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DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And another hunt is under way tonight in Iraq, this one for missing oil. A new report from the US Government Accountability Office says enormous quantities of Iraqi crude have simply vanished, as many as 300,000 barrels a day for the past four years. How does this happen? ABC's John Hendren is in Washington. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We turn now to the race for the White House and word of an arrest after a threat against Senator Hillary Clinton. There has been a lot of talk this week about protecting the candidates. Clinton and Senator Barack Obama campaigned today at the National Conference of Black Mayors meeting in Louisiana, both guarded by secret service. Tonight, ABC's John Hendren on efforts to keep the candidates safe earlier than ever. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It took 28 years to bring down the Berlin Wall. The Baghdad Wall appears to have lasted barely two weeks. A few days ago, the US military announced it was building walls around Baghdad's most vulnerable neighborhoods, the latest idea to reduce the violence there. But today, Iraq's Prime Minister said he's halting the construction. This is not the first time the US and Iraqi governments have clashed, but it does come at a crucial moment, just as the general in charge of the surge prepares to brief President Bush on an operation he now says is having just mixed results. ABC's John Hendren is on the story at the White House for us tonight. John? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to Iraq tonight and new findings about what's considered the worst US military atrocity of the war. More than a year after 24 Iraqi civilians were killed in the town of Haditha, seven Marines have just been given immunity and may be called to testify against three colleagues charged with murder. And tonight, ABC News has learned the investigation could go much higher. ABC's John Hendren is at the Pentagon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And a different kind of warning tonight, this one from the IRS. With the tax deadline just two days away, the IRS says it has uncovered a brazen new scam that targets people who file on the Internet. Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Tonight, another high-profile Democrat is on another diplomatic mission to a hostile country. New Mexico governor, Bill Richardson, arrived in North Korea this morning. This follows House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's recent trip to Syria. The White House condemned Pelosi's trip. It is endorsing Richardson's. But both trips are raising questions about the nation's foreign policy. ABC's John Hendren has more. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We turn to the war in Iraq and new evidence tonight of just how far American forces are being stretched. Thousands of National Guard troops are about to get word they'll have to leave their families and jobs for another tour of duty far earlier than expected as the Pentagon rewrites its own rules. Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID WRIGHT (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And the woman who will carry that message from Israel to Syria is the Speaker of the US House of representatives, Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi, who is in Israel today, is scheduled to arrive in Syria on Tuesday, a trip the White House asked her not to take and has strongly condemned. Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID KERLEY (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) The White House has been consumed with the controversy over the Attorney General. Tonight, President Bush is re-affirming his support of Alberto Gonzales. And while there are growing calls for Gonzales to step down, today's endorsement may be the only one that really matters. ABC's John Hendren reports from the White House. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) In Washington now, the embattled Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, lost even more support today. This time, it was from members of his own party, key Republicans saying they are not so sure the Attorney General is telling the truth about the firing of eight federal prosecutors. Here now, ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JIM SCIUTTO (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now, to the investigation into the death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman. The question is not how the NFL star turned soldier died almost three years ago in Afghanistan, he was killed by friendly fire. An issue is why it took the Army weeks to admit it. Was there a cover-up? And who should be held accountable? Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the uproar over whether the Bush administration fired federal prosecutors for political reasons and the rising course of calls for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Today, a new poll found that just one in three Americans thinks Gonzales should stay on the job. And on Monday, the Department of Justice is expected to release 200 pages of potentially damaging e-mails. Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Also in Washington, Congress is now preparing to consider a controversial bill that would pull American troops out of Iraq by next year. This debate is pitting Democrats against Republicans, and also, Democrats against Democrats. ABC's John Hendren is on Capitol Hill tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Turning now to the widening scandal at the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center. Careers of some of the Army's top brass are coming to a very abrupt end over revelations of shabby conditions and slow treatment for wounded vets. And as ABC's John Hendren reports, the outrage is not likely to die down any time soon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Marysol. We'll see you in a little bit, later on. Now to the race for the White House. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) When Iowa's former governor, Tom Vilsack, bowed out of the race this week, he said he just couldn't raise enough cash. And that's raising new questions about the big money needed on the road to the White House. Here's ABC's John Hendren tonight. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JIM AVILA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to the politics of the surge on Capitol Hill. The Senate today passed on its chance to embarrass a wartime president. Refusing to join the House, senators did not condemn President Bush's troop increase. ABC's John Hendren is at the capitol for a rare Saturday session that went nowhere. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) On a day when the US military laid out what it considers strong evidence Iran is funneling weapons to Iraq, some are asking, 'Why present that evidence now? And what is the Bush administration planning to do next?" ABC's John Hendren is at the White House tonight. John? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JIM AVILA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) There have been a lot of stories lately about the human shortage in the US military. Tonight, we take a look at another shortage, a lack of hardware. On Capitol Hill this week, Pentagon brass warned Congress that tons of war-battered gear is lying useless in need of repair, making the fight that much tougher. Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And in this country, it has been a day of political fence mending as President Bush reached out to House Democrats at their meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia. The President who hasn't addressed the Democrats gathering since 2001 poked a little fun at himself with his opposition now in power in Capitol Hill, but for all the banter, the divisions, especially over Iraq were very much in evidence. Here is ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) In his State of the Union address, President Bush warned that the war on terror will take generations, and a major military expansion to win. But the Americans Armed Services are already struggling to fill their quotas. So how will they enlist even more recruits? Here's ABC's John Hendren. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BILL WEIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, with that new strategy in the works, and the possibility of increased American presence there, many are asking, whose advice is he taking? With so many plans and so many meetings over the last few weeks, ABC's John Hendren takes a look at who will have the President's ear. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]