open golf tournament at bedminster golf course. there is concern about revelation of kremlin-linked attendees at a meeting at trump tower last year. the june 2016 gathering was set to be between donald trump, jr. campaign manager, paul man port and son-in-law jared intermediary gold stone and russian lawyer -- susfected links to russian intelligence was also there. >> as far as you know, as far this as incident is concerned this is all of it. >> this is everything. >> the development contradicts public statements from donald trump, jr. who based on e-mails he released accepted the meeting hoping to receive damaging info about hillary clinton. president trump has defended his campaign's actions. >> nothing happened from the meeting. zero happened from the meeting. and honestly i think the press made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people were doing. >> democrats used their weekly address to say they now have proof of collusion. >> donald trump, jr.'s e-mails we saw the first public evidence that the trump campaig

. >> reporter: president trump was enjoying the action friday at his bedminster new jersey golf club with the u.s. women's open is being played. more controversyundses -- surrenders his son don junior. now, another american once accused of having been a soviet military intelligence officer was also in the room. he did serve in a soviet military unit that did counterintellegence work, but was not trained as a spy. he was born in russia and lobbyist in washington. >> this is everything. this is everything. >> but at first, the only participants donald junior mentioned was himself, his brother-in-law, jared kushner, the russian lawyer and the public relations man for a russian billionaire who set the whole thing up, rob goldstone, now western there were two other people at the meeting, the russian born lobbyist and interpreter. the lawyer left behind documents for the trump team, but didn't say what was in them. abc news washington. >>> the pentagon said u.s. drone strike killed the leader of isis in afghanistan. he died in the kunar province. >>> developing news this morning, almost 3,

president trump's spending the weekend in bedminster, new jersey.ocation of one of 12 golf resorts he owns here in the u.s. and right now his business is waging a war in the courts over the taxes on those resorts. cnn's ken law reports. >> reporter: trump national golf club jupiter, 285 acre luxury state of the art property. good enough for the president to host japan's prime minister, later golfing on the lush course. and federal election filings just last month, the organization claims the value is more than $50 million. but in the lawsuit filed thursday against palm beach county, the attorneys say it's worth $18.4 million. trump's lawyers claimed it's worth no more than $5 million. why? if you lower the value -- >> if you lower the value you pay less taxes. >> so it's about how much you pay the town. >> yeah, the state of florida and the city of palm beach. >> reporter: it's a years long pattern rebooted every year. he has fought the tax assessments on all 12 of his u.s. golf courses except the one in bedminster, new jersey, where he gets a farml

david wright, abc kimberly: news, bedminster, new jersey. kimberly: the secret service pushing back on a claim i trump's's lawyers. the secret service vetted those 2016ding the infamous meeting between the campaign and russian nationals. in a statement "donald trump jr. was not a protectee of the secret service. thus, we would not have screened anyone he was meeting with at that time." the white house is dubbing this "made in america" week. this will join businesses from 50 other states at a white house meeting tomorrow. the white house pledged to increase production of american-made goods by renegotiating trade deals. ofth is the largest maker this product in the region. what happened on a roller coaster that sent dozens of people to the hospital? ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ health care works best when it's centered around one thing: you. we are kaiser permanente and we believe that with better research, the right medicine, and connected and comprehensive care, we're helping millions thrive. ♪ visit kp.org/wearekp to learn more. fios is not cabl

bedminster 69. glad wynn, 72 degrees to start with. limited sunshine this morning. northeast today. bring in the cloud cover and keep us mostly cloudy today. late this afternoon, see showers and thunderstorms move in. first opportunity for heavy weather in our area. philadelphia 84 degrees this afternoon. low 80s for the suburbs. dry through the morning. this afternoon, later this afternoon we could see scattered showers and thunderstorms. even in the lehigh valley. while new jersey and delaware, you'll get the first of the wet weather later today during the afternoon. wilmington, before that, thunderstorm pops up. 82 degrees and in new jersey, voorhees hits 83 degrees. eventually those showers and thunderstorms will reach towards the shore too. that's going to take most of the day to happen. right now t radar and satellite, not showing much activity in the area, but there are some showers to the south that will be passing to the south to start with and then later today, that's when we'll see the thunderstorms take shape for our area and tonight heavy rainfall. we c

meanwhile, president trump will go back to bedminster, new jersey, where they will host the united states women's open golf tournament. >> for now they are watching the parade. the president and melania trump. and they will leave later today. >>> all right. let's talk about what's happening in washington. despite claims, the white house's 2018 budget won't balance in ten years according to new analysis by the cbo. it says the budget's defense will reduce -- defense will reduce by nearly one-third, going the right direction. but well below the $16 billion surplus the white house estimates. the difference is the pace of economic growth. the white house says the policy is like tax reform and spending cuts, will spur 3% growth. however, many experts in the cbo say 3% is too optimistic. they expect the slower rate of 1.8%. why? the cbo says trump's economic plans lack the detail the cbo needs to calculate savings or costs, particularly tax reform. trillions in spending cuts are being used to reduce debt coming from programs like medicaid, food stamps, and disability insurance. >>> breaking ove

. >> we will talk about that with ron allen not far from bedminster.e start with the threat from north korea. that is clearly something that comes up when he heads overseas later on this week. give us where you think that conversation is going? >> first of all, he already agreed with the south korean president with whom he met last week, they will have a meeting with president abe -- sorry, prime minister abe on the side line. there will be a trilateral. we don't know what will come out of that. hopefully some agreement on strategy. we have obviously sanctions and something both the south koreans and japanese are fine with. chinese are nervous about that. >> and he's also set to meet with chi as well. i think the rhetoric needs to be cools and sanctions need to be amped up and they need to come to a strategy. how long do they put sanctions in place, do they give north korea a deadline? how much do they increase them and what are they going to say to the chinese? >> not just sanctions on korea, but others we talked about. we have this hugely important m

hosting some of the top women golfers in the world at his bedminster club.ut this new abc news/"washington post" poll shows that subpar. the president's record-low approval rating seems to be a reflection of americans' concerns about his competence and effectiveness. nearly half think u.s. leadership has grown weaker on his watch. and just 1 out of 3 americans say he's making significant progress toward his goals. >> it's very hard to hear some of this negativity. all this stuff, it's not even true. >> reporter: trump still has die hard supporters. people like kathy deneul, who says she's sick about all the chatter about russian meddling. >> it's been covered since the day he was elected. all i've heard from abc, cbs, nbc is russia. russia, russia, russia. we're so sick of it. >> reporter: but 6 in 10 people believe russia meddled in the presidential election. of them, nearly 3 out of 4 say trump benefited from the interference. and 2 out of 3 think members of the campaign intentionally helped. as for trump's signature campaign promise. >> we are going to re

golf courses except the one in bedminster, new jersey, where he gets a farmland tax break for havingperty. the trump organization is also suing the small town of ossining, new york, population 40,000, to lower his taxes on his westchester golf course. tout be a 101-foot waterfaultll the 13th hole. the most expensive ever constructed and worth more thanthan $40 million. the tax difference between those values is about $425,000 a year. >> it's so unfair. who is going to be paying the difference? except for the people of ossining. >> reporter: trump's lawyers are fighting in los verdes, and public tax documents obtained by cnn show in 2007 the course was worth $67 million. but year after year, trump filed hundreds of appeals to drop the value of the golf course by tens of millions of dollars. all the appeals dropped the value to $27.7 million, down $40 million in nine years. multiple tax experts tell "cnn live today" that trump is not alone in what he's doing. many wealthy people have attorneying fighting to lower tax burdens, but an important difference with donald trump now. >> do you

on this long holiday weekend, president trump is at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, but it won't be all r and r. just yesterday, his suggestion to repeal and replace obamacare later was rejected by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. >>> also, several states are refusing to turn over sensitive voter information to the white house. >> this is an outrageous attempt by this administration to suppress voters, to disenfranchise voters, and get personal information which is a violation of personal property rights, individual liberties, we will not comply. >>> we're also following the latest developments out of little rock, arkansas, where 25 people were shot at a nightclub overnight. >>> but we begin in new jersey, president donald trump and his family spending their fourth of july holiday at his bedminster golf club but being on vacation hasn't kept the commander in chief off twitter. this morning, the president responding to pushback from several states to a request from the white house for voter data from the 2016 election. data that would be used by the president's voter fraud

just baurly into the 60s. 69 in bedminster. warrington. to start with. a pretty warm afternoon. in fact, philadelphia, i think will hit 90 degrees this afternoon. the chance of more showers and thunderstorms especially later this afternoon and into this even accident. then they finally come to an end. drying out for tomorrow. humidity comes down. much more pleasant on tuesday. high of 83 degrees on tuesday. 82 degrees on wednesday. that's after a morning low temperature of 65 degrees. sunshine, another nice day on thursday. just a little bit warmer. up to 85 degrees. showers and thunderstorms on friday. little bit more humid on friday as well. then a warm summer weekend ahead for saturday and sunday, but short of the 90 degree mark. right on through tuesday. temperatures will be warm. get close to 90, but not quite there. a chance of showers and thunderstorms next tuesday and then into the low 90s next wednesday. >> thank you, bill. about 10, 11 minutes before 6:00 a.m. may be getting up and out the door. jump on 95, give you a heads-up. >> jessica boyin

exton is down to 66 degrees. 64. 60s for bedminster. fort washington and glad win. not a bad start this morning. humidity is going the be dropping during the day. going to get more and more comfortable at the temperatures the heat up. will be a pretty warm afternoon. doppler radar and satellite completely clear right now. see some clouds north and west. some showers just to the north of ohio. crossing the lake this morning. those showers are a possibility for a few neighborhoods this evening. most of the area will stay dry. right now the cloud coming off of lake erie. clouds producing a few scattered showers this afternoon. mainly northern new jersey and in central pennsylvania. during the late afternoon and evening hours, see a few spots showing up on the radar. most areas will stay dry. looking good for today. the third of july. fourth of july looks pretty good too. a few more clouds around and isolated shower is a possibility. most areas will stay dry tomorrow. 88 degrees after morning low of 71. sunshine a few clouds on wednesday. 86 the high. and here comes som

bedminster is 58. politic pleasant a start this morning. humidity is very low. stay on the low side today. temperatures in the upper 80s. westchester. 86 degrees this afternoon. a lot of sunshine for lansdale and allentown. upper 80s for new jersey. humidity will be a little bit higher today than it was yesterday. still pretty nice. and the shore, very low 80s this afternoon with nothing, but sunshine. delaware up to 86 degrees. little by warmer in smyrna and delaware beaches going to be a warm summer day at 88 degrees. showers hold off for most areas today. come tomorrow, we'll be watching some showers early in the morning. redding and allentown and into the poconos. a chance of storms during the day tomorrow. those heavy storms moving into the midwest right now. their on track for our area tomorrow afternoon. today, we'll see a lot of sunshine. could be an isolated shower popping up this afternoon, but more likely we're going to have to wait until tomorrow. we'll start the day with just a few scattered showers. mainly to the north. that's at 6:45 in the mornin

women's golf tournament played this weekend at trump national golf club in bedminster, new jersey. the president, you can see him there in an enclosed glass building on the 14th green. >>> chuck todd speaking exclusively with texas senator john cornyn, other interviews, mark warner and jay sekulow. he's a member of the president's legal time. all this happens at 10:30, nbc 4. >>> if you need to ride the red line a new way to waterproof tunnels. grosvenor station will be closed for three weekends, four weekends in total. can you hop on the shuttle bus. they got a look inside leaky tunnels. the latest repairs will cut down on track fires caused by arcing insulators. >>> you might be able to help police find the man who savagely attacked a montgomery county bus driver. take a look. these are the surveillance photos we get. just released of the suspect, investigators saying the man got into an argument with the ride on driver near shady grove metro and moments later that person started to beat the driver with a radio phone as he tried to call for help. surveillance cameras caught the m

. >>> president trump meantime is spending the holiday weekend at his golf course in bedminster new jersey but he flew back to washington for a special event tonight. the president attended the celebrate freedom concert. this event was organized by the first pennsylvania turnpike activity church of dallas to honor veterans. president trump told that crowd america will not fail. >> as long as our country remains true to its values, loyal to its heroes and devoted to its creator, then our best days are yet to come because we will make america great again. [cheers and applause] >> president trump returned to new jersey right after the concert. >>> stay with us everyone. still ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight, was eight tornado? a closer look at what people in maine saw develop right over the water as thunder and lightning forced everyone to seek cover. plus. >> and i was really amazed. like they weren't burned. so, you know, a lot of people had angels over them today. >> plane crash heroes. how a few people on their way home ended up saving lives on a california freeway. >>> and a bit later

prurch and his family are spending this extended independence day weekend at bedminster golf club inriefly travel back to washington, d.c., tonight to attend an event at the kennedy center. >>> in little rock, arkansas, people were injured at a nightclub. some kind of a dispute led to the exchange of gunshots. some of the wounded were trampled. all of the victims are expected to survive. >>> and new jersey governor chris christie ordered a statement government shutdown after lawmakers failed to pass a budget. christie closed nonessential government offices as well as parks and beaches with the fourth of july holiday near. tens of thousands of state employees will be furloughed. >>> now, preparations are underway for president trump's visit to hamburg, germany. the president and russian president vladimir putin are scheduled to meet but the administration down played the meeting as one of the many the president will take part in, in two days. trump heads to the g20 summit amid international concern over his abilities to handle foreign affairs. just 22% expressed confidence in the pres

david wright, abc news, bedminster, new jersey. >> former fbi director james comey is writing a book about his public service, including his brief tenure in the trump administration. officials say the book is expected to go to auction this week and the major publishing houses have already expressed a lot of interest. a courting to the "the new york times," the book will not be a conventional tell all memorandum war, but instead more of a look at the principles comey says guided him through the most challenging moments of his career. >>> a sunny weekend out on the lake takes a dangerous turn. how quick thinking dock workers prevented this house boat fire from becoming a major disaster at shasta lake. >>> the annual act of kindness, caring and love in the fight against hiv and aids coming up. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ where all the walls echo with laughter ♪ ♪ and every room has its own chapter ♪ you've carried on your family's tradition. let us help you prepare for your family's future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. the six-dollar subway club. it's everyone'

open, held at his bedminster golf resort. however relaxed the president may appear, he is trying to change course, first playing down one crisis with his dismissal label referring to the russia hoax story in a tweet about the stock market rally while making official his hiring of a new lawyer inside the white house, naming wash wash veteran ty cobb as the president's special counsel to handle the russia investigation internally. while on tv, one of the president's personal lawyers defends him. >> the president has stated very clearly that he was not aware of the meeting and did not attend the meeting and that has been undisputed. no one has disputed that, so he was not aware of it, did not attend it. >> reporter: and changing course on health care. the president is now playing a short game, using his twitter feed, promising to save americans from the obamacare disaster, and his weekly address. >> we are very, very close to ending this health care nightmare. we are so close. >> reporter: today in iowa, trump adviser kellyanne

bedminster. even those areas in the low 60s, the humidity sl lower than it has been. that doesn't look like it's going to last. the humidity will be returning over the next couple of days. for today, that moisture level stays low. the temperatures climb into the 80s this afternoon. the clouds that are moving through philadelphia right now will mainly pass by dry. there is a chance of a shower later this morning and this afternoon. you see some scattered clouds at 11:00, 83 degrees. watch what happens as we go into the early afternoon hours. could be some isolated showers in the lehigh valley and some of the suburbs. pop-up shower is possible in new jersey, but most of the region will be staying dry. at 1:00 this afternoon. 85 degrees. look how dry it got this afternoon. mainly clear this evening as well. come tomorrow, there's a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. first, arriving to the north early tomorrow morning. those storms coming from activity that's moving through the midwest and into the ohio valley. that's for tomorrow. for today. grab your sunglasses

bethlehem bridgewater though over four hackettstown quick your town perkasie doylestown wilson bedminster washington rockaway telling town nazareth in mt arlington intense thunderstorm lines can produce tornadoes and widespread significant damage although a tornado is not immediately likely it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest of a building these storms may cause serious injury and significant property damage repeating a severe thunderstorm warning has been issued until six pm for the following counties in new jersey hundred mercer morris somerset and warren in the fall counties in pennsylvania books montgomery and northampton. the company told us legislation is the way to find online hate speech like you know actions like me. the national weather service in mount holly new jersey has issued a special memory warning for upper delaware be in till six be five pm at five ten pm severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along the line extending from fourteen nautical miles north of the patch island to near specific moving southeast at twenty five knots

president trump is spending is the weekend at his golf club in bedminster new jersey. >>> authoritiesay a massive sinkhole in florida has stabilized now. it started out the size of a swimming pool. it gru to swallow two houses. this is all happening in land oh lakes florida. that's near tampa. the sinkhole is about 2250 feet by 225 feet wide and 50 feet deep. residents of about a dozen homes have been evacuated. no one was injured. authorities say now that the sinkhole has stopped growing t-hazmat crews are getting to work. >> there is septic tanks in this water. it's probably a good think that this sinkhole has been stopped up because there's a lot of contaminants in this water. it will allow us to properly dee contaminate the area recover the water get it out of harm's way and clear the debris out. >> both properties have had sinkholes in the past and authorities reporting live investigating what is causing the problem. >>> also investigators are now trying to figure out wham sparked a deadly highrise apartment building fire in hawaii. at least three people were killed, dozens injur

we are at trump national in bedminster, newjersey, owned by donald trump.of his derogatory comments towards women and minorities. i knowjust from talking with some people within the usga that they didn't want it there, and it was a really tough decision. there was a lot of backlash against it, and there still is. understandably so because a lot of people are justifiably upset it is being held there. the fact they say they can have this event at a trump course because they are apolitical and because trump is not technically violating the rules that they have established about eligibility for holding tournaments, and that is that the course does not have discriminatory policies or practices against minorities and women, and i maintain that what trump has done and said violates the spirit of the rule. in response, the us golf association told us that: the association also wanted to pay tribute to renee powell, a pioneer, they say, who forged new paths of diversity of inclusion in the sport. a story important to us. when you look at women's sport in general, co

. >> reporter: for a second day, the president played host to world class golf at his bedminster club. but his shot at repealing the health care law is on hold and delivering on his pledge is uncertain. it's a boost to protesters. >> health care is a human right. >> reporter: the delay follows unexpected surgery for senator john mccain who had a blood clot but must remain in arizona this week. >> i believe as soon as we have a full contingent of senators that we'll have that vote. it's important we do so. >> reporter: but senate republicans are struggling among thepgss. divided over the scope of reforms and proposed medicaid cuts. >> there are about eight to ten republican senators who have serious concerns about this bill. and so at the end of the day, i don't know whether it will pass. >> reporter: a new abc news/"washington post" poll shows president trump with the lowest approval rating at six months of any president in 70 years. at 36%. on twitter, the president rounded it up. one drag on his standing, the russia interference probe. >> it's not a violation of any law, statute, or

. >> reporter: the president began his holiday weekend with a flight to his golf resort in bedminsterw jersey, and it didn't take long for the tweets to begin. he resumed his attacks on the media and his feud with cable host joe scarborough and mika brezinski. "crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low-rated show has bad bosses. too bad." the president criticized states failing to turn over voter information, asking, "what are they trying to hide?" >> when you look at the people who are registered-- dead, illegal, in two states, in some cases maybe three states, we have a lot to look into. >> reporter: the president set up a commission to find these illegal votes. last week it requested that every state provide voter role data, including addresses, dates of birth, political party, even ster history dating back to p06. iae backlash was swift. vice president mike pence's home state of indiana refused, saying the law doesn't permit the secretary of state to provide the personal information requested. and utah's republican lieutenant governor called i

the tournament is being held at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey.resident trump is just back from a two-day visit to france. >>> a demand today that the trump and pence administration must go. that was the message more than 100 people chanted today as they marched down the streets of center city. similar rallies took place across the country. >>> and a summer to remember for dozens of kids in north philadelphia. take a look at that smile. nbc 10 outside mecca barbershop today. all of these children received brand new bicycles thanks to state senator charice street, city councilman curtis jones jr. and men for a positive change. for many of these children, this will be their very first bike. >>> assembly room at hms school in west philadelphia became a giant canvas. students turned their wheelchairs into tools to paint whatever they felt like. school caters to kids and young adults with cerebral palsy. each student created their very own special print using laser lights and roller drums. their artwork will be made into art cards. >>> now your nbc 10