>> pierre thomas with that exclusive interview tonight. you can hear much more next week on "good morning america." >>> we do turn now. we are seeing the first images of jacob blake since being shot in the back by police in kenosha, wisconsin. blake in his hospital bed appearing on video for a court hearing, pleading not guilty to domestic abuse charges unrelated to the shooting. his father says he's out of intensive care and doing better, but still can't move from the waist down. >>> and news about the economy and american jobs. the labor department saying the u.s. added 1.4 million jobs in august. unemployment dropping to 8.4%. >>> there's still much more ahead tonight on "world news tonight" this friday. the blistering heat wave. triple-digit temperatures heading into the holiday weekend, and the big concern in can the power grid handle it? >>> plus, the incredible survival story. get this. a man pinned by a tree for four days, lucky to be alive. stay with us. tree for four days, lucky to be alive. stay with us. up. get in its way. hpv

here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: a former top lieutenant is officially declaring war on perhaps the most powerful and best known lobbyist in washington, nra ceo wayne lapierre. >> gun owners across america should be horrified by what i saw inside the nra. >> reporter: in his new book, "inside the nra," joshua powell describes an organization rife with corruption. >> it is this, you know, incredible mess of malfeasance and self-dealing. >> reporter: he accuses lapierre and other executives of misleading dues-paying members of the nra and using their money to finance lapierre's lavish lifestyle. including $542,000 for trips on private jets. >> it is an abomination. it's to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of wastage. >> reporter: it's possible crimes were committed. is that what you are saying? >> if fraud is a crime, that's correct. >> reporter: but powell is under investigation himself for the very malfeasance h he's trying to exatposetorneyal'sit alleges evidence of illegal conduct and inappropriate spending for which the nra says he was ultimately fired. he denies the a

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>> all right, pierre thomas, thank you. >>> the remnants of her can sally turning deadly now. flash flood watches and a tornado threat at this hour and rob marciano from the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, more than 24 hours after sally made landfall on the gulf coast, rescuers still bringing trapped families to safety. this after hundreds had to be saved from high water wednesday, many by the national guard. hurrican 1r ndan of rain. tonight, the true scope of the damage is coming into view. families now salvaging what they can from damaged homes and businesses. this marina is just a mess. you've got docks eating into the sides of boats, sterns and bows of boats crunched up against each other. millions of dollars in damages in this area alone. sally knocking multiple barges loose in the pensacola area. brian goduto's family was riding out the storm in their brand new home when the water started rushing towards them. >> she looked back and it was just coming down like a waterfall from the backyard, and she grabbed the kids. >> reporter: brian cutting down this fence

now reporting, pierre thomas. >> there is not a moment that goes by when police are riding behind mehere i don't fear being pulled over. >> when you drivin' down the street, you know, and those blue and red cherries come on behind you, you get a tingle, your heart starts to race, even when you know you've done nothing. >> i will light you up, get out! >> wow. >> now! >> adrenaline pumping, pulse quickening. a routine traffic stop makes most of us anxious. but for many, such encounters can mean the difference between life and death. walter scott, samuel dubose. philando castile. for a number of those whose loved ones have been killed, the fear and anger for police is raw. for those, those sworn to protect and serve -- >> they are here to kill us because we black! >> my nephew philando was murdered by a police officer in falcon heights, minnesota. seeing my sister's son, my nephew, shot and killed in a car by another police officer, you know, it was devastating. >> fiphilando castile's life wa cut short in july of 2016. he was 22 years old. on that fateful night, the officer makes the

let's bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas live in washington. and pierre, what are you learning tonight about the federal investigation? >> reporter: david, the fbi told us today they're investigating all aspects of breonna taylor's case, that agents are consulting with the justice department's civil rights division. one thing that the fbi is looking at is whether the search warrant that brought police to taylor's home was legal. there are allegations that one of the officers gave false information to the court concerning whether the postal service was seeing suspicious packages coming to the home. so, david, the postal service has said to a local outlet that there was no evidence of that. lots of questions about whether the civil rights of taylor were violated. david? >> all right, more to come in the case. pierre, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the tense hearing on the hill today involving the back and forth between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul. at one point, dr. fauci telling the senator, "you're not listening." and tonig

so, let's bring in our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington tonight. what are you learning tonight about the federal investigation? >> reporter: david, the fbi told us today they're investigating all aspects of breonna taylor's case, that agents are consults with the justice department's civil rights division. one thing that the fbi is looking at is whether the search warrant that brought police to taylor's home was legal. there are allegations that one of the officers gave false information to the court concerning whether the postal service was seeing suspicious packages coming to the home. so, david, the postalers sa t l e civilfayr w vie thteioeanghe hill n forth between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul. at one point, dr. fauci telling the and the nation's top scientists with a reality of shorts, how soon there could be a potential vaccine here in the u.s. and how long it would take before all americans would have access to it. mary bruce up on the hill tonight. >> reporter: as the nation marks a horrific milestone, 200,000 killed by the coro

let's get to pierre thomas tonight. this prosecutor brought in for this investigation. what do we know? >> reporter: the justice department is confirming the resignation but won't say why. her hometown newspaper is citing colleagues who says she left in part because she says durham is under pressure by attorney general barr to complete his work ahead of the november elections. david, the president has put pressure on barr, saying he can go down as the greatest attorney general in history if he does the right thing. barr has been accused by critics of playing politics in investigations to help the president, so there's likely to be more incoming now. >> pierre, thank you. >>> next to our abc news "20/20" investigation into the murder of ft. hood soldier vanessa guillen. in the past four years more ft. hood soldiers died in homicides than in battle. >> reporter: ft. hood has had two mass shootings, more than a dozen soldiers that have died, gone missing, vanished or turned up dead in the past few years. multiple allegations of sexual assault and harassment. a prostitution

pierre thomas join us with more on all of that. ning, pierre. >> reporter: amy, good morning. last night the attorney general apparently decided to wade deep into the culture wars with those combative remarks. appearing before a captive audience at an event hosted by hillsdale college, the attorney general invoked slavery to discuss concerns about the pandemic lockdowns. >> putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. it's -- it's -- you know, other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in american history. >> reporter: in his remarks, barr had a blunt message to prosecutors inside the justice department and critics who say his intervention in cases like roger stone's, that of former national security adviser michael flynn were designed to help the president. he's in charge. what exactly am i interfering with? under the law all prosecutorial power is invested in the attorney general. barr also comparing his prosecutors to preschoolers. lett

pierre thomas, we talked about her fight for equal rights for women. she became known in these final years on the bench as a member of the minority on the also in voting rights cases. >> indeed, george. i was struck as the honor guard brought her casket in. it's such a season of losing icons. john lewis was brought up those steps. i spent time last n reading justiceginsburg's dissentt the voting agents. she have said voting discrimination still exists. her essential argument was that racism was real and some states were impeding the voting rights of blacks. she said the need for oversight remai remains. she cited one case that was breathtaking. in 2001 a mayor of an all white the town's election after an unprecedented amount of african-americans announced they were running for office. >> we see the speaker of the house nancy pelosi entering, chuck schumer, members of the ginsburg family. speaker pelosi will preside of the memorial. the rabbi will deliver remarks. of course justice ginsburg's casket will be placed on the lincoln c lincoln catafalk. just

pierre thomas joins us now with a look at those numbers. od morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning. our investigation with our own station shows that driving while black is not some urban myth. there's phenomenon is very real. in that dramatic video that shocked the nation, 32-year-old do castile killed by a police officer in 2016. >> sir, i have to tell you i >> don't reach for it then. don't pull it out. >> don't pull it out. >> reporter: fatally shot in a hat was a case of mistaken identity. the officer looking for robbery suspects. castile was not involved in any robbery and had a license to carry a weapon, and while the case is an extreme example of what could happen during a police traffic stop, an abc news investigation in partnership with our owned and operated stations showing in a number of major cities black americans are far more likely to be stopped than white americans. in minneapolis, five times more likely. in los angeles and chicago, four times more likely. three times more likely in philadelphia and san in some other ci

abc's pierre thomas is in washington with more. : eva, good morning. today a former top official at the nra is calling out the lobbying giant claiming fraud and moral corruption. and he's offering to cooperate with a new york state investigation that seeks to dissolve the organization as we know it. >> the nra has blood all over its hands. >> reporter: joshua powell the former number two in command at the nra knows he's committing sacrilege against the gun lobby and even embracing some popular gun control ideas like universal background checks for all gun purchases. >> the united states needs to have an association that represents not just the fringe right but hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country. >> you realize you will be called the judas. >> 100%. they will attack me in the press and call me judas. >> reporter: powell now in a war with the gun lobby. >> gun owners should be horrified by what i saw inside of the nra. >> reporter: and recalls being in the room with other nra leaders when the horrific parkland high sch

chief justice correspondent pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: this morning, stunning new accusations against a ukrainian lawmaker who has worked alongside the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. the treasury department is now sanctioning him claiming that he's been an active russian agent for over a decade who maintained close connection with russian intelligence services. >> it is truly alarming that the president's personal lawyer is working closely with a known russian agent with ties to russian intelligence. >> reporter: giuliani joining forces with him in an effort to prove the entire probe into russian interference in a 2016 presidential campaign was a hoax. >> my goal here is just one simple goal and that is to defend the president of the united states individually against the original false charges of russian collusion. >> reporter: authorities developed evidence that giuliani was apparently collaborating with the enemy. according to the treasury department, the recent months he has been trying to illegally undermine the upcoming 2020 u.s. election accusing him of sp