welcome to the news grid a day of rage in the occupied palestinian territories says u.s. president donald trump recognition of jerusalem as israel s capital israeli soldiers have been firing tear gas and rubber bullets of protesters outside a mosque in occupied east jerusalem bethlehem. and not confined to the palestinians alone protests are taking place across the three pictures from the different world capitals. breakthrough after days of negotiations and the e.u. have reached agreement challenge for any issue of trade two hundred thousand evacuated is nearly six thousand firefighters battle to hold the spread of wildfires along california s pacific coast the flames have been ferocious winds threatening tens of thousands of homes as millions of americans are warned to beware the toxic fumes. i have a hundred nigerian had taken matters into their own hands by such as social media campaign to tackle alleged abuse by a special and they say that they have all the latest about t
right into a busy intersection. how they got out of that plane. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with the fbi director james comey. his most forceful answers yet amid that grilling on capitol hill today. comey animated in his answers, facing questions about whether his decision just 11 days before the election affected the outcome. comey using those words saying it makes me quote, mildly nauseous that he might have swayed the election. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off. reporter: under the microscope since that election result came in, were you comfortable with the role you played in the investigation? tonight fbi director james comey back in the hot seat. tell me what you would do. reporter: at issue, that bombshell 11 days before the election. landed, director comey had reopened the e-mail investigation. the revelation dominating the front pages in the final week and a half.
four, five days. he was driving around making videos about it. wow. i m, like, so scared right now. i know. you re laughing. jerry is not. no. you lie. think of all the lies you told me. he s so ticked off. oh, so when i prank you, you re mad. when you prank me you went too far though. you went too far. he s going to play the lady mind games. i m going it to motivate you. no, it s payback. she said at least you got to drive it around a few days. think of it that way. thanks for watching. we ll see you on the next brand new episode of rtm. cbs late show host, stephen colbert responding to backlash over an offcolored joke he made about president trump monday night. follows criticism from trump supporters and members of the lgbt community calling the joke disrespectful and homophobic. mr. trump, your presidency, i love your presidency. i call it disgrace the nation. you re not the potus, you are the blotus, the gluten with a button, a regular gorge
caffeine fix, no liquids needed. how is this even possible? consider the edible evidence on this thursday, may fourth. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. bageling aaw bagel and coffee in one bite. how is the possible? have them live on the set. dig into it. we ll start off with a major step in the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. house set to vote on revised bill promises more funding to subsidize people with pre-existing conditions. this after president trump reached out personally to a number of holdouts in his own party. republican leaders now say they have the votes they need. abc s correspondent with the details. reporter: the big vote set we are going to pass it. we are going to pass it. let s be optimistic. reporter: the fate of health care and coverage for people with pre-existing so today we are here announcing that with this addition, that, that we brought to the president, and sold him on an over hour meeting with h
welcome, i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. more than 3 million muslims from around the world traveled to mecca this week for the hajj, the annual pilgrimage all able muslims are called upon to perform once in their lifetime. pilgrims take part in a series of rituals that recall events from the lives of abraham and the prophet muhammad. on friday, muslims began observing the three days of eid-al-adha or the festival of sacrifice. some sacrifice animals such as sheep or cows to recall abraham s willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to god. in a major speech on poverty, vice-presidential candidate paul ryan this week praised religious charities, while blasting federal anti-poverty programs, he charged they create what he called a debilitating culture of dependency. sister simone campbell, leader of the nuns on the bus tour, criticized ryan, a fellow catholic, for wanting to slash federal funding for low-income families. she argued that contradicted ch