kirby wong. kirby is also a outfielder and she is from the saulf ball world about transferred into base ball and it was a pleasure to see her perform over the months and weeks we had her and she has done so well over the time and kirby helped lot not only the field but in the dug out. she kept everyone focused on and par. great job kirby. i have 2 unfortunately-cia bizony isn't feeling well today and odd reburn and cia was our catcher stud and first pitcher and short stop and she gave it her all 100 percent. sorry you couldn't meet her today. oddry burn is another special outfielder left fielder and i think out of the whole tornment and 7 games she played she only made 3 outs. she was on base every time other than though threes. pretty pretty awesome. spectacular athletes. now to my special coaching team. prin ses [inaudible] i chose prensis because of her demeana. coach alex and i was the bad cop and she was the good cop so when a player needed a arm around them she was there to help them along.

john kirby, retired u.s. admiral now the spokesman at the state department, thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >>> just ahead, new dna evidence missing ransom money. they're emerging right now as the suspect in the d.c. mansion murders appears in court. >>> will a new independent autopsy shed light on a new mysterious jail cell death? police say it was a suicide and the family says no way. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills and comes in a pen. victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. and the needle is thin. victoza is not for weight loss but it may help you lose some weight. victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. it is not recommended as t

john kirby, the president has a tough sell.epublicans are not convinced that this deal stops iran from getting a nuclear deal. what is your best argument for persuading them? john:the best argument is in the deal. it makes it clear, even on page one, that iran has committed to never pursuing, obtaining, or acquiring a nuclear weapon. that was the bottom line going in. we believe that this deal secures of that goal. there are permanent aspects that will prevent iran from ever achieving a nuclear weapon. the second thing, that is important for everyone, critics alike to understand is that an iran without a nuclear weapon is inherently better for security and stability in the middle east than one with a nuclear weapon. yes we have issues with iran on d stapling -- on destabilizing activities, and we will address them, but it will be easier if iran does not have or is not pursuing a nuclear weapon. laura: if the president is forced to use a veto, doesn't that challenge the legitimacy of the agreement? john: no. but it makes it impo

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in response to the allegations state department spokesman john kirby wouldn't comment directly on the wikileaks content, only saying that the u.s. is focussed on keeping strong ties with germany, and in no way intends to jeopardise or strain the relationship. . >> it's certain our hope that nothing, regardless of whether it's these leaked documents or anything else - that nothing gets in the way of the strong cooperation partnership and friendship that we enjoy with the german people. >> spokesman kirby says the u.s. doesn't conduct foreign intelligence surveillance on citizens or world leaders unless it's for, what he called a specific and validated national security purpose. this is not the first time the u.s. is on the defensive over allegations of spying on chancellor german chancellor angela merkel. two years ago wikileaks published documents causing an uproar showing the n.s.a. was monitoring german chancellor angela merkel's calls. it caused president obama to come out saying the u.s. was not spying on its friends, but there were questions about how behaviour was in the past. t

in a statement issued on sunday, kirby urged chinese officials to respect the rights of all citizens. authorities in beijing have reportedly taken in or questioned dozens of human rights lawyers and legal staff in a nationwide crackdown that began last thursday. prominent beijing-based lawyer wan yu is among those being held. sources say more than 100 people were taken into custody and questioned. it's believed around 20 are still being held. >>> top diplomats from iran and six world powers are expected to decide on monday whether to strike a final deal on tehran's nuclear program. talks between wraun iran and the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany are under way in vienna. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov returned to the city to work on the deal. >> translator: i hope we are at the last phase of these marathon negotiations. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that he's hopeful. the head of iran's atomic energy organization ali akbar salahi said technical discussions are almost over. but observers believe differences remain over issues that in

amy: that is john kirby. kani xulam, your response. kani: last year isis almost to get over and eggs to the united states government, airdropped on october 19, 2014, on the town occupied 80% by isis, the kurds fought back, house to house, street to street and kicked out these isis supporters. as far as this recent incident, on july 20 when one isis militant went to these meetings when activists from kurdistan wanted to go to kobani and build a playground for the kids, a school, and 32 of them were killed. supposedly because of that turkey entered the war, and guess what it did -- it went after the pkk in iraq, 400 authorities, as opposed to several from the british media and isis spokespersons, according to british media again, is they have bombed empty buildings. the desire is not there. turkey views assad as a greater threat. assad, for all of his actions have never sold women in the market. they should also talk about the people killed inside turkey. there is a cease-fire for two and a half years, guns have gone silent but 20 kurdis

joining us now, we have state department spokesman john kirby.at the u.s. institute of peace and woodrow wilson center robin wrights and writes about iran in the latest edition of "the new yorker." >> to have you both onboard this morning. >> thank you. >> admiral, let's begin with you. yesterday, of course you know the news. two members of congress said that in meetings with the iaea in vienna, they learned two of secret side deals between the iaea and iran that wouldn't be reviewable about it american people. is that true? >> i can't speak to that. what i can tell you is all relevant documents to this deal certainly all those in our possessions have been delivered to kovenlgtcongress. they were delivered over the weekend. they'll have access to everything we have access. to the second thing i say is that the secretary kerry as well as others will be making the trip to capitol hill today and tomorrow to brief members of congress. they're doing an all house briefing to day and all senate briefing to day to explain and defend this deal. he's very

this is a cartoon that was done by a cartoonist, rawlin kirby, for the "new york world" newspaper. you see that the caption of this is a real american goes hunting. and we have a man holding -- carrying a rifle and chasing a bunch of klansmen wearing their sheets across the field. the name of the rifle is william allen white. he did not end up winning the election. but he got a quarter of the vote which is respectable. the republican party was furious because he'd been a longtime supporter of the republican party. they were sure he was going to bomb their chances of winning the governor seat. holland did when the seat. what he accomplished was making the klan an issue in the campaign. and he definitely brought it to the forefront. all that remained was for the supreme court to give their opinion on the case. they came back in 1927 and said there was no issue of federal law in this case therefore the kansas supreme court decision was upheld. that meant that the klan could not legally operate in the state and kansas became the first state to actually have a legal ouster of the klan d

john kirby told cnn that kerry may travel to havana for that embassy opening.ere is what he had to say. >> clearly that is something we are entertaining but i don't have anything to talk about in terms of his travel right now. what we are focused on less the travel schedule and more the effort here and achieving the president's objective of restoring diplomatic negotiations with cuba. what that looks like how that is processed, how we do that over time. >> reporter: the white house has not ruled out a presidential trip to cuba before president obama wraps up his time in office. >> thanks for that jim. >>> new twomts in thedevelopments in the race for president for hillary clinton. hundreds of e-mails were released overnight. we will tell you what they say. >>> chris christie is now officially running for president! all of the details, next. ♪ >>> breaking overnight, a new batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's private account released. this was the only e-mail address the secretary used while she was in office among almost 2,000 e-mails in this batched exchang

it is devastating for everybody >> dan :kirby scudder knew both maddy and the 15 year old boy accused of killing her. residents tell us maddy and the boy were not strangers to each other >>:never in a million years could have fathomed this to happen. he was a role model >>:i have seen them together literally dozens of times playing together and nothing ever struck me as odd a rough place--or out of place >> dan :this resident did not want us to identify him or show his face. but he says there was no indication that there was any problem. >>:he never seemed aggressive or anything >> dan :right now the community is grieving together and eventually they will heal together >> pam :missing child advocate mark klaas. whose 12-year old daughter polly klaas was murdered back in 1993. says, children are often killed my other young people. -- by other young people he talked about this case with kron four's jeff bush. who joins us from the newsroom with klaas's advice to parents. jeff >> jeff :pam, i talked to marc klaas earlier this evening and he said it is not uncommon for a victim and a susp

. >>> let's now bring in john kirby, spokesman for the u.s. state department.eard senator cotton. he says these continued extensions are teaching the wrong lessons, allowing them to walk back from the previous consessions or demand new concessions. what was your response? >> my response is what it's doing is allows negotiators to stay in the room and building on the problem that'sing made in the last couple weeks. it will be foothardy, foolish to simply walk away. that said and secretary kerry said this. it's not an open-ended commitment. if we can't get a deal he will walk away. >> is it true though that every time one of these extensions happens, as senator cotton says iran goes back on something they had already agreed to such as previously they said they would ship uranium out of the country, they would close down an underground bunker now they're saying they want the convention an arms embargo lifted. is that how this is workic? >> i don't want to get into what's being discussed inside the negotiating room. i would say there still remains, and secretary ke

state department spokesman john kirby told cnn that kerry may travel to havana for that embassy openinghere is what he had to say. >> clearly that is something we are entertaining right now, but i don't have anything to talk about in terms of his travel right now. what we are focused on less the travel schedule and more the effort here and achieving the president's objective of restoring diplomatic negotiations with cuba. what that looks like, how that is processed, how we do that over time. >> reporter: the white house has not ruled out a presidential trip to cuba before president obama wraps up his time in office. john and christine? >> our thanks to jim for that. >>> new developments in the race this morning for race for president. thousands of e-mails for hillary clinton released overnight. we are been poring through them and tell you what they have to say. >>> and a new candidate in the race for president. what is chris christie's plan for a reemergence? that is next. ♪ ♪ when you're living with diabetes steady is exciting. only glucerna has carbsteady clinically proven to help min

spokesman john kirby. >> reporter: the u.s. telling turkey not to go against the pkk if the pkk are going against i.s.i.l, yes or no. >> the pkk in syria? >> correct. >> the pkk as we observe them are in more than -- in operating in iraq and inside turkey. to conduct -- >> you don't know that they are fighting inside syria as well? >> i have no specific information. i know what she's referring to, i'm getting there. i have no information specifically about where the pkk may be inside syria. in syria largely the counter-i.s.i.l. fighters are members of the ypg right? >> no. >> and the attacks that they rendered were against pkk not the ypg. >> but does that mean that you're telling the turks because now we have this complication inside syria who is shooting at whom at this point? >> you are talking about this recent claim of attack that the turks fired on ypg? >> right. >> so let me -- so the turks have said they are going to investigate that and they have reiterated and clarified that their purpose against i.s.i.l. or their pur

state department spokesperson john kirby also expressed concern, saying the demolition would be "harmful and provocative." the standoff is the latest in a decades-long fight by susiya residents, who have been facing forced displacement since the 1980's. in may, an israeli court rejected the village's injunction to stop demolition, clearing the way for the bulldozers. the bulldozers are expected to arrive any day. residents have vowed to resist. >> we are steadfast. we will resist until death. it is impossible to make asleep even if they demolish it a thousand times, we will resist. -- it is impossible to make asleep. even if they demolish it a thousand times, we will resist. how many times have they made us refugees? how many times? they throw us out the settlement now, and also they want to send us to where? amy: in haiti, hundreds of people protested in port-au-prince on tuesday, calling on the dominican government to halt the threatened deportations of hundreds of thousands of haitians living in the dominican republic. some also called for a boycott of dominican goods. >> we urge the

still, in washington, state department spokesman john kirby remained cautiously optimistic. >> there'sgenuine progress made. i think secretary kerry believes and said as much that we're close, but there still remains some sticking points, some issues that still need to be resolved. so we'll see where they go. but our focus is on what's going on inside the negotiating room. >> woodruff: kirby added that an interim nuclear agreement-- which has already been extended three times in two weeks-- can remain in effect for as long as necessary. we'll have more on the fate of the iranian nuclear deal, later in the program. >> ifill: iraqi troops and shiite militiamen began a long- awaited, large-scale military assault against the islamic state today. the operation targeted the western province of anbar-- two months after islamic state fighters seized its capital ramadi. a military spokesman made the announcement today on state television. >> the military operations for liberating anbar from i.s. militants started at 5:00 a.m. today dawn. our armed forces along the shiite militiamen, special tas

i understand the chairman's uncertainty in doing this. >> this is kirby. >> there has been nothing but non-stop work on this. you have to understand the enormity of the task. it is a lot of stuff to go through. >> what do you make of the state department dealing with iran russia and is describeing non-stop work dealing with e-mails that should have been turned over by hillary clinton years ago? >> we don't know if hillary clinton has turped over all of the e-mails yet. as seen in the fact there were 60 new e-mails that we got that we had not previously had. 15 of them had never been turned over by ms. clinton to the state department and the state department was holding some of them. why didn't we get those? >> thank you very much for being with us. they are busy at the statement department with thousands of e-mails to go through. they are doing them in pieces and drip drip drip. >> fox news alert. more to come on this. there have been multiple explosions and attacks overseas and egypt is blowing up in parts. that is this. plus there is this: >> we have to fight like hell. but we are go

severance was charged with that murder and the murder of ron kirby in 2013 and nancy dunning in 2003.ight the west virginia state fire marshal is working to find out exactly what caused the fire that burned down several businesses in harper's ferry but foreign spared the section of town -- fortunately spared the section of town preserved as a national park. the pub, an ice cream parlor and three stores filled with artisan items were damaged. residents credit firefighters that helped from surrounding states from keeping that fire from spreading even further. >> the whole town could have been burned up down here. they came in, did what they had to do and saved a lot of history. >> fortunately nobody was hurt in the fire. the nearby train station was shut down part of the day because streets were blocked off, but the station itself wasn't damaged and marc train service to harpers ferry has been restored. >>> the fbi director now says isis has surpassed al-qaeda as the greatest threat to this nation. the reason? it's mastered twitter and other social media. >> if you want to talk to a ter

. >> reporter: kirby, the boy friend of the victim's mother knows the 15-year-old boy arrested. >> for the last six years, he's been here -- everybody knows him, everybody has interacted with him. he's incredibly great kid. and this is a tragedy for him and for his family. >> reporter: scudder says and others that the teen's family as well as the teen himself who was arrested have been good tenants here for many, many years. the mother very loving and supportive. which makes it even more difficult for people here to comprehend all of this. reporting live in santa cruz chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. >> okay chuck, thank you. >>> our coverage continues online. we posted the raw video of today's news conference. it's there on our front page at nbcbayarea.com. >>> we are following some breaking news in the north bay. a major flare-up on a week-old fire that's forced new evacuations. the wragg fire near wine country jumped a containment line this afternoon. the fire is burning across parts of three counties. napa, yolo and solano counties near the town of winters. nbc bay area's jodi her

kirby is recognized during this vote. >> thank you, mr. speaker. ladies and gentlemen it is my privilege and honor today to come before you. i've got a very very special guest with me today on this monumental day for the state of south carolina. i'd like to introduce you someone who is the reason i am here. i'd like to introduce my mother who has come to be with us today. shelby kirby if you wouldn't mind standing. you all please make my mother welcome. thank you for being our special guest. >> those. clerk will tabulate. by a vote of 90-27, amendment number 28 is tabled. clerk will read. >> number 29 mr. pitts. number 29. >> we're now to amendment 29. mr. pitts' amendment recognized on his amendment. mr. pitts. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i think i've talked more today than i have in the past 13 years. although as slow as i talk it takes a while to get something said. i love springtime. and i love springtime around this state capitol. we have a very beautiful capitol. i don't know if any of the rest of you do something that i do but i've gone and v

kirby is recognized during this vote. >> thank you, mr. speaker. ladies and gentlemen it is my privilege and honor today to come before you. i've got a very very special guest with me today on this monumental day for the state of south carolina. i'd like to introduce you someone who is the reason i am here. i'd like to introduce my mother who has come to be with us today. shelby kirby if you wouldn't mind standing. you all please make my mother welcome. thank you for being our special guest. >> those. clerk will tabulate. by a vote of 90-27, amendment number 28 is tabled. clerk will read. >> number 29 mr. pitts. number 29. >> we're now to amendment 29. mr. pitts' amendment recognized on his amendment. mr. pitts. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i think i've talked more today than i have in the past 13 years. although as slow as i talk it takes a while to get something said. i love springtime. and i love springtime around this state capitol. we have a very beautiful capitol. i don't know if any of the rest of you do something that i do but i've gone and v

i want to turn to what we found out today that the state department spokesman admiral kirby revealingt the administration raised the stakes in the battle with chairman trey gowdy and the select committee on benghazi, declaring that the white house has now invoked executive privilege against that benghazi probe. what do you make of it? what are the implications? >> well, certainly benghazi has been a huge problem for the united states. fact that there was 15 months of ansar al-sharia activity against western presence in tripoli in benghazi and libya as a whole leading up to the tragic event on 9/11. fact of the matter is the security situation there was absolutely irresponsible, and we still don't have all the answers. you can argue about talking points one way or the other. but as far as i'm concerned, the united states, we failed there, and we have to own up to it and have to certainly make certain that we're fixing it. lou: all right, general jack keane always good to talk to you, thank you. >> good talking to you, lou. lou: on wall street stocks finished higher the dow surged 138 p

south/southwest to kirby. this is where the severe thunderstorm warnings are. they are moving east at 20 miles per hour. contrast that to the storms a little farther west. where they are moving like 40 miles per hour. in the meantime, we are enjoying a pleasant tuesday afternoon. with the temperatures mid-to-upper 80's and sunshine. 88 at the reagan national airport. pull back on thetellite and the radar. here is the d.c. metro. we get in the an we see the storms fire on the eastern side of the appalachians. common phenomena in the summertime. up related to this junk -- unrelated to this junk. the storms are firing you were and they will move east to northeast. there is a risk that some could get to d.c. metro at let's say 7:00 7:15. then a bigger concern for the line that is coming in later tonight at 10:00. that is what we are seeing now. the future cast as we analyze this going to through the evening; we update it it shows showers a storms possible. 10:00 at night. the steady, heavy lines of storms are shunted north and well southwest. assuming the model is

at the state department today, spokesman john kirby was impressed on more e-mails that should be turned over to the house select committee on benghazi have been held back. since none already released include any notes at all between then secretary of state hillary clinton and u.n. ambassador chris stevens who was killed in the attack. >> i can't rule out there may not be an accident. some corners between former secretary clinton and ambassador stevens, because we just haven't gotten through that. but we're confident in the veracity and the authenticity of the 1300 we have already provided. >> that leaves the door open to the possibility of the thousands of e-mails they are sorting there could be more benghazi-related e-mails to be shared with the chairman of the committee just as the clinton campaign which has long dismissed the legitimacy of the e-mail controversy decided this wooic to post a long fact sheet about e-mails that suggest it's more of a campaign issue than they've acknowledged. the document arguing, in part, in a cnn interview clinton did not lie when she said this. >> i'v

in the meantime john kirby told wolf blitzer, kerry may travel to cuba for the embassy. >> what we're focused on is less the travel schedule and more the effort of restoring diplomat negotiations with cuba. what that looks like how, that's processed, how we do that overtime. >> reporter: and the white house has not ruled out a presidential trip to cuba before president obama leaves office. that would be astounding. it was usen the current head of the u.s. interest section in that vanhavana. you could almost see the white house from the interest section building. >> thank you so much for all of that. >> you bet. >> usa, usa, usa. the american women are headed to the world cup soccer final after shutting out germany 2-0. the other semifinal between japan and england is tonight. the world cup championship match is sunday. late they are hour we will speak live with two of team usa's players kelly o'hara and ambbey. >> usa. >> she's conflicted. >> today i'm conflicted. tomorrow i won't be. >> call me a hater. >> what do you think? tweet her. >> okay. >> they say any press is good press. a

at the state department today, spokesman john kirby was impressed on more e-mails that should be turned over to the house select committee on benghazi have been held back. since none already released include any notes at all between then secretary of state hillary clinton and u.n. ambassador chris stevens who was killed in the attack. >> i can't rule out there may not be an accident. some corners between former secretary clinton and ambassador stevens, because we just haven't gotten through that. but we're confident in the veracity and the authenticity of the 1300 we have already provided. >> that leaves the door open to the possibility of the thousands of e-mails they are sorting there could be more benghazi-related e-mails to be shared with the chairman of the committee just as the clinton campaign which has long dismissed the legitimacy of the e-mail controversy decided this wooic to post a long fact sheet about e-mails that suggest it's more of a campaign issue than they've acknowledged. the document arguing, in part, in a cnn interview clinton did not lie when she said this. >> i'v

severance has been charged in the death of ludato, ron kirby and nancy dunning. the judge denied a motion to set a bond for trail severance calling him a flight risk.'s attorneys asked for a second, t exam but the judge also denied that.'s trial is excited to begin october 5. diane cho, abc 7 news. leon: right now we are looking at a situation breaking into the abc 7 news room. a man accused of dragging it prince george's county officer is now in custody. danny harvell was arrested this afternoon. he is looking at attentive second-degree murder charges. the officer tried to stop him but his hand became tangled in a seatbelt. the officer was dragged more than 100 yards but with that car hit a tree. police say he then ran off in this ain't. the officer -- ran off from the scene and the officers at home with his -- recovering from his injuries. kimberly: take a look at this. this happened in the historic section of harpers ferry. more than half a dozen this is his and harpers ferry were absolutely gutted. brad bell is live there tonight with all the damage and the c

in response to the allegations state department spokesman john kirby wouldn't comment directly on the wikileaks content, only saying that the u.s. is focussed on keeping strong ties with germany, and in no way intends to jeopardise or strain the relationship. >> thank you to libby casey >>> one of france's far right wing politicians has been allowed back into the party he founded after his daughter threw him out. a french court cancelled the suspension of jean marie ley men. in may, marie le pen ousted her father after comments about the holocaust >>> the u.s. government opened a chapter in the f.i.f.a. corruption case seeking extradition of seven f.i.f.a. officials held in swiss prisons, arrested on bribery and racketeering allegedly involving banks. the extradition process could take months. >>> struggling to fit in without standing out. coming up, a new report on the plight of ethnic minorities moving to urban areas around the world. disaster off the coast of the philippines, a ferry accident turns deadly. >>> rescue crews were alt save the majority of people on board a ferry that

i was jack kirby garcia. he was 9 years old. months ago he and his brother and her brother moved from the west coast to this hagerstown apartment with a man the mother met online. that boyfriend robert wilson is charged with abusing the child as punishment for eating a piece of cake without permission. now a murder charge is likely. >> this was dumbfounding for me. a child gets beaten to death over a piece of cake. brad: an autopsy will determine if the child suffered prolonged abuse. investigators will look to the mother who they say turned an ambulance away and the uncle who put the handcuffs on the boy. >> we are looking at anyone who had any association with the young man in that household for this case. we knocked on wilson's door scene of the alleged crime. no answer. in the neighbor's door business carted of the detectives looking to build a case. those we speak to wish they could help the police. >> to me there is really no excuse. brad: to be clear, no additional charges have been filed. we can tell you here at the hagu

now, john kirby, the spokesman at the state department says there's nothing wrong with that.ten. >> this was a prudent decision made to are try to protect sensitive information. and, again, just because it's classified now doesn't mean that it was wrong to send it at a time. >> officials say when she sent the information it wasn't classified. >> we learned more about blumenthal. >> he was handling secretary democratic diplomatic missions for hillary clinton. he e-mailed the chief of staff here in 2009 fyi, we just heard from an ap reporter that sidney outed himself about coming to the department and mentionsing it without realizing he was talking to somebody. folks at the white house did not want sidney blumenthal working at the state department. it's clear from this e-mail he was working for them and they wanted to keep it under wraps. >> make sure to wear warm socks at night. >> that was the advice from padesta to hillary clinton. >> good to see you. you don't have much time to buy donald trump ties from macy's because they're stopping selling his products. it's the latest

president and secretary of state john kerry will have more to say on this later in the morning and kirbyay travel to havana for the opening of the embassy. >> that's something we are entertaining right now. i don't have anything specific to talk to you in terms of his travel right now. what we are focused on is less the travel schedule and more the effort here in achieving the president's objective of restoring diplomatic negotiations with cuba what that looks like. how that is processed and how we do it over time. >> the white house has not ruled out a presidential trip to cuba before president obama wraps up his time in office. >> that is jim acosta reporting from las vegas washington. errol? >>> u.s. law enforcement agencies are preparing for the upcoming 4th of july holiday on saturday. police said the security will be sgrit gritter this independent den day than in years past. there have been no credible threats against this year's festivities but isis leader and supporters called for violence against american security government and the public over the past year. >>> meantime in yem

kirby, west virginia if it holds together.remendous downpours where we had one to two inches of rain and had flash flood warnings, what a nice evening it's turned out to be here in washington with a temperature currently of only 81 degrees feeling like 84. the dew point still near 70. this air mass is very tropical like. a lot of humidity. a lot of moisture around. any storms we get over the next few days have the potential to have heavy downpours. derek and i were talking and said we need the rain. today is the first time we've had measurable rain at regan national in nine days. had other storms but it's been nine days. 81 now. 86 hagerstown. look what the rain has done. for evening hours in late july to be cool like this you know there's rain going on. only 75 in charlottesville. we still have a threat for a few showers or storms, but clearly the strong to severe threat is diminishing. fewer thunderstorms tomorrow. going to be hot and humid most of the week. i think serious heat and humidity by wednesday. mid 90s. maybe thur

used to be pentagon now state department spokesman john kirby. >> there are a small number that are beingexecutive privilege purposes. that is not uncommon. it's not atypical. and i would hasten to add that you know you need to keep it in perspective compared to the wide swath, just an amazing amount of material that's already been provided to the select committee. >> it's amazing. joining me now, dana ferino who's co-host of "the five" and not to mention "and the good news is," the huge best seller. suddenly there are some documents that state department and the white house don't want tray gaudy to see. >> that's right. when you're a spokesperson the last thing you want to do is get into a fight about document rollout. this is what happens in the second term usually, there's a scandal. hillary clinton says i want everyone to read all of my e-mails. i turned it over it will be fine. the white house said we didn't know about the server it will be fine. >> no disrespect men, they start looking through the documents. they say, this could be embarrassing. it's not that there's probably anythi

. >> state department spokesman john kirby, would not comment on whether these allegations are true, but he did emphasize that surveillance is done only on targets when it's warranted. he said only for a specific and validated national security purpose. whether it's on an ordinary citizen or on a foreign leader. he said there's no intention on the part of the u.s. to strain or damage the relationship with germany. >> it's certainly our hope that nothing, whether it's these documents or anything else, that nothing gets in the way of the strong cooperation and partnership and friendship that we enjoy with the german people. >> it certainly isn't the first time that the u.s. has been on the defensive about this, tony. two years ago wikileaks released cable that showed that the u.s. was indeed monitoring merkel's phonecalls. it put president obama and the u.s. on the desks. and they came out and said that the u.s. doesn't currently spy on its friends but there's a real question of what has been done in the past. wikileaks has been making a lot of news this summer. and just last month it

yet today under questioning from fox, admiral john kirby confirmed the state department held back about e-mails that were deemed classified after the fact. clinton aides scrambled to insist retroactive classification does not change the fact they were unclassified when first sent. >> this was a prudent decision made to try to protect sensitive information. and again, just because it's classified now doesn't mean that it was wrong to send it at the time. >>> the e-mails that were released show clinton used sidney blumenthal as early as 2009 to conduct sensitive diplomatic matters, even though blumenthal had been blocked from joining her staff by some of president obama's aides because of political dirty tricks from 2008. officials grew concerned the secret would leak. then clinton press aide p.j. crowley writing the chief of staff cheryl mills in 2009 quote fyi we just heard from an a.p. reporter that sydney outed himself about coming to the department mentioning it without realizing he was talking to someone who actually covers our building. while clinton recently made this claim. >> he

>> the state department spokesman john kirby wouldn't comment today on the veracity of these wickky leak allegations. he did however empathize the relationship with germany, and said there is no intention to strain or damage that relationship. it is certainly our hope, nothing, regardless of whether it is these documents or anything else, and that if nothing gets in the way of the strong cooperation partnership, and friendship we enjoy with the german people. it is not u.s. policy whether they are ordinary citizens or world leaders david unless there's what he called a specific and validated national security purpose. this is didn't first time the u.s. oon defensive on allegations of spying two weeks ago had been monitoring her phone calls phone calls that prompted president obama at the time to say the u.s. isn't spying on it's friends but there certainly has been questioned about past behavior. now, wickky leaks has been making headlines this summer, just last month they released documents alleging that the nsa has spied on the french president vance somewhat oland. today that greece i

hagerstown police now confirming that 9-year-old jack kirby garcia did die on sunday. police say the incident happened at this apartment building on lynne haven drive june 30. after the boy was allegedly handcuffed by a relative for taking the birthday cake he reportedly went in the room with his mother's boyfriend where he was beaten. the suspect is identified as robert leroy wilson charged with first degree child abuse resulting in severe physical injury. first-degree assault and reckless endangerment. he is held on $1 million pond and could face additional charges. the boy was left unconscious in room for several hours and when an ambulance arrived his mother allegedly told the paramedics they were not needed. when an ambulance was called to the apartment for a second time, the paramedics showed up with police. that is when the officers found the child unresponsive with extensive bruising and abrasions on his face and his body. he was transported to the children national medical center in d.c. where he later died. reporting from the live desk i'm kellye lynn abc7 ne

today, kirby, a friend of the victim's family described the teenager as a mentor not someone who police say would lure an 8-year-old into his apartment and kill her. >> i just can't fathom how anything like that happens, child or not child. i don't know. i don't have an answer. this is the answers we're going to be seeking. >> reporter: laura brought her children to the growing memorial for maddy today as she tried to figure out how to talk to her own children about staying safe. >> we have to teach them how to protect themselves, too, and how to be aware of possible dangerous situations and talk to them about not going into other people's houses. >> reporter: tough questions remain. how do parents in this self-described tightly knit artist colony convince their children that there is no threat here? >>s that really the big issue for us moving forward, is the issue of trust. we have about 50 kids on this property. they all know each other. they all play with each other. they all hang out at each other's houses. there's a lot of interaction between everybody. so now moving forward, that