martha raddatz and mary bruce standing by live. >>> the stunning turn tonight in the war crime trial of a former navy s.e.a.l., accused of murdering a prisoner. a fellow navy s.e.a.l. taking the stand today and telling the court, "i was the one who murdered the prisoner." the courtroom shocked, prosecutors yelling. >>> we're tracking a major storm system up and down the east coast tonight. the state of emergency already. rob times it out. >>> also tonight, 72 police officers in philadelphia alone taken off the streets. what they allegedly did, and tonight, the other cities now investigating, too. >>> joe biden doubling down tonight, refusing to apologize. >> apologize for what? >> his democratic opponents pouncing. >>> the manhunt tonight after an armed robbery at a bank in broad daylight. tonight, the masked men terrorizing workers inside. >>> and the heartfelt message tonight from a country star and his wife after their 3-year-old son died, drowning in a pool. tonight, why they hope parents will listen. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night.

tonight, former vice president joe biden calls trump's iran strategy "a self-inflicted disaster." >> mary bruce with us live at the white house tonight. mary, you're learning new details about the meeting in the situation room? >> reporter: well, david, coming out of that meeting, republican leader mitch mcconnell told reporters that the white house is engaged in measured responses. while democratic leader chuck schumer says he's worried that the president and his administration may be, quote, bumbling into a war. david? >> all right, mary bruce and martha raddatz tonight. thank you both. and our coverage of the u.s. and iran for now. if there are any new developments, we will bring them to you. >>> in the meantime tonight, that bombshell that stunned a courtroom today. it happened in the war crimes trial of a former navy s.e.a.l., accused of murdering a captured isis fighter. a fellow navy s.e.a.l. taking the stand, saying he was the one who killed the prisoner. prosecutors shouting, the courtroom shocked. and here's abc's will carr. >> reporter: decorated navy s.e.a.l. edward gallagher was up

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, immigration and customs enforcement is preparing a mass roundup of migrant families that have already received deportation orders. predawn raids, reportedly known as "family op," planned for this sunday in ten major cities.

here is abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: facing intense criticism from his own party, joe biden with an abrupt about-face on a position he's held for decades. >> circumstances have changed. >> reporter: biden abandoning his long-standing support for the hyde amendment, which bans federal funding for most abortions. but opponents say it limits options for low income women. on wednesday, biden's campaign insisted he still supported the measure, but then came the pushback from his campaign rivals. >> and the hyde amendment to deny people through medicaid or medicare abortion rights, that's an assault on african american women. >> we do not pass laws that take away that freedom from the women who are most vulnerable. >> reporter: less than 24 hours later, biden declared his position had changed. he says he no longer supports the hyde amendment because a growing number of states are passing laws limiting access to abortions. >> i can't justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need. >> mary bruce now from washington. wednesday, biden's campaign insist the i had suppor

>> mary bruce with us live tonight, as well. mary, thank you. >>> we are also following growing tensions tonight after iran, after new attacks on shows shipping vessels in the gulf of o oman. one of then thattingers catching fire. the crew on both tankers abandoning ship. we do know that one of the tankers belong to the japanese. and all of this comes as the japanese prime minister is in iran, trying to bridge the gap between the u.s. and iran. oil prices spiking today, and so did alarm amid this growing split between the u.s. and iran. and abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz was just in iran. >> reporter: smoke billowing hundreds of feet high from one of the crippled oil tankers. an explosion at sea. the crew forced to abandon ship. the 23 crew members rescued and now in an iranian port city, the iranians releasing aimages of te crew watching television. the crew from the other tanker that was attacked, a japanese vessel, also rescued and on board the "uss ba s banebridge." the attacks occurred in the gulf of

mary bruce already in mt. pleasant, iowa, for us. and mary, you're aware of this new poll out tonight, a national poll showing the potential match-up, if this is former vice president biden versus trump. biden leading the president by a pretty wide margin, 53% to 40%. but that same poll, mary, shows biden leading the pack of democrats, but it appears one candidate, it would seem, is on the move as of late. >> reporter: well, david, biden is brushing off the polls. he says this is just the beginning of a very long marathon. while the president says these new numbers are fake news. along the democrats, elizabeth warren is on the move. she's now in third place nationwide, just four points behind bernie sanders. david? >> mary bruce, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the breaking headline after an urgent manhunt today. an offduty sheriff's waiting for his . the gunmandom late afterothes. tonight, news coming in of the arrest, as that deputy now fighting for his life. abc's will carr outside the hospital tonight. >> reporter: tonight, autho

>> mary bruce for us tonight in miami. mary, thank you. >>> next tonight, we have new reporting on the deadly shark attack off the bahamas. authorities believe an american college student was attacked by three sharks while on vacation with her family. her mother just a few feet away when it happened. the family says the attack was so fast, there was no time to warn her. abc's victor oquendo is in the bahamas. >> reporter: tonight, officials in the bahamas are warning the public to be on alert for sharks, after a family snorkeling trip turned deadly. it happened around 2:00 p.m. wednesday off rose island, just northeast of nassau. 21-year-old jordan lindsey, a college student from california, on a snorkeling expedition with the sandy toes tour company. her mom just a few feet away when authorities say she was attacked by three sharks. jordan bitten multiple times, her arm torn off. you can see a shark in this photo taken by another tourist in the same area, 45 minutes before the attack. shark attacks are rare, three sharks a

>> mary bruce starting another week on the hill. mary, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the missing college student last seen taking a lyft ride. what police say that lyft driver has now revealed to them. >>> also tonight, that deadly collision. the truck killing seven military veterans on a motorcycle ride to a fund-raiser. there are new charges tonight. we'll have more on that. >>> the major headline tonight involving coffee and your weight. >>> and multiple sightings today alone. several great white sharks right off the east coast. where they were spotted. and what authorities are now warning tonight. a lot more news ahead here on a monday evening. we'll be right back. so, i add protein, vitamins and minerals to my diet with boost®. boost® high protein nutritional drink has 20 grams of protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals your body needs. all with guaranteed great taste. and now try new boost® peaches and creme natural flavor. with 27 vitamins and minerals and 10

here is abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: joe biden came to jesse jackson's rainbow push coalition today looking for a do over. >> before i start i'd like to say something about the debate we had last night. >> reporter: he's talking about that defining moment from last night's debate, senator kamala harris, confronting the former vice president for touting his ability to work with anyone, even segregationist senators. >> i do not believe you are a racist, and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground, but i also believe, and it's personal, and it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. >> reporter: harris then took on biden's opposition in the 70s to federally ordered bussing to integrate public schools. >> there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day, and that little girl was me. >> reporter: onstage, biden forced to go on th

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: tonight, immigration and customs enforcement is preparing a mass roundup of migrant families that have already received deportation orders. predawn raids, reportedly known as "family op" planned for this sunday in as many as ten major cities. the director of i.c.e. speaking on abc news live. >> one of the greatest pull factors for families to come here is they know that once they arrive in the united states, they remain here untouched. we have to change that message. >> reporter: these kinds of raids typically target criminals, not families. houston's police chief sounding a warning. >> the last thing we need is to evoke that kind of fear where people go further into the shadows and fail to cooperate with law enforcement at the local level. >> reporter: the raids come just days after the president kicked off his re-election campaign by promising that i.c.e. will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens starting next week. at the time, a senior administration official told abc those massive deportations were, quote, not imminent. immigra

mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary bruce. >>> former vice president joe bidennot apologizing for remarks about working well with segregationist senators. >> fellow democrats criticized biden for saying they got things done with civility in the '70s, even with segregationists in congress. biden also singled out a white supremacist senator from mississippi saying, quote, he never called me boy, he always called me son. senator cory booker called on biden to apologize, but biden fired back. >> cory should apologize. he knows better. not a racist bone in my body. i've been involved in civil rights my whole career, period. period, period. >> the flare-up came on the same day of the first house hearing on slavery reparations in more than a decade. many black americans are also marking juneteenth, a cultural holiday commemorating the emancipation of slaves in america. >>> a syrian refugee is under arrest in pittsburgh for allegedly plotting a terror attack. he planned to bomb a christian center. they claim the 21-year-old suspect named mustafa mousab alowemer was insp

head on health care, the economy and immigration and targeting front-runner joe biden and abc's mary bruce has the breakout moments from miami. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, amy. well, there is no question this was a fiery debate as the early front-runner joe biden went into the night with a target on his back. he was forced to defend his record over and over again but it was senator kamala harris who dominated the night and had its most defining moments. in his first words joe biden tried to make it a night about the president. >> donald trump thinks wall street built america. ordinary middle class americans built america. >> reporter: but for biden's democratic rivals, it was a time to take on the early front run per. >> time to pass the torch. >> reporter: the former vp put on the defensive. >> i'm still holding onto that torch. >> reporter: a shouting match erupting on stage. >> a lot of joe's generation -- >> reporter: then senator kamala harris stepped in. >> america does not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how we're going to put food on their table.

abc's mary bruce with all the highlights. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. last night's showdown was a chance to talk on the national stage. they outlined their visions for what america is and should be and exposed deep divides on immigration and health care but the candidates rarely seemed to take on each other but focused on the one thing they agree on getting a democrat back in the white house. ten candidates, two hours of debate, one big au they started in agreement. the candidates going after trump's economy. senator elizabeth warren who's been rising in the polls pushed for what she called a structural change in government. >> reporter: new jersey senator cory booker said the economy is failing average americans. >> it's about time we have an economy that works for everybody. >> reporter: but it didn't take long to see clear contrasts. >> who here would abolish their private health insurance in favor of a government-run plan? just a show of hands to start out with. [ applause ] >> all right. >> there are a lot of politicians who say, oh, it's just not

martha raddatz and mary bruce standing by live. >>> the stunning turn tonight in the war crime triala former navy s.e.a.l., accused of murdering a prisoner. a fellow navy s.e.a.l. taking the stand today and telling the court, "i was the one who

here's mary bruce. >> reporter: the president's former top aide and confidante hope hicks not commenting as she arrived on capitol hill today. >> ms. hicks, are you going to answer question about your time at the white house? have you discussed today's testimony with the president at all? >> reporter: and inside the hearing room, she didn't have many answers either. a white house lawyer blocking her from answering any questions about her time in the administration, claiming she has what they describe as immunity. >> it could be as simple as, "where is your office located? objection." it is ridiculous. >> reporter: often seen but rarely heard. >> thank you, donald trump. >> reporter: hicks was by the president's side throughout the campaign and during his first year in office as his communications director. she was one of trump's most trusted advisers, and one of the most frequently named people in the mueller report. >> now hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. she started off with us right from day one. >> reporter: there for so many key moments. hicks was on air force one when

abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: president trump summoning congressional leaders to the situationm for an emergency briefing on iran. house speaker nancy pe think th wants to go to war. there's no appetite for going to war in our country. >> reporter: many republicans are also urging caution. >> continue doing what we're doing. military restraint. maximum pressure otherwise. >> reporter: but some of trump's top allies are encouraging the president to do more. senator lindsey graham says iran needs to get ready for some, quote, severe pain. >> all i can tell you, if you're not willing to stand up to aggression, you're going to get hurt. here's what i believe about donald trump. he's a dealmaker. he's trying to avoid conflict. but this is truly a defining moment for him. >> reporter: but the president says he's not being pressured into a conflict by his own team. >> are there members of your administration trying to push you into conflict? >> not at all, not at all. in many cases it's the opposite. i said i want to get out of these endless wars. i campaigned on that. >> reporter: tr

martha raddatz and mary bruce standing by live. >>> the stunning turn tonight in the war crime trial of a former navy s.e.a.l., accused of murdering a prisoner. a fellow navy s.e.a.l. taking the stand today and telling the court, "i was the one who

. >> and mary bruce joins us now from miami. mary, last night millions watching. at least one person watching from overseas, president trump, who clearly did not like what he was seeing. >> reporter: yeah, tom, the president was watching, but he was clearly unimpressed, tweeting just a one-word response. "boring." earlier today, he touched down in japan for the g20, so, he has a jam-packed schedule and won't be able to watch tonight's debate live, but i'm told he will be paying close attention. tom? >> mary, thank you. >>> next tonight, we have new reporting on the deadly shark attack off the bahamas. authorities believe an american college student was attacked by three sharks while on vacation with her family. her mother just a few feet away when it happened. the family says the attack was so fast, there was no time to warn her. abc's victor oquendo is in the bahamas. >> reporter: tonight, officials in the bahamas are warning the public to be on alert for sharks, after a family snorkeling trip turned deadly. it happened around 2:00 p.m. wednesday off rose island,

. >>> as she mentioned after the debate mary bruce did catch up with senator harris. >> she asked abouthat moment. >> i disagree with him on the per speck stiff that he has about who these segregationists and the impact of their words and their work. >> tonight do you think he finally got that message? >> i hope so. i hope so. >> do you think you won the night? >> i don't know. i'll leave that up to the pundits. >> after the debate biden said harris misrepresented his position on busing during the 1970s. biden insists that he supported busing at the local level to eliminate second get situation and also said the debates should be about the future, not the past. so will the big moments from last night's debate have a lasting impact? >> abc's political director rick klein looks at where the race stands now. >> a fiery debate that just might recast the democratic nomination for vice president joe biden senator center stage as the front-runner and tried to rise above and attack donald trump but the candidates came after him in highly personal ways that show a lot of the vulnerabilities he m

. >>> our mary bruce is in miami tonight, where democrats are debating for the first time. 20 of them. let's get right to mary tonight. you saw elizabeth warren on the day of this debate going to another center housing migrant children. other candidates now following suit. >> reporter: yeah, david. we did see elizabeth warren out there, shining a spotlight on the immigration debate, as she gets ready to take center stage tonight. other candidates are following her lead. amy klobuchar was out there today. over the next two days, we're going to see a steady stream of candidates dropping by, including, david, bernie sanders. >> i wanted to show everyone at home tonight just how big this democratic field is. 20 candidates facing off. and mary, it's something we haven't seen before, in fact, they've had to make sort of alternate plans from what we usually see. >> reporter: yeah, david. over two nights, ten candidates each night, all jockeying for attention. tonight, elizabeth warren will be the one to watch. she has been rising in the polls. but tonight is also a chance for candidates like

mary bruce in seed dar rapids. joe biden says he is shredding americanhrn valleys, a values and we are seeing joe biden with a big lead, 53 to 40% over the president but trump is brushing off the new numbers. so is joe biden. he said it's just the beginning of a long marathon. >> the iowa backdrop looks good. wait until winter. it will be a rough one. >> before you know it. >>> coming up, one-on-one with kevin durant's mother, mama durant, as questions continue about his future. >> without a dess, and jess mulroney is helping us walk down the aisle in style. looks for $250 or less. and plus, get upstairs and join them. we'll be right back. with the capital one savor card you earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. so when you go out, you cash in. what's in your wallet? ♪ ♪ to do whatever you wanna do ♪ just tell yourself that you capable, too ♪ ♪ look out 'cause here i come ♪ i make no apologies, this is me ♪ ♪ ♪ the things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. (alarm ringing) wake

let's go to mary bruce in washington with the latest. orning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this is sending shock waves through the 2020 race. the president's opponents saying what he's talking about in this interview isn't oppo research, it's foreign interference and they say it's dangerous. the president's top target on the trail, joe biden, tweeting, it isn't about politics. it's a threat to our national security, adding that an american president should not seek their aid and abet those who seek to undermine democracy. kamala harris says trump is sending a clear message to our adversaries. take a listen. >> to our adversaries around the world and fill in the blanks, north korea, russia fill in the blank. he's sending a signal to them, hey, come on in. >> reporter: meanwhile, bernie sanders e kirsten gillibrand and elizabeth warren all have a urge of the need to impeach the president. and trump welcomed the help and now he said he'd do it all over again. guys, she says now is the time to impeach donald trump. >> mary, that's

we want to bring in our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce. this debate inside the democratic caucus increasingly dramatic. >> reporter: george, things are getting heated up here. in that meeting pelosi reportedly said she didn't want to see the president impeached. she wants to see him in prison. the speaker here is under increasing pressure to impeach and clashing with democrats over what should come next but instead of rushing to impeachment, the speaker argues the democrats should instead be aggressively egg having the -- aggressively investigating the president. she argues that the best way to beat trump is actually at the ballot box and then he could be prosecuted for any possible crimes. but, george, this is not going away and the speaker isn't ruling out impeachment, still leaving that on the table. >> under a lot of pressure to get that done as well. meantime, mary, we're counting down to the deadline to impose tariffs on mexico that hits monday. negotiating with the mexicans but netting mixed signals about how it's going. >> reporter

. >> our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce joins us now from capitol hill. mary, this is the most serious revolt yet from senate republicans. >> reporter: george, look. the president is used to republicans here on the hill standing by him. now he is facing serious blowback like he has never really seen before. the message from republicans here on the hill is loud and clear, do not do this and if the president does go ahead and impose these tariffs, well, then they stand ready to block him. even some of the president's top allies are publicly blasting this move. we heard from senator ted cruz. he says the president is playing a game of chicken with mexico and says there's no reason for his constituents back in texas to pay the price for a massive new tax. now republicans i have talked with are still holding out and hoping all of this can be avoided. today at the white house, the vice president and secretary of state today will be sitting down with mexican officials to hammer something out but, george, it's still not clear exactly what mexico needs to do, what

>> all right, mary bruce in miami. thank you. >>> we are also following that breaking news overseas. two u.s. service members killed in afghanistan. the taliban is claiming responsibility. secretary of state mike pompeo was just in afghanistan tuesday and sent his condolences this morning to the service members' families and fellow soldiers saying, quote, this drives home the need for us to be successful with the mission there in afghanistan. george? >> america's longest war. okay, amy, thanks. >>> let's go to gionrgetthe first hehey, aot going on. to talk aut staing with the pictures of hail and start in kansas. the hail bouncing off the ground, more than 120 severe storm reports. also all the way up to chicago. this is the cubs stadium so hail was falling. people were confused because it's ice from the sky but that is a great sign that it is summer, and we are heating up because you need that heat to make those thunderstorms and updrafts and also need it to do this. 10 to 12 inches of rain in harlingen, texas, causin

our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill where legislators expect to considerew border funding as early as today. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. yeah, congress is trying to rush $4.5 billion in emergency aid to the border to try to deal with these conditions that are being described as absolutely dire. hundreds of children have now been moved out of that holding facility in texas after we are told young children were being left to care for each other. an attorney who met with many of these children told us they were sleeping on concrete floors. they were soiled and dirty lacking food and water. many of them growing sick. now it's not clear where these children are now being moved to. as of the end of may, there were 2,400 children at these patrol stations along the border. these are meant to be just temporary holding facilities but many of them are ending up there for days, even weeks and that's because the actual shelters where conditions are much better are out of space and out of money. in all there are now 13,000 roughly children, un

terry, i just want to bring in mary bruce as well, there are some domestic politics that came in as well, you saw the president digging in on that issue of tariffs with bhex colorado he says it's more likely than not those will be imposed despite the meeting, as you reported this morning, republicans in congress quite upset about that. >> george, republicans are simply not happy with the president's surprise announcement about this plan to impose tariffs on mexico. they are now considering taking a, to block the president. we heard the president saying any attempt to do that would be foolish. republicans hear could potentially block the president and his executive action. it could also have the impact of preventing billions of dollars supposed to be going to the member's wall. members of the president's own party are not happy. they're concerned these tariffs could amount to a tax increase. they're concerned it could risk the president's other new trade deal and so republicans now are trying to figure out what their avenue is. what can they do? if they do take action with congress to blo

. >> got to appreciate mary bruce always asking those tough questions.ople we need to get answers from. >>> the trump administration has formally asked britain to send wikileaks founder julian assange to the u.s. to face justice. assange faces 18 counts accusing him of soliciting and publishing classified information. right now he's serving a 50-week prison sentence in britain for jumping bail. >>> it's a tense situation in hong kong this morning. protesters faced off with riot police as they tried to block access to government buildings. that was where lawmakers were scheduled to start work on a controversial law that would allow suspects to be sent to china for the trial. the start of the legislative session was delayed because of the protests. it's unclear when it will begin. >>> today marks three years since a massacre that at the time was the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. 49 people were killed, dozens of others wounded at the pulse nightclub in orlando. the gunman was also killed after a three-hour standoff with police. the shooting remai

let's talk about it on our roundtable with our congressional correspondent mary bruce, eliana johnsonlitical director i take beto's point, these polls don't mean all that much in june but there's a trend there for beto o'rourke. when you look at the entire constellation of what we're seeing in iowa, what do you make of it? >> the horse race, i wouldn't put too much stock in it. but something interesting emerged from that poll. two-thirds of all likely iowa caucusans would much rather have someone who can beat donald trump. rathers than someone who shares their positions on individual issues. really powerful, electability seems to be as a primary point for the democrats in this cycle against donald trump. it would suspect that should benefit a candidate like joe biden. >> and that's the question, chris christie, how long can biden hold on? one of the few democrats not going to iowa this week, he'll go there the same day as president trump on tuesday. >> listen, i think -- i saw the same numbers that patrick saw, the question is, how does that manifest itself? now, when you look at bern

abc's mary bruce is in washington with much more on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. well, joe biden says he was trying to make a point about civility and seeking common ground but instead he's now facing some of his harshest criticism yet and this morning instead of apologizing joe biden is now doubling down. this morning, joe biden defiant. >> apologize for what? >> reporter: refusing to apologize for touting his ability toheagreed with, even segregationists. >> the point i'm making is you don't have to agree. you don't have to like the people in terms of their views, but you just simply make the case and you beat them. >> reporter: biden is facing sharp criticism for recalling his work with two staunch segregationists. at a fund-raiser tuesday biden describing senator herman talmadge of georgia as one of the meanest guys i ever knew, but adding, well, guess what? at least there was some civility. we got things done. and recalling senator james eastland of mississippi, biden said he never called me boy. he always called

chief congressional correspondent mary bruce is covering it all there. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning. as the nation commemorates the end of slavery the hill today will be examining this question of reparations. actor danny glover and author ta-nehisi coates will be here to testify on the issue and the lasting impacts of slavery. reparations are an issue that have come up recently on the democratic campaign trail. but here on the hill, the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell does not think reparations are a good idea, and raised eyebrows with this explanation referencing president obama. take a listen. >> we've, you know, tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. we have elected an african-american president. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell went on to reference the fact by saying that no one alive is responsible for slavery, and it would be hard to determine who exactly to pay reparations to. robin? >> his statement raised a lot of eyebrows to say the least and, mary,

senior congressional correspondent mary bruce has more on capitol hill. od morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. two weeks until the first debate, and the candidates are out on the trail in full force honing their pitches and some of their attacks. >> hey guys. >> reporter: this morning in iowa joe biden is leading the pack and taking heat from fellow democrats. >> we will not defeat donald trump unless we bring excitement and energy into this campaign. >> reporter: the candidates taking subtle and not so subtle jabs at the early front runner and his recent flip-flop on abortion funding. >> i don't think there is room in your party for a democratic candidate who does not support women's full reproductive freedom. >> reporter: the latest iowa poll shows biden in a lead. in a tight race for second, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, and then pete buttigieg. his support has grown by double digits. on the ground in iowa, an all-out blitz. 19 of the democratic candidates swarming the hawkeye state. in cedar rapids, a fund-raiser turned into campaig

our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce joins us from capitol hill. , you learned that speaker nancy pelosi got in his ear on this one. >> reporter: yeah, cecelia. the speaker personally lobbied the president not to go through with this and he's holding off for now, but trying to up the pressure, giving lawmakers two weeks to act on immigration or else he says he will go ahead with those sweeping raids, but the pressure is also growing on the president now to do something about what is being described to us as absolutely dire conditions at these facilities along the border. this morning, president trump's mass deportation operation on hold but not off the table. just hours before i.c.e. agents began nationwide raids to round up families who are in the u.s. illegally trump tweeted at the request of democrats, i have delayed the illegal immigration removal process for two weeks. abc news learned the president called off the sweeping raids after a phone call with house speaker nancy pelosi. she urged him not to go through with it calling the raids heartle

our senior congressional correspondent mary bruce is in washington with the latest. morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, many republicans simply are not happy with the president's surprise plan to impose new tariffs on mexico and now they could take action to try and stop him, potentially voting to block the president and his use of executive power. you are right, it would be a dramatic rebuke from republicans that could also block billions of dollars in border wall funding but, george, republicans are concerned that these tariffs could amount to tax increases on american consumers and businesses and could risk the president's new trade deal and they are demanding more information. they're now hoping to learn more tomorrow after a major meeting here between mexican officials and members of the trump administration. >> meantime, mary, democrats stepping up their actions against trump administration officials. >> reporter: yeah, george. one week from today the house will vote to hold the attorney general bill barr and the president's former white hou