here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: after jeb bush hit donald trump in english and in spanish. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: trump slammed bush for speaking spanish. telling the conservative bright breitbart.com, he's a nice man but should set the exam of speaking english while in the united states. the nature tiff language of his wife columba and more than 37 million other americans. danny diaz tweeted, donald trump against spanish. says reagan is not a conservative, looks like a one-man mission to kill the gop. even bush's son jeb jr. has joined the fray via twitter tweeting can't wait for this summer reality tv show to be over. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> speculation continues to swirl around the presidential as pier rations of joe biden. the vice president looking a lot like a candidate. one source close to him telling abc news it seems more likely than not biden will run, of course, that means going up his close friend and former colleague hillary clinton. >>> well, you can call it a major foreign policy victory for president obama. that's what it's look

here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: after jeb bush hit donald trump in english and in spanish -- [ speaking spanish ] >> or blah, blah, blah. >> reporter: -- trump slammed bush for speaking spanish telling the conservative breitbart.com, he's a nice man but he hould really set the example by speaking english while in the united states. spanish, by the way, is the native language of jeb bush's wife, columba, and more than 37 million other americans. his campaign manager, danny diaz tweeted, "donald trump against spanish. says reagan is not a conservative, looks like a one-man mission to kill the gop." even bush's son jeb jr. has joined the fray via twitter tweeting "can't wait for this summer reality tv show to be over." jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> well, speculation continues to swirl around the presidential aspirations of joe biden. the vice president looking a lot like a candidate during a visit to florida. one source close to him telling abc news it now seems more likely than not biden will run. of course, that means going up against his close friend and forme

here's abc's jonathan karl now. >> reporter: the head of planned parenthood now target number one for republicans and during a five-hour interrogation today on capitol hill. >> do you profit or make money on abortion services? >> what this is really all about, plain and simple, money and politics. >> reporter: republicans want to cut off all government funding of planned parenthood in the wake of a series of controversial undercover videos activists. those videos claim to show planned parenthood officials discussing the sale of aborted fetal tissue. today, planned parenthood president see seal richards called claims the group sails fetal tissue false. >> is the outrageous accusations based on heavily doctored videos untrue. >> reporter: the republican campaign against planned patienthood hit an emotional high point with carly fiorina in the last republican debate. >> watch these tapes. watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating. its legs kicking. while someone says, we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain. this is about the character of our nation. >> reporter: p

jonathan karl with trump tonight. >> reporter: mr. trump goes to washington. hitting capitol hill to rally against the iran nuclear deal. >> never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> reporter: light on specifics as usual, but heavier than usual on bravado. >> we will have so much winning if i get elected that you may get bored with winning. >> reporter: while most of trump's gop rivals have been attacking him, today ted cruz, who invited trump to the rally, quite literally embraced him. why donald trump? why was donald trump here? >> well, look, it is not complicated. number one, i like donald. but number two, everywhere donald goes, he brings 100 television cameras. >> reporter: while trump and cruz hammered the iran deal, across town hillary clinton praised it. tough lines if iran violates the deal. >> i will not hesitate to take military action if iran attempts to obtain a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: big speech by hillary clinton today and she iran. focus off her because she is a disaster

here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: clinton refused to apologize, but offered this. >> i'm sorry that this has raised questions. but there are answers to all the questions, and i will continue to provide the answers. >> reporter: and her favorability rating at its low lowest level in 20 years. and biden, making decisions about running. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> reporter: biden is openly anguished about whether he's ready to run so soon after the death of his son beau. >> can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment, in any circumstances? but i don't know. i can't look you straight in the eye and say, i can. >> i can give him the space he deserves to make a difficult choice. >> how much time does the vice president have? >> he's made it clear he wants to take as much time as he can. the top advisors say october 18th, the date of the first democratic debate. >>> and meanwhile, on the republican side, donald trump, 24 hours after signing the pledge vowing not to run as a third-party candidate. and t

jonathan karl tonight. >> reporter: john boehner, the altar boy turned speaker of the house, couldn't hold back the tears as pope francis came to pitol hill. this morning, he seemed like a new man. ♪ my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ >> reporter: and he stunned the capitol by announcing he is stepping down. >> last night, i started to think about this. and this morning, i woke up and i said my prayers, as i always do, and i decided, you know, today's the day i'm going to do this. >> reporter: boehner, so clearly moved yesterday, told reporters today about his own private moment with pope francis. >> as the pope and i were getting ready to exit the building, we found ourselves alone. and the pope puts his arm around me, and kind of pulls me to him and says, "please pray for me." well, who am i to pray for the pope? but i did. >> reporter: not even boehner's closest friends expected that this would be the day he would resign. but if he hadn't, he conceded he would have had to fight to keep his job. >> this turmoil that's been churning now for a couple months is not good for the member

let's get right to jonathan karl, because, jon, some of the candidates have watched their own numbers tank with trump's rise. they have to break through tonight. >> reporter: it's not just their poll numbers. it's the money, david. some of the candidates have fallen so far, they are now having trouble raising money. there's a real chance that one of those candidates, at least one that you see on the stage tonight, won't even make it to the next debate. they will be desperate to break through, desperate candidates do desperate things. the big question is, will they take on donald trump and will it work? it hasn't worked so far. >> we'll see. 11 voices up there. jon karl tonight. thank you. >>> we're going to turn now to the controversial arrest tonight. a high school student, a muslim american in texas. he's 14 years old and brought his homemade clock to school, hoping to impress his teacher. the student instead handcuffed, suspended because of fears he brought in a bomb. this is an image of the homemade project. tonight, the outrage. even the white house weighing in, and abc's ryan ow

here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: clinton refused to apologize for her handling of e-mail but offered this. >> i'm sorry that this has been confusing to people and has raised questions. but there are answers to all the questions, and i will continue to provide the answers. >> reporter: while her struggles continue, her favorability rating at its lowest level in 20 years. and biden, making decisions about whether he would challenge her. he was asked directly if he will run. >> the most relevant factor in my decision is whether my family and i have the emotional energy to run. >> reporter: biden is openly anguished about whether he's ready to run so soon after the death of his son beau. who died in may from brain cancer. >> can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment, that we'd be proud to undertake in ordinary circumstances. i just don't know. i can't look you straight in the eye and say now i know i can do that. >> reporter: and what does hillary think? >> i think we should give him the space he deserves to make a difficult choice. >> how much time does the vice president ha

abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: they're not known for their personal chemistry, but obama and putin did get together tonight. a face to face just hours after the two presidents went right at each other on the world stage. obama slamming russia's invasion of cry mia. >> we cannot stand by when the sovereignty of a nation is violated. >> reporter: and putin, who likes to play tough guy and literally flex his muscles back home, is now making a move in the middle east, sends russian military equipment and troops to support syrian dictator bashar al assad who putin said today is doing more to fight isis than the united states. "no one," putin said, "but president asad's armed forces are truly fighting terrorists in syr syria." obama says the opposite. that assad, backed by russia, is himself behind much of the terror. >> when a dictator slaughters tens of thousands of his own people, that is not just a matter of one nation's internal affairs. >> and jon is with us now. the president has said he's willing to work with russia on syria, but as we all know, put

here's abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight, the state department releasing 7,000 pages of e-mails from hillary clinton's private server. sources tell abc news about 150 of the messages had to be censored.because they contained classified information. although none of the e-mails were marked classified at the time they were sent, it's more evidence that classified information may have been mishandled. this as donald trump has launched a harsh personal attack on hillary clinton's top aide, huma abedin. >> so huma is getting classified secrets. she's married to anthony weiner who's a perv. i think it's a very dangerous thing when she is the receiver of so much of this very important information and she's married to a guy who obviously is psychologically disturbed. >> reporter: abedin's husband, anthony weiner, infamously resigned from congress after tweeting inappropriate photos to young women. the clinton campaign called trump's attack disgraceful. while trump continues to ride high in the polls, he's now facing new competition in the critical first voting state of iowa where dr. be

jonathan karl, abc news, new york. >>> things could get heated on capitol hill today when the head of planned parenthood testifies for the first time since those secretly recorded videos. cecile richards is expected to tell lawmakers that donation of tissue from aborted fetuses is a minuscule part of its work providing health services for women. the group has nearly 700 clinics but obtains fetal tissue in less than 1% of them. >>> welling the debate over the play of the day" -- planned parenthood funding had thanned to shut down the government. that doesn't appear likely. the senate easily passed a bill that will keep federal agencies operating through early december. the house is expected to approve the bill and send it to president obama before the wednesday night deadline. experts so far are giving a lukewarm reaction to donald trump's long awaited tax reform plan. some say the wealthiest americans would actually pay less tax, not more. abc's elizabeth hur with the details. >> reporter: amid a shake-up in the race for the gop nomination, front-runner donald trump unveils his tax pl

jonathan karl, capitol hill. >>> we move to the extreme weather that is soaking the eastern third of the u.s. at least one western virginia farm's pumpkin crop washed away in the heavy rain. roads were closed, homes evacuated, and schools and businesses closed early. the same area may be hit this week by a hurricane that will move up the coast. and that same unnamed storm brought a state of emergency to florida, to the panhandle as it moved above the gulf coastline. major flooding made roads impassable and isolated many homes and businesses. storm sewers couldn't handle the volume of water. so pumps are running full-time. a nearby river rose from its usual level of 6 1/2 feet to 17 feet. >> that storm system that flooded the southeast is now drenching parts of the northeast. >> forecasters are watching joaquin carefully growing into a hurricane off the coast of the eastern section of the u.s. here is meteorologist justin povick at accuweather. justin, good morning. >> reena and kendis, thanks and good morning to you. wish it was a quieter day throughout the northeast. instead we have

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> let's bring in our political analyst, matthew dowd, you don't think? >> i don't think it's going to be the fall of trump. this race is beyond anything we have seen. i think donald trump as of today is the republican nominee for president. >> the republican nominee for president? >> he leads nationally in every single poll. he leads every single state. any republican who has led for two months and led every state. >> bill kristol? >> trump has hit a ceiling of about 30%. he deserves a lot of credit to running for a very clever campaign and showing how unhappy every is with the republican establishment and unfortunately for some of the rest of the field. but i do -- i said this about six weeks it's premature. so, maybe trump will last another three weeks. >> another part has mystified people, donna, the rise of ben carson, now second to donald trump in iowa and new hampshire -- at least in iowa, some polls in new hampshire as well, what is the source of his appeal. >> slow, steady, without the swagger of donald trump. he's the cand

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> dr. ben carson joins us now from florida. good morning, dr. carson. >> good morning. >> i want to ask you, is it good whole that speaker boehner is leaving? >> well, you know, speaker boehner has served our country for many years and i certainly don't see any reason to debten grate him in any way. it's time for new leadership. there's a lot of unrest and people who feel that a lot of people have been to sent to congress over the last few elections but nothing really has changed. they want to see some results. >> you called him a go along to get along type of guy. it's time to have leaders that put a stake in the ground. i think speaker boehner would say that he did that several times and look where it got him? >> well, a stake in the ground and, you know, the right type of communication with the members and, you know, he may have served very well for that time, but this is a different time. and it's time probably to move on. >> well, let's turn to the big news this morning for you, and that nbc news/"wall street journal" poll

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> donald trump joins us now. thank you for joining thus morning. that's the question, are you feeling the heat? new cnn poll out this morning that shows you're still in the lead at 28% but you dropped about 8 points. >> some polls came up where i went up, very substantially. others are coming out, likewise where that went up. so, generally speaking i've gone up since the debate. but we'll see what happens. >> let's get into this controversy over the last couple of days. you said you didn't have a morally responsibility when that question came up about president obama. this is getting a lot of attention in part because you raised questions like this in the past. for the record, was president obama born in the united states? >> you know, i don't get into, george, i'm talking about jobs, military, i don't get into it. they asked the questions. frankly, it's of no longer an interest to me. it's something i don't want to talk about. i want to talk about the vets and the military. >> the way to get behind it is answer

here's abs's jonathan karl. >> reporter: mr. trump goes to washington, hitting capitol hill to rally against the iran nuclear deal. >> never, ever, ever in my life have i seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with iran. >> reporter: light on specifics as usual, but as usual, heavy on bravado. >> we'll have so much winning if i get elected, you may get bored with winning. >> reporter: while most of trump's gop rivals have been attacking him, ted cruz, who invited trump to the rally, quite literally embraced him. >> why was donald trump here? >> it's not complicated. number one, i like donald. but, number two, everywhere donald goes, he brings 100 television cameras. >> reporter: while trump and cruz hammered the deal and sarah palin, too, across town, hillary clinton praised it, vowing to take the toughest of tough lines if iran violates the deal. >> i will not hesitate to take military action if iran attempts to obtain a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: big speech by hillary clinton and she was talking tough o

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> let's bring in our political analyst, matthew dowd, you don't think so? >> i don't think it's going to be the fall of trump. if you look at where the race is today and some level of history, this race is way beyond anything we have seen. i think donald trump as of today is the republican nominee for president. >> the republican nominee for president? >> he leads nationally in every single poll for more than two months. he leads every single state. including florida, where he leads jeb bush, jeb bush is third. any republican who has led for two months and led every state, has won the gop nomination. >> bill kristol? >> it won't happen. trump has hit a ceiling of about 30%. he deserves a lot of credit for running a very clever campaign and showing how unhappy every is with the republican establishment and unfortunately for some of the rest of the field. six weeks it's a little premature. so, maybe trump will last another two, three weeks. >> here's the part that mystified people, donna, the rise of ben carson, now second to donald

for "this week," jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> now, the man gaining on donald trump in the polls, dr. ben carson joins us from south carolina, good morning, dr. carson, did you ever expect to be in this position, bernie sanders another outsider readily admits he's been stunned by his own climb, what do you make of the numbers. >> well, i know, i find that people, once they have an opportunity to hear what i have to say and get an explanation of it, frequently agree and you know, part of the problem is, we live in a sound bite society and people will take one phrase or two praises and then they try to portray the person as that. who has no other ability to think of any other aspects. which of course is not true. when i get in present of people and they have a chance to hear something in depth -- >> polls in iowa show that you actually like you better, think you're honesty and trustworthy, but donald trump is still beating you, what are they missing? >> time. you know, it's a marathon it's not a sprint. and that's why we have this elongated process, i think it will serve us w