, himself? tough questions ahead for trump lawyer jay sekulow. >>> plus, smiling on the outside. seething on the inside. sean spicer exits the white house. >> what are you trying to accomplish with your staff shakeup? >> make america great again. >> the press secretary quits after president trump makes his finance friend anthony scaramucci to communications director. and sarah sanders press secretary. she's here with her first sunday interview. a "this week" exclusive. >>> and what about the democrats? everyone knows they don't like trump. are they offering an agenda for all of you? >> we're not going to stand idly by and shrug our shoulders when america is suffering. >> chuck schumer says he has answers. what went wrong? what democrats need to get right? >>> and the reporter whose interview are president trump rocked washington this week. maggie haberman joins our "roundtable." everything you need to know. we'll break down the politics. we'll smoke out the spin. the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning. six months ago this week, president trump took the oath of office

so far is leaks against us. now last night, the president's personal lawyer, jay sekulow spoke to reporters in denver where he's attending a conservative conference. he insisted the trump legal team is not looking into the question of pardons because he says it's not an issue. some legal scholars suggest that the constitution was unclear on whether the president could pardon himself. and some have suggested if he were to do so, it would provoke a constitutional crisis. dan and paula? >>> we want to bring in chief anchor george stephanopoulos. he'll host "this week" later this morning. good morning. we want to talk about the issue of pardoning. that david wright just spoke of. jay sekulow, the president's lawyer says, he doesn't know where this came from and says quote what's going on in washington is an attack of the president. at the end of the day, whether or not the president is researching it, we know he's tweeting about it, can the president pardon himself? >> that question has never been tested. no president has tried it before. most constitutional scholars say he cannot. no

exclusively with trump legal team member jay sekulow. and new white house press secretary sarah sanders. that's tomorrow morning on "this week." >>> also breaking tonight, the severe weather threat at this hour, millions in the path. powerful winds and blinding rain. the alerts tonight about possible dangerous thunderstorms and flash flooding, abc's adrienne bankert with the new images coming in. >> reporter: tonight, severe storms tear through the midwest, putting 32 million americans at risk. torrential rain hammering central ohio, making it impossible to see. this just one of over 170 reports of severe weather this weekend. powerful winds, bending trees sending debris flying in northern illinois. hail thrashing the windows of this house, ricocheting off car windows. the fox river near chicago still above flood stage and slow to recede. >> we've been doing this for about a week and half and we're just done. >> reporter: residents wading through floodwater to clear storm drains, others stack sandbags to save their homes. this bridge in fayette county, iowa, gone. destroyed by f

team, jay sekulow. >>> plus, new bill, same questions, another delay. the senate leadership is pushing off the health care vote. >> i'm sitting, waiting for that bill to come to my desk. >> what happens next? we ask two key players. a republican set against the bill and the white houses' point on health care. >>> anltd as he nears the six-month mark, how does america see president trump's performance? >>> everything you need to know. what's fact. what's fiction. and what matters to you. >>> good morning. almost six months into the trump presidency. the headline this is week were once again dominated by russia. the newly disclosed meeting at trump tower puts president trump's son, his son-in-law, and his then-came pan chairman in the same room with a russian-american lobbyist and a kremlin-connected lawyer believed to have dirt on hillary clinton. is this a turning point in the russia investigation? what does it mean for the president's ability to push his agenda forward? >>> all this comes as there were science of momentum this week for the president and the country. the stock

big show this morning. he's going to be going one-on-one with trump team member jay sekulow and adam schiff. plus, as we mentioned, more on the battle over health care with susan collins and hhs secretary tom price, which is all coming up on "this week" right here on abc with president jon karl. >>> we do move on now though to the new details coming out this morning of the victims of the deadly high-rise fire in honolulu, hawaii. >> yes, this disaster also raising new questions about older buildings unequipped with sprinklers. and abc's marci gonzalez is in our l.a. bureau with the latest on the investigation. hi, marci. >> reporter: hi, paula and dan. good morning. investigators are still piecing together what caused the fire as victims' family members share their frustration that more wasn't done to prevent this. this morning, a first look inside at the charred aftermath of that deadly fire in a honolulu high-rise. >> it looks like a war zone in there. it's completely burnt out. >> reporter: the flames tearing through the 26th floor friday and quickly spreading. >> that was li

discussion on the russia investigation continues on "this week with george stephanopoulos," jay sekulow and adam schiff will explain what's next for the trump administration. you can watch "this week" right here on abc 7. >>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say he'll delay a bill, and the senate leader had planned action on the controversial bill this beak, but senator john mccain won't be around to vote following surgery in arizona, and that put the measure in jeopardy because it's a closely-divided senate. republicans can't afford to lose only two of their party's votes if they want to get that bill passed. >>> now to a road hazard we've all encountered at one point or another, debris flying off other cars or truck. video shows a heartstopping close call in florida. abc news reporter kenneth mowton has a look. >> reporter: a freak accident on the highway, a florida man miraculously surviving after his minivan is crushed. >> the car is rolled over and there is smashed metal into the vehicle. >> reporter: the jaw-dropping image, a large metal pipe soaring through the air, crashing ri