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Measure should be undertaken to stop kim, david. martha raddatz following the breaking developments as well. martha, thank you. the other major headline developing at this hour involves the russia investigation tonight, and the raid before dawn at the home of one-time trump campaign chair, paul manafort. a dozen armed fbi agents, reportedly waking him up, knocking on his bedroom door to execute the search warrant. abc s mary bruce at the fbi tonight. reporter: before the sun came up, a dozen armed fbi agents were knocking at the paul manafort s bedroom door, waking up trump s former campaign chairman with a warrant to search his virginia home. all without warning the morning of july 26th. the agents seizing documents and other materials, part of the ongoing special counsel s investigation into russian meddling in the election, including possible collusion with the trump campaign. manafort ran trump s campaign for months, overseeing the republican convention. ....
Manafort turning over 400 pages and donald trump jr. handing in 250 pages of records. it all comes as tonight, trump s lawyers are pushing back against a report that the president is sending private messages to mueller. one of trump s lawyers tells usa today, the president appreciates what bob mueller is doing. he asked me to share that with him, and that s what i have done . but sources with knowledge of those conversations tell abc, it was nothing more than routine chatter between legal teams and that trump and mueller have not been in direct contact. so let s bring in mary bruce live at the fbi tonight, and mary, we are also learning about something else that will be closely scrutinized into these evening hours. the special counselor robert mueller s financial disclosures? reporter: for the first time, mueller has released a full accounting of his client history as a private attorney. now so far, no red flags, but the president s legal team has accused mueller of having conf ....
Sabre-rattling won t help. even some in the president s own party calling his words dangerous. all it s going to do is bring us closer to some kind of serious confrontation. i think this is very, very, very serious. the great leaders that i ve seen, they don t threaten unless they re ready to act. and i m not sure president trump is ready to act. and cecilia vega is with us live tonight from bedminster, new jersey, where the president is vacationing at his golf course. and cecilia, you have more on that statement from the north koreans at this hour, and any response from the white house tonight? reporter: david, so far, no response from the white house, but i want to read you more from this statement coming in from state media and north korea. a top army commander behind this statement outright saying this is, quote, a crucial warning to the united states. they say that this fire and fury comment by president trump is, quote, a load of nonsense. they say it infuriated the army th ....
The home leveled, flames shooting into the air. good evening, and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night, and we do begin with breaking news. that headline, north korea just a short time ago, issuing its newest threat. the ap now reporting that the north korean regime is calling president trump s words a load of nonsense, saying they will complete their plan to, quote, attack waters near guam by mid august. it comes after president trump warned north korea against making any more threats or the u.s. would unleash fire and fury unlike anything the world has ever seen. abc s senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, leading us off. reporter: tonight, a new threat from north korea coming in, saying they will be ready to attack the u.s. territory of guam by mid august. this comes as president trump s warning shot fired directly at pyongyang tonight, is sending shock waves around the world. ....
But abc news has learned that threat caught some in the president s own inner circle by surprise. the president, in that statement, using language not vetted or pre-approved by his national security team. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. reporter: sources close to the president say behind closed doors with top aides including new chief of staff general john kelly he had discussed taking a tougher tone on pyongyang. but even members of his own national security team had no idea the president would go this far. he has been very threatening beyond a normal statement and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. ....