begins with the texas governor's race between republican >> app it and the met abbott, andg democrat andy davis. >> our guest this week is bob goodlatte. thank you for being here. let me introduce our two reporter guests. successful, does that change your agenda? >> i'm hopeful it will accelerate the agenda because we have an awful lot of hills let him test out of the judiciary committee that are sitting in the senate and have not been addressed. some have been completely ignored, some have been made efforts at, but have not succeeded. we have a whole host of other bills that have come out of the judiciary committee that are a part of that now more than 380 --ls that have has passed the house that are not in the senate. >> top of your list? patent litigation reform, and the pfizer litigation r fisa court reform. these are opportunities i think that we should not miss. >> what are your thoughts on where congress will [indiscernible] military action in syria? i think that the authorization for the use of military force, there are two of them that are in existence now that are related to afghanist

find out what is there, and i went there with two west coast filmmakers who were chicago people, andy davisd mike gray and with the help of a lot of young people in chicago we made a film called "four days in chicago." >> haskell wexler, i wanted to get your reaction to diane mother, who foley's did an interview with cnn's anderson cooper and she said officials told her she could face prosecution if she tried to raise a ransom to free her son, and she also said the u.s. had also refused to exchange prisoners or carry out a military rescue effort early on. get think our efforts to jim freed were an annoyance, you know? >> an annoyance to the government? >> yeah, and it did not seem to be in our strategic interest, if you will but i was appalled as an american. jim would have been saddened. believed to the end that his country would come to their aid. we are dealing with very difficult people when we talk about isis. their hate for us is great, yet some of our response to them has only increased the hate, you know? fori feel there is a need debate, discussion. i pray that our government will

the trial that was formed the final chapter in nick davis's book, it started with a piece of irony some found delicious. the prosecution revealed that andylson and his former boss, rebekah brooks who oversaw the destruction of so many reputations through their tawdry journalism had their reputations soiled when the prosecution revealed that the two had had an extra-marital affair of their very own despise a sizeable and expensive legal team, coulson was convicted and sentenced to jail. acquitted. >> i feel vindicated by the nam verdict. >> you wrote, pair traysing now of the trials of rebekah brooks that nowhere was the power of newscorp more evident than in that room. >> uh-huh. >> that it's corporate muscle, its money was on display and the resources, the bar sisters, the solis at this time it orders they dwarfed the state, the prosecution. given that, were the verdibilities a foregone conclusion for you? >> okay. so i have been covering courts in london for 35 years. certainly, i have never seen a defense as well funded or as well equipped as those that were on display in the big phone hacking trial. against that, it was like a microc

andy reid may be subpoenaed to testify but his coaching duties in kansas city could limit the time he could attend. >>> local little league star mo'ne davis continues to shine in the celebrity spotlight tonight. in a few minutes, in fact, she's on the "tonight show with jimmy fallon." >> the most strikes or hits to the end of ten pitches is the champion. >> hey, batter, batter, batter. >> look at that. battle of the whiffle ball champs. not only are the two playing ball, they're talking cheese steaks. >> you do a thing, you have a superinstitution, do people know about this, you have money in your back pocket. >> yeah. >> you think as soon as the game's over, i'm going to head over to lozaro's to get a -- >> that's if i'm hungry which is probably after every game. >> check out the rest of mo'ne's interview with jimmy fallon after this newscast. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> and we are definitely going to stay up and watch that for sure. as we go into tomorrow, though, we're going to see some changes with our weather. still a hot and humid start to the weekend. we will have thunderstorms main

davis. first on a tuesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. hey clyde. no rush, andy. come on.me. from transferring funds wait a minute. you've got to be kidding. did you guys see that? that ball was out. to paying your coach for adding five miles per hour to your serve. that ball wasn't in. get your eyes checked. help me out here. download the best mobile app today. so you can always have the advantage. chase. so you can. >>> great song. back now at 8:39. whitney houston died two years ago, leaving incredible music spanning two decades. her long-time friend and pruser is determined to carry it on. he is with us exclusively to announce a special project, upcoming album called "whitney houston live: her greatest performances." clive davis, good morning. >> good morning. >> what a pleasure. i'm holding in my hand the art work. this is what it is going to look like when it comes out in november. what made you decide to compile all of whitney's greatest live performances together? >> you know, stemming from the '80s, or the '90s, she, without question, was the greatest vocalist in