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wu wunl. that's the reaction from congressman jim clyburn in south carolina on sunday following the president's comments late last week about confederate general robert e. lee. it all started when the president was questioned on his

remarks about a deadly white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, back in 2017. >> very fine people on both sides? >> i've answered that question. if you look at what i said, you will see that that question was answered perfectly and i was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e. lee, a great general. whether you like it or not, he was one of the great generals. i've spoken to many generals here right at the white house, and many people thought of the generals, they think that he was maybe their favorite general. people were there protesting the taking down of the monument of robert e. lee. everybody knows that. >> the fact of the matter is robert e. lee was a great tactician, was not a great person. robert e. lee was a slave owner and a brutal slave master.

thankfully he lost that war, and find it kind of interesting, the president is now glorifying a loser. he always said that he hated loser. robert e. lee was a loser. >> so white house counsel kellyanne conway picked up yesterday where the president left off insisting trump had condemned white nationalism while claiming his charlottesville remarks were dark near perfection. correct me if i'm wrong here, we have not heard an outright condemnation from the president when it comes to white nationalism. so much of this is jumping off of what took place in charlottesville in 2017. >> the fact that we're relitigating the civil war is one indication that speaks to how crazy our current political moment is, but to your point, the president has not been precise, and he has not been consistent in his condemnations. >> especially on the white house lawn when asked about it. >> precisely. the nra is facing a major shake-up after its current

president oliver north announced he would be stepping down and not returning for a second term. it comes amid a bitter power struggle where north attempted to oust wayne la pierre, the group's long-time chief executive. their standoff began on when mr. north urged mr. la pierre to resign. on thursday mr. la pierre sent a letter to the board where he cruis accused north of threatening to release damaging information. la pierre claims north was -- as new york's attorney general has opened an investigation into the nra's tax exempt status. president trump meanwhile stepped up his own rhetoric while addressing the nra in indianapolis on friday. >> they tried for a coup. didn't work out so well.

and i didn't need a gun for that one, did i? corruption at the highest level, a disgrace. spying, surveillance, trying for an overthrow, and we caught them. we caught 'em. >> all right, president trump also spent part of his weem hke hitting on what will likely be one of the key focuses of his re-election campaign, immigration. that included going after some of his potential 2020 rivals. kelly o'donnell has more on this. >> reporter: the president's political fire starter, immigration. >> democrats want to allow totally unlimited, uncontrolled, and unchecked migration all paid for by you. >> this season's campaign message builds on 2016's wall,

in part he attacks democrats' support for protected communities that do not enforce federal immigration laws. at his green bay rally, president trump boasted of already taking action to relocate migrants but his own administration says that has not happened. >> we're sending many of them to sanctuary cities, thank you very much. i'm proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea. >> nbc news reached out to the white house and department of homeland security, but officials provided no response and previously stated legal and logistical issues make such a plan unworkable. while the words stir his base, actions sometimes do not come to pass, like repeated threats about the border. >> we're going to close the damn border. >> portland, oregon is a sanctuary city and mayor ted wheeler says migrants are welcome there, but the trump administration has not started the process. >> i haven't seen any evidence at this point that relocations are taking place. that's not to say they're not underway.

that's not to say that the president hasn't already put the wheels in motion, but there's been no communication with my administration. >> 2020 candidate trump taking on the newest democratic entrant, joe biden over immigration in a phone interview. i said is that really joe biden? he doesn't look the same to me. the president also jumping on el paso native beto o'rourke who said some existing border wall should be removed. >> so beto o'rourke wants to take down the walls. that means he's finished. >> reporter: president trump will host congressional leaders at the request of nancy pelosi. the meeting they're planning is on infrastructure and that is an issue that both parties have long said is important to the american people and might be an area where they could find some common ground. >> joining from from washington author "the washington post" morning news letter, power of jacqueline al may knee.

we very much appreciate it. this is the first of many as we well know leading up to the 2020 election. this was some crowner programming to all of what was going on in washington over the weekend. as we well know the president asking everybody on his staff and in the white house not to attend. what were some of your take aways from trump's rally over the weekend? >> i think what we saw is exactly what you said, preview of what's to come over the next year and a half. it's, you know, the president's formula of attacking his democratic opponents, focusing on antiimmigrant rhetoric, international trade and on the heels of the news that the economy is growing at 3.2%, which was welcome and good expected news for this white house. we have a "the washington post" poll coming out later this morning that shows that, you know, the president talking about immigration actually might

not be one of his strengths in comparison to the rest of the issues that are -- have become his priority of the 2020 mantle, which, again, are, you know, health care, trade, immigration, and the economy, and it actually shows that the economy is going to be perhaps his biggest talking point in terms of bringing voters back to reelect him, but you know, there is -- the president -- there was good news for the president over the weekend with the other "washington post" poll showing that in the democratic field it is wide open. while the president faces an uphill battle, democratic voters haven't decided on a candidate to necessarily sway them against the president. i think we are regardless of the president's immigration -- stances on immigration and whether or not it's politically viable for him, we're going to see it be a center piece from here on out. >> a question about the nra. the nra has this reputation for being all powerful.

they've poured money into political races at record levels. now we're starting to see some cracks in the armor. what do you make of the infighting going on in the nra right now? i think the biggest take away is the timing of the fight between oliver north and wayne la pierre. it's coming at an inopportune time. the nra was dramatically outspent by gun control groups in 2018. they're clearly facing a lot of financial distress that is ta l potentially going to neuter their efforts going into 2020. there were a lot of complaints from nra members on friday that they didn't feel like the organization was necessarily listening to their input and reflecting their opinions. we've seen a bevy of democratic candidates who are running on gun control. it is a topic that has drown in a lot of millennial voters. during midterms there were --

there was a spike in millennial voters who voted strictly on the issue of gun control, and i think this imperils the nra's, you know, not to use a cliche, but their gunfire going into 2020. >> the new york attorney general seems very committed to this. from what we know so far, this could feasibly involve tax fraud, which is a very big deal. what do you think this could mean for the future of the nra? >> yeah, i mean, i think it is potentially really problematic, and with oliver north resigning, it shows that this issue has really elevated to the highest levels here, and you know, this is a group that runs on member donations, and i think if there's the appearances of finances being mismanaged and improperly spent, that is really going to hurt donations from members, especially going into the 2020 relebt, aelect, and i f

the group can continue to show their effectiveness at lobbying for people, for gun owners, that's going to be problematic for them. >> thanks so much. stick around. we'll talk to you again in a bit. the latest in the investigation into a deadly crane collapse in seattle, the potential role the weather may have played in that. and president trump once again rebuffs tradition, and skips the annual correspondents' dinner. how the president's presence was felt despite him not being at the annual event. alright boys, time for bed.

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into traffic at a busy intersection. six vehicles were actually struck by that crane and a college freshman and two crane operators were among those killed. investigators are trying to determine if gusty winds played a role in that accident. richard luger, the former indiana senator and foreign policy giant has died at the age of 87, serving as the mayer of indianapolis from 1968 to 1974, lugar went on to serve six terms in the senate becoming the state's longest serving senator in history. he chaired the agriculture committee and foreign relations committee serving as the committee's ranking republican from 2007 until his defeat in 2013. during his career, lugar became a pivotal voice on u.s. foreign policy focusing on global food security and championing efforts to end south african apartheid and authoritarian regimes around the world. he received the highest civilian

award. after the collapse of the soviet union he was given honorary knighthood by queen elizabeth and received the presidential medal of freedom by president barack obama. for 36 years richard lugar proved that praguetism and decency work. traveling overassess together he took me under his wings and talked over meals of. dick always stuck to the facts. his passing is a reminder of the constant and pressing need to expand international nonproliferation agreements and it's a call to remember what a public servant can be. >> certainly a loss for washington. that is for sure. >> absolutely. still ahead, pop sensation, taylor swift makes a return to muc music in a big way. >> speaking of smashing records, the new avengers film demolished the box office this weekend,

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i confess that i was surprised when i received the invitation to speak here tonight. i mean, i knew they weren't approaching me as an international sex symbol, right? then oliver told me that they wanted to try boring at this year's dinner and i said, oh, i

can dlir on theliver on that bi. now you're talking my language. >> that was historian ron chernow setting the tone for his speech. this year's toast to the washington press wasn't anything like last year's biting performance, it didn't stop the pulitzer prize winner from throwing a few jabs of his own. take a look. >> now it's nice to see such a healthy turnout tonight. as you all know on tuesday the president let it be known that he wanted members of his administration to stay away from his dinner, and at first i was puzzled by this news, but then i learned that a rumor was circulating in washington that i was going to be reading aloud from the redacted portions of the mueller report, and everything was explained. campaigns against the press don't get your face carved into the rocks of mount rushmore for when you chip away at the press, you chip away at our democracy. i shutter, shutter at the sheer

savagery to which washington politics has descended, but we've also seen the wisdom of our constitution at work with the boldly asserted press, an independent judiciary and a rejuvenated congress providing checks on executive power. we're being tested, fiercely tested, but i like to think that decency will prevail. the foot soldiers of our respected professions. they do the hard marching and should wear no ideological coloring. without the facts we cannot have agreement on our badly divided nation, more importantly, without the facts we cannot have an honest disagreement. i put any president who aspires to the noble prize for peace, but we don't want one in the running for the nobel prize for fiction. >> i was hoping there would be some cut aways of the two of us. i don't think anybody expected anything less from chernow. he is an incredible writer in and of itself, but beyond that,

i think he also reminded us of the relationship that past presidents have had with the press. they have not always been good ones to say the least, and it is our job to always question people and power, and no matter what to stay strong and to stay committed to what we are trying to do, which is facts first. >> and ron chernow is outstanding. there was this huge question of what was going to happen at this dinner in the absence of a comedian. he delivered a speech that narrated the history of journalists in the white house. he made the case for the free press. >> and he was funny. >> something else happening this weekend. >> what's that? >> i don't think either one of us saw it, though. >> what's that? >> avengers. >> a shattered box office records with a stunning $350 million opening weekend in the u.s. and canada. the fourth and final avenger's movie drew $1.2 billion in ticket sales worldwide, everybody, beating records set last year by avengers infinity

war. just how successful are films set in the marvel cinematic universe in all. the 22 films have now surpassed $19 billion at the worldwide box office. it's not just popular with fans, though it also has a 96% fresh rating on rotten tomatoes. if you haven't seen any of the avenger's films could you actually go out and see this? >> this won't make sense if you haven't seen the other ones. >> okay. i have some work to do then. >> that's right. pop sensation taylor swift is back, and the world is taking notice. swift dropped her highly anticipated music video me on thursday, and within 24 hours it already had 65.2 million views. youtube says swift's video the most viewed of all female and solo albums. swiftties already scouring the video for clues about her next

single. >> the next hit you do from the white house lawn geoff bennett i'm going to expect you to use the word swifty. members of congress are eager to question attorney general bill barr. this is hardly a guarantee the a.g. -- now he's facing the threat of a subpoena. we're going to bring you an update on that long running feud between the white house and congressional democrats. morning joe's first look is back in a moment. morning joe's first look is back in a moment. okay, paint a picture for me.

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welcome back, everybody. it is the bottom of the hour. let's start with the morning's top stories. tensions are flaring between top democrats and bill barr. democrats revealed yesterday that barr is threatening to skip the hearing over the terms of his appearance. the "new york times" reports that among barr's top concerns are democrats' demands that in addition to the usual five-minute rounds of questioning by lawmakers he would also take 30 minutes of follow-up questions by staff lawyers. democrats also proposed that the panel go into closed session to discuss the redacted sections of the report which barr is objecting to arguing that such closed door testimony rarely remains private. in response, the chairman of the judiciary committee had this stern warning for barr if he does not comply with their terms. >> he is not going to dictate the format of the judiciary committee. we'll use all legal methods to

get them to comply with the subpoena. they will comply because ultimately the law says they have to comply. what the administration is doing is just seeking to draw it out and waste time. >> just quickly, geoff, will he or won't he? do you think we're going to see barr on capitol hill today? >> it seems like he won't, and the thing is dhemocrats have no figured out- democrats haven't figured out how to deal with this unprecedented level of white house defiance. they sent subpoena after subpoena on a range of issues and the administration so far has ignored all of them. get is how will democrats put some teeth, some weight behind these subpoenas that we don't know yet. >> they keep making threats that they're sending more and more subpoenas. so long as they ignore them this is a back and forth game. president trump reignited his attacks against the fbi and the mueller investigation. >> you look at what's happened

with the scum that's leaving the very top of government. people that others used to say, oh, that's dirty -- these were dirty cops. these were dirty players. >> meanwhile the latest abc news and "the washington post" poll shows 58% of americans believe trump lied about the mueller investigation, while 31% believe he told the truth. but just 37% believe congress should begin impeachment proceedings while 56% say they oppose the idea. president trump also took credit for an idea to send thousands of migrants to sanctuary cities across the u.s. in spite of democrats' wishes. >> democrats want to allow totally unlimited, uncontrolled, and unchecked migration all paid for by you, the american taxpayer. we're sending many of them to sanctuary cities. thank you very much.

they're not too happy about it. i'm proud to tell you that was actually my sick idea. no. hey, hey what did they say? we want them. i said we'll give them to you. thank you. they said we don't want them. >> although trump floated the idea the white house has not confirmed that such a policy is currently in place. >> president trump said that now that his administration's family separation policy has ended the southern border has become like disney land. >> we go out and we stop the separation. the problem is you have ten times more people coming up with their families. it's like disney land now, before you'd get separated so people would say let's not go up. now you don't get separated and you know, while that sounds nice and all, what happens is you have literally ten times more families coming bauing because

not going to be separated from their children. >> i'm going to bet the migrants don't think it's like disney land. "the washington post" is reporting that fox business host lou dobbs has become an influential voice to the president on policy. they often speak sometimes as often as every single day. trump in an interview last week told the post lou has a very strong opinion on the border, and i do listen to that opinion. dobbs has urged trump to take steps such as declaring a national emergency to pay for his border wall, firing kirstjen nielsen and pulling back from potentially ending the trade war with china. joining us from washington, jacqueline alemany. good to talk to you once again. president trump as you well know implied the government is already sending migrants to sanctuary cities, which the white house has denied. what are you hearing about it? >> at this point this idea, this propose seems to be a complete political talking point. "the washington post" has not

confirmed this proposal has actually been implemented. actually, the department of homeland security has said repeatedly when this proposal was first passed by their office in i think this past february that this was not a viable idea. first of all, it would require a huge infrastructure investment to actually transport all of these migrants from the border to sanctuary cities, and then on top of that, if you want to talk about the president being financially responsible, it's the opposite of that. i mean, this would be an enormous financial burden on the government, one that dhs has repeatedly said they can't afford. i think this is just another idea that trump likes to throw out at campaign rallies as red meat and it's exactly what it was intended to be at the beginning. a form of political retribution against democrats, against people like nancy pelosi threatening to send migrants to

these sanctuary cities. i would like to add that most democrats, especially democratic mayors have welcomed most migrants to their cities if there actually was a viable way it get them there. >> one of the things that is most perplexing is the white house saying this is not a viable thing, but the president continuing to own this idea. really what we're talking about is individuals, people here, these migrants that are being treated possibly as pawns in this entire immigration fight, which has been the theme throughout all of the white house's immigration policy going forward. >> yeah. and for the president, it's really all about the rhetorical fight. that's what he's committed to. that's why he keeps coming back to this issue on immigration. jackie on this other issue with the attorney general bill barr he might appear twice on the hill this week. certainly he's scheduled to, of course there's this big debate about whether he'll appear before the house judiciary committee. what do you see as the next steps here? we've got this classic stalemates. democrats have been very

specific about their demands. barr has said all along what he will and won't agree to. >> this is not behavior that appears to look like complete and total exoneration, but i think what you're seeing here is the white house just stonewalling every single request from democrats. at this point the thinking is that they have cooperated to the maximum extent with the mueller report and now they're done answering other questions. and democrats, you know, on their part aren't exactly helping their cause. they've engaged in a number of p protracted legal disputes with overlapping narratives and don't necessarily have a salient message here. i think what you're seeing, especially in the aftermath of a mueller report that shows that the president's aides do not trust president trump, he does not want anyone appearing on the hill to delve further into something he feels has been properly litigated. >> thanks so much for your time. a california community is coming together in the wake of the weekend's deadly shooting at a synagogue north of san diego.

we're hearing from survivors of that violent attack, including the rabbi who came face-to-face with the shooter who remains in police custody. nbc news correspondent steve patterson has more on this. >> reporter: a community standing strong in the wake of a horrific act fueled by hate. the gunman armed with an assault style rifle taking aim at worshippers packed in for a saturday service on the last day of passover. >> somebody was screaming, you know, hide yourself, shooting, shooting, shooting, you know, so we all laid on the floor and started crawling towards the exits. >> inside acts of bravery. 34-year-old omog peret scrambled to save children, ushering several to safety even after being shot in the leg. >> so i hear like a bomb like hard, so hard. i look somebody standing a gun like that and then look at me and shot. sk

>> reporter: his 8-year-old niece was hit by shrapnel. >> he's like you have to hide so we won't get shot and stuff. it was like too scary to not cry. >> in the chaos 60-year-old laurie was killed, the rabbi among the injured. >> my granddaughter four and a half years old sees her grandpa with a bleeding hand, and she sees me screaming and shouting get out, get out. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement sources identifying the suspect as 19-year-old john t. ernest, a college student with no criminal history. an accomplished pianist and swimmer he was studying to be a nurse. police believe ernest publish add hate filled letter details a hate and disgust for jews. >> we are a jewish nation that will stand tall. we will not let anyone or anything take us down. >> reporter: this is certainly now a community in mourning, but together resolute in refusing to live in fear. meanwhile, the suspect remains in custody being held on murder

charges. police say john ernest called authorities himself saying he'd been involved in a shooting, then promptly surrendering. he's now facing a first court appearance on wednesday. >> and that rabbi just wanting to be very unifying when it comes to his message that he's putting out there, whereas this is not only an attack on his synagogue but on so many religious institutions where attacks that we've been seeing throughout the last couple of years. thank you to steve patterson for that report. still ahead, everybody, it is the very definition of insult to injury. north korea bills the united states $2 million for the release of american student otto warmbier. and national security adviser john bolton now confirms the trump administration signed a document agreeing to pay. that's up next on your first look at morning joe. (client's voice) remember that degree you got in taxation?

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a multimillion dollars ransom payment to get otto warmbier out of that country. >> did north korea demand money for the release of otto warmbier? >> it appears that they did. this occurred before i came into the administration, but that's my understanding, yes. >> did the u.s. official who was there to get him out of the country, did he sign a document pledging the money in order to get him out? >> that is what i am told, yes. >> and i guess the bottom line question is did the u.s. pay any money to north korea, however it was disguised, after warmbier was released? >> absolutely not. so basically we signed a document fully intending not to honor it? >> well, i don't know the circumstances. it's very clear to me from my looking into it in the past few days no money was paid. >> now president trump said after the collapse of the hanoi summit that kim jong-un told him he quote, didn't know about what happened to warmbier, and that

he takes the north korean dictator, quote, at his word. speaking after his visit with russia's vladimir putin, kim strongly criticized washington for taking a unilateral attitude in bad faith leading to the summit's downfall. >> let's bring nbc meteorologist bill karins into this fold. give us your first look check, you like that? >> i do. that's not bad. is this the time of the show we can discuss game of thro"game or avengers? >> geoff as his inaugural read had to read twitter -- not twitter, taylor swift. >> no "game of thrones" spoilers just yet. >> i've got to discuss it with someone. we're watching these thunderstorms this morning, woke a lot of people up from wichita towards kansas city, still going strong heading towards joplin and a lot of heavy rain between peoria or chicago. anyone up early this morning, if you're heading out the door, you're going to get soaked. look at the blue on the map, it's snowing in portions of six different states right now.

that's just cruel. the thing we worry about is severe weather. we have 4 million people at risk from areas of northern texas here, a little slice of new mexico and then a large area from oklahoma city, tulsa, i don't think we're going to see too many tornados. typical lightning damage, large hail, damaging winds. tomorrow we do it all over again. we push it into population centers. 8 million people at risk. we have this little area of orange. that's the enhanced region, that's where we could get a few tornados, maybe strong tornados. keep an eye on tulsa to joplin. you have storms now and this is tuesday afternoon and tuesday evening. how about how cold it was on sunday in areas of the northeast. the rainy storm system left, and now it's frigid in its wake. it's a frosty morning. these are all frost advisories. if you went and bought your plants a little early like i did, they're at risk this morning. temperatures are below freezing in many areas. look at the temperature in binghamton. we're at 28 degrees. we're at 34 in albany.

many of the big cities were okay. you get the urban heat in effect. all of the suburbs are down in the 30s this morning. it's a very chilly raw morning. we'll get a little warmer this afternoon. for this time of the year, 59 in new york and 60 in boston is cool. very warm in the south, even a little muggy at times. there's those storms, oklahoma city to st. louis to chicago. we do it again on tuesday. that storm system doesn't move a lot. i'm one of those people that, you know, my kids and i we picked out about $100 worth of flowers to plant this weekend. may have done that a week early. >> here's the thing, bill, if you check the weather. [ laughter ] >> i did. i did check it. it was supposed to be like 38. right now my house is 32. i'm not happy. >> and by the way, you know twitter is now going to go crazy on me because they don't want me to be -- >> maybe they'll feel bad for you. >> of course they will, they love you bill karins as we all do. new reporting suggests

president obama was only lukewarm about a presidential run by joe biden in 2016, so what about this time around? >> we're going to talk about that and some of the other big headlines. we're back in a moment, everybody. 're back in a moment, everybody. ♪

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up four points since january. biden is four points ahead of vermont senator bernie sanders who has 9% of support among democrats. the poll was conducted mostly before biden's campaign announcement last week. when asked to name the candidate they clearly support, a clear majority of democrats and democrat leaning independents did not volunteer anybody. biden is expected to be endorsed by the largest firefighters' union in the country, a major endorsement for the former vice president. the international association of firefighters, which represents over 316,000 firefighters says it plans to invest heavily in biden's 2020 presidential bid. iaff president harold schai it tberger will join morning joe for an exclusive interview. president obama over the weekend spoke about leadership, and some think his comments may have been a veiled swipe at his former vp joe biden's 2020 presidential bid.

take a look. >> the most important job we can play now, and i think sometimes african leaders, american leaders, leaders everywhere forget this, is that there comes a time where your contribution is not on the field or on the court, but it is as a coach. >> mm-hmm. >> it is as a mentor. >> however, dan fifer, a former obama adviser pushed back on the comment being a knock against biden tweeting, i'm going to go out on a limb that obama may have been talking about mandela and himself. the "new york times" reports in 2016, obama did not think biden should run for president and tried to find ways to nudge his vp to stay out of that race. former congressman beto o'rourke kicked off with a rally of 2,000 people on saturday. o'rourke rallied supporters in san francisco on sunday. he is expected to make stops in modesto and san diego later this

week. meanwhile, senator kamala harris made her first campaign stop in ohio where she delivered the keynote speech at the cuyahoga county democrats annual dinner. harris hit president trump's policies as well as calling on democrats to speak truth in the 2020 election during hers remarks. pete buttigieg will meet with al sharpton at the famed sylvia's restaurant in new york city as he looks to step up his outreach to african-american voters. it is an interesting race so far to say the least, and the fact that we are still a year and a half out, imagine at this point in the run up to 2016, president trump wasn't even in, then candidate trump, then actually private citizen trump wasn't even in the race, and yet now we have 20 people already contending to become the km democratic nominee. what's most interesting to me is how some of these candidates are feasibly going to stand out when it comes to the economy. if there's one thing we mentioned earlier that the president can tout, it's the

economy, gdp growth at 3.2%. that was released on friday. he talked about it at the rally. what is going to be the plan to combat the president when it comes to the economy? i think obviously as we've talked about, health care obviously is going to be a major thing because health care is also very much a part of the economy that democrats can hang their hat on. >> the thing i'm waiting to see the democrats care more about ideological purity when it comes to these 2020 candidates or do they care more about who is best to beat donald trump? >> that has been the overarching question. do i vote for someone who i believe in, or someone who i actually think can beat the president? so we'll have to wait and see what democrats are thinking there. coming up, everybody, more on this morning's top stories including the latest on that deadly synagogue shooting in california. and legal analyst danny se valueless will join us. we're back in less than three minutes. we're back in less than three minutes. (danny) let me get this straight.

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