arlette saenz in d.c.hank you. >>> another day without school for west virginia's nearly 300,000 students. the state's teachers enter the 11th day of their strike today. they vowed to continue to walk out after lawmakers refused to approve a 5% pay increase. the republican-led state senate okayed a 4% hike over the weekend. but west virginia's teachers are among the lowest paid in the country. >>> utility crews are scrambling to restore power to the northeast before the next storm arrives. a weekend nor'easter knocked down trees and utility poles. workers from as far away as canada are working to fix the damage. it could be days before everyone has power again. let's take a look at your monday morning forecast. ♪ >>> good morning. a blizzard going to strike north, south dakota, parts of it striking minnesota, as well as wisconsin, with a dangerous mix. along with very high winds. 55 to 65-mile-per-hour winds for tuesday, going into tuesday into nebraska as well as south dakota, as well as perhaps 18 inches

arlette saenz is in washington for us. >> good morning to you. just a few months ago, the idea of president trump sitting down with north korean leader kim jong-un was unimaginable. it will be the first time a sitting u.s. president and north korean leader meet face to face. >> it's a stunning diplomatic overture in a decades-long nuclear standoff a the white house, a top official delivered a message from the north. kim jong-un decided to stop -- >> to meet mr. trump as soon as possible. >> the white house says the president accepted the invitation. mr. trump tweeted, great progress being made. but sanctioning will remain until an agreement is reached. meeting being planned. the surprise invitation caps off months of insults. >> they will be met with fire and fury. p., like the world has never seen. >> while kim his missile test, the president responded with derision. >> little rocket man. >> now the two clashing leaders could be meeting by may. a short while ago, secretary of state rex tillerson gave a press conference where he talked about this

>> all right, arlette saenz, live from d.c. for us. thank you. >>> president trump is set to roll out his plan to fight the opioid crisis today. it calls for the death penalty for drug traffickers. it calls for mandatory minimum penalties for dealers who distribute certain illegal opioids. he'll unveil more details today in new hampshire, a state hard hit by the opioid crisis. >>> facebook is under more scrutiny this morning as we learn more about information about how a political consulting firm was able to collect the personal data of 50 million facebook users without their knowledge. that firm went on to work for the trump campaign. the man who blew the whistle on the data grab is now speaking to abc news. our molly hunter is joining us from london with this story. good morning, molly. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning. that's right. this story is causing outrage on both sides of the atlantic, british and american politicians are threatening to haul in mark zuckerberg to testify and explain how this happened. a data company t

that's arlette saenz live from d.c. for us. thanks, arlette. >>> president trump is shaking up his legal team. he's hired a fierce critic of the fbi, former u.s. attorney and tv pundit, joe digenova has claimed that the justice department tried to frame the president. he's also called current fbi director christopher wray an embarrassment. and from the russia investigation, the president's lawyers have reportedly turned over written documents about the the firings of james comey and michael flynn. "the washington post" says the move is part of an effort to limit the scope of any future face-to-face interview between the president and the special counsel robert mueller. >>> breaking news in texas where authorities are investigating where another explosion is linked to a mystery bomber. the fbi son the scene at a fedex facility in schertz. one person was injrd in the blast. the package had an austin mailing address. sunday marked the fourth explosion in austin. that one set off by a tripwire. former fbi officials steve gomez says

arlette saenz in d.c. for us. thanks, arlette. >> our thanks. >>> plenty of countries will be seeking exemption from the president's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. he signed an order for the tariffs surrounded by workers in those industries. the 25% tariff on steel and 10% on aluminum won't take effect for two weeks. the president is leaving himself room for changes. >> i'm sticking with 10 and 25 initially. i'll have a right to go up, or down, depending on the country. i'll have the right to drop out countries or add countries. we just want fairness. >> for now, mexico and canada are exempt. a nonpartisan study suggests the tariffs will result in 150,000 jobs lost in the first year alone. >>> the president's former campaign chairman will head to trial in july. paul manafort pleaded not guilty in a virginia court. to tax and bank fraud charges. he's accused of laundering $30 million through offshore accounts in an attempt to shield it from the irs. manafort faces a separate trial in september. he'll wear t

arlette saenz joins was the details.ood morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kendis and diane. president trump mingled with the media at the gridiron dinner over the weekend. he joked about the state of affairs in the west wing saying it was ootd calm week in the white house. new signs are e emerging that the special counsel investigation is ramping up. robert mueller is reportedly expanding his probe to look at potential influence peddling not from russia but from the middle east. is reportedly focusing in on george nader. he had frequent meetings at the white house last year ahead of president trump's with steve bannon and jared curb merkushner, among others. the son-in-law has had downgraded security clearance. >> jared's done an outstanding job. think he's been treated very unfairly. >> reporter: at the gridiron dinner the president cracked a joke at his expense, saying they were late to the dinner because jared could not get through security. he made light of his attorney general who last week defended himself f

reporter arlette saenz has the details. >> good morning. president trump spent the weekend out of the public eye but fuming over twitter. his latest attacks on the russia investigation are entering new territory. >> president trump is steering his fury over the russia probe in a new direction. his latest target, special counsel robert mueller, calling him out for the first time by name. the president tweeted, the mueller probe should never have been started and that there was no collusion and no crime. witch hunt. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are issuing a warning. don't fire mueller. >> if he tried do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> this would undoubtedly be a constitutional crisis. >> the white house confirms that the president is not considering or discussing the firing of the special counsel. he took aim at andrew mccabe who was fired on friday days before his retirement. mccabe denies hi wrongdoing. sources say mccabe was interviewed by mueller's team and gave investigators personal memos of h

our coverage begins with arlette saenz. >> reporter: a second nor'easter is pounding the east coast. whiteout conditions for much of the day. up to 3 inches an hour from new york city to philadelphia. in some areas -- thundersnow. in philadelphia, members of the northeastern women's basketball team used their muscles to push their bus out of the snow. commuters at a standstill. drivers on several new jersey highways were stranded for hours, including an abc news sound technician. >> what i heard was that it was a tractor-trailer jackknifed. i don't know if they had to unload it. >> reporter: nearly 3,000 flights were cancelled. another 2100 delayed. >> are you able to fly out of here today? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: trains ground to a halt. >> we're stuck because there's no power west of new haven. >> reporter: high winds howled across the northeast. downed power lines engulfed in flames. customers already without power for days, hit a second time. >> now with this second storm we just lost power again. i am tired of this. >> folks are frustrated. count me among them. we have t

reporting live in washington, arlette saenz, abc 7 news. >>> arlette, thank you. >>> 5:32 now. a new twist in the battle over sanctuary city laws. gop lawmakers are calling to hold public officials liable for crimes committed by undocumented the move comes as his administration wants to find ways to withhold federal grant money from places like san francisco. the president made the remarks at the beginning of a cabinet meeting on thursday. he called out oakland mayor libby schaaf for warning of an immine imminent i.c.e. >> china calls it a serious attack on international trade. the french economy minister said there are no winners in a trade war. although canada and mexico are exempt from the tariffs, canada will press washington to drop them. steel business this is the bay area are seeing prices go up 15% in the last month. >> any businesses like us will continue to profit and make a little more money from all of this. it's the same with the gas and oil industry. the same kinds of things happening. when they raise prices because of gas shortages, they make more money in the en