i asked both about >> scott thuman. scott? scott: thank you, mr. president. you just spoke about the desire to build bridges. there are notable and philosophical differences between yourself and prime minister trudeau. how do you see the relationship playing out? are there any specific areas with which in your conversations today you each decided to perhaps alter or amend your stances already on those sensitive issues like terrorism and immigration? >> we began discussions. we will have a good relationship, maybe better than ever before. we have wonderful ideas on immigration. we have strong, tough ideas on the problem we have with terrorism. when we put them together we'll have a group of talented people. we will see of course while only in the infancy so far how do you see this relationship compared to that under the obama administration? >> security and immigration need to work well together. canada have emphasized security as we look toward improving our immigration system. remaining true to the values that we have. we had a strong and a fruitful discussi

sharyl: scott thuman, thanks so much.ext, we share some of your sharyl: coming up next week on "full measure," did ava contractor cheat veterans by denying benefits? >> i told them that i believe it is unethical, unprofessional, and as a result, based on the statistics that they have released, it's unacceptable. sharyl: the company was getting a huge amount of tax dollars to conduct these reviews. david vatan: absolutely. i think it's close to $50 million. sharyl: that's next week on "full measure." that's all for this week. until next week, we will be searching for more stories [ alarm clock beeping ] weather. ♪ [ laughter ] cartoons. wait for it. [ cat screech ] [ laughter ] ♪ [ screaming ] [ laughter ] make everyday awesome with the power of xfinity x1... hi grandma! and the fastest internet. [ girl screaming ] [ laughter ] z29kvz zstz y29kvy ysty >> the vice chiefs of the military go to capitol hill to warn congress on readiness, but one important part of the country's defense wasn't there. as the arctic

is clearly and for the confirmation progress, let's turn to the chief political correspondent scott thuman. so, scott, for the past two days, republicans have been employing an interesting strategy to try to get around any boycotting democrats. tell us about that. scott: creative tactics going on, on the hill. for a second day. as you pointed out, you have a boycott from democrats who believe if they didn't show up for the committee hearings to push the nominees through to the full senate, it would prevent the process moving forward. instead now, two days in a row the republicans said fine, you don't want to show up, we will change the rules so you no longer have to have the democrats present for a quorum. we can go ahead and process this person without you present. scott pruitt up for the nomination of the e.p.a. head was pushed out of committee because republicans altered the rules and voted in favor now. that will head to the to see if it happens over and over again as the divide between the democrats on capitol hill and trump administration moves continue to get wider. alison: so let's

scott: i'm scott thuman live on capitol hill. new information regarding the controversial travel ban, especially about the seven that fight is far from over. update coming up next. >> a father in mourning searches for answers as we speak. so is the prince george's police department. i'm q mccray with the latest on the search for the killer announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". "7 on your side." alison: a father wants answers to who would kill his son. larry: timothy sherod but found dead and today sherod's father had a tearful request. >> i will try my best. lord help me, please. >> it look a lot for him to talk to us but he found strength to keep timothy in mind. >> i want to know who did this to my boy. q: he was found dead in accokeek. his father is searching for answers. >> he never bothered anybody. he helped everybody. everybody. >> from the nephew an part-time lyft driver and worked full-time at amtrak. excelling in his position following in father's footsteps. >> he would go to work. come home. take care of hims

but as chief political correspondent scott thuman shows us, it's not unprecedented. president trump: many of our greatest presidents fought with the media. scott: almost a daily ritual, the vicious, verbal assaults on the media. but president trump is hardly the first to squabble with reporting he didn't like. >> republicans have their own tv station, their own radio. scott: others like president obama were much tamer in their attacks or mistakenly private like george w. bush. the fight is far from new. the difference former white house ethics czar says is the degree of disdain. >> the env ourselves in, in washington has become so toxic and so hyper-partisan that there is no longer seemingly any room for reasonable disagreement. even when appropriate. scott: so has it been thissed bad before between those making the headlines and those printing them? president nixon told his staff the press is your enemy and his team tapped reporters' phones. the newseum sites jefferson famously saying our liberty defends on the press years later he is quoted in a letter nothing can b

chief scott thuman reports from the white house. scott: trade in headline is no friend to russia.rise comes after the fall of predecessor michael flynn for his dealings with the country. i'm curious what if any difference in tone or tenor or strategy we should expect now that they are working together? >> he will be a great asset to the president's national security team. ultimately the president has always been the decideer, russia or any other issue. scott: a pivotal time for a white house with president trump feeling the need to defend his sometimes con selliatory remarks -- conciliatory remarks. president trump: i own nothing in russia. i don't have loans in russia. i don't have deals in russia. scott: mcmaster according to many reports and past comments is viewed as quite hawkish toward the communist country. while many wonder if mcmaster's position at the white house will signify a notable shift in tone or policy toward russia the view in moscow i and see. recently we traveled to moscow for a "full measure" assignment. during our visit we spoke to russians about american rel

he scott thuman, abc7 news. larry: with the ultimate fate of the immigration order and the travel ban in the air, people with valid visas are rushing to reach u.s. soil. tears of reuion and sighs of relief have been a common sight at the dulles airport since the ban put on hold friday night. >> i want to thank all the people who support us. i can't believe we're here. larry: another common sight -- lawyers. many champed out at the airport. alison: today, president trump made visit to the central command and the u.s. special operations headquarters. both are at the air force base in tampa, florida. he was briefed by the leaders before having lunch with some of the troops you see there. larry: new developments tonight after a plane crashed in fort washington just before noon. maryland bureau chief brad bell on the sc >> the pilot himself was able to call 911 after the plane went down and direct rescuers to the location on a hillside in fort washington. >> he was alert and calm. matter of fact. >> the road island b

scott thuman gom a preview from the -- got a preview from the president himself. scott: a little insight in the president's speech tonight. group of the country, myself included, had a dinner with the president last night to get a better idea of his priorities and focus. we spent almost an hour and a half talking about the plans and the president well aware of how the inaugural speech was criticized at times being too dark. he wants this one to be one of optimism. he told me he sees great potential for the country. where is the room for compromise? is he going to offer an olive branch or incentive to get members of congress on board? will he unify instead of divide? he will give red meat to the base. people who got him here. but he has to reflect concerns of those who didn't vote for him. will he do that? thirdly specifics and the details. like coming to replace obamacare. what about a new budget? will he have the specifics people are waiting and wanting fo before and after the speech. on capitol hill, i'm scott thuman. michelle: you can see the president's speech

scott thuman, abc7 news. jonathan: officials in new york had to partially shut down the brooklyn bridge to get the notorious mexican king penn joaquin guzman -- king pen joaquin guzman to court. his lawyers offered some of the precautions were excessive. he is charged with masterminding a drug operation that crossed into the united states. alison: 20 years is the sentence for a prince george's county man who beat to death his you girlfriend's 23-month-old son. maryland bureau chief brad bell was in brad: these are the last images of 23-month-old ahmed jalloh. taken in his riverdale apartment the night before the little boy was killed during a brutal beating at the hands of his mother's boyfriend osman sesay. today speaking through the prosecutor who handled the case, the child's mother saying the video is one of her few precious memories of her child. >> he had not turned 2, it was one birthday, one ramadan, one halloween, so all of that. she only will have one memory of everything. brad: 29-year-old osman se

tom roussey will join us in a moment from if rally but first, chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us with what to expect from tonight's speech. scott? scott: jonathan, this is an opportunity, something the president acknowledged last night when we spent almost an hour and a half with him talking about the speech. he would have been facing so a full plate for the president tonight. >> the president of the united states. scott: a tall order for a first-time president, first-time politician. addresses congress which is themed with the renewal of the american spirit. in a dinner with a small number of reporters last night the president told me it would be a tough task and he is working on how to strike the right tone. the challenge is steadying the shame convincing congress to get on board. on -- steadying the ship and convincing congress to get on board. he wants to erase obamacare, something he admitted would be complex. >> i am stunned every day. this is the president of the united states. we have been debating healthcare in this country for 30 years. he says gee, who knew

but today, our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman pressed the president on immigration, terrorism and trade during a joint news conference with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. scott: as you move forward on issues from trade to terrorism, how do you see the relationship playing out? are there any specific areas with which during your conversations today you each decided to perhaps alter or amend you stances already on those sensitive issues, like terrorism and president trump: we just began discussions. we are going to have a great relationship with canada. maybe as good or better hopefully than ever before. we have some wonderful ideas on immigration. we have some i think very strong, very tough ideas on the tremendous problem that we have with terrorism. i think when we put them all together, which will be quickly, we have a group of talented people, we will see some very, very obvious results. we are also doing some cross-border things that will make it a lot easier for trade and a lot better and a lot faster for trade. we have through technology, we have so

our chief political correspondent scott thuman takes a look at whether the nominees can speak their minds and still be in the president's inner circle. >> do you condemn the remarks by the president? scott: nominee neil gorsuch's supposed concern over the president's critique of other judges has the hill buzzing. >> he did say he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing. scott: but if the supreme court nominee made those remarks, are there consequences for his criticism? does donald yes men or does he want someone to challenge him? >> at the senior level he wants someone to challenge him. look at the people in the campaign. he had strong personalities, newt gingrich, chris christie, rudy giuliani. strong personalities. his cabinet. scott: it is hardly the first dust up with his eventual pick. then governor pence tweeted that trump's idea of muslim ban was defenseless. james mattis disagreed with his boss on the need for nato. and he cited ben carson's biography. >> he says he has pathological disease. if you are pathological there is no cure for that, folks. >> as he perceives some

live on capitol hill tonight, scott thuman, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. windows smashed, cars and property burned, police officer hurt. remember the scene? that was the inauguration. today ten of people were charged with turning inauguration their attorney says that the clients now are scared but they like their odds. >> make a decision whether or not they would put felony convictions on the young people for donald trump. jonathan: some 230 people were arrested in d.c. on inauguration day. 11 were indicted on felony charges just yesterday. prosecutors say more indictments are expected as evidence in the case continues to roll in. michelle: just in tonight, a taller, stronger, fence is coming to the white house. the national capitol planning commission just gave the 11'5" fence a green light. a series of people have jumped the fence in last few years and construction begins next year. secretary of state rex tillerson called for unity in his first day on the job. he spoke with employees in foggy bottom today saying he knows the election was divisive. >> i w

scott thuman was on assignment for us in kaliningrad, russia when he came across a strange place to grabce. scott: late at night in a foreign land, fending off hunger pangs can make a pizza pie sound like a boon. -- a godsend. here in kaliningrad, russia, a spot rarely visited by any westerners, we stumbled upon a story while scouring for food. this is obama pizza. nikita: this word sounds funny, let's say, and it was very popular in 2013 when they opened this cafÉ and they decided to use this word. scott: it may seem odd, the russian store fronts with cyrillic signs broken up by the name of an american president. and let's be honest, it is. after all, a picture of vladimir putin hangs proudly on the wall here. and locals tell us there's a running joke these days in russia -- if anything is wrong, "just blame obama." though, nothing wrong with this food. so will the signs soon be replaced, now that he has two? so now that there's a president trump, will you change the name? nikita: no plans. scott: do you like donald trump? nikita: as our president putin told, that he's a bright personal

you're used to seeing chief political correspondent scott thuman reporting from capitol hill - and interviewingorld leaders. but he recently traded the hill -- for a mountain top... taking a week to climb to the top of mount kilimanjaro!! he documented his entire climb and he's put it together in a story you can find on our website... you'll definitely want to check it out -- just head to wjla-dot-com to watch. back here in the district-- workers in d-c will soon have one of the country's best paid family leave programs. but mayor muriel bowser is not a fan. mayor bowser says she won't sign the bill, but she won't veto it either. the legislation allows up to 8 weeks of paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. the bill passed the d.c. council with a reviewed by congress. it's xx and we're just getting started. dropping out. a trump cabinet nominee withdraws his name, less than a day before his confirmation hearing. this as president trump lashes out at u-s intelligence agencies. the latest on the turmoil at the white house.. coming up. breaking news overnight maryland. fast-moving flames

our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman is here now. scott, he does have other options, other than just the supreme court. scott: yeah, you are right about that. avenue a lot of people believe is going to lead down simply because it is the ultimate say in the judicial system. but at the same time, he can do a couple of things. one, he could take the order that has already been debated so heavily and redactor revise portions of it. for example, the part inclusive of those who hold greencards. the part that relates to religious minorities. otherwise, people believe christians might get preferential treatment. if you take out the elements, perhaps it could stand in the courts that have already discussed it. the other option that president trump has is to unveil something completely new. will it be a different executive order? are there other powers he can implement to get his point across and do what he says is keeping america safer? either way, he made it pretty clear he plans to do something and very soon. take a listen. president trump:

tom roussey will join us in a moment from if rally but first, chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us with what to expect from tonight's speech. scott? scott: jonathan, this is an opportunity, something the president acknowledged last night when we spent almost an hour and a half with him talking about the speech. he would

the chief political correspondent scott thuman live at the bureau. is this the beginning with the stronger relationship with the critical ally? >> that is what the administration would say. the jury is out on that. oat should have gotten more headlines and perhaps would have except for the white house's other issues. this will be scrut newsed and watched closely because they know it could have far reaching implications. >> a good negotiator. >> the art of the deal. scott: a friendly back-and-forth at the white some say a slight departure from netanyahu's relationship with president obama. does it mean any real change is in the air? >> i don't think it's any secret that the obama administration clashed with the israeli administration. >> the israel project says president trump could gain support nationwide if this is seen as a return to normality. and a harsher position on japan. >> i think the voters will be relieved that they have an administration again that is unabashedly supportive of the israeli allies. we are seeing that. >> president trump was

chief political correspondent scott thuman joining us from the abc7 capitol hill bureau. this resignation raises more questions except for democrats who are asking for an investigation into this. scott: you are getting loud calls from both side of the aisle on this one. the white house stance on this is that general flynn did nothing illegal but certainly in those controversies no closed doors eroded the confidence of president trump. that is why he had to get the resignation from him. you mentioned an investigation, there is plenty of people from the left calling for one. on the right, the senator mitch mcconnell is saying he would like to see ran investigation into what role russia played in the election and the kind of conversations took place with this administration representatives of it and russian officials. there are three names bandied around as replacements. lieutenant general kellogg who is retired, national security adviser currently. you've got vase admiral bob harward who is a former naver i have seal. then former central intelligence agency director and best

scott thuman, abc7 news. alison: you can watch this story and scott's original i-team investigation online at wjla.com. "7 on your side" consumer alert for parents out there. stroller that is being recalled. britax is recalling the click & go mounts on the stroller frames. this is after finding that the device sometimes disconnects from car seats and then that, of course, allows the child to fall. the company specifically recalling the britax b-agile and bob motion stroller. if you want a full list of the models impacted, go to wjla.com. michelle: after votes from 4 million fans, hasbro decided to ditch the thimble in new monopoly board games. they are not revealing what will replace the thimble or the final results of the vote. you have to wait until march 19. jonathan: we have on traffic watch and trenice bishop has breaking news on the roads. what's happening? trenice: we have a couple of things working now. an incident on the eastbound stretch of the southeast/southwest freeway through the city involves an

scott thuman is at the capitol hill bureau with the latest on the white house's plan. scott: we know what the white house stance is on the question that you just posed. we got insight in the past hour on how it may be leaning in direction forward as they try to go against the latest ruling that was not in the white house favor. it could include all options and maybe a new order. here is what we have. president trump: one of the reasons i am standing here today, the security of the country. the voters felt i would give it the best security. we'll do something rapidly. >> there is little question that the white house will contest the latest ruling and we could be headed for the ultimate court o makes mild alterations to the order he could prevail. >> whether you support or not doesn't matter. you can argue there is a rational basis. you have seven questions, six of which are in a state of civil war where they have chaos. there is no way we can vet people coming from the countries. there is no functional police station we can ask for a police report. >> he is an attorney a

so our abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman live at the capitol hill bureau. so what does this mean? scott: a couple of things. one, it's the first time we have seen a republican break rank, go against the trump administration on one of the cabinet picks. so that is significant. the second thing it means is that anyone else breaks rank, if they don't vote on party lines as expected you have a mass issue for this nominee. here is what we have. if you break it down. you have 50-50 democrat and republican who have now changed. you have essentially a tie. if that is what we expect when they come to vote now. you can see mike pence the vice president from the white house to the capitol hill. he was the tie-breaker. he would have to make sure that he gets betsy devos through. if anyone else decides they are going to leave the republican side to vote against her, well, then they have an issue. moving forward you will see the teachers, and the educational advocacy groups, everyone lobbying think they can switch or sway. so what should have been in the white house's eye

abc7 chief political correspondent scott thuman is here. we want to talk about this. the first question i have they did this but can they do this? is this something that has been done before? scott: not in this particular example. there are instances in the obama admi might have had off the camera meetings, off-record meetings with the president and certain select members of the media. this was a pool situation. this is not the daily briefing. this is an opportunity where sean spicer said we will meet in my office. you can apply to be part of the pool today, expanded pool. not everyone will get in. the people left off were the typical targets of president trump mentioning for example the "new york times" and cnn. alison: a pool, of course, being typically one tv outlet, one radio, perhaps one print. then he expanded it to other people but kept others out. scott: yeah. the problem with that, when you have the certain members of the media who are not allowed in they will instantly look for the why? the why is easy when you can revert the tape three or four hours ago to s

chief political correspondent scott thuman picks up the team coverage to try and clear it up. l of controversy but not always clarity. as the white house squared off with a court of to appeals, president trump's executive order was put on pause. meaning immigrants like the young man from yemen arrived in virginia today. regardless , proopponents of the executive order insist it's still not a ban on all muslims. >> if it were about islam then why isn't indonesia th

our chief political correspondent scott thuman is at the capitol hill bureau with the fallout from this. a it lot of people talking about -- a lot of people talking about what happened. scott: a lot of reaction. we have seen this division before. we saw it before the election. we saw it on inauguration day certainly. we are still seeing it with perhaps no end it's been called the home of the free speech movement. wednesday night, that moniker put to the test and critics say university of california berkeley failed. >> well, i'm carrying my sign. it said the first amendment is for everyone. protects all speech. even milo. scott: the scheduled appearance by the controversial trump supporter, breitbart writer incited rooting and violence. >> are you surprised? ma'am? scott: the speech by milo yiannopoulos was canceled. in may one of depaul university cut short as protesters rushed the stage. >> we are going to see more and more free speech incidents. that's been fire's experience. scott: fire is a nonpartisan group defending free speech on college campuses. last year they saw the highest n

michelle: and scott thuman is here now. the decision by the white house to pick which reporters could join this impromptu gaggle and denying others the opportunity to ask questions, do you understand why it was done? scott: this is the latest volley in the ongoing and the uncomfortable war brewing between the trump administration and members of the media. the white house has decided and perhaps up to the president they are dissatisfied from the reporting that get from people being critical, so they chose to leave them gaggle. this is not the daily white house briefing you see in the brady briefing room. this is an off camera gaggle. a discussion without cameras in the west wing in sean spicer's office. they chose to handle it this way leaving some out. then some chose not to attend in protest. "associated press" was allowed in and said we are upset with how this is going. we are not going to take part. michelle: have we seen it happen before? scott: it's apples to oranges. there was for example in the obama administration, o

abc7's chief political correspondent scott thuman on the hill for us tonight. cott, where does his confirmation stand at this point? scott: well, michelle, we expect we will see the vote on jeff sessions this everything. but as you pointed out, not without controversy even if he gets through with a vote along party lines. you still had that hot button issue come to the forefront last night as democrats pulled that all-nighter. we saw democrats kind of picking up the torch where senator warren could no longer carry it. they were reading the speech. some lines from the widow of dr. martin luther after she was essentially booted from the floor and could no longer cite them because it was considered a violation of rule 19, that is impugning the motive or the reputation of another senator. something you are not supposed to do. controversy aside on that one. you look forward. we still have two others that will not be easy for trump picks. we are talking about h.h.s. nominee tom price. people believe there is a conflict of interest according to his critics. where he ha