none of them have republican senators. what do you say to middle class americans who may be worried that they could actually see their taxes go up eventually under this plan? can you guarantee that won't happen? >> i can't guarantee that. and again, different concepts would prevent that, quite honestly. >> reporter: according to a new analysis of the house version, in ten years, 1 in 4 americans would end up paying more taxes than they do now. >> so, let's get to mary bruce live on the hill tonight. and mary, we heard what the president said before his trip, that he wants to sign tax reform by christmas. but there's some pretty big differences between the senate plan we saw late today and the house plan. >> reporter: yeah, david. and the house today announced they will vote on their bill next week, but big discrepancies remain between these plans, including how much they cost and what they'll do to the deficit. hammering this out is going to be a big challenge. and republicans know they cannot head home for the holiday emp

tonight, the senator responds. >>> also tonight, senate candidate roy moore. what he now says amid new accusers. including a woman who says she was just a teenager when he called her at her high school. >>> the vet tran detective shot in the head and killed. there is an urgent manhunt at this hour. >>> your money, yourtaxes. plan. but tonight, the huge stakes for president trump. senate republicans now can only afford to lose two where is the math ri >>> the powerful storm sweeping across the country. holiday travel will be effected this weekend. >>> the house explosion, just as policearrive >>> an million for the last da vinci? i went for $10,000 about a decade ago. not a bad return. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and amid this national conversation about sexual harassment, tonight, the new headline involving a sitting senator. an explosive charge against democrat al franken, accused by a woman of forcibly kissing her during a uso tour, and taking this photo she slept on the plane back home from afghanistaann's

senate or lying to the u.s. house of representatives. >> reporter: the attorney general facing heat from congress and the white house, as well. the a.g. under pressure from president trump, who has been pushing the justice department to investigate his political opponents. >> they should be looking at the democrats and a lot of people are disappointed in the justice department, including me. >> reporter: we're now learning that just ten days after the president's comments, office informed office prosecutors would look into naming a special council to investigate the clinton foundation. but tonight, the attorney general insists, he's not a pawn of the president. >> the department of justice can never be used to retaliate politically against opponents and that would be wrong. >> and pierre thomas with us live tonight. and pierre, attorney general jeff sessions was repeatedly pressed on that notion that the president is pressuring him to now go after mr. trump's political opponent, hillary clinton. session s was as

, "the person who should step aside is senator mitch mcconnell. he has failed conservatives. #draintheswamp." david? >> tom llamas on the hill for us. tom, thank you. >>> we do move on here, and to a major development in the death of a penn state fraternity pledge. tonight, there are new charges against 17 fraternity brothers, after investigators recovered deleted security video. the fbi now recovering that video, and they say, it shows tim piazza was given 18 drinks in less than 90 minutes before falling down those stairs. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, new charges in the alleged hazing death of 19-year-old tim piazza. 12 more former penn state fraternity brothers are facing charges, along with new charges for five brothers already awaiting trial. >> we have new evidence. >> reporter: that evidence? a frat house surveillance video that prosecutors say shows fraternity brothers giving tim piazza at least 18 drinks in just an hour and 22 minutes in the basement. >> they claimed, we don't know what else happened other than what was

one senator, as you reported there, already a no. but you're hearing tonight, the president still believes this is a done deal? >> reporter: david, sources tell us that behind closed doors on capitol hill today, the president told republicans, the senate will pass this bill. he says that he'll be able to convert any republican nos, like wisconsin's ron johnson. he is already talking about what comes next, welfare reform, but as we've been saying, this is far from a done deal. he cannot afford to lose anymore votes, david. >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> there is a developing headline tonight from south dakota, where the controversial keystone pipeline was shut down today after an oil leak. more than 200,000 gallons of oil escaping in a rural part of the state, as transcanada activated its emergency response plan. officials say the cleanup could take some time. >>> we turn next tonight to the russia investigation and jared kushner. the senate judiciary committee tonight calling on the president's son-in-

her during a uso tour before he was a senator. but the president remains silent on roy moore. how does the white house explain this? and by weighing in does the president make himself vulnerable. here's cecilia vega tonight. >> reporter: it didn't take long for president trump to weigh in on that photo of senator al franken as he appeared to grope a sleeping woman in a late night tweet the president said -- >> the al frankenstein picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 while she sleeps? and to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. that searing rebuke came just hours after the accusations against the minnesota democrat became public but as for the more than week old allegations accusing alabama republican senate candidate roy moore of sexual misconduct? >> should roy moore resign mr. president? do you believe his accusers? >> reporter: the president ignored our questions, repeatedly. >> should judge

senator? >> reporter: since the moore story broke, there's been an avalanche of accusations against other politicians, including democratic senator al franken, who took this picture seeming to grope a woman on a uso tour. a second woman says franken grabbed her from behind at the 2010 minnesota state fair. >> you're going to take a photo with senator franken, what happens? >> so, my his steps away from us to take the photo. i stand next to senator franken and he pulls me in towards him and then he moves his hand to my butt. >> reporter: in the house, an investigation has already been launched into accusations against the longest serving member of congress, democrat john conyers, following reports in buzzfeed that two different women accused him of sexual misconduct. conyers denies the charges, but he paid one of the women, a former staffer, more than $2 melanie sloan, has gone on the record with "the washington post" saying conyers verbally abused her and once summoned her to his office where

. >>> senator al franken returning to the hill and his message to the women. but will his apology be enough? and roy moore tonight. will the president campaign for him? >>> the russia investigation. abc news tonight learning of a meetin b lawyers and special counsel robert mueller's team. is flynn now planning to cooperate? >>> massive evacuations tonight. american tourists among them. the volcano erupting. >>> and the standoff at the mall. the officer opening fire, panicked shoppers running for cover. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you back with us here after the thanksgiving holiday. and we have a lot of news to get to tonight. first, that global headline. the daughter from america about to join the royal family. prince harry asking meghan markle to marry him. tonight, where he asked her, the history. the first american to officially join the royal family. she was raised in a biracial family. she went to a catholic high school here at home. she's now an actress. tonight, what it was like the first time in the room with the queen. this evening, thei

for the first time, senator al franken facing reporters and apologizing. the minnesota democrat saying he's embarrassed and ashamed, now ending his silence on allegations of sexual misconduct. >> i've let the people down. >> what he said about heading back to work. >>> family feud. the alabama senate race, and the sexual assault accusations against roy moore, splitting not only the republican party, but even the first family. why president trump was irritated with daughter ivanka. and what the president is now saying about that infamous "access hollywood" tape. >>> also breaking tonight, an that left a car full of bullet holes on the highway. >>> plus, the grandmother believed to have been murdered. her 15-year-old grandson fleeing their florida neighborhood. police arresting him near the canadian border. >>> and, cyber monday deals. why shopping experts say they'll be gone fast. the one hot item. the big-ticket flat screen now 50% off. and why the best deals may be just hours away. >>> and good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas

david. >> senator corker who has been at odds with the president some time. thank you. >>> new york city on high alert tonight. what the governor revealed after the deadly truck attack and the nypd reporting on the marathon this sunday and saying they quote, remain concerned about international terrorists and domestic extremists potentially targeting the event. and this evening we're learning about the phone call the suspect made right before the attack. abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight authorities tracking down saipov's last known contact. abc news learning investigators have spoken with the man he called moments before the rampage. investigators not revealing what he told them. tracking others saipov had contact with. >> we're going through every possibility. >> this as we learn authorities in as have interrogated saipov's entire family and still holding his father and uncle for questioning. saipov's mother passing out in shock after hearing what her son had done. his sister begging president trump not to sentence her brother to death saying someone

. >>> also tonight, senator rand paul attacked outside his home. his injuries now more serious than first reported. >>> and the damaging storms hitting a significant part of this country. a confirmed ef-2 on the ground for more than an hour. ginger zee with the big change coming to the east. >>> good evening tonight from souther land springs. the scene of unspeakable horror. worshippers gunned down. it comes just 35 days after las vegas. and if you look behind me tonight, you can see the massive presence. federal authorities, the fbi, local authorities all here on the scene. this is the back side of the church. the front, tonight, they have cordoned off. this evening, the fbi truck stands in front of the first baptist church where, of course, 26 lives were lost in a hail of bullets. the youngest, just a year and a half hold. about half of the victims were children. the pastor and his wife here, losing their own 14-year-old daughter. the shooter speeding away, good samaritans chasing him, ending in this field. it's believed the gunman shot himself.

she said, she's sent an e-mail to the senate judiciary committee. she wants her client to testify under oath in front of that committee, and roy moore to do the same. if that happens, she will release that yearbook so independent experts can look at the handwriting. and david, we have some breaking news tonight. there is a new accuser in this case. she claims in the '90s, she went to roy moore's office looking for legal help. he made her feel uncomfortable. this is what she alleges. and at the end of the meeting, he grabbed her by the backside. roy moore has denied all allegations of sexual misconduct. david? >> tom llamas leading us off tonight from alabama. tom, thank you. >>> and as you heard there, the president did not answer questions from our cecilia vega about roy moore. and the president also comes home to something else, it involves your money, your taxes. the president fired a warning shot before he left on his trip on a new tax plan, telling republicans this -- >> i want the house to pass a bill by thanksgiving. i want all of the people

senate. >> reporter: a theme echoed by the white house. >> the president believes we do not allow a mere allegation in this case one from many years ago to destroy a person's life. however, the president also believes if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. >> reporter: mitt romney says he's heard enough tweeting i believe leigh corfman, her account is too serious to ignore. moore is unfit for office and should step aside. in alabama some of moore's supporters even defending the alleged behavior. alabama state auditor saying take joseph and mary. mary was a teenager and joseph was an adult carpenter. they became parents of jesus. at pruitt's restaurant we found republican voters divided as well. >> anything they can do to take a republican out right now they'll do it. >> if they are true would thaw change your vote? >> absolutely. absolutely. i don't know it would ever change voting for democrat but change me a vote for him. >> i don't know what i'm

the senate race in alabama not only attracting a lot of attention, but a lot of money. >> reporter: that's right. in three days last week, moore's campaign says they raised $500,000. and someone familiar with doug jones' campaign says they have also seen an increase of fund-raising since the allegations broke. tom? >> marcus, thank you. >>> next to the growing investigation into russian meddling in the trump campaign. as the president's son-in-law faces new questions about wikileaks. david wright is at the white house tonight with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, the president's son and son-in-law both face new scrutiny, as british publicist rob goldstone is finally breaking his silence about that infamous trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer. it was goldstone who e-mailed donald trump jr. about "dirt" on hillary clinton from the kremlin. "if it's what you say, i love it," don jr. wrote back at the time. goldstone, a flamboyant promoter who worked with trump on the miss universe pageant in moscow, now insists he was merely a "useful idiot" trying to help another client. "i should hav

he was a sitting senator at the time. in a statement tonight, franken says, quote, i take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people. and i certainly don't remember taking this picture. i feel badly that she came away from our interaction feeling disrespected. tonight, david, a spokesperson says franken does not plan to resign. >> cecilia vega leading us off tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> and next, to those claims of sexual misconduct against veteran broadcast and journalist charlie rose. eight women, and their allegations first reported in "the washington post." tonight, his response, and cbs news now suspending him. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: stunning accusations tonight of sexual harassment and assault against iconic journalist charlie rose. eight women have come forward in "the washington post" with damning allegations against the host of the pretee jous "charlie rose show." one of rose's assistants in the mid 2000s tells the paper about "at least a dozen instances where rose

senator graham, what would you tell him? >> for the good of yourself, your family and your state, step aside. >> all right, so, let's get to tom llamas, live on capitol hill tonight. and how is roy moore responding to these new accusations today? >> reporter: david, the campaign has just sent me a statement. they wrote, judge moore is an innocent man and has never had any sexual misconduct with anyone. but roy moore himself took to twitter today to attack those senators calling for his to drop out. moore tweeting tonight, "the person who should step aside is senator mitch mcconnell. he has failed conservatives. #draintheswamp." david? >> tom, thank you. >>> we do move on here, and a major development in the death of a penn state fraternity pledge there are new charges against 17 fraternity brothers after deleted security video was recovered. the fbi recovering that video, and they say it shows tim piazza was given 18 drippings in less than 90 minutes. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, new charges in the alleged

two more women coming forward, saying senator al franken groped them. this, as a third former employee of congressman con yerps describes inappropriate behavior, including the way he was allegedly dressed in the office. >>> officer murder mystery. the police detective murdered the day before he was set to testify ag police officers. >>> trapped. the pregnant mother and her toddler, stuck inside a sinking suv. what that mom did that saved their lives. >>> and holiday heroes. the women who ran out of gas and the homeless veteran who came to her rescue. their story leading to a chain reaction of giving across the country this thanksgiving. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this thanksgiving holiday. i'm tom llamas, in for david tonight. and we begin with that breaking news in the search for the missing submarine. authorities from the argentine navy say the last sound heard from the submarine was most likely an explosion. for more than a week now, crews have been searching the often turbulent waters, tracking those sounds, as the whole world wa

but outside, republican senators were surrounded. protesters outraged over who wins and who loses in this bill. >> stealing money from the sick and the poor! >> reporter: analysts say the wealthy, those earning more than $100,000 a year, would likely see big tax cuts. but more than half of americans would see their taxes rise within ten years. by 2027, most americans earning less than $75,000 per year are projected to pay more. what do you say to middle class americans who see these projections and are concerned that their taxes are going to go up? >> i say that people are lying to them. >> reporter: you think the projections are all wrong? >> i do, i do. >> reporter: there's also concern about the impact of the bill's provision to eliminate the obamacare mandate that every american has health insurance. it could cause premiums to skyrocket. on the flip side, the most recent plan also includes a tax break for owners of private jets and golf courses. even a tax credit for wine producers. and a huge tax cut for big corporations. >> no

senator lindsey graham said today, republicans must pass it. if they won't put up our signs, people won't write checks, the party will collapse of its own weight, steve bannon will have a great argument to beat us all. other than that -- >> jon karl with us live from the white house tonight. and jon, there are last minute negotiations going on right now. and for years, republicans have sounded off about the deficit. there was a frantic late today about what this bill would do to the deficit? >> reporter: big debate on that. the last-minute haggling is intense. changes are being negotiated right now, david, on the senate floor, even as they are hoping for a vote tonight. and while the momentum is there to pass this, it is not a done deal. >> jon karl watching this into the night. jon, thank you. >>> meantime, optimism about the tax bill pushing the stock market across a new line tonight. the dow closing above 24,000 for the first time at 24,272. it broke the 23,000 mark just 45 days ago. >>> from the uk tonight, a growing bashlash against presid

with arkansas senator tom cotton potentially replacing pompeo at the cia. the state department downplaying the news. >> the secretary is someone whose feathers don't get ruffled very easily. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly and very publicly undercut his own secretary of state, saying tillerson was, quote, wasting his time trying to negotiate with north korea. even calling him weak. >> sometimes i'd like him to be a little bit tougher, but other than that, we have a very good relationship. >> reporter: and there was the report that tillerson told colleagues his boss was, quote a moron. >> i'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that. >> reporter: the president responding -- "if he did that, i guess we'll have to compare iq tests, and i can tell you who is going to win." for months, talk of possible replacements have swirled. david asking the secretary -- >> there's a lot of chatter out there, you don't need me to tell you about this, about nikki haley being a possible next secretary of state. she's even been asked about this. what do you say

senator al franken admitting he crossed a line with some women. accusers have come forward with claims of inappropriate behavior against him. >> reporter: four women are now accusing minnesota senator al franken of improper touching. tonight, a new response. "i am a warm person. i hug people. some women have found my greetings or embraces for hug or photo inappropriate. i feel terribly that i've made some women feel badly and for that i am so sorry." the allegations against franken range from taking this photo and forcibly kissing leeann tweeden in 2006, to inappropriate touching during photo ops on his campaign. but for at least one woman, his words rang hollow. >> not a true apology. i feel like with my kids we make them say i apologize for doing this and why it was wrong and his response was, "hey, i'm sorry if you felt that way." almost like he didn't do it or he didn't want to admit that he had done it. >> reporter: some women on capitol hill describe an environment of tolerance for bad behavior, and fear of retribution for speaking up. promi

texas senator john cornyn pledged shortly after attending today's service to introduce new legislation on background checks as early as monday. this as church members say they hope to worship inside their church next week, tom. >> marcus moore for us from sutherland springings. thank you. the firefighter evening scene in san diego. tonight nearly two dozen children hurt when a platform collapses at one of those courses inside an indoor gym. parents scrambling to find children under the debris. here's marcie gonzalez. >> reporter: children, terrified and in tears. rushed out of this obstacle gym in san diego on stretchers and in the arms of first responders. >> everybody was crying and bleeding. >> reporter: the aftermath of a platform collapse that injured at least 23 people and is under investigation tonight. >> the kids were obviously going like crazy. scared. >> reporter: diego madrigal, there with his family, saying at around 7:40 saturday night employees announced they were serving pizza, when dozens of children rushed upstairs to the wooden platform overlooking the rest of the gy