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before president trump fired up the crowd the west virginia governor jim justice announced he was leaving the democrat party and joins the republican. they have no agenda and simple to understand why those on the left have no message and no real plan and only hatred and animosity and receptment for president trump. that does not help one american citizen have a better life or better country. i will combine the other stories. the deep state strikes again and wall street reporting that robert mueller, the conflicted one impanelled a grand jury in the russia probe. if you have a doubt what i told you about the deep state in america, i want you to take a look at the washington post. they are publishing transcripts of phone calls that president trump had with the president of

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captioning sponsored by rose communications (orchestral music)c) - hi, i'm jim west, here on the intriguing island of iceland, and today we'll be making glorious glass with volcanic ash. we'll meet a wonderful woodcarver who whittles his way into our hearts. we'll be harnessed and hooked as we make horsehair jewelry. and from a community of crafters, we'll be tutored in tapestry designs. we'll also learn about traditional icelandic costumes, fashion products made from real fish skin, and from our crafter's kitchen, we'll make a traditional lamb soup. all this and more as we explore the land of fire and ice, the resourceful and resilient country of iceland. everything we do with our hands, when we put passion behind it, creates a craft.

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productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org - (speaks polish) hi, i'm jim westand we're visiting eastern europe in a country that has recreated itself with passion and resiliency. welcome to poland. today we'll explore a 700-year-old salt mine to see one of the largest underground craft projects ever. we'll dabble in doll-making and create cutout creations with paper. we'll see the largest piece of crochet lace in the world and put our stamp on stained-glass making. from our crafter's kitchen we'll learn a traditional way of making polish pierogi and learn a new spin on traditional polish pottery. all this and more as we explore the crafts and people of poland. (dramatic music) everything we do with our hands, when we put passion behind it, creates a craft,

(instrumental music)c) >> hi, i'm jim west and i'm going to take you on a journey to explore the artsting country of peru. >> we'll forge shimmering silver, carve colorful gourds, piece together a pan flute, treat ourselves to peruvian textiles and tapestries and from our crafter's kitchen, we'll create a peruvian causa. >> all this and more as we explore the traditions and pride of peru, south america! (music) >> everything we do with our hands when we put passion behind it creates a craft. and crafts have a tendency to ignite our souls. join us as we take a small group of crafters to some of the greatest destinations

(orchestral music)c) - hi, i'm jim west, here on the intriguing island of iceland, and today we'll be making glorious glass with volcanic ash. we'll meet a wonderful woodcarver who whittles his way into our hearts. we'll be harnessed and hooked as we make horsehair jewelry. and from a community of crafters, we'll be tutored in tapestry designs. we'll also learn about traditional icelandic costumes, fashion products made from real fish skin, and from our crafter's kitchen, we'll make a traditional lamb soup. all this and more as we explore the land of fire and ice, the resourceful and resilient country of iceland. everything we do with our hands, when we put passion behind it, creates a craft.

productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org (instrumental musisic) >> hi, i'm jim west, and i'm going to take you on a journey to one of the most enchanting destinations in the world, the italian region of tuscany. we'll work side-by-side with master artisans learning the art of florentine paper marbling, painting frescos, crafting leatherworks. we'll meet a master of embroidery who collaborates with fashion's royalty, watch a mosaic artist create a masterpiece, and step inside the studio of modern day sculptors. all this and more as we travel to the lovely italian region of tuscany! (instrumental music) >> everything we do with our hands when we put passion behind it creates a craft. and crafts have a tendency to ignite our souls.

(instrumental musisic) >> hi, i'm jim west, and i'm going to take you on a journey to one of the most enchanting destinations in the world, the italian region of tuscany. we'll work side-by-side with master artisans learning the art of florentine paper marbling, painting frescos, crafting leatherworks. we'll meet a master of embroidery who collaborates with fashion's royalty, watch a mosaic artist create a masterpiece, and step inside the studio of modern day sculptors. all this and more as we travel to the lovely italian region of tuscany! (instrumental music) >> everything we do with our hands when we put passion behind it creates a craft. and crafts have a tendency to ignite our souls.

virginia when he granted democrats eight months ago, and west virginians learned they cannot simply trust jimident is back at the white house and will hold a phone call with french president emmanuel macro -- emmanuel macron. peter: reacting to the energy at his west virginia rally. heather: anyone who thinks the president has his back against the wall better think again. >> it is significant but what is more significant to the governor of west virginia never could have drawn a crowd like this on his own. to ride the coattails of donald trump. i defy you to name a single democrat on the national stage today who could pull off what donald trump pulled off tonight. the people who are writing trump's obituary today are to think twice about it. heather: southwest politician. peter: nancy pelosi's rain is democratic party leader might be in trouble. a survey of 20 democratic candidates shows just one person would vote for the current leader to head the caucus. the unpopularity is costing house seats in special elections. heather: debbie wasserman schultz standing by the decision not to buy the it

governor himself, president trump won 77 of west virginia, covered the state 40 points over hillary clinton and we should point out this is not a big surprise, jimce was a republican through the years, switched to the democrat party in 2015 >> i think when you ask any west virginiian what do you think? everyone says this was not anything >> you know who runs west virginia? coal. he knows a thing or to. >>> president trump's desire for the border wall between u.s. and mexico inspired two large murals, this is something bench net i can't hugh. an israeli wall telling the wall quote i'm going to build i was brother. >>> a dispute over rent forced the secret service out of trump tower in new york. agency have any located in july and relocated to a trailer. it stems from a dispute between the government and the trump organization overtime terms of a lease. it had station the the canon post one flow below the president's condo, was about $130,000 a day? maybe they're better off in a trailer >> you figure at this point, you have milania and barren, relocated >> and the hasn't been back. this is a full time detail. regardless of who's there they're goin

jim justice announced hig he is leaving the democrat party in favor of become a republican. he stat stated as democrats and taxpayer have abandoned him in the state. joining me, the governor of westjim justice, good to see you. >> thank you, liz. liz: you know losing governor of west virginia to a party switch on latest sign it seems that democrats may be in deep trouble. do you think that your state's economy will do better under republican management? >> i absolutely do. reason i do is jawf simple, we work really hard to get to the finish line, we got to the altar, and very people that were on my side of the fence, very people just left me standing there holding the bag, we we hurt a lot of people it was very unfortunate, we did some good things but we left so many buckets you know set on the table, i don't like that. i came to this office for one reason that i is getting some done, i don't want anything for me, i just want to get things done and bring goodness to people of west virginia. liz: democrat hillary clinton famous he said those coal jobs are going to go away, and market forces, hearing them say we can get clean coal up and running, did you hear that with the switch t

[cheers and applause] >> tucker: that was the president and the governor of west virginia, jim justicetonight's rally in huntington, west virginia. thanks to justice's defection to the republican party there are twice as many republican governors as there are democratic governors. 34 held by republicans, democrats 15 and a governor allied independent. the party might need a new message. do they and if so what is it daniel is a democratic strategist. thanks for coming on. >> great. how are you tonight? >> tucker: i'm great. also a little confused. a lot of smart -- the mart supreme have said we need an economic message. this is ridiculous. you can't just win on identity politics and transgender bathrooms. you need to talk to people about things they care about. chuck schumer the lead democrat in the senate sent out basically an overview of a better deal. this is the plan. i want to put it up on the screen for our viewers. you are familiar with it here are the bullet points. stop trade cheating and market manipulation. tax companies that ship jobs oversea. crack down on. independent trad

west virginia's democratic governor jim justice will file paperwork to register as a republican. rnor justice made the announcement last night during a rally for president trump in huntington. the party affiliation change makes for a dwindling democratic presence in west virginia. west virginia representatives all are republicans and one republican senator. the switch could also affect the reelection chances of democratic joe manchin for the state. >> power is back on and running in the outer banks which means today tourists can begin returning to their beach homes. the outage started last week on hatteras and ocracoke islands. it drove away thousands of visitors and businesses are scheduled to begin welcoming back tourists starting at noon. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm maureen umeh. >> and i'm wisdom martin. happy friday to you. >> finally. >> finally friday. all right, the weekend is oh, so close. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah. you watching the clock over there ready for the weekend. >> i have no idea. >> in the meantime we were got to work to get to it. caitl

west virginia's democratic governor jim justice is switching parties to become a republican.overnor justice is a billionaire coal and real estate magnate. he ran as a conservative democrat did not endorse hillary clinton in 2016. by the way president trump carried west virginia by 42 points and i think it's worth noting we were talking about this earlier, is this really a big deal? i don't know. 'cause he used to be -- >> he was a flap 2015 and he's gun friends with president trump. so in the grand scheme of things it's not necessarily a profile in courage because republicans i think joe manchin when he's up for election next time, you know, the question is he's the only democrat left standing in west virginia it seems. >> but he's been very popular. i'll tell you what else is kind of int republican an democrat before he's also been an independent as the governor of west virginia. >> he's been all over the place. it's coal that runs west virginia and jim justice has worked in field quite a bit. >>> the speak finally is going digital. today it announced it's launching electron

we found out the democratic governor, former democratic governor jim justice of west virginia spent about million dollars in the governor's association last year trying to help him get reelecte reelected. trump won that state by 43% of the vote. today, jim justice decided i've got to get on the trump train and he became a republican. >> greg: this is big news when a governor switches parties. they just went from 33, the dems went from 16 to 15. and they did it without spending a dime. you gained another state, a free election without having to campaign. without having to do any of the work. it's like getting a free upgrade when you fly. i didn't have to do anything for this. i think it's a pretty big deal. the other thing about the rally itself, you can see how his persuasion works. what he does there come out when all this other stuff is going on, he's focused on the everyday issues. he brought up taxes, crime, drugs, coal, the paris accords. these are things that are major concerns for people. what it does is it marginalizes by comparison the obsessions of the media, whether it's about

it came from west virginia governor jim justice. he announced he is leaving the democratic party, and becoming a republican. the move increases the advantage of the move increases the advantage of republican governors over democrats. 34 of the nations governors are republican. only 15 are democrats. right now-- an update on a disturbing case in a spotsylvania county that we told you about this time yesterday. kariem moore remains behind bars without bail. he is accused of holding his gi their two children captive - for 2 years. court documents allege moore held them there by using quote "force, intimidation, or deception." police say the woman was hospitalized with an injury from being assaulted. the children - ages 11 and 8 - are with family members -but appear to be healthy. moore will be back in court next month. elsewhere in spotslvania county-- a sheriff's deputy is recovering this morning after overdosing on a drug bust. police say he was not doing the drug-- all he did was near them. anna-lysa gayle has the story. this is not

. >>> sharing the stage with the president tonight the governor of west virginia, jim justice, who madeews of his own, announcing to mr. trump's delight that he would leave the democratic party and become a republican. >> today i'll tell you as west virginiaens, i can't help you anymore being a democrat governor. so tomorrow i will be changing my registration to republican. republican prior to 2016 when he switched parties to run as a democrat while making sure he did not endorse hillary clinton during his state run for house. they hold 34 out of 50 states. it is one of the most revealing and damaging leaks to hit the trump kwhies yet. >>> transcripts of the president's private phone calls with world leaders made public as they deal with the fallout from conversations that show an exacperated president. eye opening comments. >> reporter: the president's private calls unfiltered. one week after taking office. admitting to mexican president he's politically cornered. "i have to have mexico pay for the wall. i have to. i've been talking about it for a two year period." >> who's going to pa

[cheers and applause] >> tucker: that was the president and the governor of west virginia, jim justicenight's rally in huntington, west virginia. thanks to justice's defection to the republican party there are twice as many republican governors as there are democratic governors. 34 held by republicans, democrats 15 and a governor allied independent. the party might need a new message. do they and if so what is it daniel is a democratic strategist. thanks for coming on. >> great. how are you tonight? >> tucker: i'm great. also a little confused. a lot of smart -- the mart supreme have said we need an economic message. this is ridiculous. you can't just win on identity politics and transgender bathrooms. you need to talk to people about things they care about. chuck schumer the lead democrat in the senate sent out basically an overview of a better deal. this is the plan. i want to put it up on the screen for our viewers. you are familiar with it here are the bullet points. stop trade cheating and market manipulation. tax companies that ship jobs oversea. crack down on. independent trade

the great governor of west virginia, jim, who you saw, he just became a republican. the first time in many many years something like that has happened. he left the democratic party and became a republican, which was a great moment. it hasn't happened in many years. we are very happy with what has happened. we think it has been an incredible six months. we have done a lot of record-setting business. you look at what is going on with the economy, and to me, very important -- you look at the enthusiasm of businesses, companies moving -- you saw friday the car companies coming in. , then it thexcon apple iphones, the desktops -- they are the biggest in the world. they are coming into wisconsin with an unbelievable plan like we have never seen before, and i actually said to tim cook of apple, i said you know, tim, i would consider myself successful as president unless i see you building those beautiful plants you have all over china -- you start building them in the united states, and he is going to start doing that. >> you are critical in the intelligence in the run-up t

jim donovan, rahel solomon, katie fehlinger, pat pat gallen, and meisha johnson. >> welcome back everyone, the phillies head to colorado tonight as they continue a road trip out westgoing well so far. millville's own mike trout got things started for the angels last night in anaheim. his 21st homerun of the season , his second in a series against his olds favorite team , nick williams put phils up with a homerun during a four run second inning, but the phils could not hold on, lost this one when the angels scored two in the eighth, phils lose five to four, their 12th straight lost to the ainge he is. >> well the first exhibition football game of the jeer in the books. the cardinals and cowboy met up in the hall of fame game in canton, ohio, fishes touchdown comes from williams, the cards running back, goes in from 5 yards out, there was limited play for the starters, the cowboys win 20 to 18. >> eagles training camp continues today, we will hear from coach doug pederson and quarterback carson wentz. >> full coverage on " eyewitness news" news beginning at five. >> coming up: dunkin' donuts could be making a major change nothing to do with their coffee. we'll have

jim justice. president trump carried the state by 42 points. westllary clinton. no governor in at least a century has seen his state vote against the party to the extent that governor justice did. >> in 1979, c-span was created as a public service. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider >> up next republican senators introducing legislation that authorizing $15 million for border security. we get an update on a bill that cuts off foreign paid to the palestinian authority because of the martyr funding program. and a senate panel looking at ways to reduce and contain wild fires. later a conversation on possible changes to the u.s. tax code. >> "washington journal" live every day. then they join us to discuss the approach to the civil rights and recent announcement it will challenge affirmative action. and kerry johnson by jeff sessions regarding efforts on the russia investigation. join the discussion live every friday morning. >>> one of the headlines from voice of america republican senators seek to ramp up u.s. border securi

west virginia governor jim justice and jack keane among our guests tomorrow.is next. see you tomorrow. lou: good evening president trump has been unable to confront the nation's enemies without being attacked simultaneously by the national left wing media, deep state, and the dems. now, even some members of his own white house are under cutting it president today triple down on his threat to unleash fire and fury against north korea, saying perhaps that he had not gone far enough with his rhetoric for which he has been criticized in some quarters, he said, kim jong-un would regret any action if it takes action against guam. >> people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. they have been doing this to our country for many year it is about time that someone stuck up for the people of this country and people of other countries, it anyone, maybe that staivment wa statement of the not testif tough enough. >> if he does something in guam it will be an event the likes of which nobody has seen before, what' hal in north korea. he

that's thing two in 60 seconds. >>> democratic west virginia governor jim justice have a few things in common. both are billionaires and after tonight both men will be members of the same political party. >> today, i tell you as west virginians, i can't help you anymore being a democrat governor. so tomorrow, i will be my registration to republican. >> that came just hours after the west virginia republican party attacked governor justice, calling him low energy and sad. the executive director of the party explained in a statement this afternoon, jim justice's past differences with our party and our party's platform came while he was a democrat. so they eagerly mocked him a few hours ago but now they have a friend in jim. >> having big jim as republican is such an honor. i will tell you. such an honor. fantastic man, a fantastic guy, and thank you, jim, very much. all over the nation, they're sgaching they really appreciate that. >>> another story breaking tonight, the "washington post" reporting the secret service out of its trump tower command post because apparently they can't affor

. >>> well, at the same rally where president trump spoke, democratic west virginia governor jim justice announced he's switching parties. justice said he will be registering as a republican today. he also said defections from his positions by west virginiaen democrats hurt people. his switch leaves just 15 governors in 15 states. he was elected in november with 49% of vote. >>> and we've gotten a glimpse of trump's negotiating style with foreign leaders. it involves some very blunt talk. the "washington post" published some transcripts of conversations the president trump had with australia. it's about the border wall and immigration policy. >> we will build the wall 100%. >> it was the biggest applause line of president trump's presidential campaign. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> reporter: but just one week after taking office, president trump said in a phone call with mexican president enrique pena nieto that the wall and who will pay for it is economically, quote, the least important thing we're talking about. it could be the most important thing we're talking about. he dem

i guess that the west virginia governor who won as a democrat will switch parts, right? reporter: jim about coal country, he owns multiple coal mines here. he is a billionaire. mr. justice apparently will be on stage with president trump tonight to announce he is going back to the republican party. important to note that jim justice was a life-long republican. he switched parties to run for governor. got elected. beat the republican. he has some issues with popularity though in the crowd. just introduced the largest tax increase in west virginia history. that has not gone over tremendously well, but there you go. he will be on stage here tonight. i suspect if he doesn't get a warm welcome president trump will. you see this crowd is typical donald trump crowd. big fans out here. i tell you if his support started to wane in the state of west virginia you have to wonder what is going on. this is a place where he is tremendously popular. won the state huge last time. question what will he talk about? subject of the grand jury, the news just broken? will it be about immigration reform whic

west virginia governor jim justice used the visit to make a announcement going from democrat to republican. >> like it or not like it, the democrats walked away from me. tomorrow, i will be changing my reregistration to republican. >> the president kissed a license plate that said for trump which brought a roar of applause. >> the secret service was kicked out of trump tower and left on a sidewalk. their command post had been on the floor below trump's apartment. they were told to find space elsewhere. the president's family moved to d.c. in june and rarely goes back to trump tower. >> despite the grand jury development the loud clear message from the president, his tetenure is going well. >> a massachusetts woman was sentenced to prison today for sending text messages to her boyfriend for urging him to kill herself. the judge found that her words caused conrad roy to kill himself. >> he appeared to be questioning himself. carter told him to do it. hours later he was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his truck. >> she has not shown remorse. how could michelle connor behave so vici

. >> we keep talking about this kanye west thing. >> jim, i'm let you finish and then dot weather. >> so, all very excited, everybody excited about this wetter. >> oh, absolutely. i'm excited. you guys are excited of the the weekends is exciting. just will be fantastic out there. everybody ready to get going. take a look outside center city this morning from our library cam, see logan circle there, it is looking really nice on our friday morning. we don't have any showers here , but there are couple of folks up in the lehigh valley, up near reading getting few showers here early this morning. they're going to be clearing out by the time, though, we get to about sunrise, just little less than an hour we actually should be looking at dry conditions across the entirety of the viewing area. we are checking with the weather watch they are friday morning, as well, wacking to up some cool temperatures out there. we start north of the city. let's gun, it is 61 degrees this morning. john's house, up in perkasie. with a little bit of light shower activity, he's reporting, so he says, just littl

that was west virginia governor jim justice announcing his switch from democrat to republican. y crowd with the president to your right. >> that is tough decision. anytime you make that decision you say lots of prayers around discuss with your family but at the end of the day it really wasn't very hard because we've got real issues in west virginia. would i call it, i inherit ad dog mess, that is all there is to it. the long and short of it is, when we got right to crunch time, when i really needed my party, the democrats at the time, they walked away from me and we've let a lot of people in our state get hurt. i'm in this for one reason and one reason only, that is to get something done and to do stuff for the great people of west virginia. ainsley: how did the democrats walk away from you? >> well they got right to crunch time. they're the minority party in our state but but we had enough republican votes and republican senate right with us and enough republicans house votes with their votes to get passed my agenda. and then they dove in the ditch. the reason they dove into th

. >> west virginia governor jim justice's high profile party >>> like it or not like it, but the democratsaway from me. today i tell you as west virginia yans, i can't help you anymore of being a democrat governor. >> west virginia governor jim justice's high profile party switch this week raised questions about whether democrats can survive in trump country. and if they're against trump, it's not so clear what the democrats are for. they are buoyed by anger and activism with liberals and the cultural left fighting the economic left. over more than four decades. governor jerry brown reinvented himself as a populist. california liberal who sometimes is a fiscal conservative. joining me now is the democratic governor of california, jerry brown, governor brown, welcome back to "meet the press," sir. >> thank, i've been doing this a long time. >> i know you have. we like having you as a guest. this week the ranks of democratic governors shrunk by one, jim justice publicly switched parties. did so at a big event with the president. the numbers are stark, down to 15 governors for the democrats,

west virginia's democratic governor jim justice joins the president on stage tonight and to announce that he is switching to the republican party. more evidence democrats are in complete disarray. clearly, conflicted, compromised special counsel expands his political witch hunt by and paneling a grand jury in an absolutely shocking report about the obama ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. the deep state shredding your constitution. your fourth amendment rights and unmasking the american people. the deep state targets president trump yet again by leaking transcripts of phone calls he had with world leaders. remember this happening before? that's all into nights breaking news opening monologue. earlier tonight, president trump got out of the d.c. sewer to make his message directly to you the american people by holding a huge rally in west virginia where he eviscerated to end it slammed the democrats and the media's obsession with russia end of the special counsel, watch the president. >> the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up russia story is because they have

nancy: west virginia governor jim justice announcing he is changing his political affiliation to be a republican. he said i cannot help you anymore being a democratic governor. in ahan: now the latest disturbing case we told you about last night. a spotsylvania county man accused of holding his girlfriend and two children hostage for two years. court documents say that moore he intimidation, or deception. >> it's bizarre. it is sad, actually. thethan: the police say woman was hospitalized from an injury from being assaulted. arechildren ages 11 and 8 with family members and appeared to be healthy. alison: things slowly getting back to normal in burtonsville, but it was a wild night. a fallen power line, shutting down a road and blocking people from their homes. jeff goldberg has the latest on the situation. jeff: when residents of the country place apartment complex realize they cannot get home because of power line problems, few were as concerned as this 84-year-old whose oxygen was running low. >> i just took one of my pills. >> right now i need to take her to the fire department, j

we didn't win because of russia we won because of west west virginia governor jim justice said he's switching from the democratic party to the republican party. president trump heading to his bed minister, new jersey golf club for 17 days. out of necessity, everyone who works in the west wing has to clear out for much-needed maintenance. >> well, authority in camden county are investigating a multi vehicle crash in cherry hill, that's left one person dead crash happened last night kings avenue near miami avenue the wreck involved two motorcycles, at least one other vehicle no word on the other person's condition this morning. >> forces across the country have in the dollars a dangerous flaw in some of the ford explorers, authority say, exhaust is leaking into ford explorer intercept err suv's, philly's police department 188 of the vehicles, so far, there are no report of problems locally, but 20 officers in texas tested positive for carbon monoxide in their blood and one officers even lost consciousness near boston police officials nationwide working to pull the vehicles from the fleets. >> a

we're going to wash this rally tonight in west virginia, the big announcement we now know, governor jim, democrat and west virginia, one of the few left in the country, democratic governor, he's putting the party, -- quitting the party, coming back to the g.o.p. 34 out of 50 governorships controlled by republicans. that's the gift, the obama legacy gift that's kept on giving. >> kat: i love that he gets a rally for that. >> eric: next up, the white house laughs more sanctions on russia, iran, north korea. russia is calling it a full-fledged trade war. details coming up. hi. i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i can even warm these to help you fall asleep faster. does your bed do that? oh. i don't actually talk. though i'm smart enough to. i'm the new sleep number 360 smart bed. let's meet at a sleep number store. >> kat: president trump slapping more sanctions on russia, iran, and north korea. trump, saying he signed the sanctions bill for the sake of national unity alt

and while he was there, west virginia's governor jim justice took some time in the spotlight to joinnt and announce that he was leaving the democratic party for the gop. in front of that energetic crowd of 10,000, he slammed democrats in washington. >> they can continue their obsession with the russian hoax or they can serve the interests of the american people. >> those comments came hours special counsel robert mueller is using a grand jury as part of his investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russian authorities. grand juries are often used to demand records and witness testimony. they're not necessarily an indication that criminal charges are definitely coming. >>> the news4 i-team uncovers mistakes that teachers accused of sex abuse to get a new job in a new state. >> if i'm a parent in a school where someone has been found to have a sexual abuse background, i need to know that. >>> next at 11:00, parents at that new school have some tough questions. >> we didn't receive a robo ll or anythcain >>> tonight, a news4 i-team reveals how a series of fai

just one of the moments people will be talking about this morning from the president's west virginia rally. governor jim changing parties and becoming a republican. the president also spoke to the fired up crowd last night calling the russia investigation fake news. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> the president said special counsel robert mueller should spend his time beinger looking for the missing hillary clinton e-mails. >> the president's remarks come as the "wall street journal" reports that the russia investigation is getting more serious. >> special counsel robert mueller is using a grand jury in d.c. as part of an investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. legal experts called grand jury the next logical step in any investigation. this prepares to head out of town. he'll have a busy day of meetings at the white house before starting his 17-day summer vacation. he plans to spend it at his new jersey resort. >>> new this morning, new video of a house fi

president trump wows a crowd in the west virginia and punches back on a phony russian narrative. and we'll have jim justice who joins the president on stage to announce he is switching over to the republican party. more evidence that the democrats are in array. and robert mueller expands the witch hunt in impanelling a grand jury.