we appreciate your time. >> thanks for joining us. now stick around for world news tonight with david muir. tonight, breaking news. the capitol hill bombshell. the fbi confirming they're investigating the trump campaign. did aides to candidate trump coordinate with the russians? plus director comey, shooting down president trump's assertion, saying there is no evidence president obama wiretapped trump tower. tonight, the white house firing back. also breaking at this hour, security crackdown. the airline banning most electronics from carryon luggage. is there a new terror threat affecting u.s. air travel? manhunt. the high school teacher accused of kidnapping his teenage student. authorities say he's armed and dangerous. tonight, the new images police want you to see. officer on trial, opening fire after a police chase. a 6-year-old boy shot in the front seat, his father with his

hands in the air. and mystery solved? tom brady's stolen super bowl jersey, the new surveillance video and a break in the case. good evening on this monday night. i'm tom llamas in for david tonight, and we begin with that high drama on capitol hill. major revelations about the white house. russian hacking and those claims about wiretapping. fbi director james comey in an extraordinary move, confirming publicly for the first time that the agency is investigating russia's attempt to influence the election and possible links to members of president trump's campaign team. director comey also breaking his silence 16 days after the president's explosive tweets, confirming there is no proof that president obama ordered wiretaps at trump tower. but despite comey's statement, the president is still standing by his claim.

abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas, starting us off from washington tonight. >> reporter: tonight, stunning revelations from the fbi director. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> reporter: james comey finally going public and confirming there is an ongoing investigation now in its seventh month into russia's meddling. including possible collusion by trump campaign associates. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> reporter: comey himself acknowledging his extraordinary testimony today.

>> our practice is not to confirm the existence of ongoing investigations. especially those investigations that involve classified matters. >> reporter: but he is the same fbi director who brought public disclosures of hillary clinton's e-mail investigation that some democrats feel derailed her campaign. it took 30 minutes to get to the other elephant in the room. comey refuting trump's accusations in a series of tweets 16 days ago that as a candidate, he was wiretapped by president obama. >> director comey, was the president's statement that obama had his wires tapped in trump tower a true statement? >> i have no information that supports those tweets. and we have looked carefully inside the fbi. the department of justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. the department has no information that supports those tweets. >> president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? >> no president could. >> reporter: disputing that tweet, quote, obama had my wires tapped in trump tower. but much of the more than five

hours of testimony focused on russian meddling. comey testifying that the russians were motivated in part, by the animosity to one candidate. >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flip side of that coin was he had a clear preference to the person running against the person he hated so much. >> reporter: according to comey, they made no attempt to cover their trail. >> they were unusually loud in their intervention. it's almost as if they didn't care we knew what they were doing. or they wanted us to see what they were doing. they will be back in 2020. they may be back in 2018. >> reporter: much of the emphasis on disclosures about former security adviser, michael flynn's conversations with the russian ambassador that led to his resignation. one republican all but pointing fingers of the previous administration as the source of the leaks. >> could director brennan have access to an unmasked u.s. citizen's name? >> some circumstances, yes. >> would national security adviser susan wright have access to an unmasked citizen's name?

>> i think -- yes. in general, and any other national security adviser would. >> reporter: but unlike today's disclosure of the investigation, the fbi director refusing to say whether those leaks are also under investigation. >> i can't, but i hope people watching know how seriously we take leaks of classified information, but i don't want to say we're investigating it, and i'm sorry i have to draw that line. i think that's the right way to be. >> and pierre joins us live tonight. pierre, we now know there were two investigations during the election. one involving hillary clinton and her e-mails and one involving trump campaign associates that is still ongoing. why did it take until now for comey to speak about the investigation involving the trump campaign? >> reporter: comey says the justice department authorized him to speak about the russian meddling case because there was so much public interest. he held a big meeting after the clinton case, and then he talked to congress when he reopened the case, tom. >> pierre thomas for us tonight.

pierre, thanks so much. next to the white house reaction. despite what you heard from the fbi director, president trump's aides are doubling down on that wiretapping claim. the president ignoring questions during a photo op with the iraqi prime minister, and the white house also playing down that russia investigation and distancing themselves tonight from some of the campaign staff. abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl, at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the white house is digging in, refusing to back down from president trump's phone tapping allegations, despite the fbi director's testimony today contradicting the president. he said that there is no information to support the allegations that the president made against president obama. >> at this time. >> reporter: so is the president prepared to withdraw that accusation, apologize to the president? >> no. we started a hearing. it's still ongoing. >> reporter: as for the president, himself, no comment when we tried to ask about it. mr. president, were you wrong about the wiretapping? and just this morning, tonight, the white house is also

saying there's nothing to the fbi director's revelation that he is investigating possible coordination between the trump campaign and russian interference in the election. >> investigating it and having proof of it are two different things. >> reporter: now the white house is distancing itself from former trump campaign operatives caught up in the fbi review, including former campaign chairman paul manafort who was brought up several times in today's hear. >> paul manafort. >> manafort -- >> the campaign manager for the trump campaign at the time, paul manafort. >> and then, obviously, there has been some discussion of paul manafort, who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time, but beyond that -- >> but he was the chairman of the campaign. >> hey, john, hey, hold on. can you stop interrupting other people? >> but paul manafort didn't play a limited role. >> hey, jonathan, somebody is asking a question. it is not your press briefing. >> reporter: in fact, manafort was on the trump campaign for nearly five months. >> i also want to thank my staff. paul, corey, hope, i mean these people, what we have been doing has been incredible. >> reporter: and he ran the republican convention. meanwhile, the white house is

still supporting the fbi director, at least for now. does the president still have complete confidence in fbi director comey? >> there's no reason to believe he doesn't at this time. >> and tonight, paul manafort denying any contact with russia. jon joining us live, and so much to get to tonight. the director of the fbi, publicly contradicting president trump. how does this affect the president going forward with his agenda? >> reporter: well, having the fbi director directly contradicting the president and also investigating the president's campaign will undoubtedly be a source of tension and distraction. a source of tension that will be there as long as jim comey is the director of the fbi. >> and jon, we also understand late word tonight of another trump working in the west wing? >> reporter: that is right. we have a situation where ivanka trump, according to her attorney, will be having an office in the west wing, government issued communications devices and a security clearance so she can receive classified

information. we are told that the president's daughter will not have a formal role or salary, but clearly a bigger role in the west wing. >> alongside her father. thanks so much. to another high stakes hearing on capitol hill. this for that supreme court spot that has been vacant for more than a year. nominee neil gorsuch getting a cordial welcome, speaking from the heart in a very emotional introductory remark. but he faces tough questioning ahead. abc's terry moran covers the supreme court for us. >> reporter: judge neil gorsuch in the crosshairs today -- but cool under fire, even having some fun. [ laughter ] >> reporter: for the most part, though, judge gorsuch just had to sit and smile and listen to the senators' statements. republicans praising him -- >> i know from my own personal experience that you are one of the best judges in the country. >> reporter: and democrats challenging him, demanding to know if he could rule against president trump, if the fbi probe into links between russia and the trump campaign comes

before the court. >> the possibility of the supreme court needing to enforce a subpoena against the president is no longer idle speculation. >> reporter: then it was gorsuch's turn. >> i do. >> reporter: and he got personal, thanking his wife. >> i love you so much. >> reporter: emotionally remembering a beloved uncle, who died last month. >> a hero of mine and a lifelong episcopal priest. >> reporter: and he praised the judges he called his mentors, including the one he would replace, justice scalia. >> now, we didn't agree about everything. the justice fished with the enthusiasm of a new yorker. he thought the harder you slapped the line on the water, somehow the more the fish would love it. >> lots of laughs from that hearing. terry moran joins us from the supreme court, and it was a day to get to know judge gorsuch, but what are his chances of confirmation? >> reporter: well, the

democratic base is spoiling for a fight, furious about what happened to president obama's nomination, merrick garland, who never got a hearing. democrats think they can show judge gorsuch as too friendly to corporate interest, not good for working men and women, but the effort has been kind of scatter shot, low intensity, and as we saw today, gorsuch has a genial and disarming personality. it's hard to portray him as a judicial villain. tom. >> terry will be there every step of the way for this c confirmati confirmation. terry, thank you. overseas tonight, a provocation from north korea. kim jong-un watching the ground test of a new kind of rocket engine calling it a revolutionary breakthrough. in the background, his threats to reduce the united states to a quote, heap of ashes. president trump weighing in. >> the meeting of north korea, he is acting very, very badly. i will tell you he is acting very badly. >> with the president as he discussed those intense tensions, new england patriots owner, robert kraft returning

from mar-a-lago with him there on air force one. back here now to some breaking news about airline security. word that at least one airline has orders from the u.s. government to ban all electronics except cell phones in the cabin. is a terror threat prompting the move? abc's david kerley on what we're learning tonight. >> reporter: this, a hole blown through a jetliner by a laptop, is the worry for u.s. security officials tonight. the u.s. reportedly ready to ban electronic devices from the cabins of jetliners arriving from certain airports. the news, revealed in a tweet by royal jordanian airlines, apologizing to its customers, saying electronic devices will be strictly prohibited. that, according to the airline, covers laptops, tablets, cameras, dvd players, and electronic games, not phones or medical devices. one source telling abc news the ban will apply to nearly a dozen countries and airports in the middle eastern region. >> what's likely happened is that the u.s. government developed some intelligence that a group or an individual has

developed some type of device that they can get onto an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> reporter: a little more than a year ago, it was a laptop with explosives that detonated shortly after takeoff in a somali jetliner, blowing a hole, and immediately depressurizing the cabin. >> david, do we know what prompted this new procedure? is there some terror threat out there? >> reporter: there has been a threat they were concerned about for years, and there is new intelligence, according to sources that terrorists -- potential terrorists may have perfected the technology of putting explosives in these devices, tom. >> david kerley for us tonight. david, thanks so much. next we turn to a big story we have been following here, the desperate search for a teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student. the pair missing for a week, and tonight, the girl's heartbroken family is begging for her return, along with the teacher's wife, who is pleading with him to turn himself in. abc's eva pilgrim is in tennessee tonight.

>> reporter: tonight, police are releasing new images in their search for a missing tennessee teen and the former teacher accused of kidnapping her. >> we have imminent concern for elizabeth thomas' wellbeing right now. >> reporter: 50-year-old suspect, tad cummins, is seen in a store days before the their disappearance, where he appears to have picked up women's hair dye. police say the teacher plotted her abduction at least a week before. surveillance video captured cummins filling up his nissan at a gas station, but the only trace since, a cell phone ping in alabama. >> please come home to us. >> reporter: tonight, the girl's father says his daughter told a sibling the day she left to call police if she wasn't home by 6:00 p.m. >> i don't think she is responsible for what happened. she is 15 years old. >> reporter: the father says even after another student claimed they witnessed mr. cummins kissing beth thomas, and reported it to school officials,

the teacher was still at the school. school officials say cummins denied an inappropriate relationship with his 15-year-old student. he wasn't suspended until after the father hired an attorney. the teacher's wife making her own desperate plea. >> tad, this is not you. this is not who you are. we can help you get through this. >> reporter: investigators think the two are likely staying out of the public eye, but do think they are still in the u.s., tom. >> eva pilgrim covering that manhunt tonight. eva, thank you. there is much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the officer on trial, opening fire after a police chase. a 6-year-old boy shot in the front seat. his father with his hands in the air. tonight, the video jurors were shown. and news tonight on that deadly house firebomb. two teenagers killed and new developments just in. and the break in the case of tom brady's stolen super bowl jersey. surveillance video of a possible suspect and police following this case all the way south of the border. (vo) this is not a video game. this is not a screensaver.

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finally tonight, mystery solved. the all-out search for tom brady's stolen super bowl jersey, worth an estimated $500,000, has ended up in mexico. abc's senior national correspondent, matt gutman, on the case. >> reporter: no sooner had tom brady walked off the field in houston bearing super bowl triumph -- >> brady has his fifth! >> reporter: than this man allegedly walked off with his game jersey. authorities reviewing this video from fox sports showing him walking into the locker room with nothing in his hands, and then leaving minutes later with this bundle under his arm. but running from the long arm of texas justice? not so easy. >> he came to the wrong state, you know what i'm saying? so -- >> reporter: the nfl today saying the alleged thief is a "credentialed member of the international media." a mexican newspaper coming forward, adding that the alleged culprit is its former director.

mauricio ortega in this photo on the company's website, and they also retrieved brady's other stolen jersey from super bowl xlix. brady's triumph turned sour as he scoured the locker room. >> i absolutely 100% put it in the back. >> reporter: authorities say those priceless jerseys are back in boston where authorities are trying to confirm their authenticity. as for the suspect, since there have been no charges filed, he is still a free man somewhere here in mexico. tom? >> matt gutman, our thanks to you, and thank you for watching. i'm tom llamas. for david and all of us here, have a great evening. good night. live doppler 7 shows

scattered showers across northern california and this is the first of several storms that are starting offspring. uber keeps losing top managers and now it's changing plans for its big move to oakland. the california highway patrol used its eye in the sky to catch suspects on the bay bridge. i'll take you around this new high tech airplane around on "abc7 news." live where you live, this is "abc7 news." it's the first day of spring and the first in a series of storms. these are live views from emeryville, the top of our "abc7 news" studio in san jose. we have a storm ranking one on our storm impact scale today and a stronger storm in the forecast later this week. here we go again. good evening. >> today brought most of the bay area cloudy, rainy, windy weather, but a change of what we've seen recently. >> "abc7 news" was in martinez today where people had their umbrellas up at lunchtime. spencer christian is here with

what's ahead in the forecast. >> people have sung songs about spring showers and there's going to be a lot of sing thing week. here's live doppler 7. you can see we've got showers scattered across much of the bay area and some pockets of heavy downpours in the east bay, moving from berkeley eastward, at around walnut creek, danville getting little downpours, further east near bay point and brentwood. heavy downpours in that area. here's look at our storm impact scale. tonight's storm rates one, windy conditions along the coast. for the evening rush, exercise caution, because these scattered showers will produce slick roadways, especially as it gets dark. forecast animation starting at 7:00. we'll continue to see areas of showers and the areas of rainfall will become more expansive with the steadier, heavier