>> david: tonight as we come on the air in the west, the breaking news. the new fires in california

tonight. and that scare involving the getty center. we're on the scene. also, a judge blocking the president's executive order on birthright citizenship. also, what the president did today involving the assassinations of president john f. kennedy, rfk, and martin luther king. a federal judge dealing the first blow to president trump's immigration crackdown. the judge blocking the president's executive order ending birthright citizenship, calling it, quote, a blatantly unconstitutional order. the president responding. also, this move by the president involving jfk, rfk, and martin luther king. the alarming security breach at the u.s. capitol. authorities say a man able to walk inside with a loaded gun during confirmation hearing. those seven police officers shot and wounded responding to a call. a navy veteran opening fire on them. what we're now learning about the gunman. the new images coming in right now. winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour fueling multiple new fires.

and the scare involving bel air and the getty center. tonight, the dangerous cold from texas, all the way up to the northeast. so, when does it break? lee goldberg times this out tonight. the tense moments onboard that passenger jet taking off from boston. we now see the images tonight. the cockpit, the cabin filling with smoke. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. >> david: passengers saying they could not breathe. in court right now, the suspect in the idaho college murders, and what his attorneys have now asked the judge. the landmark settlement tonight involving oxycontin. what purdue pharma and the sackler family have agreed to pay. the oscar nominations revealed tonight. "emilia perez," "the brutalist" leading the pack. timothee chalamet and first-time nominees ariana grande and demi moore. her first nomination at 62. and "inside out 2" nominated. tonight, reaction on it all. and "america strong." what the buffalo bills fans are now doing for the ravens tight end who dropped the ball. he says he was gutted. what bills fans have now tonight, even the ravens

thanking them. >> david: good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. we do begin tonight with the federal judge blocking president trump's executive order that would end birthright citizenship, at least for now. president trump responding tonight. also, the president making news this evening after his decision on the files involving the assassinations of president john f. kennedy, rfk, and martin luther king. first, the executive order blocked tonight. the judge today calling the president's order trying to end birthright citizenship, quote, blatantly unconstitutional. the justice department responding tonight, saying it will vigorously defend the president's order. tonight, the president's defense secretary, his nominee, pete hegseth, one step close to confirmation now even as two republican senators, lisa murkowski and susan collins, saying they will vote no. and president trump taking that

action today to declassify the files related to three assassinations. president john f. kennedy, his brother, senator robert kennedy, and dr. martin luther king jr. so, what this now means. abc's chief white house correspondent mary bruce leading us off. >> this next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship. >> reporter: tonight, a federal judge temporarily blocking president donald trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. calling it blatantly unconstitutional. trump signing the order just hours after he was sworn in. >> birthright. that's a big one. >> reporter: birthright citizenship is protected by the 14th amendment. now 22 states and two cities filing suit to block trump's order from going into effect. today, seattle judge john coughenour saying -- "it boggles my mind that any lawyer would consider the order constitutional." >> obviously, we'll appeal it. they put it before a certain judge in seattle, i guess, right? and there's no surprises with that judge. >> reporter: that judge appointed by president ronald reagan. while over at the capitol, stinging words from two republican senators for trump's controversial pentagon pick, former fox news host and veteran

pete hegseth. lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine announcing they will vote against his confirmation, citing concerns about his management experience and the message he sends to women. murkowski writing, "i believe that character is the defining trait required of the secretary of defense, and must be prioritized without compromise." pointing to the allegations against hegseth of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. tonight, sources tell abc news hegseth told another senator, democrat elizabeth warren, that he paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 a $50,000 settlement. he has denied the assault allegations, claiming it was consensual. tonight, senator murkowski saying, "while the allegations of sexual assault and excessive drinking do nothing to quiet my concerns, the past behaviors mr. hegseth has admitted to, including infidelity on multiple occasions, demonstrate a lack of judgment that is unbecoming of someone who would lead our armed forces."

senator collins citing another matter. hegseth's statement last year that women should not serve in combat roles. >> i'm straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. >> reporter: but at his confirmation hearing, he said this -- >> yes, women will have access to ground combat roles, combat rows, given the standards remain high. >> reporter: collins tonight saying, "i am not convinced that his position on women serving in combat roles has changed." despite the push-back, hegseth is still expected to be confirmed when the senate votes tomorrow. >> are you worried about his confirmation? and your reaction? >> no, no surprises there. it's too bad, you know. it's the way -- the way it is. too bad. >> reporter: the president tonight also signing an executive order to declassify the files related to three assassinations that gripped the nation. the murder of president john f. kennedy in dallas, the fatal shooting of his brother, senator robert kennedy, in los angeles just a few years later, and the killing of dr. martin luther king at the lorraine hotel in memphis.

trump declaring "their families and the american people deserve transparency and truth." robert kennedy jr., trump's nominee for secretary of health and human services, has long called for the release of the government files into his father and his uncle's assassinations. >> everything will be revealed. okay? give that to rfk jr. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence will now have a few weeks to prepare a plan for the release of the records. the president today also speaking before the world economic forum in davos, trump saying he will demand that the federal reserve lower interest rates, raising questions about just how independent he wants them to be. he's also calling on saudi arabia to lower the cost of oil. of course, the saudi crown prince, the first foreign leader he spoke with back in office, and the dow today responding, jumping 400 points, david. >> david: it was a good day on the dow. mary, thank you. abc news learning tonight of what authorities are calling an

alarming breach at the u.s. capitol. they say a man was able to walk around inside the capitol with a loaded gun, even as confirmation hearings were under way. pierre thomas tonight on what he's learned. >> reporter: capitol police tonight acknowledging a stunning security failure that occurred just a day after president trump was sworn in. the failure, department officials say, can never happen again. abc news first learning that a 27-year-old massachusetts man who authorities had been searching for out of concerns he was having suicidal thoughts, allegedly made his way through security at the capitol and took a full tour, all while armed with a 9-millimeter handgun. >> we are in the middle of a highly dangerous threat environment. law enforcement across the country, including the capitol police, need to take every threat seriously, and their officers need to remain extra vigilant. >> reporter: according to capitol police, the breach occurred sometime between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon, amid confirmation hearings with senators, house members, and the

public, all unaware that they were in a potentially dangerous situation. authorities say the man set off magnetometers at the capitol visitor center, and was then subjected to additional screening by a capitol police officer, who failed to find the firearm, which was discovered after the man left the library of congress following his tour. that officer has been suspended pending a full review of the incident, and we're told the capitol police officers will now undergo mandatory refresher training on security screenings. capitol police say there's no indication the man was there to harm members of congress. but law enforcement sources told me today they were shocked that someone apparently suicidal was walking through the capitol with a loaded gun. david? >> david: alarming indeed. pierre thomas tonight, thank you. we're going to turn next here to the seven police officers shot and wounded while responding to a call in san antonio. a navy veteran now accused of opening fire, shooting officers one by one as they arrived. here's abc's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: tonight, a navy

veteran who opened fire on multiple police officers is dead. after a terrifying shootout at a san antonio apartment complex. one after the other, seven arriving officers struck by bullets late wednesday while responding to an attempted suicide call by a concerned family member. >> first officer arrived to that call, he wound up being shot. another officer who arrived after him or the same time as him was also shot. third officer arriving on the scene shot, as well. >> reporter: authorities say 46-year-old brandon poulos opened fire on police through an apartment window where he barricaded himself during an hours-long standoff. residents ducking for cover. >> i actually got on the floor and then i went in my bathtub. i went and sat in my bathtub, i'm like, yeah, this is probably the safest spot right now. >> reporter: those officers now recovering from nonlife-threatening injuries. david, it's still unclear whether the suspect shot himself

or whether he was killed by police, but we do know he was a ten-year veteran of the navy and he was arrested and released over the weekend. david? >> david: just days ago. mireya villarreal tonight. mireya, thank you. now to the new fires burning in california tonight. red flag warnings up, wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour, fueling multiple fires, in fact. and the scare for a time along the 405 freeway, right near the getty center museum. matt gutman again on the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, southern california is again a powder keg. howling santa ana winds and bone dry conditions fueling fires big and small. >> you can see they're making retardant drops. >> reporter: west of l.a. in ventura county, dirt flying, smoke blasting firefighters working furiously, stopping forward progress of the laguna fire, but not before a cal state campus was forced to evacuate. and overnight, the sepulveda fire breaking out along the 405 freeway, near the getty center museum, burning 40 acres before firefighters got a handle on it. they managed to knock this down

very, very quickly. it is not windy right now. meanwhile, just north of los angeles, firefighters still battling the now 15 square mile hughes fire. an all-out aerial assault through the night, precision drops saving the town of castaic. i mean, you can see the air outfit right now, the helicopter dropping. fire so close to the ground right behind you. i mean, it's barely 30 feet off the deck just now. >> we have some of the best pilots in the world out here in l.a., l.a. county, l.a. city. >> reporter: thankfully, no homes were lost, but for families forced to flee, nerves are frayed tonight. >> sad when we were leaving, especially seeing what happened with palisades and all that. >> reporter: david, southern california is such a tinderbox today that there have been ten new fire starts today alone. and you can see firefighters still here at the sepulveda fire, trying to spray down hot spots on the hillside over there. that's because those red flag warnings are said to persist

into tomorrow morning, with winds gusting locally at up to 80 miles per hour. david? >> david: all right, matt gutman again tonight. matt, thank you. let's get right to meteorologist lee goldberg from our new york station, wabc, tracking the dangerous winds right into the night. and of course, here in the east, when this brutal cold finally breaks. so, lee, take us through it all. >> reporter: david, we'll begin with the fire forecast. we're not done with the critical fire danger just yet. the winds are relaxing a bit, but we still have some powerful, dangerous gusts and low humidity into tomorrow morning. the red flag warning will go until 10:00 in the morning. big pattern change for the weekend. onshore winds, higher humidity, even some moderate rain and mountain snow. the only concern, isolated downpours, if they hit the burn scars, we have to be concerned about mudslides. turning to the cold. sound the retreat. the arctic air is definitely easing. we still have one more cold morning in the southeast. you see the cold weather alerts. sub-zero wind chills in the midwest. but temperatures take off over the weekend. 60s are back in houston, 50s in atlanta, and 40s here in the

northeast will go a long way to cure that cabin fever. david? >> david: 40s will feel like summer around here. lae, thank you. we turn to the other news tonight, and the alarming images from onboard that passenger jet that took off from boston. smoke suddenly filling the cockpit and the cabin. the pilots declaring a mayday. here's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, that urgent midair mayday, as smoke fills the cockpit and cabin of a cathay pacific plane. >> mayday, mayday, cathay 11. >> reporter: this passenger video taken just minutes after takeoff from boston's logan international monday, showing reading lights shining through the thick haze as it quickly filled the packed hong kong-bound aircraft. >> just remain seated. >> initially i thought, maybe it's just the altitude air difference. and then i was like, i can't breathe. >> reporter: the pilots forced to turn the airbus a-350 around. in the air for nearly an hour. >> cathay 811.

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>> >> david: finally tonight here, the oscar nominations are in. ♪ so if you can't find me ♪ >> david: tonight, the oscar nominations are in. ♪ for the times they are a-changin' ♪ >> reporter: the 97th academy awards. ten movies nominated for best picture. ♪ "emilia perez" leading with 13 nominations. ♪ including best picture and best actress for karla sofia gascon, the first openly trans-woman to be nominated in any acting category ever. ♪ and zoe saldana for best supporting actress, facing off against ariana grande for "wicked." ♪ popular ♪ ♪ you're gonna be popular ♪ >> david: "wicked" earning ten nominations in all, including best picture. ♪ defying gravity ♪

>> david: along a best actress nomination for cynthia erivo. >> you got it! >> david: and demi moore earning her first ever oscar nomination at 62 for best actress in "the substance." >> take care of yourself. >> david: the movie about the search for youth and a better you, but at what cost? >> i'm fine. everything's fine. >> david: in the best actor category, "the brutalist's" adrien brody. >> they do not want us here. ♪ once upon a time ♪ >> david: timothee chalamet nominated, too, as bob dylan in "a complete unknown." ♪ i walked and i crawled on six crooked highways ♪ >> david: chalamet in the leading role for two for best picture this year. the second one, "dune part two." >> and shatter. >> david: and this summer's blockbuster "inside out 2" from our parent company disney, nominated for best animated feature.

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