kristen? >> all right, sandhya, thank you so much. >>> a scary moment tonight for hundreds of people at the griffith observatory. dry brush caught fire a few hours ago on the steep slope directly below the l.a. landmark. the flames were burning on the side where visitors hang out to view the hollywood sign. crews knocked down the quarter-acre fire in about 30 minutes. nobody was hurt. and the observatory is okay as well. >> very good news. stay with us. coming up, whooping cough is on the rise. doctors fear an epidemic. what they're blaming for the surge in cases. >>> plus uproar over an east coast dunkin' donuts sign some customers are calling racist. >>> and -- >> i was shot when i was 18. and at that point i kind of fell deeper into the hole. >> but not too deep to pull himself out. the help this uc santa cruz student received to put him on a path toward a ph.d. >>> first here's a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> jimmy. >> thanks, d

kristen you're a philly person. what we saw yesterday was this tribute to america about an eight minute program on the south lawn instead of the eagles celebration. here is what lebron james and steph curry agree on that the nba will also not participate in any kind of white house ceremony. let's watch. >> i know no matter who wins this series, no one wants to invite anybody. it won't be golden state or cleveland state going. >> i agree with bron. the way we handled things last year, kind of stay consistent with that. >> robert, the political motivation behind what the president did yesterday. we know a number of the eagles were not going to show up. the fact is the white house cancelled it because it was going to be too small a celebration. what happened next? >> when ever i'm back in philadelphia, for all of your work at nbc news, people still think of your time in philadelphia as a correspondent and anchor there. a lot of good memoriaes. this is a swing state and state that president trump won, pennsylvania. it w

kristen let's start with you. we were expected the president to have already signed this executive order. it seems as though that hasn't happened yet. i'm interested to know the latest there. also what does your reporting say about what the tipping point was for this president? >> in terms of what is happening here at the white house, moments ago the group of reporters referred to as the pool was just called back. presumably, president trump is going to be signing that executive order within the next several moments, if not within the next half hour. so we will of course bring that as soon as it happens. we'll have that reporting, and hopefully those images momentarily. so that is just breaking here as we come on the air n. terms of what the tipping point was, we are trying to drill down on the exact tipping point. but let's look at the past 24 hours. lawmakers have been increasingly criticizing this president this policy saying it has to end saying these family separations have to end. democrats calling for kiers

. >> kristen sze. thanks for joining us. a report released today from the ntsb raises new questions about the role of autopilot in a tesla crash in mountain view three months ago. >> killing an apple engineer. i team reporter dan noyes is following this closely with the new information. >> dan and kristen the final report won't be coming out for a year but more pieces of the puzzle fall into place. >> the ntsb says 38-year-old walter wong was using the autopilot function on the tesla model x for 18 minutes 5 a seconds before it crashed. he received two visual armistices and one auditory alert to place his hands on the wheel. those came more than 15 minutes before the crash. in the minute before the crash his hands were detected on the steer wheels on three separate occasions for a total of 34 seconds. the last six seconds the vehicle did not detect his hands on the wheel. >> tesla's autopilot determines whether or not your hand is on the wheel by a certain amount of torque exerted on the we'll. if you rest your hand at the 6

kristen, you've got a young girl now who's at that age. >> yeah.o, all these things, all these issues that we're putting at the forefront are very helpful. i was impressed by yasmina and lauren, because they are there, on a daily basis at school, telling their peers that, "we're here for you. we reject the bullying, we reject the meanness, and we support each other." and if kids can take and adopt that view and do something nice for the kid next to them, then that will certainly change their world view so much. >> mm-hmm. >> thank you both for being here and thank you for what you're doing with the round table. it's online for everybody at home. so, now, when we come back, you're going to learn about an international organization that wants to put a smile on your face, as they choose kindness to put a stop to bullying. it's called the cybersmile foundation. >> another thing you can do is talk to somelde a friendif you'e not comfortable going to your parents. you can talk to your parents. you can talk to a teacher. talk to anyone who has power, beca

dan and kristen. >>> thanks sandhya. >>> stay with us. back in just a moment. >>> you want to check out this though. shocking video out of central florida. coming up at 6:00 tonight. you'll want to take control of the situation out there. the situation out there. this is -- we'll have ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a heart failure medicine that helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital compared to a leading heart failure medicine. don't take entresto if pregnant. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make more tomorrows po

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >> coming up here tonight, no more s.a.t.s. higher education. >>> and back in the game, a triumphant return to the diamond exactly one year after tragedy struck. >>> we are following breaking news tonight near denver. our affiliate kusa is reporting that several people have been shot at a dentist's office,uahe hospital. there is no word yet on their conditions. police say there is a suspect at large. they are working to get ascptio. >>> we'll take a turn now to beautiful night for baseball in our nation' capital and look now at nationals park where the annual congressional baseball game is taking place. tonight marks one year since a gunman opened fire on the republican team as they practiced for the charity team, injuring four people including steve scalise. 12 surgeries later, he's back on the field on second base. >>> a big change from one of the top ranked universities in the country, university of chicago is joining a growing trend becoming the first major research university to stop requiring undergrad applicants to submi

i'm kristen sze. it ended at sooner street and lorenzo avenue where a suspect rammed into a police car. matt keller is live at the scene, matt, police say they got there just in time? >> reporter: yes, kristen, and we're where the chase ended here in oakland. this is the suspect's car being towed. they are waiting for a search warrant for weapons or evidence in the car. this started at u7:45 this morning. the suspect went to the home and assaulted a family member, the suspect kidnapped the woman, and took off in his car. the officers saw the vehicle take off. they saw the suspect ram into a patrol vehicle, and eventually, the chase ended on lorenzo avenue and sooner street. they said if they arrive any later, it's possible there was another ending. >> the suspect repeatedly threatened to kill her. we're extremely happy our officers were able to have such a quick response, locate the car, the victim, and the victim is okay. she's not injured. >> reporter: now, the suspect, man in his 30s, was arrested

. >> and i'm kristen sze in for alma daetz. they are wondering why he targeted the newspaper. >> he made threats to the capital gazette online. >> reporter: he made threats against the newspaper as recently as today. he showed up armed with a shotgun firing at people all who worked at the newspaper. a gunman opening fire inside the gazette newspaper. >> several shots have been fired, possible shotgun at least ten shots heard. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies rushing to the scene. police there within 60 seconds of the first calls for help. >> all unit, your transmissions. do we have any kind of intel on our shooter? >> white male with ponytail. >> reporter: phil davis a reporter on twitter gave descriptions tweeting, gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. can't say much more and don't want to declare, but it's bad. tere is nothing more per identifying hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and here the gunman reload. >> first victim wendy winte

joining me now, kristen welker. msnbc political am linalyst pet baker. msnbc political contributor ben rhodes. and author of the book "the world as it is, a memoir of the obama white house." and correspondent mark lander with me here in singapore. mark, let me go to you first, because it's been such an extraordinary 24 hours here. the president arrives, he's talking about how well this is going to go. he then is secluded for the rest of the day with advisers. we hear from secretary pompeo. we were at the briefing. you got to ask a question of the secretary. they're projecting such positive vibes towards kim jong-un, and nobody is correcting what peter navaro, what the president himself has been tweeting today and what they've been saying about canada's prime minister. >> it's really a bizarre spectacle here. you've got the president and secret state projecting just incredible optimism about what's going to happen here tomorrow, and brushing aside as though it's almost irrelevant, an absolutely unprecedented blowup between two close allies. mike pompeo sa

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there's a lot of politics in politics, right, kristen? what the deputy attorney general did and the fbi director did is correct. trying to protect the integrity and sanctity of the investigation. you know, congress has a legitimate oversight function. so done right, you want congress to know what's going on and make sure folks are following the rules, but this isn't being done right. this is politics. >> a lot of people said in were moments are incredibly high drama. the deputy attorney general was very firm. some instances got, you could see it, anger sort of bubbling over. what do you make of how he handled yesterday? you know him. have you ever seen him like that yesterday? >> i do know him and i wrap he did yesterday. i think he did a fine job. here's why he has to do this. say we had an insider trading investigation of kristen welker. i know that would never actually happen, but say we did and turned out you were completely innocent. the last thing we want to do, have that investigation known p publicly and tried in the court of publ

but they will be told about this and told to move on it smartly. >> kristen welker standing by at the white house. kristen, what have we heard from the president or the administration or some sort of official about reconciling what the president just said a few moments ago with what we've heard this administration say over the past week, that this was a problem created by congress there are was a problem created by democrats, and consequently only congress could fix the problem? how now is the president saying this is a problem that can be solved with a stroke of his pen? >> reporter: we heard that language from the president himself when i spoke with him along with a group of other reporters last friday. we heard it from dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen earlier this week all saying effectively this had to be dealt with through congress, it couldn't be dealt with through an executive order. this represents a real about face. there has been no explanation yet, craig, for the disparity. but the bottom line is the political pressure just became too much and ultimately the president had to

. >> kristen sze here now with which neighborhoods may be affected. kristen. >> we will let the camera make it's away i want to show you the match of the bay area. >> manning on kristen it looks like we don't have your microphone working at this moment. >> we'll get back to you in just a moment. >> yeah. >>> first let's move to the fire. unfortunately a man died when he wasn't able to escape an early morning fire in walnut creek. firefighters were called to a home on mandarin lane. around 12:45 this morning. the man's wife and their adult son were able to escape with minor injuries. but that man was trapped inside. firefighters say he died before >> announcer: now the accuweather forecasts with spencer christian. >>> well another wrm and breeze were day in the bay area. thus the concern about the fire risk. a look at live doppler 7. sunny skies across the region a few patches of coastal fog we see developing right now. changhows overall we're experiencing a cooldown. most locations cooler than yesterday. but warm out there still. and windy at times. k

kristen? >> it's a really important point, this was a policy announced by the attorney general, zero tolerance. what it means is that anyone who is crossing the border illegally is subject to prosecution, and if you are subject to prosecution, the attorney general says you could be separated from your child. that is why you're seeing these separations at the border. andrea, you raised the important point, which is that past administrations, when they have prosecuted people who have crossed the border illegally, have not chosen not to necessarily separate them, not to separate families. and yet this administration is saying, we are taking a zero tolerance approach to all of this. now, what is complicating their talking points about the fact that this is up to congress is the fact that the president, if you listen to lindsey gr who has the ability to change this policy with a single phone call. but you have the chief of staff, john kelly, in recent comments, say thing is a deterrent. they are us

joining me kristen welker. first of all, the attorney general report of fire storm of tweets now from the president about that. tell us what's going on here. >> reporter: the new york attorney general in a civil case accusing the trump foundation of using the organization for political purposes, for political gain. the trump foundation firing back. let me read you a part of that statement and let's pivot to some of the fwetweets. this is politics another it's very worst. they have donated over $19 million to worthy charitable causes, more than it ever received. the president said has contributed more than 8 million. this is what president trump had to say. one of a series of fiery tweets that we got in this last hour. he tweeted this sleazily new york democrats and now disgraced and run out of town a.g. are doing everything they can to sue me on a foundation that took in $18 million and gave out to charity more money than it took in. $19 million. echoing the statement we heard from foundation. i won't settle th

kristen, do you have more details? >> reporter: as the reporters just left the room with the president, so hopefully we'll see this video with our own eyes but the president was asked are order.igoing to sign on a execue he confirmed he will sign an executive order accord to this pool note and went onto say the images affect everyone. he said the images from the obama administration were worse. you have double standards. not a surprise there taking a shot there at his predecessor. fact check under president obama, there were families who were held together but we didn't see this sort of mass family separations and digging into the numbers. family would be separated once per several months. so seeing these families separations on this scale is really unique to this moment and unique to what we have seen the wakef the zero tolerance policy. again confirming just moments ago he does intend to sign an executive order. what's many the executive order? what's the language? what specifically does it call for, that's unanswere

. >> reporter: kristen, appears the two, three people have been taken into custody. we are here at seminary and foothill. as you can see, there is a massive police presence here, just moments ago, in fact, flash bangs were going off. we counted at least three. swat teams on scene, as well as officers, at least aocg dntn59o boulevard there, white with the rod iron door, a type of business. oakland police say it started here at 4:00 a.m. when gunshots were reported coming from that building. moments ago, a man was led away by officers. he was in handcuffs. we don't know why he was being detained, but sky7 was over the scene as the very same man was seen with hands up in the air. here on foothill boulevard. he later was on his hands and knees, and then led away by officers. now, oakland police telling us moments ago that no injuries have been reported here. still a very fluid situation. we believe that we have counted three people taken into custody by opd here in just the last ten minutes. that's the latest here at foothill in oakland, abc 7 news. >> thank you. we'll h

thank you at the white house. >>> under the trump administration's zero tolerance policy kristen just mentioned, nearly 2,000 immigrant children have been separated from their parents in the last six weeks. these children are being locked away in facilities that are hidden in plain sight near the border. we got the first look inside one of the centers in texas last night. and tonight gadi schwartz takes us to san diego where kids are living in limbo. >> reporter: hiding in plain sight, detention centers for migrant children like this one near the mexican border finally coming to public light. we came from inside and one of the first things the kids are told when brought here for processing, this is not a detention center, but this is where they live behind this fence locked away in the middle of this residential neighborhood here in san diego with neighbors around here having no idea what was going on in this facility. today, nbc news got a lo diego where 63 migrant minors are being held. if a family has both boys and girls as children, the siblings are separated. the girls live in a

>> kristen, for a president that holds reporters in such low regard, he seems to be spending a lot of time in front of the cameras. how did nd up where you are on the north lawn? >> repor this is wild. this is not an area the president spends any time whatsoever so to see him walk up the driveway behind me was remarkable and we were just inches away from him during the entire back and fth. e president did have a clear strategy, he wanted to control the narrative on a day of mixed headlines but lester, it was unprecedented. >> well, we certainly all appreciate the access. thank you athe white house. >>> under the trump administration, zero tolerance policy kristen mentioned, 2,000 immigrant children have been separated from their parents in the last six weeks. these children are being locked away facilities that are hidden in plain sight near the border. we got the first look inside one of th centers in texas last night and tonight gadi schwartz takes us to san diego where kids are living in limbo. ep >>ter: hiding in plain detention centers le this one by the mexico border finally com

good evening i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze.is forgiving millions in student loans. >> coronell bernhard in the numerous with news. >> 7,000 students in the bay area alone benefit from the settlement. the attorney general not mincing words today. he called the now defunct corinthian a spreader to institution which used illegal practices to harm students. >> today is a good day to give justice to those people who have gone through so much. >> melissa daughtery says her krer in medi-cal assisting was derailed after the college in san francisco and the parent company corinthian colleges suddenly closed down bay area campuses and dozens of campuses stayedwide in 2015. >> what corinthians have done to students is uncalled for, despicable. >> 35,000 students were forced to repay student loans even though there was no school to go to. >> in 2015 the federal court ruled that corinthian broke the law by pressuring the students to take out loans

. >> neither did brady's mom, kristen. >> i was thinking what the heck is going on with my kid? you go to the e.r. with someone who is writhing in pain but there's nothing visible. >> that's the thing with epp. there are often no visible signs during or even after a reaction, which makes epp even harder to diagnose. >> and it was actually his pediatrician that had referred us to a pediatric dermatology specialist. he had seen one previous case. >> how lucky were you that that doctor had happened to see another case? >> so lucky. >> every case of epp is different. brady feels the tingling and stinging coming on after less than a minute in the sun. but he can tolerate shade and wearing a thick, long-sleeved hoodie gives him enough protection. >> you've seen him, he jumps from shadow to shadow. >> he does. he shadow hops. you walk out any door out of school, out of the car and there's always a line. here is the shade and here is the sun. and brady stops. he's always on lookout for the next safe place. >> safest place for brady, of course, is indoors. so, every day at school during

>> and i'm kristen sze. new questions tonight about a dead tree that killed a woman driving along interstate 680 today. >> the clearly ailing tree was an caltrans property but so far, the department is not answering any questions about why it wasn't removed sooner. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live with the very latest. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, kristen. while we wait for more details from caltrans, we have learned more about the victim in this accident. we just received confirmation from john mirror health in walnut creek that dr. ludmi ludmila bayser was in their network, an internist for the past 15 years. in a statement, they expressed condolences to her family and said she will be deeply ntapne n of lucfor the driver of this silver mercedes. 58-year-old lyudm liila was drig northbound just as a pine tree collapsed on to the road in front of her. >> the calls came out there was ly tree down and it appears there's one vehicle involved with a tree. unknown at this time if the vehicle collided

. >> reporter: that's right, kristen.everything goes according to plan, the south bay will be host to one of world's largest sporting events. and yes, that world cup action could be coming here to the south bay. a couple of matches would be at. with you behind me, afia stadium could play host to a couple of training sites. for the first time since 1994 the world's largest sporting event returns to north america. fifa announced the united bid boat out morocco mork of to host the 2026 world cup. >> we have kids playing every day taking soccer balls to school every day. but now it's going to explode. >> last year the bay area host commit submitted a proposal as part of the united bid including 23 cities across north america vying for 6 spots where matches are played. patricia earn strom hopes levi stadium is one of them. >> great hotels. we have great practice facilities. we have transportation systems. a lot of the things that fifa and the united bid are looking for in a immunity, we have that. on top of that great fans. >>

>> i'm kristen sze. california's attorney general is forgiving millions in student loans. >> coronell bernhard in the numerous with news. >> 7,000 students in the bay area alone benefit from the settlement. the attorney general not mincing words today. he called the now defunct corinthian a spreader to institution which used illegal practices to harm students. >> today is a good day to give justice to those people who have gone through so much. >> melissa daughtery says her krer in medi-cal assisting was derailed after the college in san francisco and the parent company corinthian colleges suddenly closed down bay area campuses and dozens of campuses stayedwide in 2015. >> what corinthians have done to students is uncalled for, despicable. >> 35,000 students were forced to repay student loans even though there was no school to go to. >> in 2015 the federal court ruled that corinthian broke the law by pressuring the students to take out loans but borrowers continued to be hair as is hassed into repaying.

kristen welker is looking into this. kristen, good morning. >> there's a problem withhat that idea fails to recognize constitutional due that's long established case law which eventually grants that protection to non-citizens. now on capitol hill, as you were talking about, the poised to vote on a gop compromise igra igmigration bils week. the president has a big support. of of republicans approve the job he is doing. there's also been backlash. the white house press secretary sanderscka bee sanders tweegt that she was told by the owner to leave because she says i work f potus, and i politelyenzi fther decision for the washingt post. >> kristen welker live u for at the wous. kristen, thank you. >> a little bit more. f kwaeshl callbackm california representative maximum even waters now as she gave in front of a caring crowd calling for attacks on the trump >>ministration is now going viral. waters told the crowd if they see anyone from the president's cabinet out in public to push back. this comes after severalpr of ident

>> reporter: well, hi, kristen. caltrans, we have learned more about the victim in this accident. we just received confirmation from john mirror health in walnut creek that dr. ludmi ludmila bayser was in their network, an internist for the past 15 years. in a statement, they expressed condolences to her family and said she will be deeply ntapne n of lucfor the driver of this silver mercedes.

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i want to start with kristen. kristen, it seems like they said in the cowboys movies, this president is speaking with a forked tongue. one is this is our policy of zero tolerance. we believe in it. we have to separate. we have to put the parents on trial. the other statement coming out from the secretary of homeland security was, oh, yeah. by the way, if you want to change this, go ahead. we would like you to do that. we want to change the policy. we believe it. that makes no sense to a person listening. >> i think that's why this is such a growing crisis for this administration. you heard those two different messages on display in the briefing that was given by dhs secretary neilsen and then sarah sanders who really stressed the president hates this policy. wants to see it changed. is bothered by it. secretary neilsen really dug in on the fact that this is a crisis created by past administrations. is it a policy that this president is responsible for or not? i tried to press neilsen on that point and said the bot

. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze with the hiemts kristen. >> you know the players were very active on social media. early in the parade i caught this shot of klay thompson on his phone riding on that bugs. now he shared a bus teammate zaza patchouli. who posted this on instagram what a day with klay thompson. >> javale mcgee loving the crowds he post-ed this picture with hashtag no shirt gang and speaking of no shirt. swaggy p. posted this picture spraying champagne on the crowd. check it out. the warriors tweeted this one. his son is a fastest learn earn got in on the action spraying water on fans. >> nobody minded on this hot day. and warriors ambassador tweeted this from the car. thank you dub nation for the over welcome support. this parade is for you. you deserve it. >> we do. so much love in the baifr what a celebration. >> kristen thanks. >>> now to celebrate they're back to back nba championships, the warrior have been invited to wrkt. the invitation came from exactic house leader nancy pelosi and barbara lee to visit the u.s. t dazzled america and made the bay area proud.

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us.nt nine years with the 49ers and is best known for an iconic play, the catch. >> clark's wife, kelly clark, posted i'm heartbroken to tell you that today i lost my best friend and husband. he passed peacefully surrounded by many of the people he loved most. i am thankful for all of dwight's friends, teammates and 49ers fans who have sent their love during his battle with als. >> clark's teammates came together to honor him. >> sad to see. we're here to support him. >> reporter: hall of famer joe montana summed up the love, respect and affection for dwight clark, teammates who considered themselves brothers off the field. montana and clark are forever linked by this moment, the catch. >> touchdown. >> reporter: other members of the first super bowl championship team, a few steps slower than in 1981, too

and who is kristen gillibrand? who is she courting? why is she putting her foot down about this?the left are saying she's a hillock hypocrite. >> marie: that's why i think she got caught off guard. >> harris: oh, no. >> dagen: women are actually smarter than that. you knew that you had an affair with an intern who could have been your daughter. and you have your ways on national tv talking about this conspiracy. we knew all of this. and now get over yourself. >> melissa: at this point in time, there are a lot of people who knew a long time ago and it didn't say something at the time because they thought it would hurt their career. >> david: hold on. >> melissa: she would not use that as her excuse. she says oh, my gosh. we are out of time. >> harris: who knew? the producer. apparently. we will be right back. it's funny really, nobody ever does it and yet it happens. i didn't do it and of course it's the really tough stains that nobody ever does ready? really? i didn't do it so when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, i knew it was just what we needed so no

first, jacob, you unlike kristen are at the border and been inside the detention facilities. your response to what she is saying about how the bureaucracy is handling this crisis. >> reporter: we heard the clip you played that secretary nielson said she's been inside detention centers. julia is on the air with us now have been able to confirm she's never beened inside this one. over 1100 kids have been separated. i'm not sure how she is supposed to accurately talk about what's happening on the ground without having walked through this facility like we did on sunday. >> you're not allowed to take cameras in but we know from your descriptions, your extraordinary description what is you saw inside. the cages, the blankets on the floor. children crying. children separated from parents and not having any way. when she talked about the ability of people to re-connect. tell me what happens when you try to dial an 800 number and you get a line. >> reporter: well, you don't know where you child is. there's no guarantee you will be rey reunited immediately because you're the parent of

. >> kristen welker was part of a gag will on the white house north lawn driveway. she's at the white house now. kristen, you and i and our colleagues in the white house over at the department of security who cover that beat have been digging in trying to find out more about what's happening behind the scenes. the impression i keep getting is that the president seems dug in. the administration seems dug in on this. and at this point it's going to be a full frontal battle, you could say, on trying to get their messaging out here. they seem to think this is a messaging issue. is that fair? >> reporter: i think you're absolutely right. this is donald trump, what he does best, to dig in on a tough fight. we're watching that unfold, hallie, in realtime. and today again on twitter, let me read you ythe president's latest messaging pointing the finger at democrats. this is what he has consistently done. one of his latest tweets, democrats are the problem. they don't care about crime and want illegal immigrants no matter how bad they may be to pour in and i fest our country

fox news correspondent kristen fisher is live in annapolis and has the latest for us. kristen?er: yeah, lou. a truly bizarre development. we've been hearing all evening the dwunman, a white gunman, we don't know his age or his name. he's uncoop tiff with the police. part of the reason it's so difficult to identify him is what you just said. he had mutilated finge fingerti. we weren't sure why his fingertips were mut mutilated. did it do it himself. hid deperhaps gets injured during the shooting. we don't know at this point in time. but this is from our chad program who is a very well-sourced producer on capitol hill. that's why this is so tough to id him. this shooter came here about 2:30, 2:45 this afternoon. and one of the other thing we're hearing is he also left behind what police thought was an explosive device. nobody was injured from the explosive device. it shows you a little more of the mind-set behind the shooter going into this event. we know five dead. the number of injured has been fuzzy. we've heard anywhere from three to seven though the mayor of annapolis just t

hi kristen, good morning. >> good morning to you. the president is claiming victory after making a deal with kim jong un, but now the hard part -- filling in the details and selling it to the american people and congress. with some lawmakers saying it's an agreement that's heavy on the symbolism, but light on the substance. this morning, president trump back in washington, after striking a deal with north korea. and with a wave telling reporters it was a great trip. moments later, back on his phone. now gearing up for the critical sales pitch. on air force base, shoring up support among asian allies. speaking with the leaders of south korea and japan and tweeting this morning after his long trip -- everybody can now feel much safer than the day i took office. there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. on fox news, overnight, mr. trump giving new details about his meeting with the north korean leader. >> this country has to be denuked and he understood that he fully understood it. >> and the strategy that he says helped bri

kristen sze is here with a closer look at the race. >> yes, kristen. >> hello larry and ama with governor jerry brown. >> hang on one second, kristen because. >> trying to get to you. >> getting the camera in the right location and there you are. >> you just need to hear me what is it about visual. it's television. >> viewers want to see. >> you they wat to see. here we go. with jerry brown 27 candidates are vying to replace him former mayor gavin nuchls has been the front runner. the no contact voted this morning with his life and kids in larkspur and will wait for returns in the mission district. now analyst say the big question is who finishes in second and will advance to the general ele? republicans are hoping they'll have a candidate. millionaire baseman john cox pulled into second in polls after getting lots of support from president trump. he voted yesterday in san diego. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa voted in l.a. today. the democrat has been polling in third but hoping a latino turn outwill boston him to second and shut republicans out of a shot at the top office

kristen welker has been following the president to canada. he's left.he has the latest on the communique. >> reporter: we know it's going to cover a range of different topics, everything from trade to security, women's rights issues, as well as climate. of course, as you and i have been discussing, the devil's going to be in the details. what specifically tell say about trade, one of the thorniest issues after president trump imposed new tariffs on some of america's closest allies including the g7 countries. president trump is tweeting about all of this. let me read you a couple of his tweets to give you a sense of what he's

what more can you tell us, kristen? >> this is the second visit by the first lady, this is something she's spoken to the president about privately, you'll recall when that zero follow rans policy first went into place, when we saw all those images of children separated at the border, she spoke to her husband behind the scenes and said that needs to be reversed and ultimately it was. she will be talking to those trying to bring those families back together. she is in arizona making several stops including the customs and border facility in tucson. you'll recall her first trip was met with some controversy. because she wore that jacket, and on the back of the jacket it said, i believe, i don't care, do you? a got a lot of attention, and it overshadowed her trip which was really focused on kids and really aimed at focusing on bringing these kids back together. hhs has said we have accounted for all of these children, a court order went into effect and said they had to be reunited with their families within 20 days, but bas

good evening i'm dan ashley. >> kristen sze thanks for joining us.e brinkley sprouss to the third puppy found in a garage heap over garbage heap that is this week. >> reporter: meet chloe. >> this 4-month-old shepherd husky mix underwent major reconstructive surgery on the jaw. they was the third puppy found at 89th avenue and g street over the weekend. >> saturday, may 26th, two dogs were found left in a trash pile with significant injuries. one dog had the foot cut off. the other had the jaw broken. >> you look great. >> frea's jaw break was severe. she was covering in foster care in fremont. her sister is getting along with a severed rear paw. officials say they have never seen this level of

we begin tonight with kristen welker at the white house. >> reporter: appearing together after a nearly 80-minute oval office meeting, president trump and kiyong cho announcing the on again/off again summit is again a go. mr. trump dialing down expectations for the first face-to-face between an american president and a north korean leader and saying there could be more meetings to come. >> we're going to start a process and i told him today, take your time. we can go fast, we can go slowly, but i think they would like to see something happen. >> reporter: the announcement ending a summit cliff hanger after president trump abruptly cancelled it last week citing kim jong-un's anger and hostility and days of diplomatic drama with kim yong chol personally delivering a letter from the north korean dictator. but steep hurdles remain. is north korea ready to get rid of its nuclear weapons? >> i think they want to do that. i know they want to do that. >> reporter: mr. trump saying the north korean sanctions are staying but he has no plans to impose new ones or ramp up the maximum pressure campa

nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: a soft touch with the first >> i want to thank you for your hard work. >> reporter: but a hard line on immigration from the president himself. >> they're the worst immigration laws in the history of the world. >> reporter: a day after the president retreated on the issue of separating families, there's still no public plan in place to reunite those roughly 2,300 children with their parents. dhs secretary kirstjen nielsen on capitol hill unable to answer basic questions about their fate. >> what happens to the kids now they've been separated from their parents? >> we're implementing it. >> reporter: president trump defended his zero-tolerance policy which is still enact requiring all adults who cross the border illegally to face prosecution. >> if we took zero tolerance away, you would be overrun -- you'd have millions of people pouring through our border. >> reporter: today extending an invitation to democrats to come to the white house and work on an immigration deal while lashing out at the same time. >> they

i'm kristen sze. republicans say this will make our nation safer, but democratic congressional leaders say it legitimizes discrimination. here's the latest. >> reporter: the supreme court upheld the president's right to enact a travel ban by a narrow 5-4 decision with justice roberts saying the president has the powers to regulate immigration. >> say the president is unable toing t account. >> caller: upheld the travel ban, wow. >> this is a great victory for our constitution. we have to be tough, safe, and secure. >>> five countries are muslim majority, but it also includes north korea and venezuela. they ruled on the third portion of the travel ban issued in september 2016. at issue were the president's comments during the campaign. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: some calling the order unconstitutional discriminato discriminatory. they argued it's not religious discrimination but vetting procedures and the country'

>> reporter: yeah, kristen, a lot of new information from the prelame their report. we are driving where the crash took place, southbound 101 to the interchange for 85. this was the road that walter wong was traveling on when the crash happened on march 23rd. 38-year-old walter was killed in the crash. the notable information, though, that came from the report shows the auto pilot system on the model x was engaged in four separate occasions in huang's trip. we already knew the han not on the wheel at the time of the crash, but data shows he did not brake or steer away from the barrier separating the connecter ramp with 101. this is also new. they discovered the model x accelerated in the time seconds before the crash going from 62 miles per hour to 70.8 miles per hour before impact. his widow said that the suv's auto pilot would tesla says if you drive with the auto pilot hardware you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in an accident. we posted the report from ntsb on our website, >>> thank you so much. we have a number of reports about the crash on abc 7 news,

>> all right, kristen welker, thank you. we'll have much more from this end. >>> first, a check of some other headlines to the country, some places breaking records. schools closing early, and now severe storms are firing up. here's nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: from columbus to richmond to massachusetts, the heat is on. in chicago where it hit 93, umbrellas were out. so was the a.c. for a time at this animal shelter. the brave still rolled out yoga mats despite an extreme heat warning. >> those mats are probably a little hot. >> it's bad. we went like from having 50-degree weather to all of a sudden to 90-degree weather. >> reporter: today it's all about the sizzle. 90-degree readings all around the heat zone, but an approaching cold front promises relief overnight. until then, 80 million americans doing what they can to beat the heat. in albany, a walk in the park not so easy today. >> try to choose the shaded paths for bike rides and walks to get the exercise that we need, but we stay safe at the same time. >> reporter: sc

>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> this evening there is violent weather firing up across the west. a tornado caught along with heavy rain and hail the size of golf balls near denver. meanwhile, another severe storm hitting the midwest overnight, triggering flash floods and high-water rescues in rockford, illinois. >>> a major threat for millions continuing late into the night and all the way down to texas. al roker now joining us. he's monitoring all. al, what has you most concerned? >> well, lester, right now we are watching these systems stretching from utah all the way to washington, d.c. as we go to the radar, you can see that line of thunderstorms we've got still a tornado watch from eastern half of colorado, severe thunderstorm watches for western kansas. as we slide down to the south, you can see this low pressure system. you don't need to have a tropical system to cause massive rainfall and that's what we're seeing tonight. big storms firing up continuing to bring in and draw in tropical moisture. we've got a continued risk for flooding tonight into tomorrow from corpus chr