to break all of this down, michigan state university law professor, brian kelt. we started hearing reports about this yesterday. i'll ask you the same can we go i asked phillip and hadas. are you surprised by what we're hearing coming out of the white house right now >> i'm surprised we're hearing about it but not that the president and his legal team are think about these things developing strategy, exploring options. that seems to me to be a pretty normal thing. i don't know how it leaked but i'm not surprised that it did >> let's talk a littl about, you know, i think the thing that really surprises a lot of people is someone talking about the president is even asking about pardoning himself if he could do that, your constitutional expert here, you understand how it works, it doesn't as though it's a clearwater yes or no >> i've been writing about this for the last 20 years, i've come to a conclusion what i think the answer is, if i were a judge, i would say no, the president can't self pardon wouldn't be valid but there are good arguments both sides, and until

time for me to go and live my lifelong dream, and that was to play for coach tom izzo and michigan state university. and not only did i graduate and get my degree from michigan state university, but i also became the first division one college basketball player diagnosed with autism, and it's a double in history. - anthony really is inspiring to so many, his story is inspiring to us adults, to us parents, to the parent in the program, and to the children in the camp. they just, you know, literally look up to him. but he's just made such an impact. - kids on the go is important to ethan because it was able to take him from the child that was at two years old, diagnosed, and now he's at a point where he is a very high-functioning child. he heard about this basketball camp and that he would be able to learn from somebody that played in college, and somebody that has, you know, experienced some of the same issues, and he really enjoyed it, he's just like, i want to learn how to play basketball. if this guy can teach me basketball, then i want to try. - don't be afraid to tell people, i can do this, i c

larry nassar a former doctor at michigan state university and u.s.a. gymnastics has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges. the lancing state journal reports nassar has signed the preagreement. nassar is also accused of sexually assaulting girls and young women at michigan state and u.s.a. gymnastics events. he is due in court next month. >> now the latest on charlie guard, the parents of the terminally ill british baby are trying to get him to the u.s. for an experimental treatment. there is a hearing in london tomorrow. pope francis and president trump have already weighed in and as tony dokoupil reports, congress may be next. >> let's get charlie. >> if he is still fighting, we're still fietding. >> connie yates and chris gard rallied support for their son charlie on sunday extending a campaign to move the 11 month old to america after doctors and judges in england determined that charlie should be taken off life-support. >> they're not specialists in charlie's condition. the specialists are in america where we want to

he worked for usa gymnastics and michigan state university. he faces lawsuits for the sexual abuse of more than 100 women and girls. the accusers include u.s. olympians. >>> investigators are looking into farm fields in mississippi for clues as to what caused crash. the kc-130 plane was taking an elite, special operations unit across the country for training. all 16 on board were killed, making it the deadliest marine corps crash in years. foul play is not suspected. the widespread debris indicates something went wrong in the middle of the air. >> it is a cargo airplane. sometimes cargo airplanes can pick up dangerous cargos. we've seen that bring down airplanes in the past, whether that's lithium ion batteries or cargo that shifts. so they can be put in danger by something they're carrying. maybe something like that happened while they were at altitude. but as of right now, it's inexplicable. >> members of the special ops unit were based at camp lejeune in north carolina. the other nine were based at stuart air force base in new york. >> avia

gymnastics and michigan state university and faces trials and lawsuits for the sexual abuse of more than women and girls. those accusers include u.s. olympians. >>> coca-cola is getting greener. it is expected to announce it'll dramatically increase the amount of recycled plastic used in its bottles. the move comes amid pressure from environmentalists to recycle. new statistics show people buy more than a million plastic bottles globally every year. >>> and a growing number of medical tourists from the u.s. are heading south of the border for affordable dental care. the mexican border town is southeast of san diego. it's been seeing so much dental trade that it's now been dubbed molar city. many americans who visit it say they've saved thousands of dollars. >>> and msnbc host and former congressman joe scarborough says he's leaving the republican party on the show with his co-host and fiancee mika brzezinski. scarborough says he's becoming an independent because so many republican lawmakers aren't standing up to the president. >>> when we come back, hundreds of skateboarders in a tense c

michigan state campus. for those not aware, green is a famous alumni of michigan state university. edmondson said he approached green the other night. he was out with some friends celebrating his birthday and saw green and decided to talk to him about that previous incident, to which he claims green responded by punching him in the face. here's edmondson and his girlfriend bianca speaking this morning at a news conference. >> i don't understand why my name has turned into this joke. you get all the credit for being a superstar and standing up for women. i want to be able to move on with my life, but i need draymond green to admit what happened and that bianca and i did consult the authorities. >> it's skaerg for us to spe-- to speak out against somebody as rich and powerful as draymond green, but we do not want this to happen to anyone else. >> they reached out to the warriors and said, quote, this threatened lawsuit relates to an incident that occurred in east lansing, michigan over a year ago for which draymond paid a noise violation fine. they have no further comment at this tim

. >>> larry nasser former doctor at michigan state university and usa gymnastics reportedly agreed touilty to federal child pornography charges. the lansing state journal reports that nasser signed the plea agreement. also accused of sixablely assaulting girls and young women at michigan state and usa gymnastics events. he is due in court next month. >>> now the latest on charlie gard, parents of the terminally ill british baby are frying to get him to the u.s. for an experimental treatment. there is a hearing in london tomorrow. pope francis and president trump have already weighed in. and as tony dokoupil reports, congress may be next. >> let's get charlie the treatment he need. >> they rallied support for their son charlie sunday. extending a campaign to move the 11-month-old to america. after doctors and judges in england determined charlie should be taken off life support. >> they're not specialists in charlie's condition. the specialists are in america where we want to go. >> charlie was born healthy but a severe genetic condition left him blind, deaf and unable to breathe. his

michigan state university law professor and someone who has a lot to say about this, thank you all for being here. before we get to that, let's talk about the news that's just breaking that they are meeting with the president. he was seen in the wings of the white house yesterday evening. kellyanne conway went on fox this morning and described him as somebody that's been an incredible asset to the president and the team. he is one of those killers on tv. do you think he's going to get the top coms job? >> it's posz zable. the question is, do they need another killer on television? kellyanne conway, no slouch herself. sean spicer, representing the administration and their style. the president big footing all of them, putting out his own tweets, statements and interviews and running communication himself. can government thrive in that? sure. you have a lot of sharks. sometimes they bite each other and they are not going in the same direction. they need to put order to the whole thing and the white house will benefit. >> we'll watch. brian, to you, as a legal scholar and league expert on

from an incident last summer, when green was arrest the for allegedly slapping a former michigan state university dispute outside a bar. jermaine edmonson and his girlfriend also claim green's associates grabbed them by the throat couple days prior to the incident. accusers say green's alleged act every violence quote severely impacted their lives. >> on july 9th, green bumm napped at a bar at msu campus, i said he could at least say excuse me, but instead he asked people around me who i was, like i wasn't even worthy of talking to him. then he looked at me in the ian said: i know beep like you. i pay for beep like you schors and last summer's case and avoided jail time just in time to participate in the leo olympics, in addition to this new civil suit the accuse remembers request ago formal apology. >>> new information tonight about the potential link between football and the brain disease known as cte. researchers at boston university studied the brains of more than 200 dead football players ranking from high school to the nfl and 87% of them had some form of cte. out of the 111 former nfl play

a study by michigan state university and the university of michigan found that addressing yourself outtions and calm your mind. talking to yourself isn't good enough. it's not enough. >> okay. >> researchers say you have to do it in the third person. >> no. >> dave is good enough. dave is good enough -- >> no. >> yes. >> that sounds -- >> the reason they say is it because it takes you out of yourself, and you're sort of -- you know -- you're more talking about a general situation -- >> give an example. >> like i'd be walking down the street, true story, and i will say something like, you know, jeff has 12 emails to write back, take the kids to school. all that. like it's somebodiels, not -- >> #disturbing. >> yes. and they call the padded wagon for you. >> don't do it while people are around. >> good for your health. >>> want to "pop start" now? chanel can do this. okay. -- sheneille can do this. okay. george clooney and his wife and twins have stayed out of the spotlight until now. the first photos have been published by a french magazine, and the clooneys are not happy. he lashed out

here to discuss this is michigan state university law professor brian kalt.s the author of "constitutional cliffhangers: a legal guide for presidents and their enemies." professor, thank you for being here. is this one still a cliffhanger? is it legal for a president to pardon himself? >> well, we don't know. no president's ever tried, so it hasn't gone to court, hasn't been decided. but you can certainly try. >> well, it feels wrong. because it feels as though then, you know, why bother going through an investigation and a trial of any kind if a president can just pardon himself. and by the way, if it is legal, then why didn't richard nixon try that? >> well, nixon did consider it. he asked his lawyer to look into his options. and his personal lawyer said that he could pardon himself if he wanted. nixon was concerned about his legacy and he, i guess, was willing to put his fate in the hands of his successor, which the argument that the president can't pardon himself is that he has to do that. there is the argument on the other side. but there are arguments o

he's a professor of law at michigan state university and a constitutional law expert. "the washington post" turned to you as an authority on pardons. you're cited extensively in their reporting tonight. so to this question, can the president pardon himself? >> well, he can certainly try because there's no authority one way or the other. it's never been tried as you've mentioned. president nixon did ask his personal lawyer whether he could do it, and his personal lawyer said he thought he could. the department of justice thought otherwise. he could try. but there are good arguments that he can. there are better arguments, i think, that he can't. so i can't tell you what a court would do, but i can tell you what i think they should do in such a case and that is say that the president cannot pardon himself. >> professor kalt, how would that get to a court? suppose tomorrow president trump pardons himself. who goes to what court with what standing to ask for that to be reviewed? >> i don't think anyone would go to court at the time that the pardon is issued. what would hav

spotlight for a little over a year now he was serving as the usa gymnastics team doctor at michigan state university for two decades before he was fired twenty fifteen for what the organization called quote athlete concerns over allegations that he sexually abused jim that's the word meet public until last year when the indianapolis star published its investigation into the allegations federal agents and confiscated computer equipment from masers home and work office and cleaning hard drives he threw away in the trash which contained child pornography agents also found go pro video that allegedly shows nice or inappropriate lee touching children in a pool sentencing is scheduled for november twenty seven twenty seventeen and washington ashley banks ards he tells marriage is permitted in many states across the u.s. even in california lawmakers in the golden state have renewed efforts to protect minors from courson by older spouses all a child needs to get married in california is one parent's consent and a court order which often results in forced marriages all the proposed ban seems like a no braine

he has a bachelors degree from michigan state university as well as a masters and doctorate degree from stanford university. please kick us off with your opening remarks and we will go from there. >> thank you. distinguished members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss tax reform once again with my colleagues and friends. i am appearing here on my own behalf. several of us appeared on a similar panel six years ago at a hearing entitled how did we get here. given the consensus for tax reform, this hearing might be entitled why are we still here. in all seriousness, significant progress has been made in the interim. first, the fiscal agreement largely fixed him coachman and prevented it from morphing from a class tax to amass tax. similarly, in 2011, we had well over 100 structural extenders and these were fixed by permanent extensions or for five years. in addition, over the past five years, both tax-writing committees have conducted a thorough examination of the principle tax reform options that exist including numerous hearings, bipartisan working groups and comprehen

incident that happened last summer when green was arrested for allegedly slapping a former michigan state university involving a small fine. it is believed that a man and a woman in that case accused green of physically assaulting and bullying them, though it is not clear yet how much money the pair is asking for. >>> happening right now, we expect that news conference to take place anytime now in southern california. pete suratos is keeping a close eye on that. he'll have a live update for our midday newscast. link to more information on our home page. >>> we are expecting a vote in the u.s. senate today that could potentially clear the way for a new attempt to overhaul the affordable care act. they are going to make a motion to debate that vote would open debate for a new health care plan and it's supposed to be punctuated by arizona senator john mccain's return to the capit capital. of course he was recently diagnosed with brain cancer. link to the latest on our twitter feed. more updates in 30 minutes. back to the "today" show. >>> this morning on "today's take," the stars of "million dollar lis

. >>> first happening right now, three michigan state football players have been dismissed from the university. this has the trio is facing sexual assault charges from an incident on campus back in january. and a strong shallow earth gak u quake, speaking of earthquakes, strikes the pill feenz. dozens of people were injured with a 6.5 magnitude quake. we'll be following that all morning long. we're back with news on this thursday in just two minutes. the third time )s the charm for spacex. the satellite delivery company finally had lift off st >>> 4:54. the third time's a charm for space kpkt, the satellite delivery company finally had lift off last night. a seven-ton communication satellite was sent up into space after two previous tries. sunday and monday's launches were scrapped just seconds before lift off. sat late deployed to its target orbit about 30 mirnz after the launch. >>> vice president mike pence is going to be paying a visit to cape ka nav ral. 2 could provide new insight into how nasa's goals are kmang. is he then going to deliver an address to nasa employees. this administrati

states. illinois, michigan, wisconsin. with government support for education, gradeschool all the way through college, the beginning of the first state universities and, and, there would be no slavery. imagine. even before we have a constitution or national government, eliminated slavery from what was half geographically half of our country, a phenomenal accomplishment in this one man that pulled it off and he was a classic polymath like benjamin franklin, brilliant botanist, he was an astronomer. you asked who was the most interesting man. he qualifies high. >> host: four of this five states went for donald trump, he had taken a pass. >> we belong to the most liberal state in the country. four years from now, doesn't seem to be a leader in the democratic party. we have a guy named seth moulton who looks pretty good but is not married, single and ex-marine and what is your feeling with the next leader of the democratic party would be? >> guest: i will tell you joe biden. [applause] >> guest: joe biden is a man of character, also has experience, personal and professional, knocked down and gone back up in a way that is admirable in the extreme. he

. >>> first, happening now three michigan state football players have been dismiss from the university facing sexual assault charges from incidents on campus back in january. and a strong shallow earning quake strikes the philippines. dozens of people hurt including ten who were in a collapsed building the the 6.2350i6r quake knocked out power and sent villagers fleeing from their home. we'll be back in just two minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ our fremont camera . >>> welcome back, 5:54 on your thursday this morning as we take a live look outside at the castro plant from our fremont camera. we're off to a foggy start along the coast and even some drizzle in some places is possible. it will be warming up today and into the weekend. >>> new this morning, tens of thousands of people visiting lake tahoe this week but it's proving to be very dangerous at the lake this time. sheriff's deputies have said there has been 20 water rescues this summer season. a kayaker drowned on the fourth of july while trying to swim in the rough and very cool conditions. rescue crews say he was knocked out of i had kayak no mo

. >>> 6:50 dwo, three michigan state football players have been dismissed from the university. trio facing sexual assault charges from the incident on campus back in january. and a strong shallow earth kbaik quake strikes the central philippines. dozens of people are hurt including at least ten who were in a collapsed building the. 6.5 quake also knocked aught power sending villages fleeing from their home. we'll be back in two minutes with more news. in the bay... >>> welcome back to you. it's 6:55 before you head out the door here are r the top stories. >>> breaking news out of montana this morning, new video and pictures just in after a 5.8 earthquake struckover overnight, reportedly felt as far away as seattle, washington. that struck 60 miles west of the helena, the state's capital. no reported injuries but homeowner briefly lost their power and the national weather service in great falls tweeted about a gas leak in ha lane an. >>> fire crews still at the scene of a house that caught fire early this morning. this is a live look at the scene right now. firefighters still mo

valley state university and wayne state university, bill received a degree in criminal justice from madonna college. mr. huizenga: he began his career in law enforcement in 1976 as a join the michigan state trooper, where he served for 25 years protecting our great state. in 2001, just one day after he retired from the michigan state police post, bill joined the new zealand police department where he served as our chief of police for 16 years. chief olney has dedicated his career providing the highest quality law enforcement service and professional service. his work in our community and dedication is clearly reflected by the numerous awards and commendations he's received over his career. he served on the west michigan training consortium, stop child abuse and neglect council. as a life-long detroit lions and michigan state spartans fan, i know he will enjoy retirement with his wife, kathryn, his kids, shanooned matt. so mr. speaker, i want to ask my colleagues and join me in saying thank you on behalf of the second district of michigan as we thank bill -- chief bill olney for his 41 years of service to the state of michigan and to our country. with that i yield back. the speaker

michigan. whenever i meet anybody from detroit, i feel a warm and fuzzy because detroiters are so special. i'm so proud to be from detroit. i graduated from wayne state university in detroit before i moved to florida. my father had a big business and mile road in the 1960's. it was destroyed. proudmy father, a detroit-born man, revealed his business. i remember the fear and spoken feeling of wondering when it would all end. this is an emotional call, as you can tell by my voice. this is a very couple of emotional hours for me. i am so glad to watch this and be able to say i am from detroit. thank you so much for listening to me and for the great job you are doing. >> cheryl, thank you. >> she mentions, when will it all end? we sat on our new front porch that monday and we are listening to the gunfire because there was a lot going on about a mile away. that was the thing my brother damien, who was four years younger, even in sitting there saying we got out in time. i'm thinking, what is next? 1968, theor member of next year, everyone is wondering if it will light up and fire again. nobody knew. it is like the fear kept on going. among manyly one of things. there