breaking this morning, another terrorist attack in london. we'll have a live report after -- >> plus, when is an investigation not an investigation? we'll dig into the confusing language from one of the president's growing team of attorneys. >> later, how did a ship collide with a $1.5 million navy destroyer off the coast of japan leaving seven americans dead, and why did the ship make a u-turn just before they hit? good morning. it's monday morning, june 19th. we're following some breaking news out of london for you where one person is dead after a van

rammed into a group of people on a crowded sidewalk. the incident happened early this morning near a mosque in the finsbury park neighborhood in the northern section. ten other people also hurt. police say that a 40-year-old man was arrested at the scene and that the incident is being treated for now as a terror attack. the counterterrorism command is investigating. now, it marks the latest such incident in recent months that hit the u.k. following the london van stabbing attacks in and manchester bombing. >> let's go out to london. kier simmons has been standing by for us. it's good to talk to you this morning. what's the latest that you are hearing on the investigation and, of course, what more are we learning about the suspect there? >> well, the suspect is 48 years he would on. we don't know very much more about him. what happened was that the vehicle traveled down the road behind me here, plowed into a group. all of the victims are from the muslim community. there are some witness reports here that say that the man

driving the vehicle waved and looked proud after the attack. this is replicating the kiech attacks we've seen in london and around europe using a vehicle. in this case, though, people were leaving evening prayers here, and this is a muslim community, including a very prominent mosque where people were leaving. suspicion is this is a deliberate attack targeting the muslim kmurcommunity. >> talk to us about the mood of the folks that you've been talking to. are they at all concerned about the reprisal attack against the community there? how are they dealing with it this morning? >> i think it's too early to jump to those kinds of conclusions. people are being incredibly calm here. just to give you an example, the description of what happened after the attack, local people got hold of the attacker and

held him and called the police, and there are reports that people here held off, and others who wanted to attack the man himself protected him, if you like, until the police arrived and arrested him. we have a witness account of what happened. take a listen. >> we saw the van speeding up. we thought he was late for work and just wanted to catch the traffic light. he didn't -- he should turn to us if he was drunk or something, but he turned to the mosque site, which is -- he hit three people. first he moved on another five, six on the floor. it's a deliberate attack. if it was accident, he should hit us because we were on the other side, on his side, but he turned the car to the other side. if you can see -- >> they are treating this as a

terrorist attack. that will be a message that will be heard loud and clear by this community. >> you talk about the prominence of this mosque. talk about the significance. i know it was shuttered for a few years back in the early 2000s by employees there. talk to us about that. >> there were issues now some years ago where an extremist was preaching from here. that is all a long way passed now, and the london mayor is talking about this already as an attack on the muslim community, and something that is an outrage just the same as any other incident that has been happening across europe has been an outrage. >> all right, kier simmons live for us following the breaking news. we have more on it throughout the course of the hour. let's turn to politics back home and over the weekend. the person speaking for the administration on the sunday political shows is not an advisor or member of the

cabinet, but a member of the president legal team. this after president trump tweeted on friday "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt." that appeared to be a barb at the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who used a memo to justify the memo of james comey. the president later told lester holt he would have fired comey regardless of the recommendation. yesterday trump's attorney said the president is not confirming he was under investigation, but rather referring to reports that he is. take a listen. >> i think you're reading more to the tweet than what's there. the president sent out that tweet directly in response to the washington post story with the five anonymous unnamed sources from unnamed agencies. that's why he put that in the tweet. look, the president has been, as you know, very effective in utilizing social media, but i want to be very clear here and very direct. the president has not been and

is not under investigation. >> but then check this out. just alt bit later. he contradicted himself when attempting to explain why the president would post such a tweet. >> the president takes action based on numerous events, including recommend dags from his attorney general and the deputy attorney general's office. he takes the action that they also, by the way, recommended, and now he is being investigated by the department of justice because the special counsel under the special counsel regulations reports still to the department of justice. not an independent counsel. he is being investigated for taking the action that the attorney general, deputy attorney general recommended him to take by the agency who recommended the termination. >> first of all, have you now said that he is being investigated after saying that you didn't -- >> no. >> you just said, sir, that he is -- you just said that he is being investigated. >> no. chris, i said that the -- let me be crystal clear so you are completely understanding. we have not received nor are we

aware of any investigation of the president of the united states. >> sir, you just said two times that he is being investigated. >> no. the context of the tweet -- i just gave you the legal theory, chris, of how the constitution works. if, in fact, it was correct that the president was being invested investigated, he would be investigated for taking action that an agency told him to take. >> members of the senate are reacting to the president's recent tweets about the russia investigation. dianne feinstein said in a statement i'm greg increasingly concerned that the president will attempt to fire not only robert mueller, the special counsel investigating possible obstruction of justice, but also deputy attorney general rosenstein who appointed mueller. the message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law does not apply to him and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired. that's undemocratic on its face and a blatant violation of the president's oath of office. a fellow member of the senate he intel committee marco rubio said the investigation continues.

>> from every pronouncement we have seen he feels very strongly he did nothing wrong, and h wants people to say that because he feels very strongly about it. i don't think that's a mystery. he is expressing himself in that way. that said, that in no way is going to impede any of his work from continuing. it's going to happen. you have never seen a single member of law enforcement or the administration come forward and say anything different. this is going to move forward. >> and despite what some of the president's allies have implied, another member of the intel committee angus king of maine says all parts of the investigation are active. >> i can say categorically that the collusion and cooperation aspect of the investigation is not over, and as far as that goes, i would say we're 20% into it just to throw a number at it. a lot of people have said when do you think you'll be done? maybe the end of the year. this is a very complex matter involving thousands of pages of intelligence documents. lots of witnesses. there's a lot of information yet

to go. >> turning overseas now, the navy has identified the seven sailors who died after a destroyer collided with a much larger pill fine flagship off the coast of japan early saturday morning. the seven sailors who ranged in age from 19 to 37 were found in the flooded berthing kparm inin compartments where they sleep. three other sailors were wounded, including the command are officer. the incident occurred 50 nautical miles southwest of japan. most of the damage of the uss fitzgerald is below the water line near the keel of the ship, and the crew had to fight to keep the vessel from sinking. nbc news correspondent janice mackey-fryar joins us live from japan where that ship is now docked. janice, investigators questioning how a large cargo ship like that strikes a u.s. navy destroyer. >> well, this is the central question being explored by no fewer than three investigations. how is it that an advanced u.s. warship with sophisticated

communications equipment that was functioning at the time in clear weather was able to collide with a container ship more than three times its size. japanese investigation every investigators are interviewing the crews of the filipino flag carrier as well as the crew aboard the u.s.s. fitzgerald, and, of course, the u.s. navy will be conducting its own investigations. the commanding officer of the ship bryce benson had to be airlifted from the destroyer after the crash. he suffered a head injury. he has been released from hospital today. he will be -- form a central part of answering some of these questions. this is also a time for healing. this is a very tight navy community. they are mourning the loss of seven sailors after what the vice admiral here described as a traumatic situation. the crew really had to fight to try to save that ship from sinking. they were able to do so. it took 16 hours to tow to port, and it was only then that the

divers were able to access the damaged area below the water line to make the discovery of those bodies. . the navy is saying that they want to focus, of course, on the families doing what they can to help them, but also in trying to find some of the answers to the many looming questions of how such a crash could happen. >> janice mackey-frayer, thank you for that report. the tricky hornet's nest of alliances showed just how precarious the situation of the war-torn country is. the pro syrian regime fighter jet. forces loyal to assad attacked syrian democratic forces that are being backed by washington and who are composed mainly of k kurds. a syrian jet made a bombing run, and was shut down by an american war plane. now moscow is warning the u.s. not to use force on government troops there and meanwhile, the "wall street journal" reports israel has been getting secret

aid to rebel commanders. everything from cash to food to medical supplies. it's part of a broader play by israel to preserve a bufferer zone along the shared border and the golan heights. now add iran to the equation. the revolutionary guard said that they launch missiles into the eastern part of the country against the islamic state. they say they did that in response to attacks on a holy shrine in iran's parliament earlier this month. the guard claims that they killed a number of people and destroyed weapons, though. nbc news cannot confirm that claim. over to portugal where they have declared three days after national mourning after raging forest fires killed at least 61 people, including 30 motorists that were trapped in their cars when the flames swept over a road. more than 700 firefighters have been battling the wildfire since saturday in central portugal. police believe the fire began when lightning struck a tree during a dry thunderstorm. about 120 miles north of lisbon. portuguese prime minister antonio costa called the disaster the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years.

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we're learning more about the condition of steve scalise. according to the hospital where he is being treated, he remains in serious condition undergoing another surgery over the weekend. he continues to show signs of improvement and is more responsesive, even speaking with loved ones. his twitter account posted he spent saturday watching lsu baseball play in the college world series. matt mica also continues to recover. he spent the weekend in the intensive care unit as awell. the most expensive house race in u.s. history concludes tomorrow in, and the polls are tight in what is being watched closely as a national bellweather to tell if the democrats can win in republican territory. democrat john osoff has raised

an unprecedented $26.6 million in his race. his republican opponent karen handle has -- she campaigned along side secretary price and former georgia governor and now agriculture secretary sunny purdue who made a last minute appeal in a district where many chose donald trump last november. ke a listen. >> i know some of you out there, some of you -- some republicans may even be turned off by our president, and i don't think you are. i'm not because let me tell you. let me tell you. i know it's hard. let me just share. i was in miami yesterday with the president that keeps his promises. >> all right. let's turn now to weather. bill karen standing by for us. the west was pretty hot this weekend. they're recovering from the heat wave. >> the heat wave actually continued. we're looking at the peak of it

being today and tomorrow, and then it continues into thursday for the west. the meted concern will be the severe storm in the east. if you are waking up anywhere from charlotte to boston, everywhere in between, you do have a chance of some strong and even dangerous thunderstorms during the day today. right now this is just your generic showers. umbrella weather for pittsburgh this morning into western new york. these storms will regenerate this afternoon. 60 million people are at risk mostly because -- the i-95 corridor here, and the enhanced risk for the most dangerous and the most widespread wind damage will be from areas if from the district and western pennsylvania, western areas of massachusetts all the way back down through new york city and philadelphia, baltimore, d.c., and richmond. again, the timing of this is going to be late afternoon. let's get you to the clock here. this is 8:00 a.m. with the showers and storms right over the top of pittsburgh. charleston, west virginia. the storms really fire up as we go throughout the middle of the afternoon. by 8:00 p.m. the storms are right over the top of new york city over the top of hartford. by 8:00 p.m. it should be just about done in philadelphia. your peak time is 6:00 to 8:00.

d.c., it looks earlier for you. maybe right around 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the peak of your thunderstorms, and then the hit and miss storms near raleigh and richmond also by 8:00 p.m. this time tomorrow morning storms are gone. cold front comes through. it's really humid air mass that will be gone. the other thing is with so much humidity in the air, there's a chance of flash flooding in the northeast for these storms today too. the incredible heat in the west. the temperatures over the weekend, some spots hit their hottest temperatures like san jose in 17 years. this heat dome will continue, and we couldn't get a few spots with their hottest temperatures -- 34 million people with heat warnings or heat advisories from phoenix all the way through central california. some records are in jeopardy. sacramento should be near there today. palm springs, you should be close. thanks with las vegas and phoenix. near record heat in some areas, and then tomorrow it gets even warmer. i think we're still well over 120 in phoenix tomorrow afternoon.

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time for sports. the u.s. first round -- for the lowest score in relation to par at the tournament. on saturday justin thomas set a newmarker. he is nine under 63 in the third round, but it was sunday at aaron hill's found the winner's circle matching rory mcelroy's u.s. open score. records set in 2011 shooting a five you should under 67 in the final round to complete the tournament at a total of 16 under par. he faltered only once when a bogey on the tenth hole with three straight birdies on the back nine to put him ahead of the field with a four-streak victory that earns the second pga tour win, and the first major championship. turning now to major league baseball, and a about day at the plate for the rockies third baseman. he made his way into the fourth cycle of the mlb season. getting the hard part out of the

way. singling in his next plate appearance before helping colorado get back on the board. a double in the sixth. rockies would take the lead after the strike-out in the seventh inning, but a three-month surge from the giants in the top of the final frame. san francisco on top of the 5-3 lead. he would get one more at-bat in the bottom of the ninth. his team trailing by one with runners on the corners. in dramatic fashion sending a tree-run shot into left field seats for a 7-5 walk-off win there. to houston along with some solid dwebs by the red sox. there's zander goegart. a pair of long balls in yesterday's 6-5 victory. the win along with the yankees

4-3 lots in oakland puts the red sox in a virtual tie with, no for the top spot in the american league east. it was a particularly bruising outing for boston's mookie betts who was pegged in the knee -- on the knee, excuse me, by a pitch in the seventh inning. he is shaken up. he stays in the game after that, which i can't believe. betts hits once again. this time in the arm during a pick-off attempt at second base. it was actually worse for dustin pedroia who was the second batter plunked by astros pitcher james hoyt in the second inning. pedroia was taken to a nearby hospital for x-rays after getting hit in the back. ouch. to queens. ace pitcher jacob devron did it all for the mets over the nationals. allowing three hits in eight innings of work there, and belting his first career home run on his first father's day as a new dad. congratulations to him. around the league.

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welcome back. i'm yasmin -- it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. we're following that breaking news out of london overnight where one person is dead after a van rammed into a group of people on a crowded sidewalk. the incident happening earlier this morning near a mosque in the city's northern section. ten other people were also hurt. police there saying that a 48-year-old man was arrested at the scene. london's mayor described it as a horrible terrorist attack, and the counterterrorism center has taken charge of the investigation. it marks the latest such incident in recent months to hit the u.k. following the london van and stabbing attacks, and manchester bombing as well. >> all right. let's go live to london now and bring in nbc news correspondent kier simmons. bring us up to speed on the status of the suspect as yasmin was just saying. we know that he had been arrested shortly after this incident. what are police saying about

him? >>. >> yeah, that's right. we're saying he is 48 years old. they're not revealing very much more honestly, about ut we do have this compelling story after the attack where the vehicle mounted the pavement and hit a number of people leaving evening prayers here at the mosque here. a crowd gathered and a number of people arrested this guy. waited for the police to arrive and according to accounts held off others who wanted to take out their own vengeance if you like. a story of civic duty by the community to insure that this man was arrested by the police and that the right procedure was taken if you like. now, listen, what the community here will be log every looking for is for the right kind of language to be used. we are seeing that. we're seeing the police talking about this as a suspected terrorist attack. we're seeing the police talking about this as an attack on

londoners and, therefore, an attack on london and an attack on all londoners. you think about all the attacks that have happened. the london van and now this. whatsoever security measures are you seeing being taken by authorities there? >> clearly the lel of security is higher. the british authorities haven't taken -- calling for more security around mosques in the country and in the capital. that is something that's being said that the security that is higher needs to be higher for

everybody and not just some communities. >> the mood among ordinary people there, how are the communities there reacting to this wave of attacks? are we seeing some tensions build up, and just how difficult of a situation is it for ordinary folks? >> well, you know, i am a londoner, and being a londoner, i'm pretty proud of the way the city has reacted to a series of attacks in every case. people have gone about their lives and just by doing that have said that they will not be cowed by terrorists of any kind. extremists of any nature. i mean, this is, as you know, amman, because you have lived here, this is a city of very, very mixed communities. people of all races and all religions, and what is really stunning to be honest is how much of a pulling together there has been and how people haven't allowed this to divide them. >> all right. it's indeed a city that is a

completely diverse city. it's interesting to high how this is all coming together in the wake of the attack. nbc news's kier simmons is live -- one of the senate top republicans is pumping the brakes on health care. in fact, senator marco rubio was asked by the process of reform where a small group of senators are working on legislation behind closed doors. >> the senate is not a place where you can cook something up behind closed doors. they made the fist step in this that may be crafted among a small group of people, but then everyone is going to get to weigh in, and it's going to take -- it's going to take days and weeks to work through that in the sflat. >> republican senators say they hope to pass legislation before the july 4th recess, are which means a vote could come within the next few weeks. one of the thorniest issues deals with obama care's expansion of medicaid, which was gutted in the house version of the bill. meanwhile, democrats plan to burn the midnit oil holding the senate floor into the late

night oil to rail against the process. >> let's turn to the ongoing russia investigation. president trump's attorney jay defended president trump's tweet on friday that said "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. "take a listen. >> the president is not under investigation by the special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were recordly leaking information away the wauv wash post about a potential investigation of the president. as james comey said in his testimony, and as we know today, the president has not been and is not under investigation? >> joining us now from washington d.c. white house krbt for the hill jordan fabian. are white house staffers reacting to the president's tweet about using the term witch hunt which congers up a lot of

notoriety. >> the president uses familiar refrains and the twitters and the media doesn't like it when he tweets. in fact, it's his staff that doesn't like it when he tweets. especially about the russia investigation. they're worried he has been advised behind closed doors. not to put these kind of message out on twitter. these all -- all these messages could be swept up by special counsel robert mueller as he looks into whether the president obstructed justice. the more he puts it out there that he believes his probe as a witch hunt, the more he attacks people like deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. that's going to get on the special counsel's radar. he has been advised not to put these kind of messages out there. there's a realization in the white house almost a resignation that the president is going to do what he is going to do when it comes to twitter. >> some people in the white house are lawyering up in the wake of all this. the president now adding a new legal advisor on friday. attorney john doud, what can you tell us about what he adds to the team?

>> well, he adds a lot of washington experience to a team that doesn't have much at the moment led by mark kasowi tz who is based in new york. he also has taken on some high profile cases. led the investigation into pete rose's gambling, and also has represent smd high profile white collar defendants. really has a wide variety of experience. he also has a personality which president trump seems to value as well. he brings a lot of things to the table for the president's legal team, which frankly has had trouble staffing up those. this is quite a big get for them. >> let's go ahead and talk about foreign policy. we know that the president's son and close advisor jared kushner is heading to the middle east this week. they're trying to continue what

the conversations that were going on during president trump's trip last month to israel and the palestinian territories. they're trying to -- jared kushner will meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, palestinian leader mau hud abbas to try to move the conversation forward to try to get a peace deal, try to get both parties at the table. now, the officials i spoke to were downplaying expectations. they're saying this meeting is not going to all of a sudden result in some kind of framework of a deal, but they're just trying to move the ball forward inch by inch to get to the table. each was set to expire last year. in april of 2016 the trump

administration petitioned -- each trademark was granted a new ten-year term before the approvals coming on november 8th. otherwise known as election day here in the united states. now, the times notes the renewal of the russian trademark is generally routine, and there is no suggestion of favoritism in the public records made available. a spokesman said the company will not be seeking any new business opportunities in russia. french president emmanuel macron's party is on pace to dominate the elections winning an overwhelming majority following yesterday's second round of voting. the party is projected to secure about 350 seats out of a total of 577 in the french national assembly. the powerful lower house of parliament there. maureen la pen's party had a horrendous showing projected to win only four to six seats. the results are expected later this morning. the election set a record more

than 200 women winning seats. the results cap a shocking stretch for the 39-year-old president who formed his own center leaning party just over a year ago and has now defeated the two main parties in france. let's turn to business where markets are reacting as the u.k. prepares to officially begin brexit negotiations later today. the markets are watching a number of events in europe today as those negotiations begin. >> they are, indeed. negotiations, are you right to identify, is the most important thing troubling the markets today and we'll say that the markets all opened up across the board. that's the major european equity markets. david davis will be september to brussels to meet with the e.u.'s chief negotiate over to kick off these talks.

today will be about sorting agendas and other practical dalts. over the longer term, the key topiced for discussion will include the right of e.u. citizens to remain in britain and vice versa. the exit bill that britain will have to pay for the e.u. for leaving and finally, of course, the trade relationship between the u.k. and the e.u. going at the white house today, we will see tech leaders descend upon it in order to meet with president trump to discuss ways in order to modernize government technology. some of the companies have been cagey to say whether they'll be sending their management or not. we do know that koog google, oracle, cisco, and ibm will be among those sending in executives. silicon valley executive peter thiel who advised president trump in the early days of his presidency, is also expected to attend. i'm going to hand it back to you.

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weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karens. you're tracking some storms in the northeast and some heat out in the west. >> we got a little bit of everything. may even have a tropical system in the gulf. our friends in louisiana, mississippi, texas need to pay attention to that too. let's start with the immediate threat this afternoon and this evening. it's going to be severe storms going to the east. right now it's just rain and showers heading through areas of ohio, also new west virginia and back towards pittsburgh. it looks like rochester and syracuse. later today as the cold front nears, the heat and humidity is in place. you'll feel it again today. all the way up i-95 through all the big cities. 60 million people at risk. this orange color means it's an enhanced risk. the coverage and the severe storms and the damage report will be the most widespread in this area later today. that's a lot of the big cities and a lot of high population centers. damaging winds will be the concern when the storms go through. when you see the storms coming through, get inside. get yourself safe and also your family. the other story out west, the heat, 33 million people affected by the heat. we have a chance. this isn't just your average

ordinary heat wave. phoenix has a chance of getting near their all-time high of 122. we're thinking tuesday is the hottest day with 120 degrees. it's not just phoenix either. as we go to the north of las vegas, the hottest temperature ever recorded was 117. we're close to that on tuesday and wednesday. the hottest temperature ever recorded in palm springs was 123. we're going to be near that on tuesday. the heat will break, and it doesn't look like it's going to happen until we get towards thursday and maybe even friday. i did mention the disturbance down near the yucatan. a lot of wet weather heading to the northern gulf coast. ai lot of rainy days ahead for tallahassee and everywhere in between. we could be dealing with as much as a foot of rain in areas of the northern gulf coast by the end of this week. major severe weather outbreak possible today. major heat wave. then we have to watch the tropical development in the gulf. >> a lot to track there. thanks for that. bill karens. >> the stonewall in new york city is getting a major gift to help preserve the oral history of the gay rights uprising at the landmark.

in fact, senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york announced yesterday that google.org, the internet jiernt's philanthropic wing is giving a $1 million grant to start the preservation project. the money will be used to help document the experiences of those that stood up and fought back against discrimination in 1969 at the historic inn. senator schumer says, he will help bring their stories beyond new york city. >> they will translate the legacy of stonewall for the physical landmark into a digital experience. that's what modern world is all about. and the lessons of the history of stonewall will reach millions of people across the nation and across the globe. >> it was roughly one year ago that the stonewall inn was declared a national monument. still ahead -- nbc news is live for us in japan as we learn the identities of the seven sailors

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the blooded berthing compartm t compartmen compartments. the incident occurred roughly 56 nautical miles southwest of japan. most of the damage is below the water line and the crew had to fight to keep the vessel the sinking. ining us once again is our foreign correspondent. janice, good to talk to you once again. a lot of people asking considering the technology on board, the mass of the ships really, how this even happened. >> reporter: this is the central question and what is prompting at least three investigations. how is it that an advanced warship with sophisticated technologie technologies, a full watch crew and in clear weather was able to collide with a loaded container ship more than three times its size and what were the incidents leading up to that. they are looking at a number

ever factors including interviewing the crews of both ships, as well pointing to marine traffic records that show that the cargo ship, the acx crystal a, h crystal, had made a number of course changes around the time of the crash and then a u-turn before heading toward tokyo. what is also disputed is the time that this collision occurred. u.s. navy officials had said that it happened around 2:20 a.m., but a japan coast guard official told nbc news yesterday that they believe it happened closer to 1:30 in the morning. so there are a lot of questions, many of them will be put to the ship's commander broorks ecomm as they try to piece together what happened and how the lives were lost. >> as you say, a lot of questions, but not a lot of answers quite yet about th. hopefully we'll get them soon. thank you. continuing his trend of reversing policies of the obama administration, president trump has announce changes to the u.s.

policy toward cuba. take a listen. >> i am so thrilled to be back here with all of my friends in little havana. effective immediately, i am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with cuba. >> the changes which amount to more of a shift than a full fledge rollback including banning americans with going business with companies controlled by the cuban military, and the embassies will remain open as well cruises and cuban-americans can continue to travel frey bween the two countries. limits on certain items americans can take home from cuba including cigars and rum are a also unchanged. cuba has called the rhetoric hostile and that the policy takes, quote, a backwards step

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welcome back. let's get a check of the stories that you'll be hearing about in the day ahead. >> president trump set to welcome the president of panama to washington today. they will meet at the white house. the two are expected to discuss topics including combatting illegal drugs, migration and the unrest in venezuela. and in cincinnati, closing arguments are set to to get under way at the retrial of a former university of cincinnati police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black motorist ray tensing charged with murder and involuntary malaughter. the first trial last year ended in a mistrial. that does it for us. "morning joe" starts right now. >> now he's being investigated, so he is being investigated. >> no, he's not being investigated. >> you just said two times that he is being investigated.

>> so there was one person on the sunday shows talking on behalf of the president and it wasn't a cabinet secretary, it wasn't press secretary, it was one of his lawyers? >> is he a lawyer? >> i don't know. but we do know it did not go well. >> short of a floater, isn't he? has anybody actually said he's a lawyer? >> he's a lawyer. >> no, i mean a lawyer, but one of the president's lawyers. he plays a layer. >> did the white house say we are putting out the president's lawyer to speak to you? no. we'll play the full exchange for you just with ahead. good morning, everyone. >> you could be the president's lawyer. >> i don't believe he's officially part of the legal team. i think he's part of the legal pr team. >> talk about talking on behalf of an administration. >> so what you mean then is he hasn't gone around and told all of the people that work for donald trump that they do not