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Will reflect on him. abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: urged by party leaders to focus on what they think is his strongest selling point, president trump is now talking up jobs and the economy. >> republicans have created the best economy in the history of our country. >> reporter: but the core of the presidents closing argument is not hope, its fear -- dark warnings about illegal immigration. >> democrats are inviting caravan after caravan -...

And jon, when we studied the words there, that answer, president trump seemed to imply that its really up to the fbi whether to reopen judge kavanaughs background check. so, what is the fbi saying tonight, if anything at all? >> reporter: well, we asked the fbi about what the president said, they have no comment on this. but david, background checks are conducted at the request of the white house. one was done on kavanaugh. if the president wanted it reopened to look at these new allegations, he...

Good-bye, read aloud today in phoenix, with a message for this country, for this time. and then, late this afternoon, the white house amid mounting pressure, lowering the flag again. abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: in the senate chamber today, black velvet and white roses on the desk that belonged to john mccain. >> while john proudly served with us as the senator for arizona, he was americas hero all along. >> reporter: and today, a final ...

To strip a former official of his security clearance, let alone one who has not been accused of breaking the law. for his part, brennan says that this is going to have a chilling effect on former officials who may want to come out and question the presidents actions. but i have never seen it happen before. >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. also developing at this hour, jurors have just been given instructions by the judge in the paul manafort trial. the jury now set to delibe...

Briefing this afternoon -- >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people theyll never hear donald trump utter the n-word on a recording in any context? >> i cant guarantee anything. but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you i have never heard it. >> jon karl with us tonight live at the white house. jon, you reported there the president tweeted, "i dont have that word in my vocabulary and never have. she made it up." and jon, tonight...

It left the white house scrambling today to explain this moment, when exactly the president knew about all of this, given what he told the american people onboard air force one. abcs chief white house correspondent jonathan karl leading us off tonight. >> reporter: today, for the first time, president trump acknowledged he reimbursed his lawyer, michael cohen, for the $130,000 payoff to porn star stormy daniels. last month, the president flatly denied knowing anything about the hush money. >> di...

Karl with us live tonight from west palm beach. and jon, president trump has been searching for a new lawyer, youve been reporting that for some time. the big question, of course, tonight, is rudy giuliani really someone the president will listen to now, will he take his edadvic advice? >> reporter: that is the big question. the president certainly hasnt always taken the advice of his legal team, especially when it comes to talking or tweeting about robert mueller. but giuliani is somebody who i...

What stormy daniels then vowed afterward when she approached the mike. abcs kyra phillips leading us off tonight. >> stormy! >> reporter: a crush of cameras as stormy daniels arrived in federal court today. >> stormy -- >> reporter: the porn star, and those clamoring to get a glimpse of her, tripping over barricades. security rushing her inside. >> stormy, do you have a message for the president? >> reporter: less fanfare for michael cohen -- >> any comment on the allegations against you? >> rep...

Do you have confidence in him? >> you figure that one out. >> lets go live to jon karl at the white house tonight. jon, we just heard president trump, but tonight, the white house insists there are no discussions or considerations of firing rod rosenstein? >> reporter: david, that is the official word here at the white house tonight, but the tension is real. rosenstein joined with christopher wray, the fbi director, in pleading that the white house not release this republican memo, and the presi...

Suffered a concussion, were sent to the hospital for evaluation. one in critical condition tonight. you can see investigators sifting through the wreckage of that garbage truck, and if you look in the distance, about a quarter mile in front of where the collision happened, you can see where the train finally came to a stop. those investigators now looking into why that garbage truck was on the tracks. the ntsb sending a go team to the site. >> and linzie janis with us live tonight from the scene...