tonight, breaking news. president trump, russia and the intelligence briefing that infuriated him. late today, multiple reports, u.s. intelligence officials warned house leaders in recent days that russia right now is trying to help president trump get re-elected. sources confirming to abc news it angered the president, who believed democrats would use it against him. then, his acting director of national intelligence, joseph maguire, replaced. jon karl standing by live tonight. also tonight, president trump s long-time associate roger stone sentenced. what the judge said today, after the president publicly lashed out against federal prosecutors. what the judge decided. the inferno on the interstate. the wall of flames 500 feet wide. the driver on fire.
drained from his face as he got a blistering dressing down from judge amy berman jackson. jackson making clear stone s conviction on seven felony counts, including lying to congress and witness tampering, warranted severe punishment. the judge bluntly saying stone was not prosecuted, as some have claimed, for standing up for the president. he was prosecuted for covering up for the president. trump has been sounding off on the case for weeks. they treated roger stone very badly. reporter: federal prosecutors initially recommending that stone receive a seven to nine-year prison sentence, only to be overruled by attorney general william barr. did you talk to the president at all about your decision regarding the recommendations? never. reporter: but today, stone alone faced the wrath of a scolding judge. the truth still exists. the truth still matters. roger stone s insistence that it doesn t, his belligerence, his pride in his own lies are a threat to our most fundamental inst
and we begin tonight with that developing headline involving the president and russia, and a new intelligence report that says russia is right now reportedly trying to help the president get re-elected. house leaders were briefed already. and tonight, abc news has confirmed that angered the president. we already reported here he removed his acting director of national intelligence. the president announcing in just the last 24 hours that acting director joseph maguire would be replaced. and tonight, multiple reports now, that move came after the president learned maguire s staff had briefed leaders in congress. abc s chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. reporter: tonight, the new york times reports intelligence officials told the house intelligence committee, in a classified briefing, that, quote, russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get president trump re-elected. the times reports the briefing infuriated president trump, especially the p
of our democracy. if it goes unpunished, everyone loses. the judge sentenced him to three years and four months in prison. the big question tonight will stone get a presidential pardon? the answer not yet. i m following this very closely and i want to see it play out to its fullest, because roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion. all right, pierre thomas with us live tonight from the courthouse. and pierre, president trump clearly was not happy with how this case played out, but today, he signaled that any possible pardon for roger stone would not come immediately. reporter: david, stone has requested a new trial, alleging jury misconduct. it appears president trump is going to wait and see how that plays out before any decision on a pardon. david? all right, pierre thomas, witnessing the scene there in court today. pierre, thank you. we re going to turn next here to the terrifying images from an interstate today. two highways shut down for a time in
these people are vicious. adam schiff is a vicious, horrible person. reporter: according to another report in the washington post, the president called in then-acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire to the oval office for a, quote, dressing down last friday. abc news has confirmed the report. sources tell us the president believed democrats would use the information from the briefing against him. in the past, the president has praised the acting director of national intelligence. admiral maguire is a very talented man. reporter: but now, one week after the election security briefing, maguire is out. his replacement? ambassador to germany richard grennell, a staunch trump loyalist with no intelligence experience. jon karl with us tonight from the white house. and jon, we know the new acting director of national intelligence has been openly skeptical about russian meddling in the 2016 election and now we have these new headlines tonight. reporter: david, ba