erica? >> nick, appreciate it as always.hank you. >>> pall hickman was john mccain's former arizona state director, a good friend. he will be an usher at today's memorial service. we appreciate you joining us to talk about your good friend. >> thanks, erica, thanks for having me. >> you were also able to be at that private ceremony yesterday. what was that like for you? >> it was difficult. it was tough. i'd like to first offer my condolences and sympathy to cindy and the family. i have been asked about the legacy and that's one of the great ones we've got, a classy terrific senator john mccain and a great family, he raised a great family, but the ceremony was tough to watch, our governor and senator kyle and flake did a terrific job with their remarks and walking around and visiting, saying good-bye. i share a birthday with senator john mccain. it was both of our birthday's yesterday, it was difficult but well done and the folks at the capital did a terrific job. >> you talk about the family and the pictures we saw yesterda

>> it leaves them trying to find a candidate, erica. look, florida is the largest, most important swing state by a mile. yes, california is bigger, no, is bicker, but they're one party, essentially. texas is the same way, more or less. this race really matters because both the right and the left have put down markers here. they've said for years, give us our kind of candidates. we'll stir the base. we'll get them out in large numbers in mid-terms and we'll shock you. because we can elect a candidate on the right or on the left. well, now they got florida as their ultimate test case and they're going to have to try to produce. one side will him one side won't. >> just from a practical standpoint, how nasty is this going to get in the next ten weeks? >> you know, we have to get an entirely few grading scale on nastiness. the old nasty now is considered mild mannered. i'd say very, very nasty. will there be contests that are nastier? sure. the 2020 presidential company. that's what we can have to look forward to there. this one will be exc

. >> erica, good morning. aretha franklin's portrait will be installed at the national portrait museum and will hang there. you can take a look with the lit though graphic poster. back into the 1960s. n shever a stranger. she would come here as a singer and her venues grew as ll. all to perform famously at the 2009 inauguration of president obama. she could w the high school choir. s wepoke to the director of that choir about aretha franklin. >> it was the color in the voice. it was the way you had to improvise. it was the wailing on the high notes. it was all of that. >> truly a one of a kind voicea going to be missed. her portrait will be hanging here from n until august 2 27bd. we're live here in northwest. justin finch, news 4. >>> justin, thank you.6: now. chris lawrence with some breaking news out of new york city. >> aaron, dozens of people. take a look. late last night firefigers and paramedics had to rush to the jazz club on 61 and broadway. firefighters say they found a leak and aired out the club. t

erica? >> abby, appreciate it.hank you. >>> also want to get to this breaking news this morning, a new cnn poll just being released shows two thirds of americans want special counsel robert mueller to wrap up his russia investigation before the november midterm elections. and for the first time, president trump's approval rating is higher than some of his predecessors at this point in their presidency. david chalian joins us with those new numbers. david, good morning. >> good morning, erica. let's look at tofr all approval rating at 42%, disapprove 53%. this is remarkably steady for months. couple points higher than it was in our last poll, about where it was last spring, but donald trump has just been operating this low 40 territory pretty much throughout the duration of his presidency thus far. you noted the history. take a look at this. donald trump in every poll we've done since the beginning of his term has always been at the bottom of this list when we compare him to his predecessors at this point in the pre

erica? >>> the "wall street journal" reporting that lawyers for former trump campaign chairman paul manafort were talking about a plea deal with prosecutors for his second trial while the jury was deliberating his first trial. this deal fell through, do woe we know anything about why? >> apparently those plea deals, the talks, just stalled and it's possibly because special counsel robert mueller raised issues to manafort's defense team that manafort didn't want to discuss or disclose. the "wall street journal" didn't discover what those issues were that made that possible plea deal fall through but it's significant that these talks were happening since paul manafort has long held steadfast that he is innocent saying he won't work on a deal with prosecutors but the reality is that with one conviction on eight counts in virginia that happened one week ago, we have the cape cd.c. trial from where prosecutors say they have three times the evidence, all the pressure is on paul manafort. so today

next weekend, it's not a complete washout right now, erica. but like i'm saying, t's not looking fantastic with the chance of thunderstorms in there saturday, asunday, monday. and then we'll dry out on tuesday. >> remind me again of what its really stao feel like the beginning of fall around here? >> i would probably say in october. right? >> really? >> we're doing trick or treating and things like that. we'reetting to tha transitional time period. you have ups and downs and you just have to kind of enjoy the days. >> all yoright. than still ahead, the nationals are off. but another injy casts a dark cloud over a win. but in the wnba playoffs, the mystics stars shines hrough. daveup next with sports. i know what? no, what? i just switched to geico and got more. more? got a company i can trust. that's a heck of a lot more. over 75 years of great savings and service. you can't argue with more. why would ya? geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >>> all right. dave johnson joining us now. the washington mystics, tearing it up. >>in do

erica? >> that is so true. ryan nobles, thank you. >>> joining me, larry noble, former general counsel to the general election council. this tweet we saw earlier today from the president, i'll read to you here -- "michael cohen pled guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. president obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled." what do you make of that? >> well, that's nonsense. first of all, he pled guilty to two campaign violations that are a crime. they are violation of the criminal law so they are a crime. comparing it to the obama settlement is also not fair, accurate and makes no sense. virtually every presidential campaign -- or probably every major presidential campaign comes up with campaign finance violations. they are what we used to call routine violations. they aren't excused but they are reporting violations where they failed to report some things inadvertently. i think in the obama case it was what are called 48-hour report, failure to rep

>> yes, erica. know, as archaic as it sounds, there was such a device in this digital age where, you know, particularly sensitive story files, including source agreements and contracts and page proofs were stored for access and protection. >> would the only copy of those stories and those agreements be in that safe and, if so if destroyed, would that be it or another copy that lives somewhere else, eve's digitally? >> there probably would be much of the content preserved, you know, on a hard drive. but, you know, the actual physical signatures may, on the contacts may actually be in that safe. >> how many safes are we talking about? >> well, you know, i worked out of the los angeles office, and we had one and i know that the new york office had one and i think that's the one we're referring to. >> especially in the new york office. would this only have been filled with stories about president trump? or what else could be in there? >> no. it could turn out to be quite a pandora's box. i mean, i think

erica? >> what does it all mean. david chalian, stick around. what does it mean for omarosa? we'll discuss that as well. >>> joining us jeffrey toobin and staff writer for the new yorker, jeffrey toobin, about this poll, the 66% want the robert mueller investigation wrapped up by the midterms is a fascinating number, as david points out, it will help and have incriminating information about the president, that's why they want it out. just by historical comparison, this has gone on for 15 months. that's not that long relatively speaking, look at iran-contra, white water, benghazi. it's not that long comparatively. >> that's true. if i may disagree with my younger identical twin brother chalian, so what. 66% they don't care. first of all, america doesn't care what his polling numbers are. but also, half those people want it over as david said because they think it's already proved. >> just like david said. you're not disagreeing. >> yeah, i guess i'm sort of disagreeing with you. i never like

jeremy, good morning. >> good morning, erica.esident never quite did get over jeff sessions's recusal from the mueller -- special counsel's investigation and he has fumed about the attorney general, we're told in recent weeks even the president has floated the possibility of firing his attorney general and this morning, kellyanne conway counselor to the president refusing to say whether the president has confidence in his attorney general. how are you feeling about mr. session this is morning? >> he's great. i talked with the attorney general yesterday. he's working very hard on ms-13 gangs, the opioid crisis, immigration. they've got this great new initiative you probably haven't read about or at least covered called sos -- synthetic opioid surge. >> does that mean he still has the president's confidence? >> he is the attorney general. they're doing great work at the doj. >> so you hear kellyanne conway offering some praise for the attorney general but not saying the president has confidence in him. what it's changing is what is

so, erica and her sister faith join me now.n and, erica, let me start with you. help me understand, take me back to this moment. y'all are at the grocery store, you know, with your kids and what happens? >> my sister and i we were at the grocery store and i had saw the homeless guy, his name is rabbit, and i, you know, gave him the bag of dog food through the window and i was feeding his dog through the window. i saw my sisters come into the parking -- safeway parking lot and i decided to park in front of safeway and my sisters they parked on the opposite i'm just sitting in anymy car and i see my the sister, faith and other sister, ashley, get out the care packages that our church put together for the homeless people. and so my sister walks over to the two homeless guys and they both give them the packages and our kids are inside the store getting free cookies and the free samples from the deli. i'm in my car listening to some gospel music. my sisters walk over, we're just talking then i see a safeway employee run from safeway

. >>> it is going to be a video full of surprises, for erica and fabbian's family. >> no. really?h, my god. >> that was a wonderful moment, where erica's mom finds out she's going to be a grandmother. that's her husband right there. he gets up. >> i helped with that. >> i'll bet you did, sir. >> how many do you want? >> no idea. >> 19. >> 19. >> correction. she was so happy. now, it's time to tell the other family they're about to be great grandparents. xavi xavian's mom found out. when everyone finds out, we all have this brother in our family. part of the reason is they are so excited, is because erica has been trying to get pregnant for the last -- and then, in this video, she's recording it and is about to find out whether she's pregnant or not. >> oh, my god. >> that reaction was the best moment. >> and exact, she has to let hermano. before he comes home, she sets up a display in his room. even though the camera is a lit 8 blurry, he notices the message and he is stunned. once he gets his thoughts together, he is able to say to her, whoa, we did it. >>> the fam is in miami ga

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i'm erica hill in today for poppy harlow.await the late senator john mccain in three states as the nation salutes the vietnam war hero who went on to command the political stage for decades. president trump, whose open hostility toward mccain has allowed him so far just a couple of social media posted directed at mccain's family. there's not been a mention of mccain's lifetime of service to his country. the senator will b

erica who is an employee at google says that she -- >> safe way released a statement saying safeway iso fostering. erica hopes by sharing her experience it will teach people to think differently. >> don't judge a book by its cover. not cover but color. you don't know what that person has been through. you just don't know. if you don't see a crime, don't call the cops on people. >>> i reached out to mountain view police. they apologized to the family but say their officers did the right thing and followed protocall by checking into the report of a theft, frank. >> azenith smith, thank you. >>> the family of a woman says it is planning to sue b.a.r. t. neil wilson was shot. the lawsuit representing wilson's family says they will show that wilson's death was forseable and preventable. >>> millions of dollars to help the homeless and clean up city streets. >> a you can see from this budget we're putting in the right investment so people don't have to sleep on the streets. it's going to take a lot of work. >> the $11 billion district advances many of mayor breed's priorities. including 3,00

. >> hthere, erica, aaron. good morning. we know so many are missing aretha franklin's music, her voice and her commanding presence was here at national portrait museum. they are paying tribute t her back in 1968. her music genre, her influence going well beyond song into american culture including the civil rights movement. the singer began her career in her teens touring the country her stop included here in the d.c. area. as her fame grew, so did her venues whichould go on to include the kennedy center as well as president obama's inauguration back in 2009. when she came to our area she was also frankly part of theer ea choir. she said franklin had a voice that you could never forget. us turn that franklin 4 my head. you could have your eyes closed nd you'd know that was aretha franklin's voice. >> and from now nool augus 2nd in the a mer moral space is >> justin, thank you. >>> a northern virginia father is accused of throwing theto ler into the crp. police warmed that neighborhood. he was wanting for throwing his 2-year

erica has work on this, what can you tell us? >> reporter: so we learned last week that trump org, cfo allen weisselberg has been granted immunity in a michael cohen case. we know there was another employee who talked to prosecutors the employee was not granted immunity and wasn't called to testify before the grand jury. the court filings, though, show that prosecutors -- prosecutors say that there were multiple trump org executives or employees involved in what they called a reimbursement scheme to pay back michael cohen for the money he paid to women who had claims against rump. >> a significant development there. erica, thank you very much. we are going to talk now to michael zeldon about this development. michael, what could lead to an immunity deal like this falling apart, according to erica's reporting here? >> that they don't need the information that the individual needs to give. >> that if the person wants to talk voluntarily, they will take that but they won't immunize him. it also could be there is no underlying crimin

i'm erica gonzalez. lastcueek prors said a montgomery county police officer was justified in the ooting. tonight, a demonstration in silver spring. news 4 is live with wha organizers are demanding. darcy? >> erica, you can see that demonstration is just nowge ing under way right here at the fountain in downtown silver spring. leaders of this rally tell me that they are upset this is ruled justified and ask for police reforms. we want to show you the body camera video that you referenced with a warning this ts video is graphic. robe white was shot and killed after a violent confronta with a montgomery county officer in june. the video shows that struggle and the officerte shooting w after he knocked the officero the ground. warnings several given prior to the shooting. now critics question why theto officerpped white to begin with. now through his attorney, the officer said white had a ripped shirt and made movements that led the officer to believe he was armed. as it turns out, white did not have a gun.

>> reporter: there has been some activity, erica.the jury began deliberations at 9:35 this morning, there's been some mystery inside the courtroom. twice already this morning we've seen the defense team and prosecution meet with the judge. it's been all out of the public view, meaning the doors to the courtroom have been closed, no one has been inside except those parties. it's all sealed, meaning the transcripts for these bench conferences won't be released until after the verdict. so the question is, what was happening? well, we don't know. but what we do know is that the jury continues to deliberate. they're on day three. we haven't heard anything from the jury yet this morning. the question is, could they soon reach a verdict, or will there be more notes with potentially more questions? this jury really has a lot to go through. 18 counts. they're sifting through 388 documents. the testimony of 27 witnesses. a lot of people asked, you know, have they been sequestered? this jury has not. they've been free to go home every night. th

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erica?lan collins with the latest for us. >>> as we look at the timing, too, of that announcement about north korea, it was hard not to look at it sin cclinically earl today and saying perhaps trying to switch the conversation and then a reporting in from cnn. state department officials were in the midst of briefing allies embassies about the objectives for this trip just minutes before the president called it off, bill. what do you make of that? >> it's hard to know. i mean, i like to give presidents the benefit of the doubt on foreign policy. i think they thought it wasn't wise to have the trip at this time. just on the sessions matter, so interesting. what if trump did fire sessions? rod rosenstein would be acting attorney general. you need one or two defections to make it impossible. rod rosenstein is i think the huge figure in the case. jeff toobin said correctly, of course, they coordinate like mueller and the southern district of new york but they coordinate under the supervision of t

>> sure, erica.ice right now are working very closely with the fbi in maryland, obviously, where the shooter was from, trying to put together some type of template to understand the human behavior that ended up evolving or devolving into somebody being at a gaming event, a seemingly fun, jo frivolous event where you play video games against other people and what caused this individual to snap. this is more from a criminal justice issue into a homeland security issue. homeland security means threats from the outside in. no. these are threats on the inside. we have to look at what we need to do to either harden soft targets, which this place was. there was no screening or metal detectors. people thought there wouldn't be need for them. try to figure out a way to keep citizens great. we're not doing a great job of it. >> we talk about too many of these incidents in the days and weeks afterwards. governor scott lamenting what is and isn't happening. here is what of what he had to say. >> we have to chang

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on the list of state sponsors of terror that is that's a little bit more than grandstanding ok and erica you know we go to the i'm here it's hard to walk these things back my question to erica earlier is this isn't working under the assumption that russia is going to surrender that is a wrong assumption but oh it works on a lot of assumptions for example it's suggest to penalize russia for the production and use of chemical weapons you know who used chemical weapons ok there is that duma thing you know where people who were shown on the veto by the by comments to be victims of a chemical attack later on these people healthy and alive address the press conference in the cake and told how these fake wheedled was made that actually continue what you just said happened but it's not only r t in a few other outlets reported the backstory to this is of false flag operation all the others concentrated on the who paid for these people to come from damascus to the cape well these people are on the beagle that you showed to the whole world you said they were victims of a chemical attack why don't y

. >> i'm erica gonzalez inun for yang. the work week is coming to a close. >> melissa mollet is keeping an eye on the >> sheena will be joining us live throughout the road talking when clear the shelters. your opportunity to bring a new, if you are y furry friend into your home. outside, boy, is it warm. temperatures a steamy 79 degrees. national airport 80, 81 in st. mary's county. even the c shenandoahnty in the 60s and it hasn't gotten low 70 degrees yet. it's all aboutnd humidity a increasing rain chances for later on on your friday. showers here out acrs northern west virginia. have your umbrella ready to go. it is going to be ath steam of a friday afternoon. temperatures in the low, perhaps eveno briefly ie mid 90s with increasing rain chances later on into the the evening and unfortunately the rain chances are going to hang around to the weekend. no total washouts but you need l backup. >> we'll do. fair warning there. thank you, chuck. inner loop before georgetown pike had the right lane getting by the work ne. had

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i'm erica hill in for kate bolduan. friends, felons and the fallout. president trump sits down with fox news and unleashes jaw-dropping remarks on threats to his administration, both real and imagined. distancing himself from michael cohen, the former fixer, his one-time attorney. the man who joined the trump organization in 2006 and the same man who now says the president violated campaign finance laws. >> he has been a lawyer for me. did small deals. not somebody that was with me that much. they make it sound like i didn't live without him. >> what about paul manafort? will the president pardon his former campaign chair? >> i have great respect for what he has done in terms of what he has gone through. you know, he worked for ronald reagan for years. he worked for bob dole. >> the president also launching new attacks on his embattled attorney general jeff sessions. >> he took the job and then he said, i'm going to recuse myself. i said, what kind of a man is this? >> as you saw, we have a lot to sort through. jeremy diamond is at the white house. the

erica? >> it does.essica, we will wait for the update once we hear more from the judge inside the courtroom. thank you. >>> want to bring in cnn legal analyst paul callan. i saw you shaking your head as jessica was saying if -- if they are asking about one count, perhaps it could mean that the other 17 there's not an issue with. if it's just one count out of 18 where they can't come to a unanimous decision, based on your experience, what could that mean to this trial as a whole? does this end up being a hung jury on one count? >> it wouldn't be a hung jury on one count. the judge can call them in and just say, all right, we will take a verdict with what you have now. the judge could take a verdict on the 17 counts that they have made a decision on and send them back out only on the one that they are hung on. what that does is it would preserve the jury verdict on the 17 counts. sometimes you are afraid they will go back in and they will start rearguing the counts where they say they have reached a decis

here's one thing erica and i were talking about earlier. lot of you are probably wondering when can i get the car washed. i personally would wait until i would say tuesday or wednesday. probably wednesday morning. and that's because we are expect og storm tuesday. and then beyond tuesday, wow, a nice stretch of a weather. see what i'm talking about right here in the storm team t 4-day outlook. unsettled weather, tomorrow, monday, tuesday,wed, thursday, fry, saturday, next weekend high pressure takg center stage meaning things are going to be pretty quiet. and look at the numbers. folks. in t. more mild. >> it's nice that at least one weekend is not -- doesn't have significant rain chances in night exactly. >> tamara, thank you. >>> all right, so it is a sure sign that summer is winding down. it was move-in day at american a crowded scene outside the school here in northwest dc earlier today. police directing traffic as rents were dropping off their students andll of their stuff. freshmen will be moving in next week. ♪ > all right. it is tha

>> erica, good morning. e board of regions held a teleconference this morning about an hour ago and quickly moved to have a closed door meeting. at they say will not be public. topics are expected to include the death of jordan as well as safetypr ocol. perhaps the future of high ranking staff at the university. you might recall 19-year-old acneman that collapse instead football practice in may and died a few weeks later in june. he had a case of heatstroke and deas preventable. heard from the family calling for coach to b fired and on tuesday, university president wallaceow said the university will accept legal and moral responsibili for jordan mcnear's death. we are also now hearing from the region's board as well. chancellor robert releasing a stement reading in part that the board was shocked by the tragic death of jordan mcnear and found subsequent allegations related to the university of maryland football program, profoundly alarming. back out live, we now know the allegations include verbal and physic

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he just turned around reached back and started punching me erica called 911... and so did the driver.. who she says claimed she broke his glasses. according to her.. the police suggested they do a citizen's arrest since they were both claiming being attacked.she went to her job as a currier afterwards.. but eneded up in the er after feeling ill. according to medical records.. she suffered a sprained neck.. contusion in her mouth.. and a loose tooth. i still have pain here in my jaws and it's radiating down to my neck back here and my back.we reached out to uber.. in statement the company says.. statement: "what the rider reported is deeply troubling. we immediately removed the driver's access to the app and will take the appropriate action." ( robin )that was hermela aredgawi reporting. according to erica... she and the driver have a civil court case set for late september. she's been out of work for five days now.. and doesn't know when she'll be able to ( robin )also in the north bay... two men who were accused of kidnapping and sexually assulting a woman from

. >> reporter: erica martin says she business -- she visits this safeway often. on july 8 a store employee suspected her of stealing. >> i saw an employee run outside of safeway and he is like looking at me very strangely like i did something wrong. >> reporter: it turns out that employees called mountain view police saying martin fit the description of a woman shoplifting with an african- american man. >> i was like are you serious? it was embarrassing. i was telling them i didn't steal anything or do anything. >> reporter: martin says she never got out of her car. her sister who was there to hand out care packages to the homeless captured the police questioning on facebook live. >> they called the police on erica. >> it makes me feel angry and very disappointed that this is the kind of world we live in. >> reporter: police cleared them of any crime. martin who is a contract worker at google sees it as a classic cake of racial profiling expect just because i'm african- american doesn't mean i know that person or associate with that person. >> reporter: safeway h

on the list of state sponsors of terror that is that's a little bit more than grandstanding ok and erica you know we got to be here it's hard to walk these things back and my question to erica earlier is this isn't working under the assumption that russia is going to surrender that is a wrong assumption well it works on a lot of assumptions for example it's just to penalize russia for the production and use of chemical weapons you know who used chemical weapons ok there is that duma thing you know where people who are shown on d.v.d. oh by the by accountants to be victims of a chemical attack later on these people healthy and alive address the press conference in the cake and told how these fake wheedled was made that actually continue to happen but it's not only r t in a few other outlets reported the backstory to this is of false flag operation all the others concentrated on the who paid for these people to come from damascus to the cake well these people are on the video that you showed to the whole world you said they were victims of a chemical attack why don't you want to listen to

with me, erica with the scoop, she has the story. erica, tell me about the referrals. >> sure. we know the referrals happened in the spring by robert mueller, u.s. attorneys office for southern district of new york. looking at whether longtime lobbyist tony podesta and his firm, the podesta group as well as former congressman ben webber and his firm mercury public affairs and greg craig, who is the former obama white house counsel and also formally with this law firm performed work on behalf of the ukrainian government without registering as foreign agents, which is a step that's required by federal law. >> tell me why this is so significant. >> sure. i should note that some of them have said that they did not form that registration because they were misled by intermedaries who were involved in the work. the significance of the referrals is that there's been an expectation as the mueller investigation has progressed that if mueller or the special counsel team came across work or investigative threads that weren't central to the question of whether trump campaign colluded with t

the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erica it's good to talk to you at this critical moment thank you very much for your time and a pleasure now first of all let me express our deep condolences just as deeply felt rage a mass killing on the gaza border is there anything at this point that you can do to stop it from the full i appreciate your kindness and. your understanding of the situation and your condolences to the palestinian people we have witnessed the. massacre sixty four people work and the.

you know we got to be here it's hard to walk these things back and my question erica earlier is thisisn't working under the assumption that russia is going to surrender that is a wrong assumption well it works on a lot of assumptions for example it's not just to penalize russia for the production and use of chemical weapons you know who used chemical weapons ok there is that duma thing you know where people who are shown on d.v.d. oh by the by comments to be victims of a chemical attack later on these people healthy and alive address the press conference in the cake and told how these fake wheedled was made that actually you continue what you just said happen but it's not only r t in a few other outlets reported the backstory to this is of false flag operation all the others concentrated on the who paid for these people to come from damascus to the cape well these people are on the view that you showed to the whole world you said they were victims of a chemical attack why don't you want to listen to them you really have to really go to really go to alex you're going to go back to cyp

abby's mom, erica, was redoing the cabinets. >> abby's redoing the floor. >> yecooker.he's sifting it into a bowl. >> she knows what she's doing! >> now she's pouring more flour into the sifter. >> okay, well, you missed it, but it's cool. it's cool. >> a little flour a sitting. >> yeah. she's going to clean it all up. she's got wipes. she needs a little help getting them open. she's got this. >> she's playing quietly, cleaning up her mess. what more could a parent want? >> well, this is where this started. she was playing quietly and erica realized something's got to be up. >>> a man's chasing after his calling, but see why police have to pump the brakes on this dream. >> see how you drive, you're so cool. >>> and some dudes are on a mission to do the impossible. >> what they're really going for is this money shot. >> straight to the red bulls, thank you very. here we go. >> a race to hit the mark, coming up. >> oh! ♪ myself a hand ♪ give ♪ uh-huh. whoo! ♪ let me give myself a hand. uh-huh. ♪ ♪ tell myself get up and dance. ♪ ♪ i'm on my feet. ♪ i love all of me. uh-hu

you know we go to the me here it's hard to walk these things back and my question erica earlier is this isn't working under the assumption that russia is going to surrender that is a wrong assumption but oh it works on a lot of assumptions for example it's just to penalize russia for the production and use of chemical weapons you know who used chemical weapons ok there is that doing one thing you know where people who were shown to be go by the by accountants to be victims of a chemical attack later on these people healthy and alive address the press conference in the cake and told how these fake wheedled was made that actually continue to happen but it's not only r t in a few other outlets reported the backstory to this this of false flag operation and all the other.

>> erica, good morning.m looking at this as a document and indictments that took two years to assemble and to get your mind around it in a day and a half and then make a statement is asking a lot to i would ask patience in that regard but we are all asking that question and i'm glad the holy sea responded as it did. >> it does take time to process it but reading a small portion of this report -- which is difficult to do because of the graphic details -- paints a very clear picture and the grand jury itself talked about the coverup that went on for decades. this is not the first time the church has had to deal with allegations so it begs the question of knowing what has come before, how we're in this position once again. >> well, i think all the bishops are asking that question. part of it is, you know, there isn't a great explanation. we're looking at the facts here. i could speak for bishops of my era and i know we all came in without knowing much about any of this and having a great trust in our church and

erica hill is joining me, i'm john berman. >> i lost my voice a little. >> this morning rudy giuliani versus rudy juliaewe giuliani. he says president trump never discussed james joemy. on another note, or not, remember when presidnt trump said he would only surround himself with the best people? amarosa is promoting her new tell all memoir with explosive claims and ep she says she hand recording of the moment she was fired. >> the president was tweeting all kinds of racism and acts of violence. the controversy was quickly ignited last year after the deadly charlottesville. >>> and the stole nl plane in seattle. we begin our coverage this morning with flores sanchez this morning. >> the president's security says he was is sorry for creating confusion in his previous comments. meanwhile they're speaking about a secret recording. >> rudy julian -- giuliani saying trump never told comey to go easy on flynn. >> if he goes in and testifies that they could say it is perjury. >> a month ago giuliani said the exact opposite. >> comey always insisted that trump asked him to take it easy on fly

secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erica it's good to talk to you at this critical moment thank you very much for your time. now first of all let me express our deep felt condolences just as deeply felt rage a mass killing on the gaza border is there anything at this point that you can do to stop it first of all appreciate. your understanding of the situation and condolences to the people we have witnessed the. massacre sixty four people were. totally and i and in their land none of them across the israel and then there's really army sixty four and one dead two thousand five hundred in the west bank and gaza and the line the line that we hear from israel is that israel defend itself i don't know defend itself against what and against whom. and then the united states nikki haley then best i'm going to say it's really becoming to be the spokesperson of those really government and this american administration has really thrown this region down the bath of extremism violence and counter-violence and bloodshed let's not sort of diminish it only to you the united

is age old it's been here is honest and erica has been here but a lot of other beautiful things have been here as well and so i think it's about. solidarity with other people who don't agree with fascism and coming together and making something different. and i also think it's about. getting over our addiction to capitalism which keeps keeps fascism in place because it's good because when people are divided fascism has been part of our country ever since its founding and i don't think it's going away anytime soon unless we do something about it do you feel like the the hate and vitriol on the right and on the other side is is mr rectitude and that there there may be mad about other things and pointing in the wrong direction i mean couple is the fix everyone. and is it mr recht that yes but is that division useful to the system yet so they're doing the work that they're intending to do when our work is to organize each other fascist fascist want to tell you that we can only afford fairness if we make the group smaller so you get rid of everybody who's not way and erica and that's just

erica hill in the big chair for jake tapper. the lead starts right now. >>>. >>> thank you, the scandal that brought down the governor. what could she have on people close to the president? the lead starts right now. breaking news. the manhattan mad dam sits down with robert mueller's team. the neu ews shining a spotlight. the kris kis crisis at the bord. hundreds of children who may never see their parents again. the white house response? let someone else fix it. plus, leaving the the skies exposed. the tsa's plans to cut costs and security. good some federal air marshalls been grounded next? >>> welcome to the lead. i'm erica hill in n for jake tapper. we begin with politics. mueller and theam. robert mueller has interviewed kirsten davis, davis hases to rog e stone and she's linkeded to the prostitution scandal that brought down eliot spitzer. the voluntary meeting happened this week. we want to get to sarah murray who has more details including remind us how stone is connect ed to davis. >> well, they have been friends for n

nick watt is live in lake elsanor with the latest. >> good morning, erica.hillside is on fire. helicopters have been coming in and dropping water. one is coming in right now to try to control some of this. 21,000 people under mandatory evacuation. you see over here this person has packed up a trail eer readyo move. this fire is very, very close to homes right now. this is a small windy road and the fire is just feet behind those hopes with fire trucks stationed there ready to try to protect those structures. the forecast and the weather was looking into, it just wliped up a -- whipped up and threatened homes. we're still looking at just 12 structures. all of those are cabins back in the forest, but now it is a battle to save these homes, more than 7,000 homes are under threat of this fire right now. later today we expect the plan who is suspected of setting these fires to appear in course, b -- court, but the weather is not looking good, more high temperatures and high winds today. >> in the meantime, cnn getting rare access to a u.s. military surveillance f

erica hill, that was terrific. thanks so much. >> thanks, guys. >>> hundreds gathering last night at a vigil remembering mollie tibbetts after authorities found a body believed to be that of the missing iowa college student. an undocumented immigrant has been charged with her murder. cnn's diane gallagher live in iowa city with the very latest. diane? >> reporter: you know, john, mollie tibbetts should have been starting her second year here at the university of iowa. we're told that she had so many credits, she worked so hard, that she actually would have been going in as a junior. and the people who spoke last night at this memorial had nothing but those kind of things to say about mollie. she was dedicated, she was passion that the. now, in their future, they're going to be thinking about court dates and planning her funeral. now, the man accused of killing the 20-year-old student, cristhian rivera appeared in court yesterday for the first time. he is chandlrged in her murder, million bond. and a lot of attentio