ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - March 6, 2024

>> David: TONIGHT, SEVERAL

BREAKING STORIES AS WE COME ON

THE AIR.

THE STORM MOVING UP THE EAST

COAST, WASHINGTON, D.C., TO NEW

YORK CITY TO BOSTON.

THE WATCH IS UP RIGHT NOW.

>>> IN NEW YORK CITY TONIGHT,

THE NATIONAL GUARD BEING SENT

INTO THE SUBWAY TO PROTECT

RIDERS.

>>> AND NIKKI HALEY DROPPING OUT

OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

IT'S NOW BIDEN VERSUS TRUMP.

WHERE WILL NIKKI HALEY'S VOTERS

GO?

>>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE STORM

HITTING RIGHT NOW, BLINDING RAIN

FOR MILLIONS AND THE DANGEROUS

EVENING COMMUTE.

THE WATCHES NOW POSTED FROM NEW

YORK CITY TO BOSTON.

ROB MARCIANO IS STANDING BY.

>>> IN NEW YORK CITY, THE

DRAMATIC MOVE, SENDING IN THE

NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYED ON THE

SUBWAYS AMID CRIME.

A SUBWAY CONDUCTOR HAD HIS

THROAT SLASHED, ANOTHER

CONDUCTOR ATTACKED JUST TODAY.

>>> THE UNITED FLIGHT, THE

EMERGENCY LANDING AND THE LOUD

BANG SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.

THE PASSENGER JET THEN VIOLENTLY

SHAKING.

>>> TONIGHT, NIKKI HALEY OUT OF

THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT AND WHAT

PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID TODAY TO

NIKKI HALEY'S SUPPORTERS.

AND THE HIGH-STAKES MOMENT FOR

BIDEN IN FRONT OF THE NATION

TOMORROW NIGHT WITH DONALD TRUMP

LEADING NATIONALLY AND IN THE

KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES AS WELL.

>>> TONIGHT, DID RUSSIA TARGET

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY?

THIS EVENING, THE RUSSIAN

MISSILE STRIKE COMING WITHIN 300

FEET OF ZELENSKYY.

WHAT UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ARE NOW

SAYING.

JAMES LONGMAN REPORTING.

>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT HAS

TURNED DEADLY.

THE IRANIAN-BACKED MILITANTS

FIRING MISSILES AT COMMERCIAL

SHIPS.

AT LEAST THREE CREW MEMBERS HAVE

BEEN KILLED, AND MARTHA RADDATZ

IS STANDING BY WITH LATE

REPORTING TONIGHT.

>>> THE AMERICAN MOTHER OF TWO

WHO SUDDENLY DIED, FALLING ILL

ON A FLIGHT HOME FROM VACATION

FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

WHAT THEY NOTICED ON THE PLANE.

>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS

TONIGHT.

THE VERDICT JUST IN ON THE

"RUST" MURDER TRIAL.

THE ARMORER CHARGED.

WHAT THE JURORS HAVE JUST

DECIDED.

>>> YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT, AND A

NEW RECORD WARNING ABOUT SOME

ACNE CREAMS AND A CANCER-CAUSING

INGREDIENT FOUND IN THEM.

WHAT RESEARCHERS ARE SAYING,

WHAT THE COMPANIES ARE SAYING

NOW AS WELL.

>>> THE FAMOUS SONG "HOTEL

CALIFORNIA" AND THE SUDDEN MOVE

IN THE CRIMINAL CASE OVER THE

EAGLES CLASSIC.

♪ WELCOME TO THE HOTEL

CALIFORNIA ♪

>> David: TONIGHT, WHAT JUST

HAPPENED IN COURT.

>>> AND THE ROBIN ROBERTS

EXCLUSIVE.

THE FIRST LOOK RIGHT HERE

TONIGHT WITH COLLEGE BASKETBALL

STAR CAITLIN CLARK, WHO BROKE

THE WOMEN'S SCORING RECORD AND

THEN THE MEN'S SCORING RECORD,

TOO.

WHAT SHE TOLD ROBIN.

>> David: GOOD EVENING TONIGHT

FROM WASHINGTON.

WE HAVE A VERDICT JUST IN

TONIGHT ON THE "RUST" MOVIE

TRIAL.

ALSO, THE NATIONAL GUARD SENT

INTO THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY.

>>> WE DO BEGIN WITH THE STORM

MOVING RIGHT UP THE EAST COAST.

HEAVY RAIN HITTING JUST AS

MILLIONS DRIVE HOME.

WASHINGTON, D.C. TO PHILADELPHIA

TO NEW YORK CITY TO BOSTON.

FLASH FLOOD ALERTS FOR 33

MILLION AMERICANS FROM NEW

JERSEY TO NEW YORK TO NEW

ENGLAND.

BLINDING RAIN WELL INTO THE

NIGHT.

ANOTHER SYSTEM TAKING SHAPE IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY

REACHING THE EAST BY FRIDAY

NIGHT.

ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN SOAKING THE

REGION.

THERE ARE REAL FLOOD CONCERNS AS

WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING.

THE STORM COMING UP FROM THE

SOUTH.

CARS UNDERWATER ON FLOODED

STREETS IN ROSWELL, GEORGIA.

SENIOR METEOROLOGIST ROB

MARCIANO LEADING US OFF TONIGHT,

TIMING THIS OUT FOR US.

HEY, ROB.

>> HI, DAVID.

IT CAME IN QUICK AND IT'S BEEN

STEADILY INCREASING THROUGHOUT

THE DAY IN NEW YORK AND ON THE

I-95 CORRIDOR WITH THE WORST OF

IT ON THE DOORSTEP.

CHECK OUT THE RADAR, IT IS

SMOTHERED AND COVERED FROM

PORTLAND, MAINE, BACK THROUGH

PITTSBURGH, BUFFALO, BURLINGTON

AS WELL.

THERE YOU SEE THE SQUEEZE PLAY.

THE HEAVIEST RUMBLING NOW UP THE

GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN THROUGH

LONG ISLAND AND GETTING A TAP

FROM THE ATLANTIC.

SO A LITTLE BIT TROPICAL HERE,

HENCE THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

AND WATCH AS THE BRIGHT COLORS

MOVE UP FROM NEW ENGLAND AND

THAT'S WHERE THE HEAVIEST WILL

BE.

IT DOES END AROUND

DAYBREAK, BUT BOSTON, I THINK,

WILL STILL BE A MESS FOR THE

MORNING COMMUTE.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT

BEHIND THIS OVER THE WEEKEND.

BETWEEN THOSE TWO, 2 TO 4, MAYBE

5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE

NORTHEAST.

AND THE SOUTHEAST.

AND A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH

THE NEXT ONE TOMORROW AND FRIDAY

FROM DALLAS TO NEW ORLEANS BACK

TO MOBILE.

TORNADOS AND DAMAGING WINDS

POSSIBLE HERE IN THE NORTHEAST

AND UPWARDS OF AN ENTIRE MONTH'S

WORTH OF RAIN THROUGH SUNDAY.

DAVID?

>> David: WE'LL BE WATCHING IT

RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.

ROB MARCIANO LEADING US OFF

TONIGHT.

ROB, THANK YOU.

>>> WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED,

HAVE BREAKING NEWS JUST IN

TONIGHT.

THIS VERDICT IN THE "RUST" JURY

TRIAL.

THE ARMORER, HANNA GUTIERREZ,

CHARGED, AND THE JURY FINDING

HER GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY

LET'S GET RIGHT TO ABC'S MOLA

LENGHI OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN

SANTA FE FOR US.

MOLA?

>> Reporter: DAVID, TONIGHT IT

TOOK THE JURY JUST 2 1/2 HOURS

TO FIND HANNA GUTIERREZ GUILTY

OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN

THE SHOOTING DEATH OF

CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS.

>> NOTHING IS EVER GOING TO

BRING HALYNA BACK TO HER FAMILY.

IT WAS A HARD-FOUGHT CASE.

AND WE'RE GLAD THAT IT'S OVER,

AND WE HOPE IT BRINGS SOME

CLOSURE TO THE GUTIERREZ FAMILY.

>> Reporter: GUTIERREZ WAS THE

ARMORER IN CHARGE OF WEAPONS ON

THE MOVIE SET OF "RUST."

THE DEFENSE SAID GUTIERREZ WAS

BEING USED AS A SCAPEGOAT.

JURORS AGREEING WITH

PROSECUTION'S ARGUMENT THAT

GUTIERREZ REPEATEDLY SKIRTED

IMPORTANT WEAPONS SAFETY CHECKS

AND CARELESSLY BROUGHT LIVE

ROUNDS ONTO A SET JUST DAYS

BEFORE ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN FIRING

A LIVE BULLET IN OCTOBER 2021,

KILLING HALYNA HUTCHINS.

HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN

IN JULY.

>> David: MOLA LENGHI WITH THE

BREAKING NEWS.

THE GUILTY VERDICT FOR ANNA

GUTIERREZ, INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER.

MOLA, THANK YOU.

>>> MEANTIME TONIGHT, IN NEW

YORK CITY THE DRAMATIC MOVE.

THE NATIONAL GUARD BEING SENT

INTO THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY TO

PROTECT RIDERS.

TONIGHT HERE, NEW YORK'S

GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ON THE

CRIME THEY'RE SEEING ON THE

SUBWAY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING

ABOUT IT.

AARON KATERSKY IN NEW YORK

TONIGHT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE

NATIONAL GUARD IS SET TO PATROL

THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM,

A SHOW OF FORCE AFTER A SERIES

OF VIOLENT ATTACKS.

>> I'VE CERTAINLY NOTICED A

DIFFERENCE IN CRIME IN SUBWAYS

PARTICULARLY THAT EVEN HAVE ME

AS AN NYPD EMPLOYEE FEARFUL OF

MY SAFETY.

>> Reporter: WHILE CRIME IN THE

CITY OVERALL IS DOWN, THE START

OF THE YEAR HAS SEEN A SPIKE IN

THE SUBWAYS, AND THE GOVERNOR

SAYS IT'S GIVING RIDERS ANXIETY.

>> SAYING THINGS ARE GETTING

BETTER DOESN'T MAKE YOU FEEL

BETTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE

JUST HEARD ABOUT SOMEONE BEING

SLASHED IN THE THROAT OR THROWN

ONTO A SUBWAY'S TRACKS.

>> Reporter: 750 NATIONAL GUARD

MEMBERS ALONG WITH 250 STATE AND

TRANSIT POLICE OFFICERS WILL

PATROL THE PLATFORMS AND CHECK

BAGS FOR WEAPONS, JOINED BY

TEAMS OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS.

THE DEPLOYMENT COMES AFTER A

SUBWAY CONDUCTOR'S THROAT WAS

SLASHED JUST LAST WEEK.

OUR STATION WABC WAS THERE WHEN

THAT CONDUCTOR MET THE DOCTOR

WHO WAS ON THE TRAIN AND SAVED

HIS LIFE.

>> GOD BLESS YOU.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN.

MY ANGEL.

>> Reporter: JUST TODAY, WE

LEARNED OF ANOTHER ATTACK.

A CONDUCTOR HIT BY A BOTTLE.

SHE'S GOING TO BE OKAY, DAVID.

POLICE BELIEVE MANY OF THESE

CRIMES ARE BEING COMMITTED BY

REPEAT OFFENDERS, SO THE

GOVERNOR IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

SOME WAY TO PREVENT THEM FROM

RIDING.

DAVID?

>> David: AARON KATERSKY

REPORTING FROM NEW YORK TONIGHT.

AARON, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THAT UNITED

FLIGHT FROM HOUSTON TO FORT

MYERS.

PASSENGERS HEARING A LOUD BANG

JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, THEN SEEING

FLAMES SHOOTING OUT OF ONE OF

THE ENGINES.

THE PASSENGER JET VIOLENTLY

SHAKING, THE PILOTS FORCED TO

TURN BACK.

HERE'S ABC'S MATT GUTMAN.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, THAT

MIDAIR SCARE.

A PASSENGER FILMING AS FLAMES

SHOOT OUT FROM THE ENGINE OF A

UNITED PLANE ON ITS WAY TO

FORT MYERS, FLORIDA.

>> I WAS TEXTING MY FAMILY, AND

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO

HAPPEN.

SO I WAS JUST TELLING

THEM THAT I LOVED THEM VERY

MUCH.

>> Reporter: UNITED AIRLINES

FLIGHT 1118 TAKING OFF FROM

GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL

AIRPORT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,

AROUND 6:30 P.M. MONDAY.

MINUTES LATER, PASSENGERS

HEARING A LOUD BANG AND FEEL

VIOLENT SHAKING.

>> PANIC SET IN WITH A LOT OF

PEOPLE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

AROUND ME WERE SCREAMING AND

CRYING.

>> Reporter: DAVID GRUNINGER

TAKING THIS VIDEO, THE ORANGE

FLAMES ERUPTING FROM THE ENGINE.

THE PILOT TELLING AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROL THERE ARE 167 PEOPLE

ON BOARD.

>> WE'VE GOT BOTH ENGINES, ONE

OF THEM JUST HAD A SURGE OR

STALL.

>> Reporter: THE AIRCRAFT

LANDING BACK IN HOUSTON LESS

THAN AN HOUR LATER.

EMERGENCY CREWS WAITING ON THE

TARMAC.

IN A STATEMENT TONIGHT, UNITED

SAYING THE PLANE EXPERIENCED AN

"ENGINE ISSUE."

ADDING "THE FLIGHT LANDED

SAFELY, AND THE PASSENGERS

DEPLANED NORMALLY."

DAVID, UNITED SAID THAT NO ONE

WAS HURT, AND IT SECURED A NEW

PLANE TO TAKE THE PASSENGERS TO

FORT MYERS THAT EVENING.

THE FAA SAYS IT IS NOW

INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT,

THE LATEST INVOLVING A 737, AND

THAT PLANE IS DUE BACK IN THE

AIR TOMORROW.

>> David: MATT GUTMAN REPORTING

TONIGHT.

MATT, THANK YOU.

>>> WE TURN NOW TO THE RACE FOR

THE WHITE HOUSE, AND TONIGHT

AFTER SUPER TUESDAY, A BIG NIGHT

FOR DONALD TRUMP, GOVERNOR NIKKI

HALEY TONIGHT BOWING OUT OF THE

RACE.

IT IS NOW A BIDEN/TRUMP REMATCH.

GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY

CONGRATULATING DONALD TRUMP AND

NOT ENDORSING HIM.

TONIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN

REACHING OUT TO HALEY'S

SUPPORTERS.

AND THE PRESIDENT'S HIGH STAKES

MOMENT.

HIS SPEECH, THE STATE OF THE

UNION IN FRONT OF THE COUNTRY

TOMORROW NIGHT, WITH DONALD

TRUMP AHEAD IN THE POLLS.

HERE'S RACHEL SCOTT.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT,

DONALD TRUMP'S LONE REMAINING

REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER CALLING IT

QUITS.

>> I SAID I WANTED AMERICANS TO

HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

I HAVE DONE THAT.

>> Reporter: NIKKI HALEY

CONGRATULATING TRUMP, BUT NOT

ENDORSING HIM.

INSTEAD URGING THE FORMER

PRESIDENT TO HEED THE MESSAGE OF

HER SUPPORTERS, WHO HAVE SERIOUS

RESERVATIONS ABOUT ANOTHER TRUMP

TERM.

EXIT POLLS SHOW 79% OF HALEY

VOTERS WOULD BE DISSATISFIED

WITH TRUMP AS THE REPUBLICAN

NOMINEE.

79% ALSO SAY HE WOULD BE UNFIT

FOR OFFICE IF CONVICTED OF A

CRIME.

>> IT IS NOW UP TO DONALD TRUMP

TO EARN THE VOTES OF THOSE IN

OUR PARTY AND BEYOND IT WHO DID

NOT SUPPORT HIM.

AND I HOPE HE DOES THAT.

AT ITS BEST, POLITICS IS ABOUT

BRINGING PEOPLE INTO YOUR CAUSE,

>> Reporter: PRESIDENT BIDEN

QUICKLY PROMISING HALEY'S

SUPPORTERS HAVE A PLACE IN HIS

CAMPAIGN, SAYING, "I KNOW

THERE IS A LOT WE WON'T AGREE

ON.

BUT ON THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF

PRESERVING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY,

ON STANDING UP FOR THE RULE OF

LAW, PRESERVING NATO AND

STANDING UP TO AMERICA'S

ADVERSARIES, I HOPE AND BELIEVE

WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND."

TRUMP NOW THE DE FACTO

REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, PREDICTING

THE PARTY WILL COME TOGETHER.

>> AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

UNITY, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN

VERY QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: TODAY, ONE OF THE

LAST REMAINING REPUBLICAN

LEADERS FALLING IN LINE.

SENATE MINORITY LEADER

MITCH McCONNELL HASN'T SPOKEN TO

TRUMP IN THREE YEARS, PUBLICLY

BLAMING HIM FOR JANUARY 6th.

>> THERE'S NO QUESTION, NONE,

THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS

PRACTICALLY AND MORALLY

RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVOKING THE

EVENTS OF THE DAY.

>> Reporter: BUT TODAY,

McCONNELL ENDORSING TRUMP,

SAYING "IT SHOULD COME AS NO

SURPRISE THAT AS NOMINEE, HE

WILL HAVE MY SUPPORT."

REPORTERS PRESSING THE SENATOR

ON HOW HE COULD CONDEMN TRUMP IN

2020 AND ENDORSE HIM NOW.

>> I SAID IN FEBRUARY OF 2021,

SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE

CAPITOL, THAT I WOULD SUPPORT

PRESIDENT TRUMP IF HE WERE THE

NOMINEE OF OUR PARTY, AND HE

OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE THE

NOMINEE OF OUR PARTY.

>> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP HAS

ATTACKED MITCH McCONNELL FOR

YEARS, EVEN USING RACIST INSULTS

TO MOCK HIS WIFE, WHO ONCE

SERVED IN THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION.

NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT

THANKING McCONNELL FOR THAT

ENDORSEMENT, SAYING HE LOOKS

FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.

DAVID?

>> David: THIS REMATCH NOW UNDER

WAY.

RACHEL SCOTT TONIGHT, THANK YOU.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR CHIEF

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY

BRUCE ALSO WITH US HERE TONIGHT.

AND THE STATE OF THE UNION

ADDRESS, THE PRESIDENT KNOWS

THIS, THE WHITE HOUSE KNOWS

THIS, THE STAKES COULD NOT BE

HIGHER.

>> Reporter: THEY COULD NOT.

YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE

PRESIDENT REACHING OUT TO

HALEY'S SUPPORTERS.

DAVID, THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT

FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, AND THIS

WHITE HOUSE AND HIS CAMPAIGN

KNOW IT.

TRAILING IN THE POLLS TO DONALD

TRUMP AND FACING THOSE

PERSISTENT CONCERNS AND

QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS AGE, THE

PRESIDENT TOMORROW NIGHT HAS TO

SELL SKEPTICAL VOTERS ON HIS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHOW THE

AMERICAN PUBLIC THAT HE IS STILL

UP FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON THE

JOB.

NOW, I AM TOLD HE WILL REFLECT

ON HIS RECORD AND HIT ON SOME OF

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT ARE

BEING POSED TO HIS CAMPAIGN,

ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION AND THE

ECONOMY.

NO WORD YET ON WHETHER HE'S

GOING TO CALL OUT TRUMP DIRECTLY

BY NAME, BUT THIS IS LIKELY

TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST

AUDIENCES THE PRESIDENT HAS ALL

YEAR.

HIS BEST CHANCE TO MAKE HIS CASE

AND CHANGE PERCEPTIONS BEFORE

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

DAVID, NO QUESTION THE PRESSURE

IS ON.

>> David: MARY BRUCE LIVE AT THE

WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.

MARY, THANK YOU.

AND OF COURSE, WE WILL BE HERE

FOR THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE

UNION ADDRESS TOMORROW NIGHT AND

THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE RIGHT

AFTER.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US

BEGINNING AT 9:00 P.M. EASTERN

TOMORROW NIGHT RIGHT HERE ON

ABC.

>>> WE CONTINUE WITH THE NEWS

OVERNIGHT, AND OVERSEAS HERE

THIS EVENING, DID RUSSIA TARGET

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY?

A RUSSIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE

STRIKING ODESA JUST 300 FEET

FROM PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY AND THE

PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE.

TONIGHT, WHAT UKRAINE AND RUSSIA

ARE NOW SAYING ABOUT THIS.

HERE'S ABC'S JAMES LONGMAN.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, ONE OF THE

CLOSEST CALLS YET FOR UKRAINE'S

PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY.

A RUSSIAN MISSILE NARROWLY

MISSING HIM AND THE GREEK PRIME

MINISTER DURING A VISIT TO THE

PORT CITY OF ODESA.

THAT STRIKE LEADING TO IMMEDIATE

CONCERNS ZELENSKYY WAS TARGETED.

THE MISSILE LANDING JUST

300 FEET AWAY FROM BOTH LEADERS.

NEITHER WAS HURT.

BUT THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY

TODAY NOT OFFICIALLY CONNECTING

THE ATTACK TO ZELENSKYY'S VISIT,

INSTEAD CALLING IT RUSSIAN

TERRORISM.

ZELENSKYY SAYING THE TWO LEADERS

SAW THE EXPLOSION, ADDING THE

RUSSIANS "DON'T CARE WHERE THEY

STRIKE," EVEN WITH INTERNATIONAL

GUESTS PRESENT.

THE KREMLIN CLAIMS THEY

TARGETED A HANGAR HOUSING

UKRAINIAN NAVAL DRONES.

IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN IS

EXPECTED TO PUSH FOR MORE AID TO

UKRAINE IN HIS STATE OF THE

UNION SPEECH.

SO THIS IS WAITING TO BE

EXPORTED?

>> YES.

>> Reporter: WE GOT A FIRST LOOK

INSIDE A SECRET UKRAINIAN

WEAPONS MANUFACTURING FACILITY

STRUGGLING TO FILL THE

AMMUNITION SHORTAGES ON THE

BATTLEFIELD.

WITH THAT U.S. MILITARY AID

STUCK IN CONGRESS, UKRAINE IS

DOING WHAT IT CAN TO TRY TO MAKE

AS MUCH OF ITS OWN AMMUNITION.

BUT IT WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH TO

BEAT RUSSIA.

FOR THAT, THEY NEED THE UNITED

STATES.

UKRAINE SAYS IT CAN USE AS MANY

AS 20,000 SHELLS A DAY, BUT SOME

UNITS ARE RESUPPLIED WITH JUST

50 SHELLS DAILY.

>> THE CURRENT CHALLENGE FOR

2024 IS TO MULTIPLY OUR EXISTING

PRODUCTION.

>> Reporter: SO YOU ARE MAKING

EVERY MONTH WHAT YOU WOULD

NORMALLY MAKE IN A YEAR?

>> WHAT WE DID IN -- YEAH, IN

2018, 2019.

SO WE GREATLY INCREASE.

>> Reporter: UKRAINE SAYS IT IS

BADLY IN NEED OF MILITARY AID

FOR HELP ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND

TO HELP TRY TO STOP THE KINDS OF

ATTACKS THAT ALMOST HIT

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TODAY.

DAVID?

>> David: EXTRAORDINARILY CLOSE.

JAMES LONGMAN TONIGHT, THANK

YOU.

>>> THIS EVENING FOR THE FIRST

TIME THE IRANIAN-BACKED

MILITANTS FIRING THOSE MISSILES

ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS, THOSE

ATTACKS HAVE NOW TURNED DEADLY.

TONIGHT, AT LEAST THREE CREW

MEMBERS ARE DEAD, AND HERE'S

MARTHA RADDATZ.

>> Reporter: TONIGHT, FOR THE

FIRST TIME AFTER MONTHS OF

MISSILE ATTACKS ON CARGO SHIPS,

THE IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHIS HAVE

LEFT CREW MEMBERS DEAD, KILLING

THREE ON BOARD THIS CARGO SHIP

AND CRITICALLY INJURING THREE

OTHERS IN THE GULF OF ADEN.

THE SHIP, A LIBERIAN-OWNED

CARRIER SEEN IN THESE DRONE

SHOTS BILLOWING SMOKE, THE

SURVIVING CREW ABANDONING SHIP.

A U.S.-GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER

NOW HEADED TO ASSIST.

THIS COMES DAYS AFTER THE

HOUTHIS SUNK A CARGO SHIP

CARRYING 21 TONS OF FERTILIZER

IN THE RED SEA.

>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM

ACCOUNTABLE, AND WE CALL ON

GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO

DO THE SAME.

>> Reporter: SINCE JANUARY,

THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FOUR

LARGE-SCALE U.S. AND BRITISH

JOINT AIR STRIKES ON HOUTHI

TARGETS IN YEMEN.

INCLUDING 150 MISSILES AND

LAUNCHERS, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE

DONE LITTLE TO SLOW DOWN THE

HOUTHIS.

THE HOUTHI MISSILE ATTACKS AIMED

AT COMMERCIAL VESSELS AND U.S.

NAVY SHIPS HAVE HAPPENED ALMOST

DAILY AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S

BUSIEST AND MOST IMPORTANT