martha raddatz with us. martha, thank you. >>> meantime, on capitol hill tonight, president-elect donald trump's pick to lead the pentagon facing tough new questions, and tonight, a key trump ally on the hill now acknowledging this will be a, quote, difficult path to confirmation for pete hegseth. here's abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's embattled pick to lead the defense department, former fox news host pete hegseth, swarmed on capitol hill, as he faces a bruising confirmation process. >> how confident are you that you can get the votes to be confirmed? >> reporter: hegseth making the rounds hand-in-hand with his wife, trying to shore up support as he fends off allegations of financial mismanagement, and sexual misconduct, which he denies. >> what do you say to people who are troubled by some of these allegations, sir? >> reporter: "the new yorker" reporting hegseth was forced to step down from leading two conservative veterans groups in the face of accusations he mishandled funds and ab

the fast moving developments in syria, let's bring in our chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatzore are you learning about this rebel group that seized power and what could this mean for the 900 u.s. troops still in syria? >> reporter: those 900 u.s. troops are in syria specifically to keep after isis, and today is bombing of 75 isis targets is a reminder isis is still active. so the pentagon says the u.s. forces will remain in sear syria for now and they feel as if they are safe. as for the rebel group now in charge in syria, the u.s. listed the leader as a specially designated global terrorist and even though he says he's now cut ties with al qaeda, this is not going to be a shining democracy, whit. >> whit: approach with caution appears to be the rule here. president biden was also ask today in a missing american journalist austin tice who disappeared in 2012 near the syrian capital. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: tice was believed to be in the hands of the assad regime. president biden said today they believe he is alive and committed to returning tice to his family.

martha raddatz here with late developments tonight. >> reporter: tonight, dramatic images from south korea, one of america's key allies, after south korea's president declared martial law. protesters flooding the streets, clashing with police. this woman seen grabbing an officer's gun. military helicopters hovering above the parliament building in seoul. president yoon suk-yeol, a deeply unpopular leader, claiming political opponents are trying to overthrow his government. yoon calling for all political activities to cease. opposition leaders rushing into parliament, barricading themselves inside. soldiers storming the building. but just hours after yoon's declaration, south korea's national assembly voted to halt the president's order. and laid late today, president yoon officially backing down, lifting his declaration, pulling the military off the streets. the u.s. blindsided by yoon's move, watching the events with grave concern. >> we want to see these political disputes resolved peacefully and in accordance with the rule of law. >> reporter: the u.s. has nearly 30,000 troops in

martha raddatz inwhen j.d. vance said taken over.ng to make a bill doing of it but we're fine. the mayor of denver overwhelmed with illegal immigrants suddenly was fine with it during the election now he wants to take on tom homan. we all know it's not fine. the people of aurora know it's not fine. guess what? the police chief, todd chamberlain knows in aurora, colorado, they are not fine. listen. >> i had a discussion with an individual from the white house and that occurred back on september the 23rd, i believe. and that person basically told me that, hey, once these immigrants get across the border. that's all we really care about. and to me, that's a problem. and so aurora, we are now in the process, as many other cities throughout this nation of trying to pick up the pieces of a incredibly bad system that was in place. >> brian: september? >> lawrence: would have been great to hear this before the election. >> steve: he is the new police chief. >> lawrence: obviously we knew this was happening but to hear it from a police chief.

major city in the united states, and this was really emphasized, i think it was in october when martha raddatz j.d. vance at the debate, when he started talking about the venezuelan gangs, tda, taking over apartment complexes, she liked chides him and says, i know exactly what you're talking about. i know the facts here. and its limited to a handful of apartment complexes. so that's okay. >> dana: that's where he said his famous line, do you hear yourself? >> judge jeanine: do you hear yourself, exactly. since 2022 they have spent $350 million on illegals in colorado. $350 million. and the victims now are more afraid of the migrants than they are of the police, so at least now they are reporting these cases to the police, but we've got to understand there is a cultural distinction. they come here, many of them, from countries where cartels run things. and their values are different than ours, and they think they can come here and exercise the same kind of behavior, and america is complicit, especially the left, in section very cities, because in these sanctuary cities they are saying come to o

martha raddatz, thank you.e move now to a new round of food recalls, this time over salmonella fears in eggs and cucumbers. eva pilgrim is here with details on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. two major salmonella recalls affecting two different types of food. one eggs, the other cucumbers. the eggs from costco sold under the kirkland band organic raised 24 count. they were sold at 25 locations. in total more than 10,000 packages have been recalled. to see if your eggs are affected just look at the side of the carton. those with the code327 are under recall. the second recall, cucumbers. these are from sun fed. these are whole american cucumbers sold between october 12 and november 26. so far 68 people have gotten sick across 19 states, 18 people hospitalized. they have a sticker that says sun fed mexico. if you have these eggs or cucumbers, throw them away or take them back for a refund. be sure to clean using hot soapy water or dish washer any areas or surfaces those items touched so as no

are you look at the interview between abcs martha raddatz and j.d. e when she said it's only a handful of apartment tren de aragua has taken over in aurora, colorado. in his response was, "martha, do you hear yourself? do you realize how crazy this sounds?" or the fact that under the biden administration we had hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, convicted criminals facing charges, that they have allowed to step foot in america. so it should be nuts, but it's not to the left. and they have this twisted mentality where somehow they are putting illegal aliens ahead of american citizens. we go last according to them. >> harris: that number you were just talking about, all those who have come from other countries and they've broken into our country, so they broke our law, but they committed other crimes before -- just a few weeks ago that number was 425,000. today we had on "the faulkner focus" and its over 435,000. you mean you found 10,000 more and they are still here? why can't you get rid of these people? >> cheryl: and how many are going to fled

vance was on a month ago with martha raddatz. she was determined to show that donald trump was making a big deal of this for the election. just trying to talk about illegal immigrants and their crimes. listen who how tone deaf she is. if she is not typing an apology right now it must be because her butler has not woken her yet. >> donald trump was on aurora colorado talking to people on the ground. people are terrified by what is happening with some of these venezuelan gangs. >> senator vance, i'm requesting to talk to you because i know exactly what happened. i'm going to stop you the incidents were limited to handful of apartment conflicts -- apartment complexes and the mayor said our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns. handful of problems. >> only, martha, -- do you hear yourself? only a handful of apartment complexes in america were taken over by venezuelan gangs and donald trump is the problem and not kamala harris' open border? >> brian: you know, it's unbelievable. that is the line i think of the campai

. >> coming up on this week, abc's martha raddatz will speak with former nypd chief of detectives robertand retired fbi profiler mary ellen o'toole about this ongoing search. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. a worship service at the notre dame cathedral in paris happened overnight for the first time since a fire, severely damaged it five years ago. a massive reconstruction effort led to this moment. thousands of workers came together and worked around the clock to restore the cathedral to its original condition. yesterday, president elect trump and first lady jill biden led the american delegation to show support for france. in total, 35 heads of state arrived for the ceremony. >> it's not the first time she's been nearly in ruin, and every time it's happened, she's always managed to bounce back. not many of us can really say that we would do the same. be able to keep coming back no matter what tragedy strike us. but she has. >> the u.s. was by far the biggest foreign donor to this renovation project.

martha raddatz speaks with retired centcom commander frank mckenzie about this situation. >> janai: nowfor the suspected killer of the unitedhealthcare ceo brian thompson, who was gunned down on a manhattan sidewalk. nypd investigators gathering more evidence every day since the killing and this weekend, searching a pond in central park. aaron katersky joins us live with the very latest. aaron, good morning. we just got new pictures from nypd also this morning. >> reporter: and those images are important because it's believed to be the image of the shooter just after the shooting getting into a taxi. we'll show you those in a second. this is now a nationwide manhunt. the nypd's fielding hundreds of tips. the suspected shooter has not been identified yet. though he left behind a tantalizing clue. this morning, the hunt for the killer of unitedhealthcare chief, brian thompson, enters a fifth day. >> the net is tightening, and we're going to bring this person to justice. >> reporter: overnight, the nypd releasing these new images of the suspect showing him getting into a taxi. nypd dive te

martha raddatz told jd vance that they're only in a couple of apartment complexes. they're only in a few. what's the big deal? >> you know, it blows my mind because these people lie with such ease, sean. and it's about time that we called them out. the election is over. start telling people the truth. it's as if we're to believe there aren't any drones flying around, either. at the end of the day, real information comes from you. i do my best as i can as well. the professor does too. people need to have the real information so they can combat this. bad guys and bad gals are here as crime is plummeting in venezuela because all the bad guys are here, you know? >> let me go to you, victor davis hanson. donald trump has put forward a transformational agenda. i believe it's a return to constitutional order. i believe if implemented, it would return us to what our framers and founders wanted limited government, greater freedom. we see what's unfolding in washington. clearly. these other elected officials are not reading these election results the way i am and the way i su

i think it was in october when martha raddatz said to j.d. vance at the debate when he started talking about the venezuelan gangs, tda are taking over apartment complexes, and she likes chides him. she says, i know exactly what you're talking about. i know the facts here, and it's limited to a handful of apartment complexes, you know? so that's okay. look, we've got some issues here. >> famous line of do you hear yourself? >> do you hear yourself? exactly. since 2022, they have spent $350 million on illegals in colorado, $350 million. and the victims now are more afraid of the migrants than they are of the police. so at least now the reporting these cases to the police. but we've got to understand that there is a cultural distinction. they come here, many of them from countries where cartels run things and their values are different than ours, and they think that they can come here and exercise the same kind of behavior. and america is complicit, especially the left in sanctuary cities, because in these sanctuary cities, they're saying, come