chairman inouye: you may not, sir. mr.nields. mr.ields: colonel north, were you involved in the use of the proceeds of sales of weapons to iran for the purpose of assisting the contras in nicaragua? col. north: on advice of counsel, i respectfully decline to answer the question based on my constitutional fifth amendment rights. chairman inouye: colonel north, you're appearing here today pursuant to subpoenas issued on behalf of the senate and house select committees. i hereby communicate to you orders issued by the united states district court for the district of columbia at the request of the committees providing that you may not refuse to provide any evidence to these committees on the basis of your privilege against self-incrimination and providing further that no evidence or other information obtained under the oath or any information directly or indirectly derived from such evidence may be used against you in any criminal proceeding. i, therefore, pursuant to such orders, direct you to answer the questions put to you. mr. hamilt

the american people -- chairman inouye: i'm sure that there are. mr. sullivan: the american people have spoken and please stop this personal attack against colonel north. chairman inouye: i have sat here, listened to the kernel without interrupting. i hope you will accord me the courtesy of saying my case. mr. sullivan: sir, you may give speeches on the issues, it seems to me. you may ask questions, but you may not attack him personally. this has gone too far, in my opinion, with all due respect. chairman inouye: i'm not attacking him personally. mr. sullivan: that's the way i hear it, sir. chairman inouye: colonel north, i'm certain it must have for you, as or -- you stated, to testify that you liked to senior officials of our government, that you light and -- misled our congress. and believe me, it was painful for all of us to sit here and listen to that testimony. it was painful. learn equally painful to from your testimony that you live and misled because of what you believed to be a just cause -- supporters of nicaragua freedom fighters, the contr

chairman inouye: it is not a verbatim written text? north: no, sir, it is not. chairman inouye: mr. nields? john nields jr: colonel north, you left something out, didn't you? mr. sullivan: what is it, counsel? john nields jr: you testified that you assumed that the president hadn't authorized the diversion. lieutenant colonels in the marine corps do not divert millions of dollars from arms sales to iran for the benefit of the contras based on assumptions, do they? you had a basis for your assumption. north: i had the approval of my superiors. as i did for all the other things that i did, mr. nields. john nields jr: you had something else, didn't you, sir? you had a specific reason for believing that the president had approved. you wrote memoranda, did you not, seeking the president's approval for the diversion? north: i did. john nields jr: and indeed, you wrote more than one of them. north: i did. john nields jr: how many did you write? north: again, i will estimate that there may have been as many as five. john nields jr: now we have -- north: again, i'm trying to recall without a

chairman inouye: please proceed. lt. col. north: as you all know by now, my name is oliver north, lieutenant colonel, united states marine corps. my best friend is my wife betsy, to whom i have been married for 19 years, and with whom i have had four wonderful children, aged 18, 16, 11and 6.i came to the national security council six years ago to work in the administration of a great president. as a staff member, i came to understand his goals and his desires. i admired his policies, his strength, and his ability to bring our country together. i observed the president to be a leader who cared deeply about people, and who believed that the interests of our country were advanced by recognizing that ours is a nation at risk and dangerous world, and acting accordingly. he tried, and in my opinion succeeded, in advancing the cause of world peace by strengthening our country, by acting to restore and sustain democracy throughout the world, and by having the courage to take decisive action when needed. i also believe that we must gu

i have known a few great men in the senate, i'd put ted kennedy in that category and danny inouye, and i would put john mccain in that category too. certainly not to be forgotten of equal praise are susan collins and lisa murkowski. they are amazing. women are in so many instances stronger than men. they brag less about it, but they are. and last night sort of proved that. as somebody who is in a family of strong women, i very much appreciate their strength, their courage, and their dedication to principle. despite the entreaties. where do we go from here? john mccain said it all on tuesday night. i hope this is a turning point. his speech when he returned to the senate and his vote last night and his actions in the last few days. do i hear an echo? you know, on health, we've got to shut that off, whoever is doing it. ok, thank you. on health care, i hope we can work together to make the system better in a bipartisan way. and i'm optimistic that that can happen. i think at the very beginning we should stabilize the system. we should make permanent the cost-sharing which keeps people's

mike inouye will bring us an update in just a moment. good morning to you.d a great weekend. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. it was certainly a hot weekend. now some changes in the works. kari hall joining us with your first forecast. >> at least we've gotten rid of the heat advisory. it will be slightly lower in some places. san francisco will see high temperatures in the low 70s and some upper 60s and then in the mid-60s the rest of the week. inland 96. still very hot but not dangerous heat for much of the bay area. as we head to mike, you're tracking a freeway closure? >> i am but it's not on the peninsula where we have the deadly crash. i want ed to show you 880 where we see the most slowing. it's jammed up. look at that coming off 7th and past 980 down to 23rd where they have the bridge project they're working on. overnight folks forced off and back on. that jams up traffic because of the flares more cautious driving which you should do. it was supposed to clear up at 5:00. it did not. we'll let you know about any other extended problems.

turn it over to mike inouye for what's going on. >>> chp reported all lanes of 101 closed. but pete suratos is on scene there and tells us the freeway indeed is actually open. the slowing you see, folks are forced over to the right -- to the left two lanes as you travel southbound 101 approaching grand avenue. what happened is we understand someone hit something. they reported to chp they thought it was a large animal. it turns out it was a pedestrian, someone on the roadway without a vehicle will. there's one vehicle involved. someone has been killed, and we have two right lanes blocked. that's why you see the slowing. of course we're worried about the person and the investigation that continues. we're tracking that. pete is arriving on the scene and getting situated. your alternate is 280 to eastbound 380 getting past that incident. that's on one side of the bay. we have another closure but traffic is flowing well through oakland. i'll tell you what's going on for 880 coming up. kari? >>> we do start out with mostly clear skies around the bay area. it was such a hot week.

mike inouye is following an accident in redwood city. >> just off el camino where a pedestrian was reportedly hit earlier had morning just after 2:00 chp got the report. at about 3:00 they did clear most of the roadway. we have a crew on scene. we're getting more details. we're following this in the newsroom right now. it does sound like middle field has opened. we'll follow that. meanwhile over here an active scene southbound 101. the left lanes blocked as you approach the sfo exit and we had a little bit of mist so we're going to track the traffic flow. right now the crash is just blocking one lane. no impact to the speeds. kari, a little mist. what do we have for today's forecast? >> it's good to see the fog back that will help to cool down our temperatures as we go throughout the day. it was a hot weekend. as we get a look at some of those temperatures looking live in the south bay and the clear skies, we are going to see the highs this afternoon still reaching into the mid to upper 80s, up it to 85 degrees in gilroy which will be a huge improvement as they try to battle the wildfire near

let's get right to mike inouye. >> good morning. 880 is completely shut down on the southbound direction between 23rd and 29th. this is not unusual, this has been going on over nights for weeks, but they typically do have it picked up by 4:30. the full closure will route you off the freeway with a i at 23rd then back on the freeway. it's a delay but it is not closed. just a freeway closure will take you off a b

let's get right to mike inouye. >> good morning. the problem is the 880 is completely shut down on the southbound direction between 23rd and 29th. this is not unusual, this has been going on over nights for weeks, but they typically do have it picked up by 4:30. the full closure will route you off the freeway with a i at 23rd then back on the freeway. it's a delay but it is not closed. just a freeway closure will take you off and back on again. eastbound 580 will take you out of the area, a lot of brake lights. i will track this because those speed sensors indicate there may have been progress at the scene. this is scheduled construction going on for oakland. the rest of the bay moves okay, including the approach to the bay bridge. kari what do you have for our forecast? >> it's going to be hotter as you head to work, as we start out this morning, though, nice and cool and our temperatures heading into the upper 80s to mid 90s for parts of the south bay. let's head over towards the east bay where we will have mid to upper 90s there

mike inouye is following an accident in redwood city. >> just off el camino where a pedestrian was reportedlyad morning just after 2:00 chp got the report. at about 3:00 they did clear most of the roadway. we have a crew on scene. we're getting more

turn it over to mike inouye for what's going on. >>> chp reported all lanes of 101 closed.os is on scene there and tells us the freeway indeed is actually open. the slowing you see, folks are forced over to the right -- to the left two lanes as you travel southbound 101 approaching grand avenue. what happened is we understand someone hit something. they reported to chp they thought it was a large animal. it turns out it was a pedestrian, someone on the ad

chairman inouye: thank you very much, colonel north. i wish the record to show that the panel did not amend, delete or strike out any word, or words -- or phrases from this opening statement. furthermore, we did not put on testimony words which we thought were helpful to our goals and leave the rest out. i am certain you will agree with me, colonel, that every word you wanted to present to the people of the united states was presented. isn't that correct, sir? lt. col. north: yes, mr. chairman it was, and i was not referring to my testimony but that which preceded me, sir -- about me. chairman inouye: and secondly, you have suggested that these hearings have disclosed matters of great secrecy in the operation of our government and sources and methods of intelligence activities have clearly been revealed to the detriment of our national security. may i, once again, advise you that according to the director of the national security agency, general odom, not a single bit of classified material has been leaked by activities of this joint pa

inouye: the chair recognizes senator mitchell. sen. mitchell: good morning, colonel north. oliver l. north >> there are many of us on this panel that support ronald reagan and believe in the contra costa. -- the contra cause. there is no evidence on the wrong part of the doing of our president. i believe the essence the american experience is the pursuit of freedom and around the world. that is why we must oppose the marcus tierney in nicaragua. that is why we must help young nicaraguans's fight for their freedom as well. the last week, has not been an easy one for any of us. it has been a time of probing questions and honest answers on your part. you have done well. yes capture the imagination of the american people. you have done that because he told the truth, fully candidly. you are a man who is doing his duty. you are acting with the knowledge and authority of your superiors. you have demonstrated an amazing ability to get results. i know it has been a difficult time for your family. i believe these hearings are necessary. the ruleo values truth of law must be troubled

chairman inouye: thank you very much, senator tribble. mr.hamilton? chairman hamilton: we are serving (?) under the 15-minuterule, now. the chair recognizes the vice-chairman of the houseselect committee, mr. fascell. rep. fascell: thank you mr. chairman. colonel north, i wish it were under different circumstances i saw you again. it has been, now, about six months or more before you first appeared before the foreign affairs committee ofthe house of representatives, and it is stated that at that timethat no one wanted to tell the story more than you did. and we gaveyou the opportunity then to take advantage of your constitutionalrights, which you have every right to do, and in my judgment youshould have done. now, the congress has provided you thisopportunity in the last several days. your testimony has beenremarkable. you, as a colonel in the white house, were largelyinstrumental in implementing the president's policy. you wereexercising executive authority, clearly. you conducted a majorcovert operation. ordinarily it would have probably kept theope

mike inouye, social media as well. always tweeting online when he's not on air. @nbcbayarea. >>> 5:24. welcome back to you. football season right around the corner this morning we're diving deeper into an alarming new report that shows just how dangerous that sport can be. >> and we're not just talking about professional football. the crazy thing this goes as early as high school football. researchers at boston university studied the brains of dead former football players. here is what they found. evidence of severe brain damage in the vast majority of college players. here are the numbers to bring it into perspective. after studying the brain of 177 former f eer football players t showed signs of cte, a brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head including 110 out of 111 brains of former nfl players. 48 out of 53 college players and for high school players the numbers were quoite a bit lower. 3 of 14 also showed signs of cte. right now research is limited because the disease can only be diagnosed after death. >> these are people that chose to donate their

. >> but inouye to resolve those pressures that international pressure could help and we have seen examples in the instance of apartheid. and that has definitely accelerated but also there was very strong pressure from the inside those that were committed of zero for every single person with the internal pressure is not bear the extra of pressure then the obvious example is the matter how hard from the pressures from the outside. >> so your top concern of what might transpire over the next 0910 days what are people not talking about or should be concerned about to transpire in the short term? >> to believe that problems are solved by listening to the people. so as they tried to express september and october last year the government had to be listened we would be looking at this entirely different. if all of the of signatures of the people asking for the recall it would be different. what we have now is a tragedy. one hundred dead in protest that is a tragedy. the voice of the people must be heard. the scale of the tragedy that should be paid attention to so what is the underlying issue? vic

. >> but inouye to resolve those pressures that international pressure could help and we have seen examples in the instance of apartheid. and that has definitely accelerated but also there was very strong pressure from the inside those that were committed of zero for every single person with the internal pressure is not bear the extra of pressure then the obvious example is the matter how hard from the pressures from the outside. >> so your top concern of what might transpire over the next 0910 days what are people not talking about or should be concerned about to transpire in the short term? >> to believe that problems are solved by listening to the people. so as they tried to express september and october last year the government had to be listened we would be looking at this entirely different. if all of the of signatures of the people asking for the recall it would be different. what we have now is a tragedy. one hundred dead in protest that is a tragedy. the voice of the people must be heard. the scale of the tragedy that should be paid attention to so what is the underlying issue? vic

i've known a few great men in the senate i put ted kennedy in that category and danny inouye and john mccain in the category too. not to be forgotten of equal praise are susan collins and lisa murkowski. they were amazing. and women are in so many instances stronger than men. th brag less about it but they are. and last night sort of proved that. and as somebody who is in a family of strong women, i very much appreciate their strength and their courage and dedication to principle despite the treaties. where do we go from here? john mccain said it all on tuesday night, i hope this is a turning point. his speech, when he returned to the senate and his vote last night and his actions in the last few days. do i hear an echo? you know, on health -- we've got to shut that off, whoever is doing it. what is it? okay, thank you. on health care i hope we can work together to make the system better in a bipartisan way. and i'm optimistic that that can happen. i think at the very beginning we should stabilize the system. we should make permanent the cost sharing which keeps people's premiums down

mike inouye is has trouble spots. >> here you see on the map clearly highway 85 is the problem, northboundo picking up the volume. we're seeing the flow from the coliseum into downtown oakland. back to you. >> a little late, but business as your back ♪ >>> good morning. 8:30, now, on a monday morning. the 17th of july, 2017. beautiful day on our plaza. a little steamy. a little steamy. a good, summer day the nice to have you along. and by the way, these folks aren't doing anything tomorrow, we have a reason for them to come back. chris stapleton going to be right here for a citi concert. >> i think willie filled in because chris stapleton is here. >> i'm a huge stapleton guy. he's going to be great tomorrow. >> can't wait. >> this is when we like to look around the plaza and find somebody with a unique sign. there's tons of them. we happened on this one. she says, i'll do a jump rope trick for the "today" show hosts. what's your name? >> allison. >> she will travel. give her some room. >> some space. >> go ahead. >> have some fun, allison. >> wow. >> whoa. >> allison. whoa. >> she's not do

. >>> following the roadways for us this morning, mike inouye. how are we looking? of the ads right here. from milpitas up to that area it is jammed for 880. 680, you can drive and then cut over on auto mall but that crash reportedly has one vehicle off of its wheels and still blocking one lane. the south bay has your northbound routes, there is some debris for the guadalupe parkway. getting up towards san francisco, we have a smoother drive. 280 is clear. we have another crash cleared just getting onto the bay bridge lower deck. back to you. >>> another update in half an hour. have a great day. >>> good morning, everybody. it's 8:30. it's a wednesday morning. 12th of july, 2017. we're smack-dab in the middle of the week. smack-dab in the middle of the summer. and 48 hours from now, pop star, access, multitalented later, hailee steinfeld will be here, live on our citi concert stage. >> it will be fun. one of my favorite moments when we step out here, is finding an unsuspecting person in our crowd i want to single out. today, i am looking for a young boy named jack.

. >>> mike inouye is tracking your commute for you this morning.mitz freeway, not far from one another. overall, your commute looks great, the south bay has silicon valley northbound, commutes there. northbound 880 approaching davis, one crash on the shoulder, southbound side before you get to high street, another crash there. there's not a lot of slowing as a result. those crashes cleared through the soldier as well. south of the san mateo bridge, a lot of traffic, both directions westbound. here's your commute direction. that's slowing a little more, a little mist in the air too. no problem as far as visibility. >> thank you very much. that'll do it for us right now. we are back with more news in just 30 minutes. >>> 8:30, thursday morning, 27th of july, 2017. awesome, awesome day on our plaza. great crowd. everybody is so excited. it's like summer then, of course, a little carson daly throw-back. >> full effect with '90s masterpiece, baby got back, 25 years ago. >> wow. >> i like that song. >> the song of the summer. >> a great video. >> it's a

. >>> let's check the roadways right now with mike inouye. >> we have a pretty smooth drive for mostfrom the auto mall and the here westbound 80 around carlton, told you about that a half hour ago and that's cleared up. highway 29 still blocked northbound because of this overturned postal truck that's been there all morning. both lanes are still blocked and power lines down. folks are trying to get around that area so that's what's causing the slowing off the interstate 880. no idea when it will open but it is a problem for local traffic. >> we'll update you. another update in half an hour. see you then. ♪ ♪ >>> we're back now, 8:30 on this thursday morning. it's the 13th day of july 2017. mr. roker, give me some adjectives for the day we're experiencing here? >> it's a little close, stecky humid. >> soupy. >> it's called summer. >> not bad. >> did you say close or gross. >> close. >> what's that? >> that's hailee steinfeld. 24 hours from now she's going to be right here on the plaza for a live concert. if you're in the area get down i think early for that one. >> this the time where