>> david: tonight, the winter storm slamming parts of the east at this hour. the accidents, the treacherous driving. the images coming in now. and now record-breaking cold coming in for millions across

the country. whiteout conditions, drivers blinded by the snow. the accidents in the east. cars and trucks skidding off highways. ice falling from a big rig, smashing through the windshield of another vehicle. and tonight, much of the country now facing those record-breaking cold temperatures in single digits or well below zero. lee goldberg standing by with the forecast. tonight, after years of the u.s. standing with ukraine, the war of words. president trump tonight calling president zelenskyy a dictator. the president saying 24 hours ago that ukraine shouldn't have started the war, even after the world witnessed russia invade ukraine. tonight, zelenskyy saying trump is living in a disinformation space. also tonight, the sweeping cuts coming to the pentagon. sources telling abc news defense secretary pete hegseth is calling for cuts, the most in more than a decade. is the defense secretary also looking to remove a number of top generals? what we've learned tonight. a deadly midair collision. two planes crashing into each other, one plane then plunging to the ground.

and the delta crash. the cranes that have arrived to pick the passenger jet off that toronto runway. and tonight, what we've now learned about that crash, the black boxes now recovered, amid questions about the crew's experience. what delta's ceo is now saying. tonight, authorities say this selfie tells the story. the suspects charged with breaking into the homes of pro athletes across the u.s. while they were away, while some were in games. including patrick mahomes and travis kelce. what authorities saw in this photo. tonight, the mother who gave up a baby boy at 5 months old, after learning she was implanted with the wrong embryo. she gave the boy to his biological parents, and what she's saying tonight. the measles outbreak in the u.s. is expanding. what health officials are now warning. tonight, the tears witnessed by so many. the chilling moment on the tennis court. the match halted, the tennis star suddenly breaking down because of who she saw in the stands. the lunar lander now in orbit, just above the moon's surface tonight. the rare and spectacular view

from the far side of the moon. and we told you about the seal discovered in the middle of the street in the northeast. the rescuers who arrived. >> hello! >> david: tonight, the team now caring for the seal, and what an update right here. you'll see how that seal is doing now. >> david: good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. we do begin tonight with the winter storm slamming parts of the east at this hour, and with this storm, 100 million americans on alert for a brutal wave of record-shattering cold. tomorrow morning, it could feel like 16 below zero in wichita, 3 degrees in dallas, and 1 degree in nashville. snow then coming to washington, d.c. and new york city. at this hour, that winter storm reaching the atlantic coast. ice and snow from south carolina up through virginia and delaware. tomorrow, snow showers from washington to new york. the images tonight. heavy snow still falling in norfolk, virginia.

multiple accidents. part of interstate 64 shut down. icy roads around oklahoma city, as well. a semitruck blocking lanes on i-40 today. a chunk of ice blowing off a big rig, smashing through the windshield of another vehicle on route 78, this is in pennsylvania. and the dramatic avalanche rescue in colorado right here. a snowmobiler pulled out alive after an hour buried in the snow. meteorologist lee goldberg standing by with the forecast, the snow and this record-breaking cold coming. and abc's faith abubey leading us off with the images coming in tonight. >> reporter: tonight, that cross-country winter storm now slamming the east coast with snow, sleet, and freezing rain. whiteout conditions in norfolk, virginia. first responders working wrecks all over the city. interstate 64 shut down for a time. traffic backed up for miles. the city bracing for up to ten inches of snow. from raleigh to richmond, the conditions making for a treacherous ride home. >> like they say in driving class, drive defensively. >> reporter: the system moving

east after dumping nearly a foot in the plains. and after devastating floods killed at least 14 people. parts of kentucky now dealing with up to a foot of fresh snow. in the west, sheriff's body camera showing the frantic race to rescue a snowmobiler who got buried in an avalanche monday near vail pass in the colorado rockies. >> just uncovered him. he is breathing. >> reporter: the victim buried for more than an hour, miraculously, still alive. the record arctic air ramping up the lake effect snow machine. the roof of this massive warehouse collapsing in williamstown, new york. not far from there, the town of camden declaring a state of emergency. and new dash cam video shows the dangers drivers are facing all over the country. watch that again. josh keating says he had an angel with him when a chunk of ice that flung off an 18-wheeler smashed through his windshield. thankfully, he was able to pull over safely.

and david, right now, it feels like negative 6 degrees here in kansas city. that right there behind me, that is a water fountain, almost completely frozen over. and david, tomorrow morning, it will feel like 23 degrees below zero. in those temperatures, frostbite can set in in just a half hour. david? >> david: incredible, the ice there behind you. faith abubey tonight. faith, thanks to you again. let's get right to chief meteorologist lee goldberg of wabc here in new york. hi, lee. >> hey, david. you know, this southern storm track has been the weather story of the season. d.c. has more snow than new york this season. pretty incredible. and it's another mid-atlantic storm tonight. we've got heavy snow and warnings from north carolina into virginia. snow's going to end in raleigh shortly, but still heavy snow in norfolk, up to salisbury. up to six inches of snow in places like virginia beach. that snow and ice moves offshore tonight. but we could still get snow showers in the northeast with a cold blast tomorrow. some snow in d.c. tomorrow morning. maybe a dusting in new york gets things slippery for the commute tomorrow evening.

the core of the cold air in the middle of the country. wind chills tomorrow, 20 to 40 below. could feel like 3 in dallas. the core of the cold moves east and eases as we head into the upcoming weekend, but we could have numerous record lows. this is not a mistake. 19 degrees below, the actual temperature in omaha. we thaw out over the weekend. david? >> david: wow, those numbers are extraordinary. we're all in this together. lee, thank you again tonight. this evening, after years of the u.s. standing with ukraine, after vladimir putin invaded ukraine, tonight, president trump now taking aim at ukraine's president zelenskyy. a war of words. trump calling zelenskyy a dictator. president trump also said 24 hours ago zelenskyy never should have started the war. even though the world witnessed russia invading its neighbor. zelenskyy responding, saying trump is, quote, living in a disinformation space. abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell from inside ukraine tonight. >> reporter: just 24 hours after president trump falsely blamed president zelenskyy for russia's invasion nearly three years ago, trump tonight doubling down and accusing the ukrainian leader of being a dictator.

>> a dictator without elections, zelenskyy better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. got to move, got to move fast, because that war's going in the wrong direction. >> reporter: criticizing zelenskyy in a post online for what trump claims are low approval ratings and for not holding elections. zelenskyy, who's polling over 50% and unable to hold elections with the war waging, calling it a talking point. "with all few respect, president trump unfortunately lives in this disinformation space." the escalating war of words threatens to interfere with any potential peace deal to end the war. today, vladimir putin basking in the warm glow of thawing relations with america, after that five-hour meeting between senior russian and american officials, without ukraine present. praising trump, the russian leader saying the talks have gone well, and he'd like to meet the american president. on capitol hill tonight, though, some u.s. lawmakers mixed about

this new budding relationship. >> vladimir putin is a gangster. he's a gangster with a black heart. he makes jeffrey dahmer look like mother teresa. >> president trump ran on the idea of bringing peace. and that's what he's going to deliver. >> reporter: u.s. allies in europe, who trump says failed to bring peace, gathering for the second time this week in paris for an emergency summit. david, tonight, real alarm about this apparent sudden shift in u.s. policy, not just here in ukraine, but in europe, too. and amid the war of words, the russian bombing continuing, more drones here in kyiv tonight. david? >> david: ian pannell in kyiv for us. ian, our thanks to you again. the other breaking headline involves the pentagon. we have learned president trump's sweeping cuts will target the pentagon next. the don't knowest cuts in more than a decade. sources tell abc news that secretary hegseth could be planning to fire some military generals. and tonight, the firings have already affected military veterans who work at the department of veterans affairs. here's our senior political correspondent rachel scott.

>> reporter: tonight, president trump's budget ax preparing to swing at the largest agency in the federal government, with deep cuts at the pentagon now on the horizon. sources tell abc news defense secretary pete hegseth has asked top pentagon officials to draw up plans for a sweeping 8% cut. the department hasn't seen cuts this deep in more than a decade. the news comes as sources tell abc news hegseth is preparing to fire or remove a series of top generals and senior officers. a list of their names already circulating among republicans on capitol hill. the big question, does it include the chairman of the joint chiefs, cq brown? hegseth once said brown had to go, but on the new secretary's first day in charge, he held back. >> will you fire the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and other members of the joint chiefs of staff? >> i'm standing with him right now. i look forward to working with him. >> reporter: the pentagon also has a huge civilian staff. some 878,000 people. >> stand up, elon. >> reporter: and president trump has instructed elon musk to dive

in, as the billionaire moves to slash the federal workforce. >> he will be looking at military, too. >> reporter: the layoffs already impacting those who have served. 1,000 workers fired from the department of veterans affairs. democratic senator tammy duckworth says some of them work for the veterans crisis hotline, fielding calls from veterans dealing with mental health crises and suicidal thoughts. she says the v.a. is now trying to hire those workers back. >> it's a middle finger to our heroes and their lives of service. >> reporter: andrew lennox, who served as a marine in iraq, afghanistan, and syria, was just fired from his job at the v.a. in ann arbor, michigan. >> shock and disbelief. and then just strain anger. because then all i started hearing were these sound bytes of parasitic, unproductive, lazy, entitled government workers. and all i can think about is, from my experience, you know, like, nobody was telling me i was lazy in afghanistan when i'm sleeping in a hole. >> reporter: tonight, the pentagon is confirming they are moving forward with that 8% cut,

totaling around $50 billion. the pentagon says that money will now be redirected to other defense priorities for the trump administration, david. >> david: all right, rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you. there's been another deadly plane crash. tonight, investigators are on the scene of a deadly midair collision just outside tucson, arizona. the small planes crashing into each other near the runway. one plane landing safely. the other plane plunging to the ground. two people were killed. the airport does not have an air traffic control tower. we also have new reporting tonight involving that harrowing delta crash in toronto. they are set to lift what's left of that jet off the runway now. and what they've now recovered. gio benitez covers aviation. >> reporter: tonight, cranes on the runway in toronto as crews work to remove the wreckage of that delta airlines plane that crash landed. investigators reviewing these images now showing the plane making its descent, its landing gear appearing to collapse. the plane flipping onto its back. passengers inside suspended upside down, hanging by their seat belts. today, amid questions about the

flight crew's experience and those windy conditions upon landing, delta's ceo ed bastian speaking to cbs. >> it was an experienced crew. all these pilots train for these conditions. they fly under all kinds of conditions at all the airports from which we operate. >> drop everything, drop it! come on! >> reporter: bastian hailing those flight attendants who helped passengers scramble to escape. >> most people appear to be okay. >> reporter: all 80 passengers and crew surviving. at least 21 injured. overnight, the transportation safety board of canada updating on the investigation. >> we've already removed the cockpit voice recorder, the flight data recorder, and we've sent them to our lab for further analysis. >> reporter: and david, delta tonight confirming to abc news that it is offering $30,000 to each passenger, no strings attached, and tonight, only one person remains in the hospital. david? >> david: all right, gio benitez back on this tonight. gio, thank you. tonight, seven suspects have now been arrested and charged after break-ins that made national headlines. breaking into the homes of

sports stars. tonight, the selfie that authorities say helped them with this case. here's aaron katersky. >> reporter: this is the selfie that helped crack the case of burglaries targeting professional athletes all around the country. the fbi says the image turned up in the search of an icloud account tied to the chilean nationals allegedly seen posing with a safe filled with watches, jewelry, and cash, stolen from nba star bobby portis. the milwaukee bucks forward posted these security camera images of his home being burglarized back in november, while he was playing a game against cleveland. >> i had a home invasion, and they took most of my prized possessions. >> reporter: one of the suspects is seen wearing a kansas city chiefs shirt. the fbi says that's a reference to the group's earlier burglaries targeting the homes of nfl stars patrick mahomes and travis kelce. tonight, federal prosecutors accuse seven chilean nationals with transporting cash and valuables stolen from the homes of a half dozen pro athletes and worth $5 million.

police believe a different south american theft group targeted the california home of nicole kidman and keith urban. police say the two stars were not home at the time, and investigators aren't sure the thieves even knew whose house they hit. it's not just celebrities and athletes, david. these south american theft groups are targeting upscale homes all around the country. david? >> david: aaron katersky back with us tonight. thank you. we turn now to the mother who gave up a baby boy at 5 months old after learning she was implanted with the wrong embryo. here's "nightline" anchor juju chang. >> reporter: tonight, a georgia woman is suing her fertility clinic after a heartbreaking ivf mixup. krystena murray was implanted with the wrong embryo, only to later give up the 5-month-old baby boy she desperately loved. >> i was his whole world, and having to hand him to complete strangers. >> reporter: krystena, a former nurse, says she knew something was off the minute she saw her newborn. she and her sperm donor were white, but her baby was african american. >> my first thought was, he's absolutely beautiful. gorgeous. and my second thought was --

what happened? >> reporter: you knew. >> i knew immediately. i was hoping it was a mixup in the sperm donor. and that he would be genetically somewhat mine, but my next thought was, if he is not mine and he's someone else's embryo, can he be taken? >> reporter: immediately fear? >> immediately fear. >> reporter: and a dna test would confirm those fears. >> probably one of the worst moments of my life. what little bit of hope i had that maybe it was the sperm and that he was mine was gone. >> reporter: she says the clinic found the biological parents, who were also clients. they sued her for custody, and krystena gave up the only son she'd ever known. >> i can remember walking out with an empty stroller, pushing an empty stroller back to my car. >> reporter: in a statement, coastal fertility specialists says this was an isolated event with no further patients affected, adding the clinic deeply regrets the distress caused by the unprecedented error that resulted in an embryo transfer mixup. while krystena says the clinic told her her embryos are

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