with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. good saturday to you. i'm jacob soboroff in los angeles. we're following breaking news at this hour. three u.s. soldiers killed in an attack by an afghan soldier in eastern afghanistan. more details in a moment. the white house, meanwhile, saying president trump is following the situation from his club in northern new jersey where he's spending yet another weekend. the president continuing to go after former fbi director james comey. >> no collusion, no obstruction. he's a leaker but we want to get back to running our great country. >> president trump with a stern warning from qatar accused of --

after his own secretary of state rex tillerson delivered a very different message on the standoff in the middle east. and out here in los angeles, bill maher not only apologizing to critics a week after using the "n" word on his hit show, but also inviting one of them on his show to voice his anger. we start, though, with breaking news out of eastern afghanistan. t three soldiers were killed. the attack taking place in nangarhar province. the afghan commando was a taliban militant who infiltrated the army. courtney cubie is following the latest from our d.c. newsroom. what more are weearning from what we call an insider attack. >> that's right. sometimes it's called an insider

attack or a green on blue. it appears to be an apparent green on blue. we don't know for certain whether this individual was an afghan commando or someone who was in an afghan commando uniform. officials are confirming it was an apparent green on blue insider attack. three u.s. soldiers were killed. you mentioned this happened in nangarhar province in an area called the achin district. there's been a continued isis presence there. the u.s. dropped the largest bomb that they've dropped in the history of warfare several months ago. and then just about a month ago, in late april, two u.s. army rangers were killed during a nighttime raid in that area. so it's certainly been a very busy and very kinetic and dangerous part of afghanistan for u.s. troops who, as you mentioned, have been partnering with afghan soldiers and commandos there for some time. >> courtney, you and i have

talked off air, as a matter of fact, about the trump administration, the command there potentially asking for as many as 5,000 more troops to go into afghanistan. how might this play in to what we're seeing today? >> the troops that the u.s. military -- general nicholson, the commander there, has been very open about his need for more troops. he's looking for more trainers andadvi. so not necessarily the kind of troops that we've seen that were involved in this action there today. i think what we'll likely see, we haven't gotten an announcement yet, but we'll likely see several more thousand u.s. and coalition troops. they will be deployed to afghanistan in the coming months. that will bring the total number there up to what the nato total force posture is supposed to be, which is 15,000. it's closer to 13,000 there now with 8400 u.s. and the rest made up by other nato coalition members. so i think we're still going to

see that. but incidents like what we saw here today, this apparent green-on-blue, that only forces to bolster the need for more u.s. troops, to remind the american public and the world that afghanistan really is an area of active conflict and an area of tremendous danger. as you mentioned in the lead-in, the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. we don't know yet whether that is the case or not. this area is filled with taliban and isis, jacob. >> courtney kube, thank you. three u.s. soldiers and one injured in eastern afghanistan. appreciate it. >> thanks. now on to the news that we have all been talking about, russia, russia, russia. the investigation into white house involvement with the foreign power continues to raise more questions. the latest being, will president trump be called upon to give testimony into the ongoing russia probe and his dealings with former fbi director jim comey. in an ehange with jonathan

karl, he made his intentions pretty clear. >> do you believe this will rise to the obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job to sort this out. >> the president has indicated jim comey's testimony was a complete vindication for him and we'll get that sound bite for you when it comes to this involvement into the russia investigation others, of course, believe it may be grounds for obstruction of justice charges. let's take a look at that. >> he did say under oath that you told him to let -- you said you hoped the flynn investigation -- >> i didn't say that. >> so he lied about that? >> well, i didn't say that. i mean, lee tell you i didn't say that. and there would be nothing wrong if i did say that according to everything that i've read about. >> dso he said those things undr oath. would you be willing to speak under oath to give your versions

of the events? >> 100%. >> this was a topic raised at comey's congressional hearings on thursday. >> do you believe this will rise to the obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job to sort that out. >> further investigations into such matters would fall on the judiciary committees in both houses of congress. nbc's kelly o'donnell in s in new jersey where president trump is spending the weekend. what is the latest that you're hearing about this potential obstruction of justice proceedings coming out of this hearing and president trump's end of the week statements? >> reporter: well, at this point, jacob, we don't know if what has been put out into the public record from james comey or other evidence that exists where bob mueller, the man who is now special counsel, he himself was former fbi director for a dozen years, someone held in high regard, if he will proceed with examining the facts to determine if there is

obstruction. we just don't know where this is going to go. and james comey was careful to say he felt that he was being pressured but as the investigator, not the prosecutor, he would leave it to mueller to decide. from the white house point of view, they believe that comey's statements, in their words, vindicate the president because comey acknowledged that on multiple occasions he told the president that the president was not personally under investigation as a part of the very broad russian interference in the 2016 election investigation, which is through the fbi, through the congressional committees. it is a vast and sweeping look from the hacking and questions about contacts between trump associates and russian figures. so what the president talked about is a real challenge to the credibility of james comey and what we don't know is will the president be asked to submit to questions by investigators or even under oath, something that

is unusual for a president to be put in that situation simply because there are laws that protect the president from indictment, for example. however, if a special counsel finds there is evidence that supports an offense, that gets turned over to congress for impeachment progress. experts say that's the road map if this continues to suggest that this is wrongdoing. clearly james comey said that he feels that the president was inappropriate. does that rise to a level where the president would be in some legal jeopardy? we just don't know yet. the position from the white house has been to try to push back as hard as they can to try to talk about other things on their minds, their agenda, things that they want to do on behalf of voters. as hard as that is, given the controversy and how confusing, puzzling, interesting, so many of the elements of this russia story have been now for months.

and so the white house is wishing it would go away. it clearly is not going away and so they are trying to compartmentalize this as much as they can. part of the jobs agenda is to try to emphasize the kinds of things whether it is in building trade or where people don't necessarily have to have a college degree or can be trained for the kind of jobs that would be a part of the new age of technology with programs that would support that. so that's what we'll see the president do this week. that's a method of saying, no problem here. we're ving forward. there are a lot of pitfalls for

the white house but he's trying to move forward on issues like jobs. jacob? >> kelly o'donnell in branchburg, new jersey, thank you very much. james comey's testimony caused citizens to be captivated by his every word. we bring in our expert panel to break it all down. joining us is indicakatie, john and congressional reporter at politico as well as jon finer, former chief of staff for secretary john kerry. katie, do you believe that trump may now be the focus of an obstruction investigation? >> jim comey was sort of very careful in his language in his testimony on thursday. he was sort of pressed at various points on whether or not there was obstruction of justice there. now, he deferred to bob mueller,

who was in charge of investigating the ties in between the trump campaign and russia. and at this point, we just don't know. mueller himself obviously isn't talking. comey laid out a very clear synopsis of what he saw as pressure from the white house. president trump, of course, has denied key parts of that testimony. it's really unclear at this stage as to whether or not mueller is going to see that as a viable pathway. he's certainly authorized to investigate that but whether or not he is remains a question. >> sunlen, what are you hearing? were house and senate judiciary committees on their own or do they leave it to bob mueller? >> it's going to move forward regardless of what we heard from james comey on thursday and with the bob mueller special

investigation. the intel committee led by richard burr of north carolina and mark warner of north carolina, they are moving forward on their investigation to looking into russian meddling into the 2016 elections. they are hopefully meeting with bob mueller in the coming days to find out how do we not step on each other's toes and don't interfere with what bob mueller is doing in his investigation and now -- but there are several other investigations as well t. another committee investigation we should be watching from the judiciary committee which has jurisdiction over the fbi and they are really looking into particularly the circumstances of jim comey's firing. yesterday, chuck grassley and dianne feinstein asked dan richmond, comey's friend, to hand over the memo that everyone is asking for and we could get

an answer on that, whether he's going to turn those memos over, as early as monday. >> what about the president's lawyer that he was going to file a complaint against former fbi director james comey? >> jacob, i think that's straight out of trump's trump's m.o. is something that he learned many years ago from his lawyer, the rate ray cohen, which is to always attack, never play defense. that works in some situations but in this particular circumstance, and based on what i know of it, i don't think there's any "there" there. the white house has already said that the president is not going toin voek executito invoke exec privilege. james comey made sure to not include classified information

into the memo that he gave to his friend so i don't think there's anything really to go after comey here. the most the inspector general can do, as far as i can tell, is simply render an opinion on whether or not it was appropriate for jim comey to discuss the private meetings with the president in a public setting. but i don't think there's a legal claim there at all. >> jon finer, let's hear what trump had paul ryan had to say about this. >> the president is new to this. he's new to government. he probably wasn't steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between the dojs and the white house and justice department. he's new at this. >> this was laughable to at least two people that i was talking to in the last hour. how is this republican defense that it's a rookie mistake, how does that play into this? >> ignorance of the law is not a defense. if you break the law without knowing it, you're sti going to get in trouble and that applies as much to the preside

of the united states as it does to an ordinary citizen. i think paul ryan describing this as protocol diminishes what is a national security issue. this is not about what fork to use at a dinner party. this is about a new threat to the country that's been identified in the context of the 2016 election. by the way, it's also not about revisiting the outcome of that election. it's about protecting the country from ongoing russian efforts to influence our electoral processes and democracy today, 2018 and 2020. diminishing it in the way that paul ryan did is not appropriate. >> mr. wood, do you believe that the president is getting good legal advice and following it? >> i can't say if he is but if he is getting good advice, he's certainly not following it. to use a term of tennis, the president has made several unforced errors. firing jim comey in the first place was a big mistake and has brought a lot of this

controversy onto the president but if you look at the specific things that the president has done that were very ill-advised from the perspective of a lawyer. the president himself made comments to lester holt and in his tweets made comments that helped tie the russia investigation to the comey firing in the first place. secondly, the president's own tweet suggesting that he may have had tapes of the comey conversations are what led comey to leak the fact that he had memorandum explaining those discussions with the president and then i think another mistake that happened yesterday is the president volunering to testify under oath about a this. think 's walking himself into great legal jeopardy. if he were doing that, i would warn him against that. it may get to the point where bob mueller wants to have donald trump testify under oath but

it's a real mistake for the president to volunteer that. >> katie bo williams and jon finer, thank you so much for joining us. >> great. thank you, jacob. some sad news now. the world of popular culture has lost one of its biggest heroes. adam west has died. he played bruce wayne in "batman" in the television series that ran from 1966 to 1968. a native of washington state, west got his big break when a batman producer saw him in a television commercial as a james bond type of character. he also had a recurring role as himself on the hit animated show "family guy." adam west was 88. coming up, as president trump continues to face questions about russia and his firing of james comey, his administration faces just as many questions about the promises that trump made on the campaign trail. a status of some of those goals after the break.

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renewing the roads and runways and rivers. >> reporter: a first step but so far no legislative plan to build america's infrastructure. more than four months in, the president's bold agenda is at risk of stalling. >> obamacare is in a total death spiral. >> reporter: but health care reform which they got through the house is now stuck in the senate. americans like bob are worried. the self-employed auto mechanic has arthritis. >> it's been real stressful to me because i'm afraid if i lose my health care, which i'm quite certain will happen, i might not be able to work. >> reporter: the president promising tax reform, too. >> we have also proposed a historic tax cut. >> reporter: but republicans in congress yet to fill in the blanks. >> we need to get tax reform done sooner than later. >> reporter: and then there's the travel ban, the president

calling for a 120-day pause. and now 132 days later, it's heading to the supreme court. >> reporter: what do you say to the folks who say nothing is getting done. there'a lot still to do and we look forward to working with congress. the signing of 36 executive orders -- >> it's dawning on a lot of republicans that unless things change radically, you can go through this entire first year without any major legislative accomplishments. >> reporter: heading into the summer, the pressure to deliver heating up. peter alexander, nbc news, the white house. >> that was peter alexander. these are live pictures from seattle which is a protest of anti-muslim activists. they say they are protesting against sharia law and then protesters protesting against the anti-muslim protesters.

they are separated by a police line. there are protests going on across the country. this has been a large crowd and we're going to monitor this closely and continue to bring you updates on this as warranted. turning to thursday's fbi director -- former fbi director james comey's testimony which captivated millions outside of the political sphere, they blocked bars and taverns waiting on the edge of the stool to hear what the former fbi director had to say. so what are voters thinking during this week's dramatic testimony? jinah kim is live right now from los angeles. what are you hearing out there? >> reporter: jacob, we're a few miles away fromowntow los angeles. and all morning long we've been talking to people from all walks

of life, political perspectives and ethnic backgrounds. everybody i've talked to so far has an opinion about it, including ana marquez who was on a walk with her friend and her friend gabrielle sandoval. he happens to be running for state assembly. >> that's right. >> reporter: so you know a two or thing about politics. >> absolutely. >> i want to ask you what you thought about the hearing and how much you were able to see and why you tuned in and why it was so important to tune in. >> reporter: >> i think it's important for every american to understand what is taking place in our nation's capital. i heard what james comey had to say and it should be troubling to most across this country. he seemed credible. there as a great senator said during the hearings, if you have

a robber who holds a gun to somebody's head and hopes that they provide them with the wallet, that is not hope anded it president of the united states is telling an individual in the absence of others, please let this flynn investigation go. the clear message is that you should not continue with this investigation and this is a matter about principles, democratic principles. this is not about president trump or the president in the next he term. it's about who we are as a people and who we want to be moving forward and that is an individual interest and it's a national it. we want a government that is transparent and who puts the nation first. >> very interesting. ama, i don't know what you thought about it. but are you fired up? >> i'm concerned about all of the things that happened.

for me, it's very clear that where there is smoke, there i fire. the fact that he would make very specific request to have everybody else leave the office so that he would be alone with comey. for me, it speaks volumes about his intentions and, more importantly, where his heart is. he was trying to clear all of that up and stop the investigation from happening. it cost him his job. i think all of us need to be concerned about what kind of message that sends to the rest of the country and also to the rest of law enforcement, that the top dog, if you will, the president of the u.s., could strong arm even the fbi director is a huge, huge flag for all of us to really think about and it's something we should all be concerned about. >> reporter: and in talking to other people, some others were saying to me, what's the big deal? if there was a local police investigation, should all of us need to know about all of those details? and one man was saying to me, let's focus on jobs, the economy and what really matters to the

average american person. what do you say to that? >> i say that any individual who hold as public office, that is someone who is charged first to be someone who is ethical, someone who has integrity, someone who ensures that an investigation process continues, that the individuals who are part of it, documentary evidence is reviewed and you could be a great president ethics-wise and not only put forward a good policy but my concern is, if we don't have a president of the united states that let's an investigation continu as it should and as recommended by james comey, what does that signal in terms of what we are as a nation and what we want to be? the president should take leadership and the leadership is to ensure that there's a transparent process that puts americans first. >> wow. those are just two people happening to walk around the park. i'll have a lot more coming up,

jacob. >> all right. jinah kim, thank you. do me a favor, thanks ama and gabrielle. thank you. and theresa may's top aides resigning. what that means to may's fate. plus, bill maher's return after using the "n" word on his weekly show. he not only apologized but invited his critic on to his show. we'll show you how it went, next. garfunkel (instrumental)

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to start a new government. >> i have just been to see her majesty the queen and i will now form a government, a government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. >> may says she plans to continue guiding the country through brexit talks and will continue her fight to take the uk out of the european union. new developments now overnight, police in london making another arrest in the london bridge attack. new details emerging about the timeline of those events. lucy kavanof is joining me. what more do we know about this investigation? >> we're getting new disturbing details from the police, including the revelation that this could have been a much deadlier attack. these guys were planning big. the suspected terrorist, rachid

redouane, he went online to try to book this big truck last saturday morning but apparently his payment didn't go through so plan b was renting that white van, still steadily but on a smaller scale. the attackers were killed before they could carry out part two because inside of the rental van, there were bombs and lighter fluid and blow torches. all three were shot dead by police before they could return to the van and kill more people. also today, jacob, police releasing images of a pink ceramic kitchen knife. these were very unusual. ceramic instead of metal. one even had a strap to keep it on their wrist.

they say they need to find out where they came from because it could lead to crucial information. people are being encouraged to come out and take back control of their night lives a week after the attack. jacob? >> lucy kafanov, thank you. bill maher is in the hot shot on his own show a week after he used the "n" word on his show, which prompted many on social media to call for his resignation. he hosted a diverse panel. >> what made you think that it was cool to say that? that's one question. >> i just explained, there was no thought put into it. i was telling the doctor, comedians react. it was wrong and i apologized and more than that, i can't do

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here's what we're watching at this hour. reaction to the war of words between president trump and james comey, both suggesting that the other did not tell the truth. it could come down to the existence of possible recordings of the conversations that president trump first tweeted about nearly a month ago. vice president mike pence is in milwaukee today visiting a medical supply service that visits seniors. the cleveland cavaliers and

lebron james beat the warriors, 137-116 victory forcing a game 5 matchup for an undefeated playoff run. shocking new allegations in the case of nsa contractor accused of leaking classified information in the russia investigation. a judge has now denied bail for that georgia woman after prosecutors claimed she may have been planning to disclose much, much more. gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: "i want to burn the white house down." that's what federal prosecutors say 25-year-old nsa contractor r reality winner wrote in a noteok before being arrested. federal agents are investigating whether she may have stolen more secrets, including some on a missing flash drive that she inserted into a top secret computer. the judge citing that as one of the reasons why he denied her

bail. the government claims during a recorded conversation in jail with her mother, winner said, "mom, those documents, i screwed up." documents, plural. >> earlier this week, her mother described her as a yoga instructor and a veteran. >> i'm afraid they will try to make an example of her. >> reporter: she was in tears. her daughter had two faces, accessing the dark web and setting up a burner e-mail account to send messages undetected. in another phone conversation, winner told her sister that she would try in court and play the pretty white cute card. >> reporter: winner says she's not guilty and the government is making a mountain out of a molehill. if convicted, she faces up to ten years in prison. gabe gutierrez, augusta, georgia. coming up next, bill cosby's legal team prepares to present

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explaining his quaaludes use in the 1970s. andrea constand is accusing cosby of sexually assaulting him in 2004. cosby is charged with three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. he's repeatedly denied all of these allegations of section i'll misconduct. joining me now is trial attorney who specializes in criminal rights. do you think bill cosby will take the stand in his own defense? >> even though his publicist says the game is not over until the star player plays, the downside is so extraordinary that i highly doubt a skilled lawyer or lawyers like he has will advise him that he should take the stand. but finally, it's his right and his right alone and his decision

alone on whether to take the stand. >> and the jury listened to a cosby deposition on using prescription quaaludes in the 1970s. how does this impact their decision making in the case? >> it's huge. he talks about stockpiling quaaludes. remember, in this instant case, this criminal case where 50 women have complained of similar contact, he said it was benadryl and also an herbal recommend knde remedy. the fact that he said he used quaaludes in a deposition but also used them to get sex, that was a bombshell and that's what caused this case to be filed at the end of the day. >> defense attorneys, as you know, grilled andrea constand over her phone records with bill cosby. >> right. >> what's going on there? what are they trying to establish and do you think that worked? >> you know, there were a lot of

calls, admittedly. they are saying that it must have been consensual because a rape victim would not have a lot of calls with their perpetrator. they had an expert testimony after that about how rape victims report late oftentimes and how they can react. does it say he didn't rape her? no. does it damage her credibility? a little. but given that there's also a tape involving his statements with her mom where he made admissions, including to digital ben trump administratio penetration, there is also his sworn deposition. it's not just a he said/she said but he said a lot of things that were admission on tape and to the police. >> bill cosby is perhaps one of the most famous celebrities in the united states of america. >> right. >> and the details of not just

this case but playing out here on the news. how has that played out in this trial? >> it's like show me a hero in this tragedy. it plays that he's america's dad and it's so hard to believe, juxtapose that image with this image of this person in court. that's going to weigh heavily against the prosecution. as he's sitting there, it's hard to believe he did those things. but on the other hand, by all accounts, he looks to be guilty in most american's minds as he walked into that courtroom based on the numbers, the sheer, staggering numbers of women that have said things. but she's a proxy, the victim in this case for all of those women. if he takes the stand, we may see information about all those women come out through cross-examination if he opens the door. that's the danger if he takes the stand. >> all right. legal analyst ann bremnar, thank

you for joining us. president trump touted a new coal mine but in other parts of the country, coal miners are seeking training in new careers that have more potential for job growth. i traveled to eastern kentucky to see how one man is looking to transform the region and perceptions of it with computer coding. take a look. >> have you been laid off from a job in the mining industry? >> reporter: rusty and his business partner created a company they call bit source and put up a help wanted ad on the radio. >> we have a career opportunity for you. >> reporter: that's a way to reach them. >> that's above a smoke signal, i think. >> reporter: did anybody hear your ad? >> yeah. yeah. we hoped to get 50 applicants and we got 950. >> reporter: 950 people for only 11 jobs. they gave the applicants exams to test their skill levels and personalities. >> the ideal candidate was

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three u.s. soldiers killed in an attack in afghanistan. authorities say the perpetrator, an afghan soldier. much more on that in a moment. we also go live to northern new jersey where president trump is spending this weekend at his golf club. the president is silent today on twitter, a day after ex core ating james comey calling james comey a leaker and saying some of his testimony is lies. >> no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker but we want to get back to running our great country. we were very, very happy and, frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. and some of the things that he said just weren't true. >> to that shortly. but we start the news with breaking news. an insider attack leaves three u.s.oldiers dead. an afghan soldier who was on the same sides the american soldrs