he thinks he's right so you got to put yourself into t that min set, and so does the writer, michael whitehite. he just sort of -- he loves just the curiosity of human beings. and these are complicated times. i mean, this is a complicated villain. his name is doug strut. he is a billionaire developer. >> strut is the right name? yeah. [ laughter ] >> he's got a certain swagger to him. >> yeah, but he's very comfortable with his decisions in life. he has no conscience or remorse about everything. everything is prague mmatic. >> who does this remind you of? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> the thing is i, this movie h all the culture clash story. it's a dinner party among three billionaires and their wives, which by a couple of turns of plots, there is a seventh guest and this is a poor mexican immigrant who works as a physical therapist for the lady of the house. this is sal is salma. this is a dialogue, sort of debate between my character and s salma's. it's rare when you see someone from the extremely rich end of the social and economic spectrum debating with someone at the very bottom, and it ma

. >> reporter: that witness is michael white. he first took the stand yesterday morning. back again today talking about his relationship with d.a. seth williams. >> good morning. >> reporter: that was williams on his way into court this morning. weise says he gave him trips to california and las vegas saying he did so doing he knew he would do favors only the d.a. could do. he said williams got him a special balk to make him an advis adviser. he also wrote letters when he was having trouble gaining his liquor licenses back. he took a plea deal to keep him out of jail. when it came to other penalties he sought the da's help. look out for updates later throughout the day. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> in new york city a subway train has derailed. this is video from the scene. there are three report of minor injuries. passeners describes chaos and terror when the train derailed. passengers are getting off the trains in the dark and walking to the next stations. we are keeping an eye on this and monitor the situation. stay with us for updates on this breaking news. >>>

house officials, including don mcgahn, the white house counsel, michael to serve in that capacity for 18 days, going to classified briefings, so the democrats want to know why that happened. they're asking for records from the white house about the decisions that went into that, and they're saying it could have been a violation of very clear practices and regulations. >> and now there are specific questions about the cia director, mike pompeo, what did he know about mike flynn at the time. >> as we know from that 18-day period, mike pompeo, the cia director, did appear in some of those chasified settings with michael flynn and the president was not told specifically that from mike pompeo that he had any concerns about mr. flynn appearing with the president in the classified briefings, despite that warning from sally yates. it's unclear whether or not pompeo knew of the concerns raised by sally yates or didn't share those concerns. the cia did not comment about that story. people here on capitol hill still don't have an answer. >> in this letter, it includ

house officials, including don mcgahn, the white house counsel, michael flynn continued to serve in that capacity for 18 days, going to classified briefings, had the classified security clearance. democrats want to know exactly why that happened. asking for records from the white house about the decisions that went into that and saying it would have been a violation of very clear practices and regulations. and ensuring that some people who should not be getting classified informations why was he getting classified information? >> there are specific questions about the cia director mike pompeo, what did he know or not know about mike flynn at the time, correct? >> reporter: from the 18-day period, mike pompeo, cia director, did appear in some of those classified settings with michael flynn and according to "the new york times" the president was not told specifically from mike pompeo that he had any concerns about mr. flynn appearing with the president in the classified briefings. despite that warning from sally yates. it's unclear whether or not pompeo kne

wants the white house to turn over all documents related to the security clearances for the president's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner and fired national security adviser michael flynn. congressman elijah cummings questions whether the white house is safeguarding classified information, noting kushner's reported failure to disclose conversations with russian officials. these suggest kushner's clearance should be suspended and notes that after the white house was informed of flynn's undisclosed contacts with the russians, it failed to suspend his security clearance in the three weeks before he was fired. the "new york times" reports that during that period, flynn joined regular classified briefings even though officials believed he was vulnerable to russian blackmail. >>> robert mueller made another visit to capitol hill to rule out possible obstruction of justice and said everything is on the table. he said vladimir putin led a cyber attack while they targeted an elections hacking in 21 other states. i'll talk to democratic congressman mike quigley of the intelligence committee. and our special guests are standing by with full coverage of today's top stories.

on the house oversight committee is pointing to, jared kushner the son-in-law and top white house advisor, and michael flynn were unfit to handle classified information. kushner still at the white house, flynn no longer at the white house, but did stay on the white house staff for 18 days after the concerns about him being central to russian blackmail were essentially raised. the question about jared kushner, this has to do with his failure to disclose foreign contacts initially on his security clearance forms, including four contacts with russian officials. including sergey kislyak and the head of a russian bank that was under u.s. sanctions at that time. now, in this letter that cummings sent to reince priebus white house chief of staff he cites this. it appears mr. kushner allowed his colleagues at the white house and the american people to be misled about his multiple communications with the russian officials. mr. kushner reportedly failed to disclose contacts with dozens of foreign officials on a security clearance application. in any case, it is unclear why mr. kushner continues to have access t

with that all in mind let's bring in our starting panel, michael crowley, white house reporter for the "associated press." vivian salaama and rick stengel back with us here in the studio. former unseth for public diplomacy and public affairs at the state department in the obama years. also the former managing editor of "time" magazine. rick i'll begin with you. is this story tonight the first clear evidence that they always and really wanted to lift sanctions as that gentleman called it, cave on russia? >> well it's just very, very strange, brian. and i mean it all does seem to fall into line. i mean, the sanctions policy against russia, because of the annexation of crimea, the quasi invasion of ukraine was something that actually was strong and powerful and putin -- really hurt putin and the people around putin. people at the state department actually wanted to do more. there was the assistant secretary for foreign affairs felt we needed to push back against russia. dan fried, who was the sanctions czar, this is something that people felt very, very strongly about, and that russia had

trump asked comey to in the investigation into former national security adviser general michael flynn. the whiteould try to stop the testimony by invoking the executive privilege but at least one republican believes that would be a mistake. >> i think the president is better served by getting all of this information out, sooner rather than later. let's find out what happened and bring this to a conclusion. >> there are likely limits to what comey can discuss in the open hearing because there is an ongoing investigation led by the special counsel into the russian interference into the election. >>> thousands of demonstrators face-off at the free speech rally in downtown portland, oregon, and it started as a show of support of president trump but hundreds gathered across the street saying they wanted to make a stand against hate and racism. the police in riot gear tried to keep the groups separated but in the end officers had the use pepper balls and flash bang grenades to disperse the crowds as the group violent. >> when i see that it breaks my heart and it hurts to know that here in america we a

the president asked him in the investigation into former national security advisor general michael flynn. whitese could try to stop thursday's testimony by en envokeing executive privy nrej regars to comey's conversations with president trump and reporters asked sean spicer about it on friday. >> that committee hearing was just noticed. and i think obviously it's got to be reviewed. >> that's not a no. >> my understanding is the date for the hearing was just set. i have not spoken to counsel yet. i do not know how they'll respond. >> one republican says trying to use it would be a mistake. >> i think the president is bet egg served by getting all this nvtion out. sooner rather than late let's find out what happened and bring this to a conclusion. >> they're likely limits to what comey can discuss in an open hearing like this because there is an ongoing investigation led by a special counsel into russian interference during the election. in washington, allison barber, fox news. >>> in order to fulfill my solemn dut dwroy protect america and its citizens, the united states will withdrawal from th

president asked him to end the investigation into former national security advisor general michael flynn. the whiteouse could stop the testimony by invoking their executive privilege. reporters asked sean spicer about it on friday. >> and that committee hearing was just noticed. it's got to be reviewed. the dates for the hearing was just set. i have not spoken to the council yet. i don't know what they are going to do or respond to it. >> reporter: at least one republican is trying to use it and said it would be a mistake. >> the president is better served by getting all the information out. sooner rather than later let's find out what happened and bring it to a conclusion. >> they likely have limits to what he could discuss in an open hearing like this because there is an ongoing investigation led by a special council. in washington -- elison barber fox news. >>> in abreu fall government crackdown on demonstrators. it happened on june 3rd and 4th back in 1989 with no reliable figures on just how many people were shot and killed by the chinese government troops. the dead numbered in the thousands.

michael de-antonio, author of "the truth about trump." so let's get to the truth about trump. the president and the white house took 41 days to finally say he did not record his kfrgskfrgsz conversations with james comey. why this dog and pony show? why do such a thing, michael? >> you know, the first thing that comes to mind for me, it's a lot easier than being the president, you know? if you go out there and issue these tweets and you get everybody talking about it, and then you let mitch mcconnell carry the ball for you in the senate and watch while everybody scrambles to try and figure out what's going on, it's more am e amusing and this is one of the things that one of the president's folks said about it today, was that he was amused by this. now, it does a terrible disservice to jim comey. i mean, nobody thought of him as dishonest until the president suggested, well, maybe he is because there could be tapes, let's see if he lies or not. and it does a great disservice to the country because it erodes our confidence in the president and then imagine what the security community is thinking right now.

the president directed him to drop an investigation into national skur security advisor, michael flynn. but the whitese feels vindicated. >> reporter: president trump on message at an evangelical conference. >> the bible tells us we know that the truth will prevail. >> reporter: but had no further comment. after fired fbi director james comey accused him of lying and defaming him. >> by saying that the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that work force had lost confidence in its leader, those were lies plain and simple. it's my judgment i was fired because of the russia investigation. >> reporter: which was a focus. did the president explicitly tell him to drop the investigation into national security advisor, michael flynn? >> i took it as a direction. >> that's not what he said. >> correct. >> reporter: an extraordinary moment in u.s. history. at one point implying a special counsel is looking into whether the president broke the law and ubstructed justice. >> i'm sure the special counsel will work to find out what the intention was and whether that's an offense. >> reporter: in

believed the president directed him to drop an investigation into national security adviser michael flynn. the white house says it feels vindicated by comey's testimony. coming up in the next half hour, we'll hear from president trump's lawyer on the testimony, and we'll tell you about a top trump aide that is expected to meet with the intelligence committee later this month. >>> 4:34 now on this friday. new from overnight, an 18-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot in the head on 25th street near lehigh avenue in north philly. investigators say surveillance video shows the victim getting into a fight with another man inside of a nearby deli. the other man shot the victim. right now police are looking for the shooter. >>> happening today in bucks county, we're expecting to learn more details about an arson investigators say was sparked by fireworks. yesterday, police arrested abraham cada in connection with the fire. flames ripped through this house on stevens road in norovirusvilnorovirus vil-- in norovirusville. police say they have a case. >>> police are looking for three men w

follow that 1:00 by michael eric "tears we his book cannot stop, a sermon to white americ." d michael blumenthal. on sunday, our coverage continues that 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather and thompson -- heather ann tho mpson. at 2:00, author jeffrey stone. then at 3:00, former congressman with his book on a true story of weird politics, money, madness and finger food. and at 4:00,

michael flynn. meanwhile, the white house is refusing to answer any questions about the russia investigation. the press secretary sean spicer once again referring reporters to the president's outside counsel saying he cannot and will not comment on the probe from now on. spicer and other top administration officials are also refusing to say whether president trump believes whether climate change is real. following his decision to pull the united states out of the paris climate accord. mr. trump once tweeted that climate change is a hoax created by china to harm u.s. manufacturing. >>> and new tonight, some off-the-cuff and eye-brow raising remarks by the russian president vladimir putin speaking bluntly about president trump, hillary clinton and the u.s. election and comparing concern over russian meddling to anti-semitism. we're covering all of that. much more this hour with our guests, including congressman akick jeffries of the judiciary committee and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. let's begin with the russia investigation. our senior diplomatic correspondent mich

was immediately informed of the situation. >> reporter: yates told the white house council that national security adviser, michael flynn, was potentially vulnerable to blackmail by russia, because he had lied about his conversations with the russian ambassador. despite this urgent warning, it seemed to be business as usual at the white house. keep in mind, flynn had been labeled a security risk, yet the very next day, he was seen walking with other white house staff along the west wing colonnade. on january 28th, two days after the warning, he was in the oval office, as the president signed executive orders. and while the president called not only german chancellor angela merkel, but also russian president, vladimir putin, remember, at this point, the white house is aware that flynn is potentially compromised by russia. that same day, the president tweeting out this photo of a major security gathering. flynn standing right behind him. none of that was in keeping with what critics say should have been done in light of the warning about flynn. one democratic senator telling cnn, if there was concern a white house s

streets of ferguson, missouri, following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, michael brown, by a white police officer. early on, tufekci says, the protests got a lot of attention on twitter but less so on facebook because of another viral sensation: the ice bucket challenge. >> facebook kept showing me the ice bucket challenge. even if it was from weeks ago, it kept showing the same thing. you know how you go on and there's baby picture, baby picture? it just shows you things that are cute and cuddly and that get the "likes," and that's how it operates. for a social movement trying to break into the public sphere, that could mean a form of algorithmic censorship because the algorithm likes certain things and doesn't like certain things. >> sreenivasan: tufekci says the motivations of social media companies and social movements are not necessarily aligned. >> in the end, it's a platform that is based on delivering you ads, and they want to sort of keep you on there with things that will keep you on there. and all of their business models aren't necessarily in the interests of what the m

the fbi interviews michael flynn at the white house.wo days later, january 26 and 27, attorney general sally yates meets with white house counsel about the calls with kislyak. the next night, january 27th at a white house dinner, the president says i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. three days later, trump fires yates who refused to defend the president's travel ban. then michael flynn resigns after it is report he misled the vice president about his conversations with kislyak. the next day, comey says the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear of letting this go. meaning the flynn investigation. march 2, sessions recuses himself from parts of the russia investigation. march 20, comey publicly confirms the fbi is investigating whether associates at the trump campaign clueded with russia. march 30, comey claims mr. trump says if there were satellite associates of his who did something wrong, it would be good to find that out. april 11. comey says president trump again wants to know he wasn't under investigation tell him, i'

white house. joining me now, the son of president ronald reagan, michael reagan is author of "lessons my father taught me" and a "newsmax" contributor and he's on this show frequently. good evening. i have to ask you about this war of words between hillary clinton and donald trump over the election and why she lost. are we doomed to relive this 2016 election forever with these two? >> boy, i certainly hope not. i think the media's more caught up in this than the rest of the public. i think the rest of the public wants to get on to the business that they need to get on to. i think they want to hear about tax cuts -- >> michael, the media -- they're the ones who are fighting about it. we're just reporting on it. >> i know. i know. i said in a tweet here a couple weeks ago, i said if i was the chief of staff to the ft. of the united stat united states, i'd break his thumbs and get a roll of duct tape. i got it tell you, i just think that would probably be the best thing for him. reince, if you're listening, you milgt want might want to do that. instead of letting it go away and getting to the issues he n

white america. "me in walking dr. michael eric dyson. [applause] >> thank you. let's start with why you chose to shape this book as a sermon. >> first of all i want to thank miss white for this extraordinary engagement and to the book festival, i love this book festival. i've been here before, and just love coming back to chicago and hanging out. shoutout to c-span, whatever. so, i like to say that the sermon chose me to keep in a religious theme and a vain. i've been struggling with my editor and agent, and the book wasn't going as swimmingly as either -- any of us wanted. i had written an op-ed for "the new york times" in the immediate aftermath of the deaths of mr. castile and mr. sperling i had enough and said we have to do something about this. based upon the outpouring this book was generated. at least the idea for it, the concept of it. and yet the execution of it was a bit more difficult. one thing to write an up ad, another thing to write a book. so i wrote about 60 single space pages, maybe 120. double space, and who is counting but, lord. in then they

have the shark and michael phelps in the same water. no barrier, yeah, two great whites enter. only one will emerge. ( laughter ) that's what i want to watch. ( applause ) and who knows? who knows? you may be surprised. afterwards, people will be like, "wow, i can't believe michael phelps ate the shark. wow!" ( laughter ) my money is on the shark winning, mostly because this race is to promote "shark week." so this is, like, full pressure on the shark. ( laughter ) it has to win. it can't lose to a human on "shark week." that would be so embarrassing. that would be like if lebron got dunked on by jeff sessions during black history month. that would be the most embarrassing thing ever. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so money's on the shark. but let's move on. let's move on, because i don't know if you heard, but last night, the democratic party ended forever. >> breaking news this morning, a major blow to democrats. >> in georgia karen handel beat jon ossoff in the most extensive house race ever. >> a big blow per democrats who are bitterly divide. >> so this is not the outcome any of

claimed the president asked him to end the investigation into former national security vendors michael flynn. the white house could try to stop thursday's testimony by invoking executive privilege in regards to the conversations. an attorney asked sean spicer on friday. >> that hearing was just noticed. it's got to be reviewed. >> is that a no >> my understanding is the date was just set. i've not spoken to counsel yet. i don't know what they're -- how they're going to respond. >> reporter: at least one republican says trying to use it would be a mistake. >> i think the president is better served by getting all this information out. sooner rather than later, find out what happened and bring this ota conclusion. >> they're likely limits to what comey can discuss in an open hearing, because there is an ongoing investigation, run by special counsel into russian interference during the election. in washington, ellison barber, fox news. >>> it's the end of an era. a northeast philadelphia landmark is closing its doors and customers are saying good-bye to jack's deli. >>> big took over the pennsylvania conve

interference in the election, demanding information from former national security adviser michael flynn and others. >>> the white house says it's granted 14 waivers of ethics rules to staffers joining the administration. it allows them to work on former employers and could affect conflict of interest. kellyanne conway was one. >>> hillary clinton says she takes full responsibility for losing the election but argues she lost the election for reasons beyond her control. she spoke at a tech conference in los angeles yesterday. she talked about russian meddling in the election, the coverage of her private e-mails, and prejudice against women. >> i never said i was a perfect candidate, nor have i said i ran perfect campaigns, but i don't know who did. but at some point it sort of bleeds over into misogyny. >>> on twitter the president tweeted clinton blames everyone herself but herself. >>> fueling speculation that he may run for president in 2020. it will be called american possibilities. the pac will allow biden to raise money for candidates and maintain relationships. biden now 74 years old said he probably wound

michael crowley and white house reporter for the associated press welcome to you all. and i hold in my hand the breaking news. this is a press release that came out in the last hour from the justice department. and social media, where attention spans go to die is, losing its collective head. they are standing on a ledge with ts. this is the assoate attorney deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein. americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous officials particularly when they do not identify the country let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources are supposedly are affiliated. americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. the department of justice has a long-established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations. michael, you are going to get the first crack at this. again, the theorizing tonight on social media ranged from is this a cry for help by the number two guy at justice, or has doj been hacked? >> well, it's an extraordinary statement, brian, it's kind of trum

they want the know about reports he asked him to end the information into michael flynn. the whitestop the testimony by invoking what's called executive privilege but at least one republican believes that would be a mistake. >> i think president is better served by getting that information out sooner than later, bring this to a conclusion. >> that's a thousand -- >> there are likely -- because there's an on going investigation led by a special council into russian interference. he say it is russian hearsay no involvement in the election. in a new interview, president putin said they may have interfered but they were not directed by the russian government to do so. he says there were no back channel dealings between the russians and people representing president trump. >>> most of this is just amazing. it is a sensation out of nothing. >> out of the sensation, they turn it into a weapon of war against the current president. >> this is, you know, you people are so creative over there: good job, your lives must be boring: president putin said the u.s. has interfere window the electora

comey about is whether president trump pressured him to drop the investigation into former white house visor michael's possible ties to russia. both republicans and democrats on the senate intelligence committee say they hope comey is able to shed light on the allegations of coordination between the trump presidential campaign and russia. >> there is a lot of smoke, we have no smoking gun but there is a lot of smoke. >> what comey says and how he says it i think will be important. i haven't frankly understood stood what comey has done since about a year ago and his decisions have been i think highly questionable. >> now comey's testimony before the senate intelligence committee is scheduled to begin at 7:00 in the morning our time on thursday. >> and ktvu will have complete coverage of james comey's testimony on thursday on both of our channels, join us on ktvu, for updates throughout the morning along with in-depth analysis as the events unfold. if you want to see the testimony uninterrupted go to our second channel at ktvu plus which you can find on channel 6 or channel 36. >> great news here and

president trump asked him to drop an investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn, and two, the white house's possible alleged ties to the russian government and any involvement russia may have had in the 2016 presidential election. during his testimony the former fbi director confirmed he took notes during his january meeting with president trump because he felt the president might lie about their conversations. comey also confirmed that he gave those notes to the special counsel, that is, in the russia investigation and in one of the most stunning admissions from asked a friend to share the existence of those notes to a reporter. comey says he hoped public knowledge of the notes would spark the creation of a special counsel to investigate the trump administration. here is some of james comey's testimony when questioned about >> do you believe donald trump excluded with russia? >> that's a question i don't think i should answer in an open setting as i said we didn't -- when i left we did not have an investigation focused on president trump. the russians interfered in our election dur

before congress when he said the president pressured him to drop the investigation of former white house aide michaellynn. the president said he would be 100% willing to testify under oath that he did not tell james comey to let the flame probe go. on this saturday morning, we are asking our viewers, food you believe, james comey or president trump -- who do you

trump asked comey to in the investigation into the former national security advisor general michael flynn. the white house could try to stop the testimony by invoking the executive privilege but at least one republican believes that would be a mistake. >> i think the president is better served by getting this information out, sooner rather than later. let's find out what happened and bring it to a conclusion. >> there are likely limits to what comey can discuss in the open hearing but there is an ongoing investigation that is being led by the special counsel into the russian interference during the election. >>> the criminal trial against comedian bill cosby begins today outside of philadelphia and we are live outside of the courthouse with a look at what we can expect during the trial.>> reporter: the prosecution first look at the case over a decade ago. the da at that time decided not to pursue charges but in 2015 the current da made a different decision and charged cosby. >> reporter: remembered for his clean standup comedy act and a string of television programs, most know him as america's dad o

president trump asked comey to end investigation into the former national security adviser michael flynn. the white house could try to stop the comey testimony by invoking the executive privilege . at least one republican on the committee believes that would be a mistake. >> i think the president is better served by getting all of this information out, sooner rather than later. let's find out what happened and bring this to a conclusion. >> there are likely limits to what comey can discuss in the open hearing due to the ongoing investigation being led by the council into the russian interference into the elections. >>> secretary of state john kerry at the keynote event and at the plowshare fund saying that john kerry will speak on ending nuclear threats in climate change. john kerry showed his commitment to the issues by negotiating the iran nuclear agreement and paris climate accord and the event is tonight at fort mason. >>> today one of the oakland police officers involved in the teenage sex scandal back in court and the judge ruled that 41-year-old brian bunton will stand trial for his involvem

there's something that gets to this dynamic that michael steele is talking about between the white house and the hill from politico. i'm going to read to you and have you respond on the other side. trump told aides and mcconnell that he wanted to be involved in whipping votes. and two administration officials said he enjoyed doing so in the house. but mcconnell aides and advisers don't think trump can help like he did in the house. trump doesn't bring us any votes, he just doesn't, said one person familiar with the majority leader's thinking. what is mcconnell going to do with a president who wants to whip votes but whose comments on twitter and in public didn't do much to help him get the votes he needed? >> exactly. he wasn't helpful on the house. i remember talking to, you know, top staffers on the hill on the house side saying, you know, the president was calling their congressmen over and over again, they had reince priebus on the hill, steve bannon on the hill, mike pence on the hill. it wasn't any of that that moved the ball. it was the members working among themselves to come out

michael flynn. >> officials say comey believed it was sessions job from text the fbi from white house influence but sessions could not guarantee the president would not try to talk to comey alone again. cnn has reported president trump's request for comey to drop the flynn probe came after he asked the attorney general and the vice president, mike pence to leave the oval office so he and comey could talk privately. >>> we're counting down to the hours of comey's senate testimony now 28:55:29. comey will dispute the president's conversation. especially the claims that comey told him several times he was not under investigation. sources close to the former director say he will explain to senators his conversations with the president were much more nuanced and the president may have misunderstood the exact meaning of his words. on tuesday the president of asked in a photo op whether he had anything to say to the man he recently fired. >> i wish him well. >> as to whether president trump's actions constitute obstruction of justice comey is expected to leave that judgment to others. >> reporter: we're l

michael flynn should have known better, right? the focus is on jared kushner because he is still in the administration, he is still in the white houseichael flynn is not. and he has enormous power. but michael flynn was there, i think he should be part of the story. the second thing that struck me is it is less the desire to set up a channel. remember, this was reported to be a channel for michael flynn to talk to the russians, supposedly to the russian military, supposedly about syria and other issues. that was the channel. that does not bother me. charlie: what if it was to talk about sanctions? michael: that does not even bother me. charlie: what bothers you? michael: what bothers me is two things. i want to know why the request for secrecy. what were they trying to hide? charlie: in order to make sure you were not seen? michael: by the current administration. it might be they were worried about leaks. even the most benign conversation -- maybe that was the reason. reason: they do have a leaks.aranoid about >> maybe they are trying to hide something else. i don't know. but that request for secrecy is something that needed to be l

president asked him to end the investigation into former national security adviser general michael flynn. the white try to stop thursday's testimony by invoking executive privilege in regards to comey's conversations with president trump. and reporters asked sean spicer about it on friday. >> that committee hearing was just noticed, and i think, obviously, it's got to be reviewed. >> that's not a no. >> my understanding is the date for that hearing was just set. i have not spoken to counsel yet, i don't know what that, what they're going to -- how they're going to respond. >> reporter: at least one republican says trying to use it would be a mistake. >> i think the president is better served by getting all this information out sooner rather than later. let's find out what happened and bring this to a conclusion. >> reporter: there are likely limits to what comey can discuss in an open hearing like this, because there is an ongoing investigation that's led by a special counsel. also into russian interference during the election. leland? leland: allison, thank you. >>> coming up, our fair and balance

that sally gates who was more recently fired by president trump after warning the white house about michaels to russia. in 2015 after the release of all those inmates, she said in part under the commission's directive, federal judges are required to carefully consider public safety in deciding whether to reduce an inmate's sentence. that cararly did not work out in the case of michael bell. former attorney general eric holder wrote a memo that such to cut down on the number of drug offenses that would cut down on mandatory minimum sentences. defendant should be charged with most theories do make serious provable charge as possible, let's see if that clint set up. >> tucker: there's so much going on, he spent a while untangling this and it's fascinating. are you a physician, do you think your job is to treat people instead of killing them. if you live in illinois, tough luck, you're not wanted there. that state passed a law that requires all doctors, pharmacists, and pregnancy centers to assist pregnant women in getting abortions, even if they are morally opposed to killing. dr. robert well

joining conversation to weigh in on michael crowley senior correspondent. whiteorrespondent for mcclachy newspapers. aneata i really hesitate to ask a professional for predictions. but how -- how nervous do they seem in the west wing and just how bad could this week yet get? >> they're pretty nervous. republicans -- outside the white house that are watching are nervous. they're nervous. appear are. they don't know exactly what comey is going to say. obviously the biggest problem. they don't know how the president will react which is the next biggest problem. we are hearing that they are going to fight back very hard and how they do that is going to be interesting. obviously you've talked about how the president plans to tweet. he does have a speech that day almost at the same time at about 11:30. so late morning. i think comey scheduled to talk at about 10:00. so i expect he'll probably talk about something in the speech he is speaking to conservative religious group in washington. >> michael, think about it this way, where your beat and bailiwick are concerned.

a federal judge approved a settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit stemming present michael brown's death. a whiteice officer shot and killed the unarmed black 18 year old in ferguson, missouri back in 2014. brown's parents sued the city, the former police chief and the former police officer who shot michael brown. details of the settlement were not disclosed. the shooting as you know led to months of unrest and protest in ferguson. also new tonight, oj simpson could soon be a freeman. the nevada parole official says simpson has a july 20 hearing that could have him release present prison the former football star has served more than eight years of a nine was found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping and other charges back in 2008. it comes from a confrontation of two sports memorabilias. >> a rare and dangerous heatwave is now gripping parts of the southwest. temperatures in arizona reached 119-degrees today. think about that. it was so hot american airplanes lines was forced to cancel flights in and out of phoenix. some planes can't take off in scorching conditions. the temperatures in phoenix a

. >> let's talk about this with michael blake, he's the vice chair of the democratic national committee, a former white house aide under president obama. michael, according to an nbc/"the wall street journal" poll, more people trust democrats to handle health care than they do the republicans. but we've seen democrats losing some key special elections lately. what do they have to do to capitalize on this trust? >> boris, great question, and great to be with you. first, let's be clear. you know, our party, the democratic party is fighting to create more opportunity as relates to health care. all we're seeing from the trump/pence/ryan agenda is taking away and mitch mcconnell is obviously doubling down on that. when you think about 23 million americans will lose access to health care, that is not what we should be doing at all. as elected officials we should be helping people, not hurting people. and when we see the congressional budget office will be scoring the bill on monday and a vote coming out on next thursday, that's why at least five republicans said thus far they can't vote for this bill. now, a