our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has the details. medway secure training centre in kent, a place where young offenders are held and hopefully rehabilitated. 18 months ago an undercover investigation by bbc panorama shone a light on daily life in medway. teenage inmates were seen being mistreated and abused. a number of staff were sacked and the police launch aid criminal investigation. —— launched a criminal investigation. medway, then run by gas is now the responsibility of the prison and probation service. but it's still struggling. only last

june kelly reports. maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, he was servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker, who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republican groups. and undoubtedly i believe that, by being caught now, lives have been saved. ciaran maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used here by the continuity ira. no—one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and some of his devices are still feared to be in dissident hands. he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipers

june kelly reports.an maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. the seemingly proud commando was an opponent of the state in uniform. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises, as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, his six—year career was spent servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira, as a bomb maker. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republicans. undoubtedly, i believe that by being caught now, lives have been saved. maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used there by the continuity ira in residential areas. no one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store

our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. the face ofjihad in the uk.lamic state. the oldest, a driving instructor of 63 from luton. the youngest, a schoolboy, just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. and a growing number of women and girls have also been drawn in. the terror attack on london bridge, one of three islamist—inspired atrocities in recent months. two of the men responsible are said to have wanted to go to syria tojoin is, but were unable to travel. they are among the rising ranks of thwarted foreign fighters, and the director of public prosecutions told me that could increase the terrorist threat here. we need to be acutely aware that if people can't go to syria, and we have seen this in some of the cases that we have prosecuted, they may plan an attack here, instead. or they may do more to radicalise other people to attack. at this youth centre in east london they use activities like boxing to try to engage young people and fight the extremist ideology which they can be exposed to. here they have years of experience in tackling ra

june kelly, bbc news.gender people to serve until it's instructed by the president. that's despite donald trump tweeting that transgender troops will be banned from service. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is outside the white house. jon, this is one of a number of high profile disagreements being aired, not within the doors of the oval office, but out in public. it is said the president likes a lot of drama and noise and he has got it at cacophonous levels at the moment. it talked about the military chiefs saying he will not quite obey the orders that came from the tweet saying there will be no modifications to the policy until the president's direction has been received, in other words we do not ta ke received, in other words we do not take direction by twitter and then you have a knife fight taking place in the white house that should be accompanied by the music of west side story as the jets and sharks battle it out. the communications director going after the chief of staff, accusing him of leaking

the old bailey as a "dangerous" man who threatened the political stability of northern ireland. june kellyiaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, he was servicing the dissident irish republican group, the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republican groups and undoubtedly, i believe, that by being caught now, lives have been saved. ciaran maxwell came from northern ireland and four of his bombs were used here by the continuity ira. no—one was hurt but maxwell built 1a bombs and some of his devices are still feared to be in dissident hands. he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipe

june kelly, bbc news, birmingham.land, air and sea links with their gulf neighbour qatar, accusing it of supporting jihadi groups. now they say qatar has failed to grasp the gravity of the situation, and further measures will follow. but qatar's foreign minister has told the bbc they won't give in. frank gardner reports. in a cairo palace in the egyptian capital today a crisis meeting to discuss the issue of qatar. foreign ministers from four arab countries have accused qatar of supporting terrorism which it denies. they've cut ties and slapped sanctions on qatar, to no avail. we can not have a country like qatar that is an ally, militarily and in the gcc and in the arab league, and that hosts an air base from which planes take off to fight isis and daesh — i mean, al-qaeda and at the same time it turns a blind eye to terrifying who operate openly in qatar. the gulf state of qatar stands accused of using its vast wealth from gas to back islamist movements all over the middle east and of allowing extremist preachers to

our home affairs correspondent june kelly has the details.entre, in kent, a place where young offenders are held and hopefully rehabilitated. 18 months ago, an undercover investigation by bbc panorama shone a light on daily life in medway. teenage inmates were seen being mistreated and abused. a number of staff were sacked, and the police launched a criminal investigation. medway, then run by gas, is now the responsibility of the prison and probation service. but it is still struggling, and only last month, inspectors denounced it as inadequate. and it is not alone, according to today's damning report by the prison watchdog, which says: the chief inspector of prisons says he was so alarmed at what was found that he alerted ministers earlier this year. violence, giving rise to repressive regimes, more discipline, longer being locked in cells, i've seen children being held in cells for 22 hours a day. not eating any of their meals in association with other children. when inspectors went into feltham young 0ffenders institution, in west london,

june kelly reports.offences linked to so—called islamic state. the oldest the driving instructor from luton. the youngest a schoolboy from luton. the youngest a schoolboy from blackburn, just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. at a growing number of women and girls have also been drawn in. the threat which links them is support for so—called islamic state in the conflicts that have engulfed syria and iraq. the fighters they have suffered reverses. but not so many that supporters have me not to travel to the area. we need to be acutely aware that if people can't go to syria, and we have seen this in some of the cases that we are prosecuted, they may plan an attack here, instead. so, orthey might do more to radicalise other people to attack. it is believed that two of the three men that carried out the terror attack at london bridge in which eight people were killed had wa nted which eight people were killed had wanted tojoin which eight people were killed had wanted to join is which eight people

our home affairs correspondent june kelly jails.house! mobile report. spice in ajailhouse! mobile phone footage which shows one inmate high on spice, egged on by a fellow prisoner. go on, son! this synthetic drug offers brief relief to some but is contributing to deep—seated problems in our prisons. somejails are awash with drugs, and is on the outside, the dealers have the power and the dependence are desperate. —— dependents. all adding to the violence in a volatile environment. 0ne former offender who doesn't want his face show knows this world. he has spent time in six different jails and witnessed attacks on fellow inmates. i certainly saw some pretty horrendous violence. people being slashed with toothbrushes which have had prison raises melted into them. —— razors. and prisoners mixing up there only for cocktail to throw at each other. it causes the most terrible scarring, it is like an acid attack. that sort of thing is used to punish people, for example, for being suspected informers, telling prison authorities about what i

june kelly, bbc news. according to a new survey. the poll is part of a campaign to highlight the symptoms of lung cancer, lung disease or heart problems. they include getting out of breath doing things you used to be able to do, or having a cough that lasts for three weeks or more. 0ur correspondent sarah smith reports. even when a simple stroll left him struggling for breathjohn admits he thought twice about going to the gp, but, unlike many older people he did go, and he says it's a good job. it made a tremendous difference because in both cases of breathlessness i was actually suffering from something quite serious, angina or heart failure, and they needed to be dealt with quite promptly. so it was just as well i went and did not hesitate too much. public health england say far too many people wait for weeks before going to see their doctor. about breathlessness or a persistent cough. and of the people asked a third said they were worried about wasting their gp‘s time. lung cancer and lung and heart dis

june kelly, bbc news.awn into this? that is the troubling thing, really. it's such a wide cross—section of society. there isn't a narrow profile for a typical convicted terrorist. the sort of people that get convicted include a hospital director, some of the police officers, —— a a mother of six, who took the toddler to so—called islamic state ina toddler to so—called islamic state in a caliphate and realised she had made a terrible mistake and came back and was prosecuted. you have people who are educated for people who are undereducated, people with a track record of being involved in petty crime and then others who have a clean record. and then also growing numbers of women. 16% of the people on our data base growing numbers of women. 16% of the people on our database who have been convicted for terrorist offences related to iraq and syria are women and girls. the other curious thing is that over 80% of them, bearing in mind these are crimes associated and related to the conflict in the middle east, hav

our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports.k. 0ver100 people jailed for offences linked to so—called islamic state. the oldest, a driving instructor of 63 from luton. the youngest, a schoolboy, just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. and a growing number of women and girls have also been drawn in. the terror attack on london bridge, one of three islamist—inspired atrocities in recent months. two of the men responsible are said to have wanted to go to syria tojoin is, but were unable to travel. they are among the rising ranks of thwarted foreign fighters, and the director of public prosecutions told me that could increase the terrorist threat here. we need to be acutely aware that if people can't go to syria, and we have seen this in some of the cases that we have prosecuted, they may plan an attack here, instead. or they may do more to radicalise other people to attack. at this youth centre in east london they use activities like boxing to try to engage young people and fight the extremist ideology which they can be e

june kelly, bbc news.at the sellafield nuclear site will go on strike for the first time. more than 60 members of the union will stage a series of 24—hour walkouts in a row over pay. the sellafield site employs around 10,000 people and is in the process of being decommissioned. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has said it is in the interest of the uk and the eu to agree a free trade deal after brexit. his comments come after the european union's chief negotiator rejected the idea that britain would be able to secure a frictionless trade pact after it leaves the eu. speaking at an event in london mrjohnson said he had no doubt such a deal could be achieved. there is an important distinction between membership of the single market and having access to the single market, and i think what all sides want to see is a great free trade deal that benefits both sides of the channel. that is manifestly in the interests of the uk but also in the interests of our european friends and partners. i absolutely have no do

june kelly, bbc news.e ashley, has described himself as a power drinker who likes "to get drunk". he made the comments on the witness stand at the high court where he is being sued by a former employee who says mr ashley reneged on an agreement to pay him £15 million. jeffrey blue has testified that the agreement was made in a central london pub injanuary 2013, but mr ashley denies that. richard lister is at the high court. rather lively evidence. yes, and at times mike ashley was competent of, irritated, sighing, putting his head in his hands, making it clear he did not like the persistent accusation he had made this deal with the city investor with whom he was working. the deal was that if he could use his influence to double the share price of sports direct aid pounds per share within three years then mr ashley would pay him £50 million. mr ashley would pay him £50 million. mr ashley denies that deal was made but they both agree that they had a meeting at this pub in central london in january 2013 meeti

june kelly, bbc news, birmingham. the headlines on bbc news...ver the running of parts of kensington and chelsea council after criticism of the way it's handled the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire. as knife crime becomes one of the biggest challenges facing police forces across the country, officers are falling dann calling for a change in attitude and behaviour. a disabled refugee who was beaten to death and set on fire outside his home was repeatedly failed by the police, a report finds. in a moment, volvo becomes the first major car maker to say it will phase out petrol and diesel—only cars in two years' time. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. including everything that has happened at wimbledon today! we will come to that in a moment. but in the last 15 minutes or so... the british and irish lions have named an unchanged side for their deciding test against new zealand on saturday in auckland. coach warren gatland has kept faith with the team that levelled the series in wellington last weekend. so here it is... lia

our home affairs correspondent june kelly has more. medway secure training centre in kent, a place where young offenders are held and hopefully rehabilitated. 18 months ago, an undercover investigation by bbc panorama shone a light on daily life in medway. teenage inmates were seen being mistreated and abused. a number of staff were sacked and the police launched a criminal investigation. medway, then run by gas, is now the responsibility of the prison and probation service. but it is still struggling, and only last month inspectors denounced it as inadequate. and it's not alone, according to today's damning report by the prison watchdog, which says: the chief inspector of prisons says he was so alarmed at what was found that he alerted ministers earlier this year. violence, giving rise to repressive regimes, more discipline, longer being locked in cells. i have seen children being held in cells for 22 hours a day, not eating any of them meals in association with other children. when inspectors went into feltham young offender institut

our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has the details. medway secure training centre in kent, a place where young offenders are held and hopefully rehabilitated. 18 months ago an undercover investigation by bbc panorama shone a light on daily life in medway. teenage inmates were seen being mistreated and abused. a number of staff were sacked and the police launch aid criminal investigation. —— launched a criminal investigation. medway, then run by gas is now the responsibility of the prison and probation service. but it's still struggling. only last month, inspectors denounced it as inadequate and it's not alone, according to today's damning report by the prison watchdog, which says: the chief inspector of prisons says he was so alarmed that he alerted ministers earlier this year. violence giving rise to repressive regimes, more discipline, longer being locked in cells. i've seen children being held in cells for 22 hours a day. not eating any of their meals in association with other children. when inspectors went into feltham young offend

our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on police patrol in birmingham and met some of thoseculture. a summer evening in birmingham and the force response teams from west midlands police are dealing with dozens of emergencies. proceed to a second stabbing... this time in kings norton. and i'm notjoking. oscar 30, that's over, heard. grandson has been stabbed. caller has had a call from her daughter stating the 15—year—old grandson has been stabbed. caller is hysterical. he's not at this location. the victim is a 15—year—old boy. he doesn't live in this road, he was found here. the teenager is helped into the ambulance by his mate. no sign of the attacker and no information from the victim. are you doing anything productive at that particular job? it's just we've got another one. single stab wound to the abdomen. bleeding a lot. and once again there is no corporation from this second victim. the pressure not to be a grass. unfortunately he didn't want to provide a statement or provide us an account or tell us where the incident had occurred. so there is very little we could ac

with me is our home affairs correspondent, june kelly.f drugs like spies in jails means some inmates are out of control and a lot of the time and gang culture in jail, control and a lot of the time and gang culture injail, imported from the outside world —— spice. the prison officers association says the system is out of control but the government disagrees. they say there isa government disagrees. they say there is a recruitment drive going on to get more staff in which is underway. the justice secretary get more staff in which is underway. thejustice secretary david liddington today said these figures show the importance of improving safety a nd show the importance of improving safety and security in our prisons. this is outside source, our lead story... a senior republican has warned donald trump that firing special prosecutor robert mueller could be the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. let's have a look at what the bbc language services are reporting today... bbc arabic is reporting that france plans to set up "hotspots"

with me is our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. what's behind all of this?the ministry ofjustice, a number are not good. at a record high are levels of self—harm, assaults on inmates and staff, assaults on staff are running at about 20 a day. in terms of the causes there is a mixture of things, staff shortage, overcrowding, the prove lance of drugs like spice injails so inmates are out of control a lot of time. and the gang culture imported from the outside world. the prison office association says that all of these figures show that the system is out of control. the government of course, disagree and says there is a recruitment drive going on to get more staff in that is under way. the justice secretary said today that the figures show the importance of improving safety and security in our prisons. june, thank you. fires are continuing to burn in southern france for a third day. several thousand firefighters and troops are battling the flames, which they now say are more under control. around 10,000 holidaymakers and residents have been forced to leave thei

june kelly.loying transgender people until the defence secretary receives direction from president trump on the issue. mr trump tweeted yesterday that transgender people wouldn't be allowed to serve in the armed forces in any capacity. our washington correspondent gave us the latest. well, when it comes to donald trump and his tweets it seems to have taken the pentagon completely off—guard. he tweeted yesterday that transgender people would no longer serve in the military and described them as, "a tremendous burden" because of their medical cost when it comes to them being part of the us armed forces. it did seem to take a few people by surprise including many of his own generals, the defence secretary is away at the moment, so he could give no clarification, we finally have the statement from the pentagon who said they too are awaiting a directive from the white house, but generaljoseph dunford who has issued this statement to all chiefs of staff has said that things will stay as they are until

our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports.maxwell appeared the proud commando, posting his training exercises on facebook. but even before he passed out, he was the enemy within the royal marines, living the most audacious double life. throughout his military career, he was making bombs for the dissident irish republican group, the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to dissident republicans and undoubtedly, i believe, that by being caught now, lives have been saved. four of maxwell's bombs were used by the continuity ira in residential areas and two of them went off. no one was hurt. he built 1a bombs and he knew those he was servicing were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers. maxwell had researched over 300 targets. he was from the northern irish town of larne and using his military id, he would regularly travel back here carrying bullets and bomb—making components. it was near larne that police uncovered

june kelly reports.ndo, posting his training exercises on facebook. but even before he passed out, he was the enemy within the royal marines, living the most audacious double life. throughout his military career, he was making bombs for the dissident irish republican group, the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to dissident republicans and undoubtedly, i believe, that by being caught now, lives have been saved. four of maxwell's bombs were used by the continuity ira in residential areas and two of them went off. no one was hurt. he built 14 bombs and he knew those he was servicing were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers. maxwell had researched over 300 targets. he was from the northern irish town of larne and using his military id, he would regularly travel back here secretly carrying bullets and bomb—making components. it was near larne that police uncovered the first of a series

with me is our home affairs correspondent, june kelly.on steve gillan. very stark figures, how much involvement of prison officers have in terms of sentencing and the decision to release prisoners?m in terms of sentencing and the decision to release prisoners? it is not a prison officer ‘s job to do so, to delve into those 71 cases i would not have all the facts but i suppose it is systematic and what is going well with the service in general. what what is going wrong? it is underfunded and the government know that, they are investing 100 million, they say, but the reality is they have caught by over 8000 in the last five years and this is why we have the problems that we have. we tend to go round in circles, actually, they say one thing we say another and levy wants to take responsibility. what credit do they deserve the saying, 0k we need to increase numbers, they may not admit they got it wrong by cutting them but they are tying to do the right thing, surely? they are trying to increase prison officer numbers but the stark reality is j

a reminder that the family told us that they were looking to consider it to go private back in june kelly and bill. >> nordstrom walking it back there, the stock. >> thanks, courtney. keep us updated on that. are we given enough to think about here what a day we're having again. the dow up 23 points to put it in record territory, but the s&p, the nasdaq and the russell have all fallen back here. amazon shares rallying more than 40% year to date, and that has helped founder and ceo jeff bezos become the richest person in the world as of today coming up, a debate on whether you should be keeping -- keep your bet on bezos and amazon stock ahead of the latest earnings report coming up. >>> meantime, store traffic at dunkin brands for the last quarter. >> and whatever happened to the breakfast burrito? we'll ask him about that we want to hear from you i know you have something to say. reach out to the show on twitter and facebook and send us an e-mail, however you want to do it sissoratincn, rsin bune wldwide because, when you really, really want to be there, but you can't. at cognizant, we're

we're also looking to hear anything on its advertising campaign which they launched in june kelly, backo you. >> aditi, thank you. >>> if it's grows merchandise volume which is how much something passes through ebay, the number we focus a lot for alibaba, for example, which has been gangbusters, if that missed by $1 billion, it is that just a hiccup or something more indicative. >> it's slightly soft. obviously it's not keeping pace with the overall market for e-commerce, right. that's growing at a 10% click for something like that. it looks like a bit of a short fall there they do report, haven't looked a it reported active buyers that's a number that shows you the size of the sort of people who are participating on the network. i just think the stock wasn't priced for a slightly soft result up 25% year to date. it's not a fast grower we're talking about high single percentage earnings growth this career to next it has to be adjusted based on how good the stock has done this year. >> the stock is down 5% after hours. we'll keep an eye on that as we head into the call microsoft out with

june kelly reports. the face ofjihad in the uk.ton. the youngest a schoolboy from blackburn, just 1a when he incited a terrorist act overseas. at a growing number of women and girls have also been drawn in. the threat which links them is support for so—called islamic state in the conflicts that have engulfed syria and iraq. the fighters there have suffered reverses, so many supporters have me not to travel to the area. we need to be acutely aware that if people can‘t go to syria, and we have seen this in some of the cases that we are prosecuted, they may plan an attack here, instead. so, or they might do more to radicalise other people to attack. it is believed that two of the three men that carried out the terror attack at london bridge in which eight people were killed had wanted tojoin is in syria. the extremist preacher, anjem choudary, is the most high profile person here to be convicted of terrorism in the past year. found guilty of inviting support for islamic state. he may be behind bars, but the ideology promoted has not b

we are back incoming chief of staff secretary june kelly bringing one to department of homeland to thewill follow her boss white house deputy chief of staff worked under president george w. bush special assistant on homeland security council, and senator john mccain to begin treatments in fight against brain cancer will start radiation chemo in phoenix tomorrow plans to be in washington the end of the august recess hoping very best for him. >> ♪ ♪. >> thank you. >> -- schools -- teaching for social justice deconstrouking racially microgrefaggression workshops to be teaching. >> columbia university teachers college taught to k through 12 teachers and principals is pc college culture spilling into integrate school, the host for blaze lawrence jones thanks for being here what is a microaggression for those don't necessarily know? >> essentially a microaggression is something racially other gender based that would offended someone not anything that you can really you know, say exactly what it is. it is just if it offends you that is a a problem. >> basically what they are battling they say

. >> auto sales slowing in june, even as tesla is getting ready to launch the first of its model 3 vehicles let's get to phil lebeau for all the latest phil >> kellyadline numbers for june sales, not terribly impressive for the four largest automakers in the u.s. let's take a look at them. and when you look at these sales, keep in mind, this is in comparison with june of last year three of the four were up relative to estimates, that's toyota, that's also ford and fiat chrysler, doing just a little bit better than expectations but underneath these headline numbers, the sales really were not terrible you've got to look at the retail sales. and in that area, pickups and suvs remain strong average transaction price, that's what we pay when we're at the dealership, it was up slightly compared to last year, at almost $34,500. and then the june sales pace estimate this always gets a lot of attention. we'll find out the final number a little later on today. supposed to come in at 16.6, $16.7 million. put all of this together and that's one reason why you have the auto stocks moving pretty -- a nice pop today, especially general motors and ford. keep in m

these in various jurisdictions in less than three weeks.back on june 27th kron four was also here at the storage unit with sergeant ray kellynd look how relatively empty it was. now it's practically brimming with bombs.(reporter standup) "everyone should know that this weekend's hot, dry weather increases the chances that fireworks could start a massive fire. but beyond that, sergeant kelly is also worried about your personal safety." "some of these fireworks will cause serious injury or death if not used properly."check out what one of these m-one- thousands did to a plastic bucket.(boom!)now imagine that as your hand or arm."these are so dangerous."kelly has an idea as to why there were so many more contraband explosives on the streets this year."fireworks coincide with the economy. when people have expendable income, they tend to buy more fireworks. that tends to be what we saw this year."illegal fireworks aren't all gone just because the hoilday is over.you've probably heard an occasional blast in your neighborhood since the fourth."there's people in our community that really, these fireworks traumatize them."people lik

these in various jurisdictions in less than three weeks.back on june 27th kron four was also here at the storage unit with sergeant ray kellyhow relatively empty it was. now it's practically brimming with bombs.(reporter standup) "everyone should know that this weekend's hot, dry weather increases the chances that fireworks could start a massive fire. but beyond that, sergeant kelly is also worried about your personal safety." "some of these fireworks will cause serious injury or death if not used properly."check out what one of these m-one- thousands did to a plastic bucket.(boom!)now imagine that as your hand or arm."these are so dangerous."kelly has an idea as to why there were so many more contraband explosives on the streets this year."fireworks coincide with the economy. when people have expendable income, they tend to buy more fireworks. that tends to be what we saw this year."illegal fireworks aren't all gone just because the hoilday is over.you've probably heard an occasional blast in your neighborhood since the fourth."there's people in our community that really, these fireworks traumatize them."people like the el

end of his first term, since he announced his campaign june 6th, event, 2015 , he has tweeted 9,146 times. >>> we are following breaking news, kelly hodge has been selected as philadelphia's interim district attorney, board of judges made the decision just moments ago, the panel pick former prosecutor from a group of 13 candidates. hodge takes over for former d.a. seth williams who resigned last month after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges. we will have much more on the new appointe on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> lincoln park singer chester bennington was found dead at his los angeles home, law enforcement says bennington hanged himself, the singer has struggled with drugs and alcohol, and his band found success in 2,000 with their album hybrid theory , lincoln park's latest album one more light was released in may and band was set to kick off a tour in boston next week. >>> a startling crash end with six people injured and all captured on camera. >> as you can see from this video white car stopped on a highway ine china after missing an exit. cara approaching had in time to stop, and then slammed into it. amazingl

kelly also with that line of succession. mr scaramucci was actually the second communications director, following mike dubcic, who resigned in junethe current national security adviser, hr mcmaster, is also the second. the first, mike flynn, resigned after misleading the vice president on issues around the russian influence scandal. irritation with the investigation into that scandal eventually led to president trump firing the fbi director, james comey. we also know the president may about be about to fire his attorney—general, jeff sessions, because mr sessions recuesed himself from that investigation. maybe general kelly will make the white house work. but they've had a humiliation on health care in congress, that russian links investigation is rumbling on, and it's still not a normal white house. that was from chris cook, put together quickly. our north america editor, jon sopel, joins us now from outside from outside the white house. so, john, how many in dc saw that coming as quickly as that? i would love to tell you that we all saw that coming, the truth is i was in the white house briefing room a few hours ago, and we wer

june at trump tower. a meeting we now know included not only a russian attorney but also a russian american lobbyist who is also a former soviet counterintelligence sergeant. nbc's kelly'donnell is in piscataway, new jersey. what has the white house been saying about this today? >> reporter: good to be with you. the white house is really not saying a lot about the specific new details that have been coming out, but there are some actions that relate to all of this. today, the president tweeted about the economy and the stock market and included in it a line about the russian hoax. so he's trying to brand all of the developments that relate to the meeting involving his son and son-in-law as being a part of that hoax. that of course is viewed very differently by democrats and certainly by the investigations that are under way on capitol hill and with the special counsel. we also heard in that clip from the president when he was still in france downplaying the meeting, trying to sort of turn the volume down to say that there's nothing really to see here. that's sort of the approach the white house has taken. also today, the official announcement from the white house that

that is according to kelly blue book which says the average price for june was 34,442, up $511 from aier by comparison, new car prices were up by more than 3% in june of 2016. analysts say that the post peak environment for auto sales is putting pressure on prices and elsewhere investors are showing increased enthusiasm for municipal debt nearly $88 billion in new public bonds have been snapped up so far this year and that's up 8% a year ago and a reminder that the stock market will close early today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time it's one of only two early closes this year the other occurs on the friday after thanksgiving there's no christmas eve early close this year, since december 24th falls on a sunday wow that's weird christmas on a different day every year see that's different than the fourth of july yeah, i know i'm conjuring up some more mail. >> oh, that's right. that's right the longest day -- >> that's right. last week -- she said it was the longest day, and i go wow, so longer than 24 hours so my stand, which i'm sure there are many in the twitter sphere immediately said that