Mr. Trump is also planning a toptobottom review of how america conducts its war on terror. And today he endorsed torture. Heres david martin. We will make america safe again. Reporter donald trump said it as a candidate, and now hes said it as president. In his First Television interview with abc news, the president declared torture works. I have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence, and i asked them the question does it work . Does torture work . And the answer was yes, absolutely. Reporter but the president added that before ordering a resumption of waterboarding and other socalled enhanced interrogation ch he would seek the advice of his cia director, mike pompeo, and his defense secretary, james mattis. They dont want to do, thats fine. If they do want to do, then i will work toward that end. I want to do everything within the bounds of what youre allowed to do legally. But do i feel it works . Absolutely i feel it works. Reporter the
Steve and i am steve aveson. Steve lets get right to grant lodes. He has the very latest. And some dramatic video of the fire. Reporter grant all lanes are blocked on the westbound side of interstate 580 just east of interstate 680 near the dublin plaza temblor. Here is what we know so far. The kent of the big rig caught on fire just before 7 tonight. And you were sent us this video. A viewer sent grant clues believe the fire started after a multi bill crash on the freeway. The chp conforming with us just about 30 minutes ago that there were no injuries. But traffic is a mess. Drivers are told to expect delays right now officers are diverting traffic from that area and here is a look at the area you will want to avoid. Again, this is 580 just east of 680 near the dublin pleasanton border. We have a crew on the way. Stateowned for a live report. Stay tuned reporter our top story tonight we now know how President Donald Trump plans to pay for the wall along the u. S. Mexico border. He pl
, im the only change agent, someone with political clout and celebrity status sufficient to beat the special interests in washington at their own game. It is a nationalist, populist and conservative argument that trump found very resonant responses from his supporters. The key question is are there enough of those supporters to push him over the top . S pelley nancy, as everyone knows, there are 13 very closell divided states. We call them the battleground states. How does clinton feel about those tonight . Campaign feels confidently determined, scott. It feels a lot like the atmosphere around the obama operation in 2012, which isnt entirely surprising because its a lot of the same people. They are very datadriven. They have a strategy thats been in place for a long time. R they know what they need to do to win. If they execute the strategy properly, they win. In fact, a couple days ago i was talking to marlon marshall, the director of state campaigns. Di i asked him if hes feeling mor
Already hitting the midwest. Here is a live look from milwaukee. Just as chuck mentioned, this is part of a wintery mix that will bring rain and sleet into our region. Its already causing a mess for airline travelers. More than 1200 flights have been canceled ahead of the storm. Several airlines are waving rebooking fees to cities in the storms path. We just checked flightaware. Com. Here is a look at our region, Reagan National, 17 flights canceled, bwi marshall nine cancellation, dulles ten flights canceled. Thats also up. Remember to check with your airline before you head to the airport. New this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what caused an Apartment Fire that hurt two firefighters in montgomery county. The fire broke out just after 3 00 this morning. This was on dudley lane just off Rockville Pike in bethesda. News 4s derrick ward is live with some new information. Hi, derrick. Reporter good morning. Take a look at the scene here of this fire. Later well show you
That means both mail and inperson, that we just got. So weve got some fascinating numbers at a level weve never seen this early. Im going to go through a few with you right now before we bring in our top guests. Heres one early headline. Turnout is not just up a bit or up double from last cycle, it is now four times the turnout at this point in 2016. What youre looking at is a whopping 29. 6 million early votes in. Now, there is nothing automatic about that. Even if you watch the news and you Pay Attention and you think, well, its 2020, there was going to be a lot of interest. That number tells us something now that we didnt know a week ago. For all the talk about pandemic voting, we didnt know that people would be turning out this much this early. This universe of early voters is now expanding. Now, thats a civics takeaway. High early turnout. If youre into democracy, its a good thing. It doesnt tell you anything about each individual candidate. There is also, though, for you right no