here's abc's maggie rulli with new develops. >> good job. >> reporter: while addressing the coast guardcademy at graduation, president trump did not shy away from the drama surrounding his administration. >> look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. no politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> reporter: yesterday news broke of accusations that the president tried to interfere with a federal investigation. allegedly asking then fbi director james comey to back off the investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn. >> well, it certainly sounds as if these reports are accurate that he wanted this investigation of michael flynn to stop. we don't really know what took place here and we need to find out. >> reporter: a source close to comey confirms to abc news that the former fbi director wrote a memo about a meeting he had in the oval office in february, the day after flynn was fired, and that the president allegedly said of flynn, he is a good guy, i hope you can let this go. abc has not seen the memo, first reported

abc's maggie rulli with how they turned the other cheek and found common ground. toss to john live teasel day. as we honor those who lost their lives serving our country families on both sides of a deadly conflict have managed to do what many of us cannot... set aside their differences. abc's maggie rulli with how they turned the other cheek and found common ground. toss to john live tease me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting >> now, "good morning washington," on your side. now at 6 a.m., remembering the fallen on this memorial day. a summer day across the country as we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. larry: plus a foggy start today as we get ready for the outdoor plans, memorial day parades, and patches of rain to watch out f

abc's maggie rulli has more. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: president trumpaking out for the first time since apointment of a special counsel to investigate russian meddling in the election and their possible solution with the trump campaign. >> there's no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. >> reporter: during a meeting with network anchors behind closed doors, the president also saying, i believe it hurts our country terribly, because it shows we're a divided, mixed up, not unified country. it also happens to be a pure excuse for the democrats, having lost an election that they should have easily won. i think it is a very, very negative thing, and hopefully this can go quickly. but on to find a lawmaker who backs the president's assessment, even members of his own party. >> i think it is a serious investigation. >> reporter: is this a witch hunt? >> oh, i -- i think i'll not characterize what it is. >> reporter: as the man who appointed the special counsel to lead the russia investiga

maggie rulli, abc news, washington. >> what a great initiative. >> it is a great initiative. many of those sites. well deserved on this memorial day. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> good morning it is 4:30 a.m. monday morning memorial day matt is off, jeanette reyes is joining us. >> here's what we're following this morning, saluting those who paid the ultimate sacrifice america honors those who died defending our freedom. >>> a war against north korea could be one of the worst fights. >>> many are squeezing out more time at the shore before the tough ride back home.

maggie rulli on how they turned the other cheek and found common ground. reporter: this memorial day, two sides of the vietnam war are coming together. >> close the past and look toward a brighter future. reporter: finding common ground through a common grief. >> as people, we have the same reporter: the non-profit the two sides project connects families who lost loved ones on both sides of the conflict. >> that is our hill. one person at a time. >> after six americans traveled to vietnam in 2015, this time it was their turn. welcoming them for the first time. they showed them where the parents names are etched. margo carlson delone started the project. >> i hated them. reporter: her father was a fighter pilot in the war and died when she was 2 years old. >> after a while i realize i didn't want to live with hatred anymore. i became aware as i grew over my dad's bombs probably killed a lot of people and there was probably a daughter like me on the other side who lost her dad. reporter: at the memorial she said the hatred feels far away. today she cries tea

in washington, maggie rulli channel6 "action news." ca. >> thank you maggie. >>> wikileaks founder july january assange says he would be "happy to talk with the us department of justice despite its threats against him." he made that statement after sweden's top prosecutor dropped the rape investigation against him. but he is still hiding out at ecuador's london embassy to prevent authorities from turning him over to the u.s. american officials may want to extradite him on possible espionage charges for releasing sensitive documents. british police also plan to arrest him if he leaves that many ecuadorian embassy. >> former democratic congressman anthony weiner cried in a federal courtroom this morning as he entered a guilty plea for his sexting scandal. weiner admitted to a charge of transferring obscene material to a minor and apologized to the 15-year-old girl with whom he exchanged sexually explicit texts. he told the court he had a sickness but did not have a an excuse. the judge told him he would have to register as a sex offender