i've seen the tweet about tapes, lordy i hope there are tapes. i was concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting. >> the president feels completely vcomplete ly vindicated. >> where to from here as the investigation heats up. and news learned that son-in-law jared kushner will be meeting with senate intelligence committee staffers this month. then the political drama gripping london. the prime minister's election gamble backfires big time. from the political high wire to dare devil who happens to be 88 years order. is this the sign of what's ahead for weekend weather? "early today" starts right now. good to be with you on this friday morning.

i'm frances rivera. all eyes on former fbi director james comey's high profile testimony with headlines across the country detailing his allegations against president trump. reaction was mixed. more conservative media rallied around the president criticizing comey's performance. nbc news received new information about attorney general jeff sessions, a source says after his public testimony comey privately told senators about a possible third interaction between sessions and russian officials. sources also tell us that this month president trump son-in-law jared kushner is expected to meet with and provide documents to members of the senate intelligence committee as it conducts its russia investigation. hallie jackson has more on the block buster hearing. >> reporter: commanding a spotlight entirely his, james comey turned it on to the president, describing donald trump as not truthful and not credible. >> i was honestly concerned he

might lie about our meeting. >> reporter: memos provided the basis of james comey's testimony dramatic, compelling. controversial. >> did the president at any time ask you to stop the fbi investigation into russian involvement in the 2016 elections. >> not to my understanding, no. >> reporter: less conclusive whenned about michael flynn after testifying that he hoped that comey would let flynn go. >> i took it as a direction. the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this, i took it as this is what he wants me to do. i didn't obey that but that's the way i took it. >> but that's not what he said. >> correct. >> he said i hope. >> those are exact words, correct. >> you sense that the president was trying to obstruct justice? >> i'm sure the special counsel will work to what the m tension was and whether that's an offense. >> that a bombshell implying the special counsel is looking at with the president broke the law

directing investigation. >> why didn't you say mr. president this is wrong. >> if i were stronger i would have. i was so stunned by the conversation that i just took it in. >> another startling revelation came in this acknowledgement from comey about the conversation he documented related to flynn. >> i asked a friend of mine to share the content of the memo with a reporter. i asked him to because i thought that might prompt the appoint it of a special counsel. >> reporter: that of course ultimately happened. all of it triggered by a tweet, the president who apparently suspected comey was behind that leak, wrote on may 12th, james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversation before he starts leaking to the press. >> look, i've seen the tweet about tapes, lordy i hope there are tapes. if he did my feelings aren't hurt, release all the tapes. i'm good with it. >> reporter: comey clearly frustrated by the president's explanation for firing him. saying the organization e to

was in disawe ray. ls plain and simple. ting>> there. president trump's team was ready to fire backinut after he finis testifying the address rebuking the fired fbi de completely vindicated and is mod with his of this country wand >> reporter: kasowitz accusing y trump's demapped for lolty. >> the president never in form or substance directed or suggested that mr. comey stop investigating any one. >> reporter: that dispute could easily be settled if the president released secret tapes he suggested exist but is yet to produce. kasowitz also seizing on other

points including the statement that comey told mr. trump he was not personally under investigation. >> mr. comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told president trump privately. >> reporter: the veteran trial lawyer attacking comey for making public privileged communications with the president. >> mr. comey has now admitted that he is one of these leakers. >> reporter: the president's son don jr. did tweet, flynn stuff is bs, adding very far from any kind of coercion or influence and certainly not obstruction. the strategy going forward veterans insist leave the russia investigation to the lawyers. >> i would allow the white house to be focused on helping the president do the job of being president. and to me that's most important. don't get wrapped around the axle of the investigation. >> that was peter alexander reporting. now joined by reporter sarah fisher, sarah, appreciate you being with me. let's talk about the worst

damage to come out of the hearings. comey says trump lied in this in saying that the comments about with flynn were direction, but then you also have comey who said that he leaked the information in those memos about those discussions. what's the worst there to come out of that? >> i think the worst thing to come out of that is the former as opposed to the latter. at this point trump potentially lying has much further implications than potentially comey trying to salvage investigation on better behalf of the good, so i think at this point the bigger concern is whether or not donald trump did have criminal intent and whether or not his lies would lead one to that conclusion. >> that's the question here. your thoughts, watching this and hearing this testimony, are you saying whoa, this is teetering on obstruction of justice. >> experts are divided. everyone agrees this was a product of naivete and not

understanding the political system. we're seeing that over and over until yesterday's hearing was continuing to tweet, to talk fw the investigation, something that legal advisers told the president don't do, stay silent. so we know that he doesn't have great understanding of how the political system works, and how this type of a situation should be playing out. whether or not he had exact criminal intent here is still under question and that will be what determines what happens going forward. >> also fueling why james comey saying hey lordy, i hope there are tapes, talking about that before the hearing, after the hearing. here's when the tapes were brought up. >> i've seen the tweet about tapes, lordy i hope there are tapes. >> president trump, if you disagree with anything the director said today, play the tapes for all of america to hear. or, admit that theree implicatio the wording there is it could have beenheoesn't it would be h

about it then. >> we'll see. as you mentioned this is a trend with donald trump any time there tends to be bad news, he tends to retreat from twitter. so we'll see what happens the next few hours. >> watch the twitter feeds. thank you so much. president trump will face the media later today as we were talking about when he holds a joint news conference with the romanian president. each will typically take two questions from the press. this could be an opportunity for president trump to speak out on comey's 2e69. from political heat to a whale of a tornado captured by a farmer riding a tractor on his north dakota farm. look at this. he described the twister as a vacuum. we would say a huge one. meteorologist bill karins says we are in for a heat wave. >> no tornados are is expected to be widespread this weekend. heat wave in the northern plains, hot in the dakotas, pierre to 100 degrees and el paso all the way through north texas a heat wave begins. saturday it spreads to chicago

and minneapolis. and the heat will build through the ohio valley and the northeast. you have to wait until sunday for the heat to arrive there. that's when temperatures will jump in the 90s from raleigh all the way to new yor i'm first alert meteorologist erica martine. climbing into the 80s today and tomorrow, 90s by saturday and sunday. we're tracking a heat wave sunday, monday, and tuesday, with temperatures flirting with 100 degrees by early next week. you can follow us on social media for more updates. back to you. >> thank you. here's a look at what we're working on for "nbc10 news today" -- >> we are breaking down fired fbi director james comey's testimony, and we're hearing reaction from local lawmakers. plus, we have exclusive video of the deadly police shooting seconds before it happened. we'll show you the explosive moments when outraged family members arrived at the scene. also, surveillance video of a nasty sidewalk spill in new jersey. a woman checking on her phone

falls down a grate. we'll show you the rescue by emts. and a flying baseball bat puts the phillies/braves game on hold. it wasn't an easy task for the grounds crew to get it down. ♪

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mild today, mid 80s. still above average because average today in philadelphia is 81. we're seeing mid 80s across pretty much the entire delaware valley. a live look outside, mostly clear skies. sunrise at 5:32 a.m. however, we have a full moon. a sky-gazing treat. enjoy the full moon if you get up early. allentown, 48. trenton, 51. wilmington, 52. philadelphia, 54. dover currently at 51 degrees. notice we're still seeing a shift in the winds. that's telling me we still have an area of high pressure in control, that means high and dry conditions. as far as pollen, we have moderate pollen counts today. high for tomorrow, and very high by sunday and monday. coming up in just a bit, i do have your rip current risk, your forecast for this upcoming weekend. here's jessica with traffic. thanks. now we're watching 95. cameras at woodhaven to start. right here is that southbound

side, here northbound. on the southbound side, a few minutes ago i was watching some construction on the off ramp here. i think within the last few minutes or so, looks like they cleared out of the way. either way, some of the ramp restrictions may have been lifted. and either way besides that, we're not seeing any delays on 95 southbound because of it. there was an earlier crash on 95 around girard avenue within the last 15 minutes. that's cleared out of the way. no more delays there. the vine street expressway, closed between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. now this typically reopens around the 5:00 mark. about another half hour or so for that. watch for that closure both directions eastbound and westbound. also bridges, clear on the betsy ross, clear on the tacony palmyra. we have alternating lanes of construction traffic until 5:00 this morning over the burlington bristol bridge. back to you. >> thank you. we have exclusive video from a deadly police shooting in philadelphia. here it is. surveillance footage appears to show a man running from police seconds before an officer opens fire and kills him. and now his family is outraged.

they say he did not deserve to