What police are now saying. Good evening. And its great to have you with us to start another week here. And we do begin tonight with President Trumps own words today about the Deadly School shooting. The president hosting the nations governors at the white house, criticizing the response and then telling the governors he would have run into the school, even without a weapon. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter President Trump said today he likely would have showed courage under fire and run into Stoneman Douglas high school himself to confront the killer. You know, i really believe you dont know until youre tested, but i think i i really believe id run in there, even if i didnt have a weapon. And i think most of the people in this room would have done that, too. Reporter speaking to a large Bipartisan Group of governors, the president revealed he had lunch sunday with wayne lapierre, leader of the nra, which is now under intense pressure. At leas
West. Tonight, the eagleeyed view of how it rattled nerves. And good evening. And its great to have you with us on a very busy thursday night. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin tonight with President Trump, speaking publicly for the first time about the scandal involving Stormy Daniels. The president insisting he knew nothing about the 130,000 paid to the adult film star by his attorney, Michael Cohen, to keep her from talking about their alleged relationship more than a decade ago. Its been a day of surprising comments from the president , who tossed the script, you saw it right there, during an event in West Virginia today. President trump launching into a tirade about illegal immigration, making false claims about voter fraud and revealing he wants up to 4,000 National Guard members along the southern border. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leads us off. Reporter President Trump today breaking his silence on Stormy Daniels. On air force one, the president
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor this is our western edition. And were going to begin tonight with the president who went to West Virginia to talk taxes, but threw away his prepared remarks to discuss illegal immigration. Then, on the way home, he announced how many troops he wants to put on the southern border, and he talked about Stormy Daniels. With the breakdown of a very busy afternoon, heres major garrett. No, no. Reporter the comments aboard air force one were the first from the president about a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels just before the 1616 election. Elniels recently told 60 henutes she had an affair with p. Trump in 2006 and was paid to keep quiet. Reporter was it hush money, to stay silent . O yes. The story was coming out again. I was concerned for my family and their safety. Reporter in a statement, daniels attorney, michael avenatti, said, we very much look forward to testing the truthfulness of mr. Trumps feigned lack of knowledge. E is o
Expect the president and everyone on the panel to focus on tax cuts and specifically the tax reform that President Trump signed into law just a few minutes ago. The president s gonna talk about the day in West Virginia and the successes of the tax cuts. Also participating in the roundtable will be families who have more money in their own pocket which passed without a single democratic vote. Reporter for the most part, the people in this room seem to be supporters of President Trump. I spoke to one woman who was in the crowd who said she grew up in White Sulphur springs. Shes lived here for over 50 years. She said she likes President Trump. She feels like she has benefitted from the tax cuts, but wanted to hear more from some local businesses. The white house is planning to put a lot of the focus on businesses and families. They say that one of the people who will be at the roundtable is a bank from West Virginia who gave all 66 of their employees a 1,000 bonus. They say that was a dir
Tonight, the eagleeyed view of how it rattled nerves. And good evening. And its great to have you with us on a very busy thursday night. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin tonight with President Trump, speaking public for for tthe first time about t scandal involving Stormy Daniels. The president insisting he knew nothing about the 13 0 to her. Its been a day of surprising comments from the president , who tossed the script, you saw it right there, during an event in West Virginia today. President trump launching into a tirade about illegal immigration, making false claims about voter fraud and revealing he wants up to 4,000 National Guard members along the southern border. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega le leading us off. Reporter President Trump today breaking his silence on Stormy Daniels. On air force one, the president offering a short but forceful denial about knowing anything about that 130,000 hush payment his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, paid to