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The new track hitting just before the weekend. And the urgent manhunt tonight for the man who threw this woman into her own trunk. She escapes. And the one thing she used to get out of that trunk. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night, and tonight, fireworks at the white house. Just hours after the republican and Democratic Leaders of the Senate Intelligence committee released a statement together, saying, there are no indications of any surveillance at trump tower. It comes after those explosive allegations. President trumps claim that president Obama Wiretapped him before the election. Standing by that claim again overnight. Late today, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer pushing back, saying those senators arent done investigating, and another statement from a senator saying, we wouldnt have said that if we werent briefed. Abcs chief white house correspondent, jon karl, with the fiery response to his question at the white house late today. Reporter tonight, the top democrat and republican members of the Senate Intelligence committee declared in no Uncertain Terms that they have seen nothing to prove President Trumps explosive allegation president obama had his phones tapped. We see no indications, they said, that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the United States government either before or after election day 2016. Speaker of the house paul ryan was equally blunt. No such wiretap existed. Weve cleared that up, that we have seen no evidence of that. Reporter but the white house is not backing down. The Intelligence Committee pointblank they have seen no indication of surveillance i understand that, johnathan. Where was your passion and where was your concern when they all said there was no connection to russia . Where was it then . Crickets from you guys. Because at the end of the day so are you saying president stands by his allegation that president obama wire trapped trump tower . No, no, no. Hold on, hold on. Im making a point, the point is this, number one, that its interesting how when evidence comes out and people who have been briefed on the russian connection come out say that that there was nothing that they have seen that proves a connection, you choose not to cover that. And im asking you to respond to the Senate Intelligence committee. Hold on, hold on, let me, and im trying to answer your question jonathan if you can calm down. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer then went on offense. You can follow up. Reporter talking for nearly eight minutes straight, reading from various paidmedia reports d conservative commentary citing unconfirmed and Anonymous Sources on possible surveillance of trump tower and trump associates. Are you saying that the president stands by his allegation that president obama ordered wiretapping surveillance of trump tower despite the fact that that the Senate Intelligence Committee Says they see no indication that it happened . Does the president still stand by the allegation . First of all he stands by it but again youre mischaracterizing what happened today. No, no no, they say they saw no indication, i am reading exactly from their statement. I understand that. At the same time they acknowledge that they have not been in contact with the department of justice. So you think hell still be vindicated . So you think hell still be vindicated . I believe he will. Reporter but moments later, the top democrat of the Senate Intelligence Committee Said they have been in contact with the justice department, saying, they wouldnt have made the statement they made without having been fully briefed by authorities. All this comes just 24 hours after the president tried to explain what he meant when he accused president obama of wiretapping trump tower. And dont forget, when i say wiretap, those words were in quotes. That really covers because wiretapping is pretty Old Fashioned stuff. But that really covers surveillance and many other things. And nobody ever talks about the fact that it was in quotes, but thats a very important thing. But wiretap covers a lot of Different Things. I think youre going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. Reporter two tweets from the president put quotes around the word, wiretap, but no others, no quotes. How low has president obama gone to tapp my phones and president obama was tapping my phones. What was the basis for the claim . Well, ive been reading about things. I read in, i think it was january 20th a New York Times article where they were talking about wiretapping. There was an article, i think they used that exact term. Reporter but the New York Times never reported president obama ordered any wiretapping of trump tower, citing Anonymous Sources, the paper reported surveillance of russian officials who had been in contact with trump associates. All right. So lets go live to jon karl at the white house tonight, and we know the fbi director came to the hill behind closed doors this week, but soon the American People will hear from him on this . Reporter he will be before the house Intelligence Committee on monday, david. This is a hearing on russian interference in the elections, but you can be sure that this question of the alleged wiretapping will be front and center, and hell have to answer it before the public. Jon karl live at the white house. Thank you. Next, the controversy surrounding President Trumps new budget. His first budget out today, and some republicans giving it a chilly response. The president calling his budget America First. 54 billion for the pentagon, and billions in cuts to domestic and foreign aide programs. He was pressed on school programs, meals on wheels and paying the tab for that wall. At least for now. Abcs mary bruce at the capital. The budget that would scramble the spending priorities. Well remind you were calling it the american budget. We are an America First candidate, and you have a America First president , and it shouldnt surprise anybody we have an America First budget. Reporter spending a whopping 54 billion request. Veteran affairs and homeland security. The president asking for a combined 4. 1 billion in tax money to Start Building his border wall, though trump has promised mexico will foot the bill. They will pay us back . 100 . The american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first . We will be reimbursed at a later date. Reporter the big loser, the epa, the state department and education. You might be seeing less of this guy. Reporter no more federal funding for public broadcasting. I put myself in the shoes of that that steel worker in ohio. The coal miner, the coal mining family in west virginia. The mother of two in detroit, and im saying, okay. I have to go ask folks for money, and tell them where im going to spend it. Can i go to those folks, look at them in the eye, and say, i want to take money from you, and kbif toyota koerpgs of broadcasting . Reporter and for research. The president was straight forward. Were noot spending money on that anymore. Reporter but they are intended to help the poor. Federal funding for meals on wheels and afterschool programs, nixed. They are supposed to help kids who dont get fed at home get fed so they do better in school. Guess what . There is no demonstrative evidence they are doing that. Reporter but this pennsylvania family disagrees. If they werent in the program, they probably wouldnt excel in school as good as they are right now to be honest with you. This is a program that should not be cut. Reporter some job training initiatives gone. Like the program that helped Kentucky Coal miner, preston learn new skills. As a former marine, i understand that the military needs more support. But i dont feel thats one of the things that needs to be cut. Reporter for some Trump Supporters in west virginia, the deep cuts are worth it. I know cutting back on Different Things kind of hurts, but i would say our National Security is more important. Yeah. And mary bruce with us live from capitol hill tonight, and mary, late word this afternoon that even some republicans are distancing themselves from these budget plans . Reporter david, some republicans are voicing serious concerns about the deep cuts, especially to the state department. Even the House Speaker today noting the president s budget is simply an opening offer, david. Mary, thank you. There is new fallout this evening after President Trump now faces his second defeat on his proposed travel ban. The revised ban blocked just hours before it took effect. Heres abcs senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega. Reporter President Trump today, ignoring the fate of his revised travel ban. What are you going to do next . Reporter that order temporarily barring travelers from six muslimmajority countries brought to a standstill by a judge in hawaii. Just hours before it was supposed to take effect. During a stop in nashville on thursday, the president rallying his supporters with the news. Let me give you the bad, the sad news. Reporter and judge Derrick Watson did not hold back from the bench, writing, any reasonable, objective observer would conclude as does the court that the stated secular purpose of the executive order is at the very least, secondary to a religious objective of temporarily suspending the entrance of muslims. He used the president s own words against imhim, like this statement from the campaign trail. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of the muslims entering the United States. Reporter this from rudy yule yawny. He said, put a commission together, show me the right way to do it legally. Reporter the judge citing from the bans architect. Saying travel ban 2. 0 is no different than the first one. Fundamentally, you will still have the same basic policy outcome for the country. Reporter and President Trump echoing that. The order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order. Reporter and he is vowing to keep fighting in court. Were going to take our case as far as it needs to go, including all the way up to the supreme court. And in a reflection of the reaction he gets at the rallies, the president now saying he may do more of the campaignstyle events . Reporter he says he wants to do them about every two weeks, and even more because he has already got another one on the books for monday, and his Reelection Campaign is organizing that one. Thank you, cecilia. New revelations about how much money Michael Flynn collected from organizations tied to russia. Documents obtained by a democrat on the Oversight Committee revealing he was paid nearly 48,000 by several russian firms in 2015, including the network in russia. A charter Cargo Airline and a top cybersecurity corporation. He said he was lobbying for turkey, while attending Intelligence Briefings as part of the trump campaign. Tourists injured and burned as europes tallest active volcano roars back to life. End issing a camera crew running for their lives. A heat of lava and snow sending burning rocks right at the crew. Your chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, tonight. Reporter these images, instagrammed by a tourist just minutes before the eruption show a brilliant morning. Then molten rock and boulders shooting hundreds of feet into the air. The bbc news crew dropping their camera to the ground. People fleeing as the superheated debris rains down and a dense cloud of steam engulfs the slope. All scramble for the safety of the mountain vehicle, a window there shattered by the flying rocks. Ten people injured, three hospitalized. But all were badly shaken. Tonight, we spoke with the bbcs rebecca morelle. Everyone started to run, all the while we were being pelted with all of this material. But we couldnt see anything too. It was a whiteout. So there was a moment when you thought you were going to die . Theres a huge explosion. You do think for that might be it. Reporter the explosion was triggered when the flowing m magma at 1,800 degrees fahrenheit, hit the thick snow creating highpressure pockets of steam. Mt. Edna, one of the worlds most active volcanoes. Tourists visit every year, and the bbc was there to do a story on the monitoring. Its clear there is a lot left to learn that way. Thank you, terry. Back here of the home, and a winter Storm Brewing as millions dig out from the powerful and deadly noreaster. The east is in the deep freeze. Look this. The train into the station, kicking up that wave of snow as passengers were waiting on the platform. Lets get right to chief meteorologist, ginger zee. Not everyone was laughing, and mow a new storm, ginger. Reporter thats right. We have more snow on the way, david. As uncomfortable as this deep freeze might be for so many of us after such a mild february, the agriculture, the farmers are really concerned in parts of the southeast. Im going to show you here. That deep freeze for one more morning will be a hard freeze in some spots and thats why we have the warnings still out. The actual numbers going into your friday morning like like this. 30 in columbia, and charlotte. It could be below 20 in a lot of spots. With we were mentioning, chicago gets rain and the mix on friday, and then it becomes all rain. South of the warm front, it will stay rain, but the northeast, places that got hit hard, could see another 1 to 4 inches by saturday afternoon. Ginger, thank you. There is much more ahead on world news tonight. Murder trial making national headlines. The young husband killed in front of his wife just before christmas. That emotional wife now taking the stand, reliving the moment. Describing what she saw as it played out. Also tonight, the kidnapped suspect on the loose. The manhunt at this hour. The victim escaping from the trunk of her own car in this video, and tonight, we learn the one thing she used to get out of the trunk alive. And the american skiing star crashing on the slopes. Linsey vonns wipeout in the last race of the season. That ahead here. I talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. Oncedaily breo prevents asthma symptoms. 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I saw him put the gun to dustins head, and i heard bang bang chhhhh, and then the window shattered of the car. Reporter just ten days before christmas in 2013, as the friedlands carry their shopping bags back to the car, two men confront dustin and kill him. Getting away with the suv, and leaving jamie behind. I just knew i knew when i turned around. I knew what i was going to see. Reporter in court today, police pointing to Surveillance Video which they say shows the suspects casing the mall parking lot in an suv before the murder. The man standing trial today is believed to be the driver. And david, he and three other suspects are charged with murder. They have all pleaded not guilty. David . Thank you, gio. When we come back tonight, the Major Development this evening, involving usa gymnastics. The scandal widens. The woman who escaped from her own trunk. Tonight we learn the one thing she used to get out. And then the wipeout on the slopes for one of americas top skiers. 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The groups president and ceo resigning today amid claims he was slow to react to widespread sex abuse allegations. Almost 80 women and girls accusing the former deem doctor of abuse. The Indianapolis Star claiming gymnasts were claiming this for over 20 years. The kidnapping suspect in birmingham, alabama, and we learn how she got out alive. We reported on the victim escaping from her own car, falling to the pavement, and vooiing. Many cars come with emergency latches to escape from the inside. Some have a grow in the dark, or light, and the feature is not available in older cars. Lindsey vonn crashing hard at the world cup finals in aspen. He walked away on her own. She has battled injuries, and she was hoping to make her fourth winter olympics. Wish her well after that fall. When we come back tonight, the surprise on broadway. The unexpected world leader, and the moving story that many dont remember about 9 11. Look closely. 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When you go through difficult times, thats when you turn and lean on your friends, and were there for each other, and that ultimately is what this story is all about. Reporter Justin Trudeau has been critical of President Trumps approach to refugees, but also careful. Trudeau and ivanka trump have met before, just last month at the white house. Last nights outing wasnt a date. Ivankas chaperone, the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. The theater serving like the ice rink in gander did on 9 11, breaking the ice. Come from away forging friends. Our thanks to david wright, and thank you for watching on a thursday night. Im david muir. I hope to see you right back here tomorrow to finish out the week. Good night. The that there are the Environmental Protection agency is the front line protector of public health. David lewis head of save the bay says the trump administrations proposed 31 budget cut to the epa will eliminate a 5 Million Program for San Francisco bay wetland restoration, Pollution Prevention and more. In addition, the trump budget cuts to the epa would gut the epas ability to enforce the laws that protect our health. Protect the water we drink and air we breathe. Reporter beyond the beauty is physical access. Executive director of the Development Commission a california Regulatory Agency larry goldspend worries proposed can uts to the epa and also the department of commerce, the state wont have the resources to ensur