the stanley cup making a special trip today thanks to caps star john carlson.enseman bringing the iconic trophy to children's national this morning. kids and families able to take photos with carlson and the cup. every play and staff member gets their own day with the hockey hardware. carlson wanted to make sure h gave back during his time with the trophy. >> i think it's, you know, something that we've been a poft or awhile. it's great to see the kids' faces. any time you can brighten them up, you know, those are pretty special moments that i know i get a lot from.e so it's n to enjoy it with them. we can do to give back, we try to do. >> in bethesda this afternoon, carlson once again giving bk. fans buying tickets to help raise money to defeat dipg, which is a form of childhood brain cancer. carlson bringing his son luka to take part in the festivities. the capital's defenseman stopping by a firehouse this morning as well as a neighborhood parade. look who was there at tpa de. >> oh, yeah. >> our very own doreen and her family taking a photo with her favorite

. >>> what day for john carlson of stanley cup. spending his day with the cup,a spg the love.tarted at children's national this morning. kids and families able to take pictures with the cup. an the cup party continued in bethesda at a charity fundraiser. fans buying tickets to help raise money to help defeat a fo of childhood brain cancer. the caps defense bringing a lot of joy to the area today. >>> history made today at the nathan's famous hot dog eating contest. joeyt chest wing his 11th eatingmustard belt after 74 hot dogs in ten minutes, folks. over 22,000 calories, 54,000 grams of soum. but not without controversy. originally judges said he only ate 64. it's a light day know. after reviewing chestnut did eat 74, and he enjoyed every minute ee it. >> i wasng good today. i was happy. i think happy. i love to eat. and so try to have fun and i was enjoying the food and beating the heck out of the guys nexto me. >> beating up the guy next to me. you got to love it. w do you lose track of 10? >> that's why i have people holding up the signs. >> do you want to be one of the guy

it's called dipg, and john carlson who has family a treieat the from 11:3 11:30 till 3:00 this afternoonnzier. they're six-year-old son michael diedf dipg some three years ago. you've been on a tear since igud money for research. tell me abo that, jenny. for people like myself who never heard of dipg. >> well i also hadever heard of dipg until the time when our son was diagnosed. it is the deaiest form of childhood brain cancer and mostly impacts school aged kids ars old and unfortunately the survival right now is n 0%. which is just devastatingnd the median survival from diagnosis is n months. >> reporter: it affects roughly two to 400 kids in theus that correct. >> rghly two to 400 just in the united states. the world across we're talking, you know, in the thousands eh year and unfortunately even though the number is small because the prognosis is so grim, it really childhoodth a large number of r deaths each year, um, just from dipg. >> mark, tell me this you mentionedon that john c has been a supporter of yours in the to come her to raise money in memory of your son and for this -- th

capitals' john carlson spending his day with the cup in a place special to him. capitals fans in d.c. >> it's something we've been a part of for awhile. it's great to see the kids' faces. anytime you can brighten them up you know, they're pretty special moments that i know i get a lot from. our pediatrician has been awesome. she's on the board here. both of my sonsave been here at certain points for different things. you know, we just love the atmosphere and what they do. >> reporter: and today it wasn't just the media who had questions for the caps' star. >> have you ever lost a tooth? >> i've actually never lost a whole tooth. i've chipped a couple of teeth, but i've been fairly lucky -- [ inaudible ] just being around the stanley cup is cool in itself, but to s t how everyone else rea it and how much joy they get from it. those are pretty special moments. >> customery burr is, news 4 sports. >>> the party continued in bethesda this afternoon. once again, karlsson giving back, raising money to defeat a form of childhood brain cancer. karlsson bringing his son lu

scott carlson, john tell, jackie, jock steinberger. amelia -- i can't say her last name. and then i also want to acknowledge mark leno's campaign manager who will be coming in as another legislative aid in our office, aaron mundy. [applause] and last but not least wrapping up his business as a small business owner, bar owner, tom te mprano could not be here but starts next week, he will be my third legislative aid. [applause] i am not even going to try to acknowledge ever single neighborhood, leader, c.b.d. head, labor leader, so many folks, the leaders of alice and milk and there are so many fantastic folks in this room, i'm going to stop there. but thank you all for being here to share this special, special day with me. i also have another cheat sheet i have to check. we are so lucky to have an amazing city clerk, angela calvillo. [applause] and her staff, not only the sheriff, deputy sheriff but a clerk office. a day like this is a lot of work and you have been so accommodating to us so thank you all for that. so i wouldn't be here without a couple of folks who are sit

misspoke in helsinki with, to about russian election medley and hours ago with tucker carlson slammed former cia director john brennan after he called helsinki summit treasonous. garrett tenney following the latest development. >> donald trump is not one to apologize or admit mistakes of the fact that he admitted to me speaking shows how fierce this political firestorm has become. this afternoon he was surprised by the backlash he was getting after his press conference with vladimir putin. >> i came back and said what is going on, what is the big deal? i got a transcript and went out and reviewed the clip of an answer that i gave and i realized there is a need for some clarification. >> he now says he misspoke when he responded to the question asking he believes regarding russia's election middle-income us intelligence agencies or vladimir putin. rather than saying he doesn't see any reason why it would be for russia to get involved he said instead he meant to say i see no reason they wouldn't be. >> people came to me, dan coats and others and said they think it is russia. i have pres. putin who just said it

carlson tonight." last week we broke the story that john brennan as well as other obama officials somehow retain theirecurity clearances long after leaving their government jobs. this will allow them access to highly classified information including leaks from former colleagues who are still working in the intel agencies. today the white house announced it is seeking to revoke those clearances and we will have that in just a moment. but finally we have a copy of the pfizer warrant application that allowed the obama administration to spy on the truck campaign in 2016. the document is heavily redacted but certain facts are clear. the obama administration argued with the straight face that carter page was a secret agent working for the russians. this is absurd and yet it was widely believed in washington. watch this. >> there is a very clear belief that carter page was conspiring with russia in ways that were nefarious. >> there was overwhelming evidence to have probable cause to do surveillance. as you see, it makes a compelling case that there is probable cause to believe that he was acting as a foreig

carlson tonight." last week we broke the story that john brennan as well as other obama officials somehow retain theirnces long after leaving their government jobs. this will allow them access to highly classified information including leaks from former colleagues who are still working in the intel agencies. today the white house announced it is seeking to revoke those clearances and we will have that in just a moment. but finally we have a copy of the fisa warrant application that allowed the obama administration to spy on the trump campaign in 2016. the document is heavily redacted but certain facts are clear.

. >> bill: john brennan, a lot of reaction on that blasting the president's trip with vladimir putin. president firing back in an interview with tucker carlsonohn brennan and others. >> president trump: brennan is a very bad guy. if you look at it, a lot of things happened under his watch. i think he is a very bad person. i also think that when you watch peter strzok and lisa page, when you watch all of the things that have happened and comey, take a look at that and mccabe, who has some pretty big problems, i assume. you look at the deception, the lies. they are being exposed for what they are. and it is a shame that it has to happen but it's really hurt our country. >> bill: senator rand paul. good day to you. i say you monday afternoon from helsinki talking to cnn. that was a fire work in itself. what do you think about what john brennan is doing right now? let's start there. >> john brennan started out his adulthood by voting for the communist party presidential candidate and showing himself to be the most bias, bigoted, hyperbolic unhinged director of the c.i.a. that we've ever had. to call the president treasonous because he doesn't li

carlson tonight." last week we broke the story that john brennan as well as other obama officials somehow retain theirfter leaving their government jobs. this will allow them access to highly classified information including leaks from former colleagues who are still working in the intel agencies. today the white house announced it i

there is the president responding to john brennan in an interview that will air later tonight with tucker carlson. watch. >> i think he's a very bad guy and if you look at it, a lot of things happened under his watch. i think he's a very bad person. >> martha: your thoughts on that senator? >> i agree completely. i think he's completely unhinged and you see him now calling the president treasonous and what should worry every american is john brennan was in charge of the cia, the most powerful intelligence gathering group on the planet. they can absorb every bit of information you can imagine, your phone calls, your metadata, your bank records, your visa records. they can destroy any person's life. the person at the head of that turns out to be a very much partisan, a trump hater and very much just someone who is a trump hater, i guess that's the best way to put it. but i really am worried that he was head of the cia for so long harboring all of that bias. >> martha: let me ask you this, because you are concerned about all of that, and i know you are, that is one of the big concerns as we move for

carlson. in the crossfire -- >> i remember when john stewart went on "crossfire." it was 2004.nd i thought, you know, watching it, i said, this is going to be a funny show. >> can i say something very quickly? why do we have to fight? the two of you, can't we just say something nice about john kerry, right now. >> i like john. i care about john kerry. >> and something about president bush. >> he'll be unemployed soon. >> anyone who enjoyed paying attention to the news and watched "the daily show" will forever remember jon stewart going on "crossfire" and reading those guys the riot act. >> you're doing theater when you should be doing debate. it's not honest. what you do is partisan hackery. and i'll tell you why i know it. >> you had john kerry on your show and you kiss his throne and you accuse us of hackery? >> the show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls. what is wrong you? >> comedians and satire when done right will take on hypocrisy no matter where it comes from. >> i think the vice president and is his wife love their daughter. i think they love her v

evening, welcome >> tucker: good evening welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," we know that it is a little bit strange, a little bit odd that johnrennan still has a high level security clearance. he does not work for the government anymore. he is a cable news gap or who spends his life yelling at people on twitter. he is also a political extremist who if you listen carefully seems unbalanced. john brennan gets a securityre clearance, why not the homeless guy talking to himself on the bus? it seems like a fair question. apparently the white house agreed. the administration announced that it is seeking to remove clearances for john brennan, jim clapper, and other former officials who do not work for the government, because why would they have security clearances? that would not be a very big story, but things are not normal right now, here's how the geniuses on cable news reacted watch. >> this is an abuse of executive power. this is erdogan's turkey. >> that is exactly what you see in regimes. it is childish, it is petty. >> this is so extraordinary, the last thing that you want in intelligence is partisanship. >> that you would

evening, welcome >> tucker: good evening welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," we know that it is a little bit strange, a little bit odd that johnas a high level security clearance. he does not work for the government anymore. he is a cable news gap or who spends his life yelling at people on twitter. he is also a political extremist who if you listen carefully seems unbalanced. john brennan gets a securityre clearance, why not the homeless guy talking to himself on the bus? it seems like a fair question. apparently the white house agreed. the administration announced that it is seeking to remove clearances for john brennan, jim clapper, and other former officials who do not work for the government, because why would they have security

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," we know that it is a little bit strange, a little bit odd that johnclearance. he does not work for the government anymore. he is a cable news gap or who spends his life yelling at people on twitter. he is also a political extremist who if you listen carefully seems unbalanced. john brennan gets a security clearance, why not the homeless guy talking to himself on the bus? it seems like a fair question. apparently the white house agreed. the administration announced that it is seeking to remove clearances for john brennan, jim clapper, and o

john brennan was working for the white house at this time. and tucker carlsonall the people screaming the loudest right now are people who have been in charge of our foreign policy. going back 30, 40 years. the reason donald trump got elected. by the way got elected making promises about trying to reset and re -- you know, reengage russia in a more positive relationship, he got elected in order to get rid of all of those people. i think americans have heard their side of the story and they don't want to hear them anymore. ainsley: is that a bad thing to want to reset and have a relationship with russia. >> no it's not. trump did this yesterday when he his course correction. when he gets back to talking about trying to have a more hopeful, constructive relationship with russia, is he back to winning. that's great. you know, he had -- he had one bad day on monday. and it wasn't even that bad when you compare it to all the bad days that obama and john brennan and all these people have had before him. ainsley: thank you so much for being with you. >> thank you, gre

with john carlson in tow. i'm bob barnard. we'll tell you about the little boy inspiringoday's event. >>> and ler, 2018 already more than half ove t sos morning, we're sha seen so far and the ones w have can't wait to see next. a special edition of good day a 9a starts now. ♪ there you go. that's a good way to start show on july 4th holiday. good.ay d.c so glad you're with us on this wednesday independence day. >> i know wisdom woke up this morning and he said to himself, i cannot wait to sit with kevin for two hours andut just hang and be friends. i understand. >> it is why sit there and he sit here. >> because he can't handle it. m aureen and i would be the buffer. >> he didn't want to have any body blocking the look of love. >> really wants tout talk ready player one and all the great movies tt come out this year. i know you're exced >> you know me so well. >> wisdom, evening you. thank you for being my friend. >> titnk you for being w us. we'll try to keeprybody in their corners. >> you know i love you i'm just kidding. id