIATE IT. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE DEATH.

OF I GIANT IN THE WORLD OF. SCIENCE. >>> AND MORE TROUBLE FOR FORMER. NFL QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ, THE DECISION OVER HIS TV JOB. ROUGHLY A MONTH AFTER A BACK. ALLEY FIGHT THAT LEFT HIM. FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. >>> AND THE WORLD'S TALLEST. TEENAGER MAKING HISTORY AGAIN, TAKING TO COURT FOR HIS FIRST. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, FORMER NFL. QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ NOW OUT. OF A JOB WEEKS AFTER A VIOLENT. ALTERCATION IN INDIANAPOLIS. FOX SPORTS ANNOUNCING SANCHEZ IS.

NO LONGER AN ANALYST AT THE. NETWORK. PROSECUTORS SAY LAST MONTH. SANCHEZ WAS STABBED IN THE CHEST. AFTER ATTACKING A TRUCK DRIVER. OUTSIDE A HOTEL. HE FACES A FELONY BATTERY CHARGE. AND REMAINS FREE ON BOND. >>> THE FARMER'S ALMANAC IS. PUBLISHING ITS LAST EDITION. AFTER A 208-YEAR RUN. GARDENERS AND FARMERS HAVE. RELIED ON THE ALMANAC SINCE. 1818. THE PAGE IS FILLED WITH WEATHER. PREDICTIONS, TIPS FOR GARDENING. AND FISHING, AS WELL AS BITS OF. WISDOM, TRIVIA, AND FOLKLORE.

THE 2026 EDITION, WHICH IS OUT. NOW, IS ITS LAST. THE BOOK, NOT TO BE CONFUSED. WITH THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC, WHICH REMAINS IN PRODUCTION. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. WORLD'S TALLEST TEENAGER TAKES. TO THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL COURT. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW, A PASSING. TO NOTE TONIGHT. HE WAS A PIONEER OF MODERN. BIOLOGY. JAMES WATSON HAS DIED. WATSON WAS ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS. WHO DISCOVERED THE DOUBLE HELIX. SHAPE OF THE DNA MOLECULE.

THE BREAKTHROUGH EARNING HIM AND. HIS TEAM A NOBEL PRIZE IN 1962. HE DIED IN HOSPICE CARE AFTER A. BRIEF ILLNESS. WATSON WAS 97. >>> THE WORLD'S TALLEST TEENAGER. NOW TAKING HIS TALENTS TO THE. HARDWOOD. 19-YEAR-OLD OLIVIER -- CLOCKS IN. AT 7'9". HE MADE HIS BIG DEBUT ON THE. COLLEGE BASKETBALL COURT. HE SUITED UP WITH THE FLORIDA. GATORS AS A CENTER ON THURSDAY. WHILE HE DID NOT GET HIS HANDS. ON THE BALL, THE GATORS DID GO. ON TO DEFEAT NORTH FLORIDA,

104-64. >>> A FORTUNE IS ON THE LINE FOR. TONIGHT'S MASSIVE MEGA MILLIONS. DRAWING. 843 MILLION BUCKS WITH A 392. MILLION CASH OPTION. THE GRAND PRIZE IS NOW THE. EIGHTH LARGEST PRIZE IN MEGA. MILLIONS HISTORY. GOOD LUCK. >>> STILL AHEAD, "AMERICA. STRONG.". ONE TEACHER OFFERING A HELPING. HAND LIKE NO OTHER. . >>> FINALLY TONIGHT, "AMERICA. STRONG," THE TEACHER AND THE. LIFE CHANGING GIFT.

>> TONIGHT IN GLASGOW, KENTUCKY, SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE, A. REMARKABLE GIFT FROM A TEACHER. TO A STUDENT IN NEED. 9-YEAR-OLD JACKSON FARMER IN THE. FOURTH GRADE WAS BORN WITHOUT. HIS RIGHT HAND. BUT HIS FAMILY TELLS US HE'S. ALWAYS BEEN DETERMINED TO NOT. LET LIFE'S OBSTACLES GET IN THE. WAY. ALWAYS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE. AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, JACKSON. NEVER QUITE FINDING THE RIGHT. PROSTHETIC HAND, ONE THAT WOULD. HELP HIM HOLD THINGS AND ONE. INSURANCE WOULD COVER. IT'S SOMETHING HIS TEACHER AT. RED CROSS ELEMENTARY, MR. SCOTT.

JOHNSON, NOTICED TOO. SO, MR. JOHNSON GOT TO WORK. WITH THE OKAY FROM JACKSON'S. FAMILY, HE STARTED RESEARCHING. ONLINE AND REACHING OUT TO THE. PROSTHETIC COMMUNITY, DEVELOPING. A PROTOTYPE. AND INCREDIBLY, AFTER SOME 25. HOURS TO PRINT ON THE SCHOOL'S. 3-D PRINTER, FOUR HOURS TO. ASSEMBLE, AND JUST $20 WORTH OF. MATERIALS, MR. JOHNSON WAS READY. TO SURPRISE JACKSON WITH HIS NEW. HAND. TONIGHT JACKSON TELLING US HE. LOVES IT. >> I THINK IT HELPED ME A LOT.

WHENEVER, LIKE, JUST THROUGHOUT. THE DAY. IT JUST HELPS ME. I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW TO PUT ON. MY HAND. >> Reporter: PROUDLY SHOWING US. HOW HE PUTS IT ON. USING IT TO HOLD A PHOTO OF HIM. WITH MR. JOHNSON. SHOWING US HE CAN NOW PICK UP A. BASEBALL, A CUP, A BOTTLE. MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINING HOW IT. WORKS. >> THIS FISHING LINE RUNS. THROUGH THE HAND, AND IT TIES AT. THE END OF EACH ONE OF THESE.

FINGERTIPS. WHEN JACKSON FLEXES HIS WRIST. DOWN, HE'S ABLE TO CLOSE THE. HAND. AND WHEN HE RELAXES HIS WRIST, HE'S ABLE TO OPEN IT. NO BATTERIES, NO CHARGERS, JUST. THE MUSCULAR POWER OF THIS. AWESOME DUDE AND THAT KILLER. SMILE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THEIR. MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE WHO SEE A. NEED AND HELP. >> WE LOVE HELPING PEOPLE, AND. WE HOPE THAT YOU FIND GREAT WAYS. TO BE AWESOME TOO. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> HAVE A GREAT DAY. >> Reporter: MR. JOHNSON AND. JACKSON, DEFINITELY "AMERICA. STRONG.".

>> THEY SURE ARE. I'M WHIT JOHNSON IN NEW YORK. HAVE A GREAT NIG.