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Tonight, the new developments in the desperate search for Nancy Guthrie. The storm threat in the West that's triggering evacuation warnings and why the State Department is urging Americans to exercise caution while traveling by train during the Winter Games. First, it's been 15 agonizing days since Nancy Guthrie first

went missing. Investigators are now reporting a break in the case. Sources say that they have recovered DNA from a glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home. That glove appears to match one believed to have been worn by a masked person

caught on surveillance video. This comes as friends of the Guthrie's say that the family is frustrated with the pace of the investigation. Our chief investigative correspondent, Erin Katurski, reports from the scene in Tucson.

The growing fallout from the release of the Epstein files and a six-page letter to Congress, Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the DOJ has released all relevant documents. While some members of Congress are furious and demanding more answers, as Britain's former Prince Andrew is facing intense scrutiny. The storm threat stretching across the West, Los Angeles on high alert. The evacuation warnings and road closures ahead of the storm

and snow could make for a messy Monday morning commute in New York City and other parts of the Northeast. Our weather team is standing by with the forecast. And the potential travel nightmare for flyers after yet another partial government shutdown. Democrats are digging in, demanding changes to immigration enforcement, leading to a possible stalemate. The State Department with a warning to Americans about train travel and to exercise caution during the winter games after allegations of sabotage along several railways. Military forces board and seize another sanctioned oil tanker in a dramatic operation in the Indian Ocean. Punches thrown on the court. Six players ejected from the game after this

wild brawl between St. John's and Providence. Fans feel the heat after this fire forced them from their seats during a basketball game between the Oklahoma Sooners and Georgia Bulldogs. And America Strong Tonight, the new miracle workers, five trauma surgeons are breaking barriers as they heal the sick.

From ABC News World Headquarters in New York. This is World News Tonight.

Good evening everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this Sunday. I'm Lindsay Davis. We begin tonight with new developments in the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, which is now entering its third week. Investigators say DNA recovered from a glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home is a possible match for the type believed to have been worn by a masked person captured on surveillance video. Authorities are awaiting final test results on that glove,

but they are also focusing on a Walmart backpack worn by that suspect in the video. This comes as sources say that Today hosts and her siblings are frustrated with the pace of the investigation. We have team coverage tonight.

ABC's chief investigative correspondent, Aaron Kuterski, leads us off from Tucson.

Tonight, two weeks after Nancy Guthrie's abduction, investigators are focusing on two distinctive characteristics of the suspect seen lurking on her doorstep. They're using sales records to trace the purchase of the Walmart backpack the suspect is seen wearing, and they're trying to match DNA from a glove

retrieved near her home. Investigators said they found a total of 16 gloves during roadside searches. Law enforcement sources tell ABC News they lifted DNA of an unknown male from one glove found about two miles from the house. That glove appears similar to the kind worn by the suspect as he tampered with Nancy's doorbell camera.

We have, yeah, we've gotten DNA back and that's why I say well they already have the genetic markers of those that we think had access to the home, rightfully so, the family, the landscapers, the pool guy.

The FBI can compare the male profile to DNA found on Nancy Guthrie's property and run it through a national DNA database.

CODIS is our database, and that's the one that all the states contribute to and if you're arrested your DNA is in the database. However, there are other methods and that one of them can be forensic genetic genealogy. Unfortunately, that takes a while to be able to use that.

Tonight's sources also tell ABC News investigators are leaning away from members of the Guthrie family as suspects. And tonight, two weeks after her mother was taken, Savannah Guthrie with this Instagram post directly addressing her mother's captor.

It's been two weeks since our mom was taken and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope.

They're also leaning away from two men detained after traffic stops, one last week in Rio Rico, Arizona, and another on Friday night about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home. That person's house was searched and gray Range Rover was towed. Both men were released within hours. With little new information, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings are enduring an agonizing, frustrating wait, but she

posted on instagram our lovely mom we will never give up on

her.

Does the family have hope. And it's not just me is there's 400 cops that have hope on this there's there's an entire community that have every case we just don't quit we should We continue it. I'm like you. I wish this was done in a day. This is real life. It's not TV.

The FBI could have something back on the Glove DNA within 24 hours, Lindsay. Investigators are also working to build out a more substantial profile of the suspect. They've already estimated his height, 5'9 or 5'10 of average build. Now they're going to try and measure his weight, maybe his shoe size, to give the public something more to go on. Lindsay?

Starting to make a bit of progress there, Aaron. Thank you. And let's get right to Robert Boyce, the former chief of detectives for the NYPD. Robert, how crucial is it to have this DNA?

Lindsay, it's a good lead. Let's put it that way, because we'll see where it goes at this point. But it is just a lead right now. But it's unusual. It's a globe by the side of the road. And they were able to get a profile of it. Now they have to do three things. They're going to compare it to the profile found in the house. And they're going to then take it and put it in a CODIS and do a CODIS search on it and see if that person's in the CODIS system. And lastly, at some point, they may want to do a genealogical search and then see where that takes a long time though. So that's three things they're going to do and hopefully develop it a little more. Remember, Mexico has its own database

and its borders with Pima County. So it's important to take that into their database as well. Those are the things that are going to go. And we should find out soon about the first two, you know, with the comparison within the home. And of course, the hit and pose.

Robert, thank you. Now to the growing fallout from the release of the Epstein files in a six page letter to Congress, Attorney General Pam Bondi declares that the DOJ has released all of the relevant documents. This comes as Britain's former Prince Andrew is facing more scrutiny. Here's ABC's investigative reporter, Olivia Rubin.

Tonight, the Department of Justice telling Congress it has released all of its relevant records on notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but bipartisan lawmakers demanding more answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

I don't have confidence in her. She hasn't got any sort of

accountability there at the DOJ this is a massive cover-up

being led by the White House and the DOJ.

In a letter to lawmakers obtained by ABC the DOJ explaining its redactions claiming nothing was withheld or redacted on the basis of embarrassment reputational harm or political sensitivity. The DOJ has already acknowledged it withheld 3 million pages of records from the public for various reasons raising

questions after the names of some victims were initially left exposed while names of some powerful men were initially redacted. Bondi declaring last year the Epstein case was closed. This week deflecting questions about any further investigations.

I ask you, Attorney General Pam Bondi, why did you shut down this investigation last July and why have you not prosecuted former Prince Andrew?

I don't believe you asked Merrick Garland these questions when he was Attorney General.

Republican Nancy Mace excoriating the department, writing, the excuses provided for not releasing all the files will not hold up in a court of law. This isn't going away until people go to jail. Overseas, the consequences have been far-reaching, from France to Norway to the UK, where police are now assessing whether to investigate former Prince Andrew and searching the homes of former ambassador

Peter Mandelson over potential misconduct in public office Prince Andrew has denied any wrongdoing and Mandelson has expressed regret for his association with Epstein but said he never witnessed any criminal activity back in the U.S. the files roiling Wall Street and Hollywood. But in Washington, D.C., President Trump's standing by his Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, who admitted he visited Epstein's island with his family years after Epstein

pled guilty to sex crimes. Lutnick has never been accused of wrongdoing.

Secretary Lutnick remains a very important member of President Trump's team, and the president fully supports the secretary.

And Lindsay Democrats on the hill say they are pushing for more testimony from Letnik as now a high profile deposition has already been scheduled for this week with billionaire less Wexner, a former financial client of Epstein who now says he didn't know of any wrongdoing.

Lindsay Olivia, thank you now to those evacuation warnings in Los Angeles ahead of that powerful storm the region is facing a potentially dangerous threat from heavy rain flooding and gusty winds. Let's bring in ABC's Jacqueline Lee in Los Angeles tonight, Jacqueline what's the latest with the storm preparations?

Lindsay, residents are bracing for those incoming storms. The majority of LA County will be under a flood watch, but the big concern here is the debris flow, those mudslides. Evacuation warnings have been issued for burn scar areas like here in Altadena. They were devastated by last year's wildfires. Now, as for residents residents they are preparing we

saw a handful of them at local fire stations filling up sand bags, one homeowner telling us she is concerned about mud destroying her property that would be very expensive to

clean up.

And they can imagine all right Jacqueline thank you let's get right to meet around us Danny backstrom from our New York

station wabc hi Danny time this all out for us. First system moving in, but we have systems back to back to back for the western half of the country this week. Quite a pattern change from the first half of the month. You see that heavy rain from this first system right now from northern California into the Bay Area. But the flood concerns shift to southern California tomorrow as the system continues to push in. Also looking at the threat for some really gusty wind that with saturated ground can topple trees. But the primary concern going to be the flooding, especially at burn scars. But just look at this week back to back to back. So no rest. It does mean up to six inches of rain expected for the central coast down through

southern California between Monday and Friday. But the silver lining going to be the snow pack. It has been a depressing season for the Rockies for the Sierra Nevada and we're forecasting in feet this week in terms of snow. We're still watching that severe threat in north florida right now, but now our attention turns to the rain up the mid atlantic and then some snow. It looks like a slushy start in new york city tomorrow morning, but a

warm up into Tuesday means most of it will melt. All right, well no rest for the weary in the meantime, danny, thank you now to the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security and the partial government shutdown. Flyers are now bracing for long lines and other travel disruptions. This is the result of Democrats demanding changes to immigration enforcement, but Republicans are pushing back. Here's ABC senior White House correspondent Selena Wang. Tonight, the partial government shutdown entering its second day.

Democrats refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security until Republicans agreed to major changes to immigration enforcement. The showdown escalating after weeks of unrest in Minneapolis following the killings of Renee good and Alex pretty by federal agents and now to ice agents have been placed on administrative leave under federal criminal investigation over whether they lied about

another shooting in Minneapolis, former president Barack Obama speaking on a podcast comparing the behavior

of ice agents to conduct seen in dictatorships.

The role behavior. Agents of the federal government we is is deeply

concerning and

dangerous. A White House spokesperson hitting back saying anyone pointing the finger at law enforcement officers instead of criminals is simply doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens. Democrats are demanding reforms including requiring agents to wear body cameras banning them from wearing masks and

mandating the obtain warrants signed by a judge before making

arrests. These are common sense proposals and they're supported by the American people why won't Republicans go for them.

But while workers at other agencies under DHS including TSA FEMA and the Coast Guard could soon soon feel the squeeze, ICE will keep operating, funded by a $75 billion cash infusion

from President Trump's mega bill passed last year.

Immigration mission, the reason why President Trump

was elected to be president, continues.

Lindsay, if the shutdown drags on, it could lead to travel delays and staffing shortages at airports nationwide.

Remember, the last shutdown, which lasted 43 days, If this shutdown drags on, it could lead to travel delays and staffing shortages at airports nationwide.

Remember, the last shutdown, which lasted 43 days, ended only 12 weeks ago. The acting administrator of the TSA says putting workers through yet another shutdown would be quote, unconscionable. Lindsay?

Salina, thank you.

Overseas now to the Winter Games. Nail biters and a big upset. The U.S. men's curling team defeats Sweden the reigning gold medal champions. ABC's Marcus Moore is at the

games. Thrilling upsets and major comebacks for Team USA tonight. On the ice in Milan the young American men's curling team taking down the defending Olympic gold medalist Sweden 8 to 5 in round-robin play. The group calling it a surreal experience. They are now tied for third in the standings, keeping their medal hopes alive. Dramatic action on the women's side too. The Americans three points down, mounting a fierce comeback to

beat China on the last throw. The dominance on the ice continued as the United States stays undefeated, besting Germany 5-1, punching their ticket to the quarterfinals. But amid the celebrations, heartbreaking defeats. American hopefuls struggling to reach the podium in several events today. From decorated Olympian and former gold medalist Michaela Shiffrin to speed skater and reigning gold medalist Erin Jackson. Jackson placing fifth in the women's 500-meter race, missing out on bronze by five hundredths of a second.

And Lindsey, while it's been a tough day for some of the Americans, history is still being made. Great Britain securing medals in the Winter Games for the first time in 102 years. And this weekend, Brazil's Pinero Broton won gold in the giant slalom. Lindsey, that country's first ever medal in the Winter Games.

Marcus, thank you. Now to the Munich Security Conference. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukraine's President Zelensky at the high-stakes talks in Geneva this week to end the war in Ukraine. Let's get right to ABC's Lama Hassan.

Lama, what can you tell us about this meeting? Yeah, Lindsay, Secretary of State Marco Rubio taking center stage at the Munich Security Conference, zeroing in on a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky saying his country is facing more pressure to make concessions

ahead of that June deadline. The comments come just days before high-stakes talks in Geneva and amid ongoing Russian strikes, drones hitting the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odessa, targeting a railway line, a residential building and a tanker. Lindsay, Rubio did cast doubt on whether both sides can agree on a deal, but adding the

U.S. will continue to test whether Vladimir Putin is serious about ending the war. Lindsay. Lama Hassan Forrest, thank you Lama. Now to the ninth tanker seized by the Trump administration, all allegedly connected to Venezuela. The Pentagon says US forces boarded a sanctioned vessel

overnight in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean. According to the Defense Department, the ship is related to Venezuela's alleged efforts to avoid United States sanctions. Still ahead, where there was smoke,

there was also fire at one college basketball game. We'll let you know what sparked the situation. And a Northeast Hoops rivalry boils over on the court. The fallout after the red storm rose up against some fighting Friars. Next tonight, a new warning for Americans attending the Olympics. The U.S. Embassy in Rome is advising caution after more suspected acts of sabotage on high-speed

railways serving the Italian capital. Service yesterday was delayed for hours, leaving rail stations packed. Italian police are investigating burnt cables between Rome and Naples, along with two other incidents. Now to disorder on the court in Rhode Island. A hard foul in Saturday's St. John's Providence men's basketball game leads to mayhem.

A fight erupts. both benches emptied. The game was delayed nearly 20 minutes, six players ejected, a seventh was kicked out later after another hard foul. No word yet from the Big East Conference about possible suspensions.

When we come back, a long time fast food giant is shrinking, why Wendy's is trimming down. To the index now Now things got unexpectedly hot at one college basketball game. Flames erupted inside the arena during the Georgia Oklahoma men's game Saturday. Fire officials say a popcorn machine ignited at a concession stand. They have not yet said how it happened. The flame sent fans scrambling, but no one was hurt. A sprinkler system put the fire out. The game was not affected. A fast food giant is trying to

slim down. Wendy's says that it plans to close several 100 U. S. Restaurants this year between five and 6% of its total. As after the company reported same store sales fell by 10% in the last three months of 2025. Wendy's hopes to win customers back by offering new value meals. And when we come back, four men, one woman, five different paths, one historic medical moment.

Finally, the doctors behind a different type of medical breakthrough. Take a good look at these five doctors. More than a portrait, it's a moment suspended in history. For the first time, five African American surgeons now lead the trauma service

at the preeminent Johns Hopkins Hospital. Tonight, we hear from some of the trailblazers behind this historic team.

My parents are so proud. I am the first physician in my family, and I think it's so impactful. For Doctor Lawrence Brown,

medicine is more than science. It's service. That's what's important to me.

Equity has to remain at the forefront of how we deliver patient care, how we do research, how we scale programs up in our health care system.

Doctor Zachary Numa is the result of service that was modeled and purpose that was inherited.

Growing up in Columbus, Georgia in the 1990s, I watched my parents, my mom, a family medicine doc, my dad, a general surgeon, show up to serve patients every day.

For Dr. Ife Xiongbo, history isn't just remembered here, it's carried forward.

The best part is that I get to save lives and have an impact every single day. To anyone who's watching, realize that your dream and capacity can only be limited by you. And if you can think it, see it, then dream and capacity can only be limited by you. And if you can think it, see it, then

you can absolutely reach it. History Making. I'm Lindsay Davis. Good night.