spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> these are extremely serious charges the president is making. where is he getting this information? >> look, i think there have been quite a few reports. i know that jonathan and others earlier in the program mentioned that that it was all conservative media. that's not true. "the new york times" and bbc talked about the potential of this having happened. the bigger thing is, let's find out. if they're going to investigation russia ties, let's include this as part of it. that's what we're asking. >> was the principal source the breitbart story, which links to "the new york times." but "the new york times" doesn't say anything definitive. donald trump does. there's nothing equivocating about what he says. i just found out that obama had my wires tapped. that's not looking into something. he says it happened. >> look, i think the bigger thing is you guys are always telling us to take the media seriously. well, we are today. we're taking the reports that places like "the new york times," fox news, bbc, multi

december. spoke with him on the phone in may as well. what can you tell us about those exchanges and what the president unts about his issue and his approach? >> i have honored the commitment to keep those conversations private. i'll tell you nothing would surprise you about them. i presented all the reasons i felt and still feel it would be in the best interests of our country to stay in the paris agreement. but, the president made the wrong decision in my view. and in the view of most americans. you know, a majority in every one of our 50 states wanted the u.s. to stay in the agreement. a majority of president trump's supporters and voters wanted us to stay in.

. thank you for joining us today. i want to get to the trip. first, questions about the meeting you all had with the russian foreign minister. "the new york times" reporting the president said in the meeting -- i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. real nut job. i faced great pressure because of russia. now that's taken off. is that what the president said? >> well, i don't remember exactly what the president said. and, the notes that they apparently have, i do not think are a direct transcript. the gist of the conversation was that the president feels as if he's hamstrung in his ability to work with russia to find areas of cooperation because this has been obviously so much in the news. that was the intention of that portion of the conversation. >> did you know he was going to report that to the russians? what did you think when you heard it? >> report what, george? >> what he said about james comey, that he fired him and why? >> the firing had been in the news. but i didn't know in advance that the president was going to raise it. as i mentioned, he raised it in the context

year. majority leader mcconnell joins us now. nice to see you this morning. >> good morning. >> do you support president trump's temporary immigration ban from these predominantly muslim countries? >> i think it's a good idea to tighten the vetting process. but i also think it's important to remember that some of our best sources in the war against radical islamic terrorism are muslims, both in this country and overseas, and we have had some difficulty in the past getting interpreters, as you suggested in the earlier segment, who are helpful to us treated properly. so, we need to be careful as we do this. improving vetting, something -- >> and yet right now they're being detained so do you support this or do you not support this? >> it's hopefully going to be decided in the courts whether it's gone too far. i don't what to criticize them for improving vetting. i think we need to be careful. we don't have religious tests in this country. >> in the past you've called the muslim ban completely and totally inconsistent with american values. the president says this is not an outright mu

for joining us. >> hi, george. >> we just heard from kellyanne conway. we want to talk about the president's statement at the cia. it drew some fire from former cia director john brennan. she fired right back and said it was remarkable. >> here's what i would say to stand on sacred ground, the wall which commemorates cia agents who gave their lives to the country and then talk about what he talked about was so, so wrong. president trump ought to realize. he's not campaigning anymore. he's president. and instead of talking about how many people showed up at his inauguration, he ought to be talking about how many people are going to stay in the middle class and move into the middle class. >> what did you make of his inaugural speech? kellyanne conway say it was unifying. >> it was not at all. he spoke only to his supporters. the theme is to reach out to people who didn't vote for you. and of course, the majority of people didn't vote for donald trump. instead, he just spoke to his supporters. the other thing that bothered me, as much as the narrowness of it and the darkness of amer

line is very simple. and that is -- president never called us once about this. they came on board with repeal, which hay knew every democrat would oppose. we democrats provided our republican colleagues, drop replace and stop undermining the aca are willing to work. with our republican friends. >> right now? >> as long as they say, no more repeal. that's a loser. 17% of americans liked trump care. that's it. they didn't want it. and stop undermining aca. and we'll work with them. we have ideas. they have ideas. to try to improve obamacare. we never said it was perfect. we always said we would work with them to improve it. we said repeal was off the table. can i just make one other point on this, george? for the president to say that he'll destroy it, or undermine it, that's not presidential. that's petulance. being petulant, not a president. it's not going to work. the job of the president is to make americans' lives better. if he, out of anger, vengeance, whatever, starts undermining aca, it's going to backfire on him. because he's the president and the american people know he's

. she joins us now in the studio. leader pelosi, thank you for being here on "this week." >> thank you, thank you. >> we heard you give president trump an "f" minus. what is your grade for democrats during the first 100 days of the trump era? >> oh, my gosh, in terms of unity? 100% unified. that's how we were able to work with an outside mobilization channeling the energy of the american people to defeat their drastic, horrible health care bill. >> if you look at our latest abc news/"washington post" poll, two-thirds of the american people say the democratic party is out of touch. that is more than say president trump is out of touch. more than say republicans are out of touch. isn't the democratic party a bit of a mess? >> no, it isn't. the democratic party is doing fine. i would say my own critique of the democrats. we have walked the walk. we haven't talked the talk. all we do is fight for america's working families. against special interests. that the republicans represent. but that has not come across. >> you've said you think the democrats can win back the house. >> yes. >> let's

limit our access to them. and could expose us to retaliatory measures. they believe it will be bad for the economy to pull out. >> well, when you look -- "the new york times" had an article within the last couple of days talking about small business celebrating, euphoria, with respect to the president's decision. it's very speculative in my estimation, george, for those multinational companies to say this is going to somehow impact the exporting of green technology across the globe. what we do know -- what we do know, objectively, is that the paris agreement represented a $2.5 trillion reduction in our gross domestic product over ten years. what we do snow that it impacted up to 400,000 jobs. and so this was something that was bad for our government. it makes common sense. that when you take energy sector jobs and say, we're no longer going to produce energy in those sectors, it will affect the manufacturing base and jobs in the country. we have had over 50,000 coal jobs, mining jobs, since last quarter created in this country. almost 7,000 mining and coal jobs created in the month

more. >> and i seriously doubt that any of those account the use of hsas. the lower premiums from competition. listen, everybody's got skin in the game. everybody has an interested party. they're trying to protect their own. what we're trying to do is make things better for as many people as we can. right now, the bill is doing exactly that. >> the burden may be falling

know is that the international community is concerned. it's not just us against them anymore. you'll see the entire international community isolate north korea and let them know this is not acceptable. >> just before the missile test, a senior official in the north korean foreign ministry said they're prepared for direct talks with the trump administration if the conditions are right. president trump said he would be honored to meet kim jong-un under the right circumstances. what are those? >> it's not this. having a missile test is not the way to sit down with the president. because he's absolutely not going to do it. i can tell you, he can sit there and say all the conditions he wants. until he meets our conditions, we're not sitting down with him. >> white house statement also said the president can't imagine that russia is pleased with this test. any indication yet from your russian counterparts they're prepared to take tougher action now? >> they're concerned. this is getting kind of close to home for them. so they're concerned. and i think certainly, we'll start rallying the tr

crime so far is leaks against us. fake news. i wonder if you can explain what the president means by that, complete power to pardon. does he believe he has the right to pardon himself? >> the president in that tweet, stated something rather unremarkable. and that is that under the constitution, article 2, section 2, the president has the authority to pardon. i want to be clear on this, george. we have not, and continue to not have conversations with the president of the united states regarding pardons. pardons have not been discussed. and pardons are not on the table. with regard to the issue of a president pardoning himself, there's a big academic discussion going on. an academic debate. you have professor tribe arguing one point. professor turley arguing another point. and while it makes for interesting academic discussions, let me tell you what the legal team is not doing. we're not researching the issue because the issue of pardons is not on the table. there's nothing to pardon from. >> as you know, "the washington post" reported that you were discussing it this week. i take it y

. >> did the president pressure him over the russian investigation? and, will the white house use executive privilege to stop him from telling all? jonathan karl and dan abrams standing by with the latest reporting. >>> and -- >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> the global backlash after trump pulls out of the paris climate accord. the head of the epa, and al gore, both here live. >>> from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. it has happened again. for the third time in three months, terrorists have struck at america's closest ally, great britain. this time, on a cool saturday night in london. an attack that was crude, deadly, virtually impossible to stop. first, three attackers in a white van mowed down scores of walkers on the london bridge. then, wearing fake explosive vests, they set out on a stabbing spree at the borough market nearby, killed at least 7, injuring 48. the killers have not been identified. this comes on the heels of the isis-inspired suicide bombing in manchester less tha

legislation passed by the house affect all of us and america's health care system overall? can legislation that looks anything like that bill actually pass the senate? leaders there are saying they're going to start from scratch. and what will be the political fallout? when this debate ends, which party will own health care? at what cost? we begin with a personal impact. from one of america's premier health professionals. from dr. atul gawande. a surgeon and author. a professor at harvard. an author of four "new york times" best sellers. thank you for joining us. speak to us from the perspective as a doctor first. what is your biggest concern with this bill? >> i read the bill. there are three big concerns. one is the weakening for protections of people with pre-existing conditions. another is the major cuts in the number of people who are on medicaid coverage. and the third is the increased cost for people who buy insurance on their own, especially if they're over 50. >> let's take those one at a time. starting with the pre-existing conditions. got so much attention this week,

size is probably not the best use of their time. >> it sounds like you'll reject. senator tom cotton coming up next. he says it's time to slow this down and start over. he told our jon karl that your bill is going to make the system worse than it is now. let's listen. >> i'm afraid it could make it worse in some ways. insurance rates would continue to go up. americans would have less control and less choice. over their health care systems. that's why i say it's time to take a pause. take stock of how we got to where we are. >> what do you say to senator cotton? >> tom's a good -- senator cotton is a good friend. i would tell him he knows how the house and senate work. thing move through the house relatively quickly. this is still slower than obamacare went. we already had two committee hearings. i believe two more than obama care got. we'll have another committee hearing this week. another one next week before the vote goes to a vote -- the bill goes to a vote on the floor. then things will, as they always will, and as the founding fathers intended them to, slow down in the senate. i

outcome any of us were hoping for. but this is the beginning of something much bigger than us. >> four losses in four tries the. what does it mean for the midterms? is it time for new leaders and a new direction? we're going to take it on with a top democrat and our powerhouse "roundtable." everything you need to kno from washington. we'll break down the politics, smoke out the spin, with the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning. seven years in, the gop effort to repeal obamacare faces its biggest test yet this week. it's make or break for president trump and senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. he unveiled the bill on thursday after weeks of secret talks. the congressional budget office has not weighed in yet. with its take on the bill's impact. we know it follows the basic outline of the legislation passed by the house in may. repeal of the obamacare taxes. those benefits flow largely to the wealthiest americans. paid for by massive cuts. more than $800 billion in the medicaid public insurance program. that covers 1 in 5 americans. 40% of poor adults. it does away with

>>> we're joined by the homeland security adviser tom bossert. thank you for joining us. you heard the praise from governor abbott on the federal response. what is your focus for the next phase? >> good morning, george. thanks for having me on the program. so the president's focus and mine remains on supportinging the governor. it's very nice to hear the governor give us that praise. i think it's a mutual feeling. president trump is giving all the latitude of the federal government that he can. brock long, our fema ed a a ministraiter is taking those reins and coordinating efforts. people focus on coordinating federal efforts. what brock is doing is really pretty special. he's coordinating federal efforts across different departments and agencies. he's coordinating volunteers and workers and professionals from other states, as well. we have talked a lot this morning about the search and rescue efforts under way. life-saving and life-sustaining is our effort right now. help is coming from all over the country. there's a lot of effort under way. what brock has to do and what the pres

tonight. the new movie. tonya harding helping. and tonight, she sits down with us. >>> last minute shopping. the major deals we found today. and the gift card worth far more than what you pay for it. >>> and our made in america christmas. we asked for more of your ideas, and they came pouring in. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and tonight, millions of americans are on the move for this holiday, and right along with them, unfortunately, a major storm moving across the country, too. snow already from the cascades to the rockies tonight. whiteout conditions in north dakota. several inches of snow today from colorado to michigan. dangerous conditions on the roads in denver tonight. authorities say more americans will be traveling this year than last year. a record number, in fact. as you can see, more than 97 million expected on the roads this holiday week. 51 million expected to fly in the coming days. but this storm is moving through some major travel hubs, and will effect travel on so many highways and interstates. so, we begin tonight

. nancy pelosi, thank you for joining us today. >> my pleasure. >> you heard sarah sanders talk about the committee looking into the russia ties with the trump campaign. also, pretty much saying there will not be a recusal for now from the attorney general. your response? >> as you read the law and saw the law, the attorney general must recuse himself. but let's just take it back a step. you have seen a flurry of activities that are completely inappropriate, encouraging lawmakers, encouraging officials to say something is one way or another. let's have the investigation and find out the truth. and we have been calling. we have 100, plus now one republican, on eric smallwell's bill for an outside, independent commission to study the personal, political, and financial relationship between president trump and the russians. >> so far, the efforts have been quashed by the republican leadership in the house. you're getting pressure from democrats to go farther. michael moore put out a tweet this week. he said tell your senators and house members now, you want them to cease all business unti

russia. now we know from his own e-mail, he did. >> sara fagan. >> i didn't use the word collusion. >> there may or may not. there may or may not be a real story or any there there. but the reality is, there's now a special counsel. the best thing for the president to do is to not go do interviews and talk about russia but to talk about his agenda and let his lawyers, mr. sekulow, very capable this morning. let his lawyers talk about it and he should stop talking about it. >> good luck with that. >> and don't threaten the special prosecutor. >> you see the strains trump is under. there are a lot of advisers who do want him to defer to the legal team. on the other hand, his son has

where lots of administrations before us and many others have just watched this transpire. watched north korea build the capability it has today. watch them put missiles into mountainsides. and here we are today. we've got a president that means business. and he's used his, i think, negotiating skills very wisely. befriending and becoming very close to president xi in china a. working with china to put pressure on north korea. working with our allies. yesterday, he had a conversation with the president of the philippines. today, he'll talk to singapore and thailand. he keeps in close contact with the president in japan, president abe. this is a mission-driven president who spends a lot of time working with our allies and talking to our experts on how the handle the situation wisely and do it right for the american people and the people around the world. >> i want to ask you about the call with the president of the philippines. rodrigo duterte. the white house put out an official readout of the call praising duterte for fighting very hard to rid his country of drugs. this is a presi

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place to go. and we see what happens from there. >> can you tell us anything about the meeting that president trump had last night with attorney general jeff sessions? did they meet? >> i believe they had dinner, yes. they did. >> and the subject? >> look, he's the attorney general of the united states. um -- >> who recused himself this week. >> he's one of the cabinet members for the president. we have a lot of activity ongoing. potential for an e.o. coming out at some point that would certainly involve the attorney general. i would imagine that came up during dinner. >> does the president still believe attorney general jeff sessions should not have recused himself? >> the president believes jeff sessions is a good man and that he didn't do anything wrong. so i certainly feel that he didn't feel it was necessary. but he also is very supportive of the attorney general. >> and did the white house ask attorney general sessions specifically not to recuse himself? >> look, the white house was not involved in the details of, you

bigger thing is you guys are always telling us to take the media seriously. well, we are today. we're taking the reports that places like "the new york times," fox news, bbc, multiple outlets have reported this. all we're saying is, let's take a closer look. let's look into this. if it happened, if this is accurate. this is the biggest overreach. the biggest scandal. >> you're not saying let's look into this. the president of the united states is accusing the former president of wiretapping him. >> i think that this is again, something that if this happened, martha. >> if, if, if, if. >> i agree. >> why is the president saying it did happen? >> look, i think he's going off of information that he has seen that has led him to believe that this is a very real potential. if it is, this is the greatest overreach in the greatest abuse of power that i think we have ever seen and a huge attack on democracy itself. and the american people have a right to know if this took place. >> okay.

seriously in the white house. whether it is something that helps us or not. we cannot have people leaking classified information at any level. and we certainly take that very seriously and would not ignore that. >> have you ever heard these allegations from the president before? >> i have not had a conversation with him about these personally before. >> had anyone? had he consulted anyone before he tweeted that he was going to put these explosive allegations out? >> i can't speak 100% whether he did or not. i'm not sure. >> couldn't the president declassify these things if he wanted to? >> you know, i don't think that's necessary. i think what is necessary is congress doing its job. let them investigate this. let them do exactly what they've done on our end and see whether there's something there. i think there is a lot of reporting that indicates there certainly is. >> do you think there should be a special prosecutor to look at this? >> i don't think we're there yet. i think we need to let congress do their job. i think that's where we need to start. again, i think that's the fi

i know one thing. we need that wall. it will help us complete the promise that the president has made to the american people. that's what they want. the american people have a right to expect it. i believe congress will eventually deliver. >> as you may know, it's not just the democrats opposed to the wall. "the wall street journal" says not a single member of the house or senate in the border states would commit to funding the wall. none of the four senators in the border states. he has a problem with his own party there as well. you say the democrats would shut down the government. if the president vetoes that bill, he's likely to get a lot of that blame. >> well, i don't know about that. isle tell you one thing. he deserves credit for general kelly. for a complete reverse until the morale of the i.c.e. officers and the border officers. we met with some of them last week. we are reversing their morale. that's one reason i supported him. i truly believed we could do this. that's one of the reasons i supported him. this is a tremendous achievement a lot of people thought was impo

radical islamic terrorists and said flatly, islam hates us. the white house is hoping this whole trip will bring a welcome break from the most battering week of the trump presidency. a daily cascade of damaging headlines this week. monday, "the washington post" reports that the president revealed highly classified information about isis to the russians in the oval office, compromising a key source and complicating our relationship with israel. tuesday, "the new york times" reports trump tried to privately get james comey to drop his investigation into former national security adviser flynn. i hope you can let this go, he said, according to comey's memo. >> wednesday, the president was blind sided by his own justice department. rod rosestein has decided to appoint a special counsel to up vest gate russian interference in the 2016 election. >> i represent the move. but the entire thing has been a witch hunt. there is though collusion between certainly myself, and my campaign. >>> and friday, less than two hours after air force one took off for saudi arabia. two more bombshells from "the

the kind of language, no matter how you feel about the issue, that he should be using? >> i think the president can use whatever language he wants to use. i think the issue is the topic. okay. and the topic, i agree with the president. why are the -- why does the nfl have all these other rules that they enforce, that they fine this is about respect for the military, the first responders. i was at the 9/11 memorial. >> is it not about their first amendment rights? >> no, it's not. they have the right to have the first amendment off the field. this is a job. the employers have a right, when the players are working, to have rules. so, you know. why didn't they wear stickers? why weren't the dallas cowboys allowed to wear stickers in response to peotee to pay respect to? so the nfl is picking and choosing what they want to enforce. and the president says, for a long time. the national anthem. this is not about politics. it's about respect for the country and the people that have made great, great sacrifices for the country. >> let's talk about the nfl. nfl commissioner roger goodell c

something that's positive in this administration and against the former one. you guys use anonymous sources every single day. >> is that the bar? but it is the president -- yes, yes, we do. yes, we do. but the president believe this is -- but what's the bar there? what does the president believe? >> look, i think he's made very clear what he believes. he's asking that we get down to the bottom of this. let's get the truth here. let's find out. i think the bigger story is not who reported it but is it true?

. plus, texas governor greg abbott and the president's point man join us live. >>> then, trump unleashed. >> the future belongs to us. >> blasting the press. >> the media's totally dishonest. these are sick people. >> a polarizing pardon. >> i don't want to cause any controversy. is that okay? but sheriff joe can feel good. >> attacks on his own party. >> nobody wants me to talk about your other senator. nobody knows who the hell he is. >> the president playing to his base. but at what cost? what will this mean when trump needs congress come september? how can he govern alone? the powerhouse "roundtable" tackles another head-spinning week of politics. >>> and after years of skepticism -- >> let's get with it. let's get out of afghanistan. >> trump reverses course. >> i'm not going to say when we're going to attack. but attack we will. >> can he succeed and win america's longest war? >>> we'll break down the politics. smoke out the spin. the facts that matter, this week. >>> good morning. we have a lot to get to this week. we begin with the latest on the devastating storm. hurricane harve

here. >>> good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a labor day monday, and we begin tonight with all eyes now on this new hurricane. the new storm track just in, and late today, hurricane irma was upgraded to a category 4 hurricane. florida is already preparing tonight. very likely in the path, and several other states getting ready too. hurricane irma as you can see now, sweeping toward the caribbean. winds up to 130 miles per hour, and expected to strengthen even more. a state of emergency just declared in florida. the new models just in showing several tracks that could make u.s. landfall. anywhere there from the florida panhandle up to the carolinas. tonight already, residents in florida stocking up on water, on food, fuel, store shelves empty there. having of course, just witnessed the destruction of hurricane harvey in texas. the first hurricane watches and warnings are in effect tonight. chief meteorologist ginger zee has been tracking this all afternoon with us in the news room. where is irma right now? >> reporter: less than 500 miles east of the leeward isl

. >> yes. i mean, there's issues that players are dealing with. and the guys that are using the platform that they have to bring light to these issues. kneeling, taking a knee, sitting during the national anthem has never been about disrespecting this country. it's never been about disrespecting the flag. but it's been about bringing unity to america as a whole. i know we all live in a great country. we're proud of where we live. there is work to be done on both ends. >> christine, after the president spoke in alabama, you had strong comments in an op ed saying let it be noted that trump mustered more anger friday over kaepernick's personal decision to not stfod ane thr anthem than he did for the neo-nazis and white supremacists who marched in charlottesville's deadly protests last month. expand on that, christine. >> yes, i think, first of all, when the president decides to take on the entire sports establishment, which right hw,s doing, it brings it into light, martha, in ways other issues might not. sports is a national conversation always. that intersection of sports and culture. my

internet? here to help us answer these questions, we have spokespeople for both presidents trump and obama. plus senator al franken, whose question to jeff sessions focused attention on those ties to russia. chief washington correspondent jonathan karl joins us in a moment. with what may have motivated trump to tweet. but we begin with chief investigative correspondent brian ross and what we know about trump's incredible accusation. >> reporter: president trump's twitter outbursts came just before sunrise at the private palm beach club the president likes to call the winter white house. terrible. just found out that obama had my wires tapped in trump tower just before the victory. nothing found. that was followed by four more presidential tweets taking on president obama and misspelling tap. how low has president obama gone to tap my phones during the very sacred election process? this is nixon/watergate. bad or sick guy. white house officials this morning say they do not know the basis for the president's allegations. a top-secret intelligence briefing? or whether it came from reading an

the young aide is involved in policy making. mr. miller, thank you for joining us this morning. your first time on "this week." let's begin with the breaking news. you heard jon karl's report. do you agree this north korean missile test did not yet cross president trump's red line? >> i did not hear jonathan karl's report. and good to be here this morning. what you saw last night from the president of the united states is an important show of solidarity between the united states and japan. a powerful symbol to the world as the prime minister of japan and the president of america stood side by side and shoulder to shoulder and expressed the strength and enduring nature of the alliance. that is a message that will be lost on no one. >> did that test cross president trump's red line? >> george, the president's comments on this are clear. the message we're sending to the world right now is a message of strength and solidarity. we stand with japan and our allies in the region to address the north korean menace. and the important point is that we're inheriting a situation around the world

look at washington as if these people are all over the map. they serve themselves, not us. this is the washington they hate. and who is their anti-washington hero? donald trump. >> at what point do they say this is the gang that can't shoot straight, even if it is justified. even if the president has the right to fire the fbi director, the way they did it. >> yes, the way they did it is erratic. we were on the plane yesterday. with a trump voter. we were talking. he was scared to death. >> we didn't know he was a trump voter. >> he came up and said, when is the president going to settle down? >> he's a wild man. is he off the grid? >> well, good luck waiting for that. but i asked him, would you vote for hillary or donald trump today again? oh, no, we would vote for trump. >> our poll still shows that, as well. jonathan karl, on that point about the white house right now, there is all this talk about a shakeup. the question is, can it happen? does the president want to it happen right now? a lot of white house aides are in the dark about this. they don't know what their last day wil

. the president ignored the protests. on his first full day in office, he used his bully pulpit to deny reality and declare war on the press. >> i have a running war with the media. they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. and i just want to let you know. the reason you're the number one stop, it's exactly the opposite. exactly. >> reports of a feud were based on trump's own statements. during the transition, he accused the intelligence community of conducting a political witch hunt. questioned their quote intelligence. he suggested the cia director leaked damaging material on him. and compared the agency to the nazis. >> i think it's a disgrace. and you say that and i say that -- and that is something that nazi germany would have done and did do. >> trump also inflated his inaugural crowds to the cia and opened a new front with the press. >> it looked -- honestly, looked like a million and a half people. whatever it was, it was. it went all the way back to the washington monument. and i turned and i -- i get this network. and it showed an empty

and his mother and sister survived. but so many others did not. abc's erielle reshef starts us off at the scene in the bronx. >> reporter: tonight, a first look inside the charred hallway of that new york apartment building. the path of destruction after flames raced up these stairs, claiming at least 12 lives. including four children. >> fire travels up, the stairwell acted like a chimney. it took the fire so quickly upstairs that people had very little time to react. >> reporter: the walls blackened by smoke. water still dripping from floors above. fire officials today revealing the deadly blaze ignited in the kitchen of a first floor unit. >> it started from a young boy, 3 1/2 years old playing with the burners on the stove. >> reporter: his mother coming out of the shower to find smoke. officials say the fire spread so quickly in part because she left the door open when she fled the apartment with her son and 2-year-old. the call coming in just before 7:00 last night. >> fire in a multi-living dwelling, multiple floors. >> reporter: more than 160 firefighters rushing to the scene

forecast, as well. abc's alex perez starts us off from erie, pennsylvania. >> reporter: tonight, 200 million americans bundled from head to toe, that dangerous cold snap gripping more than half the country. from the northeast, where temperatures are 15 to 30 degrees below normal, freezing fountains in philadelphia and new york. to chicago. at midway airport, it was coo cold to fly. more than 80 nights canceled. >> nobody offered any answers, no solutions, anything like that. >> reporter: officials warning, the cold could be deadly, especially for the very young and very old. >> extreme weather is more than an inconvenience, it remains a serious and potentially life-threatening event. >> reporter: shelters overflowing with people trying to escape the frigid temperatures. the arctic temps shattering record after record. 17 below zero in flint, michigan. 32 below in in watertown, new york. and in cotton, minnesota, an unbearable 41 below zero. >> it feels like your skin is on fire. >> reporter: tonight it is colder in cotton than in parts of siberia. meanwhile, along the great lake

joining us on this busy friday night. i'm cecilia vega in for david. president trump is on the verge of his first major legislative victory. the tax cuts that he promises will be rocket fuel for the economy clearing major last minute hurdles. two hold-out senators say they are now onboard. a big smile from kevin brady, the man driving that plan through capitol hill. but the ink isn't dry. the plan only published a short time ago. what does it mean for all those deductions? so many families claim? abc's mary bruce starts us off with the details just coming in. >> reporter: behind this closed door today, republicans sealed the biggest overhaul to the nation's tax code in a generation. now, they have a final bill and they say they have the votes. >> i'm confident at the end of the day the senate will approve this. >> reporter: and tonight senators are falling in line. just yesterday senator marco rubio said he was a no that the child tax credit had to be more more generous to get his vote. >> i want to support tax reform, it's important for the country, but i think this needs to b

would be a dangerous conversation for any of us to just be cast aside as guilty because of press reports. this is a democracy with a constitutional system that allows us to have a process. so -- we're not in trial here. i only know what i read. what i read is very disturbing. what i read offends me greatly as a woman, as a mother of three young girls. >> understood. but what you're saying is maybe those four women are lying? >> no, i didn't say that. >> you have four women. who "the post" came to. >> i didn't say that. i didn't say that. but i also know that credibility is not been imbued on other people when they have tried to raise issues like this based on their political affiliations and based on who they work for. we know that. many accusers over the years, much evidence against a former president. and very little coverage of that. respectfully. the fact is, that -- on this particular issue, we need to have a serious conversation. on this one, you're talking about decades-long conduct. allegations in the press. and we already in this conversation have probably spent more time talkin

people that we're letting into our country are coming here with peaceful purposes and not to do us harm. so, this really comes down to 109 people who are all being processed through the system to make sure that when they've gone out of the country, gone somewhere that is one of those seven countries and coming back that they've done so and not tried to go there and do anything that would cause our nation harm. >> 109 people, probably muslims, what message does this send to muslims worldwide? >> what it sends is that we're going to protect our country and our people. there are other countries with muslim pop layings that are not part of this and i think that's an important thing to know whether you're talking about algeria, jordan, kuwait or the uae, there's muslim majority countries not in this seven. these seven were identified by the obama administration needing further travel scrutiny. >> what about the countries like pakistan, like afghanistan, where there have been terrorist cells, saudi arabia on 9/11. >> we're looking at all of this holistically. but i think the first step -

>> for all of us here, thanks for your >>> tonight as we come on the air in the west, breaking news. the mosque massacre. at least 235 people killed. first the explosions. then terrorists opening fire as men, women and children run for safety. >>> subway panic. london police swarming to reports of shots fired underground. hundreds of people scrambling in the city's busiest shopping district. what police are now saying about the massive scare. >>> cutting a deal. new signs former national security adviser michael flynn is cooperating with robert mueller. his lawyers no longer sharing information with president trump's legal team over the russia investigation. >>> harassment on the hill. senator al franken's new apology admitting he crossed the line with some women. will he face the media before congress resumes next week? >>> black friday. across erupted in stores. nearly $3 billion already spent. plus, which major store is running out of sale items? good evening as we come on in the west. we begin with breaking news overseas. the mosque massacre in egypt in what's called the deadlie

everything done for them. the mayor joins us live to respond. >>> and trump's health secretary forced out over private plane travel paid for by you. >> clearly, we were not sensitive to the taxpayer. >>> after health care goes down, president trump pushes tax cuts. >> a giant, beautiful, massive, the biggest ever in our country tax cut. >> the president promises a middle class miracle. claims the wealthy won't pay less in taxes. >> and it's not good for me. believe me. >> that's not true. the details we have show big benefits for the top 1%, including president trump. a tax hike for some in the middle class. and trillions more in debt. tough questions ahead for treasury secretary steven mnuchin. we'll break down the politics. smoke out the spin. the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning. before this week, president trump got some pretty high marks for how he's handled the devastating hurricane season. on the scene in houston after harvey. florida after irma. earning praise from local officials and a bit of a bounce in his approval ratings. then came maria's cataclysmic hit on puer

murder brought in after police used his brother's dna to find him. >>> and jackpot ripoff? the waitresses who shared a friendship, and allegedly a winning lotto ticket. now one says the other cashed it in and disappeared. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm dan harris in for tom tonight, and we begin with the unrelenting and deeply unpleasant cold. as the clock ticks down to 2018, the thermometer is ticking down as well. tonight, more than 200 million americans dealing with an arctic blast. winter weather alerts from the rockies to new england, even into the deep south. snow and ice making for dangerous travel. trucks and cars skidding off the road here in michigan. 40 vehicles in all, and look at the map. the windchills could be at their worst just as the new year arrives. 11 in dallas. minus 5 in times square. kicking us off tonight, eva pilgrim with america on ice. >> reporter: record cold temperatures sweeping the country tonight, bringing a freezing end to 2017. >> yep, it's cold. for sure. >> it's bitter cold. >> reporter: windchill alerts at

implodes, explodes, he used both. this is an argument his own advisers told him was not sensible. you can't blame democrats when you hold both houses of congress. and have the majority. i think he's processing this. we're seeing it over the last 24 hours. he was uncharacteristically quite -- quiet for him. . >> until this morning. >> until this morning. he's coming back punching now. his aides would like to move on to the next thing. not looking in the rearview mirror. i don't think he knows how to cope with defeat. he sounded exhausted when i spoke to him on friday. >> a very weary president trump. >> yes. >> raising serious questions for the entire republican party. >> republicans have a majority. they don't have a governing majority. this talk of now we're going to go on to tax reform. forget tax reform. how are they going to keep the government funded? in april, funding runs out. for the government. right now, there is not a republican coalition to turn the lights on. to keep the lights on in the federal government. they, at this point, would need help from democrats to do that. t

effort, the head of the epa, scott pruitt. mr. pruitt, thank you for joining us this morning. >> george, good morning. >> is the executive order coming this week? what will the president be proposing? >> george, the president is keeping his promise to the american people. this week. with respect to the executive order coming down on tuesday. the energy independence executive order. and as you indicated, this is about making sure we have a pro-growth and pro-environment approach. for too long, we have accepted a narrative that if you're pro-growth, pro-jobs, you're anti-environment. if you're pro environment, you're ant jobs or anti-growth. that's not where we have been as a country. we have made tremendous choices on our environment. the executive order will address the past administration's efforts to kill jobs throughout the country. through the clean power plant. >> this order is likely to face legal challenges. could take some time to work through the courts. as you know, coal jobs have been declining for a long time. we heard the president's promise. most of the job loss predates t

of the trump legal team, jay sekulow. jay, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> you heard don jr. say on tuesday that we have now -- there's nothing more. that this is everything. can you now say that we know everything about that meeting? i mean, clearly, when he said that, there was still a lot more to come out. do we now know everything about that meeting? who was there? and what followup there was? >> well, let me say this. i don't represent donald trump jr. i represent the president. the pet was not aware of that meeting. did not attend that meeting. and don trump jr. was explicitly clear on his interview on the sean hannity broadcast. look. here's the reality. the meeting, in and of itself, as i have said before is not a violation of the law. it's pont to understand that as counsel to the president, he was not aware of it and did not participate. >> you say no law was broken. do you accept what we heard from the president's trip to run the fbi is that what should have happened there, a situation where you have representatives of a foreign government offering as

you with us on a friday night. and we begin with hurricane harvey getting choice -- closer and gaining strength. set to hit this evening. authorities believe it will be the most powerful hurricane to strike in a decade. this image just coming in from the international space station, thousands heeding the warnings, moving to safer ground. supplies running short. some gas stations running out, store shelves empty. the hurricane's outer bands already lashing the shore. tens of thousands already without power. millions bracing for damaging winds and record flooding. and now, possible tornadoes. let's get right to ginger zee. we've been tracking this all afternoon with you. where is harvey right now? >> harvey is so close to making landfall. it's on top of southeast texas. with the max sustained wins -- winds of now 130 miles per hour. it's a category 4, moving northwest. the tornado watch, in the northeast quadrant, rockport, that's where we're going to see the dirty side, as we call it. extreme wind warning. 115 miles per hour-plus. tropical storm warnings from houston to san anto