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(jrs) burning man scam. a group looking to make their way to the popular festival may be stuck by themselves in the nevada desert. the reason their tickets were voided before they even left the bay area. it' a story you will only see on kron4 news. (justine) only on kron4... gates opened today for day one of burning man .. in black rock city nevada. many from the bay area are some of the tens of thousands of people who take part in the week-long event...(jrs) ......unfortunately some of them are being turned away finding out they've bought fake or void tickets... costing them thousands of dollars. kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in berkeley where she met with some of the victims...ella? (ella)a bay area man i met with told me he only found out today that he bought void tickets when his friend was turned away at the gate ...he's already rented gear for the trip which if he can't make...will put him and his group nearly 10 thousand dollars in the hole...so right now he's hoping he can find the real deal last

(jrs)(jrs) (jrs) zuniga. commuters today as the twin peaks tunnel is back open for service.the one hundred year old tunnel has been closed and under construction for the past two months.(justine) this after a construction worker died while working inside the tunnel.. kron4's gayle ong is live in the west portal neighborhood in san francisco.gayle. (gayle)muni stopped (gayle) muni stopped the project after that worker died..but it's been completed it on time.. there's relief for residents who use this service but now the city is concerned about choosing construction contractors. the twin peaks tunnel is back open saturday..after being under construction for two months..the completion comes two weeks after a tragic accident during the project.. 51-year-old patrick ricketts of colusa county died after he was hit by a steel beamwhile working in

(jrs) (jrs) now at 10. an emergency landing on an east bay freeway. as a small plane touches down on westbound i-580 in san leandro. (jrs) thank you for joining us i'm j-r stone. (justine) and i'm justine waldman. this happened around 6-45 tonight the plane landed on westbound 580 near the 164-th avenue exit in unincorporated san leandro. kron-4's hermela aregawi joins us live tonight from san leandro...with new details hermela do we now know yet why the pilot made the (hermlea aregawi)the pilot told chp that the fuel line snapped.. causing the engine to stop. it is really quite incredible that he was able to land safely.. it could have been a lot worse. a small plane parked on the side of westbound 580...after making an emergency landing. the pilot who is seen here wearing the red sweatshirt tells us he's from the u.k. and was coming from lake tahoe.. and headed to hayward airport..but didn't quite make it there.at approximately 6:46pm, we received a call of a traffic hazard of westbound 580 at 164th avenue. units arrived on scene, observed an airpla

(jrs) shooting at an in-n-out. friends of the boy who died retrace what happened moments before the shots rang out. (justine) a vigil and march is happening tonight for a woman found dead at a bart station. why her death is making government officals demand change how our county jails are run. (justine) a march and vigil is happening tonight to demand change after a woman died shortly after being released from the santa rita jail. the sheriff's office released 26-year old jessica saint louis at 1:30 in the morning... hours later, she was found dead at the dublin bart station. there is growing outrage that she was relased in the middle of the night.... with just a bart card... during a time that bart is closed. tonight "the young women's freedom center", is marching the same distance jessica made from the jail to bart. and state senator nancy skinner plans to introduce legislation this week... saying people should only be released during business hours. california state senator nancy skinner"i think we need to like

(jrs) good evening and thank you for joining us at 8....i'm jr stone (michelle) and michelle kingston in for justine waldman. the protest started and ended in ohlone park. the hours-long event came to a head when the anti- fascist group came face to face with supporters of president donald trump. kron 4's ali reid has the story. rallying through the streets of berkeley ...two opposing sides ...i'm just asking him to prove it to me. prove trump's a racist.berkeley p-d joined forces with other law enforcement to block anti- fascist protestors from getting to donald trump the fascists are over there coming into our city and we're being blocked by protest. there's something dramatically wrong hereis it constitutional? i don't think so. blocking the right of free speech and assemblysome protestors managed to come head to head. tell me how trump's a racist. i'm asking you. don't talk to this fááking nazi right here. dont give him any air time.a number of groups marched in solidarity against white supremacists.they believe there is an increased level of violence from the far right ... and sa

(jrs) in sports...iants and a's were both in action today...we have highlights from both teams...comi (justine) this past week we lost the queen of soul. and tonight ... inside edition's megan alexander... shows us more of how friends are remembering aretha franklin.. and new details on the days leading up to her death. aretha franklin's funeral will be held aug. 31 in her hometown of detroit. the late singer's publicist, gwendolyn quinn, said friday that the funeral, to be held at greater grace temple, is limited to the queen of soul's family and friends. public viewings will take place aug. 28-29 at the charles h. wright museum of african american history from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. franklin died thursday at her home in cancer. she was 76. (jrs) . the dates have been announced for aretha franklin's funeral services. her viewing will be held on august 28-th and 29-th at august 28-th held on viewing will be her services.funeral franklin's funeral services. (jrs) . the dates have been announced for aretha fran

(jrs)(jrs) police are investigating a triple shooting at san pablo park in berkely. we first brought you this as breaking news on kron4 news at 8. thank you for joining thank you for joining us... i'm jr stone. (justine) and i'm justine waldman. our hermela arwegawi is now live in berkely with what we know about the victims in the shooting. hermela? (hermela) (hermela) "jesus loves "jesus loves you..."(jrs) a protest and a counter protest in san jose today kept police on their toes in front of the san jose convention center off san carlos street. (justine)carlos street. center off san convention of the san jose toes in front police on their jose today kept protest in san and a counter a protest (jrs)you...""jesus loves (hermela) (hermela) (hermela) "jesus loves you..."(jrs) a protest and a counter protest in san jose today kept police on their toes in front of the san jose convention center off san carlos street. (justine) kron 4's gabe slate was there. and police told him they were prepared for today after learning from past protests in san jose that turned violent.

(jr stone) coming up...olice in belmont say, they have captured a group of thieves responsible for stealing lottery tickets. how much police say they got away with . (justine) a father meets his adult daughter for the first time-- after not knowing she was born. see how a website brought them together. (jr stone) plus after the break... a man is detained by ice officials-- while he is driving his pregnant wife to the hospital- - to give birth to their son. (jr stone) a california woman is demanding answers after she says federal immigration authorities detained her husband. (justine) it happened as he was trying to take her to the hospital to give birth. chris holmstrom reports. a california woman is demanding answers after she says federal immigration authorities detained her husband as he was trying to take her to the hospital to give birth.chris holmstrom reports. --reporter pkg-as follows--maria del carmen venegas holding back the tears. maria del carmen venegas: "(spanish)."she says she's doing bad at t

if you take drn jr.word saying initially this was about russian adoption, that in and of itself is problematic. why? because it wasn't just about russian adoptions but adoptions that were enacted or the banning of adopting russian children from the magniski's act. putin's number one issue to have lifted. just the mere fact that the act was brought up is alarming. having said that, we have been running around in circles for a year trying to square this issue while one person no doubt knew about what the truth was from day one and that is vladimir putin. i wouldn't be surprised if this meeting came up in the helsinki meeting between president trump and vladimir putin and to say now that the president is finally admitting this puts a really big question mark as to whether or not any laws were broken, what laws and what legal issues his son may be facing going forward and also think about all of the people in the president's orbit from his spokesperson to his attorneys who vouch for him whether or not they k

trump jr. first claimed. we'll talk about that and more with the top democrat on the house armed services committee, congressman allen smith. former director of national intelligence, james clapper, and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, near the president's new jersey golf club where the president is spending the week. jim, the president continues to tweet about this trump tower meeting against the wishes of his legal and political advisers. >> he is steering clear of the media, laying low after resurrecting controversy over his son donald trump jr.'s meet white gold the russians during the 2016 campaign. the president making it all too clear that meeting was aimed at getting dirt on hillary clinton which is not at all how the meeting was explained by the trump team to the american people last year. keeping out of the public eye while on vacation in new jersey, president trump still managed to ignite a fire storm

martin luther king jr. this -- junior. this room was chosen because it was the most insular room in the house, and those phone calls sometimes lasted for hours. so that is the actual phone in which dr. king would receive the president's phone calls that came into this house. things were very volatile. the country was aware of how volatile things were in selma and in the south. so, dr. king and the president kept i don't want to say regular calls, but they did have a direct connection on a semi-frequent basis to discuss what was going on, what would repair the country and exactly what both men needed to keep this country on track and to keep violence down. >> then, we've got to come up with the qualifications of voters. that will answer 70% of your problems. >> that's right. >> if you just clear it out everywhere, make it age and reason-right. no test on what susser said or constitutions, or memorized or anything else. put them in the post office and let the postmaster do it. he stays local and is recommended by congress. i

martin luther king jr.'s speeches and the things he did. and who has control and ownership of that. how does that pay off? i'm not against the king family at all because they suffered the greatest loss of all. but at the same time, we want young schoolchildren to hear the i have a dream speech. we want them to know the contributions of a king. there's a danger in commodified and making a fetish and a material possession out of something that began in deep and profound harbor. that's why some people were pissed that kanye paid $85,000 for the cover of - - the relationship between commodity and conscience. has to be teased out there. i know we are about to go, where is rather edysonbrother e? this is the anniversary.tell us what this anniversary is. >> the anniversary of - - death he used to teach him at rikers. >> the young man, because he couldn't afford bail.got sent to jail at rikers. this young man was his teacher. i just want to take a couple minutes to speak here tonight. come up here so they can see y

. >> meanwhile, donald trump jr. dismissing the 2016 trump tower meeting with russians as a bait and switch. he claims the russians got the meeting by promising dirt on hillary clinton but only wanted to discuss adoptions once everyone was in the room. >> so joining us now is former white house communications director anthony scaramucci. anthony, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i believe you are in michigan this morning, halfway across the country. you were connected to the trump campaign during the time that rick gates and paul manafort were there. they are now involved in this trial. what were your impressions of them at the time? >> well, you know, i knew rick probably better than paul because we worked a i long side of each other everyday. i would say in paul's case he was always very good to me. he is very well organized guy. if you remember going back into that time frame, the big concern for the campaign at that time was the president was winning primary after primary but was there going to b

don jr.n we know now more americans will agree that when the president says something we should believe to the contrary. truly don trump jr. is in hot water here and i'm reminded of a quote from one of his e-mails in 2016 that said if it's what you say i love it, especially later in the summer. here we are later in the summer two years later and we know what don jr. was trying to do. he was trying to plan when this supposed dirt the russians could provide, he was trying to plan when it could hurt the clinton campaign and when it would release and so i think here we have to parse this out slowly and carefully but the remarkable thing here is that don jr. is very, very clearly put the president in trouble and the president is worried. there's factual evidence that lying to congress, don jr. is what he did. we have no yet proof of that but factual evidence could lead to him heading to some real legal trouble. >> chris whipple. when i look at this, when i look at the week that was, what strikes m

donald trump jr.'s meeting at trump tower. >> they didn't know that she is a representative of the russian government and she is not. if this is the case for collusion, good luck, mueller. >> reporter: that's not true. according to e-mails released by trump jr. an associate described the crown prosecutor of russia. offering official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and the dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. giuliani took issue with the notion of objective truths. >> when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's so silly because it's somebody's version of the truth. not the truth. he didn't have a conversation -- >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go like -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't truth. >> reporter: giuliani's stunning words that the truth isn't t

martin luther king jr. he saw the women and children being washed against the walls with high pressure hoses. police dogs teeth nipping at, stalling at the flesh of black girls and boys and women. he just had enough so he fired off this telegram and he said, were not doing the right thing. you're not using race as a prism through which to see the larger landscape of american life and you don't see the larger issue. it needs to be a moral issue. - - who had met with bobby kennedy in a series of meetings he was having with other black people, said what are you hook up with james baldwin. i met him for breakfast outside of dc and virginia. the plane was delayed and baldwin only had half hour. he said tomorrow i'm going to be integral, one evening a couple of your friends by and let's talk about it. when you're james baldwin, a couple of your friends are harry belafonte, lena horne and the rain hands berry. and a young activist named jerome smith. jerome smith is by lore, legend and literally, along with john t

donald trump jr. was asked about the infamous trump tower meeting when he was asked about it on the radio - the line went dead and he blamed the press and the democrats. the story of what led to the meeting, the story keeps changing. donald trump targets lebron james as we sit days away from the anniversary of the deadly protest of a white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia. did the respond of that controversy shapes the president's thinking on this one. >> democrats are still figuring out their identity. party leadership out of touch they're trying to reach. let's start with a double dose of donald trump. donald trump jr. making first comments after his father appears to put him of a legal tweet on sunday. this is what donald trump jr. said to laura ingram on the radio show. he says his story has been consistent from day one. >> it is sort of the cycle of the media narrative. the other stuff is not sticking. it is a 20 minute meeting and it ended up being nothing that was relevant and you

martin luther king jr. used so often. he was a photographer here. he worked for "life magazine" at thetime and was embedded in house. he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this was the chair dr. king was sitting in, watching that television. president johnson addressed the nation. uncle martin, as i knew him, the world knew him as dr. martin luther king jr., first started coming to this house in the late 1950's early-1960's as a young minister. that's when he met my parents. he was ministering in montgomery, his first church, dexter. and, he would come to selma and selma university which is directly across the street from the house to participate in classes and to give lectures at selma university. so he would come and spend the night here in the early years. during that time, you probably had a 30% african-american population, 70% caucasian population here, and there was some racial tension here. selma was a produ

don jr. is now in a lot of trouble because don jr.father just admitted it. so bad. it's bad for them. it's bad for all of them. >> yeah. you wanted to jump in, matt. >> i wanted to say one of the things one of the big open questions for the mueller investigation is has he contacted don jr.? jay sekulow said he's not been contacted. if he's not been contacted it's because he's a target. >> exactly. one is, yes, you have all of that testimony and there's a reason why the republicans haven't let those transcripts out because they're damning. so to the extent to which he lied and then don jr. also put his name on a statement that said this was about adoption, he's in trouble. in terms of crime? this is like a video camera of the bank robbery. they have all of the people in the room, they have the e-mail saying, yes, thanks for the information from a russian person that i'm going to use to help my father -- you don't have evidence like this in a normal case. >> yes. >> because no one's this stupid except these people. >> well, danny, you h

transparent, don jr. may remember released some e-mails showing this is exactly what he had been promised. kremlin dirt on hillary clinton. and his e-mails also showed he was eager to receive it. and i quote from the mails, if it's what you say, he wrote to one of the go-s between, i love it. and remember, just a few months earlier, presumably with the memories that much fresher in his mind, he said he couldn't remember any campaign meetings with russians. and when he did, it wasn't about leveling dirt on hillary clinton, it was about adoptions. don jr., for reasons that don't make much sense, he decided to go on fox news. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. >> nothing to tell. >> so now his memory refreshed about this meeting and what it was really about, he also remembered that he certainly never told his father about it before or after. never told his dad, despite the fact that don jr. had suddenly been told the russian government wa

martin luther king jr. who we remember today. not only the man heralded for winning the nobel peace prize but the man who felt much of the country turned against him in 1967 in 1968. i want to thank you again for joining us today for this important moment in time, this 50th anniversary. this afternoon, we remember the man who had a faith like none other. who lived for the hope of justice rolling down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. and for whom nonviolence and love were the only option. this afternoon, we reflect on our laws of this -- loss of this humble man who felt compelled to come to memphis to support sanitation workers who were being treated less then men. and we celebrate his legacy by committing to answer the questions that he posed, where do we go from here? let's begin now with this message. >> everybody michelle and i wish we could be with all of you today to celebrate the life of doctor king and the movement of which he was apart. because of him, because of his glorious words

donald jr. tells the senate judiciary committee that his father had nothing to do with crafting the response. that clearly was not true. the president's lawyers told robert mueller in a letter that the president dictated a statement himself and late last month cnn reported that michael cohen is willing to tell the special counsel that the president did know about the 2016 trump tower meeting in advance and that brings us to the statement the president released yesterday admitting that the meeting was designed to get information on an opponent, though he did in that tweet claim he did not know about it. >> all right. joining us now to talk about all of that, we have cnn senior political reporter nia malika henderson. >> i have become a stickler for the law, my parking tickets aside. we have the law right here and it is not in legalese, but easy to understand english. here is the law. federal law makes it a crime for any person to solicit, accept or receive a contribution of anything of value from

martin luther king jr.ll. for this 50th commemoration of his life and his death, we have assembled from across this nation in this courtyard and have over 2,000 others who would journey to memphis for the 87th southern region convention. in spirit they too stand in this place and give honor to a great man. a great friend. and a great brother. each april 4th the brothers of alpha phi alpha come to the lorraine motel where dr. king was slain, where his spirit transitioned back to the father. on behalf of the fraternity, brothers nicholas collins, southern regional vice president and brother keedran pryor from the college of the beta fooi chapter do place a wreath and we shall render a hymn and remembrance of our brother, my brother, mankind's brother. brother reverend dr. martin luther king jr. we remember. [ applause ] >> i am brother kelsey rushing, southern region vice president of the alpha phi alpha fraternity incorporated. objects of the corporation is to stimulate the members to prepare them for the gr

again, allegedly written by don jr.nd his lawyers saying the meeting was primarily about adoption policy, not campaign politics. now even then, we knew and reported that adoption policy for the russian government, it's not about adoptions. it's about sanctions. not adoptions. so even in that statement, the notion that this was a meeting about helping orphans, it just didn't hold water. then the very next day, "the new york times" reported it most certainly was about the campaign, specifically about getting kremlin dirt on hillary clinton. so then the story from don jr., then it again changed once "the times" reported that. hoping to seem transparent, don jr. you may remember released some e-mails showing this is exactly what he had been promised. kremlin dirt on hillary clinton. and his e-mails also showed he was eager to receive it. and i quote from the mails, if it's what you say, he wrote to one of the go betweens, i love it. and remember, just a few months earlier, presumably with the memories that much fresher in h

don jr. being charged with mueller with lying to the fbi. let's listen to this. >> i predicted yesterday, based on excellent sourcing, that the special counsel is going to charge donald trump jr. with lying to the fbi. >> donald trump jr. just mentioned it. is he going to be -- is mueller going after him next? he said they would try to get him for lying to the fbi. >> notice they're not going after him for the underlying crime because there is no crime. he has done nothing wrong. >> what do you think about that? some say donald trump's kids are his achilles heel. others say even that doesn't move the guy. he's only interested in protecting himself. >> i take everything roger stone says with ten grains of salt, to be clear. i'm not entirely sure if he has the best insider knowledge on this. but to the broader question of what role donald jr. plays in the president's orbit, yeah, i do believe the kids are the achilles heel here. this is a man that doesn't have many things that he holds close to

we're talking about donald trump jr.. donald trump jr. was offered a thing of value, and he colluded, if you will, he colluded with gold goldstone and the others to try to get that thing of value. is that conspiracy to obstruct the law? >> see, i think where we're going to wind up is on the question of conspiracy. >> which is the same as collusion. >> well -- >> a different word for collusion. >> in some ways, it is a different word for collusion. in terms of the thing of value, i do think that becomes a slippery slope, and there are first amendment issues there. >> what's the first amendment issue? >> people are the righave the rk to each other, to listen to each other. >> but you don't have the right to go to a representative of the russian government and seek that kind of dirt on hillary clinton. >> an adversary in the midst of an influence campaign on a u.s. election. >> again, i think ultimately under the law, that is not going to be considered a thing of value because of the slippery slope of it. >> but this is from a foreign nation

martin luther king jr. as this significant figure, this iconic figure, king is really a political mobilizer and there are a number of different movements. so, there are movements within the movement. so, by 1967, we're seeing black power activists who are talking about community control all across the united states. they're talking about radical, social, political, cultural, self-determination. we've got groups like the student nonviolent coordinating committee, sncc, which professor cleaver was also a part of, who are talking about anti-war activism and anti-imperialism. we have the national welfare rights organization that's talking about poverty. in that way, by 1968, king is talking about a poor people's campaign and an antipoverty campaign, at the same time that you've got young black political radicals who are talking about everything from, you know, educational activism and the creation of black student unions, to anti-imperialist strategies and anticapitalist critiques. certainly the black panthers

don jr., sparking trump's ire in that high stakes game of chicken with the special counsel, will trump submit to an interview or risk a subpoena from mueller. are these attacks on the investigation obstruction of justice? tough questions ahead for president trump's lawyer, jay sekulow, in a "this week" exclusive. >>> and -- >> i love ohio. >> with a critical house election coming tuesday, the president pulls out all the stops. >> they're talking about this blue wave. i don't think so. >> will this last-minute rally preserve a safe gop seat or drive tdemocrats to the polls? if the mid-terms are all about trump, could calls for impeachment backfire on democrats? how will it all shape the next race for president. we talk to two governors eyeing the race, republican john kasich and democrat jay inslee. plus insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. we'll break down the politics, smoke the spin, the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." the great amer

don jr. which might have triggered a little bit of a change of heart from the president there are putting don jr. in jeopardy. i think the bottom line is that mr. gates is a significant witness that changes the dialogue and the narrative for many witnesses that are involved in this case. >> reminding everyone, gates was the third person in the trump orbit to cop a plea, he and flynn and papadopoulos cooperated. >>> let's move along. let's talk about the legal implications. we were just talking about the trump tower meeting. the legal implications of president trump's treat indicating that the trump tower meeting was to get dirt on hillary clinton. did this open the president and his son up to legal jeopardy. >>> plus a bizarre sighting on air force one this weekend. hope hicks, we will talk about what she would have been doing there. >> and alex jones blocked. the conspiracy theorist and much of the content from his info wars website removed from you tube, facebook, apple. but is it a violati

we haven't seen people in don jr.'circle being brought in for questioning, we haven't seen reports about raids or subpoenas being directed on people who might have information on don jr., but despite that, the president seems to be worried about it. it's possible the president knows about activity that mueller has engaged in that the broad country doesn't know about, or it's possible he's had conversations with people in his orbit that has raised questions in his mind about don jr.'s activity. that's something to keep in mind going forward this week. to what extent does he remain central in this white house. so, j, as you look at what is said by kellyanne conway as well as john bolton, he was the one, we're hearing, that said, hey, go out and stand there in the white house press briefing and address the press on what is the concern about russian interference, then he goes out and says, it's a hoax. so one has to wonder where he's getting his messaging advice here. >> it's always been a contradiction, and when i speak t

. -- carl jr. -- carl jr. was one of several occasions as we where are writing this book that we were on deadline, we were just about to turn in the story, and then we get a phone call. >> like friday at 4:00 and the book was due monday at 8:00. >> stop the presses. >> so got this incredible call, and carl had container of notes from his father that, hey you want to look through this? >> we war like, we don't know. and -- we were actually really excited about it. and so we actually called bill toti because he lives close by and we were in san diego and carl was over here. andso bill, always coming to the rescue, went over there and called -- star remarks stop -- sara, stop the presses so we worked through the weekend, with the help of carl and bill, we got photographs of crucial documents and were able to fill in a couple 0 more pieces of the puzzle that had been a mystery for 73 years at this opinion, and that was one of the several times this happened, and always happened at the end, like right before things

donald trump jr. that's not the only cause for panic. the president in an all-out effort to save a congressional seat, republicans have held on to for more than 30 years. >> to continue our incredible success we must elect more republicans and we must elect troy balderson. we have to elect troy. >> and high hope from a white house communications director. hope hicks spotted on board air force one this weekend. could she be plotting a return to donald trump's administration? but let's begin with that meeting at trump tower. that meeting donald trump jr. agreed to hoping he would get dirt on hillary clinton. that meeting the trumps admitted to after "the new york times" reported on it. well, today president trump's explanation of that meeting is changing once again. in july of 2017, the president via his son claimed it was about the adoption of russian children, adding there was no follow-up. well, fast forward to today and the president is admitting his son attended it to get information on an opponent

it came from donald trump jr. that's what we know. >> why the changing stories, why did the president say that he had nothing to do with meeting with the russian lawyers when he did. >> i said that in my statement, i have talked about that before, that happens when you have cases like this. i think it's very important to point out, that in a situation like this, you have over time facts develop. that's what investigations do. >> cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez is in new jersey where the president is spending his summer break. why is the legal team bringing up that meeting this weekend? skb >> reporter: because that meeting at trump tower in 2016 could present legal issues for the president and his son and son-in-law jared kushner. i think that trump is concerned about the source of -- and that concern is part of the reason that the president has had these agitated aggressive acts against robert mueller recently. part of that tweet that you mentioned dismissed these reports, but he essentially made clea

then the lawyers contradicting what don jr.ing in sworn testimony that he certainly didn't know or had no knowledge or wasn't aware that his father dictated the response to it. that's all out there. that's all been revealed very publicly. >> yeah. the whole series of contradictions and lies and obcecations and the timeline is what's deeply problematic. don jr. saying they promised me hillary dirt and all i got was information about adoption. but the president knowing that mueller is looking at his tweets for evidence of obstruction really is in a separate category as worst client ever. he keeps digging a hole. people around him start saying, hey, stop digging the hole. you're making things worse for yourself and your son and he breaks out in song and says, i got to be me. it's worked for him up to this point because he's president, but this is real problematic stuff on a basic legal level for the president. >> no one can weave in a song better than john avlon to the news cycle, shan. i want you to know that first of all. but as

even though they are denying trump jr.s any legal danger they are telling confidants about the personal effect on his family. >> thank you, sarah. appreciate it. >>> president trump did mention the russia investigation as he rallied a campaign speech last night in ohio. republicans are now potentially at risk of losing a seat in a district that they have controlled for three decades. here is cnn's boris sanchez. >> reporter: president trump making his way outside to columbus, ohio, on saturday to 12th congressional district to campaign for a special election candidate that is in a dead heat with a democrat. trial balderson is running against danny o'connor in a race should not be this close. franklin, we wouldn't be talking about this were it not for president trump as it's ruby red for decades and president trump won it by 11 points put but a poll shows the two candidates are in a virtual tie, one percentage difference point between the two so trump came here on saturday to try to prevent a new wave that is headed in the

namely, trump jr. and why, and is that why don jr. was talking about it again today to a friendly voice? >> donny, did the issue of adoption, it's near and dear to my heart because i have two russian adopted sons, did that come up? >> when? >> in the meeting with the -- >> like i said, that was the primary thing that we spoke about in the meeting. that was, you know, that's not the premise that got them in the room. and then they started -- it was essentially a bait-and-switch to talk about that. and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. >> and why was hope hicks with the president this weekend at his rally in ohio? she quit the white house earlier this year and is still under scrutiny for her role in crafting that initial statement, dictated to her by the president aboard air force one. lots of why's today. the question is, did the president just make the case for collusion or obstruction against his campaign stronger? joining me nbc chief white house correspondent hallie jackson in new jersey. "washington post" whit

jr.'s poor people's campaign, his assassination in memphis, black power and the kerner commission report. kathleen cleaver, former black panther secretary and peniel joseph from university of texas public affairs. here's walter cronkite announcing martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed. >> good evening. dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence and the civil rights movement has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. police have issued an all-points issued for a young white man seen running from the scene. officers also reportedly chased and fired on a radio equipped car containing two white men. dr. king was standing on the balance keen of his second floor hotel room when according to a companion a shot was fired from across the street. in his friend's word, the bullet exploded in his face. police have been keeping a close watch over the noble peace prize winner because of turbulent situation were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the 39-year-old negro leade

elbert smith jr.or of new bethel where photos of franklin still line the walls. >> when she walked in, you know, the whole atmosphere changes. >> reporter: pastor smith says despite her worldwide fame, the singer never forgot her roots in the motor city. ♪ when i knew >> she sang for presidents and most notably, she moved president obama to tears. >> when she sits at that piano and starts in with the piano, she connects with the music so well, it will drive anybody to tears. ♪ you make me feel id reporter: smith last spoke to franklin just two months ago. >> she just said, "i'm not-- not to be worried about and the church is not to be worried about." i knew that meant she's recognizing that this long struggle might soon be over. qu reporter: all day long, we've oflked to people coming to new bethel baptist church inquiring about the condition of miss franklin, as she is known here ed the neighborhood where she erew up, jeff. on wednesday, there will be an early-morning prayer service here for the quee

according to trump jr.'nate testimony, hicks was in the middle of the president dictating his son's misleading statement about adoptions to "the new york times", followed by explanations that quickly unravelled. listen to this. >> politics is not the nicest business in the world but it is standard where he they have information and you take the information. in the case of don, he listened. i guess they talked about, as i see it, they talked about adoption and some things. >> there was nothing as far as we know that would lead anyone to believe that there was anything except for a discussion about adoption. >> the president didn't sign off on anything. he was coming back from g20. the statement released on saturday was released by donald trump jr. and i'm sure in consultation with his lawyers. the president wasn't involved in that. >> he certainly didn't dictate, but, like i said, he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> one of those false statements you heard there was from president tr

. >> my name is don trachte jr.ere supposed to inherit from our father one of norman rockwell's best-known paintings. what we got was a mystery. what the heck had dad done with it? >> hi, don. i'm jamie. >> hi, jamie. >> so nice to meet you. so great to be in vermont. what is this place? >> this was my dad's studio. >> back in the 1950s, don's dad, donald trachte sr., is a syndicated cartoonist working on the popular strip "henry," which features a bald-headed boy, simply illustrated with clean lines and minimal backgrounds. can you support a wife and four kids drawing "henry"? >> it was a good living. my dad had to come up with all the gags... >> really? >> ...and he would have a sheet of paper next to his drawing board, and usually, he'd come up with about three or four gags at a time. >> were they gags about you kids? >> well, sometimes they were. >> so life for the trachtes is pretty good here in arlington, a picturesque artist's colony with a world-famous resident -- norman rockwell. how did your dad meet norma

and i must say that both lyndon johnson and martin luther king jr. were distinctly different individuals but they came together at a critical time in the life of this country. both of these men were committed to a more just and democratic america so they came together to make america stronger and he came back late 1965 to have a weekend with my parents and to discuss a move. he came to ask if they would consider moving from selma to atlanta. and it was so interesting because my parents told him that a pretty much knew what they wanted to tell him as their decision but my parents let him know and they think and for the offer to relocate to atlanta to continue our lives there. but there was so much history here in the south relating to my mother's family, the civil rights movement, my father wanted him to know they would stay here and keep the light shining in this house because one never knows martin, you may need to have another march and we will be right here at the house. the night of august the fourth, 1968 my parents and i were here having dinner

don jr. did nothing wrong. nothing wrong here. >> laura: why did they get the story a little mixed up there in the early days? it wasn't about -- it didn't help with the statement. as a lawyer who did criminal defense work, this is what i tell my clients. do not talk about your case. [ speaking foreign language ] do not talk. talk about economy, talk about other things, leave the legal stuff to me. you cannot litigate this in the press because the press hates you. and you've got 17 lawyers on the other side who don't care about what you tweet. again, the president is going to do what he's going to do and he's really smart but in the legal realm it's a different ball game, it's a different ball game. and i think he has caused himself a world of pain and not heartache, but a headache because of talking to the press. >> i don't want to ever discourage someone talking to the press. they should always talk to the press. >> laura: i mean about his case. >> listen, my profession on this very law when the whole hillary

donald trump jr. took that meeting, knowing that. so the lingering question now is, did president trump know about this trump tower meeting in advance, as michael cohen alleges, or did he know about it well after the fact? this certainly gets to the heart of at least one part of the special counsel investigation. >> people aren't clamoring to represent donald trump. we know that as we look at who has represented him in the past. they sit in this unenviable position. you saw jay sekulow trying to explain what happened here with this tweet. geoff, i want to go broad here, if i could. what does this moment say about the way this president takes advice or uses advice, be that legal advice or policy advice? this is at the end of a week in which we saw five senior members of his national security staff come out and say one thing and then the president saying another, geoff. >> and david, remember, donald trump already lost at least one member of his legal team, john dowd, in part because mr. dowd thought the president wasn't fully taking i

donald trump jr. eagerly soliciting what they call dirt on hillary clinton after they had clinton dirt to contribute to the trump campaign. the president's tweet yesterday said that the meeting, quote, went nowhere. the trump line of defense about the meeting was that the russians didn't hand over any dirt on hillary clinton. as we sit here tonight, we don't know if that's true. we don't know what happened in the meeting. we don't really know what happened after the meeting. we don't know whether the russians directly handed over dirt to the trump campaign about hillary clinton directly to donald trump jr. or to anyone else in the campaign. but there are three ways to violate federal election law on contributions from foreign nationals. the trump line of defense says the trump campaign did not actually receive any dirt on hillary clinton from the russians, and, so, there was no crime. they are now insisting that the meeting was legal because they did not receive any dirt on hillary clinton. and so if

they told don jr. we have dirt on hillary clinton but in the door they wanted to talk about sanctions. that is a conversation that continued throughout the campaign and even after trump was elected. the russians pushed negative information about hillary clinton and every contact that they could have with members of the trump team, there were many, i think at least 80. they wanted to talk about sanctions. >> they wanted -- i mean, the idea that it was -- just a way do get the foot in the door is one theory. the idea that, okay, dirt on hillary clinton and then changed the subject to sanctions relief. relief of the act and another theory is they -- the russians were seeing them as tied together, whether that was obvious to everybody in the room at the time or not. >> think about it. you have russian intelligence either agents meaning they were recruited by intelligence officers or intelligence officers themselves with very senior level access to a political campaign. they are not going to walk away from

including martin luther king jr.'s poor people's campaign, his assassination in memphis, black power, and the kerner commission. are guest speaker is kathleen cleaver and historian peniel joseph. cbs anchor walter cronkite on 1968 announcing martin luther king jr. has been shot and killed. spain that evening, dr. martin luther king, the apostle of nonviolence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death in memphis, tennessee. all news bulletin for a well- dressed young white man running from the same. officers chased and fired on a guard rig both of containing two white men. dr. king was on the balcony of the second floor hotel room when according to a companion, a shot was a -- shot from across the street. the bullet exploded in his face. police keeping a close watch over the nobel peace prize winner were on the scene almost immediately. they rushed the 39-year-old [null] leader to a hospital where he died of a bullet when -- bullet wound to the neck. the mayor reinstated the desk to dawn curfew he imposed on