Peanut butter. The reward tonight. And we remember a playwright and actor. You will remember sam shepards roles. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a monday night. He lasted just 11 days on the job. Anthony secure mu chi, who was hired by the president as Communications Director to restore order in the west wing, he has been ordered out and pushed out. He calls himself the mooch, and he was there just this morning as the new chief of staff was sworn in. General john kelly now running the west wing, and how does the white house explain the mooch and his limited run . Abcs senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter it was one of the fastest, crudest flameouts in west wing history. Communications director anthony scaramucci, known simply as the mooch, forced out after just 11 days on the job by the new white house chief of staff, john kelly. Pushing for his departure. Scaramucci, a wealthy wall street financier, handpicked by the president and his family, cast himself from the start as a personal friend of the commander in chief. I love the president i obviously love the country. Reporter but from day one, there was bad blood between scaramucci and former chief of staff, reince priebus. We are a little bit like brothers, where we rough each other up once in a while, which is totally normal for brothers. Reporter it only got worse. Some brothers are like cain and abel. Other brothers can fight with each other and get along. I dont know if this is repairable or not. That will be up to the president. Reporter but then, scaramucci redefined what it means to go off message. The Communications Director calling up a reporter and launching into a tirade. Calling priebus a paranoid schizophrenic, threatening to fire essentially the entire White House Communications team over leaks, saying, theyll all be fired by me. And i fired one guy the other day. I have three to four people ill fire tomorrow. He also tore into the president s chief strategist steve bannon. Im not steve bannon, he said, launching into an attack so profane we cant repeat it on television. He then said, im not trying to build my own brand. The white house today said the president whos used some choice words himself in the past, was none too happy about scaramuccis comments. The president certainly felt that anthonys comments were inappropriate for a person in that position. Reporter the Communications Director had become the story, his words going viral, his gestures mirroring the president s, mocked on the daily show. Hes made a point of saying he reported only to the president. This morning, following the swearing in of the new chief of staff, scaramucci was in the back of the room. I predict general kelly will go down as one of the great ever. Reporter and today, the issuing a stunning shift in the chain of command. Everyone, including the president s own daughter and sown report to john kelly. All staff will report to him. Lets get to cecilia vega tonight. I want to show everyone that image today. The president presiding over that Cabinet Meeting and Jeff Sessions sitting right across the table from him, and of course, the president has been relentless in his public criticism of sessions. As you know, there had been talk of moving Jeff Sessions from a. G. Over to the department of Homeland Security where general kelly has just left the post. You were at the white house, and were they pressed on this . Reporter Sarah Sanders was, david, and she said they have no announcement about that, and that quote, the president has 1 100 confidence in his cabinet. That sounded like a vote of confidence for Jeff Sessions, but despite the drama here today, david, the president seems very pleased. He tweeted, calling this a great day at the white house, david. Cecilia vega, great to have you. We are following the state of emergency at this hour after Tropical Storm emily slammed into florida. Tonight a depression. Thousands without fire. Blinding rain for drivers. High winds coming up short near sarasota, and carving a path across the state. The tiny island of ana maria taking a hit. Abcs gio benitez is in ft. Beach tonight. Reporter tonight, Tropical Storm emily drenching floridas gulf coast with up to 8 inches of rain. The system rapidly developing this morning. The governor now declaring a state of emergency in 31 counties, some 18,000 losing power. I urge you to keep alert, to look at weather and road conditions. Reporter a construction worker in st. Petersburg shooting this video as emily moved ashore. Emily has arrived. Reporter those powerful winds shutting down the Sunshine Skyway bridge. The coast guard rescuing two brothers clinging to a navigation light in tampa bay. Their fishing boat striking the structure and sinking during the storm. In bradenton, a race to find foster homes for rescue animals. A lot of rain, real fast. Dead flat property and the sump pump stopped working so were trying to catch up. Reporter this tractor trailer losing control while driving on slick roads in tampa, dangling over a highway overpass. Part of a hotel roof ripped off in ft. Mie myers beach. David, much of southcentral florida under flood watch tonight. We know many parts of the area were hit with a half foot of rain. Where is emily now, and where is she headed . Reporter right now, you can just see. There is strong winds here at the gulf coast, but i want to you look at this map because emily is over central party. Eastern parts of the state will get some rain tonight, and then it just rushes off tomorrow morning. The rest of the east coast should be just fine, david. Gio benitez with us live from florida tonight. Thank you. Next tonight here, to three sheriffs deputies accused of Excessive Force on a teenager in tennessee. The film is difficult to watch. The 18yearold suspect was tased repeatedly while already restrained. Heres abcs Adrienne Bankert tonight. Reporter tonight, three tennessee sheriffs deputies suspended after this grim Surveillance Video emerges. Jordan norris, eyes wide open, writhing in pain. Repeatedly tased while restrained. You can hear one deputy warn the young man. Ill keep on doing that until i run out of batteries. Reporter norris now suing, claiming Excessive Force. His lawyer says the then 18yearold was suffering from a Mental Health episode, alleging he was tased some 40 times. In filed police reports, deputies say the use of force was justified. Brought in on multiple felony drug and weapons charges, they write, the suspect was combative, resisting handcuffs, attempting to bite and spit at officers, even threatening them. He made statements that if we arrested him, he would shoot us or kill us. We are dealing on a daily basis with bad people, and there are bad people, but that doesnt mean we have the right to violate their rights and were not. Reporter the three suspended deputies are on paid leave, the sheriff asking the Tennessee Bureau of investigation for an independent review. David . Aid jenn bnk arte, thank you. The death of an indianapolis area Police Officer who was shot and killed while trying to help victims of a car crash. One of the people in that car accused of killing Police Lieutenant aaron allen, a husband and paur. We have now learned that lieutenant allen was shot 14 times. That suspect is now in custody. Next this evening, to the potential terror takedown. Where four suspects were about to take down a passenger plane. Airports in australia are on high alert as there have been reports about a device. Heres abcs James Longman. Reporter tonight, four men being held by police under special terror laws. There has been a major, joint counterterrorism operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane. Reporter the motive for that alleged plan to put a, quote, device on an aircraft, all too familiar. What we do believe, it was islamic inspired terrorism. Reporter police say they have found a number of items of great interest as raids across sydney continue today. Until we know what kind of device they were trying to built, screeners around the world will look for unusual objects and things that look like they could be formed together to form an explosive reporter u. S. Security already at an alltime high. Sources tell abc news that u. S. Intelligence officials are closely monitoring this case because of suspected communications between the alleged plotters and isis, david. Abcs James Longman tonight. James, thank you. The kremlin this evening has delivered their own response to congress. Voting to put new sanctions on russians for meddling in the u. S. Election. Vladimir himself with the dismissal of more than 700 staffers in russia. Heres abcs global Foreign Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. Tonight, russia striking back at the u. S. , announcing the expulsion of u. S. Diplomats from the country. Removing more than 700 Embassy Staff from their jobs, leaving just 455 the same number of Russian Diplomats working in the u. S. After we expelled certain el last december. Russia also seizing two prope y properties used by u. S. Diplomats in russia. Moving trucks already on the scene. The retaliation comes after that congressional vote to increase sanctions against russia as punishment for moscows election meddling. President trump expected to sign that bill despite his administrations chris schism criticisms of it. It was less than a month ago that President Trump and putin had that first facetoface at the g20. But now, that relationship on a downward spiral. A real test for that relationship. Martha with us live tonight, and martha, we all saw the u. S. Spopding with that missile intercept test. That test we are told was successful, and heres what the president said about north korea today. Well handle north korea. Were going to be able to handle them. It will be handled. We handle everything. We handle everything, but he didnt reveal what the options are, nor would the white house, but do we know, martha, from your reporting . Reporter well, i think, clearly what President Trump is trying to do is to pressure china to pressure north korea, but david, that has not worked in the past. There are really no good option here. Martha raddatz with us live from washington. Thank you. Tonight, the controversial former arizona sheriff arpaio has been convicted of conducting immigration sweeps for 17 months after a federal judge ordered him to stop. Arpaio served as the county sheriff for 24 years before losing the election last november. Next the evening, we celebrate the life of sam shepherd, proving over and over again he had the right stuff. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter like the rugged characters he created on stage and on screen, sam shepard had hidden depths. As chuck jager in the right stuff he was the unsung hero. An aviator going his own way, and he was nominated for an oscar. Spam in can. Reporter he had leading man looks and the soul of a poet. He won a pull litser prize as a playwright for barry child, and was nominated two more times for true west and fool for love. I took her out for dinner once. Youre a liar. Okay. Twice. Reporter a critic once called him the poet lawyer yet. His intimate family portraits full of pain and grace. You cause a lot of trouble, you know . Im causing trouble . Youre a pain in the butt. Reporter his partner for 30 years was actress, jessica laeng. He never announced hid battle with low gehrigs disease. He died at home in kentucky, remembered by friends and fans as a hero. Yeah, you damn right it is. Reporter sam shepard was 73. David wright, abc news, new york. David, thank you. Overseas tonight, and late today, the u. S. Imposed financial sanctions on venezuela after the election that gave the president almost unlimited powers. He celebrated his victory as a mandate from the people, but he is called a dictator. At least ten People Killed in riots just during yesterdays voting. And back here at home and to the white house today, President Trump honoring a vietnam war hero who ran into danger, saving his comrades, even after he was injured himself. In those 48 hours, jim rescued ten american soldiers, and tended to countless others. He was 1 of 32 men who fought until the end. They held their ground against more than 2,000 enemy troops. There for the emotional ceremony, aside from his family, ten men who fought alongside him, and five of those men, he saved. There is much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. The mass escape. 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Im not going to make excuses. It was human error that caused this to happen. Reporter when asked this that employee will be punished, the sheriff says he is taking care of that. He also says the jail will not be taking Peanut Butter off the menu, david. All right. Peanut butter, thanks. The American City striking olympic gold tonight. Cut a dell to bring the summer games back to the u. S. Also the passenger plane getting ready to land. The near miss at the air strike. And the popular tourist spot people visit on the american coast. The problem forcing families to vark. It turns out it is worse than first thought. Will it ruin the end of summer . , when you can stay home. It turns out it is worse than first thought. Will it ruin the end of summer . It turns out it is worse than first thought. Will it ruin the end of summer . It turns out it is worse than first thought. Will it ruin the end of summer . It turns out it is worse than first thought. Will it ruin the end of summer . 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