i can't thank you enough for the privileges you've given me. >> i want to thank you for getting this country moving. >> we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people. praise and addulation from his cabinet as donald trump's attorney general prepares to testify before congress in a few hours. where he will face sharp questions about james comey's firing, the russian investigation and more. it's now up to the jury to decide if bill cosby spends his remaining days in prison and a key piece of evidence that jurors want to see again. the man known as the worm dennis rodman headed back to north korea and you won't believe who is sponsoring his trip. plus, snow in june

into severe weather. ear"early today" starts right n. good tuesday morning. i'm frances rivera. rumors swirling around the white house that president trump is considering firing special counsel robert mueller, just as the russia investigation turns to attorney general jeff sessions. the ag will be in the hot seat today testifying in front of the senate intelligence committee. nbc's peter alexander has more about the testimony as well as details on president trump's bizarre cabinet meeting. >> president trump face-to-face with jeff sessions. >> it's great to be here. >> reporter: the attorney general preparing to break his silence on russia testifying in public before congressional investigators days after james comey addressed his role in the controversy. >> we were aware of facts i can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia-related investigation problematic. >> reporter: wth

privilege. >> it depends on the scope of the questions and to get into a hypothetical would be premature. >> reporter: sessions likely to face questions about failure to disclo two meetings and the possibility of a third that aides deny. >> when sessions failed to disclose these meetings with the russians was it an honest mistake or was it part of a cover-up. >> reporter:en phased at his first full cabinet meeting the president touting this claim. >> we've been about as active as you can be and at just about a record setting pace. >> reporter: an unusual scene showering the commander in chief with praise. >> i can't thank you enough for the privilege you've given me. >> i want to thank you you for getting this country moving. >> we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people. >> reporter: the sthat's top democrat on twitter mocking the moment. >> lucy, how did we d

>> you were right on message. >> michelle, how did my hair look out of the gym this morning? >> you have great hair. >> reporter: still the president's suggestion he has secret tapes of his conversations with comey who he accused of lying under oth. no time table for an answer. >> thanks to peter alexander for that. as he mentioned we're hours from attorney general sessions' testimony before the senate intelligence committee, where he will be publicly interrogated. nbc's edward lawrence sin d.c. this morning. so originally we thought this was a closed hearing. sessions requested it to be public testimony. what can we expect? >> reporter: expect very tough questions from democrats, the attorney general will be grilled about his failing to disclose meetings with the russian ambassador on his security clearance paperwork and be asked if fill in the blanks left by former director james comey's testimony when specifically talking about a meeting in the oval office where

sessions to talk about the flynn investigation, comey testified at that meeting is where the president said i hope you can let this go, now we do expect the attorney general may invoke executive privilege on a few of the answers. the white house basically is not as worried about this testimony because they know exactly what the attorney general is expected to say, still, there may be some very surprising questions for us. and answers as well. >> we'll know at 2:30 eastern when that testimony is expected to begin. thank you. so, will president trump fire special counsel robert mueller? rumors are flying around spurred by an interview with trump friend christopher ruddy. >> i think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. i think he's weighing that option. >> ruddy's is questionable. while he visited the white house monday a source says he did not meet with the president. adam schiff the ranking

committee tweeted if president fired bob mueller congress would establish independent counsel. don't waste our time. it is worth noting that legally the president cannot fire a special counsel. but he could order the attorney general and justice department officials to fire mueller. the jury in bill cosby's sexual assault trial will continue deliberations, deciding whether cosby is guilty of drugging and molesting andrea constand. jurors deliberated four hours on monday. and for the first time since the trial began cosby's wife camille escorted him to court. the defense made their case in a few minutes calling only one witness. during closing arguments the defense pointed to inconsistencies in constand's story. they also suggested the trial was happening only because of the dozens of women who accused cosby of sexual misconduct. cosby has denied all allegations against him. one accuser spoke out during a break

>> justice for andrea is justice for not only all of us 60 women, for all of the other women that have not found their voice. >> prosecutors pointed at the comedian's word saying he admitted in a deposition to giving constand pills and engaging in sexual activity. breaking overnight a man hunt in arkansas for gunman who shot and killed a police officer. state police say 41-year-old newport lieutenant patrick weatherford was shot at a park. he was rushed to a hospital where he later died. the shooting happened monday evening around 7:30. officers and canine units were sent to the area to search for the suspect. few other details were released. weatherford was a 15-year veteran named 2016 jackson county officer of the year. this morning dennis rodman is on his way to north korea. rodman passed through beijing airport where he was

he made several is the trips to the kingdom and given a red carpet welcome each time. rodman has been criticized for visits during a time of high tension between the uss united states and north korea. >> here as a private citizen, you spoke tune president trump? >> i'm sure he is happy the fact i'm here trying to accomplish something that we both need. >> what are you trying to accomplish? >> sort of open the door. open the door. that's it. >> and worth noting rodman's trip is sponsored and paid for by the company pop coin. golden state, steph curry and the warriors won the northbound nba championship for the second time in three years. lebron james cavs won one game in the best of five series. this is james' fifth final defeat in eight appearances. kevin durant was most valuable play. and

spelled out a reported $133,000 for two courtside seats to witness the win. the original face value of the seats was just three grand. las vegas already has the warriors as the odds on favorite to win next year's title as well. as millions deal with a heat wave check out this in northern california. it's just over the past few days and you're seeing correctly, snow, heavy rain, sleet as well. and a look over the shoulder of this reporter in colorado. tornado forming there in the background. that may just be a precursor of what's ahead. meteorologist bill karins brings us the details. good morning. >> good morning. today is a lot like yesterday a severe weather threat, also the heat wave. this will be the end of the heat wave for millions, in the red is 90s. so from texas through the central plains, then up the mid-atlantic to the northeast. so today chicago, 90. humidity up in the

afternoon. later in the week chicago, you cool off a little bit toward friday. little rock hot, and a lot of areas in texas stay hot. the big cooldown felt in the northeast as we go through wednesday, thursday and friday. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now a closer look at your day ahead. the heat on i-95 near record highs again, philly 95, d.c. 94, richmond at 91. 95 today in omaha and des moines but also a chance of strong thunderstorms fargo to bismarck to sioux fails. minneapolis later tonight. here's one of my favorites. allen robert, he climbed a skyscraper yesterday. he did it all using his arms and legs, no safety ropes. only took him 20 minutes to scale the building. spiderman's secret is putting chalk on his hands. that's it. and this is not the first big climb. he has made it to the top of rand marks around the world, look down, the golden gate bridge and also the eiffel we

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times in the fraternity house after a night of heavy drinking. some brothers try to move and dress him before calling 911, 12 hours later. 18 students were charged ranging from inthe voluntary man slaught tear tampering with evidence. penn state has disbanded the fraternity and created a board to oversee changes in the school's greek system. the excongressman has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to assaulting a reporter the day before he was electsed. >> this was not a proud moment. but i'm ready to move on and it's extremely important. we have a lot of work to do. >> he had written a letter apologizing to the reporter for attacking him as jacobs tried to ask him a question. that encounter was caught on audiotape. instead of jail he was sentenced to 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management counseling and

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now at 4:26, jeff sessions gets set to testify. why the attorney general insisted on a public hearing. a popular museum along the national mall evacuated. the suspicious package that had history lovers on edge. and the warriors win putting prince george's county in the spotlight. the shout out from a native kevin durant. news 4 begins now with storm team 4. first though it is another storm team 4 weather alert day. take a look at the current temperatures this morning. a lot of

70s at this hour. again though, the humidity is what really is going to take a toll on a lot of people today. 4:27 is your time now. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm angie goff back in for eun yang who is on assignment. we want to get to chuck bell. we will be checking in with melissa mollet. chuck, yesterday we hit a record. chances we can do that today? >> it's going to be close. we made it all the way to 95 degrees, our hottest day of the year at this point in time. today's record is a little higher, it's 96. because it's one degree warmer, we may have a little harder time reaching it, but record or no record, it is going to be another day with high heat and humidity and very poor air quality as well. right now it is 77 at national airport. 78 in annapolis. 73 leesburg, 67 in warrington. everybody is a tic

warmer than yesterday morning. four things to know about the weather, another steambath coming up today. code orange air quality today. heat indexes like yesterday back up to 100 degrees. still watching for a little better chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. there is an isolated chance for a shower or a storm. melissa mollet, it's another day to stay huddled up in the air conditioning. >> sounds pretty good for me. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, we have cleared the work zone. outer loop at connecticut, we had it blocking the right lane. it is out of the way. heading into d.c., northbound 295 after malcolm x, right lane gets by that work zone. southbound near pennsylvania avenue, work zone there is blocking the left lane. live look 270 at montrose, northbound/southbound looking to find the lanes. begin with breaking news in southeast

>> deadly shooting happened in the district late last night. d.c. police confirming to us that a man was killed in this shooting in the 500 block of parkland place. it is not far from martin luther king avenue. they found him about 9:30. no suspects and no motives. we'll keep you powsted inside te nbc washington app. >> molette, thank you. happening today, the russia investigation will be back in the spotlight. you're looking live on capitol hill where the person in the hot seat this time will be attorney general jeff sessions. the attorney general is scheduled to speak before the senate intelligence committee at 2:30. sessions will likely respond to what former fbi director said before the same committee last week. comey raised questions when he said that he and the bureau believed sessions was going to recuse himself from the russia investigation for reasons he couldn't say in public. coming up, news 4's

what other questions the attorney general is likely to get. meanwhile, you can watch sessions testimony right here on nbc 4. live coverage begins at 2:30. you can also watch live in the nfc washington app. local politics. in less than two hours, you can cast your vote in virginia's hotly contested primary. now the spotlight is on the top of the ticket and the governor's race. on the democratic side former congressman tom pariello and governor ralph northum. former rnc chair ed gillespie is leading in the polls over his two challengers, cory stewart and state senator frank wagner. and polls are open for registered virginia voters from 6:00 this morning until 7:00 tonight. so as long as you are in place in line by 7:00, you will be allowed to cast your ballot. remember, you will have to show a photo i.d. if you don't have an