let s get right back up to rachel scott tonight. and rachel, we did learn the president has invited senators sinema and manchin tonight. what more are you learning? reporter: well, senator kyrsten sinema is not budging on this and neither is senator joe manchin. he released a statement saying changing senate rules would be the easy way out. the white house says the president will continue to push on this and he will make another hard sell to both of those senators at the white house tonight. david? all right, rachel scott tonight. rachel, thank you, as always. there s also news tonight in the investigation in the house into the capitol attack. the republican lead er of the house, kevin mccarthy, now rejecting that committee s request to cooperate with the investigation. here s our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl tonight. reporter: on capitol hill today, republican leader kevin mccarthy defended his refusal to cooperate with the january 6th investigation. it is
this is just the latest hurdle for investigators, trying to piece together who donald trump was speaking with and when. david? calls on the cell phone wouldn t end up on the white house log there, would be the point, right rachel? reporter: that s exactly correct. there are gaps within that log and now investigators are trying to piece together who exactly the president was talking to that day, david. all right, rachel scott tonight. thank you, rachel. overseas tonight and our martha raddatz inside iran, amid the dire new warning about iran. u u.s. officials warning that iran may just be weeks away from having enough weapons grade terrible to make a nuclear bomb. so, where do the talks stand tonight? martha raddatz from tehran. reporter: tonight, negotiations over iran s growing nuclear program at a critical stage. the u.s. warning the country is now just weeks away from having enough nuclear fuel for a nuclear bomb. iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch. repor
unarmed man in his own apartment. guyger saying she believed she had entered her own apartment when she opened fire, killing botham jean in 2018, thinking he was an intruder. it was his apartment, it was a different floor. her lawyers now claiming self-defense in court today, asking her conviction be overturned. tonight, the fbi now arresting two of its ten most wanted in connection with the deadly attack on the capitol. both arrests for violent attacks on police. jonathan munafo allegedly seen on video assaulting capitol officer, ripping away his riot shield. more than 400 peope now facing charges. here s abc s rachel scott tonight. reporter: it was one of the most egregious attacks from the capitol siege and tonight, authorities say the man responsible is in custody. the fbi says this body camera video shows the moments 34-year-old jonathan munafo ripped a riot shield from an officer s hands before violently punching him in the face.
on the hill tonight. rachel, another suspect arrested also in connection with the attack on the capitol. the man seen with his feet on speaker pelosi s desk. had a court appearance today. news on that front? reporter: that s right, david. the man you see in this now infamous photo, richard barnett, with his feet up there on house speaker nancy pelosi s desk, has been released from custody. he spent four months in jail. he s now on home detention, awaiting trial. tonight, the fbi still searching for at least 100 people involved in the capitol insurrection. david? all right, rachel scott, our congressional correspondent up on the hill. thank you, rachel. overseas tonight, the u.s. and iran and the tense encounters in the persian gulf. now video showing iranian speedboats swarming u.s. navy and coast guard ships. the u.s. navy firing warning shots. here s our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight. reporter: it was pitch black in the persian gulf as the armed ir
one other change underscored in biden s speech, he criticized vladimir putin and called for a united front against russia. our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl on a friday night. jon, thank you. there is also news tonight into the investigation into the riots at the capitol. tonight at least 35 capitol police officers are under investigation. six have now been suspended. here s abc s rachel scott tonight. reporter: tonight, in the wake of the deadly capitol siege, 35 capitol police officers are under investigation. six suspended with pay. the department not only looking into the actions of rioters that day, but the roles that some of their own officers may have played as the violence unfolded. it was images like these that sparked outrage. this rioter seen taking a selfie with an officer moments after storming the capitol. and tonight, abc news learning a growing number of those charged in the riot have now resorted to a new defense, blaming police for letting them en