now he's giving himself some wiggle room. >> thank you, cecelia. president trump at every stop today expressing his anger at the scope of the special counsel's investigation. today we heard that frustration from an unlikely source, the judge at a hearing for paul manafort, his case involving tax and bank fraud charges. that judge also asking about the scope of the mueller investigation, something the president pounced on. here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: former donald trump campaign chairman paul manafort arriving in federal court today. to get this one case thrown out. inside the courtroom, justice t.s. ellis asking what this has to do with mueller's primary mission investigating whether trump's associates colluded with the russias. trump's prosecution or impeachment. ellis told prosecutors that what you're really after. ellis said this is really intended to get manafort to quote, "sing" or become a cooperating witness. the government arguing the special counsel's mandate includes looking at manafort's financial

now he's giving himself some wiggle room. >> thank you cecelia. president trump expressing his angle at the scope of the special investigator. the judge at a hearing for paul manafo manafort. that judge also asking about the scope of the mueller investigation, something the president pounced on. here's pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: former donald trump campaign manager paul manafort arriving in federal court today to try to get this one case thrown out. inside the court rroom special counsel's investigation judge t.s. ellis, a reagan appointee, asking what robert mueller's indictment of paul manafort for alleged financial crimes has to do with mueller's primary mission, investigating whether trump associates colluded with the russians. "trump's prosecution or impeachment," ellis told prosecutors. "that's what you are really after." ellis said mueller's indictment on a number of charges. including tax evasion and bank fraud related to work abroad before the campaign is really intended to get manafort to quote, "sing" or become a cooperating wi

. >> cecelia, thank you. as cecelia reported, the president late today visited the first lady. tonight i want to bring in abc's chief medical editor dr. ashton. so few details here. from what you heard in that report what can we surmise about the first lady's condition? we heard embolization. >> this is an invasive procedure. it's not a surgery. it's done by radiologists where they strategically block off part of the blood supply to the kidney. that's done either electively or emergently in some cases to stop bleeding or stop a benign growth from growing larger. >> when you hear about the five-stay, some people think that's a long time. the white house didn't let us know in advance which is somewhat out of the norm. this doesn't alarm you? >> no. we watch for bleeding, monitor kidney function and make sure pain control is adequate. if she stays in the hospital for five days, that's the longest first lady hospital stay since nancy reagan. >> thank you, dr. ashton. >>> with the first lady in the hospital, the white house also watching their historic move unfold after the presiden

cecelia vega, the white house. >>> and first lady melania trump has rolled out her official platformtry. the program called be best will raise awareness about opioid abuse and promote kindness on social media. some question her push to curb cyber bullying given the president's habit of name-calling on twitter, but the president was in the audience being supportive as she announced the initiative. >> social media can be both negatively and positively effect on our children. too often it is used in negative ways. and it is our responsibility as adults to remind them that when using their voices whether verbally or online they must choose their words wisely and speak with respect and compassion. >> she offered few specifics of her plan, but a lot of it is expected to be built on existing programs. >>> the u.s. now has a zero tolerance policy on those trying to enter the u.s. illegally. sessions says that means children will be separated from their parent while being prosecuted. some are calling it inhumane and cruel. >> reporter: his trip to the u.s./mexico border city comes about one w

minutes later, he returned, kicked in the door and killed cecelia lamb. we later found out from a roommate that he had already been given close that night since, ultimately, what we believe is he entered the department with the police -- the apartment with the police with a gun that he used to kill cc. i spent a lot of time talking to the family about what they wanted to see happen. we wanted to make sure that this never happens to another family again. the officers that responded that night did so without the proper background training to handle the call. at first i wanted to lamed the officers. how could they let this happen. eight kolstad 911 and a prior history of domestic violence and one more thing, during the second call, cecelia, like most domestic violence victims, she tried to minimize her partner's actions which we have a new policy that cautions against. the roommate pushed away and told the officers what her partner had done that night just minutes before. the young man held up a can of pasta sauce with little green pellets in it and showed i

i want to echo what cecelia was saying. i strongly support development in san francisco, and specifically in this neighborhood. and i put some photos of some recent development in the 25 years here, some of the developments that have sprung up in bay crest, adding thousands and thousands of units. i am not opposed to any of these developments and i am not aware of any neighbors that are. the concern is protection from the pollution and air. here's some photos that i took the other day. [inaudible] >> -- bay bridge. this is a big issue for bay crest because we're effectively an on ramp for the bay bridge. and finally, here is a picture of our courtyard, which is very important as our common space and our green space, and you can see the trees. >> clerk: can you move up, please. >> sorry. >> other way. >> there we go. >> any way, that's a picture of our courtyard, and you can see the trees in the courtyard which act as a buffer between us and the pollution. numerous studies have been done to show the importance of trees in pr

cecelia carillo says she and her baby have nowhere to turn. the vice president today at the border. >> the 150 men and women and many small children that are being processed at our border not far from here will be completely reviewed by our customs officials under our asylum laws. >> reporter: with many planning to apply for asylum under persecution of a social group, after the migrants surrender, they'll be interviewed. some will be denied. others could be allowed to enter the u.s., or been detained, awaiting an asylum decision that can take years, and is often unsuccessful. many here call this the point of no return, a desperate journey with one last road block that may be impossible to pass. with nowhere to go, those 150 migrants say they'll sleep here at the port of entry again tonight. three officials tell nbc news there are no plans to build any shelter. families will spend the night here again in the cold. the last time there were crowds this size was two years ago when the vast majority of haitians were told to turn around and go back

. >> cecelia, thank you. tonight i want to bring in abc's chief medical editor dr. ashton. from what you heard in that report what can we surmise about the first lady's condition. we heard embolization. >> it's not a surgery. it's done by radiologists where they block off part of the blood supply to the kidney. that's done either electively or emergently to stop a benign growth from growing larger. >> when you hear about the five-day stay, the white house didn't let us know in advance which is somewhat out of the normal. this doesn't alarm you? >> no. we watch for bleeding and make sure pain control is adequate. if she stays in the hospital for five days, that's the longest since nancey reagan. >> thank you, dr. ashton. >>> the white house watching the historic move unfold. ivanka trump was there to represent the president at the dedication as tens of thousands of palestinians protested the moves. palestinian authorities saying more than 50 people have been killed and 2,700 injured. previous presidents called jerusalem's capital, but did not move the embassy. here's terry m

. >> abc's cecelia vega has the details. >> reporter: white house chief of staff john kelly making atement to defend his relationship with his boss. it comes after nbc news reported that kelly has repeatedly called president trump an idiot. in one meeting on immigration, kelly reported trashed the president saying he doesn't understand what daca is. he's an idiot. we have to save him from himself. nearly immediately, kelly fired back in a statement that says i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid relationship. he always knows where i stand, and he and i both know this story is total bs. he called it another attempt to smear people close to the president and distract from his successes. one aide backed the denial, telling abc news he never said that. kelly has come under fire for his handling of the ouster of former staff secretary rob porter, initially defending him as honorable amid allegations of domestic abuse. just last month, the president praised his chief of staff. >> you know we have general kelly here, four star, and he's doing

cecelia vega, the white house. >> a lot of people were taking note of the president's absence beforeusband would be there for that. it's also, for a white house that leaks about everything it was so strange that we did not learn about this until it was officially released by the white house. >> it was. it's raising some questions. experts say patients who undergo this kind of a procedure are often home the same day. but of course whatever the condition was, we wish the first lady well this morning. >> they say it as unusual for a patient to spend an entire week in the hospital. so there are definitely a lot of questions involving the first lady's health that are not answered. >>> we're also keeping an eye on the tense situation on the border with gaza. tens of thousands of palestinians gathered there to protest the opening of the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem. >> israeli forces opened fire killing at least 58 people, some of them children, we're told, and injuring others. this is a contrast to the scenes in jerusalem. >> on behalf of the 45th president of the united states of america

cecelia vega has more. >> reporter: will there or won't there be a summit with north korea?. >> nothing has changed on north korea that we know of. we are just reading stories like you are. >> reporter: but for this art of the deal president, his biggest deal yet is at risk of falling apart. >> that's what i do is deals. with deals you have to have two parties who want to do it. he absolutely wanted to do it. >> reporter: what went wrong? president trump blames kim's recent trip to china. >> there has been a big difference since they had the second meeting with president xi, president xi could be influencing kim jong un. but we'll see. >> reporter: but pyongyang says it is livid that john bolton called on them to do what libya did more than a decade ago. >> we have very much in mind the libya model from 2003-2004. >> reporter: to north korea, that sounds like regime change. after libya gave up its nuclear program, dictator muammar gaddafi was murdered in the streets. with bolton looking on, president trump contradicted him. >> the libyan model isn't something that we have at

abc news senior white house correspondent cecelia vega is in washington. >> reporter: white house chief of staff john kelly tonight making a rare public statement to defend his relationship with his boss. it comes after nbc news reported that kelly has repeatedly called president trump an idiot. in one meeting on immigration, kelly reportedly trash talking the president saying he doesn't even understand what daca is. he's an idiot. we've got to safe him from himself. nearly immediately kelly fired back in a statement he said, i spend more time with the president than anyone else and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. he always knows where i stand and he and i both know this story is total bs. he called it another pathetic attempt to smear people close to president trump and distract from theed a menstruation's many successes. one aide who was also in that meeting backed kelly's denial, telling abc news, he never said that. kelly has come under fire for his handling of the ouster of former staff secretary rob porter. kelly initially defending porter as honorable amid a

he was born and raised in the sunset district and attended sane cecelia's grammar school and graduated from sacred heart cathedral prep. he was a scholar and athlete, a member of the 2011 all city football team and graduated with honors in 2012. he would go onto receive a business degree from u.c. santa barbara and recently landed his dream job in the sunset district. when conor was home from college, he would work and help his uncle managing their tavern in town. conor is survived by his mother and father and many relatives and friends. the rest i submit. >> president breed: supervisor tang? >>. >> supervisor tang: thank you. today i'm just continuing our monthly recognition of those who have donated or made contributions as organ dope ors. first one is to the family of cory calcagni who was able to save four lives business donating his left and right kidneys, his liver, and his heart. he had many recipients. two from the bay area, one from arizona and someone from northern california. and of course they would not have survived without these life saving transplants. and then secondly

our cecelia vega live from the white house with the latest. also ahead, after a judge ordered a man to move out of his parents' home, the 30-year-old is now speaking out. our geo benitez spoke with him to get his side of the story. there's a little more to the story of why he thinks he should stay. >>> controversial media starlital tay and her mother. videos of the 9-year-old swearing and pretending to do drugs are drawing fire. why her mom says she's proud. it's all coming up only on gma. a rnt paing talk. that's what we're going for. >> ginger, i know you're a mom. i don't have a kids, but just even watching little tay online, it's disturbing. >> it's uncomfortable. you'll get to hear from both of them. >> all right. we'll give them a chance. >>> a warning for comcast internet customers. a major flaw that may have exposed your wi-fi passwords. >> if you think the golden gate bridge is looking shabby, you'r i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal he