abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has the latest. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement officials tell abc news it was almost certainly the russians who lacked into the democratic party computers. the hackers malware bug operated inside their computers for at least a year undetected. >> i'm very confident that the malware that we looked at were russian actors. >> investigators dissected the hacker's computer code and found clear evidence pointing to russia including the use of a russian alphabet keyboard. >> the time zones that it was compiled in, the language that the keyboards were set to. this absolutely was not an amateur operation. ♪ >> reporter: and the timing as democrats arrived in philadelphia was clearly no accident either. brian ross, abc news, philadelphia. >> and donald trump has been using the e-mail controversy to criticize hillary clinton. at a rally in virginia yesterday trump accused clinton of being disloyal to outgoing democratic national chair debbie wasserman schultz. >> well trump claimed clinton threw wasserman under the bus after

there's a lot they stole still to be made public. >> all right, brian ross tonight. thank you. >>> who is watching all of this play out right here in philadelphia? the division, the controversy over leaked party e-mails? donald trump. abc's tom llamas with the trump campaign in north carolina tonight. trump has already had plenty to say. >> reporter: tonight, the clinton campaign trying to tie donald trump to those hacked dnc e-mails. >> this is an attempt to undermine the secretary's campaign by russian state actors. there are larger forces at work that are trying to hurt hillary and help donald trump. >> reporter: but so far, no proof the hackers were looking to help trump. the republican nominee mocking the disarray among the democrats. >> they said debbie, you're fired. get out. get out, debbie. out. boom. boy. how about that for disloyalty, though, in terms of hillary clinton? >> reporter: trump gloating that the dnc got caught. >> she worked very, very hard to rig the system. little did she know that china, russia, one of our many, many friends came in and hack

>> all right, brian ross with us again tonight. brian, thank you. >>> in the meantime, donald trump is expected to arrive here just a short time from now. he will introduce his wife, melan melania, on stage right here behind me. she'll then speak, but even before melania trump speaks this evening, the sudden drama right here in the hall. the 11th hour effort to stop donald trump. it failed, but not without a fight. abc's tom llamas is on the floor tonight. >> reporter: tonight, high drama on the floor of the republican convention. >> roll call vote! roll call vote! >> reporter: a full-on revolt by the anti-trump forces. >> point of order! point of order! >> reporter: it started when delegates were denied an opportunity to vote on the rules. some saw it as their last best hope to block trump's nomination. >> the resolution is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. >> reporter: and with that declaration -- pandemonium! >> you are ignoring delegates who have been elected to this convention. >> re

here's abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross. >> reporter: it happened in a hospital roomfter minor surgery as she regained consciousness and her doctor leaned over. >> i remember him kissing me on the lips. and then manipulating, physically manipulating, my hand to basically rub him, first through his scrubs, but i do believe there was then and he told me at that time, when i was very hazy, he said, "it's okay, this is just how we wake you up." >> reporter: erin vance of oregon is one of the thousands of women in this country who have been sexually abused by their doctors. now coming forward to speak about what has been largely unspoken. >> i was completely at the actual mercy of whoever was there. and it turned out that the person who was there was a serial predator doing this to countless other women. >> reporter: her doctor, the anesthesiologist. dr. frederick field was sentenced to 23 years in prison for assaults on at least 12 women. >> i keep going back to, do no harm. aspect of the hippocratic country, in hospitals and doctors' offices in every state, that oath is

here's brian ross. >> reporter: federal law enforcement officials identified the shooter as 29-year-old gavin eugene long, an african-american from kansas city. >> officers engaged the subject, and he died at the scene. >> reporter: police say it appeared to be a well-planned ambush. >> he had a mask on. one subject. all black. carrying a.r. >> reporter: one shooter tracked and killed at this convenience store. >> right there. stop, stop. to your left. to your left. right there. >> we got eyes on him. he's behind that transformer. appears to be on the phone. >> reporter: in the wake of the police shooting of alton sterling in baton rouge, and then the deadly attack on police in dallas by a man who wanted to kill everything blue that moves, law enforcement in baton rouge had been put on alert last week by the fbi and homeland security for a possible attack. >> these threats are very viable and they're very real. >> reporter: this fbi bulletin from its new orleans office, obtained by abc news, showed images from social media and warned, "multiple groups are calling for or planning riots a

brian ross is on the money trail. >> reporter: inside the republican efforts to woo super rich donors convention floor every night is what the republicans call club 45. fine wine, whiskey and hot hors d'oeuvres for the big money people being asked to spend millions of dollars to help make donald trump the 45th president. it's a place where reporters are not welcome. >> it is a closed private event. can you please turn off the cameras. >> reporter: of all the big republican donors to come to cleveland, none is being more highly courted than the man getting out of this black car, sheldon adelson, a billionaire casino owner from las vegas whose private security guards tried to block our cameras on a public street outside his downtown hotel. >> you need to go across the street. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, cleveland. >> next up, some scrutiny this morning for police in north miami, florida, following the shooting of an unarmed black man. it shows charles kinsey with his hands in the air, the person sitting next to him is an autistic man who kinsey cares for. kinsey was trying to get

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> brian ross, thank you. >>> the other pressing question looming over the holiday weekend, the weather. millions of people in the northeast got hit with severe weather overnight. what's next? rob is of course tracking it all. hey, rob. >> some of those results from the severe weather overnight, a lot of reports like this across the northeast. here's wha during the height of the event, winds 60, 70 miles per hour in poughkeepsie. over five inches of rain in southern new jersey. most of that rain has moved off shore thankfully so it looks like we're getting into some dryer weather, a lovely air mass the next couple of days. as we get into the july 4th holiday, a slow moving system will likely bring rain. d.c. through memphis looks to be wet. >> rob, thank you. >>> we want to move now to the great escape this holiday weekend. millions will be on the road if they aren't already and traffic is expected to thicken throughout the morning. marci gonzalez is joining the road trippers. good morning to you and how are things looking so far? >> reporter: so far smo

here's abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross now. >> reporter: there is growing, specific evidence tonight of the involvement of vladimir putin's intelligence agencies in the cyber attack on the dnc. a smoking gun in the malware code used for the hack. >> it was an ip address that had been previously seen in other russian attributed attacks. >> reporter: leading democrats see a russian conspiracy to help donald trump win the election. >> they have a real motivation here. there is no one they would like more in the white house than a friend like donald trump. >> reporter: putin has frequentfrequent ly praised trump. trump talks about putin in the most glowing terms. >> look, hey, putin likes me. think i'd get along well with him. i respect putin. he's a strong leader. >> reporter: trump is a well-known figure in moscow, where he appeared in a russian music video. >> you're fired. >> reporter: for his projects around the world, trump has sought investors from the ranks of russian billionaires close to putin, including one of them who hosted trump's miss universe pageant thre

we're the warriors. >> and brian ross is with us tonight. authorities said there was just one shooter here, but they are investigating tonight whether or not there were any accomplices that tried to help him? >> reporter: that's right. they discovered after he died, someone continued to post on his facebook page. they don't know if that was a hoax or a possible accomplice. david? >> bri brian, thank you. >>> in the meantime, donald trump is expected to arrive here just a short time from now. he will introduce his wife, melania, on stage, right here behind me. she'll then speak, but even before melania trump speaks this evening, the sudden drama right here in the hall. the 11th hour effort to stop donald trump. it failed, but not without a fight. abc's tom llamas is on the floor tonight. >> reporter: tonight, high drama on the floor of the republican convention. >> roll call vote! roll call vote! >> reporter: a full-on revolt by the anti-trump forces. >> point of order! point of order! >> reporter: it started when delegates were denied an opp

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brian ross, abc news, california. >> apparently in many of those cases the doctors admitted to doing were accused of or investigators after the fact said they believed the accusations. >> the medical boards try to give them a second chance which is why so many of them have kept their licenses despite this. the prosecutors will often smiss or reduce a charge as well. >> around them. >> a lot of smaller communities only have that one doctor so they rally around them. >> coming up in the next half hour, the major lawsuit filed against the head of fox news. >> what gretchen carlson is saying about roger ailes in her sexual harassment lawsuit and how fox news and ailes are responding. >> first, revolutionizing the way you workout. the new technology using biomechanics that's making workouts for women more comfortable than ever. you' watching "world news now." "why are you checking your credit score? "well you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "then she says...bazang!" "ok, good one." (laughs) "bazang. remember?" "bazang...you get it?" "bazang?" "yeah!" "uh, how do i ch

more from abc's brian ross. >> reporter: federal authorities identify the shooter as 29-year-old gavinice say it appeared to be a well-planned ambush. >> one subject, all black, carrying ar. >> reporter: in the wake of the police shooting of alton sterling in baton rouge and then the deadly attack on police in dallas by a man who wanted to kill everything blue that moves. law enforcement in baton rouge have been put on alert last week by the fbi and homeland security for a possible attack. >> these threats are very viable, and they're very real. >> reporter: this fbi bulletin from the new orleans office obtained by abc news showed images from social media and warned, multiple groups are calling for or planning riots and/or violence against law enforcement in baton rouge, louisiana, and shreveport, louisiana. >> i've been involved in law enforcement for over 30 years. i have never seen an environment this dangerous and this polarized as it relates to police in this country. >> reporter: brian ross, abc news, cleveland. >> this latest attack in baton rouge has police officers on edge acr

brian ross on the man who was behind the wheel. >> reporter: desperate for leads, french police took the killer's estranged wife into custody today, upsetting her neighbors, who said she had not lived with him for two or three years. police also searched the apartment of mohammed bouhlel, in this working class neighborhood of nice, looking for any clues about what led to the deadly attack. molly hunter of abc news is on the scene. >> reporter: neighbors who knew the family said he didn't seem like a devout muslim. he drank and smoked and beat his wife. >> reporter: born in tunisia, but a longtime resident of france, the 31-year-old mohamed bouhlel, a delivery man, had criminal convictions for theft and assault. but even as french authorities called the attack an act of terrorism, they also acknowledge bouhlel was not known to counterterror officials, not on any terror suspect list. as of tonight, there has been no claims of responsibility from isis or any other terror group. but isis has repeatedly urged its followers to attack westerners in any way possible, including running them o

despite the nominee's self-proclaimed reputation for being able to turn anything and everything brian rossthe money trail. >> reporter: it's costing more than $60 million just to put on the convention. from the opening fireworks to the 125,000 balloons overhead. waiting to be dropped on the last night. but even as the delegates gathered, the republican party was scraping to come up with the cash to pay for it all. major corporations reportedly sitting it out or backing out. >> some gave reasons. some did not. some that gave talked about the publicity around just this whole election process. >> reporter: it's the trump factor. fewer ceos, lobbyists and billionaires arriving in their private jets. big parties half empty. despite the best efforts of cleveland's bartenders and the top chefs. and the big event for the senators at the rock and roll hall of 19 of the senators never made it to cleveland for the convention. where all the missing republican senators? 19 didn't show up. >> i think the most important ones are here. so thank you. i'm glad you're here. >> reporter: and even when top rep

but as brian ross shows us, a rare look inside their secret command center, you won't always see them watching you. >> reporter: if isis attacks here, these are the specially trained, heavily-armed officers who will respond. >> obviously, our threat is to stop the shooting. >> reporter: extra security precautions for the july 4th weekend. but new york city, from the air. from the sea. and with the 525 officers of the newly-formed critical response commanon officers with radiation detectors. dogs trained to sniff the chemicals used in suicide bombs. all coordinated at a counter-terror center that monitors some 9,000 video feeds from cameras across the city. >> at the click of a mouse, we move from camera to camera. >> reporter: from the brooklyn bridge, to inside the city's subways to times square, where cameras picked me up and showed how clearly they can identify faces in the crowd. >> it's been referred to as a ring of steel. it's our way of protecting new york. >> reporter: plus 3 million vehicle license plates read every day, stored for five years. so you're essentially prepared t

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the doctors, some of who are still practicing. >> reporter: it happened in a hospital room, as she regained consciousness and her doctor leaned over. >> i remember him kissing me on the lips, and then manipulating, physically manipulating my hand to basically rub him. >> reporter: erin vance of oregon is now speaking out about what has happened to thousands of women in this country, sexually abused by their doctors. just how we wake you up." >> reporter: her doctor, the anesthesiologist, dr. frederick field, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for assaults on at least 12 women. according to a first of its kind 50-state survey out today from an investigative team at "the atlanta journal constitution," more than 2,400 american doctors have been disciplined for sexually abusing their patients in the last 16 years. and quietly, more than half of them were allowed to keep their medical licenses. >> some of these doctors are the most prolific sex offenders in the country. >> reporte but often those doctors escape serious punishment. dr.

but as brian ross shows us, a rare look inside their secret command center, you won't always see them watching you. >> reporter: if there's an isis attack here, these are the specially-trained, heavily armed officers who will respond. >> obviously, our threat is to stop the shooting. be cognizant of perps, possibly wearing explosives. >> reporter: extra security precautions for the july 4th weekend. but new york city, deploying a 24/7 force that no city in the world can match. from the air. you see a lot of potential targets, don't you? >> you sure do. >> reporter: from the sea. >> they're looking for the components of a dirty bomb. >> reporter: and with the 525 officers of the newly-formed critical response command on the streets. officers with radiation detectors. dogs trained to sniff the kind of chemicals used by isis in its suicide bombs. that's the waldorf there. all coordinated at a counterterror center that monitors some 9,000 video feeds from cameras across the city. >> at the click of a mouse, we can move from camera to camera. >> reporter: from the brooklyn bridge, to times

abc's brian ross is on the trail. >> reporter: it's all about the money.rties with a woman dancer in a bubble in the middle of a fountain at the philadelphia museum of art. to the nighttime cruises. >> that's when the real business gets down, outside of the convention halls. >> reporter: to the luxury suites at the convention center and the private parties with gourmet scrambled eggs and caviar. >> this caviar is probably worth $30 to $40. >> reporter: this document lays out what it costs to be a democratic vip. the highest level called the written house square, for democrats who raise more than $1,250,000. >> people give for a variety of reasons. they want their phone calls returned. they want access and influence. >> we've received an invitation to the vice president's breakfast but not white house reception. >> reporter: and also in the hacked materials, phone messages from top democratic donors calling headquarters apparently looking for their reward. >> i got a call last week. my wife tells me, from debbie wasserman schultz, about a small dinner with

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aabc, brian ross said the fbi statement is an indictment without a criminal charge. that is tough.n nbc, said hiltry has a credibility problem but then, he says but, she can recover because her opponent is donald trump. that may sound biassed but it isn't, because donald trump has a credibility problem himself. if it weren't for donald trump she'd be in more trouble today than she is. >> i don't like that statement from todd for this reason. it shouldn't be a comparative situation when analyzing hillary clinton and her e-mail. what she did and what comey said is dishonest. the history behind secretary clinton, right, is one of a pattern of behavior as mr. stevens just pointed out. so donald trump didn't have anything to do with this right now. >> no. i disagree with you in this respect. it's a fair analysis to say this woman would be in real trouble except you have to consider who her opponent is. it gets partisan is when the partisans get involved in the debate. there are hillary supporters, you can have a videotape of hillary clinton personally shredding e-mails and documents. it

here's brian ross.ic evidence tonight of the involvement of putin intelligence agency in the cyberattack on the dnc. smoking gun in the mall ware code used for the hack. >> it was aneurysm p address previously seen and other russian atribbleed attack. >>reporter: seeing a conspiracy to help donald trump win the election@c%b. >> real motivation here. no one they would like more in the white house than a friend like donald trump. >>reporter: putin has frbingly praised glowing0>"4ñ terms. >> putin likes me. i respect putin he's a strong leader. trump is a well known figure in moscow. he 93rd a popular russian music video. for the project around the zillionaire close to pint. >> thank you. >>reporter: including one of them who hosted trump miss moscow three years ago. trump campaign manager paul has his own ties to russia. working as a political consultant for pro russian candidate in the ukraine. he denied any connection to the hacked dnc e-mail. >>' z9 absurd. no basis to it. >> according to one of the l

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the money trail for us, good morning, brian. >>conventions cost big money and also a place where big money is raised and big donors are rewarded. for the first time in recent memory the republicans are having to deal with a lot fewer donors and a lot less money. it's costing more than $60 million just to put on the convention. from the opening fireworks to the 125,000 balloons overhead waiting to be dropped on the last night. but even as the delegates were gathered, the republican party was scraping to come up with the cash to pay for it all with major corporations reportedly sitting it out or backing out. >> some gave reason, some did not. some that gave did talk about sort of the publicity around just this whole election process. >> reporter: it's the trump factor. fewer ceos, lobbyists and billionaires arriving in their private jets. big parties half empty. despite the best efforts of cleveland's bartenders and its top chefs. >> this is the million dollar ravioli. >> reporter: at the big event last night for republican senators

on abc, brian ross said the fbi statement is an indictment without a criminal charge.t's pretty tough. on cbs, john dickerson said, comey undermined a lot of what hillary clinton has said about her private server. that's a nice way of saying she lied. and on nbc, chuck todd said hillary has a credibility problem, but then he says, but she can recover because her opponent is donald trump. that may sound biased, but it isn't, because donald trump has a credibility problem himself, and if it weren't for donald trump, she would be in far more trouble today than she is. >> but i don't like that statement from todd for this reason. it shouldn't be a comparative situation when analyzing hillary clinton and her e-mail. what she did and what comey said, she was dishonest. and the history behind secretary clinton, all right, is one of a pattern of behavior, as mr. stevens just pointed out. so trump really didn't have anything to do with this right now. >> well no, i disagree in this respect. it's fair analysis to say this woman would be in real, real trouble, maybe the kind of t

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