ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

After President-elect Donald Trump traveled to Texas for Elon Musk's SpaceX launch, Gio Benitez reports on how problems with the Starship's booster caused it to intentionally be redirected into the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in a massive explosion; Trevor Ault has details on the new brush fire that broke out in New York City as fires flare up across the drought-stricken Northeast, and Ginger Zee tracks the rain finally heading to the Northeast along with an atmospheric river that could bring dangerous flooding and mudslides to the West; Ian Pannell has the latest on Ukraine launching American-made long-range missiles into Russia for the first time as the Kremlin responds with a nuclear threat; and more on tonight's broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.

As the Northeast braces for the heaviest rain in months amid wildfires and a record drought, and a deadly bomb cyclone with the strength of a hurricane slams the West, Mola Lenghi reports and Lee Goldberg has the forecast; Faith Abubey has the judge's verdict and sentencing in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus; just two days after a fatal stabbing spree in Manhattan, Aaron Katersky reports on the urgent manhunt now underway on the Upper West Side for the man who slashed a tourist in the face in a seemingly unprovoked attack; and more on tonight's broadcast of World News Tonight with David Muir.