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." >> all right, so, let's get to jon karl live at the white house tonight. and jon, as you reported there the president defending himself against stories about his mental fitness, tweeting he is a very stable genius. he's supposed to get a physical this week and the white house was asked if mental stability would be part of that examine. >> reporter: and the answer, david, is no. he is going to walter reed on friday for a physical examine, not, the white house says, a mental examine. and the doctor who will be examining him has been a white house presidential physician for more than a decade. the same doctor who examined both president obama and president bush. >> all right, jon karl at the white house. jon, welcome back. >>> next, to the especially dangerous strain of flu, spreading across the country tonight. a major spike in new cases. the flu now spreading across 46 states. hospitalizations doubling in just a week. and in hard-hit california, they are setting up tents now in some places. and tonight, this question. how effective is the flu vaccine this y
." >> all right, so, let's get to jon karl live at the white house tonight. and jon, as you reported there the president defending himself against stories about his mental fitness, tweeting he is a very stable genius. he's supposed to get a physical this week and the white house was asked if mental stability would be part of that examine. >> reporter: and the answer, david, is no. he is going to walter reed on friday for a physical examine, not, the white house says, a mental...
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. >> so, let's get to jon karl live in washington. jon, you've spent years covering the white house. you were in that room. what is the white house trying to accomplish here? >> reporter: well, first of all, david, this was the president's decision. he told his staff going to do it. just as they were going into the meeting. it's an effort to show a president that is in charge and able to work with democrats, something, david, that he simply has to do now that the republican majority in the senate is down to one seat. >> and jon, while we have you, there was news late today about the president's former chief strategist, steve bannon who was often quoted in that book "fire and fury" criticizing the president and his family. we know the president has cut him off and tonight, he's out at breitbart, as well? >> reporter: he is out, david. he infuriated the white house, infuriated the president, who now calls him sloppy steve. he tried to issue a mea culpa, but that was an apology that was not accepted. >> jon karl at the white house tonigh
. >> so, let's get to jon karl live in washington. jon, you've spent years covering the white house. you were in that room. what is the white house trying to accomplish here? >> reporter: well, first of all, david, this was the president's decision. he told his staff going to do it. just as they were going into the meeting. it's an effort to show a president that is in charge and able to work with democrats, something, david, that he simply has to do now that the republican majority...
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. >> let's get to jon karl at the white house tonight. jon reaction to the president's comments pouring in from around the world? >> reporter: the remarks were condemned around the world. the african union put out a statement demanding a retraction and apology quote, not only to the africans but to all people of african decent around the globe and the governments of haiti summon the top u.s. officials at the embassies to ask for an explanation for the president's words. >> the president also canceled his visit to london saying he was unhappy with the new u.s. embassy there and the president trying to connect the decision on that new embassy to former president obama? >> reporter: the visit to london had been widely reported to be happening next month. the president said that he was doing this was cancelling on twitter because the bad deal that the u.s. got on the new embassy there. but this embassy was started, the move was started by the bush administration, not by president obama. >> jon karl leading us off. thank you. >>> the powerful
. >> let's get to jon karl at the white house tonight. jon reaction to the president's comments pouring in from around the world? >> reporter: the remarks were condemned around the world. the african union put out a statement demanding a retraction and apology quote, not only to the africans but to all people of african decent around the globe and the governments of haiti summon the top u.s. officials at the embassies to ask for an explanation for the president's words. >> the...
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. >> so let's get to jon karl with us live from the white house, and democrats in congress are pushing for legislation that would prevent the president from firing the special counsel, and this evening, we're learning that a leading republican says he is open to it? >> reporter: the judiciary chairman republican chuck grassley did say that, and he said the president and everyone else ought to let mueller do his job and get through this investigation. but while grassley said he is open to this bill or a bill protecting mueller, he also said he is encourage that the president appears to be cooperating with the counsel. >> jon karl leading us off on a friday night. thank you. we have one more question on this. let's get to dan abrams here with us. how significant is this? >> if it's determined that the purpose of it was to end the investigation, that could be a piece in a possible obstruction of justice case. because remember, the intent is what matters there, but it's also important to remember how much of a bigger deal it would have been to fire robert mueller than to fire james comey.
. >> so let's get to jon karl with us live from the white house, and democrats in congress are pushing for legislation that would prevent the president from firing the special counsel, and this evening, we're learning that a leading republican says he is open to it? >> reporter: the judiciary chairman republican chuck grassley did say that, and he said the president and everyone else ought to let mueller do his job and get through this investigation. but while grassley said he is...
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. >> all right, jon karl with us live at the white house tonight. and jon, as we h here, the white house is trying to crack down on internal leaks, by banning staffers from bringing their personal cell phones into the west wing. tonight, you're learning it's not just cell phones? >> reporter: that's right. this comes from a memo from chief of staff john kelly to all of the white house staff sent this afternoon and kelly writes that the ban extends not just to cell phones, but also to laptops, tablets, radios, smartwatches and any other devices with wifi bluetooth radio or cellular capabilities. officially the memo says this is about security in the west wing, but make no mistake about it, this is about cracking down on leaks. >> all right, nothing but pens and pad in the west wing from here on out. jon karl, thank you. >>> we turn next here to the battle over immigration and the dreamers, in particular. the nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought here as children by their parents. overnight, a federal judge preventing president trump from tak
. >> all right, jon karl with us live at the white house tonight. and jon, as we h here, the white house is trying to crack down on internal leaks, by banning staffers from bringing their personal cell phones into the west wing. tonight, you're learning it's not just cell phones? >> reporter: that's right. this comes from a memo from chief of staff john kelly to all of the white house staff sent this afternoon and kelly writes that the ban extends not just to cell phones, but also...
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jon karl live at the white house tonight, as well. the president saying one thing, telling you last night that he's looking forward to speaking with robert mueller, but tonight, the president's own lawyer says, not so fast, that he'll be the one to decide whether the president actually sits down with the special counsel? >> reporter: and i'm not so sure, david, how that will go over with the president. he tends to be the one who likes to make the decisions around here. and he told us that he thinks the interview with mueller could happen within the next two or three weeks. but we do know that the president's legal team has been pushing for a written q and a instead of an in-person interview, and also what the details would be if that interview is to happen. >> all right, so, those negotiations continue. >>> one more headline from the white house tonight. melania trump deciding not to travel with the president to davos. instead, visiting the holocaust memorial museum in washington today. the first lady making a trip to florida. her pla
jon karl live at the white house tonight, as well. the president saying one thing, telling you last night that he's looking forward to speaking with robert mueller, but tonight, the president's own lawyer says, not so fast, that he'll be the one to decide whether the president actually sits down with the special counsel? >> reporter: and i'm not so sure, david, how that will go over with the president. he tends to be the one who likes to make the decisions around here. and he told us that...
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first jon karl is tracking all the latest fallout from washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. just as the president seemed to be making progress on a bipartisan immigration deal, he blew it all up with a vulgar insult that has struck many as blatantly racist. the president's vulgar slur came during an oval office meeting with congressional leaders trying to hammer out an immigration deal. multiple sources tell abc news the president grew angry when he was a developing deal would include protections for immigrants from african countries and haiti. why are we having people from blank countries coming here, the president demanded. referring to haiti and african countries with a profane slur adding, why do we need more haitians? the president suggested the u.s. should bring in more immigrants from countries like norway. the white house did not deny the president made the remarks. responding with a statement saying, president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can cont
first jon karl is tracking all the latest fallout from washington. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. just as the president seemed to be making progress on a bipartisan immigration deal, he blew it all up with a vulgar insult that has struck many as blatantly racist. the president's vulgar slur came during an oval office meeting with congressional leaders trying to hammer out an immigration deal. multiple sources tell abc news the president grew angry when he was a...
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as you mentioned, our jon karl was in that meeting today. he reports that the president seems'inger to sit down and talk with robert mueller. he suggested -- the president suggested that interview could happen within the next two to three weeks, as soon as possible, president trump said. and he says he believe mueller will treat him fairly. >> cecilia vega, our thanks to both you and jon tonight. >>> some republicans on the attack against the fbi and the special counsel investigation, but now demanding answers about missing text messages between two fbi staffers. one of whom worked on the special counsel's team he was then asked to leave after some of those texts revealed personal opinions about then-candidate donald trump and hillary clinton. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, republicans escalating their attacks on special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> american public should have some very serious concerns. >> reporter: republican senator ron johnson pointing to
as you mentioned, our jon karl was in that meeting today. he reports that the president seems'inger to sit down and talk with robert mueller. he suggested -- the president suggested that interview could happen within the next two to three weeks, as soon as possible, president trump said. and he says he believe mueller will treat him fairly. >> cecilia vega, our thanks to both you and jon tonight. >>> some republicans on the attack against the fbi and the special counsel...
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it was our jon karl who asked the question. but tonight, his lawyer now says something very different. here's jon. >> reporter: against the sweeping backdrop of the swiss alps, marine one brought president trump to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> this will be a very exciting two days. thank you very much. >> reporter: the president rubbing elbows with a collection of the globalist power elite he often vilified as a candidate, but today, he sure doesn't seem worried about fitting in. >> are you going to be received well? >> i already am, look. you take a look. hey -- you -- you tell me. >> reporter: but back at home, the president's lawyers managing the fallout from his surprise visit with a group of white house reporters. >> hello, everybody. nice to see you all. >> reporter: we asked the president the big question -- will he sit down with special counsel robert mueller? are you going to talk to mueller? >> i'm looking forward to it, actually. but i would love to do that, and i'd like to do it as soon as poss
it was our jon karl who asked the question. but tonight, his lawyer now says something very different. here's jon. >> reporter: against the sweeping backdrop of the swiss alps, marine one brought president trump to the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> this will be a very exciting two days. thank you very much. >> reporter: the president rubbing elbows with a collection of the globalist power elite he often vilified as a candidate, but today, he sure doesn't seem...
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and we're going to go back to our chief white house correspondent jon karl with more. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, just days after the president seemed to be making progress on a bipartisan immigration deal, he blew it up with comments that strike many as simply racist. multiple sources at a meeting yesterday that the president had with members of congress in the oval office say that he referred to haiti and african countries using a slur that we cannot use on the air. calling them quote blank countries. it's prompting bipartisan backlash including this tweet from representative mia love, a republican and the first haitian-american elected to congress. she called the president's words unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nation's values. now, the president is acknowledging using tough language. but seems to be denying that's exactly what he said. tweeting, quote, the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough but this was not the language used. that was what was really tough was the outlandish proposal made, a big s
and we're going to go back to our chief white house correspondent jon karl with more. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, just days after the president seemed to be making progress on a bipartisan immigration deal, he blew it up with comments that strike many as simply racist. multiple sources at a meeting yesterday that the president had with members of congress in the oval office say that he referred to haiti and african countries using a slur that we cannot use...
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i want to go to our jon karl in the chambers. and the president clearly going to take a victory lap tonight, take credit for the strong economy and the tax cut he thinks is going to make it stronger, but he is also entering the chamber with the lowest approval rating of any modern president one year in. white house officials say the speech is going to be both optimistic and inclusive. those are not the first words that come to mind when you think of trump's first year. >> right. the theme he has tonight is unity, but he's entering a chamber that is as divided as has ever been. i was here during the clinton impeachment and this feels even more divided than it was then. many democrats here in this chamber see the president as not merely somebody they disagree with, but somebody who is a danger. and republicans in this chamber talk about this deep state conspiracy within the fbi to thwart this president. but the president's theme here will be optimism. in the trump world view, america is back. stock market is roaring. we're in the m
i want to go to our jon karl in the chambers. and the president clearly going to take a victory lap tonight, take credit for the strong economy and the tax cut he thinks is going to make it stronger, but he is also entering the chamber with the lowest approval rating of any modern president one year in. white house officials say the speech is going to be both optimistic and inclusive. those are not the first words that come to mind when you think of trump's first year. >> right. the theme...
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let's start with jonathan karl. jon, you're at the white house this morning. not a lot of activity there yesterday. no meetings between the president and congressional leaders what's the latest? >> reporter: george, right now it's a stand off that does not lend itself to a break through. the democrats saying they will not vote to reopen the government until they have an agreement on immigration. republicans are saying they won't even negotiate on immigration until the government is reopen. amidst all the finger pointing and rekrim nations senator schumer the democrat leader and the president are close to a deal on the underlying issue on immigration. i'm told the president has expressed a willingness to have a deal that would be legal status for the d.r.e.a.m.ers in exchange for full funding of his border wall. that's $20 billion over seven years. he would do that even if he had no change to the visa lottery, no change on chained migration. i'll told the president would be willing to do that without that. further, george, i'm told from democrat sources that se
let's start with jonathan karl. jon, you're at the white house this morning. not a lot of activity there yesterday. no meetings between the president and congressional leaders what's the latest? >> reporter: george, right now it's a stand off that does not lend itself to a break through. the democrats saying they will not vote to reopen the government until they have an agreement on immigration. republicans are saying they won't even negotiate on immigration until the government is...
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jon karl with new reporting on that meeting with the president a short time ago. jon, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we do move on now, to that other major winter storm on the move tonight. alerts up from minnesota all the way to the northeast, we're following this, as well. blizzard conditions in the heartland, cars stuck in deep snow in sioux city, iowa. look at those images. and then tornadoes in the south. an ef-2. winds more than 111 miles an hour in texas. and blinding rain could now be on the ray for washington, d.c., philly, new york and boston. abc's adrienne bankert tonight in the storm zone. >> reporter: not going anywhere. tonight, major interstates shut down as a blizzard pummels the heartland. >> blizzard warnings are out. >> reporter: some 70 miles of i-29 closed at the iowa/south dakota border. >> people are underestimating how slippery it actually is. >> reporter: a dashcam capturing this spinout in sioux falls. and in nebraska -- >> road conditions are extremely hazardous. we are advising that you do not go out in these conditions. >> reporter:
jon karl with new reporting on that meeting with the president a short time ago. jon, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we do move on now, to that other major winter storm on the move tonight. alerts up from minnesota all the way to the northeast, we're following this, as well. blizzard conditions in the heartland, cars stuck in deep snow in sioux city, iowa. look at those images. and then tornadoes in the south. an ef-2. winds more than 111 miles an hour in texas. and blinding rain...
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jon karl has all the latest. jon, all could increase the chances of a government shutdown friday. >> reporter: it sure looks grim, george, with all the name-calling and back and forth and distrust, the two sides seem to be miles apart from a deal and democrats have made it clear if they do not have protection for the d.r.e.a.m.ers, they will not agree to extend government funding. what republicans are going to try to do now is, temporarily extend government funding and actually, george, i have talked to both democrats and republicans involved in the negotiations who believe that ultimately there will be a deal on this, in fact, it's quite possible that the president's explosive comments have actually put more pressure on the republicans to make a deal. >> put more pressure on republicans but it moves the democrats further away and learning more about that meeting, even "the washington post" reporting that the president after the meeting wasn't denying the comments at all. calling his friends to see how it was pla
jon karl has all the latest. jon, all could increase the chances of a government shutdown friday. >> reporter: it sure looks grim, george, with all the name-calling and back and forth and distrust, the two sides seem to be miles apart from a deal and democrats have made it clear if they do not have protection for the d.r.e.a.m.ers, they will not agree to extend government funding. what republicans are going to try to do now is, temporarily extend government funding and actually, george, i...
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want to go back to jon karl with all the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this week the president told me that he is looking forward to being interviewed by robert mueller to tell his side of the story and his legal team says they are doing everything possible to cooperate with the special counsel's investigation. but "the times" reports that six months ago the president issued an order for mueller to be fired. "the times" report is quite detailed saying president trump ordered white house counsel don mcgahn to fire mueller and to end the special counsel investigation just one month after mueller was appointed to the job. he was citing conflicts of interest. this morning in davos, switzerland, the president denied that report. >> fake news, folks, typical "the new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: according to the report, the president ultimately backed down after white house counsel mcgahn threatened to resign over the request saying that firing mueller, quote, would have a catastrophic effect on h
want to go back to jon karl with all the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. this week the president told me that he is looking forward to being interviewed by robert mueller to tell his side of the story and his legal team says they are doing everything possible to cooperate with the special counsel's investigation. but "the times" reports that six months ago the president issued an order for mueller to be fired. "the times" report is quite...
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our chief white house correspondent jon karl in washington with the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. it took several days but now steve bannon is apologizing or at least sort of apologizing for some of the comments he made to the author michael wolff. first the president declared steve bannon had lost his mind. now the white house is slamming him as angry and vindictive. >> it reads like an angry, vindictive person spouting off to a highly discredible author. >> reporter: he is finally expressing regret but only for what he said about the president's eldest patriot and a good man, bannon said in a written statement. he has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around. a far cry from what he told michael wolff. specifically about the trump tower meeting that jump junior set up with jared kushner and then campaign manager paul manafort. with a russian lawyer said to have dirt on hillary clinton. in the book he is quoted suggesting it was treasonous and that congressional inves
our chief white house correspondent jon karl in washington with the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. it took several days but now steve bannon is apologizing or at least sort of apologizing for some of the comments he made to the author michael wolff. first the president declared steve bannon had lost his mind. now the white house is slamming him as angry and vindictive. >> it reads like an angry, vindictive person spouting off to a highly discredible...
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jon karl, thanks very much. >>> george, now to that deadly flu. the number of cases spiking across the country. look at this map from the cdc. it shows the flu spreading over the past three months. california, one of the hardest hit states and abc's kayna whitworth is in escondido with the details. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. here in california 27 people under the age of 65 have died from the flu since october. and some hospitals are resorting to these. it's a triage tent sit up just outside just for flu patients. doctors i spoke with say it's simply overwhelming. this morning, 48-year-old shawn burrow fighting for his life. >> he was severely, critically ill and basically, you know, knocking on death's door. >> reporter: the southern california man one of tens of thousands suffering with the nation's deadly flu crisis. so far this season, the cdc now saying the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. extreme, nearly 42,000. california among the hardest hit states. >> it's going to last through february and probably early
jon karl, thanks very much. >>> george, now to that deadly flu. the number of cases spiking across the country. look at this map from the cdc. it shows the flu spreading over the past three months. california, one of the hardest hit states and abc's kayna whitworth is in escondido with the details. good morning, kayna. >> reporter: robin, good morning. here in california 27 people under the age of 65 have died from the flu since october. and some hospitals are resorting to these....
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our chief white house correspondent jon karl has more on that and, jon, the big headline yesterday, the president is backtracking on his willingness to pete with special counsel robert mueller. >> reporter: yeah, george, back in june i asked the president point blank if he would be willing to speak with mueller under oath. he said, 100% yes. it's something he reiterated again as recently as last weekend but when he was asked again yesterday, he said we'll see and he suggested there would be no need for an interview. george, there are two problems with his reasoning there. he said it's been proven there is no collusion. well, it hasn't been proven that there's no collusion. none of the committees have concluded one way or the other on that question and collusion is only one of the thi investigated. another big one is obstruction of justice. >> the president up and tweeting again on the russia investigation this morning. he talked about it a lot in those answers yesterday calling it a democratic hoax. he really seems obsessed and determined to get his side of the story out as mueller keep
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and i'll be joining george and the entire political team cecilia, mary jon karl for the president's state of the union address. that begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here. >>> in the meantime one more major headline tonight. abc news has learned that the special counsel is seeking to interview the man who quit as spokesperson for the president's team? what did he see that he did not like? abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: he was the spokesman for president trump's legal team. >> good afternoon, everyone i'mmark coren insider often called upon to give . but tonight, abc news is learning more details about what allegedly caused mark corallo to abruptly leave the trump team. something the special counsel apparently wants to talk to him about, as robert mueller aggressively pursues the possibility of obstruction of justice. corallo quit in july, sources say, in part because concerned that some in president trump's unearth negative information about mueller, in an effort to find potential conflicts of interest for mueller, whose investigation the president has repeatedly called a witch hunt.
and i'll be joining george and the entire political team cecilia, mary jon karl for the president's state of the union address. that begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here. >>> in the meantime one more major headline tonight. abc news has learned that the special counsel is seeking to interview the man who quit as spokesperson for the president's team? what did he see that he did not like? abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: he was the spokesman for president trump's legal team....
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jon karl, thank you. >>> next tonight here, new reporting. how did it happen, that false alarm in hawaii that led to 38 minutes of terror? more than a million people warned of an imminent missile attack, told "this is not a drill." familying huddling many closets, parents hiding children in manholes. abc's jim avila from honolulu. >> reporter: the worker blamed for causing 38 minutes of fear and panic is reassigned after a routine internal test turned into a nightmare scenario for more than a million hawaiians. >> a missile may impact on land or sea within involves. this is not a drill. >> reporter: the dire message causing this father to hide his daughter in a manhole. families to race into world war ii-era bunkers. tourists to gather in hotel basements. >> i had my mom on spokerphone, i was calling and saying good-bye to my family. >> reporter: all starting during a shift change when officials tell abc news an employee mistakenly clicked missile alert instead of the test option. 8:07 saturday morning, the warning. >> this is not a drill. in
jon karl, thank you. >>> next tonight here, new reporting. how did it happen, that false alarm in hawaii that led to 38 minutes of terror? more than a million people warned of an imminent missile attack, told "this is not a drill." familying huddling many closets, parents hiding children in manholes. abc's jim avila from honolulu. >> reporter: the worker blamed for causing 38 minutes of fear and panic is reassigned after a routine internal test turned into a nightmare...
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he is leaving no stone unturned. >> jon karl with us in new york. good to have you here for a change. >>> in the meantime tonight, the government shutdown now over after three days, and costing the u.s. taxpayer millions. and a reminder tonight that this spending they agreed on only lasts about three weeks. then what? tonight, democrats are demanding action on the dreamers, and what they've now pulled from the table. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: after sitting out for much of the shutdown fight, today, president trump jumped back in the fray, but he would not promise that washington will actually reach a deal to save the dreamers by the looming deadline. he tweeted, "nobody knows for sure that the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a deal on daca by february 8th, but everyone will be trying." could this white house envision a scenario in which these dreamers are deported? would that be something that the president is okay with? >> at this point, the president is willing to sign something to fin
he is leaving no stone unturned. >> jon karl with us in new york. good to have you here for a change. >>> in the meantime tonight, the government shutdown now over after three days, and costing the u.s. taxpayer millions. and a reminder tonight that this spending they agreed on only lasts about three weeks. then what? tonight, democrats are demanding action on the dreamers, and what they've now pulled from the table. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega....
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. >> so, let's get to jon karl, live at the white house tonight. and jon, we know that president trump fired former fbi director james comey. he hand-picked the new director, wl christopher wray. now, this battle between the president and his new director. all this playing out in public. how is this good for the president to be at odds with an fbi director all over again? >> reporter: it's not good, david. and people close to the president take wray at his word when it comes to what you heard him same at his confirmation hearing about being willing to resign. now, there is no indication that wray would resign in this case, but the possibility of losing 2000 fbi directors in the course of one year, that would be troubling for the morale at the fbi, it would be politically de devastating and it would be unprecedented. >> jon, thank you. >>> one more developing headline right now involving the president. the man who robert mueller reports to, deputy a.g. rob r e rosenstein. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas from washington. >> reporter:
. >> so, let's get to jon karl, live at the white house tonight. and jon, we know that president trump fired former fbi director james comey. he hand-picked the new director, wl christopher wray. now, this battle between the president and his new director. all this playing out in public. how is this good for the president to be at odds with an fbi director all over again? >> reporter: it's not good, david. and people close to the president take wray at his word when it comes to what...