>> david wright on the campaign trail. david, thank you. >>> the pentagon tonight identifying the american soldier killed in afghanistan. we reported on last night here. staff sergeant matthew thompson, a green beret from irvine, california, died in a roadside bomb attack. he was advising afghan forces on patrol in helmand province. there are 9,800 troops deployed in afghanistan. >>> back here at home now and to philadelphia, and to a striking moment making national headlines. a man who spent 25 years in prison, tried twice. dna now setting him free. and abc's linsey davis with the interview tonight. >> reporter: this is what freedom looks like for a man who spent more than half of his life behind bars. >> we did it! you know what i mean? today is our day. today is our day. 1993. a crime he's always said he didn't commit. >> god is good. >> yeah, he is. >> god is good. god is good. >> reporter: after the innocence project took on wright's case, the dna of a career criminal was found inside the victim.

>> david wright in nevada for us. david, thank you. >>> meantime, donald trump this evening, explaining a major shift in his immigration plan, and how he would handle 11 million undocumented immigrants. after primary, he would have a deportation force. abc's jonathan karl on a campaign tonight insisting this is no flip-flop. >> reporter: with the election just 75 days away, donald trump is still trying to figure out his ann migratn -- the central issue of his campaign. >> i'll be making a speech on that, i would say, over the next week. laying out an exact plan, and i think people will ht clear -- trump is now ditching this vow he made to deport everybody who came into the united states illegally. >> what do you do with the women and children? >> they're going to go with them oh, everybody. >> you send the whole family? >> sure, it's got to be a family unit. it's going to be done humanely. >> reporter: now he's suggti that's not going to happen. >> there certainly can be a softening, because we're not looking to hurt p

>> david wright with us tonight. david, thanks. >>> we turn now to the developing headline in the west. a raging wildfire out of control in washington state. and a tornado now confirmed here in the northeast. several major fires erupting around spokane, washington. thousands of acres lost in just a few hours. firefighters battling flames on the ground and from the air. homes are still standing. ginger is here tornado, and a new tropical system, but first, clayton sandell on the fire lines tonight. >> reporter: new fires tonight supercharged by an eold enemy. 35-mile-per-hour gusty winds pushing monster flames from seven new major blazes in washington state. >> gone up in flames. it's a gut wrencher. it hurts. >> reporter: j.j. anderson grew up in this area near spokane. he says the fire was moving too fast to save the homes of some of his neighbors. >> whatever was here of their memories, all gone with nothing to show. >> reporter: this wildfire has turned the landscape into a smoky apocalypse here. and can you see th

>> david wright at a trump rally tonight. david, thank you. >>> and all of this questions over what donald trump said women should do if they're sexually harassed in the workplace. abc's cecilia vega now with what ivanka trump is now saying, as she defends her dad. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's own comments about workplace sexual harassment causing yet another controversy. it began when trump defended former fox news boss roger ailes, who resigned after several women claimed he harassed them. >> i can tell you that some of the women that are complaining, and now all of a sudden they are saying these horrible things about him -- it's very sad. >> reporter: and then, when asked, what if ivanka trump was harassed at work? trump saying in a recent interview, "i would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case." suggesting that the victim is the one that should leave the job. eric trump defending his father -- >> you should certainly take it up with human resources and i think sh

>> david wright with us again tonight. david, thank you. >>> now, to the president, in the disaster zone tonight, under pressure to visit communities affected by the deadly floods in louisiana. president obama consoling families, getting a first-hand look at the devastation. more than 60,000 homes damaged or destroyed. the president criticized for waiting more than a week since the floods hit. donald trump, who went four days earlier, today tweeting, "too abc's phillip mena in louisiana tonight, where the president said, this should not be about politics. >> reporter: tonight, president obama reassuring the victims of the louisiana flood. >> what i want the people of louisiana to know is that you're not alone on this, even after the tv cameras leave. >> reporter: touring the devastation, he met with officials and residents. dismissing criticism for not cutting his vacation in martha's vineyard short last week. >> give me a good, strong guy here. >> reporter: donald trump visited four days ago. >> obama ought to get off the

david wright with us live tonight, and is there any response from the clinton team tonight about that new headline involving visitors to the state department while hillary was secretary of state? >> reporter: david, the clinton campaign is dismussing that report, saying the story relies on utterly flawed data, cherry picked to give a they've been characterizing the work of the clinton foundation as noble, doing good in the world, saying that trump's business is, by contrast, only in rich himself. david? >> david wright, thank you. >>> now, to the president, in the disarrest zone tonight, under pressure to visit communities affected by the deadly floods in louisiana. president obama consoling families, getting a first-hand look at the devastation. more than 60,000 homes damaged or destroyed. the president criticized for waiting more than a week since earlier, today tweeting, "too little, too late." abc's phillip mena in louisiana tonight, where the president said, this should not be about politics. >> reporter: tonight, president obama reassuring the victims of the louisiana flood. >>

>> david wright with us live tonight. david, thank you. >>> and it was while we were on the air last night here, we watched that man scaling trump tower, pulled in through those windows on live television. tonight, he's under arrest. and here's abc's gio benitez. man who climbed trump tower, hoping to get a private meeting with donald trump. the climber transfixing the city during the three-hour ordeal. police taking out a window pane to head him off. when he got to the 21st floor, police ordering him to come inside. he refuses, and grabs onto that building. officers then reach out and grab him. they pull him in safely, ending the spectacle. here you see him just after the arrest, inside an ivanka trump police immediately taking him to the hospital for a psychological evaluation. his name, stephen rogata. the 19-year-old posted this video manifesto on youtube, just a day before. >> i am an independent researcher. >> repter: a close family friend telling us, she's never known the young man to be obsessed with politics. >> v

one problem, david, it might be unconstitutional. >> david wright with us on a friday night. david, thanks. >>> meantime, hillary clinton releasing her 2015 tax returns and asking donald trump, where are his? we do the math tonight, how much would the clintons have saved under donald trump's proposed tax plan. here is cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: tonight, release his taxes, using his own words against him in a new video. >> but if you didn't see the tax returns, you would think there's almost, like something wrong. what's wrong? >> reporter: and applying more pressure by releasing hers. the clintons earned more than $10 million last year, a steep drop from the $28 million a year earlier, the result of fewer paid speeches, an issue that has dogged her campaign from the start. >> any speech that great should be released to the american people. >> reporter: but hillary clinton still earned more than $1 million for speaking to industries from tech to banking, before she formally launched her bid for the white house. the clintons' federal tax rate, more than 34%. and they don