address the argument that jon karl was making there. is it wise to be focusing on this when you got an economy going gang busters? >> george, i think they may have made a strategic decision. which is, the house is much more difficult for them than the senate. they have a bunch of red state democrats who they want to try and get out of the senate. i think what you're seeing with the president is, he made a strategic decision, his ability to claim victory on election night will be by adding seats in the u.s. senate. he doesn't want to take the risk that he's trying too hard on the house. >> you started out by saying "they," but this is being driven by him? >> george, as i have said many times, he's his own strategist. he does not listen to other people generally in terms of political strategy. you see this from him getting involved in republican primaries early on this year. very, very rarely you would see presidents do. he's gotten involved in many of them. many candidates on the ballot now is because of the president's direct interventi

>> jon karl live at the white house on a monday night. jon, thank you. >>> president trump making headlines tonight after what he said about retired navy admiral bill mcraven, who has been critical of the president. president trump suggesting they could have gotten bin laden sooner, and that mcraven is a hillary clinton fan. mcraven did not endorse anyone for president. the bin laden raid was applaud boy both parties and the country. admiral mcraven said he admires all president, regardless of their political party, who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. >>> we move on to other news, and to the high rise scare in chicago. an elevator falling more than 80 floors, trapping six people inside, including a pregnant woman. tonight, how firefighters had to break through a cinder block wall to get to them. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying stories being shared by passengers who plunged 84 floors in this elevator. >> i believed that we were going to die. we were falling down. >> reporter: thi

jon karl, thanks very much.ia? >> okay, george. >>> just five days until the all-important midterm elections. more than 25 million people have already voted. that tops the total number of early ballots in 2014 with control of congress up for grabs. both sides are now pulling out all the stops and that means the big names are out on the campaign trail. mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. perhaps, mary, the biggest name of them all is out there today, oprah. >> reporter: yes, cecilia, oprah is in georgia, which could be a historymaking governor's race there. as they make their final arguments. with the final countdown on, the campaign trail is seeing a surge of starpower. >> not only democrat depends on it, our country depends upon it so vote. vote. >> vote. >> vote! >> reporter: oprah hitting the trail in the contentious closely watched race for georgia's governor. >> get out and vote early. >> reporter: actor will ferrell rallying canvassers there over the weekend. [ chanting ] >> reporter: the race c

>> jon karl tonight. jon, thank you. >>> we turn next here to an apology tonight from a retired firefighter after shooting at a black teen who had missed the school bus and was asking for directions. abc's steve osunsami with the sentencing today, and that teen's family now reacting tonight. >> reporter: 53-year-old jeffrey zeigler will now serve up to ten years in a michigan prison for the shooting many have dubbed "asking for directions while black." at sentencing, the judge today scolded hill -- >> shooting at a teenager leaving your premises has consequences. >> reporter: 14-year-old brennan walker had missed a school bus and was lost on april 12th, when he's seen here knocking on zeigler's door in suburban detroit asking for directions. zeigler's wife testified that she thought he was trying to break into their home. suddenly, you see the teen bolt from the door, and out comes zeigler with a shotgun, which he fires and misses. in court, he apologized. >> i have full remorse and regret. >> reporter: bu

>> jon karl on a monday night. jon, thank you. >>> there is a lot of other news to get to tonight, and we turn now to the growing outrage over the deadly police shooting of a black security guard in robbins, illinois. the guard was holding down an alleged gunman until police could arrive, but when they got there, an officer then shot the guard and killed him. as other officers shouted, "he's one of us." here's abc's erielle reshef tonight. >> reporter: police swarming this bar outside chicago, responding to a shooting. one of the officers opening fire on someone with a gun, killing him. but that man was no suspect. he was jemel roberson, the bouncer on duty at the bar who an eyewitness says was trying to stop a possible shooter. >> once the police actually shot him, everybody started screaming, the officers started screaming, "he's one of us, he's security." >> reporter: the 26-year-old was organist at this church. tonight, one pastor is asking ow in the world does the security guard get shot by police? ndaysoberson

jon karl is here, as well. one other thing that's different from a lot of midterms, first midterms for the president, is president's base is energized. >> he did 30 rallies in 20 states just since labor day. this is the first time that the nation has been able to go to the polls and to render a judgment on the trump presidency. and he himself has called it a referendum on his presidency. >> he's called it a referendum. cecilia vega, in the last week, the president chose to focus on immigration, on the border. white-hot rhetoric. >> this has been one of the most divisive midterms in our lifetime. the president using language, laying out the closing argument crystal clear. america will be overrun by masses of illegal immigrants if you do not vote republicans. we'll see if this argument worked for him and drives that base to the polls or scares voters away. >> some republican leaders in congress wanted him to focus on the economy. martha raddatz, trump was on voters' minds. >> absolutely. you go out there and you

. >> and jon karl with us live tonight from the white house. jon and i on the air until the wee hours of the morning covering the midterm. jon, yoou're back at it at the white house. democrats are already calling on the new attorney general matthew whitaker to recuse himself from the russia investigation. even some republicans sounding concerned? >> reporter: democrats are warning of a constitutional crisis, if whitaker doesn't recuse himself and interferes in any way with the investigation. and some republicans are expressing concerns, as well, including susan collins and senator-elect mitt romney, who today warned, saying that it was imperative that the investigation proceeds to its conclusion unimpaled. david? >> jon karl, thank you. >>> another major question about this tonight, does this president pressure on robert mueller to wrap this up, to issue his findings. with democrats and some republicans concerned about whether this investigation will be proexticketed. let's get to pierre thomas tonight. how soon could we see mueller's report? >

all right, jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, we'll see you right here tomorrow. >>> in the meantime, we're watching several other races tonight. many are very close in the polls, and some could make history tomorrow night. in georgia, if stacey abrams wins, she would be the nation's first african-american female governor. a progressive candidate in the south up against a conservative, georgia secretary of state brian kemp, who now accuses democrats there of trying to hack the voter ridegistration system on e eve of the election. abc's steve osunsami and so many of our teams out across the country tonight. steve has the state of the race in georgia. >> reporter: democrat stacey abrams' final pitch to become the nation's first black female governor has her getting out the vote in rural georgia tonight. >> if every eligible georgian in the state votes, then we will win this election. >> reporter: if she wins tomorrow, democrats everywhere will be studying her campaign, because abrams has been preaching to the progressive choir,

. >> jon karl live with us tonight from the white house. there is another headline breaking in "the washington post," they are reporting that the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince ordered the assassination on that surveillance in istanbul. breaking in "the washington post." if infirmed, it would lead to major questions. >> if true, this would ramp up the pressure on the trump administration to take a tougher line on saudi arabia. as you know, the president has resisted placing blame on the crown prince. he has also made it clear he does not want to see broader sanctions on the saudi kingdom. david? >> jon karl, thanks to you. >>> next, new sur vie langs just out after the mysterious disappearance of a 49ers fan and an army vet. he disappeared and surveillance video showing him after he left his seat to go to the bathroom. he never came back. his car sitting there untouched. here is abc's kana whitworth. >> reporter: this eerie surveillance video just released by police shows 32-year-old ian powers looking down at his cell phone while

>> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. >>> another major question about this tonight, does this president pressure on robert mueller to wrap this up, to issue his findings? with democrats concerned tonight, and some republicans, as jon mentioned, too, over whether this investigation will be protected. so, let's get right to chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. pierre, how soon could we see mueller's report? >> reporter: david, yes, this does create pressure for mueller to complete the job. and as we just heard, whitaker has talked about potentially cutting mueller's funding. he's also said that if mueller investigates the president's finances, the investigation could look like, quote, a mere witch hunt. that said, mueller is not someone to buckle to pressure. he'll end this investigation when he sees fit. some of my sources are hoping mueller will wrap up by the end of the year, with more indictments potentially coming sooner, possibly in weeks or days. david? >> pierre thomas with us live toni

>> all right, jon karl with us live tonight, as well. jon, thank you. >>> next tonight, a health care for supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, causing her to miss an important ceremony today. at 85, justice ginsburg is the oldest justice on the court. and mary bruce is live at the supreme court tonight. mary, justice ginsburg is in the hospital? >> reporter: she does remain in the hospital with three broken ribs after she fell here in her office. her absence was felt here today end as the president attended that ceremonial swearing in for brett kavanaugh. ginsburg's age and health has been a source of concern for liberals but she's made it clear she has no intension to retire. david? >> mary bruce, thank you. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the urgent search for that missing 13-year-old girl. there are new clues tonight. the mystery man seen on surveillance. why police want to talk to him. and the suv she was forced into. where they've discovered that vehicle tonight. >>> and then, the o

and tonight, our jon karl asking the president, does he believe it? >> reporter: president trump today dismissed the report written by scientists from 13 federal agencies and released by his administration the day after thanksgiving. it's a report that warns climate change is already taking a toll. record wildfires in california, stronger hurricanes, crop failures in the midwest. the report bluntly warns of more to come, including threats to "air quality and the transmission of disease", and says if steps aren't taken to limit the release of carbon into the atmosphere, the economic consequences will be devastating. a 10% loss to the economy, worse than the great recession. today, we asked the president about it. mr. president, have you read the climate report yet? >> i've seen it, i've read some of it and it's fine. >> reporter: they say economic impact could be devastating. >> i don't believe it. >> reporter: you don't believe it? >> no, no, i don't believe it. right now, we're at the cleanest we've ever been. and that's very important to me. but if

jon karl, thanks very much.in. >>> now to the trial of notorious mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. day one, already bringing courtroom drama. opening arguments delayed because two of the anonymous jurors had to be replaced. whit johnson is there at the courthouse in brooklyn where there is, as you can imagine, heavy security. good morning, whit. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. this courthouse is operating like a fortress right now. joaquin "el chapo" guzman is facing 17 counts including drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder. those two jurors already dismissed highlighting the heavy burden on a jury in a trial expected to last four months. this morning, the intensely guarded trial of joaquin "el chapo" guzman off to a dramatic start before opening arguments even began. el chapo is accused of being involved in dozens of murders, smuggling more than 200 tons of cocaine and conducting billions of dollars in drug deals in the u.s. and around the world. el chapo's reputation for being ruthless ha

our chief white house correspondent jon karl in buenos aires with the president. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. with a whirlwind two days of diplomatic meetings just getting under way now here in argentina, there is a new reality weighing on the trump presidency. the president's longtime confidante, michael cohen, has spent 70 hours in interviews with special counsel robert mueller. as the president takes the world stage this morning here in argentina, signing a new trade deal with canada and mexico and high-stakes meeting to prevent a trade war with china, he is facing mounting troubles back home. >> michael cohen! >> reporter: president trump's longtime fixer has now gone state's witness. michael cohen entering a plea agreement with special counsel robert mueller. it's a move with massive implications for the special counsel investigation and perhaps the trump presidency. cohen has admitted to lying to congress about working during the 2016 campaign to strike a deal to build a trump tower in moscow. and he says he was lying to protect his l

our chief white house correspondent, jon karl, has the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. as the president prepares to submit his written answers to questions from special counsel robert mueller, he is giving a greenlight to his new acting attorney general to rein in the russia investigation. president trump says he has completed the written answers to questions from robert mueller. and now he says he'll likely refuse to do an in-person interview with the special counsel. >> i think we have wasted enough time on this witch hunt, and the answer is probably we're finished. >> reporter: that's a change from what the president told me last year. would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version? >> 100%. >> reporter: the likely incoming intelligence committee chair, adam schiff, says democrats would challenge acting attorney general matt whitaker's appointment, suggesting it was unconstitutional. the president tweeted back with a scathing attack on congressman schiff, giving him a nickname we cannot say on "gma."

our senior white house correspondent, jon karl, is here starting us all off. od morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. with just one day until election day, president trump is campaigning as if the fate of his presidency is at stake. in a frenzy of campaigning in states he won, president trump fears of his most fervent supporters, with a blizzard of false claims. >> as we speak, democrats are openly encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders and destroy our nation in so many different ways. so, if you want more caravans and you want more crime, vote democrat. it's very simple. >> reporter: the caravan of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in central america is still nearly 700 miles away. but the president is touting his order to send in the military, some 1,000 troops already on the border. >> you saw how good our military -- they got off those planes, and you saw that barbed wire going up. that barbed wire. you know what? we're not letting those people invade our country. >> reporter: democrats are punching back

jon karl, our thanks to you and tuesday night jon and i will be here with our whole team for special coverage as the returns come in. 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 are

tonight, president trump one-on-one with jon karl. the stunning admission about his version of the truth. >> when i can, i tell the truth. >> all of this as democrats unleash their star power. why oprah winfrey is entering the midterms. >> oh! >>> deadly storms. nine tornadoes reported across three states. a sheriff's deputy killed in her vehicle, trapped upside down in flash flooding. the system pushing its way into the northeast over the next 24 hours. >>> also tonight, a tragic day for children just trying to go to school. five children and two adults hit by a car at a bus stop in tampa.

tonight, president trump one-on-one with jon karl. the stunning admission about his version of the truth. >> when i can, i tell the truth. >> all of this as democrats unleash their star power. why oprah winfrey is entering the midterms. >> oh! >>> deadly storms. nine tornadoes reported across iff's deputy killed in her vehicle, trapped upside down in flash flooding. the system pushing its way into the northeast over the next 24 hours. >>> also tonight, a tragic day for children justol.hire a two p also, a child killed in pennsylvania, the driver claiming they had no idea. >>> the worldwide protest at google. thousands of employees coast to coast, after the reported $90 million payout to an executive accused of sexual misconduct. >>> the scare at sea. the cruise ship listing to one side shortly after leaving port. tables sliding. items falling off shelves. passengers calling it pure chaos. >>> the attack in a high school cafeteria. the vice principal kicked and beaten. >>> and your money. the day after halloween and black friday sales

>> jon karl is in argentina for the summit. and jon, we'll see you tomorrow night right here. >>> in the meantime tonight, we are also watching a major storm system already creating chaos tonight, sweeping from the west, into the midwest and northeast. dangerous driving and accidents across southern california already. semitrucks jackknifing and sliding off the highways a chaotic scene. traffic at a standstill in the rain. as i mentioned, that severe weather headed to the northeast eventually. and we have the new track tonight. abc's will carr in california. >> reporter: tonight, a bone dry region thirsty for rain, getting too much too quickly. the weather creating havoc on california highways. a big rig slamming into two cars before sliding off the side of the freeway and down an embankment. four firefighters hurt in a crash after a driver spun out on a slick road and smashed into their truck. overnight, tractor trailers jackknifed and crushed. this car flipped over. the driver rushed to the hospital. traffic snarled for miles.

jon karl with us here tonight. the president clearly knows this is a referendum on him. >> reporter: well, he's been explicit about it. vote for me as if i'm on the ballot. a fascinating interview that just came in he did with sinclair broadcasting, he was asked if he had any regrets over the past two years, and he said, quote, i would say tone. i would like to have had a softer tone. and he added, he maybe had no choice because of how democrats were talking about him, but he added again, i could have been softer. >> tone on the eve of the election. >> reporter: especially given the way he's ending this campaign. >> jon, thank you. >>> in the meantime, we're watching several other races tonight. many are very close in the polls, and some could make history tomorrow night. in georgia, if stacey abrams wins, she would be the nation's first african-american we mafem governor. abc's steve osunsami and so many of our teams out across the country tonight. steve has the state of the race in georgia. >> reporter: democrat

. >> all right, so, let's to jonathan karl, with us live tonight from the white house. jon, there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of a government shutdown if the president doesn't get the funding for the border wall that he wants. but if there is a shutdown, tonight, the special counsel is now on the record about what would happen to robert mueller's investigation? >> reporter: in fact, we saw something from the special counsel that we almost never see from them, david, a public statement. in this statement, the office of robert mueller said that their investigation will continue regardless of whether or not there is a government shutdown. >> very rare public statement tonight. jon karl, our thanks to you. >>> we're going to turn next here to the deadliest day this year for american service members fighting in afghanistan. three u.s. troops were killed when an ied exploded. it's the very danger that our team saw first-hand with the troops while reporting from the front lines in afghanistan. witnessing the moment they had to detonate it before moving forward. abc'

. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview, abc's jon karl asked the president about that number. >> okay, you're talking about 10,000, maybe 15,000 active duty u.s. military to the border. >> yeah. >> more than we have fighting the taliban in afghanistan. more than we have fighting isis in syria. >> yeah. >> you're really going to do that? >> it's very important. it's very important. we have to have a wall of people. you have caravans coming up tha crowd size. >> what we see is deeply impoverished people fleeing violence. many of them women and children. you're going to send 15,000 active duty u.s. military. >> it's mostly men, and it's actually mostly young men and a lot of rough people, a lot of rough people. >> reporter: president trump has been campaigning on illegal immigration. >> and i will kill more. >> reporter: releasing this fear-inspiring ad implying democrats are complicit in the murder of americans by illegal immigrants. democrats have decried president trump's tactics. >> and instead of tamping down on that kind of derisive and divisive and dangerous rhetoric, he's sitting

. >> jon karl with us here, and jon, take us inside the white house tonight. is the president prepared for the possibility that the democrats could take back the house? >> reporter: he is absolutely prepared for the possibility of a democratic takeover. in fact, his political advisers are telling him that this is likely to happen. and the clear syndication of that is, i'm told the president is now telling his advisers and his supporters, don't say that i'm on the ballot, because i am not. >> after weeks of saying pretend i'm on the ballot. >> reporter: exactly. >> jon, thank you. >>> as jon pointed out, the white house is prepared for whatever happens tonight. the president said he couldn't campaign for everyone, after all. and tonight, the democrats are projecting confidence. they like the turnou turnout,particularly when it comes to their chances of taking over the house. when nancy pelosi was asked if he's 100% sure of victory tonight, she answered, yes, i am. we have one more question on this tonight. we have mary bruce here. we're going to show everyone t

jon karl tonight. thank you. >>> next this evening, a new health care for security justice ruth bader ginsburg, causing her to miss an important ceremony today. at 85, justice ginsburg is the oldest justice on the court. and mary bruce is live at the supreme court tonight. abc's mary bruce at the supreme court tonight. mary, justice ginsburg is in the hospital? >> reporter: david, tonight, the 85-year-old justice does remain in the hospital with three broken ribs after she fell here in her office. her absence was felt here today as the president attended that ceremonial swearing in for his new justice, brett kavanaugh. ginsburg's age and health has been a source of concern for liberals but she's made clear she has to plans to retire soon. she says she has at least five more years on the bench. david? >> mary bruce tonight. mary, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday from california. we're following breaking news tonight in the urgent search for that missing

. >> jon karl live at the white house tonight, as well. the president there defending his daughter and her use of private e-mail, but tonight, jon, as you know, "the new york times" is breaking a story that president trump once wanted the justice department to prosecute his former opponent, hillary clinton, and james comey, too, but he was advised not to? >> reporter: "the new york times" that white house counsel don mcgahn rebuffed the president's request and mcgahn had the white house legal team draft a memo, saying if the president ordered the prosecution of his political opponents, he could face a range of consequences, including impeachment. david, there is no comment from the white house tonight on this story, and don mcgahn's attorney said simply that he would not comment on what legal advice he off ored the president. >> all right, our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >>> we're turning to other news now, and to the urgent manhunt under way in st. louis at this hour, after a deadly attack inside a catholic goods store.

. >> our jon karl is on the trail, five days to go. >>> tornado threat.tearing through the south closing in on those homes. now the storm on the move. ten states on alert this morning, and millions from washington to boston bracing to get hit. >>> breaking news. the big discovery.

our chief white house correspondent jon karl has the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. of course, the chant "lock her up" has long been a fixture of trump political rallies, now, this "the new york times" report says the president actually wanted his justice department to make it happen. the president told the top lawyer in the white house that he wanted the justice department to prosecute hillary clinton and former fbi director james comey, according to "the times" report. that is something trump vowed to do during the height of the 2016 campaign. >> if i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. >> it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. >> reporter: and more recently, he's talked about going after comey, who he fired in may of 2017. >> what he did was horrible. should he be locked up? let somebody make a determination. >> reporter: "the times" repor

, taking some heat for threatening to cut off federal funds to the state, and i want to bring in jon karlstate officials just blasting that. >> reporter: well, george, the president's very first response to these fires was to go on the attack against california state officials for what he called "gross mismanagement of the forest" saying, in a tweet, there is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in california except that forest management is so poor and then he tweeted a threat. remedy now, or no more fed payments, suggesting he could pull federal payments in the future. that has resulted in a whole host of criticism, including from the very top fire official in the state of california who responded saying, the president's message attacking california and threatening to withhold aid is ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering and the men and women on the front line. >> jon, on another matter, matt whitaker taking some fire as well, and we have democrats saying, i was talking to the committee, jerry nadler saying their priority now is to prote

. >>> let's bring in our political panel right now, jon karl, former new jersey governor, chris christie, chief political analyst matthew dowd and democratic strategist donna brazile. math thur, let me begin with you. you can cut the results ino ny . it's almost like we have two different countries living inside our borders. >> and each are doing well among their group. as i said last night on the election outcome, it's geography where republicans have more red states and more areas, and democrats have demography which is a growing group of voters that are voting more with them. they won the popular vote overwhelmingly last night but it doesn't do either side any good and that's why we had another split decision to run up the score in home games but not be able to score in away games and that's what each side is doing. >> president trump won where he campaigned, no question about that. he's added to his his majority but he's waking up to a new world in washington this morning. >> it's an entirely new world. the democrats are in control of the house. they will control the agenda in the ho

when do you actually have to start watch jon karl like when will the first things happen that you actuallythat actually matter? and how late are we all going to have to stay up? let's start planning for that now and get specific. steve corona steve is at the big board. >> when the presents start arriving, i'll tell you. 6:00 p.m. eastern is the short answer. on the senate side, the polls close at -- tuesday -- did i say tomorrow. tuesday, 6:00 p.m. tuesday. i'm already speeding things up. indiana on tuesday night, most of the state closes. there will be a lot of early voting it looks like in indiana. joe donnelly trying to hang on and start getting a readout from indiana 6:00 p.m. on the house side, again, where democrats need to pick up 23 seats, what you see right here, we call this the big 66. we got 66 republican held districts right here where we think democrats have their best shot at getting pickups and the first one of those, the first one that's on the map comes on at 6:00, kentucky's 6th district, amy mcgrath here, former fighter pilot. had that viral ad trying to take on andy ba

. >>> let's bring in jon karl for more on this, and jon, all through the weekend talk of negotiations between the u.s. and mexico to keep those migrants in mexico, and now the president tweeting this morning he may permanently shut down the border, or at least try. >> reporter: he is certainly making that threat, george, but the administration is trying to work out a deal with the incoming president of mexico. he takes office on saturday. an agreement that would keep those migrants on the mexican side of the border while they wait for those asym claims. there have been conflicting reports about the progress on negotiations. the incoming mexican interior minister said that no deal has been reached yet. meanwhile, the president is up this morning already tweeting about all of this saying that mexico should send those migrants back to their home countries saying, do it by plane. do it by bus. do it any way you want, but they are not coming into the u.s. we will close the border permanently if need be. >> jon, meantime, on the mueller investigation, status expected on paul manafort, wheth

our chief white house correspondent jon karl tracking the story.y said saudi rulers ordered the killing but this pins the blame on much lower ranking individuals. >> reporter: these are relatively low-level officials. the top among them is the deputy head of saudi intelligence. all told as you mentioned it's 11 indictments, five of those face the death penalty. the announcement comes six weeks after khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. the saudis' story has of course been all over the place on this. at first, they claimed that khashoggi left the consulate alive and it is hard to imagine, george, that an operation of this kind coming from saudi arabia could have taken place without the knowledge or approval of the saudi crown prince, but his name is mentioned nowhere in this indictment. >> such a tightly controlled kingdom. meanwhile, on the another front, in the white house, the top national security official who had drawn fire from the first lady now leaving the white house. >> reporter: yeah, it took a full day, george, bu

shame on them, karl. jon some expire in 2019, smaller provisions, most of them don't expire until after. maria: to go out and spew the lie that all of the tax benefit went to the top 1% is just a lie and it's also the assumption that these cuts are not in place till 2025. >> we have seen this once before, the bush tax cuts of 2001 were a give away to the rich and we are going to get rid of them and when it came time for expiration they kept personal cuts except top rate. maria: ma races are you looking at today that will give you an idea, we could go for late night tonight given california and west coast closing. what races -- >> all of the races, they will be so many important races tonight but i'm looking for early indications from indiana, kentucky, those two states report early, split in half, report during two time zones but the indiana senate race will give us a clue and kentucky sixth, second most democratic district in the state held by republican will give us a little bit of a clue, i will be watchin

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. >> you know, jon, mika gets really tired of me talking about the ebb and flow of american politics and she certainly said it a million times, karl a permanent republican majority in 2004, nancy pelosi speaker of the house in 2006. barack obama in all of his fans talking about this coalition of the ascendancy, a permanent democratic majority, the tea party rides into town two years later, the tea party says this is our place, obama wins reelection. you can keep going and going. we've had the same thing happen here again, like it always does, but i think the most remarkable story is actually what we just heard and that is the trump effect as seen by historians will be that the reaction, the counterreaction to donald trump and his misogyny from ""access hollywood"" forward landed over 100 women in the united states congress for the first time in american history. that at the end is the trump effect. >> trump's election itself is a reaction to obama and the clear nature of what obama's america is going to look like. my own view is that 20 years from now this is barack obama's america, it's not donald trump's. what you saw yesterday