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pierre thomas with us now live. and just now, nunberg going on cable tv yet again to say he was also offered immunity by the special counsel, apparently turning it down and now refusing to cooperate, pierre? >> reporter: that's right. he just talked about being offered immunity, but he's still saying he won testify. that means he could be held in contempt of court and could face jail time. >> pierre thomas leading us off on a monday night. >>> the other major story we're following, the new nor'easter threatening the east coast tonight. winter storm alefts for 16 states. whiteout conditions on the roads in south dakota. the remnants from the deadly system that just blew through, still lashing the coast. abc's linsey davis tonight on the hundreds of thousands still without heat and without power. >> reporter: tonight, plow brigades race to clear roads as a powerful new storm heads east. already bringing half a foot of snow and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour to parts of the midwest. this was the scene today in mass
pierre thomas with us now live. and just now, nunberg going on cable tv yet again to say he was also offered immunity by the special counsel, apparently turning it down and now refusing to cooperate, pierre? >> reporter: that's right. he just talked about being offered immunity, but he's still saying he won testify. that means he could be held in contempt of court and could face jail time. >> pierre thomas leading us off on a monday night. >>> the other major story we're...
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>> pierre thomas tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> now, to the cliffhanger in pennsylvania. 24 hours later, the race still too close to call, but democrat conor lamb, leading with a razor-thin margin, and he has declared victory, in a congressional district president trump won by nearly 20 points. what could this mean for november? abc's chief national correspondent tom llamas is there tonight. >> please welcome to the stage, congressman-elect conor lamb. >> reporter: tonight, the democrats already proclaiming victory in what could be a political upset in trump country. >> it look a little longer than we thought, but we did it. >> reporter: conor lamb holding onto a slim lead over republican rick saccone in a special election for a house seat held by republicans for 15 years. and where president trump won by nearly 20 points just over a year ago. the president flying here three days before the election to rally the base. >> we need him. we need republicans. we need the votes. >> reporter: even though it appears
>> pierre thomas tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> now, to the cliffhanger in pennsylvania. 24 hours later, the race still too close to call, but democrat conor lamb, leading with a razor-thin margin, and he has declared victory, in a congressional district president trump won by nearly 20 points. what could this mean for november? abc's chief national correspondent tom llamas is there tonight. >> please welcome to the stage, congressman-elect conor lamb. >> reporter:...
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the family says they never saw this coming, david. >> pierre thomas with us again tonight. >>> congress has just over 24 hours to avert a government shutdown. the house approving a $1.3 trillion in spending, including $1.6 billion for boarding security and fencing. $600 million for election security and $50 million in grants for school safety. not in the bill, anything about daca and the dreamers. the senate now has until midnight tomorrow to approve it. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. two separate blasts rattling new york city late today. firefighters are on the scene at this hour. buildings evacuated. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> also news tonight about the american college student found dead in bermuda. what authorities have now revealed. >>> and the newborn baby taken from her parents. her mother, a member of an indian tribe. her father is white. tribal police showing up and taking the baby from the hospital. now the uproar. ahlot more news ahead. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an inject
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>> pierre thomas with us again tonight. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the man posing as a driver. authorities say then attacking several women who got into his car. >>> also, we are tracking a nor'easter, right off the east coast tonight. several major cities from d.c. up through new york and boston all preparing. >>> the intense police shootout. officers firing dozens of shots. the images coming in. >>> and this question tonight, is amazon taking photos of your front door? tonight, the reason why, when we come back. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these o
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abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with the video tonight, and what that company also allegedly offered. >> reporter: tonight, new undercover video from britain's channel four making headlines today. reporters posing as foreigners with political ambitions are meeting with cambridge analytica. the political data firm with ties to the trump campaign is making its sales pitch to potential clients. >> if you are collecting data on people and you're profiling them, that gives you more insight that you can use to know how to segment the population. to give them messaging about issues that they care about. and we use that in america. >> reporter: cambridge analytica is the company behind that growing scandal involving facebook and how the profiles of 50 million of the social media company's users may have been obtained without them knowing. the reporters even meet this man, alexander nix, one of the company's founders, who promises to send an attractive woman to trap a rival candidate. >> send some girls around to the candidate's house, we could bring some ukrainians in on holiday. i'm
abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with the video tonight, and what that company also allegedly offered. >> reporter: tonight, new undercover video from britain's channel four making headlines today. reporters posing as foreigners with political ambitions are meeting with cambridge analytica. the political data firm with ties to the trump campaign is making its sales pitch to potential clients. >> if you are collecting data on people and you're profiling them, that...
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let's get to pierre thomas with us live tonight. let's get back to what you reported there. corey lewandowski, and we're going to see noneberg after seeing the counsel might have something on the president? >> reporter: that's right, david. we expect nunberg back in the news after all the back and forth over whether he would testify. he told us today he is going to appear before mueller's grand jury tomorrow. david, we'll see. >> pierre, thank you. >>> and president trump's former campaign chairman indicted in the russia investigation pleading not guilty today. paul manafort entering a not guilty plea on tax evasion and bank fraud. his charges will start on july 10th. >>> to florida tonight, and chilling new calls from parkland, calls made during the attack from parents and 911 operates. you can hear the parents talking with their children, and it comes as florida lawmakers pass a new gun law. here's abc's victor oquendo tonight. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, the 911 calls. parents dialing just as they learned there was a shooting at school. >> she says she's beh
let's get to pierre thomas with us live tonight. let's get back to what you reported there. corey lewandowski, and we're going to see noneberg after seeing the counsel might have something on the president? >> reporter: that's right, david. we expect nunberg back in the news after all the back and forth over whether he would testify. he told us today he is going to appear before mueller's grand jury tomorrow. david, we'll see. >> pierre, thank you. >>> and president trump's...
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here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, abc news has learned that former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, fired by attorney general sessions just two days before his retirement, had once actually launched a criminal investigation into sessions himself. mccabe a year ago investigating whether sessions intentionally misled congress about his interactions with russians when he was a top adviser to the trump campaign. the probe triggered in part by this moment in sessions' confirmation hearing. >> i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: it turns out sessions actually met at least twice with the russian ambassador, prompting calls for a criminal investigation by congressional democrats. mccabe launched that investigation, but it was ultimately closed with no action. and just last week, sessions fired mccabe. critics say the attorney general acted under pressure from president trump. but sessions says the fbi's inspector general concluded mccabe himself was less than candid when answering questio
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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has more on that for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: david, good morning. that's right. it's a scandal raising concerns about the privacy of millions of americans using social media and members of congress want to know if russia took advantage. this morning, a growing scandal surrounding how the personal information of up to 50 million facebook users has been secretly obtained and shared without their consent. >> today in the united states we have somewhere close to 4,000 or 5,000 data points on every individual. >> reporter: alexander nix, one of the founders of cambridge analytica, a political data company with ties to the trump campaign, touting his research in helping president trump win in the 2016 election. >> we were able to use data to identify that there was very large quantities of persuadable voters there that could be influenced to vote for the trump campaign. >> reporter: a company allegedly engaged in information warfare with financing secured by trump's senior campaign advisers steve ban
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pier pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> they just released frantic 911 called. take a listen. >> the bring fell down by fiu. the bridge fell down. >> fiu? >> incredible hearing the phone calls. the family of one of the six victims is now suing the bridge's construction firms. federal investigators say workers were adjusting tension rods when it collapsed. >> you may have missed one of the great national wonders of chicago. >> twice a year, the sun aligns perfectly with the city's street grid in what's known as chicago henge. >> that of course is a play off stone henge. check out chicago's version of it. >> pretty cool. >> and, of course, we have manhattan henge, which happens twice a year as well. >> always a safe day for pedestrians when everyone tries to stand in the middle of the stre street. >>> a playboy model saying the president tried to pay her for sex. >>> here is a look at today's forecast. >>> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. (male #1) it's a little something i've done every night since i was a kid,
pier pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> they just released frantic 911 called. take a listen. >> the bring fell down by fiu. the bridge fell down. >> fiu? >> incredible hearing the phone calls. the family of one of the six victims is now suing the bridge's construction firms. federal investigators say workers were adjusting tension rods when it collapsed. >> you may have missed one of the great national wonders of chicago. >> twice a year, the sun aligns...
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. >> last year my colleague pierre thomas got a rare look at how fbi bomb technicians train police and federal agents what to look for after a bombing. in this training exercise authorities set off a series of car bombs, if you hunt for the blown apart pieces at the detonation epicenter you can find the pieces and put it back together. in the vehicle may be finger prints or dna to be collected. even the screws used to shrapnel are lead to store on surveillance camera. that was evident in the austin case. >> one thing consistent in these devices there was nails and screws in each of them. >> and tonight questions swirl being that 23-year-old bomb maker. how a troubled man could turn so violent. for "nightline" i'm matt gutman in austin, texas. >>> next we switch gears talking about the cast, the couch and that signature. [ laughter ] laugh it's all coming back for the new season of "roseanne." we're going to take you behind the candies. first the "nightline" cue. which major movie star once played the foreman at the factory where roseanne worked? the answer when we come back. back. l? y
. >> last year my colleague pierre thomas got a rare look at how fbi bomb technicians train police and federal agents what to look for after a bombing. in this training exercise authorities set off a series of car bombs, if you hunt for the blown apart pieces at the detonation epicenter you can find the pieces and put it back together. in the vehicle may be finger prints or dna to be collected. even the screws used to shrapnel are lead to store on surveillance camera. that was evident in...
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attending the coming for the world cup this summer we spoke to economist and russian expert pierre thomas he says the measures are probably too. i don't believe in second easy story why president putin and the rush hour when we go for election would prove more chips of scandal international who condemn it easy may second we are the world cup or football or we are actually invested billions way too to exert risk to the mage's big event for a few years now we ceased to be russia for be our everywhere usually the diplomats are so cautious and so prudent way so the new we know all all more few hours after all who is needy or russia the investigation into the attack on the former russian intelligence agent and his daughter is still ongoing and there are still many unanswered questions as artie's daniel hawkins explains. and i tack by the kremlin on u.k. soil for downing street it seems the case is all but closed russia is the culprit no questions or other. has the prime minister taken the necessary steps to make a formal request for evidence from the russian government given the gravity of the
attending the coming for the world cup this summer we spoke to economist and russian expert pierre thomas he says the measures are probably too. i don't believe in second easy story why president putin and the rush hour when we go for election would prove more chips of scandal international who condemn it easy may second we are the world cup or football or we are actually invested billions way too to exert risk to the mage's big event for a few years now we ceased to be russia for be our...
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pierre thomas, abc news, fbi headquarters. >>> president trump's next chief economic adviser will be a familiar face to many in the business world. larry kudlow is a regular on cnbc. he's been a supporter of most of the president's economic policies, but not the tariffs on steel and aluminum. that is the issue that caused the previous economic adviser to quit. >>> turning to the weather. the northeast is bracing for a possible fourth nor'easter in less than three weeks. new england digs out from two feet of snow, a march chill is stretching down the golf coast. the west, the storms will hit the plains, bringing potentially severe storms to the south by friday afternoon. behind that system, another storm is brewing that could turn into another nor'easter by next week. >>> the nba has king james. in soccer, the title belongs to the argentinian, messi. >> the king made quick work of chelsea in wednesday's champion league match. he scored the fastest goal of his career. a little more than two minutes into the match, he beats the chelsea keeper for a 1-0 lead. >> in the second half, messi
pierre thomas, abc news, fbi headquarters. >>> president trump's next chief economic adviser will be a familiar face to many in the business world. larry kudlow is a regular on cnbc. he's been a supporter of most of the president's economic policies, but not the tariffs on steel and aluminum. that is the issue that caused the previous economic adviser to quit. >>> turning to the weather. the northeast is bracing for a possible fourth nor'easter in less than three weeks. new...
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pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> miami-dade police just released frantic 911 calls after the deadly bridge collapse. take a listen. >> the bring fell down by fiu. the bridge fell down. >> fiu? >> incredible hearing the phone calls. the family of one of the six victims is now suing the bridge's construction firms. federal investigators say workers were adjusting tension rods when it collapsed. >> you may have missed one of the great national wonders of chicago. >> twice a year, the sun aligns perfectly with the city's street grid in what's known as chicago henge. >> that of course is a play off stone henge. photographers come from around the world to check out chicago's version of it. >> pretty cool. >> and, of course, we have manhattan henge, which happens twice a year as well. >> always a safe day for pedestrians when everyone tries to stand in the middle of the street to get the best photo. >>> a playboy model saying the president tried to pay her for sex. >>> plus, rbg is a boss in the courtroom and the gym. working on her fitness. first, a look at today's forecast. is a l
pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> miami-dade police just released frantic 911 calls after the deadly bridge collapse. take a listen. >> the bring fell down by fiu. the bridge fell down. >> fiu? >> incredible hearing the phone calls. the family of one of the six victims is now suing the bridge's construction firms. federal investigators say workers were adjusting tension rods when it collapsed. >> you may have missed one of the great national wonders of...
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pierre thomas, abc news. >> and of course that changed late last night when he told the a.p. he would testify, which all of this has led to a lot of questions about his mental health, his ability for that matter. and in some cases his sobriety. in a cnn interview last night, the host erin burnett asked him point blank if he had been drinking. >> talking to you, i have smelled alcohol on your breath. >> well, i have not had a drink. >> you haven't had a drink? anything else? >> no. >> no? >> no. besides my meds. >> okay. >> antidepressants. is that okay? >> so awkward. the congressman there, adam schiff, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, now says that he would like to bring nunberg before his committee. >> should be an interesting interview. >>> and house speaker paul ryan the latest on a growing list of republicans urging president trump to drop his plan for new tariffs fearing it could spark a trade war. ryan says implementing the import taxes on steel and aluminum could jeopardize the benefits of the tax reform law and hurt the middle class. word of the
pierre thomas, abc news. >> and of course that changed late last night when he told the a.p. he would testify, which all of this has led to a lot of questions about his mental health, his ability for that matter. and in some cases his sobriety. in a cnn interview last night, the host erin burnett asked him point blank if he had been drinking. >> talking to you, i have smelled alcohol on your breath. >> well, i have not had a drink. >> you haven't had a drink? anything...
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pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: donald trump's former campaign manager, cory lewandowski grilled by congressional investigators. >> i answered every relevant question you could imagine. i spent 12 hours. there's no collusion, no cooperation, fact. >> reporter: the testimony comes amid new questions about whether the president has been asking witnesses interviewed by robert mueller what was asked. there's new scrutiny between the president and the former chief of staff, reince priebus after priebus was interviewed by mueller's team. sources say president trump asked if the special counsel's team was nice and whether they were -- whether they would try to set up a back channel with putin before the inauguration. at issue is the meeting. at the meeting, this man, eric prince, the former blackwater ceo and brother of betsy devos. he said their meeting was unplanned. a chance encounter while he was on a business trip. met him down in the bar, prince said of his encounter. we talked for 30 minutes over a beer and that was it. he says the president-elect didn't know. >> was anyb
pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: donald trump's former campaign manager, cory lewandowski grilled by congressional investigators. >> i answered every relevant question you could imagine. i spent 12 hours. there's no collusion, no cooperation, fact. >> reporter: the testimony comes amid new questions about whether the president has been asking witnesses interviewed by robert mueller what was asked. there's new scrutiny between the president and the former chief of...
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pierre thomas, abc news at the justice department. >>> new questions about possible conflicts of interest involving the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. jared kushner's family real estate company reportedly received big loans from two organizations, all of this after their executives met with kushner at the white house. "the new york times" reports the loans totaled more than $500 million. kushner's attorneys claim that he had no role in the family business since joining the government, and both companies say there's no connection between the loans and kushner's role in the white house. and a note about kushner's new security clearance, at least the level being downgraded this week. cnn reports that even the white house calligrapher now has a higher level of clearance than kushner now does. >>> and major storms are threatening millions across the country. >> the midwest is staring at snow from chicago to detroit. meantime, the northeast will be soaked with heavy rains ahead of a weekend nor'easter. on the west coast, residents in northern california are preparing for what could
pierre thomas, abc news at the justice department. >>> new questions about possible conflicts of interest involving the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. jared kushner's family real estate company reportedly received big loans from two organizations, all of this after their executives met with kushner at the white house. "the new york times" reports the loans totaled more than $500 million. kushner's attorneys claim that he had no role in the family business since...
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i want to go back to our chief correspondent pierre thomas. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: the big question, should the president ever be talking to witnesses about their testimony? we learned overnight that mr. trump spoke with his former white house chief of staff about how his interview with the special counsel went. we confirmed reports that the president tried to get white house counsel don mcgahn to push that mr. trump didn't push to have the special counsel fired. sources tell abc news that these conversations were innocent and took place after both men testified. overnight, more evidence that mueller is still looking at if there was collusion. the special counsel is trying to determine if there were back channel meetings between a trump associate and with a russian with ties to putin just before the inauguration, george. >> doesn't appear to be anywhere close to finished. okay, pierre, thanks very much. >>> coming up here, the new bachelorette, becca's message. what is she going to say to arie and lauren. >>> and those new tools th
i want to go back to our chief correspondent pierre thomas. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: the big question, should the president ever be talking to witnesses about their testimony? we learned overnight that mr. trump spoke with his former white house chief of staff about how his interview with the special counsel went. we confirmed reports that the president tried to get white house counsel don mcgahn to push that mr. trump didn't push to have the special counsel fired. sources tell...
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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest on a story he broke with the team here. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. the feud between the fbi's former number two in command and the attorney general took on a different twist after we learned that andrew mccabe had tried to investigate jeff sessions. this morning, members of congress demanding answers about attorney general jeff sessions' friday night firing of former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. this after our report that mccabe launched a criminal investigation about a year ago looking into whether sessions intentionally misled congress about his interactions with russians when he was a top adviser to the trump campaign. the probe triggered in part by this critical moment during sessions' confirmation hearing when he was asked what he would do if there was any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government. >> i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i didn't -- did not have co
our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest on a story he broke with the team here. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. the feud between the fbi's former number two in command and the attorney general took on a different twist after we learned that andrew mccabe had tried to investigate jeff sessions. this morning, members of congress demanding answers about attorney general jeff sessions' friday night firing of former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. this...
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pierre thomas, abc news. >>> new conflicts of interest. jared kushner's family real estate company reportedly received big loans after they met. kushner's attorneys claim he as no role since joining it government and both companies say there's no connection between the loans and kushner's role in the white house. and a note about kushner's security clearance. cnn reports that even the white house calligrapher now has a higher level off clearance than kushner now does. >>> and maker storms akrusz the country. meantime the northeast will be soaked with heavy winds. residents are preparing for what could be the most poirb powerful storm of the year with snow, rain and possibly mud slides. >>> this nor'easter goes to tomorrow. possibly creating 18 inches of snow at the heart of new york. along with heavy rain that could cause flooding. in the southeast along 85 and 77, raleigh, and to the west unbelieve. and four eight efeet of snow. >>> thank you and police in. new york are looking for a thief who tried to cover his tracks. >> surveillance vi
pierre thomas, abc news. >>> new conflicts of interest. jared kushner's family real estate company reportedly received big loans after they met. kushner's attorneys claim he as no role since joining it government and both companies say there's no connection between the loans and kushner's role in the white house. and a note about kushner's security clearance. cnn reports that even the white house calligrapher now has a higher level off clearance than kushner now does. >>> and...
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pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: george, good morning. most investigations like this end up following the money. today, are there are growing questions about whether business dealings in the trump family played any role in foreign policy decision and whether nations other than russia tried to influence the trump campaign. this morning, the special counsel possibly expanding the investigation. the new york times raising questions about possible attempts by officials of the united arab emrates to buy political influence by directing money to support mr. trump during the presidential campaign. according to "the times" an associate affiliated with the uae visited the white house a number of times, meeting with steve bannon and the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, whoiz financial dealings have recently been scrutinized. there are reports emerging about his business seeking money from qatar. the trump administration took a firm assistance against qatar. >> if it's true, it's damning. if it's true, jared kushner has to go. >> reporter: h c
pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: george, good morning. most investigations like this end up following the money. today, are there are growing questions about whether business dealings in the trump family played any role in foreign policy decision and whether nations other than russia tried to influence the trump campaign. this morning, the special counsel possibly expanding the investigation. the new york times raising questions about possible attempts by officials of the...
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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. a little-known adviser to president trump's campaign who was fired dominated the headlines yesterday. appearing on major cable news networks. appearances so odd, he was asked if he was intoxicated. by the end of the day, it came to this for sam nunberg. a past political adviser. to then-candidate donald trump. >> i have smelled alcohol on your breath. >> i have not had a drink. no, i have not. >> anything else? >> no. >> reporter: in a day of accusations, at one point, nunberg suggesting on cnn that the president knew about the trump tower meeting with the russians set up to get dirt on candidate hillary clinton before it happened. >> there's been a consistent message from team trump, which is that donald trump himself did not know about this meeting. >> what do you think? >> you tell me. >> i mean, it's -- if you see there's something he said, i already saw, that within a week, or he said something, we're going to find somethin
our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the latest. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. a little-known adviser to president trump's campaign who was fired dominated the headlines yesterday. appearing on major cable news networks. appearances so odd, he was asked if he was intoxicated. by the end of the day, it came to this for sam nunberg. a past political adviser. to then-candidate donald trump. >> i have smelled alcohol on your breath. >> i...
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pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> some say there's gridlock on capitol hill. they were voting on a new boarder agreement yesterday and one group long opposed to it set off tear gas canisters right there in the chamer. they have done this once before. the measure still passed. >> give us time. we have a budget battle tomorrow. so we might be joining you, kosovo. >>> scientists may have stumbled upon a new and life saving use for viagra. they say a daily low dose reduced the number of tumors in lab mice by 50%. the drug's active ingredient helps prevent the formation of polyps in the intestines. and maybe to help with the research. >> are you volunteering? >> i don't need it. i'm just saying some men may want to help out. >> a pennsylvania police department took a different approach of keeping drivers off the road. >> the bridge's facebook page cautioned residents to leave home early and allow themselves extra time to get to work. so they let everyone know traffic in one area quote absolutely sucks. >> later in the day used a scribbled traffic report with the wo
pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> some say there's gridlock on capitol hill. they were voting on a new boarder agreement yesterday and one group long opposed to it set off tear gas canisters right there in the chamer. they have done this once before. the measure still passed. >> give us time. we have a budget battle tomorrow. so we might be joining you, kosovo. >>> scientists may have stumbled upon a new and life saving use for viagra. they say a daily low dose...
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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking the latest. >> good morning, overnight, news breaking that the president may have been talking to witnesses about their conversations with the special counsel. and we're getting more evidence that bob mueller is still pursuing if there were any ties tweet trump associates and ties close to putin. sources tell ax news after reince priebus appeared before the special counsel president trump was curious and wanted to know how the encounter had gone. during that conversation last december, trump asked priebus if the special counsel had been nice and if he was treated fairly. according to a source familiar with what was said. the question is, should the president be talking to witnesses about their testimony? the president pushed white house counsel don mcgahn to deny the "the new york times" story. mcgahn interviewed by the special counsel, never released that statement which would have been false. lawyers for the president did not respond to abc news. but sources close to the president tell abc news the conversations were innocent
our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is tracking the latest. >> good morning, overnight, news breaking that the president may have been talking to witnesses about their conversations with the special counsel. and we're getting more evidence that bob mueller is still pursuing if there were any ties tweet trump associates and ties close to putin. sources tell ax news after reince priebus appeared before the special counsel president trump was curious and wanted to know how the...
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. >>> our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is with us. our contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett also with us this morning. pierre, let's begin with you. this is really something. authorities zeroed in on this hotel. he then leaves in the vehicle. they surround him at that ditch. he then blows himself up. you learned that it was that sixth device that did not detonate that had the clues and the keys that unlocked this. >> that's right, david. classic police work. we're told by sources last night that the fact that the suspect had used fedex was likely going to be the big break in the case and it sure looks like it was. fedex was able to quickly give law enforcement tracking information from that second package that had bomb that did not detonate. that led them to the precise drop-off points and from there they were able to talk to witnesses, get surveillance footage which led them to the suspect, david. >> incredible police work, brad. they were doing public pleas on the one hand but not telling the public about the fast work they
. >>> our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas is with us. our contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett also with us this morning. pierre, let's begin with you. this is really something. authorities zeroed in on this hotel. he then leaves in the vehicle. they surround him at that ditch. he then blows himself up. you learned that it was that sixth device that did not detonate that had the clues and the keys that unlocked this. >> that's right, david. classic police work....
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pierre thomas is tracking it all. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. this week, a parade of trump campaign advisers has been under intense scrutiny. in just a few hours, the one who made the biggest splash of will week will be back in the news under serious the special counsel's grand jury. paul manafort, former trump campaign chairman, back in court thursday pleading not guilty to recently filed tax and bank fraud charges. only a few miles away, the man he replaced, corey lewandowski was on capitol hill getting grilled by congressional investigators. >> were you able to answer all the questions? >> i answered every relevant question you can imagine. i spent 12 hours of my life i'll never get back. there's no collusion. no cooperation. no coordination. fact. >> reporter: democrats frustrated, saying lewandowski refused to answer questions about that trump tower meeting with the russians. former fbi director comey's firing. and trump's alleged contemplation of firing bob mueller. >> witnesses don't get to pick and choose when it comes to relevant testim
pierre thomas is tracking it all. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: george, good morning. this week, a parade of trump campaign advisers has been under intense scrutiny. in just a few hours, the one who made the biggest splash of will week will be back in the news under serious the special counsel's grand jury. paul manafort, former trump campaign chairman, back in court thursday pleading not guilty to recently filed tax and bank fraud charges. only a few miles away, the man he replaced,...
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our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with the latest on all this. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: that's right. after months of looking the other way while the president repeatedly and publicly criticized him, sessions stood up for himself and his department making his future uncertain. this morning, there are signs that another high-profile administration official could be forced out. sources telling abc news, president trump is outraged that attorney general jeff sessions who delivered an extraordinary rebuke wednesday to one of the president's tweets. after the president says sessions was disgraceful for asking the inspector general rather than justice department attorneys to investigate claims of potential surveillance abuse, sessions pushed back defending his department saying in a statement, we have initiated the appropriate process that will ensure complaints against this department will be fully and fairly acted upon if necessary. as long as i am the attorney general, i will continue to discharge my duties with integrity and honor. the ke
our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas with the latest on all this. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: that's right. after months of looking the other way while the president repeatedly and publicly criticized him, sessions stood up for himself and his department making his future uncertain. this morning, there are signs that another high-profile administration official could be forced out. sources telling abc news, president trump is outraged that attorney general jeff sessions...