kenneth moton with incredible footage and the damage done. >> overnight, a tornado outbreak terron through the heartland. 21 twisters reported across five in ottawa, illinois, funnel clouds picking up anything and everything in their path. storm chasers capturing the moment this twister forms, watch as the debris slowly circles up. the deadly tornado killing one and leaving behind a trail of destruction. reducing this nursing home to rubble and paralyzing power lines, resident scrambling for safety. >> had to get in the bathtub. my whole street is wrecked. >> that system bringing baseball wisconsin,and in many forced to pull over. in missouri, a tornado taking the lives of two people after touching down on interstate 55, tossing cars and trucks off the road like toys. >> kenneth moton reporting. stay connected with us wherever you are, today is a great day grab our free stormwatch weather app and get updates sent straight to your iphone or android. the date is set and crowds will come early. when the cherry blossoms will peak. >> a huge moment we all anticipate this time of year. take a li

kenneth moton reports from new york. >> reporter: cooked cop allegations, seven baltimore police officer as accused of lying stealing and tarnishing se officers gangsters as far as i'm conce. the seven appear in court to hear charges they found the men stole from innocent citizens and shook down andpected drug dealers and one even sold heroin. >> they are simply robberies by people wearing police uniforms the amounts range from $200 to $200,000. and included search warrants and filing fake police doubled his salary. >> to do it so arrogantly represents a pattern of practice that ion for many many years. ice of sweeping reforms after a justice nd s officers were charged in 2015 the death of freddie gray in custody angered the community. >> this is a punch in the gut and a reality and a necessity of reform. >> all the previous work of the one police sergeant and six detectives now under ape after this corruption investigation there is major questions about their cases and any arrests they made. kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >> coming up tonight on 6 abc the docudrama when we rise

. >> abc's kenneth moton joining us from washington, d.c. where it's been a very busy overnight. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. this morning the white house says that newly leaked tax document confirms president trump is one of the motion successful businessmen who paid no more tax than legally required. president trump's tax returns revealed, partially. this morning the white house is president paid in taxes in 2005 only. $38 million on an income of more than 150 million. trump's tax rate, 25%. slightly lower than the average but much higher than the 14% 2012 gop nominee mitt romney paid the year he ran. >> what's your tax rate? >> none of your business. >> reporter: trump not to release his taxes, the first in decades. >> do you believe voters have a right to see your returns before they make a final decision? >> i don't think they do. >> reporter: so why now? >> came in the mail overthe t n transom. >> reporter: david k. johnston claimed on "the rachel mad dough show" he received the first two pages anonymously in the mail. >> it's entirely

kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." >>> developing news at this hour. the pepsi company has announced layoffs, it's blaming the city of philadelphia beverage tax as part. because of this it will eliminate 80 to 100 positions, that includes frontline and supervisory positions. >> pepsi says this is not something we take lightly or want to do. we are working to treat our employees with the care and digity that they deserve. we'll have more on the layoffs coming up today at 4:00. >>> the homicide rate in philadelphia is higher now than this same time last year. and overnight two more murders were added to the tally, a 31-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in northwest philadelphia. he was pronounced dead at 3:00, and a 24-year-old man was shot in the chest of the 4900 block of rising sun avenue, he later died at the hospital. and police say they deal in long-term trends and not annual numbers. >> we look at trends and trends as much as ten years back, trying to get an indication where we are. you often have ebbs and flows, and peaks and va

diane and kendis. >> all right, our kenneth moton there in d.c. for us, thank you. >>> and kenneth mentioned the republican health care plan. well, protesters turned out in the snow at house speaker paul ryan's office in wisconsin to denounce the plan. >> now, ryan and others who helped craft the proposal are facing fierce criticism this morning. that comes after congressional budget analysts said their plan would result in tens of millions of people losing their coverage. the speaker, though, defending it overnight. >> sure, there are people who have concerns or criticisms but that's what happens when you get consensus. we have an obligation to keep our promises, to pass the reforms that we told people we would pass if we got this opportunity. >> so, ryan and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell acknowledged they are open to some changes. ryan is hoping to get the plan through the house next week so it can move on to the senate. >>> and white house press secretary sean spicer says president trump is, quote, extremely confident that there is

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abc's kenneth moton joining us from d.c. with all the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and eva. the white house is promising to fight all the way to the supreme court. that's since that newly blocked travel ban and now about national security and the blueprint being presented today. this morning, president trump's travel ban blocked again. >> an unprecedented judicial overreach. >> reporter: trump fired up at a rally in nashville. his signature domestic security proposal hours away from going into effect, temporarily stopped by a federal judge in hawaii. >> the order he blocked was a watered down version of the first order. >> reporter: trump's first version to ban travelers from several predominantly muslim countries caused chaos at airports. the revised ban exempted green card holders and existing visas but that judge said it was discriminatory against muslims. >> i think we ought to go back to the first one and go all the way, which is what i wanted to do in the first place. >> reporter: the president's next battle, his

kenneth moton has more. new this morning. a major about-face from house speaker a major about-face from house speaker paul ryan. the congressman- now admitting that his healthcare proposal will have to change in order to pass the house. thats according to the washington post. the bill has been slammed by democrats and many conservative republicans. the speaker's acknowledgment comes days after an analysis of the bill projected that 14 million fewer people would receive coverage under the proposed plan to replace the affordable care act. in a private meeting, that house leaders would "incorporate feedback" from the rank-and-file republicans in response to the c-b-o findings. one of the people behind the 20-14 hack of 500-million yahoo accounts-- is now in jail. thats according to police. according to a newly unsealed indictment-- two russian spies and two hackers were behind the hack. one of those hackers was arrested in canada this week. prosecutors say the hack targeted yahoo accounts of russian and u-s officials, including

abc's kenneth moton has the details. >> reporter: the plan to replace the affordable care act may be unaffordable for millions of americans. >> trump care would be a nightmare for the american people. >> reporter: the nonpartisan congressional budget office says under the house gop plan backed by president trump, 14 million fewer americans will have health insurance coverage next year compared to obamacare. within a decade the number of uninsured will increase by 24 million people. >> it speaks so eloquently to the cruelty of the bill. >> reporter: the secretary of health and human services not buying it. >> we believe that our plan will cover more individuals at a lower cost and give them the choices that they want. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan rolled up the sleeves last week to say this is the bill. now he says this is what republicans have been bracing for. >> so, of course, the cbo is going to say if you're not going to force people to buy something they don't want to buy, they won't buy it. >> reporter: more republicans many coming face-to-face with angry constituents sa

kenneth moton has the latest on that. kenneth: today, new questions about the person that was once the trump man in charge. paul manafort. the "associated press" out with a report in 2005 a decade before manafort worked for candidate trump he was secretly on the payroll of the russian billionaire deros russian president vladimir putin. the a.p. obtained business documents that they say shows manafort launched ambitious pro-putin strategy for millions of dollars. >> is there any tie between you and your campaign and putin and the regime? >> no, there are not. obsured. no by a -- sured -- it's absurd and no basis for it. >> now he says that smear and innuendo are used to paint a false picture. this week his name brought up several times after the f.b.i. confirmed investigation in the trump campaign in russia. >> is manafort a subject in your investigation? >> i'm not going to comment on that. kenneth: manafort, veteran g.o.p. operative and part of the trump campaign for five months. the campaign chief strategist ran the nati

kenneth moton has more from new york. kenneth: winter whiplash.he northeast hit with a late winter blast. >> the road is slushy but passible. kenneth: several inches of snow coming down in s jersey. the friday morning commute slower on the slick roads. >> my back end slid a little bit. there was a car behind me so i was worried but i got back on. >> the roadway a mess in pennsylvania. near pittsburgh, wanda says the driver slid in the utility pole, bringing down power lines. >> the car is all messed up. it's totaled. kenneth: the winter weather calls for delays and cancellations at airports. j.f.k., the planes had to be deiced. in laguardia the plane disappeared on a foggy runway. the snow moved out and the bitter arctic cold moving in this weekend for the northeast and the midwest. the system that brought snow brought severe weather for the heartland. kentucky and missouri had reported tornadoes. residents and the storm changers golfball size hail. and those strong wind gusts took down trees and knock the power out in michigan. in the south the c

kenneth moton is live in new york with the details tonight. >> reporter: rick, julian assange says thateaks not done releasing documents and the cia is responding as the agency works to find a possible mole that leaked highly sensitive information. julian assange on the record. the founder answered questions online defending his move to expose cia secrets. >> the intelligence agency lost control of its entire cyber weapons arsenal. >> they are thousands of documents highlighting the tools to hack into tvs and phones. >> it's being passed around through members of the intelligence community. >> the cia has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents but did say he is not a bastion of truth and integrity. >> wikileaks praised by president trump for the release of russian hacked email. >> love wikileaks. >> now the white house calls this situation different. >> there is grave concern that the president has about the release of national security and classified information. >> apple and samsung making sure that the cia cannot hack into their products and assange still in the ecuadorian e

kenneth moton, abc7 news.lison: a rally for support and unity after a sikh man was shot in his driveway in the seattle area as the man was out working on the car. police say another man approached him in his driveway and told him to go back to his country and shot him in the arm. members are speaking out against the violence. >> we cannot accept that. we have to do something about it. we cannot live in hate. we want to live here. we belong here. alison: police are searching for the gunman. the victim is a u.s. citizen. jonathan: coming up for here at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the billboard that raised eyebrows with what it said about women is replaced by a new message that some say really isn't much better. alison: while what seems like the world waits for the giraffe to give birth, the spooks are starting -- the spoofs are starting. you will see one of our favorit jonathan: we showed you this last month that said, "real men provide. real women appreciate it." now a new billboard is there calling the criticism of

abc's kenneth moton live in new york tonight with the latest. hi, kenneth. >> reporter: hi, monica.rmer national security staffers call the wiretapping allegation false and eases not the only one. the fbi and the justice department publically quiet on president trump's unsubstantiated twitter claims. behind the scenes, sources tell abc news fbi director james comey wants the record set straight. trump's accusation that president obama wire tapped him is false. >> does president trump accept the fbi's director's denial. >> you know, i don't think he does, george. >> reporter: trump appears to be relying on reports from that conservative news. >> i think there's no question that something happened. the question is is it -- is it surveillance, is it a wiretap or whatever but there's been enough reporting that strongly suggests that something occurred. >> reporter: still, no evidence to back up the claimant the white house calling for a congressional investigation. house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz told fox news trump may get one. >> this stuff does happen and it's not nece

kenneth moton joins us live in our from new york. >> reporter: it appears that fbi director james comey is between a rock and pard place on one side an investigation possibly involving his boss and on the other side congress who is demanding answers. >> the trump campaign, at ledged russian connection and the man responsible for the federal investigation front and center again. >> we need the fbi to fully cooperate. james comey is still dealing with his handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. >> giving details and giving an october surprise that they believe cost clinton the election. now silence. but only getting louder the questions about comey's investigation into the meddle in the election and the probe that, general fbi. >> we can't represent the american people and do a thorough job if the the department of justice or fbi is not willing to tell us what they have looked at. >> democrats say he gave few details and threatened to issue a subpoena but republicans called the briefing a good first step. >> happy he was here and he was very forthright. clearly there will be

abc news reporter kenneth moton has the latest. >> reporter: the fib and justice department quiet onsident trump's twitter claims. behind the scenes sources tell abc news fbi director james comey wants the record set freight. trump's accusation that president obama wire tapped him is false. >> does president trump accept the fbi director's denial? >> you know, i don't think he does, george. >> trump appears to be relying on reports from deserve news. >> i think that there's no question that something happened. the question is is it surveillance, is it a wire tap or whatever. there's been enough reporting that strongly suggests that something occurred. >> reporter: still no evidence to back up the claim. the white house calling for a congressional investigation. house oversight committee told fox news trump may get one. >> this stuff does happen and it's not necessarily done the legal waffle way. and so yeah, we're going to take a look at it. >> reporter: also provided no proof and said he's season nothing to support the president's claim. president obama's former director of national

kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >>> philadelphia police need your help identifying a man that tried to steal from a food store, this is surveillance video from the hung market in south philadelphia. police say that the suspect tried to steal seafood from the store last sunday but a 62-year-old security officer stopped him and the suspect pulled out a gun and fled in a white toyota corolla. the last four digits, 3751 license plate. >>> and a fire broke out two days ago at a peco substation, all the customers are now back on. it's on the 2700 block of west westmoreland in north philadelphia. nobody was hurt in the incidents. >>> the philadelphia flower show is just a couple of days away, and many local store fronts are blossoming with beauty in anticipation. the winners were announced this morning. the annual cometition allows them to decorate their store fronts. and they were on hang to congratulate the winners, among them flower and company in center city named the grand champion. the philadelphia flower show kicks off on friday at the convention center. >> tune in this saturd

kenneth moton, abc news, new york. >>> i'm happy to report we've got nice, calm, pleasant weather here in the bay area. here's live doppler 7. skies will remain sunny throughout the days, the next seven-day forecast period is what i'm trying to say, because we have near zero chances of rain the next seven days so we can expect mild and spring-like weather coming our way even in advance of the official arrival of spring. overnight look for mainly clear skies with low temperatures cool but not cold. we'll see lows in the low to mid-40s. mid to upper 40s near the bay and coast. tomorrow sunny skies with highs in the low 70s in the mildest inland locations. upper 60s to about 70 right around the bay. low to mid-60s on the coast. as we look ahead, here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. mainly sunny skies throughout the seven-day period. a few clouds may enter the picture over the weekend. it will remain mild with highs in the low to mid-70s inland, low 70s around the bay and low to mid-60s on the coast. don't forget to spring forward to daylight saving time over the weekend, saturday n

kenneth moton, abc news, new york. >>> meanwhile our weather, look at this.ng from mild to spectacular, i think. >> the picture says it all, spencer. >> you're right. our weather is quite tame here, quite pleasant. here's live doppler 7. you can see we have no active weather going on right now. the beach forecast for tomorrow is looking pretty good. we'll see mainly sunny skies. maybe a little fog here or there. a light breeze and temperatures mainly in the mid-60s, but up to 7 in santa cruz tomorrow. in the overall picture tomorrow, look for sunny skies with highs ranging from mid-60s at the coast to upper 60s and low 70s at the bay and mid-70s in most of our inland areas. as we look ahead, this is how the accuweather seven-day forecast forecast looks. through next tuesday look for sunny skies and high temperatures reaching into the upper 70s inland on monday and tuesday, mid-70s around the bay. clouds will increase on wednesday. we might see a sprinkle or two up in the north and then it will get sunnier and warmer toward the end of the week. that's what i c

here is kenneth moton. trump's health care battle could take center stage tomorrow on the house floor. pres. trump: it is a crucial vote for the republican party in the people of our country. replacely repeal and the disaster known as a obamacare. >> the day after the president's full port chris -- full-court press and on capitol hill, today more presidential pressure. trump working the phones from the white house, staffers active the hill to try to one of those republican "no" votes. trump even pulling out the threat to win gop lawmakers they would be full's not to support the bill. >> i don't think this is consistent with what the american people senator to accomplish. >> overshadowed by the fbi investigation into the president, his campaign, and alleged ties to russia. the associated press reports in 2005, trans x campaign chair paul manafort secretly worked for russian billionaire to advance the interests of russian president vladimir putin. reportedly obtaining business documents by the ap that show ma

kenneth moton reports from new york. >> reporter: the trump campaign, the alleged russian connectionan responsible for the federal investigation front and center again. >> we're going to need the fbi to fully cooperate. >> reporter: fbi director james comey is still dealing with scrutiny over his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. >> i'm here to give you an update. >> reporter: giving details, even delivering an october surprise democrats believe cost clinton the election. now silence, but only getting louder, the questions about comey's investigation into russia's m eceddling in the election. a probe that now includes the man that oversees the fbi, jeff sessions. >> we cannot represent to the american people that we're doing a thorough job if the department of justice or fbi is unwilling to tell us what indeed they have looked at. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" reports u.s. investigators have examined contacts sessions had with russian officials while he was a trump campaign surrogate. t it left the agency wringing its handle on how to proceed. yes, sessio

. >> reporting in washington, kenneth moton channel 6 "action news." >>> meanwhile, president trump's supreme court nomink on capitol hill for the third day of hearings, judge neil gorsuch answered questions from democrats for ten hours, they pressed him on his view and future rulings, despite a number of democrats calling for his confirmation to be delayed as the fbi investigates if there are ties between trump's presidential campaign and russia. >>> police identified the man shot to death in pemberton township. shaquille williams was founded in a car on the 100 block of kinley road at 9:00 a.m. he was shot several times. >>> overseas the the boxing attacks in belgium were remembed ceremonies in brussels and a moment of silence and king carrive, and another 16 were killed at the airport and more than 300 people were wounded in the attack a year ago today and isis claimed responsibility. >>> new details about an electronics ban on flights heading to the united states from eightus majority countries. based on intelligence that associates of icy are creating technology that are targetin

kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >>> ivanka trump is getting an office in the west wing.sn't have an official government job. the first daughter will receive government issued communications devices and security clearance to access classified information. ivanka trump has already been present at high-level meetings. she says she will continue to offer her father candid advice and counsel. >>> the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch is still under way. gorsuch answered questions for several hours today, growing irritated at times. one exchange involved california senator dianne feinstein. she asked gorsuch about an opinion from late justice scalia on gun control where scalia cited certain weapons may be banned without infringing on the second amendment. >> i can't prejudge that. >> do you agree with his statement? >> the statements out of the heller? >> justice scalia's statement. >> well, whatever is in heller is the law and i follow the law. >> so you agree with it. >> it's not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing, senator, respectfully. it's a mat

kenneth moton joins us live from washington. >> reporter: rick, the typically out spoken president is mum on this investigation and focused on his health care fight. president trump is back on the hill, the businessman tried to close the deal on the american health care act. >> no mention on what happened just 24 hours before, fbi director james comey's says the allegedly contact with russia. >> including investigating any links with individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination -- >> comey could not reveal who was under investigation and dropping names like campaign chairman paul manafort who was fired over the summer. >> he played a limited role. >> he was the chairman of the campaign -- >> he denied a connection to russia or the hack. >> to make it clearly have no relationship with the russians. >> comey came out strong against president trump's unsubstantiated claims that president obama wiretapped him. >> so president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? >> no president could. >> and they reques

. >> abc's kenneth moton joins us from washington with more. good morning this morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, eva and kendis. bipartisan congressional party leaders are flat out saying there is no proof that president obama wiretapped president trump. the white house still not providing evidence or any type of proof in this issue on this allegation but it says it believes the president will be vindicated. on this st. patrick's day -- >> i really love ireland. >> reporter: president trump may need the luck of the irish to defend his unsubstance yachted claim that president obama wiretapped him. >> i've been reading about things. >> reporter: but not from the cia, the fbi or any intelligence agency at the the president's disposal. >> i read in january 20th, "the new york times" article where they were talking about wiretapping. >> reporter: "the new york times" never reported president obama ordered any wiretapping of trump tower. the 45th president adamant on twitter the 44th tapped his phones now says wiretapping meant surveillance

abc's kenneth moton has the latest right now from d.c. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the attorney for president trump's first national security adviser said it's a highly politicized witch-hunt environment and his client needs protection. this morning retired lieutenant general michael flynn says he has a story to tell but only if congressional investigators give him immunity from prosecution. [ chanting "lock her up" ] >> yeah, that's right, lock her up. >> reporter: flynn fired up trump supporters with those "lock her up" chants against hillary clinton. flynn on nbc in september -- >> when you are given immunity that means that you've probably committed a crime. >> reporter: the ex-national security adviser fired by president trump in february for lying about communications he had with the russian ambassador before taking office. the senate intelligence investigation under way. witnesses testified russia used thousands of paid internet trolls to push out fake news to meddle in the election. clinton watts, former fbi a

abc's kenneth moton has more. >> julian assange on the record, the wikileaks answered questions online defending his organization's move to expose alleged cia secrets. >> the central intelligence agency lost control of its entire cyber weapons arsenal. >> reporter: wikileaks released what it says are thousands of documents agency's tools to hack into computers, phones and smart tvs. >> wikileaks discovered the material as a result of it being passed around a number of different members of the u.s. intelligence community. >> reporter: the cia has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents but commented on assange saying he's not exactly a bastion of truth and integrity. the agency continues to collect foreign intelligence overseas to protect americans. wikileaks praised by candidate donald trump for the release of russian hacked e-mails from the democratic party. >> wikileaks, i love wikileaks. >> now the white house calls this situation different. >> there's grave concern that the president has about the release of national security and classified information. >> reporter: buzzfee

kenneth moton, abc news washington. >>> martinez police believe they've stopped a pair of suspected mail thieves. you're looking at a picture of officers holding stolen mail look with a homemade key. officers captured a man and a woman after getting a call someone trying to pry open a mailbox yesterday afternoon. they uncovered evidence of mail theft inside the suspects' car. thieves had targeted mailboxes near star flower >>> a surge in mosquitos is prompting an investigation. this map shows the area crews are focusing on. the avenue, if you live in the area, you could see trucks rolling through your neighborhood for the next couple of hours. they are hoping to be done spraying by 6:30 this morning. >>> march madness spreading in moraga. last night, st. mary's won. >> bcu made a run in the second half, shrinking st. mary's lead to two but the galz held on 85-77 to advance to the second round for the first time in four years. >> trying to ride the wave. it's so fun. we're just not ready to be done yet. so kind of joke around after this game, they can't get rid of us yet. st. mary's, they

abc's kenneth moton hasm td.c., morning. t national security rning. adviser saidd witch-hunt protection. this morning, general michael flynn says he has a story to tell butators gie him immunity from prosecution. >> yeah, that's right, lock trump supporters with those "lock her up" chants against hillary clinton on nbc in september. >> when you are given immunity that means you've probably committed a orter: the ex-natio security adviser fired by president trump in february for lying about communications he had with the russian ambassador before taking office. the senate intelligence hearing under way and witnesses testified russia used internet trolls to push out fake news. former fbi agent clint watts even accused president trump of doing the same. in chief has used russian active measures at times against his opponents. >> reporter: but another roadblock for the house intelligence committee. gop chair devin nunes recently revealed president trump in his transition team were swept up in incidental intelligence reports, information he later rushed to

here's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight, a family in grief after this house fire killed little ashanti hughes. her mother posting pictures on facebook. firefighters say the cause of her death, a hoverboard. >> my granddaughter. we can't replace her. the pain is so deep. >> reporter: this facebook video shows the moment firefighters arrive. the fire ripping through the harrisburg, pennsylvania, home, trapping ashanti and two little girls inside. >> we're getting reports of a child trapped. >> reporter: one child, forced to jump from the second floor. but both survived. tonight, they're in critical condition. >> she didn't know whether to jump or just sit there and burn in the house. it was that bad. >> reporter: another tragedy, a veteran firefighter was headed to the scene, when a suspected drunk driver hit and killed him. this is just the latest incident involving the motorized boards. this one captured on a home security camera. huge flams ripping through the home near chicago. >> it's on fire! >> reporter: this one, ignited on a sidewalk. another burning near a baby stroller. defect

abc's kenneth moton has the details. >> reporter: a family in grief after this house fire killed little ashawntee hughes. her mother posted hesitate images on facebook. firefighters say the cause? a hoverboard. >> my granddaughter. we can't replace her. the pain, so deep. >> reporter: this facebook video shows the moment firefighters arrived. the fire ripped through the harrisburg, pennsylvania home, trapping ashawntee and two more girls inside. >> we're getting rapid calls in reports of kids trapped on the third floor. >> reporter: one child forced to jump from the second floor, but both survived and are in critical condition. >> she didn't know whether to jump or just sit there and burn in the house. it was that bad. >> reporter: another tragedy, veteran firefighter dennis devoe was heading to the scene when a suspected drunk driver hit and killed him. this is just the latest fiery incident involving the motorized boards. this one captured on a home security camera. huge flames ripped through the home north of chicago. >> it's on fire! >> reporter: this one ignited on a sidewalk. anot

long time gop operative paul manafort reportedly worked for a russian billionaire and kenneth moton iswith the full story. >> reporter: good evening. white house spokesman sean spicer raised eyebrows when he said that manafort had a limited role in the campaign and today he says that this report has nothing to do with the president. >> the man once in charge of the campaign paul manafort. the associated press out with the report in 2005 a decade before manafort worked for candidate trump was secretly on the payroll of a russian billionaire and to move forward the interests of vladimir putin. in exchange for millions of dollars. >> are there any types between mr. trump, you and your campaign and you putin and his regime. >> it's absurd and no basis for it. >> and now he says that work with the russian does not involve political -- >> paul manafort -- ught up sev times after the fbi confirmed the investigation into the trump campaign in russia. >> is paul manafort a subject in your investigation. >> i won't comment on that. manafort a veteran gop operative part of the trump campaign forb

ke kenneth moton has the story. >> reporter: the fight continues to free the 22-year-old brought to the u.s. illegally at 7 years old. immigration and customs enforcement agents pulled vargas over on a freeway wednesday. her friend jor began djordan sanders was in the car. >> it was horrible. >> reporter: just hurs before, she was speaking outed about president trump's immigration policies. she was in the process ever renewing her legal status. >> path to citizenship is necessary. >> reporter: the trump administration has said undocumented criminals are the priority. vargas' attorney says she was targeted. >> she was not breaking the law, but she was pulled over because she was identified as being at the press conference. >> reporter: i.c.e. denies the allegation. the stories of imglamigrant children and families have taken center stage. in california, relatives of little tony say the boy born in the u.s. can only talk to his syrian parents by phone. los angeles affiliate k abc reports they are stuck in syria because of the travel ban away from their son that has require disease that re

and abc's kenneth moton is here with more. morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. police in houston say the suspects went as far as to plan out how they wanted their exes to, quote, be taken care of. the person they thought was a hit man was an undercover cop. a surprising murder for hire plot stopped by police. >> it's always baffling when people who appear to have a well-to-too existence go out of their way to do something heinous. >> reporter: a well-known texas veterinarian and her boyfriend allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill both of their exes. >> unusual to find a person concerned about animals and less concerned about humans, i guess. >> reporter: but police say the would-be killers, 48-year-old valerie mcdaniel and 39-year-old leon jacob unknowingly asked an undercover cop to do their dirty work. the accusation, grounds for a judge to deny mcdaniel bond on saturday. >> she indicated that she wanted her -- her ex-husband taken care of. >> reporter: prosecutors say the officer posed as a hit

kenneth moton is live on capitol hill. reporter: ama, fbi director james comey would not give details or a timetable on when the investigation into russia will be over, but he made it clear that president trump's wiretapping claims are definitely wrong. unprecedented. fbi director james comey on the public record confirming his agency is investigating russia's alleged contact with the trump campaign. >> because it is an open, ongoing investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. >> reporter: comey on russian president vladimir putin's possible motive in meddling in the 2016 election. >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. >> but on possible collusion with trump associates, no document from comey or mike rogers. >> investigating and having proof are two different things. you can continue to look for something. but continuing to look for so

reporting live on capitol hill, kenneth moton channel6 "action news." rick. >> kenneth, thank you at this confirmation hearings for president trump's supreme court nominee neil gorsuch started today. and they're being plagued by bitter bipartisanship. republicans are challenging democrats to prove gorsuch isn't qualified while democrats are angry republicans never gave president obama's nominee a hearing last year. today's hearing featured opening statements from gorsuch and senators questioning starts tomorrow. >> in other news the search is on to find thieves who stole more than a million dollars of jewelry from a store in the lawncrest section of philadelphia. and we're not talking about a smash and grab. it was an elaborate crime that involved a hole in the roof. "action news" reporter bob brooks is covering the story. he's live now at the scene with the very latest today. bob. >> reporter: sharrie, very elaborate. in fact, detectives say they have no doubt in their minds that this was a professional team of thieves. behind me, that's the jewelry sto

kenneth moton. >>> facebook is stepping up its suicide prevention efforts.ay the social network introduced a suicide prevention feature that uses artificial intelligence to identify posts indicating suicidal or harmful thoughts. if the post is considered urgent, facebook's a.i. unit will directly alert members of the company's community team and action will be taken. >>> coming up at 4:00, abc 7 news reporter vic lee relives one of dianne feinstein's darkest moments when she -- >> ask finney is just ahead so i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the #askfinney and i'll answer them in five or six minutes. >>> i'm spencer christian. we're looking at beautiful blue skies and how long will they last? i'll have the answer to that in my accuweather forecast >>> tonight at 9:00 on abc 7 you'll see dianne feinstein in one of san francisco's darkest moments as part of the ground breaking mini series "when we rise." >> senator feinstein rarely talks about the assassination of hrvey milk but in 2008 on the 30th anniversary, she did sit down

abc's kenneth moton has more. >> reporter: the justice department publicly not saying a word about presidenttiated twitter claims. sources say behind the scenes, fbi director james comey wants to set the record straight. trump's accusation that president obama wiretapped him is wrong. >> if the president of the united states said that, he's got his reasons to say it. he has some convincing evidence that that took place. >> reporter: john kelley sure that undisclosed proof, but -- >> there's no question that something happened. the question is is it surveillance? is it a wiretap in. >> reporter: still no evidence to back up the claim. the white house calling for congressional investigation. house oversight committee chair told fox news trump may get one. >> this stuff happens and it's not necessarily done the legal waffle way, and so we're going to take a look at it. >> reporter: chaffetz also providing no proof and said he's seen nothing to support the claim. president obama's former director of national intelligence -- >> i can say there was no wiretap against trump tower during the campaig

get the latest right now from abc's kenneth moton. >> mixed reaction to the fbi director's testimonyol hill, democrats appear to be focused on all things trump and russia while republicans want to know what's being done to stop the leaks of classified information. president trump in kentucky rallying supporters around the new gop health plan not addressing fbi director comey's bombshell testimony on capitol hill. >> thursday is our chance to end obamacare. >> reporter: comey confirmed the fbi is investigating russia's alleged contact with the trump campaign. >> because it is an open ongoing investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. >> reporter: comey on russian president vladimir putin's possible motive in meddling in the 2016 election. >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flipside of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. >> reporter: but on possible collusion with trump associates, no comment from comey or nsa chief mike rogers. >> you can c