karl thinks so.hen he made his big discovery in the attic, he spied several wrinkled and grimy cards strewn among the rafters and the floorboards. karl believes that they went flying during one of his grandma jennie's cleaning purges, when she'd pitch boxes of junk right out the attic window into a big mound below. thank goodness she never got hold of that one box in the corner. i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance." thank you so much for joining us. and remember, you can't take it with you. do you have a "strange inheritance" story you'd like to share with us? we'd love to hear it. send me an e-mail, or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. >> announcer: a veteran of the battle of the bulge squirrels away enough old military gear to supply a platoon. >> it was in boxes, gun cabinets, closets. >> they couldn't even get access to their master bathroom, it was so clogged with stuff. >> it was one of those finds you get once in a lifetime. >> announcer: uniforms, weapons, plus plenty of surpris

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karl rove is here on that. and by summer -- white some are questioning wikileaks suspicious timing and some big-time intelligence officials are said to be called out publicly. more on that next. >> because of the seriousness of the accusations involved on all sides of this issue, i want to make sure we hold as many of make sure we hold as many of these hearings out in♪ mapping the oceans. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malaria. improving energy efficiency. developing more clean burning natural gas. my job? my job at exxonmobil? turning algae into biofuels. reducing energy poverty in the developing world. making cars go further with less. fueling the global economy. and you thought we just made the gas. ♪ energy lives here. >> shannon: breaking tonight, two big stories rocking the u.s. intel community, just days after president trump accused president obama of spying on him, the powerful house intelligence committee announcing plans to probe those claims in open hearings

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karl rove, former senior advisor to president gw bush. fox news contributor. question off the top. it is kind of a parlor game now, do you think somebody broke the law and released these things or president trump himself? >> oh, i don't think it is president trump. perhaps someone, this appears to come from his side of the collection of these documents. that is to say the client side of it. david: right. >> that could be somebody, accountant or somebody. i don't think it was him. i don't think he did this deliberately but it sure made him look good. higher tax rate than presint obama. david: it is extraordinary, on one hand he is victim of somebody who broke the law to try to get them. >> sure. david: on the other hand, turns university he paid more percentage wise of his taxes than barack obama, nbc, even bernie sanders the socialist paid a lot less percentagewise. >> warren buffett paid less. so did mitt romney. somebody did him a disfavor by releasing it, stealing it, taking, something that wasn't theirs. the press can repeat it. they can unveil it. but, ra

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." >>> here's karl perry on the bmx bike, he goes for it, nails it. then -- >> that's inevitable. that's part of the skate park business, right? >> yes, he goes crashing into him, knocks him down, but most people think it isn't a big deal, right? >> whoa! >> suddenly, the dad's kid comes flying into the scene and levels karl. >> it was clearly an accident. >> and it is a skate park filled with people doing extreme sports. let's be honest, as far as the impact goes, that was a bit of a trip. >> that was a small ride. >> after karl was knocked to the ground, he's like, what's up, dude? then his friends run in to say it was an accident. >> if you take your kid to the skate park and can't handle a couple bumps and bruises, you don't belong at the skate park. >> he has helmets and pads and everything else on. it didn't look like he was not ready to deal with anything else. >> what hurts the most is dad making a fool of himself at the skate park? >> now his son won't want to go back. >> he takes his son up, pats his back and encourages him to shake it off.

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carl, what do you think -- karl, what do you think? >> well, the actual number's 22 if you take the number of sitting republicans, if they lose 22, they're at 215, and they can't get it done. so it's going to be, you know or or it's a gamble. you don't like to call a vote unless you know that you've got the votes, but president trump last night said, you know what? i'm finished negotiating. i've made changes to the freedom caucus, and we've agreed to your demand, and now you come back with more, we're done, we're going to go to a vote. so high stakes poker. cheryl: karl, you spent years in the white house with president bush. did trump make the right move last night? >> well, you know, it's hard to say. you have to give him, first of all, he's a dealmaker and, second of all, he was actually doing the negotiation. remember what happened is the freedom caucus is sort of running around, not being clear on what they want to do. they seemingly get settled on we want language that removes what's called essential benefits, there are a list of

not editorial comments, just stats. >> karl rove is turning into a snowflake.sammy ray. >> bill: now, when did you know you were old school? >> i don't know, billy. certain things, i am almost anarchistic about. but certain things are just common sense. i am not one of those people who find common sense to comment. it just seems basic to me. like if someone comes up to me and says we are going to give iran billions of dollars, i go, i don't think that's a good idea. that doesn't feel like old school to me. that feels like school still standing. >> bill: logic. right. you tell the story about your mother, when you were leaving your pittsburgh suburban home, she gave you advice when you were going out to the west coas coast. you can't use the obscenity that your mom put into the presentation, do you remember what i'm talking about? don't be... >> don't be a an a-hole. >> bill: [laughs] that is pretty old school advice. >> really old school advice. i am touched by mothers who do that with their kids. i saw an article about a woman who wrote a thank you letter to c

here with more, karl rove is with us, former senior advisor to president george w. bush.uan williams, cohost of "the five." welcome. good to have you here tonight. a lot of intrigue in this news that just broke a few moments ago, which ed was talking about. mike flynn saying that he will testify but he would like immunity. what does that tell you? >> that tells me his lawyers have told him, you either have exposure or if you don't have exposure, let's get some suspenders and bells on you nonetheless. i thought it was an unusual gesture on his part, it was okay for him just step forward and say he will testify, but the request for immunity i thought was really troubling. >> martha: it looks as if, if he testifies, he is either going to have immunity or he could plead the fifth. that is how this is going to go. juan, what is your thought on what mike flynn is looking for here? >> we have seen a pattern, just to reiterate what karl said, this is troubling in terms of the idea of his involvement and his exposure. i think that this means that there is some. secondly, i think i

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hey, listen, by the way, karl rove has got to only put numbers on that white thing.etting silly with it. it is like, "i like gummy bears," "i wish my name was sammy ray," "i am bald." tell him to put math up there. >> bill: just the stats. not editorial comments, just stats. >> karl rove is turning into a snowflake.nt "i wish my name was sammy ray." >> bill: now, when did you know you were old school? >> um, i don't know, billy. certain things i am almost anarchistic about. but certain things are just common sense. i am not one of those people who finds common sense too common. it just seems basic to me. like if someone comes up to me and says, we are going to give iran billions of dollars, i go, um, i don't think that's a good idea. that doesn't feel like old-school to me. that feels like school still standing. >> bill: logic. right. right. you tell the story about your mother. when you were leaving your pittsburgh suburban home, she gave you advice when you were going out to the west coast. you can't use the obscenity that your mom put into the presentation. do you

karl rove knows that.his is smoke and mirrors when we suggest we'll dupe the american people and do this bill behind closed doors and roll it out and expect the american people to believe it. let me tell you, they're smarter than that and they understand that this is just obamacare with a different label. >> bill: are you open to negotiations? because apparently the president is. >> i am. i talked to the president and he knows i'm open to negotiation. we put forth last night in our freedom caucus three people with health care backgrounds to look at coming up with real ways to come to a consensus. i believe we can do that on behalf of the american people. there's one score that matters, health care insurance premiums must come down. if not we have failed and gone through this headache for nothing. i look forward to robust debate as we do it. >> bill: the theme song is you can't always get what you want. we started hearing that a year and a half ago. can you say today whether or not this will get done or wil

when jonathan karl asked white house press secretary shawn spice bertha statement, spicer fired back with a long response citing various reports where possible surveillance of trump tower. fbi director james comey is all but certain to face questions about this issue when he testifies before congress on monday. >>> as the trump administration steps up deportations, the mexican government is taking steps to help the people returning. it is contracted with a private company to provide as many as 50,000 jobs for the deport tees involving 22 organizations and aims to take advantage of the skills and knowledge of the people. >>> now to breaking news from new york city. and just a horrible story. a new york fire department emt, a young mother of five, killed ran over by her own ambulance. police sayia dear ra anrroyo an her partner were flagged down by a pedestrian looking for help. arroyo got out of the ambulance and then police say the suspect jumped into the vehicle and took

i'm joined by jon karl who was there in the briefing room. i guess the most remarkable thing you saw there was i guess the president tripling down on his claims by suggesting that maybe he and angela merkel had something in common, a coded reference perhaps to the idea that we now know from the wikileaks revelations that angela merkel had been wiretapped under surveillance by the united states, the president suggesting might have happened to him as well. >> reporter: yeah, in fact, we know that angela merkel's cell phone was, in fact, listened to during the obama administration and when it became public, of course, it was something that

let's talk about it with karl rove and joe trippi.re interrupted by the speaker of the houses weekly news conference, joe, didn't get a chance for your take on all this infrastructure spending that the president says he wants. will democrats be on board with that? >> it depends on how they try to do it, but no, i don't think so. i think carl put it right before we broke away, a lot of this is going to come down to can trump and the administration hold votes in the u.s. senate within its own party and within the house, and i think -- on obamacare, for sure, he's going to have to do with just republicans. i'm not sure even that they could find agreement among that system of caucus there. when you get to other things, like the spending, the deficit costs, they are not going to go for this spending, with any kind of component to the public or private part. i think this is really going to be a problem. i don't think he has any votes in the house with democrats in the house or the senate right now. it's precarious now with 52 there. >> jon:

there isn't a fact-checking ritual that goes on. >> jon karl from the white house. thank you. >>> we turn to other news we're mop or thing tonight, and to a deadly collision between a freight train and a charter bus. several dead, multiple injuries, and abc's david kerley on the investigation in mississippi. >> reporter: it was a scramble to pull survivors from the charter bus, crushed and pushed down the tracks in the violent collision. only a lucky few walked away unhurt but dazed. the bus from austin. on a trip to a biloxi casino with nearly 50 on board. 35 taken to the hospital, along with the four killed. >> we're not sure about the train, that uh, about eh bus itself why it stopped. we're not sure if it was having engine problems or what. >> reporter: the chief says with the tourists stuck, the eastbound freight train slammed into the bus. and pushed it 200 feet up the tracks before coming to rest. a witness says the crossing is elevated and the bus became stuck, unable to move, and then the crossing signal activated. >> the front wheels went up and over the t

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abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, asking the press secretary today, do you believe the president's claims? jon's at the white house tonight. >> reporter: president trump seemed to enjoy himself as he surprised a group of tourists visiting the white house. today, a portrait of hillary clinton looming over his shoulder. >> work hard, everybody. work hard. >> reporter: but he is facing mounting pressure to provide evidence to prove his explosive allegation that president obama tapped his phones at trump tower. >> i think the president of the united states who has stated categorically that trump tower was wiretapped, that he should -- come forward with the information that led to that conclusion. >> reporter: even high-level members of the president's own team seem to be at a loss to explain what he was talking about. >> if the president of the united states said that he has got his reasons to say it, he's got some convincing evidence that took place. >> reporter: but still, no proof -- >> it's been a full three days since the president said that president obama had his

abc's chief white house correspondent, jon karl, with the fiery response to his question at the white house late today. >> reporter: tonight, the top democrat and republican members of the senate intelligence committee declared in no uncertain terms that they have seen nothing to prove president trump's explosive allegation president obama had his phones tapped. "we see no indications," they said, "that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the united states government either before or after election day 2016." speaker of the house paul ryan was equally blunt. >> no such wiretap existed. we've cleared that up, that we have seen no evidence of that. >> reporter: but the white house is not backing down. >> the intelligence committee point-blank they have seen no indication of surveillance >> i understand that, johnathan. where was your passion and where was your concern when they all said there was no connection to russia? where was it then? crickets from you guys. because at the end of the day -- >> so are you saying president stands by his allegation that presi

including them in the ban could hinder that fight. >> jon karl with us at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> and with the address to congress now behind the president, the new challenge for president trump is whether he will be able to get all this through congress. repealing and replacing obamacare, sweeping tax reform. tax relief for the middle class, and an infrastructure plan. abc's mary bruce with a reality check on the political fights ahead. she is on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: from republicans on capitol hill tonight, praise for the president's speech, but also relief. >> i thought it was terrific. i thought it was a very strong speech. it was a bold, positive, optimistic vision. >> it was kind of nice to hear president trump as president instead of candidate trump. >> reporter: for republicans looking for direction on plans to repeal and replace obamacare, the president outlined what should stay. >> we should ensure that americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage. >> reporter: and what he thinks needs to change. seeming to back the hou

all right, let's bring in jon karl. jon, you learned something else. the world saw that image of ivanka trump near angela merkel. you learned that she's getting a role? >> she was just coming to washington as a daughter but she's clearly has done much more than that. last week the white house said she would have an unofficial role at the white house. now, today, they said it will be an official role. her title will be assistant to the president. she won't be taking a salary. she'll be considered a government employee, bound by the ethics rules. >> all right, jon karl at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> we interviewed new jersey governor chris christie from the white house today as he joins president trump in the fight of opioid addiction. but his two top aides were about to learn their fate at home. after shutting down the bridge, trapping commuters, school buses, prosecutors have made the case it was all an act of political revenge to benefit governor christie that affected so many drivers trapped. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: as chris

that washington was a lot more broken than president trump thought that it was. >> all right, jon karl with us live from the white house tonight, as well. and jon, the president says he wants to move on now to tax reform, tax cuts, but after the failure to repeal obamacare, doesn't tax reform become even more difficult? >> reporter: more difficult, and a heck of a lot more complicated, david. it's not even clear what the white house strategy will be going forward or even whether or not the president will be offering his own tax reform proposal or wait for congress to act first. and as to whether or not the president will again try to get support from those hard-line conservatives that defied him on health care, today, the white house when asked about that said simply, it depends. >> all right, jon karl with the questions in the briefing room today. jon, thank you. >>> we turn next here to the fight against isis. more u.s. troops on the way to iraq tonight. about 300 additional soldiers to advise and assist iraqi troops in the fierce battle for mosul. and this evening, the pentagon now

abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, with the growing backlash. >> reporter: president trump is dismissing fbi director james comey's blunt assessment that there's no evidence to prove his wiretapping allegations. asked if comey's assessment takes away from the credibility of his unsubstantiated tweets, the president told "time" magazine, "no, i have articles saying it happened. a lot of information has just been learned, and a lot of information may be learned over the next coming period of time. we will see what happens." >> reporter: devin nunes, the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee, who concedes there was no actual wiretapping of trump tower, still tried to give the president a little political cover yesterday by saying this -- >> i recently confirmed that on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected information about u.s. citizens involved in the trump transition. >> reporter: nunes, who is supposed to be leading a bipartisan house investigation into russian interference into the election, took the extraordinary ste

but again, it's not just a one-way street. >> all right, let's bring in jon karl. live at the white house. jon, you learned something else. the world saw that image of ivanka trump beside angela merkel. some asking, why is she there? does she have a role? now you learned that she's getting a role? >> she said she was just coming to washington as a daughter but she's clearly doing much more than that. last week the white house said she would have an unofficial role at the white house. now, today, they are saying it will be an official role. her title will be assistant to the president. she won't be taking a salary. david, she'll be considered a government employee, bound by the same ethics and conflict of interest rules. >> all right, jon karl at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> you saw we interviewed new jersey governor chris christie from the white house today as he joins president trump in his effort to fight opioid addiction. but his two top aides were about to learn their punishment back home. after shutting down the bridge, trapping commuters, school buses

many of whom have been quite critical of the bill trying to convince them one at a time. >> jon karl live at the white house. jon, thank you. >>> we turn to new comments tonight causing controversy from the head of the environmental protection agency. epa administrator scott pruitt directly challenging the widely held belief that carbon dioxide from human activity is a major cause of climate change. disputing the consensus of most scientists around the world and the epa itself under several administrations now. >> i would not agree it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. >> the epa's own website ed says, that quote, carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas that is contributing to recent climate change. >>> there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. the hostage situation inside a bank. new video showing the dramatic scene as it unfolds. customers decide to make a run for it, and the moment the s.w.a.t. teams there decide to move in. >>> also the new headline tonight in the murder mystery involving two teenage girls who police believe reco

here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: former national security advisor michael flynn says he has a story to tell, but tonight neither the senate or the house are ready to offer him immunity to tell it. before the cameras today, president trump refused to talk about it. >> any comment on flikle flynn, mr. president? >> reporter: but hours earlier, on twitter, the president left no doubt about his view. "flynn should ask for immunity in this is a witch hunt." in a letter, flynn's lawyer made it clear he is ready to testify, but there's a caveat. no reasonable person who has the benefit of advice from counsel, would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee called flynn's request "a grave and momentous step." flynn talked a lot about prosecution during the campai campaign -- >> lock her up, that's right. yeah, that's right. lock her up. >> reporter: when a low level clinton staffer got immunity to testify about her e-mail syste

>> jon karl leading us off. jon, thank you. >>> as you know, after the speech t, the real challenge begins. will the president be able to repeal and replace obamacare? there are divisions emerging among republicans tonight, and on his budget outline calling for billions more in defense spending. but there would have to be drastic cuts elsewhere, and one republican leader tonight signaling president trump's current budget plan won't go anywhere. abc's mary bruce on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: as president trump gets ready to sell his agenda, republicans tonight are looking for direction. >> and what are you hoping to hear from the president tonight? >> i hope to hear from the president tonight some specifics on three areas. health care reform, tax reform and infrastructure. no distractions. don't want to hear about crowd size. don't want to hear about, you know, election fraud in 2016. we need to stay focused on these issues. >> reporter: five weeks in and the president is now starting his legislative push

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we had to use that to move people off -- >> neil: i remember, karl.s had an easier playing field because they controlled the house and the senate. i'm not so sure now they can do it. >> yeah, i think we'll get a tax cut bill. the key element though is not what the president does, not what the speaker of the house does but what is the relationship between the individual house freedom caucus member and their colleagues. are they going to in essence field some heat from their peers? david brat, you sit there and so no conservative was involved in writing this legislation. i'm a freedom caucus member and i'm on the house ways and means committee and i helped write this bill. is there that kind of relationship, they're having lunch, playing basketball, sitting in meetings. are they going to feel that heat from their colleagues? >> neil: we shall see. we're not there yet. thanks, karl rove. now we know the terrorist involved in the whatsapp? this guy got away with murder. whether it's bringing cutting-edge wifi to 35,000 fans... or keeping a hotel's guests

jon karl, pressing the president. and michael flynn, what we've learned about him. >>> breaking news from the justice apartment. >>> and the new photo scandal gets worse. images of women in the military in multiple places. and the new plea from the top marine. >>> and when parents send their gay teens away. controversial gay conversion therapy. brian ross with the confrontation. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the fast-moving winter storm, what could be a major nor'easter we're watching next. this passenger plane taking off from new york's laguardia today, ground stops at major airports in the east. and a commuter nightmare in spots. tonight, we're tracking the next snowstorm, up to a foot or more possible. here's green bay. gsh gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, just ten days till spring but for the morning commute brought multiple crashes, on new york's long island, and slide-offs in new jersey. some drivers caught off-guard. >> my back end did swerve a little bit, a

karl rove former white house deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor.ood day to you, sir. this is what started the news today from the white house. donald trump tweeted this, the freedom caucus will hurt the entire republican agenda if they don't get on the team and fast. we must fight them and dems. do you want to take that on quickly and then i'll go to your piece on "the wall street journal." >> they did him a great disservice in killing the process but i wish the president woul not engage. that's punching down. he ought to be focussed on other things. >> bill: it seems to be a strategy. you wrote in "the wall street journal." the only lines crossed in the debacle are the caucusers who committed political libel. you're saying the same thing the president's saying, karl. >> i am but i wish he wasn't punching down. with all due respect to jim jordan that was jaw-dropping. you heard him compare it to obamacare. he says it doesn't repeal obamacare. wait a minute it kills a trillion in obamacare taxes and kills the exchanges and stops the medicaid expansi

lauren: karl rove called it unusual. what is he hiding, what story does he have to tell?to what truth we don't know about the white house aides, possibly participating with devin nunes and giving him this information. he was on the inside and they were saying that possibly people from the national security counsel. if he has information there, specially bone to pick with a former employee of the white house and that's the information where says i have information that might help. whatever he's doing he feel that he can defend president trump. nicole: how should the white house be dealing with this investigation and how much of a distraction is it to the trump agenda? >> you hit the nail on the head. it is a complete distraction, right, democrats want to keep this going and take it all the way to the bank. the white house, however, because of the difficulty and how does devin nunes get the documents right. they need to make sure they are clean from this because whatever find dogs come out and whatever happens, there's no findings of collusion, whatever happens with russia

. >> as jonathan karl reports, this time the judge found the revised ban discriminatory. >> it was supposed to take effect in a matter of hours but president trump's signature domestic security proposal has been thrown into limbo once again. a federal judge in hawaii placed a halt on the executive order to temporarily ban travelers from six muslim majority countries and suspend the refugee program. >> you don't think this was done by a judge for political reasons, do you? no. this ruling makes us look weak. >> reporter: version one of the ban rolled out with little notice caused chaos at airports. the revised ban exempted green card holders and ralphers with existing visas. but more than a half dozen states filed suit to stop it. hawaii argued it on the basis of nationality and religion and that would harm the state's universities and tourism industry and pointed to these comments from the plan's architect. >> fundamentally, you're still going to have the same basic policy outcome for the country snfr hawaii argued miller's statement problems the ban didn't really change at all. the white h

and to abc's jon karl two weeks ago. >> can you say definitively that nobody on your campaign had anyontacts with the russians during the campaign? and on the leaks, is it fake news or are these real leaks? you are the one that wrote about them and reported them. >> the first part of my question, the context. can you definitively say nobody in your campaign -- >> well, i had nothing to do with it. i have nothing to do with russia. i told you. i have no deals there. i didn't know anything. >> and that ambassador sergei kislyak also right there in the capitol on tuesday for the president's speech to congress. the white house hoped to still be basking in the glow of that speech. instead, they are now trying to explain their russian connection and fending off what they call political attacks. cecilia vega, abc news, norfolk, virginia. >>> these russian developments leading every network newscast overnight and topping headlines the last few days. take a look at the daily news this morning saying well, recuuuuse me. >> yes, and certainly all the talk surrounding attorney general sessions re

a bid, perhaps, to let the big speech moment sink in. >> let's get to jon karl live at the white house tonight, and jon, you mention there, the delay now in the president's new executive order. we know at first, it banned citizens from seven muslim-majority countries, and among them, iraq, and you hear that could come off the list? >> reporter: i'm told the current version of the travel ban, iraq has been removed at the urging of state department officials and defense secretary mattis who both made the case that iraq is a critical partner in the fight against isis. including them in the ban could hinder that fight. >> thanks as always. >>> and with the address to congress now behind the president, the new challenge for president trump is whether he will be able to get all this through congress. repealing and repealing and replacing obamacare as some republicans just want it gone for good. and an infrastructure plan. abc's mary bruce with a reality check on the political fights ahead. she is on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: praise for the president's speech, but also relief. >> i t