people and no social distancing. tom? >> mary bruce for us tonight. mary, thank you. now, to the white house on the defensive over reports president trump received written intelligence that yaugs paid bounties to taliban fighters for killing american troops. intelligence was in his new reports saying the intelligence was in his presidential daily briefing months ago. the white house defending the president, saying when it comes to threats, he is, quote, the most informed person on planet earth. abc's jonathan karl is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: today, the white house refused to say whether president trump received intelligence as part of his written presidential daily briefing that russia offered bounty payments to the taliban for killing american troops. "the new york times" reported the information was presented to president trump back in february. >> the pdb is a top secret document that is widely disseminated among government. i will never sit here and confirm or deny what is in a top secret document. >> reporter: that prompted reporters to ask if the president actually reads the