chuck: call me chuck. lemonis: chuck, nice to meet you. -chuck: pleasure to meet you.charlie: charlie. lemonis: okay, so you guys are brother and sister. -mary ellen: yes. -lemonis: is this your dad? -charlie: correct. -chuck: c.e.o., designer. charlie: when i go home, at the dinner table, he's my old man. he's my dad. i love him to death. in business, it's chuck because i'm going to get a little emotional. lemonis: and who's in charge? charlie: i kind of run the show. mary ellen: i mean, the loudest person usually does. lemonis: the loudest person. charlie: i think everyone can agree. -mary lou: no. -mary ellen: [ scoffs ] charlie: everyone comes to me. i'm the one person that you all communicate to. lemonis: and whose name's on the door? -chuck: oh, my name. -lemonis: okay. just wanted to clarify that. it doesn't say, "swim by charlie handy." chuck: no. lemonis: do you have a business card? charlie: yes. lemonis: vice president, that's you. and then... mary ellen: fit, tech production, and sometimes sales at the trade shows. -lemonis: how about yourself? -mary lou: i

chuck, show chuck."e pulls down his arm, he's got a picture of me on his arm. i go, "guy, that's on there for the rest of your life!" [laughter] chuck: but they had my name on tanks and, you know, carriers and all this stuff here. sharyl: are you surprised when you understand the scope of your popularity? chuck: it's kind of mind-boggling, really. sharyl: were you in the army? chuck: air force. sharyl: air force. chuck: yeah. my brother, this is my brother's dress uniform. he was killed in vietnam. sharyl: i'm sorry. chuck: and so we have his dress uniform and he was one of my black belts, too. this is his black belt certificate and he was on my fighting team. sharyl: i think people know, most people know, obviously you aren't an actor who dabbles in martial arts, you are a true martial artist. chuck: that dabbles in acting, really. [laughter] chuck: yeah, this is when i won the title right here. that's louis delgado and i'm going down to punch him in the head. this photo came out. louis came over and sa

chuck is updating the forecast.alking well into the 90s. >> medical trouble for a baby giraffe. the health care at the maryland zoo and how staff discovered a problem. (vo) your love is purely thoughtful, purely natural, purely fancy feast. delicious entrées, crafted to the last detail. flaked tuna, white-meat chicken, never any by-products or fillers. purely natural tastes purely fancy feast. >>> the actor best nope for playing reynolds on "true blood" died. nelson ellis died saturday after complications of heart failure. his manager told the hollywood reporter that his great talent, words and presence will forever be missed. ellis shot to fame with his role in the vampire series. he was just 39 years old. >> this morning a giraffe calf -- babe giraffe from the maryland zoo is in intensive care. >> veterinarians say they found a sudden change in his bloodwork the same as julius. we can show you what he looks like. there he is. born less than a month ago in the maryland zoo in baltimore. he had t infusion and there

. >> [indiscernible] chuck schumer: ok, good afternoon, everyone. i'm proud to be joined -- thank you. and i am proud to be joined by heinrich.lobuchar and it is getting clearer and clearer senate republicans will not be able to pass their bill or a backup plan to repeal without replacement. we democrats believe that the time has finally come for our republican colleagues to take us up on our offer of working together to improve the health care system rather than sabotaging. evidently president trump is proposing a different path. ,e wants to throw up his hands rather than roll up his sleeves, to work with us and solve the problem. let's be very clear about what the president is proposing and where his path would lead. the president would not be letting obamacare collapse. he is actively, actively trying to undermine the health care system in this country using millions of americans as political on in a cynical -- .awns in a cynical game try to deny the insurance market their certainty they need to function, the president is playing a dangerous game

hey, chuck. >> i know,

hey, chuck. >> i know, people. they would think the workweek is starting. >> lauren just had the day off. sheena was here yesterday and i'm here today. nothing but great weather for your weekend plans an that's going to continue. a live picture from our city camera all bathed in sunshine. all the great monuments, thomas jefferson memorial and temperatures now mid to upper 70s so really not bad at all and no humidity so dining out today. your sunday brunch plans nothing to worry b.happy hour mid to late afternoon. 85 degrees and by 7:00, 8:00 this evening temperatures will be back down into the upper 70s. more about the rising heat and the rising humidity as we go through the week coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, chuck. >> we continue to follow breaking news out of cincinnati, ohio. police say that three kids were hurt and a woman is dead after shooting at a gender reveal party. police say nine people were shot in total, and it happened late last night. a suspect has not been arrested yet. the story continu

>> fantastic. >> chilly chuck and sultry sheena. got it covered. >> that's why chuck is wearing a jacket. he's a little chilly. >> either that or i'm mentally ill. one or the other. another hot day to be outside today. if you liked yesterday, you're going to love today. no doubt about that. temperatures in the 70s and 80s now. a heat advisory from noon until 7:00 p.m. for the highlighted counties there. basically from route 50 southbound. heat indexes could be as much as 105. >> kmuk is going chuck is going scarf on. >> around 100 to 105 in and around the city. if/when there's heat relief coming, we'll let you know. let's go into the studio to magnificent melissa moll. today. you guys should probably come back inside. feels better in here than out there. outer loop on the american legion bridge, we still have the crash on the right side of the roadway. should be out of the way soon. westbound 50 near west ox road. right lane getting by that work zone. beltway looking okay. rock creek parkway at kennedy center. still alternating thro

good morning, jack taylor. >> good morning, chuck. we'll start a live look in maryland on 270 where we're getting fits and stops as you leave frederick. a little bit of a delay 85. ten a little delay at 109. nothing is in your way. so far in good shape to the lane divide. you should find brief slowdowns if you're headed out early. issue on south osborne road. west of 301. our closure will remain during rush hour between brentwood road and 30 iowe we had word of an incident south on

. >> good morning, chuck. we'll start a live look in maryland on 270 where we're getting fits and stops as you leave frederick. a little bit of a delay 85. ten a little delay at 109. nothing is in your way. so far in good shape to the lane divide. you should find brief slowdowns if you're headed out early. issue on south osborne road. west of 301. our closure will remain during rush hour between brentwood road and 30 iowe we had word of an incident south on east capitol street. we may have had something in the roadway. not necessarily an accident. v dot is aware and they're going to head to the scene to see if they can remove it quickly. >>> jack, thank you. get ready for a busy day on capitol hill. the senate is set to vote to debate on a health care bill that could impact the way every american receives health coverage. >> also today, senator john mccain will return to capitol hill for the first time since revealing he has brain cancer. with mccain on the hill, senators can move forward n to debate on the he

i don't have a sports analogy here for you, chuck.t it is. but they keep just hitting at the balls that come at them rather than having a narrative, and they don't have an agenda. >> that's pretty good. that was a pretty good one. >> thank god. we did it. >> we also have to put this in a context. the president of the united states who's not responsible just for how his family behaves or what his last trip was, because of the health care debate and because of this russian situation, no one is raising once again north korea. there's an enormous concern in the national security and foreign policy area about how that has just been set aside. it's a very complex issue. i'm told that the chinese don't know who they should be talking to in this administration. there is no context, there is no construct for dealing with north korea. it comes up, the president says, well, i'm going to deal with that and then it goes away in a hurry. >> let's just look at health care, al. the president, no speech about the bill. he's not done that. how about do

. >> born in 1923, charles "chuck" yeager grew up a typical west virginia farm boy. he didn't even see an airplane up close until he was 18. his first flight didn't go very well. >> we took off and motion sickness took over and i puked all over my airplane. i'll never forget when i got back and got on the ground saying, man, you've applied for pilotry, you've made a big mistake. >> just 11 years after the wright brothers' first flight, europe erupted in war. the battlefield was like none other in history. new horrors like german's machine gun mowed down scores and chemical weapons like chlorine and mustard gas wafted over the lines, wreebing wreaki. there was a new arena for battle, the sky. >> as soon as people got airplanes in the air, they wanted to hang guns on them. >> walter has written more than 30 books on the history of aviation. >> by 1918 everything that has been done in combat today with the exception of nuclear weapons and space satellites and things like that had been done by airplanes. >> the airplanes real success came on the tails of daring men like

i don't have a sports analogy here for you, chuck.t it is. but they keep just hitting at the balls that come at them rather than having a narrative, and they don't have an agenda. >> that's pretty good. that was a pretty good one. >> thank god. we did it. >> we also have to put this in a context. the president of the united states who's not responsible just for how his family behaves or what his last trip was, because of the health care debate and because of this russian situation, no one is raising once again north korea. there's an enormous concern in the national security and foreign policy area about how that has just been set aside. it's a very complex issue. i'm told that the chinese don't know who they should be talking to in this administration. there is no context, there is no construct for dealing with north korea. it comes up, the president says, well, i'm going to deal with that and then it goes away in a hurry. >> let's just look at health care, al. the president, no speech about the bill. he's not done that. how about do

need a life jacket, what do you think, chuck. >> you needed a jacket. the one gentlemanly act was offering you my jacket and showed up on social media. temperatures this morning are in the upper 50s to mid 60s in most of the suburbs. 68 downtown in washington now. it's going to be a nice day. what a beautiful morning it's going to be today. temperatures are going to be right at or a couple of degrees cooler than average. highs today in the low to mid-80s. no humidity. jack taylor, that means it's a jeep with a roof off kind of a day. >> jeep hair, don't care. >> jeep hair, don't care, exactly. 29 headed northbound this morning. we had one work zone. >> beltway is looking great. inner, outer loop. all available. this morning there's been one work zone on the outer loop. closing the ramp to -- the active -- sounded like a paving project. they should be wrapped up pretty soon. back in to you. >> jack, thank you. 4:29 now. developing this morning, three members of a loudoun county family have disappeared. the loudoun county sheriff's department says courtne

>> chuck, all i can tell you is we don't share what we know and when we knew it. the fact is this information has now come to light and all of these efforts to say there was only smoke and there's no fire, well, that's all been put to rest. this is clearly brings the investigation to the new level and makes our effort all the more important. >> how many other meetings, because of updated forms, say, by jared kushner and others, do you want to know the details of? sometimes you see on these forms they met with so-and-so but you don't know the details of the meetings. how many of those meetings are there? five, six, ten, a couple? can you at least shed some light on that? >> well, chuck, we don't really know because so far all of the trump officials have conveniently forgotten about any meetings with russians until they see evidence of it. and we've seen the result of that. the national security advisor, general flynn, was fired. the attorney general had to recuse himself. we know that jared kushner, who said he had no meetings with russians has now had three meetin

we'll begin with chuck bell and sheena parveen and a nice sunny stretch ahead. there's nothing to complain about in the weather department the next couple of days. it's really, really comfortable out here this morning. >> it is. i'm comfortably cool. you don't need a jacket but you can wear a jacket. and you wouldn't be hot. >> i think that's true. people would think you're crazy. >> not too crazy. it's nice out. >> 59 degrees. winchester. in the district, clinton 58 degrees. now your monday commute, you know i did not -- >> i think i picked the wrong picture for that. or i was just trying to fool you. it's not going to rain today. >> this morning, you can put the windows down. this is

katie, chuck, thank you.huck is joined exclusively by former cia director john brennan and republican senator lindsey graham. catch katy on msnbc live at 2:00 p.m. eastern. she's sticking around for highs and lows of the weeks. >>> let's look at other headlines. firefighters out west having extremely difficult time getting the upper hand on several raging wildfires. extreme heat covers vast swathes of the region. steve patterson is in santa barbara county with more. go morning from an area the ash is falling so thick that it appears like snow. one of the biggest challenges battling the latest fire is resources. firefighters are spread between 15 major fires across the state of california. this latest fire broke out while crews were already battling one of the largest, less than 30 miles away. now some of the same crews are in a race against time against flames that are very aggressive. wildfire tearing through the hill side. the raging whittier fire bursting overnight. flames so far scorching brush, burning t

i'm chuck todd. we've seen a lot of dramatic and bizarre weeks under this president srkts but never anything quite like this. and we've got the breaking news right now. the major shake up that had been rumored sibls the day the president took office actually happened today in the president's inner circle. moments ago the president made this announcement on twitter. i am pleased to inform had you that i have just named general secretary john f kelly as white house chief of staff. he is a great american and a great leader. john has also done a spectacular job at homeland security. he has been a true star of my administration. so this means that current chief of staff reince priebus is out. whether he was fired or resigned, we'll is to find that out in a few minutes. as breaking news comes the day after white house communications director anthony scaramucci publicly blasted priebus as a paranoid skiz forensicic. we're going to get to the health care collapse in just a minute. but we begin with this brea

good morning, chuck and sheena. >>> it's a beautiful start to a monday. it was a pretty weekend around here. the beginning of what's going to be an ugly week ahead. >> that's going to be the story as we go today, we're starting off comfortably through the rest of the week. heat and humidity on the rise. we could have one day. i'm sorry, chuck. >> wait until you're standing out here in that suit with a shirt underneath. going to be really hot and humid. we're seeing mostly sunny skies right now. temperaturewise, rest of the area, 64 dulles. 67 clinton. gatorsburg at 63. your morning commute, we have sun. you're about to head out. by noon, already mid to upper 80s this afternoon. this afternoon around 90. later this week, we're talking about near triple digit heat. but really feeling like the humidity. >> going to be hot. we'll show you that forecast coming up in a bit. >>> all right, guys. it's 6:01 now. breaking news, a tractor-trailer accident could tie up the commute on the beltway. >> this is happening on the innlo with what's happening. justin, good m

chuck and i are b ac >>> good morning. welcome back to news4 i'm eun yang. >> you may want to grab the umbrella. >> a look in a moment. first, to melissa and breaking news in traffic. what's going on? >> taking a look at active breaking news, just hearing about this inner loop between george avenue and kald will road. report state police saying they thought it would be out. not seeing much slow downs, all lanes are blocked. going to be a major issue if that hangs around. look at more information in a minute. only closed spot, northbound 295 after malcolm x, single lane getting by. chuck and sheena, good morning. >>> good morning, melissa. it is warm out here, a little humid. i'm not getting attacked by bugs. >> bug spray apparently is working. >> bug spray is working. i like it. >> good stuff. we can see a little of was was recently a full moon. next little bit. storm team 4 radar, just a lingering few drops from winchester southbound. that cluster of showers drying up as it tries to come east of the blue ridge. mid to upp

good morning, jack. >>> hey, chuck, good morning. the inner loop of the beltway, look for the baltimore washington parkway. had word of a crash. sounded minor. authorities arrived on scene. chopper 4 actually flew over it. sounds like everything has been moved to the far right shoulder without a huge pushed off. we're in good shape. one vehicle off the road and into the grass you can see. in northwest, plan ahead if you use 16th street under scott circle. it is closed between o and m. that little yellow you see there, that's one of the workers. there's stillwater in the roadway and debris to be moved. back to you. >>> why are you being arrested. >> i have no idea. >> they had a plot to bring down an airplane was foiled. >> they are -- they were apparently planning to use an improvised device to attack an airplane. three others were taken into custody in raids on sydney homes. >>> we now know what caused this massive fire at a music festival in spain. you take a look at this. firefighters say a technical the tomorrowland electronics m

chuck bell, a few pop-up storms. from that, the heat is really on later this week. >> it sure is. the heat, haze, and humidity of summer is here. it's here to s time to come. live picture outside this morning shows a hazy start to the day for sure. four things to know about the next four days. as sheena mentioned, an isolated thunderstorm chance. very hot and humid on thursday. there is no relaxation in sight for the heat and the humidity around here the next couple of days. honestly, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, heat indexes could be at or potentially briefly above 100 degrees. somewhere between slim and none. maybe a 20% little chance for showers. highs tomorrow low to mid-90s across the area. the ten-day doesn't look cooler, sheena. >> no, it does not. speaking of cooler, we don't have rain relief in the forecast for thursday and friday. over the weekend, hot to upper 90s. we have a chance for showers. we're watching that closely. >> sheena, thank you. it's 6:55. the i a racist slur made its way on to walma

we have democratic senator, chuck schumer, house minority leader there. senate minority leader. talking before the actual vote. it's supposed to happen to proceed to a debate. some time about 215 eastern. they have not actually began the vote. here, let's listen to chuck schumer. >> and now, here we are after so much cloak and dagger legislating about to vote on proceeding to a debate on one of the most important issues of our time. one-sixth of the economy. tens of millions, health and life affected without knowing exactly what will be debated on. perhaps nothing could sum up the process that's gotten here, that it's gotten here quite as well as this. the best that the majority leader has been able to cook up is a debate plan to do whatever it takes to pass something, anything to get the bill to a house and senate conference on health care. my colleagues, plain and simple, it is a ruse. the likeliest result of a conference between the house and senate's full repeal of the affordable care act or something very close to it. it will certainly mean drastic cuts in medicaid, huge ta

chuck and i will talk more about that. let check in with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, thank you. good morning. we're going to start off on the rails. unfortunately, an issue on the red line. train service has been temporarily suspended. unfortunately, we've got the red line now, again, temporarily suspended basically between friendship heights and grosvenor. authorities should be on scene around 355. we may find a lot of firing equipment along the right side of the roadway. a live look on 270 going southbound. moving south of frederick. here's our shot at 118. a little north of this. we were stacked up to get into clarksburg. by the time you get in the lane divide, you're in good shape. we'll keep an ear 50s good. keep in mind. three lanes westbound, two lanes eastbound. power outages and enormous amounts of debris. back in to you. >> jack, thank you. we're following breaking news at 6:00 a.m. reports that a tornado may have touched down in stevensville, maryland. that's across the bay bridge. >> more than 8 thousand dolla,0 without power

>> not until after monday, chuck. that's what it looks like now.k at the 90s for the rest of the week into the beginning of next week. finally, back around normal in the 80s after that. >>> it is 6:55. here are four things to know today. senator john mccain has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. this doctors removed a blood clot from above his left eye. the "today" show will have more on the diagnosis and possible treatments coming up. >>> six members of a robotics team are missing right now. the "washington post" says these teenagers are from africa. they're part of a national competition in d.c. they were last seen on tuesday. get the app for all the information on the search to find them. >>> you can follow along with prince george's county police. they are live tweeting during their 12-hour shifts. the department moved to extra patrols after the spike in homicides this month. >>> a new court ruling is paving the way for maryland to secure federal funding for the project. officials say they could start construction within a few weeks of receivin

chuck? >> thanks, aaron and molette. good morning. thursday off to a cloudy and rainy start for most of the area. storm team radar, the heaviest of the rain on the i-95 toward woodbridge. heavy rain on 301 through charles county. there's more where that came from. it's going to rain hard in charles county for the next hour or so. you can see a little easing up in the rain across central virginia. le eel get that around lunchtime. just got a flood warning out for southern prince william county and stafford as well. most of this area in the highlighted green has had more than two inches of rain. avoid high or fast moving water in that area at all costs. never drive over a water covered road. we'll be stuck in the 70s and 80s later today. for now, let's go to melissa. >> good morning. a problem here on 66 westbound here after the beltway. it looks like it might be clearing and pulling out of the way. again, you are seeing wet roads

chuck will be back in a minute. we'll tell you how hot it will get. >>> breaking news in first 4 traffic. take a look at this. several problems on melt row. one of them. train service suspended between pentagon city and -- suspended on part of the green line >>> good morning. i'm eun yang. >>> chuck and sheena, ventured back outside. we'll start with melissa and breaking metro news. melissa >>> in first 4 traffic. take a look at this if we can. on the yellow line, we're talking about train service being suspended between pentagon city and mt. vernon square this morning. that's not the only issue. between navy yard and mt. vernon square. all of this they're calling late -- this is the picture from justin finch out there on the scene. this is the right side of the roadway. this pepsi truck has been there for a couple of hours. we are getting by on the left. no doubt if this sticks around. we expect it to stick around for a bit longer. this is causing problems through district heights. no other major problems on any ro

chuck todd, we'll look for you on sunday on "meet the press. "kelly o'donnell, kasie hunt, thanks to you, as well. hugh hewitt, conservative radio talk show host, msnbc political analyst and host of a show here on saturday mornings. i wake up with him. and liz smith, democratic strategist. let me start, hugh, where chuck left off, which is that, look, already many of the things that the president -- president trump has gotten accomplished is to sign these executive orders and roll back things like climate change, other areas that obama put into place. but in terms of a party and in terms of what health care represents, and the whole idea that it was about getting rid of this, where does this leave health care and republicans right now? >> i think it leaves obamacare exactly where it is, churning through the democratic party with ten very vulnerable democratic senators who came from states that donald trump won up for re-election. and it's their worst nightmare in some respects. because lisa murkowski and john mccain, yeah, they did brand the re

chuck? >> how about good news? if you are headed to the beach, friday, saturday and sunday, a chance of thunderstorms friday afternoon at the coastline. saturday and sunday look amazing from ocean city down. what about around here? 60% chance of areas of light rain, a stray highs in the low 80s. 90 with an afternoon storm chance. the weekend looks nice, too. more typical of july weather as we get into next week. highs near 90 with the off and on chance of thunderstorms. >> summertime weather. >> a lot cooler outside today than yesterday. >> nice. >> that is the news for today. thank you for waking up with us. >>> the "today" show is coming up next. we are back with local news and weather at 7:25. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody. >>> good morning. breaking overnight, new imannals of north korea launching a missile that could potentially reach the united states. the u.s. and south korea respond with a show of force, launching missiles into the sea. has the crisis reached a breaking point? >>> senseless traged

we want to start things off with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we know northern virginia is waking up without power. you are outside with a super big umbrella. >> i have the storm team 4 umbrella. you need a supersized umbrella for the next hour tor two as the wave of moderate to heavy rain coming straight up i-95. rumbles of thunder. heavy rain along i-95, north of fredericksburg. the heavy rain is moving into fairfax the next 20 to 30 minutes. the next hour, arlington and the district. montgomery county, light rain across the area. it is an umbrella ready morning. temperatures recover from upper 70s to 80 later on today. best way to stay ahead of the weather, have your nbc washito be tweeting updates on the forecast on my twitter handle and find my favorite weather pictures on forecast4you on instagram. you are going to get rained on at least two times today, maybe three. details coming up in a few. >> sounds like something to look forward to. thanks, chuck. >>> park road near northwest, downed tree there blocking all lanes this morning. that i

. >> anyway, it's warm morning, chuck. outside this morning temperatures in the 70s. 77 degrees right now in the district. 77 quantico. 69 gaithersburg. 72 in clinton. i would think comfortable, really nice start to your monday. 78 degrees by 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., we'll be warming up. around 80 degrees. by 9:00 a.m., low 80s. we'll be heating up quickly. 90s and extreme heat. still hot temperatures. let's check the forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. it is july, after all. we have to expect it to be reasonably hot and on the humid side around here. yesterday was a nice day to be outside. four things to know about the next four days. today, typical summertime weather for sure. highs upper 830s to around 90 degrees. rain chances both today and tomorrow, only about 30%. better rain chances the farther north and west you live or travel. little better chance in martinsburg or winchester. things warm back up. rain chances going away and temperatures mid, perhaps upper 90s heading towards wednesday, thursday and fri

chuck was talking another rain delay for the nats and that is a touchy subject this morning, chuck. >it sure is. i didn't think kite get more humid. it sprinkled a bit and more humid than earlier. >> it is. >> it's going to stay humid all day today and get hot but the good news is we're going to right now we have some late rain surrounding the beltway, light rain still falling where we've seen it all morning across 66 near marshal, gainesville, fairfax seeing that as well. more rain off to our west, but we do expect another round as we go into this evening. by 7:00 a.m. wet roads. noon a chance of a scattered shower. clearing this afternoon, light chance of a shower this afternoon. temperatures near 90. as far as your commute is concerned right now the good news melissa mollet is that we don't have much heavy rain. always good news for the commuters. >> keep it handy. >> just have the umbrella this morning. >> i will have it, that's right. it's in my bag, not that big. westbound 7 at the toll road left lane squeezing by but not causing any big problem. all of the green, the radar you

chuck and sheena are outside right now. it's sticky already. >> it's okay. it's not bad. it's definitely going to be the coolest time though. >> this is it. guys, take care of the lawn here at channel 4, they've got the weed whackers and the mowers going. you have to do that kind of a job today, this is the time to do it. outside skies are partly cloudy to mostly clear. 80 degrees is the temperature at national airport. we already have a heat index of 84 and the sun isn't even up yet. if you're planning out your day, plan on temperatures to stay in the upper 70s to near 80 with a heat index of 98. peak of the day today, my 98 degrees with a heat index of 104 degrees. best thing to do to stay cool, we have a link on the nbc washington app. go in there, we've got all sorts of things of what you should eat and shouldn't drink. number one thing to do, all frozen watermelons. do i love a piece of frozen watermel watermelon. melissa mollet? >> i'm sure you do love a piece of frozen watermelon s. i like frozen grapes as well. >> not too much of a slowdown. but we still have that

ed: chuck grassley has an investigation going. he can get into this.ed to do that in he's going to pursue it. lou: let's go back to fusion gps. what is it going to take to get a true investigation whether it, the former intelligence agent michael steele, christopher steel. and all the characters that seem to be showing up in various places thanks to the obama administration. ed: someone at justice should make this part of the investigation. lou: randy, your thoughts. let's stay first with fusion gps and its role in all of this. >> i don't think we'll ever know all there is to know, but they do seem to be a common thread. they seem to have common connections with the democratic party and they seem to be illusive in terms of anybody wanting to look too deeply within them. at the end of the day it will be a lot of nothing about nothing. lou: you mean as far as president trump and his family. >> absolutely. lou: i would definitely agree with that. but there is culpability here and cause and effect at play. and i want to know what in the world fusion gps wa

they want rid of those taxes. >> harris: here it is, chuck schumer, somebody who never stops. he's blasting the latest g.o.p. attempt saying it will leave millions of americans high and dry. >> we just heard from the nonpartisan congressional budget office that under such a plan as reported in the press, 16 million americans would lose their health insurance and millions more would pay a 20%, 20% increase in their premiums, at least 20%. >> harris: mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill. >> it comes back to the next 24 hours or so on health care reform. he's pushing at least 50 of his colleagues to join him. >> they deserve better than obamacare and its skyrocketing costs and his plummeting choices. they deserve better than the regulations, crushing mandates, and collapsing markets obamacare has given them. >> the challenge is to her public and senators didn't want to take up the reform. if they stay at no and a third republican joins them, that proposal is dead. there's another one being called skinny repeal. the congressional budget office estimates the bill would resu

my favorite song with chuck is all of 'em.>> brown: his influence sef where in rock his influence is everywhere in rock music. ♪ ♪ the initial cultural jolt was jokingly portrayed in the 1985 hit movie, "back to the future"" and honored nine years later i"" pulp fiction." >> rock and roll has such a firm place in our cultural memory. >> brown: kevin strait is a musical historian and curator at the museum. >> he's one of the primary sonic architects of rock and roll. he helped establish this art form that we all know and love, and that really took over the world. its helm really was this young musician from st. louis. he really helped to establish the template for how rock and roll should sound. he's a phenomenal guitar player, phenomenal showman. >> brown: strait acquired objects from berry for the museum's "musical crossroads" collection, including this prized guitar. >> it's a gibson es-350t, and it's one of his early touring and recording guitars that he used, and it's nicknamed maybellene after his first hit. >> brown: yea

and then there's chuck schumer.clear that president trump's trying the bully his own attorney general out of office. how can anyone draw a different conclusion? if president trump had serious criticisms of his attorney general, why not talk to him in person? why air his grievances so publicly? he wants him out. neil: all right. schumer voted against sessions and was quite cutting in his review of the senator when he was up for the attorney general post. having said that, you can see that this has become an affair that when it comes to someone picked and plucked from the well of the united states senate, they kind of look after their own. so there could be a boomerang effect here. maybe not. we'll see. blake burman live at the white house with all of these cross-currents. hey, blake. >> reporter: neil, politics is a strange thing at times when you hear chuck schumer come to the defense of the republican and stated attorney general. on this day the focus is renewed once again as president trump is absolutely hammering

let's go back to the news. >> thank you, chuck. are two more spots to get a heavy spot to get a fine. police have installed two more cameras. you ool drive past those cameras on the 4300 block of for the in fact few only get a warning and then it will be upwards to $100. >> street parking is $2.50 an hour. lots, $2 an hour. >>> the reigning mvp has agreed to a two-year deal with the golden state warriors. it's worth $253 million. that's a $9 million pay cut. durant could have taken more but he wants to keep players on team. >> he's still rch. >> standup guy too. >> yeah. another prince george's county native is he scored a basket andishe game. boston celtics won that game. >> wimbledon continues today and it looks like the seven-time winner roger federer playing on center court. >> venus williams broke down when asked about the fatal car crash. >> there are no words to describe how devastating. yeah. i i am completely speechless, and it is just -- >> williams left the room in tears shortly after thmt on friday the family of man who

shots across the bow at hillary. >> crying chuck is going to turn in the dead chuck after that.n you go out on the hill like that, i would be worried if i were him. democrats said they have a new slogan, "better deal." cash on hand, they have $3 million, the republicans have about $45 million. the reason they lost in the last election, because the voters didn't hear their message. well, they did hear the message and they didn't like it. i don't take the democrats are believable when they say they are fighting for the middle class, because everyone hears about trump and russia and global warming, and they say they want to be about fighting for the middle class. they had eight years with the white house in the middle class got hammered. what do you have to show for it? >> do you have to show for it, juan? the bottom line is the bottom line. they don't have cash in hand, even hillary and bernie both came out swinging against the dnc, and now chuck, is he being a little sexist? >> how is that? >> by attacking hillary? >> i think he had a point. i think you are this from david axelro

because chuck schumer doesn't want us to pass this. chuck schumer wants this to fail.no republican should be deceived when chuck schumer... chuck schumer made the argument, he called it a hoax. look, i'll note that chuck schumer and obama know a lot about health care hoaxes. obamacare was sold to the american people on a whole series of lies, if you like your plan, you can keep your plan. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. so what we need to focus on is how do we actually deliver results for the people hurting under obamacare. >> but this is senator chuck grassley. he's not first run for him. he knows this issue, and he's a republican. so he's not... >> well, but we need to focus on the actual facts. how does the consumer freedom amendment operate? it operates as follows: it's designed to be a compromise that can bring together conservatives and moderates, that can unify the conference some what it says is, you the consumer, you the patient, should have the freedom to choose the insurance you want. it shouldn't be the government ding tainting what insur

on august 21st. >>> it's going to be here in no time, chuck. it's too close for comfort. >> that is close. that's three weeks away. >> don't say >> it's over. >> it's not over. >> that's when it becomes adult swim time at the pools and the beaches. >> aum the old folks are aout. >> that's when you start vacationing. >> you've noticed that correlation. >> my vacation, oddly, starts when the kids go back to school. >> it's been a warm and wet july. in fact, through thursday, last week, we were sixth warmest july. we turn that around with the cold and the rain. we don't have a top ten warmest juchlt we have a top ten wettest july. we've had over 9 inches of rain for the month of july. that's 5.5 inches above average. after the third driest june, this becomes in all likelihood the third wettest july. putting a little water into the table. >> not much of great weather. zero chance for rain. keeping a close eye for what is tropical depression number 6 off the -- going to keep a close eye on this. the proximity to the coastline will keep it from becom

frankly, chuck, here is a news flash.ver does, it won't come on the end of a ballistic missile, it will come in a container say rich tissues surr long beach harbor. we have to rely on deterrence because all the other options are really lousy as we walked through. >> all right. i had a feeling that was a conclusion that you would be coming to but it is what it is. we'll see how long it takes this administration to decide what do next. thanks very much. >>> we'll quickly take you live back in hamburg, germany. yes, a bunch of provide tests have been ramping up outside the g-20. joiningtests have been ramping up outside the g-20. joining me now from the center of 240those protests is kyrgiosm mond ed kyrgios simmons. what are you seeing tonight? >> reporter: well, right now, chuck, the police are attempting to make another push to move these protesters who have taken over this part of hamburg away. they are facing heavy, heavy resistance from the protesters. let's just get our cameraman to look closer at this scene. you can

how about chuck. chuck is a c.e.o. of perm health, it is a rural hospital doing really innovative work in kind of northwest minnesota. it's kind of central north -- it's in rural minnesota, not unlike the rural areas in the presiding officer's state. chuck told me that, quote, a cutting -- cutting medicaid as drastically as they are proposing will force us to cut staff in areas that are actually saving the system money today, unquote. these cuts would affect nurses that run the hospital's medical homes, community paramedics and other staff that are helping keep people out of the emergency department, and reduce readmissions and keep people healthy overall. this is part of the innovation that they're doing there. this is part of the innovation that minnesota leads the nation in. now, perm health is one of the largest employers in town, so taking away jobs doesn't just impact the patients and the hospital, it affects the community and rural economy. cutting jobs and getting rid of successful reforms, that just doesn't ma