chris brookes there — an a&e consultant.s first proper break since monday night. i met other nhs staff who were running on adrenaline with just a few hours' sleep. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. today was the warmest day of the year until tomorrow. we had the sunshine boosting temperatures in bristol and the south west today. in scotland, the best of the sunshine has been across more eastern parts of the country. on the map, you can see the extent of the cloud. and we saw temperatures of 26 degrees around london and pershore. it's a fine evening in store, lots of sunshine. the skies overnight. in scotland, some patchy fog forming. a really warm and muggy night. temperatures will rise rapidly in the sunshine in the morning. a bit ofa the sunshine in the morning. a bit of a misty start around irish sea coasts. a bit of fair cloud developing inland but on the whole, lots of blue skies. temperatures a few degrees higher than today, widely into the mid—20s. on friday, we will find lots more sunshine on the wa

chris and brooke. >> joe johns, appreciate it. bob mueller as special counsel is drawing something unusual these days. praise from democrats and republicans and the intelligence community. if you look at it on its face, that is good development. sterling reputation matters and experience matters. where does this lead us? cnn's laura jarrett in washington with more. he is starting off with positive momentum. >> reporter: absolutely, chris. this person has a stellar reputation. widely respected within the fbi and justice department. he was first appointed to be the head of the fbi back in 2001 by president bush. just before 9/11. he is largely credited with rebuilding and transforming the bureau after the attacks. mueller has bipartisan appeal. president obama asked him to stay on at the helm of the fbi two years beyond the normal ten-year term before james comey took over. most importantly, chris, he is supposed to have more autonomy to run the investigation than anyone else might have. the special counsel regulations say he shall

chris and brooke. >> joe, thank you. we will take that this afternoon. in the meantime, robert mueller's appointment of special counsel is drawing unity among republicans and democrats because of the sterling record and expertise. cnn's laura jarrett is live in washington. laura, good morning. >> good morning, brooke. this is a person with a truly stellar reputation. widely respected within the fbi and justice department. he was appointed first back in 2001 by president bush before 9/11. he is largely credited with rebuilding the modern fbi and transforming the bureau into key part of the country's national security infrastructure. he also has bipartisan appeal. president obama asked him to stay on at the helm for additional two years beyond the ten-year term before james comey finally took over. i also want to highlight. he is really supposed to have autonomy to run the investigation in a way unlike other federal prosecutors. special counsel regulations say he is not subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official within the justice department. th

chris and brooke? >> joe johns, appreciate the reporting and we will take on the question this morning of why democrats are moving so quickly against one of their own, former senator joe lieberman. we'll talk about that. let's bring in our political panel, cnn politics reporter and editor at large, chris soliza, social editor and columnist for realpolitics.com, senioral li at jeffrey toobin. you called it. the president is staking his presidency on four words: no, no, next question. explain. >> well, you played it in the clip. he was asked directly did he at any point tell jim comey to either end or curb the investigation into michael flynn. those four words were his response. what does that mean? look, i don't know that donald trump put a tremendous amount of strategic thought into how he would respond to the question, but as a matter of fact, you now have what we would expect to hear james comey's side of the story, whether through congressional testimony, through the release of the memo or memos or

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. >> this is new day with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> brooke baldwin joins me. trump denies he asked comey to drop the fbi's investigation into michael flynn. declaring once again that he is the victim of a witch hunt and blasting the appointment of a special counsel. he says no one cares about these issues. >> meantime, the fired fbi director is breaking his silence. he said james comey was uncomfortable with interacting with the president and disgusted by that infamous hug in the oval office there. we have it all covered for you this morning there. joe john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. it has been a week of serious developments. and the president for the first time actually answering questions about his interactions with the fired fbi director and also talking just a little bit about how he feels about the russia investigation. >> i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. >> reporter: president trump slamming the appointment of special country as bad for the country. >> i

brooke baldwin. trump confidant chris christie will not weigh in directly about the news of trump requesting james comeythe investigation against michael flynn. the governor knows the president not only personally but comey also from christie's time working in the justice department. >> i'm not going to comment on leaked materials that no one who either wrote the memo or was in the meeting have yet verified. it's just irresponsible. i've known jim comey for 15 years. as i've said over and over again, even when we've had disagreements at times, both when i worked for him and as tenure for the fbi, i have great respect for jim and my view is that if jim wants to be heard, jim will be heard. he's never been a shy guy, in my experience. but that's his choice now. he's no longer in government service and he has no obligation to do anything else. i'm the only person in this room who can understand that they are very difficult cases to prove and you have to have the state of the mind of the person attempting to do it. so take a deep breath before everybody jumps to conclusions. >> here are the comments, accord

brooke. >> let me bring in chris swecker.dual had been in libya a couple of weeks before the attack, and then in syria some months before training with isis terrorists, what does the training entail and what would he have learned? >> it would have been mostly indoctrination. i would dispute that it's a really complex attack. i understand the debt ton nate f -- detonator may have been complex but mostly what took place overseas is the indoctrination, the brainwashing and then the fundamentals of walking into a public area, selecting the area and then detonating the bomb. but i think most of that -- they select these individuals carefully. they're people who -- we've seen this in the past -- susceptible to the message, willing to do what this person did. i've been to suicide bomb scenes in iraq and the first thing that strikes you is, wow, this person is committed. this is the ultimate sacrifice. you know you're going to die. >> just seeing some of the pictures and remnants in person, it's chilling to look at but also likes lik

chris stapleton. >> i never had a song of my own before like this. so it's very important and a special moment for me. i tried to give everything i had. >> lauren took on a garth brooks song, the dance but she also sang a song she had written. >> i was more terrified for that moment than i have ever been in my entire life. for chris blue a couple of high energy performances includiing rhythm nation emptied his tank. >> everything i had was right there. it's still there. you want to go check the stage. it's still ton stage right now. >> that's where the season 12 winner will be crowned later tonight. nbc news. >> my fingers are crossed for leah. you can catch that tonight on nbc 10. >>> switching gears, we continue to follow new developments into the investigation into last night's terror attacks, dramatic video has immerged showing crowds evacuating. we learned details about those killed and who is claims responsibility for the bombing. >>> and findings about drinking wine that may have you keeping that bottled cork for good. >>> an explosion at an ariana concert in england. >> 22 people died including an eight-year-old child. this is video of the evacuation. the sui

brooks. former national's pitcher jordan zimmermann pitching for detroit. a man on for chrisdavis and crushed, a two-run shot, five homers in the last five games. birds up 2-0. to the fifth, tied at three. not for long. adam jones unloading on this one is it gonna go? yes, i does. off the glo of justin upton and over. sixth homer for jones. but the tigers can hit home runs too. bottom five, man on, victor martinez just smokes this pitch. a two-run homer. tigers would add a run and win, 6-5. o's lose 7 of 8 games on this road trip. >>> john wall's one of those great players who is fueled by disrespect. today he finally gets some well deserved rec to use this too. announced today, wall nb but he's named to the third team, guys, the third! not the first, the second. had a career year, 25 points, 10 assists, his average. now many think wall should have been at least a second team selection instead of isaiah thomas. 50 double-doubles, only point guard in the league with more, russell westbrook who averaged a triple-double this year. so wall has something to fuel him this summer, i

brooks channel 6 "action news." gray, nydia. >> thank you for the update. >>> 7:02 a.m., turning to weather on memorial day weekend. meteorologist chris sowers is monitoring wet weather in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast right, chris? >> reporter: that's right, nydia, most of of the rain will be after midnight tonight. there's good news there. more good news the fact that we're seeing comfortable temperatures this morning. 50 degrees in pottstown, malvern, 58. media, 57. center city, 64. warminster, 55. newtown, 54 degrees. lake harmony in the poconos, 54. new holland and coatsville 57. guys, i'll tell you what i'm having problems with my clicker out here, can you hit the space bar on the computer please that will advance the graphics. 62 degrees in sewell. baseball tournament in washington township at the complex should be nice for that, sun and clouds, temperatures climbing through the 60s. gandys beach, 60. millville. 60. cape may, 61 and hammonton, 60 degrees, can we hit that space bar again, thank you. satellite and radar shows clouds approaching from the west. we're seeing a combination of sun and clouds, it's a nic

chris whipple is no stranger to awards. he is a filmmaker, writer, journalist. he started his career in washington d.c. with richard hol brook at foreign policy magazine. a correspondent for "life" magazine and the thing i am very envious of is 20 years at 60 minutes and at abc news and won multiple emmy and pea body awards. he won a columbia du pont journalism award. he is the executive producer of programs like spy faster, the cia, and the cross hairs. and the "the gatekeepers: how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency" which left-hand to this book. it is interesting that one of the chiefs of staff that has been raided one of the three best chiefs of staff of modern history is that gentlemen right over there. jack watson. jack served in governor jimmy carter's administration and went to washington with him after the '76 election and served as second of the cabinet before being named chief of staff during the reagan presidency. chris, you call the chief of staff the second most powerful person in washington. it is a person not elected and most people don't know that individual's name. how does it get to be

frank reese, the owner of accopelo brooks and i said we must be slipping because we only had three of those five. i told him we better do better and get all five. chris whipple is no stranger to awards. he is a filmmaker and writer and started this career in washington at foreign policy magazine and was a correspondent for "life" magazine. he spent 20 years at "60 minutes" he was at abc news and won multiple peabody awards and he is the executive producer of programs like "spy masters the cia and the cross hairs" and the president gate keepers the untold stories of the white house chief of staff which led to this book. you know, it is interesting that one of the chiefs of staffs that has been rated one of the three best chiefs of staff is that gentlemen right over there. jack watson. [applause] >> jack served in governor jimmy carter's administration and went to washington with him after the '76 election. he served as the presidential assistant for international government relations. he was in charge of the transition to the reagan presidency. gentlemen, thank you both. you call the chief of staff the second most powerful person in washington. but it

chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome viewers in the united states and around the world to "new day." it is thursday, may 18th. 6:00 in new york. alisyn is off. brooke of information for the starting line. the investigation into russia ya''s election meddling in the hands of the special counsel. former fbi director robert mueller is the electiselection creating rare agreement in washington? president trump saying there was no collusion with his campaign and russia. rod rosenstein will brief the senate today and house tomorrow about the context and confines of the russia probe. rosenstein's memo. why comey should be released helped to create the recent drama. will the mueller move tamp it down? >> now three committees want comey to testify about what trump told him making him the most wanted man in washington. this as there are several new damning reports about fired national security adviser michael flynn that add to the crises facing the trump administration. we have it all covered for you this morning. joe johns. let's start w

brook road and great seneca highway. at least two people were rushed to the hospital. this is happening at the height of rush hour. we're working to learn more fo way. >>> i'm chris desk, where we've just learned that the justice department will not file charges in the fatal shooting of a black man by white police officers in baton rouge, louisiana. this happened last july. alton b. sterling was pinned to the ground by the officers who were arresting him. there was -- the detective says that he observed the butt of a gun in the front of his pants pocket. there was an issue in the investigation on whether sterling was reaching for the weapon when he was shot and killed. this was one of the first cases that the justice department has reviewed under new attorney general jeff sessions. they've decided not to bring charges against those law enforcement officers. and sources are telling our own pete williams there simply was not enough evidence to bring federal civil rights charges. at the live desk, i'm chris lawrence. back to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> his name i he's 31 years old and he's a rising opera star. ♪ ♪ >> quite imposing, but this virginia native had a

brookings, something out of the truth and justice commission. it wouldn't indict anybody. it wouldn't carry any criminal penalty. why would you be for something that wouldn't catch the bad guys? >> well, chris, up to this point i thought we were talking about a counterintelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation. but now that a special prosecutor has been appointed, it appears maybe they're moving in a different direction. >> well, an fbi investigation is a criminal investigation for spies. you're looking for spies and you put them away for life. what do you mean it's not a criminal investigation? it's catching the spies. >> well, i would just beg to differ that a counterintelligence investigation could turn into a criminal investigation, but not necessarily a criminal investigation. >> okay. well, let's go to jackie speier on this from california. congresswoman, your thoughts on this. i think a lot of democrats have been asking for it. now you've got it. >> i've been harping on this for weeks, and i must say to you, chris, that i have been in this downward despair spiral about this democracy, and today i'm uplifted. you know, we can all say that our democracy survives and thriv