so we haven t had a chance to digest it. but the attorney general in his confirmation hearings was very clear with a one-word answer when asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape, or form. he said no, period. no condition, no modification. so obviously that turns out to not be accurate there is no reason to believe that jeff sessions in the confirmation hearing was trying to hide something. he may simply have forgotten. but it does mean two things. number one, it adds to the incredible weight of evidence that the administration is not credible on these issues. remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that michael flynn was talking to the russian ambassador simply to wish him merry christmas. and of course that turns out not to be true. and michael flynn is no longer national security adviser. so this white house has a very, very significant credibility problem. and it s with respect to attorney general sessions, what this means, and again, it
plus literally dialing up the rhetoric. president trump and president putin set to talk as counterpart tomorrow. but who s calling who? keir simmons in new york, kristen welker at the white house. big meeting today, big phone call tomorrow but it s the meeting that s not happening that s grabbing all the headlines, right? that s right. that meeting that was supposed to happen with the president of mexico which was cancelled yesterday after president trump insisted that mexico was going to pay for the wall, the president of mexico said not going to pay for the wall. that is something we have heard him say over and over again. then we learned he cancelled the meeting. president trump tried to cast it as a mutual decision. bottom line, this is a rift in a relation with one of the united states closest allies, its third largest trading partner. what happens next? the administration floating the idea of a possible 20% tax on imports from mexico and, hallie,
for a very busy day. keir s
near travis air force base. we ll bring you the latest at 6:00. bye bye. tonight, breaking developments. protests and chaos at the g20. as president trump arrives, thousands descend on the summit. many fighting the global economy. police and protesters clashing in the streets. water cannons, tear gas and now mounting injuries. our team in the middle of it. also tonight, the meeting with vladimir putin is now coming with president trump now offering his toughest words yet aimed at russia. but when asked who meddled in our election, how the president responds on the world stage. the new findings tonight inside the airport disaster in chicago. the jet engine, the catastrophic failure. shrapnel flying. panic on board. we have surveillance video tonight. the veteran new york city police officer ambushed while sitting in a police vehicle. and the hot car and the dogs trapped. the urgent effort to save them,
tonight, the president in his own words, warning he is considering, qu
assumption that there is a price somehow for which kim jong-un and his predecessor, his father and his grandfather, would give up this nuclear program. i m not sure that s right because the nuclear program, to their mind, is the one thing that guarantees their survival. and the moment that they give it up, they re in the position that mow mar qaddafi was in when he gave up his nas entitle nuclear program in 2003. and he got a lot of promises of integration with the west and of course as soon as his people turned on him, the united states and europe and the arab states all joined in to drive him from power. the koreans were very, very aware of this and i would doubt that there is a price out there for which they would give up everything. and therein lies the big problem. let me go to you, ambassador. we tend to look at this through our own eyes, thinking like, why in the world would anyone want to risk being even using the artillery on the southern border
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most cases, it would be a grand jury, but here in minneapolis, the county prosecutor has decided he alone will review evidence and determine whether to pursue charges. david? alex perez leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. there is also a state of emergency playing out tonight. 43 major fires burning. one in particular forcing nearly 5,000 from their homes as the fire now gets closer. and tonight, it is moving in on yosemite national park. smoke so thick in the park, you cannot see what makes it most famous. abc s kenneth moton on the fire lines from california. reporter: tonight, the detwiler fire, exploding in size to more than 70 square miles. firefighters calling it the most powerful of their careers. talking to firefighters, it s been over ten years since we ve seen fire and fire growth like this. reporter: 2,200 firefighters trying to keep up in grueling conditions on the ground. these firefighters are the first line and pretty much the only defense watch over the