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And, jackpot. The stingy las vegas slot machine that took nearly 20 years to pay out, tonight, turning this couple into instant millionaires. But what took so long . Good evening and thank you for joining us. David muir is off tonight. Im cecilia vega. We begin with what appears to be a breakthrough in the case of that american journalist killed by isis terrorists. U. S. And british officials tonight saying they are close to identifying this man, seen here holding a knife. His taunting words spoken with a british accent. And now, the hunt to find and stop him. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has the latest. Reporter abc news has learned u. S. And British Intelligence is closing in on the identity of the masked british terrorist who executed american journalist jim foley. We are confident he will be identified, a senior u. S. Official tells abc news. And they believe he will be identified soon. You have plotted against us and have gone far out of your way to find reas
Secretary betsy devos who does not have a background in either education or medicine said its time to go back to school. Kids need to get back to school. They need to get back in the classroom. Families need for kids to get back in the classroom. And it can be done safely. I know for fact that there are many schools that have been working hard to put together their plans for moving ahead. And we want to see every school district, every state, doing the same thing. To say not what we cant do but what were going to do and what we can do. Were a country of action and doers and we need people to work hard and figure this out. Joining me now senator Debby Stabenow of michigan, a member of the budget and finance committees. Senator, when you hear by the way before we start i want to say congratulations on your new show. Im so excited for you. Its going to be great to see on at that time. Oh, thank you so much, senator. Thats very kind of you. Thank you very much. When you listen to betsy dev
Plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. President trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. But whos calling who . Keir simmons in new york, Kristen Welker at the white house. Big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but its the meeting thats not happening thats grabbing all the headlines, right . Thats right. That meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after President Trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. That is something we have heard him say over and over again. Then we learned he cancelled the meeting. President trump tried to cast it as a mutual decision. Bottom line, this is a rift in a relation with one of the United States closest allies, its Third Largest Trading Partner. What happens next . The administration floating the idea of a possible 20 tax on imports from mexico and, hallie,
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I want to start with garrett haake, you are in the center of the action. Weve been hearing from lawmakers. To my ears, i dont hear any break in this gridlock. Whats your take at this hour . Reporter yeah, you with choose your own news here at this point, depending on who youre talking to. Im outside a meeting thats been going on Susan Collins office and the democrats coming out have said no comment, on made vague comments like theres been progress. Lindsey gram just left. Hes been probably the sagelemost key negotiator. He sees some of the dynamics as potential something to be optimistic about, specifically this idea that the senate would be able to move forward sometime
optimism their close to turning a corner. The work will continue at least until tomorrow. Just to drill down on the point you make, they are considering essentially the deal that seems to be gaining the most team is this shortterm threeweek deal. So the question is why would democrats go for this deal when they Wouldnt