i'm frances rivera. >> >> i'm phillip mena. john brennan now says he's considering legal action after the president revoked his security clearance. >> meanwhile, mr. trump launching a new attack on the media via twitter this weekend. lashing out over a new york times report that revealed white house lawyer, don mcgahn, is cooperating with the special counsel investigation into russia meddling. >> reporter: john brennan firing back after president trump revoked his security clearance last week. the president is threatening to do the same to nine other high profile critics. >> i'm going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future. >> reporter: over 75 intelligence officials denounced the president's position. even members of the party said they've gone too far. >> just don't give them access to the classified material. >> reporter: president trump went on a twitter attack after "new york times" report that don mcgahn isoorating with special counsel's robert mueller russia election meddling investi

. >> i'm frances rivera. an election night nail-biter still too close to call in ohio. the special election in the state's 12th congressional district is neck and neck with democrat danny o'connor trailing republican troy balderson. separated by about 9/10 of a percentage. the winner will replace republican representative pat tiberi who resigned to work for a business group. >> both sides watching this race closely as a barometer for the midterms. the district hasn't elected a democrat since the 1980, but balderson got president trump came to town to campaign. nbc's garrett haake has a closer look atg nights in tias last night. we knew this race would be close. we knew it would go late. we did not know it would end up too close to00 votes separating republican candidate troy balderson and democratic candidate danny o'connor here in ohio's 12th district. this has been a reliably republican district for more than 30 years. it's elected john kasich, who is now the governor of ohio. republicans just don't lose here. and in fact, they rarely have close races. but in the age

. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking overnight, hundreds of people have been injured after a pier collapsed at a popular music festival in the spanish city of vigo. officials say 316 people were injured. nine have been rushed to the hospital, two serious condition. no fatalities have been reported at this hour, according to a local paper. the wooden platform packed with concert goers, many teenagers, gave way during the first song of the concert after a rapper told them to jump. the platform, nearly 100 feet long, collapsed within a matter of seconds, sending people tumbling on top of each other into the sea like dominos. it remains unclear why the platform collapsed. the city's mayor has announced an investigation. >>> exactly one year after demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, a planned protest in the nation's capital, but they were outnumbered by throngs of counterprotesters. >> there were tense moments, but security was tight. similar scenes played out in the city of charlottesville, a

i'm frances rivera. >> a string of mass shootings left several dead and a dozen wounded in chicago. there people were shot and killed in a period of less than hours from saturday to sunday morning. the police department is responding to the violence. >> i can tell you that we know that some of these incidents were targeted and are related to gang conflicts in the ars. they are working around the clock. >> 10t of those were taken to the same hospital. we are expecting further updates later today. >> apple is cracking downn content from alex jones. they yanked nearly ery podcast from the radio host famous for conspiracy theories. oe suggested democrats were planning launch a civil war on july 4th. a company spokesperson confirmed the move saying apple does not tolerate hate speech and weave clear guidelines that must be followed to provide a safe environment. ape is the biggest platform against jone he compared the online campaign to censorship by the chinese government. >> the death toll from the powerful magnitude 7 earthquake has climbed to 91. that is lely to rise with hundreds in

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. yasmin and louis have the day off.beginth with the major exit from the west wing. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving this fall. the president made the announcement yesterday morning saying he will stay on until supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh is confirmed. the move comes less than two weeks after "the new york times" reported that mcgahn spent 30 hours talking with robert mueller's team.ta the president seemed to brush thates off yesterday. >> all right. so weay seem to have a bit of a audio problem. we will try to get it fixed for you. according the "new york times" president trump often said he wanted to get rid of mcgahn but never seemed willing to follow through withli it. president trump reportedly asked rob porter, then staff secretary, several timesta last year if he would be willing to take over for mcgahn but porter told the president he did not believe he was qualified for the role. >>> meanwhile, advisers are prepared that the president is not t prepared for a possible legal storm if the de

i'm richard lui alongside frances rivera. we're going to start with this. president trump has revoked the security clearance of former cia director john brennan, punishing a prominent critic of the president as a former white house aide makes explosive claims and the jury heads to deliberate in the trial of trump's 2016 campaign chief. white house press secretary sarah sanders announced the action by reading a statement from the president, take a listen. >> mr. brennan's lying and recent conduct characterized by frenzied commentary is wholly inconsistent with access to the nation's secrets. the very aim of our adversaries which is to sow division and chaos. >> when the white house distributed the statement it caused question as to the timing as the document was dated july 26th. the white house said that was an error, and it was not meant to have any date at all. the day before his clearance was stripped, brennan, a senior national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc, commented on president trump's use of the word "dog" to describe a former white house a

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera and yasmin and louis have the day off.al details for john mccain were announced yesterday while his former campaign manager, rick davis, led a letter from the late senator instructing americans not to despair in the face of difficulties. >> fellow americans, that associate has meant more to me than any other. i lived and died a proud american. we weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sewn resentment, hatred and violence in all corners of the globe. we weaken it when we hide behind walls rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been. >>> then to president trump who said he wants an elaborate multi-million dollar parade down pennsylvania avenue to honor the military, spent much of the day monday resisting calls to simply lower the white house flag in honor of prisoner of war and public servant senator john mccain. as 18 senior officials paid tribute to mccain's hee owism and sacrific

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera in for yasmin, and louis bergdorf.sident trump, who is using the powers of his office to go after critics and perceived enemies, is asserting he could personally take over the probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. an investigation in which several of his former aides have already been charged. now, in an interview with reuters, trump said his administration was, quote, a smooth-running machine except in that world, and i've decided to stay out. now, i don't have to stay out. i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want, but i decided to stay out, he said. i'm totally allowed to be involved if i wanted to be. so far i haven't chosen to be involved. i'll stay out. well, the president also expressed doubt about the findings of the u.s. intelligence community, saying the probe played into the russians, if it was russia. they played right into the russians' hands. >>> meantime, president trump agreed with his lawyer that truth isn't truth. in an interview with reuters, trump echoed the conce

. >> good to be with you this morning i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. president trump is ramping up his attacks on special counsel robert mueller comparing his team's investigation to an ominous period of american history. the president lashing out of a "new york times" report that don mcgahn had spoken to the special counsel for 30 hours. >> it comes as rudy giuliani tells nbc news that he won't let the president rush into an interview with robert mueller and get trapped in, quote, a perjury. >> reporter: in the trump universe cooperation stirred confrontation. >> truth is truth. >> no, it isn't truth. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, argued that truthful testimony from mr. trump might not set him free. >> look, i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped in the russia investigation contradicted him, leaving the special counsel to decide the outcome. >> donald trump said i didn't talk about flynn with comey. comey says you did talk about it. tell me what the truth is. >> reporter: the president battled

m frances rivera. >>> breaking news.any parts of california are still up in flames with the mendocino complex fire exploding into theargest wil fire in history, according to cal fire. it's charred more than 83,000 acres which i over 1/3 of the size of rhode island. thoseaging flames have torched the mainly mountainous train of clear lake. >>> the mdocino complex blaze is comprised of two fires that have combined to become one massive inferno. with more than 11,000 still threatened. warm weather strong dry winds continue to plague the nearly 4,000 firefightersg battlinthe flames on the ground while they rert that the river fire is 58% contained. the ranch fire is only 21% contained. >>> an explosive twist. prosecutors bringing the witness to the stand on day five. manafort's former ght-hand man, rick gates admitted to committing crimes with manafort, as well as embezeling hundreds of thousands of dollars. the tax kharpblz manafort faces stems from their work with with the pro-russian government and predate the time with d

i'm frances rivera. >> we begin with the growing emergency in indonesia. at least 91 people are dead after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit the resort island sunday. hundreds more wery is rearly injured. people ran in panic from hotels violently shaking from the tremors. thousands have been evacuated and thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed. >> the earthquake 19 miles deep was also felt on bali. they documented the horrors in real lifetime tweeting about the aftersocks. another powerful quick killed 16 people. secretary of state mike pompeo who just wrapped up his southeast asia tour areaoly escaped the disaster. he said so far, there is noeing. >> a deadly weekend in switzerland. 20 people were killed when a vintage plane determining the cause of the crash will be a challenge since the 79-year-old plane didn't have black box. authorities in oklahoma are investigating another crash that killed five people including two children in the city. in alaska a rescue mission for five people after a plane crashed in denali national park. the pilot called for

i'm richard louie alongside frances rivera as well as louis bergdorf. yasmin have this morning office. we're starting with the woug post which reporting that president trump feels emboldened by stripping brannan of his security clearance. two aides adding that he feels a visceral disdain for the former director when he sees him on tv. white house officials said trump did not focus on his power to remove clearances until this summer. white house aide confirm that trump made his decision about brennan who serves as an nbc contributor. sarah sanders recommended they announce the action wednesday amid an onslaught of news coverage from former aide's omarosa manigault newsome's new book. >>> the white house provided a list of former officials and one still serving at the justice department whose security clearances are under review, regardless of whether they have them or not. on wednesday, lengthy action against brennan, and the rest of the reviews to the russia probe, telling the "wall street journal", these people led it so i think it is something that ha

. >> i'm frances rivera. a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament until jacksonville, florida, killing three people including himself. one witness barricaded inside a bathroom, along with dozens of others, trying to escape the shooter. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> the adrenaline at the time, i think a couple people mentioned their kids. a couple people were just like -- i don't know exactly. i just know a couple people panicked and i told them god's got our back. >> the sheriff has identified the shooter as david katz, 24 of baltimore. they did confirm he was in town for the nfl ma den 19 competition. the first shots appeared to ring out from the video tournament. nbc's dan shanman has the latest. we want to warn you somehe vide >> competitors flock to jacksonville to compete in the video game tournament. >> the first shot everyone look, and after the second, third and fourth shot everyone ran for the exit. >> authorities converged on the scene, witnesses ran for co

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside frances rivera. president trump is mulling a potential pardon for paul manafort following his conviction on bank and tax fraud charges. according to "fox news", the president said in an interview set to air today that he would consider pardoning manafort, the former head of the trump campaign who was convicted tuesday on eight counts of bank and tax fraud as well as failing to disclose foreign bank accounts. the president spent part of yesterday railing against the outcome of manafort's trial, and the jury being unable to reach a verdict on ten of the other counts against him. he wrote on twitter, a large number of counts, ten, could not even be decided in the paul manafort case. witch hunt. he added, i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him, and unlike michael cohen he refused to break, make up stories in order to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. now, following the president's tw

. >> i'm frances rivera. an online gaming tournament in florida took a deadly turn when a gunman opened fire killing two people before fatally shooting himself according to authorities. the rampage left several wounded and send dozens of others scrambling for recover. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> i think a couple people mentioned their kids. a couple people were just like -- i don't remember exactly. i know a couple people were panicked and that's when i told them god's got our back. >>> the jacksonville county sheriff has identified the suspected shooter as 24-year-old david katz of baltimore. they did not discuss a possible motive, they did confirm he was in town for the 2019 nfl madden competition. ey david katz as a 2017 championship winner. tells it was just after 1:30 sunday afternoon when witnesses described hearing what they initially thought were balloons popping. there were dozens of people here at the jacksonville landing for madden gaming tournament when all of a s

. >> and i'm frances rivera.s here on nbc and our nbc >>> a number of mass shootings in a period of time resulted in multiple deaths and at least 28 wounded in a bloody weekend in chicago. >> an earthquake strikes a tourist destination. the casualty count rises. >> china calls out president trump over the infamous trump tower meeting. >> charlotte rae who played mrs. garrett on different strokes has died. >> a sea of dogs in california hanging 10. early today now. i'mra

. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking overnight, at least seven people are now dead after a gruesome crash between a greyhound bus and a semi truck in new mexico. the toll up from just four earlier in the day. state police say preliminary information finds theemintersta crossing the median and slamming into the oncoming bus. the impact seemingly ripping the front of the greyhound right off. 49 people were onboard headed to ephnirgency six people were transported to the hospital, so we've got six people that were injured or received minor injuries. everybody else has been transported to an area hospital throughout the county and into albuquerque. >> the driver of the truck was also injured but is expected to survive. the extent of the remaining injuries was not immediately known. greyhound issued a statement saying our first priority is taking care of passengers and their families, as this impact has deeply impacted all involved. the national transportation safety board is sending a team to investigate. >>> washin

i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking news overnight, c black, police swarming a california hospital amid reports of an active shooter, but thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm. >> this incident involving an active shooter inside the mercy southwest here has been unfounded. want to report that there e re no injuries to any located inside. there was no evidence of any shots fired of any kind. >> over 100 emergency officials arrived within minutes after a code black was calledut for mercy southwest hospital in bakersfield. police say there is no threat to the 78-bed facility and roads around the area are being reopened at hhisr. >>> now to president trump who is takling the mueller inveigation head on and raising new questions about obstruction of justice. he slammed the rinsian med probe in a tweet calling attorney general jeff sessions to stop the quote, rigged witch hunt right now. the president although saying mueller is totally nflicted. nbc's peter alexander has the reaction on capitol hill. >> report

i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with breaking new overnight.t police are calling an act of senseless violence in philadelphia. a gunman killed two people and injured four others in a drive-by. shooti the suspect here is still at large. police say the suspect inside a light colored mini van fired at six people standing on a street corner, firing at lst 11 shots using what appeared to be a hig calibeapon, possibly a rifle. >> the victims were rushed to the hospital. one is in critical condition. police are continuing their arch for the gunman as an investigation is underway. a motive remains unknown at this time. >> also breaking just a fs ho ago, another powerful earthquake in i indonesia threatening more homes and lives in an area that is already devastated by a massive quakeea ier this week. early this morning a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled t island of lombok causing several buildings to collapse. the area is still recovering fr last sunday's 6.9 mag ktude quake tilled at least 227 people according to the associated press. >> shocking new

. >> thanks for starting your monday with us, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena.cebook, twitter, and >>> when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's silly because it's somebody's version of the truth. not the truth. >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't trh. >> president trump's attorney offers a new explanation why he shouldn't to special counsel robert mueller in the russia probe. >>> a woman who fell from a cruise ship rescued after 10 hours in the water. >>> nashville on edge after three people are gunned down in less than a week. could the similarities between these crimes and others help police track down the killers. >>> how one of the most

i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. a celebrity tabloid could spell more trouble for the white house. nbc news has confirmed federal prosecutors are granting david pecker immunity in the investigation intoel cohen. pecker is the publisher of the "national enquirer" and a long-time friend of president trump. >> investigators want to know what he has to say about claims the paper paid for the rights to an ex-playmate's alleged affair with mr. trump. hertory was never published. which kept it a secret ahead of the election. nbc's susan mcguinness joins us live from capitol hill with the very latest. good ing, flip and frances. it seems like several in the inner circle ofresident trump are stepping out. this is the latest. as you said, david pecker, -time friend of the tiesident, ceo of this tabloid, publisher, g immunity, agreeing to cooperate. he's alreadyg. talk the focus, "national enquirer's" efforts to kill stories damaging to the president t before election and hour money paid to that model karen mcdougal.re one turn

. >> i'm frances rivera. >>> good thursday morning to you. as we get started.iday eve for a lot of people. oh, wow. that sounds good, right? thank you so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. i think i heard you say we have another air quality issue. >> another spare the a day. let's get a look outside as you get ready to head out right now in san jose.ecently looking at of smoke and the air quality will still be unhealthy for the inland east bay and santara valley as our

. >> i'm frances rivera. xactly one year afte demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly, a small group of white nationalists swed up for eye buanned protest in the nation's capital. they were outnumbered by throngs and counter protesters. >> there were some tense moments, but security was tight and the protests were largely peaceful. coming as a relief to law enforcement who had bearing up for this day for months. nbc's nikki carvajal has thela st. >> reporter: lots of people in dc, it was a tense weekend leading up to the protest with permits for about 400 people filed for the unite the right rally. ultimately, only about 20 showed up and by some accou s it was even fewer than that. they were far outnumbered by counter esprters. thousands of people took to the streets.e there was s shouting between the two groups, but never any physical interaction. they k wereept very far b separated police. some counter protesters towards the end of the night were sort of antagonizing police throwing bottle

i'm frances rivera. dpalktly one year after demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly, a small group of nationalists showed up for a planned protest in the nation's capital. the presence was over shadowed by tlongz of protesters. >> security was tight and protests were largely peaceful and there was only one arrest. coming as a relief to law enforcement who had been gearing up for this day for months. >> our plan and law enforcement's plan today was to ensure separation. and i think that's why we were able to come out of this thing today with no injuries and nobody being killed. >> nbc's jeff bennett wraps up the day. >> reporter: two separate demonstrations, both in the shadow of the white house. >> back up. back up. >> reporter: some of the same groups, white supremacists and counter protesters gathered for a sequel. >> we're in 2018. we're not in the jim crow era. white people are becoming a minority in the united states and europe, and we face real discrimination. >> reporter: organiz

let's check the other headlines including the latest on those devastating wildfires out west frances riveran that. >>> good morning wildfires continue to scorch the west coast leaving behind a path of devastation in oregon the south valley fire charred over 3,000 acres forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate investigators say a person started that fire. >>> dry conditions continue to fuel the massive carr fire in california 17,000 homes are still under threat >>> a headache for one colorado driver a bear trashed the inside of a car left unlocked while looking for food, a bear cub broke in and got trapped inside a sheriffs deputy used the rope to open the car door allowing the bear to hop out and run away. >>> justify is officially retired with a perfect 6-0 record after suffering a left ankle injury the thoroughbred champion landed at hits new home in kentucky where he will wait to be sold to a breeder. he's estimated to bring in around $150,000 per mare you do the math. that equates to about 37$37.5 million a year in stud fees. you could say justify will get around >> 37.5 million divide

frances rivera has more. >>> good morning washington, d.c. is preparing a hero's welcome this morning. the casket carrying the late senator john mccain arrived at . tomorrow a memorial service at the washington national cathedral, on sunday he will be laid to rest in a private burial at the u.s. naval academy. >>> at least seven people are dead after a crash between a greyhound bus and a semi truck in new mexico. the semi blew a tire on i 40 crossing the median and slammed into the bus 49 people were on board. nearly everyone needed emergency care. >>> there are new developments in the kaepernick collusion case in a big win for kaepernick, an arbitrator has denied the nfl's attempt to dismiss thecation colin kaepernick started the controversy of players kneeling during the national anthem the nfl has declined to comment. back to you. >> see you next week thank you. >>> seema mody is back with maybe the most important thing that you are not paying enough attention to globally ghnorit w. that's next. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? dinne

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frances rivera has that. >>> nbc news has confirmed federal prosecutors are granting david pecker eerty intoe investigation of michael cohen >>> a new study finds finding any amount of alcohol can be hazardous who your health. alcohol kills 2.8 million people globally each year causing cancer, heart disease and road accidents. they found no evidence that drinking alcohol can improve health >>> and havoc at a military parade in russia as a tank topples over while trying to mount a transport trailer. the giant tank drove up the back of the truck and tips over on the right side no one was hurt. you see that video it went over the other side there. >> apparently drinking alcohol is hazardous, if you don't have a cocktail on a friday night, you could be the tank. >> have a great weekend. >>> we are wrapping up our beat the street series. today you will hear from america's number one domestic fund manager she's up just 38% this year. her keys to success ahead. and lol what the bold move one consumer brand is taking to court to court millennials. we'll explain after e thbreak. >>> the federa

i'm frances rivera alongside richard louie and louis bergdorf.our so let's start the morning's top stories off with this. omarosa divulging more information about the tape she claims she heard of donald trump using the "n" world during the filming of the apprentice. she claims they made a copy of the tape to expose donald trump for the racist he is. >> how many times did you use him use the "n" word? >> multiple times and upsetting -- >> how many times, five, ten? >> multiple times. what is upsetting is it was someone on the cast with me about the male contestant on the first season of the apprentice, and that's why it was so disturbing. >> was it kind of derogatory? sort of the stuff -- i'm older than you. i grew up with some of the bad stuff. was there like derogatory references to him as an african-american? the stereotypical commentary, how would you describe it? >> it sounded as if he used it every day. kind of like when you heard the "access hollywood" tape, you would never imagine he talked that way. it kind of rolled off his tongue. >> yo

us, i'm frances rivera in for yasmin alongside ayman mohyeldin.om of the hour so that means we have your morning's top stories covered. we begin with that historic split screen, the most damaging day for the presidency since watergate. on one side a long time confidant bleeds guilty, on the other a former campaign chair found guilty by a jury. both men now convicted felons. first the case that legal experts say could pose the greatest threat to the president, the guilty plea of his former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. among the eight counts against him are two for campaign finance violations by directly implicate donald trump. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: that bombshell plea deal means the man who used to fix donald trump's problems has now become one for the president. michael cohen implicating his former boss after pleading guilty to eight felony charges of tax fraud, bank fraud and notably campaign finance violations. paying out hush money, telling a judge he broke the law because a candidate told him to. he doesn't name the person,