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at the moment he doesn't know how he's going to get those 50 votes he needs to get this done. >> mary bruce, thanks, mary. >>> president trump and the pope today, meeting at the vatican. they have had very public differences over the past year. abc's chief white house jonathan karl on the gift from the pope that sent a signal. >> reporter: the pope and the president -- the ultimate odd couple. >> welcome. >> thank you very much. this is such a great honor. >> reporter: their meeting may have seemed a little awkward at first -- a beaming president standing next to a stoic pope francis. at the end, the president called the meeting an honor. >> he is something -- he is really great. we had a fantastic meeting and >> reporter: the president arrived at the vatican greeted by the iconic swiss guard and a long red carpet, a welcome filled with pageantry. it wasn't long ago that these two men had a very public feud, the pope last year saying then-candidate donald trump's call to build a wall was "not christian." candidate trump reacted angrily. >> for a religious leader to question a person's faith

david. >> mary bruce leading us off >>> chanting on the floor of the house. democrats taunting republicans on the floor. waving good-bye to them. let's get right to white house correspondent jonathan karl. you saw the moment. let's play it foreveryone here. ♪ good-bye >> protesting any repeal of obamacare, popularity of obamacare going up in recent weeks. >> you saw some of that anger in town halls across the country before this vote. people concerned about what the changes would mean for their own health care. this was a big legislative victory for the president today. but democrats hope they can turn this into a liability for in the elections next year. their top targets will be 23 house republicans who are in districts that hillary clinton won. david, more than half of them voted for this bill, that will be something they'll have to answer for. overall, obamacare is more popular than it's been. in fact in our poll, 37% said they wanted it repealed and replaced. >> jon karl, thanks to you as well. >>> president trump arriving home tonight in new york city.

mary bruce live on the hill. and we heard that voter there, calling on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tonigh. tonight, an announcement from mcconnell? >> reporter: david, he's invited rod rosenstein to brief all 100 senators on the firing of comey. tonight, still no word on whether he's accepted this investigation. >> and mary, as i understand it, it's not just the deputy a.g., but the fired james comey has also now been invited to the hill to testify? >> reporter: yeah, david. members of the senate spoken with are eager to hear directly from comey. they have invited him to testify here next week. still no response from the former director. david? >> all right, mary bruce, thank you. >>> next tonight here, breaking developments in the deadly standoff in trenton, new jersey. a neighborhood on lockdown for 35 hours. a bystander killed in the cross fire. abc's gio benitez at the scene. >> reporter: a s.w.a.t. team and snipers scrambling in a new jersey neighborhood on lockdown. heavily armored vehicles movin

abc's mary bruce starts us off. >> reporter: president trump marking this memorial day with a solemn ceremony, greeting families of the fallen. his first public event since arriving back home since his overseas trip. in the spotlight now, trump's son-in-law jared kushner. sources say he tried to create a secret communications channel with moscow, even after intelligence agencies found that russia had meddled in the election. but tonight, the president is fighting back, defending kushner in a statement to "the new york times" saying -- "jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he is respected by virtually everyone." he is one of the president's closest advisers. >> jared is a very successful real estate person, but i actually think he likes politics more than he likes real estate. i'm excited. and he's very good at politics. >> reporter: kushner right there for key moments like the strike against syria, traveling on a secret mission to iraq and just last week, at trump's side during meetings with foreign leaders. kushner is not a target of the fbi's

david. >> mary bruce live on the hill. thanks as always, mary. >>> and as we heard at the top tonight, attorney general jeff sessions was at the white house on monday when all of this began rolling. president trump reportedly telling him that he thought he should fire comey and then asking them to put their opinion in writing. but this could raise troubling questions about the attorney general, you'll remember he recused himself from the fbi investigation into russia, after failing to disclose a meeting with this man, the russian ambassador, not revealing it during his confirmation. sessions also recused himself from any investigation involving hillary clinton after what he said about her on the campaign trail. first, his recusal on russia. >> my staff recommended recusal. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. >> and here was his recusal on issues involving hillary clinton. >> i believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any

david. >> mary bruce with us tonight, as well. mary, thank you. >>> president trump it's believed in talking with the russians in oval office, was talking about an isis plot, what could be the biggest plot to take down a plane since 9/11. tonight, by sharing that information, are the lives of sources at greater risk, and what about our relationship with the ally who gave the white house that information in the first place. here's brian ross tonight. >> reporter: what's at risk tonight, according to current and former u.s. officials, is the life of a spy inside isis, placed there by israel, providing sensitive information about terror plots against america on the condition the u.s. keep the source secret. >> the real risk is not just this source, but future sources of information about plots against us. >> reporter: the current intelligence from inside isis involves an active plot to bring down a passenger jet en route to the u.s., with a bomb hidden in a laptop that the u.s. believes can get through airport screening machines undet

two more no votes could singh this bill. >> mary bruce leading us off from capitol hill. mary, thank you. >>> hillary clinton breaking her silence on what she believes led to her stunning loss. it immediately made headlines today. saying, if the election had been held on october 27th, that she would be the president of this country tonight. secretary clinton says she does take personal responsibility saying it was her name on the ballot. but she also made it clear that late move by the fbi director 11 days before the election, she says, changed the race. here's abc senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: hillary clinton, today, speaking out on what she believes cost her the election. >> i take absolute personal responsibility. i was the candidate. i was the person who was on the ballot. >> reporter: shouldering some of the blame, but not all of it. >> i was on the way to winning until a combination of jim comey's letter on october 28th and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off. >> repo

you'll glow in the dark. >> mary bruce with us live on capitol hill tonight. mary, as you reported there, it passed the house by one vote. it now goes to the senate. what kind of fight does the president face there on this? >> reporter: david, this bill faces a steep fight. senators are eagerly awaiting the results of that scoring to learn just how the house bill will really impact americans. tonight, senate republicans already say they'll work on an entirely new bill. david. >> mary bruce leading us off. >>> there was chanting on the floor of the house. democrats taunting republicans on the floor today, waving good-bye to them. let's get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. you saw the moment. let's play it for everyone at home. ♪ good-bye >> so jon, millions of americans who have been watching this, protesting any repeal of obamacare, and popularity of obamacare actually going up in recent weeks? >> david, you saw some of that anger in town halls across the country before this vote. people concerned about what the changes would mean

on the campaign trail, trump >> i want to get to mary bruce on capitol hill tonight. we could see former fbi director james comey on the hill as soon as next week, still. >> the house oversight committee want him to testify at a hearing here next wednesday. the senate intelligence committee is also eager to hear from comey. the top democrat on that committee telling me he's as confident as anything that comey will be testifying soon. david. >> mary bruce live on the hill, tonight, thank you. >>> i want to bring in dan abrams, we heard from pierre thomas off the top there. it was quite striking. he said mr. mueller can step in here, and months after this fbi investigation, even before the election, and he could start over. >> that's what an independent prosecutor means, it's called a special counsel. it means he can now decide what he wants to do with all that information. and i think it's really important that he brings in some of his own people. he doesn't want to be seen as just using the fbi people who are already there. expect him to put together his own team to d

re.gh a bill to replace obama we get more from abc's mary bruce on the hill. >> reporter: with congress poised to vote on a spending bill without any money for his border wall, president trump fired off an angry tweet. saying, our country needs a good shutdown in september to fix mess. the president fuming as democrats declare victory. >> no money for the border wall. not one plug nickel. >> reporter: democrats held off cuts to domestic programs like medical research and the environment. though trump didn't get most of what he wanted, the president called it a win anyway. >> this is what winning looks like. the president pointing to increased funding for border security. we have more money now for the border than we have gotten in ten years. the democrats didn't tell you that. they forgot. in their notes, they forgot to tell you that. >> reporter: the democrats victory lap clearly not sitting well with the president. >> i think the president is frustrated with the fact that he negotiated in good faith with the democrats they went out to try to spike the football and make him look bad. >

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >>> thanks to mary there.he president of the philippines has cut short a trip to russia, in order to deal with an ongoing crisis at home. duterte met in russia and asked russia to apply weapons to fight terrorism. he declared martial law against southern philippines, extremists allied with isis laid siege to a city. a philippine catholic leader said a priest and several church-goers had been faken hostage by gunmen in the besieged city. >> some prominent republicans are joining democrats in speaking out against the white house budget proposal. big cuts to the state department are causing big concerns foreign aid slashed more than 30%. and some are worried reduction will have negative effects worldwide. the white house says the plan enda.ws the the president's >> we took the president's speeches, priorities, turned them into numbers. >> this budget if fully implemented would require us to retreat from the world diplomatically or put people at risk. you have a lot of benghazis in the making if this became law. >

abc's mary bruce has the latest. >> reporter: president trump marking this memorial day with a solemn ceremony. greeting families of the fallen. >> you take care of yourself. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: his first publi from his overseas trip and back into the center of the russia firestorm. in the spotlight now, trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. sources say he tried to create a secret communications channel with moscow even after intelligence agencies found that russia had meddled in the election but the president is fighting back defending kushner in a statement to "the new york times" saying jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he is respected by virtually everyone. kushner right there for key moments like the strike against syria. traveling on a secret mission to iraq and just last week at trump's side during meetings with foreign leaders. kushner is not a target of the fbi's investigation. but they do want to talk with him and now quietly some in the president's inner circle are wondering if it might be time for him to take a leave of

abc's mary bruce reports. [ chanting ] >> reporter: for months americans crowded townhalls, voicing fear and frustration. president trump and republicans have already declared victory. >> this is a repeal and replace of obama care make no mistake about it. >> and we finally know what the house health care bill could mean for you. the congressional budget office releasing their report card. finding the bill could leave 23 million more americans uninsured. and reduce the deficit by $119 billion over the next decade. for some, their premiums could skyrocket. 64-year-old making $26,000 in some states could see premiums climb $12,000 or more. those concerns around the country. >> shame! shame! shame! >> reporter: fueled by last minute changes to the bill that would allow states to opt out of guaranteeing coverage for basic health services. like maternity care and ambulances. and, states could waive the requirement that insurers don't discriminate based on pre-existing conditions. even republicans admit that has to change. >> we have to deal with conditions in a way that will work for people.

david. >> mary bruce on the battle ahead. mary, thank you. >>> we turn now to a terrible scene today, an suv plowing into a crowd outside boston. several people were killed. there was an indoor car auction under way. the suv appeared to speed the length of the hall and then slamming into a wall. abc's linsey davis is on the scene in massachusetts tonight. >> we got a person run over, send an ambulance, send fire. >> reporter: carnage and confusion this morning at a car auction outside of boston when an out-of-control jeep suddenly accelerated, killing three people and injuring at least nine. >> all i saw was four people laying on the ground. and one gentleman looked like a car had run over his leg, the other gentleman in the front, he was laying on the ground bleeding from his ears, nose, everywhere. >> reporter: witnesses say an auction employee in his 70s lost control of the suv he was showing, plowing through the crowd at about 40 miles per hour. >> ten people down inside. three people outside. >> reporter: first responders

abc's mary bruce on the hill. >> reporter: tonight, the top democrat on the house oversight committee says he has evidence that former nsa michael flynn. in 2015, flynn was paid $45,000 by the russians to attend this moscow gala, that's him shaking hands with vladimir putin. obtained documents appear that general flynn lied to the feint gone. saying he's not received any benefit from a foreign country. as a result, flynn's security clearance was not renewed. he plans to plead the fifth and not comply with the subpoena. >> i'm disappointed. we're going to be looking into that and i think the committee is going to pursue all its options. >> reporter: flynn's lawyer said he has more than a reasonable apprehension that any testimony he provides could be used against him. tonight, members of the committee are considering their options. >> we have to get to the facts. >> reporter: during the campaign, both flynn and trump blasted hillary clinton's aides when they took the fifth. >> fifth amendment. fifth amendment. horrible. you see the mob takes the fifth. if you're innocent why are you ta

abc's mary bruce on capitol hill tonight, asking senators today is this about hillary clinton's e-mails, or is this about russia? >> reporter: tonight, the republican leading the senate russia investigation caught off guard and scratching his head. >> the timing and the reasons for this decision made little sense to me. >> reporter: other republicans are also feeling frustrated and confused by the president's decision. >> the white house's timing here was less than impeccable. >> obviously, when you have a president fire the fbi director, and there's an active investigation going on, then there are questions that need to be answered. >> reporter: but democrats tonight say they know why. >> it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what this is about. >> reporter: they say it all russia. why do you think the president chose to fire comey? >> it's all about russia. it's not about hillary. it's about the fact that going into trump's connection and his campaign's connections to russia. >> reporter: and tonight, they are pointing to the president's own letter firing the fbi director -

abc's mary bruce on the hill. >> reporter: tonight, the man who appointed the special counsel to lead the russia investigation smiling for cameras as he arrived on capitol hill. >> mr. rosenstein, the president says this is a witch hunt. is that what this is? >> reporter: behind closed doors, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein briefing all 100 senators on why he decided a special counsel was necessary. >> he said to make sure the integrity of the department of justice was protected, to make certain the american people fel firmly and justly. >> senator, trump just said a special counsel hurts our country terribly. >> he's entitled to his opinion. i would suggest to the president that one has been appointed. honor that decision, cooperate where is appropriate. >> reporter: today it was hard to find a single republican who backs the president's assessment. >> no, i think this is a serious investigation. >> is this a witch hunt? >> i don't think i'll characterize what it is. >> reporter: rosenstein was initially invited to the hill to discuss the firing of former fbi director james co

abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: today, with congress poised to vote on a spending bill without any money for his border wall. president trump fired off an angry tweet, saying, "our country needs a good 'shutdown' in september to fix mess!" the president fuming as the democrats declare victory. >> no money for the border wall, not one plug nickel. >> reporter: they also held off cuts to domestic programs like medical research and the environment. even though trump didn't get the president called it a win anyway. >> this is what winning looks like. >> reporter: the president pointing to increased funding for border security. >> we have more money now for the border than we have gotten in ten years. the democrats didn't tell you that. they forgot, in their notes. they forgot to tell you that. >> reporter: the democrats' victory lap, clearly not sitting well with the president. >> i think the president is frustrated with the fact that he negotiated in good faith with the democrats and they went out to try to spike the football and make him look bad. >> reporter: but calling for a shutdown? >

and the irony of that is pretty astounding. >> so let's get to mary bruce with us as well from capitol hill. house members meeting tonight with the cia director hoping to get more on the news of james comey and this reported pressure that was placed on him to go easier on retired general michael flynn in. >> reporter: david the house intelligence committee just finished meeting with the cia director. they were hoping for answers but emerged from that meeting facing even more questions. now about that comey memo, the top democrat on the committee reiterati reiterati reiterati reiterating wanting comey testifying. >>> president trump believed in talking with the russians in oval office was talking about an isis plot, the biggest plot to take down a plane since 9/11. tonight, by sharing that information, are live of sources at greater risk, and what about our relationship with the ally that gave the white house the information in the first place. here's brian ross tonight. >> reporter: what's at risk tonight, according to current and former u.s. officials, is the life of a spy inside isis

. >>> quick check in with mary bruce, surprised as rest of the country with this announcement today. >> swift reaction coming in from both sides of the isle this evening. leading republicans like lindsey graham said this is a sign a fresh start may serve the nation well. while democrats are already raising red flags. maybe questioning comey was fired because he could possibly get to the bottom of any possible russia connection. the senator chris van holdin said firing comey has the foul stench of stopping an ongoing investigation. this move simply underscores their call for a special prosecutor to lead the investigation. >> mary bruce, tonight, our thanks to our entire team on the breaking news. >>> in the meantime we move on to the other major headline, the emergency at hanford nuclear site in washington state. hundreds of thousands of workers asked to shelter in place. abc's matt gutman on the notice that went out and what everybody there needs to know. >> reporter: the alert came in at 8:26 am. >> respond to the purex tunnel for a possible collapse of the tunnel. >> reporter: work

that's taken off. >> so let's get to mary bruce live on the hill tonight. mary, the bottom line here, retired general michael flynn now plans to plead the fifth but former fbi director james comey said he'll testify before the american people. >> no word on when comey will testify. today, we learned that he wants to consult with the new special counsel robert mueller before he goes public. comey wants to know exactly how much he can say before he speaks out here on the hill. david. >> thanks, mary. >>> we turn next tonight to the murder on campus and this evening, the fbi is now investigating whether this was a hate crime. authorities say the suspect walked up to this man, richard collins iii, tonight what the suspect allegedly said to him before stabbing him in front of his friends. abc's adrienne bankert is in maryland. >> reporter: tonight, 22-year-old sean urbanski appearing before a judge to face first and second-degree murder charges in what the fbi says could possibly be a hate crime. police saying the attack on richard collins was unprovoked. >> lie

abc's mary bruce has more. also happening today-- the white house is today-- the white house is expected tuesday to release president donald trump's budget for 20-18. the administration is expected to propose eliminating subsidized student loans and end student debt forgiveness for those who enter public service. a senior administration official says the budget will also include eight hundred billion in cuts to medicaid. the money would be directed to increased border security, opioid abuse prevention, needs to be passed by congress. coming up-- out complete coverage continues following a suicide bombing at an ariana grande concert. the attack impacting people around the world. we'll have more.. coming up. - areas of fog this morning - 3 more rainy days... stormwatch7 times it me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught ng asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening

abc's mary bruce with a reality check tonight. >> reporter: with house republicans nearing a possible vote on health care, the president insists the gop plan will protect americans with pre-existing conditions. >> pre-existing conditions are in the bill. and i mandated it. i said, it has to be. >> reporter: it's one of the few obamacare provisions the president said he would keep. >> are you going to make sure that people with pre-conditions are still covered? >> yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest assets. >> reporter: but the bill his party is pushing tonight actually allows states to opt out of the obamacare requirement. preventing insurance companies from discriminating against pre-existing conditions. republicans made the change to win over ultraconservatives. in some states it could allow insurers to charge more -- lots more. according to the ama, the republican plan could effectively make coverage completely unaffordable for people with pre-existing conditions. when pressed about this, the president said there would be additional changes. >> one of the fixes that

mary bruce has the details. on capitol hill on tuesday from the former cia director, john for the first time he revealed that during the presidential campaign, he confronted his russian counterpart about their meddling in the election, making a bold statement, saying that he was so concerned about potential ties between the trump team and the russians, he felt the guy should investigate. >> it raised questions, in my mind, whether or not the russians were able to gain the .peration of those individuals >> he stopped short of calling it collusion and the white house took notice. the administration stressing that despite one year of investigation, there was still no evidence of any rush of trump campaign collusion. we will have the latest on the political news and trump's meeting with the hope, coming up at 7 a.m. with your first look, i'm a mary bruce. you'busted tail.rd. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, ameri

abc news reporter mary bruce with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: on capitol hill hill today, blunt talk from the former cia direct. >> i encounter and am aware of gelts that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. >> for the first time, john brennan saying during the campaign he was concerned about ties between the russians and the trump team, so much so he thought the fbi should investigate and said he warned the russians to cut it out. >> it raised questions in my mind, again, whether or not the russians were able to gain the cooperation of those individuals. >> but today he stopped short of calling it collusion. >> i don't know whether or not such collusion, and that's your tem, such collusion existed. i don't know. >> that question is now at the heart of multiple investigation dollars and nought washington post reports president trump asked two of his top intelligence officials to publicly deny any coordination with the russians. one of those officials, the direct tort national intelligence pressed by

mary bruce is on capitol hill with the story tonight.ths americans have crowded town halls, voicing fear and frustration. president trump and republicans declared victory. >> this is a repeal and replace of, of obamacare, make no mistake about it. >> tonight, we finally know what the house health care bill could mean for you. the congressional budget office releasing their report card. finding the bill could leave 23 million more americans uninsured and reduce the deficit by $119 billion over the next decade. for some, their premiums could skyrocket. a 64-year-old making roughly $26,000 in some states could see their premiums climb nearly $12,000 or more. those concerns around the country. fuel by last minute changes to the bill. that would allow states to opt out, guaranteeing coverage for health serservices. states could waive the requirement that insurers don't discriminate based on pre-existing conditions. >> we have to deal with pre-existing conditions. that we know will work for people. the report warning that over time it would be