Coffee, and several other drinks with caffeine, the coroner who says it killed him. The new warning, how much caffeine is too much. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with that breaking headline as we come on the air. Tonight, our team now confirming a report late today in the New York Times that fired fbi director james comey wrote a memo, documenting some of his interaction with President Trump. And tonight, this question, did the president ask james comey to, quote, let this go, while talking about the investigation into this man, retired general Michael Flynn, and russia. Flynn of course resigned just a few days into the administration. Comey was fired one week ago tonight. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter tonight, another bombshell at the white house. Abc news confirms President Trump allegedly suggested former fbi director james comey shut down his investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn. A source close to comey tells abc news, comey wrote a memo in february the day after flynn was fired. I hope you can let this go, the president allegedly told comey. According to the source, he is a good guy, i hope you can let this go. The New York Times who first reported the memo says it was part of a paper trail comey wanted to leave behind as evidence into what he called improper influence into his investigation. The times didnt view a copy of that memo. But says associates of comey read it to a reporter. Tonight, the white house is disputing the story. Saying in statement, the president has never asked mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving general flynn. This is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey. President trump said comey was fired because he was not competent, calling him a showboat. This galvanized many in the fbi. The acting director coming to comeys defense last week. Is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey . No sir, thats not accurate. Reporter but he also said you cannot stop the fbi from doing the right thing. So there has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. Lets get to cecilia vega. The white house i know is denying this. But the New York Times report, is based in part late today on two people they say read the james comey memo. Part of a paper trail that comey documented as the times put it, improper efforts to influence the Ongoing Investigation into flynn and russia. Reporter and, david, the times said they didnt see this memo themselves but they sourced these two people they say they read it. The reaction has been pouring in. Democrats are already talking about the possibility raising the possibility of obstruction of justice. Thats of course a federal crime. One senator said that we may be talking about an impeachment process. David, i was just speaking with a source on capitol hill. This just came in, i dont think we could be stunned anymore given the past week. This blew that out of the water. The same reaction at the white house tonight. Another long night ahead for you, cecilia. I want to bring in pierre thomas, who covers the fbi. Pierre, you actually confirmed this evening that comey did write a memo to document his interactions with President Trump. The source told you that the President Trump allegedly asked him to go easy on flynn. David, the source said hes seen the comey memo, and he confirmed the quotes in the New York Times specifically, President Trump allegedly saying, i hope you can let this go, hes a good guy. David, what youre seeing is a lot of people coming to the defense of comey who believe hes a man of integrity and honor, not perfect. But a man of integrity. As for the mood at the fbi theyre professionals and theyre carrying on their work. But make no mistake, a number of former fbi agents i talked with are extremely angry at the way comey was fired. David. Pierre thomas with us tonight. Pierre, thank you. All of this comes as the white house refuses to say whether the white house the president gave classified information to the russians. That headline broke last night as we came on. Our team could hear the yelling behind the walls of the west wing. The president reportedly revealing classified information about an isis plot. That information coming from an u. S. Ally who had not given permission to share it. Tonight, did the president s reveal put any sources already in harms way at greater risk . Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter as President Trump met with the president of turkey today, he was hounded with questions did you reveal classified intelligence information with the russians . Mr. President , did you share classified intelligence information with the russians . Thank you very much. Reporter but a little later, he touted his meeting with the russians as a success. We had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. Our fight is against isis. Reporter at issue, what the president said when he met with the Russian Foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office Last week. The Washington Post first reported that the president shared highly sensitive classified information about an isis plot to target civilian airplanes with laptop bombs secret information, abc news has learned, given to the United States by israeli intelligence. Less than two hours after the story broke, the National Security adviser emerged from the west wing to shoot it down. The story that came out tonight as reported is false. Reporter this morning, the president seemed to confirm he shared Sensitive Information with the russians, tweeting as president i wanted to share with russia, at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i have the absolute right to do, facts pretraining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety. Today mcmaster was back, confirming many of the details in the post story and not denying the information shared was classified. General, when you came out after the story broke, you said that the president did not disclose any sources or methods. He did not reveal anything about military operations. Why were you denying things that were not even reported . What the report said is that the president revealed classified information that had been shared by one of our allies in the middle east. So the question is simply a yes or no question here. Did the president share classified information with the russians in that meeting . As i mentioned already, we dont say whats classified, whats not classified. What i will tell you again is that what the president shared was wholly appropriate. The story combined what was leaked with other information, and then insinuated about sources and methods, so i wanted to make clear to everybody that the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of this conversation. Reporter the story is a political nightmare for the trump white house, especially because, as a candidate, donald trump made such an issue out of Hillary Clintons handling of classified information. We cant have someone in the oval office who doesnt understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. Reporter president s have the authority to declassify anything, the question is, why he would share it with an adversary . The white house insists he was soliciting russian help in the fight against isis. The post story suggests trump was trying to show off, quoting him telling the russians, i get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day. Mcmaster said the president could not have told the russians the source of the information because he didnt know the source. The president wasnt even aware of where this information came from. He wasnt briefed on the source or method of the information either. Wasnt aware of where the information came from. Jonathan karl live with us as well. You were in that briefing room. The white house today didnt seem concerned about the potential of classified information given out. They made it clear that the bigger concern here, in their opinion, is who leaked what happened. Jon, the initial call the initial call of concern to the cia and the nsa you have reported has come from within the white house. Reporter heres what we know, shortly after that meeting with the russians, a top official on the National Security council here at the white house placed calls to the nsa and the cia to inform them about what the president had said, so, clearly there was enough concern here at the white house about what the president revealed that they felt they needed to tell the cia and the nsa. All right, jon, thanks to you. And on capitol hill tonight, reaction pouring in on both fronts. On the reported pressure on james comey, to go easy on Michael Flynn, and on the classified information allegedly given to the russians. Both democrats and republicans want the transcript now, the notes, from inside that oval office meeting. Abcs mary bruce on the hill tonight. Reporter tonight, tonight, new calls from both parties for the former fbi director to testify on capitol hill. I dont want to read a memo. I want to hear from him. Reporter this as congress is reeling what the president allegedly revealed in that meeting with the russians. Hopeful to have less drama from the white house. Reporter but hes Still Standing by the president. Do you have any worry of the president s ability to properly handle classified info . No. Reporter still, one of the president s top allies says the white house needs to get its act together. Obviously, theyre in a downward spiral right now and theyve got to figure out a way to come to grips with all thats happening. Reporter whats your concern . Just a little bit more discipline. Reporter while democrats are pointing out what the president once said about hillary clinton. How many people were out chanting lock her up and trump himself saying she was unfit to govern because of that . And here he is now releasing real secrets directly to the russians. And the irony of that is pretty astounding. So lets get to mary bruce with us as well from capitol hill. House Members Meeting tonight with the cia director hoping to get more on the news of james comey and this reported pressure that was placed on him to go easier on retired general Michael Flynn . Reporter david, the House Intelligence Committee just finished meeting with the cia director. They were hoping for answers but emerged from that meeting facing even more questions now about that comey memo, the top democrat on the committee reiterating his calls for comey to testify here on the hill. David. Mary bruce with us tonight, as well. Mary, thank you. President trump its believed in talking with the russians in oval office, was talking about an isis plot, what could be the biggest plot to take down a plane since 9 11. Tonight, by sharing that information, are the lives of sources at greater risk, and what about our relationship with the ally who gave the white house that information in the first place. Heres brian ross tonight. Reporter whats at risk tonight, according to current and former u. S. Officials, is the life of a spy inside isis, placed there by israel, providing Sensitive Information about terror plots against america on the condition the u. S. Keep the source secret. The real risk is not just this source, but future sources of information about plots against us. Reporter the current intelligence from inside isis involves an active plot to bring down a passenger jet en route to the u. S. , with a bomb hidden in a laptop that the u. S. Believes can get through airport screening machines undetected. The information is so reliable that the u. S. Is considering a ban on laptops on all flights from europe to the u. S. What they want to do the most is they want to have a large airplane blow up in flight. Reporter isis has already taken credit for blowing up a Russian Airliner two years ago, killing more than 200 people, claiming the bomb was hidden in a soft drink can. The white house National Security adviser says that justifies President Trumps disclosures to the russians. This was the context of the conversation in which it was wholly appropriate to share what the threat was as a basis for common action and coordination. Reporter but many in the Counterterrorism Community say what the president did was a mistake. Russia is not part of the isis coalition. They are not our partner. And brian ross with us now. Brian reported there that its believed it was israel, our ally, who gave us that information. Lot of people are pointing to the fact if this classified information was give on the russians they could give it to players who are clearly not friends with israel. Thats right david. Including iran, also a sworn enemy of israel. Brian, thank you. We do have other news were following at this hour. A fiery crash on i95, several big rigs and several cars involved. The highway shut down in both directions. Part of it is still closed as were on the air. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter the fire caused by this accident was so great you could see it from the sky for miles. It closed interstate 95 in both directions, near the North Carolina and South Carolina border. Police working the scene tonight say that the southbound lane where the accident happened wont reopen until at least midnight. At least four people were killed after a crash involving three tractortrailers and three smaller vehicles. Witnesses say that fuel tanks of one of the larger trucks caught fire. The leaking fuel spread the fire to the other vehicles. The flames moved over the highway and into nearby woods. Drivers are having to work their way around the scene. One of the trucks was carrying hazardous chemicals but Authorities Say theres no reason for concern or evacuations, david. Steve, thank you. Now to the weather and what could be a dangerous night ahead. Tornado watches in eight states at this hour. Ominous skies. At least three tornadoes reported already. One on the ground as we came on. This one touching in mclean, texas. Just a short time ago. Lets get to ginger zee, shes tracking the Severe Weather threat tonight. Hey, ginger. Reporter david, a tornado on the ground right now in wisconsin, just east of ricelake in that northeast region, you see in the tornado watch there. Also, that particularly dangerous situation in western oklahoma and texas, thats where those supercells already have been putting up tornadoes. Tomorrow, the threat stays with us. Ahead all of that, we could have nearrecord highs on the east coast. David. Ginger zee with us tonight. Theres still much more ahead this tuesday the small plane lost in the bermuda triangle. Family members onboard. There are new developments tonight, signs of wreckage. The new caffeine concern. The 16yearold who had a coffee and several other drinks with caffeine. The coroner who now said it killed him. And the alert, how much caffeine is too much. The manhunt for an arson suspect. 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Reporter toxicology reports show that davis was healthy, without any preexisting heart condition. His family says he never did drugs or drank alcohol. The mayo clinic says the most caffeine a teen should consume is 100 milligrams, equal to an 8ounce coffee or 16ounce soda. The combination of the three beverages davis drank may have added up to almost six times that amount. Experts say whats dangerous, you dont know how your body or your childs body will respond. David. Adrienne, thank you. And when we come back tonight the plane disappearing in the bermuda triangle. The new details coming in. And the explosion at in a preschool. The science experiment gone wrong. The children who were just 3yearolds, they were raced away with burns. Back in a moment. After a dvt blood clot, i sure had a lot to think about. What about the people i care about . Including this little girl. And what if this happened again . 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