gloria, do i have that correct? >> yes, i -- you know, i -- look, we don't know who the next national security adviser is going to be, we know who it is acting now, we know petraeus is coming in tomorrow, there have been other names, and i think the white house needs to conduct a search that's complete here, given what's transpired over the last three weeks, and so as long as they can keep it running, they need to come up with -- they need to come up with somebody that the president has confidence in. they may not be looking for controversy with petraeus, petraeus is very well regarded except for that problem. and i think there are other names that have come up, so i think we're going to have to wait and see on that. >> okay, gloria, stand by. jim acosta stand by. i want to get to david axelrod now, for -- to get his reaction to this breaking news. david axelrod, what's your reaction to flynn's resignation? >> well, he was in an untenable position, don, and the administration was in an untenable position, anyone who

do we have gloria? do we have gloria? we'll dial gloria back.rry, continue your thought. >> i understand. breaking news, and that happens. when -- hilary made a good point, this phone call happened on the day barack obama issued sanctions with russia, and it made sense for him to reach out to russia, the russian ambassador to talk about this, the problem is, i don't think there was a violation of the logan act here, i think he was in his rights and authority at the time to do so. >> here's the thing. >> everyone talks about the logan act, and maybe the logan act didn't apply to other people because at -- usually other people abide by one president at a time. >> right. >> it seems like this administration did not do that. >> here's the thing, i don't think there was a crime, with that being said, i think the cover-up was worse than the crime here, the fact that he didn't fully disclose it, and he appeared to not be factually accurate with pence. that's where the problem is, and that's where this has taken on a life of its own, it was difficult fo

gloria mentioned based on age, not based on income. they don't want to give subsidies to health healthy wea people for their health insurance. i'm pushing this. we shouldn't try to fix obamacare. that's what ryan's plan i think essentially does. i think ultimately what republicans should be for is doing what we did in the 1996 welfare bill, let's give this problem to the states, give them more money, not less money, more money. we did it in '96, put a cap and let them innovate and be able to deal with the problems in their own state. that to me is a simpler solution to this problem. >> that narrative that we are hearing, obamacare is in a death spiral, fact check that for us. >> look, you have seen people see their premiums going up. they were upset about the premiums going up. and what the democrats have said and maybe now the republicans are thinking about it is look you have to fix this because you have had insurance companies back out. i mean, the obamacare isn't working as it was envisioned. right? the question is do you need to t

>> gloria: [ laughs ] oh, no.m stone-cold sober. and i plan on staying that way for at least a half an hour. you know, maybe i should offer you a drink or two, calm your nerves. >> jack: i think not seeing you will do the trick. as for the bubbly, i'll pass. i think you know why. >> gloria: [ chuckles ] yeah, because we know alcohol turns you into a back-alley siamese tom who can't get enough of my catnip. >> jack: [ hushed ] could you keep your voice down?! we agreed not to mention a certain night again. >> gloria: we agreed to help each other with a certain business acquisition, except one of us came through and one of us didn't. >> jack: i told you repeatedly. getting you hired is not in my contl.

gloria reported on much of these details hype the closed doors of the oval office.wrote in your piece today it is a staff searching for defined roles in a deliberative policy process in a president that likes to freelance. likes to freelance. and reince priebus is trying to get control of policy. what are you finding out? >>, et cetera a tough situation. they are trying to figure out chains of command and there are oodlogicalcal differences inside the white house. and you will have a president who will tweet at will in the evenings when he is alone or very early in the morning before he heads into the oval office. and i had one close ally to trump who said look this is how he manages. he manages by conflict. and the reason he manages by conflict is that -- and this source says is that in the enif there is conflict he likes it because that way he can steer his own point of view. so he brings in a lot of people, likes differing opinions and then figures out what he wants to do. >> that's exactly what tim o'brien last hour told me, he thrives in chaos. go ahead david.

>> gloria: [ laughs ] oh, no.ne-cold sober. and i plan on staying that way for at least a half an hour. you know, maybe i should offer you a drink or two, calm your nerves. >> jack: i think not seeing you will do the trick. as for the bubbly, i'll pass. i think you know why. >> gloria: [ chuckles ] yeah, because we know alcohol turns you into a back-alley siamese tom who can't get enough of my catnip. >> jack: [ hushed ] could you keep your voice down?! we agreed not to mention a certain night again. >> gloria: we agreed to help each other with a certain business acquisition, except one of us came through and one of us didn't. >> jack: i told you repeatedly. getting you hired is not in my

. >> gloria: uh-huh. [ knock on door ] >> michael: excuse me. >> gloria: back so soon? >> jack: i thought we covered everything. >> michael: we did. i...i have the new amendments we talked about typed up for you. >> jack: well, i appreciate that. thank you. >> gloria: thank you, michael. may i show you out? >> michael: no, that's all right. i'm sorry. am i supposed to pretend i didn't just see what i just saw? >> lauren: [ sobs ] scott.

>> thus my first question to you, gloria. what's the priority here?ly, van, because i have so many other things to talk about. i don't want to spend a lot of time talking about this. go ahead. >> there's another cost. human cost which i think people talk about. this is also the economic cost. people act as if the undocumented population is just kind of sitting around hoping they don't get deported. these people work every day. they catch the early bus. they work in the service sector. they work in the agricultural sector. they work in the manufacturing sector, the building trades. you start chasing all these people out. what you wind up doing is you drive up costs to everybody else for everything. these are pillars of our chi. economy. and i think part of the reason there's concern here is we've stopped telling ourselves the truth about how our country works. the undocumented community is contributing tremendously to america. you knock out those pillars and you're going to have unintended consequence, economically as well as morally. >> we're not goin

. >> gloria: uh-huh. [ knock on door ] >> michael: excuse me. >> gloria: back so soon?jack: i thought we covered everything. >> michael: we did. i...i have the new amendments we talked about typed up for you. >> jack: well, i appreciate that. thank you. >> gloria: thank you, michael. may i show you out? >> michael: no, that's all right. i'm sorry. am i supposed to pretend i didn't just see what i just saw? >> lauren: [ sobs ] scott.

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>> i think gloria's right, we're never going to know whether the president was intending to say this today or not. but we've seen this lather, rinse, repeat as well. >> sean spicer shifted with what the president said into don't cover enough. they don't get enough attention. the president explicitly said, they don't cover it, and they had their reasoning, he never said that, sean spicer said, they go undercover, we don't report on them enough. >> that's not what the president said. >> he also had an insinuation that was vague enough, people could read in what they wanted, the reporters, media have some kind of agenda behind this. i have been covering the news for 20 years, i was down at ground zero for literally years after the attacks, we have covered terrorist attacks. i think we get criticized for covering them too much. i think it serves the president's purpose, which is generally speaking, you've seen him creating a climate -- not creating, but he's pointing to a climate of fear. he's largely governing on the idea that if people can be afraid, i can fix it, i will make it better

riviera in kentucky. >> our thanks to gloria for that report. tomorrow night abc news is going to carry the president's address to congress and the nation live at 9:00 eastern. >>> up next on "nightline," how gary from chicago and his fiancee are leaving the oscars with much more than jennifer aniston's sunglasses. to do the best for your pet, you should know more about the food you choose. with beyond, you have a natural pet food that goes beyond telling ingredients to showing where they come from. beyond assuming the source is safe... to knowing it is. beyond asking for trust... to earning it. because, honestly, our pets deserve it. beyond. natural pet food. imy moderate to severeng crohn's disease. i didn't think there was anything else to talk about. but then i realized there was. so, i finally broke the silence with my doctor about what i was experiencing. he said humira is for people like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patient

gloria, you know, sean spicer deny, deny, deny. what's the sense, what's the kill tour in washington, how does this work? >> look, when you were staffing the bureaucracy and you're running the government, you want like minded people to be a part of your government >> sure. >> that's what elections are about. so, that's perfectly fine. what's different to me about this is that there seem to be a lack of trust in your own cabinet members to staff that bureaucracy as you would like. >> which that's kind of an issue. >> that would be kind of an issue if you believed, for example, that your cabinet members may not agree with you on all kinds of policy, which we see playing out, whether it's a question of how rex tillerson feels about nato, for example, and so this may be where a lot of the conflict comes in. i mean, normally you would just say to your cabinet people who you think are like minded, just staff it. but there seems to be some kind of a conflict there. and that's what's unusual to me. >> i've got 60 more seconds and i just re

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>> jack: [ sighs ] >> gloria: ahh! good morning. >> jack: why are you here so early? >> gloria: very important day for you and lauren, being interviewed live on "gc buzz." just want to make sure everything's perfect. >> jack: okay, now the real reason you're here. >> gloria: i knew you'd probably show up early trying to avoid me -- no such luck. may i get you a cup of coffee, mr. abbott? >> lauren: honey, i'm sorry i'm late. >> phyllis: skinny mocha latte with extra whip. >> lauren: [ laughing ] oh! i don't deserve you. >> phyllis: ah, that's what they all say. >> lauren: i got caught up in what to wear for this interview, and, uh, i lost track of time. >> phyllis: you look terrific.

abc's gloria riviera reports. >> reporter: emotions raw and tempers flaring at town halls. >> get out! get out! >> reporter: a packed room today in florida, filled with voters confronting gop officials. >> let's be all respectful. let's hold our boos and let's hold our catcalls and our comments. >> reporter: this woman, a 77-year-old republican in a county that trump won, fed up. >> i left many, many messages at your office and i'm definitely one of your constituents. i'm 77 years old and i think it's unconscionable for this politician to tell me that at 74, i will be facing death panels. >> reporter: a key concern -- the repeal of obamacare. some 20 million americans are currently covered. while republicans are united in passing legislation to dismantle it, they are divided on the time frame and what happens next. similar scenes playing out across the country for weeks. >> shame! shame! >> reporter: why do you think organizations like yours has started to spring up? what's behind it? >> because it works. we saw how effective the tea party was, and our organization will use similar ta

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> gloria, thank you. >>> and up next, right here, when we come back, we'll take you up close to an active volcano, acting up again this weekend. sending columns of ash more than two miles into the air. >>> plus, one woman making tonight extra special for a certain super bowl champ. stay with us. ter." "exercise more." i know that. "try laxatives..." i know. believe me. it's like i've. tried. everything! my chronic constipation keeps coming back. i know that. tell me something i don't know. (vo) linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation, or chronic constipation. it can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. do not give linzess to children under 6 and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. it may harm them. don't take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if

tomorrow special time >> jack: [ sighs ] >> gloria: ahh!ood morning. >> jack: why are you here so early? >> gloria: very important day for you and lauren, being interviewed live on "gc buzz." just want to make sure everything's perfect. >> jack: okay, now the real reason you're here. >> gloria: i knew you'd probably show up early trying to avoid me -- no such luck. may i get you a cup of coffee, mr. abbott? >> lauren: honey, i'm sorry i'm late. >> phyllis: skinny mocha latte with extra whip. >> lauren: [ laughing ] oh! i don't deserve you. >> phyllis: ah, that's what they all say. >> lauren: i got caught up in what to wear for this interview, and, uh, i lost track of time. >> phyllis: you look terrific. >> lauren:ou

gloria, you brought up the cost of this.dministration wants to hire more border agents, more detention facilities and talking about the wall, $20 billion or whatever. critics say this is not the biggest question facing our country. that however many billion dollars he wants to use to hire more agents and build the wall could be spent in better places and congress has to appropriate the money, how does that happen? how is it paid for? >> don't forget mexico is going to pay for the wall eventually right? that's what president trump says. i think that's a problem. but republicans control the congress, they're going to have to figure out the money. because not only did president trump campaign on this but republicans campaigned on this. i think that if you're going to enforce border security, as the governor says, and you're going to expand the pool of people that you are looking at and that you are arresting, detaining and potentially deporting, you need 10,000 agents. estimates on that between somewhere $1 and $4 billion, add

gloria, thank you. >>> much more on the immigration controversy and that travel ban fight tomorrow on "this week," when george goes one-on-one with senior white house policy adviser stephen miller. >>> next to the terrifying moments onboard a school bus, filled with high school students. that accident playing out on surveillance video. a van sending that bus barrelling across a highway. tipping it over. tonight, wha accused of, details from abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: police tell a driver of the van allegedly under the influence pulled in front of the bus. the two vehicles collide. the bus toppling skidding hundreds of feet. five students rushed to the hospital. >> it all just happened really fast. >> it was like a nightmare that came true. thank the lord for helping me to survive through an accident like this. >> reporter: and in ohio, this newly released video captures students thrown from their seats as the bus crashes into an suv. they were all okay. in both crashes there were no seat belts. that's the case in most school buses in the u.s. seat belt manufacturers show thr

gloria: para mÍ, para estados unidos, mÉxico y los mexicanos no son importantes. en el combate al narcotrÁfico. el ejÉrcito mexicano no puede combatir el narcotrÁfico, pues quizÁ, "may be i might", fue el tÉrmino que usÓ en inglÉs, tenga yo que enviar a los expertos de estados unidos. jessica: se cree que el presidente peÑa nieto fue entonces maltratado por trump. canciller: eso saliÓ de la casa blanca con la intenciÓn de afectar, golpear y distraer al gobierno de mÉxico. >> el presidente de la repÚblica estarÁ invariablemente actuando la defensa de la soberanÍa de mÉxico y de los intereses de los mexicanos. jessica: en su Último discurso, peÑa nieto dijo a los mexicanos que defenderÁ su dignidad. las voces que piden dar a conocer toda la conversaciÓn se multiplican. >> ninguneÓ peÑa nieto, los subajÓ eso se debe aclarar de inmediato. >> cada vez que hablan con donald trump Élsale de la realidad tergiversando las cosas. >> lo que se tiene que hacer es presentar el audio ante la opiniÓn pÚblica para que se acaben los dimes y diretes. jessica: en subsecretario para

abc's gloria rivera has the latest from our d.c. bureau. gloria, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. this the latest in what has been a strained relationship between the u.s. and russia. it all started after former president obama imposed sanctions on russia for meddling in the u.s. election. now the national security adviser is under fire for his interactions with russia after that. this morning, top democrats on the house intelligence committee are calling for national security adviser michael flynn to be investigated. some suggesting he may not be fit to serve. president trump claiming to be unaware flynn is under renewed scrutiny for a pair of december phone conversations with a russian diplomat. >> i don't know about it. i haven't seen it. what report is that? >> reporter: trump n too will examine allegations surrounding flynn's december 29th call to ambassador sergey kislyak. "the washington post" first reporting the two discussed sanctions imposed by former president obama that same day. >> it's sort of sets u

i think gloria is totally right. i mean, obviously from the white house perspective, here they have the canadian prime minister. they do want to talk about some of these issues that they put forth in the joint statement, economic cooperation, what have you, national security cooperation as well and they wanted that to be the focus. they know if they take two questions on general flynn that nobody is going to come out of the press conference talking about that. they clearly tried to structure it by having friend will he reporters ask questions on topic. and they are able to avoid what they would think is sort of a distracted shiny object kind of moment. and instead focus on the topic at hand. the problem becomes, at what point, if you do that all the time, and you are not doing interviews as regularly, and you haven't -- you are not holding a full-fledged news conference where you are asking a sweep of reporters, you are just doing these two and two events so far, at what point are you walling yourself off from realit

gloria has.e man he nominated to the highest court criticizing him, about his tweets to the judiciary, about donald trump's comments being demoralizing and disheartening. i know how donald trump will react. >> donald trump doesn't hold the judiciary and the role in the highest regard. i think a number of us were surprised when a number of cabinet nominees in the confirmation hears went out and disagreed with him like the approach to russia. it was multiple nominees and his reaction was you know what? i nominated them. i think it's fine if they disagree -- >> none of them, mattis, kelly, mike pompeo, the cia director, none of them said the president's words were demoralizing or disheartening or any words like that. they were very condemn triof russia and putin but it wasn't like this. >> i would agree with jeffrey this isn't really a cutting sort of rebuke. it's very nuanced. >> it might help with some democrats. >> i do too. >> gloria is making a very important point there. this is going to help

but as gloria was saying, this is someone who has avoided the spotlight who does not give interviews. while he may be a source for reporters behind the scenes, he doesn't speak on the record. and i bet some of our viewers have never heard his voice. it will make for an interesting moment to see him on stage with reince priebus. >> it certainly will. and we'll have live coverage of that. nia, the president hosted a group of ceos over at the white house today. i want you to listen to what he said at one point that involves more than just talking business. >> i'm delivering on everything that we've said. in fact, people are saying they've never seen so much happen in 30 days of a presidency. with mexico, we have $70 billion in deficits, trade deficits. and it's unsustainable. we'll not let it happen. can't let it happen. we'll have a good relationship with mexico, i hope. and if we don't, we don't. you see what's happening at the border. for the first time we're getting gang members out, drug lords out. we're getting really bad dudes out of this country. and at a rate that nobody has eve

i want to go to chief political analyst gloria borger.loria, tell us what really stood out to you in what was a pretty extraordinary appearance considering donald trump bailed on cpac last year. and normally this wouldn't be considered his cup of tea. >> right. in fact i think he came in third in the cpac poll last year behind ted cruz. it was an extraordinary speech. the first part of it was full of grievances. and i think it was more off-the-cuff than planned, actually, that part of it, which was donald trump complaining about what he calls the fake news media, calling the media, this media the enemy of the people. and i was struck in that part of the speech and also in the next part about how much he seems to be channeling what we heard from steve bannon at cpac yesterday, because bannon himself said about the media, he said if you think they're going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. and that is exactly what donald trump was saying in the first part of his speech, complaining about anonymous source

host: does that answer your question, gloria? caller: not really, that is used to, i used to work for the government, we businesses.o small the loans were guaranteed by the government, but not guaranteed is the reason i asked the question, when he he, but the not lenders or the investors banks, whatever the ase might be, are they reimbursed 100% or percentage of that amount they lent to the people? host: got you. than slightly different the one i thought you were asking. freddie mac and fannie mae are state, vely wards of the all their obligations are obligations to the federal if you have d annie mae-backed loan, you are made whole 100%. glenda in tacoma, washington, republican. good morning. thank you. good morning. i have a question about reverse mortgages. some my mother had passed away in 2015, january of 2015. and i -- am i on? host: requests, ma'am, go ahead. notified the company that is handling the return of the bank.o years t's been over two now, almost two years. of the title er transfer has never been made. wondering

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paula. >> certainly a lot of questions remain, gloria. thank you. >>> and we want to move now to an abc exclusive. the new homeland security secretary, john kelly, paying a visit to the mexican border. our jim avila joined him for a look at the underground tunnels in california that reportedly are used by drug smugglers. all of this as federal agents hold immigration raids across the country. >> reporter: is this the deportation force candidate donald trump spoke of in his campaign for president? across the u.s. and several major american cities, i.c.e. agents are conducting what they call a surge, picking up and deporting undocumented immigrants with criminal records including mothers and fathers who have raised children here. >> they called me in at 7:00 a.m. telling me that my father was being deported and he got captured. >> reporter: immigration groups claim the criminal records include nonviolent felonies such as fake social security cards and duis where no one was injured, but the new homeland security secretary, general john kelly

jeffrey toobin, gloria brown marshall, and david chalian. david, to you, first, on the politics entering the legal realm element of this, the president weighing in in front of a group of sheriffs, association of sheriffs he was speaking before, weighing in on this case, reading the statute that he believes basically is his defense, and states that the law is on his side. but the fact that he's even weighing in so publicly while these judges are still deciding what to do with this case, how to rule in this case, is wild. >> yes. wild and trumpian i think in many ways. this is behavior that we've seen, sort of how he deals with the courts in his private business, when he would be in legal battles. kate, you are right to note, though, he is making the case that he believes he's right on the merits. as we saw with president obama, as obamacare was making its way through the courts and being adjudicated, but president obama would sort of stick to the merits of the laws and why he thinks he'll be successful. that is different from donald trump who

host: does that answer your question, gloria? >> not really, but that's ok. i used to work for the government and we made loans to small businesses and the loans were guaranteed by the government, that they were not guaranteed 100%. that was the reason i asked the question. lenders --hen the investors reimburse, or banks, or whatever the case may be, are they reimbursed 100%? or is they are percentage of that amount that they let to those people. >> a slightly different question than what i thought. right now, they are wards of the obligationsf their are off of the federal government. if you have a loan that goes back, you are made whole on that. >> glenda, good morning. i have a question about reverse mortgages. inmother had passed away january 2015. am i on? host: yes ma'am, go ahead. >> i noticed the company that is handling the return of her home to the bank. that has been over two years now, or almost two years. -- the title transfer has never been made. and i am wondering why it takes so long. sorry to hear about the situation, it is very sad. i am sorr

here's gloria rivera. >> reporter: the trump team doubling down. >> voter fraud is a serious problem in this country. >> reporter: president trump's senior white house policy adviser stephen miller telling george ste week" that trump narrowly lost in new hampshire due to illegal voters. >> i can tell you busing voters into new hampshire is widely known by anyone who has worked in new hampshire politics. it's very real it's very serious. >> you can't -- hold on a second. you just claimed again that there was illegal voting in new hampshire. people bused in from the state of massachusetts. do you have any evidence? >> george go to new hampshire. >> reporter: a veteran gop operative who worked for senator john mccain firing back at miller on twitter. john weaver tweeting i know new hampshire as well as anyone. no viter fraud. buses easy to track. force them to prove it they can't. other claims they made before. >> you have millions who are registered in two states who are dead regregistered. >> reporter: members of his family were including steve daughter tiffany. gloria rivera abc news

gloria, good morning. thank you for c-span. this 79-year-old blind lady is about to worst with the silliness going on in the trump cabinet. and of course i didn't vote for him. i'm with the majority. he didn't win the heart of the nation. he only won the electoral college. but we need to be in prayer for him, he is the head of our country. i agree with nothing that he's doing. he is surrounding himself by people that he thinks he can control. not necessarily folks who are going too the best job, but i will tell you that i'm an incurable optimist and i strongly believe in the values and principles that the people fought, ourtry have brave men and women have fought and died to protect for years. so, i'm betting on the strength -- he'sca to teach this not my president, there's no way i could ll him president. unss he becomes someone who values the extraordinary .ential in people right now all that he values is his own control, his own ways, and he appears to have ahead that is as empty on the -- as empty as the lord's tomb on resu

editor of career politics and gloria borger.an, national security advisers put them on notice. what's going on? >> i think trump does enjoy a lot of chaotic multitudes of news and breaking developments, but it's bothering other people including people on capitol hill who he has to work with on a very aggressive agenda. if you have john mccain coming out saying that he had to call the prime minister of australia to assure him that they are one of our greatest allies and then a pushback on russia, they're not so concerned about this technical action, but they're concerned about russia as an issue. all of them are, only some of them are talking about it. senator character, graham, mccain have made it clear they are going to be pushing back on lifting any sessions. >> gloria? >> i agree, i think what the president has done has put everybody on their heels, donald trump has been doing this his whole life. i remember reporting about donald trump talking to somebody who's been in business with him a long time and this person said we wo

tom. >> gloria riviera. >>> much more on all this tomorrow on "this week" with house democratic leader nancy pelosi. >>> now to the homicide investigation in houston, texas. and the manhunt under way. police say a collision at an intersection overnight erupted in gunfire, killing a little girl who was traveling in the car with her mother. abc's adrienne bankert with more. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt and a mystery as to who shot and killed this third grade honor student. police say early this morning, two or three cars were speeding down this houston road. one, this white pontiac crashing into this honda accord, her 8-year-old de'maree adkins in the backseat. >> i said, are you okay? she was asleep. she never even knew what happened. >> reporter: moments later, police say someone pulled out a gun, bullets flying into the backseat hitting de'maree. >> had to be a case of road rage, i don't know. my daughter's innocent. she didn't deserve it. >> reporter: the little girl was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive. >> she's gone. i'll never be able to wake her up in the morning fo

abc's gloria riviera with the latest. >> reporter: tonight president trump battling the reports that members of his campaign spoke with russians to help win the election. tweeting, russia talk is fake news, put out by the democrats and played up by the media in order to mask the big election defeat and illegal leaks. this comes amidst growing calls for an official investigation from both sides of the aisle. a prominent republican calling for a special prosecutor. and that the attorney general should recuse himself. >> you're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statute and office to take not just to recuse, that's -- you can't give it to your deputy. >> reporter: both the house and the senate have already launched investigations. republican senator marco rubio underscoring the need for a nonpartisan probe. >> i think it's very important that the work of the senate intelligence committee be 100% credible. >> reporter: former trump manager corey lewandowski echoing the president's denial. >> never ever ever ever did i or anyone that i know have contact with anyone from russian

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> okay, that said, president trump's national security adviser is also trying to weather his own crisis this morning. michael flynn may have misled top officials including the vic conversations with the russian ambassador about lifting sanctions several weeks before the president took office. the white house says flynn has no plans to resign. >>> as for president trump's travel ban, aides say all options remain on the table including a supreme court appeal that comes as federal agents conducted a series of raids across at least seven states rounding up hundreds of immigrants in the country illegally. immigration officials insist the raids are routine and no different than the targeted arrests under president obama. >>> anger against president trump spilled out into the streets of mexico city. some 20,000 people demanded respect for their country and its migrants in the united president's plan for a border wall and increased deportations. >> so let's lighten things up. we'll do a quick mention now about the grammy awards and it was a clean sweep f

here's gloria riviera on one of the best ways to protect yourself. >> reporter: tonight, the irs with an urgent alert. >> you're secure one minute and the next minute, it all can come tumbling down. >> reporter: dennis cassidy was managing a grocery store in california when the chain accidentally released 20,000 w-2s to a scammer last year. >> there's really nobody left anymore that is not a potential victim for this type of attack. >> reporter: it's cybercriminals disguise an e-mail as a request from a top executive to payroll or hr for employees' w-2 forms and personal information. >> when they send the e-mail, they're referencing specific things about the company, and about the actual sender, to make it look very real. >> reporter: the scammers then file fraudulent tax returns, or worse. >> they can now get credit cards, they can open up loans. they can become you. >> reporter: that's cassidy's concern, especially after he got this letter from the irs alerting him someone tried to file his taxes and steal his refund. in 2016, the fbi estimates crooks stole more than $3.1 billion fr