acknowledging u.s. military aid was withheld from ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate the democrats, saying, get over it. this type of thing happens all the time. that s not what the president has been saying for weeks now, that there was no quid pro quo. and tonight, just before we came on the air, mulvaney releasing a statement, trying to walk back what he said today. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl asked the question that led to it all, and he leads us off. reporter: at the white house today, the president s acting chief of staff admitted something the white house has long denied, that the president cut off military aid to ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate democrats. did he also mention to me in the past the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely, no question about that. reporter: i asked him to clarify. so, the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he ordered to withhold funding to
tropical storm early saturday morning, somewhere along the florida panhandle, but impacts there will be felt by this time tomorrow. david? all right, rob marciano, thank you. now, to the other headline today drawing immediate scrutiny, the white house announcing today that the next g7 meeting with world leaders will be at the president s own golf resort. here s abc s senior national correspondent terry moran. reporter: it was a major announcement and a major promotion for the president s brand, straight from the white house podium. white house chief of staff mick mulvaney revealing that next year s g7 summit will be at the trump national doral, the president s resort near miami. meaning world leaders, their staff and security will all be paying the trump family when they check out. it s not the only place. it s the best place. reporter: mulvaney said staffers started with a list of a dozen or so potential summit sites, from hawaii to michigan to florida and that it was trump
in corruption with that nation, and that is absolutely appropriate. reporter: withholding the funding? yeah. which ultimately then flowed. reporter: but to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is, funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens, as well. we do that all the time with foreign policy. and i have news for everybody. get over it. there s going to be political influence in foreign policy. reporter: it contradicts what the president has been saying for weeks. there was no quid pro quo. at all. reporter: and it seemed to blindside his allies on capitol hill. mick mull vail mulvaney said that aid to ukraine was frozen in part to pressure ukraine to investigate the democrats. do you still think there s nothing to see here? what did he say? he said he admitted that military aid to ukraine was frozen in part to pressure to put pressure on ukraine to investigate democrats. so mick mulvaney just said what
it makes perfect sense. reporter: the doral is an 800-acre resort. it is reportedly struggling to be profitable. the president made a personal pitch at the last g7 summit in france in august. with doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows. we have incredible conference rooms, incredible restaurants. it s like it s like such a natural. reporter: mulvaney claims the doral summit will save taxpayers millions of dollars. he s not making any money off of this, just like he s not making any money from working here. reporter: but the decision has ethics watchdogs and democrats outraged. house judiciary chairman jerry nadler calling the move among the most brazen examples yet of the president s corruption. mick mulvaney claimed the president isn t going to make any money, but the white house offering no explanation of that, saying dollar figures might be released afterwards. and he also noted, when asked if this is a branding opportunity for the pre
this is great day for civilization. and tonight, turkey is not calling this a cease-fire. the deadly nor easter. a half million without power tonight. winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour. and the new system we re now watching. the massive teacher strike in chicago tonight. the white house revealing the g7 summit will be held at the president s own golf resort. the crash involving an oscar-winning actress. her suv struck at an intersection, flipping onto its side. we do have news on her condition. the offduty sheriff s investigator appearing to pull a gun on a teenager because of loud music. and tonight here, the tributes for congressman elijah cummings. the civil rights leader remembered for his tireless work for justice and equality. and what his wife has now revealed. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. we have a lot to get to. and we begin with the eye-opening comments at the white house today. acting chief of staff mick mulvan