knowing how busy you are coming here in the middle of the ngt to talk to us. >> prooappreciate it. the white house is scrambling to straighten out all the chaos. the controversial executive order and immigration and refugees. >> so, administration officials now say it is actually not a ban even though they have repeatedly called it that. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: in the face of mounting legal challenges and growing political backlash, sequester terry of homeland security, john kelly stepped forward to defend the extreme vetting executive order. >> this is not, i repeat, a not a ban on muslims despite reports he was blindsided by the details of the executive order, kelly insisted his staff helped write it. and he had seen several drafts themselves. >> clearly -- it was -- this whole approach was part of what -- what then candidate trump talked about for a year or two. so we knew all that was

administration is battling images. families detained at airports when the ban on refugees and people from seven majority muslim countries went into effect. lives in limbo. and now, two of america's largest companies, amazon and microsoft, are joining lawsuits to stop the order. speaker of the house paul ryan said he wasn't told about the order until it was signed. >> no one wanted to see people with green cards or special visas look translators get caught up in all of this. i think regrettably the rollout was confusing. >> reporter: in dam an control mode, the administration announced 872 refugees will be allowed into the country this week. because keeping them out would have caused extreme hardship. and the white house press secretary said the order isn't even really a ban afterall. >> first of all it is not a travel ban. you heard secretary kelly, apologize, just want to make sure i get this straight. >> reporter: wait the president himself called it a ban in a tweet just yesterday. >> he is using the w

end of the day -- hold on, hold on. hold on. it can't be -- >> it's his word. >> john than -- >> it can't be a ban letting a million people in. 325,000 from another country cannot come in. by nature not a ban. >> spicer called it a ban twice over the past several days. >> 90 day ban. the ban deals with several countries. >> the president saturday the day after he signed the executive order. >> we will have a very, very strict ban. we are going to have extreme vetting. >> we tried to ask about that. >> seep you tonight. >> sean, the president also said a very strict ban on saturday. called it a very strict ban. was the president wrong? >> white house officials are furious that the senate has only confirmed four of the president's cabinet level nominees. that's something of a record, you can go all the way back to the 1800s, and not find a president who has the had so few of his cabinet level nomin

confirmed at this point in his presidency. and in fact, the democrats moved to delay even further on tuesday. by refusing to show up for committee votes on his choices to head up the departments of health and human services and treasury. zwlo . >> good times in d.c. coming up the new threat from mother nature in southern california. >> after a month of record rains in the golden state, potentially dangerous mudslide threatening homes in hollywood. >> zblany antics, caught the school principal by surprise. >> oh. >> first, here is a look at today's temperatures. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by my pillow.

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some details about the mudslides. making a mess in los angeles. 20 tons of earth wiped out power lines in hollywood hills. some said it sounded like an earth quake rumbling into the area. you see this video of it. a number of homes evacuated including $8 million mansion, just, bought by demi lovato, not there at the time. more rain is expected this week. >> new champion in the battle for smart phone dominance. apple is now the world's top smart phone seller for the first time in five years. >> so, here's what happened. that's thanks to strong sales for new iphone 7 and final three months of 2016. samsung faced -- with a massive recall of course. due off to the fire-prone galaxy note 7. fell to second place. >> that will do it. >> two new all-electric cars coming up short in insurance industry crash tests. tesla's model s only received an acceptable rating because its seatbelt and airbags

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only the principal didn't know the cheers were for her. >> mandie! mary me! >> under the panther costume is the principal's boyfriend. the look on her face says it all. i think my heart stopped for a few minutes. seemed like the world stopped turning there, i was like my gosh this is really happening to me. i couldn't believe it. and then when he walked over and he, my in my heart just melted. [ cheers and applause ] >> they were cheering and chanting and yelling in the background. all of these great things. and i felt like -- so much joy at that time. and it is an indescribable feeling. >> what do you think she said? >> yes. >> oh. >> so cool. also, she looks like she could

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this morning, president trump makes his pick for the supreme court. >> the white house east room packed for a primetime audience, the president announced neil gorsuch as his nominee. after republicans denied obama's nominee at hearing, are they gearing up for a fight. live from the supreme court. >> meanwhile, the trump administration attempting to soften the phrasing of the controversial executive order on immigration. saying it is not a ban despite the president and his spokesperson, both using the term, we'll have the details. >> later, brave wilderness. meet the man who travels around the world, trying to get insects and animals to bite him. >> why? >> if you are more of the great indoor type, you can do what these folks are doing. they're grown people. grown adults being swaddled like babi