. >> reporter: but this was the man on the other end of the phone: comedian john melendez, >> posing e new jersey senator as a practical joke for his s tuttering john" podcast. as it was a lot easier than i could have ever imagined. >> reporter: after initially being rebuffed by the white ftuse switch board, melendez claims he was eventually patched through to jared kushner, the s soident's son-in-law and advisor, who said the president ad would call him back. melendez said, 20 minutes later, he was connected to president trump. >> i think we can do a real immigration bill. we have to have security at the border. bi have to have it. e it was definitely him. there's no way they're going to deny it. >> reporter: asked for a response, the white house has tt denied the incident, telling nes news, "we are not engaging on this at all." the white house did call the office of senator menendez thursday, warning of an impersonator who called the president, according to a source familiar with the call. john melendez tells us the entire incident, from his first jotempt to actually speaking with p

comedian john melendez said attorney michael avenatti will represent him. anat's the same attorney that represents stormyls. this meeting comes after melendez called trump on air pr force onceending to be bob menendez. here's a short bit of the call when e president tipped his hand on the supreme court nominee. >> we have some great choices d it will be done over 12 to 14 days. >> the white house w't confirm that call happened. but the secret service is likely going to look into how the comedian reached the presidt and if he poses a threat. >>> mexico just picked its next president. millions voted in yesterday's historic elections, the largest ever held in the country. mexico's relationship with the united states was a key issue ic this especially when it coes to immigration. the president tweeted last night, congratulating the new mexican leader. o will take power december 1st. >>> you may have tend more money on the fourth of july staples, like ketchup for your hot dog. canada is hitting back, imposing tariffs from the trump administration, with its own ta

. >>> john melendez, stuttering john from the howard stern show, says he was connected to president trumpnew jersey senator bob menendez's assistant. >> i go to the guys that i'm bob menendez's assistant. they didn't ask me one question. >> in an audio recording between two men the person who menendez says is trump discusses his views on immigration. the white house has not commented on that call. >>> in over 700 cities from coast to coast, people were taking to the streets to protest the separation of migrant children from their parents at the southern border. thousands of people participated in families belong together rallies and marched with a message aimed -- directed at president trump and his administration's zero tolerance immigration policy. >> we are sick and of seeing those children, seeing the babies taken from their mothers! >> despite president trump putting an end to family separations over 2,000 children still remain separated from their families today. although public criticism of the strict immigration policy has been sharp, officials report border patrol arrests made at

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former howard stern sidekick john melendez claiming to be behind it. he played the audio on his "stuttering john" podcast. here, they discuss zero tolerance on the border. >> well, bob, let me just tell you, i want to be able to take care of this situation every bit as much as everyone else. >> it really does raise questions about, well, what kind of security filter do we have on air force one? it's a very chilling thing to contemplate. >> reporter: the comedian at one point attempting to influence the president on his supreme court shortlist. >> i promise you, you will have my vote. will help you -- if you don't go too, too conservative. you know what i'm saying? >> yeah. well, we will talk to you about it. we're going to probably make a decision, bob, over the next two weeks. >> reporter: but the president not taking the bait giving a similar answer later to reporters. >> we have great people you know we have 25 great, outstanding people. look, i like them all. but i've got it down to about five. >> reporter: president trump said that two of the final

you always have but one is john melendez, stuttering john, who was able to get a call returned by them air force one over the last several days. what's the status of stuttering john? has the secret service reached out to talk to him yet? >> well, first of all, john contacted me on friday, asked me to take on the representation, i told him i would think about it and to let me know if anything transpired. the secret service evidently showed up at his door seeking to interview him. he contacted me on sunday and i agreed to take on the representation which i don't think is going to take a lot of time, truth be told. the secret service wants to interview him. i'm in the process of getting to the bottom of exactly what happened and how the president could allow such a security breach. this is a president talks about tough security and protecting america, he can't even protect his own phone line. it's a joke. so we're determining whether john will sit down with the secret service and what the next steps are. my hope, john, is that this goes away and the president doesn't allow his ego to go

comedian john melendez said attorney michael avenatti will represent him. that's the me attorney that represents stormy daniels. this meeting comes after melendez called trump on air force once, pretending to be bob menendez. here's a short bit of the call when the president tipped his hand on the supreme court nominee. >> we have some great choices and it will be done over 12 to 14 days. >> the white house won't confirm that call happened.he but secret service is likely going to look into how the comedian reachethe president and if he poses a threat. >>> mexico just picked its next president. millions voted in yesterday's historic elections, the largest ever held in the country. mexico's relationship wi the united states was a key issue in this race, especially when it comes to immigration. president tweeted las night, congratulating the new mexican leader. he will take power december 1st. >>> you may have to spend more money on the fourth es july stapllike ketchup for your hot dog. canada is hitting back, imposing tariffs from the trump administration, wi

comedian john melendez tweeted this out last night. he says attorney michael avenatti is representing him this morning for a meeting with the secret service. avenatti is the same attorney who represents stormy niels. this meeting comes after plen melendez allegedly called president trump on wednesd on air force one pretending to be senator bob melendez. >> we have some great choices and be done over the next 12 to 14 days. >> the white house won't confirm that the call actually happened, but i a looks if the secret service is investigating how the comedian reached the president and if he posed a threat. >>> mexico just picked its next president. leftist candidate andres manuel lope lopez-obrador is declaring victory this morning. millions voted in yesterday's historic election. the largest ever held in that country. mexico's relationship with the ited states was a k issue in the race, especially when it comes to immigration. lopez-obrado pledged to stand up to president trump during his campaign. the president tweeted last tght, congra

the comedian is john melendez who goes by the name stuttering john. e says he was connected with air force one after pretending to be senator bob melendez who was recently acquitted on fraud charges. here is audio from the comedian's podcast. >> hi, bob. >> hey. how are you? >> how are you? congratulations on everything. we're proud of you. congratulations. great job. you went through a tough, tough situation, and i don't think a very fair situation, but congratulations. >> all right. so they also asked about immigration and the supreme court. nbc has not confirmed that the call actually took place or that the voice was that, in fact, of president trump. the white house did not comment on the call but did not dispute the comedian's account. "access" reports that white house staffers are freaking out how easily melendez made it through two screen calls before jared kushner returned the call from air force one. a person inside the white house tells "politico" it was kushner who routed the call to the president. meanwhile, the comedian says he has hired a

. >> are you concerned that your client, stuttering john, mr mr. melendez, could be in trouble on this? and why did you agree to take on this case seems you've got plenty on your plate? >> well, i have a staff and we handle cases at any given time. i do have concerns that there could be potential charges flowing from this especially if the president attempts to make an effort to save his damaged ego. that's one of the reasons i agreed to take on the representation. you always have to take these things seriously when you have somebody like donald trump who has a venn dadetta from time to time. >> how do you look at your critics who say michael avenatti will take any case that gets in the headlines. how do you respond? >> that's not true. i have taken cases over the last three months that have no headlines. we get contacted 100 times a week for people seeking representation. we take a few of those cases. it's just not accurate. this is what i do. i fight for people, the davids versus golgoliaths. i've done it for 18 years. >> while you and i are having this c

. >> it's a short film camp run by director and producer joey travolta, john travolta's older brother. lyanne melendezextraordinary minds. >> this gets the juices gl flow and it brings everything together. the kids love it. >> a ten-minute workout helps to improve memory and thinking skills. >> one, two, three. >> dancing runs in family. the founder of the camp joey travolta happens to be john's older brother. >> i taught my brother how to dance. no, i didn't teach him. >> before getting into movies, travolta was a special education teacher. now during the summers, he leads students with developmental disabilities in a film camp called futures explored. 53 campers with autism, down's syndrome, asperger's syndrome, among others, spend two weeks making short films. this is tim's fourth year. this year he especially likes the animation studio. >> he's the best guy that you will ever imagine. and they have won the greatest animation they can put in. >> here they learn about lighting, cam a work, editing, acting and voice. >> the social skills the life skills that come it of filmmaking. because everything