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exact opposite, thate's leading everywhere. tonight, the campaign is taking action after an apparent leak. here's rachel scott. >> reporter: the president insists polls that show him behind the democrats are phony and fake. >> why does that bother you so much? i'm actually a very honest guy. if i thought they were correct, i wouldn't be complaining at all. >> reporter: but a lead poll meant for trump campaign eyes only painted a grim picture of a potential 2020 matchup between president trump and joe biden. and now the campaign is cuttg ties with some of its pollsters. the march data first obtained by abc news showed the president trailing by wide margins in three key states. biden with a double-digit lead in pennsylvania and in wisconsin. and in florida, where the president is scheduled to officially launch his re-election campaign, he was behind seven points. brad parscale dismissing the numbers as ancient.
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saying since then, we've seen huge swings in the president's favor. the president telling george the polls he's seen are good. >> even your own polls show you'reo. my polls show me winning everywhere. nobody showed you those polls, because those polls don't exist. >> reporter: trump was known to tout favorable poll numbers. >> i'm winning all these polls. seven, eight, nine of them. my poll numbers are doesn't even believe in pollsters. >> i was just given a meeting with my pollster, who i frankly don't even believe in. you just run a campaign and whatever it is, it is. but i just had a meeting with somebody that a pollster. and i'm winning everywhere. >> let's get right to rachel scott at the white house. e president with plenty to say about polls there. and there is more news from the
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for democrats about who they nominate for presidentn 2020? >> i think we have a very real risk of losing the presidency to donald trump if we do not have a presidential candidate that is fighting for true transformational change in the lives of working people in the united states. >> rachel, ocasio-cortez saying this. but there's a new poll showing biden and other democrats out ahead against the president? >> reporter: president trump likely won't be happy about this latest fox news poll. the poll shows joe biden with a significant edge on the president. and he's not the only one. bernie sanders, so ahead. tom? >> rachel, thank you. and president trump also making news about the possibility of firing special counsel robert mueller, saying but for the first time saying he held back because of what he
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witnessed with president nixon. >> i would tell anybody who listened that robert mueller was conflicted. robert mueller had a total conflict of interest. and has to go. >> i didn't say that. look, article two, i would be allowed to fire robert mueller. assuming i did all of the things, i said i want to fire him. number one, i didn't. he wasn't fired. okay? number one, very importantly. but more importantly, article two allows me to do whatever i want. it would have allowed me to fire him. you know why?g to fire him. because i watched richard nixon go around firing everybody, and that didn't work out too well.i hawi have much more, on the special "presidt trump: 30 hours" coming up at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on abc. also tonight, president trump is accusing "t new york
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times" of treason for reporting the u.s. is waging a cyber invasion into russia's power grid. the president calls the "times" the enemy of the people an disagrees. here's lana zak. >> reporter: tonight, president trump is accusing "the new york times" of a virtual act of treason for this article describing a u.s. strategy for attacking the russian power grid. according to this, the report cites administration officials that say ty do not believe presid intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with mr. tr operations against russia, for conc the possibility that he may countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials. the president calling it not true, and calling the press the
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enemy of the people. "the new york times" pushing back. democrats pouncing. >> the officials saying they couldn't tell the president because he might cpromise that information. >> reporter: mike pompeo asked to clarify. was the or treasonous and true? >> so, which is it? >> i never comment on intelligence matters. >> reporter: no comment from the defense department tonight. but we know from u.s. intelligence that russia has tried to hack into key american targets. and according to the "times," some in the administration nt russia to be on notice. >> lana, thank you. and we move to the severe weather threat stretching from texas to the northeast. 40 million in the storm zone. at least 17 reported tornadoes and damaging winds in the past 24 hours. one of them destroying this church in indiana.
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torrential rain and flash flooding as well. diane macedo with the images tonight. >> reporter: tonight, dangerous weatr is slamming texas to the midatlantic with at least 17 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. >> we've seen the tornado start forming, and a roof flew off one of the houses. >> reporter: four of the twisters confirmed in central indiana. >> there's debris everywhere in the air. >> reporter: the storms knocked over semi trailers. as an ef-1 tore through with winds up to 100 miles an hour. drone video showing warehouses torn apart. this group seeking shelter in the freezer of a restaurant. >> we saw the trees coming down, they told us to come back. >> rorter: northwest of oklahoma city, you can see this massive tornado illuminated by lightning. in kansas, torrential rains flooded roads, stranding cars. now, parts of texas are getting >> we've got trees coming down. >> reporter: with a tornado warning triggering sirens in dallas. and our weather team tells us
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dangerous storms cld hit from texas to d.c. and philly in the next few hours. tom? >> diane, thank you. overseas to the massive protest in hong kong. an estimated 2 million people taking to the streets, sending a the local leader step down. the historic turnout over a proposedaw that would send people to china to be prosecuted. tonight, action on that law has been suspended. but protesters say they will not back down. bob woodruff is in hong kong. >> reporter: today, hong kongers protested in record numbers. a sea of humanity. organizers say n marching across the city to voice anger at the lea her billhat would allow suspected criminals to be extradited to mainland china. fearing it would be used t target critics like polititicans, dissidents, and journalists.>> the people of ho
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demand the withdrawal of the bill. >> reporter: earlier this week, police coming in helmets and shields, pepper spray and rubber bullets. today's protest, the third major demonstration in a week. capping a period of intense soul-searching for so many here about their ability to have some type of autonomy from china. many also galvanized by a protester yesterday who fell off a roof and died. images and tributes to him all along the way into the night. opposition lawmakers makg a plea to the crowds to stay calm. now, hong kong's leader finally apologized late in a statement. but the people here want the bill to be withdrawn, and they want her to step down. tom? >> bob, thank you. and in the mide east, tensions ramping up between the u.s. and iran tonight.
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u.s. military officials say iran attempted to shoot down an american drone that was watching the attack on one of the two tankers that were attacked. the trump administration says they do not want war, but they will take any action necessa to secure those vital shipping lanes. here's julia macfarlane. >> reporter: tonight, as the fallout over hostilities in the gulf continues, u.s. central command now revealing the iranians attempted to shoot down an american drone. it was monitoring one of the tankers on fire. it was allegedly targeted by a suace to air missile, missing it by less than a mile. this comes as the trump administration tries to build an international consensus hind this video, which the pentagon ys shows airanian patrol removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers' hulls. today, mike pomp was unequivocal. >> this was taken from an
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american camera. this is the real data. we've shared it with allies already. the world needs to unite. >> reporter: but some allies still need to be convinced. germany's foreign minister says this does not prove iran is responsible. the uk only announcing their own assessments. iran continues to deny involvement, but there is more concern about access to that gulf at stake. >> julia, thank you. back home to new developments after the tense confrontatn between phoenix police and a young family. officers ordering the couple and two small children out of the car over suspicion of shoplifting. tonight, the phoenix mayor and police chief are apologizing for the officer's actions. here's zachary kiesch. >> reporter: tonight, phoenix police on the defensive. the city's may lashing out after this chilling video. cops heard threateni to shoot a pregnant woman with two young
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children in her arms. the alleged crime that brought police to the scen their 4-year-old allegedly stealing a doll from a dollar store. appearing on knxv today, the police chief saying sorry, and that the incident is under investigation. >> if e day, there's more to the story. >> reporter: police claim that the man and woman stole other items, refused police commands, and that officers feared they were armed. but at one point, an officer is filmed kicking her. harper accuses police of trying to grab her child. claiming the toddler's arm was injured before she was briefly forced to give her baby to a stranger. the videos captured by witnesses who don't want to be identified. >> it was a scary situation, i never thought i would be in.
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traumatizing for me and my daughter. >> reporter: the couple was not charged with any crime. the phoenix mayor slamming police, saying there is no situation in which this is ever close to acceptable. as a mother myself, seeing these children put in such a terrifying position is beyond upsetting. the couple has filed a notice of intent to sue the city of phoenix for $10 million. the officers have been assigned desk duty pending the investigation. tom? >> zachary, thank you. still ahead on "world ws tonight," the wild hit and run. a rider launched from his motorcycle. how he's doing tonight. and what police are saying. plus, the app that combined with a mom's intuition may have saved the lifef her daughter. a the major admission from boeing. what their ceo is saying about a communication mistake in the cockpit warning system in their 737 max jets. stay with us.
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ba now with the close call for a mother and daughtefrom north carolina. the mother crediting an app with helping to save her 17-year-old daughter's life. here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, this teenager recovering from a horrific car crash. >> please send someone. please. >> reporter: crediting an iphone app with saving her life. >> it was a miracle. it truly is a miracle. >> reporter: 17-year-old macy smith was driving alonin north carolina when her car hydroplaned. flipping and landing 25 feet down a ravine. her arm pinned under the car for seven hours. when she missed curfew, her worried mother called and texted repeatedly. >> the lack of response was out of character for her. >> reporter: so she turned to the find my friend app, used to guide her to the crash scene. >> i can't explain watching the
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gps on my phone, my dot getting close to hers. my daughter is in a ditch, in a ravine. >> reporter: macy hoping her survival sto encourages other teens to use the app with their families. >> i know it's hard for teenagers to give up your privacy, be in places you don't want your parents know about. it's not worth being trapped in your car for seven hours. >> reporter: tonight, macy is recovering and regaini movement in her arm. >> incredible, that mother and daughter had that app ready. marci, thank you. when we come back, is the president about to redesign air force one? plus, the royal first on this father's day. do you recognize this baby? stay with us. are you thinking aboutyour? well, i'm managing my a1c, so i should be all set. actually, you're still at risk for a fatal heart atta or stroke. that's where jardiance comes in. it reduces the risk of dying from a cardiovascular event for adults who have type 2 diabetes and known heart diseas.
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the 22-year-old recovering tonight. police are on the hunt for the hit and run driver. and the new plans for air force one. gege stephanopoulos ta onboard the historic aircraft and into the oval office, where president trump details his plans for a red, white, and blue redesign, as well as other improvements. >> there are a couple of secrets i don't think we're supposed to be talking about. >> the air force one changes expected to arrive by 2024. and this father's day first for prince harry. the picture of baby archie. six weeks old toy. happy father's day to harry. when we come back, like father, ke son when it comes to college diplomas. and later, our abc news special report, "president trump: 30 hours". >> we've got it covered. come on, let's go.on feel like
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finally on this father's day, pop and circumstance. the dad and son graduating together. ♪ this is the portland state university graduation ceremony that happened today. and that's 58-year-old don sheeran graduating. what makes this a reallypecial father's day for don? he's getting to graduate with his 23-year-old son jacob, both getting engineering degrees. that's right, father and son went to college together. >> it was crazy at first. i was in middle school when he decided to do it. >> reporter: for 23 years, the fath working as a network technician. he decided instead of retiring, he wanted to follow his dream and head back to college.
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>> my job was physical, and i realized i wouldn't be able to do it into my 70s. i wanted to be an inventor. >> reporter: at 58, wanted to be an inventor, so he set out to get it done. forming even stronger bonds with his son, having a class together. >> he actually alerted me that a final was sooner than it was. >> reporter: but that doesn't mean there weren't any awkward moments. >> jacob's friends were all wondering why he was sitting with that old guy. >> reporter: so, after eight years of going part-timedon learned they would be graduating side-by-side. >> what a wonderful father's day present. to be able to get your degree on the same day that your son is getting his. >> reporr: father and son doing it together. >> congratulations on graduating. good luck with your masters. >> congratulatio on finally getting out of your eight years in school. >> happy father's day. thanks for watching. i'm tom llamas in new york. "gma" first thing in the morninig back here to
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