and you should know better. >> that was jonathan carl reporting. also addressed calls to revoke bill cosby's presidential medal of freedom because of sexual misconduct allegations. he says there's no precedent or mechanism to take back the medal. however, the president left no question about his position the issue. >> if you give a woman or a man for that matter without his or her knowledge a drug and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape. this country, any civilized country, should have no tolerance for rape. >> he declined to talk about the specific allegations against cosby because there are pending legal matters. >>> well moving on. once just a hard core rock-n-roller, the drummer for chicago is now an anti-tobacco activist stemming from his own experience as a cancer survivor. laura anthony has the story. ♪ >> reporter: as a longtime drummer, he is the heartbeat of the band chicago. but thanks to a bout with lung cancer seven years ago he performs without most of one lung. >> i've been blessed sort of with an enormous lun

. >> i learned from jonathan carl. president obama: who, jonathan carl, is that what you said? on criminal justice reform, obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, this i have been thinking about a lot, first working eric holder and loretta lynch, we have been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorneys office, it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson and the garner ase in new york. and i don't think that the criminal justice system is of usly the sole source racial tension in this country resolution. it's part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union. the good news is that this is one of those rare issues where got some republican and democratic interesting as well as federal, state, and local interest in solving the problem. i think people recognize there are violent criminals out there and they got to be locked up. we need to have tough prosecutors. we have to support our law enforcement officials. police are in a tough job and helping to keep us safe and we are grateful and thankful to

jonathan carl abc news the white house. >> deliberations begin this morning in the mass murder trialmming from the colorado movie theater massacre. in closing arguments prosecutors insisted that james holmes was sane and he deliberately planned that shooting and killed 12 people and injured 70 others. the defense said though holmes was controlled by his schizophrenia and couldn't tell right from wrong. the jury has to testimony from 250 witnesses. >> as the international manhunt continues this morning for the world's most notorious drug lord three mexican prison officials have been fired. that includes the director. the word is getting a close look at the so fisty indicated tunnel the kingpin known as el chapo used to make his brazen prison break. gio benitez is there. >> our first look inside the tunnel used by joaquin "el chapo" guzman to escape from prison. >> all right. we're inside the el chapo tunnel. >> the first room filled with supplies generator, electric wires, bucks to move earth. >> he would have come up these stairs and then into this underground section here. >> down t

with more, here's abc's jonathan carl. >> the president came before the cameras ready to aggressivelya large majority will vote to reject this deal. do you have any concerns about seeing a majority of the people's representatives in congress saying that this is a bad deal? >> there really are only two alternatives here. either the issue of iran obtaining a nuclear weapon is resolved diplomatically through a negotiation or it's resolved through force, through war. those are the options. >> the president bristled when asked about the four americans who are still either imprisoned or missing in iran. a reporter, a marine veteran, an evangelical pastor and a retired fbi agent. >> can you tell the country why you are content with all the fanfare around this deal to leave the conscience of this nation unaccounted for in relation to these four americans? >> the notion that i'm content as i celebrate with american citizens languishing in iranian jails, major, that's nonsense. you should know better. >> the president dispatched vice president biden to capitol hill to meet with house democrats

. >> thanks so much to jonathan carl sohn with wxyz our affiliate. >>> checking stories right now, florida was suspended indefinitelily after being charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly punching a woman in a face outside a tallahassee bar last month. he is denying the allegation. it's the second battery charge against an fsu player in the past several days. quarterback de'andre johnson was dismissed from the team and charged with battery for this incident caught on tape in a tallahassee bar. >>> and in bosnia people are remembering the 8,000 men and boys killed in the srebreneza massacre 20 years ago. the serbian prime minister attended the ceremony. >>> former president bill clinton was part of a delegation that traveled to bosnia to commemorate the anniversary and he addressed the crowd there. >> i am begging you not to let this monument to innocent boys and men become only a memory of a tragedy. i ask you to make it a sacred trust where all people here can come and claim a future for this country. >> bill clinton was president at the time of the bosnian massacre. the killings p

jonathan carl? is that what you said? [ laughter ] >> on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday. but i've been thinking a lot about, been working with eric holder and now with loretta lynch about -- we've been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post ferguson and the garner case in new york. and i don't think that the criminal justice system is obviously the sole source of racial tension in this country. or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap. but i think it is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union. and the good news is that this is one of those rare issues where we've got some republican and democratic interest as well as federal, state and local interest in solving the problem. i think people recognize that there are violent criminals out there and they've got to be locked you have. we've got to have tough prosecutors. we have to support

. >> who did you learn from jonathan carle, is that what you said? >> the -- on criminal justice reform obviously i gave a lengthy speech yesterday, but this is something i've been thinking about a lot, been working first with eric holder and now with loretta lynch we've been working on along with other prosecutors of the u.s. attorney's office. it's an outgrowth of the task force that we put together post-ferguson an garnerd the garner case in new york and i don't think that the criminal justice system is obviously the sole source of racial tension in this country or the key institution to resolving the opportunity gap, but i think it is a part of the broader set of challenges that we face in creating a more perfect union and the good news is that this is one of those rare issues where we've got some republican and democratic interest as well as federal, state and local interest in solving the problem. i think people recognize that there are violent criminals out there and they have to be locked up. we've got to have tough prosecutors. we have to su

. >> reporter: jonathan carl abc news the white house. >> donald trump has the front-runner of the racenot benefiting hillary clinton. new polls out in the key states of virginia iowa and colorado show that clinton is losing in all three to marco rubio. scott walker and jeb bush most of those who said they would vote against clinton say they don't trust her. >>> turning to health headlines, electronic cigarettes may be as addictive as the real thing. the liquids used contain the most addictive form of nicotine. many bottles are mislabeled with higher concentrations of nicotine than promised. >>> some good news for coffee drinkers. a greek study now finds that they are about half as likely to develop the most common form of diabetes. other studies hinted at this link. this one just takes a little further, researchers speculate that coffees inflammation lowering effect is the reason. other experts caution the best way to control diabetes is still through diet and exercise. >> i've been telling you to try coffee for how long now? >> i will try anything. >> you tried it yesterday. >> it did

jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >> bill cosby's attorneys made their case for keeping the termsolving cosby sealed. his accusers want those details to be made public. in their written argument cosby's legal team claims that cosby's admission to using quaaludes in the 1970s doesn't mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women. >>> pope francis gathered leaders all over the world to discuss climate change. the pontiff told a group he has high hopes for the paris climate talks in november. one by one the officials lined up to sign the declaration saying climate change, manmade and must be stopped. the pope wants the u.n. to address human trafficking and modern day slavery. >>> strong winds damaged several homes near charlotte, north carolina yesterday. one of the homes brand-new. the family just moved in when the winds picked up. they ran to a relatives home next door only to see their house blown off its foundation. >>> here's a look at your weather. storms are a possibility again today in the carolinas. with heavy rains and showers and storms this afternoon in the rockies. >> hot

jonathan carl abc news the white house. >> the embattled head of fifa was forced to stop a news conferenceis happened. a well-known british prankster, you see this placed fake money in front of accept blatter and said this is for north carolina 2026. then he threw more of the bills into the air. why are you laughing? this is serious stuff going on here. >> mr. blatter is stepping down as fifa head over the huge scandal many of you all are familiar with. a lot of people indicted frankly, having to do with taking bribes for votes. >> is he like the jon stewart of britain? >> i don't know. we're not familiar with him. he looks like he's doing a serious service. sepp blatter? on the positive side for the soccer federation the newest version of the official video game has women soccer players. alex morgan is featured on the 16th u.s. addition. a canadian star on the canadian addition. for the first time there are women teams in the game. world's most popular video games. that's fantastic. >> the latest novel by harper lee is a big hit. harpercollins is calling it its fastest seller in history s

carl i dawnecahn lobbied to focus on it. let's talk more about the ebay/paypal deal with jonathan morgan director of research at the edge consulting. it's been the main driver for earnings for many years now. >> interestingly enough when we released our analysis to clients some of the largest activists and hedge funds in the markets, we actually say looking at the ebay spinoff. we see that in the paypal piece. now, what we think about paypal going forward, it say strong organic growth opportunity going forward but it's a little bit of a play going forward. ebay, we see is a little more opportunity there, because of the fact that you know paypal is such a high-profile situation going through the market we're seeing a lot more of investors trade in on the paypal versus eat bay the ebay. >> we've been looking at paypal and its growth strategy going forward. do you think being an independent company will help it compete effectively with the likes of apple pay seen as one of the emerging experts in the states? >> yeah definitely that will help the company going forward. actually interestingly enough from the 15-year global spinoff comp