i'm jacob soboroff in los angeles. there are marches being held today. they come as the investigation into russia's involvement in the 2016 u.s. election widens despite vladimir putin's latest suggestion that his country is being framed for interfering. the white house, meanwhile, is still deciding whether to block james comey from congress about the fbi investigation into russia. another weekend, another anti-trump rally. today's march for true rally is calling for an independent investigation into alleged russian hacking into the u.s. election. more than 100 cities, there they are, all across the country are holding rallies. organizers say they want an investigation into russian ties into president trump and his associates. we have team coverage of these rallies.

ali vitali is live but first we have scott. what is the general mood of the protesters out there? >> reporter: well, jacob, it's about probably a thousand people, by our best estimate, which is a little less than they were billing this as initially. they are marching up broadway to city hall. that's where the big program will be. one of the big unknowns is counterprotests. the police are praisibracing fo. the idea is similar to the 130 or so other marches for truth going on across the country demanding a full and transparent investigation of president trump's ties to russia, demanding not only an independent special counsel but also a special commission and also demanding things like election reform and the electoral college and superdelegates. when they get up to city hall, maxine waters, well known to

those here in southern california, but also one of the major anti-trump voices on capitol hill. the hope is that this kicks off a summer of protests but we'll see how that goes and how the counterprotests go. there's more going on in orange county today as well. >> scott, thanks for your report from downtown l.a. ali, over to you in washington. i've been watching you all day long out there. what are you hearing from marchers in d.c.? >> reporter: scott is right. this is how we've been spending our weekends lately. there's been a series of protesters over the past few months since the trump administration came into focus. people are saying that they want transparency from the investigation being waged into the alleged trump collusion and also the idea of him releasing his tax returns. they want general transparency

from the administration. maxine waters will be speaking where scott is and we heard from someone associated with the movement. we found out from her why it's important to keep these going throughout the trump administration and, like scott said, maybe into the summer. take a look. >> since the women's march on washington, there's been consistent resistance and now here we are for the march for truth. it's important to keep the resistance loud against the administration so they know that the american people are not going to be silent in the face of policies or corruption or collusion coming from this administration. >> reporter: and that's a lot of what i was hearing when i was speaking to folks around here. earlier, of course, i've seen people that say they've been at the tax march and women's march and they feel it's important to show that they are proud of the

crowd that doesn't like what the administration is doing. part of what they said today involves pulling out of the paris climate accord and folks who come out to these rallies say that the administration is not representing the progressive ideals that they support. and those folks are actually really happy about pulling out of the paris climate agreement and that really rallies the trump base. if you're looking to expand the base, those kinds of moves are not what you're going to be doing in the white house, to pull in reporters that support the administration. >> nbc's ali vitali in washington and scott cohn in calirnia. thank you to you both. and this coming week, james

comey will testify before the senate intelligence committee. in a letter last night, house democrats warned that the public would see it as, quote, additional evidence of obstruction of justice. kelly o'donnell is at the white house. any sign of which way the president is leaning? >> reporter: no. and what is interesting, jacob, senior white house officials are kind of keeping us in the dark and they are giving us know indication that the president would try to lose this tool which would protect the conversations that he had with james comey as an employee of the executive branch when he was serving as fbi director and, of urs could, later fired. they are also saying that the president's team, this white house counsel, needs to review this and keep options open. if there's a political downside to talking about executive privilege, they are letting it play out. so we've seen from the president no specific comment on that. he's been out at his golf club in virginia today.

he'll probably be back to the white house today. from top advisers, they have just said more time to review, the president's got to make the decision. what stands out, democrats wanted to pre-empt any attempt by the white house to try to either limit what comey would say or block it altogether. the senate intelligence committee asked comey to testify. he's cleared it through the fbi and will be careful about not stepping on things that are still a part of the active investigation. the big question is, will he reveal things about his personal conversations with the president. that would be what you would shield with executive privilege. the problem is, the president has talked about those conversations in interviews and on twitter, which makes a claim of executive privilege tough. but in the intervening days, they are leaving that as a possibility, something that the white house could explore if they wanted to. they also make the argument that they want to see what comey will say and what the investigations to move forward. it's one of those things that they are just not getting a very

clear answer at this point. jacob? >> i was going to ask you about that. the president has not just talk talked publicly about that but he's even tweeted about it. obviously that seems to be a huge limitation on the president invoking executive privilege even if he wanted to, right? >> reporter: yes. those would be the kinds of things that hinder the information that will remain private. it's hard to say that they shouldn't be made public. we've seen comey has testified about other parts of the russia investigation when he was still in his position as director of the fbi and invoking privilege is sort of taking someone to court. that court would be something that would tie this up even further. that has a political downside, costing more time. and it's really a war between the two branches. when we say executive privilege, we're talking about the executive branch and congress that has called comey to testify. so the judicial branch would step in and resolve it. it seems like a long shot and

the legal advice would say to the president, this is not a good case for executive privilege but they want to keep all of their options open. they know that the comey testimony will be highly watched, could be explosive. we just don't know what he's going to say. jacob? >> even though "the new york times" says he's unlikely to invoke it, you never know. i wanted to ask you before you go, there's been a pro-trump rally across the street from the white house today. what's going on out there? >> reporter: well, earlier today in particular, we saw them brand themselves this weekend as pittsburgh, not paris, a reference to the president's withdrawal from the paris accord on climate change, saying that he represents the people of pittsburgh, not paris. they've sort of embraced that line as their own. also wanting to turn out to show up to counter some of the protests that have been a regular part of these months of the trump administration to show that there are supporters of the president. if protesters are going to show up, the trump campaign and its base, its supporters, find a way to make their own voices heard.

that's what happened. they chose the white house as their backdrop today. jacob? >> as always, kelly o'donnell at the white house, thank you so much. getting a straight answer from the white house or a response at all is not an easy assignment when it comes to getting details on the russia probe. >> is it still the administration's position, though, that jared kushner was in the meeting with the russian banker as a representative of the transition representing the president? >> as i've said to caitlyn, we're focused on the president's agenda and going forward all questions will be referred to outside counsel. >> mr. president -- >> mr. president, did jared try to set up a back channel to the russians? >> the whole shouted questions. even megyn kelly had an exclusive interview with vladimir putin which airs tomorrow night on her new show, the evasive world leader suggested that russia had

possibly been framed to look like a med letter in the u.s. election. >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america. there can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame, as we say, onto russia. >> joining us now, our political correspondent and former fbi special agent. emily, let's start with you. do you think the white house will try to invoke executive privilege? >> i think it's pretty unlikely. some of your other commentators have mentioned the fact that the president has already spoken publicly about his conversations with the former fbi director make it really hard for him to make much of a case. that's not to say they wouldn't try and i certainly wouldn't try to predict the president's

decision. he's pretty impetuous about some of these things but i think they would have a hard time winning that argument. >> reporter: j.j., sessions and deputy attorney general rosenstein, that would require rosenstein's permission. would that force the attorney general ultimately to recuse himself? >> well, i think if the fbi in that investigation gets information about potential involvement of other people, it's going to expand. the fbi is not going to be limited in its investigation and it could potentially mean that rod rosenstein would have to recuse himself. if there's information that he was potentially involved. but the department of justice would have a very difficult time trying to limit an investigation when information or intelligence is collected that says people are involved.

>> you know, emily, few in the white house are closer to president trump than son-in-law and adviser jared kushner whose name continues to keep coming up. does anybody, does you, do we actually believe he would have met with officials without the president's knowledge? >> well, it's hard to believe that. i mean, there's a lot of conflicting information that's been coming out about some of these meetings in the case of the meetings before the inauguration there was a suggestion that it was a business-related meeting, not something related to the incoming president. but i think that's one of the questions why this is getting so much attention, because we just don't know why they were meeting and what the discussions were like and i think that's the reason that people are starting to probe into what exactly is going on there. >> and we'll continue to probe, you know, in all likelihood and in all certainty, i guess i should say. j.j., what is your reaction to

vladimir putin trying to steer the conversation away from russia and on to a mysterious would-be 3-year-old hacker in his conversation with megyn kelly? >> i don't think anyone should be surprised about that. it's in his interests and the country's interests to deflect the action that they took. but i think based on everything that is known publicly at this point about the intelligence community in the united states, and that's the fbi, the csi, dia, all of those agencies, the entire intelligence community has come to the conclusion that russia meddled in the investigation. and that is done through, you know, very detailed analyses of the intercepts and when they see the hacking. the analyses are done by the intelligence community and when they see those hacks, they can figure out where it came from.

so -- but there should be no surprise in him trying to deflect attention. >> all 17 of those intelligence agencies, as we have heard over and over again. emily and j.j., thank you so much to both of you for joining us. coming up, what lawmakers are hoping to hear from james comey on thursday and where do democrats see this widening investigation into russia going from here? we will ask debbie dingle of washington when we come back. there she is. gives you the power of choice plus... the power of pleasant. exclusively in lightweight! every home, every cat, there's a tidy cats for that. the opioid my doctor prescribed for my chronic back pain backed me up-big time. before movantik, i tried to treat it myself. spent time, money. no go. but i didn't back down.

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back and very, very rapidly. >> very, very rapidly. president trump's economic news overshadowed by questions about his campaign's alleged ties to russia. protesters are gathering today at the capitol and more than 100 cities across the country, including here in l.a., calling for an investigation by an independent commission. the pressure intensifying as congressional committee meetings ramp up next week. for more, i'm joined by democratic congresswoman debbie dingell from the great state of washington. there are new allegations that house intelligence community chairman devin nunes is reasserting himself nointo russn meddling after he said he would recuse himself. is this going too far? >> we need to have an independent investigation. special counsel was an important first step. congress has a very serious responsibility to investigate wa was happening and we all would

like to see an independent commission as being discussed in the nation's capitals around the country. we need to know what the facts are. >> i hear you supporting the goals of these marches across the country for the independent commission, just like we saw after 9/11 and the attacks. do you think that the credibility of the house investigation is currently at risk, given this continued political infighting? >> absolutely. i mean, and that's what concerns me. we need to get to the facts. you know, i am someone who has been very clear that we need to have an independent investigation. it would not be good for this country for it to be partisan in any way and that we need to follow the facts. and by the way, as we're having this discussion, as you began this segment of talking about the economy getting better, i'm worried about the economy. in the midwest, manufacturing is beginning to slow down. we need to worry about those jobs he thinks are safe. i'm worried about them and get the facts in this russia investigation. >> i've been to your great state to look at those manufacturing

jobs upclose. you're absolutely right. i want to ask you, though, more about what is going on with the russia investigation because the house has subpoenaed general mike flynn and trump's personal attorney. when that happens, when we hear from them, what insight do you have to gain? >> we need to get to the truth. we need to know -- and i suspect that we're not going to hear the truth from those two that you specifically mentioned. i think that we're all looking forward. this whole thing is very sad. we're not looking forward to it but what we need is what the truth is. james comey will not play games, will give it straightforwardly and we need to know what happened. i think we're going to have a very difficult time hearing what the truth is from flynn. he's already taken the fifth. so what i want to hear from as many people as possible what the exact facts are and what happened with russia. >> i just want to be very clear. when and if we do hear from mike flynn on this, you're not going

to believe what he says? >> well, are we going to hear from him? maybe i should say it's the skepticism about whether we're going to really, a, he's going to be willing to testify and not plead the fifth and i think he's given us enough reason to doubt his credibility when he does. he's not told the truth and that's already been documented from when he did go into the white house. >> i want to pivot to the paris climate agreement because that was the big news of the week. what's your reaction to the president's decision to withdraw? >> you know, i cannot tell you how upset i am. 195 countries and other organizations from around the world are party to that. we're only joining nicaragua because it wasn't strong enough and syria. and i think that people really don't even understand the implications of what the president has done to this country. when you talk about manufacturing, i have never been somebody who thought that the

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southwest indiana is home to the kind of plant of the agreement that trump got out of this week targeted. we're inside the guts of one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in the nation. some people would call it a super polluter. what are we looking at? >> everything from our co2 emissions to our capacity and all i -- >> mercury? >> mercury. >> reporter: this is in southwest indiana. when it was scheduled for an outage, we were brought in for an exclusive tour. >> this is where it all starts? >> it is. this is a barge unloader. this is where we unload coal. >> reporter: when you look at a coal pile like this, how long does it take to use up all of this coal? >> this is roughly a 30-day supply. >> reporter: so in 30 days,

you're going to use up all of the coal that we see right now? >> if we weren't to get any more in, yes. >> reporter: but it's a constant stream of it? >> it is. >> reporter: this means a constant stream of pollution and it's not just them. according to investigation by the center for public integrity, 22 facilities they call super polluters, industrial sites in the top 100 of either greenhouse gas or toxic air emissions were on both lists. four, including rockport, are in southwest indiana. rockport is in the middle of a massive project to reduce its emissions. what is the reason as a company you all are working to reduce emissions that are coming out of this plant? >> reporter: there was a lawsuit by the government for it to be resolved and a lot of it is driven by regulations. how our plants operate and which plants we continue to operate is being changed dramatically by

economics as well. >> reporter: you didn't mention public health. >> it's definitely a concern of ours. the employees live in this community. >> reporter: rockport says it is abiding by all regulations and is a good neighbor. and some locals agree. >> so who is playing? >> south spencer and apollo. >> reporter: what does this power plant mean to your community here? >> a lot of good-paying jobs. >> reporter: in terms of a health perspective, has it ever affected you? >> not that i know of, no. and we have those ozone days. >> reporter: warnings? >> yes. we're still outside it doesn't bother us. >> but we live that way and the wind blows that way. >> reporter: petersburg residents see things

differently. >> what brings you here today? >> my son is sick with sinus infections and woke up yesterday around 3:00 with his eyes matted shut and things. we're hoping to get that taken care of today. >> reporter: he's brought to this pediatric practice over 50 times and he's only 2. this doctor says she sees cases like his every day. >> here you go. >> did you it. good job. >> reporter: so doctor, what have we got going on here? >> well, bradley is kind of typical of a lot of kids that i see, parents in particular would voice when they moved into the area that they've never been as sick as when they lived here. in fact, for 20 years, i could give you a geographical boundary of the not zone. >> snot zone? >> yes. and it corresponded to power plants in the midwest.

>> reporter: studies have made a direct correlation. the doctor says that super polluters are a contributor and in the county where she practices, the highest in indiana but can't say what the cause is for sure because this is where the indiana department of environmental management has placed its air quality managers and there are not many. >> reporter: when you hear people push back and say we don't for sure if it's the power plants or the tractors and farm equipment, you can see you getting pissed when i'm saying that. >> yes. >> reporter: it's upsetting? >> they don't have to take care of these kids. and it's not even the illness so much because it's the deliberate nature and when you don't have monitoring, you don't have data.

>> indiana's department of environmental management which was reported to governor mike pence before he became vice president says that the monitors were moved because they didn't show high values. and when it comes to the coal-fired power plants, industry representatives will tell you the cheaper forms of alternative energy will lead to the eventual retirement like the ones that we saw but that's not enough for activists and now that the u.s. has backed out, states and cities are committing to upholding the goals of the paris climate change agreement. those goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025 and keeping a global temperature increase below 2 degrees celsius. joining me to discuss this is

former energy and climate aide to president obama. on friday, sean spicer could not say whether the president believes in climate change. >> you're the epa administrator. shouldn't you be able to tell the american people whether or not the president believes that climate change is a hoax? where does he stand? >> it's not indicated. there's enough to deal with with respect to the paris agreement and making an informed decision about this important issue. that's where our focus has been. i've answered the question a couple of times. >> what does the president believe in climate change? does he still believe it's a hoax? can you clarify that because apparently nobody else at the white house can. >> i've not had an opportunity to have that discussion. >> how difficult is fighting climate change hearing things like that without federal support? >> well, obviously that was a dishonest statement, which

indicates the entire press conference about getting out of the paris accord was filled with dishonesty. but really what's important about getting out, they continually do the wrong thing. so when you look at the actions of this administration, it really doesn't matter what they believe anymore. i think that is the wrong question. because every single thing they do is wrong and is an act of violence on the future of america. i don't care why they're doing it anymore. i just know that they are doing it, they are doing it consistently, they're absolutely wrong and shameless about doing it. >> i want to go to jake he the studio in l.a. president trump is taking the exact polar opposite approach to president obama when it comes to climate change and the environment. what is the mood for you in the white house about what president trump did this week? >> well, i think tom captures it pretty accurately. we are feeling befuddled, disappointed.

the fact is, we know there's a lot of work to do and the states and cities are getting moving, we're excited for the work that is here to come. we feel that the train has left the station on the clean energy economy, jacob, and we're ready to roll-up our sleeves and get working. >> and that's what you'll hear from the folks in the energy sector, like the ones that i met in indiana. tom, in southwest indiana, as you heard on the spot, as many if not more people want to see those coal-fired plants to keep operating because of what they mean to the local economy. how does next gen climate convince folks like that that they are wrong? >> the fact of the matter is, we've done extensive studies to see what would happen well an accelerated path to clean energy. we'd create better paying jobs and reduce costs and have a faster growth in the united states economy. so there will be, of course, some jobs lost and we need to take care of those people and

make sure they are taken care of. but the fact of the matter is, for society, this is a gigantic net benefit. >> jake wrote this article for democracy journal saying that it is time to look to california for a path forward. what is that path? >> well -- you want me to go on that? >> let me go to jake here, tom. >> i think tom has really hit the nail on the head in terms of the studies that they have spearheaded over at next gen which show the clean energy economy is promising and already delivering on a promise to create new jobs, to innovate technology. but really when we look at the leadership coming from mayors and governors, it's really based on a california leadership. it's things that california has already pioneered from a policy perspective. last year, we implemented the most aggressive climate targets on a planet, a 40% reduction below 1990 levels by the year 2030. from a technology perspective, we are already seeing california

spearhead the growth of electric vehicles, the solar industries and i think another really critical area of policy and activism that california really has an opportunity, a golden opportunity to be exporting is on the front of climate equity and environmental justice. we've seen a lot of leadership from the state already and it's about lifting up all communities, disadvantaged communities, folks who will experience the impacts of climate first and worst. >> we have to leave it there. i want to thank tom and jake, former energy and climate aide to president obama. thank you both for joining us. be sure to watch "meet the press" tomorrow morning when john kerry, current epa administrator scott pruitt and al gore will discuss the fallout of president trump's decision to pull out of the paris agreement and a live look now at iowa where joni ernst's annual speech

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welcome back. i'm jacob soboroff in los angeles. here are some of the top stories we're covering at this hour. protesters are marching nationwide and demanding an independent investigation into russia's involvement into the u.s. election and a rally is under way at the white house and protesters there are supporting president trump's decision to pull the u.s. out of the paris climate agreement. and an iowa political tradition is getting a v.i.p. tradition. mike pence is set to speak at any moment at joni ernst's annual roast and ride. vaughn hilliard is talking to voters.

hey, vaughn. >> reporter: hey, jacob. we're out here in iowa. the vice president is going to be rolling up on a harley here in a couple of minutes with senator joanie earnst. joni ern. for all of the political fanfare, it's real for all of these voters. i have one voter who voted for trump. >> i'm here at the birthplace of john wayne. >> what do you want to hear from mike pence today? >> how he's going to push the agenda forward, how he's going to get the tax reform done and how he's going to create more jobs for middle america. >> reporter: at this point, are you satisfied with what congress has done and are you concerned about the russia investigations? >> well, i'm not satisfied with

what congress has done. i don't think they have done anything yet. and the russia investigation i really feel is the only strategy that they have at this point. they have no message. they have no candidates. enough is enough. we need to get on with our business. >> reporter: this is the sentiment that i was hearing from voters. die-hard republicans here to hear the likes of mike pence. a concern as to what extent the trump administration has been held up by things like the russia investigation and it's dually noted, a lot of voters here want an actual health care bill passed and tax reform bill passed. mike pence is showing up here today with a lot of major questions that he's not answered yet. he hasn't done a major interview since april outside of fox news and conservative radio. there's still questions about what mike pence knew about jared kushner's contacts with sergey gorkov, the banker or jeff

sessions, the reported meeting that he had with ambassador kislyak. the two are very tied from what is happening here in washington, d.c., and here. a lot of what is happening in d.c. is holding up with what a lot of voters here are looking for. >> i bet we don't hear anything about kushner or kislyak. vaughn hillyard has been out there in iowa since the fall of 2015. appreciate it very much, man. talk to you soon. >> thank you. coming up next, we'll go live about 50 miles southeast of here where congressman darrell issa answered constituent questions at a town hall today with a gop who barely won last year facing the scorn of fellow republicans just like the ones his fellow republicans have in recent weeks and richard lui will be here at 4:00 to cover the u.s. election and who he says is to blame for outside

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a prominent california republican darrell issa is getting an earful from voters concerned about his position regarding donald trump. is they are expressing fear about the policies and recent scandals by the president. beth fouhy is live in san juan capistrano. issa bear clarely squeaked out in november. what's the mood at this town hall? >> reporter: it wrapped up about 45 minutes ago. there are about 500 people inside. several more outside. most of the people here were not issa fans and certainly not donald trump fans and they were asking a lot of questions, primarily, i would say, about health care. there was also a discussion of russia. as you remember, jacob, darrell issa was the house oversight

committee during the obama years and he was a very aggressive interrogator of the obama administration throughout that period. so we did hear from a constituent who stood up and asked why there wasn't the same level of scrutiny as far as this constituent is concerned about the issue of russia. let's listen. >> when is the republican party and you individually going to stand up and recognize the fact that we have still an adversary in the form of the russian government? >> i want a russia investigation and you're going to see -- continue to see me on foreign affairs and other areas where i have influence pushing it. >> reporter: and i spoke to congressman issa briefly later and he's back on the house oversight committee. he told me he's done so because he wants to hold the administration's feet to the fire. he's very careful right now, jacob.

he cannot appear too close to trump, that's for sure, even though he was a trump supporter in this district that was not a trump supporting district. he can't push the president too far away either because he needs to get along with the president in order for the things that he wants. he is sort of straddling a very fine line right now and on the russia issue, he was very quick to say that he wanted the investigation to continue, jacob. >> beth, he was way out front supporting president trump and now with the questions of russia, health care, i imagine he's hearing from climate from voters here in careful where you and i both are, do you think he's concerned about his future in the house? >> reporter: you know, he was asked that a couple times. he claims not. he claims that the reason things got so tight for him in 2016s with this huge, huge voter surge in his district that brought out a lot of democrats who might not normally vote. he kept pointing to students at the university of california at san diego voting in large

numbers and that had hurt him. he doesn't think the turnout will be the same in 2018 and he thinks that's going to help him. >> beth california. nobody knows california politics like you do, thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> when we come back, we'll look at the jobs of tomorrow. a look at one of the job sectors on the rise in a city you probably wouldn't expect. stick around. when you booked this trip, you didn't know we had over 26,000 local activities listed on our app. or that you could book them right from your phone. a few weeks ago, you still didn't know if you were gonna go. now the only thing you don't know, is why it took you so long to come here. expedia. everything in one place, so you can travel the world better.

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i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> that was president trump in the rose garden thursday justifying his withdrawal from the paris climate deal. he says his top priority is jobs. in the month of may the economy added 138,000 jobs tharks is actually weaker than expected but the unemployment fell just to 4.3% hitting lowest level

since the year 2001. one of the sectors seeing the fastest job growth is the tech industry. and in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, there's something special going on. nbc's savannah sellers joins me now with that story. >> jacob, that's right. i headed to mckeesport, pennsylvania, where students are actually learning how to code beginning in the first grade. i went there to learn for myself and i brought along a surprise in the form of a familiar face. pittsburgh steeler antonio brown is known for his quick feet and some of the best hands in the nfl. but at twin rivers elementary school in mckeesport, pennsylvania, he's now known for something else too. so have you coded yourself before? >> i never coded myself before, but i think i'll be good. >> reporter: brown surprised these students and joined their computer science class while partnering with co.org, an organization working to get coding into every classroom across the country. >> when you go to school you learn the basics of biology or chemistry regardless of whether you're going to become a

botanist or not you learn about photo synthesis, computer science is just as foundational. >> reporter: so far code.org has partnered with 120 of the largers school districts to add computer science to the curriculum. results, 20% of all american students are learning the basics of writing computer programs with code.org. and policies and learning requirements have been changed in over 20 states so far. code.org gets the students engaged with simple lessons and by involving celebrities, world leaders and athletes like brown for added inspiration. kyla cash, a fifth grader at twin rivers, taught the steeler the basics. >> so get this piece and connect it to right here. now hit run. >> i think my hands are better than my feet with this. >> reporter: for brown the passion the students have for the class strikes a particular chord. you grew up in a tough part of miami. could you see this being beneficial in an area like that? >> absolutely. you know, that's all it takes is a program that keeps the kids engaged from being on the

streets. >> reporter: and in a town like mckeesport, coding gives students access to skills necessary in a changing employment landscape. >> we are an old steel mill town where the steel mills have closed down and we are trying to come back from that. i think that code.org is a wonderful opportunity. >> reporter: computing jobs are now the number one source of new wages in the u.s. with over 500,000 open jobs nationwide. and the sector is projected to continue growing at twice the rate of all other jobs. >> computing jobs are ahead of health care, manufacturing, sales. >> reporter: it's also one of the highest paying jobs with a lifetime earnings average of $1.67 million for computer science majors, 40% more than the average college graduate. so the students of twin rivers may have a competitive advantage and a new friend. >> thanks for playing with me today. >> you're welcome. >> code.org stresses that coding is not just necessary for the tech industry, it's becoming vital in many other areas like medicine and agriculture. so they're continuing to push it in curriculums across the

country, jacob. >> msnbc's savannah sellers. thanks so much. we want to turn live to boone, iowa, where vice president mike pence is speaking at senator joni ernst roast and ride. >> creating jobs all across this country instead of shipping jobs overseas. in fact, thanks to president trump's leadership and the strong support we have from iowa in congress over 600,000 new private sector jobs have been created this year. and unemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years. and president trump i'm proud to say has been standing with those who stand on the thin blue line, protecting our families every day. just yesterday the president signed two more bills supporting the men and women of law enforcement in the united states of america. you know, there's a lot of men

and women wearing the uniform of law enforcement, and more than a few wearing the uniform of the united states here. would you mind giving these police officers and all these peace officers the big round of applause they deserve? thank you for what you do to protect our families. [ applause ] and president trump has been working tirelessly with iowa's conservative leaders in washington. every single day to keep the promises he's made to the american people. and let me say from my heart as the proud father of a united states marine, i couldn't be more grateful to be vice president to a president who cares so deeply about the men and women of the armed forces of the united states of america.

already this year working with this 23-year military veteran turned senator joni ernst, president donald trump has been busy rebuilding our military, restoring the arsenal of democracy. and congress in fact under the president's leadership and with your senator's support just passed the largest increase in military spending in nearly ten years. and you know working with that iowa farmer chairman chuck grassley, president trump's been also keeping his word to appoint principled conservatives to the courts in this land like the newest justice to the supreme court of the united states, justice neil gorsuch. and i promise you president trump will continue to appoint men and women to the courts of this land who will uphold the

god given liberties enshrined in our constitution including the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. and you know working with my old friend congressman steve king, president trump's been busy securing our borders, ending illegal immigration, removing dangerous criminals off the streets of our cities. in fact, illegal immigration on our southern border is already down more than 60% this year alone. and it's going to fall even further because president donald trump is going to build a wall. and working with a t