because in the book and in your interview, bolton claims he heard first-hand from the president that security aid to ukraine was directly linked to requests to investigate joe biden and others. so, why now? instead of when congress and many americans wanted to know the answer to this. reporter: well, david, he says he did not like the way the democrats were running the hearings and didn t think his testimony would make a difference. that is something i press him on repeatedly in our interview and, by the way, david, bolton is not at all surprised that the president is trying to stop the release of the book. david? martha, thank you. and of course, that takes us straight to the white house tonight and their effort to halt the release of this book. let s get right to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl, who has been reporting on this. and jon, what are your sources telling you now? how concerned is the white house about bolton s book? mi a long time, d eyavid, of are wa
now emerge from his explosive new book. among them, bolton claiming president trump asked china s president to help him win re-election. bolton saying vladimir putin thinks he can play the president like a fiddle. the trump administration tonight suing to block the book s release. martha raddatz and jon karl standing by. the coronavirus in america. arizona, florida and texas among the states seeing spikes. in some places, setting new records. florida reporting a record 5,300 cases over 48 hours. icus in alabama nearing capacity. the toll on african-americans and latinos. tulsa setting a daily record for new cases, just as president trump s first rally is set to play out there. the breaking headline tonight in the kobe bryant helicopter crash. the preliminary report from the ntsb just in and what it now reveals. the debate over whether to fly in bad weather. the pilot possibly disoriented. investigators say just before
tonight, breaking news. president trump, russia and the intelligence briefing that infuriated him. late today, multiple reports, u.s. intelligence officials warned house leaders in recent days that russia right now is trying to help president trump get re-elected. sources confirming to abc news it angered the president, who believed democrats would use it against him. then, his acting director of national intelligence, joseph maguire, replaced. jon karl standing by live tonight. also tonight, president trump s long-time associate roger stone sentenced. what the judge said today, after the president publicly lashed out against federal prosecutors. what the judge decided. the inferno on the interstate. the wall of flames 500 feet wide. the driver on fire.
these people are vicious. adam schiff is a vicious, horrible person. reporter: according to another report in the washington post, the president called in then-acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire to the oval office for a, quote, dressing down last friday. abc news has confirmed the report. sources tell us the president believed democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. in the past, the president has praised the acting director of national intelligence. admiral maguire is a very talented man. reporter: but now, one week after the election security briefing, maguire is out. his replacement? ambassador to germany richard grennell, a staunch trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. jon karl with us tonight from the white house. and jon, we know the new acting director of national intelligence has been openly skeptical about russian meddling in the 2016 election and now we have these new headlines tonight. reporter: david, ba
quote, inescapable, and david, she added, no one is above the law. this will have clear implications for the other witnesses. all right, jon karl with us live tonight on the breaking news. thank you, jon. there is also new fallout out of president trump defending a navy s.e.a.l. he fired the secretary of the navy. and tonight, the defense secretary at the pentagon saying the president ordered him to allow eddie gallagher to be allowed to keep his trident pin. and tonight, that secretary of the navy who was fired is now speaking out with scathing new words. here s martha raddatz. reporter: tonight, as far as president trump is concerned, his standoff with the pentagon is over. the navy secretary fired. and the navy s.e.a.l. at the center of a war crimes case keeping his coveted s.e.a.l. trident pin and his rank under trump s own orders. with eddie gallagher, you know that story very well. they wanted to take his pin away, and i said, no, you re not going to take it away. he wa