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The second one is on that barge under that blue tarp. the ntsb is on the scene and they re hoping to have some answers in the coming weeks. david? will carr reporting in from alaska. will, thank you. next tonight, amid escalating tensions with iran, the u.s. state department is ordering all nonemergency workers out of the u.s. embassy in iraq because of what the trump administration considers an imminent threat from iran or its proxies. but tonight, senators on both sides of the aisle are now demanding to know, what is this new threat? in fact, a british general has said he does not believe that there s a new threat in iraq. here s abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz now. reporter: the u.s. embassy in baghdad is one of the largest and most secure in the world, with thousands of employees. but tonight, all nonessential personnel are being ordered out. a u.s. offiasaying trexi. is providing no specifics and even the president s supporters are frustrated. i hav ....
Tension already with iran. president trump s new warning for iran tonight, and here s abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. reporter: tonight, amid growing tension with iran, calls of sabotage near the world s most important oil trading route. four oil tankers targeted near the entrance to the persian gulf. video showing a gash in one ship s stern at the water line, appearing like it was rammed or hit by a projectile. it comes just days after the u.s. warned commercial vessels in the region that iran and/or its regional proxies could target commercial sea traffic. and one week after the u.s. sent a carrier strike group and b-52 bombers to the gulf because of fears of possible iranian attacks on u.s. forces. but there is no evidence at this point that iran was involved in the sabotage of these ships. even president trump cautious about blaming iran, although he did issue a warning. ....
Just a matter of days. the u.s. taking action for the first time in seizing a ship belonging to north korea. and as you know, the president has stood on the world stage with kim jong-un twice now, holding those summits. so, tonight, where does this turn next? abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off. reporter: tonight, this massive north korean cargo ship now under american control. the first time the u.s. has ever seized a north korean cargo vessel for violating u.s. sanctions. found off the coast of indonesia, one of a fleet of so-called ghost ships, which prosecutors say was illegally and secretly transporting huge shipments of coal, forbidden under the strict sanctions imposed to force the north to give up its nuclear weapons. the justice department announcing the seizure just hours after kim jong-un oversaw the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles and just days after he fired a volley of missiles and rockets, the first ....
steve osunsami with us on a monday night. steve, thank you. next, that global headline from isis tonight. a chilling new threat from what appears to be the world s most wanted man. isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi was last seen when isis controlled huge parts of iraq and syria. they ve now lost that territory, but this message to the west seems intent on proving they are still fighting and are still focused. here s abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz now. reporter: if it is proven this is baghdadi, the terrorist fugitive appears grayer now. the isis territory he once claimed, gone. but he seems as defiant and threatening as ever, warning that the fight against the west asars ago, when ba worldwide to join his bloody cause. in this latest 18-minute video released by isis today, from which these images are taken, the man identified as baghdadi praises the sri lankan ....
Security for a time. what was her plan, who sent her, and how did she get that far inside on the president s property? abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz leading us off. reporter: tonight, the major security breach at mar-a-lago while the president was in florida. it was just after noon on saturday. the woman, yujing zhang, walking right up to a secret service agent, presenting two passports from the republic of china as i.d. authorities say zhang told the agent, she was there to go to the pool. according to court documents, the agent checked the i.d. and handed zhang off to mar-a-lago security. they couldn t find her on their membership rolls. but there was another person named zhang who belonged to the club. according to the complaint, due to a potential language barrier issue, mar-a-lago believed her to be the relative of that member. they let her in. a valet drove her to the main reception area in a golf cart, passing three more secret ....