laura: welcome to world is america. the was a follow-up from two grits blocking the president's travel ban from taking effect. think in the white house budget, which laid out its priorities for the ahead and what is on the chopping block. to top it off, the senate intelligence committee said in a statement there is no indication trump towers is subject to surveillance as the current president has claimed. our north america editor followed it all for us. >> st. patrick's day is being celebrated in washington, but donald trump does not seem to be enjoying the luck of the irish as his problems pile up. remember his claim in a series of tweets that barack obama had tapped his own and his predecessor was sick and had? the president gave an interview in which used to buy the claim. pres. trump: wiretap covers a lot of things. i think you'll find some interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. >> today, the senate intelligence committee flatly contradicted him. based on the information available to us,

laura: leland.nd: we're learning more information about the intruder arrested overnight at the white house. to kristin fisher on the north lawn with what security is like right now in about five minutes and down the street from the white house, on capitol hill, the battle is on, quite literally, over how to repeal and replace obamacare. house budget chairwoman diane black who backs the current plan tells us why and what she's going to do about the fellow republicans who don't. . . . [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette and her new mobile wedding business. at first, getting paid was tough... until she got quickbooks. now she sends invoices, sees when they've been viewed and-ta-dah-paid twice as fast for free. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >> learning more about the intruder who was arrested now about 13 hours ago on the south lawn of the white house. somehow while the president was at home this intruder got over the fence on the southeast side of the white house, made his way on to the white house ground

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the u.s. attorney general will sit out investigations into russia's interference in the elections. after pressure builds to explain things with moscow ambassador. atty. gen. sessions: i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. laura: the crackdown before the congress -- why petitioners of china's leadership are gathering and having trouble being heard. and lessons for life after camelot. jackie kennedy's correspondence with the suitor explain why she married another man instead. >> you are like my brother and mentor. and the only original spirit i know. laura: welcome to "world news america." welcome to our views on public television in america and also around the globe. the u.s. attorney general has agreed to remain on the sidelines when it comes to investigations in russian meddling in last year's election. that is after revelations that jeff sessions met with moscow's ambassador to the u.s. during the campaign and didn't tell congress ab

laura: u.s. president donald trump says he has total confidence in his attorney who has jeff sessions, been accused of lying under altering his confirmation hearing. during that hearing, mr. sessions said he had no contact with russian officials during the campaign. he now says he spoke with the russian ambassador to the united states in july and september. reporter: standing his ground, u.s. attorney general jeff sessions says he will be involved in the probe under alleged ties between russia and the truck campaign. >> if it is appropriate, i will recuse myself. reporter: he met with the russian ambassador twice last year while he was still in advisor to the trump campaign. during his confirmation hearing, sessions said he had no communication with the russians, but the former senator slightly altered his line of defense on thursday after the u.s. justice department confirmed the meeting did take place. sessions: i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign. the

laura: thank you very much. the prime minister of iraq has been visiting troops in mosul after they captured the main government building from the islamic state group. the jihadists are holed up in the old city. fenwick is in northern iraq and tells us now how close the troops are to recapturing the whole city. >> very significant for very different reasons. the first one being that it puts them in close range to the end goal, that being the old city of mosul and the fact that the key infrastructure they say they have recaptured is politically very symbolic. it's basically iraqi troops retaking control of the police ,irectorate, one of the museums where the oldest is m's in mosul , significant landmarks that were very important to them and to the people. reasons, that progress is key. nonetheless, these kind of optimistic statements as we have been witnessing for the past few days are to be taken with a grain of salt. yes, they have regained control, but that control is approximate. the situation on the ground i

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. ♪ laura: we start with two security scares in france.he president say justifies a long-running state of emergency. at the imf,etonated the monetary fund where at least one person was injured. it is linked to greek anarchists. reporter: the blast echoed through the streets of this usually quiet paris neighborhood. according to preliminary findings, a small package bomb detonated inside the french office of the international monetary fund on thursday morning. minutes after the explosion, police have the area on lockdown. >> it seems it was a pyrotechnic device or firecracker. perhaps a homemade device. it was not really a bomb. there was minor damage to the office. reporter: the imf secretary who opened the package sustained a light injuries to the face and eardrums and is currently receiving treatment. french president francois hollande spoke of an act of terrorism. >> we are still a target. it today was the imf. but it happened on french soil, in france. i want to tell all those who work in this great institution that we stand by their s

laura: philip crowther there, reporting from washington. hundreds of people have been marching alongside the coffin of martin mcguinness. he was key to brokering the good friday peace agreement for northern ireland. those who lost family members in ira atrocities say they can never forgive his past. reporter: as martin mcguinness's death was announced, it was his ability to build bridges with the other side and convince his people payhat many tribute to. >> he could reach out to people, people he had deeply offended, and who he felt deeply opposed to peavy he has that capacity to rise above his past. reporter: some honor to his friendship with the late ian paisley. they went from swarm enemies -- sworn enemies to being buddies. the remarkable political development, having been in ira the gun, he man of became a figure of reconciliation toward the end of his life. ian paisley son described a day of extremely mixed feelings for northern ireland. as a child, his home was bombebd and his father and brother shot. he said for many would be imposs

but since filing laura's picture has become an avatar, and something bizarre happened, fake laura's fans got angry at the real laura. >> they think i'm the fake. >> they think you're impersonating someone else. >> yeah. they think, she's a wonderful woman. how dare you? you're trying to ride her coattails. >> reporter: fake news sites can generate thousands in ad revenue but operate in the shadows. laura isn't sure she'll receive damages. she just wants to restore her damaged reputation. >> it's very simple -- if you can't confirm something, don't post it. >> reporte: carter evans, cbs news, seattle. >>> coming up next, a freight train slams into a casino bus. new pantene doesn't just wash i wiyour hair, it fuels it.gain. making every strand stronger. so tangles don't stand a chance. because strong is beautiful. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage. you could start your search at the a

let me ask you this, laura. if sessions cannot oversee a russia probe, who makes decisions on that and what is the timeline for appointing a special prosecutor if it comes to that? >> reporter: the situation is if sessions decides to step aside. the deputy attorney general could step in. dana benta. the special prosecutor issue is really interesting because there used to be a statute on the books to provide for an easy mechanism to do this. that lapsed in the 1990s after president clinton. ironically, the very person to appoint a special prosecutor is jeff sessions. the timeline is up to him and pressure from congress. >> thank you so much. laura jarrett in washington. let's now bring in cnn political reporter tal kopan live in washington as well. there are two issues here. issue of the meetings. one on the out skirts of the rnc. heritage foundation event. not surprising around the conventions you had meetings. think tanks and lawmakers and journalists frankly. and this meeting in the senate office which seems a

laura/2shot and i'm laura garcia cann. =4shot= >>> good thursday morning. thank you for joining is us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. you know what we just heard? 70 degrees possibly today. >> every thursday. >> friday eve, i should say. >> why not? it is is going to be warming up today. we'll be raising the roof to some sunshine today. as you get ready to head out this morning, just so cold. we're still starting out with 30s and 40s out there. hard to believe it will be so warm when you start out at 36 degrees. it is is 46 in san francisco. east bay, 43. upper 60s for the south bay. 65 for the peninsula. there you go, north bay, 70 degrees today. 61 in san francisco. as we head into the weekend, not only will the rain move in, but it will be much colder. we'll talk about major changes on the way in the next few minutes. mike is tracking a crash on the peninsula. >> we have wet roadways on the peninsula because of a crash. freeway speeds are just fine. highway 101 may be an issue in the belmont area. this is harbor at industrial a block and a ha

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laura trevelyan joins us from capitol hill. most people realize he is his own man, laura.aura: absolutely, tim, and in doing so he is blunting one of the key lines of attack from the democrats. they want to stress how important judicial independence is under this president and neil gorsuch said, absolutely, i believe in the separation of powers. he said "they gave me a gavel, not a rubberstamp." he said "no man is above the law, not even the president." on the hot button issues that could come before the court, public and senator lindsey graham had this question for gorsuch about what president trump said to him about a key case that established the right to abortion in 1973. senator graham: did he ever ask you to overrule roe v. wade? judge gorsuch: no, senator. senator graham: what would you have done if he asked? judge gorsuch: senator, i would have walked out the door. not what judges do. i don't do it on that end of pennsylvania avenue and they shouldn't do it at this. tim: laura, this is being grilled as a grilling -- billed as a grilling of neil gorsuch, but the atm

. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. spring-like temperatures this morning. >> we'll see a warming trend that started yesterday continue today. for the morning at least, we are watching out for patchy fog in a few spots this morning. san francisco looking very nice this morning. look at that view. the lights, the bay bridge. 51 degrees. san jose, hazy and 50. hour by hour with your forecast today, numbers as early as lunchtime in the valleys, hitting 70. low to mid-70s. a weekend warmup. here's mike. >>> rob, we have been trackinged south bay. we got a report early on, 15 minutes ago, of a wrong-way driver going southbound on the northbound side of 280 in the center divide. another report came in on the chp saying it was northbound on southbound 680. uz can't be in two places at the same time. chp has not given us any updates in the situation. >>> breaking news out of pittsburgh. that's flooding homes, leaving residents stranded. >>> sharon is live there with a muddy mess. sharon? >> reporter: i'm happy to scoot over bec

laura: that's true.hts the deal with tax reform, look, we'll give you a lower tax rate, take away some of your deductions and credits, but it's simpler and everyone will be better off in the end. whether that's true remains to be seen in the details of how the plan gets written. vonnie: excellent. laura, thank you for the complete guide to the potential for tax reform. that's laura davidson on capitol hill. let's get the headlines now on the bloomberg first word news this afternoon. here's mark crumpton. mark: president trump's son-in-law has volunteered to answer questions before the senate intelligence committee about arranging meetings with the russian ambassador and other officials. the white house says jared kushner has agreed to speak with the panel, but has not yet received confirmation of a hearing. lawmakers have been targeting possible ties between mr. trump's campaign and russian officials and whether russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election. taking a hard line of brexit negotiations w

her name was laura. >> i'm laura. >> she was from england.ctures and kind of hanging out. i said, i'm going to paris too. >> yeah? >> i just felt like that was fate. >> we should go. >> we get on the plane. okay, what's next now? cuba. cuba? cuba. i just realized i'm going to cuba. so we arrive in cuba. and once again, i have to collect this bag. oh, my god. oh, my god. i'm so tired of dealing with it. i know as american, i shouldn't be in cuba. i handed customs my passport. they were very suspicious. they immediately started asking me questions. where are you coming from? >> the united states. >> where are you going? >> paris. >> they told me if i didn't leave the next day, they would come looking for me. i was shocked. and i was really scared. as we were leaving, i said to laura, let's just get a hotel together and save some money. honestly, i wasn't ready to let her go. we went into the room. she's curious about the states, and i asked her about london. and i'm just sitting there on the bed and i notice that laura's bag looked exactly like

laura ingraham. all right, jay, is all of this legal? >> no, the disclosure of tax return information or the tax return itself from an irs source is a violation of not only the criminal code 7213 but also the internal revenue manual. the irs with our client and we were instructed to sign documents that you could not disclose taxpayer information. the release of taxpayer information -- if it came from the irs or someone that was formerly with the irs, that is a felony. >> sean: i guess it could have come from a bank book would that be illegal too? >> if they got it from a source and then released it knowing that would be a violation as well. >> sean: i evaluation on nbc or the irs? >> this was protected by the first amendment, rachel maddow says. but if it was solicited by the reporter, that is not protected speech. i think the first amendment argument -- >> sean: i will give her the benefit of the doubt but she has a right to report. laura is rolling her eyes and when she rolls her eyes that's bad for me. >> if donald trump paid what was

. >>> i'm laura garcia-cannon. i slept in this morning. it makes you feel a little funny. >> plus, we lost the hour as well. for morning people that is painful. >> we are getting used to the extra daylight during the evening and not in the morning. with we are settling into that. and this warm weather phaubmake feel like summertime across the bay area. here's a live look at san jose. all dry. all clear. 55 degrees. 51 in livermore. san francisco walks out the door to 58 degrees. look at these highs reaching into the upper 70s to low 80s once again. i'll let you know how long this lasts. big changes headed our way as far as temperatures for tomorrow. that's coming up. as we head over to mike, let's see what it looks like as you head across the bay area. >> not a lot of wind this morning. i'll check for any other reports coming up in the last few seconds. we do see this. this is 13 to 14 minutes. it is only a minute longer for the upper east shore freeway. we'll track the berkeley area. no incidents reported. just past the toll plaza. here's

in just a few minutes, laura ingraham, jacek lowe, a lot happening tonight in the news. the repeal and replace though, the gorsuch confirmation hearings, and more fallout from jamesfr comey's test testimony tomorrow. a very important issue that few in the media will ever discuss. if the president remains steadfast in his commandments to fix the illegal immigration crisis in the country whether it's building a border wall, and pending sanctuary cities or the deportation of a violent criminal illegal immigrants. any action to restore law and order must be swift any action to restore law and order must be swift because , because american lives are being lost and are at risk. now it's time to put an end to t america's illegal immigration crisis and it is a crisis and that is tonight's opening monologue. a remember from the very first day that donald trump announced he was running for president, combating violent crime carried out by illegal immigrants has been one of his top concerns. you remember when he said this way back in 2015, take a look. >> the u.s. has become a dump

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