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>> reporter: in fact, david, the plan was so far along that the post office actually drafted this press release back in april announcing it. the press release was just obtained by the oversight group american oversight. and it details 650 million masks to be sent out working with the department of health and human services. the white house did not respond to our questions about why the plan was scrapped, but "the washington post" is reporting that there were concerns at the white house that the plan, sending out all those masks, would cause americans to panic. david? >> all right, jon karl lea...

American people? didn't he know that in talking with a journalist that this would ultimately be reported? >> reporter: well, david, it's extraordinary. the president did 18 separate interviews with bob woodward over the course of several months, as he was working on this book. his national security adviser, just a short while ago, said this was the president's decision to do those interviews and that he was, quote, willing to go into the lion's ring with bob woodward. but i can tell you, i think another factor here is that when woodward wrote his last book, the president was upset that his sta...

But it was a totally fake story. >> jon karl joins us now from the white house. president trump speaking with reporters just moments ago, and you asked him if he regrets insulting john mccain's military service. >> reporter: tom, he told me he respected mccain, but made it perfectly clear he has absolutely no regret for what he said about him, saying that he is not a war hero, that he preferred people who aren't captured. as the president told me just minutes ago, quote, i say what i say. tom? >> jonathan karl leading us off tonight. thank you for that. next, the deadly confrontation with a ...

David, this is just the latest in a long list of close trump associates who have faced criminal charges, including s f poad many people very close to the president at top echelons facing criminal charges. >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. all of this comes as joe biden prepares to accept his party's nomination for president tonight. hel il w tkemaheas and tonight, what 've learned so far about what biden will say. the president is in pennsylvania, biden's home state, and by design. abc's mary bruce on the convention again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, joe biden just hours ...

Be seeing the harris/biden ticket together. they are set to deliver remarks in biden's hometown in delaware. harris will then have just a week to prepare for the democratic convention, but she has been laying the groundwork for this for her entire career. tonight, sources close to harris say they are overcome with emotion. one telling us, now, onto the hard part. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and as we reported, even before today's nomination, senator kamala harris already achieved a number of historic milestones. tonight, her childhood, what shaped her, what ...