david gregory joins me. welcome. >> i was in a mall in paramus and they said -- >> we need you. >> john berman said when the heat index is above 100, can't do it. >> i love you dropped by homeland of a mall in new jersey. well done. this is shaping up to be a make or break week for democrats. who are determined to prove that president trump committed impeachable crimes. so special counsel robert mueller will testify before two house committees on wednesday. and democrats are hoping that his testimony will somehow sway the minds of americans. democrats of course remain deeply divided about whether to move forward with impeachment. >> mueller's testimony does come with risk claiming there is, quote, substantial evidence the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. but mueller has also said he would not go beyond the conclusions of his report. republicans are hoping to show his probe was biased from the very start. let's begin our coverage with lauren fox. she's live on capitol hill with our top sto

abby philip, david gregory, and we have so much to talk about between what's happening tonight with the draw as well as what happened last night. so there was this campaign rally for president trump in north carolina as you know. and what we've learned is that this was a scripted rant, basically that the president went on about the four congresswomen of color who he's been targeting. and it was in teleprompter. this wasn't a riff i guess is my point. and as we have learned this is an actual campaign strategy to focus on them and try to, i guess, deal with racial tensions or stoke racial tensions rather than focus on the economy. what do you know about this? >> that's exactly right, alyson. oftentimes these types of rants from president trump at his rallies are things he does on his own where he goes off his teleprompter in an effort to give his supporters some sort of show. but in this case this is part of what i like to call the emerging strategy. the tweets themselves were not a strategy from the campaign side. but what they've decided to do is they want to elevate these women and cha

so let's bring back david gregory and raicchel baid.y're doing this differently than before, m.j., so let's talk about it. i'll put up those who made the debate stage on one of the nights. there are the 20. i won't go through all of their names. we're going to watch a drawing. it's been split into three tiers. the top tier which is joe biden, kamala harris, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. they'll be the final draw. then there's the second draw of the second most popular basically, people, and the third draw which will happen first is the people who are polling basically at the lowest. >> well, the way this is being done, guarantees those four on the screen right now, biden, bernie, kamala harris, and elizabeth warren are going to be split into two. two of them will face each other. we just don't know which two. i think no matter how the drawing happens, it is going to be a fascinating debate. first of all, if biden is again on stage with harris, are we going to see fireworks round two? and is each of the candidates going to bring a di

. >> and again, david gregory, william barr has had to recuse himself from the kirkland, ellis ties to the defense of jeffrey epstein. >> a law firm they both worked for not at the same time. >> william barr's father was the headmaster of the school which hired jeffrey epstein in the 1970s. no connection necessarily but just the tentacles of this case, in this administration and past administrations seem to be everywhere. >> yeah, i mean, i think, you know, the tie to the law firm, the fact that a big law firm, a big litigation firm would cause a recusal is not something that should raise eyebrows, there's no question that this was a guy who was incredibly wealthy, who had connections to power, who used those connections, who's certainly going to use them in the course of his defense as well, who's hired a very prominent defense lawyer now, and winegarten who has defended prominent clinton administration folks, so you know, i mean, again, this is a guy who traveled in very powerful circles. it's not surprising the tentacles would reach this far. >> about the bill clinton stuff, sources

david gregory—kuma reports.nvironment, he decided to plant avon wood. hundreds of new trees planted on newly purchased land by the river avon and part funded by a government grant. now a bbc investigation has revealed big variations in who gets tree—pla nting money, and it seems our towns and cities are missing out. just five council areas, including stratford—upon—avon, are responsible for planting more than a quarter of all the new trees in england. joining stratford—upon—avon, northumberland, eden, carlisle and county durham, typical of the rural areas that benefited from the government's cash for trees scheme. meanwhile, liverpool, bristol, croydon and leicester were amongst the urban areas which didn't get any cash or trees from this scheme at all. the problem seems to be the way the fund was set up did not appeal to urban landowners, and campaigners argue urban trees are just as important as their countryside counterparts. but perhaps things might be changing because since we started this investigation, th

our environment correspondent david gregory—kumar reports.n a new wood. down by the side of the road we've got a cherry, lime, there is a bit of colour. and by the river, quite a lot of willow. when dave harding's teenage son asked him what he was doing to improve the environment, he decided to plant avon wood. hundreds of new trees planted on newly purchased land by the river avon and part funded by a government grant. it was important, it gave me the confidence to take this on. i'm a city boy, 32 acres for someone who's never planted more than a postage stamp was daunting but knowing i could get the grant to get me started, and to get a bit of professional help, certainly gave me the confidence to do it. but now, a bbc investigation has revealed big variations in who gets tree planting money and it seems our towns and cities are missing out. rural areas were receiving the vast majority of them which will come as no surprise and urban areas were receiving very few, if any. just five council areas including stratford—upon—avon are responsible

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david gregory joins me.n paramus and they said -- >> we need you. >> john berman said when the heat index is above 100, can't do it. >> i love you dropped by homeland of a mall in new jersey. well done. this is shaping up to be a make or break week for democrats. who are determined to prove that president trump committed impeachable crimes. so special counsel robert mueller will testify before two house committees on wednesday. and democrats are hoping that his testimony will somehow sway the minds of americans. democrats

david gregory reports. d land on the river avon part funded by government grant. i am a city boy and for me to akos was a bit daunting but i knew that i could get the grant to get me started and get me professional help and that gave me the confidence to do it. now a bbc investigation has revealed big variations in who gets tree planting money and it seems that our towns and cities are missing out. rural areas are receiving the vast majority of them and urban areas where receiving very few if any. just five council areas including stratford—upon—avon are responsible for planting more than a quarter of all the new trees in england. joining stratford—upon—avon, north london, carlisle and stratford—upon—avon, north london, ca rlisle and county stratford—upon—avon, north london, carlisle and county durham, typical of the rural areas that benefited from the cash for tree scheme. meanwhile liverpool, bristol, croydon and leicester are amongst the urban areas which did not get any cash or trees from the scheme at a

david gregory joins me. it's a big day. >> it's the eve of a big day.f the summer. they get robert mueller to finally testify. >> and things keep changing as they did last night. we're just 24 hours away from special counsel robert mueller testifying before congress about his investigation into president trump of course and russian interference in the 2016 election and then last night there was a development. on the eve of this high stakes testimony, the justice department sent a letter warning robert mueller to "remain within the boundaries of his report" end

i'm alisyn camerota, this is david gregory. 48 hours from now special counsel robert mueller will testify before two house panels in a make or break week for democrats. they are trying to prove that president trump committed impeachable crimes. mueller could be their best hope to convince americans as well. democratic americans themselves are deeply divided about whether to move forward on impeachment. >> house judiciary chairman jerry nadler claims there's very substantial evidence the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, escalating the rhetoric a bit. mueller said he will not go beyond the conclusions of his russia report. republicans are hoping to show mueller's investigation as biased from the very beginning. >> joining us now is mj lee, cnn political coordinator, jonathan martin, cnn political analyst and national coordinator for "new york times," a political reporter for bloomberg news. i hope i said that right, sahil. i'll take it. all right. sahil, what are you looking for this wednesday? what should people be keeping their eyes on? >> the whole goal of this is for

david gregory joins me. it's a big day. >> it's the eve of a big day. this has been highly anticipated even in the middle of the summer. they get robert mueller to finally testify. >> and things keep changing as they did last night. we're just 24 hours away from special counsel robert mueller testifying before congress about his investigation into president trump of course and russian interference in the 2016 election and then last night there was a development. on the eve of this high stakes testimony, the justice department sent a letter warning robert mueller to "remain within the boundaries of his report" end quote. the latetter warned him not to talk publicly. >> there's always some kind of red line. this is the question. could it significantly affect how democrat and republican lawmakers try to get information, new information, really, for much of the public about why the special prosecutor drew no conclusion about whether president trump should be charged with a crime. will the special counsel's testimony create momentum for impeachment or will a

david gregory joins me.justice department is now trying to limit what robert mueller can talk about when he testifies tomorrow before two house committees. the former special counsel has been warned in a letter to remain within the boundaries of his written report. democrats want to ask questions like would donald trump be charged criminally if he were not the president? if mueller follows the justice department's guidance he likely would not be able to answer that. >> but there's a little bit of a wild card. cnn has learned mueller's prepared an opening statement which will not be reviewed by the justice department. so will mueller's testimony change the minds of americans about his investigation and the president? >>> we're also following breaking news in the u.k. this morning. boris johnson was named leader of the party effectively making him prime minister tomorrow which is the breaking news. we'll have a live report from london in just a matter of moments. >> but we do begin with mueller's testimony tom

joining us now david gregory and bianna golodryga. congratulations to the champions. they're awesome. second of all, i'm curious where this goes. and it is literally to a certain extent literal ly. >> we know that the president claimed yesterday that he hasn't thought about whether to issue a white house invitation. >> haven't really thought about it. we will look at that, certainly. >> you know how i know that he's thought about it? he announced it. he actually had officially invited on twitter. said i'm now inviting the team win or lose. so bianna, what's going to happen here? we know from ali's interview, ali krieger, and other soccer players the team doesn't want to go to the white house. >> first, we should all be celebrating this huge accomplishment. now of course it's turned political. you would think the president when it comes to issues like this where we're celebrating this great win as a nation should just take the higher road. invite the team. if they show up, they show up. if they don't, they don't. i wonder even if he had a tweet stored in a draft form a

david gregory joins me. great to have you. >> always fun to be here. >> this could be a defining week for president trump's presidency. at least that's what congressional democrats are hoping. they want to prove he committed impeachment crimes. democrats are hoping that mueller's words will affect americans in a way that his written report did not. >> but there is, however, some risk. right? mueller's long awaited testimony could backfire on democrats. jerry nadler insists there is, quote, very substantial evidence the president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. but mueller has already said he will not go beyond what he wrote in his final report. so there's a lot to discuss. joining us now, errol louis, joe lockhar lockhart, and bianna golodryga. there is risk for democrats with mueller finally coming in to testify. >> yeah. i think the risk for the democrats are expectations running way out of control. you know, as political watchers, we always want to see if something clears the bar. and i think t

david gregory—kumar has this report.n newly purchased land by the river avon and part funded by a government grant. it was important we had the confidence to take this on. i'm a city boy. 32 acres for someone who has never planted more than a postage stamp was daunting. but knowing i could get the grant to get me started, and to get a bit of professional help certainly gave me the confidence to do it. now a bbc investigation has revealed big variations in who gets tree—pla nting money, and it seems our towns and cities are missing out. rural areas were receiving the vast majority of them which probably would come as no surprise, and urban areas were receiving very few, if any. just five council areas, including stratford—upon—avon, are responsible for planting more than a quarter of all the new trees in england. joining stratford—upon—avon, northumberland, eden, carlisle and county durham, typical of the rural areas that benefited from the government's cash for trees scheme. meanwhile, liverpool, bristol, croydon and lei

let's bring in dan ives and also david gregory. good morning to you both damag dan, i'll start but.isk or politics? >> i think it is more noise at least in the near term but the drum roll is getting louder for big tech and i think it speaks to some of the antitrust worries. if i you viewed most at risk, probably amazon, baba, facebook. least would be apple >> why amazon? >> because two distinct businesses and i think that is really where i think investors went from background noise a little more of a focus to see what comes out of hearings. >> and what is your take, david, so which is most at risk >> i think the companies most at risk, facebook clearly in the crosshairs of regulatoregulator obviously if you look at amazon and their ability to control the access of thousands of businesses to their customers across the aws platform, i would see amazon as being more at risk perhaps than facebook. facebook already has enough issues of their own to begin with and as we look at government interest in the tech sector, and these companies specifically, we also have to look over towards euro

david gregory—kumar, bbc news, near stratford—upon—avon.urse that's been created in a cathedral, but critics aren't happy, arguing you can't feel holy in one. lets have a look at the better. what you expecting that? i wasn't expecting that. well, i wrote it. how better to follow that up than a science lesson, simon? i think this is interesting because you don't need me to tell you we had everything going on recently, we had they now confirm record—breaking heats of last week the uk. that was confirmed yesterday afternoon, 38.7 celsius. why did it take them to confirm the temperature? the site was not one that reports the temperature every hour, it reports every 2a hours. cambridge university botanic gardens. a nearby site got 238.1 but that 38.7 came in later, the day after. the met office office check the sites is as standard, literally the grass, has it been maintained properly? is the temperature, thermometerfar it been maintained properly? is the temperature, thermometer far enough above the ground, away from buildings, to make it a leg