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ashley. for spencer christian, michael finney, all of us, we appreciate your time.ee you in half an hour. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. the courtroom showdown in the trial of paul manafort. robert mueller's star witness, rick gates, on the stand again. already asked, did he commit crimes with paul manafort? his answer, yes. well, tonight, manafort's attorneys now taking aim at rick gates' secret life. >>> the massive disruption tonight involving flights on both coasts because of the dangerous heat and the smoke. and word from authorities today in california, the largest wildfire in state history now. >>> the police officer responding to calls for help near an amusement park in the northeast, but what happened after he got there? tonight, that officer now charged with manslaughter. >>> there is also word coming in tonight, an fbi agent has been shot. we have word on his condition. >>> a major test tonight for president trump.

ashley. for sandhya and michael, thanks for the time. next newscast is in 30 minutes >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump firing back at omarosa, first calling her a dog, then taking legal action, after bringing her from "the apprentice" to the white house. tonight, the new audio now released. campaign aides for donald trump can be heard talking about whether he used the n-word, and what the white house is now saying tonight when asked, can you guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump using that word on a recording? >>> also at this hour, the storms moving through the east. a human chain to save a stranded grandmother.n the line of storms moving through philly up through new york tonight. >>> the stunning report involving the catholic church and child sex abuse. more than 300 members of the clergy here in the u.s. described as predator priests.

ashley. for sandhya patel, michael finney, all of us here, we appreciate your time. see you again in a half hour. >> sutro tower in the clouds. still in the cool >>> tonight, several developing stories. the police officer found guilty. the white officer tonight convicted of murdering an unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed as he was leaving a party. he was a passenger in a car full of young people. the officer opening fire, saying it was coming toward his partner, that car. but the body camera showing something very different. >>> also at this hour, the tornado touching down. the severe weather, millions tonight bracing for major storms. and the stifling heat wave from chicago all the way to new york and boston. >>> what happened since the summit with kim jong-un? tonight, the president first calling off the newest high level meeting, and now this evening, what defense secretary james mattis is now signaling. >>> the stunning number out tonight involving puerto rico. nearly one year after maria. the official death toll had been 64.

ashley. for sandhya and michael, thanks for the time. next newscast is in 30 minutes >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump firing back at omarosa, first calling her a dog, then taking legal action, after bringing her from "the apprentice" to the white house. tonight, the new audio now released. campaign aides for donald trump can be heard talking about whether he used the n-word, and what the white house is now saying tonight when asked, can you guarantee the american people they'll never hear donald trump using that word on a recording? >>> also at this hour, the storms moving through the east. a human chain to save a stranded grandmother.n the line of storms moving through philly up through new york tonight. >>> the stunning report involving the catholic church and child sex abuse. more than 300 members of the clergy here in the u.s. described as predator priests. more than 1,000 child victims identified. >>> the horrific scene playing out. the deadly bridge collapse. more than 20 people killed,

michael allen studied the letter as well as ashley's medical records and testified about his review.pinion in this case about whether or not ashley was a high-risk to commit suicide on january 1, 2012? >> yes. my opinion is that she had many, many risk factors and warning signs. >> remember, detectives learned ashley had a family history of suicide, both her maternal uncle and grandmother took their lives. that put her at risk of doing the same thing. >> two close family members who died by suicide suggest a genetic propensity for suicide. >> defense argued on new year's eve, 2011, it was the miscarriage that broke her will to go on. she spent the night masking her pain with alcohol and planned further with marijuana, after the party. that's why tom was upset. >> she was vulnerable. he was concerned about her. he didn't want her to add marijuana to this toxic system that was developing inside ashley. >> the defense conceded they quarrelled that night, but insisted it never got physical. the scratches, the ones they believe were proof of a struggle, dna tests found no toefd support th

ashley parker is still with us. and michael steele is still with us. we interrupted his train of thought. michael? >> just real quick. i thought elise put her finger on my point when she talked about her mother and what she knew about this whole episode with the president and the nag a -- and the flag and all of that. if you can imagine her u.s. senator came out and stated categorically that this was improper, that the president should not treat the mccain family this way, that her mother would know. and that's the problem i have, is how complicit republican leaders have been in sort of shielding the public away from some of these episodes. if they speak to it. listening to graham on the floor talking about having a little bit of john mccain. do you think john mccain would have responded with silence if a fellow senator had been treated in death the way he was treated? absolutely not. so where is that little bit of john mccain in all those members to stand up and call out the ugliness of what this president is doing and has done? >> jim, one of the thi

michael cohen. of the his long-time financial gatekeeper was granted immunity. we have the story next. ashley: what the president is saying about his attorney general jeff sessions. >> you don't have to be dr. phil to understand that the president and attorney general do not have a good working relationship. every president deserves an attorney general they have confidence in. ♪ in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding. and that's very different than living on park ave in sheboygan, wisconsin, where ice dams could cause water damage. but no matter what park you live on, one of 10,000 local allstate agents knows yours. now that you know the truth, are you in good hands? and butch.aura. and tank. and tiny. and this is laura's mobile dog grooming palace. laura can clean up a retriever that rolled in foxtails, but she's not much on "articles of organization." articles of what? so, she turned to legalzoom. they helped me out.

>> ashley is smiling in here because we were joking in the office. there is a scene where michael cohen comes in the office with omarosa. president trump according to omarosa's account actually chews pieces of paper in the oval office. so there's a lot of -- >> wait, wait. let me just ask a question about this. there is so much bad news, like what would be so bad, he would eat it? >> i will just -- i will never not find that passage amusing. it's totally unverified. we should add our colleague said omarosa is wildly incredible. he did listen to some tapes omarosa made that verified what she's quoting in the book. we can't tell there is munn muching of paper. >> can we find a sound effect of chewing? we need to find that for ashley. let me read this excerpt because it is pretty delicious. in early 2017 omarosa said she walked michael cohen -- this is so funny. sorry. then trump's personal errant hoping to flip. saw the president chewing up a piece of paper while cohen was leaving the office. this is the president of the president of the united states. good god. i saw him put a note

>> ashley is smiling in here because we were joking in the office. there is a scene where michael cohen comes into the oval office with omarosa. president trump according to omarosa's account actually chews pieces of paper in the oval office. so there's a lot of -- >> wait, wait. let me just ask a question about this. there is so much bad news, like what would be so bad, he would eat it? >> i will just -- i will never not find that passage amusing. it's totally unverified. we should add our colleague said omarosa is wildly incredible. he did listen to some tapes omarosa made that verified what she's quoting in the book. best we can tell, there's no munch, munch, munching of paper. >> can we find a sound effect of chewing? we need to find that for ashley. let me read this excerpt because it is pretty delicious. in early 2017 omarosa said she walked michael cohen -- this is so funny. sorry. then trump's personal errant hoping to flip. into the oval office for a meeting with trump and saw the president chewing up a piece of paper while cohen was leaving the office. this is the presid

ashley: should he move out of the way a little bit? should more becoming too independent board? >> i don't think so. i listen to what michaeldell. he's a rocket company from scratch. last year spacex launched more than combine. this guy is the smartest in the room. i just wish it could have twitter. ashley: you can wish all you want. 70% approval rating defeated. >> john layfield and bermuda. thank you so much. we've had some positive economic news. for% growth in the second quarter is very positive. the house still up for grabs. john mclachlan, gop pollster. john, the republicans have lost to talk about. but it doesn't seem to be -- and at the midterms were a tough deal anyway for the incumbent party. the way it looks that could be a tough midterm for the republicans. >> you would be tougher on the house. i'll tell you what the hidden code is. for those of us who work for the president and his campaign, we thought there was a trump thought that we could bring out new voters. when he won the election we brought out a record number of voters. 9 million more showed up when romney was running against obama. those voters came o

. ♪ ashley: in the last hour builder michael beliman, millenials should reconsider opinions of constructionthan they probably think. >> i think it is the best kept secret in our country. working in construction industry, you've had so many stories of people that have been on your show. one was an apprentice, went through the four-year apprentice ship training, year after graduated owns his own electric company. president highlighted one of the graduates of the technical institute they were at yesterday, he is making six figures. it's a big secret because all we're doing in schools is saying you got to go to college, you got to go to college. ♪ at crowne plaza, we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. stuart: the president doubling down on his threat to shut down the government over funding for the wall. listen to what he said at the rally in florida last night. roll tape. >> we want maximum border security and respect for our he

michael it might not occur on the trade front plus we take a look at south africa as the nation struggled economically and is faced with increasing violence in agricultural areas argue correspondent ashley banks gives us the disquieting details as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell we'll be right back. food and trump you know it's all about detente and getting along with the greatest ally and friend russia there is so you know play it good for the kids and you know if you open it up there's other things in there so while we proceed here in the first half i'll just see what what go well. you know world of big partisan move a lot and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. they're not going to let it happen on their money and not are not good at that not out of the mouth of the money that they let examine. this was a good time to. try to move there i'm. not that it was a goo

michael it might not occur on the trade front plus we take a look at south africa as the nation struggled economically and is faced with increasing violence in agricultural areas r.t. correspondent ashley banks gives us the disquieting details as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell will be right back. and trump you know it's all about detente and getting along with the greatest ally friend russia there is no place to get to the kids and you know if you open it up there's other things in there so while we proceed here in the first half i'll just see what let's go. there right now but i'm not going to act on their manager i'm not out of the budget that i'm out of the money out of the money they let it to me. this was a good time to. try to move. the. sun that was definitely not why not. why x. generated their own people we believe is the job again. a lot of i can say they're not the muppets i don't have a lot of them on the totem other how to do it on a case there isn't a lot of money on the white community will be left alone to the people i don't want to put out in the most part when i don't know them of the brotherhood. welcome back there's major retirement pension

. ♪ ♪ ashley: in the last hour fox columnist liz peek told us michael cohen's plea deal is not likelyupporters feel about the president. roll tape. >> politically is the big question. legally it is not even clear how bad this is for president trump because legality of making payoffs to women is unclear. in other words is it really campaign donation or something arranged between two private entities. we'll see. that is certainly in question. politically i don't think trump supporters will be much swayed by this they're really on board with his agenda. they're looking at this plea deal from cohen and wondering what it has to do with russia. more importantly they're looking at the manafort conviction yesterday saying what in the world has that to do with collusion or obstruction of justice? ♪ i felt this awful pain in my chest. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. having one really puts you in danger of having another. my doctor and i chose xarelto®. xarelto®. to help keep me protected. xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner that's... proven to t

ashley parker and phil rucker. some who have appeared most effective countering trump employ his tactics such as michael avenatti, attorney for stormy daniels, they are relentless, create drama, hold news cycles hostage and dribble out tantalizing tidbits. they are masters of what donald trump lives and dies by. >> she has everything. she has tape, sound, powerful, the receipts as we call them. >> right. >> in a whitneyism. she's doling it out and tvs still can't get enough of her. this is the trump play book and the amazing this is there has never been more media, there has never been -- there can be so much content. there's a pact following, the kids following the soccer ball aspect and she's got the soccer ball right now. >> let me push back a little bit. it's not that we can't get enough of her. the president won't stop engaging her. i don't think we would have led with it if donald trump hadn't got on twitter and called her a dog. >> even though his aides disagree and people reportedly trite to rein him in, this is reality television. there is an instinctual desire to engage because it's what he knows. it's worked fo

ashley parker, you made me laugh for hours friday with your munn frp, munch, the president allegedly chewing a piece of paper. omarosa said yes. michael cohen said no. he may already be in the process of flipping on him. this story makes for sprang bed fellows. what do you make of the roll out of the omarosa/trump experience? >> well, it's just, again, i think it is outset it's worth remembering the problem here is i think the other day you put it as two tarantulas fighting. nobody has credibility. amoroso does not have a ton of credibility, although again she does have these recordings which my colleague josh has lived to some of them and they do back up some of the quotes in her book. she was able to produce that nondisclosure form that the campaign sent her for $15,000 a month in basically hush money. the white house also has no credibility because they have a record of lying and being mistruthful. and the president himself kind of said today, omarosa, someone who by all accounts -- this was something i'm hearing, i'm sure you were hearing in real-time, was getting quite poor reviews by just about everyone in the white house. to st

when michael dell took dell private, he had an independent special board look at the terms and conditions -- ashleyt dell budget doing what musk has been doing. stuart: okay. >> in what way? ashley: attacking people on twitter and being out there and possibly illegal. stuart: i'm out of time. >> privatization. stuart: i've got a commercial break coming up, and i've got to take it because we have to make some money here. we're not a lemonade stand. [laughter] kanye west and jimmy kimmel, he won't bow down to the liberal critics. amazon, story of the day. it's getting into the medical field, reportedly trying to open its own health clinics for its employees. interesting. a top israeli official warns that war could soon break out in the mideast days after israel targeted hamas with airstrikes in gaza. we'll deal with this war talk next. ♪ a hotel can make or break a trip. and at expedia, we don't think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage. now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on adva