the national inquirer's editor in charge dylan howard issued this statement. at the beginning of june we accurately reported a story that recounted the relationship between joe scarborough and mika brzezinski, the truth of which is not in dispute. at no time did we threaten either joe or mika or their children in connection with our reporting on the story. we have no knowledge of any discussions between the white house and joe and mika about our story and absolutely no involvement in those discussions. after the explosive accusation from the couple on air, the president responded tweeting, watch low-rated morning joe for the first time in long time. fake news, he called me to stop a national inquirer article. i said no. bad show. scarborough quoted the president's tweets and called him out. yet another lie. i have texts from your top aides and phone records. those records show i haven't spoken with you in many months. nbc confirmed to cnn scarborough told nbc news exec tichlutives the threats and calls from the white house. the white house is putting out a dif

what is behind this inquirer back and forth? >> a stunning charge. what we know to be true, trump and the publisher of the national inquirer are long-time friends, they are tight, they are long time allies. >> that came out during the election. >> there's a great piece that details that. let's be clear, joe and mika are a legend of blackmail. they are saying the president is using a media outlet. say sorry, sir, we'll stop criticizing you, sir. it's a power dynamic. here is what the president said. he tweeted, apparently he was watching, i was watching "morning joe" for the first time. joe called me to stop the article. i said no. then he added, bad show. the president is saying not true. scarborough responding he has receipts, text messages, e-mails or receipts to prove there was this conversation back and forth. i spoke with howard, who oversees the inquirer. here is a statement saying, this isn't about us. they did publish a story at the beginning of this month about scarborough and brzezinski. we have no knowledge of discussions between the white

findings, when the inquirer reproduces findings, we will act on them.my corbyn about this. he was making the point that he thought the council demonstrated it didn't have the resources needed to deal with this kind of issue, this is kensington and chelsea council, and he could understand why it wasn't the case. he thought that something had gone badly wrong in britain to have this situation. he has mentioned the idea of requisitioning properties. he said he didn't think it was controversial. there are a lot of empty properties, and a place like kensington certainly has some. he said you could engage in compulsory purchase orders. there are a large number of deliberately kept vacant flats and properties all over london. it's called land banking. people with a lot of money by a house or a flat and keep it empty. would you just keep it as long as it was needed? occupy it, requisitioning it, compulsory purchase. there's a lot of things we can do. as a society, can we think of all of us? it is all very well putting your arms around people in a crisis, but th

headlined his money from "the --ladelphia inquirer," headline this morning from "the philadelphia inquirer," as the trial continues for comedian bill cosby, and next to that, jeff sessions to testify before the senate coul. theresae telegraph," may, following the loss by the conservatives, writes the following, "theresa may was left isolated and undermine on saturday as the resignation of failed toof staff stop the furious tory backlash over the election. the prime minister has been told by cabinet minister she must overhaul her leadership style and change economic policy if she wants to remain in power. callsay made a flurry of in an attempt to stay in number 10 in the hours after a disastrous election night that saw the tories lose seats." daniel in england watching on the bbc parliament channel. do you want to comment on what is happening in your country? caller: no, i want to comment about terrorism. sons, for example could the first sign inherited business forgets -- the first son inherits a business or get the job, and the younger sons have trouble getting employment. ,f you look at

my book is the philadelphia inquirer, lucky to have anything but a fair amount of space. many of us read newspapers -- i still get the new york times. >> so do i. i can't keep up. >> i don't read anything like that. >> i only read real books except 19th century. that is how it happened for research. google reproduced all these. [inaudible conversations] >> up the ramp. [inaudible conversations] >> there are some donors? >> there are more donors. >> thank you. >> a couple of different organizations, you talked about the legacy, how much is the difference as opposed to philosophical? >> people like rockefeller himself, that hard charge legacy foundation, checking down, and institutions. thank you very much to meet you. >> the legacy -- the rolling stock market. even more powerful but very cheap, the 5%. >> overtime, by managing their endowment, the budget. >> 5% is in your pie. >> it is cumulative. >> giving away 5%. >> second question is what can be done by private foundations about climate change? >> senior information pushing changes. >> that is not directly -- it is ind

have you seen the story in the inquirer, and then he'd talk about it.'t know. but there were all these stories planted in the national inquirer for people that donald trump wanted to attack. and then he would talk about it on the campaign trail. so when we heard it, i said oh, so we've gone from campaign mode to now trying to attack us. and, of course, go ahead. we were -- >> the ted cruz jfk story was the national inquirer, that his father was involved somehow. >> yeah. herald, i know you've held elected office. i know you've held town hall meetings. i know you've had people come up to you and grab you and say i need help. i need help. we're not able to make ends meet, we're not able to pay -- and there's some americans like that. and how do you explain to them what's happening in the white house when top white house aides are dealing with tweets or top white house aides are dealing with reporters trying to do whatever they were trying to do in the national inquirer? it's just horrifying. >> you don't. you can't deal with it. first of all, i thank you

we got a call that the national inquirer is running a negative story against you guys and they said ifou call the president up, and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. >> president trump taking to twitter to respond -- he called me to stop a national inquirer ardcal, i said no bad show. his white house staff still not backing down. >> i endorse the president's right to fight back when he is mercilessly attack and the airwaves are filled with raw sewage about his fitness for office. >> they are standing by their story and have no knowledge or discussion between the white house and joe and mika. channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. >>> meanwhile, president trump has also taken to twitter to address the health care showdown in the senate. he called for the senate to immediately repeal the affordable care act and replace it with a plan later. at least republican senators said they will not vote for the party's current health care bill and mitch mcconnell is waiting on changes to get it passed for the july 4th recess. an

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two wrote that white house aides tried to intimidate them with a negative story in the "national inquirer." >> they said if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story. >> reporter: mr. trump is longtime friends with david pecker, c.e.o. of american media, that publishes the tabloid. in response to the allegation, the president tweeted it was scarborough who called him to stop the article. "i said no." sources tell cbs news scarborough called the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, in april, about coming "inquirer" story. at some point in that conversation, kushner suggested an apology from scarborough might prompt the president to intervene. through a spokesman the "enquirer" said: >> this was a magazine that, frankly, in many respects, should be very respected. >> reporter: during the campaign, mr. trump praised the "national enquirer" and cited its articles about political rivals, especially senator ted cruz of texas. the tabloid had publish aid picture it claimed showed cruz's father was kennedy assassi

the "inquirer" wrote articles billed as being written by mr. trump himself. now more calls for him to apologize for his twitter attack. the white house tonight defiant. >> i endorse, as the first lady has said, him firing back when he's being mercilessly attacked. >> he's creating so much chaos that's completely overtaking any message of the week on healthcare, on visitors from foreign leaders, that the chaos is swirling and nothing is getting done in washington. >> reporter: one of the agenda items overshadowed today, the president's meeting with his south korean counterpart coming a day after the white house announced new sanctions aimed at north korea. the era of strategic patience with north korea is over. >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks. elected officials pushed back hard to a request over voter fraud commission that detailed personal information about voters in every state. nbc's peter alexander has more on this controversy. >> reporter: tonight growing backlash against a sweeping request from president trump's commission investigating alle

. >> did he inquire, did he show any inquiry what was that meeting about? >> no. >> did he inquire? did he show any i choiry whatsoever of what that meeting was about? >> no. i did say to him -- i had forgotten this -- when i talked to him and said you have to be between me and the president and that's incredibly important, i forget my exact words. i passed along the president's message of importance of aggressively pursuing leaks of classified information which is a goal i share and passed that along to the attorney general, i think it was the next morning in a meeting, but i did not tell him about the flynn part. >> does this give rise to the obstruction of justice? >> i don't know, that's bob miewrl's job to sort that out. >> thank you, sir. mr. chairman. senator cotton. mr. comey you encouraged the president to release the tapes, did you encourage the department of justice of your friend at columbia or mr. mueller to release. >> sure. you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with attorney general sessions or an

i understand he inquired about, is this democrats or republicans.e that wouldn't have mattered. it is just a baseball team. then he had a reason or rational for doing what he did. again, i would have nef suspected he would have done what he did. simply because he didn't demonstrate any of the tendencies to go out and cause harm. i was actually on my way to the y this morning when i first got text messages at my normal time and folks were asking, inquiring about, am i okay? why are they worried if i'm okay. i immediately grab my iphone to see, check in on city meremerge e-mails, and learn there's an active shooting incident in the area of the y. i called the y and said, why are you there. they said you need to stay away, there is lock down. a shooting incident that happened outside. i worked my way, anyway, to the area of the y within a block. i state for two years observing with what was going down. it wasn't until about noon when i got a text message with the individual's picture from a staffer at the y, that this guy had daily routine conversation

. >> did he inquire, did he show any inquiry what was that meeting about? >> no. >> did he inquire? did he show any i choiry whatsoever of what that meeting was about? >> no. i did say to him -- i had forgotten this -- when i talked to him and said you have to be between me and the president and that's incredibly important, i forget my exact words. i passed along the president's message of importance of aggressively pursuing leaks of classified information which is a goal i share and passed that along to the attorney general, i think it was the next morning in a meeting, but i did not tell him about the flynn part. >> does this give rise to the obstruction of justice? >> i don't know, that's bob miewrl's job to sort that out. >> thank you, sir senator cotton. mr. comey you encouraged the president to release the tapes, did you encourage the department of justice of your friend at columbia or mr. mueller to release. >> sure. you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with attorney general sessions or any other member

. >> from inquire led poison soil resurfacing in neighborhoods in a series of special reports inquire break neck construction is unedgeing lead dust coating playgrounds and backyard. you may recall most of the last century neighbors were home to factoryes and lead smellers. >> and too costly to campp. summer camp remains out of reap for some families and need for affordable full gay programs is great. and buck and montgomery county camps range $50 a week municipal programs and more than $1,000 for private specialty camp good and stand ago loan as only state that bars people from selling baked goods they make at home. while it's leader for people in the and a wisconsin validated that in new jersey as being the only one. >> well, here's something to brighten your day. >> jim is welcoming a new member to -- tokyo zoo is welcoming a number member. panda cub. >> i guess that's noise to make when born. >> they released images of cup. it mother gave brm a weak ago on the twelfth. they're monitoring the parents and figuring out a name. no word whether the cub is boy or girl. >> i think we can

scarborough alleged that saying he was told the "inquirer" was working on a story but the story would be killed if he called the president and apologized for the morning show's harsh coverage. trump called that allegation fake news and said scarborough called li eed him to ask for he the enquirer. yes, a tabl shg, tabloid and ye national enkwquirer, what are w doing here? that president of united states or other people in the white house were essentially threatening them and saying that there would be a negative tabloid story about them if he didn't back off his coverage. the president says it's not true. the enquirer says if there were those conversations, they no part of it. a question of potential threats and abuse of power? >> one of the things "the daily beast" reports right now jared kushner was one of the people that joe scarborough spoke to. and just have that story up right now. but it wasn't the aides that spoke to them, told them that. it wasn't necessary lay threat. just discussing the story, because joe scarborough was concerned about it, for obvious reasons. we'll see wh

jeff sessions, and james comey have been failing to do their jeff sessions, maybe he did, maybe he inquireds to what was going on but i fault jim comey, gonzales served under president george w. bush radio on cosby on wabc friday, the inspector general general at the department of justice will write a report which i think will be a scathing report condemning both the attorney general and former fbi director for failing to do their .ob protecting the fbi in the daily caller, another former attorney general, who former attorney general lynch amounted to the trail at the doj, and says loretta lynch made the department of justice "an arm of the clinton campaign by instructing then fbi director james comey to mislead the public about the clinton you mail investigation -- email investigation. i think the attorney general of the united states was adjusting the way the department talked about its business to coincide with the way the clinton campaign talked about that business." some reaction from former attorneys general to the news. frank from tolls are come oklahoma, you believe -- tolls are, ok

he inquires about cell phones and bolts off with a gold iphone 7. >>> now is your chance to help local veterans in need while getting the opportunity to win some pretty cool prizes, "action news" is outside of the national constitution sentner old city with the wmgk john debella. he kicked off his annual broadcast. it provides services and programs and other tuns to vets and their families. >> it's time to make a donation. he just gave us $3,000 can you give us a little amount of money? we have matching funds. >> folks can participate in several ebay auctions to win jimmy buffett tickets and other items and meet and greet experiences with other artists. >>> many students are wrapping up their high school careers, the action cam was there for frankford high school's graduation ceremony. they gathered on the school's athletic field one last time to get their diplomas and celebrate a new chapter in their lives. in southwest philadelphia a sea of maroon and white for the senior class at bartram high school. they filled the stadium to help congratulate the class of 2017. >>> still to come o

. >> here's what's sara huckabee sanders said, in response to several inquires regarding the issue last night, we want to clarify that all relevant agencies odni were involved in the process from the beginning. anonymous leaks to the contrary are false. and guys, just in terms of where secretary mattis was last night. he was on his plane flying to germany. general dunford was in afghanistan and will be for a few days as they do the strategy assessment. >> it's interesting, you're not hearing from mattis or mcmaster or kelly, you're hearing from two people, sean spicer and sarah huckabee sanders who work over time on president trump branding and messaging he wants out there. >> interesting you do hear from nikkei haley, not rex tillerson. >> hans, thanks very much for that. we'll continue to cover that as it develops. we want to talk about trumpcare. >> without a doubt. there it is in senate and we know that 22 million americans will lose health care under the republican bill and we got that figure from the bipartisan congressional budget office, cbo score, we talk about it all the time.

. >>> the "philadelphia inquirer" reports that the parents whose son died during a penn hazing want a call for trustees are scheduled to discuss the issue today. >>> and the "los angeles times" reports that the city's new l teams are reaching out to the lgbt community. they're sponsors of the lgbtq celebration this weekend. it shows that inclusion wins. >> ahead, walmart puts its workers to the task to defeat amazon. what the big box store is asking of employees in an effort to beat the online giant. this is the "cbs morning news." [ ominous music playing ]] ah! ah! ah! [ children laughing ] wooo! yea! have a despicably delicious breakfast with these special edition jars of nutella. i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424. >>> here's look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> dubai's newest police officer won't exactly walk the beat. the unarmed row bop cop will walk the streets on wheels. if it works, the city says one-fourth of dubai's cops will b

other than, that he said that the president never inquired more about it. >> i've always been concernedher or not the president really has any kind of intellectual curiosity about the difficult problems that he's facing in the office of the presidency and the difficult challenges that he's facing across this world. and, you know, it just -- it's important for the president to sit down and learn about what exactly happened here and what the russians did to try to interfere with our election process. i think this president somehow thinks that in some ways this is all, you know, collusion by the democrats, collusion by others to try to show that he really didn't win the election. you know what? that's over. he's president of the united states. he's been elected president of the united states. the responsibility now is to do everything possible to protect our country from that happening again and he can't even begin to do that without appreciating the fact that an adversary tried to interfere with the election process in our country. he's got to acknowledge that. he's got to be straightforw

that calls have been coming in here to the fairfax county police headquarters from across the globe inquiring about this tragedy that many initially thought was a hate enough evidence to support that even though 17 year old nab raised tonight's father tells us that he still believes daughter was target. do you still believe that this was, if in fact, a hate crime? >> this is what i believe, you know. many people in the street , why he run behind the muslim ladies and this lady, you know, she have, i mean, long dress and the clot for everybody know this kiddies muslim. we went back to this reston neighborhood that 17 year old na bra hassan a called home and spoke with her father. we're told he hasn't slept since his daughter ts death. one he insists was motivated by hate for muslims, despite police indicating otherwise. you believe your daughter was target ed because she's a young muslim woman. >> yes. that's what i believe. i don't care what the police say >> no evidenceas recovered that shows this was a hate crime. nothing indicates that that this was motivated by race or by religion. nabra

we showed you the front page and the kentucky inquirer, the senate majority leader's home state thereit is a picture of mitch mcconnell with the headline "gop cannot muster votes." here are some of mcconnell's comments yesterday. with ainished a meeting full republican conference with the president and vice president discussing, obviously, health care. as you already know, we are continuing to work on agreement that will involve continued discussions until the end of the week, and will not be turning to the bill on the floor of the senate until a couple of weeks after this week. but we made good progress, and we have an opportunity to hear from the various members who have concerns about market and medicaid, the future of medicaid, medicaid expansion. to me, that was very helpful. but one thing i will tell you is that i think everybody around is [indiscernible] and not interested -- interested in getting an outcome because the out -- status quo is unsustainable, and no option is not an option. host: several newspapers around the country using mitch mcconnell as the face of, the image

sam for the inquire joins us to talk about the fliers draft and braden shed deal and who might number goal for orange and black all right aft news on cbs3. >> lots going on. stay with us everyone, still ahead. new shoes can make you feel pretty good one student is it working hard to make sure kids get kicks of their dreams. meet the a >> welcome back, everyone, a college track runner in for the way, indiana trying to give a head start to kids in the community. doing a great job as well. bijay stevens says his sport inspired him when trying to figure out how to pay it forward. he wanted to donate 125 pairs of shoes owe to the boys and girls club. he held drives at school and home. >> i'm a big believer in we can guide future. my goal for this was never to get recognition for it but help inspire youth and let them know if you want to do something you can. >> bijay is doing great things he turned to technology to spread the word and he and his mom used facebook nor the donation sites. he hopes this is just the fist of many in the future. >> stay with us, >> well finally tonight, five hig

park police responded to "fox5" inquires about their steps in response to london attack today. they're in coordination with partners and did not want to he lap rate what those could be. >> after that attack president trump took to twitter and said "give us back our rights" and set said "we need travel ban as extra level of safety" we'll take a closer look at this ahead on 5@630 using hag hag and look for our #5@630. >> a man that pants broke into a couple's room. live with the details, paul. >> bit of a bizarre story here. guys, down in woodbridge route one this is potomac inn. behind me this is where it happened yesterday morning around 4:00. they got a call a man was captured inside a room and as you said she was not wearing any pants. and according to police the man broke into a room through a kitchen window and stood over the 62-year-old sleeping woman while not wearing pants. he touched the woman who then screamed wake hearing husband. and the man without pants who police say was intoxicated and attempted to take things was then grabbed by the woman's husband and another m

the philadelphia inquirer reports that prosecutors revealed that in a disclosure letter. properties connected to dougherty and henon were raided last august part of a union construction probe. docker once low 98. no charges have been filed as of yet. >>> developing to night, a top member of philly polices force testifying against the top prosecutor. joe sullivan took the stand today week two of the corruption trial of seth williams goats under way he detailed how da seth williams urged him to ease the way coming and going from philadelphia international airport for his friend local businessman muhammed ali who had contributed to williams' campaign. sullivan testified in february of 2012 he sent an officer to a gate when ali was flying into philadelphia. only to learn williams was with ali coming back from a tropical vacation. >> were you amazed that williams and ali were together on that very flight come from pun at a kanta. >> that was shocking, yeah. >> he didn't tell that you? >> no. i think that kind of speaks for itself. williams' attorney argues the da never ordered

no response to my inquires today from he was aware of the complaints by the class of 77. exterminators were in the building the day after yesterday, that would be monday and he said there are pest control contractors on a regular contract here. and they're in and out of this building device a month throughout the year. live at woodrow wilson high school, northwest washington, scott broom, wusa9. >> you like seeing your classmates but the other stuff can stay away. wilson high was build approximate in 1935 and renovated in 2011 and it's on the national register of historic places. >>> we know the name of a person found dead after a massive fire on pea body street in northwest dc over the weekend. the victim 31-year-old edwin romare row. police aren't giving us any more information about mr. romare row. evidence including electrical wiring was sent to an alcohol tobacco and firearms lab to help determine the cause. it could take two weeks to two months to get answers because of the fire damage to the floor. >>> meanwhile families displaced by that massive fire are still goi

. >> from the philadelphia inquirer, pennsylvania's republican controlled legislature raisoor wolf abenefits in the commonwealth two dead riddle pension plans. the bill seeks to shift benefit for youth your, state, public schools employees into 401k style plans. wolf democrat has said he support the legislation. >> in the burlington county times joint base mcguire-dicks lakehurst marked the 75th invert overs are you of the battle of mid-way yesterday. in that four day battle in 1942, us forces beat back the japanese navy, in a battle that would turn the tide in world war ii. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. up next see the dramatic ends to college world series game, happened in the seventh inning after play. >> is her charles and the gray one. see what happens when charles barkley crashes a press conference with wayne gretzky. >> and this reminder, as we go to break, our 11th annual alex scott stands for hope telethon happens thursday. dreamed of the day when none of her friends would have to fight cancer. but even though alex l

> at this point the day wrapped up with andrea constand's mother on the stan, basically trying to inquire to cosby the testimony about what were those pills he gave her daughter in 2004? of course, trial continues tomorrow, so late day fire works here, we are told, to expect much of the same as the process goes on. live from norristown i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> an 11 year-old girl is hit by a train in philadelphia's kingsessing neighborhood this happened near 56th and grace avenue. police say that the girl was walk ago long the track and who her footing, falling in the path of the train. she was dragged for more than 500 feet before that train came to a stop, and she is now in critical condition at children's hospital. >>> no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting that critically injured a six year-old boy in wilmington. officers responded to reports of the gunshots on east sixth street yesterday afternoon. police found child with the gunshot wound to the head, and we're told his mother was not shot but hit by broken glass. the young would i remains h

one, do have working in the crime department investigating, and it is early days, just one line of inquireayhe negotiate with the man. the woman was rescued from the apartment, police say, she is safe. >> violent brawl over mc chicken sandwich. the woman said her mc chicken was apparently taking too long and through it at an employee. blonde woman is pulled over the counter by her hair, the customer and manager battle it out. whole thing caught on camera from the drive-thru window. >> just because how irate she was, i took out my camera and i recorded her to see how far it would go just in case. and it just escalated really quickly. >> never that serious, people. the woman and two men left the restaurant before police arrived. authorities are trying to identify the custom nerve that video. >>> well, meisha, with a company that is doing a lot more in just business in today's love it. >> meisha? >> life can be tough sometimes. that's when we appreciate the kinds hearted people who show up when we need it most. today we're meeting a business who is doing just that, extending their helping han

. >> reporter: lead isn't just in paint a sweeping environmental investigation from the inquirer and daily news found dangerous levels of lead in soil, neighborhood around fishtown and kensington construction boom has unearth ed a toxic legacy left over from old factories. >> in our soil doesn't necessarily surprise me that much. >> reporter: reports say once in the soil heavy metal stays indefinitely and even little amounts can permanently lower a child's iq and cause behavioral problems. >> that is not what the emphasis was in the development of this. >> reporter: report health commissioner doctor thomas far ly say chipping paint in houses built before 1978 of which there are hundreds offer thousands, remains the target of concern. >> this report represents a shift toward primary prevention, prevending kid from having exposure to lead in the first place rather than testing them and finding high levels of lead and then acting >> now all children are supposed to be checked for lead, with blood testing, to see the cdc says there is no safe level of exposure. health officials say homeo

and in the second call again she inquired what about the pills? and again he didn't tell her. he did, however, offer to pay to for her education. >> reporter: convicted cosby could face up to 30 years behind bars. cosby turns 80 next month. reporting at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown, jeaneatte reyes channel 6. >>> former fbi director scrams will testify on capitol this morning. a sweeping opening statement is already been released ahead of today's highly anticipated hearing. it offers early details on the investigation into contacts between the trump campaign and russia. action news reporter catherine scott is live with preview >> the opening remarks were released yesterday. more pointed more specific questions for the former fbi director. all eyes will be on washington today. >> it's been talked about and speculated over. today, former fbi director james comey is testifying before the senate intelligence committee. his opening remarks were released yesterday. he describes a one-on-one dinner with president trump at the white house on january 27th, the preside

. >> the cast of the sha inquire a movie all eyes on me will be live in the loft and a prince try bought band will be life as they celebrate birthday. we'll be right back. narrator: "the time is always right to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >> just in time for summer a new popup bar wants to help you embrace your inner lat ster or shark. it will open three weeks before the premier season, season seven i should say. southern efficiency and eat the rich into kinks landing. each room will transfornl into different realms of the fictional world. the cocktails which include the lan ster send their regards. dark rockery. the bar will be open june 270 august. >> i would like a dark r

. >>> nhl free agency opened up on saturday and philadelphia inquirer is report ago this steve mason to sign elsewhere that means the flyers, will have to find another goalie. rumor has it that brian elliott and jonathan burner are on their radar. >>> tim tebow, former eagles quarterback is making his way to the next minor league system. was promoted from low single a ball to high single a ball in the dramatic home run in his second at bat. >>> okay, okay. >> yes. >> well done. >> thanks, sir. >> up next, it is a feast for the eyes and your stomach, one thing a lot of ingredients used to make all of these hoagies, and what they just did for the first time in 25 years, a hoagie day, >>> today, it is the 25th annual wawa hoagie day celebration. the party started at national constitution center earlier today when sandwich experts assembled 23,000 short is using, ingredient. all part of the philadelphia's welcome america celebrated celebrations and for the first time it will be half turkey, half italian. >> really. >> all the way good. >> yes. >> that is right. >> um, um. >> thanks for w

that's have the state department inquire whether she mishandled information. what's fair is fair. >> dana: and that is happening. see two and once again, if there is no evidence that trump did anything wrong, you have hillery in the crosshairs still. slap her with a subpoena. everybody is now under suspicio suspicion. and will spend the next six months talking about russia. >> you are just spinning this crazy story once again. you are obsessed with hillary clinton. >> greg: the democrats have been beating up on trump for conversations. what are these coursework these are conversations. these conspiracy theories are similar, but when you look at the coverage, are they comparable? are they equal coursework they treat the conversation with trump as a distraught obstructi. it's like, nothing to see here. move along. >> dana: i do think it's a little flimsy. one of the letters from the senate intel committee was based on reporting from "the washington post" that the fbi even said in reference to the document, possibly even a fake. >> greg: think tank. >> dana: they

as i went up to the cell to inquire as to what the emergency was, i said, what's your problem? he said, you are, bitch, and then spit a mouthful of blood onto me, striking me in the eye and the nose, got in my mouth and my ear, and all down my side here. >> wabash valley's secured housing unit or shu holds the prison's most dangerous inmates. >> why did you come back after that? >> you have to. you absolutely have to. if you let something like that stop you, then they win. if some of them were out on the streets, i would pity anyone they came across. >> but some inmates feel the shu only fuels their violent tendencies. >> the shu is terrible. it is a terrible place. i wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy. >> as a shu inmate, billy brown is confined to a solitary cell. >> 24 hours, we sit in this cell without communication, without contact from any other human besides officers. >> it's a windowless cell in a pod, and he said this incredible thing. he says, do you know how long it's been since i've seen a tree? >> the last time i saw a tree? oh, man. years. it's been years.

or go into detail inquiring exactly what the russians had accomplished and what they were trying tol on that in our committee, and we're very concerned about that, and we're going to make sure we shut this down one way or another. >> senator manchin, thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks for being with you, george. it's good to be with you. >> we'll be right back. >>> that i >>> that is all for us today. thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. check out "world news tonight." i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." up next, a big change to this year's escape from alcatraz. why the race didn't include any swimming from the rock across the bay. >>> also, back in the bay area after a tough loss against the cavs. the warriors now getting ready for game 5 of the nba finals. >>> good morning to you. the reason why is because of the wind. small craft advisory inside the bay. right now, winds at the airport gusting to 33 miles an hour. looks sparkling and beautiful, but we're talking snow in the sierra nevada. the full accuweather forecast coming up next on abc 7 mornings.

this morning "washington post" there was an item about president inquiring about his health, wondering is dr. jackson the president's personal physician at this point. has the president seen him and will the white house commit to releasing sort of the annual physician's letter that has been customary of presidents for years. >> i don't know admiral jackson travels everywhere with the president, so he consults him regularly. i don't have a an update on his particular vitals, but i will follow up on the letter, but i know that dr. -- admiral jackson is intimately involved in the president's care and provides him, you know, feedback and whatever medical issues he has. >> does president trump think special counsel robert mueller is partisan? >> i think his comments this morning speak for themselves as to his views on robert mueller. >> two brief questions. first, it was reported on one of the networks that the president referred to the american health care act as a mean bill and he wanted more money that was coming in. did he actually say that? or can you confirm or deny whether he used th

the philippine daily inquirer leads on the conflict in marawi. says are among those fighting the army in the south of the country. it believes their knowledge of the local terrain is making it increasingly difficult for government forces to re—take the city. the china daily puts president xijinping on its front page. he's in kazakhstan for a security summit. but it's this picture that really caught our eye. it's a student getting a supportive hug from a teacher before taking the national college exam. over 9 million students are taking the test this year, and if you're one of them we wish you the very best of luck. what is spoken discussions online, babita sharma? well rico, a lawyer in singapore is using the headteacher of a prestigious school for confiscating his son's mobile phone. —— suing. the secondary school has banned students from using phones during school hours. the lawyer is now claiming damages arguing the school has infringed personal property rights. june 8 marks world oceans day, but a new report is sounding the alarm overjust how

. >> did he inquire, show any inquiry whatsoever, what was that meeting about? >> no. you're right. i did say to him -- i had forgotten this. when i talked to him and said you have to be between me and the president and that's incredibly important and i forget my exact words. i passed along the president's message about the importance of aggressively pursuing leaks of classified information which is a goal i share and passed that along to the attorney general. i think it was the next morning in a meeting. but i did not tell him about the flynn part. >> do you believe this arised to obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job to sort that out. >> thank you, sir. >> mr. chairman. >> senator cotton. >> mr. comey you're encouraged the president to release the tapes. will you encourage the department of justice or your friend at colombia or mr. mueller to release your notes? >> sure. >> you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with jeff sessions or any other senior member of the trump department of

say well we're not involved directly so we're not we're not responsible you have an obligation to inquire properly and to find out and not to cooperate with processes that amount to torture ok professor so we have time for today but thanks so much for insights professor olson from the. federal one of biggest issues of human rights what is there a law thanks so much. you're welcome. oh it'll strip the country's foreign minister has said muslim couldn't a garden should be shut down we'll have more about just after this break. people with stories to tell our economy from those who deserve to heard. our. insight. it still goes on you know you centrists alcohol abusers. you see first and witnesses. they're here to speak are you there to hear. the war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle is going. to do socks for the tell you that will be gossip and public but most important news today. while i'm off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough and let's go buy their products. things all the hawks that we along the

. >> did he inquire, show any inquiry whatsoever, what was that meeting about? >> no. you're right. i did say to him -- i had forgotten this. when i talked to him and said you have to be between me and the president and that's incredibly important and i forget my exact words. i passed along the president's message about the importance of aggressively pursuing leaks of classified information which is a goal i share and passed that along to the attorney general. i think it was the next morning in a meeting. but i did not tell him about the flynn part. >> do you believe this arised to obstruction of justice? >> i don't know. that's bob mueller's job to sort that out. >> thank you, sir. >> mr. >> senator cotton. >> mr. comey you're encouraged the president to release the tapes. will you encourage the department of justice or your friend at colombia or mr. mueller to release your notes? >> sure. >> you said you did not record your conversations with president obama or president bush in memos. did you do so with jeff sessions or any other senior member of the trump department of justice?

row: may i inquire -- mr. roe: may i inquire how much time i have left? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 16 minutes remaining. mr. roe: i'd like to yield one minute to mr. luke messer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. messer: thank you, mr. speaker, mr. chairman, appreciate your hard work on this important issue. our veteran december serve high quality health care. they've earned it. that's why i rise today to urge support of s. 1094, the veterans affairs accountability and whistleblowers protection act. this is landmark bipartisan legislation to reform the v.a. and improve care for our veterans. after years of poor performance and scandal. my grandfather's a world war ii veteran who regularly attends the v.a. in indianapolis. so i know firsthand that the vast majority of employees at the v.a. are honest and hardworking public servants. lack of accountability at the agency, though, has allowed a few bad actors to damage the v.a. and harm our vets. from manipulating wait lists, letting calls at a suicide hotline go unansw

the philippine daily inquirer reports on a prisoner exchange offer by maute militants, facing fierce. quoting a source, the paper says militant leader abdullah maute is willing to release a catholic priest held by the group in exchange for the freedom of his parents and relatives captured by the military. the japan times features a beautiful picture that speaks of relations between vatican and japan. japan's traditional noh theatre was performed in rome's magnificent palazzo della cancelleria to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the start of this diplomatic relation. a film that exposes london's sex industry underworld has just had its european premiere at the edinburgh film festival. the receptionist is based on a true story of a chinese woman who killed herself in london eight years ago. only after her death, her friends learned she had been working as a prostitute in an illegal massage parlour. began a journey to find out about her secret life — and as the result made this film. —— one of those friends began a journey to find out about her secret life — and as the result made this