plea deal for dennis hastert is being discussed, lawyers say. former speaker of the house is facing charges that he lied to the fbi, and illegally structured a bank withdrawals. now his lawyers are reportedly talking with prosecutors about a possible plea agreement. >>> from the des moines register, you can buy donald trump's campaign bus for $15,000. that's all. yeah, the bus was posted on craigslist yesterday. it was used by the trump campaign for events in iowa. it reads, make america great again on the side of it. but don't be fooled, it's just a 1998 greyhound with literally more than a million miles under its belt. >>> we know why hillary clinton probably won't be getting the next time she stops at starbucks. during a facebook q&a session yesterday one person asked her if she's a pump pin spice latte kind of gal. she said i used to be until i saw how many calories are in them. >>> chelsea and grandpa bill clinton are spilling the details on baby charlotte's first birthday over the weekend. >> it was great. we had lots of balloons. she love

. >>> talk of a possible plea deal today during a hearing in the dennis hastert hush money case. the former house speaker has pleaded not guilty to violating banking laws and lying to the fbi. prosecutors say he gave $3.5 million to somebody to hide past misconducts. the payments were reportedly to conceal claims of sexual misconduct when he was a teacher and wrestling coach decades ago. >>> virginia is preparing to execute a prison inmate for the first time in three years. he's been on death row the past five years. his execution is set for thursday. death penalty opponents have asked governor terry mcauliffe to intervene saying prieto should be exempt from the death penalty because he's had intellectual disabilities. >>> virginia state nor mark obenshain -- senator mark obenshain will not run for personal reasons. he nearly lost a 2013 attorney general's race to democrat mark herring. other possible gop candidates include former rnc chairman ed gillespie, former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli. >>> coming up nasa announces a game changing discovery on the planet mars.

lawyers for former house speaker dennis hastert and federal prosecutors revealed today that they're working on a plea deal. hastert is charged with violating banking laws and lying to federal agents reportedly about paying hush money to someone who accused him of sexual misconduct. pope francis returned to the vatican today, and on the flight from the u.s., he told reporters that priests who sexually abuse children violate the calling of god. the pope also coined a new word in italian to describe his reception in the u.s. it translates "beyond all limits." also beyond limits today is the discovery on mars that nasa has announced. chip reid has that. >> reporter: scientists have been puzzled over the past few years by photos from a nasa satellite showing long black streaks on mars that seem to flow downhill in warmer months and disappear when extreme cold returns. today nasa announced the stunning answer: >> mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past. >> reporter: jim green is director of planetary science. >> liquid water has been found on mars. >> reporter: the water i

. >>> a possible plea agreement in the case of former house speaker dennis hastert, the word of attorneys who went before a judge in chicago today. hastert pleaded not guilty to skirting federal banking laws. the 73-year-old republican is accused of paying $3.5 million to coup sexual abuse allegations -- cover up sexual abuse allegations. hastert led the house nine years retiring at the top of his power in 2007. >>> virginia governor terry mcauliffe denied a last minute attempt to delay the execution of serial killer prieto. his attorney said he should not be put to death because he is  intellectually disabled. >>> in prince george's county tonight students who do not have their immunizations have two days to get them or they will not be allowed back in school. some 3,000 kids in the districts don't have their booster shots. that's about 2% of the school's population. the school is calling apparents to led them know about the dead -- parents to let them know about the deadline. if students don't get the shots in time, they can't go to school on thursday. >>> shaking hands for the camera,

. >> former house speaker dennis hastert is seeking a plea deal. that would keep private potentially embarrassing details about hush money payments he allegedly agreed to make. it's reported the $3.5 million would have kept a former student quiet about sexual abuse while hastert was a high school wrestling coach several decades ago. >>> a former new york state prison employee will serve at least two years behind bars for helping two kill kers escape. joyce mitchell broke down as she pleaded with a judge for mercy. abc's linzie janis reports from outside the courthouse. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: joyce mitchell sobbing in court promising to wear an ankle bracelet for the rest of her life if she can go home to her family. >> i'm hoping you will have mercy on me, your honor, no words can explain how deeply sorry i am. >> reporter: the former prison tailor shop worker insisting she only helped two convicted murderers escape, smuggling them hacksaw blades hidden in hamburger meat, because ey threatened to kill her husband lyle. >> i could not let anythi

. >> lawyers for former house speaker dennis hastert and federal prosecutors revealed today that they're working on a hastert is charged with violating banking laws and lying to federal agents. reportedly about paying hush money to some one who accused him of sexual misconduct. >> pope francis returned to the vatican today. on the flight from the u.s., he told reporters, that priests who sexually abused children violate the calling of god. the pope also coined a new word in italian to describe his reception in the u.s., it translates "beyond all limits." also, beyond limits today is the discovery on mars that nasa has announced. chip reid has that. >> reporter: scientists have been puzzled over the past few years by photos from a nasa satellite showing long black streaks on mars that seemed to flow downhill in warmer months then disappear when extreme cold returns. today, nasa announced the stunning answer. >> mars is not the dry, arid past. >> jim green is director of planetary science. >> liquid water has been found on mars. >> reporter: the water is salty which explains in liquid form

. >> lawyers for former house speaker dennis hastert and federal prosecutors revealed today that they're working on a plea deal. hastert is charged with violating banking laws and lying to federal agents. reportedly about paying hush money to some one who accused hem of sexual misconduct. >> pope francis returned to the vatican today. on the flight from the u.s., he told reporters, that priests who sexually abused children violate the calling of god. the pope also coined a new word in italian to describe his reception in the u.s., it translates "beyond all limits." also, beyond limits today is the discovery on mars that nasa has announced. chip reid has that. >> reporter: scientists have been puzzled over the past few years by photos from a nasa satellite showing long black streaks on mars that seemed to flow downhill in warmer months then disappear when extreme cold returns. today, nasa announced the stunning answer. >> mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past. >> jim green is director of planetary science. >> liquid water has been found on mars. >> reporter: the

. >>> a potential plea deal is in the works for a former house speaker dennis hastert accused in a cover-upndal. his lawyers for talks with prosecutors and they didn't release details after a court hearing. an indictment handed down in may accuses of hastert of skirting banking lous in order to pay an unnamed person more than $3 million. the pages were made through claims of sexual misconduct decades ago when hastert was a teacher and high school wrestling coach in suburban chicago. defense attorneys have taken steps to keep details of those allegations under wraps. >>> some of the scientists and amateur scientists are just geeking out on social media this afternoon and what today's announcement means future astronauts. >> a major grocery store says it is cutting thousands of jobs. >>> talking about papelbon there. i'll bet that guy is not on the team next year, that's for sure. cloud cover and shower activity and storm team 4 radar tracking showers around the fredericksburg area and more in western loudoun county, but again, not a lot of rain today. tomorrow, a much better chance of rain a

lawyers for former house speaker dennis hastert are in talks with prosecutors about a plea deal.ssing banking laws to pay hush money for a cover-up. >>> joyce mitchell sentenced seven years. >> apple set a new record selling 13 million new iphones over the last three days. the company said preorders were strong indicating demand for the new phones would be high. now it's back to "hardball." >>> it's become clear to me that this prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. so this morning i informed my colleagues that i would resign from the speakership and resign from congress at the end of october. >> wow. welcome back to "hardball." that is john boehner announcing this friday that his time as speaker is up. he will be resigning from congress all together giving up his seat, as well in october. his exit comes amid a conservative revolt and growing discontent among the party's base at home. 72% of republican primary voters said they were dissatisfied with the leadership of john boehner as well as mitch mcconnell. in an interview with "face the nation

denny hastert, he left in good terms in congress but now he's under criminal indictment on charges thatd serious sexual abuse allegations. i mean, that's how the last three republican house speakers ended. this guy, in contrast, is leaving not justn his own terms sort of but he's so happy about it it might not even matter. the man is literally singing "zip-a-dee-doo-dah." he sang "zip-a-dee-doo-dah" twice at his i'm resigning announcement. and he seemed to mean it when he sung the part about it's a wonderful day. have you ever seen anyone so happy to just resign from their job ever? actually, brief digression. i have. for ten years on and off i worked with an amazing producer named nazanine rafsanjani. i worked with her on radio, air america radio and then when i got this tv show she came and worked here on this tv show and everybody on the staff fell in love with her and she took over immediately. wonderful person, amazing co-worker, and recently she left. and we threw a sort of staff going away party for her and at that going away party naza investment ne and i posed for a polaroid pi

. >>> lawyers for ex speaker of the house dennis hastert are reportedly trying to negotiate a plea deal for him. hastert has pleaded not guilty to charges he broke federal banking laws. he was trying to pay someone 3 1/2 million dollars addingly to core up past misconduct. it could mean that the details might never be revealed in court. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> we take a look from our camera in brooklyn to the lower east side. you see the clouds are low. across the tops of the buildings, fog is around. we have showers around. a muggy 73 to start your day. here is our camera at 4 time's square looking south. a muggy morning. we are at 72 in the park. a couple of showers around ramapo to new city, dutchess, putnam over to sullivan and orange county. a shower across long island. we will have the soupy air with a shower threat. to the west a big batch of moisture coming up. cold front across michigan. this rain starts this evening and through a good part of the day tomorrow. floodin

. >>> former house speaker dennis hastert is looking to make a deal.is in negotiations to plead guilty to breaking federal banking laws. that deal would prevent an embarrassing public trial. reports say the former high school wrestling coach was going to pay millions to a former opportunity to conceal sexual misconduct. >>> a wild high-she had pursuit near oklahoma city, a car hitting more than 10 miles an hour driving off the edge of this highway. look at that. flipping over eventually and crashing. the driver then tried to run but he did not get far. police say it all started when they tried to ticket her for going 100 in a 45. >>> and a narrow escape on a manhattan sidewalk. a 40-ton drilling rig toppled over ter a construction site. this part crashing on a police van. you can see one woman there running to avoid being hit by it. thankfully, amazingly no one was injured. >>> the washington nationals have suspended jonathan papelbon for four games after this, he started a dugout brawl with teammate bryce harper. whoo, he also accepted a suspension fo

. >>> former house speaker dennis hastert's attorneys are talking with prosecutors about a possible pleash money case. both sides telling a judge hastert didn't attend that hearing in chicago. >>> joyce mitchell who helped two murderers escape from a maximum security lockup was sentenced. she was given a 2 1/3 to 7-year prison term under a plea deal. >>> and fifa president sepp blatter selling his staff that he has done nothing illegal or improper and will remain in his job until february. that's according to his lawyers. blatter is under criminal investigation by swiss authorities. you're up to date. back to you, brian. >> sue, thank you very much. >>> the fed is making some headlines right now. what's new? the day ends in a "y." sara eisen with breaking news. >> we have comments from charlie evans, the president of chicago fed. he's in no hurry to raise interest rates. he's telling business leaders in milwaukee right now that, quote, a later liftoff positions the economy best for potential challenges ahead. we knew he was dovish. this is the first time we're hearing from him since the

he's -- attorneys for dennis hastert are trying to work out a deal for his hush money case.ultiple media outlets, he allegedly paid a younger man money to conceal sexual misconduct equity with a high school teacher and wrestling coach. yes flight not guilty to violating banking laws and lying to the fbi. in thes a big deal natural gas pipeline business. energy transfer has won the fight for williams company. the price, almost $38 million, including debt. their firstected bid in june and then looked for other buyers. the new york prison worker who helped to prisoners escape was sentenced this morning to seven years behind bars. she said she was in way over her head, admitting giving the inmates tools. one was captured, one was shot and killed. that is a look at the top stories of this hour. i want to bring in the two people who just joined me in the studio. julia, who knows the workings of the united nations, because we set -- she was a former prime minister of australia. we are many leaders gathered in new york city. she was president in 2010 to 2013. she is now chair of the

i remember looking at a speaker's election and denny hastert was unknown.e people in congress, and again, the public doesn't get a voice at all. >> you said the message, who is in charge of the lessons. who has more as to what the people might think. the tv host, or congress-- . the truth is people, conservatives outside of the congress have much more influence over the voters than the people that they chose to elect. >> it did not determine who the ultimate nominee was for the white house. >> no, they didn't. the reason because ideological conservatives are not a majority within the republican party. in the end. if you have a field that's split among three different constituencies, the establishment, conservatives and libertarians, establishment might win by fault. it's a how bill clinton got elected twice in effect. >> how does the republican party go about finding a defact o leader to unite the factions in the party. >> i don't think they can. what's a republican foreign policy, there's no concensus on those questions. so, i don't think you're going to f