video ofros flying oveth tht.for s part, insistit t yo messageo an right now? i think i ll have a stronger message or maybe no message at all when we get the final results of what we are looking at, but right now, it s too soon to say. there s plenty of time, you know, there is no rush. jon karl with us live at the white house tonight. and jon, the president had tweeted the u.s. is locked and loaded, but today, it did seem there was a much more cautious tone with you. reporter: he sure did, david. the president spoke quite a bit about the power of the u.s. military today, about u.s. military might, but this did not sound like a president eager to get involved in another military conflict in the middle east. all right, jon karl leading us off on a monday. jon, thank you. the price of oil has already soared across the globe. how soon will drivers see it right here in the u.s., in gas prices at the pump? let s get right to abc s chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis with
because of those early calls was then killed. multiple injuries tonight. and abc s gio benitez is on the scene for us. reporter: tonight, the scene is apocalyptic. debris and ash falling from the sky after that devastating building explosion in central maine. the blast completely leveling this special needs center, damaging nearby homes and coating the surrounding area in dust. the impact blew our walls off and everything s ruined by it. it is what it is. just thankful to be alive. reporter: a maintenance worker from the building reporting a gas odor just after 8:00 a.m., leading employees to evacuate. the explosion erupting as farmington firefighters were on the scene investigating. the blast injuring six and killing one firefighter. colleagues paid tribute to their fallen comrade as the body was removed from the site. tonight, as authorities sift through the rubble, employees are calling that maintenance worker who reported the odor a hero. if he hadn t been putting tables aw
strike a deal on a new contract. gm turning an $8.1 billion profit last year. workers who took concessions before the 2009 government bailout now want to see some of those profits. we made some sacrifices, and now that times are good, they need to come up and give us fair wages, fair benefits at affordable prices and that s all we re asking, really. reporter: gm making the unusual decision to reveal the offer it made to the union. inside that offer is over $7 billion of investment in plants and new product programs. that also impacts 5,400 jobs. reporter: the offer including rescuing two of four plants set to shut down, but the union rejecting that. tonight, the president says he wants to see a deal. i m sad to see the strike, hopefully it s going to be a quick one. reporter: the stalemate comes as union leadership is under scrutiny. last week, one official arrested, accused of conspiring to embezzle more than $1 million
report tonight from the war in afghanistan. nato officials say a u.s. service member was killed in action there today. 17 americans have died now in combat this year, the highest number in five years. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. the nascar great killed in a plane crash after initially walking away from the wreckage. the deadly culprit in the water tonight. the 10-year-old girl dying after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming. the motorcycle rider going over the edge, plunging down this cliff. the water below the only thing saving his life. and tonight, singer rod stewart revealing his very personal battle. we ll have news on his condition tonight. and of course, we pay tribute to a rock n roll hall of famer, ric ocasek, and what we ve learned about his final hours. there s a lot more news ahead here on a monday night, i ll be right back. right . - ms. bird, do you think i could be a champion like you? - of course you
story and what she now says. tonight, the hurricane right off the east coast, gaining strength, approaching bermuda now. where it heads next. ginger zee with the track and the warning. the deadly culprit in the water. the 10-year-old girl dying after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming. rod stewart tonight revealing his very personal battle. and the tributes tonight for rock n roll hall of famer ric ocasek, the founder of the cars. and what his family is now revealing about his final hours. good evening and it s great to have you with us here as we start another week together. and we begin tonight with president trump and what he said late today on the possibility of u.s. military action against iran, after that massive attack on oil facilities in saudi arabia. one of the world s largest facilities targeted there, an unprecedented blow to the world s energy supply. drivers here in the u.s. will see this, too, in gas prices. administration officials quickly