series finale against the diamondbacks. stephen strasburg makes a pitch in the first inning and looks like ea shaking out arm discomfort. after the game dusty baker said he was taken out as a precaution. he will be reevaluated in washington. the offense did their part, scoring four runs of the first, including this brian goodwin blast to center field. nats win 6-2. the british open final round, and jordan spieth struggled early, but took out in the final five holes. on 15, from 46 feet, that is an eagle. spieth with a two-stroke lead over matt kuchar. spieth trying to put this away, another birdie attempt. chirp-chirp. at 12 under, his third major championship. klaus is thek nichol only players to win that many before 24. coming up after the news, abc 7 "sports sunday." we will talk redskins and kirk cousins in about 10 minutes. also, bethesda native katie ledecky adding to her trophy case. e gold medals at the world championships. she is hoping to win six gold medals this week in hungary. jordan spieth good at i need the p

he left sunday's start against the diamondbacks after two innings with what he described as "achiness" in his forearm unfortunately, injuries are nothing new for strasburg. he underwent tommy john surgery early in his career and has also battled shoulder, back, and forearm issues. the team should learn more before first pitch tonight against the brewers. to footbal now - the tents are up and the team is ready! we're now just two days away from the start of redskins training camp. we got a first peek at the bon secours training center. you can see the equipment is all set up, as players and fans begin to reports from richmond starting tomorrow afternoon. with training camps opening this week, r-g-three has finally drawn some interest. the former redskins quarterback is scheduled to work out for the los angeles chargers today, according to espn's adam schefter. griffin went to the browns after leaving washington, but was cut by cleveland browns back in march. talk about some good vibes.. a california craft distillery say's the secret to making better whisky is music. you don't often see

finale in the desert against a very good diamondbacks club. not a good sign for stephen strasburg. makes a pitch in the first inning. looks like he is shaking updates during games, so we are not sure yet what happened. strasburg went two scoreless innings before being taken out with the arm injury. the offense did their part. scoring four runs in the first, including this brian goodwin blast to center field. washington leads 6-2 in the seventh. 23 years old. two majors and on the verge of a third. jordan spieth at the top of the leaderboard. the young texan is really good at getting into the lead. he is really good at holding the lead, and he is really good at converting that lead into a big victory. spieth struggled early, but took off on the final five holes. here he is. lead. grabs a this, spieth trying to put one away. he has got anoth spieth at five under in the final five holes, finishing the championship at five under. he joins jack nicholas as the only -- jack nicklaus. katie ledecky adding to her trophy. surprise, surprise. two moreing star won gold medals at the champions

up next on the nats road trip, the arizona diamondbacks. first pitch is just after 9:30 eastern. time now for weather alert - high heat & humidity continue through the weekend - heat advisories possible this weekend - relief comes next week today: hot and humid. sunny to partly cloudy. code orange air quality alert. highs: 95-98 feels: winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. warm and very muggy. lows: 74-80 winds: sw to w 5 mph friday: partly sunny to mostly cloudy. still hot and humid. highs: 94-98 winds: nw 5-10 mph amazon has launched a - john mccains health crisis. doctors diagnosing the senator with brain cancer. this morning - we are learning more about his chance for recovery. plus! a father's desperation- after a father's desperation- after he says-- a daycare group- abandoned his toddler, at the mall! the cleaning crew he's thanking this morning. g good morning washington i'm adrianna hopkins in for autria godfrey. and i'm larry smith. the other big story this morning is the weather. a heat advisory issued in the day ahead. let's get to stormwatch7 meteorolo

they hold ton to beat the diamondbacks 4-3. the nats so far 6-2 on this road trip. i want you to check it out. you rarely see this. the pitch fouled into moran's face. that is almost redefining physics. he had to leave the game. right now, houston leads the orioles 6-4 late in that one. another bad night against houston fdcu, giving up three goals in the first 17 minutes. here are the first two of them. including this one to put houston up 2-0. cc would add one in the second half from bobby boswell. not enough as united falls 3-1 at rfk. >>> could jordan spieth be a closer tomorrow at the open in england? he is on the cusp of winning his first mayor overseas. he has two on american soil. moving day at the open championship. weather was a little bit better and guys moving up the leader board. austin connelly. he is at 500. tied for the third place. heading to sunday's final round. led by two shots after the second round. he has a three-shot lead. heading into tomorrow's final round. it is >> right now, i feel like i'm playing great. the one on the last was a nice con

stephen strasburg left sunday start against the diamondbacks after two innings with what he forearm. unfortunately, injury is nothing new with strasburg. he underwent tommy john early in his career and also battled shoulder, back, and forearm issues of the past. we should know more tomorrow before the nationals host the brewers. almost two days away from the start of redskins training camp in richmond, and here is your firstlook at the training center. and equipment all set up, ready for the players and fans, and i will be in richmond with live reports beginning wednesday. cannot wait. the capitals on the road, the philadelphia freedom, venus williams taking on sloane stephens. point, venus had a great energy and she beat sloane stephens, 5-2, so the castles beat the freedom. mo o have company. ohioear-old near columbus is lighting up things from downtown. he loves basketball and is said to get some of his inspiration from the movie "space jam." somebody get him a scholarship. is scheduledrg iii to work out for the l.a. chargers tomorrow. the pelicans are signing that kid right now.

the team finished up a three game series against the diamondbacks 2-0 star player bryce harper having a better year than last year so is he in the midst of another season. frank has the look. >> safe to say bryce harper is having more than a bounce back season. the mvp from two years ago had a 2016 not up to his standards but back in the mix for mvp again this season. harper so far 25 homers and right now in the midst of a 16 game hitting streak looking to expand as the nats are finally back home to face milwaukee tomorrow night at that's your inside pitch. >> can you imagine if they had been playing here last week? topper would have scheduled them every day. shouldn't be working out. air quality is bad. >> he doesn't sound like that by the way. >>> should someone be able to trade mark the n word? we'll hear from an alexandra man who is getting death threats over his request. >>> but up next a family doesn't have to go far to solve the mystery of a wedding photo found in their garage. >>> and you got a story idea? we want to hear about it. send us an z2fwcz z16fz y2fwcy y16fy >>> an u

. >>> first an unusable management wildlife program underway in jfk involving diamondback terrapins lookingunways. they come up from jamaica bay. looking for ground in the area and there are more than 4000 feet of black tubing lighting the airport to keep the turtles out of harms way. the chief wildlife biologist for the aviation department. >> in 2012 before we had the to the airfield and that is a huge number, we have cut the number down from before the barrier at least 50%. >> she and her team round up and rescue the terrapins that make it past the barriers each one is marked with nail polish to indicate if data has been collected on it. >>> let's talk consumer news, verizon wireless says a security problem has exposed data of 6 million customers bought the company says don't worry it did not make it to the wrong hands, verizon says the customer names and phone numbers and addresses and even some account passwords were exposed by one of the company vendors. >>> delivery is for dinner, more than 40% of all online orders are now for food and it is not just millennials. there are big surges

street the s&p scored its biggest gain for the first half of the year since 2013 while the naz diamondbackn was the best in the last eight year. but last week the dow lost 43 points, the s&p finished 14 points lower and the nasdaq was down 24. markets will shut down early today and close completely tomorrow for the fourth of july u.s. holiday. >>> the u.s. listed its ban on laptops. the uae's flag carrier at the airways put in tighter security measures and abu dhabi airport has customs screening. they're the only airline operating direct flights from abu dhabi to the u.s. >>> syria started circulating a new bank note with the face of syrian president bashar al assad. it's the first time assad's face has appeared on money since he took office 17 years ago. >>> this friday samsung will start selling cell phones from recycled parts of the note 7. it was recalled because its batteries were prone to overheat and catch fire. the phone will be made from unused parts and recalled parts and cost $611. for now it will be sold only in south korea. >>> the minions rule the box office once again. "desp

we have the diamondbacks and the dodgers, bottom ninth, d'backs up 4-2.y trying to close it out. corey seager right up the middle goes scoring joc pederson so we're tied at 4. two batters later after an intentional walk. chris taylor rips a base hit to left. walks it off for the dodgers. dodgers win it, their fifth walkoff of the season. >>> how about the red sox and rays. chris sale is usually always dominant. he was sharp until the fifth inning. solo home run gave tampa bay the 2-run lead. bourjos. he got every last bit of that one. two-run shot and sale was so angry, he banged a baseball against his head. >> we're about halfway through the baseball season. four days away from the home run derby in miami. have a great friday, everybody. >>> up next, it's not trump or putin. we'll show you the real star of the g20 summit. >> and then everything must go. how to get your hands on treasures from the trump taj mahal. backed me up- big time. before movantik, i tried to treat it myself. no go. but i didn't back down. she said: one, movantik was specifically de

these diamondback turtles have been spotted on the run with recently feet from where they should be inearby jamaica bay. wildlife officials say the turtles are looking for a place to lay their eggs. fencing and tubing put up to keep the reptiles out of harm's way but some still manage to get through. once caught they're tagged and immediately released back into their natural habitat. >> a florida man facing drug trafficking charges after authorities say he hid a large amount of cocaine inside a cookie monster doll. authorities stopped the driver because of a dark window tint and obscured license plate. cookie monster doll was in a backpack. more than 300 grams of cocaine was found inside of that doll. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news" at noon, pink's concert in a.c. didn't go quite according to plan. >> the snafu last night that brought her new meaning to her lyrics so what i'm still a rock star, you know those lyrics katie. >> my goodes in. i'll look forward to that story. we're look ahead to a weekend that brings finally some relief. now relief is in the eye of the beholder but we'

games that he would have won, close games but going forward four and five against the mets, the diamondbacksle mariners who did a number on us at our place was a step in the right direction. >> we've been in a lot of games throughout the year so we definitely know we can keep up with anybody it's just a matter of getting those big hits in the big spots, you know. a lot of our games have been close. >> reliefer pat meshach has a 1.39 era in 35 games this season s it will be his second career all-star appearance. >> you know the first time it was such a whirlwind i really didn't get a chance to enjoy it at all and i think this time knowing what to expect and knowing the events that are -- knowing it's going to be by really quick. i think i'm going to be able to actually enjoy it and get the feel out of the guys and, you know, and just remember a lot more than i remembered the first one. >> congratulations to him. >>> the opening round of wimbledon got under way today. we have an upset. men's fifth seed is upset by medvedev. a little rain. cold champagne makes it better. venus williams has won

about 40 diamondback paripins crawled out of jamaica bay and onto the airfield at jfk last night. port authority wildlife specialists rounded up those turtles. this is the time of year turtles do migrate. >>> what is in our water? we have no idea. >> pipeline problems. local families concerned about what's in the water. a chester county mom says her biggest fear is tonight. >>> and denise, we have 80s for both sunday and monday. could tuesday be kicking off a heat wave? i have your most accurate forecast coming up on the other side of the break. >>> right now, pennsylvania lawmakers are working on a saturday trying to figure out how to pay for the budget. one idea is to use, expand big gambling and that would save you from paying more taxes to pay for the state spending. governor tom wolf has until midnight monday to reach a decision. >>> a new jersey governor chris christie used state-owned helicopters, nearly 100 times in the past 2 years. it costs more than $2,400 an hour to fly the choppers, meaning governor christie's trips add up to about a half million dollars. but his use

they finished up the nine-game road trip with the arizona diamondbacks and finally returned home julyosting the brewers. talked about the plans to replace joe ross before tonight's game. >> i think that we have some internal options that we're going to try first that we're comfortable with and then we'll just -- we'll evaluate it from there and see where we go. >> i don't want to speculate on things and i don't want to think the worst. you know, so we're preparing for it dropped by to discuss his take on the situation. >> they don't believe he's that type, but they should we're talking in the whole scheme of things, we're talking to 2 to $3 million a year. for the most part, top level quarterbacks. when they get looking for the eighth wimbledon championship. summer league action, wizards taking on the timberwolves, daniel house junior wrapping up. he goes right to the hole, finishes off the glass, more wizards' offense fining michael young right here in the post, missing the lay up and devin robinson with a huge put back, final seconds of the half. have to have a little drama here. 5'

coming up, deutsche bank's ceo isn crying is -- john cryan diamondback ambitions. plans.naround the major averages are higher, but for earnings day, it does not look like there is particular momentum to any of these indices. plans. the dow was up a third of a percent. the nasdaq up for tents. /10. the euro is having a weaker day at 116 50 4 -- add 1.1654. this is bloomberg. ♪ whoooo. i enjoy the fresher things in life. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest prices. so if you're anything like me... ...you'll want to check tripadvisor. we now instantly compare prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to find you the lowest price... ...on the hotel you want. go on, try something fresh. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm vonnie quinn, and this is "bloomberg markets." let's get a check on first word news with mark crumpton. mark: a warning for president trump from atop republican senator. south carolina's lindsey graham was blunt in discussing actions the presid

cardinals diamondback, right back and drills arizona pitcher in the head. they got the out.niel made the catch on the play, ehire thankfully doing fine. was released from the hospital last night with only a few stitches and the cardinals won the game 1-0. nfl news the raiders signed their first round draft pick last night so he's raeady for te first practice. donald penn not going to be there. he wants to redo this is contract. penn scheduled to make $7 million this season. he protects derek carr so so got some leverage. raiders ready to get to work. >> we take it one day at a time. all our guy s can say you can't look too far ahead. stay in the moment. looking that far down the road, the season is so long. >> it definitely gives us confidence going into the season knowing we can win games. that's what it's all about. it's all about winning games. >> check the niners. solomon thomas was holding out. the third overall pick in the draft signed his contract the 49ers. stanford man gets a deal for $28 million. suited up. the niners have everybody in camp. football season is here

there is a photograph that shows the japanese ship, the barge, her plane and two caucasians on the diamondbacklands when the japanese islands rid most of the islands of westerners. they can't do facial recognition software so they did body measurements for the woman. they use programs to measure the head and the shoulders and the underarms. all of that matches amelia earhart. so what happened to her? investigators have come up with evidence that in fact she and noonen were taken so saipan and died in japanese prison camp. and there is also evidence of that. that is on the history channel sunday night. >> we have images of those overlaying pictures of noonen and the pictures of aearhart ovr that old image. i'm sorry we couldn't show you. but for anyone curious about this or more curious about this, just go to nbc news.com. you can see tom kcostello's entire today show package. it is worth the watch. worth the full three minutes. thank you. >>> and we will cover the president's trip to germany tomorrow. i will see you later today on "meet the press" daily. meanwhile, alley picks things up right

chris taylor, dodgers come back to win 5-4 and sweep diamondbacks.irst pitch way outside, manager joe maden wonders if he made the right move. next pitch is a preponderance-out to left field, giving up one hit, the cubs having fun but they lost to the brewers. 11-2. lauren: baseball. cheryl: that's all the news i got in sports today. lauren: we have a lot of it that we couldn't get in. coming up, the violent g20 protests, they continue this morning as president donald trump gets ready to sit down with russian president vladimir putin for the first time. live report from hamburg, germany coming up. and senate leader mitch mcconnell coming up with a plan b for repealing obamacare, they are still talking about even though congress is in recess. we will tell you exactly why. let's show you the market activity on this down week for the dow. the s&p and the nasdaq, looking at two down weeks in a row. dow futures down 6 points. oil prices, they are plunging 2 and a half percent trading at 44.40 a barrel. we have new data that shows increase in u.s. producti

newly acquired diamondbacks outfielder for skin getting traded from detroit tuesday.uised his left hand. remove from the game. extras are negative. just a bone ruse. his ego may be bruised from a cuban is accused of punching the ballot for sunday night. the dallas cowboys running back of the? i let will not face criminal charges. the alleged incident because of a lack of what it says an unsuccessful attempts to the victim. elliott was never charged nor officially named a suspect. marcia lynch is back in football this year following the year of retirement. an oakland raider and a proud oakland native. not only invested in the city by owning a clothing store companies also going to save one of the regions most popular restaurants. buying restaurant and bar, a salford institution on the border of awkward in emeryville. red beans and rice, nichols said he was on the place for 15 years is now 79. lynch stepped in to buy it and keep it alive. according to shot.com, every state west of montana the nfl jerseys with number 24. even in alaska and even hawaii. pittsburgh steeler

emotional goodbyes last night for martinez goes from motown to the desert to the arizona diamondbacks right fielders at 305 for the tigers. prospects in return. houston astros will be without shirts have cardinals for an estimated six to eight weeks through a ligament in his left thumb monday. he will have surgery citing first into home plate back july 4th. for minor league baseball players called grouper from phoenix, albuquerque. it's not a joke. happy monday. p.j. petersen, dan vocal bach of the two, rangers had booked a flight on the next city, but something went wrong with the reservations that they took a seven hour over together to get to the gym on time and only cost $653 change. that is determination. the new uniforms coming to the nba next season. nike takes over for adidas and they use body maps for the players to also track not only your shape, they keep n./. they look pretty sweet. the change and also the warriors. when i say you love me, you say you better come to you better, you bet. you may be betting on a boxing match between floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor. we kn

the nats beat the diamondbacks. they're off today. >>> the imax theater at the museum of natural history might be closing. amazon adventure says the theater will close in the fall. jonathan barker says that closure will prevent people from experiencing the wonders of nature. barker and other filmmakers joined together to start a petition to save the theater. wtop reached out to the smithsonian for comment but hasn't received a response. >>> nearly 20 years after her death, we're hearing from princess diana's sons about the woman most people didn't know. >> we felt very incredibly loved, harry and i. i'm grateful that love still feels there. >> the documentary is set to air tonight. it tells the story of her life through the eyes of prince william and prince harry and others close to her. th her from her fairytale wedding in 1981 to her humanitarian work around the world and ultimately her tragic death. she died in a car crash in 1997. the film does not touch you have on the controversy shafl parts of her life. but t

ninth ining in los angeles after a dodgers fan was caught flashing a bright light in the eyes of a diamondbackcher. that are you doing there? not fool for the fan or diabemo backs. they got slapped and the season swept by arizona 5-4. >>> the to be more like tom brady? i know john berman does. now you can. the five-time super bowl champ is releasing a book which took him 12 years to write, the "tb12 method: how to achieve a lifetime of sustained peak performance." he says it's a blueprint to help people understand how to maintain peak mental and physical fitness for the rest of their lives. no word on if there's a way to find and marry a victoria's secret model. the book will be released this september. we'll find out. >>> fight fans get ready for the first time we'll see fighters floyd mayweather and connor mcgregor face to face on tuesday. they'll kick off a multicity press tour at los angeles staples center to promote their august 26th fight. tickets for the press available starting at 3:00. p eastern. a lot of people -- 3:00 p.m. eastern. a lot of people saying it will be boring. but the p

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. >>> a scary moment on the field friday for arizona diamondbacks pitcher robby ray. look at this. 108 mile-per-hour line drive off the bat of cardinals' first baseman luke voight struck ray in the head, knocking him to the ground. fortunately he didn't lose consciousness and was fully alert while carted off the field. even managing to give a thumbs up. he reportedly had a few stitches and will go through concussion protoc protocol. it looks like he'll be okay. >> incredible. by the way, the teammate, daniel deskalso, managed to catch the ball after it bounced off ray's head. flew all the way to foul territory and third base, making it the second out of the inning. on top of all that, they got the out. >> goodness. >> oh, hard to watch. >> isn't it? glad he's okay. >>> dylan is off this morning. dave price from wnbc is here. >> nice to see you. dreary in the northeast. let's talk about it and the rest of the weather, as well. let's see what's happening outside this hour. we're talking about two areas primarily at this early morning. and there is the first one, sections of mississip

they'll be back on the field tonight in arizona they'll face the diamondbacks.r on the found for washington. another late night on the west coast first pitch set for 9:40 eastern time. orioles found their bats. orioles compete completa four game sweep of the texas rangers. they came back to hand cole hamels his first loss in 10 starts this season. jonathan scope adam jones mark trumbo chrisdays davis all homered. nine-seven. they outscored texas 34 to 11. houston coming in. they have the best record in the majors. >>> college football shakeup. hugh freeze out of a job now. he resigned after university officials found a "pattern of personal misconduct" that started with the school's investigation into a call to an escort service. it all started last week a freedom of information request revealed a phone call that freeze made from his university provided cell phone. it shows a one minute call back in january of last year to a detroit based number that offers various escort services. the school then looked into the rest of his phone records and found more problems.

. ♪ >> all-star first baseman from the arizona diamondbacks. he is. >> harold reynolds. paul goldschmidt, from arizona diamondbacks. this one mookie betts signed. this one is daniel murphy. >> then, it was time to play ball. been like a little kid has been awesome and deserved. >> i never would have imagined doing something like this. >> craig, michael, gilbert and their wives getting peanuts and cracker jacks, taking in the midsummer classic, the mlb all-star game. >> thank you, "today" show, for the all-star experience. >> so nice. >> we want to thank our friends at major league baseball for that once-in-a-lifetime experien >>> and we're at 85 degrees in washington, sunny skies and that's going to keep those temperatures rising quickly through the afternoon. 81 frederick now, 84 clinton, 79 manassas but mid 90s is where we will be later on today. hot and humid, humidity making it feel closer to 100 degrees. if you are lucky you will see an isolated shower and that should help to cool your temperature down, but mostly dry. tomorrow 100 for a h

a weekend series in arizona starts up against the diamondbacks. they're off today.ound tomorrow. >>> gold cup qualifiers u.s.a. versus elf salvador. the former interpret had one goal in his first 40 games. team u.s.a. gets the job done. u.s.a. wins and advances to the gold cup semifinals on saturday where they'll take on costa rica. d.c. united trying to get the job done in seattle. they scored three goals. that's fantastic except the sounders scored four. there are three goals to none. sounders came back from that three goal deficit. d.c. united tough season continues. they lose four to three. >>> if you are a cowboys fan dallas police have suspended their investigation of an alleged assault involving running back ezekial elliott. police say they lack witnesses and they lack the victim. they can't get in touch with the victim. the incident happened at a bar sunday night a30 yield man hospitalized with a nose injury but no arrests were made, no suspects officially named pie police. >>> do you know who james connor? i do because he gru up near pittsburgh. he's leadin

. ♪ >> all-star first baseman from the arizona diamondbacks.. >> harold reynolds. paul goldschmidt, from arizona diamondbacks. this one mookie betts signed. this one is daniel murphy. >> then, it was time to play ball. >> seeing how excited he has been like a little kid has been awesome and deserved. >> i never would have imagined doing something like this. >> craig, michael, gilbert and their wives getting peanuts and cracker jacks, taking in the midsummer classic, the mlb all-star game. >> thank you, "today" show, for the all-star experience. >> so nice. >> we want to thank our friends at major league baseball for that once-in-a-lifetime experience for the deserving dads and their wives. >>> let's see if there's rainouts in your major league baseball future today. down through the gulf, we have afternoon thunderstorms. oppressively hot and humid in the great lakes. monsoonal moisture out of mexico to bring problems for the southwest, which will continue tomorrow. plenty of sunshine in through the plains, as well. look for more wet weather in

. >>> the big news coming out of yesterday's national game against the diamondbacks steven strasburg inning what is being described as discomfort. dusty baker said it was just a precaution and he'll be look at by team doctors today. steve? >>> maureen, thanks very much. let's get to the morning briefing the president is trying to turn focus on health care today but last hour breaking news on the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. senior adviser and son-in-law to the president jared k releasing a statement ahead of testimony today detailing four contacts with russians greg the campaign but says there's no collusion. former federal prosecutor jacob frankel. good to see you jacob. >> good to see you steve. >> it seems like this is strategy lately muchs will be proactive put information out there saying we did have contact but it wasn't big deal. good approach? bad approach? does that kind of quell some things that congressional committee might look at or not make difference to them? >> it's the right strategic approach you really have to grab these issues an tack

later he said i'm sorry, i was up watching diamondback game.from what you've seen, could there be a connection? >> it's in the frontal lobe. that part is decision making, could come into play. doctors look for confusion, headaches, weakness, those kinds of things. that is what clues him in to get a cat scan and shows something is going on. i think that's probably what happened in this case. >> add our well wishes to senator mccain and his family. thank you so much. >> thank you, dr. a lot more to get to including explosive new enter vow with the president. commander in chief sounding off on a wide range of issues and lashing out against his own attorney general. nbc correspondent kristen welker with more on that. kristen, good morning. >> good morning to you. the president's interview with "new york times" touches on a number of topics. everything from foreign to domestic policy. but the biggest bombshell is that he takes a attorney general jeff sessions. overnight president trump speaking out against one of his earliest supporters. in an inter

senator mccain even joked later and said i'm sorry, i was up too late watching the diamondbacks game. can there be a connection there? >> there could be a connection. this brain tumor was in the frontal lobe. that part of the brain is responsible for a lot of things, including memory, language, decision making. it's usual logical i a sign. confusion, headaches, weakness. those kinds of things. that is what clues them in to get a cat scan. i think that's probably what happened in this case. >> our well wishes to senator mccain and his family. dr. torres, thank you so much. >> thank you, doctor. a lot more to get to this morning, including an explosive new interview with the president. the commander in chief sounding off on a wide range of issues and lashing out against his own attorney general. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker with more on that. kristen, good morning. >> savannah, good morning to you. the president's interview with the "new york times" covers everything from domestic to foreign policy. the biggest bombshell, he takes sharp aim at his attorney general. >>> o

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national debt, we could buy every seat at chase field in phoenix for the next 22 million arizona diamondbackses, that's just a ballpark figure, that's the last pun, we're so broke that we could buy 20 billion tickets to see hamilton my love of bad jokes and puns aside instead of thinking about how $20 trillion could be spent, maybe we ought to be thinking about how $20 trillion could be saved. that's why i'm calling on my colleagues to support the debt buy-down act. just think, a simple check of the box would help save billions of dollars and preserve the strength of our national economy. it would save future generations from the consequences of our crippling national debt. at any rate, i hope that this bill makes the -- makes light the debt and grows a lot of interest. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president, today i want to make some remarks paying tribute to a former staff member of mine who i have the highest opinion of. however, before i begin those remarks, i should take a moment to address the elephant in the room. today the majo