the rnc silent about the money wynn raised for the party. >> and kenneth moton joins us live outside rnc headquarters in washington. steve wynn today addressed his resignation, calling the allegations against him a distraction. >> wynn, that that's right. he's speaking out today. but they're the lawmakers he raised money are quiet about those donations. >> kenneth moton for us, thank you. >>> democrats calling for legislation to protect special counsel robert mueller. after reports president trump tried to fire him last june. the president consistently denying it. even yesterday, calling it fake news. tonight, even a top senate republican says he's opened to a move to protect mueller's independence. abc's david wright is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: tonight, fresh from his quick trip to davos. >> i think it was a very, very successful trip. >> reporter: the president is gearing up for the state of the union, a speech the white house describes as "optimistic," "forward-looking" and bipartisan. president trump, eager to take credit for a roaring economy. >> mr. speaker, the

kenneth moton, abc news washington. >> a swimmer bitten by a sea lion in the waters off san francisco'squatic park yesterday says it was not her first run-in with one. iran chan swims daily in bait. she said her first brush was three months ago when one bumped her. but yesterday a sea lion attacked her, biting her on the knee. chan is okay but is wondering why she became a target. >> i can't eanimal. this one become so mean to me. >> several sea lion attacks happened in the last few months. the park service said the swimmer should go into large groups and stay closer to shore. chan says she plans to swim again as early as next week. >> the world's biggest wave surf contest could return on tuesday. the world's surfing league announced today that conditions are looking perfect and an official announcement would come tomorrow. organizers briefly considered monday for the mavericks surf competition but believe conditions will be too rough. 30 of the world's elite surfs are standing by, including for the first time ever, six women. mavericks was cancelled last year after former organizers we

kenneth moton abc news washington. >>> all right time to talk eagles now. the birds one win away from the super bowl. and once again they are home underdogs, the minneings opened the week as 3.5 favorites in the championship game and that doesn't change much for the eagles and today head coach doug peterson says that practice this week is as usual and talks about the vikings and what makes them a tough team to beat. >> not turning the ball over and you know the whole season hnas tenor running game a and putting him on the perimeter, he is an athlete and quarterback. and getting the ball out quick. >> and on display this morning on south philadelphia. the trophy right there. the winner of the nfc championship game has gotten this trophy every year since the 1984, 85 season and named after the founder of the chi bears and eagles hope to take it sunday night. and the "action news" sports team is ready for a "action news" preview party friday night. we'll be broadcasting live from chickies and petes friday night at 7:30 p.m. right here on 6 abc. >>> there is mo

kenneth moton abc news washington. >>> all right as we continue the countdown kickoff for the eagles playoff game against the falcons, fans everywhere are cheering on their team. ♪ fly eagles fly on the road to victory ♪ >> they are in the right spirit. the kids showed off their spirit by singing the eagles fight song, everyone there including the teachers and staff at the school in cheltenham were wearing their eagles green. >> and the philadelphia eagles have made it to the super bowl twice before but lost both times. dick vermeil was the coach of the birds when they lost to oakland in 1981. we caught up with him in northern liberties and talked about the chances in the playoff game and what he thinks about nick foles. >> he is not carson wentz nor will he ever be but at the top of his game he can do a couple of things that carson doesn't do as well as they does. and the falcons are a better team than people give them credit for. i think the eagles with beat them but we have to play very, very well. kickoff is set for 4:35. we want you to keep your team spirit coming. look at every

kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> democrat leader -- >> senate showdown. lawmakers pointing fingers hours before a possible government shut down. >> holding the entire country hostage until we pass an immigration bill they haven't even written yet. >> shame on the majority part, the republicans for saying that is the best they can do. we can do better. >> president trump tweeting this morning, democrats want illegal immigration and weak borders. shut down coming we need more republican victories in 2018. and they held an early morning press briefing. >> he called both bipartisan members and is lead on this issue. >> the one month deal to fund the government passed the house last night. without a fix for 800,000 immigrants, the dreamers. >> senate democrats don't oppose anything in this bill just holding it hostage for a deal on a completely unrelated issue. >> but not every republican senator is on board. there is a bipartisan bill on the table but president trump reject tropical disturbance. >> you need to be the president of all of us. there is a time to

reporting live in washington, kenneth moton, abc 7 news. >>> kenneth, thank you. a new danger found at intersection of luxury and fashion. seismologists say a fault line runs right underneath rodeo drive in beverly hills. new data uncovered this. the fault had its last sizable quake in 1973. seismologists say its potential for destruction is great. they say it could cause far more damage to l.a. than the 6.7 magnitude northridge earthquake in 1994. >>> lawmakers in sacramento working to make sure your bluetooth devices aren't secretly gathering data on you. a bill is making its way to the station requiring manufactures of devices to install additional security measures. lawmakers say the proposal worked to protect critical information getting into the wrong hands. new bluetooth and voice control devices make the tlet of privacy invasions more real than ever. >> people can be identified by that information and that information is also being sold. again, without our knowledge or permission. so these are very, very serious problems. a lot of people, frankly, don't kn

kenneth moton is live in washington with the latest joining us now. kenneth? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. that's right. president trump responded a couple of hours ago to that new york times report that says he tried to fire robert mueller last summer. reportedly mueller found this out during interviews with current and former white house officials. >> this morning, president trump on the world stage at the economic forum in switzerland. >> fake news, folks. >> responding to a new report that he tried to get rid of the special counsel in the russia investigation. "the new york times" says after media reports after obstruction of justice case last june, the president ordered don mcbegan to ask the justice department to fire robert mueller. the sources say trump backed off. >> i haven't given it any thought. i've been reading about it from you people. >> the top aide repeatedly denies that he's given thought to firing mueller. >> the president hasn't not discussed that. >> "the new york times" also reports white house counsel argue dismissing mueller woul

abc's kenneth moton has the latest. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. the press was having an off the record session with white house chief of staff john kelly when president trump dropped in and made some big headlines. the president saying his interview with the special counsel could happen in two to three weeks. president trump left the white house bound for switzerland a couple of hours before appearing eager for a possible interview with special counsel robert mueller. >> i'm looking forward to it actually. >> yeah. do you have a date set? >> just so you understand there's been no collusion whatsoever. >> you would do it under oath. >> reporter: >> i would do it under oath. . >> reporter: trump's mraur saying mr. trump was speaking hurriedly and that arrangements are still being worked out. it's raising questions about whether his team is zeroing in on possible obstruction of justice. >> there's no obstruction whatsoever, and i'm looking forward to it. >> reporter: another headline from that impromptu west wing q&a, trump eaching to granding citize

kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >> that's why we found filer lil?. i never do. >>> that's the news for this >> good morning it is 4:30 a.m., monday, january 29. it's super bowl week. >> here's what we're following for you. the eagles touched down in minnesota. tonight they face the glare of global press. it is super bowl opening night in minnesota, "action news" is there. >> gunfire claims three lives in a berks county home. >> tax filing season will kick off today. we'll talk about an important change to look for on your w2. >> getting ready for super bowl week, david murphy and karen

kenneth moton, abc news washington. >> a swimmer bitten by a sea lion in the waters off san francisco'squatic park yesterday says it was not her first run-in with one. iran chan swims daily in bait. she said her first brush was three months ago when one bumped her. but yesterday a sea lion attacked her, biting her on the knee. chan is okay but is wondering why she became a >> i can't eanimal. this one become so mean to me. >> several sea lion attacks happened in the last few months. the park service said the swimmer should go into large groups and stay closer to shore. chan says she plans to swim again as early as next week. >> the world's biggest wave surf contest could return on tuesday. the world's surfing league announced today that conditions are looking perfect and an official announcement would come tomorrow. organizers briefly considered monday for the mavericks surf competition but believe conditions will be too rough. 30 of the world's elite surfs are standing by, including for the first time ever, six women. mavericks was cancelled last year after former organizers went bankr

abc's kenneth moton is in washington with more. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, maggie. we don't know where special counsel robert mueller is in his investigation, but we do know his team has interviewed a number of high-profile trump administration officials, attorney general jeff sessions now added to that list. the russia investigation reaching right into president trump's cabinet. attorney general jeff sessions interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team. >> mr. president, are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel? >> no, i'm not at all concerned. >> reporter: sessions has faced scrutiny since his capitol hill testimony critics called misleading. >> i didn't have -- did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: turns out sessions had several conversations with the russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign. >> therefore, i have recused myself. >> reporter: the a.g. later handing off the russia probe and sources tell abc news mueller's team questioned sess

abc's kenneth moton is following the details from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and maggie. "the new york times" reports the attempted firing of the special counsel happened last summer but robert mueller recently learned about the incident as his team interviewed current and former white house officials. this morning, president trump on the world stage at the economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> fake news, folks, fake news. >> reporter: but responding to a new report that he tried to get rid of the special counsel in the russia investigation. "the new york times" says after media reports of a possible obstruction of justice case last june, the president reported white house counsel don mcgahn to ask the justin povick to fire robert mueller. the sources say trump backed off when mcgahn refused and threatened to quit. >> i haven't been giving it any thought. i have been reading it from you people. >> reporter: the president and his top aides have repeatedly denied that he's given any thought to firing mue

reporting live in washington this morning, kenneth moton, abc 7 news. >>> kenneth, appreciate it. thank you. it's quarter to 5:00. happening today, the doctor accused of molesting dozens of athletes will be sentenced today. this is after days of emotional and scathing victim impact statements including from ma'ake lama roan i and aly raisman. under the plea agreement, he could face up to life in prison. he's accused of abusing more than 150 girls and women, many athletes reported the abuse but nothing was done. >>> santa clara county supervisors moving forward to build a new jail facility in san jose. abc 7 news was at the santa clara county administration building in san jose, as the board approved a plan to replace the 1950s era south wing of the main jail. that project will cost the county $257 million. the state will chip in $80 million of that. the new facility will house inmates receiving mental health treatment and classrooms for lower-level offenders. >>> transportation leaders will consider a third lane for vehicle traffic on the upper deck of the richmond-san rafael brid

kenneth moton has details. kenneth: "fire and theory" fallout. it,man heavily quoted in steve bannon, under attack by the white house. it reads like an angry vindictive person spouting off to a highly describable author. kenneth: stephen miller on cnn, waging an all out war on steve bannon since the uncovering of the details in the book. >> sloppy steve brought him into the white house. that is why sloppy steve is looking for a job. kenneth: bannon is expressing regret, only over what he said about the president's son. to wolff thated the trump tower meeting trump junior set up with jared kushner to get dirt on hillary clinton was treasonous and unpatriotic. the president tweeting president is, as you watch him, his behavior has only confirmed what all of those people on the record and off the record said in the book. kenneth: trumps personal legal team sent a cease and desist later to the publisher of "fire and fury." kenneth moton, abc news, washington. adrianna: the trump administration is ending special protections for immigrants from el salv

kenneth moton has more. enneth: the president suggesting on twitter republicans should finally take control. was norump: there collusion. everybody knows it. kenneth: trump speaking on fisa, tweeting "this is may have been used with the discredited and phony dossier to badly of use the truck campaign -- trump campaign." then an about-face. "we need it." trump now sending to backtrack on whether he is willing to sit down on an interview with robert mueller's team. pres. trump: we will see what happens, but when they have no collusion, and nobody has had collusion at any level, it seems unlikely to even have an interview. kenneth: nearly a year in office, the president still taking on hillary clinton. pres. trump: hillary was not strong on military. kellyanneillar conway about the president repeatedly bringing up hillary clinton. ms. conway: nobody brings up clinton. kenneth: hours later, trump asking "where are crooked emails?"congressional republicans have once again called on the president to allow special c

kenneth moton in d.c. has more on the punch and counter purge with the gop and democrats ahead of the government shut down deadline. >> from the capital to the white house. negotiations underway to avert a government shut down. >> i'm appealing to everyone in the room to put the country before party. >> immigration at the ent center of the debate. president trump flanked by republicans and democrats. hanging in the balance the fate of the undocumented immigrants known as dreamers brought to the country as children. their fate to be expected this week. >> a bill of love. but also has to be a bill where we are able to secure our border. >> the big battle likely to be over homeland security $18 billion request for the southern border wall. >> if we don't do something with the security and something with the chain migration we are fooling each other that we solved the problem. >> i want to state that emfatcly there is not a democrat not for having secure borders. >> on capitol hill a harder tone from democrats

and kenneth moton has the high-stakes talk on the hill. >> from the capital -- capitol the white house. >> i'm assuming everyone put the country before the party. ken in the: immigration at the center of debate. hashing ou in front of the cameras. hanging in the balance the fate of the undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers" brought to the country as children. a bill to address the fate expected this week. trump: it should be a bill of love but also a bill where we are able to secure the border. kenneth: the big battle likely over the $18 billion request for the president's southern border wall. >> if we do not do something with the security and the chain migration we are fooling each other we solved a problem. i want to state that emphatically. there is not a democrat not for having secure borders. >> on capitol hill, a heard tone from democrats. >> president trump is fighting for an empty symbol rather than smart policy. >> leaders are trying to achieve a funding deal to set spending caps, reauthorizes the children's health insurance program and provides emergency disaster relief

kenneth moton is live in washington with the latest for us. kenneth?> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. we know that reportedly special counsel robert mueller learned about his attempted firing from other white house officials. >> president trump on the economic stage in davos, switzerland. >> fake news. >> responding to a new report that he tried to get rid of the special counsel in the russia investigation. "the new york times" says after media reports of a possible obstruction of justice case last june, the president ordered white house counsel don mcgann to ask the justice department to fire robert mueller. the sources say trump backed off when mcgann refuse and threatened to quit. >> i've been reading about it from you people. >> the top aide repeatedly denied he's given thought to firing mueller. >> the president has not even discussed that. >> "the new york times" also reports white house counsel argued dismissing mueller would have a catastrophic effect on the trump presidency. blumenthal, one of the investigators for the russian medd

as kenneth moton reports on the hill, nothing is certain. >> do you hear anything about the immigrationill? kenneth: negotiation on the dreamers. >> deal or no deal? >> no deal yet. there has to be one. we are running out of time. kenneth: senators looking for the bipartisan agreement on the deferred action for childhood arrivals program or they will only say they are close to a deal. >> we have an agreement, the bipartisan group i'm talking about, that we are shopping among the colleagues now. >> nearly 800,000 young immigrants brought to the u.s. as children waiting for word. >> they are panicked. they have a right to be. they are worried about being deported. we need to find the right way to make a deal. we are getting closer to making one. >> a possible deal comes a day after the house g.o.p. leaders introduce their version of the bill but it also includes funding for the trump ball on the border, no for democrats. >> if speaker ryan is going to listen to the hard right in house, we will have no deal. >> trump adamant the wall has to be part of the daca deal. >> we are okay of getti

abc 7 news reporter kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> reporter: president trump spending the holiday weekend at his south florida resort. he signed an mlk day proclamation at the white house. >> reporter: mr. president, are you a racist? >> reporter: but ignored questions about his reported use of a vulgar term during a meeting with lawmakers. multiple sources tell abc 7 news that the president was responding to an immigration deal and reportedly said, why are we having all these people from expletive countries coming here? trump tweeted friday morning his language was tough but, quote, this was not the language used and i never said anything derogatory about haitians. >> it's not true. he said these hate-filled things and he said them repeatedly. >> reporter: senator durbin said gop senator lindsey graham directly confronted the president. graham said, "i said my piece directly to the president. i've always believed that america is an idea, defined by its ideals." but republicans tom cotton and david perdue say they do not recall the president saying those comments speci

kenneth moton has the very latest. >> the shut down showdown continueon. this morning president trump asked the p ould happen. it's up to the democrat >> on capitol hill -- >> democrats are negotiating in good faith. the sticking point is with the dreamers and president trump's southern . >> build the wall! >> he rode that campaign promise into the white house. but john kelly told the hispanic caucus that the promises were uninformed. >> this morning trump jumped on twitter to make it clear. the wall is the wall and never changed or evolved of the first day i conceived of t and it will be paid for directly or indirectly or reimbursement from mexico. >> we added all the issues that the president raised in the white house last week. >> last night a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill will g trump's of the dreamer >> don't want to theseh as wa and nard with the spending bill that does not clue the dreamers a big no for the democrats. and backing the short-term measure but it doesn't appear e votes in the senate. >>> the philadelphia archdiocese lau

. >> i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. we're going to keep the party going. diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this incredible new year, 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. 1 million revellers packed into times square for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 degrees at midnight. >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star studded celebration playing out live across the country. mariah carey even joined the party, aimed to redeem herself after last year's performance. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a fiery plane crash in costa rica. >> they were killed along with two pilots when the chatter plane went town in a wooded area sunday afternoon moments after taking off. abc's marci gonzalez has more on the cra

we want to turn to kenneth moton.e's joining us live in washington with the latest on that part of the story. >> good morning, jessica. i can tell that you reportedly special counsel robert mueller, he recently learned about his attempted firing as his team interviewed current and former white house officials. this morning president trump on the world stage at the economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> fake news, folks. >> but responding to a new report that he tried to get rid of the special counsel in the russia investigation. "the new york times" says after media reports of a possible obstruction of justice case last june, the president ordered white house counsel don mcgann to ask the justice departent to fire robert mueller. the sources say trump backed off when he refused and threatened to quit. >> i haven't been giving it any thought. >> the president and top aides denied that he's given thought to firing mueller. >> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller

reporting live in washington kenneth moton channel6 "action news." >> thank you kenneth. >> turning toealth check a government shutdown would affect some federal health services and that could mean suspending the cdc blew flu program in the middle of an outbreak. >> hi ali. >> information from the cdc is vital to track the virus. it's how we first found out where the virus started this season, where it's peaking and what that means for our area. a government shutdown could affect how healthcare providers handle the epidemic. shortly after the holiday season, after lots of travel and snow and frigid temperatures kept people inside close together, that's when we started to see a spike in flu activity in our area. but judging from data from the cdc, we could tell the virus was coming. hospitals in other states saw spikes earlier with emergency rooms overwhelmed. the predominant strain is the h3n2. it can be especially dangerous. and not just for the sick or elderly, but also kids and healthy adults. this morning news spread from alabama. a third grader there, zane moen was rushed to the h

reporting live kenneth moton channel6 "action news." >> as the fallout from the president's commentsfired off a tweet announcing that he canceled a visit to london to open a new united states embassy there. he said his cancellation was because his predecessor barack obama sold the old embassy for what mr. trump called peanuts. the problem with that is that the deal was actually made in 2008 under then president george bush. the president's cancellation sparked widespread mockery on twitter even prompting madame tussaud's to put its wax work of the president outside the museum. president trump's visit was expected to have taken place next month. >> now to the latest from california where rescuers are digging through debris trying to find any sign of five people still missing after those deadly mudslides. nearly the entire city of montecito is under a mandatory evacuation order. 10,000 people have been forced to leave their homes so search crews can get access to the area. at least 17 people were killed, more than 500 homes and businesses have been damaged or destroyed. residents there

he could face decades in prison, and kenneth moton is on the story from our washington bureau. kenneth, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan and paula. prosecutors in the deadly case of road rage outside new orleans wanted a second degree murder conviction, but after days of testimony and hours of deliberations, the jury came back with a lesser but still serious charge. overnight, the man who shot and killed nfl player joe mcknight convicted of manslaughter. >> i think the jury did a great job. they were very attentive throughout the entire trial and really paid attention and put a lot of work into this and we absolutely respect the verdict, and the family is very happy with the verdict. >> reporter: the jury spent seven hours deliberating on friday before finding ronald gasser guilty. the 56-year-old claims self-defense in the deadly confrontation that happened back in december 2016 when mcknight, a former new york jets running back, allegedly cut gasser off on a bridge in louisiana leading a frenzied five-mile chase. surveillance video showing the two vehicles t

and abc kenneth moton joins us live from washington with more. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, president trump is tweeting about the russia investigation and also even though he said he would not get in the way of the investigation by the special counsel, he said and tweeted. republicans should finally take control. >> today the fallout continues over senator diane finestein's release of the testimony from the cofounder of fusion gps who commissioned the famous trump dossier. >> i think people are entitled to know what he said and the lawyers also wanted to released. i see no problem with releasing it. >> the president trump calling the democrat sneaky diane. totally without authorization is a disgrace. >> the president and several republicans dismissed the largely uncorroborated dossier but robert mueller is looking into matters well beyond the dossier and he has made no mention of the document. and they were hired to look into possible ties by president trump and russia. >> the memos are field reports of real interviews, there is nothing pho

abc's kenneth moton has details from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. "the new york times" reports that the attempted firing of the special counsel happened last summer but robert mueller recently learned about the incident as his team interviewed current and former white house officials. this morning, president trump on the world stage at the economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> peace and prosperity. >> reporter: but here at home new reaction to a new report that he tried to get rid of the special counsel and "the new york times" says after media reports after a possible obstruction of justice case he ordered don mcgahn to ask the justice department to fire robert mueller. the sources say trump backed off when mcgahm threatened to quit. they have repeatedly denied he gave any thought to firing him. >> the president never even discussed that. he is not discussing firing bob mueller. >> reporter: "the new york times" argues that dismissing him would have a catastrophic effect on the presidency. richard blumenthal reacted on msnbc. >> these reports ar

. >> i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. we're going to keep the party going. diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this morning with this incredible new year 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. right here in new york city an estimated 1 million revellers packed into times square amid unprecedented security for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 deges >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star-studded celebration playing out live before an audience of millions across the country right here on abc. mariah carey even joined the party, aimed to redeem herself after last year's performance. all the excitement went down just seconds before that iconic ball drop. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a fiery plane cras

kenneth moton channelnews." >> teacher is ki schoo meeting in hancock, the reason she was forced to leave the building. and is a satellite lost in space in meteorologid murphy has your seven-day forecast when "action news" comes right back. >>> officials from north korea and south korea held successful high level talks for the first time in two years, the officialed met today in the ace house in ademilitarized zone. and they agreed to resuming talks. and the north decided to sen a zellgation the winter korea. and the agreed to cooperate and work toward the success of the games. >>> and the senate foreign relations committee hold committees to discuss the incidents that sickened cui 20 w workers and their families began to experience strange . critics says it they were targeted by a precise device like a sonic weapon. cuban officials deny any involvement. and they cast doubt that they y sonic attacks. >>> a spy satellite launched into space appears to have been lost. just yesterday we you how space x launched satellite from capeaveral airport in florida. zuma was suppose to separate after

abc's kenneth moton starts us off from capitol hill. >> reporter: tonight, day one of the shutdown stalemateurning into a battle over blame. >> we do some crazy things in washington, but this is utter madness. >> day one of the senate democrats' government shutdown. >> reporter: there's little evidence of progress, only a scramble to label the first shutdown under president trump. >> we're about nine hours into the schumer shutdown. >> this is a shutdown that president trump welcomed. >> reporter: the president tweeting, "this is the one-year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice present." >> he promised infrastructure, and he gave us a train wreck, and now one-year anniversary, a big fat failure "f" for that first year. >> reporter: democrats drawing a line in the sand for a funding measure that includes a fix for the dreamers, nearly 800,000 children of undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. overnight, frantic negotiations in the senate behind closed doors and even on the floor. >> some people are going to have to get off their high horse

here's kenneth moton with "your money." >> reporter: a warning tonight from the irs about the high riskf bogus filings to steal your tax refund. one potential reason -- that massive equifax credit bureau data breach. hackers in 2017 obtaining the personal and financial information for 145 million people. >> you have a cornucopia of information which is enough to give anyone all the ammunition they need to file a false tax return. >> reporter: 1,500 data breaches last year compromising people's sensitive information. tax experts say credit freezes or monitoring won't stop tax related identity theft. >> if they have the name and date of birth and a social security number, they're off to the races because they can create a fake w-2 form. >> reporter: seattle resident katie van fleet, a victim of the equifax breach. she and her attorney telling us they are looking ahead to tax season after thieves already opened up fraudulent lines of credit in her name. >> i did what i could to protect myself, but in the same way i still feel helpless. >> reporter: new this tax season, the irs has placed a

. >> i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. we're going to keep the party going. diane, you look incredible. >> thank you. loving the pocket square. >> thank you so much. >>> we begin with this morning with this incredible new year 2018. people around the world have rung it in from australia to zimbabwe. right here in new york city an estimated 1 million revellers packed into times square amid unprecedented security for the coldest new year's eve since 1962, just 9 degrees at midnight. >> and yet even the celebrities came out. it was a star-studded celebration playing out live before an audience of millions across the country right here on abc. mariah carey even joined the party, aiming to redeem herself after last year's performance. all the excitement went down just seconds before that iconic ball drop. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> and we will have much more on the new year's celebrations around the world coming up a little later in the broadcast. >>> turning now to breaking new details on a new year's eve tragedy, ten americans among the victims of a

abc's kenneth moton has the latest. >> reporter: this was the horrific scene of a plane crash that left tiny private plane on its way to the costa rican capital, san jose. ten minutes after takeoff, onlookers say it suddenly plummeted out of the sky. >> went sideways and nose dived to the ground. >> reporter: small explosions sending bystanders rushing to help but up close only the plane's colorful tail was distinguishable from the rest of the wreckage. >> everybody was screaming and yelling. >> reporter: among the victims, ten american tourists, including the steinbergs, a family of five on holiday break from new york. >> it's hard to believe that it's actually real. >> reporter: now investigators in costa rica are scouring the wreckage for clues, trying to find out what caused the plane to go down and give answers to those who lost loved ones. >> the hardest partings you hear the news and you want to do something, i'm here, what can i do. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kenneth moton, abc news, new york. >>> new details are emerging about the man who opened fire on police at

it supports the house gop measure to provide short-term funding without a fix for the dreamers kenneth motonall right thank you for that report. 13 children who authorities say were tortured by their parents in california are being scammed by child protective services the siblings were discovered sunday after one of them a 17-year-old girl managed to escape the home. their parents louise and david terpin are behind bars on $9 million each. they were kept in filthy conditions and some were shackled to the furniture. >>> former doctor larry nasser was back in a courtroom today where more victims testified. the former usa gymnastics team doctor is facing decades in prison for sexually abusing young girls. the temperature continues with 98 women and girls sharing their terrified story. >> i have decided to start living again your actions have had me by the throat for years and i'm ready to be released. i will no longer speaking out for myself. >> nasser plead guilty to criminal sexual conduct. >>> a bucks county man was arrested at jfk airport after police uncovered four semi automatic handguns

kenilworth, abc news -- kenneth moton, abc news, washington.cy: for the first time, the kennel club are introducing new breeds. a private tech firm in the united states beginning a new essential for mh-370. if it finds nothing it won michelle: the american kennel club added two new dogs to the pack. nancy: they have so good. now on the roster, the spirited dug, the mound. these names are impossible to pronounce. i'll try. nederlandse kooikerhondje. michelle: round of applause for nancy. and the grand basset griffon vendeen. mine was easier. the dogs can compete in many shows this year but can't strut their stuff at the 2019. so that big show. nancy: an interesting thing about the nederlandse kooikerhondje is it uses its tail to lure ducks in. i know this because we were youtubeing the dogs. michelle: it's beautiful. look how long the title is. the name. it takes up the banner at the bottom. but they are sweet dogs and we look forward to seeing them in the show in 2019. nancy: we do. check out the bird. an owl rescued from the side of the road.

abc news reporter kenneth moton is in washington with the latest on that story. >>> good morning.press was having an off the record session with white house chief of staff john kelley when the president dropped in and made big headlines. the president saying the interview with the special counsel could happen in two to three weeks. president trump left the white house bound for switzerland. a couple of hours before appearing eager for possible interview with special counsel robert mueller. >> i'm looking forward to it, actually. >> just awe second. there's been no collusion whatsoever. >> you would do it under oath. >> i would do it under oath he said mr. trump was peeking hurried -- speaking hurriedly and arrangements are being worked out. trump open to granting citizenship to the d.r.e.a.m.ers after a 10 to 12-year period. >> i think it's ouri issuissue. i think it's better for the republicans than the democrats. >> back to negotiating a deal to address the fate of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. >> trump set a march 5th deadline to end th

kenneth moton has the latest live from washington. >> reporter: extraordinary bipartisan talks on immigration house today and it all comes as krocongress really needs to work over the next seven days before the shutdown next friday to fund the government. from the capitol to the white house, negotiations under way to overt a government shutdown. >> so i'm appealing to everyone in the room to put the country before party. >> reporter: immigration at the center of the debate, president trump flanked by congressional democrats and republicans. hashing out immigration reform right in front of the cameras. and d.r.e.a.m.ers brought to the country as children, a bill to address their fate expected this week. >> this will be a bill of love, but it the has to be a bill where we're able to secure or border. >> reporter: the big battle likely to be overhas to be a bie we're able to secure or border. >> reporter: the big battle likely to be over s $18 billion request for the southern wall. >> if we do not do something with the security and chin migration, we are noare fooling other that we solved the pr

here's abc news reporter kenneth moton with more. >> the russia investigation reaching into presidentt. attorney general jeff sessions interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team. >> are you concerned about what the attorney general told the special counsel? >> no, i'm not at all concerned. >> sessions has faced scrutiny since his capitol hill testimony critics called misleading. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> turns out sessions had several conversations with the russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign. >> therefore, i have recused myself. >> the a.g. later handing off the russia probe. sources tell abc news mueller's team questioned sessions about team quehose conversations with ambassador. abc news has also learned the special counsel wants to interview the president to know about two key matters, suggesting a possible obstruction of justice investigation. the circumstances around the president's firing of ex-national security adviser michael flynn and former fbi director james comey who we learned sat down with mueller's team late last year. it