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Washington today, tillerson replaced by c.i.a. director mike pompeo when the president sieeted the news. ws with mike, mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. ththink its going to go very well. >> reporter: president trump, who often says he likes different points of view, said likeired americas top diplomat because they disagreed on foreign policy. >> i actually got along well with rex, but, really, it was a different mindset. it was a different thinking. er reporter: the president...

Digging out his familys two cars, trying to keep up with mother nature this week, he says, a losing battle. >> were drowning in snow. the best way i can put it. >> reporter: crews coming from as far away as pittsburgh. the national guard called in, too. one problem that to officials are dealing with, mounds of snow that turn out to be cars buried in. owners just unable to get to them. icy roads causing more than 40 accidents in kansas city alone. in michigan city, indiana, this plane skidding of...

Captioning sponsored by cbs : >> mason: the price was wrong. the health secretary is forced out for taking costly flights. also tonight, puerto rico in crisis. >> we have done an incredible job. >> the scale was too small and too slow. >> reporter: everyone was given r bag with four bottles of water and three snacks that the mayor t ys may have to last them two days. >> this is an island surrounded by water. b they should be evacuating everybody off that island. fo big water, ocean water. >> mas...

Before, abcs jon karl asked the president if price was going to last. >> youll make a decision about whether or not to fire price today? >> probably sometime today. >> im not happy, okay? >> reporter: by the time the president landed in new jersey, price was out. a senior white house source tells abc news the president asked the secretary to resign, and he did. the pressure had been building for days after reports price took more than two dozen work trips on luxury private jets. >> we have heard...

$625,000. today, interior secretary ryan zinke, defiant amid revelations he spent more than $15,000 on three private flights. >> before we get started, id just like to address, in the words of general schwarzkof, a little bs on travel. >> reporter: zinke says he didnt have a choice. >> no commercial options existed to meet the promulgated schedule. >> reporter: also now under the microscope, veterans affairs secretary david shulkin. the "washington post" reporting taxpayers paid for his wife to ...

We are so happy. >> reporter: senator jeff flake was with scalise on that ballfield. >> being out there, hearing those prayers that he was talking about. it was a day ill never forget. >> reporter: searing memories as scalise marks a new beginning. >> it felt incredible just to feel the love and warmth from my colleagues being back working with them. >> reporter: showing that while parts of him may have been shattered, his spirit never was. kristen welker, nbc news, the capitol. a remarkable m...

>> mason: treasury secretary steven mnuchin has been under fire for requesting a government plane last month to get to his honeymoon in europe. today, the department defended mnuchin, saying as a member of the national security council, he needs secure communications. the department said that in the end, the secretary got access to those communications without using a government plane. three women who used to work for google sued the company today for discrimination. they claim google pays women...

Photo, his wife posted it on instagram, showing the couple stepping off a government plane in which she tagged all of her high end designer labels she was wearing in the photo. well, tonight, there are reports the treasury secretary asked to take a government plane on his overseas honeymoon. heres abcs chief investigative correspondent, brian ross. >> reporter: newly married this past summer, multimillionaire treasury secretary stephen mnuchin form little requested that he and his new wife, loui...

>> rob, so many of us who have covered hurricanes know that high tide and low tide plays a role. what are we looking at? >> reporter: high tide is at midnight, but the water is going to go where it wants to go. 6 to 12-foot surge expected. its only slightly less in the north. a huge area of the coastline looking to get some destruction just from the water. >> rob, thank you. tens of thousands of texans are on the move tonight in search of safer ground. and some of the most vulnerable patiences...

N vulnerable out of harvey each reach. medical flight crews working around the clock, but each of the infants out of the storm zone. >> i was worried about her breathing. glad shes peaceful right now, doing all right. >> reporter: across texas, its all hands on-deck right now. 1,000 guardsmen deployed. fema positioning supplies, generators, food, and water. areas on the coast under mandatory evacuation. >> if anything, well see about a week. >> reporter: tonight, shelters open, making room for t...