Good evening, and we have several developing stories tonight, and we begin with the simmering tension across this country. Those for and against President Trumps immigration crackdown. And today, the president called it a military operation at the border. After we offered those words during a meeting at the white house, his own Homeland Security secretary had very different words about the operation. So which is it . Abcs matt gutman on the crackdown and how its being enforced. He is not far from the border in arizona tonight. Reporter at the white house today, President Trump declaring his new immigration crackdown a mooring success. Were getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobodys ever seen before, and they are the bad ones. And its a military operation. Reporter a military operation . Not according to Homeland Security secretary john kelly. No. Repeat, no use of military force in immigration operations. None. Reporter White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer later asked to clarify what the president meant by military operation. The president was using that as an adjective. Its happening with precision. Reporter tonight, the department of Homeland Security telling us it doesnt have the Data Available to support the president s claim. Secretary kelly in mexico today with secretary of state rex tillerson, a diplomatic mission. Let me be very, very clear. There will be no, repeat, no, mass deportations. [ chanting ] reporter but concerns over the new trump immigration policy now spilling into those contentious congressional town halls. You work for us. [ cheers and applause ] reporter in arkansas, republican senator tom cotton grilled by little toby smith. How old are you . Im almost 8, but im 7. [ laughter ] reporter laughter, but tobys point was very serious. Donald trump makes mexicans not important to people who are in arkansas who like mexicans like me, my grandma and all my family. [ cheers and applause ] reporter white house insists a lot of the anger were seeing comes from professional protesters, but in arkansas, a woman stood up to say, no way. Im mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. [ cheers and applause ] reporter and tonight, in arizona, fewer than 50 miles from the board, so its about an hour and a half before this town hall is set so start. There are already at least a couple of hundred of people here. The line snaking around the church here. All waiting to see, and perhaps grill congresswoman martha mcsally. We want to have a conversation with her. Reporter people from opposite sides of the political divide, but do you feel like youre being heard by your representative . No. Reporter do you feel like youre being heard . No. Matt gutman live in arizona where that town meeting is getting going right there, but matt, you spoke to people lining up to get right there. Its not just immigration. What else are they telling you . Reporter david, its also about health care and about womens rights. But what you may be able to hear are the chants of dozens of people who were not able to get here inside, and the majority of the questions in here, almost exclusively are focused on donald trump. David matt gutman leading us off in arizona. Thank you. It wasnt just what the president said about the immigration crackdown, calling it a military operation. There was Something Else that made news today. The president saying, when it comes to Nuclear Weapons, our nuclear arsenal, quote, we are going to be at the top of the pack. What does this signal . Heres abcs chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. Reporter today, President Trump declared he wants the United States to be the worlds dominant nuclear power. It would be wonderful. A dream would be that no country would have nukes, but if countries are going to have nukes, were going to be at the top of the pack. Reporter currently, russia has slightly more Nuclear Warheads than the United States. But both countries have enough Nuclear Weapons to destroy all of human civilization. Shortly before taking office, trump tweeted, quote, the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. And then he spoke with david muir about the moment he received the nuclear codes. Does it keep you up at night . No. But its i have confidence that ill do the right thing, the right job. Reporter russia recently deployed a new Cruise Missile in apparent violation of a 1987 nuclear treaty. Trump vowed to bring that up when he meets with putin, telling reuters, to me, its a big deal, and today, rare Public Comments from the president s chief strategist, steven bannon. The former writer for breitbart news, dubbed the great manipulator by time magazine, may be the president s most powerful and controversial aide. Today, he told a group of conservatives the president wont moderate his views and wont back down from an allout battle with his opponents. If you think they are going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. Every day, every day it is going to be a fight. Reporter bannon says the trump we saw in the campaign is the trump well see as president. He has laid out an agenda with those speeches and the promises he made, and our job is to execute on that, and get a path to how those get executed. And he is maniacally focused on that. Jon karl with us from the white house, and the president s chief strategist making it clear that the white house intends to make sure that President Trumps impact extends well beyond his presidency. Reporter thats right. Bannon and chief of staff, Reince Priebus pointed to the courts not just Supreme Court nominee, neil gorsuch, but the fact that the president may be able to nominate more than 100 judges to lower courts. A chance to impact the law in this country, not just for four or eight years, but potentially decades to come, david. Jon karl, thanks to you again tonight. There is also reaction this evening to the administrations reversal on policy involving transgender students and the bathrooms they can use. Saying Public Schools no longer must allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. Protests outside the white house when the decision came down. Press Secretary Sean Spicer saying today, its not a matter for the federal government to decide. I think its not a question of whether its a civil right. Its where its appropriately addressed. And as i noted, its appropriately addressed at the state level. Education secretary, betsy devos, did say that schools do have a responsibility to ensure that all skutudents can learn i safe and trusted environment. We turn to a developing headline coming in from kansas city tonight where a suspect is facing a murder charge after he opened fire at a packed sports bar, killing one and injuring two, and tonight, questions about whether race was behind the deadly shooting. There are reports of what the gunman might have said before opening fire. Heres abcs senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas. Reporter tonight, the fbi is at the scene of austins bar and grill outside of kansas city, investigating what could turn out to be a vicious hate crime. Last night, just after 7 00 p. M. , three men were shot. One fatally, in a barrage of gunfire. Two of the victims were of indian descent. Engineers at garmin, the major gps firm. According to press reports, the alleged gunman reportedly yelled, get out of my country, just before shooting. Our role in this investigation is to work jointly with local Law Enforcement to determine if an individuals civil rights were violated. Reporter tonight, adam puritan, 51, has been charged with murder, and is being held on 2 million bond. Pierre thomas with us live from washington tonight. Pierre, the suspect was caught 80 maiiles away at another establishment . Reporter thats right. He had told the bartender he was involved in a shooting and he needed a place to hide out. The police were called, and they came and arrested him that night, david. Pierre, thank you. Next to the protests erupting after an offduty officer fired his gun, and young people running for cover. There is new video emerging, and does it offer more to the story . Heres abcs kayna whitworth. [ chanting ] reporter outrage in anaheim, california. Hundreds of protesters demonstrating. Some, smashing windows and vandalizing homes, demanding the firing of an lapd officer who pulled a gun on a group of teens. Tonight, new video showing more of that heated altercation between the offduty Police Officer and this 13yearold boy. Let go of me. No, im not letting go of you. Let go of me. Reporter the los angeles Police Officer was reportedly upset this group of teens had repeatedly walked across his lawn. The boy claims the officer insulted a female friend. You need to respect the girl. Reporter and the officer believes he heard a threat from the 13yearold. You said you were going to shoot me. I didnt say that. Reporter the fight escalating, and another teen pushes the officer over a hedge. As the officer struggles with the group, he reaches for his gun and fires a shot. The 13yearold spoke to telemundo. I thought i was going to die right there because i thought he was going to shoot me because he was mad. Reporter police arriving minutes later, questioning the officer, but only arresting two teens who were later released. There was insufficient evidence at the time to prove that the officers actions rose to the level of a criminal act. Reporter david, tonight, that officer remains on administrative leave during the investigation. Parents are suing the lapd and the Anaheim Police department saying that officer shot his gun dangerously close to teenagers. David. Kayna, thank you. From indiana tonight, the reward is growing in the hunt for the killer of two teenage girls. Investigators asking everyone in the region to carefully listen to the sound they have now released. Police have given out this photo and an audio recording of the suspect. Its believed one of the girls recorded it before they were killed. Abcs alex perez with the hundreds of tips already coming in in indiana. Reporter tonight, indiana investigators inundated. More than 1,900 tips coming in since the Police Released this short audio recording. Down the hill. Down the hill. Down the hill. Reporter that voice authorities believe is Abby Williams and libby germans killer. The recording captured on libbys phone. If you think that sounds like, fill in the blank. Call us. Make an anonymous tip. Reporter the two young friends were murdered after they set out for a hike last week in the small town of delphi. Authorities believe they walked through this nature trail, and we know about an hour after they started their hike, they ended up right here on this railroad bridge. Libby snapchatting this picture of abby on those tracks. Police even getting this image of the suspect from her phone. Sensing danger, Authorities Say she hit record. Down the hill. Down the hill. Reporter the 14yearolds efforts to record her killer, family and friends say, just another sign of her courage. She would do anything, you know, to protect herself or anybody or, you know, she was pretty quick about thinking about things like that. Reporter there is now a 50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. David . Alex perez, thank you. And a grim new milestone for chicago. The deadliest day of shootings this year. Seven people were killed by gunfire yesterday alone. Including a pregnant woman. At least 92 fatally shot in 2017 so far. Overseas tonight, major progress to report in iraq. Iraqi forces with u. S. Backing taking control of the runways at the airport in mosul. Pushing back isis forces after a fierce fire fight. Bbcs Quentin Sommerville was right there. This is the main road into the airport. Theres a huge gun battle going on the at the moment. Theres some Islamic State fighters still there. But also, this column of Armored Vehicles stopped. When a huge roadside bomb exploded to the side there. Thats Quentin Sommerville, those iraqi troops now digging in to take back all of mosul. With more American Forces now closer to the battle lines. Back here at home and to the major storm moving across the country at this hour. Winter storm alerts and blizzard warnings in 11 states now from idaho all the way to michigan. Wyoming in the bullseye at this hour, heavy snow, low visibility near laremy. Dangerous conditions on i80 near salt lake city. A truck skidding out and catching fire. The driver didnt survive. It is not just the snow tonight, but severe storms possible. Possible tornadoes. Lets go live to meteorologist rob marciano with the track of this for us. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. Its that winter storm thats cranking up the unusual heat here in the east, but all snow in the backside, you can see it falling on the radar across nebraska and through denver. It will intensify overnight, and we expect 6 to 12 inches to nebraska all the way through northern michigan. A tough go there. Lets time it out. In the morning at 6 00 a. M. , chicago will be on the warm side of this, but blizzard conditions on the backside, and that record warmth continues and will help fuel the thunderstorms that could become severe, and we have an enhanced risk that includes indianapolis, columbus and detroit. 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