Good evening. And with this country already on edge, we begin tonight with the terrifying scene that played out today inside a michigan courthouse. A suspect reportedly getting hold of a gun and going on a rampage inside the building. Several people shot. The images now emerging from outside, when witnesses heard the gunfire erupt. Authorities say two bailiffs were killed, along with the suspect, after being taken down by police. Abcs gio benitez leads us off. Reporter tonight, a tense and dramatic scene at a michigan courthouse. We have him cornered on the second floor. He has a gun with a hostage. Reporter an inmate opens fire inside the building. Every floor on lockdown. If you know anyone in the area or building, just make sure they stay put and are safe. Reporter our abc station wbnd reporting the suspect took a gun off a deputy and began firing. Shots fired, one down, one down. Reporter shooting several people, killing two bailiffs and injuring one deputy, before authorities coul
More states this week. The president elect heading to North Carolina today and on thursday hell travel to iowa, michigan on friday. Trumps team says hell formally announce another cabinet appointment tonight. Touting the credentials of his defense secretary pick, retired marine general james mattis. Trump also tapping ben carson to be housing secretary. Trump describes carson as brilliant, declaring hes, quote, passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities. Some are calling carsons qualifications into question. Last month a key confidant of carsons said running an agency isnt his strength. Democrats now arguing hes woefully unqualified. Meanwhile, Trump National security aid general Michael Flynn coming under fire. Flynns son continuing to push a baseless Conspiracy Theory that led a man to fire an assault weapon inside a washington pizza shop. The white house weighing in. We all hold a responsibility regardless of whether or not we are planning to se
Clear on the time line of how all this played out, and theyre unwilling to go into detail. Reporter anderson, thats right. Again for another day here, starting another week here, the white house was not giving specific answers for the time line. Sarah sanders said, yes, there were lessons learned. They could have done things better. But she did not answer specific questions, namely this. Did the fbi know specifically about the photographs of the injuries, of the bruised eye to the second wife of rob porter, and did those two exwives say specifically to the fbi that they were abused, and did the fbi tell someone at the white house that . We know that from our other reporting that don mcgahn, the white House Counsel, knew about this the longest, and then the white house chief of staff john kelly also knew about some of the allegations since at least last fall. But begin today at the white house briefing, Sarah Sanders, the White House Press secretary would not say specifically what they
Points including how much this adds to the nations debt and what happens to immigration. Growing fallout over when Top White House officials knew about abuse allegations against top aide rob porter. Much focus has been on chief of staff john kelly. But don mcgahn and hope hicks, they are under scrutiny now also. The white house is insisting that kelly only became fully aware of the allegations after a photo of porters first exwife with a black eye came out. What does that mean . Does that mean he knew about some abuse or some allegations of abuse . That certainly seems to be the case here. The white house not denying that. What they seem to be most upset about is that it became public at all. Now, new questions on that as well. Lets get first to our top story. We have it all covered. Suzanne malveaux live on capitol hill with the shutdown, very brief shutdown that is almost over, suzanne. Reporter it is almost over. That bill going to the president to sign to end this shortly. While mo
Immigration. Were going to break down all of that in a moment. First, though, at the white house, questions, incriminations over the top aide who couldnt get a security clearance and finally lost his job over allegations he abused his former wives. One of those exes telling cnn rob porter asked her to take down a blog she posted last april in which she claimed the threats were personal, the terror was real. Another thing he wanted me to say was that i had taken some liberties with this therapeutic post, which it was for me, that i had taken liberties with that therapeutic post. And when i thought about it, i didnt. The things i said were factual statements. He was asking me to downplay it. And he was asking me to emphasize more the relationship that he and i have now as opposed to what i experienced in our marriage. Were hearing those recrimina recriminations could affect one of the president s closest confidants. Kaitlan collins joining us more on this. What are we hearing about hope