tonight several developing stories as we come on the air the Northeast blanketed in snow as Millions brace from more flooding in the west a deadly gas explosion rocks an entire neighborhood and former president Trump back on offense after a stinging loss in court first those storms more than a foot of snow hit parts of the Northeast icy temperatures expected overnight while in the west mudslides ahead of another hard-hitting atmospheric River 27 million people are under flood watches are WEA tea
m timing it all out also tonight a house obliterated by a catastrophic explosion as firefighters responded to reports of a gas leak one firefighter killed 12 other people taken to the hospital the blast was felt blocks away what we've learned about the Fallen firefighter and what homeowners should do when they smell gas former president Donald Trump sounding off after being hit with fines totaling hundreds of millions of dollars vowing to appeal Nikki Haley facing an uphill battle in her home st
ate with just a week to go until the South Carolina primary saying it's time for a new generation of conservative leadership outrage growing around the world over the death of Alexi naly one of Vladimir Putin's fiercest critics hundreds arrested in Russia as memorials to Naval grow questions surrounding his death the opposition leader appearing healthy during court one day before he died his family demanding the Russian government return his body vice president Kamala Harris promises is unwaveri
ng support for Ukraine but new US Aid will have to wait as the House of Representatives leaves town Ukrainian president zilinski pleading for help saying dictators don't go on vacation and Russian troops take another Ukrainian Town chilling video months before he shot and killed 18 people in Maine an army reservist tells police fellow soldiers were worried because quote I'm going to do something and I am capable the investigation into how he could have committed mass murder given such a stark wa
rning an urgent search underway in Texas for an 11-year-old girl who vanished on her way to school what police are now saying and America strong tonight after a devastating accident a ball player makes history by fulfilling his baseball Dream from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight good evening thanks for joining us on this Saturday I'm Whit Johnson as we come on the air Millions on the west coast are bracing for another round of heavy rain and snow a hard-hitting
storm taking aim at the saturated State of California which has already received more than 150% of its annual rainfall flood watches in effect from Los Angeles up to the Bay Area concerns tonight The Heavy Rain could lead to more scenes like this rock slides shutting down part of the 101 freeway in Del Norte County in Northern California here on the east Coast Central Park looking like a winter wonderland a fast moving storm dumping a little over an inch of snow there but parts of New Jersey an
d Pennsylvania cleaning up after receiving around a foot all of this expected to freeze over tonight let's go right to meteorologist Britney Bell from our station WABC here in New York so Britney is the snow done for now we are done with most of the snow with but with so much snow still on the ground and sub freezing temperatures that threat turns to black ice to tonight through early tomorrow morning also early tomorrow The Big Chill on the way with real field temperatures dropping down into th
e teens and even colder in some spots it could feel like 16 in New York and 11 degrees in Boston out west that fire hose of moisture continues so that first storm that wraps up tonight that second takes aim tomorrow afternoon the second round even stronger dropping multiple rounds of heavy rainfall Gusty winds also intense snowfall so let's talk about totals rainfall totals closer to the coast ranging from 2 to 5 in and for snow up to 2 to 3 ft could fall across the sieras through Wednesday Whit
Bry Bell it's great to have you with us tonight thank you next here a scene of Devastation in a residential neighborhood in Northern Virginia not far from Washington DC an explosion leveling a house one firefighter was killed 10 others taken to the hospital along with two civilians authorities say residents had called them after smelling gas an invest instigation now underway ABC's M win is in Sterling Virginia tonight investigators searching for Clues trying to determine what caused a propane
leak that led to a deadly home explosion outside Washington DC the horrific scene unfolding in this Lowden County Virginia neighborhood Friday night we thought it' been lightning or an earthquake it was just an incredible boom whole house shook firefighters responding to a 911 call about a gas Mell and encountering a 500gal underground propane tank with a leak just over a half hour after they arrived these terrifying audio Transmissions we just had a catastrophic explosion revealing firefighters
trapped inside the home of people trapped in a basement large debris P everywhere working on trying to get the firefighters out of basement fire officials describing the nightmarish situation that was somewhat chaotic as we tried to figure out how many firefighters would tra under the Bri tragically volunteer firefighter Trevor Brown a 45-year-old married father of three did not survive we lost one of our own it's a system doesn't matter it's career a volunteer we lost a family member 10 other
firefighters and two occupants of the home rushed to the hospital neighbors capturing videos showing pieces of the devastated home covering the streets and trees John Lee telling me he passed by the house just moments before the explosion it just kind of makes you like wow I really thank God that I'm Alive Tonight officials urging families to call 911 anytime they smell any kind of gas the occupant did the right thing she called 911 she's alive today because she did an important reminder M wi jo
ining us now from that scene in Virginia and M what more are you learning about the conditions of the 12 people taken to the hospital yeah with four of the injured firefighters are still recovering in the hospital we're told they are expected to survive the others have been released and officials say it's a miracle there weren't more fatalities withit M thank you now to former president Donald Trump firing back after a New York judge ordered him to pay $355 million in his civil fraud trial Trump
on the campaign Trail hitting the swing states of Pennsylvania and Michigan today as Nikki Haley tries to turn up the heat in her home of South Carolina a week ahead of that State's primary here's ABC's Alex Bret in Michigan tonight former president Trump firing back vowing to appeal after a New York judge found him liable for fraud and ordered him to pay more than 350 million dollars in penalties if I weren't running none of this stuff would have ever happened none of these lawsuits would have
ever happened nothing would I would have had a nice life but I enjoy this life for a different reason we're going to make America great again today Trump trading the courtroom for the campaign Trail stopping in the Battleground state of Pennsylvania courting a younger crowd at a Sneaker Convention we got got to get young people out to vote and you're going to vote and we're going to turn this thing around and tonight Trump traveling to Michigan where early voting starts today the court Cas is o
n the minds of many here overall do you think you think it's a net positive I I'm not sure but I I think overall it hasn't hurt him only time will tell today Nikki Haley sharpening her criticism of former president Trump and his legal W then the campaign reports came out and we saw that he spent 50 million of campaign contributions to his campaign on his personal court cases but Haley's trailing 32 points behind Trump in her home state the South Carolina Republican primary just one week away Hal
ey insisting she's in it for the long haul pointing to the recent ABC News ipsis poll 59% of Americans think that Joe Biden's too old and think that Donald Trump's too old to be running for president Ed kazinski a longtime Democrat saying he agrees I'm in my 70s and I can tell you I'm too old to be president and I'm younger than both of them so it's time for them to move aside with tonight's rally in Michigan is very much a signal that Trump is already acting as a presumptive republican nominee
a recent poll has him up 10 points over Joe Biden here withit Alex Bret reporting for us tonight thank you and tune in to this week tomorrow morning Jonathan Carl speaks exclusively with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley about her campaign against Donald Trump overseas now where outrage is growing following the death of Alexi naal the staunch Putin critic who Russian authorities say died suddenly Friday in a siberian prison demonstrators across Russia taking part in vigils in memory
of Nal more than 400 people have been detained according to a Russian Human Rights group many supporters questioning whether Naval was murdered ABC's Lama Hassan in London Tonight Tonight Russian opposition leader Alexa Nani's supporters defiantly gathering at makeshift memorials after his death in a Russian penal colony were met with swift crackdowns Russian police swooping in and dragging people away arresting hundreds of supporters across more than 30 Russian cities according to Human Rights
organizations there shouting Shame Shame they say they won't give up broad worldwide condemnation and widespread demonstrations of support of a man some are calling a martyr the death of Alexi Nali yesterday was a reminder of the extraordinary brutality of Putin and his government nal's mother and lawyer traveling to this prison just above the Arctic Circle where he was serving a sentence of nearly three decades receiving the official confirmation of his death but unable to recover his body they
were told the morg was closed the body was taken by uh investigative committee and they are conducting some sort of Investigations uh with him the prison authorities explaining the 47 year-old's death saying he felt unwell after going for a walk losing Consciousness and after trying to resuscitate him for almost half an hour he was pronounced dead Nali is one of several Putin critics that have been killed or died under suspicious circum circumstances among them yeni pran leader of the Vagner gr
oup he was killed in a mysterious plane crash three months after a failed Rebellion against Putin last year in 2015 politician and Putin opponent Boris nof was shot dead on a bridge in Moscow and in 2006 former KGB spy Alexander lenko was poisoned after fleeing to the United Kingdom with the Russian authorities say naval's body will not be handed over until an investigation into his death has been in completed but his team say this is just to cover traces of what they believe is a clear Act of M
urder By Vladimir Putin with lahas on for us tonight thank you staying overseas now Vice President Kamala Harris standing with Ukrainian President Vladimir zalinski at the Munich security conference both making the case for additional US military aid Harris emphasizing the importance of American support for Ukraine as efforts to provide funding have stalled in Congress and the meeting comes as Ukrainian forces Retreat from a key City here's ABC's Selena Wang at the White House as Russia takes co
ntrol of another Ukrainian City president zalinski today imploring Congress alongside vice president Harris for more eight to defeat Vladimir Putin we are counting on this positive decision of the Congress for us this package is vital we must be unwavering and we cannot play Pol itical games the Senate already passed Ukraine funding but the house leaving for a twoe break without even considering the bill zinski pouncing please everyone remember that dictators do not go on vacation before sending
eight overseas House Republicans demand that the US secure its own borders but they undermined themselves by derailing a bipartisan deal in the Senate that included the toughest border security measures in decades after former president Donald Trump o opposed it and the idea that now if they're running out of ammunition we walk away I find it absurd I find it unethical I find it just contrary to everything we are as a country and time is running out overnight Ukraine retreating from the eastern
city of abiva now in skeletal ruins just months after zilinski visited and with just moments ago President Biden told reporters that he is confident that they will get more money to Ukraine he also blamed congress's inaction for leaving Ukraine without ammunition which forced Ukraine to retreat from that eastern city giving Putin a victory there with all right Selena thank you we turn now to the chilling new body camera video of the mass shooter in Lewiston Maine speaking with law enforcement b
ut the images were taken 3 months before Robert card killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen others authorities were responding to concerns from card's fellow Army reservists worried about his mental health here's ABC's Philip off tonight the chilling exchange between New York State Police and the Lewiston main shooter three months before authorities say he shot and killed 18 people and injured more than a dozen others I hope you understand that that they're they're concerned enough about
your welfare that they called us the body camera video obtained by ABC affiliate wmtw shows Troopers speaking with Robert card and members of his Army reserve unit concerned that it is that he's either going to hurt himself or someone else after they called State Police to report the 40-year-old's growing paranoia and unusual purchases he's a gun nut too he has a lot of guns he spent 14 Grand on a scope the Troopers spoke with C who had this theory on why his fellow reservist called police oh c
uz they're scared cuz I'm going to freaking do something cuz I am capable like what do you mean by that huh what do you mean by that nothing the video shows card telling Troopers he's been hearing people talk behind his his back and for 3 months has been wearing hearing aids his unit members tell police they're not sure if it's the hearing aids or he's actually hearing voices would rather have people stop talking and stop looking at me private person that don't like there the Troopers tell card
he's been ordered by a commander to speak with a counselor outside before heading to a psychiatric hospital card tells Troopers he's planning to retire after 20 years in the reserves you going to make his retirement I'm Hing okay all right don't anything to jeopardize that man all right yeah so how after all of that all of those red flags was card able to commit a mass shooting just 3 months later well the committee investigating now has subpoena power and is looking for documents and answers wi
th still so many questions in this case all right Phil thank you final farewells today for two of the three soldiers killed in last month's drone attack on a remote American base in Jordan Sergeant Kennedy Sanders Remembered in her hometown of woss Georgia her father saying she was working toward a career possibly in the military the funeral for her close friend Sergeant Briana Moffet also today in Jonesville Georgia her parents saying they hope and pray no other family has to go through anythin
g like this Sergeant William Rivers was also killed Moffett and Sanders were both posum asly promoted there is still much more ahead on World News Tonight this Saturday new developments in the search for a missing 11-year-old girl in Texas and encouraging news about some of those wounded in the shooting at the Kansas City Chief's Victory Parade stay with us next tonight an urgent search continues in Texas for an 11-year-old girl an amber alert was issued after Audrey Cunningham went missing on T
hursday morning in Livingston that's about an hour north of Houston her mother told reporters Audrey apparently never made it onto her school bus just a short time ago police saying they suspect Foul Play and they do have a person of interest now in custody some encouraging news tonight following that shooting at the chief Super Bowl Parade the last of 12 patients taken to Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City have been released many were children several other people remained hospitalized at
other facilities one person was killed when gunmen opened fire at the end of the chief celebrations two juvenile suspects were arrested when we come back why Tiger Woods had to drop out from a golf tournament to the index Now Tiger Woods suffered another setback as he tries to return to form Woods was forced to withdraw Friday from the Genesis Invitational in California after completing just six holes a spokesman says he was suffering from flu-like symptomss and was treated for dehydration when
we come back America strong the college baseball player and his history making comeback finally tonight America strong a baseball player who never gave up now making history this was the moment last night when East Carolina sophomore Parker bird made history the opening day crowd roaring Parker bird making his Collegiate debut Parker tipping his hat as he approached the Batters box becoming the first division one college baseball player with a prosthetic leg to appear in a game this is one of t
he most amazing things I've ever seen in my lifetime in sports that right leg lost in a boating accident but his kept his intentions kept the dream alive to play college baseball Ball Four outside Parker's family right there watching in the stands the picture of resilience and fight a baseball lover since he could walk Parker lost his right leg almost 2 years ago after a boating accident that nearly took his life 22 surgeries months of intensive rehab now getting him to this day with Parker's he
lp the Pirates winning the game 16 to2 ecstatic fans showing their admiration Parker never giving up on his dream to play again and it's absolutely phenomenal I mean this crowd these fans these people my family my teammates coaches I really cannot be more thankful really can't put in words it's phenomenal an inspiring comeback story way to go Parker bird thanks so much for watching tonight I'm W Johnson in New York have a great night thank you for making World News Tonight with David mure Americ
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