SPECIALIZED POLICE CRIME UNIT INVOLVED IN THE BEATING THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS HAS BEEN DISBANDED. FIVE AT THE CENTER OF THE CASE ALL FACE MURDER CHARGES AS WE LEARNED TO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PUT ON LEAVE, AND TO FIRED. WHAT NICHOLS DEATH MEANS FOR THE POLICING FUTURE IN AMERICA. A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, RUNNING INTO A MOSQUE IN PAKISTAN, DETONATE, KILLING SCORES OF WORSHIPPERS AND PUTTING THE COUNTRY ON HIGH ALERT. NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK, THE FIGHT FOR A TINY POTENTIALLY DEADLY RADIOACTIVE CAPSULE IN AUSTRALIA THAT SPARKED AN ALERT ACROSS HUNDREDS OF MILES. PLUS, A DEADLY START, ONE OF THE DEADLIEST BEGINNINGS TO A YEAR IN RECENT HISTORY. JANUARY COMES TO A CLOSE, WE DISCUSS THE RECENT SPEED OF MASS SHOOTINGS WITH ONE OF THE LEADERS CHARGED WITH PROTECTING THE COUNTRY, WE ARE JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ATF. FRONTLINE TOWNS UNDER SIEGE, MATT GUTMAN DRIVES ALONG 700 MILES TO UKRAINE, A LOOK AT WHAT RUSSIA'S BARRAGES DOING TO THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT BEHIND. >> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THIS IS LIVABLE, NOW THAT SHE HAD BEEN IN THIS ROOM WHEN THE CEILING CAME AND, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED. >> TO SCARY? [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, I AM LINSEY DAVIS, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT AND MORE TO YOU. THE DEEP FREEZE ACROSS 19 STATES, AND A HISTORY MAKING SUPER BOWL DECADES IN THE MAKING WITH TWO BLACK STARTING QUARTERBACKS GOING HEAD TO HEAD IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW. WE BEGIN IN MEMPHIS TONIGHT, WITH THE NEW FALLOUT AFTER THE DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS, AS TO MORE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE NOW BEEN RELIEVED FROM DUTY. THAT INCLUDES THE BODY CAMERA WHOSE WAS ROLLING WHEN THEY FIRST ENCOUNTERED NICHOLS EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE WAS NOT PRESENT WHEN NICHOLS WAS LATER BEATEN THAT DAY. HE'S BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE PENDING AN INVESTIGATION, BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED FOR THE CRIME. FIVE FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS HAD ALREADY FACED SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN THE SCORPION UNIT, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BACK IN 2021 TO CONTROL HIGH DANGER HOTSPOTS. IT'S NOW BEEN DEACTIVATED. THE DEATH OF NICHOLS AND THE RESULT OF THE VIDEO SPARKED PROTESTS IN MEMPHIS, AND HAS RENEWED CALLS FOR FEDERAL POLICE REFORM. NICHOLS MOTHER HAS NOW ADDED HER VOICE, SAYING THAT SHE HOPES THAT LOSING HER SON WILL LEAD TO CHANGE FOR THE GREATER GOOD. STEPHANIE RAMOS LEADS OFF OUR COVERAGE FROM MEMPHIS. >> TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING MORE MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS RELIEVED OF DUTY. ONE OF THEM, SEEN HERE TRYING TO TASE TYRE NICHOLS. PRESTON HEMPHILL WAS PRESENT WHEN POLICE FIRST ENCOUNTERED NICHOLS ON JANUARY 7TH, BUT NOT THE SECOND TIME WHEN NICHOLS WAS TACKLED TO THE GROUND AND BEATEN. THE OFFICER, UPON LEARNING THAT HE WAS FOUND NEARBY, CAN BE HEARD SAYING THIS. >> STOP HIS ASS. >> HE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. >> ALONG WITH THE WHITE OFFICER DID IT DETAINED MY SON. >> FIVE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE HAVE BEEN FIRED AND CHARGED WITH SOMETHING DEGREE MURDER. THEY WERE PART OF THE SCORPION UNIT, LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 TO PATROL HYPE CRIME HOTSPOTS. THAT UNIT, NOW PERMANENTLY DEACTIVATED. SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS APPROACHING TYRE NICHOLS IN UNMARKED COLOR CARS, AND WEARING CIVILIAN CLOTHING, PULLING HIM OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. [SCREAMING] >> I DON'T DO ANYTHING. >> 71 COMMANDS WERE SHOUTED AND 13 MINUTES. ABC HAS NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. THOSE OFFICERS APPEARED TO BEAT NICHOLS WITH A BATON AT LEAST THREE TIMES, AND PUNCH HIM IN THE HEAD AT LEAST FIVE TIMES. THE VIDEO ALSO SHOWS AN OFFICER SPRAYING NICHOLS AT LEAST TWICE IN THE FACE. >> MOM! >> THE OFFICERS, APPEARING TO TAKE 24 MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY AID. THE BADLY BEATEN FATHER OF ONE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THREE DAYS AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER. THREE MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN TREATING NICHOLS ALSO FIRED, AND TO SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WERE RELIEVED OF DUTY PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION. -- PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACROSS THE NATION. >> IT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S THE PROBLEM. >> RENEWED CALLED FOR POLICE REFORM FROM LOS ANGELES TO MEMPHIS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT THE CITY OF MEMPHIS WILL SEE SOME SORT OF A CHANGE AFTER THIS? I JUST MEMPHIS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY? >> I THINK IT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE ARE SEEKING. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME FROM THE BALLOT BOXES, IT'S GOING TO COME FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING RIGHT HERE. >> THE FAMILY AND THE NAACP CALLING ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT, CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE POLICE REFORM. >> I BELIEVE THE CHANGE WILL EVENTUALLY COME, BUT IT WILL NOT COME UNLESS WE KEEP PROTESTING, AND WE KEEP ASKING AND DEMANDING CHANGE. >> TONIGHT, TYRESE MOTHER HOPING THAT LOSING HER SON MEANS THE CHANGE WILL COME. >> MY SON WAS HERE ON AN ASSIGNMENT, AND HE FINISHED THE ASSIGNMENT, AND DOT GOD TO COME HOME. I WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT, AND I'M GOING TO HOLD ONTO IT UNTIL I CAN GET JUSTICE FOR MY SON. >> WHAT A PAINFUL MOMENT, WHEN YOU HEAR HIM CALLING OUT FOR HIS MOTHER. STEPHANIE RAMOS JOINS US NOW FROM MEMPHIS. WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THESE OFFICERS PLACED AND LEAD, WITH JUST ONE BEING NAMED. WHY WASN'T THE PUBLIC NOT INFORMED, AND ARE THERE OTHER OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN NAMED? >> LINDSEY, MEMPHIS POLICE SAY THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WERE NOT OR MEDIATELY RELEASE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT FIRED. THE DEPARTMENT TYPICALLY RELEASES INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICERS THAT WERE RELIEVED FROM DUTY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION ENDS. THE REASON WHY WE KNOW THAT -- THERE, POLICE TOLD ME TODAY IS THAT HIS NAME IS AUDIBLE IN THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE. AS FOR THE FIVE OFFICERS CHARGED, ATTORNEYS FOR TWO OF THOSE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS TELL ME THAT THEIR CLIENTS INTEND TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY, LINDSEY. >> STEPHANIE RAMOS, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >> WE NOW TURN TO A POLICE CHIEF WHO IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUES OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND RACIAL BIAS. JASON ARMSTRONG TOOK OVER AS POLICE CHIEF IN MISSOURI, FOLLOWING THE 2014 FATAL SHOOTING OF MICHAEL BROWN. HE IS NOW POLICE CHIEF IN APEX, NORTH CAROLINA. CHIEF ARMSTRONG, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING WITH US TONIGHT. WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR REFORM AND TRAINING, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. FROM WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE VIDEO, WOULD ADDITIONAL TRAINING HAVE PREVENTED THE BRUTAL ATTACK ON TYRE NICHOLS? >> I'M NOT CERTAIN, BECAUSE THE OFFICERS IN A VIDEO THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT CLEARLY HAD BEEN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING BEFOREHAND. IT IS MANDATORY. ONE THING THAT I HAVE NOTICED WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE INTENT ON VIOLENCE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. >> WE JUST HEARD IN STEPHANIE RAMOS'S REPORT THAT SIX OFFICERS WHO TASED NICHOLS HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED OR EVEN FIRED, AS YOU SEE THERE, HE IS THE WHITE MALE. SOME PEOPLE SAYING THAT THAT IS A FORM OF RACISM. DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT CREATES THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS? >> NO. THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS, FROM WATCHING THE VIDEO, THIS OFFICER WAS INVOLVED IN THE FIRST PART OF THE INCIDENT, WHERE THEY GOT MR. NICHOLS OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND THEY TRIED TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY. AND SO THERE WAS A STRUGGLE THERE, THIS OFFICER DEPLOYED HIS TASER. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE TASER WAS AFFECTIVE, AND HE WAS ABLE TO RUN AWAY FROM THE INCIDENT. AS FAR AS THE ASSAULT ON MR. NICHOLS THAT WE SAW, WHEN THE OFFICERS CUT UP TO HIM, THIS OFFICER WAS NOT A PART OF THAT ASSAULT. AN ATTEMPT TO TASE HIM DOES NOT EQUAL A VIOLENT ASSAULT, KICKING SOMEBODY ON THE HEAD, AND WHEN THEY ARE DEFENSIVE. I SEE THESE AS TWO SEPARATE COMPONENTS OF THAT INCIDENT, AND NOT A RACE ISSUE AS FAR AS BLACK OFFICERS BEING CHARGED, AND WHITE OFFICERS NOT BEING CHARGED. I DID NOT SEE THAT WHITE OFFICER ON THE VIDEO KICKING AND PUNCHING MR. NICHOLS IN THE HEAD. >> BEN CRUMP, THE NICHOLS FAMILY ATTORNEY, SAYS THAT REGARDLESS OF RACE, ALL POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE AN IMPLICIT CULTURE OF BIAS AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? >> NO, I DO NOT AGREE WITH IT. UNDERSTAND WHERE HE IS COMING FROM, AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY SEE THESE VIDEOS COME OUT, AND THE INCIDENTS THAT WE SEE BROADCAST ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA. I WORK WITH THESE MEN AND WOMEN EVERY DAY, AND I SEE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN EVERY DAY. YOU DON'T SEE THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, AND THESE ACTIONS HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. I UNDERSTAND THE IMAGE THAT HE IS TRYING TO PAINT, BUT I DISAGREE WITH THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL SAY, AND WE CAN'T ESCAPE IT, IS JUST AS INHERENT IN OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY, THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE RACIAL BIASES THAT EXIST. THAT IS NOT JUST FOR POLICE OFFICERS. THAT IS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO THE POLICING PROFESSION. YOU LOOK AT REAL ESTATE HOUSIN, OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, ALL OF THOSE SYSTEMS POINT TO INEQUITIES. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH PAINTING EVERYBODY WITH THAT BROADER BRUSH. WE ALL HAVE ISSUES AND BIASES THAT WE DEAL WITH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT THERE TRYING TO HARM YOU. >> YOU ARE IN FERGUSON WHEN THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SCRUTINIZED THAT DEPARTMENTS CONDUCT. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DO A DEEP DIVE INTO AN ORGANIZATION'S CULTURE, AND RULE OUT THE KIND OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR THAT WE SAW IN MEMPHIS? >> THE FIRST STEP IN THAT IS LOOKING AT THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITHIN THE SECOND PART. HOW DO YOU APPLY THOSE POLICIES AND PRACTICES? AT THE END OF THE DAY, A POLICY OF JUST WORDS ON A PIECE OF PAPER, OR WORDS ON THE SCREEN, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL'S READING IS WHERE THE TRUE TEST COMES INTO PLAY. HOW ARE WE HOLDING INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORDS THAT WE HAVE IT, AND OUR POLICIES AND ACTIONS THAT WE SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE? THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE REFORMS COMING IN, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY, SO THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, AND CATCHING PROBLEMATIC INDIVIDUALS, AND PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS, AND WHAT WE SEE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS. >> THIS MIGHT BE THE SAME ANSWER, BUT I KNOW THIS SPECIFICALLY, YOU'VE BEEN ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF POLICE BIAS WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IN APEX, NORTH CAROLINA. WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE SPECIFICALLY, AND HOW IS IT GOING? >> IT'S GOING PRETTY GOOD. WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING BIAS ISSUES, A LOT OF THAT IS JUST REALLY DOING A DEEP DIVE IN THE CONVERSATION WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH. TOO OFTEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIAS, PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RACISM. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE. WE ALL HAVE BIASES, AND SO WHEN YOU STAND UP AND SAY THAT YOU HAVE ZERO BIASES IN THEM, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE. WE ALL HAVE SOME SORT OF BIAS IN THIS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING BIAS ISSUES, IT'S REALLY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND TALKING THROUGH EXAMPLES, AND LIFE EXPERIENCES, THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE BIASES TO HELP PEOPLE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE HOW WE ARE PROCESSING THAT INFORMATIO, AND HOW OUR BIASES WORK WITHIN US SO THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF OVERCOMING OUR BIASES, AND WORK WITHIN THEM TO WHERE WE ARE NOT SEEING PEOPLE BEING NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S BIAS. >> POLICE CHIEF JASON ARMSTRON, WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK WITH US. >> NO PROBLEM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> TREACHEROUS WINTER WEATHER FROM COAST TO COAST TONIGHT, WHICH HAS 50 MILLION AMERICANS ACROSS 30 DIFFERENT STATES ON HIGH ALERT FOR ICE AND SNOW. MARIA VILLARREAL IS IN DALLAS, A PLACE EMBRACING FOR A FRIGID 24 HOURS. >> DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT, AS A POTENT AND POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING ICE STORM SPREADS NORTH AND EAST. ASK YOU METEOROLOGIST, SHOWING CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. >> WE'RE GETTING SOME VERY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN HERE ON I-20 NEAR -- CRIPPLING VISIBILITY. >> DALLAS LOVE FIELD BASICALLY DESERTED, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS ARE DELAYED OR CANCELED. AROUND OKLAHOMA CITY, A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET QUICKLY COVERING ROADS. SOME AREAS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. TONIGHT, GROWING FEARS OF POWER OUTAGES. THE ICY MIX, FUELED BY ARCTIC TEMPERATURES THAT BROUGHT BLINDING SNOW TO COLORADO. NORTH OF DENVER, CARS ARE SIDEWAYS ON INTERSTATE 25. -- HOW IS THE CITY OF DALLAS PREPARING FOR THIS WEATHER EVENT? >> RIGHT BEHIND ME IS THE NOTORIOUS MIX MASTER HERE IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS. THIS IS WHERE ICY WEATHER CREATES THIS DICEY CONDITION FOR DRIVERS, AND SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN OFF OF THE ROADWAYS AS OF NOW. THE AGENCY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THIS IS PREPARING THE ROADWAYS, AND SAY THAT WE HAVE TREATED THE ROADWAYS, BUT STILL STAY OFF OF THEM IF YOU CAN BECAUSE THIS IS A 2 TO 3-DAY EVENT. THAT WEATHER, THE DANGEROUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO COME IN WAVES. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR THANKS TO, YOU STAY SAFE OUT THERE. LET'S GO TO ABC'S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE, WHO IS TRACKING THE ARCTIC BLAST AND RECORD HIGH JANUARY TEMPERATURES AT THE SAME TIME. GINGER, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FREEZING WEATHER IN TEXAS DOES NOT NEGATE THE RAPID WARMING OF OUR PLANET. >> THAT IS CORRECT. WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE LONG TERM CLIMATE TREND HAS REALLY BEEN PROVEN DOZENS OF SITES, FROM NEW YORK CITY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, BACK TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, DOWN IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, MANY CITIES HAVE HAD THEIR WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. WHEN YOU START TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF NUMBERS, THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGE COMES. YOU KNOW WE BROKE THAT RECORD LATE WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOW IN NEW YORK CITY. PHILADELPHIA WILL BREAK THAT LATER THIS WEEK. THEN WE WANT TO TURN, BECAUSE THERE IS CERTAINLY DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS COMING IN, AND A REMINDER THAT THIS IS TRULY WINTER, THOSE WARNINGS, WINTER STORM WARNINGS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO PADUCAH, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES THAT GO TO WEST VIRGINIA AND BACK INTO CENTRAL TEXAS, AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES. THAT IS THE DEEP COLD IT IS ALREADY STARTING TO SETTLE IN THIS MORNING, CUTTING OVER THAT CANADIAN BORDER, ARCTIC BLASTS BRINGING TEMPERATURES WELL DOW, 30, 20 BELOW. MINNEAPOLIS TOMORROW MORNING WILL FEEL LIKE 26 BELOW, BUT EVEN SINGLE DIGITS FEELS LIKE KANSAS CITY OR ST. LOUIS. THAT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO SLIDE EAST, AND SO ANYWHERE IN MAINE, THERE ARE MANY SITES PREDICTING SOME WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RIVAL THOSE OF DECADES. 2005 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THEY SAW 40 BELOW WIND CHILLS BILL ACROSS PARTS OF MAINE. THEY COULD EASILY DO THAT THIS WEEKEND. IT WILL HAPPEN, AND THAT IS DENSE, IT SEEKS, DEEP AND THEN HITS THE MOISTURE, THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE ROUNDS OF THIS WITH THAT FRONT MOVING PRETTY SLOWLY. THE ONE THAT WE SAW HERE TODAY, THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, STAYING SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK, INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH MEMPHIS, AND OKLAHOMA CITY HAS GOTTEN MORE WITH THE THIRD ROUND GOING OVER TO MEMPHIS. THIS IS A TWO OR THREE-DAY, EVENTFUL 48 HOURS FROM THE POINT THAT WE ARE AT NOW. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE, A TYPE TO GLAZES THE POWERLINES AND TREES. THAT COULD BE A BIG-TIME PROBLEM. I WANT TO MENTION, LINDSEY, THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, THESE ARE A NUMBER OF NIGHTS SINCE 1970 UP UNTIL NOW THAT WE HAVE LOST THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE USED TO BE 30 MORE FREEZING NIGHTS IN ATLANTA DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 13 LOST NIGHTS OF FREEZING OR BELOW IN NEW YORK CITY. THEN LOOKING FORWARD, THIS IS A MAP OF THE LEFT, WHERE YOU SEE 19 90 TO 2005, A NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SNOW, THAT IT HAD THE RIGHT VARIABLES FOR SNOW. IF YOU LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE LOOKING AT, 2071 TO 2080, YOU FIND -- >> VERY HELPFUL. WE ALWAYS GET MORE THAN JUST A FORECAST FOR ME, GINGER, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THOSE TEACHING MOMENTS. GINGER, GO GET WARM. >> JOE BIDEN'S POTENTIAL 2024 OPPONENT IS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY TODAY, AS THE FORMER PUBLISHER OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER WAS BROUGHT BEFORE PROSECUTORS, AIMING AT PRESENTING A CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP TO A GRAND JURY. KEY SENATORS ON PAYING HUSH MONEY TO STORMY DANIELS DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THEY'RE MULLING WHETHER TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER THAT PAYMENT. TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOIN, AND DENOUNCED THE INVESTIGATION AS A POLITICAL WITCH HUNT. NOW TO GUNS IN AMERICA, AND WHAT HAS BEEN A RECORD PACE FOR MASS SHOOTINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR. THREE WOMEN WERE FATALLY SHOT NEAR BEVERLY HILLS THIS WEEKEN, AND FOUR OF THOSE INJURED IN WHAT BECAME THE SIXTH MASS SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA ALONE SO FAR THIS YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE, THERE IS ONLY BEEN 49 MASS SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA IN 2023, AND WITH AN ESTIMATED 920 -- MORE FIREARMS THAN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. ONLY CONTINUING TO GET WORSE. WE WANT TO WELCOME IN STEVEN METAL BACK, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ATF THAT WAS SWORN IN LAST SUMMER. DIRECTOR, WELCOME TO THE SHOW. I WANT TO START WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO SLOW THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENT GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THE SHORT ANSWER IS A LOT. AS YOUR INTRODUCTION CORRECTLY POINTS OUT, THE AMOUNT AND NATURE OF FIREARM VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING NOW IN THIS COUNTRY IS WHOLLY UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN START WITH, CALLING THAT OUT. ONE OF MY BIGGEST FEARS IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMEHOW COME TO ACCEPT, OR BECOME CALLOUS TO THE IDEA THAT THIS LEVEL OF FIREARM VIOLENCE IS SO MUCH AS SOMETHING IS BEING IN OUR COUNTRY, BEING AN AMERICAN. IT'S NOT. IT IS ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE, AND BLUNTLY, IT IS AN AMERICAN, IT'S NOT PART OF OUR STORY, IT'S NOT WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE. WE AT ATF DO NOT ACCEPT, THAT I THINK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DON'T ENFORCE, AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ACCEPTED. THAT'S THE FIRST THING, BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO DO BEYOND THAT IN ORDER TO TRY TO WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMEN, WHICH WE DO WITH ATF TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN ORDER TO BUILD AND CATCH DANGEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED GUN CRIMES, AND ALSO DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO STOP THEM FROM KILLING AGAIN. TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> WHAT IS THE OVERARCHING ISSUE? IS IT JUST WE HAVE TOO MANY GUNS ALREADY? WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WHAT ARE THEY DOING BETTER OR THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH O? >> IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DISCUSSION IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT, IT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT. OTHERS HAVE OPINIONS, BUT ATF, OUR JOB IS TO TAKE THE RULES AND LAWS THAT CONGRESS HAS PASSED, THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, AND TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POWER TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITIES. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AT ATF BEGINS AND ENDS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE IS A LOT THAT HAS GONE O, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAN NEEDS TO HAPPEN. FOR INSTANCE, IN AUGUST, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE GUN CONTROL ACT, A LAW THAT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR MANY YEARS, WE NEED TO PASS A RULE THAT SAID THE PRIVATELY MADE FIREARMS, GHOST GUNS, WHICH ARE UNSERIALIZED, UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS BIT SHOOT AND KILL, AND ARE USED JUST LIKE OTHER GUNS, ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME PROVISIONS AS TRADITIONAL FIREARMS UNDER THE GUN CONTROL ACT. ATF IS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENFORCING THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS BY GETTING AHEAD OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MISUSING TECHNOLOGY. THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE THIS THREAT IS INCREASING. >> YOU'VE SUGGESTED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN UNIFORM, FOR THE ATF, WHAT WOULD YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? >> THAT IS UP TO OTHERS. THE PRESIDENT SUBMITTED A BUDGET, AND CALLED FOR ETFS GROWTH LAST YEAR. WE ARE GRATIFIED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL HIRING. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST WITH WHATEVER THE POLICY MAKERS GIVE US, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR, AND EVERY SINGLE UNIFORM AND BADGE, AND FIREARM ON THE STREET THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR OTHER INTELLIGENCE, AND WE ARE GOING TO JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. LOOK, WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF AT, THE POUNDING, RELENTLESS THREAT OF VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> IS IT SOMETHING YOU FEEL THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD DISCUSS, OR AT LEAST BROACHED DURING THE STATE OF THE UNION EARLY NEXT WEEK? >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE. IF WE ALL ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT DISCUSSING IT REPEATEDLY. THIS LAST, WEEK AS YOU POINTED, OUT THERE ARE WEEKS AND THEN THERE ARE WEEKS. THIS IS A WEEK WHERE THIS WAS IN THE PUBLIC EYE MORE THAN NORMAL. I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, AT ATF, IT IS NOT JUST A CASE OF GETTING ON THE NEWS, IS NOT JUST A CASE OF GETTING ON TO THE LITTLE CALLED IT GOES BELOW THE NEWS. IT IS THE 109 PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS COUNTRY THE DIE FROM FIREARM VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON. WHETHER OR NOT THIS CASE GETS ON THE NEWS, ATF IS GETTING THERE TO WORK NOT JUST MASS SHOOTINGS, BUT GANG VIOLENCE, CASES INVOLVING FIREARMS TRAFFICKING, PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING AND BREAKING THE LAW IN ORDER TO GET FIREARMS TODAY JUST FOLKS. >> STEVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT, WE APPRECIATE IT. TO UKRAINE, OUR PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IS ASKING NATO ALLIES WHO HAVE ALREADY PLEDGED MILITARY SUPPORT TO SEND IN THE HARDWARE AS QUICKLY AS PERFECTLY POSSIBLE. ZELENSKYY SAYS THAT RUSSIA, QUOTE, HOPES TO DRAG OUT THE WAR, AND TOLD HIS COUNTRY THAT NATO ALLIES NEED TO SPEED UP THE SUPPLY OF THOSE BADLY NEEDED TANKS IN ORDER TO QUOTE, MAKE TIME. THIS COMES AFTER SEVERAL U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SEND TANKS WITH CAUTIONS THAT IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE THEY ARE DELIVERED. MATT GUTMAN SPENT WEEKS DRIVING HUNDREDS OF MILES ALONG THE FRONT LINES OF UKRAINIAN WAR, GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE STATE OF WAR WITH THESE BESIEGED CITIES. THAT'S COMING UP IN OUR NEXT BLOCK. IN PAKISTAN, A SUICIDE BOMBER BLEW HIMSELF UP INSIDE OF A CROWDED MOSQUE IN A HIGHLY FORTIFIED SECURITY COMPOUND THIS MORNING. AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 150 WOUNDED. MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE POLICE OFFICERS. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW HE WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS, AND POLICE HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF SEVERAL RECENT ATTACKS BY ISLAMIC MILITANTS. IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, MORE THAN 800 MILES AFTER A MINING COMPANY LOST A TINY RADIOACTIVE CAPSULE MEASURING JUST ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE CAPSULE WAS LOST DURING AN 869 MILE DRIVE THROUGH A REMOTE DESERT HIGHWAY, AND NOW EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE CAUTIONING THE PUBLIC TO STAY AWAY IF THEY SHOULD SPOT THE TINY SILVER COLOR DEVICE. EXPOSURE TO IT CAN CAUSE RADIATION BURNS OR SICKNESS, BUT THEY SAY THE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY IS LOW. CEO OF THE MINING COMPANY HAS APOLOGIZED FOR THE ERROR. NOW TO THE DOUBLE MURDER TRIAL OF ALEC MURDOCH, THE ATTORNEY ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND SON. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST HOW INVESTIGATORS HANDLED THE CRIME SCENE, HERE'S ABC'S EVA PILGRIM WITH THE LATEST. >> TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, JURORS ARE SEEING A NEW INTERVIEW THAT ALEX MURDOCH GAVE TO POLICE DAYS AFTER HIS SON PAUL AND WIFE MAGGIE WERE SHOT TO DEATH ON THE FAMILY'S PROPERTY. MURDOCH AT TIMES, SEEMING DISTRAUGHT, TELLING POLICE THAT HE WAS SLEEPING INSIDE OF THE HOUSE, AND THEN WOKE UP AND TEXTED HIS WIFE AS HE WAS LEAVING TO VISIT HIS MOTHER. PROSECUTORS SAY THAT CELL PHONE DATA PLACES HIM ON THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS. MURDOCH, CALLING 9-1-1 ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. >> MURDOCH THEN TELLS INVESTIGATORS THAT PAUL WAS MISSING THE SAME TYPE OF RIFLE KILLED MAGGIE. >> HE SAYS IT GOT STOLEN. IT'S BEEN GONE FOR SOMETIME. >> THE STATE HAS NOT RECOVERED THE MURDER WEAPON, AND IT COMES AFTER THE DEFENSE PUT THE STATES EVIDENCE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. BOTH VICTIMS WERE KILLED WITH DIFFERENT GUNS, AND A CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATOR ADMITTED THAT SHE HAD NOT RULED OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO SHOOTERS. >> ONE EXPLANATION WOULD BE TWO SHOOTERS. YES? THAT IS ONE EXPLANATION? ONE EXPLANATION, NOT THE, BUT ONE. NOT THE ONLY ONE, BUT IT'S A REASONABLE EXPLANATION. >> THE DEFENSE, SUGGESTING THAT THE CRIME SCENE WAS CONTAMINATED. >> SHOULD THE POLICE BE WALKING THROUGH THE SCENE? >> NO. >> DO WE KNOW WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE THEY MIGHT'VE DESTROYED? >> I'VE NO IDEA. >> THAT'S RIGHT, WE DON'T. >> THE DEFENSE, REALLY HAMMERING HOW THIS INVESTIGATION WAS CARRIED OUT, CLAIMING THAT A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ISSUED AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS, BUT THE FAMILY'S HOME WAS NOT SEARCHED UNTIL MONTHS LATER. >> EVA, THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK, FOR MANY IN EASTERN UKRAINE, LIFE CAN CHANGE DRAMATICALLY OVERNIGHT. ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER, WE TAKE YOU TO THOSE TOWNS, AND SPEAK TO THOSE WHO CHOSE TO STAY BEHIND, DESPITE THE DANGERS OF WAR. >> SHE SAYS SHE HAS LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN THIS TOWN. FACTORIES HAVE OPENED AND CLOSED, BUT SHE STAYED. >> THE CONSTANT SHELLING, THE CONSTANT BANGS, ARE YOU ABLE>>. APPROACHING THE ONE YEAR MARK, TALKING TO UKRAINIANS WHO ARE LIVING THE WAKING NIGHTMARE OF PUTIN'S WAR EVERY DAY AND NIGHT. RESIDENTS WHO TRIED TO SLEEP, DESPITE THE FREQUENT BLASTS ON THE FRONTLINE TOWNS OF EASTERN UKRAINE. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN SPENT TWO WEEKS TRAVELING TO THE SIEGED COMMUNITIES. THE SCARS OF WAR MIGHT LOOK THE SAME EVERYWHERE, EVERY TOWN AND THEIR PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY. >> CLIMBING UP TO THE TRAIN AND INTO THE NARROW PASSAGE OF THE SLEEPER CAR IN THE BLITZED CITY OF KHERSON, WE WERE GREETED WITH SMILES. >> THERE WERE 96 OF THEM IN THIS CAR, HEADED TO SAFETY. >> ONCE A THRIVING CITY, KHERSON IS NOT REALLY A PLACE FOR KIDS, SINCE THE MAN WHO HELPED LIBERATE THIS PLACE. >> THERE IS ARTILLERY CONSTANTLY, WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT IS SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE? >> NO. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. >> EARLIER THIS MONTH, WE SPENT TWO WEEKS DRIVING 700 MILES ALONG THE FRONT LINES, FROM KHERSON IN THE SOUTH TO THE BAKHMUT AREA IN THE EAST, AND TO IZIUM IN THE NORTH. FINDING ONCE THRIVING TOWN'S STILL HELD BY UKRAINE, WITHOUT FIRMLY IN THE GRIP OF PUTIN'S WAR THIS AREA, TURNING INTO A FIREBALL. THE REST OF MISSILE, OBLITERATING THIS APARTMENT BLOCK ON SATURDAY EVENING. AND IN THE EAST, WESTERN OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE THERE IS TURNING OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CASUALTIES. THIS DRONE VIDEO, SHOWING A WALL LEFT STANDING. SMOLDERING APARTMENT BLOCKS, IT HAS BEEN THE BLOODIEST BATTLE OF THE WAR. IT'S ESTIMATED THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE DIED WOUNDED IN BAKHMUT THAN EVER LIVED THERE. AS NIGHT FELL ON THE GUNS THUNDERING IN THE DISTANCE, WE SAW HIM. THE BOY WITH THE BRIGHT EYES, CARRYING THAT BOX. HIS NAME IS BROGDON. HIS DOG, SNIFFING AROUND HIM AND HIS FRIENDS, AND IN HIS ARMS, -- >> DOES IT SCARE YOU? >> NO. >> TWO BOMBS ARE SHELLS EVERY HIT HERE? >> YES. >> HE OFFERS TO SHOW US WHERE HE LIVES. >> YOU ARE OUTSIDE IN THE STREET WHEN THE SHELL HIT HERE? HE SAID THAT HE DUSTED HIMSELF OFF, PICKED UP THE GLASS FROM HIS HAIR, AND WENT HOME. DRIVING THROUGH THESE TOWNS, WE SEE SOVIET-ERA CARS STUCK TIGHT WITH SOLDIERS MOVING TO THE FRONT LINES. THE NEED FOR TANKS AND JUST GENERAL MILITARY VEHICLES IS UNDERSTANDABLE. IN THE NEARBY TOWN OF -- ON MUDDY ROADS, ANOTHER GHOST TOWN. WE MEET THE MAYOR, SERGEI, WHO OFFERS TO TAKE US TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT FIRST, THE BODY ARMOR. >> THANK YOU. >> WE DRIVE A FEW MINUTES ACROSS TOWN, GOING INTO THE AREA OF IDENTICAL SOVIET AREA APARTMENTS. >> THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE MAYOR LIVES, THESE BUILDINGS. HE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER SAFE, AND HE CAN HEAR THE CONSTANT INCOMING AND OUTGOING OF THESE SHELLS. YOU CAN HEAR THE CONSTANT FLOODING ON THE OUTSIDE, GREETING THE MATRIARCH HERE. >> WE'RE HERE 24 HOURS A DAY. HAS IT GOTTEN WORSE? >> CUT BEYOND THE WALLS THE AIR SMOKY AND STILL, DESPITE THE LEFTOVER CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, THE MOOD IS GRIM. AS WE TALK IN THE CORNER, WE SEE THE GRANDMOTHER'S EYES WELL UP. >> I'M SO SORRY. >> SHE SAYS SHE HAS LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN THIS TOWN. FACTORIES HAVE OPENED AND CLOSED, BUT SHE HAS STAYED. [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> THE CONSTANT SHELLING, THE CONSTANT BANKS, ARE YOU ABLE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT? DO YOU LIVE IN FEAR? [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] >> BESIDE HER, THAT LITTLE GIR, CLUTCHING HER FLASHLIGHT. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> TASHA. >> WHAT DO YOU MISS FROM BEFORE THE BOMBS? I MISS DAYCARE AND MY FRIENDS, SHE SAYS. THEY'RE ALL VERY ISOLATED. FURTHER WEST IN IZIUM, THE FIGHTING ENDED MONTHS AGO. THE WAR STILL LINGERS. OUT THERE IN THE STREETS AN ELDERLY A WOMAN APPROACHED US. HER NAME IS KAMALA. HER GERMAN SHEPHERD, DAN. SHE WANTED TO SHOW US HER HOME AND WHAT IS LEFT OF HER LIFE HERE. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THIS IS LIVABLE, THAT YOU CAN TELL THAT SOMEBODY DID FOR A LONG TIME. SHE SAYS THAT HAD SHE BEEN IN THIS ROOM WHEN THE CEILING CAVED IN, SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED. WHAT IS UNMISTAKABLE IS HOW COLD IT IS IN HERE. IT IS ACTUALLY COLDER THAN IT IS OUTSIDE. SHE SHOWED US WHERE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS TOOK UP POSITIONS IN THE APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR. >> SHE SAYS THAT THIS IS WHERE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS WERE HUNKERED DOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ENERGY DRINKS ON THE FLOOR, AND ALSO THE EFFORT TO TRY TO BLOCK THE BLOWN OUT WINDOWS, EVEN USING A CHAIR BACK AND AN IRONING BOARD. >> WHY DID SHE STAY HERE? SHE SPEAKS WITH THE STUBBORN INTENSITY OF THE LONELY. >> SHE ADMITS THAT IT IS NOT MUCH OF A LIFE. THE TOWN SEEMED TO LOOK THE SAME, BUT THE STORIES ARE DIFFERENT. OGDEN SHOWS US HIS APARTMENT. WE CLIMBED THE STAIRS, HE RUNS AHEAD AND WARNS HIS MOM OF THE UNINVITED GUESTS. >> HELLO. SHE SAYS THAT SHE TRIES TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR HER SON, AND EXPLAINS WHY THEY STAY. THE SHORT ANSWER IS DUTY AND FAMILY. THE WAR HAS ALSO TAUGHT HER SON ANOTHER SKILL, PERHAPS UNIQUE TO 12-YEAR-OLDS IN THE WAR ZONE. >> YOUR REALITY IS THAT YOU'VE BECOME AN EXPERT IN THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSIONS? [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH] A FEW DAYS AGO, SHELLING AGAIN. TWO CHILDREN WOUNDED. BIDEN TELLING US THAT HE WAS OKAY, AND EVEN VIDEO FROM THE SCENE, JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM HIS APARTMENT. BACK IN KHERSON, THE KIDS ON THE TRAIN, I ASKED THEM WHAT LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IN THE WEST. IT'S GOING TO BE, NORMAL BUT BEFORE THE WAR. IT WAS TIME TO GO. LAST CALL. THEY WAVED AND SNAPPED PICTURES THROUGH THE SMUDGED WINDOWS, AND THE TRAIN ROLLS OUT TOWARDS THE SETTING SUN. WESTWARD. FOR THESE TEENAGERS, -- >> WE THANK MATT SO MUCH FOR THAT. STILL ON, PRIME AND TIMES HE HASN'T PLAYED BY COVID RULES, BUT NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS ONE OF TENNIS IS GREATS. WE TELL YOU JUST HOW GREAT BY THEYOU ARE STREAMING ABC NEWS . >> WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY. HE MIGHT BE A POLARIZING PLAYE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON THE TENNIS COURT, THERE'S NO DISCUSSING HIS DISTANCE -- HERE'S NOVAK DJOKOVIC BY THE NUMBERS. HE DEFEATED THE 24-YEAR-OLD GREEK AND STRAIGHT SETS TO CAPTURE THESE TRILLION OPEN AND CLAIMED GRAND SLAM TITLE NUMBER 22, TYING DJOKOVIC WITH SPANIARD RAFAEL NADAL FOR THE ALL-TIME MEN'S LEAGUE. ALSO TYING WITH STEPHANIE GRAP, AND PUTS HIM ONE BEHIND SERENA WILLIAMS, WHO HAS 23 GRAND SLAMS. THE DJOKOVIC WIN ON SUNDAY WITH HIS TENTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, AND COMES ONE YEAR AFTER HIS DEPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY FOR NOT HAVING THE COVID-19 VACCINE. JUST HOW DOMINANT IS HE DOWN UNDER? HE'S NOT LOST IN 28 STRAIGHT MATCHES, THE LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE THE OPEN ERA BEGAN IN 1968. SUNDAYS WIN RETURNS HIM TO NUMBER ONE IN THE ATTP WORLD RANKINGS, THE TOP SPOT THAT HE HAS HELD LONGER THAN ANY OTHER MALE PLAYER, MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS IN ALL. WHAT IS MORE IMPRESSIVE IS THAT HE DOES IT ALL AT 35 YEARS OLD, MAKING HIM THE SECOND OLDEST PLAYER TO REACH THE NUMBER ONE SPOT BEHIND ONLY ROGER FEDERER. CONSIDERING THAT DJOKOVIC WON HIS FIRST GRAND SLAM 20 YEARS AGO IN 2008 IN, YOU GUESSED IT, THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN. HE CALLED SUNDAYS WIN THE BIGGEST VICTORY OF HIS LIFE, NUMBER 23 WHEN THE FRENCH OPEN STARTS IN MAY. STILL LOTS TO GET TO, WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO STOP THE SPREAD OF ANTISEMITISM TODAY. THERE IS AN INCONSISTENCY IN PRESSLEY'S WILL. BUT FIRST, TOP TRENDING STORIES ON ABCNEWS.COM. ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. >> THE MAN WHO DISARMED THE GUNMAN IN THE MONTEREY PARK MASS SHOOTING HONORED IN A LOCAL LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL. -- ATTENDING THE -- RECEIVING A MEDAL OF COURAGE FROM POLICE. >> THE START OF THE NEW YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. BUT WE HAVE THE REST OF THE YEAR TO SPREAD COMPASSION AND BUILD BACK OUR COMMUNITY. >> THE FESTIVAL ALSO INCLUDED A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE JANUARY 24TH SHOOTING, WITH 11 PEOPLE KILLE, SEVERAL OTHERS WERE INJURED. >> DOCUMENTS FILED IN LOS ANGELES IS SUPERIOR COURT SHOWS THAT PRISCILLA PRESSLEY IS CONTESTING HER DAUGHTERS WILL. SHE DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND SHE IS CHALLENGING A 2016 AMENDMENT TO THE WILL THAT MAKES HER DAUGHTER, RILEY, THE SOLE TRUSTEE OF HER LIVING TRUST. >> PRISCILLA PRESSLEY SAID THERE ARE MANY ISSUES SURROUNDING THE AUTHENTICITY AND VALIDITY OF THE CHANGE. AMONG, THEM HER DAUGHTER SIGNATURE APPEARS INCONSISTENT WITH HER USUAL AND CUSTOMARY SIGNATURE. >> U.S. CHAMPION FREESTYLE SKIER KYLE'S PAIN WAS KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE IN JAPAN ON SUNDAY. IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMING THAT THE 2015 CHAMPION GOLD MEDALIST DIED, WITH EXTREME COLD WEATHER SLOWING RESCUE AIRPORTS IN THE AREA. >> THE 21-YEAR-OLD WAS AMONG A GROUP OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF A RESULT WHEN THE AVALANCHE RECORD. REPORTING THAT HE WAS IN THE AREA ON A MARKETING SHOW. >> NEW WARNINGS FROM THE SURGEON GENERAL ABOUT KIDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. NOW SAYING 13 YEARS OLD IS TOO YOUNG FOR CHILDREN TO BE SERVING PLACES LIKE TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM. >> BASED ON THE DATA I'VE, SEEN 13 IS TOO EARLY. IT'S A TIME IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE WHERE KIDS ARE DEVELOPING THEIR IDENTITY, SENSE OF SELF. >> MOST POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA APPS ARE 12 AND UP. ONLY TWITTER HAS A 17 AND OLDER REQUIREMENT. MANY EXPERTS SAYS THAT RESTRAINTS ARE NEEDED. >> AUTHORITIES IN NEW JERSEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT THROUGH A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL IN A SYNAGOGUE. THE SUSPECTS SEEN ON VIDEO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WALKING AROUND THE PRESIDENT AND -- THEN EVENTUALLY LIGHTING THE MOLOTOV COCKTAIL, WITH THAT FRONT DOORS OF THE TEMPLE IN NEW JERSEY BEFORE FLEEING. THE GLASS BROKE, BUT DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE. THERE IS A 10,000 DOLLAR REWARD FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE SUSPECTS ARREST. THE INCIDENT COMES AMID A SPIKE OF ANTISEMITISM ACROSS THE U.S, JUST MONTHS AFTER OTHER THREATS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. >> HOMETOWN LEGEND BARRETT STRONG HAS DIED. HE WAS A SINGER AND SONGWRITER INVOLVED IN SOME OF MOTOWN'S BIGGEST HITS, AND CONTRIBUTED TO SONGS SUCH AS I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, AND A NUMBER OF SONGS BY THE TEMPTATIONS, BUT PERHAPS HIS BIGGEST WAS MONEY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. ♪ ♪ ♪ A SIGN THAT HE SAYING THE LEAD ON, AND BECAME THE FIRST MOTOWN HITS. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> SHIFTING GEARS, VISITING POLAND AND GERMANY OVER THE WEEKEND. LAYING -- A CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS WERE KILLED DURING THE NAZIS RAIN DURING WORLD WAR II. THIS COMES AS THE WORLD MARKS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY, DURING A TIME WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERNING RISE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. WE SEDAN WITH ALLEN GERMAN, STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES. >> WE LIKE TO SAY IN MY OFFICE THAT OUR MISSION IS SEEKING A MEASURE OF JUSTICE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND THEIR HEIRS. MOST DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY'S SUPPORTING ACCURATE HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION. THAT IS A BIGGER AND BIGGER CHALLENGE THESE DAYS, BECAUSE THINGS LIKE HOLOCAUST DISTORTION AND DENIAL ARE ON THE RISE. >> SINCE WE ARE OVERSEEING SUCH A SCARY LEVEL OF ANTISEMITISM, THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE LAST YEAR FOUND THAT ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH IN 2021. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO AMERICANS RIGHT NOW, WITH YOUR EXPERTISE WHO SEE THOSE NUMBER, EXPERIENCE THAT IN THEIR LIVES, WHO ARE SHOCKED, WHO ARE SCARE? >> THE FIRST MESSAGE IS THAT WE STAND WITH YOU, AND WE STAND BEHIND YOU. THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN CLEAR AND UNEQUIVOCAL IN CALLING OUT ANTISEMITISM, AND ALL KINDS OF HATE SPEECH. IN SAYING THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, REALLY AS WE ALL HAVE TO SPEAK OUT. WORDS DO MATTER. >> WE SEE ENTERTAINERS LIKE KANYE WEST SHARING ANTISEMITIC TROPES. EVEN TRUMP HAD DINNER WITH A PROMINENT HOLOCAUST DENIER, HOW DOES THAT KIND OF HIGH-PROFILE SPEECH, HATE SPEECH IMPACT YOUR WORK AS A STATE DEPARTMENT? >> AS A SPECIAL ENVOY, I FOCUS ABROAD. WE ARE FOCUSED ABROAD. OBVIOUSLY, I AM WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT INFORMS THE WORK THAT WE DO OVERSEAS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. >> SO MUCH OF OUR CONVERSATION HERE ON FOREIGN ISSUES HAS BEEN ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE. WE HEARD VLADIMIR PUTIN TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE DENAZIFICATION AS PART OF HIS REASONING FOR BEING IN UKRAINE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE SAW HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS FLEEING THEIR HOMES IN FACE OF THAT WAR. WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT, AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO DO YOUR WORK WHERE PEOPLE ARE INVOKING THE HOLOCAUST IN THE NAME OF A NEW WAR TODAY? >> THAT IS A CRYSTAL CLEAR EXAMPLE OF HOW HOLOCAUST DISTORTION HAPPENS. FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN TO CLAIM THE DEMOCRATIC UKRAINE MEETING NEEDS TO BE DENAZIFYING IS AN INSULT TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, AND TO ALL OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST. IT REALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH OF A DANGER HOLOCAUST DISTORTION HAS BECOME IN RECENT DAYS, AND RECENT YEARS. PRESIDENT PUTIN, USING THE PRETEXT OF UKRAINE BEING A HOTBED OF NEO-NAZISM AS AN EXCUSE FOR THIS UNPROVOKED WAR AGAINST UKRAINE IS HORRENDOUS. WE HAVE TO GRAB THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHY HOLOCAUST ISSUES STILL MATTER TODAY. THEY MATTER FOR OUR FOREIGN POLICY. >> THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY IS HOME. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS TO YOU, AND HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR WORK WITH THE SPECIAL ENVOY ON HOLOCAUST ISSUES IN GENERAL THESE DAYS? >> I THINK THAT IS A VERY PERSONAL THEME. IT REALLY CONNECTS TO ALL OF THE ASPECTS OF MY WORK AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES. WE WORK ON TRYING TO GET COUNTRIES TO DO COMPENSATION AND RESTITUTION FOR JEWISH PROPERTY THAT WAS SEIZED BY THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II. THESE PEOPLES ENTIRE LIVES WERE UPROOTED. THEY WERE DEPORTED, TORTURED, KILLED, THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES. AND SO FOR SURVIVORS AND SOMETIMES FOR THEIR ERRORS, TO HAVE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YES, THIS BUILDING DID BELONG TO YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER, WHERE THIS SHOT DID BELONG TO YOUR GREAT UNCLE. THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL FOR SURVIVORS, AND I'VE HEARD THAT FROM MANY PEOPLE. IT'S REALLY EMOTIONAL WHEN YOU HEAR THAT. IT MAKES A VERY PERSONAL. >> WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION OF MAKING SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IS NOT FORGOTTEN? >> EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND STUDY WHAT LED UP TO THE HOLOCAUST, SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT LEAD UP TO IT. WE CAN SEE THAT GENOCIDE DOES NOT HAPPEN INEVITABLY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CHALLENGED, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE. THE OTHER THEME IS COMMEMORATION. IT IS A WAY OF SAYING TO SURVIVORS THAT WE SEE YOU. WE UNDERSTAND, WE RECOGNIZE WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU. WE WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT SUCH HORRIFIC ATROCITIES FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. >> OUR THANKS TO MARY ELLIS SPARKS FOR THAT. TO THE LOVE NOW POURING IN FOR A BELOVED TELEVISION STAR CINDY WILLIAMS, WHO PLAYED SURELY, THEY ICONIC SURELY SERIES HAS DIED. HER FAMILY CONFIRMED THE ACTRESS DIED IN LOS ANGELES AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE STARRED IN BLOCKBUSTER FILMS LIKE AMERICAN GRAFFITI, AND SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER TWO CHILDREN. IN A STATEMENT, HER DAUGHTER EMILY SAID SHE WAS ONE OF A, BEAUTIFUL, GENEROUS, AND POSSESSED A BEAUTIFUL SENSE OF HUMOR AND A GLIMMERING SPIRIT THAT EVERYBODY LOVED. SHE WAS 75 YEARS OLD. WE ARE TURNING NOW TO THE SUPER BOWL. THE TEAMS ARE SET FOR THE SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IN ARIZONA. IT MARKS A FIRST FOR THE NFL, WITH PATRICK MAHOMES IN JALEN HURTS THE FIRST BLACK STARTING QUARTERBACKS TO FACE OFF IN THE BIG GAME. ABC'S WILL REEVE HAS MORE ON ALL OF THE EXCITEMENT. >> THE MATCHUP IS SET. >> THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES ARE GOING BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL. THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SUPER BOWL IS ON. >> THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, THEY WON IT! >> PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, SET TO FACE THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS IN ARIZONA, AFTER A MARQUEE MATCHUP OVERNIGHT BETWEEN SUPERSTAR QUARTERBACKS PATRICK MAHOMES AND JOE BURROW. >> HEAVYWEIGHTS LOOK VEXED. AFTER BACK AND FORTH HEROICS FROM THE TWO QB'S. >> HE'S GOT THE TOUCHDOWN! >> THERE'S THE PAST ON THE FIELD, AND LOOK AT THE CATCH! >> LEGGING OUT A FIRST DOWN ON THE INJURED ANKLE, THE TEAMS THAT PUSHED CLOSER ON THIS PENALTY, AS MAHOMES WAS HIT AFTER HE WAS ALREADY OUT OF BOUNDS. >> FLAGS COMING IN. >> ALL THE WAY, IT'S GOOD. >> AT THE END OF THE GAME THER, I HAD TO RUN TO GET THE FIRST DOWN. IT GOT US INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE. >> IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAM, THE EAGLES SOARING OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. BACKED BY A STAR STUDDED HOME CROWD. THE 49ERS, DECIMATED BY INJURIES. SURPRISE STAR ROOKIE QUARTERBACK BROCK PURDY, PREVIOUSLY UNDEFEATED AS A STARTER IN THE NFL, INJURING HIS ELBOW IN THE FIRST QUARTER. HIS REPLACEMENT, JOSH JOHNSON, EXITING THE GAME WITH APPARENT HEAD INJURY. LEADING SAN FRANCISCO WITH NO QUARTERBACK FOR MUCH OF THE GAME. ULTIMATELY, THE EAGLES CLOBBERING THE 49ERS 41 TO 7. >> FLY EAGLES, FLY. >> PHILLY FANS, FLOWING INTO THE STREETS AFTER. >> NO MATTER WHAT TEAM YOU ARE ROOTING FOR, SOME GOOD NEWS COMING FROM BUFFALO BILLS SAFETY DAMAR HAMLIN, SPEAKING PUBLICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS TERRIFYING ON-FIELD COLLAPSE FOR WEEKS AGO. >> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE IMPACT THAT I WANTED TO HAVE ON THE WORLD. I CAN'T WAIT TO CONTINUE TO TAKE YOU ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME. >> WE LOVE THAT. OUR THANKS TO WILL REEVE. BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, THE TOP STORY OF THE DAY. IS, AS A GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS GATHERING IN SHELBY FARMS PARK, MEMPHIS, AND THE RESPONSE OF THE DEATH OFCOMING UP IN THE N, STAYING ON TOP OF A FEW THINGS. CHARGES IN FOR SEXUAL ABUSE CASES IN AGAINST R. KELLY HAVE BEEN DROPPED, WHY THAT ATTORNEY DECIDED TO DO SO. HE'S COMING IN OF THE HISTORICR STREAMING WITH US, WE ARE MONITORING SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS AT ABC NEWS THIS HOUR. A SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA HAS REOPENED AFTER A SIX-YEAR-OLD ALLEGEDLY SHOT HIS TEACHER IN THE CHEST OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. THEY WRITE STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL TIGHTER SECURITY, NEW SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPLE BOTH RESIGNED AFTER ACCUSATIONS THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS IGNORED WARNINGS THAT THE CHILD COULD HAVE A GUN, AND MAKING THREATS TO THE SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE IS STILL RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES. PROSECUTORS IN ILLINOIS HAVE DROPPED FOR SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST R&B SINGER R. KELLY. HE'S ALREADY SERVING A 30 YEAR SENTENCE FOR RACKETEERING AND SEX TRAFFICKING, AMONG OTHER CRIMES. BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY SERVING AN EXTENSIVE SENTENCE, COUNTY PROSECUTOR SAID THEY COULDN'T SPEND THEIR RESOURCES AND COURT TIME ON THE ILLINOIS INDICTMENTS. HAD ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST -- TRYING TO DRIVE HIS FAMILY OFF OF A CLIFF. HIS WIFE, SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON ALL SURVIVED. THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE BADLY HURT AND ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. NOW TO MEMPHIS, WITH NEW FALLOUT AFTER THE DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS AS TWO NEW OFFICERS HAVE BEEN RELIEVED OF DUTIES. NOW FACING SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES, AS THE UNIT BACK IN 2021 HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED. STEPHANIE RAMOS LEADS ARE COVERAGE FROM MEMPHIS. >> TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING MORE MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS RELIEVED OF DUTY. ONE OF THEM, SEEN HERE TRYING TO TASE TYRE NICHOLS. PRESTON HEMPHILL WAS PRESENT WHEN POLICE FIRST ENCOUNTERED NICHOLS ON JANUARY 7TH, BUT NOT THE SECOND TIME WHEN NICHOLS WAS TACKLED TO THE GROUND AND BEATEN. THE OFFICER, UPON LEARNING THAT HE WAS FOUND NEARBY, CAN BE HEARD SAYING THIS. >> STOP HIS ASS. >> HE WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. >> ALONG WITH THE WHITE OFFICER DID IT DETAINED MY SON. >> FIVE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE HAVE BEEN FIRED AND CHARGED WITH SOMETHING DEGREE MURDER. THEY WERE PART OF THE SCORPION UNIT, LAUNCHED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021 TO PATROL HYPE CRIME HOTSPOTS. THAT UNIT, NOW PERMANENTLY DEACTIVATED. SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS APPROACHING TYRE NICHOLS IN UNMARKED COLOR CARS, AND WEARING CIVILIAN CLOTHING, PULLING HIM OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. >> IT OUT OF THE CAR. >> I DON'T DO ANYTHING. >> 71 COMMANDS WERE SHOUTED AND 13 MINUTES. ABC HAS NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED. THOSE OFFICERS APPEARED TO BEAT NICHOLS WITH A BATON AT LEAST THREE TIMES, AND PUNCH HIM IN THE HEAD AT LEAST FIVE TIMES. THE VIDEO ALSO SHOWS AN OFFICER SPRAYING NICHOLS AT LEAST TWICE IN THE FACE. >> MOM! >> THE OFFICERS, APPEARING TO TAKE 24 MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY AID. THE BADLY BEATEN FATHER OF ONE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL THREE DAYS AFTER THIS ENCOUNTER. THREE MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN TREATING NICHOLS ALSO FIRED, AND TO SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WERE RELIEVED OF DUTY PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DONE A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION. >> NICHOLS'S DEATH HAS BEAT PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACROSS THE NATION. >> IT'S A SYSTEM THAT'S THE PROBLEM. >> RENEWED CALLED FOR POLICE REFORM FROM LOS ANGELES TO MEMPHIS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT THE CITY OF MEMPHIS WILL SEE SOME SORT OF A CHANGE AFTER THIS? I JUST MEMPHIS, ACROSS THE COUNTRY? >> I THINK IT'S THE CHANGE THAT WE ARE SEEKING. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME FROM THE BALLOT BOXES, IT'S GOING TO COME FROM WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING RIGHT HERE. >> THE FAMILY AND THE NAACP CALLING ON CONGRESS TO PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE AND POLICING ACT, CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE POLICE REFORM. >> I BELIEVE THE CHANGE WILL EVENTUALLY COME, BUT IT WILL NOT COME UNLESS WE KEEP PROTESTING, AND WE KEEP ASKING AND DEMANDING CHANGE. >> TONIGHT, TYRESE MOTHER HOPING THAT LOSING HER SON MEANS THE CHANGE WILL COME. >> MY SON WAS HERE ON AN ASSIGNMENT, AND HE FINISHED THE ASSIGNMENT, AND DOT GOD TO COME HOME. I WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT, AND I'M GOING TO HOLD ONTO IT UNTIL I CAN GET JUSTICE FOR MY SON. >> OUR THANKS TO STEPHANIE FOR THAT. COAST TO COAST TONIGHT, 50 MILLION AMERICANS ACROSS 30 STATES ARE ON THE HIGHLIGHT FOR COLD ICE AND SNOW. WE ARE IN DALLAS AS WE BRACE FOR A FRIGID 24 HOURS AHEAD. >> DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND TONIGHT, AS A POTENT AND POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING ICE STORM SPREADS NORTH AND EAST. ASK YOU METEOROLOGIST, SHOWING CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. >> WE'RE GETTING SOME VERY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN HERE ON I-20 NEAR -- CRIPPLING VISIBILITY. >> DALLAS LOVE FIELD BASICALLY DESERTED, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS ARE DELAYED OR CANCELED. AROUND OKLAHOMA CITY, A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET QUICKLY COVERING ROADS. SOME AREAS ARE BRACING FOR UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. TONIGHT, GROWING FEARS OF POWER OUTAGES. THE ICY MIX, FUELED BY ARCTIC TENTS THAT BROUGHT BLANKET SNOW TO COLORADO. NORTH OF DENVER, CARS ARE SIDEWAYS ON INTERSTATE 25. >> WE ARE JOINED NOW. >> DANGER, IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE FREEZING WEATHER IN TEXAS DOES NOT NEGATE THE RAPID WARMING OF OUR PLANET? >> WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE LONG TERM CLIMATE TREND HAS REALLY BEEN PROVEN DOZENS OF SITES, FROM NEW YORK CITY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, BACK TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN, DOWN IN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA, MANY CITIES HAVE HAD THEIR WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD. WHEN YOU START TO SEE THOSE TYPES OF NUMBERS, THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGE COMES. YOU KNOW WE BROKE THAT RECORD LATE WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOW IN NEW YORK CITY. PHILADELPHIA WILL BREAK THAT LATER THIS WEEK. THEN WE WANT TO TURN, BECAUSE THERE IS CERTAINLY DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT IS COMING IN, AND A REMINDER THAT THIS IS TRULY WINTER, THOSE WARNINGS, WINTER STORM WARNINGS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO PADUCAH, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES THAT GO TO WEST VIRGINIA AND BACK INTO CENTRAL TEXAS, AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES. THAT IS THE DEEP COLD IT IS ALREADY STARTING TO SETTLE IN THIS MORNING, CUTTING OVER THAT CANADIAN BORDER, ARCTIC BLASTS BRINGING TEMPERATURES WELL DOW, 30, 20 BELOW. MINNEAPOLIS TOMORROW MORNING WILL FEEL LIKE 26 BELOW, BUT EVEN SINGLE DIGITS FEELS LIKE KANSAS CITY OR ST. LOUIS. THAT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO SLIDE EAST, AND SO ANYWHERE IN MAINE, THERE ARE MANY SITES PREDICTING SOME WIND CHILLS THAT CAN RIVAL THOSE OF DECADES. >> YOU CAN SEE THAT FRONT MOVING PRETTY SLOWLY. STOPPING HERE TOMORROW, NIGHT THAT'S WHERE IT FILLS IN IF YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTH OF LITTLE ROCK, INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH MEMPHIS. DALLAS AND OKLAHOMA CITY HAS GOTTEN MORE WITH THE THIRD ROUND GOING OVER TO MEMPHIS. THIS IS A TWO OR THREE-DAY, EVENTFUL 48 HOURS FROM THE POINT THAT WE ARE AT NOW. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE, A TYPE TO GLAZES THE POWERLINES AND TREES. THAT COULD BE A BIG-TIME PROBLEM. I WANT TO MENTION, LINDSEY, THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED, THESE ARE A NUMBER OF NIGHTS SINCE 1970 UP UNTIL NOW THAT WE HAVE LOST THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THERE USED TO BE 30 MORE FREEZING NIGHTS IN ATLANTA DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 13 LOST NIGHTS OF FREEZING OR BELOW IN NEW YORK CITY. THEN LOOKING FORWARD, THIS IS A MAP OF THE LEFT, WHERE YOU SEE 19 90 TO 2005, A NUMBER OF DAYS WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO SNOW, THAT IT HAD THE RIGHT VARIABLES FOR SNOW. IF YOU LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE LOOKING AT, 2071 TO 2080, YOU FIND FAR FEWER PLACES LIKE ATLANTIC CITY FOR EXAMPLE, THEY COULD HAVE NEARLY NOTHING, BUT CERTAINLY LESS THAN TEN DAYS WITH THE CHANCE OF SNOW. LINDSEY? >> VERY HELPFUL. WE ALWAYS GET MORE THAN JUST A FORECAST FOR ME, GINGER, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THOSE TEACHING MOMENTS. GINGER, GO GET WARM. >> AN URGENT MANHUNT IN OREGON IS UNDERWAY AFTER A MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING IN KIDNAPPING A WOMAN THAT HE MET ON A DATING APP. POLICE WITH A STERN WARNING THAT THE MAN IS QUOTE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. MATT GUTMAN BRINGS US THIS REPORT. >> TONIGHT, THE URGENT MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN OREGON FOR THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY TYING UP A WOMAN AND BEATING HER. AUTHORITIES WARNING THAT HE MIGHT BE USING ONLINE DATING HALVES TO GROOM VICTIMS, AND TO GET HELP. >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE GET THIS MAN IN CUSTOD, AND ASAP. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. >> POLICE IN GRAND PAP, SAID THAT THE SUSPECT FLED BEFORE THEY COULD APPREHEND HIM. >> YOU DESCRIBE HIM AS DANGEROUS, WHY IS THAT? >> THE SCENE WAS HORRIFIC. THIS IS A BAD MAN THAT NEEDS TO BE CAPTURED. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS RANDOMLY PICKING PEOPLE. WE BELIEVE HE IS FORMULATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE. >> POLICE, ARRESTING THE 68-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LAST WEEK OR HELPING HIM ESCAPE. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS A PATTERN. IN 2021, HE WAS CONVICTED OF TORTURING A WOMAN THAT HE HELD CAPTIVE FOR TWO WEEKS. >> LINDSEY, AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THE SUSPECT IS LIKELY CHANGING HIS APPEARANCE, PERHAPS SHAVING HIS BEARD OR DYING HIS HAIR. THEY SAY THEY HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF, TIPS TRYING TO ACT ON THEM. THEY NOW TELL US THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES HAVE JOINED IN THE SEARCH FOR HIM, INCLUDING THE FBI AND U.S. MARSHALS OFFICE. LINDSEY? >> MATT, THANK YOU. PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED BILLIONS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DOLLARS TO REPAIR CRUMBLING RAIL TUNNELS CONNECTING BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY. THE TUNNEL ISN'T STORIES CHOKE POINT ON THE EAST COAST. SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT TERRY MORAN HAS THE DETAILS. >> FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN IN BALTIMORE, IT WAS A VICTORY LAP. >> THIS IS A 150 YEAR OLD TUNNEL. I WONDER HOW IN THE HELL IT IS STILL STANDING. WITH BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILLS, WE WILL GET IT DONE. >> THE DECREPIT BALTIMORE TUNNEL, CRUCIAL TO BOTH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT ON THE EAST COAST IS NOW BEING REBUILT. WITH UP TO 4.7 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE 1.2 TRILLION DOLLAR BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THIS PROJECT ALONE PROJECTED TO CREATE AN ESTIMATED 20,000 NEW CONSTRUCTION JOBS. IT'S JUST ONE OF OVER 7000 PROJECTS LAUNCHING IN THE COMING MONTHS, DUE TO THIS MASSIVE BILL. INCLUDING MATT REPAYING DELAY CHARLES BILL IN LOUISIANA, EXTENDING A PURPLE LINE IN LOUISIANA, AND EXPANDING A BRIDGE IN KENTUCKY, A 1.6 BILLION-DOLLAR COMMITMENT ANNOUNCED IN A RARE MOMENT OF BIPARTISANSHIP BETWEEN BIDEN AND SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL. >> WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. WE CAN GET THINGS DONE. >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT ALL OF THIS SPENDING ON INFRASTRUCTURE, PLUS MASSIVE BILLS FUNDING GREEN ENERGY AND HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING WOULD LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN ECONOMY. HOPEFULLY, WITHOUT FUELING INFLATION. >> TERRY MORAN JOINS US NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. TERRY, THE PRESIDENT WAS ON THE ROAD THIS WEEK FOCUSING ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? >> HE IS FOCUSING ON THOSE PROJECTS, LINDSEY, HE'S TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, HE'S GOING TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE THEY WILL ANNOUNCE FUNDING FOR A NEW TUNNEL OUT OF THE HUDSON RIVER. FRIDAY, HE'S IN PHILADELPHIA TALKING BUT REPLACING WHAT BIDEN GETTING CLEAN WATER. NOT JUST IN PHILLY, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS WELL. THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS NEW U.S. INDUSTRIAL POLICY, WHERE THE HOPE IS THAT THIS MASSIVE FEDERAL SPENDING WILL SPUR MORE PRIVATE INVESTMENT, AND CREATE MORE JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT IS THE HOPE, LINDSEY. >> NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AND ANCHOR TERRY MORAN, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >> NOW TO THE CHAOS IN THE CRYPTO MARKET, THE RECENT COLLAPSE HAS WIPED OUT TWO TRILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE, WITH MANY ORDINARY AMERICANS LOSING BIG. ABC'S CHIEF BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT REBECCA JARVIS HAS THE STORY. >> IT STARTED WITH SUPER BOWL ACTS. >> A TRADE, ARE YOU SURE? >> TRADING COOKED UP. >> CRYPTO LOGOS PLASTERED ON MULTIPLE ARENAS, AND THE RICH AND FAMOUS ENTERING THE CONVERSATION. >> FORTUNE FAVORS GREATNESS. FTX IS A SAFETY AND EASY WAY TO GET INTO CRYPTO. >> I DON'T THINK SO. I'M NEVER WRONG ABOUT THE STUFF. NEVER. >> IT TURNS OUT, HE WASN'T. >> TURNS OUT THE BIG TEAM HAS OTHER CURRENCIES HAVE TAKEN A NOSEDIVE. >> 18 BILLION DOLLARS VANISHED, AND NOW THEY'RE CRASHING. >> HOW IS YOUR DAY AT SCHOOL? >> GOOD. >> A FATHER OF THREE LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH HIS WIFE, VICTORIA. >> IT'S SUCH A BAD SITUATION. >> THE BAD SITUATION HE IS TALKING ABOUT, MORE THAN $200,000 WORTH OF BITCOIN THAT HE CAN'T ACCESS IN A CRYPTO APP. LIKE SO MANY CRYPTO COMPANIES LAST YEAR, CELSIUS COLLAPSED, FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY IN JULY, SAYING THAT IT OWED CUSTOMERS 4.7 BILLION DOLLARS. >> WHAT WOULD THAT MONEY HAVE MEANT TO YOUR LIFE? >> EVERYTHING. MY KIDS EDUCATION, MY MORTGAGE, MY STUDENT LOANS, MY WIFE STUDENT LOANS, -- >> WHAT GRADE WOULD YOU GIVE REGULATORS? >> OWED GIVEN A, NOT APPLICABLE. THIS IS JUST AN UNRULY REGULATED MARKET, AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE REGULATED. >> THIS IS CHRISTY GOLDSMITH ROMERO, ONE OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS AT THE CFTC, AN AGENCY THAT SOME ARGUED SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD ON REGULATING CRYPTO. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS RIGHT NOW WHO FEEL LIKE ALL OF THIS IS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE? >> WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. WE NEED TO POLICE THIS INDUSTRY AS STRONG AS WE CAN, BUT WE ALSO NEED GREATER TOOLS FROM CONGRESS. >> IT IS A CALL ECHOED BY THE HEAD OF ANOTHER REGULATOR, GARY GENSLER AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. >> WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE RESOURCES. >> WHAT CAN CONGRESS DO DIFFERENTLY? >> THEY DIDN'T GIVE US MONEY FOR A FEW HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE TO DO THIS STUFF. >> WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO A CONSUMER WHO IS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW? >> THIS IS HIGHLY RISKY, AND ULTIMATELY, YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL. WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LOSE? >> WILL YOU EVER INVEST IN CRYPTO AGAIN AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE? >> I WOULD REINVEST, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE MARKET IS TEN. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT I WANTED TO DO IT, BUT I WOULD. >> HE SAYS HE WOULD STILL REINVEST, OUR THANKS TO REBECCA FOR THAT. DOZENS ARE DEAD AFTER AN ATTACK AT A MOSQUE, WE WILL TELL YOU WHERE. AND LEARNING TO READ, CHARMING FANS ALONG THE WAY ON TIKTOK. WELCOME BACK. WE'RE TRACKING SEVERAL HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. IN PAKISTAN, A SUICIDE BOMBER WALKED INTO A POLICE COMPOUND AND DETONATED AN EXPLOSIVE INSIDE A MOSQUE. WHILE THREE OTHER PEOPLE WERE INSIDE PLAYING AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK -- THE BLAST KILLED AT LEAST 59 PEOPLE WHILE INJURING HUNDREDS MORE. OFFICIALS WERE UNSURE HOW THE BOMB SLIPPED INTO THE COMPOUND. POLICE ARRESTED A MAN AT GUNPOINT WHO IS SUSPECTED OF STABBING THREE PEOPLE IN -- TWO ARE INJURED AND ONE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. OFFICIALS SAY AT THIS TIME THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT TERRORISM IS A MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACK. NEW ZEALAND HAS BEEN BATTERED BY HEAVY RAINFALL, FLOODS, AS OFFICIALS IN THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CITY ARE TELLING RESIDENTS TO GET READY FOR MORE. PLANES -- LANDSLIDES CAUSED BY THE FLASH FLOOD -- ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME AHEAD OF EVEN MORE RAIN EXPECTED EARLY THIS WEEK. IN 1840, EIGHT A HUSBAND AND WIFE SAW FREEDOM ON A SELF EMANCIPATION JOURNEY LIKE NO OTHER. ALLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT, MADE THEIR WAY NORTH DISGUISED AS A MAN AND A SLAVE. AUTHOR -- RECOUNTS THE SUSPENSEFUL DRAMA WITH GREAT HISTORICAL RIGOR IN HER NEW BOOK, MASTER, SLAVE, HUSBAND, WIFE. TELL US HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE AND ABOUT ELLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT. TELL US ABOUT THEIR DISGUISES AND THEIR PLANS TO ESCAPE. >> THE STORY CAME TO BE FOR ME THROUGH THE READING OF THEIR INCREDIBLE NARRATIVE. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT ONE WORD THAT I WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH THIS MEETING OF THEM IS AWE. SO, I FELT TREMENDOUS AWE WHEN READING THEIR NARRATIVE AND AS I STARTED LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEM IN THE ARCHIVES, I WAS OVERWHELMED BY OUR AS WELL. THIS WAS A COUPLE THAT MADE A TRULY AWESOME ESCAPE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY HUSBAND AND WIFE, BUT THEY DISGUISED THEMSELVES AS MASTER AND SLAVE. SO, IS THE ENSLAVED DAUGHTER OF HER FIRST MASTER AND FROM HIM, SHE INHERITED A VERY LIGHT COMPLEXION AND SHE USES THAT TO HER ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO PASS AS A DISABLED WEALTHY WHITE GENTLEMEN. AND WILLIAM TAKES THE ROLE OF HER SLAVE. >> YOU DESCRIBE A SCENE WHERE THE CRAFTS IN DISGUISE ARE WAITING FOR THEIR TRAIN TO LEAVE THE STATION WHEN THE MAN HIRED TO RECAPTURE THEM BOARD THE TRAIN TO FIND THEM WHAT WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN HOW THEY'VE BEEN CAPTURED? >> THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC AND SO, THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE THAT DEAL WITH WHAT TO DO WITH, HOW TO PLUNGE ENSLAVED PEOPLE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THAT IN THE GEORGIA STATUTES, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST THEY WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, THEY COULD BE PUNISHED BRUTALLY, THEY WOULD BE SEPARATED AND LIKELY VERY POSSIBLY SENT FURTHER SOUTH INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF BONDAGE THEN THEY HAD KNOWN IN GEORGIA. >> TELL US ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY TO BOSTON AND THE LIFE THAT THEY MADE THEIR. -- >> YEAH, SO THE THING THAT IS AMAZING ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY MADE THIS EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE, BUT THEN THE STORY DOES NOT STOP THERE. THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE INCREDIBLY ALL INSPIRING AND BRAVE CHOICES. THE FIRST OF WHICH THEY MAKE ONCE THEY REACH THE NORTH IS TO TELL THEIR STORY, SO THEY SPEAK ALL ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, COVERING ANOTHER THOUSAND MILES TO TELL THEIR STORY IN ORDER TO HELP, NOT ONLY THEMSELVES, BUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE STILL REMAINED IN BONDAGE, INCLUDING THEIR LOVED ONES. THEY PUT THEMSELVES IN GREAT DANGER BY DOING THAT AND WHEN THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW IN 1850 PASSES, THEY ARE BASICALLY TARGETS ON THEIR BACK AND SLAVE HUNTERS COME TO GEORGIA TO PURSUE THEM AND THEY ARE ON YET ANOTHER ADVENTURE. >> ONE OF THE MOST MOVING PARTS OF THE BOOK IS HOW THE COMMUNITY IN BOSTON EMBRACED AND PROTECTED THEM AFTER THEIR FORMER ENSLAVER SENT MEN TO RECAPTURE THEM. TELL US ABOUT THAT. >> YES. SO, ONCE THIS LAW PASSES AND ONCE THESE AND FLAVORS COME TO BOSTON, THEY ARE SO CLOSE PHYSICALLY TO WHERE THE CRAFTS ARE. THEY'RE STAYING AT A HOTEL THAT IS AT ONE EDGE OF THE COMMON AND ACROSS THE BOSTON COMMON ANY CRAFTS ARE THERE. IT IS NO LONGER THAN A 20 MINUTE WALK AWAY. AND SO, THEY NEED THEIR ALLIES TO HELP THEM, AND THEY NEED BLACK AND WHITE ACTIVISTS MAKING A STAND, HARASSING THESE SLAVE CATCHERS, TRYING TO KEEP THEM BUSY. ALSO PROVIDE THEM A SHELTER. THEY ARE MOVING BACK AND FORTH, AND SO ARE THE SLAVE HUNTERS. IT SOMETIMES, THEY'RE JUST A RIFLE SHOT AWAY FROM EACH OTHE, AROUND THE CORNER. >> AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FIGHT FOR EDUCATION SURROUNDING RACE THEORY AND BLACK RACE THEORY. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW OR AT LEAST TEACH THIS SIDE OF HISTORY? >> THIS IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AMERICAN HISTORY AT LARGE I SEE THEM COMPLETELY AS AMERICAN HIT HEROES, AND UNDERSTANDING THE WAYS THAT THEIR STORY MESSES WITH THE PIVOTAL MOMENT OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY. I THINK IT'S A WAY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'RE STILL GRAPPLING WITH. >> WE CERTAINLY HOPE THIS HELPS. I HOPE THAT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT BOOKS THAT SHOW SOME PART OF HISTORY IS A WAY TO AT LEAST START DISCUSSING IT. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR TONIGHT, YOU CAN BUY MASTER SLAVE, HUSBAND WIFE, WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD. >> ENJOYING EYES WIDE OPEN, AND A BRAND-NEW CLARITY AS ONE SPECIAL GROUP OF PATIENTS WHO NEEDED CATARACT SURGERY OR NOT SEEING CLEARLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, THANKS TO THE MOST INSCRIBED INDIVIDUAL AND YOUTUBE. WE HAVE THE STORY. >> THE GIFT OF SIGHT. NOT JUST ONE, OR TWO, BUT 1000 PEOPLE GETTING FREE CATARACT REMOVAL. >> I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S FACIAL FEATURES NOW. IT'S A LITTLE BLURRY WITH MY TEARS COMING OUT. >> THE SURGERY IS PAID FOR BY JIMMY DONALDSON, BETTER KNOWN ON LINE AS MR. BEAST. >> THEY CAN'T SEE, BUT WE HAVE ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO FIX THIS. >> HALF OF ALL THE BLINDNESS IN THE WORLD'S PEOPLE IT NEEDED TEN MINUTE SURGERY. >> THE MOST FOLLOWED INDIVIDUAL ON YOUTUBE, TEAMING UP WITH THIS OPHTHALMOLOGIST IN FLORIDA. THE GIFT OF SIGHT PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE CATARACT SURGERY TO UNINSURED PATIENTS WHO ARE LEGALLY BLIND DUE TO CATARACTS. >> EVERYTHING LOOKS SO MUCH MORE CLEAR. >> TO MAKE THIS EVEN MORE SPECIAL, COMING THROUGH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND GO TO COLLEGE. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU $50,000 TO PUT TOWARDS COLLEGE. >> GIVING BACK HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO MR. BEAST SINCE HE FIRST STARTED MAKING MONEY ON YOUTUBE. >> WHEN I FIRST RAN DEAL FOR $10, 000, AND I GAVE IT AWAY. I GOT IT, AND THEN I WENT OUTSIDE AND GAVE IT TO A HOMELESS PERSON. >> WITH THIS LATEST STUNT, MR. BEAST PAYING IT FORWARD ACROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS. >> NEARLY HALF THE POPULATION WITH CURABLE BLINDNESS DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE SURGERY, SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. >> THE VIDEO, RACKING UP MORE THAN 40 MILLION VIEWS IN LESS THAN A DAY. THE NUMBER ONE TRENDING VIDEO ON YOUTUBE OVER THE WEEKEND. >> SO MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS -- THE PEOPLE ON YOUTUBE ARE JUST ALL DRAMA, BUT YOU GUYS ARE FOCUSED ON SO MANY GOOD THINGS. >> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I MESSAGED THOUSANDS OF CREATORS, AND ALMOST EVERYONE WAS LIKE, YES, HOW CAN I HELP? THEY ARE GENUINELY GOOD PEOPLE. >> OUR THANKS TO WILL FOR BRINGING US THAT. STILL TO COME, A MAN THAT WENT FROM A LITERATE TO BOOK WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY FOR YOU. TIKTOK STAR IS DOCUMENTING HIS JOURNEY OF TEACHING HIMSELF TO READ AND INSPIRING THE ENTIRE INTERNET IN THE PROCESS. ABC'S -- HAS THE STORY. >> HE KNOWS WELL, IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO OVERCOME THE ODDS. -- >> USING THIS FALL THAN AND SIMPLE SET UP, THE TIKTOK STAR FILMS ALL OF HIS VIDEOS RIGHT HERE IN HIS FRONT SEAT. >> I USUALLY CLIP THAT IN THEIR. PRESS PLAY, AND JUST DO A COUPLE OF MY LIVES. >> WITH SOME GYM EQUIPMENT INSIDE, IN BETWEEN TRAINING HIS CLIENTS, THE 34-YEAR-OLD ASPIRING MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND PART-TIME PERSONAL TRAINER, TRAINS HIS MIND. >> HANDSTAND -- >> TIKTOK'S LATEST LITERARY STAR SKYROCKETED TO FAME, NOT FROM PLANKS OR PUSH OFFS, OR EVEN PUNCHES. INSTEAD, IT WAS HIS PROBLEMS. >> HEY, HOW IS IT GOING? MY NAME IS OLIVER. I STRUGGLE WITH READING. >> ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, MORE THAN 43 MILLION AMERICANS CANNOT READ, WRITE, OR DO MATH ABOVE A THIRD GRADE LEVEL. ON TOP OF THAT, JAMES IS JUST ONE OF OVER 8 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE. JAMES STRUGGLES WITH READING GROWING UP LEAD TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL. >> THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SYSTEM AT THE TIME WAS MORE FOCUSED ON BEHAVIORAL THEN EDUCATING. SO, THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME RESTRAINING, US DISCIPLINING U, PUTTING US IN POSITIONS TO KIND OF SHAPE US TO JUST NOT ACT OUT IN CLASS. >> DID THAT PREVENT YOU FROM LEARNING? >> YOU CAN'T FULLY FUNCTION IN SOCIETY WITHOUT THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED AS A YOUNG PERSON. >> BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, STEMMING FROM CHILDHOOD ILLITERACY, OFTEN STRETCH INTO ADULTHOOD. MANY TIMES, LEADING TO UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW SELF ESTEEM, AND ISOLATION. ALL THINGS JAMES STRUGGLED WITH IN THE BEGINNING. THAT IS, UNTIL HIS WIFE GAVE HIM SOMETHING HE HAS NEVER OWNED BEFORE, A BOOK. THIS BOOK THAT JAMES SAID CHANGED EVERYTHING. >> I JUST WENT OUT AND READ ONE WORD, ONE WORD TRADED TO, TURNED INTO THREE. THAT TURN INTO A PAGE. >> HE'S READING SKILLS IMPROVED SO MUCH THAT HE IS NOW ON A NEW JOURNEY. 100 BOOKS IN 2023. >> I'VE GOT TO SAY, WE GOT A LITTLE SURPRISE FOR YOU. >> OH! >> OUR FRIENDS AT BARNES & NOBLE HEARD YOUR STORY AND THEY WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR OWN LIBRARY, BY HELPING YOU WITH THESE BOOKS ALL FOR YOU. TAKE THEM. THEY ARE ALL YOURS. >> IMPRESSIVE. IN ADDITION TO LEARNING HOW TO READ THAT HE DOES IT WHILE PLANNING -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR ABC NEWS LIVE FOR MORE CONTEXT AND AN