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>> reporter: in fact, david, the plan was so far along that the post office actually drafted this press release back in april announcing it. the press release was just obtained by the oversight group american oversight. and it details 650 million masks to be sent out working with the department of health and human services. the white house did not respond to our questions about why the plan was scrapped, but "the washington post" is reporting that there were concerns at the white house that the ...

American people? didnt he know that in talking with a journalist that this would ultimately be reported? >> reporter: well, david, its extraordinary. the president did 18 separate interviews with bob woodward over the course of several months, as he was working on this book. his national security adviser, just a short while ago, said this was the presidents decision to do those interviews and that he was, quote, willing to go into the lions ring with bob woodward. but i can tell you, i think ano...

But it was a totally fake story. >> jon karl joins us now from the white house. president trump speaking with reporters just moments ago, and you asked him if he regrets insulting john mccains military service. >> reporter: tom, he told me he respected mccain, but made it perfectly clear he has absolutely no regret for what he said about him, saying that he is not a war hero, that he preferred people who arent captured. as the president told me just minutes ago, quote, i say what i say. tom? >> ...

David, this is just the latest in a long list of close trump associates who have faced criminal charges, including s f poad many people very close to the president at top echelons facing criminal charges. >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. all of this comes as joe biden prepares to accept his partys nomination for president tonight. hel il w tkemaheas and tonight, what ve learned so far about what biden will say. the president is in pennsylvania, bidens home state, and by desi...

Be seeing the harris/biden ticket together. they are set to deliver remarks in bidens hometown in delaware. harris will then have just a week to prepare for the democratic convention, but she has been laying the groundwork for this for her entire career. tonight, sources close to harris say they are overcome with emotion. one telling us, now, onto the hard part. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and as we reported, even before todays nomination, senator kamala harri...

Our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. plea >> to all of the hurting families, i want you to know that all americans mourn by your side. your loved ones will not have died in vain. >> reporter: but the president quickly turned to tough talk about law and order. >> americans want law and order. they demand law and order. some of them dont even know thats what they want, but thats what they want. >> reporter: the event was called for the president to sign an exec...

Defied the president, voting to require that the bases be renamed. today, some republican senators said the time has come. >> if you want to continue to name forts after soldiers, there have been a lot of great soldiers that have come along since the civil war. >> well, i think this is a step in the right direction. this is the right time for it. >> lets get right to jon karl, live at the white house, because jon, youre learning tonight that general milley actually considered resigning? >> repor...

And everything he said here made a lot of sense and i believe him. >> all right, so, lets get right to mary bruce tonight. and mary, setting aside the politics here, which is becoming increasingly difficult to do, for folks at whom who simply want to know here, whats the bottom line on any hope for a vaccine? because there seemed to be a bit of a reality check again today on this front. >> reporter: and david, that is the big x-factor here. we heard from dr. anthony fauci earlier this week, sayi...

Correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: a coronavirus scare for the president. for the first time, somebody who has been with him in the oval office has tested positive. >> does it spook you? it can be scary for some people. >> yeah, its a little bit strange, but its one of those things. >> reporter: its one of the presidents personal valets who tested positive, a military servicemember on the team that serves his lunch and diet cokes in the oval office. >> ive had very ...

Continues to blow over the weekend. and the winds, 30, 40 miles an hour. right through tomorrow morning. that means wind chills are going to be uncomfortable, to say the least. single digits, chicago, detroit, syracuse. teens, boston and new york. winds die down saturday, but its just as cold through the first half of the weekend. david? >> all right, we can hear the wind right there tonight. rob, thank you to you and stephanie, as well. when we come back, drivers stranded on top of cars in ho...