First flight. Hes got to do it again. Harness in this time. World news with david muir is next. Tonight, several developing tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. The scare at wall per reed medical center. Authorities racing to the scene, guns drawn. And what the u. S. Navy said late today. The terrifying moments as an apartment complex goes up in flames. More than 100 firefighters responding. Many going doortodoor to get families out. Then the mayday call. Firefighters trapped. The president and his new threat against gm. After General Motors announces its Cutting Thousands of jobs in ohio, michigan and maryland, what the president is now warning unless gm changes course. Does he have the power to do it . The new and alarming numbers tonight. The faces of the children coming down with what seems like the common cold, but it can lead to partial paralysis. The poliolike illness, and where theyre seeing cases now. Three American Service members killed. An ied blowing u
about the possibility of a government shutdown if the president doesn t get the funding for the border wall that he wants. but if there is a shutdown, tonight, the special counsel is now on the record about what would happen to robert mueller s investigation? reporter: in fact, we saw something from the special counsel that we almost never see from them, david, a public statement. in this statement, the office of robert mueller said that their investigation will continue regardless of whether or not there is a government shutdown. very rare public statement tonight. jon karl, our thanks to you. we re going to turn next here to the deadliest day this year for american service members fighting in afghanistan. three u.s. troops were killed when an ied exploded. it s the very danger that our team saw first-hand with the troops while reporting from the front lines in afghanistan. witnessing the moment they had to detonate it before moving forward. abc s senior foreign correspondent ia