is associated press says that the white house insisted on anonymity. it could be longer. ,here has been an explosion possibly an attack in manila, in the philippines. thisspicer treating afternoon that the president is aware of the situation in manila and being provided of dates by his national security team. but no word on whether those updates are delaying it this afternoon. we will have it live here on c-span and c-span radio and look forward to your comments after the president's remarks this afternoon. we will take your calls and tweets. you are watching live coverage here on c-span. ♪ business leaders and other government leaders, the associate press saying that leaders of five nordic countries had written the president the , urging himletter to make "the right decision" on climate change and keep america signed on to the pat quinn accord. but reports -- on the paris climate accord. news organizations have been briefed on the president's plans. we will stay live in the rose garden and wait for the president. also look forward to your reaction, to

reporting and how did they even find out this information will the associated press interviewo ten former detainees family members of these prisoners civil rights attorneys and also a dozen you many military and government officials its investigation found that there is this network of secret prisons at least eighteen different lockups that are run by the united arab emirates and the many forces that it created according to the testimonies of these former detainees this is some of the techniques of torture which they were exposed to there's one called the grail where a victim's tied to a spit like a roast and spun furiously within a circle of fire one detainees said he was spun so fast he vomited blood also being being with wires held in shipping containers smeared with feces blindfolded and shackled for weeks also sexually assaulted another detainees said quote we could hear the screams the entire place is gripped by fear almost everyone is sick the rest are near death anyone who complains heads directly to the torture chamber and most of these detainees did speak on the cond

still with us, john lemere, associated press. do we start with the numbers, jonathan, there is this trick to get to 50 that is in front of mitch mcconnell. susan took her time deliberating. had some questions she wanted answered. >> the senator is not something who you think would bring something to the floor without knowing it would pass. they had hoped to have a vote this week, that is very much in question now whether they can get this done before the fourth of july holiday. there appeared to be a couple of pretty firm no's. some of the others like senator cruz will look at the exchange. right now it doesn't appear the senate majority leader has the votes and unless something changes, seven years, eight years that obamacare has been there the republicans have said this is something we're going to get rid of. repeal and replace. and if they can't get it done now maybe they never do. >> kelsey, worse than a no vote. susan colins will vote against it preceding to get it considered. she apparently has some company. so same questio

here in new york white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan le mere appear hallie i'll begin with you because of a piece of paper that came out of the white house communication shop tonight. and, again, germane probably this is a white house that ceased communicating with us at least on television and ceased communicating with the american people for now that way. statement from the press secretary, it reads, the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians including innocent children. the activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its april 4th, 2017, chemical weapons attack. as we have previously stated, the united states is in syria to eliminate the islamic state of iraq in syria. however if mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price. i imagine, hallie there is much scrambling going on to figure oh out how the back story to som

here in new york white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan le mere appear hallie i'll begin with you because of a piece of paper that came out of the white house communication shop tonight. and, again, germane probably this is a white house that ceased communicating with us at least on television and ceased communicating with the american people for now that way. statement from the press secretary, it reads, the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians including innocent children. the activities are similar to preparations the regime made before its april 4th, 2017, chemical weapons attack. as we have previously stated, the united states is in syria to eliminate the islamic state of iraq in syria. however if mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price. i imagine, hallie there is much scrambling going on to figure oh out how the back story to som

associated press calling the race in south carolina tonight. that's the race to fill the seat vacated by south carolina republican congressman mick mulvaney. the ap projected that ralph norman the republican would win that race. nbc news projecting that ralph norman, the republican candidate in south carolina's 5th district will be the winner of that race. that's cooked in terms of that having a projected winner. it will be interesting to watch the numbers as they continue to come in, even though there has already been a call. and that's because democrats will be watching those margins. this was a very republican district. donald trump won comfortably by double digits. ar think parnell was able to come in close there. democrats didn't spend much to help him unlike in georgia where both sides have spent so much, that in georgia that is the most expensive congressional race that has ever been conducted in our country. we're going to continue to watch to votresults from the voting tonight. >>> i've got other news to bring you, including this late

theseif there is news on meetings, you can be sure that the associated press will be on it. appreciate your time joining us by skype today. guest: thank you. host: back to your calls. about 15 minutes before the house is scheduled to come in today. we have asked for your reaction to the special election win by republicans in georgia and south airliner tonight. particularly in georgia, so much focus on that right -- that race. want to hear your thoughts. hosea and rogers, arkansas. go ahead. jose, in rogers, arkansas. caller: thank you for taking my call. this congressman from the , they got torty treading in waters like an idiot. he just lied. the most expensive congressional race in history georgia and he just said that without help, this guy got beat by 2%. we are not idiots, you know? we keep treating us with that kind of disrespect and we keep voting against them. until they say hey, these people are not stupid. they always keep losing. they will keep losing. we deserve respect. you know? in the bible or something like that? i don't understand. they spend $50 million on

sources tell the associated press the proposal would cut federal funding for medicaid and planned parenthood.. end penalties on people not buying coverage.. and repeal taxes on the wealthy. the bill is an attempt to strike a compromise between existing law and the house healthcare bill passed last month. no democrats are expected to support it. we'll be monitoring the hill closely and update you as we learn more details. the so-called pizzagate shooter will be sentenced this morning. edgar welch- went into comet ping pong and opened fire- thinking he'd be freeing sex slaves he read about in false articles no one was hurt. welch has since apologized. he's facing several years in prison. abc seven will be in the courtroom. the hearing begins at 10:30. also this morning - the man accused of having guns at the trump hotel will be in court. "bryan moles" had his release revoked last week after he was spotted in d-c, despite being ordered to stay away. moles was arrested in may. prosecutors say he was armed with an assault rifle, a handgun and multiple rounds of ammo. coming up - an attack at a mi

now, reporting out of london one person has been arrested several other injured, we're hearing associated press casualties, after a haven't veered into -- a van veered into a crowd of people, 12:20 monday morning, we're telling this. steve, what do you think our president needs to do to protect us home. what do you think about that travel ban? >> well, i think that real point about that travel ban it was to be temporary, and it was intended as a temporary measure, while the full security approach that he talked about and his team talked about was put in place, that was extreme vetting. and that is a policy they think would command wide spread suort. and actually whole idea of travel ban was while we figure out how the vetting works we need to clampdown on the visits from just a few countries, where we can't be reassured about people getting their visas and passports, for 90 days, or so, while we figure it out. and i think that real point, i think that time for travel ban is almost passed. they may well try too continue with it, you know political reasons but real answer is extreme vetting, i ho

the associated press- calling the race for gillespie -- but stewart -- saying not so fast. suzanne kennedy is live in vienna.. suzanne? breaking overnight - - president trump facing another lawsuit - this time from congress. nearly 200 democratic senators and representatives are suing the president over foreign money flowing into his global business interests. they allege the president is violating the so-called emoluments clause of the constiutition, which says only congress may approve foreign gifts and payments. the lawusit is the third of it's kind against the president. earlier this week, the democratic attorneys general of maryland and the district filed a similar claim. this afternoon both of them will be holding a conference call to discuss that case. the president and called these lawsuits baseless.. arguing the emoluments clause is not intended to prevent normal business like hotel payments and real estate transactions. breaking overnight... an american student detained in north korea - returning to the u-s.. and immediately taken to the hospital. the new question

the associated press reporting that at least one attacker blew himself up in a sucided attack. the entrance and exit gates were quickly closed and government officials were told to remain in place inside the chamber. so far 8 people are reported injured, but witnessess say heavy gun fire continues. and just coming in the last 3 minutes--- reports of second sucide bomb and about ten minles away - reports say a suicide bombers attacked a shrine to leader ayatollah khomeini. so far we know a security guard is dead and several others injured. state media reports these attacks were coordinated, but right now it's unclear who was behind the attacks. new overnight.. london bridge and borough high street in london reopened to the public. the areas have been cordoned off since the terror attack saturday night. part of borough market is still closed. the opening of the roads came as police raided a home in east london early this morning. a 30 year old man was arrested in connection with the london attack. developing now.. two maryland high school students - murdered the night before thei

ken, i'm going to begin with you on the importance this "associated press" reporting. it mentioned the attorney general sessions, the deputy a.g. rosenstein. but more importantly, it mentions that mutualer is now, i guess, taking over the manafort investigation. does that become overarching? does he -- does he have the ability to say share with me what you have learned. you can shut your effort down, i've got it from here? >> brian, with all due respect to my former colleagues at the associated press where i worked as the intelligence writer not too long ago i'm puzzled by this story because we at the msnbc nbc news investigative unit have been reporting for some time that the paul manafort case and the michael flynn case are a part of the whole russia investigation even though they don't seem on the surface to be directly related to russia collusion. it seemed only natural to us that mueller would be taking both of those things over. there may be a tech knick callity that he had to assume. the bottom line is mueller is overseeing a sprawling fbi investigation that inc

this is from the associated press on the president's executive order. the 2017 budget provides 95 million for these apprenticeships and only 5 million more than the obama administration. it would be set by the labor department and eases the regulatory burden for administering apprenticeship programs. guest: it is a great goal. i think we need to have more apprentice programs, but we have to find it. you can not have the same baselevel funding and say who will have 10 times more apprenticeship programs. plus, these programs must be in advanced manufacturing, but also in the new digital areas. one place at that can happen is an initiative that was in the obama administration have brought together people to train for tech jobs in the future. my hope is that the president will put the resources behind the rhetoric. host: we are talking to congressman ro khanna about works training, and how to upscale american workers. we want to know your thoughts. republicans 202-748-8001. democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8002. >> there are 6 million job opening

associated press reporter darlene superville has been covering this story and joins me now from washington. this is kind of a rare glimmer of bipartisanship. >> it is a rare glimmer of bipartisanship. and bipartisanship is easy to achieve when you're talking about military veterans and the people in this country who voluntarily go into harm's way in defense of the united states. remember-- you may remember that the v.a. secretary, david shulkin, who is a holdover from the obama administration, when he went before the senate to be confirmed to become the veteran affairs secretary, the confirmation vote was 100-0, and that's something that donald trump talks about quite a bit when he's talking about veterans' issues. >> sreenivasan: i remember the scandal that started this. i mean, this was in phoex. this was a few years ago, it even caused secretary eric shinseki his job. refresh us a little bit on what caused this. >> well, it was uncovered that at the v.a. medical center in phoenix, staff there were keeping separate waiting lists of veterans that were waiting for appointments. they were t

prisoners were told to allegations are rife that's according to investigation released by the associated press let's get more from all middle east correspondent. paula what exactly has the investigation revealed so far . well as you say it shows that the united arab emirates and allied yemen i forces have allegedly been running a network of some seventeen secret prisons across southern yemen and one in eritrea now the locations include military bases at least one airport even private villas and a nightclub there are reports of regular abuse and extreme torture now u.s. forces are reportedly also involved in these interrogations and one of the methods of torture is reportedly one that includes a grill in inverted commas now this is when the victim is tied to a suspect like a roast and spun in a circle of fire here is what two former detainees had to say. i stayed there for around one hundred seventy seven days without proper investigation the question me after ten days of the tension and that was it but during those one hundred seventy seven days there were beatings insults humiliation and aske

let's bring in erika warner from the associated press.on't know what is in it, but republicans have a lot of mouths to feed. they have to get it past the people and the right and left and it's a tall order. >> we have some idea who is writing it and what is in it. clearly who is writing it is mitch mcconnell and some of his aides and a few senators. as far as what is in it, it won't be all that different from the house bill. as the president himself has indicated, it definitely has to be more generous if it's going to pass the senate or in an unusual situation for congress where it's really very suspenseful as to what will happen next week. will there in fact be a vote? probably so. will it pass? at this time we don't know. >> shepard: sounds like there will be a floor debate, however short, but no hearings at all. is that right? no opportunity for amendments? >> well, once the bell comes to the floor there will be an amendment process called a voteranma. there will be unlimited amendments but they will be disposed of quickly in partisan

the associated press is reporting that donald trump has told associates that he has the legal authorityto fire mueller. now i've read the statute. i'm sure donald trump hasn't. but the law says very clear i will only the attorney general has that power. and if the attorney general is recused, whoever has he rest placed him in that role has that power. the president doesn't have the power. but he appears to be walking around the white house, believing that he does. >> or he believes he can reach down to some number of level of people to find a robert oreck who will throw away their future by doing his bidding. max is correct about the developments here there will be a court hearing monday in brooklyn in which henry kaufman, also representing the bbc and others are trying to unseal the efforts of felix seder's dealings. this is the man who travelled with trump for years, who has involved in major felonies and is very closely associated with donald, though donald claims he wouldn't recognize anymore he knew he. he travelled with him all over the place. we're trying get the records of his c

amy: i want to read from the associated press's new report. they write -- they said they were beaten, sexually assaulted. according to a member of the elite, a yemeni security force set up by the uae, american forces were at times only yards away. kristine beckerle? >> we documented as well torture abuse of detainees at that exact same facility. we talked to one mother who had her son disappeared in the facility. cap saying things like, we just want to see our son. facility, yemenis who are following these cases potentially more than 100 people are detained there cometh a people of the disappeared, that they have no access too their families. people don't have access to the sites. now you are reporting the u.s. is potentially potentially more0 people are detained involved ine things. it is a serious allegation and it has access to some of the worst things we heard 10 or 15 years ago. amy: and the description of the grill, people strapped to a turning rod, a spit and they are put over and rolled over a fire like a rotisserie chicken? >> it is h

>> he has that big cuba policy announcement at end of the week, and on health care, associated press reports that in that lunch with senators today, president described house version of healthcare bill as mean, mean, mean. we have not been able to confirm that language, but one source, did tell fox news that president thought that senate could be more generous with its version of health care bill, lou. lou: john thank you, john roberts, we're coming right back, a lot to cover again tonight. stay with us. >> attorney general jeff sessions makes clear that comey's recusal are false. >> we'll talk up the dem's witch-hunt against the trump administration, judge andrew napolitano will join us next. >> president trump still focused on people's priorities. >> announced yesterday that two million people have dropped out of obamacare, two million additional, they are leaving fast. leaving fast. lou: that story and more you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are

the associated press says mr. wants to have all the diplomatic bells and whistles when the two meet. an administration official believes the meeting should be low key in the midst of an investigation into russian meddling into the election. say thes in england list of high-rise apartment buildings that have failed fire safety tests has grown to 60. additional national testing was ordered after an inferno engulfed london's grenville tower on june 14, killing at least 79 people. fire officials believe the of the materials led to the rapid spread of the blaze. macron met in paris with his ukrainian counterpart. he says a phone call between the leaders of france, germany, ukraine, and russia will be scheduled by the end of next week in an effort to make tangible progress. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 100 20 countries. im am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> live from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york, im julia chatterley. scarlett: i am scarlet

the shooter, according to nbc news and an official who spoke to the "associated press" as well we alsoe some video that ran on cbs this morning. of the majority whip, steve scalise, who was shot and carried out on a stretcher from this baseball field and put into an ambulance and brought to the hospital steve scalise was brought out by multiple members of a paramedic team, as you can see from this video, and you have now heard members of congress, teammates of his who were here describing a very harrowing scene after which he was shot. he crawled into the outfield about 15 yard away now that he is out of surgery, we certainly wish him a speedy recovery and are glad no one was hurt finally, members of the police teams, both the washington police, the washington field office of the fbi, the alexandria police and the capitol police, did make comments about the fact that there were members of security details for these congressional members that were here today they said that made a significant difference people may know that security presence for these members of congress was stepped up s

as the dam in conclusion of a top energy department official working on the site speaking to associated press last week doug schultz said that the universe structure was not going to last long enough for the cleanup and talking about the deadline for the completion of two hundred sixty he said some facilities were not going to withstand that time he continued by saying we're sending people into environments no one was expected to go to is there a potential for more alarms absolutely. quote now they had four nuclear side produced up to seventy percent of plutonium for the us nuclear arsenal including material for the bomb dropped on japan in one hundred forty five but after the cold war was over the facility became irrelevant and the cleanup operation of all the toxic waste kicked off in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine currently the five hundred eighty square mile area houses a hundred and seventy seven underground shelton's which store fifty four million gallons of highly radioactive waste the annual budget for the cleanup was two point three billion dollars but the energy department es

the associated press is reporting that donald trump has told associates he has the legal authority to fire mueller. i've read the statute. i'm sure donald trump hasn't. but the law says very clearly only the attorney general has that power. and if the attorney general is recused, whoever has he rest placed him in that role has that power. the president doesn't have the power. but he appears to be walking around the white house, believing that he does. >> or he believes he can reach down to some number of level of people to find a robert bork who will throw away their future by doing his bidding. but max is correct about the developments here. there will be a court hearing monday in brooklyn in which d.c. report and our lawyer henry kaufman, who's also representing the bbc and others, are trying to unseal the records of felix sater's dealings. this is the man who traveled with trump for years, who has involved in major felonies and is very closely associated with donald, even though donald claims he wouldn't recognize him if he knew him. he traveled with him all over the place. we're t

. >>> also tonight the associated press reports the special counsel's investigation may expand to the roles played by jeff sessions. for more, i'm joined by "the washington post's" ruth marcus, paul butler, steve schmidt. on the phone is jeff horowitz of the associated press, who broke the story of the expanding special counsel investigation. let me start with ruth on this because i think the fact that they're now investigating spencer -- i mean sessions. sessions, the attorney general, and his deputy, rosenstein, are all being investigated. they're the ones that basically put mueller in place. he's investigating the guys -- certainly rosenstein had brought him in. >> the guy who nominated him or appointed him. in a sense, it's kind of obvious, right, because when you start to look at the reasons for the firing, you're going to need to look at how they were involved in the decision to fire and the memo that rosenstein wrote. so unless it's something beyond the, what role did you guys play? i han't seen the a.p. story yet. there may be less there than meets the eye. but if i were bob m

ae associated press signed union official that said the alleged attacker went after .olice the result the paris headquarters comes just four days after that terrorist attack on london bridge. dead and seven people a dozen more injured or missing. over thecutor has terror probe to the attack. tim cook says the company has helped british officials investigate terror attacks. took called my colleague emily chang, that he couldn't go into detail but he said that when apple has of information and authorities have lovely requested a, the company that have promptly requested it, -- has promptly requested a, they have went along with it. the national security reports that was what was on yesterday said russian voter intelligence agency said that sent spearfishing emails to officials. a spokesman for but a mere put and deny the allegation saying they didn't see any evidence to prove this information is true. force got onian offensive to capture the northern city of raqqa. american commanders said the battle will be a long and difficult operation. operation activists say yes u.s.s -- fighters -

the damaging conclusion of a top energy department official working on the site speaking to associated press last week said that the infrastructure was not going to last long enough for the clean up and joking about the deadline for the completion of two hundred sixty he said some facilities were not going to withstand that time he continued by saying we're sending people into environments no one was expected to go to is there a potential for more alarms absolutely end of quote now they had for nuclear side produced up to seventy percent of plutonium for the u.s. nuclear arsenal including material for the bomb dropped on japan in one thousand forty five but after the cold war was over the facility became irrelevant and the cleanup operation of all the toxic waste kicked off in one thousand eight hundred nine currently the five hundred eighty square mile area houses one hundred seventy seven underground shelter tanks which store fifty four million gallons of highly radioactive waste the annual budget for the clean up was two point three billion dollars but the energy department estimates that

according to be associated press american forces in yemen have reportedly been involved in the interrogation of detainees in prisons where torture allegations are rife argues middle east correspondent policy we're has the story the united arab emirates and allied yemen i forces have allegedly been running a network of some seventeen secret prisons across southern yemen and one in eritrea now the indications include military bases at least one if port even private villas and a nightclub they are reports of regular abuse and extreme torture now u.s. forces are reportedly also involved in these interrogations and one of the methods of torture is reportedly one that includes a grill in inverted commas not this is when the victim is tied to a suspect like a roast and spun in a circle of fire here is what two former detainees had to say. and i go to the way stayed there for around one hundred seventy seven days without proper investigation the question me after ten days of the tension and that was it but during those one hundred seventy seven days there were beatings insults humiliation and asked

this discussion draft by the republicans was laid out in by the key bullet points associated press this past week. here is what the bill essentially does. in brief. it ends the affordable care act mandates and most of the taxes. if faith is not the medicaid expansion over three years, ending in 2024. limits medicaid spending with per capita caps, or block grants for states that choose them. the spending growth rate would become stricter in 2025. states could buy for waivers for many of the insurance regulations, though not protections were people with pre-existing conditions and coverage for young adults. cap -- or affordable tax affordable health care -- a portal care act tax credit would be kept in place unlike the tax bill -- house bill, but their value would be reduced under the senate plan. funds for the aca's cost-sharing subsidies through 2019, but then repeals them. let's go to your calls. first up is stacy in bowling green, kentucky on the democrat line. hi, stacy. doing? hi, how are you >> good. caller: i would like to talk about my personal. for obamacare save my life. i woul

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dave king from the associated press. seems like there's various kinds of information. i know it's patchy. but i wanted to know if there's any like -- everything and anything that they might have told you, any kind of information, any kind -- all kinds of files. what did they tell you? what is the totality of what they told you? >> we've had no direct contact with north korean medical authorities. >> we're going to take two more questions and then we will conclude. >> can there be any more -- >> would you introduce yourself, please? >> amanda at channel 5 again. are there more tests that -- you've had him here for 40 hours. is there more that can be learned overtime or have you done the battery of tests and this is what we know and as far as we'll get? >> yeah, we wanted to perform a complete evaluation of his current state. so that's -- those tests have been done at this time. i think we have a complete view of his state. further tests down the line will rely on the decision making and discussions with the family which we said are private at this time. >> american inte

this is from the "associated press." new mexico health insurer proposes 80% premium height from the "washington examiner," cms, 47 counties won't have obamacare coverage in 2018. from bloomberg, and then to leave obamacare markets in indiana and wisconsin could from the washington free begin, last insurer in delaware request a rate hike of 33.6% for 2018. mr. president these headlines should probably be shocking. and 80% premium increase, 47 w counties without an insurer thas they are not. insurers leaving the market huge premium hikes last of coverage is par for the course for obamacare. unfortunately mr. president to too many americans have gotten used to those headlines. i have watched counts of how may times i've read more headlines. while these headlines may not bv shocking anymore they are stilld disturbing. behind these stories are tens of thousands of struggling americans, americans who can no longer afford their obamacare premiums. americans who are losing their health care plans again. americans who are worried

a report from the associated press about his response to london, saying "president donald trump can'tcounted on to give accurate information to americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad." the media isn't attempting to hide its disdain anymore. the mainstream media doing it, and we saw the mayor of london saying donald trump, you are not welcome here. >> tom: you see the media, they obviously don't think the democrats are doing a good job so they they are going to be the opposition party to president trump. everything he says and does is met with derision by the media. they disagree and everything is an argument. there is always someone trying to catch him suggesting he said something wrong. he got something wrong -- he tweeted out it might have been a terrorist attack. he was wrong. but he's also right fundamentally on the issue of terrorism. >> eric: let's stay on -- >> kat: come on. are you saying he deserves no blame whatsoever in terms of people saying he can't be trusted to report accurately on terror when he hasn't accurately reported on terror. >> tom: conveying media li

the associated press breaking this news 10 minutes ago. this young man on screen, otto warmbier has apparently been released from a prison in north korea. rex tillerson in prepared remarks in 20 minutes from now as he testifies on capitol hill. secretary tillerson says warmbier is on his way back to the united states, reunited with his family. the state department secured his release at the direction of president donald trump. tillerson adds the state department continues talking about three other detained americans with north korea. it also comes again as the former nba player dennis rodman is paying a visit to north korea. he has been there before. warmbier grew up in cincinnati, ohio, in the community of wyoming. you might remember that tearful confession and apology that he gave on camera shortly before he was led away to the prison camp. the rumor was that warmbier was picked up at the airport while leaving pyongyang with reports of a stolen state poster in his suitcase. the other report from the family is that he merely touched a pos

the associated press, for example, obviously imagines itself as a leading role in the left wing's mediaar against president trump. who as of this interview intermediated the associated press from its audience, threatening not only ap's relevance, but its existence. te this, ging against this quote, president donald trump can't be counted on to give accurate information to americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad. i want you, if you will, to think of the just massive stupidity of that statement. in point of fact, ap is jealous of the president and actually jealous of their future. that's the ap's way of saying, if you read or listen to president trump speaking directly to the american people, then what will be the role of the ap? nbc nightly news also apparently filled with fear and sanctimonious nonsense of its own. it refused to report on a retweet by president trump about fears of a new terrorist attack in london over the weekend. nbc argued this, quote, the info is unconfirmed, end quote. of course, the president was right. the attack was absolutely terrorism. the president w

white house bureau chief for the washington post, white house reporter for the associated press, and two attorneys are with us tonight. a 25-year veteran federal prosecutor, joyce vance, who spent almost eight years as a u.s. attorney, among the first five u.s. attorneys appointed by president obama. is jeremy bash is back with us, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. former chief kouns thool house intelligence committee. i'll begin with you, largely because of the work of your newspaper on this eventful, emotional day. your paper prints this game changer story and i'm guessing you find the president's personal attorney's reaction notable as well. >> and you hit the nail on the head when you said the white house and actually not the white house, the legal team, the president's legal team is not actually denying the details of this story. rather there's an attack on the leaks and i received in the last hour a very detailed list of talking points in consultation, presumably with the white house to try to discredit the story and there's no denial of the facts. rather it says t

he was 38, lived in the sunset, the "associated press" is reporting today lam was involved in a custody battle with his estranged girlfriend. when police arrived jimmy turned his gun on himself. he was involved in a custody battle with his estranged girlfriend. >> i have been crying for the last day. just a few minutes a tragedy. >> reporter: they were u.p.s. drivers but they were also beloved members of their families and their communities. benson louie was a volume buy ball coach. >> i was on the team he was like a second father. >> i have known benson since middle school. the world lost another great person. >> reporter: so far investigators aren't telling us if they have found a motive. in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> new at 6:00 a master plan is out to turn treasure island into a major cultural destination. it envisions millions in new artwork starting with large sculptures. kpix 5's da lin is on treasure island right now with more on what's in the works. >> reporter: this spot that i'm standing on now is going to look very different 10, 20 years down the line because th

he covers national security, foreign policy and a state department for the associated press., we'll have to wait until the actual hearing to know exactly what james comey is going to say. but what this really shows is what a delicate tight rope the former fbi director is going to be walking. on the one hand, james comey obviously wants some of this information to come out. we've seen all of these leaks from people close to comey. information from these notes that he kept at the time that he was having the meetings with trump. obviously he wants people to know about what he perhaps sees as some interference by the president. on the other hand, you know, until recently, he was the director of the fbi. the last thing that comey is going to want to do is interfere with that on going fbi investigation and this broader investigation that special counsel mueller now working on. so we know that comey has spoken with mueller, that they have discussed what he might say without actually causing problems for that investigation. i think we'll see the former fbi director trying to be as op

first, this is all according to the associated press.t would cut and revamp medicaid, end penalties on people not buying coverage. eliminate funding for planned parenthood. subsidies will be based on income. they passed a health plan that called for tax credit to help people buy insurance based on age. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. >>> a lot of familiar faces if you pass ben's chili bowl today. >> including one much our favorite anchors here at news 4. the d.c. landmark unveiled the new mural and features harriet tubman and president obama. 16 figures in all. we're so incredibly proud that our colleague, jim vance, is among them. es flowing. i came here on june 10th of 1969. and one of the first places that i came to, to spend my money in d.c. was ben's chili bowl. >> vance joined us on news 4 at 6:00 p.m. by phone to talk more about this honor. we posted that conversation in the nbc washington app. search ben. >>> we've seen several accidents. we want a check of first 4 traffic is melissa mollet. >> breaking news continuing in

the associated press has declared ed gillespie the wifner over stuart.stuart 43 to h 2 percent. fox5 bo like to extend an invitation to mr. northam and mr. gill less pi to join us on fox5 news morning tomorrow. let's check in with sue now and get the latest on our weather out there it has been a scorcher of a day i would like it to cool down. & think you have a lot of company in that department, sarah and jim. i'll tell you what, tonight the humidity has really come up. it was bad this afternoon, but it's really bad tonight. one of our staffers went outside a little while ago and said a it was hard to breathe as you hit the wall of humidity. we're seeing some places with dewpoints in the mid 730s tonight. that is really tropical humidity. what that means tomorrow as a frontal boundary gets closer we will likely have more widespread storms. we have isolated storms mainly west. any storms we see tomorrow could feature heavy rain and they would be slow moving. the potential for a little bit a flash flooding if we get a marginal risk of some of these being s

coverslicia caldwell immigration and homeland security for the associated press.he is on the phone. remind us the origins of these policies. guest: the childhood arrivals program was launched five years ago on june 15. announced rather by the white house. the idea was that congress has not acted, sympathetic people, the administration, the obama administration wanted to give them an opportunity to be safe from deportation while congress had a chance to act on some sort of reform bill that, in the eyes of many, would have protected this group of people. these are young people, many of whom who arrived as a very young children. some did not know they were not u.s. citizens until they went to get drivers licenses or jobs. the idea was to create a stopgap measure that would allow for a temporary reprieve. odd years later, 787,000 young immigrants have taken up the government's offer and then at approved for this program which provides a work permit. not only do they have permission tuesday, they get a work permit. the parental program was the follow-on. it extended th

host: a recent decision by the supreme court to hear a case theing at gerrymandering, associated presswriting that the court will take up a moment's fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain advantage. it could affect the balance of power between democrats and republicans across the united states. at issue, whether republican lawmakers in wisconsin drew legislative district that favored -- another supreme court case, the decision taking a look at lawsuits stemming from 9/11. on monday thatd several high-ranking bush administration officials may not be sued for policies adapted -- adopted after the september 11 attacks, that includes john nowroft, bob mueller, investigating possible links between the trump administration and russia, justice anthony kennedy. acknowledged the weighty bikini's was treated -- way the detainees were appalling but he said lawsuit seeking money from high-ranking officials were not the right way to address asserted misconduct in the midst of a national security group's is. alleged in the complaint are true then what happened to the responders