own spin on it, correct it before its release. do you commit that would not happen if you re attorney general? that will not happen. reporter: but it was barr himself who wrote the justice year, rais a memo just last mueller s investigation into possible obstruction of justice. when pressed today about what he wrote i think it was entirely proper. reporter: and given what he wrote, when asked what he would do if career ethics officials recommended he recuse himself, barr said there are different kinds of recusals. some mandated, others judgement calls. let s imagine it s a judgment call and the judgment by the if i disagreed with it. and what thtoul dsiifbae fers medgju such as? such as whatever facts are relevant to the recusal. all right, let s get to pierre thomas, live up on the hill tonight for us.
the bay area. maybe over 100 in the mountains. tonight s storm, by thursday night, gets to the east coast with a wintry mix and then over the weekend, the bigger, stronger storm really slams the eastern third of the country. that s going to be a high impact event on both coasts. david? all right, we ll be watching it for the next several days. rob, thank you. the travel headaches are mounting elsewhere, too, at many airports across the country. tonight, of course, day 25 now of the government shutdown, and this evening, the faa is now ordering inspectors back on the job without pay to inspect passenger planes. this comes amid long lines at the airports already, as more unpaid tsa workers call out sick. and for the first time today, 41,000 active duty coast guard members deployed all over the world are now not getting paid. abc s steve osunsami in atlanta tonight. reporter: with no end to the shutdown in sight, in atlanta, the airport is warning passengers to get here three hours
the hotel. here s abc s james long maun with the latest. reporter: panic gripping kenya s capital nairobi as explosions and gunfire ring out. terror strikes. 3:00 p.m., near the upscale dusit hotel, an explosion outside a bank hits three cars, while a suicide bomb goes off inside the hotel lobby. surveillance video shows four gunmen entering the hotel, scveing fire, sending guests toin amre g escape through windows, crouching in the dirt. anti-terror squads rushing inside, where they go from room to room, flushing out the attackers. the operation takingours. pl today, you will not die. you re not dying today. reporter: al qaeda-linked terror group al shabab claiming responsibility. there s no official death toll in today s attack. witnesses say at least five dead, and an american among those killed. the government did say the site was secured, but more gunshots were heard. and tonight, families reporting loved ones still inside, hiding
and the family sending us this tonight. hi, david. hi, david! madison, georgia. reporter: carol, haley and scarlet, smiling. people just take for granted the things that they think they re supposed to automatically have, and when you don t have it, it s it s just amazing that we can do things like this. reporter: she s grateful to raise awareness about hearing loss and grateful her baby can hear again. the power of a baby s laugh. we are grateful, too. i m david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. it s raining today but it s going to get much worse. this was a chance to get prepared for tomorrow s strong
reporter: well, david, king shows no signs of leaving, and there isn t much congress is likely to do about it. they could vote to expel him here, but that is extremely rare. and in iowa, voters can t remove him. they would have to wait two years for the next election. david? mary, thank you. the other major political bombshell tonight is on the other side of the atlantic. a huge defeat for brexit and the british prime minister. theresa may suffering a crushing blow in parliament today. she may now face a no confidence vote tomorrow. can she survive? here s abc s terry moran now. reporter: a moment of truth for the united kingdom. protesters outside parliament. inside, a fierce debate on prime minister theresa may s plan for how britain will leave the european union, brexit. mr. speaker, this is the most significant vote that any of us will ever be part of. reporter: at issue, the terms of the brexit deal. think of it as the divorce agreement between britain and europe. how