who's bruce hill? did you know that name?r: did you ever see him at the farm property on job sites? >> no, never. needed proof that there was no connection between the two men. so he paid hill a visit. >> bruce hill's shown a picture of rick gagnon and his words were, i've never seen that cracker [ bleep ] before. bruce hill had been unambiguous and was very blunt that he did not know rick gagnon. >> reporter: 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. >> it was 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. >> reporter: and there were developments? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: namely, the arrival of a new inmate. >> and i was in the chapel at the time. it was my job assignment. and he was brought into the chapel. >> reporter: one day the man opened up and stunned rick. he said he'd known a guy in jail mullins, the very same who testified against rick. the m

abc's may b kb c's mary bruce, hill. >> reporter: are you finally going to get health reform done? >> making problem. >> reporter: the vice president arriving at the capitol to rally republicans. his message? now is the time. just six working days left for republicans to overhaul obamacare with a simple majority vote. the white house tonight is fully onboard. the president's working the phones. >> all-in. >> reporter: the new gop plan ends obamacare subsidies and the medicaid expansion. states will get some money to use as they see fit. >> here's the choice for america. socialism or federalism. when it comes to your health care. >> reporter: but states could allow insurers to charge more to people with some pre-existing conditions and stop covering certain acceptable health benefits like prescription drugs or maternity care. republicans can afford to lose just two votes. senator rand paul is already a no, and tonight, more are waivering. >> we do need to reform the affordable care ability, but we need to do so in a bipartisan, careful way, making sure we understand the consequences

here's mary bruce from capitol hill. >> reporter: the mad dash to deliver. are you finally going to get health care reform the capitol to rally republicans. his message, now is the time. six working days left for republicans to overhaul obamacare with a simple majority vote. the white house is fully on board. the president working the phones. the new gop plan ends obamacare subsidies and the medicaid expansion. instead, states will get some money to use as they see fit. >> here's choice for america. socialism or federalism? when it comes to your health care. >> reporter: but states could allow insurers to charge more to people with some preexisting conditions. and stop covering certain essential health benefits, like prescription drugs or maternity care. republicans can afford to lose just two votes. senator rand paul is already a no. and more are wavering. >> we do need to reform the affordable care act, but we need to do so in a bipartisan, careful way, making sure we understand the consequences. >> reporter: now as for some of right now are on senator joh

mary bruce has the details from capitol hill. >> reporter: this is the only glimpse of donald trump jr. we got. reporters craning for a closer look. but his five-hour meeting with congressional investigators shrouded in secrecy. a prime focus, that trump tower meeting during the campaign with a russian lawyer, set up after an acquaintance told don jr. the lawyer had dirt on hillary clinton. the president's son responded, if it's what you say, i love it. don jr. told the committee he took the meeting because to the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, i believed that i shurd at least hear them out. don jr. has described the meeting as par for the course in a political campaign. >> for me, this was opposition research. >> reporter: he says nothing came of it and sources told developmen investigators there was no collusion and he never told his father about the >> reporter: did donald trump jr. way some of your concerns? >> there are still a lot of gaps and questions to be answered. >> reporter: donald trump jr.'s sto

mary bruce with us live from capitol hill tonight. how realistic with that list you just showed us that congress could actually tackle immigration and the d.r.e.a.m.ers with everything else on the list? >> reporter: yeah, david. this is a tall order. six months is not a lot of time, especially up here. now top republicans i have talked with say if the president wants them to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers, he has got to get involved. work the phones, tell them specifically what he is willing to sign so congress can get to work, david. >> mary bruce live on the hill for us. thank you, mary. >>> we turn next to north korea after its powerful nuclear bomb test tonight, promising more, quote, gift packages for the united states. that threat as concerns are growing. that the north is preparing for another intercontinental ballistic missile test. abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, reporting in from seoul, south korea, tonight. >> reporter: today, a show of firepower off the korean coast, the south korean navy conducting live-fire exerci

hill. and mary bruce joins us live from the capitol. the congressman, now back to work full time? >> reporter: yeah, david. scalise is now back on the hill full time. but lawmakers tell me, he's already been working for weeks, behind the scenes, on the phone, keeping up with all the activity here. david? >> great to see steve scalise back tonight. mary bruce, thank you. >>> we turn next to the russia investigation on capitol hill. we told you here last night that facebook admitted they sold ads to russian companies, posing as americans. at least 300,000 ads. tonight, twitter is revealing they did the same. identifying 200 twitter accounts that spread misinformation. one russian company spending $274,000 for ads aimed at swing states to help sew doubts about hillary clinton and help donald trump get elected. >>> next here tonight, ing hugh hefner he was admired by so many. reviled by others. but he did make his mark. abc's senior national correspondent matt gutman, right here in los angeles tonight. >> i'm hugh hefner, editor and publisher of "playboy" magazine. >> reporter: from th

mary bruce joins us tonight from capitol hill. mary, were they happy? you talked to republican leaders. didn't sound that way. >> reporter: no, david. they were not. this is a major blow to republicans. a three-month extension sets up a big battle in december and gives democrats leverage, just as republicans are hoping to seal a deal on tax reform. potentially typing their hands on one of the president's top priorities. david? >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, just hours ago, the attorney general announced the end of daca. brought here by their parents. saying they are illegal aliens taking american jobs. the president then tweeted overnight, congress now has six months to legalize daca. if they can't, i will revisit this issue. abc's senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, asking the president today, did he suddenly change his mind? >> reporter: in the oval office today, we asked president trump if he's having a change of heart. mr. president, are you having second thoughts on daca based on your tweets? >> no second thoughts. >> reporter: but

there are many mary bruce tonight back on the hill. >> reporter: with protests mounting tonight, theepublican health care bill appears doomed to fail. late word tonight maine senator susan collins says she is a no, making her the third senator to come out against the bill. the republicans tonight do not have the votes. the dramatic move comes after opposition to the republican health care bill came roaring through the halls of capitol hill. anger and frustration boiling over. today's hearing had just begun when the cries rang out. >> if you want a hearing, you better shut up. >> reporter: and outside, chaos. >> move against the wall! right now! move against the wall! right now! >> reporter: protester after protester hauled off and arrested, many in wheelchairs. this man physically dragged out. people have been lining up here for hours. check this out. this is just the beginning. it goes on as far as you can see. pam willis came all the way from wyoming. she says this bill is a matter of life or death for her daughter. what's the message that you want lawmakers to hear from you and fr

the a's going for a sweep of the rangers today in their seventh straight win with cotton on the hill. brucell knelt for the second straight day. first major league player to do so. cotton pitching a jam, struck out six. he left the game after five for precautionary reasons. chris davis capping off a five-run fifth. see ya. his 41st home run of the season. a's win a season high seventh straight. 8-1 the final, sweeping the rangers. >>> giants and l.a. marty grandal with all three runs for l.a. straton, five hits. kersha kershaw, eight innings, striking out six. dodgers win 3-1. >>> tour championship. jordan spieth finished in a tie for seventh. finished the day 3 under 67. and the rookie shot a 2 under 68. this kept him in the lead. and justin thomas tied for the lead, a 25-foot birdie on 18. he's won five times this year and how did that not go in? so zander had this three-foot birdie for the win. first rookie to win the tour championship, earning $1.58 million. >>> we'll take a tour around the rest of tonight's nfl action at 11:00 p.m. over on abc 7. today, over 200 players chose to protes

abc's mary bruce back on the hill. >> reporter: tonight, the pressure is on for the republican senators who will make or break the new health care bill. watching closely from virginia, mom samantha mcgovern. her daughter, josephine, was born at just 24 weeks. that's considered a pre-existing condition. her mostly health care costs $27,000. samantha's worried what happens if insurance stops covering that bill. >> i want them to find a way to cover me and put it in the bill. don't leave it up to chance. don't leave it up to states. don't roll the dice and take the risk and take the gamble on my child's life. >> reporter: the bill does require states provide access to adequate and affordable health insurance, but those terms are not defined or guaranteed. states could allow insurers to charge some people with pre-existing conditions more. >> i'm going to take the money that we would have spent on obamacare in washington and send it back home and let us do a better job with it. >> reporter: but with far less money. by one new estimate, $160 billion less. tonight, the opposition from medical

on capitol hill, bruce leshan, wusa9. >> senator lindsey graham tells reporters he's never felt better about his chances of repealing obamacare. >>> in only we could repeal hurricane maria from the global map, that might make a lot of people's live as whole lot easier, because they are going to get pounded. >> it is going to get much worse. almost as strong now, and the track is it's much closer to bringing the eyewall through san juan. >> which is crazy, because the projection just with irma, that they would be out months and months without power. >> this could be catastrophic for them. st. croix, and st. thomas too. let's go back to jose. we'll talk about wave heights. there's some pretty decent waves showing up. got a 15-foot wave here just off of ocean city. it's not quite onshore. still, that's fairly impressive. we'll go a little closer to shore and the waves are 10 feet. jose will continue to create dangerous rip current, and these high waves right on through the week, really. then by the time they die down from jose, maria will take a similar track. it's going to be dangerous a

mare rip bruce, back on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, republicans are conceding defeat. >> we've made the decision since we don't have the votes, we will postpone that vote. am i disappointed? absolutely. >> reporter: but for mom samantha mcgovern, who worried what this bill would mean for her daughter, josephine, relief. >> i'm much happier today than i was the last time i saw you. >> reporter: the fatal blow dealt by senator susan collins of maine. >> it was clear to me that the graham/cassidy bill was not the answer. >> reporter: her objections to the bill? the deep cuts to medicaid, and the concern millions would lose coverage. lisa more cow ski of alaska who opposed the last attempt -- >> i said in january, we should not repeal without a replacement. >> reporter: didn't like the process this go-round, saying the u.s. senate cannot get the text of a bill on a sunday night, then proceed to a vote just days later, with only one hearing. john mccain, who took down the last gop attempt with this defiant thumb's down, agreed, he wants a bipartisan process. his best friend in

abc's mary bruce on the hill for us. >> reporter: in the oval office today, that stunning image -- the president cutting a deal with democrats and blindsiding his own party. just an hour earlier, the speaker of the house blasted the democrats' proposal to raise the debt ceiling and government for only three months. >> i think that's a ridiculous and disgraceful -- >> reporter: republicans wanted a long-term solution to avoid another bruising fight in december. but in the oval office, sitting down with leaders of both parties, the president sided with the democrats, a surprise snap decision that left republicans reeling. the meeting grew even more tense when ivanka trump walked in. sources say the conversation veered off topic, as gop leaders grew visibly annoyed. afterwards, back at the capitol, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell frustrated, but resigned. >> the president agreed with senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi. >> reporter: democrats gleeful. >> today was a good day in a generally, very partisan town. >> reporter: and the president also painting a rosy picture. >> we

. >>> swea rangers with cotton on the hill. bruceor the second straight day, the first major league baseball player to do so. oakland gave him run support, khris davis capping off a five-run fifth, his 41st home run of the season. 8-1 in the final, as sweep rangers. >>> in l.a. facing dodgers, bottom four hits this two run homer. strat tan, three runs on five hits. clayton kershaw allows just one run on eight hits striking out six. dodgers need to go 2-1 down the stretch to avoid 100 losses. this is abc sports. coming up, our plays of the day and chance to win in an unusual contest. worth the wait. stick around. okay. >>> amid some hope amid the devastation in mexico, a dog found alive in the rubble after tuesday's massive earthquake. a struggle for votes to pass a bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act, the last minute effort by republicans trying to win support. >>> a last minute look minute n and drew will have more on the other side of the break. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are su

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> and this news from john mccain, sharing a troubling developmentn his battle with aggressive brain cancer. he says after completing his first round of radiation and keim o chemo therapy, doctors have given him a very poor prognosis. he says he sometimes has feelings of fear but feels gratitude for having a great life. >>> the supreme court won't rule on president trump as travel ban anytime soon. the decision to drop any cases related to the travel ban from its callender comendar comes as president add new countries. have used private e-mails for official business. at least six officials conducted business from their personal e-mail accounts, including ivanka trump, steve bannon and reince priebus. it's not illegal, but they must be forwarded to official accounts to be preserved for the record. >>> meanwhile, general h.r. mcmaster told reporters that there were people inside the trump administration who quite, may have misunderstood what their role was. but he said those people are largely gone. mcmaster went on to say that he hasn't witnessed any

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> president trump also says he's ready to work with democrats on legalizing the daca program after tweeting that he's but the president insists he has no second thoughts about ending the program that protects immigrants who came to the u.s. as children. and there is a new legal challenge. 15 states are suing the government over the plan to repeal daca. >>> coming up, the daring escape by a shoplifting suspect in texas. >> what she used as a get away car, pushing 100 miles per hour, we'll show you how it all ended. >> we'll also check in on the latest, up to the minute radar on the position of irma and where the form is currently tracking. you're watching "world news now." and you look amazing...lyt dates.comfortable.azing. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth... so, don't half-wash it. downy and it's done. your toilet is germ-ridden with mineral buildup. clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach is no match

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and north korea is promising more so-called gift packages fortse a diplomat used for his country's test of a hydrogen bomb. he said there more to come if the ouu.s. continues reckless provocations. meanwhile, the president has approved the sale of more military equipment to south korea and japan. >>> and wildfires are burning 1.5 milli 1.5 million acres of land. the embers from the eagle creek fire have caused flames to spread across the boarder in washington state. it's dropping large amountis of ash on portland. >>> and the young son of a fallen police officer received a special sendoff on his first day of school. >> austin started kindergarten yesterday. more than two dozen of his father's colleagues escorted the 5-year-old to his bus stop >> his dad was killed while responding to a domestic violence call in december. his colleagues have vowed they will never forget his family. >> wow, what a great show of support for him. >>> and coming up, another new england team stands accused of cheating. >> major league baseball has found that the first

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> and north korea is promising more so-called gift packages fort ousfor the u.s. that was the phrase a diplomat used for his country's test of a hydrogen bomb. he said there more to come if the ouu.s. continues reckless provocations. meanwhile, the president has approved the sale of more military equipment to south ko >>> and wildfires are burning 1.5 milli 1.5 million acres of land. the embers from the eagle creek fire have caused flames to spread across the boarder in washington state. it's dropping large amountis of ash on portland. >>> and the young son of a fallen police officer received a special sendoff on his first day of school. >> austin started kindergarten yesterday. more than two dozen of his father's colleagues escorted the 5-year-old to his bus stop >> his dad was killed while responding to a domestic violence call in december. his colleagues have vowed they will never forget his family. >> wow, what a great show of support for him. >>> and coming up, another new england team stands accused of cheating. >> major league baseball bosto

>> mary bruce live on the hill again tonight.nk you, mary. >>> next, north korea reacting this evening to president trump's fiery address at the u.n. the president saying the u.s. may have no choice but to totally destroy north korea, calling its leader kim jong-un a rocket man on a suicide mission. tonight, north korea's foreign minister calling those remarks, quote, the sound of a dog barking, and that north korea is not scared. >>> we turn now to the horror unfolding right now in myanmar. vice president mike pence just today tellinsetynco sg swg t a the rohingya are considered one of the most persecuted minorities on earth. our cameras there as they escape their homes amid reports of torture, rape and ethnic cleansing by their own country's military. myanmar's de facto leader, ang san suu kyi, a nobel laureate, addressing the rohingya crisis for the first time since reports more than 400,000 have now fled in fear. and abc's bob woodruff tonight, on the front lines in myanmar. you're about to see what bob witnessed first-hand.

here's abc news reporter mary bruce on the hill. >> tonight the mad dash to deliver. >> mr.e president, you finally going to get health reform done? >> making progress. >> reporter: the vice president arriving at the capitol to rally republicans. his message, now is the time. just six working days left for republicans to overhaul obamacare with a simple majority vote. the white house tonight is fully on board. the president is working the phones. the new gop plan ends obamacare subsidies and the med case expansion. instead, states will get some money to use as they see fit. >> here's the choice for america. socialism or federalism when it comes to your health care? >> reporter: but states could allow insurers to charge more to people with some pre-existing conditions and stop covering certainly essential health benefits like prescription drugs or maternity care. republicans can afford to lose just two votes. senator rand paul is already a no and tonight more are wavering. >> we do need to reform the affordable care act, but we need to do so in a bipartisan careful way, makin

in fair hill, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> you've heard of narcan. know it brings people back from the dead. no overstatement there. it's one of the only tools right now to save lives in the opioid epidemic, but does it encourage addicts to keep on using? our bill anderson went along with those on the front lines for goodness sake. >> in my hyped narcan should really be in your medicine cabinet as if it were aspirin. >> reporter: you hear about it every day. but has opioid addiction become so common and so deadly that anti overdose medication is something we need to view as an search item? >> all the people i think it's appropriate for us to share a moment of silence. >> reporter: people are trying everything including citywide training sessions we are learning how to administer narcan and if necessary even getting the prescription. >> you're gonna press and administer one dose. >> reporter: one in zero receives events to get the message out that we have to be prepared at any moment to save a life in any section of the city. >> every day 100 people d

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> lockheed martin posted video this week of its new giant laser beam. it shows a test of how the athena can blow drones out of the sky. lockheed says it's moving closer to being able to take on more sophisticated threats. for instance, it may one day be able to help protect soldiers in combat from swarms of drones. the laser provides more speed, provision and lower cost compared to other weapons. >>> saudi arabia announced today that it will allow women to drive for the first time. saudi arabia was the only country in the world to ban women from driving. and for years had taken negative publicity internationally for detaining women who defied that ban. the state document says the u.s. is happy with this decision. despite worries that the president's travel restrictions would hurt san francisco tourism in this year, the numbers are up from last year. in 2016, nearly 25.2 million people visited the city. they spent $8.9 billion. this year the travel association estimates 25.6 million people will visit, and they will spend $9.1 billion in our fair ci