ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 22, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, THE BREAKING. NEWS, THE DEADLY U.S. MILITARY. STRIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME. TARGETING A VESSEL NOW IN THE. PACIFIC. THE NEW IMAGES TONIGHT, THE BOAT. OFF CENTRAL AMERICA TAKING A. DIRECT HIT EXPLODING IN FLAMES. WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID JUST. MOMENTS AGO ABOUT HIS AUTHORITY. TO TARGET THESE BOATS AND ABOUT. POTENTIAL TARGETS ON LAND. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, THE DEMOLITION. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. SOURCES NOW TELLING ABC NEWS THE. ENTIRE EAST WING EXPECTED TO BE. DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS THIS. WEEKEND TO MAKE WAY FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S $300 MILLION.

BALLROOM. TONIGHT, SOME REPUBLICANS NOW. QUESTIONING THE OPTICS OF THIS. AMID A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND. FORMER FIRST LADY HILLARY. CLINTON TONIGHT SAYING TO THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT'S NOT HIS. HOUSE, IT'S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE'S. DESTROYING IT. >>> TONIGHT THE STUNNING STORY. OF SURVIVAL OFF MASSACHUSETTS. THE FAMILY ON A BOAT ENGULFED IN. FLAMES JUMPING OFF IN THE MIDDLE. OF THE NIGHT, SWIMMING ON THEIR. OWN TO AN ISLAND WHERE THEY WERE. STRANDED. THEIR DRAMATIC RADIO CALL FOR. HELP. >>> TONIGHT TROPICAL STORM. MELISSA NOW EXPECTED TO BECOME A.

MAJOR HURRICANE, EVENTUALLY A. CATEGORY 4. THE NEWEST MODELS IN TONIGHT, THE POTENTIAL TRACK. LEE GOLDBERG IS STANDING BY WITH. THE FORECAST. >>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT, ANGER AFTER I.C.E. SWEEPS IN, ARRESTS ALONG NEW YORK CITY'S. CANAL STREET KNOWN FOR TOURISTS. AND SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR. DESIGNER KNOCKOFFS. HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED, AND TONIGHT THE NEW CLAIMS ABOUT. SOME WHO WERE DETAINED. >>> TONIGHT, THE FORMER. SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED WITH. MURDER AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING. OF SONYA MASSEY IN HER KITCHEN.

IN ILLINOIS. THE TRIAL HAS BEGUN AND TONIGHT. HEAR THE KEY TESTIMONY FROM HIS. OWN PARTNER ON THAT DAY. >>> TONIGHT THE HORRIFIC IMAGES. COMING IN FROM UKRAINE. ANOTHER RUSSIAN ATTACK. THIS TIME KINDERGARTNERS RUSHED. TO SAFETY SURVIVING WHILE HIDING. IN A SHELTER. >>> AND A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT ON NEW. SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA, AND. THE PRESIDENT IS ASKED, WHY NOW? >>> TONIGHT, THE DEADLY. MULTIVEHICLE CRASH ON THE. INTERSTATE. THE TRUCK CAUSING A CHAIN. REACTION CRASH, AND NEWS COMING. IN NOW ON THE DRIVER OF THAT. TRUCK. >>> THERE'S NEWS TONIGHT ON THE.

SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. FEATURING BAD BUNNY. NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL. BREAKING HIS SILENCE FOR THE. FIRST TIME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHARPLY CRITICIZED HIS CHOICE. >>> AND HEARD AROUND THE WORLD, YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS YOUNG. AMERICAN PIANIST WHO WON MAKING. HISTORY TONIGHT. HIS HOMETOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS. CELEBRATING AND MAKING HIS. PROFESSORS RIGHT HERE IN PHILLY. VERY PROUD. ♪.

>> David: GOOD EVENING FROM. PHILADELPHIA TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE INDEPENDENCE HALL. RIGHT HERE BEHIND US AND WHY. WE'RE HERE, A BIT LATER IN THE. BROADCAST. >>> BUT WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH. THE BREAKING NEWS, FOR THE FIRST. TIME THE U.S. LAUNCHING A DEADLY. MILITARY ATTACK ON A SUSPECTED. DRUG BOAT, THIS TIME IN THE. PACIFIC OFF OF CENTRAL AMERICA. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. TONIGHT POSTING THE VIDEO ONLINE. SHOWING THE BOAT TAKING A DIRECT. HIT. THE BOAT BURNING ON THE WATER.

AUTHORITIES SAY TWO PEOPLE ON. BOARD WERE KILLED. HEGSETH SAYING THE BOAT WAS. TRAVELING ALONG A KNOWN DRUG. TRAFFICKING ROUTE COMPARING. DRUG CARTELS TO AL QAEDA. AT LEAST 34 PEOPLE HAVE NOW. BEEN KILLED IN 8 KNOWN STRIKES. CARRIED OUT BY THE U.S. MILITARY. PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTING TO THE. IMAGES JUST RELEASED AND. WHAT HE'S SAYING ABOUT HIS. AUTHORITY TO TARGET THESE BOATS. IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS AND. ABOUT POTENTIAL TARGETS ON LAND. ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT FOR THE.

FIRST TIME, THE U.S. LAUNCHING A. DEADLY AIR STRIKE ON A SUSPECTED. DRUG BOAT IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC. OCEAN OFF CENTRAL AMERICA, A. MAJOR EXPANSION OF PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S WAR ON THE CARTELS. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH POSTING. THIS VIDEO OF THE STRIKE SAYING. THE VESSEL WAS INVOLVED IN. ILLICIT NARCOTICS SMUGGLING AS. PART OF A DESIGNATED TERRORIST. ORGANIZATION BUT DID NOT PROVIDE. EVIDENCE. HE ADDED THAT TWO PEOPLE WERE. KILLED, AND PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST. MOMENTS AGO REACTING TO THE. IMAGES JUST RELEASED. >> WE HAVE LEGAL AUTHORITY, RIGHT.

WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, AND IF. WE DO BY LAND, WE MAY GO BACK TO. CONGRESS, BUT WE HAVE -- THIS IS. A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM. >> Reporter: THE ADMINISTRATION. HAS BEEN CRACKING DOWN ON. SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS IN THE. CARIBBEAN, BOMBING SEVEN VESSELS. THERE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2nd, AND. IN A SHOW OF FORCE THE U.S. FLYING THREE B-52 BOMBERS OFF. THE COAST OF VENEZUELA LATE LAST. WEEK. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE ALSO HAS. AUTHORIZED COVERT CIA MISSIONS. INSIDE VENEZUELA, BUT THIS. NEWEST STRIKE TONIGHT TARGETING. THE EASTERN PACIFIC. IT'S WHERE ROUGHLY 70% OF ALL. THE COCAINE THAT ENTERS THE U.S.

IS SMUGGLED ACCORDING TO. MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS BEEN. BATTLING DRUG SMUGGLERS THERE. FOR MORE THAN A DECADE CHASING. BOATS AND ARRESTING SUSPECTS AS. WE WITNESSED IN 2019. THE SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS HEAVING. BALES OF COCAINE INTO THE OCEAN. AS THE COAST GUARD CLOSED IN. >> THESE BOATS WILL TAKE ALL. SORTS OF EVASIVE ROUTES SO. THEY CAN EVADE LAW ENFORCEMENT. ASSETS. >> SO THEY'RE GOING WAY OUT TO. SEA. >> SOMETIMES WE'RE, YOU KNOW, A. THOUSAND PLUS MILES FROM LAND. >> Reporter: DAVID, THE TACTIC.

WE'RE SEEING NOW IS VASTLY. DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE WITNESSED. JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS OR EVEN A. FEW MONTHS AGO. BACK THEN IT WAS THE U.S. COAST. GUARD THAT WAS TARGETING AND. THEN TRYING TO APPREHEND. SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLERS. NOW IT'S OTHER BRANCHES OF THE. U.S. MILITARY TARGETING THEM. WITH AIR STRIKES FROM ABOVE, DAVID. >> David: MATT GUTMAN LEADING US. OFF HERE TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE GROWING. CONTROVERSY OVER THE DEMOLITION. AT THE WHITE HOUSE, AND ALL OF. THIS PLAYING OUT IN THE MIDDLE. OF THIS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW. DAY 22 WITH THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL. WORKERS LOSING THEIR JOBS.

TONIGHT SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS. THE ENTIRE EAST WING IS EXPECTED. TO BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS THIS. WEEKEND TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S $300 MILLION. BALLROOM. SOME REPUBLICANS TONIGHT NOW. QUESTIONING THE OPTICS OF THIS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SHUTDOWN, AND NOW FORMER FIRST LADY. HILLARY CLINTON SAYING TO THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT'S NOT HIS. HOUSE, IT'S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE'S. DESTROYING IT. ABC'S MARY BRUCE TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SOURCES. TELL ABC NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS. AIMING TO TEAR DOWN THE ENTIRE. EAST WING OF THE WHITE HOUSE BY.

THIS COMING WEEKEND TO MAKE WAY. FOR HIS NEW BALLROOM, WHICH. TRUMP NOW SAYS WILL COST $300. MILLION. WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE PROJECT, THE PRESIDENT PLEDGED IT WOULD. NOT INTERFERE WITH THE BUILDING. KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE. >> IT WON'T INTERFERE WITH THE. CURRENT BUILDING. IT WON'T BE -- IT'LL BE NEAR IT. BUT NOT TOUCHING IT AND PAYS. TOTAL RESPECT TO THE EXISTING. BUILDING, WHICH I'M THE BIGGEST. FAN. >> Reporter: BUT THIS WEEK THE. NATION'S CAPITAL TAKEN BY. SURPRISE WHEN BULLDOZERS AND.

CRANES STARTED DEMOLITION. >> IN ORDER TO DO IT PROPERLY, WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE EXISTING. STRUCTURE. >> Reporter: SO FROM HERE WE CAN. GET A GLIMPSE OF THIS MASSIVE. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND. WE CAN SEE THESE HUGE BULLDOZERS. RIPPING AWAY AT THE WALLS, DEBRIS FLYING DOWN EVERYWHERE. ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE EAST WING. NOW, THIS MANGLED EXPOSED. STRUCTURE. THE ORIGINAL EAST WING BUILT IN. 1902. IT WAS UPDATED IN 1942 AND HAS. BEEN THE TRADITIONAL HOME FOR. THE FIRST LADY'S OFFICES. IN 1962, JACKIE KENNEDY GIVING. AMERICANS THEIR FIRST TELEVISED.

GLIMPSE. TONIGHT FORMER FIRST LADY. HILLARY CLINTON DISMAYED. POSTING, IT'S NOT HIS HOUSE, IT'S YOUR HOUSE, AND HE'S. DESTROYING IT. THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC. PRESERVATION IS CALLING ON THE. ADMINISTRATION TO PAUSE. DEMOLITION UNTIL PLANS FOR THE. PROPOSED BALLROOM GO THROUGH THE. LEGALLY REQUIRED PUBLIC REVIEW. PROCESSES. THEY ALSO WRITE THEY'RE DEEPLY. CONCERNED THE PLANNED.

90,000-SQUARE-FOOT BALLROOM. LARGER THAN THE ICONIC RESIDENCE. BUILDING WILL OVERWHELM THE. WHITE HOUSE ITSELF. THE WHITE HOUSE HASN'T SUBMITTED. PLANS FOR THE BALLROOM TO THE. NATIONAL CAPITOL PLANNING. COMMISSION BUT TELLS US THEY. DEMOLITION IS ALREADY WELL UNDER. WAY. >> THIS IS AN INTERIOR SHOT OF. THE BALLROOM. I THINK THERE WILL BE NOTHING. LIKE IT, AND IT'S BEING PAID FOR. 100% BY ME AND SOME FRIENDS OF. MINE, DONORS. THE GOVERNMENT IS PAYING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT. INSISTS THIS IS ALL PAID FOR. WITH PRIVATE DONATIONS, BUT ON.

CAPITOL HILL, SOME. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WISH HE. WOULD CHANGE THE SUBJECT. WITH THE GOVERNMENT NOW SHUT. DOWN, THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT. WORKERS MISSING PAYCHECKS AND. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS NOW. WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING FOOD ON. THE TABLE. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUILDING A BALLROOM WHEN WE'RE. TRYING TO GET THE ECONOMY. SQUARED AWAY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT HOUSE. SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON, WHO. HAS KEPT THE HOUSE OUT OF. SESSION FOR 22 DAYS AND. COUNTRYING, PRAISING THE. PRESIDENT'S BALLROOM PLAN. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO. ADD THE GREATEST IMPROVEMENT.

IN THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING. SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY. THE BALLROOM IS GOING TO BE. GLORIOUS. IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR. EVERYBODY. >> Reporter: AGAIN, THIS. DEMOLITION CATCHING MUCH OF. WASHINGTON BY SURPRISE, AND THE. WHITE HOUSE STILL IS NOT. SUBMITTED THE PLANS FOR OFFICIAL. REVIEW. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT. INSISTING HE'S BEEN, QUOTE, MORE. TRANSPARENT THAN ANYBODY'S EVER. BEEN. DAVID. >> David: MARY BRUCE AT THE. WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT. MARY, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO A REMARKABLE. STORY OF SURVIVAL OFF. MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT. THE FAMILY ON A BOAT ENGULFED IN. FLAMES JUMPING OFF IN THE MIDDLE.

OF THE NIGHT SWIMMING ON THEIR. OWN TO AN ISLAND WHERE THEY WERE. STRANDED. THEIR DRAMATIC RADIO CALL FOR. HELP, AND HERE'S GIO BENITEZ. TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE CAPE. COD FAMILY, THEIR BOAT IN FLAMES. JUMPING FOR THEIR LIVES. SHIPWRECKED ON AN ISLAND. DESPERATELY CALLING FOR HELP. >> MAYDAY, MAYDAY, OUR SHIP WENT. DOWN IN TARPAULIN COVE. >> Reporter: THE COAST GUARD. SAYS THE SULLIVAN FAMILY SET. OUT FROM FALMOUTH ON CAPE COD ON. FRIDAY ON THEIR 30-FOOT BOAT, "THE THIRD WAVE," PLANNING TO.

RETURN TUESDAY, BUT LATE. MONDAY NIGHT THE FAMILY WAS. JOLTED AWAKE BY THEIR BARKING. DOG. IT TURNS OUT THE BOAT WAS ON. FIRE. THE SULLIVANS JUMPING FROM THE. FULLY ENGULFED BOAT SWIMMING TO. NEARBY NAUSHON ISLAND. TAKING SHELTER IN A BARN. WHEN THEY DIDN'T RETURN, A. CONCERNED FAMILY MEMBER REPORTED. THEM MISSING TO THE COAST GUARD. >> MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO. KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF. POSSIBLE AND REPORT ALL. SIGHTINGS TO THE COAST GUARD. >> Reporter: THEY FOUND THE. BOAT'S MARINE RADIO ON SHORE. MAKING THAT MAYDAY CALL.

WEDNESDAY MORNING. >> OUR SHIP BURNED WHILE WE WERE. SLEEPING, AND WE BARELY ESCAPED. >> YES, THE VESSEL HAD SUNK, AND. WE ARE IN THE FARMHOUSE ON THE. HILL. >> Reporter: THAT COAST GUARD. CHOPPER FINDING THAT FARMHOUSE. AIRLIFTING THE FAMILY TO THE. HOSPITAL. AND, DAVID, ALL THREE FAMILY. MEMBERS SUFFERED BURNS. CYNTHIA SULLIVAN IS IN CRITICAL. CONDITION, AND SADLY THE. FAMILY'S HERO DOG WHO WOKE THEM. UP DID NOT SURVIVE. BUT, DAVID, IT IS JUST. INCREDIBLE THAT THIS FAMILY WAS. ABLE TO SWIM TO THAT ISLAND. DAVID. >> David: SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING. ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE SURVIVAL.

STORY IN NEW ENGLAND. THANK YOU, GIO. >>> NEXT TONIGHT HERE, TROPICAL. STORM MELISSA NOW EXPECTED TO. BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE. POTENTIALLY GROWING INTO A. CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE. IN FACT, THE LATEST MODEL. SHOWING THE SYSTEM MOVING. OVER CUBA AND THEN THE BAHAMAS. AND WHERE IT HEADS AFTER THAT, THIS IS VERY EARLY. LET'S GET RIGHT TO LEE GOLDBERG. FROM WABC IN NEW YORK. >> CALL THE CARIBBEAN HOME FOR. THE NEXT WEEK FOR MELISSA. A 50 MILE-PER-HOUR TROPICAL.

STORM CREEPING THROUGH THE. CARIBBEAN AND NOW FORECAST TO BE. A CATEGORY 3 OR 4 HURRICANE BY. EARLY NEXT WEEK. HISPANIOLA MAY BE OUT OF THE. FORECAST BUBBLE BUT NOT OUT OF. DANGER. THERE ARE ALERTS FROM JAMAICA TO. HAITI. LOOK AT THE FUTURECAST. IT'S EAST SIDE LOADED WITH. MOISTURE AND HEAVY RAIN GOING. TOWARD HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN. REPUBLIC AND COULD SEE 6 TO 10. INCHES OF RAIN AND A BIG SPREAD. IN FORECAST TRACTS AND THE. CONCERN NOW IS FOR THE POTENTIAL. TRACTS THAT GET CLOSER TO THE. EAST COAST NEXT WEEK. WE'LL KEEP ON TOP OF IT, DAVID. >> David: YOU WILL, AS ALWAYS,

LEE GOLDBERG TONIGHT, THANK YOU. >>> THIS EVENING THERE ARE. PROTESTS UNDER WAY IN NEW YORK. AFTER I.C.E. SWEPT IN MAKING. ARRESTS ALONG LOWER MANHATTAN'S. CANAL STREET KNOWN FOR TOURISTS. AND SHOPPERS LOOKING FOR. DESIGNER KNOCKOFFS. TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE. ABOUT WHO WAS ARRESTED, AND THIS. EVENING NEW CLAIMS ABOUT SOME. WHO WERE DETAINED AS WELL. MATT RIVERS IN LOWER MANHATTAN. AGAIN TONIGHT. [ CROWD CHANTING ]. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, NEW. PROTESTS IN LOWER MANHATTAN. JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THAT CHAOTIC.

FEDERAL IMMIGRATION RAID. TARGETING STREET VENDORS ALONG. NEW YORK CITY'S FAMED CANAL. STREET. I.C.E. SAYS IT ARRESTED NINE. UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS DURING. AN OPERATION AIMED AT THE SALE. OF COUNTERFEIT GOODS. >> IT'S DEFINITELY INTELLIGENCE. DRIVEN. IT'S NOT RANDOM. WE'RE NOT JUST PULLING PEOPLE. OFF THE STREET. >> Reporter: DHS SAYS A. HANDFUL OF PROTESTERS WERE ALSO. ARRESTED BUT LATER RELEASED. WITHOUT CHARGES. NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN DAN GOLDMAN. BLASTING I.C.E. FOR ALLEGEDLY.

DETAINING AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> THIS IS A MILITARIZED EFFORT. TO INCITE TENSION, PASSIONS, AND. INFLAME THE COMMUNITIES IN NEW. YORK CITY. >> Reporter: NEW YORK'S ATTORNEY. GENERAL NOW ASKING MEMBERS OF. THE PUBLIC TO TURN OVER VIDEOS. DOCUMENTING THE ACTIONS OF. FEDERAL OFFICERS. TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING DHS NOW. SURGING RESOURCES TO SAN. FRANCISCO. ABC NEWS LEARNING A COAST GUARD. BASE NEARBY WILL HOST BORDER. PROTECTION AGENTS STARTING. TODAY. AND, DAVID, PROTESTS UNDER WAY. ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT IN LOWER. MANHATTAN. THE MESSAGE HERE TONIGHT, A.

CLEAR ONE, I.C.E. SHOULD LEAVE. NEW YORK CITY, BUT THE ACTING. DIRECTOR OF I.C.E. SAYS THE CITY. CAN EXPECT MORE IMMIGRATION. ARRESTS IN THE WEEKS TO COME. DAVID. >> David: ALL RIGHT, MATT RIVERS. ON THE SCENE AGAIN TONIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU. >>> WE TURN TO THE TRIAL OF A. FORMER SHERIFF'S DEPUTY CHARGED. WITH MURDER FOR THE DEADLY. SHOOTING OF SONYA MASSEY IN HER. HOME NEAR SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THE DEPUTY, SEAN GRAYSON, OPENING FIRE DURING A. CONFRONTATION IN MASSEY'S HOME. HIS PARTNER FROM THAT DAY NOW. TESTIFYING FOR THE PROSECUTION. SAYING THE WOMAN IN THE KITCHEN,

SONYA MASSEY, QUOTE, NEVER DID. ANYTHING THAT MADE ME THINK SHE. WAS A THREAT AND THAT IT WAS. GRAYSON'S, QUOTE, ACTIONS THAT. RAISED MY SENSE OF AWARENESS. GRAYSON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. TO ALL CHARGES. >>> FROM UKRAINE TONIGHT THE. HORRIFIC IMAGES COMING IN AFTER. ANOTHER MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK. THIS TIME KINDERGARTNERS RUSHED. TO SAFETY. THEY SURVIVED WHILE HIDING IN A. SHELTER. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, PRESIDENT. TRUMP REVEALING NEW SANCTIONS. TONIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA AND THE. PRESIDENT WAS ASKED, WHY NOW ON. THE SANCTIONS WEEKS AFTER THAT. SUMMIT WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN ON. AMERICAN SOIL? HERE TONIGHT RACHEL SCOTT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE. HARROWING IMAGES OF A. DIRECT RUSSIAN STRIKE ON A. KINDERGARTEN IN UKRAINE. THIS VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE. SHOWING A PROJECTILE HEADING. TOWARDS THE BUILDING THEN A. FIERY BLAST. DEBRIS FLYING EVERYWHERE. THE KINDERGARTNERS INSIDE RUSHED. TO SAFETY SURVIVING IN A. SHELTER. IT COMES TWO MONTHS AFTER. PRESIDENT TRUMP MET WITH RUSSIAN. PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN IN.

ALASKA, A MEETING THAT ONLY LED. RUSSIA TO INTENSIFY ITS. BOMBARDMENT OF UKRAINE. LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT AFTER. SPEAKING WITH PUTIN REFUSED. UKRAINE'S REQUEST FOR POWERFUL. TOMAHAWK MISSILES THAT COULD. FIRE DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WOULD. SOON MEET WITH PUTIN AGAIN IN. HUNGARY, BUT THAT MEETING IS NOW. CALLED OFF. RUSSIA SAYING, WE CANNOT. POSTPONE WHAT HAS NOT BEEN. FINALIZED, AND LATE TODAY THE. PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HE WILL NOW. IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. >> THEY'RE MASSIVE SANCTIONS AND.

SANCTIONS ON OIL, THE TWO. BIGGEST OIL COMPANIES AMONG THE. BIGGEST IN THE WORLD, BUT. THEY'RE RUSSIAN. THEY DO A LOT OF OIL, AND. HOPEFULLY IT'LL PUSH --. HOPEFULLY HE'LL BECOME. REASONABLE, AND HOPEFULLY. ZELENSKYY WILL BE REASONABLE. TOO. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO. AS THEY SAY. >> Reporter: AND, AGAIN, DAVID, WE SAW THOSE DISTURBING IMAGES. ON A KINDERGARTEN IN UKRAINE. THE CHILDREN INSIDE RUSHED TO. SAFETY. TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED. WHY HE'S IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS. ON RUSSIA NOW.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE FELT LIKE. IT WAS TIME SAYING, QUOTE, WE. WAITED A LONG TIME. DAVID. >> David: RACHEL SCOTT. WITH US HERE TONIGHT AS WELL. RACHEL, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, THE. HORRIFIC CRASH ON AN INTERSTATE, THE DASH CAM IMAGES TONIGHT FROM. INSIDE THE CAB OF A TRACTOR. TRAILER SLAMMING INTO A VEHICLE. SETTING OFF A CHAIN REACTION. CRASH AND WHAT WE'VE NOW LEARNED. TONIGHT ABOUT THE DRIVER OF THAT. TRUCK. IN JUST A MOMENT. >>> THERE'S ALSO NEWS TONIGHT ON. THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW. NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL. BREAKING HIS SILENCE. TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER. CHOOSING BAD BUNNY. WHAT GOODELL IS NOW SAYING ABOUT.

THE HALFTIME SHOW AFTER. CRITICISM FROM THE PRESIDENT IN. A MOMENT HERE. >> David: DRAMATIC DASH CAM. VIDEO SHOWING THE MOMENT OF A. DEADLY CRASH. THE VIDEO IS NOW PART OF A LAW. ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION. THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. FOUR OTHERS HURT. THE FREEWAY SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS. THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI HAS BEEN. ARRESTED. HE'S NOW FACING CHARGES OF DUI. AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER. >>> TONIGHT A DARING RESCUE IN. McKINNEY, TEXAS, OUTSIDE DALLAS.

MULTIPLE FIREFIGHTERS. USING LATDERS TO REACH A. DRIVER -- LOOK AT THIS --. DANGLING OFF THE SIDE OF AN. OVERPASS AND EVENTUALLY LOWERING. HIM TO SAFETY TAKEN TO THE. HOSPITAL WITH. NONLIFE-THREATENING INJURY. JUST INCREDIBLE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, NEWS THIS EVENING ON THAT SUPER. BOWL HALFTIME SHOW FEATURING BAD. BUNNY. WHAT NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER. GOODELL IS NOW SAYING, BREAKING. HIS SILENCE TONIGHT ON THIS. >> David: TO THE INDEX, THE NFL. TONIGHT STANDING BEHIND ITS. CHOICE OF BAD BUNNY TO PERFORM. AT THIS SEASON'S SUPER BOWL. LEAGUE COMMISSIONER ROGER.

GOODELL REACTING PUBLICLY FOR. THE FIRST TIME AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S CRITICISM OF THE PICK. GOODELL SAYING THE PUERTO RICAN. SUPERSTAR IS, QUOTE, ONE OF THE. LEADING AND POSE POPULAR. ENTERTAINERS IN THE WORLD ADDING. THAT THE CHOICE WAS CAREFULLY. THOUGHT THROUGH. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS. THE YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST ON. STAGE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD, HIS. PERFORMANCE TONIGHT COMPETING. AGAINST CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH. KOREA, AND WHY HE MADE HIS. PROFESSORS HERE IN PHILLY VERY. PROUD. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE. AMERICA STRONG, THE YOUNG.

AMERICAN PIANIST WHO IS NOW THE. WORLD CHAMPION, AND YOU'RE ABOUT. TO SEE WHY. ♪. ♪. TONIGHT, THE INCREDIBLE. ACHIEVEMENT ON THE WORLD STAGE. A YOUNG AMERICAN PIANIST, ERIC. LIU, WHO GRADUATED FROM THE. CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC HERE. IN PHILADELPHIA IN 2020 WINNING. WHAT MANY CALL THE OLYMPICS OF. THE PIANO WORLD. ♪. ♪. THE 27-YEAR-OLD LU IS FROM. BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. EVERY FIVE YEARS HUNDREDS OF. PERFORMERS FROM ALL OVER THE.

WORLD APPLYING TO COMPETE IN THE. INTERNATIONAL CHOPIN. PIANO COMPETITION NAMED AFTER. THE COMPOSER. 181 COMPETED IN WARSAW. A 17-MEMBER JURY NARROWING IT. DOWN TO 11 FINALISTS AND THEN. AWARDING THE GRAND PRIZE. >> ERIC LU. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]. >> David: ERIC LU IS THE.

FIRST AMERICAN WINNER SINCE. 1970. >> I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS. HONOR. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. ♪. ♪. >> David: IT WAS TEN YEARS AGO, INCREDIBLY AT JUST 17 YEARS OLD, ERIC PLACED FOURTH, AND THIS IS. WHAT HE SAID BACK THEN ABOUT NOT. GIVING UP. >> IF THIS CAN CONTINUE ON, THAT. WOULD BE JUST THE GREATEST. HAPPINESS FOR ME. >> David: TONIGHT HERE IN. PHILLY, THE CURTIS INSTITUTE. SAYING WE'RE THRILLED TO. CONGRATULATE RECENT GRADUATE. ERIC LU, AND TONIGHT --. >> HI, DAVID. >> David: -- THAT YOUNG AMERICAN.

PIANIST, ERIC, AND HIS MESSAGE. FROM WARSAW. >> PERSEVERANCE THROUGH. STRESSFUL TIMES COULD EVENTUALLY. PAY OFF. I'VE SPENT SO MANY FORMATIVE. YEARS IN THE CITY OF. PHILADELPHIA, SO THANK YOU TO. EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTED FROM BACK. HOME. [ APPLAUSE ]. >> David: WE ARE CHEERING FOR. YOU BACK HERE IN AMERICA, ERIC. THE 27-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN MAKING. PHILLY PROUD IN HIS HOMETOWN. BACK IN MASSACHUSETTS.

BY THE WAY, WE'RE IN. PHILADELPHIA INVITED BY TEMPLE. UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF MEDIA. AND COMMUNICATION FOR AN HONOR. AND TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR. STUDENTS, AND THEY'VE BEEN. IMPRESSIVE. I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.