jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> it has been a destructive weekend in indiana and a t nighng holes and top floor apartments of the small town of beech grove. an ef tornado struck with wind speed of 100 miles per hour yesterday. despite all the damage, all residents are accounted for. >> the great thing of all of this is that the nobody got hurt. we'll clean this up. those buildings will be rebuilt. we'll come back stronger than ever. it takes a little bit titime. >> last night's tornado was the fifth in the string tornados to hit ta state. >>> tens of thousands of people took to the streets of hong kong to demand the city and battle the leader to step heations across hong kong extradition bill. she suspended the bill followed by the protests. demonstrators want an apology and that bill to withdraw. >>> prince harry is celebrating his first ever father's day. prince and his wife meghan markle released this peicture o archie in honor of the occasion. the couple posted the picture of the baby's feet to mark meghan's first mother day. archie is born and he's seventh in line for

nbc's jennifer johnson is on capitol hill where the impeachment debate rages on. >> no obstruction, no crime. >> reporter: president trump has declared theussia investigation case closed, but democrats haven't closed the books. on monday theuse judiciary committee will hold a hearing on possible presidential obstruction and other crimes as 61 house lawmakers push for impeachment proceedings. >> these are criminal acts, obstruction of justice, clearly impeachable offenses. what's at stake is the responsibility of the judiciary committee to conduct oversight to say that no one is above the law. >> reporter: the house is scheduled to vote to authorize contempt cases against attorney general william barr and formero white house csel don mcgahn for failing to comply with house subpoenas. then on wednesday house intelligence will review russiaa meddling contact with the russians. >> i don't think it is about the political consequences as much as it is about following the constitution, following the rule of law, making sure that no one is above the law and we're going to hold this administrat

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ve on capitol hill, jennifer johnson. back to you. >> thanks, jennifer. >>> let's go to breaking news. embattled d.c. council member jack evans says he'll resign from the metro board next week. evans is the metroboard chair and in a left evans said he was proud of the work he did at the transit agency and he's now stepping down after a fleury of democratic and republican leaders calling for his resignation. evans admitted to "the washington post" today that an investigation realed he had violated metro's code of ethics. two days ago he said that probe found no wrongdoing. evans still faces a separate federal investigation. >> a giant cross meant to honor ose from prince george's county who died in world war i will be allowed to stay place. that's the ruling today from the u.s. supreme court on a challenge that said the monument unconstitutionally endorses religion because it sits on public land. the so-called peace cross has been there for nearly a century. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams looks at the implication

jennifer johnson has our story from washington tonight. >> reporter: president trump tightening the grip on iran tweeting we are putting major additional sanctions on iran on monday. >> i'm not looking for war. and if there is, it will be obliteration like you have never seen before. but i'm not looking to do that. but you can't have a nuclear weapon. >> in an exclusive interview, the president says he's willing to hold talks with iran with no pre-existing conditions. >> if you want to talk about it, good. otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> on thursday night the president shut down strikes against iran. >> my biggest concern is the president is running out of room, running out of options, that this thing could spin out of control. >> reporter: pointing to hawks like john bolton who said sunday the u.s. reserves the right to attack iran at a later time. >> neither iran or any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. >> reporter: secretary of state mike

nbc's jennifer johnson has the latest >> reporter: president trump's tightening the grip on iran tweeting we are putting additional sanctions o monday trying to cripple the economy to stop the nuclear buildup. >> i'm not looking for war and if there is, it will be obliteration like you've never seen before. but i'm not looking to do that, but you can't have a nuclear weapon >> reporter: in an exclusive interview with chuck todd on "meet the press," the president says he's willing to hold talks with iran with no preexisting conditions >> if you want to talk about it, good otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come >> reporter: on thursday night, the president called off strikes against iran after the downing of a naval drone which the u.s. military says was in international air space. >> my biggest concern is the president is running out of room, running out of options, that this thing could spin out of control >> reporter: pointing to hawks like national security advisor john bolton who said sunday the u.s. reserves the right to attack iran at a later time. >>

nbc's jennifer johnson has our story tonight from washington. >> no obstruction. there was no crime. >> reporter: president trump has declared the russia investigation case closed, but democrats haven't closed the book. on monday, the house jacky will hold a hearing on possible presidential obstruction and other crimes as 61 house lawmakers push for impeachment proceedings. >> these are criminal acts, obstruction of justice, clearly impeachable offenses. what is really at stake here is the responsibility of the judiciary committee to conduct oversight, to demonstrate to the american people that no one is above the law. >> reporter: on tuesday, the house is scheduled to vote to authorize contempt cases against attorney general william barr and former white house don mcgahn for failing to comply with house subpoenas. and then on wednesday, house intelligence will review russia's election meddling and trump's contact with the russians. >> i don't think it is about the political consequences as it is as much about following the constitution, following the rule of law,

. >> first we go to jennifer johnson. she's got the latest on this escalating conflict. jennifer? >> apirnlly this all went down around 7:30 last night. the white house said the president had the pentagon's support but he decided almost at the very last minute not to do it. tense momen at the white houseur thday night as president trump almost launches an attack against iran for downing a u.s. drone. he sai we were cocked and ready to retaliate, but then in an interview with "meet the press," said, he realized 150 people could die. >> they shot down a drone, plane, whatever you want to call it and here we're sitting with 150 people th would have taken place a half hour after i said go ahead. i didn't like it. i didn't. >> iran fired back that it repeatedly sent warnings and didn't attack a spy plane with 35 people near the drone.i a warn of how close the two sides are coming to a conflict. >> we need a strong steady hand nd frankly we don't have that right now. >> i give him credit. they're pushing toward this confrontation. >> there would be collateral damage. i'm so glad the pre

. >> jennifer johnson is tracking the very latest for us. at a day. >> yeah, it was a day. ica and leon, very tense moments at the white house. the white house said today the ort but decided against the strikes atpp the suvery last minue. night as y pridumestrmot nest.alnclau the president tweeting, we were cocked and loaded to retali ate b says in an exclusive interview withe "meet thess," he then learned 150 civilians cod diate. ey shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go ahead and i didn't like it. i didn't think it was -- i didn't thi it was of his own pay questions his decision. >> i think he shouldn't have fi saying it repeatedly sent warnings before downing the drone. more evidence of how close the o sights are coming to a military conflict. >> i think this is the moment sfor aong steady hand, and, frankly, we don't have that. >> a frequent cestic prais him for that. >> i give him credit. you

jennifer johnson joins us now with the latest. jennifer?> reporter: on, president trump promised all weekend he would further punish iran. today he did it. president trump slapping new economic sanctions against iran, another attack on its struggling economy to stop leaders from building a nuclear weapon, but the president says he's open to oalks. t discussing whatever i have to discuss with anybody thatants to speak. in the meantime, who knows what's going to happen? i can only tell you we cnot ever let iran have a nuclear weapon. >> re srter: asecretary of state mime pompeo travels to saudi arabia to build a coalition against iran, the president is ramping up pressure offer the downing of a u.s. navy drone and attacks on oil tankers in the gulf. >> a lot of restraint has been shown by us, a lot of restraint, and that doesn't mean w 're going to show it in the future. >> reporter: some democrats believe these additional measures will not stop iran. >> i think the sanctions are a more symbolic than substantive because the sanctions in prais

let's get right to jennifer johnson who has more on that. jennifer? >> reporter: leon and erika at meeting at white house still going on, and as you said the attack is escalating tenons between the u.s. and iran, and now the two sides are trading accusations. >> trump putting iran on notice after u.s. central command after iran shot down one of its surveillance naval drones. >> report: iran made a big mistake. this drone was in international waters clearly. we have it all documented. >> reporter: iran's revolutionary guard says it shot hewn the drone in iranian airspace but t pentagon says they have evidence that proves otherwi a. >> this i unprovoked attack on a u.s. asset that the had not vie lateranian airspace at any tier. >> report fortunately this was an unmanned drone and hinted this may have been an accident. the u.s. don't want war with iran but no comment on whether the u.s. will fight back. >> the country will not stand for this, that much i can tell you. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi is urging diplomacy. >> there's no appetite fo

. >> let's get the last from jennifer johnson tracking this for us tonight. jennifer? >> well, wendy and m, the president clearly sending aes msage to iranian leaders today his ting the ayatollah and inner circle with these new sanctions. the president promised all weekend he was going to further punish iran, and today he did it. >> president trump slapping new economic sanctions against iran, another attack on its struggling economy to stop leaders from building a nuclear weapon, but the president says he's open to talks. >> i look forward to discussing whatev i have to discuss with anybody that wants to speak. in the meantime who knows what's going to happen. i can only tell you we cannot ever let iran have a nuclear weapon. >> as secretary of state mike pompeo travels to saudi arabia to build a solition against iran, the president is ramping up pressure after thef downing o a u.s. navy drone and attacks on u.s. oil tankers in e gulf. >> a lot of restraint has been shown by us, a lot of restraint, and that doesn't mean we're going to show it in the future. >> reporte

jennifer johnson has the story. >> reporter: president trump tightening the grip on iran tweeting we are putting major additional sanctions on iran on monday. the u.s. trying to further crip counsel iran's struggling economy to stop its nuclear buildup. >> i'm not looking for war. if there is, it will be obliteration like you've never seen before but i'm not looking to do that. you can't have a nuclear weapon. >> in an interview, chuck todd on "meet the press," he says he's willing to hold talks with iran with no pre-existing conditions. >> if you want to talk about it, good. otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> reporter: on thursday night, the president called off strikes against iran after the downing of a unable drone which the u.s. military says was in international air space. >> my biggest concern is the president is running out of room, running out of options that this thing cog spin out of control. >> reporter: mullin pointing to hawks like john bolton who said sunday the u.s. reserves the right to attack iran at a later time. >> neither i

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >> our other top political story, the first 2020 debates fortic presidential nomination taking place in miami this week. we're going to have both debates for you right here on nbc bay area. let's bring in political analyst larry guerrier stefanows larry gersten right now. why are these debates so important? >> it is beginning unofficial or otherwise of the 2020 presidential election campaign. that's all there is to it. you have 20 people coming, ten each night, and it's the first opportunity for people to see what they're all about, what they have to say. what's striking about all this, terri, is that this series of debates begins in june. four years ago it began in october. so we're going four months earlier. every presidential election seems to be earlier than the last one in terms of campaigns. so the voters are going to have a much longer time to get to know what's going on. you wonder how many will pay attention. >> they maybe need that time because they have 20 candidates on this two-night format. is there an advantage for anybody in this

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >> the long list of democrats hoping to be the one to face-offinst president trump next year will have a chance to separate themselves this week. a two-day debate is set to begin on wednesday, and you can watch it right here on nbc bay area. here's lester holt with a preview. >> "nightly news" coming to you from miami this coming week as we gather for the first big event of this election cycle, the democratic debates, 20 candidates over two nights, same stage. really the first chance for american voters to get to know these folks and to hear from them over a couple of nights. see how they contrast to each other, and see how well they defend their big ideas. we'll be covering it all, and of course the big buildup as many of them will likely make news between now and then. we'll see you from there. >> the 20 candidates will be split into two groups of ten. on wednesday, the field will consist of senators cory booker and elizabeth warren and former congressman beto o'rourke. then on thursday, the other ten candidates will be highlighted by former pr

jennifer johnson has that story in washington. >> reporter: four years ago sunday, donald trump announced his candidacy for president. on tuesday president trump will launch his re-election bid in orlando, florida. >> safety, security, great economy. i think i have done more than any other first term president either. i have a phony witch hunt. there is no collusion and essentially a ruling that no obstruction. >> reporter: robert mueller's report in fact reached no conclusion on whether the president tried to obstruct the investigation. a new nbc news wall street journal poll finds 70% of democrats and independents support impeachment proceedings. president trump sparked controversy last week when he said he would accept help from a foreign power in the 2020 campaign. >> if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, oh, i think i'd want to hear it. >> reporter: the president has since walked that statement back, but some democrats have heard enough. >> every day that passes the pressure to impeach grows, and i believe that with the president now saying

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here is jennifer johnson. >> reporter: as advocates protest the acting custom and border protection commissionerresigns. this comes after reports of children living in deplorable conditions at two texas facilities. the house trying to pass an emergency bill to address the humanitarian crisis facing detained migrant children. >> the needs that they have, but also the shame that we should have that they don't have diapers and toothbrushes and the care. >> reporter: amid the controversy, 300 children were removed from the facilities, but about 100 have been returned. lawyers cease the unions terse have no access to basket needs like soap. >> we met with children who hadn't changed for weeks. these are the most appalling conditions i have seen in my 12 years of representing children and families who are detained. >> reporter: president trump blaming the democrats for the children being here. >> we asked the democrats to help on asylum, help on the loopholes. >> reporter: after a report 144,000 migrants were apprehended in may, the white house says the president will likely veto in is bill that doesn

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> chuck todd's interview with president trump was the first time the two sat down since trump's inauguration. while much of the conversation touched on the escalation with iran, todd asked the president about impeachment. >> why do you think nancy pelos easier. i've been told that. >> do you think impeachment is good politics for you? >> i win the election easier. i'm not sure that i like having it -- i did nothing wrong. i was spied on. what they did to me was illegal. it was illegal on the other side. i did nothing wrong. >> see the extended conversation this sunday on "meet the press" with chuck todd right here on nbc bay area. >>> a parent involved in the college admission scandal entered a guilty plea. he is the 14th parent to plead guilty. authorities say he paid $450,000 in bribes to get his children into usc as fake athletic recruits. prosecutors say they will recommend 15 months in prison. several bay area parents are part of this scandal. >>> it's not over for jussie smollett. he claimed two men attacked him and called him racist and

live in 'mwashington, jennifer johnson. leon, back for you. >> all righty. jennifer. >>> meanwhile here, we are counting down to the first democratic debate of the 2020 presidential mpaign season, and it's almost here. just a matter of hours away.ee we've been kng an eye on this shot all day. workers there putting the final touches on the deba stage in miami, and you can see there are ten podiums on that stage. 20 candidates qualified for this first debate, so it's been divide up into two nights. this is the largest and most diverse lineup democrats in history, and for come sand dates it's going to be a critical first chance to reach a national audience. that's not a worry for former vice presidentoe biden with national name recognition and he's leading t mospolls. >> a lot of people still think he's the guy that can beat donald trump, especially given the fact that trump keeps attacking him. >> reporter: as a front-runner he's got a target on his back. the candidates have all been prering by conducting mock debates using their staff members to stand in for t

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i want to bring in the former senior adviser to hillary clinton, msnbc jennifer rueben, and with me here jason johnson, politics editor at the root as well as msnbc contributor. felipe, i want to start with you because you've been in that position that joe biden was in, somebody who was working with the front runner. i don't know, think you can make an argument for that exchange on race being the most important exchange of the night on a couple levels. one, this is an issue that democrats have to talk about and that it most directly affects their most loyal constituency. i think it brings up a generational divide that you saw and talked about. what's your take on what you saw last night? >> i'm not going to make the argument that it wasn't, you know, particular look at politics of the democratic primary, you're talking about a big impact of african mramerica throughout. so you're not going to do well without them. the question is whether joe biden lostny support last night. ironically we're focussing on how kamala harris actually dominated both taking control of the stage in general, both speaking on

johnson again tonight. >> reporter: the week-long desperate search for missing mother of five jennifer dulos is expanding. authorities in hartford, connecticut, looking for clues in a storm drain, turning up nothing. police crossing state lines into pound ridge, new york, searching a family home. in new canaan, where according to the hartford courant, investigators found traces of blood at her rental property. the 350-year-old locked in a two-year bitter custody battle with her husband, fotis dulos. in divorce filings, both making vicious accusations. i am terrified for my family. he is extremely dangerous. >> we are all incredibly concerned but very hopeful she will come back to us safe and sound. >> reporter: tonight police are not naming any suspects. the five children courting to court documents are with relatives protected by an armed guard. >> whit johnson, thank you, >>> there is more ahead. and the drowning scare. the child under water for two minutes before she was rescued. she does survive this. the important warning tonight for everyone. >>> also tonight, cbd. the compound extracted from mariju

jennifer dulos. jean casarez, new canaan, connecticut. >>> let's talk about this in this week's legal brief. criminal defense attorney janet johnsonhe new news, janet, they have taken the girlfriend who seems to be cooperating, initially she was not, neither of them were, they have taken her to the house, they have taken her to the woods, her presence here, is a game changer, is it not? >> iffy defending him, i would be, if i were defending him, i would be nervous because she is charged with the exact same things, and out on bond, she has met with her lawyer and with the authority, and now she's gone back to the house, where pre preembly she can tell them where evidence is. it would make it impossible for him to tell her you can't search the house because it is her house too. she is certainly flipping on him and i think this it will help the prosecution. >> the possibility was that they would turn on each other and she would turn on him, and what evidence to prove the incrimination other than he said/she said. >> her words are evidence. and people think it is hearsay and not admissible, but her words would be admissible and save h

johnson is in stamford, connecticut, with the latest. good morning, whit. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. the criminal investigation now ramping up after the arrest of jennifer dulos' estranged husband accused of discarding bloodstained evidence. police say they received more than 225 tips and 70 video clips from homes and businesses. still no sign of the missing mom. this morning, the search is intensifying for 50-year-old connecticut mother of five jennifer dulos two weeks after she mysteriously disappeared. abc news has confirmed that michelle troconis, the girlfriend of dulos' estranged husband fotis, met with detectives and her lawyer thursday afternoon. troconis out on bail charged with evidence tampering related to the case. >> do you know where she is? >> you tend to look at people who may be a little less culpable. you want to approach them first. >> reporter: investigators are now revisiting two key locations searching for evidence at fotis' mansion and a garbage incinerator. >> if you think about somebody committing a murder and you need to find out, first of all, where they committed it. >> reporter: jennifer and fotis dulos had been embroiled in

johnson is in stanford, connecticut with those details. good morning, whit. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. the custody battle over the couple's five children still rages in court even though jenniferr heard from in more than a month. her husband's defense attorney now revealing a stunning hypothesis that perhaps she was responsible for her own disappearance. this morning the estranged husband of missing connecticut mom jennifer dulos breaking his silence with a message for his five kids. >> i just want to tell my eye cy on my mind and that i love them and i miss them very much. >> reporter: fotis dulos speaking outside of court, still fighting for custody more than a month after his wife mysteriously vanished. now his lawyer dropping a shocking new theory. >> we are actively contemplating a revenge suicide hypothesis as an explanation for her disappearance. >> reporter: over the weekend his lawyer pointing to jennifer's previous work as an accomplished writer on a 500-page manuscript he claims is similar to the 2012 best seller "gone girl." >> so your wife has no friends here. is she kind of standoffish? ivy league? kind of rubs people the wrong way? >> she's from new york. she's