. >> george stephanopoulos sitting down with hugh jackman, his new film diving into hart's downfall and the media dilemma. >>> and the comeback kid. but first the "nightline" five. well, it's a whole day's worth of love songs. or 300 minutes of baby videos. a gig goes a long way. that's why xfinity mobile lets you pay for data one gig at a time. and with millions of wifi hotspots included, you'll pay even less for data. or if you need a lot we have unlimited too. plus, get $200 back when you buy a new smart phone. it's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store today. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. chris watts was seemingly living a life of suburban bliss with his picture perfect family, but prosecutors say he was hiding a dark side, carrying on a secret affair with a desire to start over. that desire so strong he was willing to kill for it. here's abc's lindsey davis. >> how could a seemingly normal husband and father annihilate his entire family? for what? >> reporter: it's the ultimate question. why chris watts, an outwardly loving spouse and father, murdered hi

george stephanopoulos, thank you very much. i want to remind everybody george has a big show this morning. he's going to speak with democratic congressman elijah cummings and jerrold incoming chairs of two key committees who may lead investigations of the trump administration. plus he'll go one-on-one with counsellor to the president kellyanne conway. it's all coming up on "this week." that's right here on abc. >>> let's go back to rob marciano who is in malibu covering the fires. the fires impacting hundreds of thousands of people in california and the threat far from over this morning. >> that's right. every time we get a cold pulse of air east of the rocky mountains. it's all kind of connected. snow that's been falling in western new york, the lake effect snows, they are cranking because the air coming over those relatively warm great lakes is very, very cold. an arctic blast with temperatures that will feel with the wind below 30 degrees in places like birmingham, alabama, nashville, georgia. tomorrow is going to be pretty

let's bring in george stephanopoulos who will be hosting "this week" later this morning. george, good morning. >> good morning, guys. >> happy holiday weekend. the threat that the president is making to shut down the southern border, is there any precedent for this? what would the consequences be? >> it's hard to say what it means exactly. completely shutting down the border -- the president has wide latitude on immigration. he has an awful lot of power legally on immigration. whether he can shut down the interior border isn't practical. you have $1.7 billion in commerce going across the border every single day, hundreds of thousands of people. if you shut down the border, you shut down the economy of the entire southwest. it just isn't practical. now, the president could put some pauses in. he could try to get this plan implemented to hold people on the other side as they apply for asylum. completely shutting down the border i don't think it's going to happen. >> let me ask you about something interesting he's doing tomorrow. he's going to fly to mississippi. a deep red s

here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> hello, again. you can see that we're broadcasting this morning from our election headquarters here in new york. this is erto go. for what's shaping up to the most consequential election in years. it feels like a presidential election. americans are engaged. passions high. early voting through the roof and president trump is campaigning as if he were on the ballot. one way he is. if democrats win the house or the senate tuesday night, trump will wake up to a very different presidency wednesday morning. our brand-new abc news/"washington post" poll shows the president coming into these midterms with the lowest approval of any president since harry truman. he's at 40%, with 53% disapproving of trump's performance. it's the lowest on record. 59% of likely voters say it's important for them to vote shares their opinion of president trump. democratic house candidates lead republicans by 8 points among likely voters, 52% to 44%. that's down from 14 points from last month. the republican base is clearly re

i'm be joining george stephanopoulos and our team starting 8:00 p.m. here. in tennessee covering the senate race in solid trump country where the taylor swift factor may other may not get the youth vote. have a great weekend. at weekend. here are the facts.leading attacks against prop c. the city's chief economist says prop c will "reduce homelessness" by creating affordable housing, expanding mental-health services, and providing clean restrooms and safe shelters with independent oversight, open books, and strict accountability measures to make sure every penny goes to solving our homeless crisis. vote yes on c. endorsed by the democratic party, nancy pelosi, and dianne feinstein.

nice try george stephanopoulos, but your alex p. keaton wasn't as good as this marty mcfly. cheers.er took us back to the future, alongside al roker. >> here we are. we're ready to go. >> and hoda as elton john, come on! ♪ that's why they call it the blues ♪ >> she really committed with a bald cap giving harry styles a run for his rocketman money. >> hoda wins halloween. >> she won, right? >>> we have seen celebs rocking interesting and amazing costumes. here's the big question. who were the best? we're counting down our top three. >> you saw my number one. the ones we picked will blow you away. today you'll see some freddie mercury imitators. but rami malek is the real deal in "bohemian rhapsody" and i was at t new york premiere last night. ♪ another one bites the dust >> it's ornate. it's decadent and it's exactly the way freddie would want it. >> luckily the guys made it to this premiere without a hitch, unlike the one in london. >> you guys came to the premiere in a rolls royce. >> we did. >> that broke down. >> it did. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. we were about to push

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>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >> split decision. >> we don't agonize. we organize. >> democrats take back the house. >> there is never any fight that is too big for us to pick. >> promise to take on trump. >> mr. president, ready or not here we come. >> the president touts gains in the senate. >> i thought it was close to a complete victory. >> takes aim at the house. >> being in the majority i'll just blame them, you understand. i'll blame them. >> the stage set for showdowns in washington. democrats vow to check trump. the president warns that means war. will either side prevail? can they work together on anything? what will that mean for you? we talk to two new committee chairs. elijah cummings heads oversight. jerry nadler will chair the judiciary committee. and -- >> matt whitaker is a respected man. he will do a good job. >> trump's choice to fill in for jeff sessions under fire. >> i think he has a clear conflict of interest. >> will the new attorney general be forced to recuse from the russia investigation? if he stays, can he oversee m

george stephanopoulos leading our coverage from a very special election set that is much cooler than our set. you see it there. >> take a look at it. >> it's on the ground floor at the abc headquarters. it is where they used to do "the chew," "millionaire" and a bit of history. it's where the nixon/kennedy debate apparently was shot way back when. >> interesting. >>> a large home near philadelphia is gone, leveled by a gas explosion. >> it happened in gladwin, one of the city's wealthy main line suburbs. no one was at home at the time and no injuries are reported. it's on a large property so it appears no other homes were damaged. the 9,000-foot home was on the market earlier this year for $1.8 million. the blast was heard 20 miles away in new jersey. >> the utah mayor killed in afghanistan is being remembered as a patriot. bret taylor died during an insider attack in kabul. he left his family and job to serve his country, making the ultimate sacrifice. lana zak has more on the life of this fallen hero. >> reporter: the major mayor killed in an insider attack in afghanistan. army nat

here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. hope you're enjoying the thanksgiving weekend. for all of you who took a break from politics during the holiday welcome back to a fateful new chapter for the trump presidency. over month from now the president will face a democratic house for the first time. in just over a week he'll face a choice, shut down the government over his border wall or punt on that promise once and for all. dozens of presidential contenders are lining up to take him on in 2020 and what could be most consequential, the next moves from special counsel robert mueller. the president has answered some of his final questions. will mueller write his final report or take trump to court to force more testimony? tomorrow we'll learn if paul manafort is following through on his promise to cooperate in the case. more plea deals are in the works. mueller may have been silent during the midterms, but his team has been active behind the scenes. spending dozens of hours with multiple witnesses. so now, aside from trump him

as he wraps up his final term as governor, the 66-year-old republican told abc's george stephanopoulos that virtually every day he's having earnest conversations about running. kasich has criticized the president over the divisive political environment as well as certain policies like immigration. >>> former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski is denying the report that secret service had to break up an altercation he had in the west wing with white house chief of staff john kelly. lewandowski told fox news he and kelly had a candid discussion but declined to say if kelly grabbed him. lewandowski is promoting a new book which alleges many administration officials are working against the president's agenda. he'll be on "good morning america" later this morning. >> we'll find out if there was a physical confrontation between the two. >> i'll be sitting on the edge of my seat waiting to find out. >>> a north carolina highway trooper made a pre-christmas delivery on the job. >> sergeant brian maynard's dash cam captured the scene as a car raced past him at 85 miles an hour. the woman

he told our george stephanopoulos he is having conversations with his family. kasich has criticized president trump for his tone. he has slammed the president's policies on the national debt and immigration. >>> switching gears now, "wreck it ralph" not only broke the internet, but helped break box office rec.tidsors. "creed ii," another movie seque.,el the overall box office for the holiday weekend topped $300 million. that's a new record. >>> well, you may end up spending your cyber monday savings on a christmas tree. prices are high because there is a shortage this year it turns out. ten years ago during the height of the recession, growers cut back on the number of trees they planted, and sellers have been forced to raise prices by as much as 15% this year. >> good newss you can still find a christmas tree. just might cost you more. >> yes. absolutely. just get a fake one. >>> coming up, possible new trouble for facebook. the internal documents that have been seized. >>> but first, the so-called seven minutes of terror that's expected today as a nasa probe

live election night coverage led by our george stephanopoulos along with david muir and our entire powerhouse political team all starting at 8:00 eastern going all night long. >>> and as we head toward tuesday, an important election day forecast when it comes to weather. there is a severe weather threat building from louisiana through kentucky following these drenching rains in new england, that drone footage -- take a look at that -- of flooded roads outside boston made for treacherous driving and took down some trees, as well, our seen meteorologist rob marciano standing by with the new round of rough weather ahead including storms that could affect voting on tuesday in some key states. >> that's right, tom. it could be a dangerous situation starting as soon as tomorrow flight so let's get right to the areas of concern. here's the storm prediction center outlook for tomorrow. northern louisiana in through the ohio river valley but the highlighted area of memphis, tupelo and nashville is where we could see some tornadoes. it starts after sunset so more dangerous crossing the mississippi afte

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> 9:00 here in the east.e now closed in 40 states, although six states are keeping their polls open because the turnout so big. so far in the house and senate, so far, republicans have picked up one seat in the senate. that is the seat in indiana. they have picked up one seat, extended their majority. democrats have picked up two seats in the house. they need 23 to take control. we do have a new result coming in from the house. this is disappointment to democrats. amy mcgrath, the former marine combat pilot, defeated by andy barr. as you said, she ran a different kind of campaign. it wasn't good enough. >> it certainly wasn't good enough. but this is a district that trump won by 15 points, her opponent, andy barr, looks like will get that fourth term. he was all-in on trump. mcgrath did not air any negative ads. it was a new kind of model. they put in a candidate who was a combat pilot, who was a marine, but it just didn't work. >> the democrats said they didn't need amy mcgrath to win, but so far, it just ha

george stephanopoulos will anchor. you can watch on the go with the abc 7 news app.nload it for free. we will send you a push alert once the president is about to speak. let's shift to weather and the day ahead >> hey, jess kafplt hi, everybody. sunny and mild today. breezy at the coast. fire danger don't as breezes shift to your mountains. coolest along the coast. mid-to upper 60s. they will fall a little bit this afternoon, especially after 3:00 when the breezes kick in. upper 70s to low 70s inland. for tonight, microclimates. 30s in the north bay. rest of us mid to upper 40s. 50 around fairfield, antioch, san mateo. low 60s above 1,00re ssur or the eas south through the rockies. between them they are funneling this fast wind over top of us. it will start to spread into the north bay. it will peak twice. 9:00 tomorrow morning. that's when we are around 20 to 40 in the north bay. 20 to 30 in the east bay hills and diablo range. it will peak again 6:00 thursday evening. those are the two times the winds will be fastest. the dry air hangs around. so do temperatures ab

jon: there is news about george stephanopoulos quick. >> yes the former trump campaign advisor is scheduled to begin a two-week sentence for making false statements to the fbi but last week he tried to delay his sentence citing an ongoing case that he is challenging today a federal judge said there is no delay he needs to report tomorrow morning for his sentence. jon: one of the busiest travel days of the year and blizzard warnings at least 1000 flights have been canceled and the roads are not much better giving post- thanksgiving travel and nightmare. . >> we do expect to see delays because of one big storm across the central plains with a lot of wind and slow from the denver airport through chicago airport and coming in or out will be impacted storms yesterday across the mid-atlantic and the east coast from the remainder of the storm to exit across parts of the northeast that the first blizzard of the year kansas city hasn't seen over 3 inches of rain in a storm in over five years this might just do that to break records and with that blizzard conditions over 35 miles an hour if you are t

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> good evening. and welcome to election night 2018.t two years after donald trump shocked the world by winning the white house, americans are back at the polls. already voting in record numbers for what could be the most consequential midterm election of mod tern times. control of congress, the course of the trump presidency, our country's future all at stake. we're here in new york, our political team in the studio. reporters across the country in key battleground states to track th

a is george stephanopoulos. b is the correct answer. , who played george papadapolis on the tv show "webster." and d is snuffaluffagus, of course. [ laughter ] all right, let's get another person. raise your hand if you wanna play "news for brews." yes, right there buddy. come over here. i'll give it to you. here you go. >> thank you. >> jimmy: nice to see you, pal. >> thank you. >> jimmy: what's your name? >> i'm john. >> jimmy: john, very good. john, let's go for a cold beer. let's go for a cold beer now. john, where are you from? >> i'm from hatboro, outside of philly. >> jimmy: hey, there you go. there you go, that's it. [ applause ] all right, john, today is cyber monday and the national retail federation said this year's big gift trend for adults is cozy clothing. which of the following photographs of lenny kravitz wearing a scarf has not been altered? is it a? [ light laughter ] is it b? [ laughter ] is it c? [ laughter ] or is it d? [ light laughter ] >> i'm going to go with a" >> jimmy: that is correct! you get a cold beer! [ ch

morning on abc 7, senate judiciary member amy klobuchar, john kasich andnd dan abrams will join george stephanopouloslegal changes facing the trump administration. don't miss it at 8:00 a.m. >>> time now is 6:33. protesters are calling for justice after police shot and killed a black man at a mall in alabama. police now admitting they were wrong after originally calling him a suspect. police say thursdy night when the mall was already packed with black friday shoppers, shots rang out during a fight. when officers arrived, they say a man with a gun was fleeing the scene. an officer shot and killed him. now, officers say the man was not the one who fired shots that injured an 18-year-old and a 12-year-old. the family of the victim says he was fifth generation military and wanted to help race relations in the country. >> our country needs to come not forefront and say we going to stop looking at a man as a color. >> that's right. >> a man is a man. >> investigators now believe at least one shooter is on the run. protesters are calling for a transparent investigation and want people to boycott the mall.

abc 7, amy klobuchar, ohio governor john kasich and chief legal analyst don abrams will join george stephanopouloscing the trump administration. >>> time now is 5:33. protesters are calling for justice after police shot and killed a black man at a mall in alabama. police now admitting they were wrong after originally calling him a suspect. police say thursday night when the mall was already packed with black friday shoppers, shots rang out during a fight. this happened at a mall in hoover, alabama, when officers arrived they say a man with a gun was fleeing the scene and officers shot and killed him. now officers say the man was not the one who fired shots that injured an 18-year-old and a 12-year-old. bradford's family says he was fifth generation military and wanted to help race relations in the country. >> our country needs to come to the forefront and say, we going to stop looking at a man as a color. >> that's right. >> a man is a man. >> that's right. >> investigators now believe at least one shooter is on the run. protesters are calling for a transparent investigation and want people to boy

it was like spike lee and zach braff and george stephanopoulos. >> jimmy: those three hang out. >> theyt play here, like, i'll just -- i'll start something else. >> jimmy: wow, gosh, good thing it played. >> it played well, yeah. >> jimmy: good thing it wasn't a bad day or the president was thinking about, like, bombing osama bin laden at that time. >> he was very good at compartmentalizing it. he did that correspondents dinner while he was doing that. >> jimmy: you're right. well, it worked out quite well, i guess. yes. >> i think so. >> jimmy: are you working on another musical? >> not another historical musical, no. >> jimmy: but another musical. >> i always have ideas and it's sort of -- you kind of wait for the right one to raise its hand and say, oh, me. >> jimmy: i think you have an idea that you might not even realize you have. >> tell me more. >> jimmy: well, you posted something online. i think it was on twitter. you posted some letters. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: that you wrote to your parent when you were a kid. >> yes. so i was home sick. i had -- i was sick and i didn't want

george stephanopoulos, our chief anchor, will be anchoring, and he'll be joined by our team including matt and david muir and others at 8:00 eastern right here on abc. matt, thanks again. >> great to be here. >>> we have an update on the case against the man sending pipe bombs to leaders. cesar sayoc appearing in court and agreeing to be transferred from florida to new york to face criminal charges as another suspicious package is found. and also this this morning, newly released body cam footage show police in boca raton questioning the alleged serial mail bomber two months ago in the same white van where authorities believe he made those bombs. police say sayoc's i.d. checked out when they stopped him so they sent him on his way. >>> turning now to a deadly shooting in florida. >> a gunman opening fire inside a yoga studio killing two people and injuring several others before turning the gun on himself. abc's zachary kiesch is here with that story. zachary, good morning. >> reporter: whit, dan, eva, good morning to you. it's a terrible story. last night during class the shooter walk

he's our chief anchor, george stephanopoulos.ll be hosting our special edition of "this week" later this morning. as well as our election coverage on tuesday night. let's start with our poll this morning. it gives democrats in the house an eight-point advantage. that's not a lock? >> it's right on the bubble whether or not the democrats can take control of the house for a couple of reasons. number one, it's a national poll. that's capturing a lot of races and a lot of seats where the democrats have a huge advantage. in new york city they have a 25, 30-point lead. if you look at those battleground states that tom pointed out there, the lead narrows considerably to about 5 points, which is very close to the margin of error. this will be a nail-biter throughout the night whether democrats can take control of the house. >> senate, much harder for the democrats. >> what you're seeing there is democrats trying to defend seats that trump won pretty big in 2016. north dakota, missouri, indiana, and then they only have a couple of chances

. >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> saudi cover up. >> we're talking about a killing. so who did it? >> after saudi arabia's shifting explanations about the death of journalist jamal khashoggi, the cia now reportedly concluding the crown prince himself ordered the killing according to an explosive new report in the "washington post." >> they haven't assessed anything yet. that was a very premature report. that's possible. we'll see. >> president trump pushing back promising a full report on tuesday. who's really responsible and how far will the u.s. go t >> and - >> it's a hoax. there was no collusion. >> trump answering robert mueller's written questions. >> i'm sure they're tricked up. they like to catch people. >> president said he'll submit those answers to the special counsel this week. is the investigation coming to a close or heating up? we ask key members of the house and senate intelligence committees, plus insights and analysis from our powerhouse round stable. >>> and at least 35 democratic women preparing to take office for the firs

led by george stephanopoulos. numbers be and i'll be here on the big board telling you who's up, who's down. this is the house right now as it stands. republicans are the party in power with all that red and we've identified more than 100 key congressional races. we believe the battle for the house will be fought in these congressional districts across the country. we've assembled them on this chip eboard. places like georgia 6 and kentucky 6 and georgia 10. if there indeed is a a blue wave, we'll see it right here on this board. president trump is not on the ballot but this is very much a referendum on president trump. we will be able to break it down with the help off a 3d model. let's take a look at what's at stake in this election. all 435 house seats are up for grabs. and in the senate, they need gain two seats. but they could lose a lot more. we'll be keeping our eye on 36 governor races. a and a new abc news washington post poll saying they're certain to vote or have already voted. that's compared to 65% ba

here is abc's george stephanopoulos. >> so start with the shoulder in a little. >> reporter: we've neveris, defiant, unapologetic and angry as failed presidential candidate gary hart in the new movie "the frontrunner." >> it was important for me to impersonate gary. >> you did have that hair. >> senator gary hart. >> the campaign for president, which i waged earlier this year. >> reporter: it was the sex scandal of the decade. the married democratic frontrunner in the 1988 run for the presidency caught with a woman named donna white at his home. >> we saw you leave and come back with this woman -- >> you can't be serious. nobody is staying in my home. there is no need for that, all right? >> i am serious, sir. >> what did you know about gary hart when you took this movie? >> very little. i was backpacking with five other aussies in 1988. i don't remember the entire year, to be honest. i didn't know much about it. you have this true story of a cauldron of a presidential campaign. >> do you feel you have a traditional marriage? >> yeah, no, that's it. we're done here. >> you want to know w

here is abc's george stephanopoulos. >> reporter: it's the father knows best teachable moment sharedsat down for a heartfelt conversation with the boy who was bullying his son. >> i really wanted to know what was wrong with him. >> reporter: aubrey's 8-year-old son jordan had been having problems with 11-year-old tamarian for months. >> i talked to the school several times about it. one day my son's phone came up missing. this is enough. what are you guys going to do about it because i'm upset? >> reporter: that's when aubrey learned that his son's bully was also being bullied. >> honestly, i saw myself. i just saw somebody who needed a young me, who just needed kind of that male guidance. >> reporter: the fifth grader told aubrey that he didn't have any clean clothes or shoes and was being teased for it. >> the more i felt he was opening up to me, i started taking him shopping and i just bought him a few things, just something to help him uplift his spirits, his self-confidence, his self-esteem, everything. >> reporter: then aubrey initiated a conversation between the two boys. >> s

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, president trump has now responded to that majorn, has pled guilty to making a false statement to congress about a trump tower project in moscow that he worked on during the presidential campaign in 2016. this is part of a plea deal he has reached. you see him leaving the courthouse there in manhattan where he has turned a plea deal reached with special counsel robert mueller in the investigation. michael cohen, of course, a long-time confidante and lawyer to president trump, was working on the trump tower during the 2016 campaign, lied about it in 2017. this is what he said in court this morning. i made this statements to be consistent and loyal to individuals. i'm here with dan abrams. individual one, president trump. >> right. and so the question comes who else may have made statements to make sure that that narrative was consistent on this issue and why. this basically relates to when did they stop trying to do business in russia, big business in russia? was it just sort of a little thing that they discussed and dismissed in jan

now reporting, george stephanopoul stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. major breaking news in the russia investigation. michael cohen, long time fixer, has reached a new plea deal with special counsel robert muller. he is appearing in manhattan at any moment after dozens of hours of testimony to muller's team of testimony to muller's team centered on the key issues. this potentially more damaging to the president. cohen now the most pivotal public witness in the muller investigation. he reported directly to president trump for more than 10 years, was a fixture at trump tower in new york, and pursuing a trump tower in moscow during the presidential campaign. dan abrams, cohen once promised to take a bullet for president trump. he said is putting family and country first. now he pose a double-barreled threat to the president. >> as you pointed out a moment ago, this is the more significant threat. up to this point we have been talking about michael cohen and implicating the president in campaign finance violations. basically, helping to cover up the paymen

now reporting, george stephanopoul stephanopoulos. >>> good morning.jor breaking news in the russia investigation. michael cohen, long time fixer, has reached a new plea deal with special counsel robert muller. he is appearing in manhattan at any moment after dozens of hours of testimony to muller's team of testimony to muller's team centered on the key issues.

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning, we're coming on the air right now because presidentseats right there, still 11 seats outstanding, likely to be in the 30s before it's all over. republicans picking up two seats in the senate. there are still three senate seats outstanding. their majority could grow by a couple more as well. in the governors' races across the country last night, the democrats have picked up seven state houses and from the gop georgia is still outstanding. they're still counting the votes in georgia. a possibility there could be a runoff in that state, though we don't have that yet. the president has been up and tweeting already this morning, calling his victories last night, especially in the senate races, a tremendous success, but also taking on his critics in the media who have not given him enough credit and those in congress who might want to investigate. >> no surprise, george. we knew that he wasn't going to take responsibility. in fact, he said it himself coming into the midterms that whatever the outcomes were, he was not to blame despite having