Where four passenger planes were waiting to take off. And the images coming in right now, digging for clues after four young men go missing. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night, and we begin tonight with donald trump jr. s own emails. The president s son was told during the campaign that he was about to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, and he was told in those emails that the russian government was out to help his father win. Don jr. Agreeing to the meeting. A russian lawyer making the trip to trump tower here in new york city. In the email exchange, told to go to the 25th floor. Tonight, reaction has been swift and the white house, issuing a statement from President Trump about his son. Abcs chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, leading us off. Reporter its a startling development, the emails show donald trump jr. Was told the russian government was trying to help his fathers campaign, and that he was willing, even eager, to accept their help. The emails come from rob goldstone, a trump acquaintance and publicist who was involved in the Miss Universe pageant in moscow, and who has russian clients with ties to vladimir putin. The subject line of the email chain, russia clinton private and confidential. On june 3, 2016, goldstone tells don jr. That, quote, the crown prosecutor of russia offered to provide the Trump Campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary, and her deals with russia and would be very useful to your father. This is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it is part of russia and its governments support for mr. Trump. Less than 20 minutes later, don jr. Responds, thanks, rob. I appreciate that. If its what you say i love it especially later in the summer. Four days later on that same chain, goldstone emails don jr. About setting up a meeting in new york with the russian government attorney who is flying over from moscow. Don jr. Replies, great. It will likely be Paul Manafort, campaign boss, my brotherinlaw and me. 725 5th avenue, 25th floor. Thats trump tower. The next day, don jr. Forwards the full email chain to kushner and manafort with that same subject line, russia clinton private and confidential. And the day after that the meeting takes place inside trump tower. Don, jr. Says nothing of value came from the meeting, and that he released the emails today himself to quote, be totally transparent, but the New York Times says he only released them after he was told the times was about to publish the emails. Theres no evidence the russian lawyer actually provided any information on Hillary Clinton, and, in fact, denies doing so. Also unclear whether she had anything to do with the wikileaks release of nearly 20,000 dnc emails that happened six weeks later. But the meeting clearly contradicts the denials from trump advisors and the president himself that the campaign had any contacts whatsoever with the putin regime. Are there any ties between mr. Trump, you or your campaign and putin and his regime . No, there are not. Thats absurd. And you know theres no basis to it. Did anyone involved in the Trump Campaign have any contact with russians . Absolutely not, and i discussed that with the president elect just last night. I have nothing to do with russia. To the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. Reporter weeks after that trump tower meeting, don jr. Angrily dismissed suggestions the Trump Campaign had anything to do with russia. Its disgusting. Its so phony. I cant think of bigger lies, but that exactly goes to show you what the dnc and the clinton camp will do. They will lie and they will do anything to win. Reporter today, at the white house, spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee sanders, in a briefing where cameras were not allowed, read this oneline statement from the president. My son is a highquality person, and i applaud his transparency. Reporter she refused to take any further questions on the matter. And tonight donald trump jr. Is speaking out. In retro spect, i probably would have done things a little bit differently. This was before russiamania, and they were building it up in the press. They had something, you know, maybe concrete evidence to the stories i had been hearing about, but it was for years, and not just during the campaign. I think i wanted to hear it out. Lets get to jon karl live from the white house tonight. The president has tweeted multiple times since this news of his sons meeting first broke. But none of those tweets about his son, and just the oneline Statement Today . Reporter he normally takes Something Like this on headon, but not a single tweet about the story, and david, we havent even caught a glimpse of the president here at the white house for the past two days. Not a single public event on his schedule. I am told that behind those closed doors, the president is furious. He is fuming at his aides, frustrated that the russia story just wont go away. Jon karl leading us off tonight. Jon, thank you. You heard jon report there that donald trump jr. Wasnt the only one in that meeting with the russian lawyer. We now know his brotherinlaw, Jared Kushner, now a senior adviser, and Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort were also there, and late today, the russian lawyer who was in that room appearing before the cameras. Our team was there in moscow when she emerged from her office. Heres abcs chief investigative corporate, brian ross, tonight. Reporter the big question tonight is, what did the president know about the meeting here at trump tower and when did he know it. The white house says he only became aware of it a few days ago. But we now know the russian lawyer, natalia veselnitskaya, well connected to the kremlin, and a familiar figure in washington lobbying against russian sanctions. Here she is at a congressional hearing last june. She flew in especially from moscow to meet with trumps inner circle on the 25th floor of trump tower, one floor below the office of donald trump sr. Democrats in congress tonight are asking, how could he not know what was going on . Especially since the meeting was set up by people working for a russian billionaire who was a former Business Partner of trump and also close to vladimir putin. Tonight in moscow, the lawyer veselnitskaya, denied her purpose was to provide compromising information on Hillary Clinton. No, this is not true, she said. Further claiming she didnt even know if donald trump was a candidate for president then. She says president ial soninlaw Jared Kushner left the meeting after only about ten minutes, and that Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort, spent most of the time looking at his phone. She insists the campaign was not on her mind, telling reporters tonight, im not interested in politics. Brian ross with us live tonight across from trump tower, and brian, that russian lawyer insists she did not come to deliver wedahemaging informatio about Hillary Clinton . Reporter thats right. She says she came to talk about the adoption of russian children, and that was donald jr. s first explanation, and then he quickly changed his story, saying she told him she did have information about Hillary Clinton, and now tonight with the emails, yet another version of what was on the agenda here, david. Our chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. Thank you. We know the special council counsel, robert mueller, is investigating any collusion between the campaign and russia. What does this prove . I want to bring in abcs chief legal analyst, dan abrams, and first, campaigns always try to get Opposition Research on their opponent, but bottom line for folks watching at home, why is this far different . Because its presumably from the russian government, and it is illegal for a Foreign National or Foreign Government to be contributing directly or indirectly to our campaigns. But remember as a legal matter, donald trump jr. Doesnt need to have received anything to make it criminal. He could have solicited, requested, asked for it, knowing its coming from the russian government, but it has to be something of value. Of value. You say that, but what does that mean . The federal Election Commission that has interpreted that pretty broadly. They said for example, polling data could be something of value. It doesnt need to be monetary, but that would be the big legal question if it got to that point. You hear someone has dirt on your opponent. I would look at it, too, but this is different and it has happened before. What do you do . You go to the fbi. In 2000, al gores team received a briefing book from the bush team. What did they do . They went to the fbi. Thats what you are supposed to do. But remember there is always a distinction between wrong and criminal, and thats going to be the key question. That will be the debate going forward. Dan abrams with us as well. Donald trump jr. s emails sending shock waves through capitol hill. Many democrats and republicans tonight say they have serious concerns. Abcs mary bruce back on the hill. Reporter those four pages of emails tweeted out by donald trump jr. Rocketed through the hallways and offices on capitol hill. Any comment on these emails . They are unbelievable. Thank you for coming. Obviously, its troubling. Reporter a growing chorus of democrats saying there is no question. This is a gamechanger. Donald trump jr. Was openly salivating about the prospect of getting damaging information from the russians. It is certainly evidence of collusion. This was an attempt at collusion. Just to be clear, when you see this, you have no doubt that the trump team knew that the russian government was trying to interfere . I would just read what was in the emails. It was in black and white that it was part of a russian government effort to help trump discredit clinton. Reporter and tonight, Hillary Clintons former running mate, senator tim kaine, is taking it a step further, this is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason. Reporter but its not just democrats. Many republicans now say they have serious concerns. Arguing when a campaign is approached by a Foreign Government, no matter what your party, the answer is the same. When you are offered assistance from a Foreign Government in your campaign, the only answer is no. Im not going to condemn the guy on the email, but this is something that is the most problematic thing i have seen thus far. Reporter even with it spelled out in the emails that this was part of the russian governments support for mr. Trump, at least one republican isnt buying it. Is that evidence that the Trump Campaign knew that russia was trying to interfere . No. I dont think so. No. Lets get to mary bruce on the hill tonight where a growing number of lawmakers, democrats and republicans are calling on donald trump jr. To testify, mary . Reporter david, the number two republican in the senate, john cornyn says he cant imagine a world in which trump jr. Doesnt testify here on the hill, and tonight, democrat Dianne Feinstein is going further. She says he needs to speak out publicly in an open session as soon as possible, david. Mary bruce and our entire Political Team on this tonight. Our thanks to you all. In the meantime, we move on now to other news tonight. Authorities just a short time ago offering new details after the crash of a marine cargo plane. One of the deadliest military crashes in recent history. The plane plunging into a field in mississippi, bursting into flames. All 16 Service Members on board the plane died in the crash. Abcs Steve Osunsami is on the scene tonight. Theres a plane crash on county road 286 near the county line. Reporter the large team of military and civilian investigators here tonight are combing through miles of mississippi soybean fields. Recovering seat belts, engine parts and other melted pieces of the military cargo plane that crashed here monday. I just heard a boom and it shook my house. Reporter this is what it looked like from a cell phone on the ground. Witnesses say they could tell the plane was moving ammunition. When it first crashed, thats all you hear is all the ammunition blowing up. Reporter 15 marines and 1 Navy Corpsman were killed. Including seven based at camp he june in North Carolina. Heartbreaking calls from the mississippi delta are still going out to their families tonight. Investigators arent sure what brought the plane the down, but the large debris fields suggests the plane was high in the sky when something went wrong. The plane was moving people and equipment from North Carolina to california. The kc130 refueling aircraft has been a military workhorse for decades. [ playing taps ] near the dusty fields where the Police Continue to work, a salute to those who were lost. Lets get to Steve Osunsami with this. He is near to crash site tonight. You mention this is a large area they are searching. How difficult has this been for investigators . Reporter well, investigators are going to be working through the night trying to of course, figure out why this plane spiraled out of the sky according to witnesses. We watched them drive down long, dusty roads and get out and search the soybean field by hand looking for some piece of evidence to explain what happened. David. Steve osunsami in mississippi for us. Thank you, steve. We turn next hertoew reporting tonight after we learned of a close call at the San Francisco airport. A major disaster narrowly averted, an air canada passenger plane coming in for a landing, heading straight for a taxiway, where four other passenger planes were waiting to take off. Up to 1,000 passengers on those planes. Heres abcs david kerley. Reporter new details tonight on a disaster averted on this runway. An air canada pilot, confused on a night approach. Tower, i just want to confirm. This is air canada 759 we see some lights on the runway there. Air canada 759 confirmed, cleared to land 28 right. There is no one on 28 right but you. Reporter what the pilot of the a320 was actually seeing friday night were four other jets, potentially carrying up to 1,000 people on the taxiway running parallel to the runway. A pilot on the ground sounding the alarm. Where is this guy going . He is on the taxiway. Reporter less than ten seconds later, the pilot told to abort the landing. A. C. On the go around. Begin the go around, air canada. 759. Reporter data from a flight tracking Service Air Canada flew directly over us. Yeah, i saw that guys. Reporter shows the air canada jet just 400 feet off the ground, a bit more than a football field length. The incident raises serious questions. The faa says it is investigating and will determine how close that landing jet got to those on the taxiway, david. David, thank you. Next to the funeral right here in new york city for nypd officer miosotis familia. Shot as she sat in a police vehicle, targeted because she was in uniform. Her children brought to tears. The Police Commissioner here in new york addressing their loss. Nothing i can say will bring your mom back. Im sorry for that. But i can make you this promise. Your mom didnt die in vain. It was a profound moment here in new york today. Outside, you can see a sea of blue. Some 25,000 fellow officers from 85 different agencies saluting officer familia. There is much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The new headline about the expanding air bag recall. Three major auto makers now involved. Also news coming in at this hour about the mystery disappearance of four young men outside philadelphia. These images late today. Authorities digging for clues. What we have learned. The Daring Rescue in the water. The family trapped in dangerous rip currents. The human chain of 80 people strong. Well tell you what happened. And later tonight, america strong. The victory at the cincinnati zoo. Mother, father and baby reunited. You have to stay tuned for this. 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Tonight, only the iteam digs into the story behind these pib pictures taken at a halloween party. And live in santa cruz with the story of the kayaker who survived a shark attack and has the bite marks on his boat to prove it. Now from abc 7, live breaking news. You are looking live at that breaking new where is at least two homes have burned in san jose. There you see from sky 7, water tanker from the helicopter being dropped. Both of the streets there are being evacuated. Its near alum rock park. The fire is about five acres but could grow to 20 acres. This is live over the scene right now. A lot of smoke and flames. Firefighters say the flames are moving quickly, and cal fire is assisting firefighters in that battle. Again, two houses burned on claytor way. This is a very active firefight. Were getting word from the parks and Rec Department director that allen rock park will be closed tomorrow, no matter what, as a precaution as they fight this fire right there. Smoke, you can see, spreading uphill along with the flames and folks are really watching out for this one. You see a fire aircraft there dropping more retardant. So far 20 acres really close to allen rock park. Of course, it a es hot in that part of the bay area. As we look live from sky 7 now, you see the fixed wing thats be