what he declared today. and movie producer harvey weinstein speaking out. what he s now saying, as the list of allegations grows, and what police in new york city and london are now saying. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with that fast-moving story in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight. a violent prison break attempt. there are reports of several people injured. more than a dozen are being rushed to the hospital. and there is also word fires were sent within the facility. schools in the area have been placed on lockdown. buses taking children home brought back to school. and there are reports that at least one inmate is unaccounted for. there is a manhunt tonight. abc s gio benitez leading us off. reporter: chaos at a high security prison in north carolina. police responding to an attempted prison break. we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them are critical. reporter: no
walter shaw said this, imagine nixon waiting for a stack of pardons after the watergate break-in. he has the power to put his henchmen above the law. that is what trump is telling manafort and others with the pardon of d souza. for more, we have jim acosta an at t acosta at the white house. reporter: the president is not only considering granting pardons with celebrities, but he granted a pardon for dinesh d souza and considering martha stewart and blagojevich. d souza has made offensive and racially loaded comments over the years about former president obama. the president is considering each case on merits. here is what deputy raj shah
corruption charges. and the u.s. is hitting tariffs and they are hitting back. the u.s. slapped tariffs on the eu, mexico and canada. the three had temporary exemptio exemptions, but the white house let those expired after it did not get what it wanted in negotiations. the goal is to help u.s. steel workers. metal tariffs could raise prices. t
and movie producer harvey weinstein speaking out. what he s now saying, as the list of allegations grows, and what police in new york city and london are now saying. good evening. as we come on the air here in the west tonight, and it s great to have you with us on a thursday. and we begin with that fast-moving story in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight. a violent prison break attempt. there are reports of several people injured. more than a dozen are being rushed to the hospital. and there is also word fires were set within the facility. schools in the area have been placed on lockdown. buses taking children home brought back to school. it did lead to a manhunt. abc s gio benitez leading us off. reporter: chaos at a prison in north carolina. police responding to an attempted prison break. we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them are critical. reporter: north carolina public safety saying fires were set at the pasquotank correc
is he quitting? what he declared today. and movie producer harvey weinstein speaking out. what he s now saying, as the list of allegations grows, and what police in new york city and london are now saying. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with that fast-moving story in elizabeth city, north carolina, tonight. a violent prison break attempt. there are reports of several people injured. more than a dozen are being rushed to the hospital. and there is also word fires were sent within the facility. schools in the area have been placed on lockdown. buses taking children home brought back to school. and there are reports that at least one inmate is unaccounted for. there is a manhunt tonight. abc s gio benitez leading us off. reporter: chaos at a high security prison in north carolina. police responding to an attempted prison break. we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them are critical
i m anna cabrera in new york. we begin this hour with breaking news. the new york times reporting this hour that donald trump s attorney sent a 20-page letter to special counsel robert mueller arguing why a president can t obstruct justice. according to the paper, the letter was hand delivered back in january and was an attempt to head off a possible subpoena for president trump to testify. we are covering all the angles of this. cnn senior white house correspondent pamela brown is in washington, and white house correspondent boris sanchez is at the white house for us. pamela, tell us more about what s in these 20 pages. any revelations? these 20 pages certainly offer a glimpse into the legal strategy and what has been conveyed to robert mueller s team by the president s attorneys, and they made the case in this 20-page memo that was hand delivered to robert mueller in january that the president cannot be compelled to testify and that he couldn t have obstructed justice u