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Tolerance policy and his order reversing family separation. one senior administration official told me the confusion on this is actually greater than the chaos we saw after the presidents first travel ban. the bottom line is they simply havent figured out how to make this work. >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. tonight youre about to hear the story of one little girl who was lucky enough to remember a family members phone number. what about those too young to remember or know...

Department? >> reporter: david, thats right. ethics officials want to make sure the department of justice has all these documents. its unclear, though, whether theyre going to pursue an investigation, but there are questions tonight about whether the president was required to disclose this payment last year. david? >> kyra phillips leading us off tonight. kyra, thank you. meantime tonight, the president dealing with something else, north korea. will the summit take place after all? tonight her...

Well get a live response for mexicos ambassador to the u.s. and just a minute. the immigration news comes as president trump lashes out against democrats over daca, and issues a warning to china over a major terror increase. that tariff news sent the dow plummeting today, down more than 700-points, finished off a 459. s&p 500 fell 59, the nasdaq dropped 193 today. it all happened on a day that was supposed to begin with some fun. shes white house correspondent john roberts starts of off tonight....

Announced secretary of state mike pompeo is in north korea again tonight, laying the groundwork for the much anticipated nuclear summit with kim jong-un. >> a lot happening at once. jon karl live with us from the white house tonight. and jon, iran has agreed to those robust nuclear inspections, international inspectors found that iran was in compliance with the deal. and the president still pulling out today. now north korea on the agenda. how is the president going to convince north korea to ag...

Live with us from the white house. and jon, the president sticking by his idea that some teachers be armed in this country. and today, the president talked about those who were in his job before him, who he said did not take action? >> reporter: of course, most recently, president obama tried very hard to get congress to pass gun control measures. he failed in that effort. but now, you see president obama, former president, out there encouraging these students who are marching and protesting for...

Messages. now, a source here at the pentagon tells me todays false alert was a pure mistake by the hawaii emergency alert system. cecilia. >> stephanie ramos leading us off tonight, thank you. and while human error may be to blame, the chaos and confusion in hawaii today seemed to reveal a system not ready for the real thing. i want to bring in abc news contributor and retired marine colonel stephen ganyard. steve, as you have talked about so many times before, the threat from north korea obviou...

Statement, the white house says, "president trump is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger, by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation." what the white house is not saying tonight, david, no denial that the president made these comments. >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. were going to turn next here to the powerful winter storm moving across the country right now. the same one that u...

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That he bears any responsibility? >> look, i think the voters of these individual senators states are speaking in pretty loud volumes. i think that they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is these two individuals. >> so, lets get to mary bruce live on the hill tonight for us, and mary, the white house says senators corker and flake are from states that voted for president trump. but even though theyre not running for re-...

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