>>> keir simmons from nbc news.t of intense scrutiny in america because of your meeting with donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. >> any comments -- any conversation -- >> i know you do, there is some confusion about what happened. were you talking about business or were you talking about politics? >> no comments, please. >> have you been contacted by the fbi or would you be prepared to talk to them? mr. gorkov? i'm sorry. mr. gorkov, mr. gorkov. it's just a question of understanding what happened in the meeting. >> no comments, please. >> can i just ask you, was it a political meeting? was it an economic meeting? could we get -- could we interview you at a later date? would that be possible? >> please. no comments. >> why don't you -- if it's an innocent meeting, why don't you want to talk about it? >> sorry. >> mr. gorkov, mr. gorkov, if it was an innocent meeting with jared kushner, why don't you want to talk about it, sir? i'm sorry. please don't push me out of the way. i just want to ask you about the meet

keir simmons of nbc news. the intense scrutiny in americ america because of your meeting with jared kushner. there is confusion over what happened. were you talking about business or were you talking about politics? >> no comments. >> have you been contacted by the fbi or would you be prepared to talk to them? mr. gorkov? just a question of understanding of what happened into the meeting. >> no comment. please. please. >> can i ask, was it a political meeting or economic meet? can we interview you at a later date? if it is an innocent meeting, why don't you want to talk about it? >> sorry. >> mr. gorkov, if it was an innocent meeting with jared kushner why don't you want to talk about it, sir? i'm sorry. please don't push me out of the way. i want to ask you about the meeting you had with jared kushner. >> no comments. >> please explain. if it was an innocent meeting, explain what happened in the meeting, mr. gorkov. >> i did my best. we reached out to jared kushner's attorney. no response this morning. a sour

keir simmons in st. petersburg, russia. keir, stay out of trouble, sir. >>> another animated response from president putin was when megyn kelly posed this question. take a listen. >> what the experts say is that this couldn't have been faked. it's not one factor, that it is a hundred factors that point to russia. they say it's the forensics, the digital fingerprints, theip addresses, the malware, the encryption keys, specific pieces of code, that all of them point to russia and none of them points to anyone other than russia. >> translator: what fingerprints? hooves prints? ip addresses, they can be invented. there are very many specialists that can invent or fix it up. you know, a kid of yours can send it. a girl that is a 3-year-old can portray such an attack. they present it like this. they can pass it off like this. the specialists can invent anything. then they will blame someone else. these are not proofs. they're trying to shirk responsibility. we don't have the problem. the problem is inside the american policy. the

back to you, richard. >> keir, thank you so much. keir simmons with that report.chael allen, former majority staff director of the house permanent selection committee on intelligence. you were watching that along with me here, michael, your thought on what keir was able to, if you will, get from pursuing mr. gorkov. again, mr. gorkov not wanting to answer any of keir's questions along the way. your reaction? >> well, as extraordinary reporting from keir, i think that is just the kind of thing the trump white house probably doesn't want to see on tv, which is enterprising reporters chases down russian bankers asking about the president's family. but it -- i don't know that he got any news or clarification on whether it was an economic-type meeting or political meeting or both. but we certainly saw an interesting line of inquiry that we'll hear about in the coming months. >> a big question that keir was trying to get reaction from. another point here since we are talking about russia and talking individuals from russia, that's the president vat meyladimir pu. keir w

keir simmons, thank you. we have to take a break. stanley, thank you. gentlemen, you're not going anywhere. nbc's megyn kelly will be sitting down later today with for that exclusive interview with vladimir putin that will air sunday evening during the premier of her show "sunday night with megyn kelly" sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. still ahead you know i want to talk about jobs. why would i get brendon up here. just kidding. those jobs numbers are just out. we will take a closer look at what they truly reveal. i want to talk wages. moments ago megyn asked russian president vladimir putin to respond to trump's decision to exit the paris climate treaty. here's what he said. >> translator: i should say we should be grateful to president trump because today in moscow i hear they're saying snowed. it's raining here and very cold. now we can blame him for that and the american imperialism. whuuuuuat?rtgage offer from the bank today. you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousa

sir keir criticised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead ofte mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and the negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. well our political correspondent susana mendonca has been following today's political developments and earlier i asked her what this meant for the brexit secretrary david davis, as he heads off to meet eu negotiators. i think what it shows is that the government is not singing from the same hymn sheet. we have had theresa may has say time and again that no deal is better than a bad deal. now the chancellor, philip hammond, says that no deal would be a very bad outcome. he is clearly of a different opinion, he says there needs to be a transitional structure, a slope rather than a cliff edge as we have heard a lot about. philip hammond is someone who had the election gone the other way, he might not still be the chan

we just brought in keir simmons. as we mentioned, vladimir putin was involved in a panel discussion with my colleague megyn kelly. besides asking about russian hacking, kelly also asked putin if he talked with the trump team about easing sanctions. take a listen and we'll we'll talk to keir. >> this is a systeria. perhaps there is a pill to cure it. my answer is no, no agreements whatsoever. we never, ever get down to that, never had the time to solve the issues. >> also attending today's event was sergey gorkov, a long-time aid to putin. our own keir simmons was able to try to get an answer from gorkov today, and gorkov was in the news because he met with trump's son-in-law jaredushner there's a lot of confusion about what that meeting actually entailed, what was said in that meeting, why they were there, where it happened. keir, did you get any answers? >> not very many, katy, honestly. the bank you're talking about that sergei gorkov is the chairman of, that bank is absolutely tied to the russian government. it wa

keir simmons from nbc news. you're the subject of intense scrutiny in america because of your meeting with donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. >> a conversation about -- >> i know, you do. but the thing, there is some confusion of what exactly happened. were you talking about business or politics? >> no comments, please. >> have you been contacted by the fbi or would you be prepared to talk to them? i'm sorry. just a question of understanding what happened in the meeting. was it a political meeting or economic meeting? could we interview you at a later date? >> all comments. >> if it's an innocent meeting, why don't you want to talk about it? mr. gorkov? if it was an innocent meeting with jared kushner, why don't you want to talk about it, sir. i'm sorry. please don't push me out of the way. i just want to ask you about the meeting you have with jared kushner. please explain. we really want to hear what happened if it's an innocent meeting, please, explain what happened in the meeting, mr. gorkov. >> nothi

that was keir starmer‘s view on the brexit negotiations., we have had that general election, it is the first and we have heard from philip hammond. of course, you would let on the sidelines, you was not really involved in the media interviews during that campaign, and today he has said that he thinks if there had been an economic message, a positive message about britain's economy, that could have led to a better outcome for the conservatives, and he was not happy with the role he had to play during the election where he was effectively sidelined. many thanks. a fall in the number of people who own their own home is fuelling inequality in britain, according to a new report. research from the resolution foundation think—tank suggests that 10% of adults own around half of the nation's wealth. our business correspondent, joe lynam, has more. the awful fire at grenfell tower has highlighted for many the issue of inequality in britain. dozens dead in the wealthiest borough in the uk. now an independent think tank has said inequality has worsened

from brussels, we are delighted to welcome keir starmer.r giving us a little bit of your time. what do you make of the single market? is single market membership completely off the table and can we only have access at this point? [no audio] francine: i think we have had a little bit of technical difficulties. we were trying to understand, tom, after that opinion piece which was one of the main focal point of this tension between the labour party and the conservative party is exactly what they would do if they were in charge. we will get back to keir starmer in brussels. i want to get back to something me. really struck you were talking about the fact there is wishful thinking about how we deal with brexit. what role does the labour party half? ,hey don't have the majority but they did much better than expected. is it kind of checks and balances on the conservatives or at some point can they come into power? richard: if there is any kind of sharing it has to be a check and balance. the conservative party approach believes in free markets and

nbc's keir simmons is joining me and evan from flashpoint. let me start with you. we're seeing so many of these attacks and attacks with cars in europe. is this the new and, frankly, in inexpensive and easy tool of terror? >> yes. it requires no training. anyone can do it. renting a car is extremely easy as isis and others have pointed out in their propaganda. again, it's being pushed not just philosophically but directly being pushed by these terror groups. you don't need to know how to build a bomb to do it. what's disturbing in london, you see not just isis or jihadists doing this but those on the right side are trying to adopt this tactic as well. the idea that multiple extremist wings are going to be trying the same thing and, of course, it's very sad because this is just going to provoke more violence, more hatred and, yeah, it's terribly, terribly sad to see this. >> keir, bring us up to date on this london attack and the bystanders who held the attacker waiting for authorities to arrive. >> reporter: that's right. the man who was arrested in his 40s has now

nbc's keir simmons joins us from our london newsroom. are you telling me, keir, that london will not warmly embrace our president? >> reporter: hard to believe, isn't it? there would be people excited to see the president, there always is, but there are a group who would use it as an opportunity to demonstrate, to protest. you heard sean spicer say that the invitation has been extended by the queen, the president has accepted the invitation, and they look forward to scheduling the visit. the question is, when is it going to be? we thought it might happen in the fall. but then again, the government here is so weak that there may be another election in the fall. >> let's talk about that, keir. we have this dichotomy in france and the uk. in the uk, theresa may embraced president trump. she held a snap election and we all saw how well that turned out, not well at all, a gamble that didn't pay off. and we have france's president emmanuel macron who has pushed back hard against the president. he's seen his numbers for his new party potentiall

nbc's keir simmons with date he tadetails now. >> reporter: captured on camera, what appears a burst of flames many feet high inside brussel's central station. explosion and gunfire, a possible suicide bomber shot. neutralized the local prosecutor says. witnesses describing a man with a bag in a car and fire and screens. he was screaming all sorts of things this man says. at one point he screamed out god is great. the situation is under control tonight, brussels the scene of a deadly attack last year in which 32 were killed by multiple explosions in the airport and a metro line. this year, a wade of terror across europe, among the attacks in manchester, a bomb at an ariana grande concert and in the capital a van and knife attack on london bridge and in paris a man attacking a police officer with a hammer in front ovf notre dame and a van mowing down muslims. >> it's not one or two copy cats, it's the sense if one individual can do it, others can, as well. >> reporter: europe tense and on high alert again tonight seemingly an unrelenting target. keir simmons, nbc news, london. >>> now

>> keir simmons in st. petersburg, thank you. >>> now to the growing backlash around the world over president trump's decision to withdraw the u.s. from that landmark paris agreement on combatting climate change. this is trump administration officials repeatedly refused to say whether the president still believes it's a hoax despite consensus it is, in fact, real. we get more from our white house correspondent, kristen welker. >> reporter: tonight mounting fallout after president trump pulled out of the paris climate agreement, at the center, the white house unable to answer a key question. >> does the president today believe the climate change is a hoax? >> does the president believe climate change is real. >> you're the epa administrator, shouldn't you be able to tell the american people whether or not the president believes climate change is a hoax. where does he stand? >> reporter: the president himself declining to answer questions but quipping during a bill signing aimed at helping law enforcement. >>

nbc's keir simmons is in paris. >> reporter: chaos in front of the famous notre dame cathedral.terrified tourists running, algerian student armed with a hammer attacking a french police officer. >> we were at the front and people came running towards us. you had to keep running. we didn't know what the cause of it was. >> reporter: the suspect, seen here, after being shot by other officers screaming, this is for syria, as he launched the attack carrying kitchen knives in addition tottenhamer. hundreds of visitors were locked inside the cathedral. one of them, a former u.s. terrorism official, on vacation. >> police came in, made us put our hands up and search us apparently looking for potential perpetrators. that's when everyone got frightened and realized we might be at risk ourselves. >> reporter: three days ago she was in london where there was a deadly attack on another tourist site. just now fears from a call from isis for low tech attacks is being heeded. >> it's an effort by isis to get individuals to conduct an attack anywhere at any time using any means. >> reporter: fr

back to you. >> that was keir simmons reporting. the russia investigation and the u.s. withdraw from the paris climate accord, some big events this week, will be main topics on "meet the press." chuck todd will be sitting down with john kerry, scott pruitt, and al gore. that's tomorrow morning right here on nbc 10. >>> we are now getting a glimpse of the first american tv interview of russian president vladimir putin since president trump took office. nbc's megyn kelly got the exclusive sit-down. >> you have said for months that russia had nothing to do with the interference of the american election, and then this week, you floated the idea of patriotic hackers doing it. why the change? >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america. there can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully and professionally shifted the bl blame, as we say, on to russia. can you imagine something like that? >> you can see more of the interview on the premiere of "sunday night with megyn kelly." it comes your way

keir simmons, thank you. as keir just alluded to, megyn kelly's exclusive interview with vladimir putin debuts tomorrow night right here on nbc. >>> fbi director james comey set to testify publicly at a congressional hearing on thursday, but could the trump administration silence him? nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on that. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, craig. in the face of criticism and controversy, the trump white house is trying to focus on its own agenda and anywhere where it has some power. and that could lead to a long shot and difficult challenge this week. even though the president has talked about his own conversations and tweeted about his conversations with james comey, will he attempt to use a presidential authority to keep comey quiet? president trump and james comey. the fbi director he fired could be headed for a new power struggle this week. comey is set to go public thursday about the russian investigation. but the white house is not ruling out a move that could block comey

the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, says membership of the customs union should be one of theent's negotiating team. mr starmer criticised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has only alienated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent susan mendonca and asked her if mr hammond's comments today opens up a division within the conservative government on how to negotiate brexit. we have heard time and again theresa may talking about no deal being better than a bad deal and here we have the chancellor talking about how a no deal would be a bad outcome for britain. that is not what we hear from for britain. that is not what we hearfrom some of for britain. that is not what we hear from some of the other members of

we'll come back to you, malcolm and keir. worth noting in the london attack there's been a tweet by ivanka trump. i think we might have that. >> we do. >> which we can put up, sending love and prayers to the victims in finsbury park, london. we must stand united against hatred and extremism in all its ugly forms. this was in the london attack where somebody seemed to have been targeting muslims. that's not something we've yet seen from president trump. >> we haven't seen a tweet or mention from the president yet. ivanka trump sending out her concern. extraordinary. as a backdrop, the dow. the dow hitting an all-time high today while frustrations and anger are clearly around the world, clearly a very different picture if you think about it. >> stand by. we're going to talk about president trump when we come back. he's set to welcome the president of panama this hour. we're going to bring it to you live. take a close look at donald trump's ties to that country. >> oddly enough, he's got a big, beautiful property there. pain can

the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, says membership of the customs union should be one of thecised the prime minister for leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. i think the prime minister has got us i think the prime minister has got us into a complete mess. she has got no mandate here and she has no authority abroad and negotiations start tomorrow. things have to change. her approach so far has only dated our allies in europe, it has weakened our position in the eu and got us to the worst possible starting position. let‘s talk to our political correspondent susana mendonsa, whojoins me live now from wesminster. intriguing cracks appearing to be visible in government position, makes it hard for david davis and his team when they go off for the talks tomorrow if not everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet. certainly. we have heard time and again theresa may talking about no deal being better than a bad deal and here we have the chancellor saying no deal would be a bad outcome for britain. that is not what we hear from some of the other memb

keir simmons, thank you so much. >> it's the best way. >> joining us now, former chief of staff of theia and department of defense, now an nbc news national security analyst, jeremy bash. >> jeremy, we're trying to sort through a couple big stories leading the news today. first of all, this michael itzkoff report that they were actually feverishly trying to lift sanctions behind everybody's bank very early on and wanting nothing in return for it. >> well, this seems to be exactly what russia wanted during the election. they wanted the incoming team to relax the sanctions in two dimensions. first, obviously the sanctions against russia for harking in the election, sanctions that the obama administration announced on december 29th. more broadly, the ukraine-related sanctions. this itzkoff report showed that people inside the obama administration were very concerned about this, they talked to folks on capitol hill and were getting a lot of pressure by the transition teams to make these policy changes early on. >> this meeting between kushner and the banker, there doesn't seem to be a good

keir simmons in the london bureau. jim cavanaugh, our terror expert. this wraps up our coverage. see you back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. thanks for watching. "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace begins right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00. today it counted as breaking political news that white house press secretary sean spicer, trapped in a humiliating came of he is in, no, he is out of president trump's good graces, briefed on camera. it counted as news because in recent days the white house has dramatically scaled back access to press briefings. this matters because the white house press briefing is often the only opportunity reporters have to pose questions to the white house. today for the first time in eight days, reporters got a chance to ask spicer about this issue of access. >> said it, look, multiple times prior to actually taking the job in december and january, explained that, you know, we're going to do what we can to communicate our message. we have a tremendous respect for the first amendment, your ability to do your

let's go to keir simmons who is joining us from london. this, of course, happens -- late yesterday afternoon, early evening. what do we know since last night's attack about the attacker and his motivations? >> just in the last hour, the british media organizations have been naming the man they say was behind this attack. a 47-year-old, according to the police, a white male. british media saying that he is a father of four from wales. let me step out of the way so you can get a closer look at the scene where the vehicle. you can see now where that happened there are flowers and posters. signs saying united against all terror. and that is because the british prime minister, the london mayor, all describing this as a terrorist attack. british police saying that the man arrested now has been arrested under terrorism laws here. that is very significant. crucial language. because, of course, we've seen a series of attacks carried out by islamic extremists here in europe and london and the uk. this appears to be a man specifically targeting the m

joining me is labour's shadow brexit secretary keir starmer.or being with us. first of all, jeremy corbyn today said that the conservatives believe no deal is better than a bad deal, and that's wrong. does that suggest you lot would be willing to settle for a bad deal? not at all. i am confident that if labour is elected into power next week, we would negotiate a good dealfor britain. we next week, we would negotiate a good deal for britain. we would next week, we would negotiate a good dealfor britain. we would do next week, we would negotiate a good deal for britain. we would do that by resetting the tone, abandoning the belligerent extremist approach, sitting down, as you would in the 21st—century, to professionally negotiate a new relationship with the eu, not membership of course, but partnership. i'm absolutely confident we can achieve that. isn't it much more about more than tone. eu says there won't be no access to the single market unless there is free movement of people. labour have made it clear that you are willing to get rid of the

keir simmons is live in london. keir, what do we know? >> reporter: stephanie, this van mounted the sidewalk behind me and then ran into a bunch of folks who were leaving worship. this of course is ramadan and they were leaving the mosque for after a late night service. now, some really poignant aspects to this, one is that what we understand is from the police have that just prior to the attack, a man had collapsed, a group were trying to help him, good samaritans. that's when the attack happened. some of that group may well have been caught in this attack. the prime minister is calling it a terrorist attack. the mayor is calling it a terrorist attack. the police are saying they're investigating it as a terrorist attack. and now that the mayor of london is here, just talking about hi reaction to what happened. >> all right. thanks, keir. congressman, when you look at this, it seems day after day the concern, the panic is only growing. as a leader in the state of new york, how are you speaking to your constituents? people are scared. >> t

labour's keir starmer tells us what brexit he wants and his alternative to free movement of people.s more news. i've learned more details today on the turmoil inside number 10. and... we are on standby for a major incident. there is a major police operation now under way. as terror strikes again, we see how it was dealt with by behind—the—scenes ina was dealt with by behind—the—scenes in a hospital coping with the aftermath of the westminster bridge attack in march. another attack so similar to what we have seen, this one used a vehicle asa have seen, this one used a vehicle as a weapon but this time the vehicles weren't random, selected for their religion. the police, prime minister and mayor of london have gone out of their way to make clear they draw those restriction between the atrocities of islamist mad men and eight case like this, it wasn't just a hate mad men and eight case like this, it wasn'tjust a hate crime, it was also terrorism —— draw no restriction. it came after midnight in the mixed area of finsbury park ata time in the mixed area of finsbury park at a time when r

keir starmer, thank you very much. thank you.saying. day one of the negotiation is done. let's take stock with our political editor, nick watt. everybody is asking, is theresa may's weakened position going to affect this, is she even going to make the running for the 18 months of negotiation. what's the thinking? the numbers in parliament have moved in a mildly soft brexit direction. the prime minister is weakened after that general election result. i have to say, i do not detect a love for theresa may in the tory party. cabinet ministers are saying they think she's had a loss of nerve over the election setback and also over her response to the tower fire. one cabinet minister, who's a loyalist said to me, "she can stay, if she wants to." i sense that some grandees are warming up to say to theresa may, have your queen's speech on wednesday, get the vote through next week, then maybe you should think about going, because if you don't, you will face a veil of tears although it is important to say that the leading brexiteers are det

nbc news's reporter keir simmons approached the russian banker and asked him about that meeting duringeconomic conference in russia yesterday. here's a listen. >> reporter: -- the subject of intense scrutiny because of your meeting with donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. >> translator: no comment. >> reporter: continues to deny the trump administration negotiated with the kremlin during the transition. >>> president putin sat down exclusively with nbc's megyn kelly for his first u.s. television interview since the 2016 presidential election. he is dismissing u.s. intelligence reports that his government hacked the election. he's offering his own version of the events. >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia. even in america. latin america. they can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame on to russia. >> sund"sunday night we megyn k" premieres tomorrow at 7:00. >>> tonight here in the bay area, san jose state has dropped one of the players from its basketball team after he was arrested

back to you. >> that's nbc's keir simmons reporting. we are getting a glimpse of the first american tv interview of russian president vladimir putin since president trump took office. nbc's megyn kelly got the exclusive sit-down. >> you have said for months that russia had nothing to do with the interference of the american election. and then this week, you floated the idea of patriotic hackers doing it. why the change? >> translator: hackers can be anywhere. they can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america. there can even be hackers, by the way, in the united states. very skillfully, and professionally, shifted the blame, as we say on on to russia. can you imagine something like that? >> you can see more of that interview on the premiere of "sunday night with megyn kelly." it comes your way tomorrow evening at 7:00 right here on nbc 10. >>> tomorrow morning, the russia investigation and also the u.s. withdrawal from the paris climate accord this week will be some of the big topics on nbc's "meet the press." moderator chuc

this is what happened when nbc's keir simmons asked gorkov for an explanation. >> you're the subject of intense scrutiny in america because of your meeting with donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner. >> -- >> i know you do. but the thing is there is some confusion what happened. were you talking about business or were you talking about politics? >> no comments, please. >> have you contacted by the fbi or would you be prepared to talk to them, mr. gorkov? i'm sorry. mr. gorkov, mr. gorkov. just a question of understanding what happened in the meeting. >> no comments. please. >> please don't push me out of the way. i just want to ask you about the meeting that you had with jared kushner. >> sorry. >> please explain. we really do want to hear what happened, if it was an innocent meeting, please just explain what happened in the meeting, mr. gorkov. >> now that happened outside an economic forum in st. petersburg where russian president vladimir putin said that scrutiny of the meetings between the russian ambassador and trump associates was, quote, hysteria. vladimir putin also spoke

as a matter of fact, keir simmons today, did you see the video of this? we want to show folks and let them see for themselves. he tried to get an answer from sergey gorkov. tried to get him to answer a simple question about the nature of his conversations with jared kushner. take a look at this. >> have you been dockr contacted by the fbi, would you be prepared to talk to them? mr. gorkov? i'm sorry. mr. gorkov, it's just a question of understanding what happened in the meeting. mr. gorkov, if it was an innocent meeting with jared kushner, why don't you want to talk about it, sir? please don't push me out of the way. i just want to ask you about the meeting that you had with jared kushner. >> that was the colonel that jump -- the kernel. >> the worst problem t house said he was doing -- that jared kushner was reaching out as far as the way he was reaching out to other foreign leaders, diplomatic outreach. gorkov's bank said it was a business outreach, to speak with kushner's companies. so we have these two on the record conflicting. and by the way, that m

back to you. >> that was keir simmons reporting. the russian investigation and the u.s.hdrawal this week from the paris climate accord will be some of the main topics on nbc's "meet the press." moderator chuck todd will be sitting down with former secretary of state, john kerry, epa administrator, current epa administrator, scott pruitt, and former vice president, al gore. that's tomorrow morning at 10:30, right here on nbc 10. >>> defense secretary jim mattis is calling north korea a clear and present danger to the world. the pentagon chief made that comment today at a global security conference in singapore. at the meeting, mattis called for international cooperation to denuclearize north korea. he also said he believes, ultimately, china will see the north as a liability. >>> prince william is offering his gratitude for the emergency responders who helped after the deadly bombing at the ariana grande concert in manchester. the bombing killed 22 people and injured dozens of others. yesterday, prince william met with police officers and then spoke privately with injured

the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer said the government had swept options off the table, beforetions had even started. the leader of the dup, arlene foster will meet with the prime minister tomorrow, to finalise the agreement between the two parties to allow the tories to form a government. the leader of the democratic unionists said the talks were a tremendous opportunity for northern ireland, rejecting claims from sinn fein that any deal would undermine a return to power—sharing arrangements in stormont. the band plays on. in theresa may's backyard. strangely, business as usual at the back gates. hello, chief whip. can the prime minister stay on, do you think? does she have the confidence of her party? of course she has. but at the front, event at number ten are less regimented. do you have confidence in theresa may's leadership, secretary of state? do you have confidence in the prime minister, do you think she can survive this? do you have confidence in the prime minister? arriving for the first cabinet since the election, not all ministers are ready publicly to say yes. do y

keir starmer, thank you for your time. time for a look at the weather.his was the scene from one weather watcher in county down one weather watcher in county down on the coast. some cloud around but plenty of sunshine. yesterday we saw temperatures as high as 32 degrees in parts of the south—east. today could be a degree or so warmer. always fresher in the north. a weak cold front shifting slowly across the south across scotland and northern ireland. that will produce fresher conditions in the far north. further south we have almost wall to wall sunshine, hot and dry across much of england and wales. one or two showers potentially cropping up late this afternoon through the east midlands and east anglia. the vast majority of us will avoid any showers with highs of 31 or perhaps 32 towards the south—east. 22—29 across england and wales. fresher as we work across scotland and northern ireland with the odd shower possible. temperatures around 19 or 20, fresher in the far north of scotland. moving through this evening and overnight, showers fade away so thin

. >> keir simmons getting after it.is time for my favorite part of the show, money, power, politics. keir simmons trying to get answers from sergey gorkov the russian banker for veb, a bank wholly owned by the russian state. we learned that gorkov back in the news this morning, after "the new york times" reported that he took a trip to new york in december, specifically focused on rolling back sanctions imposed by president obama. the problem, on that same trip, gorkov met with jared kushner, trump's son-in-law, and senior adviser, and he was in town to possibly work on a road show, a road show for their bank. i want to bring back my panel bill cohen and crystal ball. jared was just conducting normal transition duties, yet the veb says they were discussing real estate business. real estate business, jared kushner's family is in real estate, and as we learned from bloomberg this morning they're in need of a loan. >> interesting. >> we know that jared, his family was trying to raise money in china with the visa kind of in

i want to go live to london and nbc's keir simmons is there. first of all in the past there have been reports that head of isis, al baghdadi, had been killed and it turned out not to be true. what are you hearing today? >> yeah, that's right. and the russian foreign ministry now saying it is not 100% confirmed. russia's defense ministry saying this morning that abu bakr al baghdadi may, may, have been, quote, liquidated in a strike carried out almost three weeks ago. now, his location has been hard to establish and so far u.s. officials are not confirming the russian claim and it's important to note there have been numerous reports as you say, stephanie, of al baghdadi's death over the years. he is one of the world's most wanted terrorist. the u.s. has a $25 million reward for information leading to him. a man who built isis into a force controlling large parts of iraq and syria and launching multiple terror attacks. what russians are saying this morning is that they believe that their strike in syria killed 330 isis fighters on may 28th and th

scrutiny for meeting with kushner russian banker sergey gorkov who rfrzed to answer questions from keir simmons in st. peters berged to plenty of talking yelleding more question base the investigation here at home. >> and about the comey hearing next week he is expected to testify. publicly for several hours before going into a private session later that afternoon. janelle. >> much anticipated thank you blaine. >>> sunday night was megyn kelly by the way premiers this sunday he you you can watcher the interview with putin on nbc bay area at 7:00. >> in the wake of president trump's withdrawal from the climate accord governor brown is one of the highest profile talking with reporters about cutting greenhouse gases and exploring clean energy. at home representative from mexico and canada want to hoefrt their own summit. governor brown supports the idea. he is joining with governors of washington and new york who say they want to form their own climate packet. and they are inviting other states to join them. >> in san francisco anger offer the president's action on that climate agreement.

breezy andle keir. good news for the weekend. skies clearing as we head towards saturday and sunday. as changes evolve wednesday. increasing clouds late wednesday. thursday forecast keeps a lot of that shower activity stuck in the north bay for areas north of san rafael 3:00 in the afternoon. thursday evening that's when we think we will see the best chance of showers. right now, mainly north bay chances of rain showers. less chances farther south as the roj rain projection shows areas in green here in the north bay, could reach the monthly average out of that one system. seven-day forecast will keep things kind of mild at least for the next couple of days around san francisco. temperatures mid to upper ikts 60s. thursday, showers move in. for the valleys that could be a big drop in temperatures. close to 90 in concord today. having a tough time climbing to 72 on friday. >> only to come back next week. >> exactly. >> thanks, rob. >>> up next, an all turn to lap bands or gastric bypass. the new weight loss treatment that's showing

. >> keir simmons in paris. thanks. >>> back home we're learning much more about the woman charged in the first intelligence leak case under president trump. prosecutors say a 25-year-old nsa contractor admitted about leaking a top secret document about russia's election motive to an online magazine. the motive is a mystery. >> reporter: barely one hour after an only "the intercept" posted a story about online hacking, the justice department said a 25-year-old georgia woman, realty leigh winner was arrested. the parents said they're shocked? >> i'm worried about her. >> reporter: they say she wasn't highly political. >> she is a good person. she volunteers and does whatever she can to make the community better. >> reporter: reality winner spent six years in the air force intelligent expert and language expert giving her top secret security clearance. she's been working at this georgia military base. on twitter no fan of donald trump once calling him an orange fascist. they realized the document had been leaked w

keir simmons is in paris. he has more on this. keir, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the police standing guard outside of this iconic cathedral this morning. the attacker eer emerging from groups. the attack, terrifying and sudden. the assailant, launches at a police officer. the crowd panics, as another officer opens fire. tourists left fleeing. the assailant shot in the leg, sur rounded. ashley, on vacation from north carolina, took this picture of the attacker on the ground. >> lying over there. i wasn't sure if he was alive, if he was dead. >> reporter: that's the assailant, surrounded by armed police. this morning, a show of force at the world-famous notre dame cathedral. the man was armed with just a hammer and knives. nbc confirming his first name, farid, a ph.d. student in journalism. who left a video in his apartment, pledging allegiance to isis. unlike the jihadists in london last weekends, this man was not on the radar. france under a state of emergency, after a string of attacks. some near terrorist spots like the louvre, on the champs-elysees. last july,

keir simmons, nbc news, paris. >>> frightening moments for young girls in the south bay. they are caught on camera. a man she says followed her home from school. tonight that neighborhood is fighting back. >>> an expansion plan in the works for south bay. what we've learned about a plan to bring jobs and better shopping to san jose. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. it might be june. we are tracking a rain chance. i'll let you know when this storm moves in this week and how much rainfall we'll get. that's at 11:20 tonight. oh, dishwasher, why don't you dry my dishes? oh, he doesn't know any better. you just need to add finish® jet-dry in the rinse aid compartment. it's there for a reason. it dries much better than detergent alone. sorry dishwasher. finish® jet-dry. for drier, shinier dishes. disneyland resort. celebrate the summer of heroes, only at hero up! i'll let you know when this >>> a south bay neighborhood is rallying around a young girl tonight to protect her after a man was caught on camera following her home in his car. nbc bay area damon trujillo talked to t

keir starmer, your european spokesman said it was a open question to let you stay inside the common marketdamentally, it is this protecting jobs and remaining. in britain. could you stay inside the single market? that isa stay inside the single market? that is a requirement of the eu membership and since we aren't eu membership and since we aren't eu members we would have to make an arrangement. we are leaving the eu you are where? yes. we want a tariff free access to the european market, and to maintain a very important university and research collaboration. there is a whole host of european agencies, security and environment, which we are part. we will absolutely remain part of the european convention on human rights and the european court on human rights. we are not walking away from those vital post—war agreements that we re those vital post—war agreements that were made. as we've been hearing, there has been speculation among conservatives about the prime minister's future. earlier today, my colleague annita mcveigh spoke to the former conservative party leader lord howard. he said he

jeremy corbyn, notjeremy corbyn, keir starmer, was talking about the situation we are in.iations, and he feels that the prime minister has got us into a situation where we are going in on the back foot. the prime minister has got us into a mess. she has no mandate here and no authority abroad, and negotiations start tomorrow. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, weakened our position with the eu, and got us into the worst possible starting position. these brexit negotiations were supposed to be happening after what theresa may thought would be a great election victory in the election last week. she now has a minority government. we heard from philip hammond, the chancellor, who we didn't see much of during the election. today, he certainly said that it was not the role he wanted to have. he wanted to be out there talking about britain's economy. he said that if the conservatives had spent the time talking about the positive things they had done for the economy, the outcome might have been different. many thanks. a fall in the number of people who own the

nbc )s keir simmons has the story.g== (:14-:19) (1:16-1:36) oc back to you trt 1:37 raj/rail one down, one more to go. "space-x" is half-way to history now, i want to clarify, i am not an actor. i lay for a living. however, it has been a while. and maybe it is time. >> reporter: depp's comments lighting up social media. one tweet, secret service are you listening. and cathie griffen holding a fake severed head of president trump. her -- johnny depp has parodied trump before. but he clearly new his assassination comment would be controversial. we did reach out and it is possible that he was referring to abraham lincoln's assassination. it is not clear whether that was a reference to the assassination comment. >> thank you. one down, one more to go. space ex is halfway to history tonight. cape canaveral this afternoon, delivering a sattelite into impressive to see just about any space launch. the rocket launched out -- a second rocket this weekend. no one has ever successfully launched two rockets in a single weekend. th

keir starmer said that membership of the customs union should be one of the options considered by thee criticised the prime minister said leading the uk into the worst possible situation ahead of brexit talks. the prime minister has got us into a mess. she has no mandate here and no authority abroad, and negotiations start tomorrow. her approach so far has alienated our allies in europe, weakened our position with the eu, and got us into the worst possible starting position. french voters go to the polls today for the second round of the country's parliamentary elections. president macron‘s en marche party is predicted to win up to 80% of seats, as our paris correspondent, hugh schofield, reports. president macron is within an ace of pulling off the second part of his quiet revolution. if all goes as expected, he is about to secure the biggest makeover in decades in france's parliament, the national assembly. it's notjust that his en marche! party looks set for a crushing majority, the actual candidates are very different from what went before. half are totally new to politics. half a