ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 17, 2024

tonight at least 28 dead now in this brutal winter storm and frigid air in the Northeast multiple members of the same family killed when they got out of their car the brutal windchills and below freezing temperatures from Chicago all the way to New York City and now the new storm on the move tonight the Midwest then the Great Lakes into the Northeast again tonight the deadly accidents on the highways in Pennsylvania several members of that same family killed when they got out of their car after

a crash and were then hit by a tractor trailer tonight Buffalo issuing a travel ban closing schools Washington DC to Philadelphia to New York all bracing for the next system coming Rob Marciano timing it out in New York City tonight the man hunt for a possible serial stabbing suspect authorities say surveillance images show him armed with a hunting knife at least three victims attacked just today one victim stumbling into a dry cleaners for help Stephanie Ramos with new reporting also in New Yor

k an explosive day in court at the Civil defamation trial against Donald Trump a jury all already fighting Trump Lial with his accuser egene Carroll on the stand today Trump lashing out the judge threatening to kick him out of court the disturbing video tonight a 14-year-old boy with autism tased by police in his own backyard the boy suffering a broken hip the family calling in a case of mistaken identity an officer can be heard questioning if they had the right person the news from the UK tonig

ht Princess Catherine in the hospital for weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery what we've now learn tonight and King Charles will have surgery next week back here in the US the high stakes meeting at the White House today late today President Biden urging Congressional leaders to move forward with aid for Ukraine speaker Mike Johnson insisting the Border here comes first Mary Bruce at the White House there is news tonight about the 10-year-old boy attacked by a shark what we're now learning

about his condition tonight the NBA coach dead the Golden State Warriors stunned by the death of their assistant coach to tonight's game called off and America strong tonight the romantic proposal on the beach and the little girl who had something else in mind you have to see this from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with David mure good evening it's great to have you with us here on a Wednesday night we do begin tonight with a new storm coming with this nation

already in the grip of a deadly Arctic blast at least 28 people have been killed since Sun across this country the brutal windchills from Chicago to New York City and now the Midwest the great lakes and the Northeast bracing again this newest system tonight starting in the west moving into the dtas and the Midwest tomorrow then the Great Lakes combining with yet another system in the South and then barreling right up the East Coast as you can see again more snow frigid temperatures behind it an

d the death toll now growing the tragic story on Interstate 81 near Scranton Pennsylvania five members of the same family who got out of their cars after an accident were then killed by a tra tror trailer a travel ban remaining in effect for parts of Erie County and Western New York tonight amid another round of lake effect snow several feet in Buffalo up to three additional feet by tomorrow night Rob Marciano with the forecast tonight and Trevor alt at LaGuardia Airport leading us off tonight t

onight that deadly Arctic blast fueling a lake effect snow machine bringing feet of fresh snow to Western New York a state of emergency in Erie County an army of plows out in force front loaders full of snow if you don't need to go outside please don't go outside overnight on Interstate 81 north of Scranton Pennsylvania five women all from the same family struck and killed by a tractor trailer after they got out of their vehicles following a separate crash in Chicago they're in the throws of the

ir longest stretch of temperatures below 5° in nearly 30 years it's a splintering cold where it feels like almost like you have like pin or needles pricking you in the Colorado Rockies and extreme avalanche danger by Rob Marciano in Steamboat Springs it is just coming down here at the top of Steamboat ski patrollers working overtime this week trying to control all the snow Avalanche warnings level four of five super dangerous through at least Thursday afternoon and in the Pacific northwest wind

driven snow from a new system reducing visibility drivers going off the road in Washington state and in Portland Oregon three people killed after a tree branch caused a power line to fall on their vehicle and David the cold and the storms continue to cause major problems for Airlines once again today more than a thousand flights canceled about 5,000 flights delayed and now the airlines are preparing as yet another storm is set to move into the Northeast David all right Trevor leading us off agai

n tonight Trevor thank you let's get right to senior meteorologist Rob Marciano tracking it all it just keeps coming Rob yeah David here's that new storm has been been snowing all day it's going to continue tomorrow as it drives through the mountains into the plains where already we have win alerts up from South Dakota through much of Iowa again and into the Midsouth including Memphis and much of Kentucky so here we go as it goes into the PLS the Lo begins to develop more right over the Heartlan

d prip Is straddling it as it drives up the Ohio River it's going to move quickly like the last one everyone's going to get snow say north of of I40 and then out of here by Friday afternoon but I95 going to be all snow DC Philly New York there by lunchtime probably gone by Friday night but 1 to three Ines again 3 to six Pittsburgh Cleveland back to Chicago but here comes the cold behind it again looks like a brutal weekend again for Kansas City minus 20 for a windchill zero again Memphis that's

snow sticks Chicago 15 16 below and New York no picnic at 9 degrees as well hello January no question about that Rob Mariano live in Colorado with the system that's coming east Rob thank you meantime in New York City tonight there's an urgent Manhunt underway at this hour for a possible serial stabber multiple stabbing attacks just today one victim stumbling into a dry cleaners for help the n ypd releasing surveillance images tonight showing the suspect armed with a hunting knife they're asking

for the Public's help and they want to know if he's behind other recent attacks here's ABC Stephanie Ramos now tonight an urgent man hunt in New York City for this suspected serial stabber police say is behind multiple attacks in less than two weeks obviously this person is armed and dangerous so if you know something call the NYPD immediately around 8 this morning authorities say the suspect stabbed three men in separate attacks in Queens one of the victims stumbling into Bruce Ann's dry cleane

rs for help he said he just walking on the street and some young guy behind him he just steep his back tonight police releasing these images of the suspect armed with a hunting knife authorities believe he is responsible for at least two other assaults in Queens including a woman stabbed in her torso just a day ago and in Brooklyn investigators working to determine if a knife attack on a train this morning is also linked to the suspect the victim suffering a non-life-threatening injury to the st

omach David all of the victims are expected to survive but as authorities search for this suspected serial stabber they are warning New Yorkers this suspect is armed and dangerous so they should stay alert David all right Stephanie Ramos tonight Steph thank you we turn now to the drama in a Manhattan federal court writer E Carroll taking the stand in her defamation case against Donald Trump a jury already finding Trump liable in the case before Trump in the courtroom today Carol testifying when

Trump made himself heard the judge threatening to eject him and Aaron kki at the courthouse tonight fireworks in the court Donald Trump face Toof face with EEG Carrol a jury has already found him liable for sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s and then defaming her Carol's now suing Trump a second time saying he continues to badmouth her Carol testified I'm here because Donald Trump assaulted me and when I wrote about it he lied and he shattered my reputati

on she told the jury I've paid just about as dearly as is possible to pay her attorney said Trump Unleashed his followers to go after Carol showing the court a series of violent and threatening messages she's received including one saying I hope someone really does attack rape and murder you Carol says she now lives on hyper alert with a pitbull patrolling her house and a gun by her bed as Carol testified Trump could be heard muttering it really is a conob though again he has already been found

liable for assaulting and defaming Carol in order to pay damages judge Lewis Kaplan warning him to be quiet Mr Trump I hope I don't have to consider excluding you from The Trial Trump throwing up his arms I would love it I would love it the judge responding I know you would because you can't control yourself tonight Trump still claiming he doesn't know Carol even though her attorney showed this picture Trump and Carol greeting each other in 1987 this is a person I have no idea until this happene

d obviously I have no idea who she was and nor could I care less the jury will now decide how much more Trump owes Carol for his continued insults including his statement that she's not my type which Carol says she took to mean I'm too ugly to assault Trump has already been ordered to pay Carol $5 million in Damages she's now looking for at least another 10 million David she'll be back on the witness stand tomorrow for more cross-examination David Eric kki at the courthouse tonight Aaron thank y

ou now to New Hampshire tonight less than a week to go until the New Hampshire primary former president Trump taking AIM now at Nikki Haley who has pulled within single digits of trump in the polls there and Ronda santis determined to keep going here's Rachel Scott he's trailing in New Hampshire but today Florida Governor Ronda santz urging his supporters to stick with him um you know this is going to be a long SLO but Des sanis is leaving New Hampshire tonight and heading to Florida he'll be ba

ck on Friday but he's spending the final weekend before the primary in South Carolina where he's now moved the majority of his staff that contest not until February 24th it comes with New Hampshire polls showing former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley within single digits of the front runner Donald Trump we came out strong now we want to finish New Hampshire and come out even stronger Trump ramping up his attacks on his former un Ambassador saying she's not Tough Enough Nikki H is a disaster

and honestly she was not a good negotiator she was not a good negotiator but when Haley left his administration Trump had nothing but praise she's done an incredible job she's a fantastic person Haley now tying Trump to President Biden saying it's time to move on from both of them the majority of Americans think that having two 80y olds running for president is not what they want Donald Trump tching down in New Hampshire tonight where he'll hold a rally here in Portsmith Nikki Haley holding a co

mpeting event insisting that her campaign is the best hope of stopping what she calls the Biden Trump nightmare David Rachel Scott again tonight thank you Rachel we're going to turn now to news from the UK tonight where princess Katherine will be in the hospital for as many as two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery what we've now learned in Buckingham Palace now revealing that King Charles will also have surgery next week and why they say he wanted his diagnosis to be shared here's our for

eign correspondent James Longman from London tonight Health scares for the most senior members of Britain's royal family k Palace revealing the Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery yesterday and will have to recover in the hospital for as many as 14 days the palace says the princess's condition is not cancerous but did not share any more details adding Katherine hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible and her wish that

her personal medical information remains private the 42-year-old princess who was last seen at Christmas will now be out of the public eye until after Easter and not long after Kate's news emerged Buckingham Palace released a statement saying King Charles will also undergo surgery next week in a statement the palace said in common with thousands of men each year the King has sought treatment for an enlarged prostate his Majesty's condition is benine prostate problems are common among men Charles

's age the 75-year-old will stay at the hospital overnight and has also celed engagements until he recovers David the king remains able to fulfill his constitutional duties but Prince William is also going to have to take a bit of a step back to look after their children and of course his wife as she recovers David James Longman in London tonight James thank you back here at home into the disturbing video a 14-year-old boy with autism tased by police in his own backyard the family calling it a c

ase of mistaken identity an officer can be heard questioning if they have the right person Alex Prez with the police video tonight and we warn it is disturbing up tonight parents outraged after they say their teenage son with autism was mistaken for a suspect and tased by police outside Chicago body camera video obtained by our station WLS is showing officers apprehending 14-year-old avarius Thompson last November get your hands up hands up hands up down Thompson's Family says he was returning h

ome from getting snacks at the grocery store when he was tased multiple times in their own backyard don't move you move you got to get some more Dalton Illinois police say they were called to assist neighboring Riverdale police who were searching for four suspects two carrying rifles and a handgun Thompson's clothes quote matching the description don't move but in the video One officer questions whether they have the right person I don't think this him bro this might not be him Thompson hospital

ized with Taz marks on his body and a fractured hip his mother frantic autic the family's attorney says the teenager was never charged he's just a lovable kid you know and I just I couldn't believe that this could happen to my kids and David the Riverdale police chief said suspects were ultimately arrested and charged in a statement the City of Dalton says the incident is under investigation David all right Alex Perez reporting tonight Alex thank you next this evening to the breaking news coming

in as we're on the air in the west from the Middle East the US officials tonight confirming the US has now launched new two retaliatory strikes against houthi Targets in Yemen the Iranian back militants they had targeted a second American cargo ship in the Gulf of Aiden the new attacks tonight come after three rounds of US air strikes targeted their facilities the White House had said they had limited the houthi Arsenal but did not eliminate it now more us strikes now underway against those mil

itants tonight meantime the first shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas has arrived in Gaza part of a deal brokered by cutter and Egypt the deal is broader than expected a gatari spok spokesman said for every box of medicine provided for hostages 1,000 boxes of medicine would be provided for Palestinians the Red Cross will now deliver the a this is the first agreement between Israel and Hamas since a temporary truce in November that freed dozens of captives back in Washington

DC to the high stakes meeting at the White House late today involving funding for Ukraine President Biden sitting down with Congressional leaders from both parties warning them of the urgent need for Ukraine the speaker of the house though saying the Border must come first let's get right to Mary Bruce live at the White House Mary where does this stand tonight well David tonight both sides are describing this meeting here at the White House as productive but right now the path forward still is

not clear Republican speaker Johnson saying that while he understands the need for more funding for Ukraine they have to tackle US border policy first now President Biden has said he is willing to compromise but it's still not clear what he would be willing to accept and the White House tonight well aware that a bipartisan deal is now coming together in the Senate even GOP leader Mitch McConnell telling Republicans this could be their best chance to get something done on immigration now meanwhil

e the White House is warning Republicans the funding has run out saying that Ukraine could possibly lose this war to Russia if the US doesn't step up David Mary Bruce live at the White House for us with late reporting Mary thank you when we come back news coming in tonight about the 10-year-old boy attacked by a shark in the Bahamas and what we're now learning about his condition also the stunning death tonight of an NBA coach the Warriors devastated by the loss of their assistant coach and what

Jason Kelce is now saying about retirement there is news tonight about that 10-year-old boy from Maryland who was attacked by a shark in the Bahamas the boy was Bitten on his right leg while in a shark enclosure at the popular Atlantis resort on Paradise Island he's now recovering from surgery at a hospital in Nassau where he is in serious but stable condition he's now expected to be airlifted back to Maryland as early as tonight the resort has yet to comment on this Panera Brett is facing a ne

w lawsuit now over its highly caffeinated charged lemonade drink Lauren scared of Rhode Island is now suing the company claiming the popular drink caused her to have permanent heart problems she claimed she had palpitations after consuming two and a half drinks on the same day she says she had no underlying health issues before that two other lawsuits blame the drink for the deaths of two customers the company has previously said it stands by the safety of its products when we come back here ton

ight the stunning death in the NBA this evening the Warriors responding tonight the game canceled and what Jason kelse is now saying about all those reports of retirement to the index of other news tonight in a death in the NBA this evening Golden State Warriors assistant coach Deon movich has died the team says he suffered a medical emergency during a team dinner in Salt Lake City last night he was just 46 years old head coach Steve Kerr tonight calling it a shocking and tragic blow and says th

e team is absolutely devastated tonight's game against the Utah Jazz has been postponed tonight Philadelphia Eagle star Jason Kelce says despite the reports out there he's is not announcing his retirement just yet during his podcast with his brother Travis Jason Kelsey saying he's not trying to be dramatic and draw this out he just wants the decision to be made in a way that's decisive and respectful he said he says an announcement will come in the near future when we come back here tonight you

have to see this the romantic proposal on the beach and the little girl who had something else in mind finally tonight here Dad had set up the camera to capture the moment with Mom but their little girl had something else in mind tonight the story behind this image and what's happened since best laid plans the young couple Jonathan and Taylor at the beach in lington Michigan north of Grand Rapids with their 18-month-old daughter Kendall dad asking their little girl if he could ask mom a question

you think should we change Mommy's last name no Mom laughs when Kendall appears not interested the coupled together 6 years and dad was about to ask Mom to marry him you can see mom's reaction dad down on one knee proposing but watch their daughter she spots the phone dad had put down to capture the moment the moment becomes more about her mom said yes to Dad but you wouldn't know it because their daughters in front of the phone you can hear Mom and Dad laughing in the background the mom and da

d moment going viral online telling us tonight you can spend months planning for the perfect moment but sometimes the UN expected can make it 10 times better and more memorable and tonight just look at them now Jonathan and Taylor on their wedding day and Kendall right there with them cooperating on the big day telling us Kendall was the flower girl and once again she stole the show I think Kendall will be stealing the show for years to come beautiful family congratulations I'm David M good nigh

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