we begin with abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: on the sidelines no more. president obama is all in for hillary clinton. >> tens of millions of americans have made their voices heard. today, i just want to add mine. >> reporter: she was once his bitter rival. now he says she's better prepared for the job than he >> in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. and i say that as somebody who had to debate her more than 20 times. >> reporter: in the slickly produced video endorsement, he even gives mrs. clinton some credit for the single most celebrated decision he made as president. >> from the decisions we made in the situation room to get bin laden, to our pursuit of diplomacy in capitals around the world, i have seen her judgment, i have seen her toughness, i've seen her commitment to our values up close. >> reporter: now, in essence, passing the baton. >> so i want those of you who have been with me from the beginning of this incredible journey

jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> new details are emerging about this weekend's shooting spree in houston. army veteran dion isio garza fired 212 times before a sniper killed him. police believe he was suffering from depression. they think he acted alone, not as part of any terrorist group and he left rambling messages taped to the walls of the tire shon where he killed a customer. >>> a former oklahoma volunteer deputy has been sentenced to four years in prison for killing an unarmed man last year. 74-year-old robert bates said the shooting was an accident when he mistook his handgun for his stun gun. killing eric harris. the judge said that he took into account bates' age, failing health and dozens of letters asking for leniency. lawyers for bates are plan agappeal. >>> police in charlotte, north carolina trying to determine why a packed school bus crashed into a man's house. that man needs to find a new place to live. abc's david kerley has the details. >> reporter: down a 30-foot embankment with nearly two dozen onboard, it was a house and a tree that stopped this school bu

. >> let's get to jonathan karl. we talked about this so many times, the frustration in the president's voice. now, the worst mass shooting in american history. >> reporter: the 15th time. you can see him deeply frustrated. he was very careful, though, not to tie the shooter in orlando to isis or any other radical terrorist group. you had the 911 call when the shooter was pledging allegiance to isis. >> jonathan karl at the white house. >>> and there's much more on this special edition of "world news tonight". coming up, how the presidential candidates responded. >>> and also, so many scenes like this across the nation. so many thinking of the victims. learned the horn from my dad and played gigs from new york to miami. but i couldn't bear my diabetic nerve pain any longer. so i talked to my doctor and he prescribed lyrica. nerve damage from diabetes causes diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is fda approved to treat this pain, from moderate to even severe diabetic nerve pain. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or s

. >> let's get to jonathan karl. we talked about this so many times, the frustration in the president's voice. now, the worst mass shooting in american history. >> reporter: the 15th time. he's come out to speak to the nation after a domestic mass shooting. you can see him almost resigned today, deeply frustrated today. he was very careful, though, not to tie the shooter in orlando to isis or any other radical terrorist group. he will face some tough questions, especially given, as you point out, you had the 911 call where the shooter was pledging allegiance to isis. >> jonathan karl at the white house. thanks so much. >>> and there's much more on this special edition of "world news tonight." coming up, how the presidential candidates responded. donald trump with one message, hillary clinton with an entirely different message. tonight, america getting a look at the candidates, and how they would handle this if they were president. >>> and also, so many scenes like this across the nation. as the nation now mourns. we'

jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> after nearly 18 hours of searching, dive teams have recoveredthe body of that little boy who was snatched by an alligator at disney world in florida. >> and he has now been identified as lane graves, who was visiting the area with his older sister and his parents. lane had been playing on the beach in ankle-deep water when the alligator suddenly appeared and dragged him underwater. search crews found his body not far from that spot. >> the child was found. his body was completely intact. and so at this time we will go through the formality of making a formal identification. >> the sheriff also says that he and a catholic priest broke the devastating news to the boy's distraught parents. a message he says was very difficult to deliver. as many of you know, this one does hit home for many of us. disney's a parent company of abc news. so all our hearts go out to the graves family. >>> we have new details in the sex scandal rocking the oakland, california police department. the interim chief has been removed after just six days on the job. the mayor

here is jonathan karl. >> reporter: today donald trump coming out with an idea hillary clinton has been saying since the massa sure. >> if the fbi is watching you for terrorist thinks, you shouldn't be able to go buy a gun with no questions asked. >> reporter: if you're on the fbi terrorist watch list or tsa no-fly list, you couldn't be able to buy a gun. in a tweet today trump proclaimed i will be meeting in with the nra about not letting people on the terrorist watch list and no-fly list about guyigu buying guns. >> by the way, i'm going to save your second amendment, okay? i'm going to save your second amendment. >> reporter: trump opposed any new restrictions on gun sales and just today he said if more people were armed in the orlando club, fewer would have died. >> you would have had a situation, folks, which would have been always horrible but nothing like the carnage that we all as a people suffered this weekend. >> reporter: the nra opposes banning gun sells to people on terror watch lists saying those lists include innocent people that shouldn't lose constitutional rights to bu

. >> let's get to jonathan karl. we talked about this so many times on the broadcast, you can almost hear the frustration in the president's voice, the number of times he's had to address america after a mass shooting. >> reporter: yes, this is the 15th time. he was very careful, though, not to tie the shooter in orlando to isis or any other international terrorist group. he said, we don't know the precise motivation here. but given the mounting evidence, the 911 call, the fact that this shooter had been interviewed not once, not twice, but three times by the fbi on suspicion of sympathies to terrorism, there will be more questions ahead. >> and we've learned the call to 911, pledging allegiance to isis. jon, thanks so much. >>> there's still much more ahead on this special edition of "world news tonight" this sunday. coming up, how the presidential candidates donald trump with one message, hillary clinton with an entirely different one. tonight, america getting a look at how the candidates would handle a situation l

more now from abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: donald trump seemed to come out in support of an ideanton has been hammering since the orlando massacre. >> if the fbi is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you shouldn't be able to just go buy a gun with no questions asked. >> reporter: the specific proposal -- if you are on the fbi's terrorist watch list or on the tsa no-fly list, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. in a tweet trump proclaimed, "i will be meeting with the nra, who has endorsed me about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list or the no-fly list to buy guns." it could put trump on a collision course with the nra and most republicans. >> by the way, i'm going to save your second amendment. okay? i'm going to save your second amendment. >> reporter: trump has opposed any new restrictions on gun sales, and he said if more people were armed in that orlando club fewer would have died. >> you would have had a situation, folks, which would have been always horrible but nothing like the carnage that we all as a people suffered this weekend. >> reporter: the nra

abc's jonathan karl on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: it's something we've just never seen before, members of congress staging a sit-in like a bunch of protesters on a college campus. >> we are blind to a crisis. mr. speaker, where is the heart of this body? where is our soul? >> reporter: it was congressman john lewis, who famously led sit-ins in the segregated south, who started today's sit-in on the house floor. dozens of democrats vowing to stay as long as long as it takes to get a vote on guns. the president weighed in, too. >> if we're going to raise our kids in a safer, more loving world, we need to speak up for it. >> reporter: the move incensed republicans who turned off the cameras and declared a breach of the rules. but that didn't stop the protesting members of congress, who started broadcasting themselves with their cell phones. the speaker of the house calling it a publicity stunt. >> this is nothing more than a publicity stunt. >> reporter: since the anguish of orlando, there have been pleas for some kind of gun legislation. this mother caking her case to congress,

abc's jonathan karl is at the supreme court. >> yes we can! >> reporter: protests over that stinging defeat for the president. the president had tried to provide legal status for millions with the stroke of a pen. mostly undocumented immigrants who are the parents of citizens. but the gridlocked supreme court said no. leaving in place a lower court ruling that said the president had exceeded the power of his office. the president's reaction? disappointment. >> we're going to have to decide whether we're a people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms, or whether we actually value families and keep them together for the sake of all of our communities. >> reporter: donald trump had an entirely different reaction, saying in a state, "today's 4-4 supreme court ruling has blocked one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a president." immigration has been a central campaign theme since day one. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. mark my

abc's jonathan karl with the president's angry words today, and trump's fiery response tonight. >> reporter: today, an impassioned president obama sought to dismantle and discredit donald trump's entire approach to fighting terrorism. >> if we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush, and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them. >> reporter: in an unprecedented move, he had the nation's top military official by his side as he labeled trump's ideas un-american. >> we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states to bar all muslims from immigrating to america. this is a country founded on basic freedoms, including freedom of religion. we don't have religious tests here. >> reporter: hours after the orlando attack, trump said obama should resign for refusing to use the words "radical islamic terrorism." >> this orlando attack was just absolutely horrendous, and, yet, he still doesn't even use the word of "radical islamic terror." >> reporter: today, the president fired

abc's jonathan karl tonight with hillary clinton's one word response. and trump suggesting he would pick oprah as a vp. if he ran. so what is she saying tonight now that he is running? >> reporter: in the wake of the massacre, donald trump is portraying himself as a staunch supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. >> lgbt is starting to like donald trump very much lately. i will tell you. >> reporter: he says he is a stronger ally to the gay community than hillary clinton because the clinton foundation has taken millions of dollars in donations from countries like saudi arabia, a country that prosecutes gays. >> saudi arabia, they throw gays off buildings. countries that contribute to her foundations. >> reporter: trump says he could take on anti-gay terrorists. hillary clinton retweeting a quote of trump's, you tell me who is better for the gay community and who is better for women than donald trump? hillary clinton responding, hi. >> oprah would be great. >> reporter: he may have been joking. jimmy kimmel asked him about it. >> he w

here's correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: today, donald trump seemed to come out in support of an idea that hillary clinton has been hammering since the orlando massacre. >> if the fbi is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you shouldn't be able to just go buy a gun with no questions asked. >> reporter: the specific proposal? if you are on the fbi's terrorist watch list, or on the tsa no-fly list, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. in a tweet today, trump proclaimed, "i will be meeting with the nra, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no fly list, to buy guns." it could put trump on a collision course with the nra and most republicans. >> by the way, i'm going to save your second amendment. okay? i'm going to save your second amendment. >> reporter: trump has opposed any new restrictions on gun sales and just today, he said, if more people were armed in that orlando club, >> you would have had a situation, folks, which would have been always horrible, but nothing like the carnage that we all as a people suffered this weeke

here's abc's jonathan karl on the campaign trail. >> reporter: hillary clinton today blasted donald trump, calling his fund-raiser for veterans a stunt. >> he's bragged for months about raising $6 million for veterans and donating a million dollars himself. but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contribution and getting the money to veterans. >> reporter: clinton is fighting a two-front war. out in california, bernie sanders is riding a wave of momentum. sanders is drawing huge crowds. today, in santa cruz. >> and if we win here in the largest state in our country, we're going to go marching into the democratic convention with incredible momentum and we will march out with the democratic nomination. >> reporter: the reality? sanders could win in california, but has very little chance of actually winning the nomination. clinton has built up a huge delegate lead. today, jerry brown, california's popular governor, endorsed clinton in a letter saying, quote, clinton's lead is insurmountable. a point echoed by california's senior senator, a clinton supporter, who suggeste

we've got details right now from abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: on the sidelines no more.nton. >> tens of millions of americans have made their voices heard. today, i just want to add mine. >> reporter: she was once his bitter rival. now he says she's better prepared for the job than he was. >> in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. and i say that as somebody who had to debate her more than 20 times. >> reporter: in the slickly produced video endorsement, he even gives mrs. clinton some credit for the single most celebrated decision he made as president. >> from the decision we made in the situation room to get bin laden, to our pursuit of diplomacy in capitals around the world, i have seen her judgment, i have seen her toughness, i've seen her commitment to our values up close. >> reporter: now, in essence, passing the baton. >> so i want those of you who have been with me from the beginning of this incredible journey to be the first to know that i'm with

abc's jonathan karl has more on the latest political battle. >> reporter: impassioned president obamantle and discredit donald trump's entire approach to fighting terrorism. >> we fall into the trap of painting all muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorist's work for them. >> reporter: unprecedented move, he had the nation's top military official by his side and labeled trump's idea on american. >> we now have proposals from the presumptive republican nominee for president of the united states to bar all muslims from immigrating to america. this is a country founded on basic freedoms. including freedom of religion. we don't have religious tests here. >> reporter: hours after the orlando attack, trump said obama should resign for refusing to use the words radical islamic terrorism. >> this orlando attack was just absolutely horrendous and yet he still doesn't even use the word of radical islamic terror. >> reporter: the president fired back. >> there's no magic to the phrase of radical islam. it's a political talkin

here's jonathan karl. >>reporter: protest over that singing defeat for the president. provide legal status for millions with the stroke of a pen. mostly undocumented immigrants who are the parents of citizen citizens. but the grid lock supreme court said no. leaving in place a lower court ruling thatú said the president had exceeded the power of his office. >> president reaction? disappointment. >> we have to decide whet we are people who accept the cruelty of ripping children from the parents arms. families and keep them[t togethr for the sakei of all of our communitieshh.rÑ >> donald trump had an entirely( different reactionyc. saying in a statement today'st 4 4-4 suhx%me court ruling blocked. the[j mostdr undertaken by president. immigration is a central campaign theme since day one. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border and i have mexico pay for that wal wall. mark my words. e-contrast with hillary clinton couldn't be starker. campaign release this video earlier this year of a girl worried about her parents undocumented status. >> i'm scared f

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here now, chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> one week ago, america woke up to the devastating news, another mass murder. this time in orlando. for hillary clinton and donald trump, the first major test of with whether they have what it takes to lead america in a time of turmoil. the contrast was dramatic. hillary clinton in lock step with president and her party blaming oin toll rabs and easy access to military-grade guns. donald trump attacking hillary clinton and the president as weak. the answer is more restrictions on immigration and more guns. then, reaching out to gay americans and issuing a challenge to the nra. this week, trump took his message to texas. where he drew large and enthusiastic crowds. lines extending as far as the eye can see. houston. before thousands of spoerters in houston -- >> i love you, i love you, texas! >> reporter: -- donald trump doubled down for his call of more guns. >> if some of those wonderful people had guns strapd right here, right to their waists or right to their ankle, and this son of a [ bleep ] comes out and starts shooting, and one

we'll get more from abc's jonathan karl. >> today marks the most deadly shooting in american history.reporter: it's the 15th time the president has addressed the nation following a mass shooting here in america. a grim ritual echoed over and over again during his presidency. >> i hope and pray that i don't have to come out again during my tenure as president. >> reporter: 2009, ft. hood. 2011, congresswoman gabby giffords gunned down in a tucson parking lot. 2012, the horror at sandy hook elementary school. >> the majority of those who died today were children. they had their entire lives ahead of them. >> reporter: many of the shootings were crimes by deranged gunmen without any ties to terrorist groups. many with guns bought legally. >> the number of people who die from gun-related incidents dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism. >> reporter: several were inspired by radical islamic terrorist groups like isis. most recently, san bernardino. now, apparently, orlando. >> we are united in grief. and outrage. and in resolve to defend our people. >> reporter: condemnation of th

let's get right to our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl this morning.what has been one of his biggest priorities. >> reporter: this is a big blow to the president. this was the biggest and boldest of his executive orders providing legal status and temporary relief from deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants and the decision, david, came in this. this is the entirety of the decision. one sentence upholding the opinion of the court. >> good morning, everybody. i wanted to say a few words on two of the cases the supreme court spoke on today. first, in the affirmative action case, i'm pleased that the supreme court upheld the basic notion that diversity is an important value in our society and that this country should provide a high quality education to all our young people regardless of their background. we are not a country that guarantees equal outcomes, but we do strive to provide an equal shot to everybody, and that's what was upheld today. second, one of the reasons why america is such a diverse and inclusive nation is because we're a nat

abc's jonathan karl has the latest. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, david. national mourning over the orlando massacre is giving way to political finger-pointing over who or what is to blame. >> one year, the escalator, one year, this is the one-year anniversary. hopefully we'll make it a worthwhile year. >> reporter: on the one-year anniversary of his campaign donald trump attacked president obama for calling for gun control after he paid his respects to victims in orlando. >> i held and hugged grieving family members and parents and they asked why does this keep happening? and they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. >> it's a tough situation. but he's largely to a large extent he's blaming guns and -- [ booing ] >> and i'm going to save your second amendment many, folks. >> reporter: but on capitol hill there are signs of possible agreement on one gun issue. >> of course, no one wants terrorists to be able to buy guns. >> reporter: after nearly 15 hours of outrage on the senate floor wednesday, the senate plans to vote next monday on several gun

let's bring in jonathan karl. because you heard donald trump say if bill clinton is on the trail both are fair game. he didn't sound like anything is off the table. what do you expect today. >> this will be the kitchen sink speech. he will go after hillary on everything, benghazi, the e-mails, the donations to the clinton foundation, i don't expect that he will go at the bill clinton personal stuff but will certainly go after bill clinton's record on trade, trade is essential to his campaign and sensitive to a lot of democrats. he will hit that hard. >> i asked if he will self-fund in the general election. he said he might. he raised, what, 3 million in may compared to romney raising 23 million, john mccain raising 20 million. he's up against hillary who's raised even more. are there changes coming. >> they insist this will be a they will have to raise a heck of a lot more money. look at the numbers here, dave. this is astounding. hillary clinton has 684 staffers. he has 70. if you look at the money, you mentioned

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. >> jonathan karl with us now from the white house. back to the images we just saw there. we heard hillary clinton describe that moment in the situation room, saying it was the president and the president alone who made that decision alone on bin laden. but we heard the president say we made the decision. how big of a gift was that? >> this was a presidential sized gift. it wasn't just an endorsement. the president will be out there hard campaigning hard for clinton in wisconsin. you can expect first lady michelle obama will also be out campaigning for hillary clinton. and this comes, david, as the president's approval rating has hit its high in the second term. >> jon karl with us. donald trump reacting igetly to the endorsement. you're about to see what he tweeted. it comes as his new promise with a speech next week targeting both. he met with republican donors at the hotel in new york city as he assuring them he won't let them down. here is tom llamas on the twitter car sparked by donald trump and obama tonight. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump attacking the president

. >> jonathan karl with us now from the white house. jon, back to one of those images we just saw there. we heard hillary clinton describe that moment in the situation room saying just recently it was the president and the president alone who made that decision on bin laden. but we heard the president say we made the decision. how big of a gift was that? >> this was a presidential sized gift. it wasn't just an endorsement. the president is going to be out there campaigning hard for hillary clinton beginning next week, wednesday n green bay, wisconsin, a rally with the two of them. the first of many of them. you can expect first lady michelle obama will also be out campaigning for hillary clinton. and this comes, david, as the president's approval rating has hit its high for his second term. he is popular among democrats and independents too. >> jon karl with us. donald trump reacting immediately to the endorsement. you're about to see what he tweeted. it comes amid his new promise with a speech next week targeting both clintons. as he t