we dig in with jon karl and dan abrams. jon, let me begin with you right now. looming over this whole thing is whether or not the president and his team will try to prevent comey and his team from testifying by invoking executive privilege. >> i have talked to several top aides saying there is no plan to do that. they believe it would be a tough case to make legally. and politically, it could be a disaster. that said, there's though telling if the president will decide he wants to make that fight later on. right now, the -- the opinion inside the west wing is that comey will testify. they'll not try to stop it. >> what is the white house strategy for taking on what is certainly going to be blockbuster testimony on every network? >> it will be. there is clearly a sense of that here at the white house. but, george, for all of the talk of setting up a big war room in the west wing to deal with this, none of that has been put in place whatsoever. you saw corey lewandowski and david bossi, veterans of the campaign, have been here at the white house. i'm told neither

see something new every day, jon karl, thanks very much. amy. >> this morning we are learning more about the victims and heroes in that attack. james longman is outside saints thomas' hospital. good morning and welcome, james. >> reporter: thank you, amy. good morning. yes, this morning more and more details emerging of just what happened on saturday night. some terrifying images but also as is so often the case in these among the more than 48 victims injured in that horrific attack three dozen remain hospitalized this morning with 21 in critical condition. >> the man run up to him and said this is for my family for islam. looked him trait in the face and stabbed him. >> reporter: we're also learning more about the seven who lost h national and christine archibald, a 30-year-old canadian woman who worked with the homeless before moving to europe to be with her fiance. they were together when she was struck down on the bridge. a number of young visitors wounded. many were slashed or stabbed after bravely stepping up to confront the attackers

abc's jon karl pressed the white house about the comment. >> the president directly misrepresented what the mayor of london said. >> i don't think that's actually true. i think the media wants 0 spin it that way. >> you think the mayor was saying there's no reason to be alarmed by an attack on his city. you think that's what he was saying. >> i think the point is there is a reason to unbe alarmed. >> reporter: they're trying to scrap an up coming state visit. >> i don't think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the usa in the circumstances where his policies go against everything we stand for. >> some other british lawmakers are now calling on prime minister may to cancel the president's state visit. so far no comment about the feud or the visit from may. >>> now, all of this as we're getting new details about the london terror attacks. let's start with the newly released security video that shows the heroic efforts by a restaurant manager and patrons trying to keep out one of the attackers who tried to get into the front door. >> police have publicly identified two of

jon karl, thanks very much. amy. >> all right, george, the president's sons are speaking out exclusively to abc news. donald jr. and eric trump sat down with tom yat. we ha we have a preview of what was said. it was about the tweets criticizing the mayor of london. >> every time he puts something out there he gets criticized by the media all day every day and guess what, two weeks later he's proven to be right. it happened again and we keep appeasing it and keep saying it's going to be great. we'll hold fast and we'll keep calm and carry on. maybe we have to keep calm and do something. i think that's what he's trying to say because he's been proven right every time. this is a recurring theme. we're attacked but rather than the mayor of london attacking maybe he should do something to fix the problem rather than just sit there and pretend there isn't one. i think that's an important message. >> you think the mayor of london is at fault. >> that's not what i said. i think it's time for the people to act and do som

. >> let's get to jon karl. the president clearly seems frustrated with his attorney general. tonight, your sources telling you that frustration goes both ways. >> it does. after the president recently lashed out at the attorney general yet again, attorney general sessions said that he was more than willing to resign, when i asked -- when we asked the spokesperson for the department of justice whether or not in fact he had offered to resign, we got simply a decline to comment. david. >> more to come on this story for sure. >>> in the meantime, on thursday, abc news will carry director comey's testimony live with a special report at 10:00. >>> among those watching thursday's hearings, the president's son, donald junior and eric. tonight in an exclusive interview with tom llamas, don trump jr. speaking about the russian investigation now entangling the white house. >> you've described this whole thing as a witch zblunt to me it's not without a question reads and smells like a witch hunt. because i have no other proof or evidence to show otherwise. >> tom with us here in the stud

at least not yet. >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much. amy. >> now to that blockbuster new report raising questions about the trump organization and charity golf events that were meant to raise money for children with cancer. our chief national correspondent tom llamas is here with new reporting on this. good morning, tom. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. eric trump coming out very strong in defense of his foundation but this morning we have some of the charity's financial documents that are raising questions. ♪ we're not going to take it anymore ♪ >> reporter: that's twisted sister rocking out with the trump family in 2015, even the president jamming. according to an eric trump foundation promotional video, this all happened in the name of charity. >> one girl paid $50,000 to see my father, myself and ivanka go up on stage with dee snider. >> reporter: those charity events for his foundation were quite the blow-outs starting with golf on trump courses, hooters girls on the greens and nighttime fun with acts like comedian lisa l

. >> and so jon karl live with us from the white house. jon if the president told the president on multiple occasions he wasn't under investigation, why didn't comey go public that president trump isn't personally under investigation. >> comey said there were several reasons for not going public. primarily, because if it changed and if the fbi investigation began to turn to focus on president trump, comey said it would have been a duty to correct the record. by the way, david, we now have a statement from the president's personal attorney, noting that comey said, on three separate occasions that he was not under investigation. he says, the president feels completely and totally vindicated. david. >> vindicated the word from the president's personal attorney tonight. jon karl, our thanks to you. abc's chief legal analyst with us, dan abrams. comey did tell the president he's not under investigation personally. he also writes in the memo that president demanded loyalty, expects loyalty. on the michael flynn investigation, he said, can you le

jon karl, thanks very much. amy? >> george, james comey is not the only one the world will be watching closely this morning. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reacting to comey's testimony and preparing to ask those high stakes questions. let's go straight to our congressional correspondent mary bruce in the committee hearing room on capitol hill for more on that. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, amy. comey has yet to even be sworn in here but already his testimony has rocked capitol hill and sparked some key new questions. democrats are describing comey's account as devastating and shocking. even some republican leaders agree that it is inappropriate for the president to try and demand loyalty of his fbi director, but now they want to know more about these interactions. that's exactly what this hearing here today is all about. lawmakers here are going to be trying to drill into these interactions to try and glean the president's tone and intent as they try to get to the bottom of those big key quest

. >> jonathan karl joins us from the white house. jon, back to that threat the president's tweet saying james comey better hope there are no tapes. tonight, comey's memos have been turned over the special counsel. is there pressure at the white house to do the same with these tapes. >> reporter: at least answer definitively the question, whether or not the president taped his conversations. that was a question that came up at today's white house briefing. the answer from the deputy press secretary was, i have no idea. a question that she and sean spicer will get over and over again in the coming days. >> jon, our thanks to you. >>> two more legal questions tonight. one about the president and one about james comey as well. i want to bring in dan abrams. on this issue of michael flynn, the alleged request we heard about in the oval office. saying to comey, i hope you can let it go. comey pressed on that today. the president saying i hope, not i order you let it go. here's the moment comey was pressed on that point. how do you take it,

let's start with our chief white house correspondent jon karl. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. comey's dramatic testimony has set up a new line of attack from the white house, a battle between the president and the former fbi director over who is telling the truth. in his first public appearance since being fired by president trump, james comey accused the white house of lying about him and lying about the fbi. >> the administration then chose to defame me and, more importantly, the fbi by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. those were lie, plain and simple. >> reporter: and comey left no doubt about why he believes he was fired. >> it's my judgment that i was fired because of the russia investigation. i was fired in some way to change or the endeavor was to change the way the russia investigation was being conducted. that is a very big deal. >> reporter: comey's testimony left president trump uncharacteristically speechless. >> thank you

the president tells our jon karl he would be willing to speak under oath about his side in the now famous conversation between him and his former fbi director. >> that would be very interesting if he did testify. >>> also right now health warning for you and your children. tyson foods recalling nearly 2.5 million pounds of its ready to eat breaded chicken products. the federal food safety and inspection services says the products could contain undeclared allergens. they were packaged between august 2016 and january 2017. >>> and show me the money. powerball fever, it is back. tonight is the big drawing. 435 million bucks and counting. it is one of the top ten biggest drawings. your chances of winning are 1 in 292 million. >> i like those odds. >> it doesn't buy happiness, okay. it doesn't buy happiness. >> all it takes is one. >> you could get struck by lightning sooner than -- >> you could probably get struck by lightning six times. >>> coming up on the show this morning, how george and amal clooney are settling into their new role as parents of twins. the proud grandmas spilling some se

. >>> also tonight, after the president told our jon karl he wants the testify, what the white house is now saying tonight. >>> also, the defense rests in the bill cosby sexual assault trial, after just six minutes and a single witness. >>> the penn state fraternity members waiting nearly 12 hours before calling for help. tonight the stunning moment in court as video of the dying student is played before everyone. >>> the urgent manhunt at the hour for inmates.

just friday as you know that president trump's exchange happened with our jon karl. jon asking, would you will be willing to speak under oath? here's what the president said. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of en -- >> 100%. i didn't say under oath. i hardly know the man. i'm not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. who would do that? under oath. think of it, i hardly know the man. it doesn't make sense. >> cecilia, you were there today. the white house was asked, does that offer still stand. >> he was asked whether in fact this testimony might happen? he hedged. this was sean spicer today, right here in the briefing room, he's not had further discussions with the president about this potential testimony. a very different answer from the white house today than the very adamant president trump we heard from a couple of days ago. >> cecilia, good to have you back tonight. >>> also breaking news in the bill cosby sex assault case. the comedian once known as america's dad, arriving at court with his wife camille by his side. the

cecilia, we're getting information coming in from jon karl as well our jon karl saying a member of the leadership is telling him that one staffer and one lobbyist also shot confirming the five people down. >> reporter: and, jon is reporting, george, that a senior member of gop leadership is telling him that scalise and members of his security detail as we know were hit. they say that scalise was hit in the hip and should be okay. of course, we saw those immanages of him right there on that stretcher after this incident. so some of the details that we do know at this point we heard from others that were on that scene. five people were shot, we're hearing between 50 to 60 possibly as many as 100 shots fired out there this morning. security being upped around the white house and the capitol right now. as we know that suspect is in custody as per just reported being treated at the hospital. the details from what happened at that baseball diamond just absolutely stunning. the security detail that opened fire on a shooter who was inside the dugout with what we're being told was a semiautomat

. >> so, let's get to jon karl live at the white house. and jon, sean spicer was pressed again today on whether or not the president has secretly recorded conversations there at the white house, in particular, with james comey. no cameras orred all owe from that briefing allowed today. obviously, you were there. so, what did spicer say? >> reporter: at one point, spicer said the president would probably reveal by the end of the week whether those recordings exist. at another point, he said possibly by the end of the week. but the one thing that you will not see or hear are recordings of sean spicer today. david, and more and more of these briefings, the white house is simply not allowing news organizations to take video of spicer or to broadcast his words. >> that will be debated for some time to come. jon karl. our thanks to you. >>> and there are tensions with russia mounting tonight, after a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian war plane. russia now saying american and coalition planes will now be tracked as targets over parts of syria.

jon karl, our thanks to you again as always. michael. >> thank you david. >>> now the new images showing the al baghdadimath of that mysterious crash at sea between a u.s. navy destroyer and a cargo ship and good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of the navy's worst at sea disasters in years and one thing certainly investigated how that sophisticated sip got so blind of sided but the crew of that container didn't stop to help after nearly sinking it. this morning exclusive new images of the battered container ship. that is new details come in about that hellish night and "uss fitzgerald"'s captain was asleep in his cabin when 0,000 acx crystal plowed into the ship's top decks. beseethe the water line the container ship's bulbous bow punched through the destroyer's steel armor. the "fitzgerald" was flooding and the navy is investigating but some of the seven men found dead in that flooded bert were alive when it was sealed off in an effort to keep it from sinking. is there protocol for that? >> mentalit

senate republicans will release a draft tomorrow, david. >> mary bruce, jon karl, great to have our political team with us this morning. >>> overseas, europe on high alert after a third terror attack in just t latest at a ma station in brussels. fortunately no one injured when that explosion went off and police took down the suspect. that attack following those in london and paris. abc's james longman has all the details. >> reporter: the smoking aftermath of a suicide attack in brussels 8:39 p.m. local a manig explosives. according to the prosecutor he approaches a group of passengers and detonates the suitcase failing to injure anyone he runs to a lower level chasing a station worker. >> i felt the blast of warm air and saw a fire burning and what looked like broken glass across the floor. >> reporter: a soldier opened the fear that he was on his way to a busier area to cause maximum damage. he's been identified as a 36-year-old of moroccan origin. >> i felt remarkably calm. it's really afterwards when i was thinking about it that i got frightened. >> reporter: today raids where he's from i

jon karl, thank you. want to bring in matt dowd. the president saying all we do is win, win, win, really in one respect he's right, the special election in georgia, the most expensive congressional race ever, the republican winning, the president now 4-0. if democrats are hoping to capitalize they haven't yet. >> as we saw after the november election i don't think either side is learning the right lessons from these election losses or election wins. first, democrats are in a position now where they keep claiming that they're playing well and getting a lot of hits on this but they have to start scoring some runs to prove they can win these elections. i think they need to do two things, figure out the right messenger to deliver the message nationally and at the candidate level but have to have a message that's not personalized towards donald trump. they have to have a message that says, why is what donald trump doing bad for americans especially economically. the second thing, david, is i think republicans better figure out to do some

. >> jon karl with us live from the white house. you have reported before that some of the president's closest allies are getting in trouble with the tweets. are they concerned in and today's tweet actually seemed more carefully worded. >> his legal team is concerned about the tweeting, no question about that zaifd. bru this tweet did seem carefully crafted, white down to the punctuation and the white house press office saw the tweet before it went out. that almost never happens. >> jon, thanks as always. >>> we are also following dangerous weather at this hour. dangerous twisters and the atlanta area put on alert. one twister across birmingham, alabama. this strip mall. children in baseball helmets sheltering in bathtubs. 30 million people are in flood watches over 1,000 miles. and steve osunsami north of atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tornado warnings are up tonight. and there are twisters in the areas of alabama. >> it was really big. >> reporter: just outside birmingham, a torrent hit and from a mile away, people recording on the

jon karl with us from the white house. jon, thank you. >>> also we're following another headline. actor johnny depp in hot water for joking about assassinating the president. this came in overnight, the secret service now saying they're aware of his comments so let's get right to our senior justice correspondent pierre thomas with much more. pierre, good morning. >> reporter: david, good morning. johnny depp is likely to get a call or visit from the secret service. the latest entertainer who will find out for law enforcement some jokes have consequences. >> can you bring trump here? >> reporter: the beginning of a statement igniting controversy overnight. >> when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? >> reporter: hollywood icon johnny depp at a movie screening in england seeming to know his remarks would cause a stir. >> this is going to be in the press and it'll be horrible but i like that you are all a part of it. i want to clarify, i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. however, it's been awhile, and maybe it's time. >> reporter: according to the bbc depp who in t

>> jon karl live at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> the senate tonight launching a new investigation, this time focucusing on loretta lynch. looking into whether lynch interfered in the hillary clinton e-mail case. earlier this month, james comey testified lynch told him to downplay the fbi investigation. >>> now, to outrage from some, after that plan from senate republicans were finally revealed. their place to repeal and replace obamacare. tonight, some leading republicans on the hill have made it clear they're not onboard. some arguing the cuts are too deep. mary bruce on the hill again tonight. >> reporter: at the airport, lawmakers leaving washington for the weekend got a harsh sendoff. >> take our care, we'll vote them out! >> reporter: anger erupting from california -- >> are you ready to fight! >> reporter: to pennsylvania. if more than two republican senators vote no, the health care bill won't pass. and now, at least five say they're not onboard. nevada senator dean heller today announcing his decision. >>

. >> jon karl, matthew dowd, thanks very much. >>> to that big day at the supreme court. the last day of the session before the summer recess begins. the court handing down its final ruling today and as we mentioned it could take action on president trump's travel ban so let's go to terry moran who covers the supreme court for us and is there right now and let's start with that travel ban, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is a huge day for president trump up here and one of his signature policies which has had a really rough go of it in the courts so far. now the supreme court steps in and the real issue, does president trump as a national security matter have the authority to ban immigration from the six predominantly muslim countries or is that really an unconstitutional muslim ban? the lower courts have stopped this policy from going into effect and pointed to the president's own tweets and words saying that is unconstitutional, what he really wants to do there so the court could do a couple of things. they could take this case, agree to hear it next fall,

. >> jon karl joins us from the white house, and clear this us for us. for months, trump called the russia story a hoax. why is he now attacking president obama for not being tough enough on the russians? >> reporter: well, tom. he is clearly jumping on an opportunity to criticize president obama, but even as the intelligence community warns that russia will try to do it again, combatting russian interference has hardly been a priority at this white house, tom. >> jonathan karl, thank you. >>> we move onto the wildfires raging in the west. 21 large fires in seven states fueled by the extreme heat and strong winds. take a look at the flames moving quickly across the winds. near prescott, arizona, and burning close to the highway in california. more than 1,500 people forced to evacuate, hoping their homes can be saved. matt gutman is on the fire lines tonight. >> reporter: tonight an army of firefighters in utah battling a fire that has sent up walls of flame 100 feet high, torching an area the size of washington, d.c. >> i've never seen a run like what ha

. >> pore from the white house from jon karl, our chief white house correspondent. you know, the president laid out his one plan b there but still working pretty hard to try to get this through the senate right now. i know he's been talking to senators especially senators like rand paul but what can he offer them? >> reporter: well, the president's been making calls yesterday although he had a big working dinner with the prime minister of india so much of the heavy lifting has been done by the vice president. it's unclear what kind of changes they can really offer and right now, george, it is going in the wrong direction for the white house. the bottom line is they do not have the votes right now and there is no clear path to get the votes. >> no clear path because you've got to satisfy both conservatives and moderates with very different sets of concerns. where do they see more opportunity? >> reporter: well, the president's been working with the conservatives more. that's why he's been talking to rand paul. he's probably talked to rand paul more than any other sen

. >>> more on this from jon karl. republican pollster, abc news contributor kristen soltis anderson, thank you both for joining us, jon, the president's up and tweeting, resisting this commentary analysis that says he's not the closer in chief here. but this whole effort has exposed the limits of his influence over those republican senators. >> reporter: well, he says he is totally engaged and has been making phone calls and saw virtually the entire republican senate conference coming down here to meet with him yesterday but, george, there are limits to what he can do. the bottom line is that this president does not have deep relationships with republican senators. he doesn't have much influence with them, in fact, the senator that he is perhaps closest to of all of them is rand paul who you remember he ridiculed during the primaries and who right now looks like the republican most steadfastly opposed to this bill. >> he along with susan collins, a more moderate from maine on the other side and bring that to kristen s

. >> all right, jonathan karl joins us from the white house now. and jon, president trump is predicting a big surprise on health care. senate leaders are hoping to have a revised version of the bill by the end of the week, but is that time line possible? >> reporter: it's going to be a heavy lift, tom, but they have to get it done by the end of the week so the congressional budget office can complete its assessment in time to have a vote after they return from their july 4th recess, and they know that more time will not make it any easier to pass this bill. >> the clock is ticking. all right, jon. thank you. >>> next tonight, the danger in the air. the department of homeland security demanding airlines around the world tighten security on all flights into the u.s. or risk an electronic span. the measures affecting thousands of flights every day. our transportation correspondent, david kerley, with the details. >> reporter: jetliners headed to america are the crown jewel target for terrorists according to the head of homeland security who tonight is

. > more from our chief white house correspondent jon karl. let's begin with the russia investigation. now reaching deeper and wider into the white house. this is still very much the beginning as it continues to grow, much more difficult for the white house to wall off the investigation from the rest of their work. >> reporter: and it's cast a shadow over the entire west wing. the fact that schiller is now on that witness list is a reminder that virtually all of the president's senior aides at some point are going to be touched by this investigation. even those who aren't even accused of any wrongdoing whatsoever will have to come in, testify. that means it's going to take time, a distraction and, george, legal bill, lots of legal bills, a shadow not just over the current senior staff but those they want to bring in who are having second thoughts about whether or not they want to be dragged that this. >> i lived through that in the '90s. even when you're just a witness it costs you a fair amount of money, could be even tens of thousands of dol

. >> jon karl joins us now, and jon, any response from the first lady to the it president's tweets? >> reporter: we asked the first lady directly about this shortly after the tweets went out. what we got from her office was this statement. as the first lady as stated publicly when her husband gets attacked, he will punch back ten times harder. so no indication she considers this an example of cyberbullying. >> jon, the timing of all this couldn't be worse. the fire storm comes with republicans struggling to cut a deal on health care. >> reporter: and the republicans had hoped to have a deal by tomorrow. the vice president was on capitol hill today meeting with republican senators, but tom, as of this moment, there is no indication whatsoever of any further progress that they are any closer to getting a health care bill that will pass the senate. >> jonathan karl for us. jonathan, thank you. >>> in the meantime, the russian investigation is closing in on the president's inner circle. a correct me if i'm wrongshal committee wanting to question a man who served at trump tower for more