Up to 100 miles an hour. Tonight, the carmakers response. Your money tonight. President trumps cabinet. Taxpayers paying for first class tickets, trips to the vatican and morocco. Even a 25,000 secure phone booth. And chloe kim stealing the show, along with her dad. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. And we begin with the Domestic Abuse firestorm consuming the west wing again tonight. This evening, the fbi contradicting the timeline given by the white house, saying they informed the white house four times about rob porters past. The president asked again tonight, after offering words of support for porter, does he have any message for the women . Two exwives accusing porter of abuse. The white house claiming it only fully learned about the allegations last week. But that is not what fbi director Christopher Wray said today. Abcs senior whouls correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter President Trumps own fbi director today publicly contradicting the white houses shifting story about when they were first informed of the Domestic Violence allegations against former staff secretary over and over again, press secretary Sarah Sanders and her deput deputy, raj shah, have said the fbi was still conducting porters security background check when his two former wives went public with their claims of abuse. One releasing this photo of her black eye. His Background Investigation was ongoing. I can tell you that the process for the background was ongoing, and the white house had not received any specific papers regarding the completion of that background check. Reporter but today, the fbi says, thats not true. In a stunning moment on capitol hill, fbi director Christopher Wray told the Senate Intelligence committee his agents actually gave the white house reports on porter four times, as far back as last spring. The fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march and then a completed Background Investigation in late july. Reporter wray says the bureau sent the white house more information in november, and closed the investigation into porter last month. Facing repeated questions about the contradiction, today, white house aides blamed a little known office, the white house personnel security office. Theres multiple groups here. The white house personal security office, which is staffed by career officials, would have may have received information, but they had not completed their process and made a recommendation to the white house for adjudication. Reporter none of this has quieted the firestorm engulfing chief of staff john kelly. Despite the fbi now saying they gave the white house those four reporter on porter, when the story first broke, he praised porter as a man of true integrity and honor. Is the white house still maintaining that john kelly really had no idea about these allegations of Domestic Abuse until this story broke . I can only give you the best information i have and thats my understanding. Reporter the White House Press secretary now acknowledges they could have handled the porter scandal better, but kelly tells the wall street journal he wouldnt have handled the situation any differently, saying, quote, it was all done right. The president himself had wished porter well, saying porter maintains his innocence, but today, still no message to the women, despite our repeated attempts to ask. Mr. President , do you believe rob porters exwives . Do you believe rob porters exwives, mr. President . Does the president believe the women . Again, the president takes all these accusations very seriously. He believes in due process. Above everything else, he supports the victims of any type of violence, and certainly would condemn any violence against anyone. Reporter but we still havent heard him say that himself. The cameras were in front of him today. Again, the president dictated to me specifically that comment to me specifically yesterday, which i read out to you guys. So, lets get to cecilia vega. And as weve been reporting since late last week here, rob porter was working with a temporary security clearance. Youve been asking why there are so many in the white house, more than a year into this administration, working with temporary clearance, Jared Kushner among them. And today, the president s own director of National Intelligence sounding the alarm about this very issue. The access has to be limited in terms of the kind of information they can they can be in a position to receive or not receive. So, cecilia, youve been pressing the white house. Do they have any explanation tonight why so many are on a temporary clearance . Reporter this is a question they are still this many days in, david, refusing to answer. Sarah sanders said today they are just following a process set by past administrations. Ive got to tell you, we spent the day here working the phones, talking to people in past administrations. Many of them tell us it would be unheard of for this many aides this close to the president to still not have a permanent security clearance a year into the first term. All right, cecilia vega on this story again tonight. Meantime, there was Something Else today from the leaders of americas top intelligence agencies. Today, sounding the alarm, going to far as to say the u. S. Is under attack, by the russians who meddled in the 2016 election and who are about to do it all over again. Abcs chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, was at the hearing. Reporter tonight, this dire message frankly, the United States is under attack. Resident trumps six top intelligence officials warning the russians are already targeting the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. We need to inform the American Public this is real, that this is going to be happening and the resilience needed for us to stand up and say, were not going to allow some russian to tell us how to vote. Have you seen russian activity in the leadup to the 2018 election cycle . Yes, we have seen russian activity and intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. Reporter abc news has learned that the russians plan not only to use social media to sow discord through fake news, but are probing state election systems to see if they can be infiltrated. We reported in the september before the 2016 election that 21 states were targeted by russian hackers. And this stark assessment from the republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee. Weve seen some activity at stateelected officials that were attempts electronically to search those individuals. So, we assume that theres still the intent. Reporter some senators criticizing President Trump, who recently said this. Could very well have been russia, but i think it could well have been other countries, and i wont be specific, but i think a lot of people interfere. Question cannot confront this threat, which is a serious one, with a whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny that it exists. Its remarkable you still dont have the president of the United States acknowledging the level of this threat. Reporter you want to hear more from him . Weve all been waiting a long time. All right, lets get to pierre thomas. And pierre, there were pointed questions today about who exactly is in charge of this effort to combat russian interference. Is any one agency overseeing this, protecting the u. S. . Reporter all the agencies say they are doing their part, but tonight, it appears no single intelligence or Law Enforcement agency is in charge of responding to the russian cyber threat. David . Pierre thomas, our thanks to you. We turn now to the dramatic mountainless coupes playing out in the west at this hour. Authorities say one climber falling 700 feet on mt. Hood. Several others trapped. Others performing cpr until rescuer can arrive. Another group of climbers stranded nearby. And abcs Kayna Whitworth with the images coming this right now. Reporter tonight, a Daring Rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregons highest peak, mt. Hood. Two climbers waving blankets and jack jackets, signaling for help. Another performing chest compressions on a climber that had fallen 700 feet. The situation turning even more desperate as they shield the injured climber from Falling Rocks and snow. There was a report from one of the persons involved in the climb was that it was like a bowling alley. Reporter a medic repelling down to the climbers, air lifting him to the hospital. Another rescue of a second ground stranded on the other side. One of them injured as well. Climbers telling us today, they faced increasingly treacherous conditions. The ice was just really bad. I saw a lot of people up ahead struggling that started earlier on, and, yeah, just decided to turn back. Reporter david, its a race against time. The Sheriffs Office saying they are desperate to get everyone off that mountain, because theyre expecting a snowstorm to move in tonight. David . All right, Kayna Whitworth, thank you. Next, tonight, the emotional courtroom scene in florida playing out today. The mother facing down the defendant accused of brutally abducting and then killing her 8yearold daughter from a walmart. The medical examine herring today breaking down while showing autopsy photos. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter the details surrounding the rape and murder of 8yearold cherish perriwinkle are so disturbing, even the medical examiner today was fighting tears in court. Im sorry. I have to take a break. Can i just have, like, five minutes . Reporter the girls mother says she was shopping at a Dollar General in 2013 when she and her three girls were approached by 61yearold donald smith. Rayne perriwinkle says she promising to help them buy clothes, so, she agreed to pile her family into his van and ride with him to a walmart. He looked into my face and told me i was safe. Reporter what she didnt know was that smith was a registered sex offender. He is seen on this surveillance camera walking out of the walmart with her 8yearold daughter. The girl was found dead in a creek the next day. I was yelling, call 9191, m daughters been taken. Reporter this was that call for help. He wanted her to buy these really tall shoes that were womens shoes and i told him, no, theyre too high for her. I wouldnt even wear shoes that high. Maybe he was grooming her. Reporter smith has pleaded not guilty. If hes convicted, he could be sentenced to death. David . Steve, thank you. Were going to turn next tonight your money. Members of President Trumps cabinet under fire again for wracking up huge travel bills and youre paying for it. Epa chief scott pruitt spending thousands of dollars on first class flights. Pruitt reportedly spotted flying first class between washington, d. C. And boston, just this morning. There were also flights to morocco, to rome, and a 25,000 secure phone booth for the office. Abcs mary bruce tonight, getting answers on your money. Reporter with his highflying lifestyle under scrutiny, today, the epa chief scott pruitt was at it again, reportedly spotted on a 90minute plight from d. C. To boston in first class. Over just a few weeks in june, pruitts travel costs totaled more than 90,000. Including a 1,600 first class ticket from d. C. To new york, six times the price of coach. And more than 36,000 for a military jet from cincinnati to new york so pruitt could catch a 7,000 flight to rome, where he and his team took in the sights before official meetings, visiting the vatican and sampling the local delicacies. Just a few weeks ago, another First Class International trip, this time, to morocco. All on the taxpayers dime. Pruitt is now under investigation, just the latest in a string of Administration Officials under fire for their expensive travel tastes. Health secretary tom price was fired after more than two dozen work trips on luxury private planes. Are you concerned that theres a trend here, a pattern that were seeing . Well, without personalizing it, i think everybody ought to fly coach. And ive always felt that way. You get there roughly at the same time. Maybe a few seconds slower. That response from a republican senator tonight. Mary bruce live on the hill. And mary, scott pruitt was already fating scrutiny for installing that 25,000 phone booth you reported on before . Reporter david, pruitt seems to be very concerned with his security, in fact, the epa tonight is citing security concerns as one of the reasons why pruitt has been traveling in first class. But its unclear how a first class seat is somehow better protected. Tonight, no direct response from the epa to that question, but a former epa Law Enforcement official tells us the whole idea is, quote, patently absurd. David . Mary bruce. Next this evening, President Trump suffering another legal setback in the battle over the dreamers. A second federal judge in new york temporarily blocking the Trump Administration from ending the daca program. A federal judge in california issuing a similar ruling last month, and those Court Rulings are expected to push back the deadline to end daca. Now, to the winter games tonight. The 17yearold smern snowboarder, winning gold. She tweeted about ice cream before he run. And why her dad is suddenly a star, too. Abcs matt gutman from pyeongchang again tonight. Reporter gold was okay, but 17yearold snowboarder chloe kim had her sights on history. Before her final run, shed mathematically clinched gold but in that third run, she became the first woman ever to land backtoback 1080s in the olympics. Afterwards, the california teen said she was, quote, stoked. Id hate to go home with the god medal knowing that i could have done better, so, i think that third run was just for myself. Reporter and right there, winning heards was chloes father, holding that very dadlike homemade sign. He emigrated from south korea to california in the 80s, calling chloes victory his american dream. My dads always like, oh, klee we chloe, im a celebrity now. Im like, okay. Reporter but trouble for others on team usa. In the final run of the womens luge, Emily Sweeney loosing control, skidding, then slamming her head into the wall. Her parents reacting in horror and anguish. Somehow sweeney walked away, but had to spend the night in the hospital. One of the most popular sideshows here hello, ladies. The north korean cheerleaders. They have these minders, everywhere you go and if you get too close, they just push you right away. And you can say the second part of the Charm Offensive here, david, was the visit, high pro file visit of kim jonguns younger sister. She delivered an Important Message to south koreas president , an invitation to visit the north. So far, no word on whether or not he is going to accept that invitation. All right, matt gutman our thanks to you tonight. And one more note from overseas this evening. The scandal threatening Benjamin Netanyahu now. Israeli police recommending that he be charged with corruption in two separate cases. Netanyahu insists the charges will end up being, quote, nothing. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. 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