north korea has 60 nuclear weapons, a far greater number than they thought before, david. >> martha raddatz leading us off tonight. martha, thank you. i want to bring in retired marine colonel, stephen ganyard, and you heard that u.s. intelligence believes the north koreans have produced a miniature nuclear warhead that can actually fit inside that missile. that was the concern, was it not? and if so, what's the defense? >> it was, david. because miniaturizing the weapon was arguably the hardest part of the nuclear capability. look at this. this is what's called a ground base interceptor. if u.s. radars were able to detect a north korean launch, missiles would be launched from alaska and california, fly up into outer space. they would be able to tell the difference between a decoy warhead and the warhead itself, they would intercept it like a bullet on bullet, and prevent that nuclear warhead from hitting the united states. >> that is certainly the hope of how it would play out. colonel ganyard, let me ask you this, too. the president's words promising fire and fury like the world has never

abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, with president trump's entire statement on camera. his warning to north korea. >> reporter: it is the most fiery, overtly military threat president trump has ever launched at north korea, a chilling warning in response kim jong-un's threats to the u.s. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond a normal standard, and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power. the likes of which this world has never seen. >> reporter: this dramatic escalation of rhetoric, all the more alarming given the latest extraordinary intelligence assessments of north korea's nuclear capabilities. first reported in "the washington post," and confirmed by abc news, u.s. intelligence analysts believe the north can now produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles including its intercontinental missiles. kim jong-un's claim that he was standing next to such a nuclear device last march

martha raddatz is on the front lines of a possible war reporting from seoul, south korea. ng, martha. >> reporter: good morning, george. in the past week, there has been a doubling or tripling down on the threatening rhicanoretthe . verbally fired back with thets that, if acted on, could begin a horrific cycle of violence. this morning, a 35-mile trip to the border, to the demilitarized zone. where some 14,000 north korean artillery pieces point toward south korea's capital. a direct threat to the 26 million people who live in seoul. whenever there are visitors to the dmz, soldiers stand guard. soldiers from the u.s. and south korea. we're on the south korean side. where the gravel ends and the sand begins, that's north korea. daniel mcshea has been here for four year. he says they are always ready. >> the rhetoric heat is probably more than i've seen personally. >> reporter: it's more than etuas hesday. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. >> reporter: friday. >> if anything

and its allies with what it says are nuclear-tipped missiles, david. >> all right, martha raddatz with us on a monday night. martha, thank you. >>> next here this evening to that developing headline at this hour. the president set to address the nation just a short time tr now. will he send more american troops to afghanistan? abc's senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, is in ft. myer in virginia tonight. >> reporter: tonight, president trump hoping to turn the page after one of the worst weeks of his presidency. in a primetime address to the nation, the president is expected to announce his decision to send more troops to afghanistan, following the advice of his generals who argue, the only way to ultimately beat back the taliban and isis, is with more american boots on the ground. >> it's a very big decision for me. i took over a mess, and we're going to make it a lot less messy. >> reporter: the move would mark a major reversal for mr. trump. here he was in 2012 -- >> afghanistan is a total and complete disaster. what are we doing? let's get with it. get out of afghanistan

here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. >> reporter: president trump is confronting one on the world stage. >> what are you going to do about north korea? >> we'll see, we'll see. >> reporter: kim jong-un launching an intermediate range missile, soaring 1600 miles, crossing above the japanese island of hokkaido, before crashing into the sea. the first time kim jong-un has made such a provocative move over japanese territory. in japan, high alert sirens sounding. people receiving text messages telling them to seek shelter. >> no country should have missiles flying over them like those 130 million people in japan. so i think something serious has to happen. >> reporter: in a statement president trump saying only "all options are on the table." >> martha raddatz joins us from washington, and martha, the president recently threatened to respond to new provocations from kim jong-un with fire and fury. just last week, he said he believed the north korean leader was starting to respect us, but it doesn't appear that way anymore. >> reporter: it sure doesn't, tom. that state

martha raddatz tonight. martha, thank you. >>> next this evening, a tornado watch across several states here in the northeast right now. already severe storms moving from kentucky all the way up through maine. 20 million americans in the zone. a flash flood emergency in the kansas city area. a family of seven right there, and their pets trapped on their roof. the path of that possible tornado threat right now from ginger in a moment, but first, alex perez from the storm zone. >> reporter: tonight, the deadly flash flood emergency, trapping families in their homes in part of the kansas city metro area getting up to 10 inches of torrential rain. >> we need you to evacuate the area immediately. >> reporter: more than 160 water rescues, one man caught in high water losing his life. >> rushing water is a whole other animal, and it can move a great deal of weight with its force and can literally sweep those cars off the road very quickly. >> reporter: firefighters using their ladder truck to save a woman clinging t

we always put out those advisories and never launch near flight paths or sea lanes, david. >> martha raddatz in washington. martha, thank you. >>> tonight, that new russia sanctions bill passed after bipartisan support in congress, sitting on the president's desk waiting for a signature. vice president pence in the former soviet republic of georgia today where the u.s. is holding joint military exercises, saying the president will likely sign the new law this week. but then secretary of state rex tillerson also weighing in today saying he and the president are not happy about the sanctions saying they are an impediment to improving relations with moscow. >>> next to an explosive new lawsuit against fox news alleging links between the white house and a false story about a murdered democratic staffer and leaked e-mails. did the president know the story was coming on fox? it outraged the family and was retracted by fox news. here's abc's chief national correspondent, tom llamas, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a new lawsuit with a bombshell accusation, the white house worked with fox news to spr

here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. >> northorea best not mak ke any morehreats to the united stat states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond a normal statement. and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> reporter: this dramatic escalation of rhetoric all the more alarming given the latest extraordinary intelligence assessments of north korea's nuclear capabilities. first reported in the "washington post" and confirmed by abc news, u.s. intelligence analysts believe the north can now produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, including its intercontinental ballistic missiles. kim jong un's claim that he was standing next to such a nuclear bvice last march was met with some this latest intelligence assessment says he has indeed produced that device. he tiss day in his nuclear program. >> reporter: just two weeks ago kim tested an icbm into space, going higher, farther than ever bef

martha raddatz from korea. >> reporter: today, b-1 bombers flying practice missions above the pacific. and president trump from his bedminister golf club doubling down on his alarming warnings to north korea, tweeting -- "military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should north korea act un.lyse hopefully kim jong un will find another path." the president making clear today the consequences if kim doesn't. >> i hope that they are going to fully understand the gravity of what i said, and what i said is what i mean. those words are very, very easy to understand. >> reporter: it is the third day in a row of military warnings from the president.f utters on the form of an overt threat, which, by the way, he has been uttering for years, and his family has been uttering for years, or if he does anything with respect to guam or any place else that's an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it, and he will regret it fast. >> reporter: uts officials tell abc there is no high alert for u.s. forces here. they are always in a state of preparedness. >> the u

. >>> abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz with us on this breaking development. this new threat from north korea, and martha, you have been talking to your sources at the pentagon. a lot of americans watching this unfold want to know how unlikely is it. will we see military conflict here? >> reporter: president trump's statement was a surprise to many. it is important to say war is the last thing anyone at the pentagon wants to see happen, but pacific command has been doing updated war planning and they are certainly focusing on defensive measures as well, but if those tough sanctions imposed on north korea do not work, if kim jong-un continues to make progress on a nuclear tipped missile, a senior official told me in 6 to 12 months, the decide whether some sort of pre-emptive strike or some other measure should be undertaken to stop kim, david. >> martha raddatz following the breaking developments as well. martha, thank you. >>> the other major headline developing at this hour involves the russia investigation tonight, and the raid before dawn at the home of one-

. >>> abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz with us on this breaking developmenen tisth talking to your sources at the pentagon. a lot of americans watching want to kwnoow is it. will we see military conflict here? >> reporter: president trump's statement was a surprise to o say war is the last thing anyone at the pentagon wants to see happen, icdoifacing updated war plannin they are certainly focusing on defensive measures as well, but if those tough sanctions imposed on north korea do not work, if prress-u onscoinnt aue nuclear missile, a senior official told me in 6 to 12 months, the administration will have to decide whether some sort of pre-emptive strike or someunder stop kim, david. >> martha raddatz following the breaking developments as well. thank you. >>> the other major headline developing at this hour involves the russia investigation tonight, and the rai one-time trump campaign chair, paul manafort. a dozen armed fbi agents, reportedly waking him up, knocking on his bedroom door to execute the search warrant. abc's mary bruce at the fbi tonight. >> re

s this week hosted by martha raddatz. the very same day president trump was defiantly defending his charlottesville response by saying there were very fine people on both sides even among those white supremacists and neo nazis i was flying in the back seat of an f. sixteen near the north korean border where thousands of american service members stand ready to give their lives to defend the u.s. and its allies as if she flying around in that jet being like look at me look out cool war is is it also a form of white supremacy furthermore protecting our allies there is basically no estimate of a military strike on north korea that doesn't involve the immediate death of hundreds of thousands of south koreans or perhaps millions so really we're just putting them in harm's way plus most south koreans do not want military strike on north korea and their president moon said they will not allow it but thanks to our catastrophic mainstream media like you martha raddatz and your jingoistic salivation for war you've gotten us to the p

martha raddatz was talking saying the u.s. remains at the ready. >> we have the capability to defend them against the attack that north korea is capable of delivering today. >> let's bring in martha raddatz from seoul, and that language would make it appear they have backed down at least for now, but the pentagon knows they are still a major threat. >> reporter: yes, david. it does appear kim jong-un blinked and backed away in what could have resulted in a major military conflict, but this does not in any way end the threat from this volatile dick tater. we know intelligence believes he is trying to perfect a nuclear weapon against the u.s., and military ongss mustry main on the table, david. >> reporting in from soule again tonight, thank you, martha. >>> back at home to the invisible danger. nearly a dozen people hospitalized by dangerous levels to carbon monoxide. police and neighbors overcome after rushing inside to help, and here's abc's mara schiavocam schiavocampo. >> rep inside this new jersey home, poisoned by a carbo

tonight, abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, asking the secretary of state, do americans know how many more sons and daughters will be sent? >> reporter: a rare public about face for president trump. before he came to office -- >> let's get with it. get out of afghanistan. >> reporter: also tweeting, we have wasted an enorms amount afghanistan, but now -- >> my original pull out. and historically, i like following my instincts, but all mylife i have heard that decisions are when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. presidentmp in that primetime addrais, hisstra his predecessors. no nation-building, no arbitrary timetables. the president promised to wipe out terrorists. >> when america commits its warriors to battle, we must ensure they have every weapon to apply swift, decisive and overwhelming force. >> reporter: but the president would not say how many additional troops. and at the state department today >> don't the american people deserve to know approximately ho of their sons and daughters will be going back to afghanistan in a war that's lasted near

we think good things can happen. >> and martha raddatz live from seoul. strong words there from the president, saying kim jong-un will not get away from what he is doing. but the u.s. is secretly in back channel diplomacy from north korea? >> reporter: exactly. this started to get u.s. prison nors released from north korea. the back channel negotiations are continuing. they are expanded them. cecilia. >> thank you. >>> we want to turn to the north korean threat that is aimed directly at the u.s. territory of guam. are and today, an ominous warning went to residents there. how to preticket themselves in case of an attack. jim avila was there. >> reporter: with guam in the crosshairs tonight, their office of homeland security and civil defense issuing these pamphlets to help prepare for "an imminent missile threat." warning to "not look at the flash or fireball. it can blind you." to "shelter in place" by sealing off doors and windows, and to "expect to stay inside for at least 24 hours unless other told by authorities." >> it's scary, the thought of it. >>

here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: today, a new warning from kim jong-un's regime. after nearly a week of threats on both sides, north korean state media sending this message. "if the trump administration does not want the american empire to meet its tragic doom, they had better talk and act properly." the threat comes after north korea, earlier this week, said it was crafting a plan to send four missiles to the waters off guam. and its latest message, clearly a response to president trump's string of warnings, from his friday tweet, saying the u.s military is "locked and loaded" to his latest. >> and if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> reporter: the governor of guam, urging calm to the 160,000 americans who live there. today, he received a call from the president. >> we are with you 1,000%. >> reporter: the president even promising him a tourism boom. >> jouf become extremely famous. your tourism -- you're going to go up like tenfold with the expenditure of no money, so i congratulate you. >> reporter: still, u.s. of

there are really no good options here. >> martha raddatz with us live from washington. thank you. >>> tonight, the controversial former arizona sheriff, joe arpaio has been found guilty of criminal contempt. arpaio, who called himself america's toughest sheriff has now been convicted for conducting immigration sweeps for 17 months after a federal judge ordered him to stop. arpaio served as the county sheriff for 24 years before losing the election last november. >>> next here this evening, we celebrate the life of sam shepard, the pulitzer prize winning playwright, and the oscar-nominated actor. proving over and over again he had the right stuff. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: like the rugged characters he created on stage and on screen, sam shepard had hidden depths. his test file in chuck jager in "the right stuff," he was the unsung hero. a cowboy aviator proudly going his own way, and he was nominated for an oscar. >> spam in a can. >> reporter: he had leading man looks and the soul of a poet. he won a pulitzer prize as a playwright for "barry child," and w

george. >> martha raddatz. thanks. we bring in general h.r.ter, the president's security adviser. us this morning. there's been so much fallout to the president's comments yesterday in about charlottesville. including this from richard haas, the chairman of the council on foreign relations who says the u.s. ability to persuade over governments to fight terrorism diminishes when potus fails to call it out, take t on at home. the example we set matter ps. >> the president has been very clear. we cannot tolerate this kind of bigotry and hatred. he called on all americans to take that firm stance against it. this is a great opportunity to ask ourselves, what are we teaching our children? we have to get beyond this that is rooted in ignorance. our commit to each other. freedom. libber thety. tolerance. and rights for all of us. >> well said, sir. he didn't call out the white supremacists responsible for the violence. terrorism, the president says you can't solve the problem if you don't say the name. doesn't that hold true for domestic terrorism as

here's abc's martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: while this could some day hit most of the u.s., it was sending shock waves around the world. the more immediate danger we are just learning tonight was right in the area from where the missile was recklessly launched, in busy commercial air space. as the missile was descending, flight data shows an air france-777 with 323 people on board traveling from tokyo to paris, less than ten minutes after the plane passed northwest of this island, landing in the water near the spot the air france plane had just flown. >> the crew of the plane had no idea they were in danger. it was coming in from out er space. >> reporter: they say they constantly analyze dangerous flyover zones and they say the flight was operated without incident, but the pentagon has said north korea's missile launches into busy air space and heavily traveled seas are done with no coordination. >> martha is with us, and they have their own missile test planned in california. but unlike the north koreans, the defense department will put out an announcement to warn those in th

i want to bring in abc's global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz, and the u.s. supports these saengss, but there's concern that the north koreans have made progress with their missiles. >> reporter: there is, david, but despite those warnings to america calling the u.n. sanctions a heinous u.s. plot for which the u.s. will pay dearly, the u.s. will keep up the economic prsure, letting kim jong-un feel the effects over time, which what could be a billion dollar loss, and the administration cannot let this go on indefinitely since u.s. intelligence now believes kim could have a nuclear tipped missile capable of hitting the u.s. as early as next year, but as you know, david, president trump has said he will not let that happen. and a military option remains on the table if the sanctions do not show results, david. >> martha raddatz, watching the situation in north korea for us. thaun, martha. >>> there is news on russia tonight amid new images intended to impress the russian people of vladimir putin on vacation. rex tillerson with stern words for his russian counte

. >> martha raddatz. thanks. we bring in general h.r. mcmaster, the president's security adviser. general, thank you for joining us this morning. i want to get to north korea in a se.thndcoe's beenfi sbuo much fallout to the president's comments yesterday in about charlottesville. including this from richard haas, the chairman of the council on foreign relations who says the u.s. ability to persuade other governments to t fi potus fails to call it out, an attack at home. the example we set matters. how do you respond to that criticism? >> the president has been very clear. we cannot tolerate this kind of bigotry and hatred. he called on all americans to take a firm stand against it. this is a great opportunity to ask ourselves, what are we teaching our children? tolerance has to overcome this kind of hatred. this kind of hatred that is grounded really in ignorance. ignorance of our values and what makes us unique. our commitment to each other. to freedom. liberty. tolerance. and rights for all of us. >> well said, sir. he didn't call out the white supremacists responsible for the

here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the crippled "uss mccain" is in port at a naval base in singapore, while searchers work to find those ten missing sailors. and the navy scrambles to find the cause of this latest accident. the gaping hole in the ship's hull giving only a hint of the horror that took place inside. >> it's an intolerable and inexcusable tragedy. >> reporter: it was before dawn when the destroyer, one of the most sophisticated ships in the navy, collided with the oil tanker in a busy shipping lane in the south china sea. the bulbous nose of the tanker piercing the destroyer's left side, which would be near berthing areas for the crew. in addition to those missing, five sailors were injured, four medevacked to a hospital in singapore. it's the fourth navy mishap this year, the second major collision for the seventh fleet in two months. seven sailors died in june when the "uss fitzgerald" collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. >> what have we missed? has something changed in the environment? are radars

martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: russia now striking back at the u.s.nnouncing the expulsion of u.s. diplomats from the country demanding more than 700 embassy and consulate staff be remove from their jobs leaving just 455. the same number of russian diplomats remaining in the u.s. after we expelled personnel last december. russia also seizing two properties used by u.s. diplomats in russia moving trucks already on the scene. >> the retaliation comes after that congressional vote to increase sanctions against russia as punishment more moscow's election meddling. president trump expected to sign that bill despite his administration's criticisms of it. it was less than a month ago that president trump and putin had that first face-to-face at the g-20, but now that relationship on a downward spiral. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> lawmakers are facing off with president trump over key obamacare payments. president trump is threatening to cancel the payments known as cost sharing reductions as a way to make obamacare implode. if the payments are c

here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. >> reporter: tonight the crippled "ussccain is in port at a naval base in singapore while searchers work to find those ten missing sailors and the navy scrambles to find the cause of this latest accident, the gaming hole in the ship's hull giving only a hint of the horror that took place inside. >> it's an intolerable and inexcusable tragedy. >> reporter: it was before dawn when the destroyer, one of the most sophisticated ships in the navy, collided with the oil tankner a business shipping lane in the south china sea. the but bus nose of the tanker pearcing the destroyer's left side wiltds be near birthing areas for the crew. in addition to those missing, five sailors were injured, four medevac'd to a hospital in singapore. it is the fourth navy mishap this year. the second major collision for the 7th fleet in two months. seven sailors died in june when the "uss fitzgerald" collided with a container ship off the coast of japan? >> what have we missed? our radar so good, are we relying on only on ray dorz and not sea mansh

this little boy comes up, candidate trump gets up, martha raddatz is on the news. if you are over the age of 12, you can go on the ride. she gets on and candidate trump has a make america great again hat. an eight-year-old boy is on the plane. it is a pretty big deal. it's a gorgeous helicopter. he is seated across from the candidate and martha raddatz of abc news has a camera. this little boy -- a surreal environment. he gets on the helicopter, and the little boy turns to candidate trump and says, are you batman? [laughter] corey: without missing a beat, donald trump says, yes, i am. pretty sad. and with that, boom, the helicopter goes up, and the press is enamored once again that donald trump has driven the media crazy again doing something that no other candidate has done in the history, which is take kids on a helicopter ride at the iowa state fair. our primary did not rely on television ads. we had zero budget in the primary. we did not have a direct-mail operation. we did not have phone vendors -- we had phone vendors who tried to solicit our business. i woul