berdnardo got the last one. that does it for us tonight. we will see you monday. you can see me and the co-coasts weekday afternoons. as rachel would say, you got to week skwrepbtdz with alex witt starts now. air strikes from both sides in the mideast. it could be a prelude to something even better. an escort accused of leaving one of her clients for dead. who is the suspect and why is the investigation broadening? mid-winter flashback. the national weather service is calling for an unexpected but the of cold in what should be the hottest days of summer. the return of an especialpis odyssey.

good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt". first to the border crisis and a blunt new message from homeland security and a message to anyone thinking of crossing the border illegally. >> our message to those who are coming here illegally, those contemplating coming herely into south texas is we will second you back. >> joining me right now nbc correspondent chris. with a good morning to you, good to see you. what did secretary johnson hope to accomplish, and did his appearance have anything to do with the president's decision not to go to the border this week? >> good morning, alex. that was quite controversy by the president not to go to the border. he had a clear message.

i'm not about photo-ops. i'm about getting things done. that has been to send senior members of his administration repeatedly to the border. this is jeh johnson's sixth visit there. he went to this detention facility, a place where they are holding 400 and eventually 700 folks who have come in, women and children. really the question is what happens long term. what the president has been pushing for is $3.7 billion plan which they say is comprehensive. it will help with border security and dealing with this growing humanitarian crisis. the problem is on the republican side there has been a tremendous pushback including the head of the house appropriations committee saying this isn't going to happen. others say this is just too much money. this is where the fight has shifted. it's gone from will he or won't he? obviously the president did not go to the border to we going to do about it? that's what we will see this week in washington and capitol

hill, alex. >> democratic members of the congressional hispanic caucus will meet with the president this coming week. what have you learned of this meeting? >> they want to talk about what are we going to do about this? they had come to the defense of the president. texas democrat the henry quayar had been critical and cited with john cornin on a plan on how to deal with this. they came out and said he does not represent the hispanic caucus. having said that, they want to push the president to take action. he had been holding back on doing any actions regarding immigration because he thought there was a chance for immigration reform. we heard from john boehner when he said comprehensive immigration reform is not going to happen in this term. it will not happen before the election or by the end of the year. what they are saying to him is they are going to have to do something on your own.

they want to urge the president to do bold steps. back in 2012, you might remember, he had a policy of deferred action, stopping deportation of many of the people who had come here illegally. they want to expand that to millions more. he is getting information. he has people doing research about what kind of executive actions he can take. he is expecting a report from jeh johnson about the situation at the border. and it's going to be interesting to see how far he is willing to go with these executive actions. but there is a lot of pressure on the white house right now, both from immigration groups and from the congressional hispanic caucus and other progress if's who want to see the president take bold executive actions with congress looking like they are not going to do anything on immigration reform and pushing back on this $3.7 billion plan. >> many thanks. we turn to the developing news in middle east where israeli air strikes striking hamas and gaza

hit a pair of mosques overnight. we see the evidence right there. one rocket causing a large explosion and creating chaos in the streets. the death toll has reached 120. health officials more than 900 have been wounded in the wave of recent air strikes. the israeli army says 70 were fired from israel to gaza. the fighting shows no signs of letting up. martin fletcher will join us later this hour. cdc is under fire, the third time in just under a month. they acknowledged that a sample of animal influenza sent to a lab was contaminated with the deadly h1n1 bird flu virus. what's worse, the mistake went unreported for six weeks. it comes from a small pox scare

last week and anthrax scare in june. . it was like a scene out of hollywood. a fedex truck shutting down the freeway. if the temperature reaches 50 degrees the contents would become flammable and explode. luckily, the fedex driver understood this and called for help before anything could happen. and manhattanites bracing the view. that happens when the sunset is perfectly aligned with the street grid creating picture perfect moments. the second occurs tonight at 8:25 p.m. >> now to the weather. while the calendar reads july strange weather phenomenon is bringing talking of this past

winter. it is beautiful today. the upper midwest might feel a mid-summered oddity. good morning to you, keith. >> good morning, alex. yeah, i'll talk about the cool air in the midwest, the first under fire. they had a rough winter. the last thing they want to think about is cool air. but the jet stream is sinking to the south. that will give temperatures 10 to 20 degrees approximate below average. in the summer, it's cooler than average. but nothing to that. temperatures, 56 in marquette on monday. that's a high temperature. admittedly, that's quite chilly. chicago, 9. 15 below average. that is how much below average we're talking about here. wichita, kansas, 15 below average. your overnight lows even cooler. 30s in the upper midwest on tuesday morning. temperatures get down into

oklahoma city. minneapolis, your average high 84 degrees. we'll get coolest into monday. high temperature 65 degrees. temperatures ramping back up tuesday, wednesday. it is going to be a crisp, dry air mass. for a lot of people it will feel like fall. eventually some of the cooler air will get down to kansas city. we're not going to shatter too many records. we will get close. kansas city, tuesday, 56. our forecast coming in around 53 degrees on tuesday morning. but equal reactions. the northwest will be 20 degrees above average. alex, the polar vortex thing has got to stop. this is not a polar vortex. it is cold air coming from canada. the polar vortex we'll cope to the winter. >> we never say crisp in the summer. i say thank you. sounds good to me. a sports story that tran

sends sports. in fact, in that midwest city it could help lead a rust belt revival. you're going to want to watch this report. it's all about basketball star lebron james, who is back home to his hometown. hi, jenna. >> alex, this has been news four years in the making. for lebron james, he said he was young and a little reckless with the hearts of the cleveland fans. now he's back to make things right. for the city of cleveland, that's more than enough. the three words the city of cleveland has been waiting to hear for four years, i'm coming home. and with those words came these words. >> one of the greatest moments in cleveland. >> are you crying? >> it's fantastic! >> there wasn't a big splashy announcement or press conference like when he left cleveland heartbroken four years ago. instead, an essay, rather heartfelt, to his fans, explaining why he was coming

home and admitting his leaving caused hard feelings. my relationship with northeast ohio is bigger than basketball. i didn't realize that four years ago. i do now. the suspense about his next move kept the city on edge. people swarming his house with police on hand. now, this whole thing almost came crashing down when tawny the owl picked miami as the place lebron was going to end up. i don't know who her sources are. like the last three days, the whole thing caused a lot of confusion. i hear you. a lot. this whole saga documented everywhere, from t-shirts. the lying king has now been forgiven. >> lebron coming back is good for business, not just around the stadium. >> no question the city will be impacted in a big way. >> ticket prices could become the most expensive in the entire

league, upwards of $200. in return, lebron writes he's on a mission to bring glory back to cleveland. our city hasn't had that in a long, long, long time. >> you have done a wonderful thing for cleveland. >> but cleveland's gain is miami's pain. his image dethe faced. >> it is bittersweet. >> we're not going burn jerseys. i promise. >> lbj! >> we love you, lebron. let's go! >> espn is reporting that the cavaliers have capped season ticket sales 12,000 tickets. and the cavs are not raising prices for season tickets. new data on obama care. surprising numbers on two important fronts. they could tell us a lot about the health care act's future. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye.

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>> the republican right now is not to do this with me. instead, it's to sue me. that's actually what they are spending their time on. it's a political stunt that's going to take months of time and they're going to pay for it with your tax dollars. >> joining me now washington bureau chief of the chicago sun times lynn sweet and congressional reporter ed o'keefe. hello to the both of you. good morning. >> good morning. big picture. what is the first priority of the obama administration right now? >> it's to get through the border crisis and worry about that obama lawsuit later. >> ed, what about the gop? do you think all this talk about

impeachment could boomerang and hurt the party? they are just trying to stop them from doing anything. >> dumb struck. sit kind of interesting. i think the white house gambles. if he keeps that up, the rest of the country will catch on. their priority is to keep focus or raise these concerns with the president by filing this lawsuit. you've got two tracks going. some say don't do this because it's going to be seen as a distraction the. it's going to cost money. and we should be focused on some other solutions. don't talk about impeachmentm. t we have tried that before in the 1990s. it didn't work for us. why is this only about the health care law? what about immigration and all of these other issues? why isn't that included in the lawsuit? they made clear from a legal

standpoint, focusing on elements of the health scare law makes the most sense. there are conservatives, republicans say you should be going on him over executive actions overall even though historically it's lower than his predecessors. >> you say it's the border issue right now before the administration would deal with this lawsuit. what else is on their agenda that they think they can get some progress on this year? >> well, in the executive action toolbox there's a lot of things there. and witness is when the house committee will get that lawsuit. so there will be fireworks and it will pass. and using these executive orders as we discussed all the time is to show there's actions when you can't get anything in congress. so that would be in job creation. you can't raise the minimum wage. that seems a lost cause. so they are going to do things with business.

there's another immigration event in the coming days dealing with lowering the barrier to the cost of naturalization, for example. so that's one concrete thing the the white house is looking for very soon. >> lynn, are they assessing the executive order and its effectiveness? what are they saying about it? >> there is a tool that they like. also, they don't have many choices left. it's not like -- especially heading into the midterm. the only other choice would be wait until november and see if your situation improves. no one thinks that's going to happen. so the legal footing right now for executive orders is sound. the issue is whether or not the president administration can get through the noise that something like this lawsuit will cause. but the noise i'm hearing from the obama critics will be criticizing them one way or

another. >> everything is happening from a republican point of view. is all of this about november? >> it is. a lot of it is to shore up their base of support among die hard conservative voters and pick up frustrated democrats who are concerned about how things are going and have given up supporting the president. yes. they will say this is a dispute between the legislative branch that has nothing to do with democrats and republicans. but the opportunity is to gin up support to make sure republicans do turn out. >> a couple of big elements regarding obama care. 15% of adults under the age of 65 lack health insurance. that is down from 20% in january. the survey found 87% who bought

the heating plan said we're satisfied with them. and 74% of republicans say they like their plans. can the the white house do anything with these numbers? >> absolutely. because it quiets the critics. not all of them. not every place. that's always been what the obama team has been waiting for. you let time go by and people won't complain about the policies but rather that the care they are getting that they were not able to get before. >> i think there's a chance that the gop won't use the issue come november? >> they are using it in this lawsuit. there again, it is happening. and there are certain republicans who still talk about the idea of introducing obama care replacement plan. whether they do that before or after november. many believe if they are able to get a majority, they will fully start moving on that. you haven't seen as much in

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joining me to break it all down, usa contributor regina lewis. good morning to you. >> hi. >> the thing we would not argue with, longer weekends. >> we're willing to trade off and have a condensed four-day workweek. 70%, as you said, are for that, particularly women. 82% give it a thumbs up. it has to do with largely they are the ones running the errands. or think i can get to the bus stop for my kids this week. on average, alex, the workweek is 34.5 hours. so we are will to do more. we just want to condense it. in terms of where that puts us around the word, mexico works a lot more. the dutch are taking it easy in the netherlands.

there are people working too much and people not working at all. both groups are stressed out. maybe we can find a way to make this a win. it gets my vote. >> and now to high rises, higher costs of representative. >> if you take san francisco by way of example, the average rent a whopping $3,550. in san francisco, they have the job base to support that. nationally, wages are only going up by 1%. in san francisco, you can go up 14%. if you take someplace like miami, now 62% of people's income is going to rent. that is the equivalent of being house poor. this is for two bedroom apartments is what trulia looked at. they looked at the asking prices both for homes for sale and rents, which is an early indicate of where things are around the country. it varies around the states.

when you see 62%, very hard to sustain unless wages go up. >> of course that's not happening anyway. let's move over to this on the fly. what is amazon doing to launch its drone delivery programs. >> they definitely don't like to wait around for innovation. they call it prime air. they are asking the faa if they can test closer to home. they seem to want to fast track this. the drone travels 50 miles per hour. it delivers packages less than 5 pounds which covers 86% of amazon products. in a july 9 alert to the faa, they said, look, this is not an if. this is a when, saying it will be as ubiquitous the as seeing mail trucks on the road. >> i don't know. that's going to be hard to get used to. it just looks weird. >> i think it's amazing. >> it is amazing. but looking at the video i just saw, i said wow. always good to see you, regina.

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700 rockets over four days, one every 10 minutes on average. now they are weighing in with an exclusive interview on "meet the press" with david gregory. >> almost 100 killed, 500 wounded in gaza. and the united states is not taking any action. we call for an immediate end to all of these. >> you condemn hamas? >> we do not condemn people who are defending themselves. >> joining me from tel aviv is martin fletcher. always great to have you on the show. let's talk about hamas has the right to defend themselves. they are saying the same thing from israel. from your perspective on the ground, which side is defending itself and which side is on the offensive?

>> reporter: well, the plame game. it's a bit of both. israel has said in hamas stops firing, they will stop firing. hamas has not stopped firing. they say we will keep firing until hamas no longer fires at israel. that's the issue. who began, it also depended this time of the world, how far back in time you want to go. if you remember, before the israeli operation began on monday, there was approximate 10 days of rockets from gaza fired at israeli targets. it was pretty lukewarm. they were trying to ratchet it down. there was a barrage of rockets. 150 a day for the last few days from gaza. that costis rail to launch the rockets. it is huge. it is dramatic. they want to stop and will stop they say when hamas stops firing the rockets. >> is it huge enough there is a

ground invasion that's imminent? >> well, the israeli army says they are ready. they called up 20,000 reserves to join the regular army. the army said it is fully ready to invade gaza. it is waiting only for the government order. and prime minister netanyahu said yesterday on tv that israel will bow to international pressure. they will do what they have to do to stop the targets the the the last thing israel wants to do is invade gaza. but they are committed to stopping the rockets. the development today is there has been diplomacy in action. the egyptians have put forward a truce to israeli and hamas to get them to start negotiating an end to this fighting. at the moment, that has said they are not ready to talk about it. israel said they are ready to talk about it. but for the time being that is

what's happening. diplomacy beginning to move very slowly to end the fighting. not much interest from israel. and no interest from hamas. >> hamas reportedly has thousands of markets, martin. realistically speaking, what would be their ability to counterattack if israel did invade? how long do they work militarily speaki speaking? >> reporter: hamas is strongly in gaza. it is high including many of the major cities. in fact, all of israel's major cities within rocket range now of hamas. so the rocket threat from gaza is still huge. israelis said yesterday they gnawed out 2,000 rockets in gaza. they estimate another 8,000

still available to be five in gaza by hamas if israel invades. that's just the rocket threat the ground threat is huge. israel, when it moves its army into gaza, if it ever does, will be very efficient, very quick, very brutal. it will be accompanied by air and sea bottmbardmenbombardment. the palestinians have been planning for years too. they are dug in underneath gaza city there is tunnels where the hamas leadership now is hiding. it's quite noticeable during this fight more than 1,000 israeli raids on gaza they haven't managed to kill even one of the top hamas military leaders. they are all dug in. so there are underground caves and caverns.

and the hamas fighters are very well seasoned. and they are well trained in their own area. they are fighting on home ground. that is among the most depositsly populated areas of the world. urban warfare would be an absolutely not disaster for the civil yon population and all the soldiered involved on both sides. it's the only way forward if israel wants to really stop the rock stkphrets you bring up the civilian population. the u.n. high commissioner said yesterday she has serious doubts whether they are operating at sprpbl law. the majority of those who have been killed are civilians. any word on that from prime minister netanyahu? >> not to that particular acquisition. but it has to be said the human rights is among the most anti-israel organizations on the planet. and most things they say are met

with complete cynicism. having said that, it is true one quarter to one-third of the -- about 40% of the dead in gaza, according to the palestinians in gaza, are civilians, women, children, old and young. and the israelis say, you know, that's terrible. but the problem is they have all of the hamas military installations are inside the city. the israelis say we use our rockets to protect our people. but palestinians use their people to protect their rockets. and that's the dilemma. >> martin fletcher, thank you so much. the growing crisis along the u.s. border, jeh johnson spent the day touring a new mexico facility used as temporary housing used for hundreds of undocumented immigrants and discussed president a 'bama's requests for $4 billion in emergency funds. we are in the border town of

mission. jennifer, good morning. are we still seeing a dramatic flood on the border? >> actually, no, we are not. that is interesting news for border patrol agents working this area in the rio grand valley. the last week, they say the numbers have dropped by about one-third. this time last week they were seeing 1,500 in a day in this area area throughout the valley. recent, in the recent days, it is down to about 1,000. one take it was only 500 or so. so there's that. then there are the usual suspects, if you will, the young men crossing who run when they see border patrol agents. that number remains the same. that's business as usual. the women and children who surrender immediately is declining. >> is there a reason for that? >> there is speculation. they talk to everybody they pick up here. there are three things they are

thinking might be going on. first of all, the train which runs through mexico is called the beast. it brings a lot of people on the 1,200 mile trek from guatemala derailed last week. second thing, we heard some of the immigrant smugglers have been using a sales pitch saying you have to get in by june 30th. totally arbitrary. not based on any fact at all. maybe people believed it and maybe they have missed it. maybe that's it. or the most optimistic rope, maybe the mental from the u.s. is filtering back down the. no guarantees you won't be september right back. >> thank you very much from mission, texas. the call girl accused of killing a google executive with heroin. police think they may have a lethal link to another victim. just who is this woman? that's next.

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here's someone in china who might be in need for anger management. he is using a wrench to smash the window shield of the $170,000 tesla. believe it or not, it is actually his car he was angry because the dealer finally delivered on a car he ordered back in october. they apologized and blamed it on other logistic cal problems. california police say she's cold, ice cold. the call girl accused in the heroin overdose death the of a google executive is expected to be back in court for her arraignment. 26-year-old alex is being held on $1.5 million on manslaughter, drug and prostitution charges in the death of forest hayes. he was found dead on his yacht. now they are reexamining the heroin overdose death of another man she used to date.

>> both subjects in these cases died of a heroin overdose. there are several factors we are going to look at. >> gail, a welcome to you. this is an extraordinary article that you have written taking an in-depth look at who this alex is. first, the latest on the investigation on the case in california and the re-examination of the case in georgia. are they trying to link them together in some way? it appears there is common characteristics of both. police in california and georgia have tried to determine if she has somehow been involved in potentially the murder of both men. >> okay. what have you learned about her past and her family situation? >> well, we don't know much about her family situation. but we do know a lot about her because she left this massive social media trail. she had multiple facebook accounts where she posted things about her drug use.

also on twitter. they described heroin as leaving her emotionless and bringing her into a black hole. she also apparently suffered from pretty severe body image issues. she wrote poems about comparing her thinness to purity and posted photos of kate moss, who was famous for popularizing the heroin chic look back in the '90s. yeah. she seems to be a very troubled person. >> she's also got a makeup tutorial. >> they are pretty popular. alex was into modeling and into makeup. she wears very dramatic eye makeup. so she, i guess, wanted to share her tips with the world. so she has a youtube tutorial. >> when they talk about her

being ice cold, talk about them surrounding the death of the google executive. she's alleged to have done what? closed blinds? drank wine? >> she actually shot herself up with heroin before shooting him up. this was a consentual situation. it became clear something was wrong. he clutched his chest, keeled over. after he went unconscious, she started gathering her things. the security footage from his yacht showed she stepped over his body multiple times to grab a glass of wine and finish it. she left the yacht after closing the blinds to no one else would be able to look inside and see the body. >> there are similarities surrounding the death of a man who she used to date? >> there are. in that case she did call 911. he was 53.

about the same age as the man on the yacht. she dated him two years. he died of a heroin overdose in september 2013, two months before mr. hayes died the. she was at his house. i believe they lived together. she called 911 saying it looked like he had overdosed and it was unintentional. at the time the police ruled it an accidental overdose but they have reopened that investigation. >> mr. hayes is described as a very devoted family man, father of five, who spent a lot of time on his boat on the weekends with the family. is there anything to suggest otherwise in terms of people coming forward and saying they suspected anything? or does he have a clean bill that way? >> by all accounts, this was a shock. his double life apparently was kept pretty well secret from folks. they seemed to be surprised. >> and what happens? there's an arraignment set

wednesday. what happens after that? >> well, it depends if she enters a guilty plea or if she ants to go to trial. >> okay. well, it's an extraordinary story. gail sullivan, thank you so much for talking with us about it. >> thank you. a reunion of harry potter. what about a new potter picture? that's next. new pantene brings new repair & protect. clinically proven to make hair healthier with every wash. new hair. new you. new repair & protect... ..from new pantene. [ cat meows ] ♪ ♪ da-da-da-da-da, bum-da, bum-da ♪ ♪ bum-da, bum-da ♪ the animals went in two by two ♪ ♪ the sheep and the frog and the kangaroo ♪ ♪ and they all went marching, marching in two by two ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the nissan pathfinder, with intuitive four-wheel drive. an adventure worth sharing. nissan. innovation that excites.

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apes, together, strong. >> "dawn of the planet of the apes" is expected to make about $70 million this weekend but does not appear to be the blockbuster missing in hollywood this summer. box office revenue is down about 20% from last year's record take. overall this year total box office revenue is down almost 4%. the british actor best known for playing a werewolf in the harry potter films is dead. his body was found sunday morning and air lifted out by

authorities from death valley. the actor was hiking in the remote area known to be one of the hottest and driest places on the planet where temperatures often reach 120 degrees. he was 50 years old. a new short story is sending shock waves through the wizarding world this week. the 1500 word tale offers hogwarts fans a fresh look at the wizard as an adult in his 30s. the mature version of harry even has a streak of gray hair with a wife and kids in tow. does the latest exploit mean a new movie is on the way? joining me now we hope with some answers, my guest. >> thanks for having me. >> she has hinted in the past that there would be no more books about harry potter. is this a tease to something? >> you know, she's done something very brilliant and created the sort of lasting fan site for people to engage with the series which as you know ended seven years ago and is one

of the most popular fantasy series ever. sold something like 400 million copies. she has retained the digital audio rights to the book so by posting new material on her website, she's drawing fans in and they're finding this place where they can actually buy the e books and audio books. she made it not just like a static author site but kind of a very engaged, active place for fans where you can create your own identity and learn more and engage with other fans. it's a real community. i think this new story is not so much a hint at another book or even more movies. they have said there will be a spin-off trilogy of films, but i think it's a way to draw people back to the site over and over. >> talk about that spin-off trilogy, because it comes from a very short amount of information that there's going to be three films. i believe she is going to pen them, right? >> yes. i believe she is going to be very involved in the story and

apparently it is set many decades after the harry potter series. i don't believe it will involve the main characters though there may be cameos and something to do with like the magical creatures in the whole universe of harry potter continuing. >> fantastic beasts i think it is called. >> that's right. >> with regard to the heart from this fantastic short story fans will want to read what about a list of good summer reads? >> there is a ton of great fiction and nonfiction out this summer. one of my favorite novels is a big juicy debut novel by smith henderson called "the 4th of july creek" set in montana in the '70s. it's been compared to kormic mccarthy. it is just lovely. another great novel is "euphoria" just optioned for film and based on the life of anthropologist margaret meade. for nonfiction fans there is "factory men" which got an absolute rave review in the "new

york times." it was compared to "behind the beautiful forevers" and it is about a furniture factory run by a family in virginia but an absolute page turner. >> can i ask, are you seeing a downturn of actual book sales so people can read these books on e-readers? is that significant? during the summer might it uptick because there are those including me who love to get a book and just open it up in the summer even if it gets suntan oil on it and pieces of sand in pages? there's something about that. >> an excellent question. we saw for the past few years ebooks were just rising and people had just gotten their devices and wanted to try them out and loaded them up and now they've stabilized. it's still a significant growth area for the whole industry, but, you know, print is still strong as well. it's not taking over print as quickly as it was before. >> okay. nice to speak with you. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> that is a wrap of this hour

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