. >> that man's name was bruce hill.s ran his information through the data base, they had a match for the blood found at the crime scene. a jury convicted hill of the murders of big charlie and diane. his motive for the crime was never firmly established. >> who is bruce hill? do you know that name? >> no. >> ever see him at the farm property, on job sites? >> no, never. >> but rick's lawyer needed proof that there was no connection between the two men. so he paid hill a visit. >> bruce hill showed a picture of rick gagnon and his words were, i've never seen that cracker [ bleep ] before. bruce hill was unambiguous and was very blunt that he did not know rick. >> all hill had to do now was admit that in open court. and gagnon might go free. hill flatly refused. once again, rick was out of luck, but not hope. >> the first piece of good news i'd had in a long time. you know? i was excited to see what god was getting ready to do. >> and there were developments. >> yes, sir. >> namely, the arrival of a new inmate. >> i was i

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mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> meanwhile republican senator john mccain is urging his colleaguesgainst haspel's confirmation. the senator from arizona issued a statement saying in part her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying. mccain was detained and beaten in prison during the vietnam are war and has been an outspoken critic of harsh interrogations. he has brain cancer and is not expected to vote on haspel's nomination himself. >>> tens of thousands may soon be evicted from nursing homes across louisiana. state officials warn that the funds covering their care could dry up in july. proposed medicaid spending cuts are to close a budget gap. managers are concerned that many residents will have nowhere to go. republican lawmakers say the notices are being used as a scare tactic. >>> and the mormon church is ending its partnership with the boy scouts of america. the church said it needs a more global youth program to match its leadership goals. the mormons and scouts began working together in 1913. 20% of u.s. boy scouts are mormon. the partnership ends at th

let's go to our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill with more on this and, of course, this is getting a lot of reaction. >> reporter: yeah, robin, that reaction has been one of outrage and swift condemnation. one u.s. official telling us these comments are despicable, vile and completely unacceptable. overnight, swift backlash after a white house aide dismissed senator john mccain's opposition to the president's nominee to lead the cia, saying, it doesn't matter. he's dying anyway. mccain is battling brain cancer. his wife cindy mccain responding directly to the white house communications aide, kelly sadler, tweeting, may i remind you my husband has a family, seven children and five grandchildren. mccain's close friend senator lindsey graham reportedly saying nobody is laughing in the senate. the white house does not deny the comment and has not apologized. but in a statement says we respect senator mccain's service to our nation and he and his family are in our prayers during this difficult time. mccain has come out forcefully against trump's pick for cia d

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. >> stephanie hammel, adrian elrod and tammy bruce, this is getting serious traction on capitol hillwe get the answers. >> investigator cannot investigate themselves, based on all evidence that we're learning about every day. the dem craft quest to -- dem crafdemocrat quest to prove thee was a collusion, it is exposing real threat to democracy that would include some in democrat party, and most powerful agents in our country. idea that fbi potentially put a spy in trump campaign should send chills down everyone's bones. the timing shows it may have happened before fisa warrant was obtained. this not good for democrats, not good for fbi, everyone is scrambling to cover themselves. the doj has been dragging its heels, and fbi stonewalling there is a reason for that. charles: tammy, i think stephanie said in terms of, when did the probe begin and why? this is a big question mark that goes further back. >> that is the question. it is the question that fbi and doj have refused to answer, that will tell us whether or not there was a real concern or whether it was really political. here is

our senior congressional correspondent, mary bruce, is on capitol hill with all the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, this was a huge night for female candidates. look, if democrats stand a chance of taking back the house, then pennsylvania is going to be key and last night democratic voters there showed they can turn out high numbers and that some of those women are poised to make history. overnight, the pink wave rolled through pennsylvania, women showing their strength in nearly every corner of the state. >> a lot of them are mothers and they care about the average person and their household and the things that matter to the families in america. >> reporter: at least seven democratic female candidates scoring victories in a state that currently has no female representatives in washington. >> i hope very much to be one of many people who break that trend. >> reporter: chrissy houlahan, veteran and small business owner says it's time for women to step up. >> i think women are uniquely qualified to be those collaborators and unifiers. >> re

hill chuck grassley has joined the call for information on the russia probe. in a letter to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein he requested former associate deputy attorney general bruce orr's communications with christopher steele. richard blumenthal also serves on the committee and he joins us now. thanks for being with us. how do you read the justice department is asking the inspector general now to look into the fbi and the department of justice tactics concerning the trump campaign. >> it's a concession to the president. a potentially dangerous concession. >> dangerous how so? >> well, number one, the president is obviously trying to interfere with an investigation. it happens to be an investigation of him. so it's a threat a. number two, there is no factual support. you said there wasn't a lot of facts to back it up. that's a charitable way of looking at i it. there is no evidence to support an investigation. the fbi was conducting a counterintelligence investigation against russian attempts to interfere with our election. in fact they warned the trump campaign about that effort to interfere with the trump campaign and the clinton campaign well before any of thi

bruce has more. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. well, trump's pick for cia director gina haspel is facing a potentially brutal confirmation hearing here on the hill later this week and now she's reportedly getting cold feet. "the washington post" reports that on friday, she offered to withdraw her nomination but that white house officials scrambled to convince her not to step aside. look, she is going to face tough questions about her role in enhanced interrogations. there's no question that her confirmation has become a real referendum on the country's use of torture but the president himself is coming to her defense just moments ago tweeting, gina haspel has come under fire because she was too tough on terrorists. robin. >> we'll see what happens later today. >>> and mary, we also have an update on arizona senator john mccain as he battles brain cancer. >> reporter: yeah, robin. mccain says he is facing an unpredictable predicament. as he battles brain cancer. he is in stable condition we're told at home in arizona but he is blunt in saying that he doesn't know how much time he has left and now he's tackling some unfinished business. >> i have