Reporter in the oval office this morning, President Trump declared obamacare is on its last leg. Obamacare is virtually dead. Reporter just five days ago, he cut off 7 billion in subsidies that help lowerincome americans. People who make too much to qualify for medicaid, but still need help paying for their coverage. Americans like nevada retiree marcy shelton. I am not a deadbeat. I pay my bills. Ive worked hard all of my life. This is what i was told, that this was going to be there for me. Reporter 6 million americans benefit from these subsidies, nearly 70 of them live in states that voted for trump. But the president today described the payments as a handout to Insurance Companies. This is money that goes to the Insurance Companies to line their pockets, to raise up their stock prices and theyve had a record run. Reporter but just minutes later, he seemed to back a new bipartisan deal to restore those same payments. The solution will be for about a year or two years and it will get us over this
intermediate hump. Reporter the deal, hammered out by republican Lamar Alexander and democrat patty murray, would extend the subsidies for another two years, in exchange for giving states more flexibility to design their own plans. This agreement avoids chaos. And i dont know a democrat or republican who benefits from chaos. Reporter the deal would also provide more funding to help people enroll in obamacare. The president had been sabotaging this bill and the agreement would undo much of that sabotage. Mary bruce joins us from capitol hill tonight. And mary, the president just moved to slash these subsidies. It came in the middle of the night late last week. Then today, this morning, saying obamacare is all but dead. Late today, then saying he supports the idea of now saving these subsidies . Reporter david, this is quite a reversal. But tonight, this deal is far from done. Its unclear if Republican Leaders on the hill will support this. And as congress debates, premiums for americans could still rise. But the president tonight is already pointing fingers, just tweeting, any increase in obamacare premiums is the fault of the democrats. David . Mary bruce live on the hill for us again tonight. Thank you, mary. The president , meantime, Standing Firm tonight, after saying previous president s did not call the families of the fallen. And the president today brought up his own Chief Of Staff, general john kelly, whose son died in afghanistan. General kelly has indicated in the past to reporters that he did not want to talk publicly about the death of his son. Heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tonight. Reporter even in the face of mounting criticism, President Trump today defended his claim that other president s, including president obama, did not personally call the grieving families of fallen soldiers. The controversy ignited when President Trump finally broke his silence over the deaths of four American Special ops soldiers killed in niger. He was asked why, nearly two weeks after the deadly siege, he had yet to mention them or their families. Ive written them personal letters. Theyve been sent, or theyre going out tonight, but they were written during the weekend. Reporter but then, he said this the traditional way, if you look at president obama, and other president s, most of them didnt make calls. A lot of them didnt make calls. I like to call when its appropriate, when i think im able to do it. Reporter he tried to walk it back. President obama, i think, probably did sometimes and maybe sometimes he didnt. I dont know. Thats what i was told. All i can do all i can do is ask my generals. Reporter but the backlash was immediate. President obamas Attorney General tweeted, stop the damn lying, youre the president. An aide to president george w. Bush said he called and or met privately with Hundreds If Not Thousands of grieving families. And some gold star families, going public with their outrage, too. This mom tweeting, trump does not speak for me and did not speak for my son. He is an embarrassment. White house press secretary
sarah sanders insisted the president wasnt criticizing predecessors, but stating a fact. But hours later, President Trump once again pointed the finger directly at president obama, implying he didnt call Current White HouseChief Of Staff john kelly in 2010, when kellys son was killed in afghanistan. I mean, you can ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. Reporter kelly has repeatedly made it clear to reporters he does not want to talk about his sons death. And he would not go on the record today. But the white house tells us he never got a call from president obama. Obama aides do not dispute that. But they do say kelly did attend a white house breakfast for gold star families, where he sat at the first ladys table. And cecilia vega with us live tonight from the white house. And cecilia, you point out its been nearly two weeks since that deadly incident in niger. We hadnt heard from the president until yesterday on this and now youre Learning Tonight that President Trump has
now called the families of those special ops soldiers . Reporter david, those calls happened today. Were told the president expressed his condolences. He told these families their sons service would not be forgotten. About those letters the president said he wrote to those families over the weekend, david, we are told by the white house they went out today. Cecilia vega with us again tonight. Thank you, cecilia. We turn next here to stunning new developments after the flood of accusations of Sexual Misconduct against Harvey Weinstein. Tonight, a woman has now come forward to accuse his brother bob of Sexual Harassment and what his lawyer is now saying. And it comes as two of hollywoods biggest movie stars, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Lawrence, are also now coming forward. Heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter tonight, Harvey Weinstein has officially resigned from the Board Of Directors of the Weinstein Company. This, after the board fired him last week from his position as cochairman. Weinsteins lawyer is seen here exiting todays Board Meeting in new york city. Weinstein has sought treatment for his behavior in arizona, but
is still pursuing a claim he was wrongfully fired from the company. Now, a woman has come forward to accuse weinsteins brother, bob. According to variety, amanda segel, who worked as a show runner for the Weinstein Company drama the mist, weinsteins brother sexually harassed her in 2016 multiple times. She says he made repeated unwanted romantic overtures to her, including, according to the article, a request that she come up to his hotel room and repeated invitations to private dinners, even after she had said no. Bob weinsteins attorney responded, there is no way in the world that Bob Weinstein is guilty of Sexual Harassment, and even if you believe what this person asserts, there is no way it would amount to that. Now other Hollywood Alisters are coming forward with their own experiences. Actress Reese Witherspoon spoke out about sexual abuse she says she suffered by a hollywood director. A lot of the feelings ive been having about anxiety, about being honest, the guilt for not speaking up earlier, or taking action. True disgust at the director who assaulted me when i was 16 years old. Reporter at the same event, Jennifer Lawrence described how, as a teenager, she was asked to pose in a lineup nearly naked. The female producer told me i should use the naked photos of myself as inspiration for my diet. And linsey davis with us tonight. And now, the head of Amazon Studios also resigning after allegations of Sexual Harassment . Reporter thats right. Amazons roy price also resigned today, after being put on leave last week after an allegation of Sexual Harassment, david. All right, linsey davis on this again tonight. Linsey, thank you. We turn next here to california, as firefighters make progress on the devastating wildfires. There are now new fires emerging. A Wildfire Burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains tonight. Families forced to evacuate. Five firefighters injured. And tonight, a closeup view here of the terrifying hours in that devastating fire in santa rosa, as flames surrounded a hospital, Staff Rushing Patients to safety. Heres abcs Clayton Sandell. Lets go reporter as a firestorm closed in on santa rosa, not even hospitals were safe. Patients, many on gurneys, wheeled to safety. At Sutter Santa Rosa regional, nicole veum was in the middle of giving birth, when word came to evacuate all 77 patients. The exodus seen in newly released security video. You just have a lot of faith. The firemen are going to come. And they could not. They were overwhelmed. Reporter Kelsey Claybrook helped knock down flames advancing on a huge tank of highly flammable oxygen. We were afraid that if it hit the tank, the building would go, our guys inside would go and that would be a real oh, no moment. Reporter dr. Scott witt raced from home on his motorcycle, helping evacuate eight babies in intensive care. We dont have to think that often about moving everybody at once. Reporter the staff worked even as many of their own homes, including dr. Witts, burned to the ground. We believe over 30 physicians at this facility lost their homes, as well as over 40 staff members. Reporter tonight, nicole,
husband ben and new son adrian, all doing fine. So, lets get to Clayton Sandell with us live tonight from that hospital in santa rosa. And clayton, some progress on the fires, but still very much a battle there. Reporter its mostly good news. Containment numbers are up, and there is some rain in the forecast. As for that hospital, you can see from this melted sign here just how intense the flames got. But tonight, this hospital, david, is open for business. And they will take the rain after more than a week of this. Clayton sandell, our thanks to you again tonight. In the meantime, President Trumps latest version of his travel ban now blocked by a federal judge in hawaii, just hours before taking effect at midnight. This version bans people from six muslim majority countries, plus north korea and venezuela. The administration saying these countries have not met new u. S. Security standards but, The State Of Hawaii claims the ban still aims to exclude muslims, as the president once promised as a candidate. Overseas tonight, a major milestone in the war against isis. U. S. Backed Coalition Forces on the verge of taking control of raqqah, the syrian city the Islamic State calls its capital. But after years of militant control and fierce battles, the devastating toll is very clear tonight. Youre about to see it. And as isis loses its territory in syria and iraq, where does it turn next . Back to the internet . Heres abcs senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell tonight. Reporter tonight, u. S. Backed forces celebrate a hardwon victory. Isis fighters now all but driven out from raqqah. These celebrations in the same square where isis took over the city three years ago, making it their capital. But look at the isis fighters now. Some will be held as specialty foreign fighters, but others will be free to rejoin their families. The u. S. Provided training, weapons and aerial support. But its local people who have done the fighting and dying. We joined them this summer as the Battle For Raqqah was raging. As they dodged snipers and suicide bombers. These are the fighters that the u. S. Coalition is working with,
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