>> we are still from witch hunt tole honor investigator. president trump changes his tune about robert muell as democrats demand to see the full report. ichael avenatti now in legal trouble of his own. his response to charges he tried to extort millions from nike. one man is going 40 days on a beer only diet. major baby boom in one hospital's maternity ward.ly "eoday" starts right now. >> good rng, i'm marlie

hall. >> and i'm frances rivera. the fight to bring robert mueller'seport to light is getting under way. a growing course of lawmakers are calling on the attorney general to release all of the findings instead of just the four-page summary. >> the president himself supports the idea, senator majorityde l has blocked a resolution to make the full report public. republicans are looking to turn the tles and investigate the investigation. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: will the public see wholeor rt? the president says fine with him. >> wouldn't bothe me at all. >> reporter: barr notified congress by letter late sunday id the results. muellerot find the trump campaign conspired orit

coordinated russia to interfere in the election, no development with russian led hacking or the phone oy social media accounts. barr's letter said, that is despite multipl offers from russian individuals to assist the trump campaign but muellern di come to a conclusion about whether trump obstructed justice. rr says he and the deputy attorney general concluded that the president's actions did not amount to criminal cduct. part of their reason is that mueller found no criminal behavior the president would have tried to cover up as officia officials told them more. >> until we have a chance to read the full report and i hope

we do, it is hard to second guess. >> reporter: that left it up to barr to find whether the facts would support a finding of ob instruction of justt e. >> in the country's interest and public's best interest that the department of justice speak with one voice on that issue. that one voice should be theat rney general. >> reporter: barr says there i more of the report to come but that is probably several weeksa top democrats this morning are demanding the attorney general releal the f report to congress no later than next tuesday. we have theatest fromapitol hill. good morning. good morning. democrats say the reports done and they want to see why robert muelle could not com to a conclusion on obstruction of justice. ey want to see the report and the evidence. but republicans argue, it is just too soon. there are thousands of search s, hundreds of

warrants and witnesses. some of that republicans argue is classified information, in fact, the attorney general says it could take weeks to go through tha th timetable to release the report is unreasonable. >> democrats are being unfair. there are laws that have stoe followed. one of them is the criminal law. if barr would have released grand jury testimony, it is a federal felony. five years in prison. >> reporter: lawmakers also want to see mueller, the attorneyn general capitol hill to fill in the blanks and explain how c theye to the conclusions that they did. point y happen at some but barr says his first priority is going through this report. nevertheless the house committee has already reached out to thea justice dent to get a ate for his temperature.

tracie potts, thank you. the attorney who oncete repres stormy daniels in her legal battle with president trump is due in court next week for a legal battle of his own. michael avenatti is facing federal charges. new york prosecutors accuse him of trying to extort millions from nike. in los angeles, he's accused of extortingillions from a client. he says he will be fully exonerated. >> rreorter:dent trump was wready having a very good day whend came that lawyer michael avenatti was arrested on serious coast-to-coast charges. in new york, ex torntortion, in, bank and wire fraud.

>> the messageen i would to the president is, you better prepare because you are in a lot of trouble. allegedly trying to extort fllionsm nike. avenatti sent out this tweet saying he would disclose a major high school, colleg basketball scandal by nike that we have uncovered. ome 15 minutes later, it was avenatti that was in deep troubl i arrestedn new york city. i prosecutors los angeles have charged him with embezzling $1.6 million to payoff his own debts and eenses. >> lawyers have a sworn duty to obey the law and protect their clients. our system of justi depends on it. mr. avenatti has breached that duty. >> last year, heit flirted

running for president. >> we'll see how people in new hampshire respond. in december, he said his family asked him not to. the lawyer may find he's in need of an attorney ofis own. heartbreaking stories are coming out of parkland, florida and new town, connecticut. people personally connected to the school shootings have died of apparent suicides. sydney lost one of her closest friends during thesh ting last year. she graduated and learned to teach yog brightening other people's days but h mother eaid sydney also felt survivor's guilt. ever asked for help before taking her own life. then this weekend, a current sophomore died of suicide. >> doest reopen the trauma? all of a sudden,t like

2018. we are going to have to think about funerals again. >> reporter: they are seniors now. sam was grazed by bullets and the friend thot wast next to her. >> unfortunately, she didn't make it. >> what do you think the rest of the country needs to know right now? >> we are still crying atight. still scared of loud noises. it is still affecting us. as we were talking, news that a father of a girl who died also died of apparent suicide. >> i'm afraihat it is going to open up a flood gate. i real lialy am. >> experts say unfortunately

suicides can follow events like shootings. in coluine, they experienced that too. ryan petty has worked to support rvivors. >> we are needing to work with the trauma that is still present for many of the students and staff. >> a new wellness center opened one month earlier tlhan planned. >> we have to keep hopin it will get better. find something that keeps you strong. find people that keep you strong. >> thank you for that report. if youeo or s you know is struggling with the issue. help is availle. call the national suicide lifeline at >0-273-8255. ew jersey's efforts to

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