Tonight, several dropping stories as we come on the air. The deadly mudslides. Were on the scene right now. Houses and cars swept away in california. The death toll growing tonight. A 14yearold pulled from the mud alive. President trump just days after the book fire and fury, the author claiming white house insiders told him the president does not read, does not listen. Today, the president spending 55 minutes on live television, negotiating on immigration, the dreamers and his wall. And what the president said today when asked if he would beat oprah in 2020. The Major Development involving the dossier about donald trump and russia. The former spy behind it, and what we now know tonight. And theres breaking news this evening coming in on steve bann the schoolteacher who argued the teacher should get a raise after learning the superintendent was getting one. That teacher then on the floor in the hallway and halfcuffed. And Tonya Harding, all these years later. Tonight, acknowledging for the first time something we had not heard before after that attack on nancy kerrigakerrigan. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. A lot of news to get to. And we begin with those scenes of devastation coming in now, after the wildfires, now staggering amounts of rain triggering deadly mudslides tonight in california. Mud and debris rushing downhills, onto major highways, shutting down the 101. Multicar accidents. This truck losing control at an interchange of the i5 freeway. A 14yearold girl pulled from the mud and the wreckage alive. But not everyone has been saved. And the death toll is growing. Abcs matt gutman leads us off from california. Reporter tonight, rescuers
trudging through chesthigh mud in the fran sick search of missing. We have multiple reports of people trapped. Reporter five inches of of rain surging through creek beds with titanic force. Its our worst fear coming to life for us right now. Our people are out there trying to do the best work they can and perform as many rescues as they possibly can. Reporter the thomas fire, largest in california history, denuded the nearby hills of vegetation and anything that would absorb the water. Overnight, the famed 101 freeway overrun. Were retreating here and you can actually feel debris hitting our car right now. Closed for 30 miles in both directions. And you can see how fast that water is moving here. I mean, that is a torrent of water. Reporter at least eight killed and over two dozen injured. Rescuers piled in overnight, gingerly pulling out this 14yearold girl, so mudspattered, its hard to make her out. Dogs were sent padding through the deep slop. Skirting around eucalyptus trees
that had snagged siding, cars, and whole chunks of homes. Firefighters are telling us that foundation right there, it had a house on it. That house is now over there, smashed up against those trees. That crew on the rooftop searching for signs of life. You think someone is in there . We have a strong feeling someone is in that house. Reporter some neighborhoods impassable, helicopters and high water vehicles taking families like ben hyatts to safety. I immediately ran and woke up jack and pushed him to the top bunk bed. I was worried that it was just going to keep coming and coming. I woke up my wife and we just did not know what to do, we were just surrounded by mud. Reporter the debris field was a mileslong ribbon of mud, boulders and the remains of peoples homes. Above burbank look at all the water that came down through this dam, destroyed, it looks like, several vehicles and that rv right there. Reporter that slide also causing a gas leak and bringing mandatory evacuations. And matt gutman reporting in tonight from montecito. And we know just a devastating scene there. Youve been reporting in all day on this. And this area us with not under a mandatory evacuation . Reporter thats right, david. Stunningly, this area was under a voluntary evacuation order, and were told by officials that the areas that were under that mandatory evacuation order, only 10 to 15 of those people left. Thats because people did not think the water could come down with such crushing force. Now, officials tell me they fear that there are more victims here in this debris. David . All right, just incredible scene tonight. Matt gutman leading us off. Matt, thank you. Now, to Major Developments from the white house. Just days after the release of that bombshell book fire and fury that claimed some closest to the president have questioned his fitness to lead. Reporters and cameras invited into a meeting on immigration, playing out for 55 minutes on television. Showing america the president at work. Abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl was in the room. Reporter today, the president still dealing with fallout over a book portraying him as dim witted and unstable made a dramatic effort to show the opposite. Leading a freewheeling negotiation between democrats and republicans on immigration. And, in a white house first, letting it all play out before the television cameras. This should be a bill of love, truly, should be a bill of love. Reporter at issue, the looming march 5th deadline for the socalled dreamers. Undocumented immigrants who were brought into the country as children and now could soon face deportati deportation. Its daca. Weve been talking about daca for a long time. Reporter everybody in the room seemed to agree on providing legal status to the dreamers, but republicans insisted that more Border Security had to be part of the deal. Democrats tried to convince the president to deal with the dreamers first, and at times, he
seemed to agree. What about a clean daca bill now, with a commitment that we go into a comprehensive Immigration Reform procedure like we did back, i remember when kennedy was here. I have no problem i think thats what hes saying. Were going to come out with daca. We will do daca and then we can start on the phase two which would be comprehensive. Would you be agreeable with that . I would like that. Mr. President , you need to be clear. What senator feinstein is talking about, we dont want to be back here two years later. You have to have security as the secretary would tell you. But i think thats what shes saying. No, no. Reporter other times, the president seemed to insist the deal must include his border wall. Is there any agreement without the wall . No. There wouldnt be. Reporter the wall has to be there . You need it. Jon, you need the wall. I mean, its wonderful, id love not to build the wall, but you need the wall. Reporter the president also seemed to push for come prehence i Immigration Reform, something most conservatives and trump
supporters have been dead set against for years. Ill take all the heat you want to give me. Ill take the heat off the democrats and the republicans. My whole life has been heat. I like heat in a certain way. Reporter some republicans in the room asked the president to clarify where he stands. You have created an opportunity here, mr. President. And you need to close the deal. Reporter but the president said it is up to congress to work out the details, signaling he wants a deal even if its not a perfect one. If they come to me with things im not in love with, im going to do it, because i respect them. I will be signing it. So, lets get to jon karl live in washington. Jon, youve spent years covering the white house. You were in that room. What is the white house trying to accomplish here . Reporter well, first of all, david, this was the president s decision. He told his staff that he was going to do it. Just as they were going into the meeting. Its an effort to show a president that is in charge and able to work with democrats, something, david, that he simply has to do now that the
republican majority in the senate is down to one seat. And jon, while we have you, there was news late today about the president s former chief strategist, steve bannon who was often quoted in that book fire and fury criticizing the president and his family. We know the president has cut him off and tonight, hes out at breitbart, as well . Reporter he is out, david. He infuriated the white house, infuriated the president , who now calls him sloppy steve. He tried to issue a mea culpa, but that was an apology that was not accepted. Jon karl at the white house tonight. Next, to the russia investigation, and to that controversial dossier on then candidate donald trump and russia. Tension growing between Senate Democrats and republicans over where to release the transcript of an interview on the hill behind closed doors with the Company Behind that dossier. Well, tonight, in a rare move, democratic senator Dianne Feinstein has released the transcript on her own. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas on whats in it. Reporter tonight, democratic senator Dianne Feinsteinreleasing the testimony of the man whose firm commissioned the Infamous Trump russia dossier. The firm, fusion gps, was hired by republicans and later by democrats to look into candidate trumps possible ties to russia. Republicans, including President Trump, have dismissed the largely uncorroborated dossier. Its very sad what theyve done with this fake dossier. It was made up. Reporter but in a meeting with the Senate Judiciary committee, fusion gps cofounder Glenn Simpson fought back saying its political rhetoric to call the dossier phony. The memos are field reports of real interviews. Theres nothing phony about it. The dossier was written by a former british spy named christopher steele. Simpson told senators that steele became genuinely alarmed about what he was uncovering, and went to the fbi. He thought from his perspective there was an issue. A security issue about whether a president ial candidate was being blackmailed. Simpson testified the fbi revealed they also had a voluntary source, someone who was concerned about the same concerns we had. His words left the impression
that the source was a member of the trump team. But were learning tonight that it was, in fact, an australian official who had spoken to a Trump Campaign adviser. Over the summer, the republican chairman of the Committee Said he believed the transcripts of simpsons testimony would eventually come out. I presume that they will be released. Reporter four months later, democrats decided to do it on their own. I think people are entitled to know what was said. I see no problem with releasing it. All right, Pierre Thomas with us live tonight from washington. And pierre, some republican senators have called for a criminal investigation now of that former british spy who fusion gps now says sounded the alarm to the fbi. Theyre targeting him now for criminal investigation. And theyre furious democrats released this testimony on their own . Reporter thats right. Republicans say its confounding that senator feinstein released that transcript, and they say it severely undermines the committees work. David . Pierre, thank you. And one more note tonight. Amid all the talk of oprah
winfrey now intrigued about her and a possible run for president in 2020, tonight, what President Trump has said when asked, could he beat oprah . Heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tonight. Reporter in the white house today, President Trump had this prediction for a possible 2020 oprah run. Ill beat oprah. Oprah would be a lot of fun. I like oprah. I dont think she is going to run. I dont think shes going to run. I know her very well. Reporter his daughter, ivanka, calling win frees Golden Globes speech empowering and inspiring. So, i want all the girls watching here now to know that a new day is on the horizon. Reporter if megastar instantly catapulted into the political stratosphere. There will be no running for office of any kind for me. Reporter that was oprah just a few months ago. Today, her best friend gayle king says she doesnt think oprahs position has changed. But i do think shes intrigued by the idea. I do think that. I also know, after years of watching the oprah show, you always have a right to change your mind. I dont think at this point she is actually considering it. Reporter the oprah show, something President Trump knows a lot about. Oprah once asking if he would run for president. I just dont think i really have the inclination to do it. I love what im doing, i really like it. Also doesnt pay as well. No, it doesnt. Reporter his white house aides arent laughing. Theyre already lobbing political hits. What advise would you give a political outsider, who seems intrigued about the idea of running . Im not going to focus on anyones campaign other than President Trumps reelection. Reporter is she qualified . Look, i disagree very much on her policies. Is she a successful individual . Absolutely. But in terms of where she stands on a number of positions, i would find a lot of problems with that. Reporter well, thats the white house. They say they welcome all challengers. As for democrats, president obamas former iowa director
tweeted call me. The democrats are definitely intrigued. What a moment you unearthed from the oprah show so many years ago there. Thank you, cecilia. Overseas tonight, a remarkable moment on the Korean Peninsula today. North and south korea meeting for the first time in two years. Youll member this moment, a north korean soldier defecting to the south there, shot multiple times by his fellow soldiers as he tried to defect. Today, north korean representatives walking across that very same 3w0border to mee with the south. And what both sides decided about the olympics, and the moment the south told the north to let go of their nuclear weapons. Abcs chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz in south korea tonight. Reporter officials from north korea walking briskly across the worlds most heavily fortified border. Inside that negotiating room, officials from the north on the left, the south on the right. Cordial. Shaking hands. The agree, for the first time in
eight years, the north will send athletes to the Winter Olympics and a cheerleading group. The south even proposing the two countries march together at the opening ceremonies. The meeting wasnt all cordial. The south bringing up hopes for denuclearization, the north responding with silence, and later, expressing strong discontent at the mention. The backdrop of the meeting, the threat of war. Kim jongun could be just a test or two away from perfecting a nucleartipped missile that could potentially hit the united states. And Martha Raddatz reporting in from seoul tonight. And martha, what are the north koreans really trying to accomplish here, walking across that border, willing to negotiate with the south . What message are they trying to send to the u. S. . Reporter well, david, i think the north is trying to drive a wedge between the u. S. And south korea, but the south koreans have promised the u. S. They will not soften their position on Banning Nuclear Weapons or lifting sanctions. David . Martha raddatz with us again tonight. Thank you, martha. Theres still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The schoolteacher arrested after asking for a raise. The teacher taking issue with the superintendents raise, asking why teachers werent getting one, as well. As you can see, that teacher then on the floor, handcuffed. We have more on this. Also, the unsettling headline tonight for many involving alzheimers and parkinsons disease. And our interview with Tonya Harding, all these years later. The oneonone, the exclusive right here. And she acknowledges something for the first time, something we had never heard before. Shawn evans its 6 am. 40 million americans are waking upa gillette shave. And at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. As one of those workers, im proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. Gillette the best a man can get. When you have a cold, stuff happens. { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. We know that when youre tspending time with thelass grandkids. Music tech . Every minute counts. And you dont have time for a cracked windshield. Thats why at safelite, well show you exactly when well be there. With a replacement you can trust. All done sir. Grandpa looks great tech thanks for choosing safelite. Grandpa thank you child bye tech bye saving you time. So you can keep saving the world. Kids safelite repair, safelite replace but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered. In jellyfish. In clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. The name to remember. Next tonight here, to the abc news exclusive. Tonya harding, back in the spotlight. There is a new movie about her and the olympics are, of course, approaching. And what she acknowledged for the first time to our amy robach, so many years after that attack on nancy kerrigan. Reporter Tonya Harding making a red carpet comeback at sundays Golden Globes. Tonya harding is here tonight. Reporter the former olympic figure skater brought to near tears. Id like to thank tonya for sharing her story. Reporter hardings story hitting the big screen in i, tonya, the feature film revisiting that infamous attack on nancy kerrigan. Why . Why . Reporter kerrigan, hardings competitor, clubbed in the knee after practice at the 1994 u. S. Figure skating championships. Hardings exhusband, Jeff Gillooly and a team of assailants went to prison for the crime. But harding, who has always denied any involvemen