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The insulation bursting through that exterior wall. more than 100,000 customers in new jersey alone still without power. utility crews in this area are busy trying to restore power, but were told in some of the hardest hit areas like right here, it could take several days. david? >> all right, linsey davis leading us off tonight, thank you. lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, shes from detroit tonight. tens of thousands without power, as well, in michigan. shes tracking it all for ...

>> reporter: thats right, david. the ntsb had a long way to go, coming in from washington, d.c. the go team literally just got on the ground. theyre planning to go to the scene and to interview survivors as they try to figure out exactly what caused this crash. david? >> will carr leading us off tonight. will, thank you. we are also following a breaking headline at this hour from washington, involving the presidents son, donald trump jr. we have learned tonight that trump jr. has struck a last...

Expressed support for isis? >> reporter: thats right, david. they believe that he was acting alone, but wanted to target places that were packed with people, including the santa monica pier behind me. they also say that he talked about past attacks, including the boston bombing, and said there should be another mass shooting like las vegas. david? >> will carr leading us off tonight. will, thank you. we are also learning more at this hour about the deadly synagogue attack near san diego. the f...

And tried to assault an older man who tried to detain him. police swarming the scene, tracking him down and arresting him. the motive, a mystery. >> at this time we do not believe there is a relationship between the suspect and the child or the family of the child, and we are actively investigating why this incident occurred. >> reporter: the child sustaining serious injuries and rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital. a small section of the nations largest mall was briefly shut down. >> why w...

>> and jon karl joins us now from the white house. president trump is also making news tonight on immigration. he is threatening to close the southern border next week if mexico does not block migrants from entering the u.s. lets take a listen. >> mexico is tough. they can stop them, but they chose not to. now theyre going to stop them, and if they dont stop them, we are closing the border. well keep it closed for a long time. aye not playing games. >> and mexico fired right back, jon? >> report...

The white house press secretary saying, quote, its laughable that anyone would take a convicted liar like cohen at his word. but david, members of the senate intelligence committee tonight tell us this was a serious grilling, and that the cohen that showed up today was, quote, a very different guy. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and we should note, abc news will have live coverage of the cohen hearing tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here. and what is uncle...

Deliver a primetime address from the oval office tomorrow night, calling it a national security crisis. but tonight, a key member of his team is asked about the number theyve been putting out. theyve been saying nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists come into our country illegally. youll see the fact check as it played out on fox news. our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump is planning an all-out p.r. blitz to make the...

Before that barrier in front of a busy roadway. and while passengers believe that a hydroplane was involved, the official cause is under investigation. david? >> will carr leading us off tonight. will, thank you. that major storm system not only behind that rainstorm there, but also mudslides and heavy mountain snow. its moving across the country, as i mentioned. but we wanted to show you what happened in grapevine, north of l.a. a massive traffic jam in this weather. kabc helicopter reporter ...

Himself from the russia investigation, given what he has said about it before. even some republicans sounding concerned tonight, jon? >> reporter: well, democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis if whitaker doesnt recuse himself and interferes in any way with the investigation. and some republicans are expressing concerns, as well, including susan collins and senator-elect mitt romney, who today warned, saying that it was imperative that the investigation proceeds to its conclusion unimpe...

But a fascinating new interview thats just come in, he did with sinclair broadcasting, he was asked if he had any regrets over the past two years, and he said this, david, quote, i would say tone. i would like to have had a softer tone. and he added, he maybe had no choice because of how democrats were talking about him, but he added again, i could have been softer. >> tone on the eve of the election. >> reporter: especially given the way hes ending this campaign. >> big deal. all right, jon kar...