cecelia, good morning.is a booming professional industry. cash prizes worth tens of thousands but the gaming lifestyle is raising fresh concerns in the mental health community. >> david katz keeps to himself. >> reporter: video game commentators describing david katz, known as bread, in the high-stakes high-pressure word of competitive gaming. >> to even get him to open up to talk to you about anything, it's like pulling teeth. >> reporter: court records show katz, the accused jacksonville shooter, was treated for mental health disorders before he went pro. >> watch out. >> reporter: esports competitions like madden, fortnite and overwatch are exploding in popularity. in 2017, 360 million people worldwide watched one league of legends' livestream event, more than three times the audience of last year's super bowl. the university of akron announcing it's building a 5200-square-foot e-sports facility. more than $160 million in sponsorship money up for grabs. pro gamer steven javarusski who survived the shooti

. >> he sure is, cecelia.e president's complaints about the russia investigation grow louder, he is hinting at a shake-up of his justice department. >> reporter: overnight in indiana, president trump came out swinging at his own attorney general. >> our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right and doing it now. because people are angry. what's happening is a disgrace. >> reporter: in an earlier interview with bloomberg news the president declared the special counsel robert mueller's russia probe is outright illegal. telling bloomberg, quote, i view it differently. i view it as an illegal investigation. multiple legal challenges to mueller's appointment have failed, but the president is adamant telling bloomberg there should never have been a special counsel. >> are you going to fire jeff sessions, sir? >> no interview with robert mueller? >> reporter: president trump won't say when he'll part with his attorney general but hinted to bloomberg sessions won't be on the job a

as i told cecelia, but i can tell you is the president stated a number of times that he did nothing wrong, just because michael cohen made a deal didn't do anything with regards to the president. >> the president tweeted this morning and frustration over michael cohen, because the implication is that michael: gave something up to the president. is that what we should read into this? >> the president has expressed his views on that. president intent on pardoning paul manafort? >> the manafort case doesn't have any to do with the president, his campaign, or the white house. >> even if it has nothing to do with the president, is that something he has begun discussing? >> i'm not aware of any conversations regarding that. other than when he was asked by a news outlet earlier this week and he said he hadn't been thinking about that at all. this, they'reke trying to figure out if there are any internal adjudged -- internally needed with lawmakers, is the white house making any adjustments in terms of responsibilities to the chief of staff with voters, respondrs, how you offensively to the quest

cecelia? i'm sorry, we are tight on time. john, the are tight on time. i will try to get to as many people as possible. reporter: does the president believe people are voting illegally in this country? that's the basis for requiring voter id. sarah: it are 10 people voting illegally, it should not be happening. the president was sisi the integrity of our election system upheld. he wants to mixer anybody that is voting is somebody that should be voting. i think that is something that should be celebrated, not discriminated. major? reporter: [indiscernible] sarah: i'm not sure what that matters. you go to the grocery store, i get to the grocery store. i have never had to show id when i go to buy groceries. sarah: if you go to the grocery store and buy beer and wine, he will show your id. he is not saying every time he went and. he said when you go to the grocery store, i'm pretty sure everybody has been to the grocery store that is purchased beer or wine had a show their id. if they didn't, that is a problem with the grocery store. reporter: to follow up o

i'm sorry, we are tight on time, cecelia, go ahead. as many people as possible, cecelia, go ahead. >> reporter: does the president still believe that millions of people are voting illegally in this country? >> secretary sanders: even if ten people are voting illegally it shouldn't happen, the president wants to see the integrity of our election systems upheld. he wants to make sure anybody voting is somebody that should be voting and i think that is something that should be celebrated, not discriminated. >> reporter: one was the last time the president went to a grocery store? >> secretary sanders: i am not sure and i am not sure why that matters. >> reporter: i've never had to show an idea the grocery store. >> secretary sanders: if you go to a grocery store and buy beer and wine you have to show your i.d. he is not saying every time he went in, he is saying when you go to the grocery store. i'm pretty sure everybody in here who has been to a grocery store that has purchased beer or wine has had to show their i.d. if they didn't that'

cecelia vega has more. >> reporter: abc news has learned special counsel robert mueller made it clearwants to ask the president about, obstruction of justice, and he wants that interview to be in writing and in person. the president found out within the past 24 hours and he became so enraged that he fired off this extraordinary tweet. attorney general sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. the tweet outraged some in the president's own party, susan collins calling it totally inappropriate, saying the president should not be talking about the investigation at all. and one of the top democrats saying this is an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight. >> he used the word should, not must. and there was no presidential directive. he didn't direct him to do it and he's not going to direct him to do it. >> reporter: in the past, aides have insisted that the president's tweets are official white house policy. but sarah sanders says this one was just his opinion. >> it's not an order. it's the president's opinion.

services will be held this morning at saint cecelia church in san francisco. >>> right now let's go backook at some of the commutes, you can see traffic is doing a little bit more of a grind for example to get over to westbound 580. this morning the 205 backup, look at this, it is stretching all the way back. i have a feeling we will start seeing more of this as we start getting closer to more people coming back to school. some of the speeds are very slow, even the 580 which is not normally slow is slow approaching the triangle. you will see slow traffic. once you get to livermore looks much better. this is a look at the macarthur maze approaching 19 minutes. the bay bridge, about a 15-20 minute wait if you are in the regular lanes here to get onto the bridge. we are getting full and seeing a lot of slow traffic. distracted morning to all of you, temperatures slightly warmer for the bay area tuesday. this morning we are waking up with low clouds along the coastline. high-pressure continuing to be in control of the weather pattern at least for the next several days. the north northwest fl

. >> that's right cecelia.ricane lane is bearing down this morning, already slamming the island with those powerful winds and torrential rains. more than two feet already in some parts and extreme flash flooding. let's go to oahu right now and abc's gio benitez and, gio, what's going on on the ground there? >> reporter: hey there, michael, good morning. here in honolulu we've been feeling the strong wind gusts, nearly 50 miles per hour here on this island. that's because hurricane lane is moving closer and closer slowly to these islands. we've been feeling strong wind gusts, nearly 50 miles per hour here on this islan this morning, parts of paradise underwater. you can see the deluge in this drone video water rising to the top of trees flooding what used to be a ccer field. >> never seen it like this before. >> stream in hilo. three inch of rain falling in an hour. ov two feet of water already pounding the big island. >> we used to run in this park as littlkids and now it's a raging river. >> reporter:he storm

ernie cecelia bryn mawr trust joins us ernie, everyone can find in numbers.re lies, damn lies and there are statistics but to me the overall economy is showing very broad-based and nice, strong, in every sector showing a lot of treatment. with the consumer numbers, i can't see anything that will really knock it off, barring some big black juan event? >> ashley, to your point, we would agree the economy is doing very well, a strong second quarter, 4% growth. third quarter will come in with at least three plus percent growth. consumer confidence is very strong as you point out. what is very interesting to us we've had a good period of time, going back to the fourth quarter of 2016 where we had corporate earnings growing at a very nice clip. even in most recently completed second quarter and earnings season is pretty well reporting season is pretty well long in the tooth, we have earnings growing at 25% year-over-year, the top line, sales line if you will, growing at 10%. we think valuations are very reasonable but we also think valuations have to be carefully m

cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> after cohen took the plea deal, his attorney said cohen isof the story. tax officials think that may include information about the donald trump foundation. they are investigating whether he used the foundation improperly. >>> president trump is using the murder of mollie tibbetts as an example of why the u.s. needs stronger border laws. he called the immigration system a disgrace. 24 year old mexican immigrant, cristhian rivera, is charged with killing tibbetts. he is in the u.s. illegally. the owner of the dairy farm where he worked for years says rivera used a false name during his employment. he's held on $5 million cash bond. >>> hurricane lane is poised to slam into the hawaiian islands. before it's over, rainfall totals could top 20 inches in some areas. >> images show the scope of the hurricane is huge. it dwarfs the island chain. gio benitez is in hawaii with details. >> reporter: residents rushing to stores and gas stations, loading up on food, water and gas, as lane, a category four hurricane, barrels toward hawaii. hurricane hunter

cecelia vega has more. >> reporter: anyone with a 3d printer can make one.ground check required. the plastic, critics warn, easy to sneak past metal detectors. the plans were set to go online for anyone to access at midnight. publishing them, a group called defense distributed. on their website, the countdown, the age of the downloadable gun formally begins. >> people have the right to this kind of data. >> reporter: for years, the obama administration fought the group in court. but the trump administration recently backed down. now in a 11th hour legal battle, eight states suing and democrats holding the president personally responsible. >> the blood's going to be on his hands. >> plastic downloadable guns stops the donald trump's desk. >> reporter: contradicting his own white house with this tweet. i am looking into 3d plastic guns being sold to the public. already spoke to nra. doesn't seem to make much sense. but the last time the president went head to head with the nra, he caved on sweeping gun control changes. the question, will this time be any diffe

good morning, cecelia. >> reporter: hey george, good morning. you know this. willing and wants to sit down with robert mueller for an interview, but now he seems to be casting doubt over the prospect of that. all of this comes in a new interview with reuters. the president says he's worried investigators would essentially pit his words against others who have testified like james comey and he said this could amount to a perjury trap saying, quote, even if i am telling the truth that makes me a liar. that's no good. and he also told reuters that until now it has been his choice to stay out of this investigation, saying, quote, now i don't have to -- now i don't have to stay out. i can go in and i could do whatever. i could run it if i want. 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. this was a blistering interview, even amid all the chaos here at this white house the president calls this a, quote, smooth running machine. the exception, george, he says it's the russia probe. >> cecilia vega, thank