here's gloria rivera. >> reporter: an army veteran dedicated to serving his brothers in arms.illion veterans campaign at home with his wife debbie. so far, a modest start, 3,000 given dinner and a connection. >> the best way to eat an elephant is one spoon at a time. >> reporter: walker taking on that mission to help while he was in desperate need of a new kidney. on independence day, finally, he got the call. >> she said the kidney is four hours away. you need to get here. >> reporter: he did. after a successful kidney transplant, ernest walker was reborn on the fourth of july. >> i feel worthy, i feel almost, i feel like a whole man again. >> reporter: his only regret, making his doc work the holiday. >> he was very apologetic, having, making me do this on the fourth of july. >> reporter: while they disagree about how long his recovery will be. walker says six weeks, debbie, his wife a register nurse says nine. >> i'm looking at nine. >> reporter: they are in gratitude to the donor who they will never know, but through walker. will touch so many. >> i have a responsibility.

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gloria rivera, abc news, washington. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is calling north korea's breakough missile launch a new escalation of the threat to the u.s. and the rest of the world. in a defiant show of force, u.s. and south korean soldiers responded by firing deep-strike precision missiles into the south korean territorial waters. this comes as the u.s. military confirms that north korea did in fact launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the potential to reach alaska. and as abc's military analyst explains, it could possibly reach even further east. >> they didn't want to overfly japan or russia. the missile itself reached an apex of almost 1700 miles. which means it could have reached anchorage and wouldn't have been far from reaching seattle. the u.s. has been developing a ground-based interceptor system incoming north korean missiles, but it's very complex science. it's like hitting a bullet with a bullet and although the most recent test was successful, the system itself is barely over 50% reliable. >> thank you very much steven. >>> we turn now to the ext

gloria rivera. >> this didn't take long. president tweeted plans to work with russia about cyber security and it drew a lot of criticism and 13 hours later, the president seemed to back off, tweeting the fact that president putin and i discussed a cyber security unit doesn't mean i think it requecan happen can't. >>> and senators return from a week-long recess after getting an earful from constituents angry about the health care bill. john mccain says it is probably dead and it may be time to draft a new proposal with the help of democrats. ted cruz is circulating a new plan aimed at lowering premiums for healthy people. but some have seen it as a way of getting around coverage of preexisting conditions. >>> the president of iraq has stopped short of calling it a victory. isis has territory in other parts of iraq. he draped an iraqi flag across his shoulders. staying overseas, north korea is criticizing a practice bombing that was conducted by the u.s. in south korea. a state-run newspaper called the mission reckless militar

here is abc's gloria rivera. >> reporter: a show of force in direct response to north korea's most alarming missile test yet. two b-1 bombers flying over the korean peninsula in a ten-hour mission. the u.s. also conducted a successful previously planned medium-range missile defense test. pentagon video shows a missile being detected and intercepted. but stopping an intercontinental ballistic missile like the one north korea launched friday is even more difficult, like a speeding bullet hitting another speeding bullet. and north korea's latest missile traveled farther than any they have ever launched. it could potentially reach deep into the united states mainland. japan's nhk-tv captured a bright light falling into the sea of japan. >> this is here. they have been barking wolf about this while the wolf is at the door. th this is the united states. >> reporter: president trump called out china, tweeting, they do nothing for us with north korea. we will no longer allow this to continue. the white house is calling on china, north korea's only trading partner, to apply more diplomatic pressure

abc's gloria rivera has more. >> reporter: blast-off in the dead of night. these new images show north korea's latest and most alarmingly successful missile launch. >> we think that the missiles could reach the center of the united states, los angeles, chicago, maybe each as far as new york and washington. >> north korea claims it can now make a surprise launch at any time in anyplace. proving the whole u.s. mainland is in the firing range. this latest missile shot 2300 miles into space, landing in the sea of jachpan. but north korea can angle it. >> whether north korea can successfully arm it with a nuclear missile. >> revised u.s. defense intelligence estimates say that the north koreans could have a nuclear missile capable warhead within a year. >> after the president conferred with its national security team, they released a statement warning the united states will take all necessary steps to ensure the security of the american homeland and protect our allies in the region. already the u.s. and south korea conducted military exercises near north korea. w

here's gloria rivera with more.>> this morning, the president starting off his holiday weekend at his new jersey golf club. escaping d.c., the reprecussionings of his later twitter rant. the targets, msnbc hosts, joe scarborough and again, a woman. mika brzezinski, who responded on her show. >> he appears to have a fragile, impetuous child like ego we've seen over and over again, especially with women. >> unusually, the first lady ebb b terroring the fray as brzezinski sugtsed mrs. trump was unhappy in the marriage saying the job of being mrs. trump is the worst in the country. first lady saying it is sad when people try to further their own agenda by trying to comment on me and my family. especially when they don't know me. this morning, the cable hosts response to the president's tweets raising ae ining new que after this. zpl we got a call ta hey, the national inquirer is going to run a negative story against you guys. >> joe scarborough allege lg white house aides gould kould make the story go away. the presiden

. >>> authorities carried out major raids across sydney, and now abc news reporter gloria rivera has terrorism counter operation to disrupt a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane. >> reporter: an australian terrorist attack thwarted overnight. >> we do believe it's islamic-inspired terrorism. >> reporter: four kacapitals across sydney raided by police. four men are now under arrest and are yet to be charged. the investigation behind the terror plot is in its infant stages, but australian police officials sharing they believe the plot involved an improvised device. >> the first thing the australian security forces are concerned with is, did we get everybody? was it just these four or are there other individuals involved? did they find information about the scope and scale of this network? were they part of a broader plot or a group called al qaeda or isis? >> for forensic investigators skourg t scouring the property, carrying off evidence for further analysis. they said to expect an increased security presence across the airport. >> travelers should be prepared for additional scru

abc's gloria rivera in bedminster, new jersey where the family is spending the holiday weekend. >> reporterpresident trump is back at his new jersey golf club after making a two hour trip back to washington the night before to honor veterans ahead of independence day. at that event the president switching gears. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. >> reporter: publicly lashing out at the media, amid backlash to his attacks on co-hosts mika brzezinski and joe scarborough. in a recent tweet he called them crazy joe and dumb as a rock mika. >> the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they are not. [cheers and applause]. >> reporter: his latest act of president defining his own social media habit. tweeting it's not presidential, it's modern day presidential. voter fraud, the push for states to turnover data including social security numbers and party affiliation met with resistance. with 1 states flat out rejecting the request. the president taking to twitter again saying numerous sta