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this moan morning. i'm frances rivera. this morning the trump administration is playing defense. sally yates the former deputy attorney general and one time acting ag is set to give her bomb shell testimony before congress rebuking the white house on the secretive details that led to michael flynn's resignation. there are continuing questions on what if any coordination the trump team may have had with russian operatives. for more we're join by tracie potts. what realisticallitions are we expecting? >> reporter: sally yates is expected to talk about what she knew and when she knew it about who mike flynn was talking to. we knew he had that conversation. being untruthful with the vice president about that conversation is what led us to where we are today. sally yates was fired on early on in the trump administration after speaking out about this. republicans today are expected to question why it took her over a week to notify the administration, saying that they gave the

means. then will try to paint her as a political operative, someone from the obama administration, a carry over who is trying to make this entire russia issue political. a former spokesman tweeting the white house plans to smear sally yates as a democrat operative. today she will be in the hot seat talking about the hot issue here in washington russian ties to the trump campaign. >> we'll see how much heat comes out from those hearings. tracie potts, thank you. a busy weekend for the trump administration with members of the president's team defending the house gop health care bill. the president himself urging senate republicans to back the bill. that's despite the month long journey it would take to get it through the upper chamber. skeptical senate republicans took to the air w

distance themselves from the president's plan. kelly o'donnell has our report. >> reporter: though the president stayed out of public view at his new jersey estate for nearly three days his team was on television. pushing for more action on health care. >> we also believe that it's up to the senate, if there are improvements to be made, to make them. >> reporter: visible on twitter the president pressured his own party. republican senators will not let the american people down. obamacare the president declared was a lie and it is dead. a very different reaction at town hall meetings. where constituents vented and even booed, idaho republican congressman who made this claim. >> nobody dies because they don't have access to health care. >> reporter: but with concerns about coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, on "meet the press" secretary tom price said most americans would not see a

>> if you have medicare, medicaid, insurance through the va or tricare or through your employer none of this affects you in the pre-existing illness or condition discussion we're having. >> reporter: democratic senator dianne feinstein says it's dangerous. >> i'm worried that in the rush to judgment we create a major health care problem for people. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell. when it comes to health care even former president obama is intervening. last night he received the john f. kennedy profiles in courage award. he challenged congress to protect his signature legislation and protect those most in need. >> i hope current members of congress will recall it doesn't take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful. already

but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirmed. i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right. >> now the presidential politics overseas. the right-wing populace movement that saw britain leave the european union and usher president trump into the white house hit a blockade. voters elected macron to the presidency. how are voters are waking up this morning. we're joined by matt bradley who is live in paris. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this was a massive repudiation for marie le pen and far-right anti-immigrant policies she

and anxieties that run so deep here in france will persist even without le pen. a campaign full of surprises ends without one. macron will be france's next president. a former investment banker who wants to reform france's economy and strengthened the european union. with most of the votes counted he trounced anti-immigrant populist marie le pen. after a last minute hacking scandal, bitter debates, allegations of fake news, and rare interventions from american politicians -- >> i have admired the campaign that macron has run. >> reporter: the campaign revealed how deeply split france is. france's political divisions run especially deep here in marseille. marie

support despite a massive immigrant population. a third of the city is muslim. >> i'm muslim. but it's not right. i'm a french citizen. >> reporter: le pen supporters say they aren't racist they want immigrants to assimilate. weeks ago two jihadis were arrested planning a terror attack. now the boston police were investigating the brutal murders of two doctors engaged to be married and found slain in their penthouse apartment. police found the bodies of the doctors after responding to a call about an armed man in the building. they were reportedly found with their throats slit and hands tied. the suspect shot at them when they arrived on scene. they returned fire. police don't know the motive but believed it was not random. wildfires and

this weekend in georgia. smoke filled the skies as first responders worked to put out a massive wildfire. 75 homes were evacuated. over 700 residents in the canadian province of quebec had to evacuate after historic flooding. it continues to feel like early spring. bill karins joins us now. any relief in sight? feels like fall. >> there's no relief in sight. >> nothing shy about it. >> i was out yesterday. the cool temperatures continue through the northeast. at least the rain is ending. things will dry out. these temperatures are in no rush to warm up whatsoever and actually colder on the back side of the exiting storm. we have freeze warning and freeze advisories. temperatures down in the 20s and 30s. 36 in detroit.

mar it will be a slow warm up today. only 50s and maybe even if you're lucky 60s in the northeast. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. a closer look at your day ahead. look at these high temperatures. looks like a march map in syracuse. 44 degrees with rain showers. that's ugly. still feeling warm and summerish in the middle of the country. continues today from dallas to new orleans to oklahoma city. did you hear about this story. some residents woke up to a loud sonic boom on sunday morning. it came from a secret air force mini shuttle landing at cape canaveral. it was called x 37 b. it was in orbit on a classified mission conducting unspecified experiments. air force says a fifth mission is planned for later this year. how did i not know about this? >> impressive. really cool when they have those classified missions. >> those sonic booms

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reason he was detained? >> reporter: well, we know that he's in his mid-50s and had been working at pyongyang university of science and technology. he was not a professor teaching students in the classroom, rather he was an instructor of agriculture working at the experimental farm. this information coming from the head of the university who we reached by phone. he said beyond that he doesn't know why kim was detained. he was arrested at the airport on may 6th about to board a plane and according to the state-run news agency has been charged with allegedly committing criminal hostile acts against the state. we have no further details what that means or the focus of the investigation but it does bring to fore the number of americans charged. the men were

university. this is on the outskirts of pyongyang, 500 studio audience, western-style education all in english. raising the possibility that north korea is now playing a diplomatic game where it's detaining americans to trig ear reaction from the administration where the u.s. will sends an envoy to initiate talks and get the release. >> what those hostile criminal activities mean. some other headlines we're following on this monday morning. texas governor has signs a controversial law banning sanctuary cities. it allows police to ask about the immigration status of anyone they detain and compel sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. the law takes effect september 1st. ten people were shot, two fatally at a vigil in chicago sunday. the victims were at a memorial for a murder that happened earlier in the day. police believe the att

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adele. how are be markets reacting to emmanuel macron's landslide victory? cnbc joins us now from london to fill us in. >> reporter: good morning. france does not have a positive open. the currency is down a third of a percent against the u.s. dollar. the main stocks are trading down as well. in france and germany exchange is pretty flat. in the u.s. gas prices down five cents a gallon. the average now across the country in the last few weeks has dropped to $2.41. that's because of lower costs for crude. still ahead, nicki minaj special surprise for some fans. and the stars are right off the red carpet

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now at 4:26, a northern virginia neighborhood on edge. how a man tricked a woman to get inside her home before raping her. red top parking meters get the green light. what you need to know before parking in d.c. today. >> continues. the home team gets it done. >> and another win for the wizards. how they managed to tie up the playoff series against the celtics. "news 4 today" starts now. good morning, everybody. 4:26. i'm aaron

>> i'm eun yang. >> sheena parveen is here with a drastic change in the weather. >> yes. you probably needed a jacket. i needed a jacket this morning. it is chilly when you step outside. you may want the long sleeves throughout the afternoon. the good news is you also want the sunglasses. going to be a nice, dry, sunny day. 49 in the district. we have not used the feels like temperature in a long time. actually feels like 46 outside. chilly temperatures. freeze warnings off to the west. winchester coming in at 36 degrees right now. 43 degrees at dulles, 41, frederick. cold start to the morning. throughout the day we're really only going to get to about the low 60s. some areas close to mid 60s. beautiful, sunny day. nice and dry. cool pattern stays around. let's check the commute this

work. in one looks like it might have disappeared. outer loop before connecticut, right lane blocked. inner loop down to rockville pike, work zone blocking the right lane. that is hanging around. southbound clifton road at moore road, all lanes blocked for the water main repairs. then something else, southbound third street terminal at new york avenue lanes are blocked. >> melissa, thank you. following a developing story out of arlington. a woman was sexually assaulted inside her home in a high rise building. the suspect tricked her into opening the door. these surveillance videos clearly show the man entering the building. this happened yelled morning in roslyn. just before 10:00 a.m. that man knocked

floor claiming to be a maintenance worker. one woman opened the door. he forced his way in and sexually assaulted her. >> this was a brazen attack. he was using that ruse knowing that someone opened the door. we tell people, look through your peephole. if you don't recognize the individual, don't open the door. >> arlington police are searching for this man. if you've seen him, call police. prince george's county police are trying to figure out hau a man ended up dead in the woods. a neighbor made the discovery. police have not identified the person they found. 4:29. the search is on for a missing teenager. police are looking for 13-year-old aziyah johnson. he's 5'10", 130

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