>> whit: martha raddatz. thank you. d martha will have much more of her one-on-one interview with border czar tom holman sunday on "this week." >>> trump at the scenes of two american disasters as abc news has learned he's expected to sign an executive order on fema reform. the president touching down in los angeles late today, met by california governor gavin newsom, then touring the devastation of the palisades fire, threatening to place conditions on providing federal aid. abc's senior political correspondent rachel scott is traveling with the president. >> reporter: tonight, president donald trump touring the destruction from the palisades fire on a cross-country swing through the disaster zones, raising the possibility of eliminating fema altogether. the president promising immediate aid for north carolina's recovery from hurricane helene but creating conditions for california, insisting there needs to be changes to water management in the wake of the devastating fires. and for the first time, demanding state voter

all right, martha raddatz here with us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> meantime tonight, president trump coming before the cameras in the white house briefing room today, calling for a moment of silence. and then moments later, the president implying that dei policies, diversity, equity, and inclusion, might have contributed to the crash. mary bruce was in the briefing room. >> reporter: tonight, with the recovery effort under way in the investigation only just beginning, president trump, without any evidence, blaming the diversity policies of his predecessors for the deadly crash. >> a group within the faa, another story, determined that the workforce was too white, that they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that, and to change it immediately. >> reporter: the president accusing the previous administrations of hiring air traffic controllers based on diversity goals, not qualifications. are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? and what evidence have you seen to support

martha raddatz is here with me tonight, and martha, we learned today, they had night vision goggles on. you learned this was routine training, and they were experienced pilots. >> reporter: both very experienced pilots. they have done that run several times themselves in the day, in the night. and they did apparently have those night vision goggles on, that would be unusual if they did not. but that can make it more difficult. helicopter pilots i've talked to in the last 24 hours say it is much more difficult with those night vision goggles on, because you may think you see that plane in front of you, but they may have been looking at the lights of the city or another plane, david. >> david: all right, martha raddatz with us here tonight. martha, thank you. >>> meantime tonight, president trump coming before the cameras in the white house briefing room today, calling for a moment of silence. and then moments later, the president implying that dei policies, d■iversity, quity,and inclusion, may have contributed to the crash. mary bruce was in the briefing room. >> reporter: tonight, with

martha raddatz and what she's learned. >>> the dangerous winds in the east. millions under alerts right now. and the winter storm right behind it. washington, d.c., philadelphia, new york city all included. lee standing by to time this out. >>> after the eagles win, the celebration turning tragic in philadelphia. a fan on a light pole falling to his death. >>> the remarkable moment tonight. >> oh, hi! >> the body camera video showing the heroes rescuing a 100-year-old woman in the california wildfires. you hear her say, "don't lose me." >>> and more than a billion people around the world celebrating the lunar new year. the images right here in new york city tonight. >>> good evening and we begin tonight with those fireworks on capitol hill. robert f. kennedy jr. grilled by senators during his confirmation hearing. president trump's pick to be the next secretary of health and human services. rfk jr. challenged about his many comments against vaccines and his reversal on abortion rights. there were questions over the programs he would lead, including medicaid,

martha raddatz watching this with us here today as well. martha, these are these are the moments few and far between, but very important, particularly in these times. >> so important to see a j.d. vance and the president elect expected to be there as well in this moment, in this moment of division and polarization, as you say, david, in this country. but that was something that jimmy carter did so well, brought people together. and for so many, he has been a north star of being an honorable person, a dignified person, a caring person and an authentic person. i know that word is often overused now, but jimmy carter defined authenticity. he was a person who is more comfortable with himself than anyone i've ever met with, with his flaws, with his, with his graciousness. and he always looked you in the eye. i interviewed him a couple of times as a as a very young reporter. and i just remember i first of all, i was terrified, but he made me feel so comfortable because i knew he was really talking to me. and he he did that to everyone. there was

let's bring in our chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz.a, as we mentioned earlier, and we're seeing some of these pictures come in. you were there just back in october and actually connected with the families and the communities of two of these young women who were taken hostage. >> i walked through kfar aza, the kibbutz where 700 people live. 62 of them were murdered, 19 were taken hostage. and i was right outside. emily and darren's home. completely burnt things scattered around. you can imagine the fight to get that woman in each house. there was someone across who was still held hostage. ziv and gore-lieberman, twin males who helped emily gali went over there and tried to save her, but he too was taken hostage in a battle. he was texting his family saying, there's smoke in here. we have to finally get outside of the house. and now two of those women are now free. another woman also freed. she was at the music festival. romi, all of those women have been through so much. and you can see that chaos of transferring them from those vehicle

sin embargo, la periodista martha raddatz le cuestiono por que deportar a la totalidad de los indocumentados en sus objetivos. >> we can do what we can with the money. we have we're going to be efficient, but with more money. we have the more we can. >> condicionando el alcance de su operacion al presupuesto que apruebe el congreso. >> and so sure they're gonna. >> one million people.>> pero incluso sus aliados en el capitolio, como el senador lindsey graham, ponen en duda que las deportaciones alcancen a millones de inmigrantes. en las ultimas horas, el sur de la frontera estuvo en chicago, illinois, supervisando la coordinacion de agencias fe federales, entre ellas la dea y cbp, en tareas relacionadas con inmigracion. ice, por su parte, confirmo en un comunicado la ejecucion de operaciones especificas reforzadas en la ciudad con el objetivo, dijo, de sacar de nuestras comunidades a potenciales criminales p peligrosos. >> were talking about. >> violent criminals who have been convicted and who are u undocumented. we don't want them in our state. we want them out of the country. we hope they

during an appearance on abc's this week, border czar tom homan told martha raddatz the mass deportation plan is only, quote, in the beginning stages. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to violate laws of this country. you've got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under title eight, united states code 1325. it's a crime. so if you're in the country illegally, you've got a problem. and that's why i'm hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave. >> homan also warned that there will be collateral arrests, especially in the so-called sanctuary cities resistant to helping immigration and customs enforcement officials locate undocumented immigrants in custody for other crimes. he said ice officers may even go into schools because gang members tied to south and central america are often school age. >> name another agency, another law enforcement agency that has those type of requirements that they can't walk into a school or or a docto

martha raddatz, we took note as donald trump, now the 47th president and the first lady, melania trump, entered the arena. i was taken aback for a second because i was wondering are these ticketed guests or were these people who waited in line? because they were so close to the president. we saw that assassination attempt obviously in butler. these folks went through, i'm sure, security, metal detectors, and it was safe. secret service and security. still, when i see that, it gives me pause all the time given what this country has witnessed and what we saw, the attempt on his life in butler, pennsylvania. can you imagine these folks, a lot of them supporters from around the country who waited in line since 2:00 a.m. and had a chance to be within a foot of donald trump as he's walking down the stairs with the first lady. >> obviously, i didn't know they had the prime seats at that point, but donald trump loves that intimacy, he loves being around people. i saw some supporters yesterday downtown walking around who came in to the city, even though they didn't have tickets anymore, they sa

. >> joining me now is abc chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz on daingerfield island. we are right on the banks of the potomac river. the mid-air would have occurred just behind where we are. you can see all the rescue and recovery vehicles. they have been out there for hours. this is also exactly the approach that regional jet would have made along very calm waters. very dark waters. tonight, approaching washington, d.c. you could have seen, as i can now, the washington monument, the u.s. capitol, a city full of lights. we've also heard helicopters all night and watched them circle this area looking for any possible survivors, any possible rescue. sometimes there were three up there at a time. all had their lights on. it is a very grim night here on the banks of the potomac. byron. >> our thanks to martha. joining me now is greater d.c. resident jamie lynn, who witnessed from her own home some of the frantic search and rescue efforts by first responders. jamie lynn, thank you so much for joining us. you live near reagan airport. what is it like there right now? >> so

during an appearance on abc's this week, border czar tom homan told martha raddatz the mass deportation plan is, quote, only in the beginning stages. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to violate laws of this country. you got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under title eight, united states code 1325. it's a crime. so if you're in the country illegally, you got a problem. and that's why i'm hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave. >> homan also warned that there will be collateral arrests, especially in the so-called sanctuary cities resistant to helping immigration and customs enforcement officials locate undocumented immigrants in custody for other crimes. he said ice officers may even go into schools because gang members tied to south and central america are often school age. >> name another agency, another law enforcement agency that has those type of requirements that they can't walk into a school or or a doctor's of

trump's new border czar tom homan telling abc news' martha raddatz that he's just getting started. warning the undocumented in this country, you should be afraid and start packing now. >> sending a strong signal to the world, our border is closed. if you're in the country illegally, you violated the crime. >> reporter: this week, immigrations and customs enforcement making nearly 300 arrests saturday and detaining more than 400 following nearly 600 arrests on friday. along the u.s./mexico border, marines patrolling and enhancing physical barriers. meanwhile, a legal battle is brewing. the american civil liberties union is suing the trump administration over its plan to expand fast track deportations they say deprives people of a fair legal process. immigrant rights groups across the country say people are scared but they're providing resources like hotlines and community meetings to help those who may fear deportation. linsey. >> linsey: melissa adan reporting tonight. thank you. >>> now to the disaster in southern california, where firefighters are getting a welcome reprieve in th

want to go to martha raddatz who's been in touch with the pentagon. by the potomac river once that recovery mission started. they basically told us very early that there were three soldiers on board that blackhawk helicopter on that training mission. they're gonna want to talk to that unit. what was it doing there? why was it there? i think it's really important to remember that the helicopter was on a visual approach. we've heard some of that air traffic control audio where it says that, yes, he could see, or the pilot could see the regional jet. the air traffic control confirmed that with the helicopter. it appears. and what they will look at, and those pilots were likely on night vision goggles, making that visual approach to the airport. the light in that area, and you can see it from the video there. it was a dark night, dark river, but lots of city lights. and the angle you see there is even less lit than the other angle when you make that approach into reagan airport. so they are going to see whether those pilots thought they saw the jet, though

watch martha raddatz and tom homan this weekend. >> how many ms-13 members are age 14 to 17? many of them. look, the national security threat. public safety threat. what you do is a case-by-case. name other law enforcement agencies that has those types of requirements they can't walk into a school, doctor's office or medical campus. no other agencies have those standards. ice officers need to decide if a national or public safety threat is in one of these facilities there should be an option to make the arrest. >> dana: to keep all this going it requires funds in order to make it happen. watch senator graham this weekend. >> if they will deport people here part of gangs, criminals. 1.4 million who are still here. 680,000 convicted of serious crimes. to my republican colleagues particularly in the house, as we fiddle our immigration plans are hitting walls. we're not building walls, we're hitting walls. >> dana: last word about that point. how quickly do they need these funds in order to keep doing what they're doing? >> well, i think they'll need funds right away but at least

lent crimes, but trump's border czar, tom homan, tells our chief global foreign correspondent martha raddatz that he has this warning for anyone in the country illegally. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table, because it's not okay to violate laws in this country. >> reporter: and tonight president trump is speaking to his supporters here about a campaign promise he made ending federal taxes on tips. and as you can imagine, guys, this is a pretty popular policy with the many restaurant, casino and hotel workers in vegas. whit? >> whit: one of the many things to watch going forward, selina wang, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> we go now to washington where one of the most contentious nominees by the president won approval overnight by one of the slimmest margins in history, and abc's perry russom joins us now. perry, this required a rare tiebreak. >> reporter: yeah, whit, good morning. this was historic. the second time in u.s. history a vice president had to step in and cast a tiebreaking vote for a cabinet position. >> and the nomination is confirmed. [ applaus

with billionaire elon musk's relationship with president trump in the spotlight, abc news anchor martha raddatzn to discuss the bond between two of the world's most powerful men. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. we're following developing news out of israel this morning. three people were killed and another 44 others were injured by israeli defense forces in southern lebanon. that's according to the lebanese ministry of health. the ministry says that israeli forces opened fire in at least two border towns. idf troops had been expected to withdraw from that area today under the ceasefire agreement. meanwhile, 38 people were hurt on a united airlines flight bound for washington dc. the flight out of nigeria experienced, quote, unusual movement during the flight, causing pilots to turn the plane around on friday. excuse me? according to the federal airports authority of nigeria. four passengers and two crew members were seriously injured. another 27 passengers and five crew members had minor injuries. a united

abc news reporter martha raddatz sat down with the white house's border czar, who said the deportation actions are meant to send a clear message. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to violate the laws of this country. you got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under title eight, united states code 1325. it's a crime. so if you're in the country illegally, you got a problem. and that's why i'm hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave. >> he wondered what he called collateral arrests and sanctuary cities resistant to helping immigration officials. he said ice officers may go to schools because gang members tied to south and central america are often school aged. >> name another agency, another law enforcement agency that has those type of requirements that they can't walk into a school or a doctor's office or a medical campus. no other agencies held to those standards. >> it's estimated more than 11 million undocumented immig

abc news reporter martha raddatz sat down with border czar tom homan, who said the deportation actions are meant to send a clear message. >> if you're in a country illegally, you're on the table because it's not okay to, you know, violate the laws of this country. you got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under title eight, united states code. 1325. it's a crime. so if you're in the country illegally, you got a problem. and that's why i'm hoping those who are in the country illegally, who have not been ordered removed by the federal judge, should leave. >> homan also warned of what he's calling collateral arrests in sanctuary cities resistant to helping immigration officials. he said ice officers may go to schools because gang members tied to south and central america are often school aged. >> name another agency, another law enforcement agency that has those type of requirements that they can't walk into a school or a doctor's office or a medical campus. no other agencies held to those standards. >> it's estimated more than 11 million undoc

with billionaire elon musk's relationship with president trump in the spotlight, abc news anchor martha raddatzlter isaacson to discuss the bond between two of the world's most powerful men. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. we're following developing news out of israel this morning. three people were killed and another 44 others were injured by israeli defense forces in southern lebanon. that's according to the lebanese ministry of health. the ministry says that israeli forces opened fire in at least two border towns. idf troops had been expected to withdraw from this area today under the ceasefire agreement. meanwhile, 38 people were hurt on a united airlines flight bound for washington dc. the flight out of nigeria experienced unusual movement during the flight, causing pilots to turn the plane around. on friday, according to the federal airports authority of nigeria, four passengers and two crew members were seriously injured. another 27 passengers and five crew members had minor injuries. a united airlin

that reminds me of on abc news, when martha raddatz, prior to the election, said only a couple of apartment complexes are being taken over by violent criminal alien gangs, it's quite obvious that they don't interact with average, everyday americans. but perhaps they should. it might do them good. >> nine years. they threw every lie, every conspiracy theory. they never reported on any of his failures. they lose joe concha, and then they doubled down on dumb and stupid. okay, i'm fine with it. >> yeah. >> and look at. >> what we've seen over. >> the past seven days, sean, during the president's first week. i mean, it's been one craptastic narrative after the other. i definitely picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. i mean, first, there were the salute truthers when it came to elon musk and that alleged nazi salute that even the adl says was no such thing. i mean, musk only visited auschwitz last year and denounced anti-semitism without ambiguity, but that never made its way into the reporting for some reason. i guess when you're on the wrong side of every issue and you can't talk polic

joining us now is chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz who will be hosting "this week"his morning. good morning to you. always great to see you. you have that exclusive interview with tom homan this morning, the president's border czar. we have already seen the beginning of that immigration crackdown. what did he say about the next steps here? >> martha: well, basically, whit, he said he is going to be doing this every day, those military aircraft for the first time in history, carrying out people who have been deported. the one thing he says very strongly is that the people they will deport first are people who are national security threats, public safety threats, but i asked tom homan whether they would expand that. he said, yes. they're expanding the aperture, and basically he said he wants all of the estimated 11 million immigrants who he said are in the country illegally to leave, and he has said, get out of here. get packing. i asked him, also, whether that meant people who have been here 30 years, who are making a living, who have lived their life here for all th

. >> martha raddatz, deeply moving in that cathedral. so moving. >> and i can't imagine david, that garth brooks ever saw he perform there and performing such a beautiful, beautiful and powerful and powerful song. >> hallowed be thy name. i think to come thy will be done. on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our trespasses. as we forgive those who trespass against us. >> and lead us not into temptation us not into temptatit deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. >> amen, amen.

violent crimes, but trump's border czar tom holman tells our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has this warning for anyone in the country illegally. >> if you're in the country illegally, you're on the table, because it's not okay to violate laws in this country. >> reporter: and tonight president trump is speaking to supporters about a campaign promise he made getting rid of federal taxes on tips. as you guys can imagine, this is a pretty popular policy with the many restaurant, casino and hotel workers here in las vegas. whit? >> whit: selina wang for us, thank you so much. >>> and president trump's nominee, pete hegseth, now confirmed as the next secretary of defense. dramatic moments on the senate floor though with the vote tied 50-50, vice president j.d. vance called in to cast the deciding vote. three republican senators voting against president trump's controversial pick to run the pentagon. senators lisa murkowski, susan collins, and mitch mcconnell. hegseth, a military veteran and former fox news host, making an unusual appearance at the capitol for his confirmation vo

administration to deport these criminal illegal aliens but to expand on nbc this week withwith martha raddatzgal aliens and grounds for deportation and we know s1.4 million who have their finl deportation members so that is over 2 million people you can get out pretty easily. but look, this is something the american people support and "the new york times" found support deporting all illegal aliens who now is the time to do it when you still have the juice and you are the first republican president to get the popular vote in 20 years. >> motley, the burglary of stars and paathletes getrtics the headlin because they know also victims ofof this stuff in smaller ways. sometimes it's just not your stuff at your life. speak of the terrible people that will go and read the paperd find out where the funerals ared go to the house members their houses and they are big ticket items taket wan which is surprig because sometimes they havave g rather sophisticated systems and they gangs get through it.eric but a smaller scale, you areg absolutely right, the little guy's fallen victim to these people because

martha raddatz sitting down with trump's border czar, tom hohman. >> what about the countries who won't back? >> they'll take them back. >> what do you mean by that? >> we had president trump come into power. president trump puts america first. >> reporter: officials from multiple law enforcement agencies launching a joint operation in chicago sunday. immigration crackdowns now spanning from atlanta to los angeles and even omaha. so this morning in a statement the colombia government said it has overcome an impasse with the united states saying that they plan to send representatives to washington, d.c. to meet with the trump administration. the white house press secretary says if colombia violates any terms of this agreement those tariffs are back on, george. >> george: the president flooding the zone with action, including a move over the weekend to fire the independent inspector generals. even some allies saying he didn't do it in a way that was legal. >> reporter: exactly. this was a late night purge. sources tell us that president trump fired at least 17 inspectors general. these ar

martha raddatz has the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, george.ot is safe and is in stable condition but that $80 millionaire craft is completely destroyed. this morning dramatic video showing the f-35 plunging to the ground. video circulating online shows the fighter jet spiralling out of control at an air force base in alaska after the pilot ejected, then seen parachuting to the pace as flames from the wreckage shoot skyward. >> the aircraft landing gear was down. if you see where the impact point was, it was almost right on the runway which suggested the pilot was trouble shooting some kind of problem and all of a sudden had to eject. >> reporter: according to the air force, the pilot ejecting while attempting to land during a training exercise. >> the pilot did declare an in-flight emergency prior to what ended up being the crash of aircraft. >> reporter: the question for investigators now, what caused the emergency? >> there is a sort of black box on this airplane that will help investigators determine what happened. and, of course, there's t