"dateline." i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. attorney d washington, d.c. plan to file a major lawsuit against president donald trump. this as president trump targets james comey using his own words against him. attorney general jeff sessions gets set to testify in the russian probe. chilling new video of a woman chained by her neck after being kidnapped bay serial killer. historic wins on the ice and clay. earliy today starts now. breaking overnight the attorney general of maryland and washington, d.c. plan to sue president trump. they call it a quote major lawsuit and said it

filed as early as today. they have not disclosed its focus the attorney generals said they would release a statement this afternoon. so far "the washington post" claims the president violated confidential anti-corruption by accepting payments from foreign governments. jeff sessions will be in the hot seat this next. kelly o'donnell has more. >> reporter: not satisfied simply branding his former fbi director in the rose garden. >> he's a leaker. >> reporter: from his new jersey home the president fired at james comey again. another accusation, and insult. president trump tweeted i believe that james comey leak will be far more sprprevalent t anyone thought possible. cowardly in quotes. a shot at comey's own confession thursday. he told the president he would see what the fbi could do. claiming the president asked him

michael flynn. >> it was a cowardly way of trying to tell him we won't do that. >> reporter: the president persistent public commentary. >> you may be the first president in history to go down because you can't stop inappropriately talking about an investigation that if you just were quiet would clear you. >> reporter: frustration aimed in a different direction by the republican party chairwoman. >> i'm calling for an end to the investigation about president trump's campaign colluding with the russians. there's been no evidence of it, i don't think that should continue. >> reporter: that's unlikely as the russia investigation puts attorney general jeff sessions back in the political hot seat. >> i did not have communications with the russians. >> reporter: that was untrue. sessions recused himself from overseeing the russian investigation when he admitted having two meetings with the russian ambassador

in a surprise letter late saturday the attorney general wrote, he is pleased to accept the invitation of the senate intelligence committee to meet tuesday. likely behind closed doors. >> that was kelly o'donnell. the president may be considering some changes to his white house team. reince priebus's job is reportedly on the line. the chief of staff has until july 4th to clean up shop otherwise he could be removed as march of a white house clean up. sean spicer denied there was a deadline. the white house is denying a report that president trump is postponing a state trip to uk. he told theresa may that he did not want to make the trip if there were is going to be large scale protests. the president may not want to leave the white house now that his wife and his son have finally made the move to d.c. the pair spent

a half months living in the trump tower so barron could finish up school. uber discussed stormser u.s. eric holder's internal investigation of sexual harassment. they voted to accept all of holderess recommendations. they wouldn't make details public until tuesday. uber ceo may temporarily leave the company. a source told nbc he wasn't the only uber executive whose future was in question. now to the chilling rescue video of a woman who vanished for months. we see what police found when they opened a storage container when kelly brown was being held and what she told investigators that led to her kidnapper being locked up for life. >> reporter: chilling kpp

>> after two months in captivity the final ten minutes may have been the longest. prosecutors just released this video taken last november in the case of confessed serial killer tom kohler. her neck chained to the wall. working to free her deputies asked her about her missing boyfriend 32-year-old charles carver. >> do you know where your buddy is. >> charlie? >> yes. >> he shot him. >> he shot him? >> todd kohlhepp shot

he says he's dead and buried. he says there's several bodies dead and buried. >> knowing she was living in that condition day in and day out is horrific to know he could do that to another human being. >> reporter: investigators found three bodies on a south carolina property. he confessed to those murders along with the shooting death of four others in 2003. he's now serving life in prison without parole. following her rescue she spoke to investigators in an ambulance, mourning the loss of her boyfriend charlie. a survivor found and freed. to begin healing from her terrifying ordeal. there was a single winning ticket in this weekend's powerball

$447.8 million and sold about 80 miles from l.a. the store gets a cool million as a bonus. the winning numbers were are 36, 22, 38, 28, 20 and 3. somebody thought maybe they got the winning ticket and they were wrong. to this nasty storm that slammed minnesota with strong winds knocking out power to thousands. as the storm rolled into minneapolis the sky turned an eerie shaved gray. bill karins has an update an this heat wave spreading across eastern states. some people like that rain. 80 this morning st. louis to chicago. new york city at 79. 82 in dallas. it's hot in the central plains, great lakes and

year through the southern half of the country. strong ridge in the east we're cool in the west. bermuda high pumping up moisture from the atlantic. warm air is with us. heat is the highest from wrars in central plains, kansas city 93, chicago 93, detroit 93 and in the northeast near record highs, i-95 will in 90 to 95. that's a big look at the weather story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. it's pretty much widespread from anywhere east of the rockies either in up the 80s or low 90s. humidity is not too unbearable. the heat index will stay low. strong storms later today. watch out wyoming and south dakota. we want to show you this. take look at this scene from florida. a sinkhole developed outside of a restaurant. during a storm. it's swallowed this car. the eroding limne

created a 25 feet wide hole. the same parking lots of evacuated early after a gas pipeline erupted. >> all right. thanks, bill. just ahead we have a major push for puerto rico to become the 51st state. plus one year later orlando pauses to remember the victims of the deadly pull nightclub massacre that left 49 dead. stay with us. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer

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player. even nadal won the french open for the third time. a moving moment for the 31-year-old nadal who collapsed on the court and wept in a towel. residents in puerto rico have overwhelmingly voted to make the island the 51st u.s. state in a nonbinding referendum. 97% of voters chose statehood. a victory for the governor who said statehood is the best way to deal with puerto rico's debt. but turnout was low. 23% of the voters showed up to the poll. experts say it's unlikely congress will take up the territory's referendum. today marks the one year anniversary cities in the pulse shooting in orlando. a gunman entered the

rampage that killed 49 people and injured dozens of others. service will be held throughout the day to honor the victims and the city designated today as orlando united day. we go live to orlando. sara, good morning. what message does the city and survivors have on this anniversary? >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you. today is a culmination of a weekend tribute to the 49 men wae and women who were killed here. in the aftermath we saw the city of orlando united much as it is today. their message is we will not let hate win and it's a motto that they continue to spread as they honor and remember those victims. a year later pulse nightclub is a public memorial, fringed by flowers and candles, notes and banners. a lasting tribute to the

lost. but there are haunting memories that linger here. the deadliest terror attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. these are the images. >> i'm watching the bodies and seeing the blood. >> reporter: survivors still struggle with. >> there's an emotional toll. >> i think about pulse every single day. >> reporter: for am physical toll. >> i just had my fourth surgery about three weeks ago. >> reporter: the scars are deep and slow to heal but for many who were there life after the attack comes with a responsibility, a mission. >> i want to do the best to live that i can and have this second chance. >> reporter: survivors have been traveling the country talking to anyone who will listen. >> i would love to see more love and unity. >> teach them love, peace, respect and understanding. >> reporter: 12 months after the attack and still making sure the terrorists

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95 in washington. that would tie the record for the day. even 90 degrees in gaithersburg. it will be a hot one. take a look today hour by hour. it looks like an all green start to a monday morning. >> all a green start on the roads this morning. no major problems right now. it would be nice if we could keep it this way. inner loop and outer loop to the beltway, we don't have any construction here. if you zoom in, outbound the key bridge blocked. outbound. in bound is fine. 66 and 95 virginia also looking good now. and 270 from frederick down to the spur you are on time. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. 4:28 now. right now it's unclear when the uproar lounge and

roof started to bow. this is the scene on florida avenue northwest. we're told it's part of the new area that started to shift yesterday. d.c. fire and ems came out and they said excessive weight caused it to shift. we have new details this morning about a maryland state trooper hit by a suspected drunk driver. he is out of the hospital. he was working an accident when his patrol car was hit from behind. police say the driver, chris dent, exhibited signs of being under the influence after that accident. >> people across the country remembering the victims and their families this morning one year after the deadly mass shooting at pulse nightclub in orlando. 49 people died when a gunman went on a shooting rampage id

it was the worse mass shooting. on this somber occasion mourners are marking this day with flowers and candles marking it as orlando united. >> and the name of each pulse victim was read alive. the concert went into the night in downtown d.c. ♪ ♪ >> thousands of people packed on to pennsylvania avenue for the annual celebration of pride and unity. the crowd stayed throughout the day despite the extreme heat out there. many at the festival also marched through the streets in an ee quality march. they passed by the white house and said why there is a call to action. >> what's really important to note is what we're trying to fight against is the roll back of some of the wins we've