jeff: jeff hunt. lemonis: hi, jeff, how are you? are you the owner? jeff: yes, sir. lemonis: nice to meet you. jeff: my son, taylor. taylor: taylor. lemonis: taylor, how are you? taylor: doing well. nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: you're looking sharp today. taylor: thanks. i dressed up. lemonis: this is interesting. i wanted to get, like, a chance to just look around for a minute. look, if i had to describe this store in one word, it would be "barren." there are no accessories for sale, no point-of-purchase system, and zero food. it's almost like they did the absolute bare minimum and then said, "yeah, this is good enough." why'd you do a tea business? jeff: i just thought there was a need, you know. obviously, it was starbucks. i just feel that it's only in the upper 1% type malls and areas in our country, and i felt there was a need to bring it to the regular mother of four. lemonis: and so what is your relationship, the two of you? jeff: i'm still a dad first and a boss second. lemonis: how old are you? taylor: 23. jeff: 40. lemonis: so, he was born when you w

the northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg on the hunt tonight. jeff? jeff: on the hunt.good one, larry. fairfax county wildlife officials are getting calls about bear sightings recently. a lot this week including quite a few today in the area by george mason university. on july 4, a bear came ove in city of fairfax. everybody enjoyed the show. it was a lazy afternoon on the fourth of july. >> the neighbors called us to tell us the bear was headed this way. >> teresa schaefer gathered her grand kids, looked out the window and saw the bear on a lazy stroll. >> walking. gracefully. jeff: taking his time. >> yes. wasn't in a hurry. quite of neat. jeff: in 30 years of living in the neighborhood in the city of fairfax, schaefer says this is her first bare -- her first bear sighting. >> i wanted the kids to see. >> were your scared? >> no. >> the little guy made his way across the street and passed lisa's house. >> scampering around. he was cute. i thought i'm glad i'm not outside on sidewalk. jeff: with everyone in the neighborhood tracking the bear, including a fairfax city p

hunt. anthony? >> mason: jeff pegues. thank you, jeff. the minneapolis police chief is calling for an outside investigation into the shooting death of a yoga teacher by an officer saturday night, but the department has said next to nothing about how it happened. jamie yuccas now on what she's learned. >> reporter: 40-year-old justine damond, a yoga instructor and life coach, was described by many who knew her as a bright light. >> what i wanted to do is make miracles the norm. >> reporter: today damond's father spoke from australia. >> we only ask that the light of justice shine down on the circumstances of her death. >> reporter: the officer who fired the fatal shot is mohamed noor, a second-year officer with the minneapolis police department. the first somali-american officer hired for the fifth precinct. his hiring was seen build trust between an immigrant community and law enforcement. abdi bihi is a community leader. >> we have an officer who community members hold in high regard who is involved in her death. that's why people are de

man, jeff sessions is that it seems amazing the president would tweet his disappointment again and again. kasie hunt? >> yesterday i ran into bernie sanders and who said, look, i didn't vote for jeff sessions but this is a crisis. and republicans are defending him across the board and privately saying, look, there's just no way we have any interest in confirming nor attorney general if the president ousts jeff sessions. and that tweet from chuck grassley, grassley has shown a real willingness to sort of stick himself finger in the white house's eye. this is a definitive statement exercising the power he has to say no way. woof been back and forth on that for yoors. the senate is simply going to stay in information lost lawsuits trying to got these appointments through the senate. i don't see this as an option unle unless. >> his latest yesterday morning attacked both the attorney general, jeff sessions, and the acting director of the fbi. quote, why didn't attorney general sessions replace acting fbi director andrew mccabe? a comey friend in charge of the clinton investigation but got big dollars, $

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. >> in sports, jeff skversky with fireworks at the philly's game tonight when "action news" dear fellow citizen, hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. because before i'm ready, she'll be off to college. i want to help her pay her way there. like i do for my son. call 1-866-999-0148. as a leader in student lending, we have student loan options that others don't. if you have a question about student loans, ask me. sincerely, michele wright, fellow mom and fellow citizen. call 1-866-999-0148 to apply now. fellow mom and fellow citizen. >> we are following breaking news out of ohio tonight. at least one person is dead, several others hospitalized after an aamusement park ride malfunctioned on opening night in columbus. this is video aboard the fire ball ride. one of the large arms struck the ground and broke off throwing riders into the air and on to the pavement. five are listed in critical condition. the governor ordered all rides to be shut down until additional safety inspections can be completed. >> this is a video diary of three inmates documenting their escape from california's orange coun

hunt. anthony? >> mason: jeff pegues. thank you, jeff. as vetsometimes, we forget that the biggestuntry. challenge can be asking for support. call the veterans crisis line at 1-800-273-8255 and press 1 damond, a yoga instructor and life coach, was described by many who knew her as a bright light. >> what i wanted to do was make miracles the norm. >> reporter: today damond's father spoke from australia. >> we only ask that the light of justice shine down on the circumstances of her death. >> reporter: the officer who fired the fatal shot is mohamed noor, a second-year officer with the minneapolis police department. the first somali-american officer hired for the fifth precinct. build trust between an immigrant community and law enforcement. abdi bihi is a community leader. >> we have an officer who community members held in high regard who is involved in her death. and that's why people are demanding answers. >> reporter: since joining the department, officer noor has had three complaints filed against him. he was sued after an incident in

hunt and they've said so publicly. there was this suggestion, of course that this animosity towards jeff sessions for his recusal for the russian probe, which eventually led to the appointment of special counsel mueller has really angered the president, been a shadow over his administration he says. so whether there's some multilevel strategy going on with this move, i think there are people concerned about that kind of thing. i'm wonder what the push back, though, from republicans would be considering they don't want the president to interfere with the mueller probe. there is a lot of concern on capitol hill about that. and that has also been reflected in the support for jeff sessions. the rift between the president and his attorney general is not necessarily new. as i point out in my article, there have been tensions between the presidents and their attorneys general. but this is really significant here because jeff sessions as we know was the earliest supporter of this president, gave him a lot of conservative credibility here. and the president has shown he doesn't really honor that necessarily. and what thereat mea

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hunt. he has made that plain. he is letting jeff sessions hang out there. there is no indication that sessions is prepared to resign or willing to resign. i think if trump doesn't want him as attorney general he wants trump to step forward and actually fire him. >> jonathan lemmere, you have a piece saying his fury has been fanned by several close confidants, including his son. he set up a meeting with the russians to get dirt on hillary. how is that jeff sessions fault? >> it's not. but it's part of the bigger picture. for months the president has raged against the russia investigation believing it deje l -- delegitimizes his election. what he said publicly against the attorney general actually pales in comparison to what he's said privately. he has been musing about firing the attorney general. going farther than he did in the rose garden today. there are steps they could take to replace him. initially firing him would leave him with rod rosenstein, another person the president is very angry with. >> he fires sessions. presumably he fires rosenstein who i

. >> jeff skversky with the layest from eagle training camp and more when "action news" continues tonight. dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. because before i'm even ready, she'll be off to college. and though i've planned for it, i may need a loan to help her pay her way there. just like i do for my son. call 1-866-999-0146. as a leader in student lending, we have student loan options that others don't. including better alternatives to federal loans. i can show you how to pay for your own child's way to college. in case you don't find that treasure chest. if you have a question about student loans, ask me. sincerely michele wright, fellow mom and fellow citizen. citizens bank student loans, call 1-866-999-0146 to apply now. citizens bank student loans, >> still too soon to know why a thrill ride fell apart at the ohio state fair yesterday but we are learning more about 18-year-old tyler gheral who died when the ride fell apart. he was helping as a member of the police explorers and had enlisted in the marines less than a week ago. >> a ride similar to that in ohio has been shut down

jeff? >> reporter: iain, federal and city investigators are on the hunt tonight in this luxury apartment building behind me. they are tracking the dangerous handy work of an arsonist. the stirring is a gleaming tower of what are called apartment homes sitting on jfk boulevard and 18th. it has a cool modern appeal but there's trouble. >> somebody in the building is setting them? >> the last thing i heard from, um, upper management was that they believed it was a resident that was setting he's fire. >> setting small fires in the lower floors of the building. tenants took these pictures once the fire started on july 13th. since then there have been three incidents and five fires the last ignited on friday. >> a lot of us are really, you know, paranoid and fearful we're not getting sleep at night because we're kind of any noise that we hear we think it's, you know, something that's going on so we're jumping out of our rooms trying to check the hallways because nobody else is doing it. >> reporter: there are 534 apartments in the sterling which is owned by a denver based management company aim company

. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake's 2018 re-election already being challenged as a white house huntsyal republicans. senator flake never endorsed trump's candidacy. and instead of going to the convention, telling a reporter i have got to mow my lawn. in september, still lukewarm. >> i would still not vote for donald trump. >> reporter: trump then calming flake very weak and ineffective. their relationship since? >> it was a bit tense. >> uh-huh. >> started out saying that i have been critical of him and i have been frankly. >> reporter: a perilous path under a president who has a penchant for revenge. >> if someone screws you, screw them back in spades. >> you have the trump sign on the wall? >> yes. >> why? >> because i want to make america great again. >> she lost to john mccain last year but thinks it's different this time. >> has someone from the white house specifically called you to run against senator flake? >> you know, i have met with people at the white house. i was there a couple of weeks ago. >> how real is this effort to oust senator flake? >> i would say it's very real

researchers are warning parents about and jeff skversky with joel embiid's claim about this sixers season when action new dear fellow citizen, spending time hunting treasures with my daughter is wonderful. because before i'm even ready, she'll be off to college. and though i've planned for it, i may need a loan to help her pay her way there. just like i do for my son. citizens bank student loans, call 1-866-999-0146. as a leader in student lending, we have student loan options that others don't. including better alternatives to federal loans. i can show you how to pay for your own child's way to college. in case you don't find that treasure chest. if you have a question about student loans, ask me. sincerely michele wright, fellow mom and fellow citizen. citizens bank student loans, call 1-866-999-0146 to apply now. a tourist has been killed by a jet blast on the edge of a runway in the caribbean after losing her grip on a fence and happened yesterday in st. maarten tourists often stand on the edge of the runway as justs take off with blasts 100 and several have been injured over the years but this is the first fatality former president jimmy car

jeff sessions should be doing to appease the president? >> i certainly understand the president's frustration. a witch-hunt has been unleashed on him and his family, but on the other side of that, jeff sessions is probably the one in washington who's most passionate about the trump agenda, and he will run a justice department in a way that americans will be proud of. so i hope the president and the attorney general can work this out, it would be very bad for the country right now, for the trump administration, to have another distraction and chuck grassley has already said no one new would be confirmed for the rest of the year, so we would have a justice department in chaos. they need to work this out. i know the president is disappointed, but i think they can pull this back together and work together again. trish: let me ask you your thoughts on what's going on with the battle that has erupted between anthony scaramucci and chief of staff reince priebus? anthony scaramucci who runs communications, newly appointed to run communications, really going on the attack on twitter, and then again on cnn, basicall

jeff sessions as ag. he thinks the special investigation is a witch-hunt. would moving sessions to another post, maybe at dhs be a way to get rid of the ag and mueller without the belowback of actually firing sessions? >> well, getting rid of mueller would cause blowback no matter what you did, anna. there's no way that can be gotten rid of. i think the department of homeland security post is potentially an appealing place because it makes a few groups happy, senators who have made clear that they support jeff sessions. they don't want him fired, that they don't like the way in which he's being treated. you also have the conservative movement. jeff sessions has been on the immigration front a lot longer than donald trump has. he's been on the front lines calling for tougher border security. both of those groups have risen up in the last week as donald trump attacked jeff sessions and said wait a minute, this would give him a logical out, donald trump i'm speaking of without having to have him apologize or lose face, both of which he doesn't like doing. is i

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you have attorney general jeff sessions really not on speaking terms with the president of the united states. we've reported here at the post that his chief of staff jody hunt has been sort of an elm saer to the attorney general going to chief of staff reince priebus that elnot resiep, has no interest in stepping down. that's where we are. the situation where the president is doing everything he can to try to force his own attorney general to quit, but the attorney general just won't do it. >> i don't understand why the chief of staff for jeff sessions is going to reince priebus at this point when it's painfully obvious the president doesn't listen to him. >> there needs to be some point of contact and jody hunt, our sources tell us, has a relationship with priebus that he can at least make clear where the attorney general stands. the difficult situation for the justice department is they're pursuing all of these trump policies on law enforcement, on immigration, and they feel like this is his dream to stay there, and so they know that all these pressures from the white house is to quit, but they know personally he just doesn't want to do it. >> we saw toda

this is a witch hunt, just as the president has been saying. >> i would point out, had jeff sessionsnot lied multiple times about meeting with russia, then it wouldn't be an issue. here, hedy met with the russian investor, the end of itself isn't an issue. it's the fact that he continuously has misrepresented those conversations about it. i think had the president not spend political capital on things other than this, we would be having this conversation. >> martha: is that a fair point? >> it's not really a fair point, because the definition of the term meeting has been changing. a sitting senator that speaks to an ambassador and passing, is that a meeting? that's the question. we talk about more leaks once again. if there is evidence, it would have already come out by now. i know there isn't evidence because the trump campaign did not collude with the russians to win this election. donald trump could've won this election with his plane and his cell phone, and it's pretty obvious now that there's no one in the kremlin that would -- >> martha: anna but one thing up here. this is from

jeff flake candidacy. >> arizona senate's 2018 election already been challenged as a white house hunts for more loyal republicanssenator flake every endorsed trump's candidacy. instead of going to the convention, telling a reporter, i've got to mow my lawn. in september still lukewarm. >> i would still not vote for donald trump. >> trump calling flake very weak and ineffective. their relationship ins. >> it was a bit tense. >> uh-huh. >> he started out saying that i've been critical of him, and i have been frankly. >> a perilous path under a president that has a pension for revenge. >> i think it is really important if somebody screws you, screw them back in spades. >> you have the trump sign. >> yes. >> on the wall. >> i do. >> why is that trump sign there? >> because i want to make america great again. >> she lost in the primary to senator john mccain last year, but thinks its different this time. >> has someone from the white house specifically called you to encourage you to run against senate flake. >> i was there a couple of weeks ago. >> how real is this effort to oust senator flake? >> i would say it is e

stuping security camera of fireworks prank in bucks country having police on the hunt for the prank. 11:00 july 4. jeff what were ur thoughts. at first how can you be so cruel. we don't have enemies. i knew it could not be revenge type of thing. this is not a joke. they can kill people that way. >> police posted a picture of the prankster on facebook an they're hoping they can now make an arrest. >> and this messy cabin on a plane is the aftermath of a terrifying take down aboard a delta airlines plane. we'll he show you that id video a cording to criminal complaint two flight attendant had to tackle a paerm that tried to open the exit floor mid flight from seattle to beijing. the flight attend aunt signaled to other passengers and then hit him offer the head with a wine bottle breaking one. that passenger is in federal custty on a long list of changes now why they care so much about saving lives changes now why they care so much about saving lives happened the wheel. pats pass a delaware country pool forced to shut down after vandalism. they are looking who dumbed pools and tables into the chair at th

hunt at the capital, thanks. >>> president trump worked up his own drama in washington today off the fate of his attorney general. the president stepping to the podium and publicly belittling jeff sessions and saying time will tell as to whether he will fire him. nbc's kristen welker has details on what's looking like jeff sessions' death by a thousand cuts. >> reporter: president trump in the rose garden today, once again attacking his own attorney general for recusing himself from the russia investigation. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. >> reporter: sessions made the decision because he served on the trump campaign and has gotten bipartisan praise for the move. still today, the president called on sessions to focus his attention elsewhere. >> i want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before, at a very important level. >> reporter: but mr. trump stopped short of firing him. >> we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> reporter: in recent days, the president has been scathing, calling sessions beleaguered and wea

jeff cole fox 29 news. >>> all right. coming up little girl sexually assaulted in her own home. now the hunton for the person behind it. >>> and there's a new could you have fee shop in our area. the person pouring the cup of joe behind the counter is taking a lot of people by surprise. ♪ now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. if you'll be out and about watch for some construction detours first of all columbus boulevard down to one lane at catherine so everybody that comes off the knife at columbus boulevard making that right heading down toward washington going to get jammed up through the week. it's been a mess the last couple of days. your best bet stick with 95 and jump off at packer avenue, and then come back north on columbus boulevard. keep that in mind if you're heading down to the concerts or outdoor festivities along the waterfront through the weekend. we still have the water main break frankford thompson and shack max son through the weekend septa detour route 5 bus and they closed the ramps here at penn's landing. the market and shut net nut st

hunt for him and his red pickup truck. all this as friends and family grieve the loss of the victim. jeffhirico was at the vigil for the college bound teen. >> with candles in hand, dozens gathered for a vigil for bianca roberson hugs and tears shared about the life cut short. >> they was a great human being. >> reporter: family members watched from the balcony from the home where they got the news wednesday, bianca roberson was killed a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal, i can't pick up the phone and call her and tech her and come over and see her. >> i expected so much greatness in her. i'm trying to so hard not to be angry. him. >> reporter: bianca roberson's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know who did this, i don't know who stole my baby from me, i don't know why they would want to steal my baby from me, i want to thank everyone, family, friends, strangers, neighbors, in a late afternoon news conference police re-released a sketch of the suspect who allegedly shot bianca roberson as they tried to merge into the same lane. the car crashed into a tree, blurry im

jeff sessions, his friend and colleague, was treated. so it makes no sense the way they're behaving. >> kasie hunt is joining us from capitol hill.you get a little on camera punk from paul ryan. i have heard that the democrats have things they can do to make sure that a recess appointment isn't even an option by not allowing the senate to go into recess. can you explain that and whether or not they're actually talking about having to deploy that if a recess appointment for a new ag becomes a reality? >> sure. i mean, look i have to say, i'm a little skeptical about a recess appointment because the reality i don't think it would be allowed in any way for a couple of reasons. first of all, the procedure that you're describing has become the norm. so the senate if they stay in session they're not technically in recess. and that's been standard operating procedure since barack obama was president really and a little bit more that. in this particular case it's not just democrats that are forcing that. either party can do it, any senator can force it. republicans are on board. they took a stand under the obama administration when he tr

the "washington post" broke this news that jeff sessions discussed campaign related matters with the russia ambassador but the president has said it is a witch hunt. is he boxed in from getting rid of sessions because if he were to do so, that would be an admission that this is not a hoax? >> i don't know whether he's boxed in or not, michael. i do know it puts the attorney general smack dab in the middle of the investigation and i have no doubt that the director robert mueller will be wanting to interview him about his conversations with kislyak. i have no doubt mr. moore has access to the transcripts of the telephone communications between kislyak and sessions and also probably has access to the information that kislyak sent to moscow. so he will probably be interviewing and want to talk to the attorney general and it was well advised for the attorney general to recuse himself. >> and greg craig, i should point out maybe this is bogus, maybe it's just -- by kislyak, maybe he invented it? >> you're absolutely right. there's no basis for having any reason to give that great of credibility than what the attorney general says. putting that aside as

they are still on the hunt for him and his red pickup truck all as family and loved one grieve the loss of the victim bianca roberson. jeff chirico was in westtown, pennsylvania for a vigil for the college-bound teen whose life was cut short. ♪ >> reporter: with candles in hand dozens gathered for a vigil in honor of bianca roberson hugs and tears friends and family shared about the promising life cut short. >> she was truly a great human being and what happened just is unspeakable. >> reporter: family members watched from the balcony of the home where they got the news wednesday, bianca roberson was killed, a victim of apparent road rage. >> it's surreal, i can't pick up the phone and call her and text her and come over and see her. >> i expected so much agreedness in her, i'm trying so hard not to be angry. >> reporter: bianca roberson's mother spoke for the first time. >> i don't know who did this, i don't know who stole my baby from me, i don't know why they would want to steal my baby from me, i want to thank everyone, family, friends, strangers, neighbors. >> reporter: in a late afternoon news conference, police rel

jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night walter's off i'm sarah bloomquist. congress reach ace deal to impose sanctions on russia. >>> plus out of control driver slams in the row of cars in hunting park. witnesses say he was high on drugs. >>> but the big story on "action news" is threat of severe weather this evening. taking a live look at center city from our sky six temple university camera a little hazy out there from this view but we have been watching ominous cloud moving in around the region. some places already seeing the rain. meteorologist melissa magee is tracking the storms and joins with us our first check of the accu weather forecast melissa >> sarah this complex was coming from the lower great lakes just last night and you can see on storm tracker six live double scan radar 3-d that moisture is pulling in the mid-atlantic region and closer to home those showers and storms are turning severe. severe hunt are thunderstorm warning until 6:45 this evening. we will find wind in excess of 60 miles per hour. the towns included in that off to the west west chester king of prussia ardmore fail, drexel hill, chester even on east down in areas of south jersey runnemede and j

hunt. ainsley: real quickly. if you're jeffnvolved with, you know, the appointment of special counsel and things like that. i'm more involved with pole of, and i have been disappointed in senator sessions wants to take the property of people without a trial. civil asset forfeiter is a big abuse of our system, and i've been trying to fix it. and i'm disappointed that he's going his own way. so i have big beef with -- steve: well, today does mark the president's sixth month in office. how do you think he's done? >> you know, i'm a glass half full guy. i think gorsuch was a great pick for supreme court, we repeeled $60 billion, so there's a lot of good to be had. i think the media gets self occupied with a story that's sort of made up in a way, russian story. but we got so occupied with it, that we forget the good things that are happening. and i think a lot of good have things happened so far. and i compare it every day and say it could have been hillary clinton. we could be at war in middle east because hillary clinton wanted to

hunt on capitol hill as those votes happen. >>> now we have to move on to something that is rocking d.c. jeff sessions jobs appears to be hanging in the balance as president trump made it clear in the last 24 hours, not from a one on one constructive meeting with the attorney general but here's what he to say to the world. >> i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. almost immediately after he took office and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. so i think that's a bad thing not for the president but for the presidency. i think it's unfair to the presidency. and that's the way i feel. i want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies, which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before. i told you before, very disappointed with the attorney general. but we will see what happens. time will tell. >> i'm very disappointed in jeff sessions. >> you can fire him. >> i could but we'll see what happens. >> this morning the pr

office i think jeff sessions is pretty tough but i think is very surprised at what donald trump's do and it's just it's not actually don't you find it ironic on one hand there's a witch hunt going on inside the white house to get leakers and there's an issue of loyalty going on it's almost like a loyalty witch hunt that's happening there on this kind of a hunt to find out who's not loyal and yet he's trying to get rid of the guys probably been one of the most loyal supporters of all what do you make of it donald trump is the worst own his own worst leaker right he puts out information in the way that he said i am not a supporter of jeff sessions at all but i believe him firing jeff sessions it's one more step towards n.p.c. meant that folks like me would love on the other hand jeff sessions has made it clear on a number of other issues like marijuana legalization i he's not going to listen to the president's wishes why is he not considering fine jeff sessions for not listening to his wishes on policy but more about because he won't recuse himself before he was even higher for the job that's ridiculous done jones heidi harris davidson great to have all of you with us tonig

jeff sessions for that reason. because to do so would be an acknowledgment that this is all note a hoax and not a witch hunt. the president's own words i think have limited the options he had relative to both attorney general sessions and what he'll now do on sanctions. >> jeffrey, we're often cautioned, look at his actions. his words can be all over the place, his tweets can contradict himself. if he signs this, as david sanger predicts he will, and it does sanction russia in a more tough way than he has been, is this over? then do we know that president trump has accepted the findings of his intel chiefs, that russia did meddle in our election? >> i think the answer is no, it's not. you can't have it both ways. you can't sign legislation that says russia tried to manipulate our election and say, as president of the united states, as chief of state, as head of our government and say, well, i don't know if they tried to intervene in the election. words matter. the president's words matter more than anyone. obviously, if he signs this legislation, it will be a sign that he is more or less on the same page as

hunt on twitter, as he's done in the past. he's attacked the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, on twitter as well. he's reportedly complained about jeffsing himself from the russia investigation. so it is incumbent on somebody like christopher wray to be willing to stand up for its mission, stand up for its independence and stand up for its integrity -- the integrity of its investigations and i think that's what we'll see him be asked about today. >> all right, matt miller, thank you. andrea mitchell, i said earlier no public events for three days on the president's calendar. he leaves tonight for paris, for bastille day celebrations. what we've heard from the president again, three minutes ago on twitter, i'm hoping you can help me decipher this. why aren't the same standards placed on the democrats. look what hillary clinton may have gotten away with. disgraceful. do you want to take a whack at that? >> i'm trying to figure it out myself. earlier he called it a witch hunt, so he's still on the fake news or what the democrats are doing, that combo. perhaps this is a reference to e-mails, since his son voluntarily tweeted out a whole

hunt these people down? >> yeah, i think that our intelligence is the best of the best, and i have full confidence, especially in this administration with, leadership like president trump and like jeff to be able to fully take our american business to them. in other words, and i really do think, too, it's so fascinating how everyone wants to focus on division but look how well this is working out. this joint effort between this president and this attorney general, for the american people. this will keep us safer, the leaks have to stop and i'm glad they're committed to that and making an effort. gerri: sessions has been doing a lot of good work for it. if you look at his track record and hasn't been doing what he's been doing long at all, since the beginning of the administration, he's got a lot of defenders in the senate. what are we setting up with the conflict with the president tweeting out about sessions. he doesn't like what he's doing, and on the other hand, sessions track record, support in the senate. where is this all going, quickly? >> that is the big question, we do not know the endgame. jeff sessions shouldn't have recused himself, doing fantastic job as attorney genera

jeff sessions. why am i in this position and we're seeing the president now exploring all his options including nuclear options. >> prosecutor announced as corrupt accused of leading witch-hunt. that is from 1998. everything old is new again. is that playbook going to work this time around, do you think? >> the old vast wing conspiracy. president trump has been calling this a witch-hunt now for weeks. the interesting thing to me about the golf thing. a lot of talk about the donations that attorneys on the staff of this investigation have made and whether that's a conflict. nothing specifically to mueller himself. what they're trying to do is tie it to him and some personal reason to be compromised. i guess in the mind of the president would be a potential reason to dismiss him later on. >> we haven't heard a ton on this from capitol hill. or will we hear more from democrats? >> here is my theory. if you're a republican because most republicans still like donald trump, you're going to stay silent. what is different and what is different from clinton, i don't know any republicans on capitol hill. very few who actually like donald trump. who when push come to shove will have hi

jeff sessions the attorney general tonight. tucker carlson appearing live with him from el salvador. he is there hunting13 a series on the gang members and their attempts to infiltrate in many ways successfully in the u.s. that will air next week on the fox news channel. later senator lindsey graham will talk about the drama surrounding his friend and former colleague sessions. >> shannon: bret will be tlt middle of all of it >> bill: seven minutes past the hour and back to capitol hill. there is a key witness on all matters russia giving testimony now after democrats blocked him from appearing yesterday. bill browder is his name. his story connects the dots showing how all of this leads back to vladimir putin. >> like russia and other countries the way that the world works is that the president of that country allows certain people to get rich, you often get a share of the wealth of those people. and then he can rely on those people to do the state's bidding in situations in which where it may not be appropriate or they may not want to show the government's face. >> bill: some of his story is stunning

jeff flake into line. i think the people that you talk about targeting the people who are opposed to the hall j carea bill, rand paul, flake, collins, i just don't think that dog will huntmy personal money or rnc money or senator money. those people were elected just like the president did. it is a very difficult thing to tell grown men and women that they will be punished when they feel like they are defending the honor and the direction that their constituents are asking them to take. >> it takes a superb deal maker to cross the aisle and get both sides in either situation. you have to know the bill and what's in it. lbj knew what was in the civil rights bill. pretty much everyone knew. i just don't think trump, his so-called deal making that he can do on television, in a, what do you call it, reality tv show, fits the complexity of the health care situation which is the seventh in the american economy. do you? >> chris, my dad -- my father used to say, i heard him say on several occasions, in life -- in politics as in life, when you find yourself in a ditch, you dug it yourself. i think the situation republicans find thefl selvmsel talking about repealing for last se

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hunt." adding, "next up, is 1-year-old barron trump." as for sessions' status, from both parties there's speculation that getting rid of jeff sessions, thettorney general, could be the president's first step towards firing the special counsel. overnight senator ted cruz's name was floated as an a.g. option. this morning a source close to the senator tells nbc news there's, "nothing true about it." carson? savannah? >> peter, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in jeremy bash. national security analyst. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with all this going on around jeff sessions. we saw the president trash sessions to "the new york times" on the record last week. now, he tweeted, called him beleaguered. criticized him this morning. crs morning, rolled his eyes. you once staffed a cabinet member. can you put in perspective how unusual this is. and what do you think the motivation is? >> it's astounding. the president of the united states is online bullying the attorney general. he's trying to twitter-shame him into quitting his post. let's make no mistake. what the president is trying to do is trying to say,