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tonight, president trump with certain words for iran. now saying nothing is off the table. just 24 hours after the white house said we are officially putting iran on notice. what does this mean? are new sanctions coming? and tonight, iran's response. also the phone call with an american ally that ended abru abruptly. what happened between president trump and the australian prime minister? friends or foes? the campus protest erupting into violence. outrage after a controversial speaker was invited, raced out by security. that speaker once saying, i believe hate crimes aren't really a thing. the denver officer shot execution style. the army vet and muslim on convert now under arrest. was he reported to homeland security before?
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the teenagers questioned tonight. authorities say they were plotting to attack a high school. and made in america is back tonight. our trip to the factory, where a survivor became the suit maker. good evening, and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. we begin at the white house for possible action against iran. we have learned that new sanctions could come as soon as tomorrow. the president today saying nothing is off the table. he also did not rule out possible military action. all amid news of another country. the prime minister of australia, the kwauk reportedly ending swiftly. we fwin with those breaking developments on iran tonight, and abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight president donald trump turning up the heat
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on iran.rump turning up the heat now considering plans to impose new sanctions after iran tested a ballistic missile. >> mr. president, is military action off the table in iran? >> nothing is off the table. >> reporter: this comes just one day after national security adviser, michael flynn issued this warning to the iranians. >> we're putting iran on notice. >> reporter: and as the u.s. confronts that foe, the president is defending an angry phone call he had with one of america's closest friends, australia. >> when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. >> reporter: he was talking about a phone call saturday with australia's prime minister. he slammed an agreement australia made with president obama to settle about 1,200 refugees in the united states. the refugees fled afghanistan, iran, iraq and other countries and are currently in detention centers on islands north of australia. "the washington post" reporting
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he told the prime minister it was the worst deal ever, and accused australia of trying to send america the next boston bombers. telling the prime minister of the four calls he had, this was the worst by far, and then he cut the call short. today, the minister sounded diplomatic on a sydney radio station. >> the report the president said was not correct. as far as the nature of the discussion, it was very frank and forthright. >> reporter: but he said the deal was dump. >> we're taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. it's not going to happen anymore. >> reporter: some americans were mortified. >> when i called the australian ambassador to reinforce to him our commitment to australia, and our relationship. >> reporter: even bruce springsteen played diplomat,
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performing in melbourne, he apologized. >> all right. we stand before you embarrassed americans tonight. >> reporter: even mocking the reported end of the abrupt presidential phone call. ♪ don't hang up ♪ oh, no. don't leave me. don't hang up ♪ >> reporter: we tried to ask about it. >> why is the president picking a fight with australia? sean, why is the president picking a fight with australia of all countries? >> reporter: but the president is defiant. >> the world is in trouble, but we're going to straighten it out, okay? that's what i do. i fix things. >> john karl with us live from the white house, and i want to get back to iran. you reported the new sanctions could come as early as tomorrow. in the meantime, there was already reaction from iran after they were, quote, put on notice yesterday. >> reporter: an adviser to iran's supreme leader, david, said quote, iran does not need permission from any country to
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defend itself, and as for the phone call with the australian prime minister, we just learned that the australian ambassador to the united states was here at the white house today, and met with reince priebus, the chief of staff and steve bannon, the chief strategist and the two men conveyed the president's quote, de deep admiration for the australia. people. he came with a promise to in his words, destroy a law that bars most churches from endorsing political candidates. many in that room, evangelical supporters who helped propel mr. trump to the white house, and in that room, the president also brought up something else. ratings for the "celebrity aparen i apprentice, " the show he used to host. can have can have tonight. >> reporter: the president bowing his head in prayer. and in this room, packed with
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religious leaders declaring himself one of the faithful. many in the room, the evangelicals who helped propel him to the white house, and the president giving them a gift so many had wanted. a promise to, quote, destroy a law that bars tracks-exempt churches from endorsing political candidates. >> freedom of religion is a sacred right, but it's also a right under threat all around us. >> reporter: the religious right applauding his supreme court pick, neil gorsuch who talked about his faith at his nomination, though his views of abortion are still unknown. on gay rights, he has discerned some people with his statements. >> who is better for the gay community and who is better for women than donald trump? believe me. >> reporter: after the election, he said he would not fight the supreme court decision legalizing same-sex marriage. >> these cases have gone to the
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supreme court. they have been settled, and i'm fine with that. >> reporter: just this week, the president said he would continue to enforce workplace protection for gays in the workplace implemented by president obama. abc news has learned there is a draft executive order on that freedom inside the trump administration. it would weaken protections for the lgbt community, in part, by allowing companies doing business with the federal government to decline to provide service for gays is lesbians, including adoptions. they call it a national license to discriminate. and no mention of it by donald trump at that prayer breakfast, but he did talk up his cabinet picks and took a shot at his old show, "the apprentice." >> they hired a big movie star, arnold schwarzenegger to take my place. we know how that turned out.
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the ratings went down the tubes. it has been a total disaster, and i want to pray for arnold if we can, for those ratings, okay? >> reporter: schwarzenegger's response? >> why don't we switch jobs? you take up tv because you're such an expert in ratings, and i take over your job, and people can finally sleep comfortably again. >> so let's get to can have can have live tonight. promising there to destroy the law banning taxes on churches from endorsing candidates. wouldn't congress have to sign off? >> reporter: they would, and the president has one major ally, paul ryan, you. repealing the tax code, no easy feat. >> thank you. we turn next here to the u.s. military now launching an investigation into the civilian casualties in yemen. navy s.e.a.l. william ryan owens was killed in action, and we showed you that, and mr. trump
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and ivanka paying respects. there are questions about whether al qaeda knew the americans were coming. here's martha raddatz. >> reporter: it was a mission planned for months that fell apart as soon as it began. >> you never know what's going to happen. >> reporter: on the ground, the team was quickly surrounded by hard-core fighters including women. a 360-degree hail of fire. s.e.a.l william "ryan" owens killed, three others wounded. the s.e.a.l.s called in air support to help them clear the compound, purportedly seen these pictures. that's what they say civilians were caught in the crossfire, possibly including the young daughter of slain radical american cleric anwar awlawki. back in washington, president
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trump was monitoring the mission. >> he was kept apprised of the situation throughout the evening. >> reporter: president obama was in office when the planning began last november. concluding in early january. but the team wanted to wait for the next moonless night, which wouldn't occur until after obama left office. last wednesday, president trump was briefed by his national security team as well as son-in-law jared kushner and steve bannon. the next day, he authorized the action and the raid was launched saturday night. less than a week later with his daughter, ivanka, he was at dover air base to honor a fallen american hero. >> they are defending the mugs as a quote, well thought out and executed effort, saying they were able to successfully gather intelligence. >> reporter: they were, and they say the s.e.a.l.s seeked intelligence that could prevent future terror attacks around the
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world, david. >> martha raddatz. the president reacting to the protests that turned violent in the west. they are protesting a speaker who said, i happen to believe hate crimes aren't really a thing. protesters against the visit ripping down barricades, and clashing with police tap a speaker and editor for breitbart was escorted off by security. president trump is threatening to pull its federal funding for not allowing free speech. kayna whitworth is there tonight. >> reporter: overnight, the uc berkeley campus erupting --- a peaceful protest against a right-winger speaker turning violent. the school blaming more than 100 masked agitators for invading the campus, hurling rocks, fireworks and molotov -- smashing windows. and blocking cars. there's a fight going on. fight! students urged to shelter in place. the university forced to cancel that talk by milo yiannopoulos, controversial editor of the alt-right website breitbart. >> we will not tolerate racism or sexism.
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>> reporter: krcritics say yiannopoulos spreads hate, calling feminism a "cancer" and railing against islam. >> i happen to believe that hate crimes aren't really a thing. >> reporter: he's been barred by twitter but was unapologetic when he sat down with our terry moran. >> are you a troll? >> of course. >> what is trolling? how do you look at it. >> i like to think of myself as a virtuous troll, you know. i'm doing god's work. >> reporter: yiannopoulos, a trump supporter, says he was evacuated from campus. some, defending his right to speak, attacked. >> the first amendment protects everyone. the first amendment protects all speech, even milo. david, the university's chancellor is condemning the violence, saying despite the rhetoric,yiannopoulos was invited and had a right to speak adding they are proud of the school's legacy as the home of the free speech movement. they say the president cannot bully our university into silence, david. >> kayna whitworth with us thank you. new developments in the deadly shooting to of a transit
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officer in colorado. an army vet and muslim convert is now under arrest. abc's clayton sandell on the warnings. >> reporter: police say it had the makings of an execution. >> we have an officer down. >> reporter: transit security officer scott von lanken, was helping two women with directions late tuesday when police say joshua cummings suddenly put a gun to the officer's neck and pulled the trigger. >> we have concerns that the victim was a target because of the uniform he was wearing. >> reporter: vonllanken was 45. his wife too upset to go on camera. >> he was a wonderful husband, a wonderful father. >> reporter: cummings is an army vet and a muslim convert. today a denver mosque he visited said his extremist views were so alarming, mosque leaders sent this alert the department of homeland security writing, he seems pretty advanced in his path of radicalization." >> mr. cummings is obviously very disturbed individual. >> reporter: the mosque believes authorities took the threat seriously. dhs telling us today, "it was immediately referred to the appropriate law enforcement
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agencies for review." you can see the memorial where it happened, and cummings is facing first degree murder charges. there is much more ahead on will the will the this thursday. police say a shooting plot foil. the mother who tipped them off. also inside the hostage siege, and inmates armed and barrica barricaded. how authorities moved in. new clashes tonight over the dakota access pipeline. more than 70 protesters arrested on private land after refusing to move. and then that passenger plane detour bound for los angeles, diverted to a remote canadian island. we have new reporting tonight about what those passengers went through during those 14 hours in that frigid village.
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greenfield who has been making suits in america since 1947. up the stairs, into the elevator and straight to the factory floor. how are you? there how you doing? >> reporter: the story of martin got here is the true frab fabric. how long have you been here? >> 70 years. >> reporter: he was just a boy when his fame family came to a village from czechoslovakia. >> i was separated from my parts in auschwitz because some were sent to the left, and i was sent to the right. >> and you never saw your family again? >> never saw anybody again. >> reporter: it was there they put him to work as a tailor. >> i didn't even know how to hold a needle or how to sew. >> reporter: but with the help of a tailor, he would learn. when the camp was liberated, it was general eisenhower who was there. >> he was a big, tall man and i
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shook his hand, and i cried. i cried for joy. >> reporter: martin would come to america. he remembers the statue of liberty. >> all night, i was watching and waiting to get to america. >> reporter: when he got here, he landed a job as a tailor p relying on the lesson he learned at the concentration camp. >> 88 years and still working six days a week. >> reporter: he would later buy the factory himself, and 70 years later, he is still showing off the suits. >> i wear a three-piece suit. >> did you make this? >> of course. >> reporter: and of all the people he has made suits for, he never imagined that general who liberated him. he made suits for eisenhower, and paul newman who once wrote to martin he is simply the best there is. how important are those three words? made in america?
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>> made in america for me. i love this country. i don't see colors. i only see people. >> reporter: married of years, martin's two sons now run the business. he still thinks of that family he never saw again. >> how often do you think of your family? >> i still dream of them being alive. i see them in my dreams. >> reporter: and he never forgets the lesson from his father who said, never stop smiling. >> i never stop smiling. >> even through the most difficult times? >> never stop smiling. >> still smiling tonight, and we celebrate martin and his made in america suits he remembers seeing the statue of liberty. thank you for watching here on a thursday night. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. fires set, people pepper
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sprayed and door fronts destroyed. there's one thing that most people can now agree on. >> now at 4:00, students, business owners and community leaders taking a stand against rogue protesters and even president trump is now weighing in. good afternoon, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. we're getting a closer look at the damage. a pile of ash is blocked off after a light stand caught fire. windows and walls are being cleaned up and students help to clear the debris. milo yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak at uc berkeley.
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in a statement, nicolas dirks, the chancellor, wrote, "we deeply regret that the violence unleashed by this group undermined the first amendment rights." >> uc berkeley students are not at fault, president trump said, "no federal funds." and gavin newson is blasting the threat. "i'm appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38,000 students access to an education because of the actions of a few." according to data from the latest fiscal review, more than half of it is research budget was received, about $370 million
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