Candid views of this president. You talk to them one on one, theyre pretty up front about the fact that they dont take all the president s words to heart. That they are kind of getting used to how he conducts himself and his disregard for the facts. And thats a remarkable thing for an american president , members of his own party, in the congress to say. Its where we are. And im kind of used to it too now, because you talk to members of the congress. And in private, they dont even bother offering a defense of this president. They acknowledge he says things that are not true. Look at what bob corker told us a few months ago in that interview, where he really broke with the president. He said the president tweets things that are not true, you know it, i know it, he knows it,
damage to the fabric of american democracy, and thats an extraordinary thing for them to say. Yeah. But yet they wont say it publicly. Heres what i have to ask you, and one of the main reasons im asking you. In are o
Like to be on the white house staff. Got to watch twitter to see what people are going to do. You were in, you were around when the Colin Kaepernick protests were going on when he was playing for the 49ers. What did you think then about that . I fully supported his right to speak out. I thought he made some mistakes, some big mistakes early. He wore the socks. Remember the socks that were pigs in policemen ewan forps. He didnt have a clear message at first. But i supported his right to protest and i think what he did was really admirable. He went out and sought the advice of a man named nate boyer, a former player with a seahawks. A military veteran, who gave kaepernick the advice to kneel. He said in stead of sitting on the bench, kneel. Its also a sign of respect. If you think about you bow in front of somebody. And so this was the advice kaepernick sought out. He sort of refined his message, saying i thought things had made
more sense in terms of clarifying what he was protesting. I
Stories of democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. President then turned his attention as i mentioned to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This is important when you consider that this is the individual recused from an ongoing probe of potential obstruction among things and donald trump saying its too bad that sessions recused and then asked an intelligent question. The reporter asked donald trump to compare Jeff Sessions to the previous administrations Attorney General eric holder under obama and donald trump said this. I dont want to get into loyalty but i will tell you that i will say this. Holder protected president obama. Totally protected him. When you look at the things that they did, and Hold Proer Tekted the president. And i have Great Respect for that. Ill be honest. I have a little more on that in a moment. Trump also asked here in this very newsy interview whether he would order the justice
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And who sent her in. And, those are men in wingsuits, trying to fly right into that plane. Good evening, its great to have you with us on a very busy tuesday night. We begin with north korea late today launching a new missile, this time flying higher and longer than any it has launched before. Tonight, what it reveals about their ability to reach this country. Its the third icbm launch, The Other Two in july. Each reaching farther than the one before it. The launch, a direct provocation to the u. S. Tonight. President trump responding moments ago. Heres bob woodruff. Reporter tonight, north korea acts again. And this time, we know that President Trump was being briefed as the missile was in the air. The new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic
missile. What makes this missile different, it flew higher and longer than ever before. 90 minutes after it splashed down in the sea of japan, the president addressing the provocative move. A missile was launched a little while ago
Sky. The Rocket Launch that mesmerized millions. And the confusion, chaos and crashes it caused. And good evening and welcome to World News Tonight. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin with that deadly winter wallop, striking the day after christmas, as millions of americans travel for the holidays. Snow falling from coast to coast. Eyepopping accumulations in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. More than 50 inches in some spots. And its not just snow. Wind chill alerts in 20 states. This time lapse video from duluth, minnesota, where temperatures hit 21 degrees below zero. Causing steam and fog to rise from lake superior. Treacherous driving conditions tonight. Four killed in one Interstate Crash in kansas. Slow going from the great lakes through the northeast. And a frightening moment at bostons logan airport, when a jetblue Passenger Plane skidded out after landing in slick
conditions. Airline delays stacking up tonight as that arctic blast moves east. Abcs alex perez