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What you need to know about the flu shot. and in new york city what they're calling the miracle on the subway. how did they get her out? good evening and it's great to have you with us on a busy friday night beginning with president trump and that growing firestorm facing massive backlash over his profane and racially offensive comments at the white house. the president trying to backtrack from the comments on a day celebrating dr. martin luther king jr., a report asking are you a racist? tonight outrage pouring in and one democratic senator describing what happened in that meeting applaudin...

Live tonight from washington. and mary, as we heard there, donald trump jr. didn't respond to all of wikileaks' messages, but "the atlantic" is reporting tonight he did respond to some of them. what are you learning on that front, and we're hearing from don jr.'s lawyer tonight? >> reporter: david, it does appear that, at times, this was a two-way conversation. don jr. just weeks before the election asked wikileaks what they planned to leak next. and tonight, don jr.'s lawyer says they've turned over all of these correspondence to congressional investigators and, quote, have no concerns about ...

Gender identity." david? >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. the president also tweeting about something else. once again blasting his own pick for attorney general. one of his earliest supporters, jeff sessions. sessions was seen leaving the white house today, but we are told the president was not at the meeting. we ask, why the critical tweets? why not just meet with your attorney general? here's abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight the attorney general under intense scrutiny. cameras capturing jeff sessions leaving the white house after a...

The irony is not lost here. the decision made based on how they handled hillary clinton's e-mails. she was donald trump's fierce opponent and now he's been fired because of mishandling that moment. >> reporter: yes, including very harsh words when he wasn't going to seek an indictment of hillary clinton that he went on with his press conference to quote, release derogatory information about the subject of a declined investigation. that's not the way we operate at the fbi. >> okay, jon karl leading us off tonight. let's bring in abc senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. the big question...

>> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. we should also point out that on wednesday, our exclusive interview with president trump inside the white house. his first one-on-one interview since taking office. nothing off limits. tweet me your thoughts and questions. that's wednesday right here. we turn to a major development involving the white house. one of the president's most controversial choices, secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson just clearing a very important hurdle tonight. after a key republican senator who led the way with tough questioning, now saying he'll suppor...