dustin johnson, the world number one, justin thomas, it just johnson, the world number one, justin thomas goes to show how tough this course is. when they are not making the weekend but as far as this open championship goes, it isa far as this open championship goes, it is a very open open and it is really anybody‘s. it is a very open open and it is really anybody's. many thanks indeed. fourfor robbery, much four for robbery, much to delight of the home crowd. our deborah porter is that the circuit. last time out, lewis hamilton might have celebrated pole position but when he came erase, and his contact sent him to the back of the field. it was another crushing blow in his champion should challenge. this weekend, things have not started much better. with a hydraulic failure for the champion. this was the moment lewis hamilton's hopes went up in a cloud of dust. hitting it damaged his mercedes to the point he could not continue in qualifying. loss of hydraulic. he tried to get back to the pits to fix it but was too far out. getting stranded on the track leads him down in 14th on the grid.

about the american dominance, astonishing to think that we could be without the pga championship justin thomass likely to miss the cut on +4. we could be losing dustinjohnson, miss the cut on +4. we could be losing dustin johnson, the miss the cut on +4. we could be losing dustinjohnson, the world number one as well, currently on +6. astonishing really to think that we could be losing the top two americans. some notable other absentees heading into the weekend, sergio garcia, former masters champion, looks like he will miss out on +4. ian poulter, another of the big names that could miss out if it goes to show how tough this course can be as some of the world's best have once again found out today. but it is set up beautifully heading into the weekend. and we look to tommy fleetwood and rory mcilory after their performances today to see what they can produce tomorrow. john watson at carnoustie, thanks. formula 1 rolls into hockenheim for the german grand prix this weekend. after his amazing drive at the last race in britain, mercedes‘ lewis hamilton will be hoping to build on the positive mome

spieth is staying in carnoustie in a house with rickie fowler, zachjohnson, justin thomas and a few otherstheir own chef over, they've shipped over steaks. and to make himself feel even more at home, spieth even popped out to the barbers. yeah, i don't even know where i went. reporter: did they know who you are? i don't think so. i didn't say much, they didn't say much — he didn't say much. reporter: he didn't say "what are you doing in town?" i mean, i had — he went a little high and tight. um... laughter. i was — this was not — it was — it was a little bit — it was a little bit, um, it was intended to be what i normally get and instead, he went a little — he went a little shorter. um, very british haircut — a little shaved on the side, a little longer on top. but it is what it is. it's summertime. it works out. he probably isn't used to walking around unrecognised! team sky's geraint thomas has retained the leader's yellowjersey — ahead of team—mate chris froome, after stage 11! of the tour de france. froome, the four time winner, was subject to more attacks from the crowds — having a cl

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justin thomas is on the course and to be honest, the rain is going to be possibly quite fruitful forter ground might make it easier to get close to the pin and make some birdies. they were tipping some low scores going into the tournament, now we might start to see it today. fans are streaming in. they expect, the hope is, they expect a record crowd for carnoustie that's about 150,000 spectators over the course of the weekend on that point they want to encourage more people to come through the gates, to get into golf in some way or form, playing full rounds like this, driving ranges, or pitch-and-putt adventure golf. i spoke to the managing director of sports marketing who laid out exactly how many people are playing golf and why they are looking to get more people into golf >> 11 million people here played some form of golf in the last 12 months that could be from driving ranges, par 3 courses, adventure golf, to golf computer games 2.6 million adults played on a full length golf course in the last 12months. if you break that down into core golfers, there's just under.6 million. the

justin thomas, the pga champion, but the big thing at the back of the minds of the british contingentd and justin rose to bear in mind as we head into the final day tomorrow. all eyes will be on tiger woods. thank you very much. elsewhere, lewis hamilton‘s plans have not been going according to plans. a mechanical failure have not been going according to plans. a mechanicalfailure means he will start the german grand prix from 1ath on the grid. meanwhile, his title rival took pole position for a robbery. here is more. this is the moment lewis hamilton‘s hopes went up in a cloud of dust. damaged his mercedes to the point he could not continue in qualifying. loss of hydraulic. he tried to get back to the pits to fix it but he was too far out. getting stranded on the track leads him down in 1ath on the grid. it will make closing the gap to championship leader an almost impossible task. and to compound the problem, circuits that usually favour mercedes are now being tamed by farah rate. hamilton‘s team—mate set the time to be, but their celebrations were short—lived. he smashed it by two

the top two in the world rankings, justin thomas and dustinjohnson, they are out, not in contention.onship. they're both chasing the americans, though. 0vernight leader kevin kisner remains at the top of the leaderboard on six under, and he's now joined by zach johnson who played brilliantly yesterday. fleetwood is aiming to become the first englishman since 1992 to win it, and he shot the best second round of all, a 65, to rocket up the leaderboard from nowhere. mcilroy, of course, won the open in 201a, and put together another tidy round of 69 and is four under par. i cannot lie, if i could pick one tournament in my life to win, it would be the open. i have never been anywhere near before. so far, after two michael raynes, i am up there on the leaderboard, but it would be something to have in my career that would be amazing. —— two rounds. something to have in my career that would be amazing. -- two rounds. the open is something i would like. i was going well to 11 holes, i had not made a bogey and i would love to have had a bogey free round, but i made enough birdies to cancel the

that was american justin thomas teeing off just a few short moments ago. >> right down the middle. >>w what carson is doing all weekend. >> that's right. american kevin kisner has the lead. jordan spieth at tee four. you know where i'm going to be. >> yeah. >> let's get a crowd moment. i have a birthday month for matt and katherine. how are you? i know you're newly married and here's the deal. katherine wants a dog, and matt -- what do you think? >> some day, i hope. yep. >> she says our birthday wish this year is to give sunny a hug. would you like that? >> yes, please. >> how we going to make this happen? want to see sunny do a trick? say sunny, pound it. >> sunny, pound it. >> you know you're getting her a dog. that's happening. >> probably. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> they're getting a dog. >>> just ahead, we're excited to have the great pierce brosnan here. the man does not age. he's back on the big screen in the new "mama mia" sequel. we'll talk to him about that. >>> plus you might not think to throw an avocado on the grill, but you'll be glad you did. coming up the rec

we have the young names like justin thomas, rory mcilroy is still out there and rickie fowler.ournament would probably be a likely chance for tiger to get his next major. i believe it was his last. >> winning the open. he won the u.s. open in '06 -- '08, excuse me, his last. he's won this multiple times. he's won it three times. this is a very difficult golf course. you have to have everything together at carnoustie in scotland. it's 65 degrees there. >> across the street is starbucks, mike. you want to take the claret jug -- >> we'll find something else. >> be sure and check out the action from the open. it starts july 19th on the golf channel. and right here on nbc. mike tirico, always good to see you. >> great. >> savannah? >> thank you so much. >>> in the meantime, we are beginning a new two-part series, paying for college today. consider this. right now 44 million americans have a total of nearly $1.5 trillion in student loans. that's more than all credit card debt combined. the average college loan debt for 2017 grads is nearly $40,000. and women, by the way, hold more of

young names like justin thomas, rory mcilroy, a rickie fowler, en guys like tiger and phil.. >> this tournament in particular would be a likely chance for tiger to get his next major. >> winning the open, he w the u.s. open in '06, in '08, excuse me. he's w this multiple times, three times. this is a very difficult golf course. you have to have everything together at carnoustie in scotland. the best pla to go in july because it's 65 degrees there. >> across the street is starbucks if you want to throw something in it. a couple eresso shots. check out the action from the open. it starts july 19th on the golf channel and right here on nbc. miketirico, always good to see you. thanks for stopping by. savannah. >> thank you so much. in the meantime, we're beginning a new two-part series, paying ege, today. consider this. right now, 44 million americans have a total of nearly$1.5 trillion in student loans. that's more than all credit card debt combined.ge the ave college loan debt for 2019 grads is nearly $4 000, and women, by the way, hold more of the debt than men. jean isff sta

bring in the assistant professor of law at antonin scalia logical, former law clerk to justin clarence thomas us. how to these criticisms of judge cavanagh resonate to you as somebody who worked with him and i assume has continued a relationship with him? >> judge cavanagh is highly qualified, long record, a great mentor to women and men law clerks and got a lot of praise for his judicial record and character. >> a number of former female clerks came out and penned this letter talking about how he has been more than expected as a mentor and giving advice no matter where they are on the political spectrum and had people across the ideological spectrum, how he likes to hire because he wants to hear different people. >> he likes to a different perspective and keeps up with his law clerks, you get a quick response from him. i check in with him whenever a big professional decision is coming up, he has annual reunions, a lot of character and a great family person and helped us quite a bit. >> i feel guilty because this man is a dc circuit court judge it can keep up with emails, speaks well of him t

the four finalists are believed to be thomas hardiman, amy coney barrett, brett kavanaugh, and raymond kethledge. here to discuss, justin walker and ford o'connell is with us. tim, a lot of guesswork obviously here. i felt like with neil gorsuch we kind of knew. what do you think from your insider perspective to be the ultimate decider? >> my guess is who the president feels connected to and has a story that will resonate in the confirmation process with the american people. i think all four of these candidates are extremely well qualified. they would all be a tribute to the court. but ultimately it will come down to that narrative moo their -- t narrative. my guess it it will be thomas hardiman. charles: apparently kavanaugh is the favorite among inside washington gopers. >> kavanaugh is a family man. he coaches his daughter's basketball team. he ran a marathon twice. he would rather have a beer and watch a hockey game than go to a washington thing. charles: the notion that he's the establishment elite candidate -- >> it's fake news, it doesn't belong on fox. charles: ford, a lot riding on this. part of the decision-ma

thomas hardiman. washington times legal affairs reporter alex sawyer and former law clerk to anthony kennedy justin walkerwant to start with you because orrin hatch wrote an op-ed in anticipation of this and may have given us a clue but no matter the nominee's background or prudential's, progressives to do everything they can to paint her as a closet partisan is not an outright extremist and i will devote all my energies to confirm the supreme court justice america needs. the law is not what she wanted to be. is that an accidental tip that it is going to be amy barrett? >> it could be. i don't even know if donald trump yet knows who to wait and. there are a lot of conservatives who would like to see barrett nominated because she would be a strong vote to overturn roe v wade which is something they want to see happen. ed: orin hatch is a prominent longtime former chairman of the judiciary committee dealing with supreme court nominations for a while, someone who is on the inside of all this and whether he knows something noted, the pro-life community really wants. barrett is someone the pro-life community w

justin, thank you. >>> the tornado warning that storm team 4 tracked for you live yesterday morning turned out to be an actual tornado. thomasferson high school in alexandri the fencing and the batting cages there, badly mangled. it was an ef-0ou with winds arnd 70 miles per hour. we know nobody was hurt. nj> this morning, one d.c. firefighter ised after battling this fire in northwest. the firefighter is expected to be okay. fire officials say the fire started on the rooftop deck in the bar andrdburned downw. the four-story bar is i near and 7 -- >>> breaking news from greece. the prime minister of country describing a deadly wildfire as, quote, unspeakable. chris lawrence at the live desk with the latest. >> we've been watching the imagea for the few days. getting better. at least 79 people killed by the flames. that number is expected to rise. it swept through an area near arathens. crew on a gruesome search through these charred homes and blackened cars to find the remains of anyone who couldnot outrun the flames. one man described the fire as a flaming tidal wave. his morning, one greek father is searching for his his m

justin. >> the tornado warning that we tracked live for you yesterdayed morning turut to be an actual tornado. you can see the done to the athletic fields thomason high school in fairfax county. >> the fencin and batting cages, mangled and twisted. he was an -0ef with winds around 70 miles per hour. thankfully, though, nobody was hurt. >>> we continue our team coverage now with a check on the forecast to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell has that. >> absolutely, aaron. more rain. the last thing we need is rain. we're close to 100%. yesterday's rainfall amounts, a third of an inch atti nal airport. .75 inches at dulles. a record -- pardon me. 4 inches of rain at bwi marshall. that was jusesrday. for the months now, bwi, i believe this i their second rainiest month on record in erbaltimore. nune on list that i could find, 18 inches of rain, augu of 1955. that record is within reach because widespread are of rain, heavy in spots is likely today. we do get a little break, drier weather for thursday, friday. scattered cans for rain over the weekend. locally today, o 2 to inches of rain. most of the rain, the heavy stuff came down early i the da

thomas hendricks, who was cleveland's vice president. the other thing was henry wilson, who was grant's vice president, voted to convict. there is a lot of great names. -- justin moral was a man who voted to convict him. what role did to come see sherman -- general sherman play? david: general sherman was a witness to some of the allegations about johnson's meddling with the military. he was a witness in the preceding in the senate. he was expected to be very good at defending the president, and he didn't defend the president the way the president's lawyers had hoped. in fact, his testimony was so unhelpful and harmful to the impeach arrest -- impeacherist, that they did not even cross-examine him. he also had a terrifically close relationship with grant. grant and johnson were really at loggerheads. position --on's brands position in the johnson administration. david: he was general and chief of the army. the real crisis developed because the army was in the south trying to enforce all of these laws over johnson's vetoes to protect the freedmen. to take care of the x slaves, to give them a voice in their government. generals who were in charge often would int

thomas hardeman. the white house has what is bound to be a bruising fight in congress. it white house counsel don magana will lead the selection and process. justinlark of the office of public liaison will do outreach to support groups. the president is optimistic he can have a nominee confirmed before the midterm break. >> i think it's going to go very quickly. i think we will have a lot of support. i think we will have support from democrats. >> is the president steals for a supreme court battle, his former longtime attorney michael cohen has broken his silence in a 45 minute off-camera interview with abc's george stephanopoulos. he once that he would take a bullet to protect president trump, now he seems to have backed off telling abc my wife, my daughter and my son would have my first loyalty and always will. i put family and country first. his world was much more than simply an attorney. he was president trump's fixer, at one point making $130,000 payment to buy stormy daniels' silence. when asked if the president knew about that payment, cohen said i want to answer, one day i will answer, but for now i can't comment further on advice of my