good morning, america. the massive tornado outbreak stretching from kansas to new jersey. new warnings this morning. overnight, this monster twister hit the heartland, sending debris flying nearly 50 miles shutting down kansas city's airport. people sheltered in tunnels as homes were torn apart. nearly a dozen injured and severe storms slamming the east coast. this tornado plowed through a house in pennsylvania. a high school in new jersey also hit with students inside. now the new alerts, our team spread out across the entire storm zone with the latest. also this morning, security breach. the college student now facing charges, accused of sneaking into mar-a-lago while president trump was inside. the new twist in the abortion battle. the major fight in missouri as the last abortion clinic in the state is set to shut down and

the reaction coming into the supreme court's first big ruling. everest emergency. authorities now firing back this morning as safety concerns grow about overcrowding and the death toll climbs. kit harington's secret battle. the "game of thrones" star now in a treatment facility after the show's shocking ending. new details on his condition. alex trebek's new message. the "jeopardy" host now saying he's beating the odds in his cancer battle. the results he calls mind-boggling. and move over, 50 cent. is this the worst first pitch ever? go morningama. we want to get right to those tornados that hit the midwest and northeast overnight as far east as pennsylvania and new jersey. even rare warnings right here in new york city. >> yeah ch cht it was a pretty incredible look.

take a live look at new jersey this morning. homes there damaged. a high school hit with students inside. thankfully no one injured. also take a look at the damage in morgantown, pennsylvania, this morning. so many people waking up to devastation. >> this is such a serious situation. there have been at least eight tornadoes per day reported to the national weather service for 12 straight days. that is more than 350 total reported twisters and at least seven fatalities in just the past week. >> such a tough month. tornado emergency was declared in kansas overnight as this massive twister tore through. it sent debr as art abc's gio benitez has the latest from lawrence, kansas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the twister that did this was on the ground for 2 1/2 hours. come with me here so that you can take a look at this right here, because the debris is just everywhere. this house is hollowed out. now, the family that lives here were able to get out in time because they heard those warnings right before this twister hit.

now what made this storm so dangerous is that the twister was hidden behind a wall of rain. overnight, a tornado emergency declared west of kansas city. a vicious tornado tearing through the area leaving a trail of destruction in its path. >> this is downtown kansas city. and i can hear those tornado sirens going off right now because that storm system is moving toward the downtown area. >> reporter: that twister decimating neighborhoods and injuring at least a dozen people. the massive funnel estimated to be a mile wide touching down near lawrence, kansas, before ripping through the region, churning up debris, turning the sky to black. only lightning illuminating the dark skies. >> we saw debris and we screamed it's here, it's here. >> reporter: customers and employees huddling for safety at this gas station as that hit knocking buildings clean off their foundations, peeling away roofs, leaving homes looking like dollhouses. >> we could hear the house being

destroyed above us and heard the roof come in and knew that everything upstairs was pretty much gone. >> reporter: passengers at kansas city international airport sheltering in parking garage tunnels until the storm passed. the airport forced to close littered with debris carried by the storm from more than 40 miles away. house after house flattened. trees toppled. power lines down. outages leaving 13,000 in the dark. this morning, residents are starting to pick up the pieces. a long process just getting starting in dayt, f-twtetouched and edomes, kansas, this family like so many others, they'll have to start all over again. there is so much damage here. now, again, at least 12 people injured but incredibly no deaths have been reported so far. george? >> thank goodness for that. okay, gio, thanks very much.

we want to bring in the mayor of linwood, brian christenson. thank you for joining us this morning. we know you've been hit so hard an are surveying the damage already. what can you tell us about what you've seen? >> i've never seen anything like it. it picks one house randomly and take it away and the next house might not even get touched. the way it moves and picks and chooses, it's ined >> it certainly is. as gio reported 12 injured so far no -- so far no reports of fatalities. do you have any more information on that? >> yeah, i just spoke with some people that said there is no fatalities. >> thank goodness. is everyone as far as you know accounted for? >> yes, everyone in my town is accounted for. we are a small town. just under 400 people and everyone has come together to start cleaning up and helping. >> and it's such a big job ahead. which areas have been hardest

hit? >> just outside of our city limits has been the hardest hit. >> and do you know the extent of the damage there? >> there's a friend of mine was in their basement and there is nothing left. it took the house, the carpet off the floor. >> oh, my gosh. >> everything's gone. >> and i know you all in kansas are used to tornado season but this one has been so, so horrendous. >> it has. i've lived in the same home for 22 years and this is the first time i ever actually went to my basement for shelter. >> first time? >> yes. >> thank goodness the warnings came in time. >> it did. >> and what can you tell us about what's next for everyone in your town? >> just a lot of cleanup. everybody is going to come together. we have a lot of support coming out this morning to help. >> well, mayor, we are thinking of you this morning. thanks for taking a few minutes to speak with us. >> thank you. >> you heard it right there.

he's never seen anything like it in kansas. >> thank goodness the warnings came in time. that severe weather stretched all the way to the northeast overnight. there were warnings here in new york city and a reported tornado hitting a high school in new jersey. abc's eva pilgrim is there in a,morning to you.e. >> reporter: good morning, paula. you can see the damage that's here at the high school. all of these trees down and the crews have already been out this morning. they have chopped up the trees, beginning to chop up the trees. but the other major issue that they're facing, the power lines are down. all of this happening as those storms rolled through overnight. a tornado ripping through this pennsylvania farm overnight. twister tearing through nearby morgantown, pennsylvania, buildings crushed and homes littered with debris in its wake. >> all of a sudden it's like rapid-fire machine gun. i can hear the debris hitting the windows. >> reporter: violent wind wreaking havoc 200 miles north in bradford, pennsylvania, damaging homes, tearing off

roofs and downing trees. >> saw the front of that shed pick up. it started going through the yard. >> reporter: as the storm stansb twister reported, rocking this high school in stanhope, new jersey, where students were gathered for an awards banquet. >> it was scary not knowing if like it was like an actual tornado came through, is it going to happen again? hearing that, it's just going to get worse. >> reporter: the group of 25 students, teachers and parents huddling for safety. the building surrounded by arcing power lines and pounding rain. >> all of a sudden it got really bad fast. >> reporter: and lightning lighting up the new york city skyline as the storm barreled through overnight. and as you drive into the area that we're in right now you can actually see the trees and the power lines down all over the place. police setting up roadblocks to keep people safe. it is going to take them some time to get the power back on to those people in this area but crews are out here and they are

fast at work this morning, paula. >> they are certainly working hard. eva, thank you. now let's going to rob marciano for the latest on where these storms are headed next. rob, you told me earlier this rn masse tbwot birmingham, tuscaloosa, over 800 reports that month. this has a tremendous amount of rain this. this is the arkansas river just west of tulsa. we want to show you a live shot from a boat that gives you the view of where it looks like in those neighborhood where those homes are flooded. hundreds of homes are flooded in sand springs just to the west of tulsa as this river continues to rise. it will crest today but not really lower all that much and the drone shot shows you the expanse, releasing water at the keystone dam at a rate of three olympic swimming pools per second just to regulate that. of course, we have flood watches an warnings new across the northeast today.

this pattern has been stuck for the past two weeks. your heat ridge across the southeast, the trough and this continues to be the case here over the next day or two. we've seen over 500 tornadoes in the last month. once we get through tomorrow, we'll start to see a breakdown of this pattern and certainly can't wait for that. cecelia? >> those numbers are just incredible. thanks, rob. we turn to that new security breach in mar-a-lago. we're learning that a college freshman managed to sneak onto the grounds while president trump and his family were there, staying there. victor oquendo has more. good morning, victor. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. security here at mar-a-lago in the spotlight once again. prosecutors say this college freshman managed to sneak inside and used his cell phone to take pictures at the president's club. mark lindblom admitted going there coming in through a beach access tunnel standing in line with club members and according to prosecutors, he simply walked in after passing through a secret service metal detector. lindblom was arrested 20 minutes

later by the pool seen after wandering the grounds and he's pled guilty to trespassing. "the palm beach post" reports he told the judge i wanted to see how far i could get. >> this is also raising, victor, new questions about security protocols there at the club because this isn't the first time there was a security breach. >> reporter: right, it was just last march a chinese national arrested after she allegedly told the secret service that she was there to visit the swimming pool and overnight, the secret service responding to lindblom's breach saying the individual did not come into contact with the president or first lady because of the layered security system in place at the club. prosecutors adding that there's no indication he was there to do any harm. cecilia. >> okay, victor, thank you. george. we're going to the white house now and president trump's jarring attacks on joe biden. the president has been siding with north korean dictator kim jong-un to disparage the former vice president and biden has now responded and terry moran can at the white house with the latest. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning. it's clear president trump has

biden on the brain and he keeps attacking the former vice president. he's trying out the kind of nasty nicknames that are his trademark to see if one will stick. none have so far. he's looking for a line of arguments so far, he keeps attacking him on a variety of issues to see if one will work. some republicans say that this is only helping biden whose main calling card in the democratic primary is the guy who most threatens president trump. but vice president biden himself is kind of shrugging it all off. there is a sense that this latest attack, as you mentioned, attacking joe biden while standing on a foreign soil and supporting a foreign dictator, once that would have been scandalous, but now it's really just another day in this presidency. george. >> it is. in the meantime, the president has been trying to tamp down tensions with north korea and most recently with iran but his national security adviser recently this morning john bolton on a much more aggressive court. >> reporter: as usual john bolton is one of the real hawks in washington and as national security adviser he's been pushing for a more aggressive stance against iran.

while in japan, according to the associated press, he said it is iran that was responsible for those attacks on tankers in the persian gulf a couple weeks ago and he also says that iran is once again seeking nuclear weapons. all of that president trump has basically said john bolton has his own way of going and that he's the president and will make the call. george. >> terry moran, thank you very much. one more political note -- abc news announcing now is going to host the third democratic primary debate in partnership with univision probably over two nights in september, 12th and 13th, looking forward to that. >> the political season upon us. we're going to turn now to new developments in the abortion battle. louisiana lawmakers expected to vote this afternoon on a controversial fetal heartbeat bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. this as the supreme court issued a two-part ruling on indiana's anti-abortion law upholding part of it but also keeping a lower court ruling in place that blocks a ban on abortion based

on gender, race or disability. and this friday the only abortion clinic in missouri could shut down. the state is now threatening to not renew its license if it closes. that would make missouri the first state without an abortion clinic since 1973. we are now going to turn to that unbelievable story out of hawaii. the survival story, the woman who spent 17 days lost in the wilderness speaking to the press for the first time. she's sharing her story and thanking the rescuers who saved her life. some of those same rescuers are now searching for another missing hiker. abc's marcus moore has the latest. >> i'm so happy my story can inspire others. >> reporter: this morning, amanda eller's miraculous story in her own words, revealing new details about how she survived 17 days in the rugged hawaiian forest. >> i'm so grateful to be alive. grateful for every breath, grateful for every thing and i hope i never lose that. >> reporter: the 35-year-old yoga instructor and physical

therapist said she lost her way during a hike and actually injured her leg in a fall. taking shelter wherever she could. at times amanda almost giving up hope. >> helicopters are passing over and i'm standing on rocks and waving them down and they're not seeing me. i'm invisible. you lose hope. >> reporter: the hope she had left tested even more after surviving days on end off of insects and guava searchers finally spotting her near a waterfall. >> it was a miracle. i just like fell to the ground and just started bawling. >> reporter: amanda found sunburned and weak, her ankles badly blistered. that team loading her into a basket lifting her to safety. that same team now searching for 35-year-old noah mina, another hiker who went missing in the region may 20th. amanda praying for his safe return. >> i hope his heart is open. i hope his mind is clear and i hope he is protected by mother maui. >> reporter: and that search continues this morning. amanda is in good spirits and says she will be back on her

feet in the next couple of weeks, she hopes and she wants to get back to work soon, guys. >> it is so good to see a smile on her face and what a miracle story that is. we want to move now to -- how about a little basketball? let's move to the countdown to the nba finals tipping off tomorrow night right here on abc. and if you haven't heard, well, the golden state warriors are going for their third straight title. it's not stopping many of you from picking the toronto raptors. we'll dig in with analyst and former nba star jalen rose who joins us from espn's studios in new york city. hey there, jalen, how you doing? good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> okay, so you're on record saying that golden state is not going to win unless kevin durant is back in the lineup. we know he is injured right now. >> reporter: this is correct and for those that have been paying close attention to the nba playoffs, kawhi leonard has been amazing leading the toronto

raptors. he's been a one-man wrecking crew whether against the orlando magic, the philadelphia 76ers. in the previous series in the conference finals, he was dominant against the bucks. he's been getting help from teammates, siakam and lowry playing well. we know on the other side the golden state warriors are going for their fourth championship in five seasons. it is a dynastic situation. >> dynastic? >> no doubt about it. but without kevin durant, i think they're going to need his productivity up front. i think the front line of the raptors are able to hold it down. >> okay, steph has a whole lot of hardware but there is one hardware he's missing, and that's nba finals mvp. you think he can finally get it this year? that obviously means they have to win. >> i like what you're doing right there because great players always have something that they hope to achieve that people are doubting them. and since kevin durant has joined the team he's been back-to-back finals mvp. now, steph curry has been amazing in the previous series

had a triple-dblinhe closeout game. if the golden state warriors are going to win it this year, steph must be the mvp. >> a dynastic interview from jalen rose. jalen, thank you. go on your way to toronto. good luck in the times. >> thank you for the love. >> a reminder you can watch the nba finals right here on abc. game one tips off at 9:00 tomorrow night. >> going to be a fun series. we have a lot of other news we're following including about "game of thrones" star kit harington checked into a treatment facility. the latest on that next. the new concerns about conditions on mt. everest. but first back over to rob. check this video out. this is yesterday. this is what we call the mother ship of a supercell between nebraska and colorado. time now for your summerlike cities brought to you by amazon prime.

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whatever you can. >> we do welcome you back to "gma." that's kit harington as jon snow in "game of thrones." one of the most popular characters. this morning, we're now learning that the final season really took a toll on him. the actor checking himself into a treatment facility. we're going to have the latest in just a moment but these actors pour so much of themselves into this series for eight years when it's gone and probably grappling with what to do next. >> hope he's taking care of himself. >> we're sure hoping he is okay. more on that coming up. but first, the top headlines we're following right now. there are new severe weather alerts stretching from texas to new york this morning on the heels that have tornado outbreak overnight. twisters leaving a trail of

damage across kansas, pennsylvania and new jersey. and there are new developments in the abortion battle. louisiana expected to vote on a controversial heartbeat bill today and in missouri the last clinic in the state could close this friday. and it's one of our favorite times of the year, the national spelling bee. more thank 560 spellers from all 50 states and countries all around the globe are facing off. you can watch the preliminary round today on the espn app and the finals on espn tomorrow. >> and we'll see some geniuses here in a couple of days. >> of course. we'll begin with news on kit harington. he checked himself into a wellness facility seeking treatment for personal issues after the "game of thrones" finale. whit johnson has details. good morning, whit. >> george, good morning to you. kit harington has spoken openly about the emotional roller coaster of "game of thrones" with gut-wrenching plot twists and graphic scenes. harington now focusing on his personal wellness after living in that world for nearly a decade. >> you know nothing, jon snow. >> reporter: for the last eight years he's played the brooding outsider jon snow on "game of thrones." >> look at you.

>> reporter: but this morning, we're learning that in the weeks leading up to the show's megawatt finale the actor kit harington decided to take some time for himself. the actor's publicist telling abc news, kit has decided to utilize the break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues. the final episode smashed television records with more than 19 million viewers tuning in. >> and roll sound, please. >> reporter: that final season chronicled in the newly released hbo documentary "game of thrones: the last watch" capturing this moment where kit became emotional during the table read of the show's final script. >> we see jon with his hands still with the dagger he just lodged in danny's heart. >> reporter: the actor telling esquire that he had a breakdown

filming the final season. >> you are my queen, now and always. >> reporter: saying he felt he was "being skinned" when he had to take off his jon snow costume. "i went to do my last shots and started hyperventilating a bit. then they called a wrap and i just, expletive, broke down." it was this onslaught of relief and grief about not being able to do this again. >> i don't know. >> yes, you do. >> reporter: the actor had been open about his struggle playing jon snow. at one point admitting he needed therapy in his 20s after his character continued to gain popularity saying, it wasn't a very good time in my life. i felt very vulnerable. >> your watch has ended. >> reporter: a vulnerability seen after officially wrapping on set as jon snow. >> my heart is breaking. it's been my life and this will always be the greatest thing i'll ever do and be a part of it and you've just been my family. i love you for it and thank you so much you so much. [ applause ]

>> harington reportedly checking into a facility in connecticut before that final episode even aired on may 19th. he told "esquire" magazine he loved his character jon snow, loved being him and expressed how difficult it would be to not play him anymore but the most important thing, he's getting help and he's doing something about it. >> good. >> thank goodness for that. >> that is the most important thing. thank you very much, whit. now we want to move to growing concerns about conditions on and access to mt. everest as the death toll climbs there. authorities in nepal are firing back as questions grow about whether more regulation is needed. abc's james longman is in kathmandu. james, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula. a truly extraordinary situation. hundreds of people waiting to get to the top of everest. it has caused a big backlash here. it exposed a bigger problem, inexperienced climbers on that mountain. news this morning on that line to reach the top of the world. climbers standing in freezing conditions waiting to get to the peak and allegations that some

were pushing and jostling for photographs on a space roughly the size of two ping-pong tables thousands of meters up. all making a dangerous situation deadly. so will the images that went viral now force a change in the rules that govern mt. everest? nepal's director general of tourism telling abc news he doesn't think the photos show the whole picture. >> you think that that picture has given an unfair -- >> unfair. >> reporter: but he does admit the government is now looking at new rules for minimum experience possibly restricting climbers. maybe next year there may be changes to the rules over who gets to go up everest? >> we are thinking in light of this, there are many ways to control the tourism business here. >> reporter: climbers die on everest every year, but the unusual lines shed light on a much bigger, more fundamental issue, inexperience on the mountain. 11 died this year including two americans. 62-year-old christopher kulish and 55-year-old don cash. these were seasoned climbers. t th in dang?ple's inexpie >> we cannot spend that much

time at this altitude in -- they call it the death zone and it's absolutely freezing, minus 30, minus 40. not a good time to be standing still. >> reporter: this year the nepalese government granted 3,481 permits to scale everest. it appears mandy moore posted a picture on instagram. american ed duering said more companies are willing to take greater risks. >> there are some inexpensive companies that advertise we will get you to the top and unfortunately they do lure in people who want to participate in the mystique of everest but are really not prepared to do so. >> reporter: oddly enough today is everest day. it was on this day 66 years ago sir edmund hillary and his enzi thpe following in tirootsteps ever since.

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we are back with a hopeful update on alex trebek. the "jeopardy" host says he's making, quote, mind boggling progress in his battle against stage four pancreatic cancer. he i

brand-new issue of "people" magazine. he says some of his tumors have shrunk by more than 50%. abc's linsey davis is here with more on this. good morning, linsey. >> good morning, cecelia. the 78-year-old game show host is sharing good news with "people" magazine about how well he's responding to chemotherapy and mostly credits well wishes from fans and friends around the world. just three months after vowing to fight -- >> with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> reporter: alex trebek says he's making huge strides in his fight against pancreatic cancer. the 78-year-old revealing he's responding so well to chemotherapy that some of his tumors have already shrunk by more than 50%. trebek telling "people" magazine, the doctors said that they hadn't seen this kind of positive result in their memory adding, it's kind of mind-boggling. i've already gone from where i was to this.

the doctors are so excited, just beside themselves with joy. >> it's only been about two or three months since he was diagnosed and it's stage four pancreatic cancer. so to be responding so well so fast is just really miraculous. >> reporter: that news from his doctors brought both him and his wife jean to tears saying, i got a little emotional but these were tears of joy, not tears of great depression. but there have been tears of sadness. trebek opened up to robin roberts earlier this month about the emotional impact his illness has taken. >> my oncologist tells me i'm doing well, even though i don't always feel it. i've had kidney stones. i've had ruptured discs. so i'm used to dealing with pain but what i'm not used to dealing with is these surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness, and it brings tears to my eyes. i've discovered in this whole episode, ladies and gentlemen, that i'm a bit of a wuss and -- but i'm fighting through it.

the numbers that indicate the cancer -- the cancer indicators, those are coming down. >> good. >> so i've got another chemo next week and then we'll do a review to find out where things stand. ut the bad aweor being shost 's so lptoo.tseople in different ways and people have to understand that and there's nothing wrong with saying, hey, i'm really depressed today and i have no idea why. why am i crying today? >> reporter: he credits the outpouring of love and support from his wife and children for helping him respond so well to treatment. i told the doctors, this has to be more than just chemo. i've had a couple million people out there who have expressed their good thoughts, their positive energy and their prayers. the doctors said it could very well be an important part of this. he still has several more rounds of chemo in the hopes of getting to complete remission. "jeopardy" is now on hiatus but he plans to return when they start taping again.

the new issue of "people" is on newsstands now and working on his next season, the 36th year oru.jeopardy." still gng >> good morning.ouear this diag. what goes through your mind? >> first of all, when we hear anything like tumors shrinking, i want to be clear, that is good news regardless of how much they're shrinking. even that they're not growing is good news, and when you talk about the prognosis of a patient, any patient battling cancer, it's multifactorial. we look at a lot of things like the health of the patient before they were diagnosed. the type of cancer, the type of tumor, the location and size of those tumors and then the response to treatment. and as we know, not all cancer is responsive to treatment. so as soon as you see that it's not growing and if the tumors are getting smaller that is a big win. >> i think one of the things that is giving people pause this

morning, this was stage four pancreatic cancer. we think that's a death sentence. >> well, listen, i want to say something about percentages because we hear it all the time, not just with pancreatic cancer but any type of cancer. percentages are just that. they're percentage, they're statistics. they're a framework for treatment but i will tell you that any cancer specialist works with that patient as an individual. and i say to patients, you're not going to be 9% alive in five years, you're either going to be 100% or 0% so it's part of the picture. every patient is an individual. >> how about his frame of mind and the idea that maybe all the support, emotional support he's getting is making a difference? >> it's big. there is no data on that. but we know that the spirit is a part of the person. so mind/body connection, positive attitude and medicine is an art well as a science so positive things, we can't put a science to it but it's there. >> thanks, jen. >> we are certainly pulling for him. coming up, we have our "play of the day." we're right back. positive attitude and medicine is an important part as well as a science so positive things, we can't put a science to it but it's there.

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attorney general william barr, you see the podium in the justice department. our pierre thomas is there. pierre, what do we know about what we're going to hear right now. >> george, a lot of the anticipation here. we haven't heard from this man in over two years. sad nothing as the investigation unfolded. speaking only in court. there has been a lot of conversation about whether he must testify before congress. our sources have been saying he's been extremely reluctant to do that. we'll find out soon directly from mueller.

>> speaking at the justice department the attorney general william barr does know, has authorized this press conference. we're told that the white house was given a heads up last night about this statement coming. we don't know whether they got any heads up on the substance of what was robert mueller was going to say. >> in fact, they're all in the white house watching this pretty closely today. this comes, it's worth pointing out, just days after the president was there if the rose garden with that pretty extraordinary event where he had those signs printed. >> here comes robert mueller now. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. two years ago, the acting attorney general asked me to serve as special counsel and he created the special counsel's office. the appointment order directed the office to investigate russia interference in the 2016 presidential election.

this included investigating any links or coordination between the russian government and individuals associated with the trump campaign. now, i haven't spoken publicly during our investigation. i'm speaking out today because our investigation is complete. the attorney general has made the report on our investigation largely public. we're formally closing the special counsel's office and as well i'm resigning from the department of justice to return to private life. i'll make a few remarks about the results of our work. but beyond these few remarks it's important that the office's written work speak for itself. let me begin where the appointment order begins, and that is interference in the 2016 presidential election. as alleged by the grand jury in an indictment russia

intelligence officers part of the russian military launched a concerted attack on our political system. the indictment alleges that the use ofed cyber techniques to hack into computers and networks used by the clinton campaign. they stole private information and then released that information through fake online and identities and through the organization wikileaks. the releases were designed and timed to interfere with our election and to damage a presidential candidate. at the same time as the grand jury alleged in a separate indictment, a private russian entity engaged in a social media operation where russian citizens posed as americans in order to influence an election. these indictments contain allegations and we are not commenting on the guilt or

innocence on any specific defendant. every defendant is presumed innocence unless and until proven guilty. the indictments alleged and the other activities in our report describe, efforts to interfere in our political system, they needed to be investigated and understood and that's among the reasons why the department of justice established our office. that's also a reason we investigated efforts to obstruct the investigation. the matters we investigated were of paramount importance and critical for us to obtain full and accurate information from every person we questioned. when they obstruct that investigation, it strikes at the core of the government's effort to find the truth and hold wrongdoers accountable. let me say a word about the report. the report has two parts.

addressing the two main issues we were asked to investigate. the first volume of the report details numerous efforts emanating from russia to influence the election. including a response from the trump campaign. as well as our conclusion, there was inefficient evidence to charge a broader. the results and analysis of our obstruction of justice investigation involving the president in the second volume. the order apointing the special counsel authorized us to investigate actions that could obstruct the investigation. we conducted that investigation and we kept the office of the acting attorney general apprised of the progress of our work. and as set forth in the report after that investigation, if we

had confidence that the we did a ld have sd sonot determination as to whether the president did commit a crime. the inintroduction to volume two of our report explains that decision. it explains that under , a present president can be not charged with a federal crime while he's in office. that's unconstitutional. even if the charges are kept under seal and kept from hidden view, that too is prohibited. special counsel's office is part of the department of justice and by regulation it was bound by that department policy. charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. the department's written opinion explaining the policy makes several important points that further informed our handling of

the obstruction investigation. those points are summarized in our report. first, the opinion explicitly permits the investigation of a sitting president because it's important to preserve evidence while memories are fresh and documents available. among other things that evidence could be used if there were co-conspirators who could be charged now. and second, the opinion says the constitutional requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. and beyond department policy, we were guided by principles of fairness. it would be unfair to potentially -- it would be unfair potentially accuse someone of a crime where there could be no court resolution of the actual charge.

so that was justice department policy. those were the principles under which we operated. from there, we concluded we would not reach a determination one way or the other whether the president committed a crime. that's the office's -- that's the office's final position and we won't comment on any conclusions or hypotheticals about the president. we conducted an inr independent criminal investigation and reported the results to the attorney general as required by department regulations. the attorney general then concluded that it was appropriate to provide our report to congress and to the american people. at one point in time, i requested that certain portions of the report be released. the attorney general preferred to make the entire report public all at once. we appreciate that the attorney general made the report largely

public and i certainly don't question the attorney general's good faith in that decision. now, i hope that this will be only the time i speak to you in this manner. i'm making that decision myself. no one has told me whether i can or should testify or speak further about this matter. there's been discussion about an appearance before congress. any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. it contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. we chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. and the report is my testimony. i would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before congress. in addition, access to our underlining product is being decided in a process that does not involve our office.

so, beyond what i have said here today, and what is contained in our written work i do not believe it's appropriate for me to speak further about the investigation or to comment on the actions of the justice department or congress. and it's for that reason i will not be taking questions today. before i step away, i want to thank the attorneys, the fbi agents, the analysts, the professional staff that helped us conduct this investigation in a fair and independent manner. these individuals who spent n r nearly two years with the special counsel's office were of the highest integrity. i will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments. there were multiple efforts to interfere in our election. and that allegation deserves the attention of every american.

thank you, thank you for being here today. >> there you have it. the first and final words from special counsel robert mueller. the first time he has spoken he was appointed special counsel more than two years ago and the last time that he'll speak. he said he's closing his office formally resigning from the department of justice. returning to private life. he does not intend to testify to congress. that his report speaks for itself. and this is a decision he has reached on his own. also laid out, again, some of the conclusions of that report laying out systematic, that this is a serious matter. also explaining why he did not reach a decision on whether or not the president obstructed justice, saying this is a decision he could not reach.

lot to talk about here. i want to start out with our chief white house correspondent, jon karl, what we didn't hear from the special counsel right there in the first and final words. the four words we heard so often from the president, no collusion. no obstruction. >> reporter: right. he could not have drawn up an indictment against the president. the second thing he said was, very significant. he said if we had confidence the president did not commit a crime we would have said so. what you did not hear, as you point out, he did not say the president was exonerated. he did not say no collusion, no obstruction. and george, he also referred to other processes that would take place beyond the criminal justice system. to hold a president accountable. he didn't use the word "impeachment" but it seemed to

me the implication this would be a matter for congress to decide, certainly not the department of justice. >> want to bring in dan abrams on this as well. dan the special counsel said the report speaks for itself. this was the clearest statement yet we heard from special counsel robert mueller on why he didn't reach that decision on obstruction of justice by the president. >> exactly. instead of 448 pages you got a few minutes highlighting of what he thinks the most important things to look at and when he's focusingn the obstruction area, is talking about that obstruction section of his report. and as jonathan points out, saying, charging the president was not an option. that there's something other than the criminal justice system to hold the president accountable. but the most important thing that i heard was, he said, as a result, we would not make a

decision. he didn't say, could not. >> he actually said both. >> no, no. he said it was not an option we could consider. then he said the words would twice. he emphasized it. that's very different from an inability to make a decision. and i think he was making it very clear that that was the issue. the issue that they were unable to decide here, but he made a concerted decision not to do that for the reasons laid out. in that -- >> now, i see exactly what you're saying. what he's saying, first of all, once you consider the department of justice policy you almost can't even get to the question. >> exactly. he's emphasizing that. he said the word would twice. we would not make a decision on that.

making a clear statement that please don't misunderstand this we threw up our arms. we punted to the attorney general. he was saying, we intentionally didn't do this because, a, we thought it was department policy that you cannot indict a sitting president and there has to be another entity that holds any president accountable. >> one more question -- on that, that does seem, he was silent on this notion that william barr saying he had to step in and make the decision. that silence actually speaks volume. the plain meaning of what special counsel mueller is saying here, he said he was following department of justice policy by implication, the attorney general wasn't? >> that is. by implication, look. the problem is, the differences you can clear someone as mueller he didn't clear him. he effectively said there wasn't

enough evidence to charge on conspiracy. if we could find that in the obstruction section we would have. but then highlighting that, again, it's important to note he's got -- what -- seven minutes, eight minutes talking here, it's important to think, what was he focusing on here? he's focusing on why he couldn't do anything on obstruction. this is the same thing we talked about and he referred to that in that introduction, why it's legitimate and why the president can't be charged and you can't even accused the president of anything in the report according to report mueller. but the fact that he's emphasizing the multiple efforts to impact the election made it clear that hillary clinton was the target of that and it was to

harm her campaign and then to focus on the obstruction charge. >> chris, christie, dems aren't going to be happy with him not testifying. >> sure, i think the point that people should focus on, the difference between bob mueller and jim comey. now, both men were confronted with these kind of choices and department policy. bob mueller played today like an absolute boy scout. he said only what was legally and by policy permissible to say. he's letting his report speak for itself and he's not going to go any further. contrast to the summer of 2016, when jim comey came out and appointed himself attorney general, department attorney

general, special counsel and fbi director and trashed hillary clinton without charging her. violated department policy. i think that, you know, you see a contrast with leaders of the justice department. bob mueller is someone who to be respected and admire. the contrast with jim comey, his successor as fbi director is so incredibly stark. after today's comments. that quite frankly, jim comey should be ashamed of himself. >> more on this as well. pierre, you cover the justice department every day. you cover robert mueller, william barr, two very different stories here. >> reporter: exactly, george. i was struck by the fact that mueller went out of his way to talk about justice department policy and that policy is that a sitting president can't be charged and mueller said et would be unfair to make a

resolution to come to a determination as to whether charges should be filed. that's in direct contrast to what the attorney general did. he did make the call and he's criticized mueller for making that call. a stark contrast there. looking at mueller today is that he emphasized over and over again that the report speaks for itself and our sources were telling us for the last several weeks that mueller was very concerned about being called before congress, not being able to talk beyond the report and it would descend into some sort of political caircus. he wanted to make sure he came out today, stated the points that he wanted to make, there was russia interference, designed to hurt one candidate and he read that report that struck me. if we could make a determination that a crime was not committed definitively, we would have had

so. >> he chose to summarize this report in those few minutes. among them, doesn't have sufficient evidence to charge conspiracy. as jon karl pointed out earlier, there are other processes available that as congress increases the pressure on the house speaker for impeachment. >> these calls from democrats for impeachment. many of those democrats said they were waiting to hear from mueller to decide on impeachment. this certainly increases the pressure on nancy pelosi. you talked about the way mueller summarized this. you now have the investigator on camera for the first time in a very concise, clear sound bite saying, we did not determine whether the president committed a crime. that doesn't look good for him. that's certainly ammunition for

the democrats going guard. >> want to bring in terry moran, our chief national correspondent here. robert mueller by the book. more than 40-year career in washington as the fbi director, leaves public life as the special counsel or as the way he came in, by the book, threw a lot of ammunition out there for both sides. >> he surely did, by the book, he hopes it's the last time. he's definitely in the crosshairs of congress. this was actually a sharper edge than the report. if we had evidence that could have cleared the president of committing a crime we would is said so. the absolutely crucial line, the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a president of wrongdoing and you look at the report laying out those instances of possible obstruction of justice, this is

robert mueller saying to congress, do your job. it's time to take this up and there isn't much of an appetite for it. just 25 or so democrat members out of 235 have come out for impeachment. what this is saying right up to the conclusion that must be drawn from what mueller said, if donald trump wasn't president of the united states he would be charged with a crime. >> when the report speaks for itself, jon karl, is read that section 2 on obstruction, members of congress, come to your conclusions. >> exactly. it directly contradicts on that point of what attorney general william barr said. barr said that the special counsel left it up to the department of justice to make that determination. what he's saying here, without hesitation, the constitution requires processes other than the jusceysm toes

in oth rd it wld not have been up to the attorney general, the only other process constitution is an impeachment process. to be a determine whether or not what he outlined in part 2 of his report, regarding obstruction of justice, it would be up to congress to decide whether or not that amounts to -- to activity that would be a high crime misdemeanor. >> chris christie, this has been taken away from the legal processes, the word that robert mueller used and being put right back into the political arena. >> yeah, it is. listen, i do think those comments by bob mueller about, you know, the other processes obviously,hmthe onstl way to accuse the pre wrgd.fitely contradicts what th attorney general said. when he summarized mueller's

report. and he then had to draw the conclusion on that. mueller clearly contradicts today in a very concise way. at the end of this, we have been saying all along, on the obstruction issue, never the department of justice or special counsel call in the end, on a sitting president, this is the call of the congress playing their role as a co-equal branch of government and they'll have now to decide what it is they want to do. >> let's take it to the next step, though, the ten incidents that robert mueller outlined in his report laying out possible evidence of obstruction of justice, is this something that congress can ignore? >> some are certainly stronger than others. in some cases he's making it clear that he doesn't think there was enough to find

obstruction. but particularly when et comes to don mcgahn, in particular with what the special counsel found, the president ordering the firing of mueller, and then asking, demanding that he lie about it. i think in those two instances, mueller was suggesting there was enough for obstruction of justice. but again -- >> well, let me pick up there. terry, then you look at that, when you look at the obstruction of justice charges that robert mueller lays out right there and you combine that with the fact that the white house is saying, don mcgahn can't testify, we're not going to send any more information to congress on the report, you actually have a building, series of pressures on the house speaker to consider the impeachment.