Tonight, the pressure campaign for Nikki Haley to quit after another convincing win from Donald Trump, this time in her home state. After a 20-point win for the former President, South Carolina Republican leaders say it's time to unite the party. But Haley is vowing to press on, saying she's a woman of her word. But is there any path to victory? Our exit poll shows broad support for Trump among voters last night, even if he's convicted of crimes. But he does face a money crunch, only made worse by mounting civil penalties. Alex Prashay on the campaign trail. Also, tonight, the Biden White House weighs its options after Alabama's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered children, what this means for the future of the IVF. The bold promise from Ukraine's President stating, We will win as the war enters its third year. With Russian forces advancing in the East, the Ukrainians are now pleading for more aid from the US, claiming the next month is crucial. Our James Longman right alongside President Zelenskyy, asking if he's lost faith in America. A Kentucky college student dead, another student now under arrest, accused of killing him. The latest in a series of campus murders.

Nationwide, vigils for Nets Benedict, the non-binary student who died after an altercation at school. New video from inside the school building and from the hospital, as well as their mother's painful call to 911. We now know the cause of a deadly fire in New York City. One person killed more than a dozen injured. The dramatic rescues by New calls to end court storming after a star Duke basketball player is injured by the college campus tradition. Important news for anyone looking to buy a home. Is the housing market coming back? That is now the time to buy. And on the edge of history, the umpire ready for the majors and the figure skaters who've become an inspiration on the ice.

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Thanks so much for joining us on this Sunday. I'm Lindsay Davis. One day after Donald Trump trounced Nikki Haley in her home state, the former South Carolina governor is pledging to stay in the race, at least through Super Tuesday. While the Republican winner in South Carolina has historically gone on to become the party's nominee in all but one primary since 1980. Haley remains defiant, telling supporters, It's not the end of our story. But there is growing pressure for her to step aside. In former President Trump's victory speech, he said he'd never seen the Republican Party so unified and did not mention Haley by name. Trump now appears set to lock in enough delegates for the Republican nomination, and his looming legal woes did not deter South Carolina Republican primary voters. In fact, 61% of those surveyed said they would consider Trump fit to be President, even if he was convicted of a crime. Why is Haley still hanging on? Abc's Alex Prashay leads us off tonight from the campaign trail.

Tonight, Donald Trump barreling into Tuesday's Michigan primary, fresh off a 20-point victory in South Carolina.

Now there's a spirit that I have never seen.

He's now the first non-incumbate Republican presidential candidate to sweep Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

I have never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now. I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run for President.

Nikki Haley vowing to continue on at least until Super Tuesday. A defeat in the state she once governed is a blow. She lost by a wider margin than in New Hampshire. Her path forward's narrowing, and she's facing increasing pressure to drop out. The Republican Party chair here saying, We need to unite our party and put Donald Trump back in the White House.

In 10 days, 20 plus states and territories are going to vote.

Let them vote. America doesn't do coronations.

The Trump campaign is motoring into Michigan, burning through cash. Year-end disclosures showing his political fundraising committees spent more than $50 million on legal fees related to the former President in 2023. Exit polling from South Carolina showing more than 60% of Republicans surveyed would see him fit to be President, even if he were convicted of a crime. Trump campaigning over the weekend, saying these investigations have gained him support in the Black community. We've all seen the mug shot.

You know who embraced it more than anybody else? The Black population. It's incredible. Those comments showing swift backlash over the weekend from Haley Haley and many others. Alex Bershay joins us now from Charleston, South Carolina. Alex, many are asking why Haley is remaining in this race when the cards are clearly stacked against her.

Lindsay, one of the big reasons is that Nikki Haley still has quite a bit of campaign funding. She's got big ad buys through Super Tuesday. Now, Nikki Haley was able to pick up three delegates here in South Carolina, but the fact remains that her path towards a nomination is increasingly narrow. And looking ahead to Michigan, that primary, she's already down some 60 points in the polls. Lindsay.

Alex Prachee for us in South Carolina. Alex, thank you. And we turn now to a topic that is once again front and center on the campaign trail, reproductive rights. President Biden is weighing possible responses to the Alabama Supreme Court's recent IVF ruling that declared frozen embryos are people. Abc's White House Correspondent Mary Alice Parks joins us now. Mary Alice, officials say the President is limited here in what he can do.

Lindsay, in terms of new policy, it is possible the administration can do something on the edges. The White House team says that they are looking at potential executive actions, but fundamentally, they say that Congress needs to act to put back in place a nationwide right to reproductive care. But it's hard to imagine this Congress getting laws like that passed despite public support. Two years ago, 195 Republicans voted against a bill to protect access to birth control. Right now, today, there are 125 Republicans, including Speaker of House, Mike Johnson, who are signed onto one bill called the Life Act Conception Act. That would protect life at all stages, including the moment of fertilization. So it really comes down to a political debate now, and that is why Democrats are putting this case in Alabama front and center in their campaign messaging. They are pointing to the fact that former President Trump pushed to get anti-abortion justices on the Supreme Court and other anti-abortion judges on federal benches. Lindsay.

Widespread implications here. Mary Alice, thank Overseas now, Ukraine's President, Zelenskyy, is vowing victory against Russia, even as Russian forces are gaining ground on the battlefield. Russia's intensifying its attacks, overnight, and missiles and drones hit targets throughout the country. These images coming in from Eastern Ukraine. Zelenskyy is making an appeal to the West once again for more military aid. And what he had to say specifically about the US? Abc's James Longman from Ukraine.

Tonight, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine now enters its third year, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy and his top security officials holding a major press conference in Kyiv to mark the anniversary, vowing to win the war and disclosing Ukrainian casualty figures for the first time. They claim 31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since the war began. That's far lower than recent US estimates of around 70,000. Zelenskyy also saying Ukraine, which is running low on weapons and ammunition, needs military aid from the US within a month. That aid currently held up in Congress. After the event, I press Zelenskyy on whether that aid will arrive. Mr. President, can you talk about aid from the US Congress? Are you worried about not getting it?

I think that the guys will make good decision. For us, very important. A little bit hurry up for them.

Have you lost faith in the US?

No, they are great people. I count on your people. They will push everybody.

Putting on a brave face, but the war here is not going well. He still thinks so that aid will get through Congress. It comes as Russia makes some of its most significant battlefield gains in months. Officials toured the strategic city of Advika in Eastern Ukraine. Captured by Russian forces last week, they're now pushing to secure nearby towns. White House officials tell ABC's Martha Radetz, it's vital for Congress to approve that aid package.

This is not about a shortage of will, Martha. This is about a shortage of bullets. If we can fill that shortage of bullets, Ukraine will stand up brave and courageous and take the fight to the Russians.

Over the last two years, Ukraine has not wanted to comment on casualty figures, preferring instead to project strength. That President Zelenskyy did so today is a sign, perhaps, of just how serious the situation here is.

Lindsay? Change in strategy there, James. Thank you. We turn now to a tragedy in rural Kentucky. An 18-year-old Campbellsville University student is dead. A 21-year-old student is now under arrest. It's the third case of fatal violence on college campus in just the past two weeks. Here's ABC's Morgan Norwood.

Tonight, friends and family struggling to understand why 18-year-old Kentucky College student Josiah Kilman was murdered, allegedly by his schoolmate.

It's indescribably suppicating for this to happen to him, for all people.

Police arresting 21-year-old Charles Escalera Saturday. Escalera now facing murder and burglary charges. Police call to a Campbellsville University dorm room early Saturday where Kilman was found unresponsive. Kilman taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Kilman's longtime soccer coach remembering him as a role model.

He was such an exceptional human being that shined a really bright light.

Authorities identifying Escalera as the suspect, releasing these surveillance images of him, the campus placed on lockdown. By evening, police taking Escalera into custody after getting a tip from a local farmer.

He had located a male in his barn while he was feeding.

Kilman's death is the latest deadly incident involving college students across the country within the past two weeks. Nicholas Jordan facing murder and other charges in the shooting deaths of his roommate, Samuel Nopp, and Nopp's friend, Sealy Raine Montgomery, at the University of Colorado. And Jose Abara, going before Judge Saturday, charged in the killing of Augusta University nursing student, Laken Reilly, on the University of Georgia campus. In a statement, federal officials say Ibarra is a citizen of Venezuela and was arrested in 2022 after unlawfully entering the US. Lindsay asked for the Campbellsville murder, that suspect being held on a $2 million bond. Police have not said how Josiah Kilman died, but that community is grieving. There's a hope and healing service being held on the University's campus tonight.

Lindsay Lindsay. Our hearts certainly go out to them. Morgan, thank you. Vigils are being held tonight to remember a 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died one day after being attacked in a high school bathroom. Next, Benedict identified as non-binary and was repeatedly bullied. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the death, but officials have said it was not a result of the attack. More now from ABC's Jacquelen Lee.

Tonight, vigils across the country to honor the non-binary teenager who died one day after getting into a fight with several students in Oklahoma.

Sadness and anger are my main two emotions right now. This should not happen. All children deserve to be loved and accepted and celebrated for who they are.

Newly released surveillance video shows next Benedict walking into a bathroom at Owaso High School. A faculty member soon follows, and the fight is broken up. The school says it lasted less than two minutes.

Okay, so they just up and decided to just start messing with you? Yeah, because of the way that we dress.

Police body camera shows Benedict lying in a hospital girning hours later, the 16-year-old telling an officer that a group of girls were making fun of them. Benedict admits to then pouring water on them, and things escalated.

They came at me, they grabbed me on my hair, I grabbed on a limb, I threw one of them into a paper towel dispenser, and then they got my legs out from under me, got me on the ground, trying to beat the shit out of me.

The district says administrators took statements from students and assessed their health. The school recommending one parent take their child to visit a medical facility. Parents also given the option to file police reports.

She's not doing good at all. I need someone here now.

In a chilly 911 call the next day, Benedict's mother demanding an ambulance.

My daughter, I don't know what's going wrong. She's She's cheering and her hands are in. How old is she? She is 16.

Okay.

She fell at school or she got beat up at school yesterday. I took her to the hospital last night.

Owaso police saying in a statement that preliminary information from a complete autopsy performed by the medical examiner indicated that Benedict did not die as a result of trauma. Lindsay, the Benedict family says they're conducting their own independent investigation. Tonight at a local park in Owaso, there will be another vigil. And tomorrow at Benedict's high school, students plan on staging a peaceful walkout to stand up against bullying.

Lindsay. Jacquelyn, thank you. We're learning more details about that deadly fire here in New York. One person died, 17 others injured. Firefighters use ropes to rescue some residents trapped on the upper floors. Officials say a lithium-ion battery caused the blaze. Details now from ABC's Rina Roy.

Firefighters making daring rope rescues. A two-alarm blaze erupting in New York City's Harlem neighborhood Friday. Investigators revealing the cause this weekend, saying a lithium-ion battery is to blame. A lateral ladder or rear fire shape for roof access. You can see people trapped on the top floor of this apartment building calling for help.

There's a whole bunch of smoke everywhere. You could see all these people waving out of the window, and they were trying to escape.

Rescuers hoisting people out of windows and carefully descending to safety.

We made our way up to the roof, ensured them not to jump.

They were coming down to rescue them.

The NYPD's Aviation Unit guiding the delicate rescue efforts from above.

The fighters had to make three rope rescues, which is something very unusual for us to do at one fire.

Eighteen people hurt. Five rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Tragically, Fazil Khan dying from his injuries. His employer posting, We are devastated by the loss of such a great colleague and wonderful person. The FDNY is warning that lithium-ion batteries are now a leading cause of fires and fire-related deaths here in New York City. Lindsay.

Rena, thank you. We'll get new home sales numbers from the government tomorrow. Anyone in the market for a home knows it's anything but a buyer's market across part of the country. That shut out many prospective homeowners for the past several years. But There are signs that's changing. Here's ABC's Alexis Cristofferis.

Tonight, home buyers enjoying something they haven't seen in years. More homes to choose from, as a drop in stubbornly high mortgage rates late last year convinced some homeowners sell. Sales of existing homes rising 3% in January, with the most sales in the South and West. More available homes could bring back buyers as Americans slowly get used to elevated mortgage rates.

This is not just a one month flip. It is something that we've seen for the last three months.

New housing data shows there are nearly 8% more homes for sale compared to a year ago, still 40% below pre-pandemic levels.

So far, at least, supply and demand have balanced out in favor of sellers and we've continued to see home prices go up.

Mortgage rates have ticked up in recent weeks, too. But at 6.9%, they're about a percentage point below their October peak. Experts warn it could be years before we get back to those 3 and 4% rates. First-time buyers Edalina and Trevor Baumgarten spent five months looking for a home in Seattle frustrated by low inventory and high prices.

I was definitely getting a little discouraged.

The first two offers we put in, we lost out to all cash offers.

But in early January, things started to change. They're now the proud owners of a three-bedroom home.

We did have to go over asking price, and I believe we weren't the highest offer. It seems like it is still pretty competitive.

Persistently high inflation fueling the recent rise in mortgage rates. But we'll get more clues on the strength of a housing rebound tomorrow with fresh data on new home sales. Lindsay.

Alexis, thank you. Tonight calls for change after Duke Our seven-foot center, Kyle Filipowski was injured after the Blue Devil's upset loss to Wake Forest. Filipowski was knocked down by a Wake Forest fan, storming the court, injuring his knee in the collision that he says was intentional. The incident is renewing. Calls for on-court safety. Duke's coaches demanding action. Last month, Iowa star Kaitlyn Clarke was knocked down when Ohio State fan stormed the court after beating Clarke's Hawk Eyes. She was not hurt. And there's still much more ahead here on World News tonight, this Sunday, including a Winter warmup will show you where records could fall this week and why this could be the year a woman calls the balls and strikes in the major league. It will not feel like February in many parts of the country as we start the work week. Records could fall with temperatures running 10 to 30 degrees above average from the plains to the East Coast. Dallas could see 90 degrees on Monday. Chicago could get close to 70 on Tuesday. Temperatures could rise to the '60s and 'low '70s from DC to New York. And when we come back, the umpire who just might break baseball's gender barrier.

To the index now, this could be the year a female umpire gets to call a Major League baseball game during the regular season. Jen Powell, who played softball with the US women's team, began working spring training games this weekend, the first woman to do so in 17 years. She's expected to start the season in the minors, but could be called up to the majors. History was made last night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Lily Gladstone won for female actor in a leading role in the Killer of the Flower Moon. She's the first Indigenous actor to win in that category. Oppenheimer won for outstanding cast, and it leads the Academy Award nominations with 13. The Oscars are two weeks from tonight on March 10th. You can watch right here on ABC. When we come back, meet the skaters who become an inspiration on the ice. Finally, tonight, Breaking the ice. Something special in the nation's capital. Let's go, Maya.

These skaters from Howard University gliding into history over the weekend as the first ever figure-skating team from a historically black university in the country to ever participate in an inter-collegiate skating competition.

I first started ice-skating when I was seven. Co-founders Maya James and Shayan Walker worked tirelessly for for months to get the team up and running. To be able to see our new members, people who have never been on the ice before, learning how to skate is the most exciting part of everything. Last October, it all came together. The team held its first practice at a skating rink 10 miles from campus at 5:00 AM, sharing these behind-the-scenes views on their Instagram page. How are you feeling? I feel good. Here they are on the ice today. Our university's bigger skating team. Wowing fans at the Blue Hen Ice Classic in Delaware. Blazing a trail on the ice and beyond. H-u making history. Thanks so much for watching. I'm Lindsay Davis. Good night.

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