this looks like it is oing right towards the bunkers. is it that's a terrible place to be if he is up against the lip. hard toet it over that and reach the green. >> up ahead is kokra into the drop. >> he was going to be in the rough wi a wedge. now he can get his putter out and sort oftake thaut of the equation. >> aow hard two putt is this up the hill and then back down? >> maybe from the back part might be harder buthis is oobably the second hardest place to putt fry because

there is a steep ridge to flatten out. as it works toward the hole maybe trying to work a little bit from right taleft. >> how is the grain there? is it right at him? >> probably much going right into the grain. he is looking at pretty dark grass. he will be in the back. he needs to keep speed up. it would be easy to leave this putt short even thou n he probablyds three to five feet wide. >> you know his mind is racingry right now ting to calm his ne rves. when you are trying to win you stick to your routines. it isbout commitment and trust. >> you got that right. >> there is his ddie, david robinson, very good player in his own rite. e look at board. it says paul casey is 9 under. r

that oard is only updated through the 16th. i don't know. in. looking to ram this >> he probably is. >> you wan a give me but at the sameim-- >> did he get that? that was really >> it is a hard putt uphill into the grain. >> it was not even close. >> that will be the biggestisutt of life coming up no doubt about it. see if it came up off the collar. it looks like a hop. he played that to go right or dead pulled it somehow. it was never going anyway buto the left. we get a goodth look wheer this thing got air borne.

it did a little bit. it caught that fringe grass, ate that thing up. >> got the biggest par putt of his life, big deep. brea first donald to go for birdie from the collar. a positive week overall for luke donald playing for just the second time in 2019. con here seven years ago, 73 for donald and that clears the stage for kokrak for par to get in at 8 under. same behind him at the number. >> he cannot wish this in the hole. >> oosthuizen keeping a close eye, as well. he is at 7 underin. casey is in trouble in there behind kokrak. >> especially from this low side, you saw donald's ball come

up short. any weak noncommittedl role wil come up short or get knocked offline. >>s 33 yed, looking to win for the first time. can he make par? no. now he has to hope for aogey behind him. >> that's too bad. sitting in a great spot just short right of the green. oosthuizen's got the family there wondering if it will be a

playoff, wuondering if casey ca par to win for the second straight year. what about the line here? >> the ball seemed down a touchn i wou call this a good lie. >> it's just -- all of a sudden he has 125 up the hill back into the breeze. that is some kin of good shot. so two putts from there will win it from paul casey. >> what a good swing and a great break that casey wasn't up against that lip.

>> dustin johnson from 20. >> just not his day. >>his isome kind of shot here, dan. he has to get ball first. that's the key to this bunker shot. as you can see the lie is down a little. look how low that came out, just the lip. what a terrific shot for paul casey. two putts from about 25 feet or so to go back t-to- pck. >>k up his third win on the pga tour. he went nine years before he added the championship to t title in houston. no one has ever won it . back-to-ba he can join a very small list of

multiple winnershere. loves this golf course. settled forecond at pebble beach earlier this year when phil mickelson had a gat second round. paul casey with a glare of the spotlight on him. he has had other opportunities. he had a good feeling about this golf course. >> it's amazing how many times o player has to reprove himself . >> never as a . profession heon three straight conference titles at arizona stat he won back-to-back english amateurs.

he has 13 wins. he is toe to toe with him and left dustin johnson in the dust a little bit. is one over on the day, paul casey, but that's the kind of course it is. putt?at about this two he is below the hole. that's the good news. >> he has aot of right to left swing i it. >> it looks easy on tv, but something about it. let's see if he can cozy it up

there. >> that's cozying that will do it for paul casey. he is so happy right now to see that roll >> especially with two other three putt today a 7 and 17. he had no three putts in the s. st 54 ho >> he hit it really very solid all dayong but never really was in any kind of trouble today. all he needed was two putts. >> the guy who stuck around last week to get extra practice time in is gng to it. oosthuizen watching and knowing that he is now out of it, but ju a t in formality for long

socks and >> they worked hard this week. so did jason kokrak just short r of hisst victory. >> and just thinking about a bogey that happened on the last ho that kept him out of the pga tour winners circle. l theye sleep over that, i'm sure. and dtin johnson goes the entire final round without a birdie. hard to believe. >> the par 5s being fairlyre hable here this week. you cannot get to the par 5hes on a regular basis as has been the case. he led the field and led the whole season actually par 5 birdie percentage. e is having a little bit of a

tougher time this year. >> his highest final round on tour in almost a year and a half. so paul casey will be the champion again at the valspar, back-to-back. third consecutive european winner on tour. we h molinari. rory mcilroy last week at the player's from northern ireland. the last time eopeans won pga tour events in three consecutive weeks, seven years ago. paul casey from england wraps up the deal at the valspar championship with a plus one round of 72 good enough for aot one in over oosthuizen and kokrak.

so paul case moves deep into the top ten, 12 spots up with his fed ex cup points for the y. vict dustin johnson a couple of matches up, as well. we go dow to steve with the winner. >> it took you nine years to get win number two on the pga tour and just 12 months to add to that total. how difficult is it to win out here against the best player >> obviously, i'm finding ittizier. although today wasn't. ea i felt very different since winning last ye. st year's win was so big. that feltikmy first victory as a professional. i felt so different since then. new confidence. m getting older but i feel like i'm getting better. great playing with dustin. ihea gentleman. this is so cool. i'm so happy. valspar isuch an awesome sponsor. to ce back here to defend means i don't have to change the caddbib. >> congratulations. >> an, everybody.

>> let's go back up to you. >> first player on tour to successfully defend this season and the first ever to do so in this event. more life golf continues over on golf channel with the lgpa in arizona. and then join us on wednesday as our coverage continues, dell technologies matchplay. coming up next except for the west coast it's your local news and then tonight it's all new episodes of world of dance and good for our entirecrew, so long from the valspar championship. everybody gave their best shots to paul casey in the end. he is the back-to-back winner at the valspar championship. so with xfinity mobile

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news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> there was no collusion with russia. there was no obstruction and noner. whatsoe and it was a complete and total exoneration. >>resident trump boards air force one after responding to the news that the special counsel found no evidence his campaign colluded with the russians during the 2016 election. good evening. i'm erika yonzales. than for joining us. the president celebrating the findings from robert mueller's report, but despite the white house claims, mueller's investigation did notne ete mr. trump. democrats are calling for the full report to be released. and in the bstering statement senator chuck schumer and speaker nancy pelosi accused the attorney general of bias and

said that he couldn't be objectiv about the report. nbc's jennifer johnsg is gettaction now on capitol hill. >> president trump decring victory. >> it was a complete and total exoneration. it's a shame that our country ha to go through this. to be honest, it's a shame that your president has had to go rough this. >> reporter: after a week in review, attorney general william bar released a summary. mueller didn't draw a conclusion one way or another on whether the president obstructed justice. but barr says the mueller reporc des the investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired o coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities. but republicans say t t won't stop democrats from trying to bring down the president. >> theyor felt this r was going to show something they could impeach the president on. that is notoi seemingng to happen. now they have to figure out some way around that. reporter: democrats hav

launched several investigations. there are also other ongoing state and feders pronto russia meddling in the 2016 election and possible campaign finance violations that may inlve the president and his family members. >> the special counsel is not bringing criminal indictments for collusion.er are other investigations going on which he has farmed out. >> reporter: democrats calling for full disclosure of mueller's vowing to use subpoena powers if necessary. and now one of president trump's lawyers says the white house will not ask for a copy of mueller's full report. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. "meet the press" moderator, chuck todd, hadns someht on the obstruction of justice question. according to chuck, the attorney general concluded the president didn't obstruct justice. not robert mueller. >> politically, the president is being done a huge favor here by the fact thathere is a predetermined nation on what the

obstruction is from the attorney general without anybody else seek that evidence. >> the respoes continu to pour in from both sides of the resle. blicans are pleased with the summary report. senator mitch mcconnell saying russia's e ongoingorts to interfere with democracy are dangerous and disturbing. house gop whip steve scalise adding the report vin did i indicates president tru i and sayiwas a witch hunt that cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, end quote. senator mitt romney adding, neither the president nor his campaign colluded with the russian government. it is now time for the country to move forward, endqu e. we have team coverage tonight on the response from some local democrats. news4's darcy spencer has just spoken with maryland senator chris van hollen. darcy? >> erika, we are working to get reaction to th mueller report from both sides of the aisle.

as you would expect, there has been strong reaction, as you just showed, from republicans. m many of them saying,idike the prt, this is a vindication and confirmation the president did not wrong. but what about democrats? some are saying this clearly did not exonerate the president,ngnd they're go try to figure out what their next steps are going to be. as you said, i just spoke to senator chris van hollen within the last hour, a democrat who represents montgomery county. >> on the question of whether or not the president obstructed justice, mueller did not reach a conclusion. and the fact that attorney general barr, who was hand-picked by the presidentre hed that conclusion within 48 hours is not going to hold weight with the congress and public. we need to see the full report, and we need to see all the backgrhend materials and we can all reach our own conclusions. >> and maryland democratic congressman steny hoyer is also weighing in, saying in part, congress must remain a bulwark

of justice and rule of law. and house d democrats wil our part to ensure that it performs its duties faithfully under our constitution. we have also reached out to several more members of congress from the d.c. metro area. we are expecting to speak to congressman jerry connolly within the hour. we'lle that for you tonight. news4 at 11:00. >> thank you very much. or some perspective on this historic day, we are now joined by american university political history professor and author of the case forea iment, allen lickman. mr. lickman, a pleasure to have you with talk to me about what was the biggest surprise to you, going over the barr summary, andas ere been some sort of a historic equivalence to other presidential probes that you have studied in the years? >>ig thest surprise to me was how little this summary dealt with a critical findinge f ueller investigation. that is that the russians

interfered withct our en in an extensive way, in a partisan way,o t help elect donald trump. that is so important, because it's forward looking. we now need to hear from the president exactly what he is going to do to prevent similar interference in the 2020 election. this probe is so different from others, because all we're getting is a summary. look, i am an historian. and i look at primary sources. and i know what's actually in primary sources. in this case, the actual mueller report is often fundamentally differentrom what you g in a summary or a synopsis, particularly from a self-interesatd party like rney general william barr. >> we could in essence put this in sort of two buckets. the rort indicates no collusion. that is one. and then it's the obstruction component that so many people have bn stuck on. william barr says muell

not make a judgment on the obstruction charges, leaving it to the attorney general to choose whether or not. is that surprising to you? i think a l of folks were expecting to see sort of a black or white, yes or no on that. >> it is utterly surprising and shocking to me. look, i know it's heresy but he has conducted a fundamentally compromised investigation. ing all the way back to the administration of the ulysses grant. the whole point of ving an independent counsel or special prosecutor was to keep it independent of the president and his subordinates. and what did mueller do? he punted it right to a presidential appointee, who was already on record before his appointment og sayin a president can obstruct justice. that's not what an independent counsel should be doing. >> as we mentioned atoohe top, your isalled "the case

for impeachment," and you've accurately forecasted decades oc electionsding 2016. so i want to ask you, talk to me about 2020. what does this do for the2020 race, and what does this do i summary for president trump? how does this define, or is it t te in his presidency and how he'll be remembered? >> one, on 2020, it's obviously a boon to the president. one of my keys to the white house that i use to successfully predict elections is the scandal key. r the moment, maybe he's dodged tt. but secondly, this is not the defining element of his presidency. you can't say the defining element of a presidency is, we found he didn't conspire with a foreign power to undermine our democracy, but we'ot sure about whether he obstructed justice or not. that's n the way any president would want to be remembered. >> american university professor, allen lickman. t

we are working phones to try to get a responseoc for more members of congress. stay tuned to news4 for continuing coverage onsphe ial counsel report. if you said to read the entire letter for yourself from theal attorney genhat he sent to lawmakers, you can do so in our nbc washington app. all right. all right. much more ahead on new ats4

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weather moved in. the captain tried to return to port but strong winds and waves, as you see there, the ship tilts andt sends passengers and furniture over all over the place. the captain called a may day. every on board wasn shake but were not seriously injured. miraculously. all right. so we continue to follow the breaking story that is rocking the political world right now. an historic day. the attorney general says the spelial couns report found no collusion between president trump and the russians. but the investigation does not exonerate the president. and in other news tonight, a big surprise for a local dhs official. he enjed a very warm welcome today. the battle he had to fight just to make it back to w