President ial race. Its now biden versus trump. Where will nikki haleys voters go . First, tonight the storm hitting right now, Blinding Rain For Millions and the dangerous evening commute. The watches from New York City to boston and 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 and another conductor attacked today. 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 haleys supporters and the highstakes moment for biden in front of the nation tomorrow night with donald trump leading nationally and in the key battlegrounds 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 a James Longman reporting. For the first time it has turned deadly. The iranianbacked militants firing missiles at commercial ships and Martha Raddatz is standinging by with late reporting. The American Mother of two who suddenly died falling ill on vacation from the Dominican Republic and what they noticed on the plane. The verdict just in on the rust murder trial. Your health tonight and reporting of acne creams and a cancercausing ingredient found in them. What the researchers are saying and what the companies are saying, as well. The famous Song Hotel California and the case over the Eagles Classic. Welcome to the Hotel California tonight, what just happened in court and the Robin Roberts exclusive with College Basketball star Caitlin Clark who broke the womens Scoring Record and the mens Scoring Record, too. What she told robin. This is Abc World News Tonight with david muir reporting from washington. Good evening tonight from washington. We have a verdict just in tonight on the rust movie trial and the National Guard sent into the new york subways. Heavy rain hitting just as millions drive home. Washington, d. C. To philadelphia to boston and 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 and there are real Flood Concerns as we head into the evening. The cars under water on flooded streets in rosswell, georgia. Senior meteorologist rob marciano timing this out for us. Hi, rob. Hi, david. It came in quick and its been steadily increasing in the i95 corridor. Check it out, and the heaviest rumbling now up the Garden State Parkway in through long island and getting a tap from the atlantic and tropical here hence the heavy downpours and watch as the downpours from new england and thats where the heaviest will be and it ends around daybreak, but boston will still be a mess for the morning commute. We have another one over the weekend and two to four, maybe ti five inches of rain and a Severe Weather threat with the next one tomorrow from dallas to new orleans and tornadoes possible here in the northeast and upwards of an entire months worth of rain through sunday. David . Well be watching it right here with you. Rob marciano leading us off tonight. Thank you. Breaking news, this verdict the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez charged and the jury finding her guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Lets get right to abcs mola lenghi tonight. Reporter it took the jury two and a half hours to find hannah guilty the armorer of the movie set of rust. She was taken into custody tonight. The defense said gutierrez was being used as a scapegoat. Gutierrez repeatedly skirted critical Weapons Safety checks and carelessly brought live bullet rounds into the set just days before that alec baldwin was rehearsing in fired a live bullet in october 2021 killing cinematographer helena hutchins. His trial is scheduled to begin in july. Mola lenghi with the breaking news. The guilty verdict for Anna Gutierrez involuntary manslaughter. The National Guard being sent into the New York City subway to protect riders. New york governors kathy hochul on the Kram Thecrime theyre se the subway and what theyre doing about it. Reporter tonight, A Show Of Force after a series of Violent Attacks in the New York City subway system. A show of force after a series of Violent Attacks. Ive noticed an increase in crimes particularly that have me as an nypd fearful of my safety. While crime in the city overall is down, the start of the year has seen a spike in the sunways and its giving riders anxiety. It doesnt make you feel better especially when you hear someone being slashed in the throat or being thrown on the subway tracks. 750 National Guard members and 250 state police joined by teams of Mental Health workers. It comes after a Subway Conductors throat was slashed this week. Wabc was there when the conductor met the doctor who was on the train and saved his life. God bless you. Youre a good man. My angel. Just today we learned of another attack, a Conductor Being Hit with a bottle and shell be okay. Many of the crimes are being committed by Repeat Offenders and the government is trying to prevent them from riding. Aaron katersky on the situation on the New York City subway. Thank you. The flight from fort meyers and passengers hearing a loud bang. The Passenger Jet violently shaking and the pilot forced then to turn back. Heres abcs matt gutman now. 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 didnt know what was going to happen and i was just tellinging them that i loved them very much. Reporter United Airlines flight 1118 taking off from George Bush International airport in houston, texas, before 6 30 p. M. On monday. Minutes later, passengers hearing a loud bang and violent shaking. Panic set in with a lot of people and a lot of people around me were screaming and crying. David gruninger taking this video, the Orange Flames Erupting from the engine. The pilot telling air Traffic Control there are 167 people onboard. Weve got both engines, one of them just had a surge or stall. Reporter the Aircraft Landing Back in houston about an hour later, as Emergency Crews waited 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. Reporter 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 is investigating the incident and the latest involving a 737 and that plane is due back in the air tomorrow. Matt gutman reporting tonight. 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 and it is now a bidentrump rematch. Governor nikki haley congratulating donald trump and not endorsing him and President Biden reaching out to haley supporters and in his State Of The Union tomorrow night with donald trump ahead of biden in the polls. Heres rachel scott. Reporter tonight, Donald Trumps 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, not turning them away. This is now his time for choosing. President biden quickly promising haleys supporters have a place in his campaign, saying i know there is a lot we wont 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 americas adversaries, i hope and believe we can find common ground. Trump now the defacto republican nominee, predicting the party will come together. And we are going to have unity and its going to happen very quickly. Reporter today, one of the last remaining Republican Leaders falling in line. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell hasnt spoken to trump in three years, publicly blaming him for january 6th. Theres 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 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 attached Mitch Mcconnell for years and even using racist insults to mock his wife and now trump thanking mcconnell for that endorsement and looking forward to working together. Lets get right to White House Correspondent mary russo, 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. Youve already seen the president reaching out to supporters and 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 am gracian aimmigra economy and no word yet on when he will call out donald trump by name and this one of the biggest audience all year and the best chance to change perceptions before the general election. David, no question the pressure is on. Mary bruce at white house. Thank you. We will be here for the president s State Of The Union tomorrow night and the republican response right after, and i hope you will join us beginning at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on abc. We continue with the news overnight and did Russia Target ukrainian president zelenskyy. A russian Ballistic Missile striking odesa just 300 feet from president zelenskyy and the Prime Minister of greece. What they are saying about this and heres abcs James Longman. Reporter tonight, one of the closest calls yet for ukraines president volodymyr zelenskyy. A Russian Missile narrowly missing the ukrainian leader and the greek Prime Minister during a visit to the port city of odessa. That strike leading to immediate concern 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 zelenskyys visit, instead calling it russian terrorism. Zelenskyy saying the two leaders saw the explosion, adding the russians dont care where they strike, even with International Guests present. The kremlin claiming they targeted a Hangar Housing 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 their own ammunition, but it will never be enough to beat russia. For that they need the united states. Reporter ukraine saying 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. 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 . Extraordinarily close. James longman tonight, thank you. This evening for the first time the iranianbacked militants firing those missiles on commercial ships those attacks have now turned deadly. Three crew members are dead and heres Martha Raddatz. Reporter tonight, for the first time after attacks on cargo ships, two members six others injured by backed. A u. S. Guided missile cruiser now headed to assist. This comes 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 been four largescale 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 worlds busiest and most important shipping routes. Martha, what have you learned . What we have learn side these keep happening again and again In The Red Sea in that area and something President Biden is paying close attention to, but the houthis are not running out of missiles. David . Martha rad at here in washington, good to be in your bureau for a change, thank you. To the mysterious death of an American Mother of two falling ill coming home from vacation from the Dominican Republic and what they noticed on the plane. Heres victor akendo. Reporter tonight, family and friends stunned by the sudden death of an indiana mother who abruptly fell ill on a flight after vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Its very frustrating, just the unknown of kind of what happened. I think everybody wants to know. Reporter last wednesday, Stefanie Smith was returning from a fiveday vacation in the caribbean with her boyfriend. Her friend maria yannotti, also on that trip, saying stefanie seemed healthy right before the flight, even taking this group photo with hotel staff. She loves going t